AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Puerto Princesa at 70,76, Range 4,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kashii CL Isuzu E Saga TB Kari Allied Ships xAKL Kanchow, Shell hits 21, and is sunk Reduced sighting due to 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 17% moonlight: 4,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 4,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 4,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Isuzu engages xAKL Kanchow at 2,000 yards TB Kari engages xAKL Kanchow at 2,000 yards Range increases to 4,000 yards CL Isuzu engages xAKL Kanchow at 4,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards CL Isuzu engages xAKL Kanchow at 5,000 yards CL Kashii engages xAKL Kanchow at 5,000 yards TB Kari engages xAKL Kanchow at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Isuzu engages xAKL Kanchow at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CL Kashii engages xAKL Kanchow at 7,000 yards E Saga engages xAKL Kanchow at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Kashii engages xAKL Kanchow at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards xAKL Kanchow sunk by CL Isuzu at 9,000 yards xAKL Kanchow sunk by CL Isuzu at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 87 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 84,49 , near Hankow Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 7 Ki-30 Ann x 9 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Ki-44 Tojo x 9 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3 Ki-51 Sonia x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... Also attacking Hong Kong ... Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 91st PA Infantry Division, at 80,76 (Cabanatuan) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 12 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 194th Tank Battalion ... Also attacking 91st PA Infantry Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 81,54 , near Hengyang Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 Ki-51 Sonia x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 53,62 (Mergui) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Toboali at 50,94 Japanese Ships SS I-166 Allied Ships xAK Nanning xAK Nanning is sighted by SS I-166 SS I-166 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nanning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Davao (79,91) Japanese Ships DMS W-8 DMS W-7 LSD Kidokawa Maru Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DMS W-8 fired at enemy troops DMS W-7 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91) TF 90 troops unloading over beach at Davao, 79,91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 20265 troops, 318 guns, 210 vehicles, Assault Value = 469 Defending force 6281 troops, 129 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 133 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 139 Allied adjusted defense: 205 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 321 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 32 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 325 casualties reported Squads: 27 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 66th Infantry Regiment 38th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force 1st Middlesex Battalion Hong Kong Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 51,76 (near Kota Bharu) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3765 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Defending force 864 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese adjusted assault: 51 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 283 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment Defending units: FMSV Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,49 (near Hankow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3496 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106 Defending force 10195 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197 Japanese adjusted assault: 46 Allied adjusted defense: 71 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 58th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 30th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batangas (79,78) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6784 troops, 111 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 266 Defending force 147 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 159 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 159 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 157 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division PAF Aviation Defending units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lucena (79,79) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 174 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 13 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lucena !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1