AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 42
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
 
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 30
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 3
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
Oil hits 1
 
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 (10 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      10 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (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 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 30
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 6
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
 
No Allied losses
 
Oil hits 2
 
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 (30 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      30 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (34 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      34 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
 
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 28
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 34
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 4
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 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 (28 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      28 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (34 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      34 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 8000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)
 
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
 
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 54
      Ki-48-Ib Lily x 31
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 19 damaged
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak
 
Allied ground losses:
      6 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 13000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 13000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      30 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 13000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)
 
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
 
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
 
Allied ground losses:
      7 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      26 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 13000 feet
               Ground Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 83912 troops, 823 guns, 521 vehicles, Assault Value = 2776
 
Defending force 55529 troops, 657 guns, 516 vehicles, Assault Value = 1161
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 1903 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 2007 
 
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) 
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
 experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      10054 casualties reported
         Squads: 68 destroyed, 654 disabled
         Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 138 disabled
         Engineers: 50 destroyed, 137 disabled
      Guns lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 76 (16 destroyed, 60 disabled)
 
Allied ground losses:
      3213 casualties reported
         Squads: 29 destroyed, 329 disabled
         Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 144 disabled
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 78 disabled
      Guns lost 72 (4 destroyed, 68 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled)
 
Assaulting units:
    4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
    143rd Infantry Regiment
    113th Infantry Regiment
    56th Recon Regiment
    18th Division
    41st Infantry Regiment
    144th Infantry Regiment
    14th Tank Regiment
    23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
    33rd Division
    38th Division
    56th Engineer Regiment
    148th Infantry Regiment
    1st Tank Regiment
    15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
    5th Division
    I./124th Infantry Battalion
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    25th Army
    3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    5th Mortar Battalion
    3rd Mortar Battalion
    14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
    56th Field Artillery Regiment
    54th Const Co 
 
Defending units:
    11th Indian Division
    2nd Gordons Battalion
    SSVF Brigade
    22nd Australian Brigade
    27th Australian Brigade
    1st Hyderabad Battalion
    2/17 Dogra Battalion
    2nd Loyal Battalion
    1st Malay Battalion
    3rd Cavalry Regiment
    1st Manchester Battalion
    2nd Malay Battalion
    9th Indian Division
    1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
    3rd Heavy AA Regiment
    111th RAF Base Force
    22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
    3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
    AHQ Far East 
    223 Group RAF 
    III Indian Corps
    112th RAF Base Force
    Singapore Base Force
    2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    2nd ISF Base Force
    224 Group RAF 
    Singapore Fortress
    109th RAF  Base Force
    1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    Malayan Air Wing 
    110th RAF Base Force
    24th NZ Pioneer Coy 
    Malaya Army
    109th RN Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 23437 troops, 142 guns, 772 vehicles, Assault Value = 931
 
Defending force 43369 troops, 235 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 456 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1174 
 
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) 
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: 
 
Japanese ground losses:
      1733 casualties reported
         Squads: 39 destroyed, 163 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
      Guns lost 23 (6 destroyed, 17 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 76 (4 destroyed, 72 disabled)
 
Allied ground losses:
      503 casualties reported
         Squads: 10 destroyed, 105 disabled
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
      Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
 
Assaulting units:
    20th Recon Regiment
    16th Ind.Mixed Brigade
    5th Tank Regiment
    10th Tank Regiment
    1st Recon Regiment
    3rd Tank Regiment
    9th Tank Regiment
    35th Division
    8th Recon Regiment
    11th Tank Regiment
 
Defending units:
    41st Chinese Corps
    27th Chinese Corps
    92nd Chinese Corps
    2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
    93rd Chinese Corps
    98th Chinese Corps
    15th Group Army
 
 
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Ground combat at 46,91 (near Benkoelen)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
 
Defending force 897 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 98 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 5 
 
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), morale(-)
 experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
 
Allied ground losses:
      377 casualties reported
         Squads: 10 destroyed, 11 disabled
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 2 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
      Units retreated 2
      Units destroyed 1
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    6th Tank Regiment
 
Defending units:
    Zuid KNIL Battalion
    So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
    Djambi Base Force
 
 
