AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Clear sky
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 33
 
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 (11 airborne, 22 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: Clear sky
 
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 33
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
 
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 (33 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      33 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: Clear sky
 
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 33
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 8
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
 
No Allied losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (33 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      33 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: Clear sky
 
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 30
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 4
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
 
 
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 (30 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      30 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden  at 80,95
 
Japanese Ships
      xAK Shinsei Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
      DD Oyashio
 
Allied Ships
      SS Shark
 
SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Shinsei Maru
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden  at 81,95
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Oyashio
      xAK Meigen Maru
 
Allied Ships
      SS Sturgeon
 
SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Oyashio
Sturgeon diving deep ....
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oyashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden  at 80,95
 
Japanese Ships
      xAK Shinsei Maru,  on fire
      DD Kuroshio
 
Allied Ships
      SS Shark
 
SS Shark launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Shinsei Maru
Shark diving deep ....
DD Kuroshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuroshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuroshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuroshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kuroshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Ground combat at Lahat (47,92)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
 
Defending force 1470 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 22 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 5 
 
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lahat !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
 
Allied ground losses:
      1059 casualties reported
         Squads: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Units retreated 3
      Units destroyed 2
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    6th Tank Regiment
 
Defending units:
    Zuid KNIL Battalion
    So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
    Padang Garrison Battalion
    Djambi Base Force
    Palembang Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Pucheng (86,57)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 2354 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 78
 
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 42 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1 (fort level 2) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pucheng !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
 
Assaulting units:
    3rd Manchukuo Distr/B Division
 
 
