[font="Times New Roman"]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 01, 42[/font]
Summary of important events:-
First turn of 1942!!
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Invasion Support action off Zamboanga (75,89)
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
xAP Hakone Maru
xAP Takatiho Maru
PB Busho Maru
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Damn those guns!![:@]
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Night Naval bombardment of Zamboanga at 75,89
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Maikaze
DMS W-4
Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Manpower hits 1
Fires 70
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 21
Port hits 10
Port supply hits 3
That should quieten them down a bit I hope
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ASW attack near Victoria at 208,52
Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 2
Allied Ships
AM Ungava
AM Wasaga
Oh dear[:(]
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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on 11th PA Infantry Division, at 80,74 (San Fernando)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 30
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Iba , at 78,75
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9
Considering the weather, I'm surprised they even hit the target[X(]
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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 51,76 , near Kota Bharu
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 19
Ki-30 Ann x 15
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-51 Sonia x 7
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
A-29A Hudson: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed
CAP saw them off!!
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Ground combat at 84,54 (near Nanchang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12416 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Defending force 5338 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168
Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
39th Division
Defending units:
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 37468 troops, 505 guns, 316 vehicles, Assault Value = 1231
Defending force 40688 troops, 197 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1386
Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Ground combat at Lucena (79,79)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12665 troops, 135 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 438
Defending force 3149 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
Japanese adjusted assault: 170
Allied adjusted defense: 16
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces
CAPTURE Lucena !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
252 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1768 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 27 (27 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
16th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF
Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
Advance slowly continues in the Phillipines
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Ground combat at Zamboanga (75,89)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5203 troops, 44 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 202
Defending force 668 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Japanese adjusted assault: 268
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 67 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces
CAPTURE Zamboanga !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
975 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
16th Naval Guard Unit
6th JNAF Coy
Defending units:
4th/101st PA Battalion
4th PI Base Force
146th come the rescue again[:D]
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Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14575 troops, 163 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 575
Defending force 6966 troops, 99 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 185
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 277
Allied adjusted defense: 505
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
503 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Allied ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
I./4th Infantry Battalion
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
II./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Engineer Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
29 Battery/3 HAA
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Base Force
Those Aussies sure are tough. I'll not attack for a day ( to lower fatigue etc ) and then go again
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Ground combat at 67,87 (near Jesselton)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1538 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63
Defending force 287 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 27
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Defending units:
108th RN Base Force
Only one more to go!![:D]
Got another turn as DH could'nt sail today. Might be lucky an get another[;)]
