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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Newcastle at 94,167 SS I-28 Allied Ships DD Kortenaer DD Banckert DD Witte de With SS I-28 is located by DD Kortenaer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167 SS I-23, hits 1 – moderate damage so back to Truk for repairs Allied Ships DD Van Nes DD Banckert DD Witte de With SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub .... SS I-23 eludes DD Witte de With by diving deep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 111,108 DMS W-5 DMS W-4 DMS W-7 Allied Ships SS Cachalot SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5 DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub .... DMS W-7 is out of ASW ammo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7 SS I-175 SS I-175 is located by KV Thyme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102 xAP Shanghai Maru APD Tade SS Skipjack is sighted by escort Skipjack bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 8,000 Yards BB Nagato BB Mutsu DD Yugumo DD Akigumo DD Kazegumo DD Makigumo Allied Ships – my biggest and baddest BB Division gets its first two kills! AMc Aroe, Shell hits 6, and is sunk AMc Bantam, Shell hits 2, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards DD Kazegumo engages AMc Bantam at 8,000 yards AMc Bantam sunk by BB Nagato at 7,000 yards DD Akigumo engages AMc Aroe at 4,000 yards AMc Aroe sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nadi at 130,161 SS I-162 Allied Ships ACM Buttress, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes – the second one hit but was a dud -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 – a total of 19 allied aircraft reported destroyed on the ground on the Intel summary page today. Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 11 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 31 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground B-17D Fortress: 15 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground B-17E Fortress: 30 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 12 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground F2A-3 Buffalo: 4 damaged F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed on ground F4F-3A Wildcat: 7 damaged F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships CA Kumano CA Suzuya CA Mikuma CA Mogami Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 29 Port hits 2 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano CA Kumano firing at Noumea CA Suzuya firing at Noumea CA Mikuma firing at Noumea CA Mogami firing at Noumea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 20 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground F2A-3 Buffalo: 7 damaged B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground F4F-3A Wildcat: 6 damaged F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato Allied Ships AG Steel Seafarer, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 18 BB Mutsu firing at Noumea BB Nagato firing at Noumea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 111,108 PB Rokko Maru PB Toshi Maru #2 SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 16,000 Yards – waste of ammo with no hits… CA Tone CA Chikuma DD Hatsukaze DD Yukikaze DD Shiranui DD Hamakaze Allied Ships PT-21 PT-22 PT-23 PT-24 PT-27 PT-28 Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-21 at 16,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-27 at 7,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-24 at 7,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-23 at 8,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 8,000 yards Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 10,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-22 at 10,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 9,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-21 at 9,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-24 at 11,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-27 at 15,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-22 at 15,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-21 at 15,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 16,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-23 at 17,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-21 at 17,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 18,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-24 at 18,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-28 at 19,000 yards DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 19,000 yards DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 19,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 19,000 yards DD Hatsukaze engages PT-23 at 19,000 yards CA Tone engages PT-28 at 27,000 yards CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 27,000 yards Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 111,108 AO Iro AO Hayamoto PB Toshi Maru #2 SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at AO Iro Drum diving deep .... PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... PB Toshi Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140 A6M2 Zero x 7 7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37 Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 62,42 , near Katha Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang Ki-30 Ann x 7 Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 Ki-36 Ida x 8 Ki-51 Sonia x 15 Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 Ki-36 Ida x 12 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 6th War Area , at 79,50 , near Chihkiang Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) Ki-51 Sonia x 14 Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Ki-51 Sonia x 9 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) Ki-30 Ann x 15 Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22 22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan) Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35 Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan Ki-30 Ann x 15 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) Ki-32 Mary x 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68 SC Ch 33 SS Trigger is located by SC Ch 33 Trigger diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 63864 troops, 886 guns, 1151 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570 Defending force 1165 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese assault odds: 1596 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Allied ground losses: 1432 casualties reported Non Combat: 218 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: All will move east except for HQ 13th Army, 15th and 17th Divs which will guard against any relief effort and recover some disabled squads 13th Army 15th Division 17th Division China Expeditionary Army 10th Tank Regiment 34th Division 13th Division 13th Tank Regiment 10th Division 14th/A Division 6th Tank Regiment 9th Division 7th Tank Regiment 5th Ind. Engineer Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 14th/B Division 7th RF Gun Battalion 1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 3rd RF Gun Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Mortar Battalion 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th RF Gun Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 6th War Area 20th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200 – a couple more IJA Divs and some Tank Regts here would be worth a deliberate attack, but that will have to wait until 11th Army can join the advance. Defending force 23471 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 692 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Division 19th Division 51st Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Korea Army 23rd Army 21st Mortar Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 52nd Chinese Corps 60th Chinese Corps 1st Group Army 11th Chinese Base Force 20th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changteh (81,50) – the large CEA stack is moving east but needs to clear one more hex before moving into Changteh. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924 Defending force 38820 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106 Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Division 6th Division 11th Army 7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 54th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 73rd Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 8th Chinese Corps 9th Prov Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 30th Group Army 18th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310 Defending force 70613 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2388 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Division 90th Infantry Regiment – moving east to rebuild 39th Division 51st Infantry Brigade 14th/C Division – moving NW to reform 14th Div 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 2nd Air Division – moving west to Tuyun to support more bombers 12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 37th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps 58th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 5th Construction Regiment 29th Group Army 27th Group Army 9th War Area 17th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 32863 troops, 266 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229 Defending force 44489 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256 Japanese adjusted assault: 64 Allied adjusted defense: 1459 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-). Good to see this supply (-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1441 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled – less than expected after 90th Regt losses yesterday. Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 151 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Army 36th Division 37th Division 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade – only this unit attacked from the SW to turn that hexside red. It will now move back out and around into the hex to the W to threaten the enemy flank/rear 5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – will follow 3rd IMB to help switch hexsides Defending units: 34th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps 15th Group Army 39th Group Army 7th Group Army 14th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5685 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 205 Defending force 10472 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287 Assaulting units: 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving NEand around to the NW Defending units: 35th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410 Defending force 38607 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 41st Division 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 8th Group Army 4th Group Army 43rd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ansi (80,23) – IJA cavalry is advancing into NW China to see what enemy units remain out there Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1422 troops, 20 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0) Assaulting units: 4th Cavalry Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548 Defending force 22235 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 839 Assaulting units: North China Area Army 12th Army 12th Tank Regiment 27th Division 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 48th Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 21st Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461 Defending force 30522 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759 Assaulting units: 11th Division Defending units: 3rd Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 42nd Chinese Corps 57th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 18th Group Army 10th Chinese Base Force 7th Construction Regiment 36th Group Army 34th Group Army 15th Chinese Base Force 4th Construction Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13050 troops, 114 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 493 Defending force 2896 troops, 51 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90 Japanese adjusted assault: 404 Allied adjusted defense: 39 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-) Japanese ground losses: 157 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1043 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 9 Assaulting units: 56th Division Defending units: Upper Burma BAF Battalion 10th Burma Rifles Battalion 46th Indian Brigade 9th Burma Rifles Battalion Railway BAF Battalion 3rd Burma Rifles Battalion Mandalay BMP Battalion 17th Indian Division Burma Corps 44th Indian Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Luganville (120,150) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!! Assaulting units: 2nd JNAF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Vaitupu (138,145) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 411 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-); looks like they might need a few days of rest shortly Assaulting units: 8th JNAF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,37 (near Kungchang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8744 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 308 Defending force 580 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 174 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Allied ground losses: 263 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 – to the SE along the road again Assaulting units: both RCTs will follow and attack again. 26th/C Division 12th/B Division Defending units: 81st Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 26, 42 Sangi is occupied by the Japanese D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking SS S-34 at 120,150 E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,137 an Allied SS is reported HIT 15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai 7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe 6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar Repairs completed on SSX Ha-8 at Truk, ship returned to service Japanese forces CAPTURE Ansi !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!! Kobe expands fortifications to size 3 Spokane expands airfield to size 8 Tulagi expands airfield to size 2 Port Blair expands airfield to size 2 Charters Towers expands airfield to size 5 Perth expands airfield to size 7 Tuyun expands fortifications to size 2 Koepang expands fortifications to size 2 Abadan expands port to size 6 ACM Buttress is reported to have been sunk near Nadi on Apr 26, 1942 AMc Aroe is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942 AMc Bantam is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
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