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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88 – this is part of the Java invasion force moving under land based air cover. A total of 9 x CA in 3 x TF are providing surface cover. KB is on the other side of Borneo supporting landings there so this is a bit risky, but I haven’t seen any major allied surface combatants and want to keep up the momentum. Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Atago DD Yukikaze DD Oyashio DD Tanikaze DD Hamakaze Allied Ships SS O21 SS O21 is sighted by escort DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88 Japanese Ships DD Maikaze DD Nowaki DD Hagikaze DD Arashi Allied Ships SS O21, hits 1 SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Maikaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88 Japanese Ships DMS W-20 AMC Awata Maru APD Nadakaze LSD Shinshu Maru AK Tosan Maru AK Kyushu Maru AK Sakito Maru xAK Yamasimo Maru xAK Azumasan Maru Allied Ships SS O21 SS O21 launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-20 DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Suva at 132,161 SS I-26 is sighted by escort I-26 diving deep .... DD Balch fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Auckland at 117,184 SS I-17 is located by AM Muritai I-17 diving deep .... AM Muritai fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tarawa (136,128) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Buka (109,128) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Moulmein (55,55) 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese ground losses: 93 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Moulmein (55,55) Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Moulmein (55,55) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68 SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes Perch diving deep .... SC Ch 33 attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Davao at 79,91 Japanese Ships DD Akebono DD Amagiri DD Ushio DD Sazanami Allied Ships SS S-41 SS S-41 is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 A6M2 Zero x 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) – flying out of Hanoi now that it is size 2 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11 Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91 A6M2 Zero x 38 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 7 139WH-3: 4 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships xAP Tsingtao Maru xAP Dairen Maru CAP engaged: From two separate task forces, which may confuse allied sigint a bit. Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,52 , near Rangoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 67,91 (Tarakan) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Samarinda , at 65,96 A6M2 Zero x 53 B5N2 Kate x 58 – I thought I’d sent these to hit ships spotted in port at Balikpapan but had left them to commander’s discretion… D3A1 Val x 108 D3A1 Val: 18 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91 A6M2 Zero x 35 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 139WH-3: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Moulmein at 55,55 Allied aircraft PBY-4 Catalina x 2 – this looked like a long range strike from somewhere like Chittagong. No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Tamagawa Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Davao at 79,91 CM Shirakami PB Nanpo Maru Allied Ships SS S-41 SS S-41 is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 SC Ch 19 SC Ch 18 Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 3 SS KXIV is located by SC Ch 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Canton Island at 154,142 SS I-174 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Downes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Pago Pago at 149,162 SS I-23, hits 1 Allied Ships AM Kingfisher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 80 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Maya, Shell hits 1 DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Ukishima Maru Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 25 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 23748 troops, 369 guns, 1292 vehicles, Assault Value = 3209 – only the Tank Regts attacked with about 500 AV, with the rest just arriving this turn. Defending force 19539 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 673 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 441 Allied adjusted defense: 463 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 92 (1 destroyed, 91 disabled) – spread across a few Regts so all still able to fight tomorrow with about 5 x infantry Divs to join in. Allied ground losses: 3307 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 313 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: 41st Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 5th War Area 22nd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14549 troops, 202 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 1387 Defending force 49801 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 510 troops, 35 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 412 Defending force 35771 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bataan (78,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2895 troops, 203 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1586 – fatigue and disruption are still fairly high so a few days until I attack again. Defending force 27328 troops, 512 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 747 Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!! Assaulting units: 4th Indpt SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5813 troops, 76 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 224 Defending force 2954 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 120 Japanese adjusted assault: 69 Allied adjusted defense: 64 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 455 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 62 disabled – I didn’t wait for them to build field forts before attacking. I’ll let them recover fatigue and go again so I can move these SNLF forward to Borneo and Java. Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Assaulting units: Kure 2nd SNLF Kure 1st SNLF Yokosuka 2nd SNLF Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: 102nd PA Infantry Regiment 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment Cagayan USAAF Base Force 1st /101st PA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1401 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow Defending force 1833 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Assaulting units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF Sasebo 3rd SNLF Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1049 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46 Defending force 4396 troops, 53 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 8579 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 335 Defending force 11553 troops, 99 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 304 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 58975 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1931 Defending force 62458 troops, 762 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 2050 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 108 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 04, 42 Repairs completed on DD Fubuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service - this is all the Fubuki Is now with ASW capability. Repairs completed on DD Shinonome at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Usugumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Shirakumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Isonami at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Shirayuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Hatsuyuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Murakumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Uranami at Shanghai, ship returned to service Task Force 192 lays defensive minefield at Davao CS Convoy TF 229 begins loading Fuel at Palembang for delivery to Singapore D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 68,97 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 attacking a Narwhal class SS at 68,97 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking a Argonaut class SS at 69,96 a Narwhal class SS is reported HIT Allied Aircraft sighted over Prome 6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to Namlea 14 x L3Y2 Tina transporting Yokosuka 1st SNLF to Port Blair 21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 15th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon 24 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Pegu 7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 17th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon 11 x MC-21 Sally transporting 62nd JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon CS Convoy TF 129 begins loading Oil at Bengkalis for delivery to Singapore Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!! Hankow expands airfield to size 7 Tacoma expands airfield to size 6 Oosthaven expands airfield to size 3 Noumea expands airfield to size 3 DD Kikuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore – the DD Minekaze and Mutsuki classes are all CL escorts, some with 0 ASW capability, so they will all take their first upgrade over the next few days. Some of the CLs need a few days alongside but will likely join amphib task forces with PB escorts until their regular DD escorts return in about 2-3 weeks. DD Mikazuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore DD Minekaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore DD Okikaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore DD Nokaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore Delayed planes for the aircraft pool: Previous report of sinking of SS O19 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Sanuki Maru-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 9 80th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo – General Defence Army, will move to Maebashi as a garrison
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