AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 6 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Ships DD Numakaze 1 mine cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Auki at 115,134 Japanese Ships xAKL Taiyu Maru Allied Ships SS Shark xAKL Taiyu Maru is sighted by SS Shark Captain of SS Shark elects not to launch torpedoes at this target -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Auki at 115,134 Japanese Ships xAKL Konsan Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Shark xAKL Konsan Maru is sighted by SS Shark SS Shark attacking xAKL Konsan Maru on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Auki at 115,134 Japanese Ships xAKL Taiyu Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire Allied Ships SS Shark xAKL Taiyu Maru is sighted by SS Shark SS Shark attacking xAKL Taiyu Maru on the surface SS Shark low on gun ammo, Frank, E.T. breaks off surface engagement and submerges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,91 Japanese Ships PB Showa Maru #5 Allied Ships SS Skipjack SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Showa Maru #5 PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Showa Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Jaffna at 29,45 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships xAKL Belray PC Sonavati SS I-21 is sighted by escort I-21 diving deep .... PC Sonavati fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Sonavati fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Sonavati fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Sonavati fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Sonavati fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Derby RAN Stn Base Force, at 65,128 , near Derby Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 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: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 25 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9 Ki-30 Ann x 5 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Chinese Corps, at 76,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 2 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 2 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 18 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 20th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-Ia Helen x 11 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 64,45 , near Paoshan Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 54th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 26th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 26th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Madoeng Defenses , at 56,104 (Soerabaja) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking NI-MLD ... Also attacking Madoeng Defenses ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chihkiang , at 78,50 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 8 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 61st Chinese Corps, at 84,42 , near Sian Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 61st Chinese Corps, at 84,42 , near Sian Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Wyndham (70,127) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAP Argentina Maru xAP Hie Maru DD Yugao Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled xAP Argentina Maru fired at enemy troops xAP Hie Maru fired at enemy troops DD Yugao fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42192 troops, 376 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1321 Defending force 61067 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1647 Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Division 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 52nd Infantry Brigade 13th Division 102nd Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Brigade 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 75th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 27th Group Army 19th Group Army 9th War Area 29th Group Army 30th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2994 troops, 159 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 1608 Defending force 50581 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 927 Allied ground losses: 385 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 3rd Division 3rd Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 36th Division 37th Division 15th Tank Regiment 34th Division 12th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 120th Red Chinese Division 61st Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 129th Red Chinese Division 115th Red Chinese Division 92nd Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1308 troops, 86 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 871 Defending force 29907 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 673 Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 3 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 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham (70,127) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3016 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78 Defending force 618 troops, 13 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 15 Allied adjusted defense: 10 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 47th Infantry Regiment Defending units: Wyndham RAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14477 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 Defending force 16387 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 565 Assaulting units: 18th Division 33rd/C Division 3rd Mortar Battalion 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 = 179 Defending force 16581 troops, 131 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 213 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 1st Cav Sqdn XIV KNIL Battalion X KNIL Battalion I Marechausse Cdo XI KNIL Battalion XII KNIL Battalion I Landstorm Cdo IV Landstorm Cdo 1e-VLG-III Sup Afd A-I-Ld AA Battalion ABDA ML-KNIL KNI Zeemacht KNI Leger 3e-VLG-III Sup Afd Batavia Defenses HQ I KNIL Division Batavia KM Base Force 2e-VLG-III Sup Afd 2e-VLG-V Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4938 troops, 86 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 212 Defending force 6255 troops, 105 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 179 Assaulting units: XII KNIL Battalion 1st Cav Sqdn I Landstorm Cdo I Marechausse Cdo XI KNIL Battalion X KNIL Battalion XIV KNIL Battalion IV Landstorm Cdo ABDA 2e-VLG-III Sup Afd A-I-Ld AA Battalion Batavia KM Base Force Batavia Defenses HQ I KNIL Division 3e-VLG-III Sup Afd KNI Leger KNI Zeemacht 1e-VLG-III Sup Afd ML-KNIL 2e-VLG-V Sup Afd Defending units: 55th Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment