[font="Times New Roman"]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 28th Mar 1942[/font]
Summary of Important Events:-
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Sub attack near Koumac at 112,158
Japanese Ships
SS I-10
Allied Ships
DD Walke, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham
I-10 is on the prowl!![:D]
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Amphibious Assault at Endeh (65,113)
TF 382 troops unloading over beach at Endeh, 65,113
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Sub attack near Norfolk Island at 108,170
Japanese Ships
SS I-29
Allied Ships
AVP Orion, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-29 launches 2 torpedoes
[:D][:D]
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed
CAP engaged:
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Have some of that, you murderers of Sonia!!
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 23
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 14000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 45,91 (Benkoelen)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
The battle over Changsha rages on.
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Morning Air attack on 98th Chinese Corps, at 87,43 (Loyang)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-27b Nate x 35
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
230 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 18000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 53,103 (Soerakarta)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
[:(][:(]
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Morning Air attack on 56th Division, at 53,103 (Soerakarta)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Semarang , at 53,102
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
B-339-23 x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-339-23: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 58,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
64th Sentai get tea and medals on their return!![:D]
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Ground combat at Loyang (87,43)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 86462 troops, 819 guns, 341 vehicles, Assault Value = 3106
Defending force 54478 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1263
Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at 53,52 (near Bassein)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6753 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 251
Defending force 1705 troops, 5 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Japanese adjusted assault: 54
Allied adjusted defence: 4
Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
46th Indian Brigade
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
9/11th Sikh Battalion
4/14th Punjab Battalion
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Ground combat at Lautem (72,115)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2884 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 119
Defending force 356 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 89
Allied adjusted defense: 7
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lautem !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
84th Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
2nd KNIL AA Battalion
Lautem Base Force
Excellent!! Onto Australia!![8D]
