AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 42
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
 
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 34
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 4
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (11 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      11 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
 
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 32
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
 
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (32 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      32 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
 
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 29
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (29 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      29 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Pre-Invasion action off Sambas (57,88)
 
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Japanese Ships
      TB Kasasagi
      E Saga
      LSD Assam Maru
 
Allied ground losses:
      26 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
TB Kasasagi fired at enemy troops
E Saga fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
 
 
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Amphibious Assault at Sambas (57,88)
 
TF 229 troops unloading over beach at Sambas, 57,88
 
Japanese ground losses:
      28 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 14th Guards Rgt /3
12 Support troops lost in surf during unload of 14th Guards Rgt /3
 
 
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Invasion Support action off Sambas (57,88)
 
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Japanese Ships
      TB Kasasagi
      E Saga
      LSD Assam Maru
 
Allied ground losses:
      8 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
TB Kasasagi fired at enemy troops
E Saga fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
 
 
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ASW attack near Suva  at 132,161
 
Japanese Ships
      SS I-10
 
Allied Ships
      DD King
      DD Rathburne
 
SS I-10 is located by DD King
I-10 diving deep ....
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-10 eludes DD Rathburne by diving deep
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Rathburne fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Pre-Invasion action off Sambas (57,88)
 
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Japanese Ships
      CA Mogami
      AK Sagami Maru
      DD Karukaya
 
Allied ground losses:
      213 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 19 disabled
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
 
CA Mogami firing at Sambas Base Force
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
 
 
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Amphibious Assault at Sambas (57,88)
 
TF 11 troops unloading over beach at Sambas, 57,88
 
 
 
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Invasion Support action off Sambas (57,88)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
 
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
 
Japanese Ships
      E Saga
      LSD Assam Maru
 
E Saga fired at enemy troops
 
 
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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 4495 troops, 32 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 241
 
Defending force 8094 troops, 37 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 266
 
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 130 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 65 
 
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: 
 
Japanese ground losses:
      383 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      1414 casualties reported
         Squads: 137 destroyed, 17 disabled
         Non Combat: 83 destroyed, 9 disabled
         Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 36 (35 destroyed, 1 disabled)
      Units retreated 3
      Units destroyed 1
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    8th Tank Regiment
    146th Infantry Regiment
 
Defending units:
    3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
    102nd PA Infantry Division
    Cagayan USAAF Base Force
    III Philippine Corps
 
 
