AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 09, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Chinese Base Force, at 85,24 , near Kiuchuan Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 8 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 23 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: 16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Samarang Defenses , at 53,102 (Semarang) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin 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-21-IIa Sally x 5 Ki-30 Ann x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 6 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 20th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 75th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 67th Chinese Corps, at 82,47 , near Ichang Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 1000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Burma Corps , at 62,46 (Lashio) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking BFF Brigade ... Also attacking Burma Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 16th Group Army ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27b Nate: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 29 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * Also attacking 10th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 78th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 78th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on BFF Brigade, at 62,46 (Lashio) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 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: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Burma Corps ... Also attacking BFF Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Djambi Cdo , at 48,88 (Djambi) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 81,34 (Lanchow) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 1000 feet * Ground Attack: 1 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 81st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 82nd Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 60th Chinese Corps, at 72,50 , near Kweiyang Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 9 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb Trop x 1 DB-7B x 4 B-25C Mitchell x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed DB-7B: 4 damaged Japanese Ships DD Okikaze DD Hatsuyuki DD Matsukaze Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 3000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 3000 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 4 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 Allied aircraft DB-7B x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Matsukaze DD Okikaze Aircraft Attacking: 8 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 2000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 189 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 5 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Semarang at 53,102 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft DB-7B x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses DB-7B: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Okikaze DD Hatsuyuki Aircraft Attacking: 6 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,93 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 4 No Japanese losses No Allied losses CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 7000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2994 troops, 159 guns, 334 vehicles, Assault Value = 990 Defending force 44743 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 819 Allied ground losses: 126 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 36th Division 37th Division 3rd Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 3rd Division 11th Tank Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 98th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1158 troops, 73 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 1041 Defending force 33595 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 888 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 104th Division 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade 27th Division Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment Defending units: 86th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 16th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lanchow (81,34) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27480 troops, 199 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 917 Defending force 21672 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 356 Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Tank Regiment 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Tank Regiment 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 12th Tank Regiment 26th Division Defending units: 82nd Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 34th Separate Brigade 8th War Area 8th Chinese Base Force 21st Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Semarang (53,102) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12902 troops, 104 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 384 Defending force 1690 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Japanese adjusted assault: 141 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 35 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Semarang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 751 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (16 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: V KNIL Battalion Tjiitjap KM Base Force Andir ML Base Force A-III-Ld AA Battalion Samarang Defenses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 807 troops, 76 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 584 Defending force 17037 troops, 142 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 241 Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 38th Division 55th Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: XII KNIL Battalion I Marechausse Cdo X KNIL Battalion XI KNIL Battalion I Landstorm Cdo XIV KNIL Battalion 1st Cav Sqdn IV Landstorm Cdo ML-KNIL KNI Zeemacht 3e-VLG-III Sup Afd 2e-VLG-III Sup Afd Batavia KM Base Force KNI Leger A-I-Ld AA Battalion 1e-VLG-III Sup Afd ABDA Batavia Defenses HQ I KNIL Division 2e-VLG-V Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 81,42 (near Ankang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3864 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 529 Defending force 32149 troops, 157 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 968 Assaulting units: 32nd Division 138th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 36th Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4545 troops, 40 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 304 Defending force 2353 troops, 21 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Assaulting units: 5th/A Division 5th/B Division Defending units: Lahat Cdo Palembang Cdo Riouw Cdo Palembang ML Base Force PBg-Ld AA Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Djambi (48,88) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 777 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31 Defending force 440 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 42 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 147 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Raiding Rgt /1 Defending units: Djambi Cdo