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5 Jul 43 reports - 2/5/2021 9:20:37 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Another quiet day with the Allied Air Forces grounded in India.
IJAAF Dinah IIIs have eyes on about 350 Allied fighters and about 150 Allied bombers though, so they are far from finished.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 05, 43
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
SC Ch 22
Allied Ships
SS Cisco, hits 6 – at least one good hit with critical damage then other near misses that caused some flooding. Should end this patrol.
SS Cisco is located by SC Ch 22
Cisco bottoming out ....
SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,32 (Darjeeling)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 20000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,32 (Darjeeling)
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ... 2 of 3 units at Darjeeling are Mountain Gun Regts.
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Afternoon Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27039 troops, 286 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1387
Defending force 24447 troops, 277 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 956
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 05, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-174 at Victoria Point, ship returned to service
G4M1 Betty from 753 Ku K-1 has spotted AMc Gale at 120,143 AMc Gale is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking a KV Class class SS at 114,66 a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS is reported HIT
B6N2 Jill from Junyo-3 attacking a KXI Class class SS at 103,120 a Grampus class SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 958 Ku T-7 attacking SS Tautog at 85,68 SS Tautog is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Scorpion at 100,60 SS Scorpion is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 114,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Wahoo at 101,56 SS Wahoo is reported HIT
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
WO Kabase M. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Aircraft D4Y4 Judy advances R&D - to 11/43 +8/day, so they will start production in about mid-August
Aircraft P1Y2 Frances advances R&D - to 10/44 +6/day, so still a long way off. P1Y1 is in production at 30/month with 17 in the pool, so the first Betty unit will soon upgrade to Frances.
47th/B Division takes replacements from Milne Bay
42nd/C Division takes replacements from Shortlands
40th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Tarawa – HQ 4th Fleet tour continues


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6 Jul 43 reports - 2/5/2021 9:45:28 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 43
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ASW attack near Manado at 76,98
PB Hakkaisan Maru
SS Paddle is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139
SS RO-109
Allied Ships
AM Wagga
AM Castlemaine
AM Strahan
Captain of SS RO-109 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27047 troops, 286 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1387
Defending force 24438 troops, 277 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 958
Assaulting units:
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 57,33 (near Rangpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11754 troops, 116 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 382
Defending force 2109 troops, 24 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Japanese adjusted assault: 175
Allied adjusted defense: 12
Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1052 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 13 (11 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
15th Division – moderately disabled with 305 AV, TOE is 82/95 with 122 disabled infantry squads. It is moving to help destroy the remaining Allied units near Darjeeling then it will be set to Rest mode to recover at Darjeeling.
11th Tank Regiment – 93/100 TOE so one of the most combat ready IJA Tank Regts at the moment. I’ll try to post a summary of all IJA Tank units as most of them are in rest and refit mode at the moment. IJA light tanks really don’t do well against Allied tanks or AT guns, but I figure it is better to have them as additional targets and potential anti-personnel platforms. In their next battle, instead of giving IJA Tank Regts attack orders I might set them to Reserve (pursuit) in their next battle. There will need to be enough of them (say 4-6x Regts) so that they are strong enough to defend against any counter attack until the main force can join them.
2nd Army
27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
Defending units:
121st RAF Base Force – this unit moved in from the NE which causes the IJA stack that was moving NE to reset to zero.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 06, 43
Repairs completed on SS I-180 at Manus, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from Kushimoto Ku T-1 attacking SS Thresher at 112,67 SS Thresher is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking a Barracuda class SS at 53,43 a KXI Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking a KV Class class SS at 52,45 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS at 75,116 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 75,116 a Triton class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-47 at 97,130 SS S-47 is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over 1st Army
Spitfire PR.IV sighted over 11th Army
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai - Allied transports are still flying supply to 5th Chinese Corps and 20th Indian Div providing good training for 6th Sentai Nicks.
2LT Genwa V. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Gushi V. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Gasmata expands fortifications to size 2
Pegu expands airfield to size 5 – stopped at size 5 as a supporting airfield for Rangoon, with forts to keep building.
Aircraft N1K5-J George advances R&D – to 8/45 +8/day. No engine bonus yet as the Mitsubishi Ha-43 is still researching. There are 3x size 30 factories on the Mitsu Ha-43 currently due 5/44 and 50% of the way to 4/44. With 3x30 researching it will advance nearly 1 month per month, so the engines should start production in about 6-7 months, or early 1944.
Aircraft Ki-84r Frank advances R&D – to 7/45 +20/day with engine bonus. It will take about 4 months to advance 2 years so they will enter production before the end of 1943.
DD Hibiki available for service in damaged state at Amchitka Island – still heavily damaged with 59 float damage the main concern, CA Div 6 (Tone and Chikuma) with the other 2x Fubuki III DDs will escort her home. First leg is to try and make it to the 6 hexes to Attu Island.


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RE: 6 Jul 43 reports - 2/5/2021 9:57:14 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		This is the enemy situation with Army Divisions shown.

Only Divs either already on map or arriving in 1943 are shown here.

The 5th Chinese Corps and 20th Indian Div are cut off and will be destroyed fairly soon.

18th British Div was zeroed during the battle of Dacca but that was a few months back, so they will have recovered to some extent somewhere, possibly at Calcutta.

5th Indian Div was last in contact at Dacca as well, but withdrew in reasonably good order so should be almost 100%.

19th Indian Div was last in contact near Rangpur and withdrew in reasonably good shape so should also be about 100% strength.

Contact with the other Divs shown here was generally earlier in 1943, so they may have recovered to almost full strength and others may have arrived from Australia and the US and be unidentified.





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RE: 6 Jul 43 reports - 2/5/2021 10:27:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Details of the enemy situation in India.

Sub-total of Allied numbers spotted in the Patna to Calcutta area is about 350k troops, 3800 guns and 4600 AFVs.
Most Allied stacks along the Ganges River look like they have 1 or 2x Infantry Divisions plus an Armd Bde, or similar.
The Allies are already moving something NW out of Calcutta to who-knows-where, maybe Ranchi or Patna.
Since this image was taken another few movement arrows have popped up.

Allied forces around Darjeeling are no longer a threat so will be attacked but won’t be surrounded first.
They will be bulldozed backwards until destroyed or they escape across the Ganges.
The 5th Chinese Corps stack is completely surrounded so will be destroyed where it is.

Bases within the yellow goose eggs will start receiving photo recon visits from Dinah IIIs shortly.
The bases around Benares are on the short list for Para drops by the 4x IJA Raiding Regts, while those around Vizagaptnam will be recon’d just to keep the Allies guessing, which should reinforce the 25th Army deception plan.

Draft Plan for Course of Action 1 which is to continue the advance.

HQ Korea Army is available to lead 11x fresh and highly experienced IJA Infantry Divs towards Asansol which is a size 9 airbase, crossing the Ganges River on the Allied left flank, then advancing down the river via the hex currently occupied by the HQ XV Indian Corps stack. This advance can expect to receive constant aerial bombardment from allied heavy bombers, but that will create more opportunities for Tojo LRCAP (and soon Frank-A) to shoot them down.

HQ 1st (Tank) Army with 3x Tank Divs could lead a charge to Patna and try to capture it quickly with its size 6(7) and growing airbase. Patna airfield would provide another IJAAF fighter base to provide LRCAP over the ground force, and long range Dinah III recon even further into India.
The Tank Divs could then swing south towards Ranchi/Jamshedpur.

HQ 15th Army could take a few of the 11x Infantry Divs and split off from the main Asansol advance to capture Ranchi via the fast road, then join with 1st Army to capture the Jam Shed.

If any troops from the III, XV or XXXIII Indian Corps stacks move backwards then the IJA 11th, 12th and 13th Armies could advance.
There are 7 more IJA Infantry Divs between HQ 2nd Area Army at Dacca and the HQ 13th Army stack.
HQ 13th Army could feint a river crossing in support of the main Korea/15th Army river crossing to try and keep XV Indian Corps from interfering, then once the Korea Army clears the far bank it could cross unopposed and follow.

HQ 20th Army has 4x fresh Divisions with it so needs to capture the 5th Chinese Corps stack quickly, then it will all be available as a decent reserve force.
HQ 23rd Army has 2x recovering Divs and 5x recovering Tank Regts at Tezpur; plus another 3x Divs that are recovering at Rangpur.

HQ 2nd Army has 15th Div (moderately disabled) and 11th Tank Regt for the attack on Darjeeling. Once Darjeeling is captured HQ 2nd Div will move to Chittagong to ship out to the DEI.





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RE: 6 Jul 43 reports - 2/5/2021 10:42:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Draft Plan for Course of Action 2, which is to switch to a defensive posture.

Destroy the 5th Chinese Corps stack and capture Darjeeling, then establish defensive positions.

The IJAAF would maintain a strong presence, conduct selected fighter sweeps in between CAP/LRCAP to inflict as many Allied bomber casualties as possible.
HQ 3rd Air Army has the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Air Divs available to step back towards their previous airfields on the Burma border.

There are a total of 24x IJA Infantry Divs and 3x Tank Divs to try and extract from this area in an orderly fashion.
Once the Allies spot backwards movement they will most likely advance to maintain contact, but that would bring them out into the open terrain and may create opportunities for aerial bombardment, local counter attacks and more LRCAP opportunities to shoot down Allied bombers.

HQ 2nd Area Army, 2nd Army and as many Southern Army and other “free” units as possible would move to Chittagong then ship out towards Sumatra and Java.

1st Army with the 3x Tank Divs would withdraw to Tezpur to refit and then be available as the theatre reserve. They would be available to move to either Dacca or Rangpur depending on where the Allies choose to attack first.

11th, 12th and 13th Armies would hold in place for as long as possible, then when the Allies start to advance they would withdraw via the Arakan coast towards south/central Burma.

15th, 20th and 23rd Armies would also establish then hold in TBC defensive positions. When pressed by the Allies they would withdraw via Assam into northern Burma.

Burma Area Army with a number of fresh 50s and 30s Divs under command would then take over the delay, to allow the above Armies to break contact and move back towards China and Manchukuo.

This might work to try and keep the victory point ratio above 3:1 by 1 Jan 1944.
The main concerns with continuing to advance are the damage and disruption that Allied heavy bombers cause to IJA troops in the open and the assumption that the US Army is continuing to send more reinforcements to India.





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7 Jul 43 reports - 2/6/2021 10:59:01 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 07, 43
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
xAP Taizan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage, sunk
xAP Kasado Maru
E W-19
SS Blackfish launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Taizan Maru
E W-19 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SC Ch 32
SS Tunny is located by SC Ch 32
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,107
SC Ch 42
SC Ch 41
SS Pompon is located by SC Ch 42
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,61
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-22
SS Flying Fish is sighted by escort
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51 – a single DD was spotted last turn.
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
G4M1 Betty x 4
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Aylwin
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 9
SS Bowfin is located by SC Ch 9
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27052 troops, 286 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388
Defending force 24427 troops, 277 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 957
Assaulting units: Deliberate attack ordered tomorrow to start trying to wear this Allied stack down. 34th Div is 4 days march away from joining.
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 07, 43
SS I-29 terminates patrol and enters Rabaul for repairs
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over 1st Army
G3M3 Nell from 702 Ku-1 has spotted an Allied xAKL at 91,132 a Pacific S Cargo class xAKL is reported HIT
B5N2 Kate from 954 Ku T-1 attacking SS Rasher at 111,109 SS Rasher is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 958 Ku T-7 attacking SS Tunny at 84,68 SS Tunny is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Kumano-2 attacking SS Tunny at 84,68 SS Tunny is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 70,113 a KXI Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Whale at 65,104 SS Whale is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Tinosa at 64,107 SS Tinosa is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking a O19 Class class SS at 64,106 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Spitfire PR.IV sighted over 11th Army
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
2LT Mitsumoto T. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Saito C. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Saito C. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard DD Hibiki – maybe 1 more damage point so not critical, yet!
Repairs completed on SS I-4 at Hakodate, ship returned to service – back to long range patrol off the US West Coast.
Wakkanai expands fortifications to size 3
Yamagata expands airfield to size 3
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D – to 12/43 +12/day with engine bonus
Ace pilot Matsuba H. of Ryujo-1 is promoted to CPO
20th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Singapore - HQ Southern Army is at Victoria Point
21th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Rangoon
22nd JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Sabang
26th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Singapore
28th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Port Blair
29th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Georgetown
Loss of xAP Taizan Maru on Jul 07, 1943 is admitted


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RE: 7 Jul 43 reports - 2/6/2021 11:26:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		IGHQ have modified course of action #1 over the last 24 hours, with 1st (Tank) Army and 15th Army to cross the Ganges River together.

The plan now is to keep as much of the IJA offensive power together and focus on trying to clear the far bank of the Ganges River then maybe continue the advance to Asansol, depending on how the Allies react.

The units that will make the assault river crossing are shown here as 8x Infantry and 2x Tank Divs.
3rd Tank Div is the least experienced and is still carrying some infantry squads disablements, but the rest of these Divs are in top shape.

One Infantry Div (53rd from memory) will cross the river into Darjeeling tomorrow with 18th Div to follow the day after.

1st Tank Div (after Darjeeling is captured) and the 6x Tank Regts that are undergoing refit at Rangpur/Tezpur could still make a dash for Patna to support Para operations in that area, but they might also move to reinforce the Asansol attack.





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8 Jul 43 reports - 2/7/2021 2:32:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 08, 43
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
PB Hinode Maru #20
SS Cisco is sighted by escort
Cisco bottoming out ....
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ASW attack near Torres Islands at 115,147
SS I-182, hits 1
SS I-182 is sighted by escort
DMS Southard attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SC Ch 31
SC Ch 32
SS Tunny is located by SC Ch 31
SC Ch 32 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 32 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub vs Sub: SS RO-104 attacking SS S-47 at 97,131 - near Port Moresby
SS RO-104
Allied Ships
SS S-47
SS RO-104 launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107
SC Ch 41
SC Ch 42
Captain of SS Pompon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC Ch 42 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Kirakira at 114,141
SS RO-109, hits 1 – moderate damage, returning to base.
SS RO-109 launches 2 torpedoes
DMS Southard attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Southard is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Severe storms
N1K1-J George x 38
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
VMF-216 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 24000.
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Severe storms
N1K1-J George x 8
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VMF-216 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 21000.
VMF-214 with F4U-1 Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 38
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 27
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 37
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 damaged
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Severe storms
N1K1-J George x 40
40 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27052 troops, 286 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1034
Defending force 24397 troops, 277 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 956
Japanese adjusted assault: 596
Allied adjusted defense: 1105
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 – no surprise there, but good to see the supply (-). IJA Deliberate attacks will be launched about every second day to try and get the Allied disruption and fatigue negatives.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1512 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 119 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Assaulting units:
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Darjeeling (59,32)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13050 troops, 116 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 494
Defending force 3424 troops, 128 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
Japanese adjusted assault: 518
Allied adjusted defense: 190
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
568 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Assaulting units:
56th Division – disruption of 50 but only 19 fatigue. 18th Div will arrive tomorrow so a follow up deliberate attack is ordered to try and cause maximum damage to the defenders before they leave the hex.
Defending units: one or more of these units is moving west out of the hex.
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 225 Group Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 08, 43
B5N2 Kate sighting report: 6 Allied ships at 73,108 near Bara, speed 12, Moving Northwest Search H8K2 Emily destroyed by CAP
B5N1 Kate from Yokosuka Ku K-2 attacking SS Grenadier at 108,63 SS Grenadier is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Whale at 65,104 SS Whale is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 a Triton class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-51 Sonia from 90th I.F.Chutai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
PO2 Matsuki C. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO2 Katagi W. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Morita C. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Bando G. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Fujimatsu E. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO2 Doigawa R. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Kotani J. of 251 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
F-5A Lightning sighted over Rangpur
PO2 Matsunaga J. of 202 Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 2
G4M1 Betty from 753 Ku K-1 has spotted a Elco 77ft PT class PT at 114,137 a Elco 77ft PT class PT is reported HIT
B5N1 Kate from Yokosuka Ku K-2 attacking an Allied DD at 114,66 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Bako NGD Det T-1 attacking a Triton class SS at 87,61 an Allied SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Tone-2 attacking SS Barb at 100,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 a Grampus class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-35 at 101,126 SS S-35 is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-35 at 101,126 SS S-35 is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Wahoo at 101,56 SS Wahoo is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking a O21 Class class SS at 114,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Munda
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
2LT Genwa V. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
Fushun expands fortifications to size 3
Peiping expands fortifications to size 4
Boise expands airfield to size 9
Batangas expands airfield to size 2
Djokjakarta expands fortifications to size 3
Ace pilot Futagami H. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
582 Ku K-1 converting to B6N2 Jill
8th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Babeldaob – HQ SEAF is here
43rd JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Makin – HQ 4th Fleet is here


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RE: 8 Jul 43 reports - 2/7/2021 2:49:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		202 and 251 George-1s swept Tulagi from Shortlands.

If they were all ready there would be 135 IJNAF fighters at Shortlands and 108 at Torokina.
The Allied numbers reported here are from the morning after.

A frontal attack on Lunga against 131 enemy fighters who have radar fighter controllers probably isn’t a good idea, so the 251 George-1s will sweep Tassafaronga tomorrow in an attempt to shoot down some area CAP.





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RE: 8 Jul 43 reports - 2/7/2021 2:59:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		N1K1 George are fast becoming obsolete with N1K2 rolling off the production lines so a few more George-1 sweeps will be ordered before they start being used as trainers.

14x USMC fighters were destroyed today for the loss of 3x George-1, with 1xKIA and 2xMIA pilots.
Two pilots qualified for CV service and were transferred to reserve. They will transfer to a CV fighter unit to replace a couple of <80 experience pilots.

14:3 is an encouraging ratio so sweeps will be ordered every few days to try and reduce the USMC fighter strength in SOPAC.

George-2 hasn’t been sprung on the Allies yet, but once all these units have George-2 they might make their debut via a massed sweep of Lunga.




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RE: 8 Jul 43 reports - 2/7/2021 3:25:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		6th Sentai pilots are doing well with their advanced training course, shooting down Allied transports that are flying supply to the 5th Chinese Corps and 20th Indian Div.
From CT’s AAR it looks like the supply would be getting through, but the Allies have been losing about 5 transports a day for the last 10 or so days, so they should run low on cargo planes at some point.
The 70+ experience pilots here were just “graduated” to the general F/FB reserve and replaced with 60s experience pilots.
There are now 258 fighter pilots in the reserve pool but about 60 of them are WIA.
That leaves about 200 true reserve pilots and they are all 69+ experience.
The pool of 70-79 experience fighter pilots is growing steadily now which is good as they are used to replace losses in the front line Sentai which are all full of 70+ (with lots of 80+) experience pilots.




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Status: offline 		A probing Tojo sweep in India by 11th and 26th Sentai gets a 36:6 air-air win.
Thunderbolts and Lightnings are not so very very frightening. Some P40K were also shot down.

11th Sentai has many pilots 81+ but a few replacements in the 70s. 2xKIA.
26th Sentai is mostly 70s experience and lost 2xKIA and 2xMIA.

2nd and 3rd Tank Divs force the Ganges river crossing against 2x Aussie armour units and clear the far bank.
2/4th Tank Regt was destroyed and 4th Armd Bde was pushed back to the SW.
The rest of the IJA stack will cross tomorrow.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 09, 43
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68
SC Ch 32
SC Ch 31
SS Tautog is located by SC Ch 32
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TF 260 encounters mine field at Tulagi (114,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
1 mine cleared
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107
SC Ch 41
SC Ch 42
Captain of SS Pompon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66
SC CHa-18
SC CHa-19
SS Gunnel launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-18
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Morning Air attack on Tassafaronga , at 113,137
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
40 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet * - unopposed
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36 – this is the veteran 11th Sentai flying from Dacca.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 29
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed
CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/25th FS with P-38G Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 2/4th Armoured Regiment, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 – this is the experienced 26th Sentai flying from Rangpur.
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40N1 Warhawk x 4
P-40N5 Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40N5 Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 8 destroyed – first look at P-47s, they must have rookie pilots to be shot down like this.
CAP engaged:
80th FG/88th FS with P-40N5 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
80th FG/89th FS with P-40N1 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
348th FG/341st FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
348th FG/342nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 8
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
51st FG/16th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 9 damaged
Allied aircraft – this was a heart stopper moment but the Allied fighters didn’t seem to make contact.
P-40N1 Warhawk x 1
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
CAP engaged:
80th FG/89th FS with P-40N1 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
348th FG/341st FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
348th FG/342nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 2/4th Armoured Regiment, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
P-40N1 Warhawk x 1
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
80th FG/89th FS with P-40N1 Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
348th FG/341st FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
348th FG/342nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 1
348th FG/341st FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 27
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,107
SC Ch 42
SS Pompon is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at 55,33 (near Asansol)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 17355 troops, 265 guns, 1344 vehicles, Assault Value = 750
Defending force 4104 troops, 16 guns, 454 vehicles, Assault Value = 279
Japanese adjusted assault: 469
Allied adjusted defense: 199
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 68 (13 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 262 (212 destroyed, 50 disabled)
Units retreated 1, to the SW
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
Defending units:
2/4th Armoured Regiment - destroyed
4th Armoured Brigade
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12934 troops, 158 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 904
Defending force 23874 troops, 276 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 882
Assaulting units:
36th Division
19th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Darjeeling (59,32)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14723 troops, 260 guns, 230 vehicles, Assault Value = 919
Defending force 3404 troops, 128 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 50
Allied adjusted defense: 232
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
476 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 22 (9 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Assaulting units:
18th Division – just arrived so will attack tomorrow.
56th Division – heavily disrupted so the adjusted AV was very low, but they still dropped forts another level.
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
Defending units:
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 225 Group Base Force – another heroic defence by an RAF Base Force against an IJA regular Division.

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 09, 43
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,124 a 'T' 1941 and 1942 class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Whale at 65,104 SS Whale is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT
1LT Tsukamoto H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 11
2LT Hashiguchi P. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Miyajima D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Genwa K. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Mori S. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Ban R. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Fukudome O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Higashiyama C. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 14
2LT Ginowa O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 9
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
2LT Kado A. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Ginowa O. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 10
WO Suzuki D. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Harada J. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Harada J. of 26th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Gyuba G. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Mitsumasa H. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Mitsumasa H. of 26th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Tsukamoto G. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Renzo N. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Mitsumasa H. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Futagami N. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Inuzuka C. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Futagami N. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Futagami N. of 26th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Harada J. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Kimiyama H. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Kimiyama H. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Tsukamoto G. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
E13A1 Jake from 958 Ku T-6 attacking an Allied SS at 115,66 an Allied SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from 958 Ku T-7 attacking SS Tunny at 84,68 SS Tunny is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Tone-2 attacking SS Barb at 100,58 SS Barb is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking SS Searaven at 75,117 SS Searaven is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
WO Inoue F. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Mitsumoto T. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Eiichi W. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 12 – this pilot’s posting to 6th Sentai was a short one getting to 70 experience so back to the fighter reserve pool.
Tillamook expands airfield to size 8
Device NE turbojet advances R&D – to 2/45 +2/day from 2x size 30 factories.
Ace pilot Azusa G. of 77th Sentai Det B is promoted to 1LT
65th JNAF AF Unit - some devices have been upgraded at Iwo-jima
Device(s) upgraded in 65th JNAF AF Unit supplied from Iwo-jima
82nd I.F.Chutai arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo – Dinah III unit bought out and will move to India to get three more recon dets taking photos. I should have bought this unit out a month ago as they would be handy on the front line right now.


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10 Jul 43 reports - 2/9/2021 10:23:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gorakphur and Katmandu are taken by the 2nd and 3rd Raiding Regts dropping from the sky.

3rd Raiding Regt will continue to arrive by air-land tomorrow with 1x IJNAF Coy also being flown forward.
The 47th IF Chutai (12x Tojo, MAJ Sakagawa) has moved to Gorakhpur to try and shoot down any unescorted bombers that are launched at the paras while they are in the open.

2nd Raiding Regt Engr Coy will need to cut a level 1 fighter strip into the mountain side to allow an IJNAF Coy to fly forward.
No Engr squads flew into Katmandu today, so if they refuse to get on the plane in coming days then 2nd Raiders will be stuck at Katmandu until engineers can walk there or the Raiders walk down out of the Himalayas to Gorakphur.

1st Raiding Regt is still at Imphal as the garrison which is not ideal.
The INA units need to move forward from Singapore to take over garrison roles, which will allow the 1st Raiders to join the rest of the IJA “Parachute Division”.

Dinah III recon flights over Benares and Allahabad today report them as empty, so 4th Raiders will drop on both of them tomorrow.
1x IJAAF Coy will then be flow into both to support more F or FB Chutai.

1st Raiders would have taken one of these targets if they weren’t still stuck on police duty at Imphal.
The recon report for Lucknow spots one enemy unit with 3660 troops. Perhaps a HQ unit with no vehicles?

144th Regt (55th Div) and 3rd Tank Regt are both 100% TOE and available to move from Tezpur by train towards Gorakphur, but it will take 3 days for them to get there only moving 5 hexes a day on the skinny gauge railway. The other 2x Regts from 55th Div and 3x Tank Regts are still recovering losses but will move when back to full strength.

Yellow arrows show Dinah III recon flights for tomorrow over Cawnpore, Jubbulpore and Raipur.
The purpose of these yellow arrows is to get the Allies thinking about further IJA para drops behind their lines.
There are no serious plans to send IJA Infantry Divs towards Cawnpore/Lucknow at this stage, but the Allies might divert troops from Calcutta towards NW India just in case.

Bombay is only 16 hexes from Allahabad, so it would be good to get some Dinah IIIs over Bombay to start making the Allies look even further over their shoulders.

Apart from the distractions of the para drops, the main attack remains the Korea Army axis with 1st and 15th Armies under command.
A multi-Sentai LRCAP is set overhead from both Dacca and Rangpur, but the Allies refused to launch bombers at the Korea Army, instead switching to night bombing of Rangpur.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 10, 43
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34 – IGHQ were expecting a change of tactics at some point, so Nicks are on night CAP at the main bases. Total Nick losses today (6 Air-Air + 2 Ops) aren’t good as only 1x B24 was reported as an ops loss. Nick altitude was set 5k’ above the bombers so I will drop them to about 1k’ and try that tomorrow night.
AA Regts in this hex didn’t seem to fire despite having supply, perhaps the severe storms kept the gunners away from their guns?
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Sub attack near Koggala at 29,51
SS I-178, hits 2
Allied Ships
KV Thyme
KV Jasmine
DD Isaac Sweers
KV Commandant Duboc
Captain of SS I-178 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
KV Commandant Duboc attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Manado at 76,98
PB Bunzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage – not sunk and only a hex from Manado, so has a slim chance of making it to port tomorrow.
PB Hakkaisan Maru
Allied Ships
SS Paddle
SS Paddle launches 2 torpedoes at PB Bunzan Maru
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Morning Air attack on 29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 59,32 (Darjeeling)
Weather in hex: Light rain
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 38
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 27
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 38
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 15 damaged
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Also attacking RAF 225 Group Base Force ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Sub attack near Lingga at 51,88
SC Ch 21
SC Ch 22
SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 21
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25842 troops, 286 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 913
Defending force 23899 troops, 276 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 884
Japanese adjusted assault: 533
Allied adjusted defense: 907
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) – still no disruption or fatigue negatives. This is going to be a long grind. 34th Div is 36/46 miles towards this hex so I think 3 days to go before it arrives.
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1125 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 80 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
311 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Assaulting units:
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Darjeeling (59,32)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28180 troops, 394 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 889
Defending force 3314 troops, 122 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Japanese adjusted assault: 223
Allied adjusted defense: 112
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) – only 18th Div attacked, missing out on a 2:1 result by a bee’s dick…
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 13 (7 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
18th Division
56th Division
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 225 Group Base Force
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Ground combat at Gorakhpur (54,26)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 314 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Gorakhpur !!!
Assaulting units:
2nd Raiding Rgt /1
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Ground combat at Katmandu (57,28)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 115 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Katmandu !!!
Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /1

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 10, 43
G3M3 Nell from 702 Ku-1 has spotted an Allied PG at 114,138 an Allied PG is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Whale at 65,104 SS Whale is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 54,42 a KV Class class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking a 'T' War Emergency class SS at 54,42 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Scorpion at 100,60 SS Scorpion is reported HIT
F-4 Lightning sighted over Rangpur
Allied Aircraft sighted over Dacca – night bombers might attack either of these main two IJAAF airfields tomorrow night
B5N2 Kate from 954 Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 112,107 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from 956 Ku T-1 attacking an Allied PG at 106,124 a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking SS S-35 at 101,126 SS S-35 is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Wahoo at 101,56 SS Wahoo is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Wahoo at 101,56 SS Wahoo is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Buna – Allied recon is visiting multiple bases on PNG
26 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Gorakhpur
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy dropping 3rd Raiding Regiment at Katmandu
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
Japanese forces CAPTURE Gorakhpur !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Katmandu !!!
Amami Oshima expands airfield to size 2
Ace pilot Bunkichi L. of 64th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Previous report of sinking of SS O24 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
47th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Mili
Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Gorakhpur (54, 26)! – once the rest of 2nd Raiding Regt arrives they should restore law and order.


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RE: 10 Jul 43 reports - 2/10/2021 12:48:59 AM   
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No Engr squads flew into Katmandu today, so if they refuse to get on the plane in coming days


Engineers can't 'air drop'. They are limited to being 'air transportable'. Level 9 load factor IIRC. To parachute in a device needs to have a load of 7 or less.

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No Engr squads flew into Katmandu today, so if they refuse to get on the plane in coming days


Engineers can't 'air drop'. They are limited to being 'air transportable'. Level 9 load factor IIRC. To parachute in a device needs to have a load of 7 or less.


Thanks I had a vague memory of something like that but haven’t had time to check.
They must have heavy picks and shovels!

I think I’ll cancel all further flights to Nepal and order them to take a hike down to Gorakhpur.

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Nepal


Was Nepal even a belligerent IRL?

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Nepal


Was Nepal even a belligerent IRL?


Gurkhas . . .

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Status: offline 		Wikipedia says the Royal Nepalese Army had 16x Battalions.
Gurkhas in British Army service were on top of that.

Based on that, I doubt a company of IJA paras would have been able to capture Kathmandu!

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Status: offline 		Darjeeling was captured. 18th Div will now catch the train to Chittagong to ship out to Java.

Allahabad and Benares were occupied unopposed by paras. +35 supply per day between them.
No more para drops planned, but the Allies don’t know that.

Cawnpore has a small garrison while Jubbulpur and Raipur look vacant.
A few Allied movement arrows have popped up around Calcutta so the para ops might be prompting some backwards moves to garrison rear areas.

Allied night bombing raids against Dacca and Rangpur continue causing more Nick losses...


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Allied night bombing raids against Dacca and Rangpur continue causing more Nick losses...


Yup, those B-24 'night fighters' can be tough.

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Allied night bombing raids against Dacca and Rangpur continue causing more Nick losses...


Yup, those B-24 'night fighters' can be tough.


I launched a large (for the IJAAF) night bombing raid at a big allied airfield that has no fighters but lots of bombers and transports.
The Helens and Sallys flew into thunderstorms so hit sweet FA...

Still, it might force the Allies to put up some of their own night CAP.

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Status: offline 		If there were more Allied heavy bomber ops losses than reported here then these Nick losses might be sustainable.
The aircraft are relatively easy to replace but 70+ experience pilots are harder to replace.

There are 2x size 60 Nick-C factories building 4/day with 29 Nick-C in the reserve pool. There were 7 Nick-C losses today, 4 A2A, 1 ground and 2 ops.
13 Nicks are out of the fight tomorrow due to battle damage needing repairs. 27th Sentai needs to rotate out to take replacements, so 45th Sentai will rotate in to Rangpur to replace them.
For pilots today, 27th Sentai lost 2x KIA + 1x WIA while 44th Sentai at Dacca had no pilot casualties. Those sort of pilot losses are sustainable.

Last time the Allies tried night bombing in Burma they gave up after about a week, so we will see how long these night raids continue for.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 11, 43
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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
Wellington GR.VIII x 6
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
6 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 8000 feet
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
CAP engaged: Altitude dropped to 1k’ for tomorrow night to try and increase the time it takes for the Nicks to intercept. The idea is for them to disrupt the bombers without getting themselves shot down by making close contact.
Watching the combat replay, the Nicks seem to just fly around inside defensive fire range of the bombers until they are either driven off by defensive fire or are damaged. The Nick pilots are all 70s experience so they might have to be 80+, high morale and well rested to be more effective.
44th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 3 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 9
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
9 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 8000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
27th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 6
Wellington B.X: 2 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 6
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged
Runway hits 3
6 x Blenheim VD bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Night Air attack on Jamshedpur , at 51,34
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 7
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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96
xAK Ishikari Maru
PB Hakkaisan Maru
SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ishikari Maru
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Sub attack near Donggala at 69,96
xAK Ishikari Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Hakkaisan Maru
SS Sailfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ishikari Maru
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Sub attack near Lingga at 51,88
SC Ch 22
Allied Ships
SS Balao, hits 1
SS Balao launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 22
SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
G4M1 Betty x 5
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
Allied Ships
DMS Chandler
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 9
Allied Ships
SS Bowfin, hits 1
SS Bowfin is sighted by escort
SC Ch 9 attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 58,32 (near Darjeeling)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11170 troops, 116 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 683
Defending force 3274 troops, 34 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
Japanese adjusted assault: 309
Allied adjusted defense: 88
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Units pursuing 2
Allied ground losses:
940 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 95 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
15th Division – will move to Darjeeling for R&R
1st Tank Division – pursued and will attack again tomorrow
11th Tank Regiment – pursued, as above
2nd Army – will move to Darjeeling, rail to Chittagong then ship to Java.
Defending units:
2nd Gordons Battalion
221 Group RAF
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
121st RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Darjeeling (59,32) – 12308 supply is in the base. I assume that most of that was captured but some/all of it might have just moved there after capture.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28196 troops, 394 guns, 280 vehicles, Assault Value = 947
Defending force 3113 troops, 100 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Japanese adjusted assault: 665
Allied adjusted defense: 118
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Darjeeling !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units pursuing 1
Allied ground losses:
1094 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 62 (62 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment – Southern Army, pursued into the Mountain terrain, which isn’t a good place for light tanks to be…
56th Division – 81 experience. 25th Army so could move to Chittagong to ship out, but as a 50-something Div it is allocated on paper to Burma Area Army. It will stay in R&R at Darjeeling until back to 100% then be available for operations in India. Current TOE is 93/100 so it is in good shape and won’t take long to fully recover.
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion – 15th Army, so will move to join the main Korea Army / 15th Army advance.
18th Division – 86 experience. 25th Army, will rail to Chittagong then ship out to Java.
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment – Southern Army, so will rail to Chittagong to ship out.
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion – Southern Army, as above.
1st Art.Mortar Regiment – Southern Army, as above.
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – 20th Army, will wait at Rangpur until HQ 20th Army has cleared the 5th Chinese Corps hex.
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment – 20th Army, same as above.
21st Mortar Battalion – 23rd Army, will rejoin HQ 23rd Army which will itself move from Tezpur forward to Rangpur then await further orders.
Defending units:
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment - destroyed
RAF 225 Group Base Force
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12689 troops, 158 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 844 – minus 69 since the deliberate attack yesterday, so it looks like 14 infantry squads recovered from being disabled.
34th Div is now only two days away from bringing +469 assault strength with it. That still won’t be enough to get 1:1 odds without the Allied stack being fatigued and disrupted, so Helen/Sally bombers will soon return here to about 8k’ ground bombing missions.
Defending force 23653 troops, 276 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 850 – minus 34 since yesterday, which is the same number of infantry squads lost. That suggests that the Allied stack is not recovering disablements, but the IJA stack is.
Assaulting units:
36th Division
19th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Benares (51,27)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 197 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Benares !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
4th Raiding Rgt /1
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Ground combat at Allahabad (51,26)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 69 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Allahabad !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /2

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 11, 43
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking a Barracuda class SS at 52,45 an Allied CL is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,43 an Allied SS is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking a Triton class SS at 114,66 a Barracuda class SS is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
F-5A Lightning sighted over Munda
E13A1 Jake from Mikuma-2 attacking SS Whale at 65,104 SS Whale is reported HIT
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIb Sally from 35th Sentai attacking SS Tinosa at 66,107 SS Tinosa is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Flying Fish at 103,61 SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Wahoo at 101,56 SS Wahoo is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
27 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Gorakhpur
19 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 55th Cavalry Regiment to Comilla – to garrison role until the INA units arrive to take over.
8 x Ki-57-II Topsy dropping 4th Raiding Regiment at Benares
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy dropping 3rd Raiding Regiment at Allahabad
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 5th JAAF AF Coy to Gorakhpur
9 x Ki-57-II Topsy dropping 4th Raiding Regiment at Benares
Repairs completed on CL Agano at Manila, ship returned to service
CL Agano beginning refit in shipyard at Manila
Repairs completed on SS I-29 at Rabaul, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Darjeeling !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Benares !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Allahabad !!!
Milne Bay expands fortifications to size 4
Yenki expands fortifications to size 6
Aircraft Ki-84r Frank advances R&D – to 6/45 and still +20/day
Ace pilot Eto O. of 77th Sentai Det A is promoted to 1LT
Pilot Kanda P. is reported as to have escaped capture - PO2 fighter pilot from Kaga-1. 168 missions with 1 kill, but experience has dropped to 42. He will have to go back to a basic training unit for a month or two.
xAP Murada is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Oct 18, 1942 – that’s taken a long time for confirmation to come through, almost 9 months.


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12 Jul 43 reports - 2/13/2021 10:22:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		There’s an opportunity to get fancy here by setting some of this stack to Reserve so it pursues, but the hex to the SW has 8 units, 30k troops, 400 guns and 900 AFVs.
I’ll play it safe and just focus on crushing the 11k troops who moved back into this hex to cause delay.
A big LRCAP is set overhead in case the Allied bombers target this hex tomorrow.
IJA disruption is zero and max fatigue in this stack is 3.




AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 12, 43
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109
SC Ch 43
SC Ch 44
Captain of SS Gudgeon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
8 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 21
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 15
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 15
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109
SC Ch 43
SC Ch 44
Captain of SS Gudgeon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109
SC Ch 43
SC Ch 44
SS Rasher is sighted by escort
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Submarine attack near Cochin at 27,40
SS I-174
Allied Ships
xAK Loch Ranza, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Loch Ranza is sighted by SS I-174
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Loch Ranza
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61
SC Ch 7
SC Ch 9
SS Bowfin launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 7
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 14
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
17 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
20 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 31
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Ground combat at 57,31 (near Darjeeling)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6940 troops, 128 guns, 519 vehicles, Assault Value = 361
Defending force 2499 troops, 31 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
Japanese adjusted assault: 143
Allied adjusted defense: 37
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
891 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 77 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
11th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
2nd Gordons Battalion – the Gordons didn’t retreat
221 Group RAF
29th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
121st RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12726 troops, 158 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 859
Defending force 23637 troops, 276 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 850
Assaulting units:
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 58,31 (near Darjeeling)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Defending force 2291 troops, 44 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 20
Japanese adjusted assault: 49
Allied adjusted defense: 73
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment – light tanks in the jungle rough, not the best combination.
Defending units:
RAF 225 Group Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 12, 43
Ki-45 KAIc Nick from 45th Sentai is written off – losing more Nicks to write offs than combat losses thanks to B-24 inflicted damage.
SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
SS Grenadier is reported HIT
SS Scorpion is reported HIT
WO Ishihara P. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 3
WO Shirahama G. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 3
WO Agawa E. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 5
WO Agawa E. of 47th I.F.Chutai attains ace status!!
WO Agawa E. of 47th I.F.Chutai is credited with kill number 6
SS Barb is reported HIT
SS Grenadier is reported HIT
SS Barb is reported HIT
SS Wahoo is reported HIT
Spitfire PR.IV sighted over Dacca
27 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Gorakhpur
24 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 4th JAAF AF Coy to Benares
8 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
8 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
Pumps fail aboard xAK Ishikari Maru, flooding increases...
xAK Ishikari Maru sinks at sea
Patna expands airfield to size 7 – only 3 Allied units defending, but it is about 4 hexes march from anywhere so if IJA movement is spotted towards it I expect more defenders to arrive by train.
9th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Woleai
42nd JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Maloelap
xAK Loch Ranza is reported to have been sunk near Cochin on Jul 12, 1943


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Post #: 1793
13 Jul 43 reports - 2/15/2021 7:24:55 PM   
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Posts: 2716
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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		The war has progressed with 13-16 July seeing high intensity air and land battles in India.
Korea Army has pushed SW and just won a big battle against XV Indian Corps.
The Tojo and Nick forces have held their own but are getting tired.
The first unit will upgrade to Frank-A in a few days which will be important as B-24s are almost untouchable right now.
The Allies are using a random mix of planes, including Beauforts and Venturas.

The Tone-Chikuma CA Div sank a DD and xAK in the Aleutians.

Relatively quiet in SEAF.
If the weather wasn’t mostly thunderstorms there would have been a massed George-2 sweep of Tulagi by now.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 13, 43
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Wellington B.X x 5
Mitchell II x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 7
Blenheim VD: 5 damaged
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6
Airbase supply hits 1
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 4
Wellington B.X: 3 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Benares , at 51,27
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18
18 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Benares , at 51,27
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21
21 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 10
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
xAK Zachary Taylor
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Morning Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
P-38G Lightning x 10
10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 31
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
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Afternoon Air attack on Benares , at 51,27
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Gorakhpur , at 54,26
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25108 troops, 245 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1264
Defending force 23644 troops, 276 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 853
Japanese adjusted assault: 310
Allied adjusted defense: 1837
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1864 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
34th Division – just arrived so didn’t attack today
19th Division
36th Division
20th Army
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 55,33 (near Asansol)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 123098 troops, 1451 guns, 1665 vehicles, Assault Value = 4381
Defending force 6204 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 280
Japanese adjusted assault: 3286
Allied adjusted defense: 6
Japanese assault odds: 547 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
714 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4682 casualties reported
Squads: 163 destroyed, 95 disabled
Non Combat: 105 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 48 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 92 (68 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1 – 111th Chindits were destroyed
Assaulting units: 8x Infantry and 2x Tank Divs
15th Army
1st Army
Korea Army
Defending units:
111th Chindit Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
3rd (Special Force) Division
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Ground combat at 58,31 (near Darjeeling)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 50
Defending force 2302 troops, 44 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 21
Japanese adjusted assault: 56
Allied adjusted defense: 94
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 33 (3 destroyed, 30 disabled) – half the tanks disabled, so the other half will tow them back to Darjeeling.
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
RAF 225 Group Base Force
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Ground combat at 57,31 (near Darjeeling)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 359
Defending force 226 troops, 4 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 150
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 150 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Allied ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
11th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
2nd Gordons Battalion - destroyed

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 13, 43
DD Hull is reported HIT – in NEAF
SS Wahoo is reported HIT
SS Wahoo is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Munda
SS Scorpion is reported HIT
SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
16 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 3rd JAAF AF Coy to Allahabad
17 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 4th JAAF AF Coy to Benares
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
3 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
7 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
Akita expands airfield to size 2
Moulmein expands fortifications to size 4
Borzya expands airfield to size 7
Ace pilot Ikura H. of Kaga-1 is promoted to CPO
DD Shiratsuyu beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka – surface search radars are fitted
DD Shigure beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Harusame beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Yudachi beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Samidare beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Yamakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Kawakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Umikaze beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
DD Suzukaze beginning refit in shipyard at Yokohama/Yokosuka
41st Infantry Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Bangkok
131st Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – to SEAF to build fortifications on islands.





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14 Jul 43 reports - 2/19/2021 5:31:40 AM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		The war has now progressed to 20 July with action aplenty.
Not all of it good for the red team either...
I should be able to catchup with some action shots over this weekend.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 14, 43
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 99,67
TK Kuroshio Maru
AMC Asaka Maru
TK Asashio Maru
TK Ryuei Maru
TK Toa Maru
TK Hoyo Maru
E Yomogi
E Tsuta
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at TK Kuroshio Maru
E Tsuta attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 24
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 1
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109
PB Kohoku Maru
TK Zuiyo Maru
PB Senyo Maru
SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kohoku Maru
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
SC Ch 22
SS Balao is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 13
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IV: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 10
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol – quite an impressive Allied fighter air show then followed.
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 10
10 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet
P-40K Warhawk x 20
20 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
P-40N1 Warhawk x 19
19 x P-40N1 Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18
18 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20
20 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 10
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Hull
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 14
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 32
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Also attacking 75th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 55,35 , near Asansol – no LRCAP over this stack.
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 26
Hurricane IId Trop x 12
Hurricane IId Trop: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol – LRCAP failed to fly over the big stack today. Orders seem to have been cancelled when the enemy stack moved out. Lesson learnt for future reference to check LRCAP settings whenever the enemy retreat.
B-24D1 Liberator x 36
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21
21 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16
Beaufighter VIc: 9 damaged
Beaufighter VIc: 2 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
P-40N5 Warhawk x 16
16 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 36898 troops, 351 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 1162
Defending force 23374 troops, 275 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 818
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units: The 9x combat teams below will rotate through deliberate attacks to wear down the enemy. If any become too disabled, fatigued or disrupted they will sit out while the others keep the pressure on. The intent is to keep disruption and fatigue of the Allied stack high to try and drop their morale to a point that they surrender.
19th/C Division
34th/B Division
34th/A Division
19th/B Division
19th/A Division
36th/B Division
36th/A Division
34th/C Division
36th/C Division
20th Army
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 14, 43
SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
SS Wahoo is reported HIT
SS Tinosa is reported HIT
SS S-35 is reported HIT
SS Scorpion is reported HIT
2LT Takenaka A. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Mitsumoto N. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Gyuba S. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Gyuba S. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
F-5A Lightning sighted over Shortlands
SS Flying Fish is reported HIT
SS Wahoo is reported HIT
16 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad – airmobile ops continue
17 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
3 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
6 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
5 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
Kanko expands fortifications to size 4
Lihue expands airfield to size 5
Woodlark Island expands airfield to size 1 – stopped
Woodlark Island expands port to size 1
Blenheim expands airfield to size 6
Palmerston North expands airfield to size 6
Lanchow expands fortifications to size 2
Group Withdrawals:
1 due today (9 Daily PP) - 8th Sentai Det A, withdrawn
Device(s) upgraded in 18th Division supplied from Tezpur
E W-27 arrives at Tokyo – to SEAF
E W-33 arrives at Tokyo – to SEAF
E Maeshima arrives at Tokyo – this is the 9th of its class, so the 2x4 ship Escort Divs will be reorganised to become 3x3 ship Escort Divs of this class.
SC CHa-62 arrives at Ominato – will await a sister then move to 6th Fleet in the Marshalls, if it gets there before the Allies start to invade!





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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 15, 43
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Umnak Island at 169,51, Range 2,000 Yards
CA Tone
CA Chikuma, Shell hits 1
DD Akatsuki
DD Inazuma
Allied Ships
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
DMS Chandler
xAK Iron Knight, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Thunderstorms with 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 96% moonlight: 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
xAK Iron Knight sunk by CA Chikuma at 3,000 yards
DD Aylwin sunk by CA Tone at 6,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 29
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
Liberator GR.III x 8
Wellington Ic x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 5
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 17
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107
SC Ch 42
SC Ch 41
Allied Ships
SS Pompon, hits 2
SS Pompon launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 42
SC Ch 42 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 42 is out of ASW ammo
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TF 260 encounters mine field at Tulagi (114,137)
Allied Ships
DMS Southard
3 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk III (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 23000.
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 41
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 10
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged: big LRCAP is back overhead with multiple 6x Sentai set to 50% LRCAP, range 0 over the Korea Army stack.
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
26th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
33rd Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
85th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 35
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 5 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31
Allied aircraft
P-40N1 Warhawk x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 9
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied Ships – bombing from 2k’ is not getting any hits but they are mostly going for the DDs.
DD Hull
DD Farragut
xAK Zachary Taylor
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 5th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Division, at 55,35 , near Asansol
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 7
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16
Hurricane IId Trop x 10
Hurricane FR.IIb x 2
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hurricane IId Trop: 2 damaged
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
CAP engaged: Area CAP is set from Dacca to try and at least offer 11th, 12th and 13th Armies some protection from Allied bombers. This worked out ok today with the Oscars doing well.
31st Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Also attacking 13th Army ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 9
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
Beaufighter VIc x 9
PV-1 Ventura x 12
Mitchell II x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Wellington GR.VIII: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged – good numbers of Wellingtons shot down, these ones are Coastal Command variants that should be used for recon, ASW and anti-shipping strikes. With a motley crew of Allied planes in this strike. This suggests to me that the Allies are throwing everything that they have available at the Korea Army stack.
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 13th Army, at 55,35 , near Asansol
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 10
Beaufighter VIc: 6 damaged – too tough for Oscars to shoot down
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 12
Beaufort I: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
2 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 11
Wellington B.X: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft – multiple fragments then swept in
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet – Allies are keeping the heavy bombers at 20k’ but the mediums are coming in at 8k’.
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak – not safe even at 20k’
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21
21 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,33 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 17
17 x P-40N5 Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied Ships – all misses
DD Hull
xAK Zachary Taylor
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 10 damaged
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet – dropped to 9k’ to try and get more hits. Most bombers in Assam/Burma are now focussed on this hex to try and increase enemy disruption and fatigue.
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 32
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 27
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 21293 troops, 194 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 1208, +46 since yesterday which is about 5 AV per combat team on average. The Regimental Aid Posts and 20th Army Field Hospital are doing good work here.
Defending force 23354 troops, 275 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 817, minus 1 since yesterday
Assaulting units:
20th Army +3x Infantry Divs
Defending units:
75th Indian Brigade
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 15, 43
WO Hida B. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Gyuba P. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Chojiro M. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Kimiyama B. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Miyazaki V. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Miyazaki V. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Miyazaki V. of 85th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Miyazaki V. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Gushi W. of 33rd Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Sonokawa U. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Sonokawa U. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Mitsumori B. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Kanamaru, T. of 31st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Hashiguchi F. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Gushi R. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 13
2LT Iizuka C. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
CPT Dohibara V. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 13
1LT Hiramoto K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 17
WO Kado K. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Iizuka C. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 13
2LT Egashira B. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Chiba P. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Kimura H. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Miyazaki R. of 33rd Sentai is credited with kill number 2
2LT Ayanori D. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
17 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
16 x Ki-49-II KAI Helen transporting 4th Raiding Regiment to Benares
4 x Ki-57-II Topsy transporting 3rd Raiding Regiment to Allahabad
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
2LT Mori A. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Allahabad expands fortifications to size 1
Aircraft B6N2a Jill advances R&D – to 5/44 +8/day
TK Ayagiri Maru arrives at Tokyo
DD Aylwin is reported to have been sunk near Umnak Island on Jul 15, 1943
SS S-33 is reported to have been sunk near Rekata Bay on Feb 18, 1943
xAK Iron Knight is reported to have been sunk near Umnak Island on Jul 15, 1943
I.26-1 arrives at Tokyo – returns from a sunk sub. Moved to the LSD Nigitsu Maru, upsized to 6 to fill the LSD and also upgrade to Jakes.





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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109
SC Ch 44
Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon, hits 2
SS Gudgeon launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 44
SC Ch 44 attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 26
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 8
Liberator GR.III: 6 damaged
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 14
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 4
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet – they are coming in lower today
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34

Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
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Night Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 11
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator II: 1 damaged
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Rangpur , at 58,34
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 21
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40N5 Warhawk x 17
P-40N5 Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 24
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40N1 Warhawk x 12
P-40N1 Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Weather in hex: Overcast
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 27
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Corps, at 60,35 , near Tezpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Kittyhawk IV x 3
Kittyhawk IV: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 6
Wellington B.X x 9
Mitchell II x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 2 destroyed
Wellington B.X: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Wellington GR.VIII x 5
PV-1 Ventura x 11
Wellington GR.VIII: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 2
Beaufighter VIc: 1 damaged
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
3 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 1st Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 9
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Beaufort I: 2 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3
3 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 23
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Korea Army, at 55,34 , near Asansol
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 6
2 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet
6 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Umnak Island at 169,51
G4M1 Betty x 4
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Hull
Japanese aircraft – second strike, same result of no hits
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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Ground combat at 55,34 (near Asansol)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 123203 troops, 1455 guns, 1672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4413
Defending force 24344 troops, 400 guns, 907 vehicles, Assault Value = 886
Japanese adjusted assault: 2415
Allied adjusted defense: 823
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 – a bit lucky here taking a risk as this attack was ordered immediately upon entering the hex with no “recon by bombardment”. Very close to a 3:1 ad lots of enemy squads and devices destroyed.
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2002 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 49 (17 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 128 (31 destroyed, 97 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6586 casualties reported
Squads: 298 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 452 destroyed, 200 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 150 (100 destroyed, 50 disabled)
Vehicles lost 421 (241 destroyed, 180 disabled)
Units retreated 5 – two units didn’t retreat so they will be attacked again tomorrow.
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Korea Army
15th Army
1st Army
Defending units:
1st Patiala Lancers Regiment – destroyed
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
11th (East African) Division
226th Field Artillery Battalion
XV Indian Corps
48th Light AA Regiment
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Ground combat at 60,35 (near Tezpur)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 29868 troops, 275 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1240
Defending force 23336 troops, 275 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 814
Japanese adjusted assault: 512
Allied adjusted defense: 523 – a big drop from previous attacks as they are now showing a fatigue (-) too.
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 – very close to a 1:1 result, so the regular attacks are working.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1188 casualties reported – about double the number of casualties but similar AV reduction
Squads: 12 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
514 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Army +3x Infantry Divs
Defending units:
20th Indian Division
75th Indian Brigade
5th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jul 16, 43
SS Paddle is reported HIT
2LT Eto E. of 33rd Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Okamoto B. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Eto T. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Chikami L. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Saito P. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Renzo F. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
1LT Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 20
WO Renzo N. of 26th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
F-5A Lightning sighted over Gorakhpur
F-5A Lightning sighted over Milne Bay
B-26 Marauder sighted over Port Moresby – B-26s in the recon role
2LT Futagami J. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kobayashi I. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Saito P. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Saito P. of 87th Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Okamoto B. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Juni P. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Eto T. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Kizuka N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
WO Kizuka N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3
WO Iwashita S. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
WO Iwashita S. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 5
WO Iwashita S. of 1st Sentai attains ace status!!
2LT Kizuka T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 3
2LT Kizuka T. of 1st Sentai is credited with kill number 4
2LT Kobayashi I. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
1LT Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 21
1LT Shiromoto, N. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 22 – top ace now, 4 clear of 1LT Bunkichi from 77th Sentai.
2LT Futagami J. of 85th Sentai is credited with kill number 5
2LT Futagami J. of 85th Sentai attains ace status!!
a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
SS S-35 is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Munda
F-5A Lightning sighted over Gorakhpur
Transports flying to 60,35 intercepted by 6th Sentai
2LT Eto U. of 6th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
Repairs completed on BB Mutsu at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Benares expands fortifications to size 1
Aircraft Ki-84r Frank advances R&D – to 5/45 +20/day
Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D – to 11/43 +12/day
Ace pilot Gushi R. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Ace pilot Dohibara D. of 64th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
I.26-1 on LSD Nigitsu Maru converting to size 6 from 1
60th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Guam – HQ SEAF is visiting Saipan so all of these JNAFUs were in command range.
61st JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Rota
62nd JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Tinian
63rd JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Saipan
64th JNAF AF Unit 's TOE was upgraded to JNAF Airfield 43 at Pagan





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IJN maritime patrol aircraft report an Armed Merchant Cruiser task force approaching Calcutta.
The Southwest Area Fleet intelligence staff believe that these Allied ships have been misidentified and that they are most likely RN Heavy Cruisers with a few DD escorts. Maybe 4xCA and 4xDD to get to the 8 ships sighted.

Multiple Betty groups were set to naval attack with torpedoes loaded so they must have been spotted too late in the day to launch. Opportunity missed.

The IJA has 2x surface combat and 6x cargo ship task forces at Chittagong.
None of the task forces at Chittagong show signs of being spotted, so the assumption is that the Allied task force is coming in for a bombardment run.

CA Div 1 has the lowest task force number with 3xCA and 9xDD Fubuki II including long lance torpedoes. With 100% moonlight the hope is that their lack of radar won’t be a critical weakness.

CL Div 2 has 3x CL Kuma class and 9x DD Minekaze. None of this task force have long lance torpedoes, so they need to get into 8k yards before launching torps.

Merchant task forces are ordered to stop unloading supply and move down the coast to try and avoid the Allied cruisers. There are a few hundred victory points worth of merchant ships in these task forces, plus lots of supply on board that would not be good to lose.





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RE: 17 Jul 43 reports - 2/20/2021 1:37:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		It turned out that there were a few more RN Cruisers than the Int staff were expecting.
Despite higher HQ knowing that this Allied task force would likely move to Chittagong the battle played out as if the Allies achieved tactical surprise.
The CA task force was set to patrol with low threat tolerance so I kept expecting them to withdraw but they didn't...
There was also a distinct lack of long lance torpedoes launched which was disappointing.

CAs Aoba and Kako copped floggings with multiple penetrating 8" hits.

But wait, there's more...




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RE: 17 Jul 43 reports - 2/20/2021 1:46:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		CL Div 2 then made contact against a slightly depleted Allied task force, but they were still outnumbered and outgunned.
CL Kuma suffered a magazine explosion thanks to 8" sniper fire early in the battle then seemed to attract fire from every allied ship before sinking.
The only positive from this battle was that only 1x CL was lost!




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