AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 42
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ASW attack near Palembang  at 49,90
 
Japanese Ships
      E Shimushu
 
Allied Ships
      SS S-37, hits 4
 
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
S-37 bottoming out ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu attacking submerged sub ....
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Shimushu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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TF 105 encounters mine field at 49,90
 
Japanese Ships
      E Shimushu, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
      PB Chosa Maru, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
 
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
      Ki-48-Ib Lily x 37
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
      10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
 
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
 
Runway hits 1
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 31
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27
 
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 (8 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      8 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (7 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      7 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 
      Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
 
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 29
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 8
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
 
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 (29 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      29 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (27 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      27 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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Night Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 
 
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
 
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-27b Nate x 22
      Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 23
 
Allied aircraft
      B-17E Fortress x 5
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied aircraft losses
      B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
               City Attack:  8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
 
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-27b Nate (22 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      22 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (23 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
      23 plane(s) intercepting now.
      Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
      Raid is overhead
 
 
 
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ASW attack near Batavia  at 49,97
 
Japanese Ships
      SS I-165, hits 2
 
Allied Ships
      ML No. 423
 
SS I-165 is sighted by escort
I-165 bottoming out ....
ML No. 423 attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
ML No. 423 loses contact with SS I-165
ML No. 423 fails to find sub, continues to search...
ML No. 423 attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
ML No. 423 cannot reach attack position over SS I-165
ML No. 423 fails to find sub, continues to search...
ML No. 423 attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
ML No. 423 cannot reach attack position over SS I-165
SS I-165 eludes ML No. 423 by hugging bottom
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 88,56 (Chuhsien)
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G3M2 Nell x 9
      G4M1 Betty x 50
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
 
Allied ground losses:
      58 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
      25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
       5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
       9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 88,56 (Chuhsien)
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G4M1 Betty x 20
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied ground losses:
      35 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      20 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Morning Air attack on 3rd War Area , at 88,56 (Chuhsien)
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G3M2 Nell x 27
 
No Japanese losses
 
Allied ground losses:
      35 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 37416 troops, 316 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1377
 
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
 
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 701 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 701 to 1 (fort level 1) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Chuhsien !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Attacker: 
 
Assaulting units:
    22nd Division
    116th Division
    36th Division
 
 
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
 
Japanese Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 55126 troops, 666 guns, 272 vehicles, Assault Value = 2246
 
Defending force 53679 troops, 659 guns, 520 vehicles, Assault Value = 847
 
Japanese ground losses:
      315 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      91 casualties reported
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Assaulting units:
    5th Division
    23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
    15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
    38th Division
    14th Tank Regiment
    56th Engineer Regiment
    1st Tank Regiment
    113th Infantry Regiment
    144th Infantry Regiment
    148th Infantry Regiment
    33rd Division
    41st Infantry Regiment
    143rd Infantry Regiment
    18th Division
    56th Recon Regiment
    I./124th Infantry Battalion
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    56th Field Artillery Regiment
    3rd Mortar Battalion
    5th Mortar Battalion
    25th Army
    3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
    14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
 
Defending units:
    SSVF Brigade
    27th Australian Brigade
    2/17 Dogra Battalion
    2nd Gordons Battalion
    2nd Loyal Battalion
    11th Indian Division
    1st Malay Battalion
    2nd Malay Battalion
    1st Hyderabad Battalion
    3rd Cavalry Regiment
    22nd Australian Brigade
    1st Manchester Battalion
    9th Indian Division
    2nd ISF Base Force
    223 Group RAF 
    111th RAF Base Force
    24th NZ Pioneer Coy 
    224 Group RAF 
    110th RAF Base Force
    3rd Heavy AA Regiment
    Malayan Air Wing 
    2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    109th RAF  Base Force
    112th RAF Base Force
    III Indian Corps
    1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
    3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
    Singapore Base Force
    1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
    Singapore Fortress
    AHQ Far East 
    22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
    Malaya Army
    109th RN Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 1678 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
 
Defending force 1427 troops, 9 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 36
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 47 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 9 
 
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
 morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      142 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      521 casualties reported
         Squads: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Units retreated 3
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    III./124th Infantry Battalion
    2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy 
 
Defending units:
    West Borneo KNIL Battalion
    2/15 Punjab Battalion
    Singkawang Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Singkep (49,87)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 1368 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
 
Defending force 500 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 39 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 39 to 1 (fort level 0) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Singkep !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      19 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      575 casualties reported
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Units destroyed 1
 
Assaulting units:
    2nd Engineer Regiment
 
Defending units:
    Riouw KNIL Battalion
 
 
