AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 28, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 118,108 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger I x 36 SBD-3 Dauntless x 33 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 2 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires DD Arare CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1 DD Amagiri CA Kako Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 23 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Kongo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ponape at 118,108 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger I x 12 Allied aircraft losses Avenger I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires BB Haruna DD Akebono DD Amagiri Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Avenger I bombing from 4000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Kongo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ansi (80,23) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22365 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759 Defending force 1737 troops, 0 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Allied adjusted assault: 675 Japanese adjusted defense: 56 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Ansi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 229 (219 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 705 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 96 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 12th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 3rd Group Army Defending units: 3rd Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 31st Tankette Co -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Merauke (89,124) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3313 troops, 46 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 82 Defending force 287 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Allied adjusted assault: 33 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 33 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Australian/B Division Defending units: 8th Indpt SNLF Coy