AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
 
Japanese Ships
      CA Kako
      CL Kiso
      CL Tama
      DD Akikaze
      DD Okikaze
      DD Minekaze
      DD Kamikaze
      DD Akebono
      DD Amagiri
 
Allied ground losses:
      79 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Manpower hits 1
Fires 74
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 6
 
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kako
CA Kako firing at 88th Chinese Corps
CL Kiso firing at 88th Chinese Corps
CL Tama firing at 88th Chinese Corps
DD Akikaze firing at 100th Chinese Corps
DD Okikaze firing at Wenchow 
DD Minekaze firing at 88th Chinese Corps
DD Kamikaze firing at Wenchow 
DD Akebono firing at 88th Chinese Corps
DD Amagiri firing at 88th Chinese Corps
 
 
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ASW attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Matsukaze
      DD Asakaze
      DD Yukaze
      DD Hayate
 
Allied Ships
      SS Trout
 
SS Trout is sighted by escort
DD Yukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Morning Air attack on 28th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G3M2 Nell x 36
      G4M1 Betty x 30
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
 
Allied ground losses:
      54 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      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
      36 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 8000 feet
               Ground Attack:  2 x 250 kg GP Bomb,  4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
 
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 88th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 88th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
 
 
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Morning Air attack on 28th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
 
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
 
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G4M1 Betty x 20
 
No Japanese losses
 
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 Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      A6M2 Zero x 24
      D3A1 Val x 66
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      22 x D3A1 Val bombing from 16000 feet
               Ground Attack:  1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      22 x D3A1 Val bombing from 16000 feet
               Ground Attack:  1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
      22 x D3A1 Val bombing from 16000 feet
               Ground Attack:  1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
 
Also attacking 30th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Port Moresby Brigade ...
Also attacking 30th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Port Moresby Brigade ...
Also attacking 30th Australian Brigade ...
 
 
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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 13 damaged
      Ki-48-Ib Lily: 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
 
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
               Airfield Attack:  4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
 
 
 
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Afternoon Air attack on 28th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      G4M1 Betty x 13
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
 
Allied ground losses:
      8 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      13 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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Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 
 
Weather in hex: Severe storms
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      Ki-44 Tojo x 5
 
No Japanese losses
 
Aircraft Attacking:
       5 x Ki-44 Tojo sweeping at 23000 feet
 
 
 
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ASW attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
 
Japanese Ships
      BB Musashi 2
      BB Yamato 2
      CA Kumano
      DD Urakaze
      DD Isokaze
      DD Ushio
      DD Sazanami
      DD Kasumi
 
Allied Ships
      SS Trout
 
SS Trout is sighted by escort
DD Ushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sazanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub
 
 
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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 12462 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 365
 
Defending force 8714 troops, 77 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 213
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 230 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 75 
 
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: 
 
Japanese ground losses:
      463 casualties reported
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      2352 casualties reported
         Squads: 83 destroyed, 23 disabled
         Non Combat: 140 destroyed, 13 disabled
         Engineers: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 48 (47 destroyed, 1 disabled)
      Units retreated 7
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    53rd Division
 
Defending units:
    Torres Strait Battalion
    30th Australian Brigade
    2/1st Ind Coy 
    Thurday Island Det. Battalion
    Port Moresby Brigade
    Horn Isl  Det. 
    15th RAAF Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 56865 troops, 498 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1605
 
Defending force 28600 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 588
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 1719 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1258 
 
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) 
 
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      4057 casualties reported
         Squads: 99 destroyed, 194 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      1511 casualties reported
         Squads: 10 destroyed, 107 disabled
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
      Guns lost 15 (3 destroyed, 12 disabled)
 
Assaulting units:
    116th Division
    55th Infantry Brigade
    2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
    36th Division
    22nd Division
    32nd Division
    138th Infantry Regiment
 
Defending units:
    28th Chinese Corps
    88th Chinese Corps
    100th Chinese Corps
    16th Construction Regiment
    10th Group Army
    25th Group Army
    3rd War Area 
    14th Chinese Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 34467 troops, 271 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1214
 
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 1090 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 1090 to 1 (fort level 3) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Attacker: 
 
Assaulting units:
    6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
    7th Ind.Mixed Brigade
    110th Division
    8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
    11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
    6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
 
 
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Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
 
Attacking force 5647 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 201
 
Defending force 1774 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 131 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 27 
 
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      44 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      721 casualties reported
         Squads: 32 destroyed, 16 disabled
         Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 5 disabled
         Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
      Units retreated 1
 
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
 
Assaulting units:
    4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
    3rd Militia Regiment
 
Defending units:
    64th Chinese/A Corps
 
 
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Ground combat at Tandjoengselor (68,92)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 1965 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 80
 
Defending force 1365 troops, 18 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 98 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 19 
 
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengselor !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-)
 experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
 
Japanese ground losses:
      9 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Allied ground losses:
      1392 casualties reported
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Non Combat: 135 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
      Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
      Units destroyed 2
 
Assaulting units:
    Yokosuka Assault SNLF
 
Defending units:
    VII KNIL Battalion
    Tarakan Base Force
 
 
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Ground combat at 81,53 (near Changsha)
 
Allied Bombardment attack
 
Attacking force 62058 troops, 301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1939
 
Defending force 612 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
 
Japanese ground losses:
      43 casualties reported
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
 
Assaulting units:
    10th Chinese Corps
    26th Chinese Corps
    20th Chinese Corps
    73rd Chinese Corps
    37th Chinese Corps
    58th Chinese Corps
    99th Chinese Corps
    19th Group Army
    9th War Area 
    27th Group Army
    29th Group Army
 
Defending units:
    23rd RGC Temp. Division
 
 
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Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)
 
Japanese Shock attack
 
Attacking force 97 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
 
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
 
Japanese adjusted assault: 8 
 
Allied adjusted defense: 1 
 
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1) 
 
Japanese forces CAPTURE Myitkyina !!!
 
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
 
Assaulting units:
    1st Raiding Rgt /1
 
 
