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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Adak Island at 162,52 – these DDs are escorting 2x CL that weren’t spotted here. DD Satsuki DD Kikuzuki DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships SS Spearfish, hits 4 SS Spearfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Satsuki DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,57 SC Ch 22 Allied Ships SS Seadragon, hits 1 SS Seadragon is located by SC Ch 22 Seadragon diving deep .... SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 22 is out of ASW ammo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,57 SC Ch 22 SC Ch 21 Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Singkep at 50,88 TK Kinrei Maru TK Taijima Maru PB Takunan Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes at TK Kinrei Maru Sailfish bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Australian Division, at 75,131 , near Daly Waters – the allied advance to Daly Waters has split into three, with two of them now off road. Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8 Allied ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 76,132 , near Daly Waters – this is the “centre column” of the allied advance. With the allies diluting their forces like this it creates the opportunity for the IJA to move back into Daly Waters to attack 1st Aus Div before the allied Divs on either flank can help it. 38th Infantry Div with 2x Tank Regts in support should be able to reverse the 1st Aus Div, before then withdrawing again itself. 2nd Infantry Div is split into thirds to provide route protection on the Katherine-Daly Waters road. Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Americal Infantry Division, at 77,132 , near Daly Waters Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Corps, at 83,47 , near Ichang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 81,46 (Patung) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 36th Chinese Corps, at 87,41 , near Tsiaotso -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 63,38 (Jorhat) – the big LRCAP does fairly well, but is still not strong enough to stop the bombers. The Int screen reports air-air losses of 3x IJ : 20x allies which is a result I’ll take any day. While it is an encouraging result for the IJAAF, there is a lot more work for them to do to achieve air superiority in NE India. Warhawk : Tojo kills today were reported as 15 : 2. Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft Beaufort V x 12 B-26 Marauder x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 23 Beaufort V: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed – still plenty more P40s in this theatre to try and shoot down, but this will dent the morale of this Sqn. Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufort V bombing from 5000 feet 2 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet CAP engaged: All flying LRCAP from 3-4 bases in upper Burma. 1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. 11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. 31st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 143rd Infantry Regiment, at 63,38 (Jorhat) – the LRCAP doesn’t have the endurance to cope with multiple waves of bombers though. Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft P-43A-1 Lancer x 12 Mohawk IV x 8 B-17E Fortress x 6 B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: but damage to the ground force is minimal 5 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 31st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 112th Infantry Regiment, at 63,38 (Jorhat) Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1 – no losses Allied aircraft – no losses B-17E Fortress x 6 B-26 Marauder x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 35 Japanese ground losses: 76 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Jorhat , at 63,38 – then the IJAAF counter raid. Only 1x Oscar Sentai was set to escort the Sallys, so I hope the other Oscars, Tojos and Nicks shown here is just an anomaly of counting all aircraft in hex. I really hope they didn’t divert themselves to escort duty as opposed to flying LRCAP. These numbers could make the allies scratch their head as much as me though, so it should confuse the picture for them too. Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 53 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 37 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 64,43 , near Myitkyina -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137 A6M2 Zero x 43 A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet CAP engaged: Chitose Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3rd Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3rd Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132 Defending force 73802 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 9165 troops, 606 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 4196, +271 compared to the combat report yesterday, the biggest daily increase seen yet. I expect the rate to slow as more devices recover to 100%, but the recovery has been faster than I was expecting. IGHQ has set the arbitrary target of getting to 5000 AV before giving the green light for the next deliberate attack, maybe only 3-4 days away. Defending force 127996 troops, 685 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4069, minus 16 from yesterday which is another pleasant surprise. Fingers crossed that this is a sign that disruption and fatigue are being kept high, with the reverse for the morale of the defenders. Allied ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 14th/C Division 1st/B Division 2nd Tank/A Division 11th/C Division 27th Division 1st/C Division 8th/A Division 11th Tank Regiment 10th/A Division 12th/C Division 14th/B Division 1st/A Division 9th/A Division 1st Tank/B Division 17th/C Division 35th/B Division 2nd Tank/B Division 12th/B Division 35th/C Division 11th/A Division 12th Tank Regiment 35th/A Division 9th/B Division 8th/C Division 10th/B Division 8th/B Division 9th Tank Regiment 6th/C Division 1st Tank/C Division 17th/A Division 17th/B Division 6th/A Division 12th/A Division 2nd Tank/C Division 6th/B Division 14th/A Division 1st Tank/A Division 11th/B Division 9th/C Division 10th/C Division Defending units: 67th Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 19th Chinese Corps 3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps 45th Chinese Corps 66th Chinese Corps 11th Chinese Corps 17th Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 56th Chinese Corps 43rd Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade 81st Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 91st Chinese Corps 44th Chinese Corps 23rd Chinese Corps 71st Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps 12th Construction Regiment 1st War Area NCAC 8th Chinese Base Force 10th Construction Regiment Lusu War Area 7th Construction Regiment 18th Artillery Regiment 8th Construction Regiment 1st Artillery Regiment 57th AT Gun Regiment 16th Chinese Base Force 22nd Artillery Regiment 3rd Construction Regiment 17th Group Army 12th Chinese Base Force 20th Group Army 20th Artillery Regiment 41st AA Regiment 22nd Group Army 6th War Area 13th Group Army 4th War Area China Command 24th Group Army 3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment Central Reserve CAF HQ 1st Chinese Base Force 5th Chinese Base Force 7th Chinese Base Force 6th Group Army 37th Group Army 49th AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3246 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 583 Defending force 21707 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 742 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 864 Defending force 25708 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 307 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12996 troops, 125 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 Defending force 26105 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 742 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6811 troops, 57 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 206 Defending force 3608 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Japanese adjusted assault: 73 Allied adjusted defense: 85 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) – the allies get the lucky die roll that the IJA needed. This could take a while… Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 245 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Allied ground losses: 206 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Cavalry Brigade – still in reserve mode 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 303rd Brigade 259th Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jorhat (63,38) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 12461 troops, 168 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 571 Defending force 10837 troops, 125 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 374 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Aug 15, 42 Ulak Island is occupied by the Japanese Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard xAK Ada Maru – had to search for it. This is an xAK Aden freighter in a regular Sapporo – Hirosaki resources convoy. It only has 4x float damage so nothing critical, but it will need to be detached to Hakodate for repairs. D3A1 Val from 31 Ku T-1 attacking SS Gudgeon at 111,108 SS Gudgeon is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Mizuho-1 attacking an Allied SS at 114,136 an Allied SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Mizuho-1 attacking SS S-42 at 117,140 SS S-42 is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from Tone-2 attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 99,56 an Allied SS is reported HIT 2LT Kanamaru, T. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Inokuchi C. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Ishida G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3 2LT Takenaka A. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 WO Ginowa O. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 WO Kimura, S. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 2 WO Uchida S. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3 1LT Inuzuka O. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 2LT Ishida G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4 2LT Ishida G. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5 2LT Ishida G. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!! 2LT Agawa I. of 27th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 WO Kawai G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4 WO Kawai G. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 WO Kawai G. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!! PO1 Matsumoto, Y. of 3rd Ku S-1 Det A is credited with kill number 2 E13A1 Jake from 21st Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 111,109 an Allied SS is reported HIT E13A1 Jake from 21st Ku T-4 attacking an Allied SS at 111,109 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Grampus at 85,68 SS Grampus is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking SS Grampus at 85,68 SS Grampus is reported HIT PO2 Hamano R. of 3rd Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2 15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 5 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 5 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 4 x MC-21 Sally transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 3 x MC-21 Sally transporting 4th Division to Kalemyo 5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Kusaie Island 7 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Kusaie Island Repairs completed on BB Ise at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service – will wait for her sister to finish routine minor maintenance before moving to join the Combined Fleet in SEAF. Repairs completed on TK Teiyo Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service – routine repairs of minor damage to keep them in top condition before the next run back to Japan. Repairs completed on TK San Ramon Maru at Singapore, ship returned to service Miri expands fortifications to size 4 Goa expands airfield to size 4 Alice Springs expands airfield to size 6 – it’s a surprise that allied heavy bombers haven’t been trying to help the 1st Aus, 5th Aus and Amercal Divs in the Northern Territory. Maybe this is a sign that they are coming soon. A6M2-N Rufe upgrading to A6M5 Zero at Hiroshima/Kure – this was a mistake that I can’t undo without spending 30k supply and one month of time, and that’s not worth it so I won’t. The Rufe factory was set to auto upgrade so it did. I was planning to build Rufes for a few more months, then put this factory in mothballs until upgrade to the Rex in 1943. It’s not such a bad thing to build 30x more A6M5 a month though, so they will be allowed to do that. When the Rex becomes available it will then convert to Rex production, so the only thing lost is a few Rufes that I will just have to deal with. They aren’t taking many losses anyway, so I may have enough. 3rd Tpt.Chutai converting to Ki-57-II Topsy 51st Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Ominato
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