AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 42
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TF 292 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) – Sunda Strait also has defensive mines and ACM at Merak
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Cachalot is located by DMS W-6
Cachalot diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124
PB Yoshida Maru
SS KXVII is located by PB Yoshida Maru
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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 92,61
TK Akatuki Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3
SS Grampus launches 4 torpedoes at TK Akatuki Maru – one dud hit, about 5-6 dud hits in total today after 4 explosive hits yesterday.
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Saiho Maru
xAK Enzyu Maru
PB Eifuku Maru
SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nanko Maru
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123
Allied Ships
APD McKean
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is located by APD McKean
I-123 bottoming out ....
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1 – no damage showing at the next orders phase
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123, hits 5 – back to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is located by APD Stringham
I-123 bottoming out ....
APD Stringham attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123
Allied Ships
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is sighted by escort
I-123 bottoming out ....
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160) – sub laid mines score no hits
Allied Ships
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
6 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
Allied Ships
SS Drum
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-6
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Moa
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Moa attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22 – these are rookie pilots at average 50 experience, 70 air skill
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26 – these are 70+ experience 70+ air skill
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 22 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. The Zeros are set to LRCAP with range 2 to cover Cox’s Bazar and the 25th Army stack in the field two hexes to the NE
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140 – clear skies over Cairns
A6M2 Zero x 2
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 41
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 18th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak – effective flak over Kunming, I might have to increase the altitude to 10k’ for a while.
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 8
P-400 Airacobra x 4
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 5 – no damaging showing at the next orders phase
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 22 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes – a long time until interception, the earlier allied sweepers did their job
22 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 562 minutes – wow, 9 hours to get back from chasing the bombers!
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed – not good for no kills in return
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 8 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed – that’s better
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128 – I’m withdrawing the Maizuru SNLF to move to NEAF and the 21st/C Div to return to reserve at Rabaul. 1 x 80something Naval Guard will replace them.
xAK Jusan Maru
xAK Awajisan Maru
PB Santos Maru
Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 5
SS Nautilus launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Jusan Maru
PB Santos Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-7
DMS W-4
DMS W-6
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-7
DMS W-6 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-6 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-6 is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 508
Defending force 23491 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 695
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 740 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Defending force 70320 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2365
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 717 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1560 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 31
Allied adjusted defense: 34
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported – I will keep this up whenever the attackers have supply
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26992 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44417 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1249
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11835 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
Defending force 38493 troops, 225 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1105
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5586 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193
Defending force 10554 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 290
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22264 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 835
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13400 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 460
Defending force 30499 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 754
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Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8738 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 439
Defending force 171 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 219
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 219 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bhamo !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units: This is the 55th Div spread out across two hexes, the rest are moving in while this force advances NE towards Myitkyina. Only a few more allied bases to take before the first Burma campaign is over.
143rd Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
102nd RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8324 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 276
Defending force 5824 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130
Japanese adjusted assault: 253
Allied adjusted defense: 238
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses: As the defender is out of supply I will attack again whenever supply allows which should slowly increase the odds towards 2:1. The aim is just to clear the enemy from the road in this area and destroy a few more Chinese squads in the process.
189 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division – this RCT will move to join the advance from Changsha to Chungking after clearing this hex
35th/C Division – will stay on road protection duty in this area to protect against the persistent attempts from the Chinese to cut IJA lines of communication.
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,36 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4481 troops, 41 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 825 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 10
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3 – moved SE along the good road. Looks like these enemy troops will keep retreating towards Yenan as there is no way open for them to retreat SW.
Assaulting units:
26th/C Division – part of MGA, will reform as 26th Div if/when this stack is destroyed
12th/B Division – will move SE to join the Changsha-Chungking advance as soon as the road is clear
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 23, 42
SS I-123 lays minefield at Noumea ( 115 , 160) and sets course for Truk
Repairs completed on AK Kaga Maru at Truk, ship returned to service
G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133
CPT Eto, T. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!!
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
H6K4 Mavis from Yokohama Ku T-2 crashes on landing – not good to lose any Mavis. I am currently only making 6 x Mavis / month despite my calcs showing I should ideally be building 10/month to replace losses and fill out the recently arrives 14th Ku T-1 in 4th Fleet area. My plan is to make do with 6xMavis / month but increase to 10xEmily / month once it enters production in Jul 1942. So far I’ve lost a total of 19 Mavis, 1 A2A, 1 Flak, 17 Ops losses in 4.5 months, so a bit over 4 losses/month. At a net +2/month it will take me 8-9 months to fill out the 14th Ku T-1, but Emily will enter production before then.
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133 SS S-18 is reported HIT
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
4 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SS I-16 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on APD Shimakaze at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on APD Nadakaze at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bhamo !!!
Chichi-jima expands fortifications to size 3
Kanko expands airfield to size 5
Tulagi expands airfield to size 1 – making rapid progress to level 2 airfield which will allow a Betty search Kokutai to move forward.
Sining expands fortifications to size 2
Tuyun expands airfield to size 4
33rd Ku T-2 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
Chokai-2 converting to F1M2 Pete – every now and then something random and unwanted happens like this due to a toggle being set the wrong way. This is a 24 plane FP group that is still training. I am trying to keep them with <24 aircraft while training to save on supply use. I am seeing just as good training outcomes with 2 aircraft in a group compared to 24. One of the main factors to increasing training rate is to base the groups at large airfields with ample aviation support, plus a decent leader. From posts from those who know more about this than me, the other main thing I could do is add 1x 80+ experience veteran to each training group as the Chief Instructor, but they seem to be progressing well enough without that added detail.
xAK Teiren Maru arrives at Saigon – an Akasi that I restarted because it can convert to AKE
Gensui jdsrae (J) vs SolInvictus (A). IJ War Council room
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
23 Apr 42 reports
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
AAR link (no SolInvictus): https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4684655
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24 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 42
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
15 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12 – I’ve set some Zeros to night CAP to try and shoot a few of these down, or disrupt them
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,167
SS I-26, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Napier
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Napier
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-26 eludes ASW attack from DD Nestor
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Night Naval bombardment of Baker Island at 149,136 – a probing bombardment from a lone old USN CL, dodging the couple of subs I have SW and SE of Baker Island. I didn’t get a clue as to which direction this ship came from, maybe directly East from Christmas Island (PO)?
I have nothing nearby to counter this so may have to withdraw the JNAF Coy by Mavis transport.
Allied Ships
CL Trenton
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
CL Trenton firing at Baker Island
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Amphibious Assault at Camiguin (84,72)
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Amphibious Assault at Babar (76,117)
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Amphibious Assault at Nanumea (136,141)
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
Allied Ships
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
19 mines cleared
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TF 182 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97)
Allied Ships
SS KXV, Mine hits 1, heavy damage – KXV was heavily damaged two days ago by depth charges, so I hope this finishes her.
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17
Allied Ships
AM Moa
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Moa attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 16
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft – Zeros winning the war of attrition over these P39s
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 2
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 12
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 – these 3rd Air Div Sally-Ic are next to upgrade to IIa. That will provide more Ic for 2nd Air Div units to use as replacements while they continue their “advanced training” in China.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged – 1 reported destroyed, 2 ops losses on the Int screen.
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: all CV fighter groups are in range but only CarDiv1 fighters show here
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
Captain of SS Sculpin elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-13 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Punjab
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 91550 troops, 1158 guns, 1351 vehicles, Assault Value = 2803
Defending force 32726 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1244
Japanese adjusted assault: 1987
Allied adjusted defense: 1234
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) No supply negative which is an unpleasant surprise, but this battle likely used any surplus the Chinese had.
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2091 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4444 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 419 disabled – this should change the raw AV ratio to something like 2600:800 in the IJA’s favour. The IJA has fatigue <15 and disruption <10 across the board, so they will attack again tomorrow to try and force the Chinese stack to retreat before it can be reinforced.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 38 disabled
Assaulting units: Lots of artillery were in support, having arrived the day before from Chihkiang.
15th Division
10th Division
6th Tank Regiment
14th/A Division
10th Tank Regiment
9th Division
17th Division
34th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
13th Division
5th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Army
China Expeditionary Army
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
94th Chinese Corps – all three of these Chinese Corps started the battle with 400+ AV so they were big and fresh. It was important to hit them before they could build field fortifications. It will be good to reverse them tomorrow and push them back onto the other stack of battered Chinese troops evicted from Chihkiang recently. The IJA stack will then move east once this stack is forced back. The Chinese forces may be beaten up enough for me to move all Tank Regts forward at move speed to flip a hexside and follow up with the Infantry/artillery a day or two later.
53rd Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13372 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 459
Defending force 38776 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
Defending units: I can’t remember the exact AV of these Chinese Corps, but they average just under 200 each, so the 3rd Div should be able to defend until reinforcements arrive from the west.
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Shock attack – 90th Infantry Regt sacrifices itself to flip the last Changsha hexside and slam the door on the Chinese defenders. Some interesting intelligence provided as a result, but I didn’t expect them to be all but destroyed during this crossing. If I’d known I probably would have sent them anyway, but this was a 90 experience unit that will now take quite some time to get back to anywhere near that level.
Attacking force 4371 troops, 125 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 1425
Defending force 70372 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2368
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 7117 – I will not be attacking Changsha until after Chungking and Chengtu are captured, so have a few months to reduce supply and this adjusted AV level by bombardment.
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4) – level 4 forts, so I need to keep the runway damaged to stop the forts building any more. This will be the 2nd Air Div’s live fire bombing range for the next few months.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-). The main news is that the Chinese defenders are still in supply. I will start working on that with more 2nd Air Div 1E bombers moving to bases nearby to bombard Changsha for the next few months.
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
3977 casualties reported
Squads: 168 destroyed, 0 disabled – there go all but a few squads of an elite Infantry Regt…
Non Combat: 152 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
90th Infantry Regiment – only this unit attacked via assault river crossing from the NW. All hex sides are now red. Will move to Hankow to rebuild.
39th Division – will stay as POW guards
40th Division – POW guards
51st Infantry Brigade – POW guards
14th/C Division – will move NW to allow 14th Div to recombine once all forces meet up at Changteh.
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units: 2368/7 = 338 average AV per Corps, but from memory I thought they were all showing as 400+. These are all big and fresh Chinese Corps, so it is good to trap them here. 39th and 40th Divs should be enough of a garrison force to stop them winning any counter attack in Urban Light terrain, but I will also leave 51st Bde there for added insurance.
99th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) – based on the near destruction of the 90th Regt, I am now expecting a similar fate for the 3rd IMB assault river crossing into Tsiaotso which will occur in two days.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27002 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44516 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – I just realised I can also use this NCPC Bde to help close some more hexsides around Tsiatso, so will try to remember to set them marching after the 3rd IMB opens the SE hexside.
Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5622 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198
Defending force 10518 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
Defending force 38474 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22230 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13405 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30534 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 758
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Ground combat at Nanumea (136,141)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 24, 42
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 18th/C Division
7 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 84th Naval Guard Unit to Horn Island – temporary garrison from Port Moresby as the SNLF and IJA RCT are withdrawn.
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai – the allies seem to be reinforcing the India-Burma border so I will be very surprised if there are any vacant bases in rear areas for Raiding Regt paradrops. If not, the Raiders will help garrison and watch for opportunities to para drop in somewhere to make a nuisance of themselves.
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Kanko expands fortifications to size 1
Fort Ord expands airfield to size 5
Davao expands port to size 5
Mandalay expands fortifications to size 2
Nakhodka expands airfield to size 1
Tjepoe expands airfield to size 2
Kurakane U. of Zuiho-2 is promoted to CPO – interesting detail. This Kate pilot is clearly the most experienced in Zuiho-2, so he may have been promoted for that reason.
11th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Sian – Type 97 Medium Tanks
Masuda JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Akita – Ta-Chi 6 radar
CM Tokiwa available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay – I’ve formed “CrocDiv 1” with a random collection of ships damaged during the assault on Port Moresby. As allied subs are lurking around Rabaul they will try to dodge them using waypoints, repair a bit more damage at Rabaul, then move back to a shipyard like Manila to complete repairs.
AMC Asaka Maru available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay
xAK Nagara Maru available for service in damaged state at Truk
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Rashin – interesting that the replacements would be provided from Rashin in Korea. I just noticed that Rashin has a supply stockpile of 35k despite only having a Special Base Force and a Fortress present. With HQ Korea Army in China, it looks like Rashin has become the de facto capital of Korea.
Loss of DD Arare on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
15 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12 – I’ve set some Zeros to night CAP to try and shoot a few of these down, or disrupt them
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,167
SS I-26, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Napier
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Napier
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-26 eludes ASW attack from DD Nestor
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Night Naval bombardment of Baker Island at 149,136 – a probing bombardment from a lone old USN CL, dodging the couple of subs I have SW and SE of Baker Island. I didn’t get a clue as to which direction this ship came from, maybe directly East from Christmas Island (PO)?
I have nothing nearby to counter this so may have to withdraw the JNAF Coy by Mavis transport.
Allied Ships
CL Trenton
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
CL Trenton firing at Baker Island
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Amphibious Assault at Camiguin (84,72)
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Amphibious Assault at Babar (76,117)
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Amphibious Assault at Nanumea (136,141)
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
Allied Ships
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
19 mines cleared
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TF 182 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97)
Allied Ships
SS KXV, Mine hits 1, heavy damage – KXV was heavily damaged two days ago by depth charges, so I hope this finishes her.
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17
Allied Ships
AM Moa
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Moa attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 16
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft – Zeros winning the war of attrition over these P39s
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 2
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 12
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 – these 3rd Air Div Sally-Ic are next to upgrade to IIa. That will provide more Ic for 2nd Air Div units to use as replacements while they continue their “advanced training” in China.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged – 1 reported destroyed, 2 ops losses on the Int screen.
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: all CV fighter groups are in range but only CarDiv1 fighters show here
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
Captain of SS Sculpin elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-13 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Punjab
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 91550 troops, 1158 guns, 1351 vehicles, Assault Value = 2803
Defending force 32726 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1244
Japanese adjusted assault: 1987
Allied adjusted defense: 1234
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) No supply negative which is an unpleasant surprise, but this battle likely used any surplus the Chinese had.
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2091 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4444 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 419 disabled – this should change the raw AV ratio to something like 2600:800 in the IJA’s favour. The IJA has fatigue <15 and disruption <10 across the board, so they will attack again tomorrow to try and force the Chinese stack to retreat before it can be reinforced.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 38 disabled
Assaulting units: Lots of artillery were in support, having arrived the day before from Chihkiang.
15th Division
10th Division
6th Tank Regiment
14th/A Division
10th Tank Regiment
9th Division
17th Division
34th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
13th Division
5th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Army
China Expeditionary Army
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
94th Chinese Corps – all three of these Chinese Corps started the battle with 400+ AV so they were big and fresh. It was important to hit them before they could build field fortifications. It will be good to reverse them tomorrow and push them back onto the other stack of battered Chinese troops evicted from Chihkiang recently. The IJA stack will then move east once this stack is forced back. The Chinese forces may be beaten up enough for me to move all Tank Regts forward at move speed to flip a hexside and follow up with the Infantry/artillery a day or two later.
53rd Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13372 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 459
Defending force 38776 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
Defending units: I can’t remember the exact AV of these Chinese Corps, but they average just under 200 each, so the 3rd Div should be able to defend until reinforcements arrive from the west.
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Shock attack – 90th Infantry Regt sacrifices itself to flip the last Changsha hexside and slam the door on the Chinese defenders. Some interesting intelligence provided as a result, but I didn’t expect them to be all but destroyed during this crossing. If I’d known I probably would have sent them anyway, but this was a 90 experience unit that will now take quite some time to get back to anywhere near that level.
Attacking force 4371 troops, 125 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 1425
Defending force 70372 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2368
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 7117 – I will not be attacking Changsha until after Chungking and Chengtu are captured, so have a few months to reduce supply and this adjusted AV level by bombardment.
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4) – level 4 forts, so I need to keep the runway damaged to stop the forts building any more. This will be the 2nd Air Div’s live fire bombing range for the next few months.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-). The main news is that the Chinese defenders are still in supply. I will start working on that with more 2nd Air Div 1E bombers moving to bases nearby to bombard Changsha for the next few months.
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
3977 casualties reported
Squads: 168 destroyed, 0 disabled – there go all but a few squads of an elite Infantry Regt…
Non Combat: 152 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
90th Infantry Regiment – only this unit attacked via assault river crossing from the NW. All hex sides are now red. Will move to Hankow to rebuild.
39th Division – will stay as POW guards
40th Division – POW guards
51st Infantry Brigade – POW guards
14th/C Division – will move NW to allow 14th Div to recombine once all forces meet up at Changteh.
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units: 2368/7 = 338 average AV per Corps, but from memory I thought they were all showing as 400+. These are all big and fresh Chinese Corps, so it is good to trap them here. 39th and 40th Divs should be enough of a garrison force to stop them winning any counter attack in Urban Light terrain, but I will also leave 51st Bde there for added insurance.
99th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) – based on the near destruction of the 90th Regt, I am now expecting a similar fate for the 3rd IMB assault river crossing into Tsiaotso which will occur in two days.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27002 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44516 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – I just realised I can also use this NCPC Bde to help close some more hexsides around Tsiatso, so will try to remember to set them marching after the 3rd IMB opens the SE hexside.
Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5622 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198
Defending force 10518 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
Defending force 38474 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22230 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13405 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30534 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 758
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Ground combat at Nanumea (136,141)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 24, 42
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 18th/C Division
7 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 84th Naval Guard Unit to Horn Island – temporary garrison from Port Moresby as the SNLF and IJA RCT are withdrawn.
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai – the allies seem to be reinforcing the India-Burma border so I will be very surprised if there are any vacant bases in rear areas for Raiding Regt paradrops. If not, the Raiders will help garrison and watch for opportunities to para drop in somewhere to make a nuisance of themselves.
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Kanko expands fortifications to size 1
Fort Ord expands airfield to size 5
Davao expands port to size 5
Mandalay expands fortifications to size 2
Nakhodka expands airfield to size 1
Tjepoe expands airfield to size 2
Kurakane U. of Zuiho-2 is promoted to CPO – interesting detail. This Kate pilot is clearly the most experienced in Zuiho-2, so he may have been promoted for that reason.
11th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Sian – Type 97 Medium Tanks
Masuda JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Akita – Ta-Chi 6 radar
CM Tokiwa available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay – I’ve formed “CrocDiv 1” with a random collection of ships damaged during the assault on Port Moresby. As allied subs are lurking around Rabaul they will try to dodge them using waypoints, repair a bit more damage at Rabaul, then move back to a shipyard like Manila to complete repairs.
AMC Asaka Maru available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay
xAK Nagara Maru available for service in damaged state at Truk
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Rashin – interesting that the replacements would be provided from Rashin in Korea. I just noticed that Rashin has a supply stockpile of 35k despite only having a Special Base Force and a Fortress present. With HQ Korea Army in China, it looks like Rashin has become the de facto capital of Korea.
Loss of DD Arare on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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25 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 42
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
DMS W-3
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-4
Salmon diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 is located by DD Arrow
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-174 eludes ASW attack from DD Encounter
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 6
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
PB Manyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nestor
I-23 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arrow
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Amphibious Assault at Sangi (77,97)
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Indpt SNLF Coy
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TF 84 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)
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ASW attack near Rekata Bay at 114,134
PB Hokutai Maru
SS S-35 is sighted by escort
S-35 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-7
DMS W-4
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-7
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Rossel Island at 106,137
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
SS Swordfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
Swordfish diving deep ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DM Montgomery
xAK Tambua
xAK Cold Brook
xAK Clevedon
xAK Crown City
xAK City of Rayville
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Montgomery
I-23 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
xAK Filleigh, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Filleigh is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Filleigh
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 28
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu – dropping off a JNAF Coy to occupy Luganville
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
LB-30 Liberator x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
Japanese Ships
SS I-17, hits 5, heavy damage – about 50 float damage so ordered back to Truk
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
DD Jupiter attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 90311 troops, 1157 guns, 1350 vehicles, Assault Value = 2681
Defending force 29113 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 828
Japanese adjusted assault: 1384
Allied adjusted defense: 295
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1848 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (1 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11088 casualties reported
Squads: 332 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 436 destroyed, 186 disabled
Engineers: 29 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 4 – I think the 2 x HQ units stayed
Assaulting units: same as yesterday
Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
6th War Area
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41369 troops, 500 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201
Defending force 23498 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 696
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
Korea Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: About 350 average AV per Corps, I will bombard for a while before trying a deliberate attack here
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1275 troops, 109 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70488 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2377
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 724 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Defending force 1434 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Japanese adjusted assault: 32
Allied adjusted defense: 28
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26993 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1015
Defending force 44540 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5667 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Defending force 10489 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 38614 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22212 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 837
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30512 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 757
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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8278 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 271
Defending force 5673 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 115
Japanese adjusted assault: 261
Allied adjusted defense: 214
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 25, 42
Camiguin is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on SS I-4 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-47 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
16 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard AMC Asaka Maru – should make Rabaul
Submarine TF 295 ordered to return to Kwajalein Island due to damage – changed to Tulagi as it is closer. If it makes it there it will patch some holes then head for Truk.
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Funafuti expands fortifications to size 1
Tuyun expands airfield to size 5
Tjepoe expands fortifications to size 1
SS I-32 arrives at Cam Ranh Bay – will base out of Soerabaja and patrol the SW coast of Aus
A./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – will move to Ominato then forward into the Aleutians
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
DMS W-3
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-4
Salmon diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 is located by DD Arrow
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-174 eludes ASW attack from DD Encounter
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 6
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
PB Manyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nestor
I-23 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arrow
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Amphibious Assault at Sangi (77,97)
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Indpt SNLF Coy
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TF 84 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)
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ASW attack near Rekata Bay at 114,134
PB Hokutai Maru
SS S-35 is sighted by escort
S-35 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-7
DMS W-4
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-7
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Rossel Island at 106,137
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
SS Swordfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
Swordfish diving deep ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DM Montgomery
xAK Tambua
xAK Cold Brook
xAK Clevedon
xAK Crown City
xAK City of Rayville
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Montgomery
I-23 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
xAK Filleigh, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Filleigh is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Filleigh
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 28
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu – dropping off a JNAF Coy to occupy Luganville
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
LB-30 Liberator x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
Japanese Ships
SS I-17, hits 5, heavy damage – about 50 float damage so ordered back to Truk
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
DD Jupiter attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 90311 troops, 1157 guns, 1350 vehicles, Assault Value = 2681
Defending force 29113 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 828
Japanese adjusted assault: 1384
Allied adjusted defense: 295
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1848 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (1 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11088 casualties reported
Squads: 332 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 436 destroyed, 186 disabled
Engineers: 29 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 4 – I think the 2 x HQ units stayed
Assaulting units: same as yesterday
Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
6th War Area
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41369 troops, 500 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201
Defending force 23498 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 696
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
Korea Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: About 350 average AV per Corps, I will bombard for a while before trying a deliberate attack here
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1275 troops, 109 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70488 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2377
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 724 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Defending force 1434 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Japanese adjusted assault: 32
Allied adjusted defense: 28
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26993 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1015
Defending force 44540 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5667 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Defending force 10489 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 38614 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22212 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 837
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30512 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 757
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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8278 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 271
Defending force 5673 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 115
Japanese adjusted assault: 261
Allied adjusted defense: 214
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 25, 42
Camiguin is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on SS I-4 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-47 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
16 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard AMC Asaka Maru – should make Rabaul
Submarine TF 295 ordered to return to Kwajalein Island due to damage – changed to Tulagi as it is closer. If it makes it there it will patch some holes then head for Truk.
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Funafuti expands fortifications to size 1
Tuyun expands airfield to size 5
Tjepoe expands fortifications to size 1
SS I-32 arrives at Cam Ranh Bay – will base out of Soerabaja and patrol the SW coast of Aus
A./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – will move to Ominato then forward into the Aleutians
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports
Question for the IGHQ Staff please, I am playing version 1.8.11.26b, scenario 1.
I don't want to post this in the open areas of the forum in case CS sees it and confirms hunches he must already have that I am trying to get my carriers into action.
- What are the altitudes to set for Dive Bombers to make them dive bomb?
- Are there still altitudes at which DB will level bomb, even though glide bombing has been removed?
I've searched the forum and the patch notes, but apart from noting that glide bombing was removed in about 2014 I can't find a more recent post that confirms the latest details on Dive Bombing.
Any help on this appreciated before my carriers run into something and I learn the hard way!
I don't want to post this in the open areas of the forum in case CS sees it and confirms hunches he must already have that I am trying to get my carriers into action.
- What are the altitudes to set for Dive Bombers to make them dive bomb?
- Are there still altitudes at which DB will level bomb, even though glide bombing has been removed?
I've searched the forum and the patch notes, but apart from noting that glide bombing was removed in about 2014 I can't find a more recent post that confirms the latest details on Dive Bombing.
Any help on this appreciated before my carriers run into something and I learn the hard way!
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports
Glide bombing taken out. 7.2 AIRCRAFT MISSIONS:
FAQ / Info for Newb's
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2260137
FAQ / Info for Newb's
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2260137
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: 25 Apr 42 reports
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Glide bombing taken out. 7.2 AIRCRAFT MISSIONS:
FAQ / Info for Newb's
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2260137
Cheers Joe, I think low naval is now <=2k as well.
So are the following edits (in bold) true?
Mission: Bombing
A/C type: DB
- Group altitude: <=2K - low level attack
- Group altitude: 3-9K - normal horizontal attack
- Group altitude: 10-15K -diving attack
- Group altitude: 16-19K - glide attack normal horizontal attack
- Group altitude: 20+ normal horizontal attack
The attacks are based on altitude flown.
Diving attacks have a better chance than level bombing attacks to make a hit; pilots with good NAVAL_BOMB skills have a better chance. Exit altitude is 1000-4000'.
That tells me that I need to set my DBs on naval attack only ever between 10-15k right?
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports
Yes, that is correct on the dive bombing. There is a link to another thread that probably goes into more detail. It is a good thread to bookmark.
I usually use 1000 feet for my low Nav. If the medium bomber normally carries torpedoes but there are none available when set to torpedoes, it will use a full bomb load. If set to bombs on low Nav and it is not an attack plane, it is penalized to one half bomb load. This covers the Bettys/Nells and such like.
Torpedo planes are not penalized on low Nav carrying bombs. I like Kates at 1000 feet on bombs against soft targets, where it carries two 250 kg bombs.
I usually use 1000 feet for my low Nav. If the medium bomber normally carries torpedoes but there are none available when set to torpedoes, it will use a full bomb load. If set to bombs on low Nav and it is not an attack plane, it is penalized to one half bomb load. This covers the Bettys/Nells and such like.
Torpedo planes are not penalized on low Nav carrying bombs. I like Kates at 1000 feet on bombs against soft targets, where it carries two 250 kg bombs.
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: 25 Apr 42 reports
There’s a table in this link that gives a bit more of the picture.
I’ll try to remember to mark it up later with a few updates:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4631063
I’ll try to remember to mark it up later with a few updates:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4631063
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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26 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 42
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-28
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-28 is located by DD Kortenaer
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-23, hits 1 – moderate damage so back to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-23 eludes DD Witte de With by diving deep
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-5
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
Allied Ships
SS Cachalot
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-7 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
SS I-175 is located by KV Thyme
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
xAP Shanghai Maru
APD Tade
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 8,000 Yards
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Kazegumo
DD Makigumo
Allied Ships – my biggest and baddest BB Division gets its first two kills!
AMc Aroe, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AMc Bantam, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages AMc Bantam at 8,000 yards
AMc Bantam sunk by BB Nagato at 7,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages AMc Aroe at 4,000 yards
AMc Aroe sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Nadi at 130,161
SS I-162
Allied Ships
ACM Buttress, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes – the second one hit but was a dud
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 – a total of 19 allied aircraft reported destroyed on the ground on the Intel summary page today.
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 11 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 31 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 15 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 30 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 12 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 4 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 7 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano
CA Kumano firing at Noumea
CA Suzuya firing at Noumea
CA Mikuma firing at Noumea
CA Mogami firing at Noumea
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 20 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 6 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
Allied Ships
AG Steel Seafarer, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
BB Mutsu firing at Noumea
BB Nagato firing at Noumea
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 16,000 Yards – waste of ammo with no hits…
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
DD Hatsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23
PT-24
PT-27
PT-28
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-21 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 7,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-24 at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-23 at 8,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 8,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 10,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-22 at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 9,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-21 at 9,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-24 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-27 at 15,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-22 at 15,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 16,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 17,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-24 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 19,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 19,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 19,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 19,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-23 at 19,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 27,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 27,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
AO Iro
AO Hayamoto
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at AO Iro
Drum diving deep ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 22
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th War Area , at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 6
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SC Ch 33
SS Trigger is located by SC Ch 33
Trigger diving deep ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63864 troops, 886 guns, 1151 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570
Defending force 1165 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese assault odds: 1596 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Allied ground losses:
1432 casualties reported
Non Combat: 218 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units: All will move east except for HQ 13th Army, 15th and 17th Divs which will guard against any relief effort and recover some disabled squads
13th Army
15th Division
17th Division
China Expeditionary Army
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
13th Division
13th Tank Regiment
10th Division
14th/A Division
6th Tank Regiment
9th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
7th RF Gun Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200 – a couple more IJA Divs and some Tank Regts here would be worth a deliberate attack, but that will have to wait until 11th Army can join the advance.
Defending force 23471 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 692
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Korea Army
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50) – the large CEA stack is moving east but needs to clear one more hex before moving into Changteh.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38820 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70613 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2388
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
40th Division
90th Infantry Regiment – moving east to rebuild
39th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
14th/C Division – moving NW to reform 14th Div
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Air Division – moving west to Tuyun to support more bombers
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units:
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 32863 troops, 266 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229
Defending force 44489 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Japanese adjusted assault: 64
Allied adjusted defense: 1459
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-). Good to see this supply (-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1441 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled – less than expected after 90th Regt losses yesterday.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade – only this unit attacked from the SW to turn that hexside red. It will now move back out and around into the hex to the W to threaten the enemy flank/rear
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – will follow 3rd IMB to help switch hexsides
Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5685 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 205
Defending force 10472 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving NEand around to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38607 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Ansi (80,23) – IJA cavalry is advancing into NW China to see what enemy units remain out there
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1422 troops, 20 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)
Assaulting units:
4th Cavalry Brigade
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22235 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 839
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30522 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759
Assaulting units:
11th Division
Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
18th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
7th Construction Regiment
36th Group Army
34th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13050 troops, 114 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 493
Defending force 2896 troops, 51 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90
Japanese adjusted assault: 404
Allied adjusted defense: 39
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1043 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 9
Assaulting units:
56th Division
Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
17th Indian Division
Burma Corps
44th Indian Brigade
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Ground combat at Luganville (120,150)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Assaulting units:
2nd JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at Vaitupu (138,145)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 411 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-); looks like they might need a few days of rest shortly
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 82,37 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8744 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 580 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 174
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Allied ground losses:
263 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2 – to the SE along the road again
Assaulting units: both RCTs will follow and attack again.
26th/C Division
12th/B Division
Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 26, 42
Sangi is occupied by the Japanese
D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking SS S-34 at 120,150
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,137 an Allied SS is reported HIT
15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SSX Ha-8 at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ansi !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Kobe expands fortifications to size 3
Spokane expands airfield to size 8
Tulagi expands airfield to size 2
Port Blair expands airfield to size 2
Charters Towers expands airfield to size 5
Perth expands airfield to size 7
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 2
Koepang expands fortifications to size 2
Abadan expands port to size 6
ACM Buttress is reported to have been sunk near Nadi on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Aroe is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Bantam is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-28
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-28 is located by DD Kortenaer
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-23, hits 1 – moderate damage so back to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-23 eludes DD Witte de With by diving deep
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-5
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
Allied Ships
SS Cachalot
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-7 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
SS I-175 is located by KV Thyme
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
xAP Shanghai Maru
APD Tade
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 8,000 Yards
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Kazegumo
DD Makigumo
Allied Ships – my biggest and baddest BB Division gets its first two kills!
AMc Aroe, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AMc Bantam, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages AMc Bantam at 8,000 yards
AMc Bantam sunk by BB Nagato at 7,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages AMc Aroe at 4,000 yards
AMc Aroe sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Nadi at 130,161
SS I-162
Allied Ships
ACM Buttress, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes – the second one hit but was a dud
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 – a total of 19 allied aircraft reported destroyed on the ground on the Intel summary page today.
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 11 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 31 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 15 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 30 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 12 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 4 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 7 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano
CA Kumano firing at Noumea
CA Suzuya firing at Noumea
CA Mikuma firing at Noumea
CA Mogami firing at Noumea
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 20 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 6 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
Allied Ships
AG Steel Seafarer, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
BB Mutsu firing at Noumea
BB Nagato firing at Noumea
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 16,000 Yards – waste of ammo with no hits…
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
DD Hatsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23
PT-24
PT-27
PT-28
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-21 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 7,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-24 at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-23 at 8,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 8,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 10,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-22 at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 9,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-21 at 9,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-24 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-27 at 15,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-22 at 15,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 16,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 17,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-24 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 19,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 19,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 19,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 19,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-23 at 19,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 27,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 27,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
AO Iro
AO Hayamoto
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at AO Iro
Drum diving deep ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 22
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th War Area , at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 6
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SC Ch 33
SS Trigger is located by SC Ch 33
Trigger diving deep ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63864 troops, 886 guns, 1151 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570
Defending force 1165 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese assault odds: 1596 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Allied ground losses:
1432 casualties reported
Non Combat: 218 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units: All will move east except for HQ 13th Army, 15th and 17th Divs which will guard against any relief effort and recover some disabled squads
13th Army
15th Division
17th Division
China Expeditionary Army
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
13th Division
13th Tank Regiment
10th Division
14th/A Division
6th Tank Regiment
9th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
7th RF Gun Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200 – a couple more IJA Divs and some Tank Regts here would be worth a deliberate attack, but that will have to wait until 11th Army can join the advance.
Defending force 23471 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 692
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Korea Army
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50) – the large CEA stack is moving east but needs to clear one more hex before moving into Changteh.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38820 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70613 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2388
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
40th Division
90th Infantry Regiment – moving east to rebuild
39th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
14th/C Division – moving NW to reform 14th Div
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Air Division – moving west to Tuyun to support more bombers
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units:
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 32863 troops, 266 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229
Defending force 44489 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Japanese adjusted assault: 64
Allied adjusted defense: 1459
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-). Good to see this supply (-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1441 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled – less than expected after 90th Regt losses yesterday.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade – only this unit attacked from the SW to turn that hexside red. It will now move back out and around into the hex to the W to threaten the enemy flank/rear
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – will follow 3rd IMB to help switch hexsides
Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5685 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 205
Defending force 10472 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving NEand around to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38607 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Ansi (80,23) – IJA cavalry is advancing into NW China to see what enemy units remain out there
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1422 troops, 20 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)
Assaulting units:
4th Cavalry Brigade
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22235 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 839
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30522 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759
Assaulting units:
11th Division
Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
18th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
7th Construction Regiment
36th Group Army
34th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13050 troops, 114 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 493
Defending force 2896 troops, 51 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90
Japanese adjusted assault: 404
Allied adjusted defense: 39
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1043 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 9
Assaulting units:
56th Division
Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
17th Indian Division
Burma Corps
44th Indian Brigade
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Ground combat at Luganville (120,150)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Assaulting units:
2nd JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at Vaitupu (138,145)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 411 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-); looks like they might need a few days of rest shortly
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 82,37 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8744 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 580 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 174
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Allied ground losses:
263 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2 – to the SE along the road again
Assaulting units: both RCTs will follow and attack again.
26th/C Division
12th/B Division
Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 26, 42
Sangi is occupied by the Japanese
D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking SS S-34 at 120,150
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,137 an Allied SS is reported HIT
15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SSX Ha-8 at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ansi !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Kobe expands fortifications to size 3
Spokane expands airfield to size 8
Tulagi expands airfield to size 2
Port Blair expands airfield to size 2
Charters Towers expands airfield to size 5
Perth expands airfield to size 7
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 2
Koepang expands fortifications to size 2
Abadan expands port to size 6
ACM Buttress is reported to have been sunk near Nadi on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Aroe is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Bantam is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
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RE: 26 Apr 42 reports
We received this message from CS via the foreign minister today with the turn:
"p.s. I promise our CVs can have a play date some time in the future.
p.p.s. Attached is a radio transmission your listening post picked up in the clear."
On point 1, psyops attempt or a hint?
He might have a combined USN/RN carrier force somewhere in SOPAC/SWPAC (Sydney or Auckland can support them now) - looking to use the RN carriers before they withdraw
I asked him whether "some time in the future..." means when they have Hellcats and Avengers on them?!
You don't get psyops and banter from the AI!
On point #2, it looks like poor CMDR Fife's war is over.
"p.s. I promise our CVs can have a play date some time in the future.
p.p.s. Attached is a radio transmission your listening post picked up in the clear."
On point 1, psyops attempt or a hint?
He might have a combined USN/RN carrier force somewhere in SOPAC/SWPAC (Sydney or Auckland can support them now) - looking to use the RN carriers before they withdraw
I asked him whether "some time in the future..." means when they have Hellcats and Avengers on them?!
You don't get psyops and banter from the AI!
On point #2, it looks like poor CMDR Fife's war is over.
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27 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 27, 42
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SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Thyme
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-175 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
DD Fortune attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
SS I-10 is sighted by escort
I-10 diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Clark Field at 78,76
TK Matsumoto Maru
PB Sonan Maru #6
SS Grenadier launches 2 torpedoes at TK Matsumoto Maru
Grenadier diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
Sculpin diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109
xAK Hukuyo Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
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Amphibious Assault at Damar (75,115)
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Jasmine
I-175 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
xAK Somelsdijk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Somelsdijk is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Somelsdijk
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Sub attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Fortune
I-24 diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 53
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40 – I spotted some allied fighters and bombers at Imphal, possibly preparing to do some bombing of IJA ground forces in Burma.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 14
Mohawk IV x 4
H81-A3: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 25
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed – 5:1 kills again here
CAP engaged:
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DD Encounter is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
PB Fukui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – sunk…
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Fukui Maru
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1212
Defending force 23473 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 921
Defending force 38811 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1320
Defending force 70654 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2391
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 733 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1348 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Japanese adjusted assault: 33
Allied adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1 – to the NW so I will follow them to push them back again.
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co – will rejoin 13th Army and be used on flanks to help flip hexsides to keep it out of large scale combat
I./33rd Inf Regt – due to withdraw in about 30 days
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25979 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1126
Defending force 44310 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1236
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5703 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 207
Defending force 10446 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38578 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12951 troops, 113 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 483
Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 473 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
56th Division – will move east towards Myitkyina
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade – finally destroyed
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16747 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 507
Defending force 7236 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247
Allied adjusted assault: 265
Japanese adjusted defense: 898
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) a bit strange as fatigue is only 4 for both units during the orders phase. Preparation is 97 for 4th IMR but only 36 for 21st IMB
Attacker: supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses: The allies would need to bring about triple this strength to make a dent on the Kunming defenders. There are 6 more Chinese units spotted one hex to the east, so there is a chance they could recapture Kunming if they concentrate enough force there.
Once I have cleared the Chihkiang-Chengteh road I will moe west to capture Kweiyang, then relieve the siege of Kunming. Once Kunming is relieved it will free up the 2x Southern Army reserve units to be flown out to Burma. I will then use 23rd Army (with Korea Army units attached) to capture Tsuyung. 23rd Army will then be able to advance onto the Chungking Plain from the west, clearing the Yunnan Mountain roads as they go.
698 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Group Army
6th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment
2nd Construction Regiment
2nd Chinese Base Force
13th Chinese Base Force
Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8214 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 265
Defending force 5493 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92
Japanese adjusted assault: 182
Allied adjusted defense: 181
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 – slowly tipping the odds in my favour here. Fatigue is 4, disruption 0 and in supply, so they will attack again tomorrow. Allied adjusted AV should drop to about 140 so a 2:1 attack is probably still about a week away.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 27, 42
Lakatoro is occupied by the Japanese
ASW Combat TF 90 terminates patrol and enters Tsu for repairs – 1 of 3 subchasers had 4 minor system damage. I think the sailors are just looking for any excuse to hit the bars of Tsu! I didn’t notice this until after the turn was sent back so they have just managed to sneak in a 24 hour leave pass…
SS I-27 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk*
CL Oi detects Allied Aircraft at 72,115 near Lautem – Darwin is still sending out naval search bomber patrols
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands back to Tulagi
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Magwe – now that 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts are both at Chang Mai I have ordered 1st RR to paradrop on Kalemyo on the Burma-India border to prepare the camp for when 53rd Div marches out of the jungle in about one week.
9 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – a few yellow supply warnings are popping up in the DEI now as I concentrate as much as I can at Timor to support the upcoming NW Australia raids.
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – Babo and Boela need a bit more supply too, so I have turned off their airfield construction until I can get some there.
Toyohara expands airfield to size 2
Bombay expands airfield to size 8 – the allies are building their way to victory all over the map
Karachi expands airfield to size 6
Adelaide expands airfield to size 6
Christchurch expands airfield to size 5
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 3 – all of the engineer units at Tuyun are about to be free for their next project. I just need to figure out what it is… It’s effectively a construction Division with 5 x Ind Engr Regt, 3 x Road Const Coy and 4 x Const Coy. Other engineers present are the 17th JAAF Base Force (Air Bde/Sector HQ) with 2 x JAAF Coys who will remain as the garrison force. They are currently supporting 3x 3rd Air Div Sally Sentai who are keeping Kweiyang airfield damaged to stop fort construction there.
Bengkalis expands airfield to size 2 – no more for this defensive fighter airstrip
Medan expands fortifications to size 2
Spassk-Dalniy expands airfield to size 6
Pilot Ishimori P. is reported as having been found – there is a 55 experience pilot by this name now reported as WIA in IJA Bomber reserve
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Tuyun – Tuyun is 8 hexes away from 90th IR, but Tuyun has 23k supplies as I have toggled the demand to keep 20k+ at a few of my main airbases in China.
Loss of PB Fukui Maru on Apr 27, 1942 is admitted
Loss of AO Sata on Mar 06, 1942 is admitted
C./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Tokyo – will move to Ominato then deploy forward to Attu Island in NEAF.
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SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Thyme
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-175 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
DD Fortune attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
SS I-10 is sighted by escort
I-10 diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Clark Field at 78,76
TK Matsumoto Maru
PB Sonan Maru #6
SS Grenadier launches 2 torpedoes at TK Matsumoto Maru
Grenadier diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
Sculpin diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109
xAK Hukuyo Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
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Amphibious Assault at Damar (75,115)
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Jasmine
I-175 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
xAK Somelsdijk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Somelsdijk is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Somelsdijk
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Sub attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Fortune
I-24 diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 53
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40 – I spotted some allied fighters and bombers at Imphal, possibly preparing to do some bombing of IJA ground forces in Burma.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 14
Mohawk IV x 4
H81-A3: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 25
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed – 5:1 kills again here
CAP engaged:
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DD Encounter is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
PB Fukui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – sunk…
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Fukui Maru
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1212
Defending force 23473 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 921
Defending force 38811 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1320
Defending force 70654 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2391
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 733 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1348 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Japanese adjusted assault: 33
Allied adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1 – to the NW so I will follow them to push them back again.
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co – will rejoin 13th Army and be used on flanks to help flip hexsides to keep it out of large scale combat
I./33rd Inf Regt – due to withdraw in about 30 days
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25979 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1126
Defending force 44310 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1236
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5703 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 207
Defending force 10446 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38578 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12951 troops, 113 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 483
Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 473 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
56th Division – will move east towards Myitkyina
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade – finally destroyed
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16747 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 507
Defending force 7236 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247
Allied adjusted assault: 265
Japanese adjusted defense: 898
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) a bit strange as fatigue is only 4 for both units during the orders phase. Preparation is 97 for 4th IMR but only 36 for 21st IMB
Attacker: supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses: The allies would need to bring about triple this strength to make a dent on the Kunming defenders. There are 6 more Chinese units spotted one hex to the east, so there is a chance they could recapture Kunming if they concentrate enough force there.
Once I have cleared the Chihkiang-Chengteh road I will moe west to capture Kweiyang, then relieve the siege of Kunming. Once Kunming is relieved it will free up the 2x Southern Army reserve units to be flown out to Burma. I will then use 23rd Army (with Korea Army units attached) to capture Tsuyung. 23rd Army will then be able to advance onto the Chungking Plain from the west, clearing the Yunnan Mountain roads as they go.
698 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Group Army
6th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment
2nd Construction Regiment
2nd Chinese Base Force
13th Chinese Base Force
Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8214 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 265
Defending force 5493 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92
Japanese adjusted assault: 182
Allied adjusted defense: 181
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 – slowly tipping the odds in my favour here. Fatigue is 4, disruption 0 and in supply, so they will attack again tomorrow. Allied adjusted AV should drop to about 140 so a 2:1 attack is probably still about a week away.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 27, 42
Lakatoro is occupied by the Japanese
ASW Combat TF 90 terminates patrol and enters Tsu for repairs – 1 of 3 subchasers had 4 minor system damage. I think the sailors are just looking for any excuse to hit the bars of Tsu! I didn’t notice this until after the turn was sent back so they have just managed to sneak in a 24 hour leave pass…
SS I-27 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk*
CL Oi detects Allied Aircraft at 72,115 near Lautem – Darwin is still sending out naval search bomber patrols
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands back to Tulagi
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Magwe – now that 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts are both at Chang Mai I have ordered 1st RR to paradrop on Kalemyo on the Burma-India border to prepare the camp for when 53rd Div marches out of the jungle in about one week.
9 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – a few yellow supply warnings are popping up in the DEI now as I concentrate as much as I can at Timor to support the upcoming NW Australia raids.
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – Babo and Boela need a bit more supply too, so I have turned off their airfield construction until I can get some there.
Toyohara expands airfield to size 2
Bombay expands airfield to size 8 – the allies are building their way to victory all over the map
Karachi expands airfield to size 6
Adelaide expands airfield to size 6
Christchurch expands airfield to size 5
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 3 – all of the engineer units at Tuyun are about to be free for their next project. I just need to figure out what it is… It’s effectively a construction Division with 5 x Ind Engr Regt, 3 x Road Const Coy and 4 x Const Coy. Other engineers present are the 17th JAAF Base Force (Air Bde/Sector HQ) with 2 x JAAF Coys who will remain as the garrison force. They are currently supporting 3x 3rd Air Div Sally Sentai who are keeping Kweiyang airfield damaged to stop fort construction there.
Bengkalis expands airfield to size 2 – no more for this defensive fighter airstrip
Medan expands fortifications to size 2
Spassk-Dalniy expands airfield to size 6
Pilot Ishimori P. is reported as having been found – there is a 55 experience pilot by this name now reported as WIA in IJA Bomber reserve
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Tuyun – Tuyun is 8 hexes away from 90th IR, but Tuyun has 23k supplies as I have toggled the demand to keep 20k+ at a few of my main airbases in China.
Loss of PB Fukui Maru on Apr 27, 1942 is admitted
Loss of AO Sata on Mar 06, 1942 is admitted
C./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Tokyo – will move to Ominato then deploy forward to Attu Island in NEAF.
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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RE: 27 Apr 42 reports
the allies are building their way to victory all over the map
A good way for the Allies to avoid a Japanese auto-vic.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Hume
In every party there is one member who by his all-too-devout pronouncement of the party principles provokes the others to apostasy. Nietzsche
Cave ab homine unius libri. Ltn Prvb
In every party there is one member who by his all-too-devout pronouncement of the party principles provokes the others to apostasy. Nietzsche
Cave ab homine unius libri. Ltn Prvb
28 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Babuyan (84,71)
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,61
TK Tonan Maru #3 – USS Silversides gets the first look at a Tonan Waler that I can remember. I do not want to lose any of these ships but it is inevitable so I hope they all stay afloat for a long time yet. I have all 5 x Tonans in this task force escorted by 4 old DDs of the Wakatake class. I started these convoys soon after the Singapore/Palembang area was secure and all Fuel and Oil convoys are now operating, generally keeping Palembang and Singapore drained of the good stuff.
I’m not sure if others do this or think it is a waste of Political Points, but I have replaced all of the large AO and large TK skippers with decent IJN regular officers that have at least 50+ naval skill but low aggression. They are the types from naval college who knew they were never going to be competitive to command a warship but still like spending time at sea. I have no way to tell if this will help the TKs spot or avoid attack, but I like to think that they’ll have a better chance than if I left some of the starting skippers with stats in the 20s and 30s in command.
TK Nisshin Maru #2
DD Yugao – I also checked the DD skippers when I setup the convoys and made sure that the skippers have at least 50+ naval skill and high aggression.
DD Fuyo
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
SS Silversides is sighted by escort – BZ to the escort crews, commendations to the lookouts. They can have the weekend off when they get to port.
Silversides diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Salajar at 67,108
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 is located by KV Jasmine
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
No Japanese losses – good to see, flying at 10k’
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23
No Japanese losses – again at 10k’
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 – at 5k’ here, so I am assuming defenders are low on supply here too
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged – bombing at 5k’
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed by flak – but there is still flak coming up to 10k’. If I only lose the odd pilot each day then this is still good pilot training in China, on top of the benefits when it is time for the ground forces to attack.
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb – only a few more days until I can start building Nicks and converting Light Bomber groups to the Fighter Bomber role.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4 – I’m keeping the runway damage of the airfields I’m bombing in the 30s and 40s, so have just switched a few bomber groups (max of 1 per target) to ground attack. I want to keep the airfields damaged to stop fort building, but also start raising the fatigue and disruption of the defending ground units.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27 – good hit % and damage. These are 3rd Air Div bomber crews and all have bombing skill of 70+ and experience in the 60s and 70s
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 6
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 3
No Allied losses
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) – on LRCAP from somewhere but don’t want to stay and fight
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232
Tempting to try a deliberate attack here shortly but I don’t expect it to capture the base. I am just curious to see how high the forts are and try to reduce them a notch.
The real attack will come when 9th, 10th and 14th Divs arrive from the battles NW of Changsha.
8th Div is also marching to that battle, but it is currently split into RCTs and spread out between Wuchang and just west of Nanyang.
Further away, my guesstimate is about 3-4 weeks march, is HQ 20th Army with 11th and 12th Divs.
The four Tank Regts that were in north China are moving relatively quickly, approaching Sinyang now, so they are also about 2 weeks from joining the southern front which may still be at Kweiyang.
Defending force 23478 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Last time I waited for a 3:1 raw AV ratio it was a bit of overkill, so I might just wait until I have a raw AV ratio of 2.5:1 for this attack. Once one more Div arrives I will have about 1650:700 so that will be the trigger.
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
1st Group Army
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 923.
3 to 4 more IJA Divs needed here before I attack. They are moving in from the west, so Changteh should be captured in about mid May. Kweiyang should also be captured by late May, then operations to relieve Kunming and move onto the Chungking Plains from the SW in early June.
Defending force 38838 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318
Defending force 70815 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2409
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) – that’s not good, the defenders are still responding with effective counter battery fire. I checked the artillery units and think it is a few of the lighter calibre guns as the recently arrived heavy guns all look undamaged.
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
20th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1129
Defending force 44335 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242
Defending units: Most of these Chinese Corps are in bad shape and don’t seem to be improving. It will take months to encircle the Chinese force in this area by closing hexsides which I will try to do, but it’s a sideshow to what is happening further west. I am not sure that CS is even looking at this part of the map anymore.
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5712 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208
Defending force 10413 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 283
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving very slowly NE so it can move very slowly back to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38610 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1140 – I wonder how this stack would go if the Chinese force at Tsiaotso joined it for an attack on the lone IJA Div here. That would be about 2300:400 raw AV ratio, but the attackers have low supply, fatigue, disruption, experience and leadership disadvantages. The IJA defenders are in supply, in range of their Corps HQ and have very good leaders. I’m guessing that the 2300:400 might get 1:1 odds but I doubt 2:1. I also doubt that the Chinese defenders will vacate Tsiaotso as it generates some supply, so this hex should stay a stalemate for months.
Defending units:
47th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10531 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Babuyan (84,71)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Assaulting units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8163 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Defending force 5325 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 251
Allied adjusted defense: 79
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1849 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1 to the SW – I thought this would take a few more attacks
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division – this RCT will now move to Changsha and beyond
35th/C Division – will stay to hold ground
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Kalemyo (59,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 258 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 17
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 28, 42
Damar is occupied by the Japanese
B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking SS S-35 at 114,134
TF 201 followed by Hudson I at 75,115 near Damar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Aircraft sighted over Baker Island – likely Catalinas from Canton Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Changchun expands airfield to size 7
Port Blair expands fortifications to size 1
Liuchow expands fortifications to size 2
18th Ku T-2 converting to E13A1 Jake at Saipan – this group will move to Guam once the aircraft repair, but the pilots need to keep training for a few more months.
xAKL Shinshui Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan – CrocDiv 2 forms. These ships have been trying to patch themselves up at Tarakan with very few tools and only basic facilities. They will try to make Manila repair yard without sinking.
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
xAP Kongo Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
AV Akitsushima arrives at Tokyo – will move to Singkawang with a few DD Kamikaze class as escorts
9th Armored Car Co arrives at Tokyo – bought out to Southern Army so I can move it back to China
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Amphibious Assault at Babuyan (84,71)
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,61
TK Tonan Maru #3 – USS Silversides gets the first look at a Tonan Waler that I can remember. I do not want to lose any of these ships but it is inevitable so I hope they all stay afloat for a long time yet. I have all 5 x Tonans in this task force escorted by 4 old DDs of the Wakatake class. I started these convoys soon after the Singapore/Palembang area was secure and all Fuel and Oil convoys are now operating, generally keeping Palembang and Singapore drained of the good stuff.
I’m not sure if others do this or think it is a waste of Political Points, but I have replaced all of the large AO and large TK skippers with decent IJN regular officers that have at least 50+ naval skill but low aggression. They are the types from naval college who knew they were never going to be competitive to command a warship but still like spending time at sea. I have no way to tell if this will help the TKs spot or avoid attack, but I like to think that they’ll have a better chance than if I left some of the starting skippers with stats in the 20s and 30s in command.
TK Nisshin Maru #2
DD Yugao – I also checked the DD skippers when I setup the convoys and made sure that the skippers have at least 50+ naval skill and high aggression.
DD Fuyo
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
SS Silversides is sighted by escort – BZ to the escort crews, commendations to the lookouts. They can have the weekend off when they get to port.
Silversides diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Salajar at 67,108
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 is located by KV Jasmine
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
No Japanese losses – good to see, flying at 10k’
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23
No Japanese losses – again at 10k’
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 – at 5k’ here, so I am assuming defenders are low on supply here too
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged – bombing at 5k’
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed by flak – but there is still flak coming up to 10k’. If I only lose the odd pilot each day then this is still good pilot training in China, on top of the benefits when it is time for the ground forces to attack.
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb – only a few more days until I can start building Nicks and converting Light Bomber groups to the Fighter Bomber role.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4 – I’m keeping the runway damage of the airfields I’m bombing in the 30s and 40s, so have just switched a few bomber groups (max of 1 per target) to ground attack. I want to keep the airfields damaged to stop fort building, but also start raising the fatigue and disruption of the defending ground units.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27 – good hit % and damage. These are 3rd Air Div bomber crews and all have bombing skill of 70+ and experience in the 60s and 70s
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 6
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 3
No Allied losses
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) – on LRCAP from somewhere but don’t want to stay and fight
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232
Tempting to try a deliberate attack here shortly but I don’t expect it to capture the base. I am just curious to see how high the forts are and try to reduce them a notch.
The real attack will come when 9th, 10th and 14th Divs arrive from the battles NW of Changsha.
8th Div is also marching to that battle, but it is currently split into RCTs and spread out between Wuchang and just west of Nanyang.
Further away, my guesstimate is about 3-4 weeks march, is HQ 20th Army with 11th and 12th Divs.
The four Tank Regts that were in north China are moving relatively quickly, approaching Sinyang now, so they are also about 2 weeks from joining the southern front which may still be at Kweiyang.
Defending force 23478 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Last time I waited for a 3:1 raw AV ratio it was a bit of overkill, so I might just wait until I have a raw AV ratio of 2.5:1 for this attack. Once one more Div arrives I will have about 1650:700 so that will be the trigger.
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
1st Group Army
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 923.
3 to 4 more IJA Divs needed here before I attack. They are moving in from the west, so Changteh should be captured in about mid May. Kweiyang should also be captured by late May, then operations to relieve Kunming and move onto the Chungking Plains from the SW in early June.
Defending force 38838 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318
Defending force 70815 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2409
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) – that’s not good, the defenders are still responding with effective counter battery fire. I checked the artillery units and think it is a few of the lighter calibre guns as the recently arrived heavy guns all look undamaged.
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
20th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1129
Defending force 44335 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242
Defending units: Most of these Chinese Corps are in bad shape and don’t seem to be improving. It will take months to encircle the Chinese force in this area by closing hexsides which I will try to do, but it’s a sideshow to what is happening further west. I am not sure that CS is even looking at this part of the map anymore.
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5712 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208
Defending force 10413 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 283
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving very slowly NE so it can move very slowly back to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38610 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1140 – I wonder how this stack would go if the Chinese force at Tsiaotso joined it for an attack on the lone IJA Div here. That would be about 2300:400 raw AV ratio, but the attackers have low supply, fatigue, disruption, experience and leadership disadvantages. The IJA defenders are in supply, in range of their Corps HQ and have very good leaders. I’m guessing that the 2300:400 might get 1:1 odds but I doubt 2:1. I also doubt that the Chinese defenders will vacate Tsiaotso as it generates some supply, so this hex should stay a stalemate for months.
Defending units:
47th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10531 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Babuyan (84,71)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Assaulting units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8163 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Defending force 5325 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 251
Allied adjusted defense: 79
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1849 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1 to the SW – I thought this would take a few more attacks
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division – this RCT will now move to Changsha and beyond
35th/C Division – will stay to hold ground
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Kalemyo (59,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 258 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 17
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 28, 42
Damar is occupied by the Japanese
B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking SS S-35 at 114,134
TF 201 followed by Hudson I at 75,115 near Damar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Aircraft sighted over Baker Island – likely Catalinas from Canton Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Changchun expands airfield to size 7
Port Blair expands fortifications to size 1
Liuchow expands fortifications to size 2
18th Ku T-2 converting to E13A1 Jake at Saipan – this group will move to Guam once the aircraft repair, but the pilots need to keep training for a few more months.
xAKL Shinshui Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan – CrocDiv 2 forms. These ships have been trying to patch themselves up at Tarakan with very few tools and only basic facilities. They will try to make Manila repair yard without sinking.
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
xAP Kongo Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
AV Akitsushima arrives at Tokyo – will move to Singkawang with a few DD Kamikaze class as escorts
9th Armored Car Co arrives at Tokyo – bought out to Southern Army so I can move it back to China
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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports
Tonan Waler that I can remember. I do not want to lose any of these ships but it is inevitable so I hope they all stay afloat for a long time yet.
In addition to giving these vessels a good escort I like to place a bunch of xAK's of similar speed around them.
I’m not sure if others do this or think it is a waste of Political Points, but I have replaced all of the large AO and large TK skippers with decent IJN regular officers
PP's are too precious to waste on such matters. I don't look at any skipper below the level of a CA.
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. Hume
In every party there is one member who by his all-too-devout pronouncement of the party principles provokes the others to apostasy. Nietzsche
Cave ab homine unius libri. Ltn Prvb
In every party there is one member who by his all-too-devout pronouncement of the party principles provokes the others to apostasy. Nietzsche
Cave ab homine unius libri. Ltn Prvb
RE: 28 Apr 42 reports
For IJN, I go down to DD routinely. IJ simply has too few DD's and they have a surfeit of good skippers. I also do SS's, early in the war when it can matter. after 10/43 they are all pretty much just VP's … both of these can usually be changed for 2 or 3 PP per ship. they are not nearly the cost of a capital ship.
Pax
RE: 28 Apr 42 reports
Cheers gents, I do DD and SS too when they arrive.
I think AO and TK are only 2-3 PP each as well, so I feel like it’s worth it for the big capacity ships.
Ive noticed that some SC and PB are free, but there are not enough decent LCDRs in the pool to use for them anyway.
I think AO and TK are only 2-3 PP each as well, so I feel like it’s worth it for the big capacity ships.
Ive noticed that some SC and PB are free, but there are not enough decent LCDRs in the pool to use for them anyway.
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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports
I’ve got a few daily reports to load as I should get the 1 May 42 turn back today.
1 May brings some new toys including G3M3 Nell’s and Nick A fighter bombers, both of which will be useful.
Land Reinforcements have arrived for NEAF and are moving to their ports or embarkation.
I also started 7 x AR Husimi conversions at Kure but they take 360 days to finish.
I’ve spent a bit of time recently reading old posts on how best to setup carrier air groups.
Thanks to ADM Castor Troy for some initial guidance, these are the settings I am planning to use.
Feedback from other ADMs on the War Council most welcome.
The theory:
When not in contact with the enemy, need to decide whether to actively search or try to avoid being detected by cancelling DB/TB search and ASW missions
When in contact, need to find a balance between strike power including fighter escorts vs defensive CAP.
I will use CAP from 2x CV F groups plus all available CVL F groups
This will setup the task force to strike hard and fast to try and land the first blows.
All Jakes in the task force are split 50:50 between night and day naval search 50-60% at max normal range 8, altitude 6k.
I will set Jakes to range 10 temporarily in high threat locations / forward areas.
BB/CA/CS based FP groups to work in pairs, eg: one BB provides day search while the other provides night search.
If the first strike goes well, assess whether to follow up with another strike or switch to defence.
Support chances of first strike effect with land based search from Mavis, Betty, Nell and any available fighter escorts.
Support chances of spotting enemy task forces by using a submarine scouting screen.
Possible enemy setups and reactions
Allied CVs may also be setup for strike or defence
If allies are setup for defence and the IJN first strike does not go well, switch to defensive posture and withdraw to reset
If the allies are setup for a strike, having enough CAP up will be critical
Orders changes between setups are highlighted in yellow
DB & TB orders can be changed quickly with "set all DB/TB in hex" command
Question:
What's the best option for strike range? Set it to 9 to try and get the first strike despite reduced ordnance, or set to range 7 to only launch with max ordnance?
I think it depends on whether the target is likely to be only a few enemy CVs or all of them.
1 May brings some new toys including G3M3 Nell’s and Nick A fighter bombers, both of which will be useful.
Land Reinforcements have arrived for NEAF and are moving to their ports or embarkation.
I also started 7 x AR Husimi conversions at Kure but they take 360 days to finish.
I’ve spent a bit of time recently reading old posts on how best to setup carrier air groups.
Thanks to ADM Castor Troy for some initial guidance, these are the settings I am planning to use.
Feedback from other ADMs on the War Council most welcome.
The theory:
When not in contact with the enemy, need to decide whether to actively search or try to avoid being detected by cancelling DB/TB search and ASW missions
When in contact, need to find a balance between strike power including fighter escorts vs defensive CAP.
I will use CAP from 2x CV F groups plus all available CVL F groups
This will setup the task force to strike hard and fast to try and land the first blows.
All Jakes in the task force are split 50:50 between night and day naval search 50-60% at max normal range 8, altitude 6k.
I will set Jakes to range 10 temporarily in high threat locations / forward areas.
BB/CA/CS based FP groups to work in pairs, eg: one BB provides day search while the other provides night search.
If the first strike goes well, assess whether to follow up with another strike or switch to defence.
Support chances of first strike effect with land based search from Mavis, Betty, Nell and any available fighter escorts.
Support chances of spotting enemy task forces by using a submarine scouting screen.
Possible enemy setups and reactions
Allied CVs may also be setup for strike or defence
If allies are setup for defence and the IJN first strike does not go well, switch to defensive posture and withdraw to reset
If the allies are setup for a strike, having enough CAP up will be critical
Orders changes between setups are highlighted in yellow
DB & TB orders can be changed quickly with "set all DB/TB in hex" command
Question:
What's the best option for strike range? Set it to 9 to try and get the first strike despite reduced ordnance, or set to range 7 to only launch with max ordnance?
I think it depends on whether the target is likely to be only a few enemy CVs or all of them.
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29 Apr 42 reports
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-5
Allied Ships
SS Salmon
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-4
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86
PB Shinko Maru #2
SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Auricula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – I don’t usually have the sound on but it was on this turn. Sinking sounds heard and reported sunk.
KV Nigella
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Auricula
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 96,167
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Witte de With
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
DD Witte de With is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Nigella
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Ki-32 Mary x 13
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 33
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 26
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 3
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 59
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 1
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 60th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 2
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 64735 troops, 904 guns, 628 vehicles, Assault Value = 2279
Based on the raw AV ratio of more than 3:1 a deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow. I think I see a movement indicator on the Chinese stack to the NW but they won’t be able to move out in time. As I have most of 11th Army at Changteh already, this Chinese stack should retreat NW into the rough terrain, leaving the road to Changteh open.
Defending force 40465 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 718
Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Defending units: 10 x Corps here, so an average of about 70 AV each. “Corps” in name only now and from memory at least half have been zeroed
26th Group Army
32nd Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1247
Defending force 23401 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 689
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1512
Defending force 70921 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment – passing through to Changteh
8th/B Division – passing through to Changteh
14th/C Division – passing through to Changteh
2nd JAAF Base Force – Passing through to the air base two hexes SW of Changsha, then on the train to Tuyun.
39th Division
40th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units:
9th War Area
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
37th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
Defending force 44370 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
1st Army
37th Division
36th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
29 Apr 42: Defending force 10379 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
1 Apr 42: Defending force 11302 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 344
I prepare this report in a word doc before cut/paste onto the interweb, so I just did a word search for “Taiyuan” to see if these bombardments are having any effect. The defenders are definitely losing combat power of about 1-2 AV per day, but over 30 days that adds up. The 9th IMB could probably put in one deliberate attack per month and bombard the other days to recover, to eventually push this Chinese stack backwards.
I will try to remember to put in a supporting deliberate attack when the Armoured Car Coy is due to shock attack over the river (still a few weeks away) to see if that helps to avoid all the cars being destroyed.
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
Defending force 38530 troops, 214 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10501 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
This sector in central China is a stalemate, but I have just ordered 54th Bde (half of 59th Div) to move NE of Ichang to help flip hexsides and put more Chinese units in direct contact. 53rd Bde will stay guarding the river on the NE road exit from Changteh.
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) – there is still Chinese movement showing west out of Ankang, likely moving to reinforce the defenders in this stack.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 705
Defending force 22263 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 840
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/B Division – will recombine once /A and /C arrive here.
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
21st Group Army
7th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Nikunau (139,134)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,38 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8757 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 309
Defending force 361 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 74
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 74 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2 – I haven’t destroyed many Chinese LCUs as they respawn squads at Chungking, but it doesn’t hurt to destroy a few and it removes the risk of them interfering with supply movement through rear areas.
Assaulting units:
12th/B Division – can now move south to reform 12th Div on the southern front
26th/C Division – will move west to join HQ MGA and reform 26th Div
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 29, 42
Moa is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
E13A1 Jake from Mutsu-1 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-42 class SS is reported HIT
G3M2 Nell from Chitose Ku K-1 attacking SS S-45 at 133,115 SS S-45 is reported HIT
Allied Recon sighted over Cox's Bazar
Allied Level Bomber sighted over Baker Island – I’m now in contact with US recon planes in 4th Fleet area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Luganville – more recon in SEAF area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Baker Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo – the airborne engineer squads are starting to scratch out a runway to allow air-landing of more reinforcements
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Baker Island expands fortifications to size 1
Trincomalee expands airfield to size 5
Tulagi expands port to size 2
Cox's Bazar expands airfield to size 3
Geraldton expands airfield to size 3
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 5 – will stop there
Tienshui expands airfield to size 1 – many bases in China are worth 10 points to the Japanese side. I think this is one of those bases, so one point of airfield makes the base worth 20 points
Zuikaku-1/C at CV Zuikaku takes A6M2 Zero replacements – KB refuels, rearms and replenishes airgroups at Rabaul
Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Kaga-3 at CV Kaga takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Soryu-2 at CV Soryu takes D3A1 Val replacements
Nisshin-1 at CS Nisshin takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Chitose-1 at CS Chitose takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Haruna-1 at BB Haruna takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Device(s) upgraded in 9th Armored Car Co supplied from Tokyo
KV Auricula is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Apr 29, 1942
SC Ch 29 arrives at Kobe
Maizuru 3rd SNLF arrives at Maizuru – to the Aleutians
301st Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
Kure 5th SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – to SEAF to help raid forward or garrison one of the many islands
Yokosuka 5th SNLF arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka to 4th Fleet area, possible use is to try and capture Canton Island if it is lightly defended.
Ichiki Det. arrives at Asahikawa – to 4th Fleet, also possible to use to capture Canton Island
79th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore – the original plan was to move these garrison Bns to Georgetown and Kuala Lumpur, but those bases currently have Thai RCTs on garrison duty. My alternative now is to leave both of these garrison Bns at Singapore which will free up the 41st Infantry Regt (30th Div, detached to 25th Army) that is the current Singapore garrison. I have decided to move the 41st to Hanoi by ship and fly it to Kunming to provide about another 100 AV to the defenders, just in case the Chinese Army do try to retake Kunming. Another 100 AV at Kunming should make it impregnable against anything but the entire Chungking force moving against it. Once the Kunming defenders are relieved (in about 4-6 weeks) the 41st and the other two 30th Div Regts (74th and 77th) that are currently on garrison duty in China will move to Burma/India.
80th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-5
Allied Ships
SS Salmon
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-4
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86
PB Shinko Maru #2
SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Auricula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – I don’t usually have the sound on but it was on this turn. Sinking sounds heard and reported sunk.
KV Nigella
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Auricula
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 96,167
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Witte de With
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
DD Witte de With is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Nigella
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Ki-32 Mary x 13
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 33
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 26
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 3
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 59
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 1
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 60th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 2
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 64735 troops, 904 guns, 628 vehicles, Assault Value = 2279
Based on the raw AV ratio of more than 3:1 a deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow. I think I see a movement indicator on the Chinese stack to the NW but they won’t be able to move out in time. As I have most of 11th Army at Changteh already, this Chinese stack should retreat NW into the rough terrain, leaving the road to Changteh open.
Defending force 40465 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 718
Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Defending units: 10 x Corps here, so an average of about 70 AV each. “Corps” in name only now and from memory at least half have been zeroed
26th Group Army
32nd Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1247
Defending force 23401 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 689
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1512
Defending force 70921 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment – passing through to Changteh
8th/B Division – passing through to Changteh
14th/C Division – passing through to Changteh
2nd JAAF Base Force – Passing through to the air base two hexes SW of Changsha, then on the train to Tuyun.
39th Division
40th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units:
9th War Area
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
37th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
Defending force 44370 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
1st Army
37th Division
36th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
29 Apr 42: Defending force 10379 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
1 Apr 42: Defending force 11302 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 344
I prepare this report in a word doc before cut/paste onto the interweb, so I just did a word search for “Taiyuan” to see if these bombardments are having any effect. The defenders are definitely losing combat power of about 1-2 AV per day, but over 30 days that adds up. The 9th IMB could probably put in one deliberate attack per month and bombard the other days to recover, to eventually push this Chinese stack backwards.
I will try to remember to put in a supporting deliberate attack when the Armoured Car Coy is due to shock attack over the river (still a few weeks away) to see if that helps to avoid all the cars being destroyed.
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
Defending force 38530 troops, 214 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10501 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
This sector in central China is a stalemate, but I have just ordered 54th Bde (half of 59th Div) to move NE of Ichang to help flip hexsides and put more Chinese units in direct contact. 53rd Bde will stay guarding the river on the NE road exit from Changteh.
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) – there is still Chinese movement showing west out of Ankang, likely moving to reinforce the defenders in this stack.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 705
Defending force 22263 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 840
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/B Division – will recombine once /A and /C arrive here.
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
21st Group Army
7th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Nikunau (139,134)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,38 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8757 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 309
Defending force 361 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 74
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 74 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2 – I haven’t destroyed many Chinese LCUs as they respawn squads at Chungking, but it doesn’t hurt to destroy a few and it removes the risk of them interfering with supply movement through rear areas.
Assaulting units:
12th/B Division – can now move south to reform 12th Div on the southern front
26th/C Division – will move west to join HQ MGA and reform 26th Div
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 29, 42
Moa is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
E13A1 Jake from Mutsu-1 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-42 class SS is reported HIT
G3M2 Nell from Chitose Ku K-1 attacking SS S-45 at 133,115 SS S-45 is reported HIT
Allied Recon sighted over Cox's Bazar
Allied Level Bomber sighted over Baker Island – I’m now in contact with US recon planes in 4th Fleet area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Luganville – more recon in SEAF area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Baker Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo – the airborne engineer squads are starting to scratch out a runway to allow air-landing of more reinforcements
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Baker Island expands fortifications to size 1
Trincomalee expands airfield to size 5
Tulagi expands port to size 2
Cox's Bazar expands airfield to size 3
Geraldton expands airfield to size 3
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 5 – will stop there
Tienshui expands airfield to size 1 – many bases in China are worth 10 points to the Japanese side. I think this is one of those bases, so one point of airfield makes the base worth 20 points
Zuikaku-1/C at CV Zuikaku takes A6M2 Zero replacements – KB refuels, rearms and replenishes airgroups at Rabaul
Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Kaga-3 at CV Kaga takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Soryu-2 at CV Soryu takes D3A1 Val replacements
Nisshin-1 at CS Nisshin takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Chitose-1 at CS Chitose takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Haruna-1 at BB Haruna takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Device(s) upgraded in 9th Armored Car Co supplied from Tokyo
KV Auricula is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Apr 29, 1942
SC Ch 29 arrives at Kobe
Maizuru 3rd SNLF arrives at Maizuru – to the Aleutians
301st Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
Kure 5th SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – to SEAF to help raid forward or garrison one of the many islands
Yokosuka 5th SNLF arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka to 4th Fleet area, possible use is to try and capture Canton Island if it is lightly defended.
Ichiki Det. arrives at Asahikawa – to 4th Fleet, also possible to use to capture Canton Island
79th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore – the original plan was to move these garrison Bns to Georgetown and Kuala Lumpur, but those bases currently have Thai RCTs on garrison duty. My alternative now is to leave both of these garrison Bns at Singapore which will free up the 41st Infantry Regt (30th Div, detached to 25th Army) that is the current Singapore garrison. I have decided to move the 41st to Hanoi by ship and fly it to Kunming to provide about another 100 AV to the defenders, just in case the Chinese Army do try to retake Kunming. Another 100 AV at Kunming should make it impregnable against anything but the entire Chungking force moving against it. Once the Kunming defenders are relieved (in about 4-6 weeks) the 41st and the other two 30th Div Regts (74th and 77th) that are currently on garrison duty in China will move to Burma/India.
80th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
AAR link (no SolInvictus): https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4684655
AAR link (no SolInvictus): https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4684655
30 Apr 42 reports
The 1st of May orders phase brings new toys in the form of G3M3 Nells and Nick-As.
The G3M2 Nell factory is immediately upgraded to G3M3 and will continue to produce at about 25 per month. The priority for G3M3 Nells will be those groups that will most benefit from a boost to normal range search, such as NEAF and 4th Fleet areas that have to search into vast ocean areas.
Nick-As enter production at 60/month based on the 1 x research factory that I had upsized after it wasn’t going to accelerate anything at 30/month anyway, plus the Mary factory that had recently run out of engines has been switched to Nick-As and expanded to another 60/month. All of these Nick-As will be used to start filling out Light Bomber units that can convert to Fighter Bomber. I have a few groups that will have trained fighter bomber pilots that will move forward to help provide defensive CAP against allied bombers as soon as possible. 3rd Air Div in Burma has priority for Nicks, followed by 5th Air Div on Timor, then airgroups in China, then a few basic training groups in Japan.
I am very keen to get the Nick-As into action over Burma.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10, hits 1 – moderate damage from a single hit. The tactic of placing subs too close to major allied ports is a risky one that didn’t work in real life… I probably need to identify the major shipping lanes and move the subs further away from major ports and try to make contact further away from the standing ASW patrols. Easier said than done, but the Glen equipped subs can at least see up to 3 hexes around.
Allied Ships
KV Wetaskiwin
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-10 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
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Amphibious Assault at Vanua Lava (121,148)
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Amphibious Assault at Donggala (68,99)
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Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,66
TK Huzisan Maru
TK Toa Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
E Ishigaki
E Kunashiri
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at TK Huzisan Maru
Tambor diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 30
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 5
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on 66th Chinese Corps, at 76,45 (Chungking)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,93
xAP Tsingtao Maru
APD Tade
SS Shark is sighted by escort
Shark bottoming out ....
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69908 troops, 916 guns, 1225 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309
Defending force 40212 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 704
Japanese adjusted assault: 1636
Allied adjusted defense: 670
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1170 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled – barely noticeable across the infantry Divs
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (2 destroyed, 44 disabled) – a bit of work for the vehicle mechanics.
Allied ground losses: lots of destroyed squads and devices but there are still at least 32k troops in this stack that given time will recover. They are now off road but will probably get back onto the road before I have captured Changteh and can move back along the road to attack them again.
8374 casualties reported
Squads: 471 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 648 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 42 (33 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
10th Division
13th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
9th Division
6th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th/A Division
13th Division
14th/B Division
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
China Expeditionary Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: 10 x trashed “Corps”
44th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Defending force 23371 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 687
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38894 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 113 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304
Defending force 70980 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2427
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
51st Infantry Brigade
40th Division
39th Division
8th/B Division
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd JAAF Base Force
Defending units:
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25970 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 963
Defending force 44384 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
36th Division
37th Division
1st Army
Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
Defending force 10377 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38474 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10503 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 378
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 864
Defending force 22266 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 842
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/A Division
32nd/B Division
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
North China Area Army
12th Army
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at Efate (120,154)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Assaulting units:
1st JNAF Coy
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 30, 42
Catanduanes is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Repairs completed on SS I-20 at Truk, ship returned to service
Allied Recon sighted over Lakatoro
Allied Aircraft sighted over Shwebo
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Funafuti
Allied Fighter sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Recon sighted over Akyab
B5N2 Kate from Shoho-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha – the combat engineers are helping to build the airfield.
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Port Hueneme expands airfield to size 7
Magwe expands airfield to size 4 – still too small to support all the aircraft I have based here so I will expand it again to level 5. HQ 3rd Air Div is still based here with a JAAF Base Force and a couple of JAAF AF Bns.
Bangalore expands airfield to size 6
Cairns expands airfield to size 4
Rabaul expands port to size 6
Blenheim expands airfield to size 2
Palmerston North expands airfield to size 2
Vladivostok expands airfield to size 9
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '13th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '14th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '15th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '16th Tpt.Chutai'
13th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
15th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
Loss of DD Kasumi on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAK Kiyoshima Maru on Feb 13, 1942 is admitted
SC CHa-33 arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – will move all the way to the Rangoon ASW Div
17th Army arrives at Tokyo – will move to the Solomons area as it did historically. I don’t have any Divisions free for it to command yet but I do have a plan to allocate additional forces to 17th Army to be ready when operations switch to the defensive phase in the SEAF / 8th Area Army part of the map.
The G3M2 Nell factory is immediately upgraded to G3M3 and will continue to produce at about 25 per month. The priority for G3M3 Nells will be those groups that will most benefit from a boost to normal range search, such as NEAF and 4th Fleet areas that have to search into vast ocean areas.
Nick-As enter production at 60/month based on the 1 x research factory that I had upsized after it wasn’t going to accelerate anything at 30/month anyway, plus the Mary factory that had recently run out of engines has been switched to Nick-As and expanded to another 60/month. All of these Nick-As will be used to start filling out Light Bomber units that can convert to Fighter Bomber. I have a few groups that will have trained fighter bomber pilots that will move forward to help provide defensive CAP against allied bombers as soon as possible. 3rd Air Div in Burma has priority for Nicks, followed by 5th Air Div on Timor, then airgroups in China, then a few basic training groups in Japan.
I am very keen to get the Nick-As into action over Burma.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10, hits 1 – moderate damage from a single hit. The tactic of placing subs too close to major allied ports is a risky one that didn’t work in real life… I probably need to identify the major shipping lanes and move the subs further away from major ports and try to make contact further away from the standing ASW patrols. Easier said than done, but the Glen equipped subs can at least see up to 3 hexes around.
Allied Ships
KV Wetaskiwin
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-10 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
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Amphibious Assault at Vanua Lava (121,148)
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Amphibious Assault at Donggala (68,99)
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Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,66
TK Huzisan Maru
TK Toa Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
E Ishigaki
E Kunashiri
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at TK Huzisan Maru
Tambor diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 30
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 5
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on 66th Chinese Corps, at 76,45 (Chungking)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,93
xAP Tsingtao Maru
APD Tade
SS Shark is sighted by escort
Shark bottoming out ....
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69908 troops, 916 guns, 1225 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309
Defending force 40212 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 704
Japanese adjusted assault: 1636
Allied adjusted defense: 670
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1170 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled – barely noticeable across the infantry Divs
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (2 destroyed, 44 disabled) – a bit of work for the vehicle mechanics.
Allied ground losses: lots of destroyed squads and devices but there are still at least 32k troops in this stack that given time will recover. They are now off road but will probably get back onto the road before I have captured Changteh and can move back along the road to attack them again.
8374 casualties reported
Squads: 471 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 648 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 42 (33 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
10th Division
13th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
9th Division
6th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th/A Division
13th Division
14th/B Division
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
China Expeditionary Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: 10 x trashed “Corps”
44th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Defending force 23371 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 687
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38894 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 113 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304
Defending force 70980 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2427
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
51st Infantry Brigade
40th Division
39th Division
8th/B Division
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd JAAF Base Force
Defending units:
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25970 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 963
Defending force 44384 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
36th Division
37th Division
1st Army
Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
Defending force 10377 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38474 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10503 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 378
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 864
Defending force 22266 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 842
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/A Division
32nd/B Division
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
North China Area Army
12th Army
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at Efate (120,154)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Assaulting units:
1st JNAF Coy
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 30, 42
Catanduanes is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Repairs completed on SS I-20 at Truk, ship returned to service
Allied Recon sighted over Lakatoro
Allied Aircraft sighted over Shwebo
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Funafuti
Allied Fighter sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Recon sighted over Akyab
B5N2 Kate from Shoho-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha – the combat engineers are helping to build the airfield.
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Port Hueneme expands airfield to size 7
Magwe expands airfield to size 4 – still too small to support all the aircraft I have based here so I will expand it again to level 5. HQ 3rd Air Div is still based here with a JAAF Base Force and a couple of JAAF AF Bns.
Bangalore expands airfield to size 6
Cairns expands airfield to size 4
Rabaul expands port to size 6
Blenheim expands airfield to size 2
Palmerston North expands airfield to size 2
Vladivostok expands airfield to size 9
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '13th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '14th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '15th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '16th Tpt.Chutai'
13th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
15th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
Loss of DD Kasumi on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAK Kiyoshima Maru on Feb 13, 1942 is admitted
SC CHa-33 arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – will move all the way to the Rangoon ASW Div
17th Army arrives at Tokyo – will move to the Solomons area as it did historically. I don’t have any Divisions free for it to command yet but I do have a plan to allocate additional forces to 17th Army to be ready when operations switch to the defensive phase in the SEAF / 8th Area Army part of the map.
Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
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1 May 42 reports
This is the 1 May 42 worm.
The allies turn the corner with their score moving forward for the first time.
Despite the allies losing bases, their points for bases owned increased through their construction efforts.
My points gain is ok but the AV ratio starts to flatten out and I expect that trend to continue for the next few months.
I am going to have to work harder for points now with China my best option for the next few months.
Both sides are in contact in NE India, South Pacific and North Pacific so things are getting interesting all over the map.
I need to keep trying to make some points gains but there are no quick wins in the above areas.
Other than China, I will press ahead with NW Australia raids using Timor as a base to try and get some points out of that area.
I am also shifting the IJN focus temporarily to NEAF to try and force a lodgement in the Aleutians and keep the allies from establishing themselves too far forward too early up there.
The allies turn the corner with their score moving forward for the first time.
Despite the allies losing bases, their points for bases owned increased through their construction efforts.
My points gain is ok but the AV ratio starts to flatten out and I expect that trend to continue for the next few months.
I am going to have to work harder for points now with China my best option for the next few months.
Both sides are in contact in NE India, South Pacific and North Pacific so things are getting interesting all over the map.
I need to keep trying to make some points gains but there are no quick wins in the above areas.
Other than China, I will press ahead with NW Australia raids using Timor as a base to try and get some points out of that area.
I am also shifting the IJN focus temporarily to NEAF to try and force a lodgement in the Aleutians and keep the allies from establishing themselves too far forward too early up there.
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Currently playing my first PBEM, no house rules Scenario 1 as IJ.
AAR link (no SolInvictus): https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4684655
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