AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships xAK Zuiko Maru Allied Ships SS Drum xAK Zuiko Maru is sighted by SS Drum SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Zuiko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kusaie Island at 125,116 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #3 PB Tama Maru #8 Allied Ships SS Herring SS Herring launches 2 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #3 Herring diving deep .... PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Toshi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Shanghai at 93,55 Japanese Ships PB Narita Maru Allied Ships SS Sailfish SS Sailfish is sighted by escort Sailfish bottoming out .... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 28 G4M1 Betty x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 4 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 4 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 65th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 G4M1 Betty x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 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 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 7 Ki-21-IIa Sally 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: 4 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 84,42 , near Sian Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps ... Also attacking 12th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps ... Also attacking 9th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 84,42 , near Sian Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 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 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Ki-49-Ia Helen x 14 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 78,51 , near Chihkiang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 16 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 34 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * 5 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 10th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 8 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Portsea at 82,172 Japanese Ships SS I-27, hits 8 Allied Ships KV Aster KV Hollyhock SS I-27 is located by KV Aster I-27 bottoming out .... KV Hollyhock fails to find sub and abandons search KV Aster fails to find sub, continues to search... KV Aster fails to find sub, continues to search... KV Aster fails to find sub, continues to search... KV Aster fails to find sub, continues to search... KV Aster attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 45217 troops, 503 guns, 861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1642 Defending force 32543 troops, 146 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 466 Japanese adjusted assault: 770 Allied adjusted defense: 343 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1029 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 112 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 7513 casualties reported Squads: 340 destroyed, 61 disabled Non Combat: 216 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 35 (24 destroyed, 11 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 25th Division 15th Tank Regiment 37th Division 17th Division 34th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 57th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps 61st Chinese Corps 115th Red Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 78,51 (near Chihkiang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19362 troops, 138 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1002 Defending force 40165 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110 Assaulting units: 6th Division 51st Infantry Brigade 9th Division Defending units: 8th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 46th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 930 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325 Defending force 62267 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1728 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 102nd Infantry Regiment 40th Division 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 52nd Infantry Brigade 13th Division 55th Infantry Brigade 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 10th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 27th Group Army 19th Group Army 9th War Area 29th 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 = 871 Defending force 33830 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 790 Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Division 104th Division 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 81,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 28426 troops, 198 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 860 Defending force 34750 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 943 Assaulting units: 6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 59th Infantry Brigade 11th Division Defending units: 7th Chinese Corps 11th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps Jingcha War Area 36th Group Army 39th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14486 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 557 Defending force 16564 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572 Assaulting units: 18th Division 33rd/C Division 3rd Mortar Battalion Defending units: 28th Chinese Corps 54th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 46,84 (near Pakanbaroe) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 793 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 746 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Japanese adjusted assault: 25 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Regiment Yokosuka 1st SNLF Defending units: Pakanbaroe Cdo