AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Newcastle at 92,167 Japanese Ships SS I-16 Allied Ships APD Talbot SS I-16 launches 2 torpedoes at APD Talbot I-16 diving deep .... APD Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search... APD Talbot fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 34th Separate Brigade, at 82,29 , near Kiuchuan Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 83,32 , near Ningsia Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 2 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuyun , at 74,51 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G4M1 Betty x 15 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 2 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Tuyun , at 74,51 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 17 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 Ki-30 Ann x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-Ia Helen x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 64,45 , near Paoshan Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 15 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Chinese Corps, at 81,51 , near Changsha Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Padang Cdo , at 44,85 (Padang) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Emmahaven Defenses ... Also attacking Padang Cdo ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 69,50 , near Mengtze Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 69,50 , near Mengtze Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 56,104 (Soerabaja) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft DB-7B x 3 B-339-23 x 1 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000. Raid is overhead 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 3 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 3 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 41015 troops, 485 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 1294 Defending force 39301 troops, 151 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 853 Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd Tank Regiment 3rd Division 5th Tank Regiment 36th Division 13th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 37th Division 12th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 61st Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42076 troops, 376 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1312 Defending force 60697 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1625 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Infantry Brigade 13th Division 40th Division 102nd Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Brigade 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 72nd Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 29th Group Army 9th War Area 27th Group Army 19th Group Army 30th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1308 troops, 86 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 867 Defending force 30421 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 714 Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Division 104th Division 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 86th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3728 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 2470 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Japanese adjusted assault: 82 Allied adjusted defense: 79 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 106 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Infantry Regiment Defending units: Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Amboina Defenses Laha ML Base Force AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14003 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 554 Defending force 16366 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 562 Assaulting units: 18th Division 33rd/C Division Defending units: 28th Chinese Corps 54th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 807 troops, 76 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Defending force 16669 troops, 134 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 219 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Infantry Regiment 55th Engineer Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: XIV KNIL Battalion X KNIL Battalion XI KNIL Battalion I Marechausse Cdo 1st Cav Sqdn XII KNIL Battalion I Landstorm Cdo IV Landstorm Cdo KNI Zeemacht Batavia Defenses 2e-VLG-III Sup Afd A-I-Ld AA Battalion 3e-VLG-III Sup Afd 1e-VLG-III Sup Afd ABDA ML-KNIL KNI Leger Batavia KM Base Force HQ I KNIL Division 2e-VLG-V Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1914 troops, 24 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 3685 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 91 Assaulting units: Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Laha ML Base Force Amboina Defenses AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Defending units: 20th Infantry Regiment