Sardaukar
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 28, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Jesselton at 68,84 Japanese Ships TK Otowasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS Searaven TK Otowasan Maru is sighted by SS Searaven SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Jesselton at 68,84 Japanese Ships TK Otowasan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Searaven TK Otowasan Maru is sighted by SS Searaven SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Jesselton at 68,84 Japanese Ships TK Otowasan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Searaven TK Otowasan Maru is sighted by SS Searaven SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Denpasar at 58,110 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Kekerangu, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Dumosa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 72,115 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Mitchell II x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Nagara Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Mitchell II bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 47,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 8 Vengeance I x 14 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 47,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 15 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 9, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 2 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 47,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 8 Vengeance I x 16 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships CA Nachi, Bomb hits 5, on fire BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 2 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 8 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Hyuga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 47,58 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim VD x 6 Vengeance I x 2 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim VD: 3 damaged Vengeance I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Kuroshio Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim VD bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 2 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Hyuga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Denpasar at 58,110 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAK Dumosa, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,59 (near Canton) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2199 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108 Defending force 4941 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 149 Japanese adjusted assault: 17 Allied adjusted defense: 61 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 67th Ind.Infantry Battalion 23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion Defending units: 2nd Prov Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4348 troops, 54 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Defending force 5401 troops, 62 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 129 Allied adjusted assault: 168 Japanese adjusted defense: 373 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 362 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: 150th RAC Regiment 23rd British Brigade 45th Recce Regiment Defending units: 113th Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 8th Field AF Construction Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 29, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kanoya at 103,62 Japanese Ships TK Takekun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires Allied Ships SS Herring SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 13 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 30 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 8 Hurricane IId Trop x 10 Hurricane FR.IIb x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 damaged Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 17000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 55,103 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Allied aircraft T.IVa x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships SC Ch 35, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x T.IVa bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 49,61 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 13 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Arare, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Naganami -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 49,61 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 13 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Arare, on fire DD Naganami, Bomb hits 2, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 51,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim VD x 6 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim VD: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Blenheim VD bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 51,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim VD x 6 Hudson IIIa x 5 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim VD: 2 damaged Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 6 x Blenheim VD bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 3 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 17 Allied aircraft Hurricane I Trop x 16 P-40K Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 7 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 51,57 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft Hudson IIIa x 4 Allied aircraft losses Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 49,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 15 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 5 damaged Japanese Ships DD Naganami, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Momi class DD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 51,57 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim VD x 20 Allied aircraft losses Blenheim VD: 11 damaged Japanese Ships BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 7, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Blenheim VD bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 10 x Blenheim VD bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manus at 100,117 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AG J-3884, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Yobai Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Daijo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Japanese ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (6 destroyed, 1 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 49,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Naganami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CL Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Arare -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mergui at 49,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Vengeance I x 14 Allied aircraft losses Vengeance I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Naganami, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Hatsuharu class DD Magazine explodes on DD Arare Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Arare -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,59 (near Canton) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2155 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Defending force 4882 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144 Japanese adjusted assault: 29 Allied adjusted defense: 57 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 111 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 67th Ind.Infantry Battalion 23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 68th Ind.Infantry Battalion Defending units: 2nd Prov Chinese Corps
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