[font="Times New Roman"]March 20-21 1943[/font]
Boyant form the sinking of Hiryu, the Allies push ahead with more troops into Amami Oshima and Naha, and begin pounding them both by air and sea two soften up the defences.
Simultaneously the advance down the Manchurian coastline toward Korea is picking up speed. The Soviets crush resistance at Antung and will let the armour fly ahead toward Heijo. The goal is Genzen on the East coast of Korea to isolate the peninsula and cut off any potential reinforcement from Manchuria. It doesn't look like he's moving any troops out of Mukden, Anshan, or other large concentrations in Manchuria. I also don't see Fusan or Moppo increasing in numbers to meet the challenge from the South.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 20, 1943
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Night Naval bombardment of Amami Oshima at 98,64 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Detroit
CL Concord
CL Hobart
CL Perth
Japanese ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 1
CL Detroit firing at Amami Oshima
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CL Concord
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Manpower hits 2
Fires 344
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Vincennes
CA Vincennes firing at Naha
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Night Naval bombardment of Amami Oshima at 98,64
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Montpelier
Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 22
Port hits 21
Port supply hits 4
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Columbia
CL Columbia firing at Amami Oshima
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Morning Air attack on Tokara Retto , at 100,62
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 32000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Toyohara , at 124,46
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 30
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 27
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
I-153 x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
I-153: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Zuiho-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 9 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 13 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Toyohara , at 124,46
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 16
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
I-15bis x 32
I-16m24 x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
I-15bis: 4 destroyed
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Ground combat at Antung (102,45)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 70854 troops, 1307 guns, 2369 vehicles, Assault Value = 3492
Defending force 16192 troops, 229 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 503
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Allied adjusted assault: 3326
Japanese adjusted defense: 105
Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Antung !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
8077 casualties reported
Squads: 139 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 288 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 102 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 197 (177 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 150 (147 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 9
Units destroyed 2
Allied ground losses:
471 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (2 destroyed, 59 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
111th Tank Division
209th Tank Brigade
125th Tank Brigade
38th Rifle Brigade
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
73rd Tank Brigade
39th Rifle Division
43rd Tank Brigade
66th Rifle Division
172nd Brigade
206th Tank Brigade
193rd Tank Battalion
35th Rifle Division
3rd Tank Battalion
171st Tank Brigade
74th Tank Brigade
263rd Motorized Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade
39th Rifle Brigade
9th Armored Car Brigade
624th Cannon Regiment
219th Corps Art Brigade
39th Guards Mortar Regiment
215th Cannon Brigade
221st Corps Art Brigade
32nd Guards Mortar Regiment
45th Howitzer Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
227th Cannon Brigade
33rd Guards Mortar Regiment
413th Howitzer Regiment
1128th Howitzer Regiment
362nd/367th OM Gun Battalion
117th/428th OM Gun Battalion
263rd Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment
Defending units:
37th/A Division
4th Raiding Regiment
37th/B Division
15th Tank Regiment
38th Division
37th/C Division
25th Army
49th Field AA Battalion
52nd Field Const Co
48th Field Const Co
49th Const Co
54th Construction Battalion
209th JAAF AF Bn
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR March 21, 1943
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Morning Air attack on Amami Oshima , at 98,64
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
J2M2 Jack x 8
Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Ground combat at Naha (95,66)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12126 troops, 223 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 540
Defending force 34374 troops, 624 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 1153
Japanese ground losses:
360 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
52nd Naval Guard Unit
2nd Raiding Regiment
64th Inf Group Brigade
16th Division
I/124th Infantry Battalion
47th Naval Guard Unit
1st Ind.Tank Co
1st Raiding Rgt /1
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Southwest Area Fleet
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
47th JNAF AF Unit
108th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
19th Indian Division
2nd British Division
26th Indian Brigade
108th RN Base Force
IV Indian Corps
4th US Naval Construction Battalion
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Checked this the other day to see if I have coverage. Might need to add a few more patrols. [;)]
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
