AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
SC Ch 26
Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 2
SS Spearfish is sighted by escort
SC Ch 26 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 26 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Voyager
DD Le Triomphant
SS I-170 is located by DD Voyager
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ASW attack near Perth at 44,147
SS I-170
Allied Ships
DD Vendetta
DD Le Triomphant
SS I-170 is located by DD Vendetta
I-170 diving deep ....
DD Le Triomphant attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-170 eludes ASW attack from DD Le Triomphant
SS I-170 eludes DD Le Triomphant by diving deep
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Sub attack near Perth at 46,147
SS I-171
Allied Ships
xAK Clan Macdonald – I bet it is carrying fuel from Cape Town like the last xAK I hit…
SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes
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ASW attack near Ramree Island at 53,48
CL Kiso
CL Kuma
DD Tachikaze
DD Hokaze
DD Numakaze
DD Namikaze
DD Nokaze
Allied Ships
SS KXIII
SS KXIII is sighted by escort
DD Numakaze attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68
DD Harukaze
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Grouper
SS Grouper launches 2 torpedoes at DD Harukaze
Grouper diving deep ....
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
SS Grouper eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
SS Grouper eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
SS Grouper eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
SS Grouper eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
SS Grouper eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi - Grouper is an elusive little fish…
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Night Naval bombardment of Efate at 120,154 – very effective bombardment from the RAN
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CL Hobart
CL Perth – my mum’s uncle was a Leading Seaman on this ship. He survived the sinking in Sunda Strait and he also survived nearly four years in POW camps before making it home. I don’t know exactly where he spent his POW years but it is on my list of things to research.
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
DD Napier
Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 57
Port supply hits 10
CA Canberra firing at Efate
Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Australia
CA Australia firing at Efate
CL Hobart firing at Efate
CL Perth firing at Efate
DD Nizam firing at Efate
DD Nestor firing at Efate
DD Napier firing at Efate
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ASW attack near Iriomote at 88,65
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Sealion
SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asanagi
Sealion diving deep ....
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
SS Sealion eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
SS Sealion eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
SS Sealion eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
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Morning Air attack on Katherine , at 76,128
A6M2 Zero x 26 – long range sweep from Koepang just to let the allies know they are here. I might move them over to SEAF shortly, for reasons that will become clear below!
26 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Efate at 120,154
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CL Adelaide
Aircraft Attacking: Grrrr, 23 torpedoes and no hits… Maybe it was the light rain that threw off the aim, I will ask the Navy Minister to investigate windscreen wipers for the next Betty model.
This unit has average experience of 71 and average naval torp skill of 69. Morale 99, pilot fatigue 16. Would setting them to naval bombing at 6k’ be a better idea instead of trying to attack with torps?
15 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
8 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Efate at 120,154
G4M1 Betty x 3
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
APD Manley – 3 more misses, but APD are a lot smaller target than a big USN CA
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 32
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 9 damaged – no planes crashed on the way home today
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft
I-15-III x 1
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 37
CAP engaged:
11th FG/43rd FS CAF with I-15-III (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 10000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3 – this flight got a bit too far ahead of their mates
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
CAP engaged:
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Paoshan , at 65,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 13
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on 8th New Chinese Corps, at 77,47 , near Chungking
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 60,41 , near Imphal
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hurricane IIb Trop: 5 destroyed – the Int screen called it as a 12:5 ratio today in Hurricane IIb : Oscar Ic losses. Not great but I need to keep the pressure on the allied fighter pilot and aircraft pools.
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 17990.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 16 – good work, I will keep these sweeps up for a few more days in case more allied fighters appear
Allied aircraft
I-15-III x 1
I-15-III: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 10000 feet
CAP engaged:
11th FG/43rd FS CAF with I-15-III (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Kendari Garrison Battalion, at 69,105 , near Kendari
Ki-30 Ann x 13
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Amphibious Assault at Djailolo (78,101)
Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 45113 troops, 500 guns, 792 vehicles, Assault Value = 1518
Defending force 21799 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 512
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 2092
Allied adjusted defense: 259
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiyang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
885 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
9052 casualties reported
Squads: 328 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 178 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 43 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 30 (26 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 5 – NE towards Chungking. That is good as I don’t need to assault across the river in that direction. Instead, the main IJA axis of advance will be on the slightly longer road to Chungking that goes across the NW hexside.
Assaulting units:
20th Division – a bit beaten up, so will stay at Kweiyang for a while to rest and recover disabled squads
Korea Army – to Kunming then wherever I decide to use 19th and 20th Divs
23rd Army – to Kunming then Tsuyung
51st Division – to Kunming then Tsuyung
19th Division – to Kunming then TBC depending on what the large Chinese force in the Yunnan Mountains do.
4th Tank Regiment – all 6 x Regts of this tank “Div” will race to Kunming ahead of the infantry. On the good grey road, it could help clear the one enemy unit in Kunming and get to Tsuyung before the large Chinese force move back onto the road out of the mountain terrain.
5th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment – part of 13th Army. Will remain as the Kweiyang garrison with current strength 105/126AV of the required 60 to garrison.
21st Mortar Battalion – all 23rd Army artillery will move with it to Kunming
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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 78,48 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1113 troops, 52 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 900
Defending force 3657 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107
Japanese adjusted assault: 21
Allied adjusted defense: 29
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co – only this unit and the I/33rd Bn attacked today. All units will attack tomorrow which may destroy this Chinese Cav Corps which is now down to Bde(-) strength.
I./33rd Inf Regt
11th Army
3rd Division
34th Division
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27133 troops, 353 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 22393 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 849
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25974 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 964
Defending force 44608 troops, 211 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1299
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11997 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 425
Defending force 38353 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1141
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5846 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10348 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 371
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13001 troops, 125 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 470
Defending force 30877 troops, 152 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 796
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Ground combat at 65,128 (near Derby)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 468 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 33
Defending force 120 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 15
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Allied ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Defending units:
Port Hedland RAN Base Force
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 12, 42
Bima is occupied by the Japanese
Search E13A1 Jake destroyed by CAP at (117,147) – a large allied CV task force is spotted. No strikes launched as nothing is in range. I really don’t know what it will do tomorrow now that it has been spotted, but I have ordered most ships away from Tulagi to Shortlands and left a few ships at Tulagi under about 72 Zeros on close CAP. If the USN/RN (assumed) strike at Tulagi or the ships there I should shoot a lot of them down.
Search E13A1 Jake destroyed by CAP
WO Kakimoto A. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 – from the sweep over Ledo
WO Kakimoto A. of 59th Sentai attains ace status!!
1LT Nango, S. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
1LT Sawada, M. of 59th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
Damaged G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 crashes, pilot reported killed – from the failed torpedo attack. At least the site of Bettys launching torpedoes might make CS pause and think, but with all of them missing that might give him confidence to advance further and roll the dice against them again.
Search E13A1 Jake destroyed by CAP
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Engineer Co to Wyndham
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 41st Infantry Regiment to Kunming
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 41st Infantry Regiment to Kunming
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF from Derby
5 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 1st JNAF Coy from Efate
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
9 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiyang !!!
Nagasaki/Sasebo expands airfield to size 7
Chinchow expands airfield to size 1
Mojave expands airfield to size 4
Seward expands airfield to size 3
Davao expands fortifications to size 3
Katha expands airfield to size 2
Wyndham expands airfield to size 2 – recon planes move forward from Timor and will start taking photos deeper into central Aus tomorrow to see if any reinforcements are moving north on the slow roads.
Okha expands airfield to size 6
Silchar expands airfield to size 3
E Manazuru beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore – there are 4 of these Tomozuru class escorts that I am rotating through their upgrade one at a time.
Nisshin-2 converting to E13A1 Jake – the pilots still have a fair way to go before they are ready to fly operational search missions, but this unit will become the Marcus Island FP patrol.
xAK Bushu Maru arrives at Nagoya – Std-C that will move to Kobe where the class are waiting to convert to TK on 6/42.
SC Ch 30 arrives at Okayama – will join the ASW Div at Manila
; Julia Child
