A double update today! [:)]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/15/42
Surface Combat
Sub/ASW Attacks
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Sub attack at 6,99 - parked this boat outside Perth and it didn't have to wait very long
Japanese Ships
SS I-4
Allied Ships
AK West Planter, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air Combat
Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 19
Japanese aircraft losses - mostly ground casualties
A6M2 Zero: 16 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 7 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses - soon Dehli will fall..hope I bag some of these pests then
B-24D Liberator: 4 destroyed, 14 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 33,23
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 51
Ki-48 Lily x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 255th Indian Tank Brigade, at 33,23
Japanese aircraft - a final attack on Dimapur!
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-21 Sally x 42
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
All Ki-21 Sally bombing at 5000 feet
All A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bombay at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
ML Ikitsushima
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bombay at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 5
Hudson I x 9
Beaufort I x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses - these attacks must be tiring for the pilots
Hudson I: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Beaufort I: 3 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
BB Fuso
BB Haruna
Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bombay at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13
Allied aircraft - these guys sneak through the CAP
Beaufort V-IX x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships - and plants 3 bombs into an apd. Good it's in a big port
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 2,72 - few targets can be seen today. Has David used the scuttlebutt?-)
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29
D3A Val x 43
B5N Kate x 58
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships - these Cleveland class cruisers have always impressed me!
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage *sinks*
Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
All D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 6,65
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
B5N Kate x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage *sinks*
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25 - more ac has moved to south. Not going to meet any resistance
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
Hudson I x 16
Beaufort V-IX x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bombay at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 6
Beaufort I x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
MSW W.13
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort I bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat
Ground combat at Dimapur - this went much better than expected.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 34232 troops, 348 guns, 157 vehicles
Defending force 17836 troops, 40 guns, 307 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Dimapur base !!! [8D]
Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Allied ground losses:
897 casualties reported
Guns lost 9
Vehicles lost 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Ahmadabad
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 129765 troops, 345 guns, 2 vehicles
Defending force 76928 troops, 113 guns, 743 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
2356 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses: - look at these casualties. Another 10 days and there won't be enough men left to defend the place
3505 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Vehicles lost 27
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Ground combat at 20,19 - the Madras base unit is stranded some way north of its old base
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 822 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 1356 troops, 17 guns, 4 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Delhi - another day will pass until the bulk of my troops are ready to assault Dehli
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12444 troops, 272 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 47657 troops, 336 guns, 4 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
298 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/16/42
Air Combat
Day Air attack on Jorhat , at 35,24 - we're going to chase the Allied troops of the railroad and into the feverish swamps and the Army AF is going to pave the way!
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 11
Ki-21 Sally x 95
Ki-48 Lily x 22
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses - even Sally's is a match for Lysanders!
Lysander I: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 58
Aircraft Attacking:
All bombers bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on Bombay , at 20,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13
Allied aircraft - 10 bombers get through
Wellington III x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses - but most of them get shot up pretty badly
Wellington III: 4 destroyed, 17 damaged
Japanese Ships - some damage is added to the already damaged transports in port. The APD may sink as it got 94 flood.
AP Yasukuni Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AP Nikki Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 48th Division, at 27,10
Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 19
B-24D Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Aircraft Attacking:
All Hurricane II bombing at 2000 feet
All B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground Combat
Ground combat at Ahmadabad
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 128119 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 74491 troops, 109 guns, 711 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Woho!! For the first time we achieve a 1-1 odds - the end can't be far away?
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
2185 casualties reported
Guns lost 10
Allied ground losses: - appalling losses!
3888 casualties reported
Guns lost 40
Vehicles lost 27
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Ground combat at Delhi - tomorrow we attack with a combined assault strength of more than 2600!
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 65130 troops, 794 guns, 9 vehicles
Defending force 47551 troops, 338 guns, 4 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
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Situation Report
India
Another 2 days of savage fighting and important gains have been made!
Ahmadabad is reeling under the assault and it's even possible that it will fall before the second army ground arrives.
Tomorrow we deliver a heavy assault against Dehli, and only heavy forts can delay its fall.
The fall of Dimapur also means that the Allies are too weak to prevent me from driving them into the feverish jungle!
I'm going to keep on attacking until the end of the railroad is reached.
Java
The remaining US ships are now fleeing north towards a most uncertain faith. Pursuit is slow as I don't have much fuel.
One cv group will try to catch up while Car Div 1 and 2 moves slowly back towards Java.
I've gathered many troops, fuel and supply in Kendari, Balikpapan, Tarakan, Palembang and Singapore.
Army bombers will soon be transferred from India and start a heavy bombing campaign against Java. Reinforcements are
being brought into Batavia by fast transport - there is 45k supplies here and 2.6 forts. A full division is soon going to be in place.
The same will be attempted on the southern part of the island, then we have our 'Russian bridge heads! [:)]
It seems like David is trying to preserve his supplies by not attacking my last bases. A little strange since Batavia got so much
to offer. One attack a few days ago and it had fallen. Had zilch to defend it with - but that's history.
A change of command often means that the new captain wants to do things his way. This may be both advantagous and dis-advantagous for us!
Situation Picture: Pilot Training in China II
Here we can see how much experience the Daitai in China has gained since the last report a week ago or so. 1 pilot crashed on landing today [:'(]
