AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 03, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Talasea at 103,123 Japanese Ships xAP Kitano Maru xAK Tenyo Maru xAK Hitati Maru xAK Yokohama Maru xAK Tokai Maru xAK Hokuroku Maru xAK Aratama Maru xAK Amagisan Maru Allied Ships SS Permit SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kitano Maru Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Francisco at 216,73 Japanese Ships SS I-15, hits 2 Allied Ships AM Bellechasse AM Chignecto Captain of SS I-15 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target I-15 diving deep .... AM Chignecto fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Chignecto attacking submerged sub .... AM Chignecto cannot establish contact with SS I-15 AM Chignecto cannot establish contact with SS I-15 AM Chignecto fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Chignecto fails to find sub, continues to search... AM Chignecto fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fergusson Island at 103,132 Japanese Ships CL Kashima, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-28 SS S-28 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kashima Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Batjan at 76,104 Japanese Ships xAK Santos Maru xAK Meiyo Maru PB Tatsumiya Maru Allied Ships SS Sealion SS Sealion launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Santos Maru Sealion diving deep .... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 83,31 , near Ningsia Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 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 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin 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-21-Ic Sally x 8 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 Ki-30 Ann x 21 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 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: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 21 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 5 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 20 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 29000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 7 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 64,45 , near Paoshan Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 13 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Chinese Corps, at 80,43 , near Ankang Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 15000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 81,51 , near Changsha Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 25 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet * Also attacking 4th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 68th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 8 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: 8 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 7 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 7000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 9 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 1000 feet Airfield Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,104 (Soerabaja) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft DB-7B x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses 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 between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,103 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships BB Fuso Aircraft Attacking: 2 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 82nd Chinese Corps, at 83,31 , near Ningsia Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 4 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 87th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 76,52 , near Kweilin Weather in hex: Heavy 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 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 2000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 72nd Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 6 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-27b Nate bombing from 10000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,103 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 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) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 84,42 (near Sian) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 40263 troops, 485 guns, 412 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123 Defending force 40414 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 738 Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 36th Division 3rd Division 37th Division 13th Tank Regiment 5th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 92nd Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 88th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42150 troops, 376 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1316 Defending force 60073 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1592 Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Division 40th Division 55th Infantry Brigade 2nd Ind Engineer Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment 52nd Infantry Brigade 9th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 72nd Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 75th Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 78th Chinese Corps 9th War Area 27th Group Army 29th Group Army 19th Group Army 30th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,52 (near Kweilin) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1158 troops, 73 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 847 Defending force 31055 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 761 Allied ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Division 104th Division 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,28 (near Kiuchuan) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14513 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 457 Defending force 1325 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Japanese adjusted assault: 832 Allied adjusted defense: 10 Japanese assault odds: 83 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 365 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 26th Division Defending units: 34th Separate Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12222 troops, 104 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 717 Defending force 18460 troops, 212 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 388 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 38th Division Imperial Guards Division Defending units: 3rd Cav Sqdn I KNIL Battalion II Marechausse Cdo VIII KNIL Battalion 4th Cav Sqdn Roodenburg Cdo 6th Cav Sqdn Tjilitjap Cdo Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn I/II Barisan Cdo II Landstorm Cdo V KNIL Battalion II KNIL Battalion III Landstorm Cdo III KNIL Battalion XIII KNIL Battalion Groep Zud Tjepoe Cdo Marinier Battalion Soerabaja Defenses 1e-VLG-II Sup Afd Andir ML Base Force NI-MLD 3e-VLG-IV Sup Afd 2e-VLG-IV Sup Afd A-II-Ld AA Battalion 1e-VLG-IV Sup Afd Soerabaja KM Base Force 3e-VLG-V Sup Afd 2e-VLG-II Sup Afd VkA-1 Sup Afd HQ II KNIL Division Madoeng Defenses Tjiitjap KM Base Force VkA-2 Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14021 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 Defending force 16224 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 552 Assaulting units: 18th Division 33rd/C Division Defending units: 28th Chinese Corps 54th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 807 troops, 76 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 214 Defending force 16794 troops, 137 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 227 Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 55th Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: XI KNIL Battalion I Landstorm Cdo X KNIL Battalion XII KNIL Battalion I Marechausse Cdo 1st Cav Sqdn XIV KNIL Battalion IV Landstorm Cdo Batavia KM Base Force KNI Zeemacht KNI Leger ML-KNIL A-I-Ld AA Battalion 3e-VLG-III Sup Afd 1e-VLG-III Sup Afd 2e-VLG-III Sup Afd HQ I KNIL Division Batavia Defenses ABDA 2e-VLG-V Sup Afd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2215 troops, 29 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Defending force 3884 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Molukken KNIL Cdo Molukken Mil'ie Cdo Laha ML Base Force Amboina Defenses AP-VLG-IV Sup Afd Defending units: 20th Infantry Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Probolinggo (56,105) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 209 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 14 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Probolinggo !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1