[font="Times New Roman"]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 02, 1942 ( cont'd )[/font]
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Morning Air attack on 30th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 24
Ki-27b Nate x 17
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Corps, at 87,43 (Loyang)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-27b Nate x 18
Ki-36 Ida x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 48
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M2 Nell x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,57 (Kukong)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-44 Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
G3M2 Nell x 4
G4M1 Betty x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
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Afternoon Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Amphibious Assault at Dili (71,115)
TF 271 troops unloading over beach at Dili, 71,115
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Indpt SNLF Coy
No defenders at Dili! I'll take it next turn!![8D]
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Ground combat at Loyang (87,43)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 75677 troops, 743 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2707
Defending force 62305 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Medan (46,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13918 troops, 109 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 471
Defending force 1846 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 428
Allied adjusted defense: 15
Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: op mode(-)
Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Allied ground losses:
451 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
Medan Garrison Battalion
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Van Aaran Garrison Battalion
Medan Base Force
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5720 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 238
Defending force 1604 troops, 35 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 26
Japanese adjusted assault: 160
Allied adjusted defense: 9
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (29 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
62nd Naval Guard Unit
64th Naval Guard Unit
63rd Naval Guard Unit
67th Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force
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Ground combat at Langsa (46,74)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1439 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Defending force 171 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 102
Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 34 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Langsa !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
91st Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
Langsa Base Force
A good turn!!
Langsa, Medan and Balikpapan are now safely in Japanese hands.
I was concerned about possible fire damage to the Medan oilfields and refineries after obvert raised the possibility of severe damage by fire.
Luckily, I seem to have got away with the bombardment at Medan.[:)]
