AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 19, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 15 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-11 DMS W-10 36 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Quinhon at 66,69 Japanese Ships xAK Ayatosan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS Sturgeon xAK Ayatosan Maru is sighted by SS Sturgeon SS Sturgeon launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ayatosan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 15 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-11 DMS W-10 20 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Kyusyu Maru CA Kako DD Yuzuki xAP Hakone Maru 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kyusyu Maru at 5,000 yards DD Yuzuki firing to suppress enemy battery at 5,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Manado (75,99) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Kyusyu Maru, Shell hits 3 CA Kako DD Kikuzuki DD Yuzuki xAP Hakone Maru 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kyusyu Maru at 6,000 yards DD Kikuzuki firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kyusyu Maru at 6,000 yards DD Yuzuki firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kyusyu Maru at 6,000 yards DD Yuzuki firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 15 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-11 DMS W-10 48 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,71 Japanese Ships xAK Ayatosan Maru Allied Ships SS Swordfish xAK Ayatosan Maru is sighted by SS Swordfish SS Swordfish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Ayatosan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 15 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Ships DMS W-11 DMS W-10 10 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-51 Sonia x 12 No Japanese losses Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 15 No Japanese losses Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 32 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 10000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 25 D3A1 Val x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Bittern, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 16 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Bittern -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-30 Ann x 4 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-III: 3 damaged SB-III: 1 destroyed on ground Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 Ki-27b Nate x 20 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 2 damaged DB-3M: 1 damaged SB-III: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-III: 1 damaged SB-III: 1 destroyed on ground DB-3M: 3 damaged Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 16426 troops, 102 guns, 297 vehicles, Assault Value = 624 Defending force 9292 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Japanese adjusted assault: 373 Allied adjusted defense: 181 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 129 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 612 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 16th Ind.Mixed Brigade 15th Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment Defending units: 27th Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2564 troops, 19 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 139 Defending force 1842 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Japanese adjusted assault: 102 Allied adjusted defense: 15 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 397 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 8th Tank Regiment Sasebo 2nd SNLF Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pucheng (86,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 612 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 5 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pucheng !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-), morale(-) Assaulting units: 2nd RGC Route Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Naga (81,81) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 9838 troops, 87 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 333 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 305 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 305 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 9th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 16th Recon Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sungei Pantani (50,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3797 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 120 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 120 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sungei Pantani !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 883 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 874 troops, 0 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit II/66th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Guam USN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Butuan (80,89) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1621 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 2288 troops, 24 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 65 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 59 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: Kure 1st SNLF Defending units: 102nd PA Infantry Regiment 103rd PA Infantry Regiment 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment Cagayan USAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Laoag (81,72) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 552 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 22 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Laoag !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,48 (near Ichang) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 7652 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2473 Defending force 10338 troops, 46 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 283 Allied adjusted assault: 0 Japanese adjusted defense: 617 Allied assault odds: 1 to 99 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Allied ground losses: 1462 casualties reported Squads: 80 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Assaulting units: 73rd Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 55th Chinese Corps 8th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 18th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 45th Chinese Corps 68th Chinese Corps 67th Chinese Corps 94th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army 26th Group Army 32nd Chinese Corps Defending units: 14th Ind.Mixed Brigade 11th RGC Temp. Division 11th Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 86,45 (near Nanyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2986 troops, 30 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 10059 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 355 Japanese adjusted assault: 3 Allied adjusted defense: 56 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 18 Combat modifiers Defender: morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 803 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 35th/B Division Defending units: 90th Chinese Corps