AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/21-22/42
A couple of important turns.
After the starting skirmish at Sining ( 6 zeros in exchange of 6 P-40s) he moved back to India his flying tigers[:D] probably he thought it would have been easier[;)]. So we were free to bomb Sining and Lanchow in the last 2 days with 150 bombers escorted by 50 zeros.
Chungking is the next target due to the fact that the AF is open again[:@][:@][:@] Bad weather prevented me from doing anything in middle and southern china in the last days.
The Tonies are slowly flowing to the front. At the moment 12 at Darwin, 24 at Sian, 24 at Bankok and 36 at Paramushiro Jiima...but many more are comming.
At Daily we've been heavily bombed his right flank for weeks now and i hope we're ready to attack! Tomorrow my western flank will move to his positions SW of Daily, while the 16th Army will assault his forts East of Daily. Today we attacked his positions at Daily but as predicted we've lost. However 1500 men lost is a good price to pay to pinn him there[;)]
Let's see what we can do tomorrow there...will be a decisive day!!
At Port Blair, in the sea of Bengal, he's minesweeping....this can mean an offensive and an invasion! 3 CVs will be moving from Tokyo to Singapore, along with 3 BBs and several DDs-CAs, joining the Singapore fleet ( 1 CV,2CVLs,2 CVEs plus several more warships).
Let's see....
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TF 1065 encounters mine field at Port Blair (23,34)
Allied Ships
MSW Poole
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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 46,25
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 62
Ki-21 Sally x 119
Ki-48 Lily x 29
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-15 Babs x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 115
Aircraft Attacking:
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Ground combat at Daly Waters
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63643 troops, 649 guns, 12 vehicles
Defending force 48537 troops, 409 guns, 18 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 [;)]
Japanese ground losses:
1417 casualties reported
Guns lost 60
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
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Ground combat at 36,90
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 62174 troops, 805 guns, 19 vehicles
Defending force 35155 troops, 140 guns, 21 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
And here you can see the balance of forces on the right flank of Daily....he has 3 divisions + 1 HQ here...but they should be in a bad shape by now...i hope
