AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 16, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 131,96 Japanese Ships SS I-33 Allied Ships SC-632 SC-635 SS I-33 launches 2 torpedoes at SC-632 SC-635 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 504 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Allied Ships YMS-138 1 mine cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 504 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Allied Ships YMS-138 3 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 641 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Allied Ships YMS-139 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wake Island at 133,92 Japanese Ships SS I-7, hits 4 Allied Ships PC Vigilant PC Travis PC Crawford SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at PC Vigilant PC Travis fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Crawford fails to find sub and abandons search PC Travis fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Travis attacking submerged sub .... SS I-7 eludes ASW attack from PC Travis PC Travis fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Travis attacking submerged sub .... PC Travis cannot reach attack position over SS I-7 PC Travis cannot establish contact with SS I-7 PC Travis attacking submerged sub .... PC Travis cannot reach attack position over SS I-7 SS I-7 eludes PC Travis by diving deep Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 504 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Allied Ships YMS-138 5 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 504 encounters mine field at Guam (106,95) Allied Ships YMS-138 6 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 28 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged Light Industry hits 7 Manpower hits 18 Fires 16562 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 7 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 2000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged Manpower hits 42 Fires 39427 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20 No Japanese losses Manpower hits 74 Fires 72642 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Manpower hits 23 Fires 83662 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 2000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9 No Japanese losses Manpower hits 50 Fires 107080 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 10000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 24966 troops, 224 guns, 243 vehicles, Assault Value = 951 Defending force 4140 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 728 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 145 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 5796 casualties reported Squads: 130 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 435 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 5th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 41st Division 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 7th Ind. Engineer Regiment Defending units: 91st Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 75,50 (near Kweiyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13163 troops, 184 guns, 608 vehicles, Assault Value = 679 Defending force 8547 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 277 Japanese adjusted assault: 556 Allied adjusted defense: 115 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 402 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 2606 casualties reported Squads: 91 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 9th Mongol Cavalry Division 3rd RGC Capital Division 16th RGC Temp. Division 2nd Tank Division 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Army 1st Army Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 1st New Chinese Corps