AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 42
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Invasion Support action off Malang (55,105)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
61 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Sumire
AMC Saigon Maru
PC Sumire fired at enemy troops
[X(] Malang invaded! Enemy troops landing next to Soerabaja...
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Night Naval bombardment of Malang at 55,105
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato
CL Tatsuta
CL Oi
CL Tama
CL Yura
DD Ikazuchi
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Yugumo
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
I was wondering why KB was staying around Borneo so long and now it's getting clear... the mine hit on Kaga and the following B-17 strike caught KB in preparation for the invasion of Java... Mundy is super bold here as he presses his invasion without air cover now... that's like a Mersing gambit on 8th December with the difference that my biplane torpedo bombers have 7 weeks of training now and could be a real threat to enemy shipping without air cover...
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hyuga
BB Hyuga firing at 6th KNIL Regiment
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Ise
BB Ise firing at 1st KNIL Regiment
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Fuso
BB Fuso firing at Malang
BB Nagato firing at 1st KNIL Regiment
CL Tatsuta firing at 6th KNIL Regiment
CL Oi firing at 1st KNIL Regiment
CL Tama firing at 6th KNIL Regiment
CL Yura firing at Malang
DD Ikazuchi firing at Malang
DD Nenohi firing at 1st KNIL Regiment
DD Hatsuharu firing at 6th KNIL Regiment
DD Yugumo firing at 1st KNIL Regiment
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Invasion Support action off Malang (55,105)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
65 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Sumire
AMC Saigon Maru
xAK Daigen Maru
xAK Toba Maru
xAK Josho Maru
xAK Aso Maru
PC Sumire fired at enemy troops
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Invasion Support action off Malang (55,105)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
52 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
PC Sumire
AMC Saigon Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
xAK Tosei Maru
xAP Baikal Maru
PC Sumire fired at enemy troops
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 12
B-339D x 18
75A-7 Hawk x 10
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Taibun Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Yahiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Yamabuki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
and here they come! We've got 32 biplane torpedo bombers, all are at 70 skill or very high 60s so they are literally as dangerous as any Japanese torpedo bomber as there is neither air cover nor heavy flak for the IJN... all four targetted ships are hit and will most likely be sunk... with the amphib bonus the enemy has unloaded in one phase so nothing other than supplies will go down with the ships... there are four IJN BBs in the hex so I would have preferred all my torp bombers going after the BBs though...
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 11
B-339D x 10
CW-21B Demon x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 1
BB Nagato
second wave of biplanes targets the BBs and Hyuga is promptly hit by a 18in torp... there was another hit but the torpedo was a dud... [:(]
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Malang at 55,105
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 8
B-339D x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Seizan Maru
xAK Sanuki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
the Swordfish also went after some transports...
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Swordfish I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 69,83
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 19
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
xAK Talune, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
while the enemy carriers are moving to the North East away from Borneo... Vals found one of my blockade runners to Luzon after delivering 2900 tons of supply...
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Talune
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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G3M2 Nell x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
god damn, for what reason ever there were no strikes against the invasion force at Malang during the afternoon... another torp hit or two on his BBs would have clearly ruined his day... we've got two squadrons of Vindicators at Darwin which will fly in for strikes tomorrow which gives us 36 dive bombers carrying 1000lb bombs... wonder if the enemy dares to stay within strike range...
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67133 troops, 801 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 1739
Defending force 54172 troops, 537 guns, 313 vehicles, Assault Value = 761
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 764
Allied adjusted defense: 2241
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4033 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 306 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 59 disabled
Guns lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2035 casualties reported
Squads: 68 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 95 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 53 (1 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (9 destroyed, 11 disabled)
next assault at Singapore and we suffer more destroyed combat squads than the enemy and we lose a fort... can't complain about the fight our troops put up here though...
Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
I/124th Infantry Battalion
55th Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
41st Guard Battalion
113th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
II./143rd Infantry Battalion
14th Tank Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
5th Recon Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
55th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
91st Naval Guard Unit
55th Const Co
Southern Fleet
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
54th Const Co
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ship Engineer Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
20th AA Regiment
5th Field Construction Battalion
53rd Const Co
5th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
302nd Ship Eng Coy
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion
21st JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
11th Indian Division
1st Manchester Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
SSVF Brigade
FMSV Brigade
2nd Malay Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
9th Indian Division
109th RAF Adv Base Force
223 Group RAF
113th RAF Adv Base Force
224 Group RAF
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Adv Base Force
109th RN Base Force
110th RAF Adv Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hyderabad Battalion
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
112th RAF Adv Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Singapore Fortress
Malaya Army
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Malayan Air Wing
2nd Loyal Battalion
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Singapore Base Force
1st Mysore Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 65864 troops, 762 guns, 229 vehicles, Assault Value = 2571
Defending force 81027 troops, 738 guns, 231 vehicles, Assault Value = 2166
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
16th Engineer Regiment
38th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
2nd Engineer Regiment
82nd Naval Guard Unit
20th Infantry Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
47th Infantry Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
24th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
Kanno
7th Tank Regiment
Tanaka
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
83rd Naval Guard Unit
48th Recon Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
I./4th Infantry Battalion
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
Kure 1st SNLF
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
45th Field AA Battalion
1st Naval Construction Battalion
16th AA Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
36th Const Co
48th Field AA Battalion
38th Field Const Co
39th Field Const Co
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Port Unit
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
14th Army
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
47th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ship Engineer Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
30th JNAF AF Unit
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
37th Const Co
23rd AA Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Construction Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
37th JNAF AF Unit
Defending units:
27th Avn Sup
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
301st Construction Battalion
Jolo Constab Battalion
Cebu Constabulary
81st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
93rd PA Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
II/43rd PS Inf Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd Constabulary Regiment
Negros Constab Battalion
101st PA Infantry Division
San Jose Constab Battalion
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
1st Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
61st PA Infantry Division
Roxas Constab Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II Corps
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Clark Field AAF Base Force
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Subic Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
US Forces Far East
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
11th PAAC Avn Sup
4th PAAC Avn Sup
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
I Corps
Asiatic Fleet
Del Monte AAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at Malang (55,105)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30104 troops, 251 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 973
Defending force 35652 troops, 303 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 874
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 522
Allied adjusted defense: 1558
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3245 casualties reported
Squads: 41 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 25 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
377 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
just realized the enemy landed yesterday already and orders a first deliberate attack at Malang today... not to land right into my minefields and a possible intervention by Force Z (which is at Darwin actually) the enemy landed next to Soerabaja which is very unlucky... Mundy could have landed literally everywhere but not in this hex as Malang is my fall back position on Java (mountain hex) and I have already moved the majority of Dutch combat troops into the hex which means the IJA has absolutely no chance to achieve something here... talk about a really bad target for the attacker as this means there two IJA divs plus support units now trapped... Mundy has to either heavily reinforce or evacuate, both would be suizide if I commit my carriers here... hard enough with just my LBA as the enemy has hardly a chance to close down the surrounding airfields out of Borneo as Balikpapan is just too far away too effectively use the airfield against Java...
bold move but way too early and without a clear picture of Dutch troop dispositions it's a Gallipoli for the IJA now... I'm usually "defending" Java in the mountains either North next to Batavia or South next to Soerabaja... this campaign I opted for the South and Mundy takes just about the worst base to land... he had full DL on Soerabaja but he didn't recon Malang though...
all he can do for the moment is run with the IJN as fast as possible and hope to have landed enough supplies for his troops to last for the next two months...
Assaulting units:
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
III/66th Naval Guard Unit
8th Tank Regiment
8th Indpt SNLF Coy
4th Division
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
1st Engineer Co
Miura Det
33rd Division
15th Naval Guard Unit
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
II Marechausse Cdo
V Landstorm Cdo
1st Cav Regiment
Groep Zud
2nd KNIL Regiment
S Borneo KNIL Battalion
Tjepoe Cdo
I/II Barisan Cdo
Tjilitjap Cdo
VI Landstorm Cdo
4th Cav Sqdn
4th KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
6th Cav Sqdn
1st KNIL Regiment
Mobiele Battalion
III/IV Barisan Cdo
Prajoeda Cdo /1
KNI Leger
HQ I KNIL Division
KNI Zeemacht
Broome RAN Stn Base Force
A-III-Ld AA Battalion
HQ II KNIL Division
ABDA
A-I-Ld AA Battalion
HQ III KNIL Division
Hedland RAN Stn Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
; Julia Child
