More goodness in the air. Still wondering where the Allies are heading on the ground. Tanks that were heading toward Sinyang to the NW have turned back in the face of our air strikes, as have the ones heading North. Allied units seem to be circling around i the hub of bases surrounding Hangchow/Shanghai. Maybe they'll try to isolate this area? That's okay by me if it means fighting in x3 or x4 with forts at Shanghai and also having time to set up more defensive lines further back.
A rear guard SNLF is destroyed on the approach to Vinh as the Allies continue to flood forward. All IJA troops are away and moving to Lang Son. There will be skeleton forces along the rail so each stop must be taken in turn.
Fuel, oil and resources continue to flood North through the gap around the Bonins to Tokyo. A DD force hits a supply drop at Marcus, but that's all the Allies are doing for now to stop this vital supply route from operating.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 27, 1945
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TF 831 encounters mine field at Shanghai (92,55) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DMS Forrest, Shell hits 3
DMS Palmer, Shell hits 2
DD Eaton
DD Cogswell
DD Chauncey
DD Charrette, Mine hits 1
Chugoku JNAF Base Force firing at DMS Forrest
DMS Forrest firing at Chugoku JNAF Base Force
40 mines cleared
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Night Naval bombardment of Shanghai at 92,55
Allied Ships
BB Iowa
BB South Dakota
CA Salt Lake City
CL Wilkes-Barre
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Iowa
BB Iowa firing at 38th Division
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Morning Air attack on 706th Tank Battalion, at 89,54 , near Wuhu
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
N1K5-J George x 30
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 17
Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1D Corsair: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x N1K5-J George sweeping at 39370 feet
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Morning Air attack on 706th Tank Battalion, at 89,54 , near Wuhu
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,370 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K5-J George x 37
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 11
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 2
F6F-5 Hellcat x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
37 x N1K5-J George sweeping at 39370 feet
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Morning Air attack on Wusih , at 91,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 42,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 36
Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet
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Morning Air attack on Taiping , at 49,75
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 44,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 38
Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt II x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt II: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
38 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet
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Morning Air attack on 706th Tank Battalion, at 89,54 , near Wuhu
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 45,530 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-83 x 26
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 2
F6F-5 Hellcat x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet
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Morning Air attack on 767th Tank Battalion, at 90,48 , near Hwainan
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 35
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B6N2a Jill bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 767th Tank Battalion, at 90,48 , near Hwainan
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B6N2a Jill bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 767th Tank Battalion, at 90,48 , near Hwainan
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 32
Ki-102a Randy x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 767th Tank Battalion, at 90,48 , near Hwainan
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 775th Tank Battalion, at 89,54 , near Wuhu
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 8
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 28
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 33
Ki-100-II Tony x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 767th Tank Battalion, at 90,48 , near Hwainan
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 28
Ki-102a Randy x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (8 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Shanghai , at 92,55
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 11
N1K5-J George x 23
Ki-84b Frank x 26
Ki-84r Frank x 26
Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 6
P-47N Thunderbolt x 18
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 27
PBJ-1J Mitchell x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-84b Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-47N Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
PBJ-1J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Iwo-jima at 104,80
Japanese Ships
xAK Tihuku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Choun Maru #21
xAK Oigawa Maru
xAK Daijukyo Maru
xAK Hiyama Maru
xAK Somedono Maru
xAK Kaimei Maru
xAK Noshima
PB Shuko Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS Thornback
SS Thornback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Tihuku Maru
Thornback diving deep ....
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Ground combat at Luchow (88,51)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1452 troops, 6 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 209
Defending force 1406 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Allied adjusted assault: 9
Japanese adjusted defense: 63
Allied assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
762nd Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
6th USMC Tank Battalion
Defending units:
19th RGC Temp. Division
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Ground combat at 64,60 (near Vinh)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 8811 troops, 36 guns, 656 vehicles, Assault Value = 453
Defending force 1466 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 50
Allied adjusted assault: 423
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 423 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1832 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF
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