AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 216,73 Japanese Ships SS I-26, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Clark SS I-26 is located by DD Clark DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Clark attacking submerged sub .... DD Clark is out of ASW ammo DD Clark is out of ASW ammo DD Clark is out of ASW ammo DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127 Japanese Ships DD Maikaze CA Mogami DD Arashi DD Yudachi DD Hagikaze Allied Ships SS Thresher SS Thresher launches 4 torpedoes at DD Maikaze Thresher diving deep .... DD Yudachi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Green Island (108,127) TF 298 troops unloading over beach at Green Island, 108,127 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 217,72 Japanese Ships SS I-26 SS I-26 is sighted by escort Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 22 G4M1 Betty x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 15 damaged G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 3 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 1st ISF Base Force ... Also attacking Singapore ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 8 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 18000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 84,43 , near Nanyang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-22 Falcon: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd Chinese Corps, at 80,53 (Hengyang) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 57,50 (Toungoo) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13 Ki-51 Sonia x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ... Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 57,50 (Toungoo) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 9 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 11 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 85,44 , near Nanyang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 9 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 9 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 85th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 42nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 41st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 42nd Chinese Corps, at 85,44 , near Nanyang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 23 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 30 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 42nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 92nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 42nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 106th RAF Base Force, at 57,50 (Toungoo) Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 9 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44 Tojo x 2 Ki-51 Sonia x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 15 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 9000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 3 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 3 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 4/8th Gurkha Battalion, at 55,52 , near Rangoon Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 16th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking 4/8th Gurkha Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 29th Chinese Corps, at 85,44 , near Nanyang Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 138th Infantry Regiment, at 82,44 , near Ankang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft SB-III x 6 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2520 troops, 144 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1280 Defending force 51565 troops, 245 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 885 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 465 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st/A Division 10th Tank Regiment 36th Division 41st/C Division 3rd Division 37th/A Division 37th/B Division 11th Tank Regiment 41st/B Division 37th/C Division 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 42nd Chinese Corps 41st Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 3rd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 600 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1220 Defending force 54848 troops, 190 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1340 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Division 13th Division 40th Division 1st Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion Defending units: 20th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 19th Group Army 27th Group Army 9th War Area 29th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 85,43 (near Loyang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 462 troops, 15 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 339 Defending force 36059 troops, 189 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 868 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 3rd Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Defending units: 15th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 40th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 1st War Area 24th Group Army 39th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 89,36 (near Yenan) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14401 troops, 121 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 408 Defending force 2746 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38 Japanese adjusted assault: 700 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 700 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1524 casualties reported Squads: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 11th Division Defending units: 3rd Prov Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14512 troops, 278 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1759 Defending force 50197 troops, 532 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 831 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th Infantry Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 18th/A Division 21st Infantry Regiment Imperial Guards Division 2nd Division 18th/B Division 55th Engineer Regiment 5th Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 18th/C Division 25th Army 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 2/17 Dogra Battalion 5/14th Punjab Battalion 28th Gurkha Brigade 22nd Australian Brigade SSVF Brigade 3rd Cavalry Regiment 2nd Malay Battalion 2nd Argylls Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 15th Indian Brigade 22nd Indian Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 2nd Loyal Battalion 3/16th Punjab Battalion 5/2nd Punjab Battalion 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment Malayan Air Wing AHQ Far East 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment Malaya Army Singapore Base Force Singapore Fortress 137/155th Field Regiment 1st ISF Base Force 109th RAF Adv Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 112th RAF Adv Base Force 29 Battery/3 HAA 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 30 Battery/3 HAA 109th RN Base Force III Indian Corps 11 Battery/3 HAA 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 110th RAF Adv Base Force 111th RAF Adv Base Force 272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 5th Field Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toungoo (57,50) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3873 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126 Defending force 7223 troops, 50 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 164 Assaulting units: 143rd Infantry Regiment Defending units: 1st Gloucestershire Battalion 1st Burma Brigade 3rd Burma Rifles Battalion 4/14th Punjab Battalion 107th RAF Base Force 106th RAF Base Force 108th RAF Base Force 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment AVG Ground Echelon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Green Island (108,127) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 425 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Green Island !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Assaulting units: Bandasan SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 67,89 (near Tarakan) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 600 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Defending force 112 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy Defending units: 100th RN Base Force