[font="Times New Roman"]October 26, 1945[/font]
More night strikes on Osaka. This time, probably due to a number of groups being depleted, crews having higher fatigue, and the increased amount of CAP added, the NF did very well to disrupt the bombing runs. A lot of NF/FB were destroyed on the day, but there were NO hits to the industry in spite of several hundred bombers taking part!! [X(]
Losses were about equal, at 40+ each side, but of course the 4E provide 2 VPs each. So this is a great result and now the fires are nearly out. A lot of extra damage incurred though from the continued burning. I'll post a shot later.
The Allies have now moved a big army into Shanghai, have another big army moving into the central area from the Yangtze across country to avoid my blockade in x3 territory, and have invested Amoy and taken Swatow. They're also moving advance units into Kukong, but have no hope of takin that base yet.
The defense is adjusting, with troops pulling back to the central Changsha area, a reserve coming down from the mountains to sit on river crossings in good territory to protect approaches to Chungking, and moving further to block the troops moving from Sian.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 26, 1945
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 28,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 36
P1Y2-S Frances x 6
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 31
Ki-102b Randy x 34
Ki-102c Randy x 6
Allied aircraft
Lancaster B.1 FE x 17
B-24J Liberator x 23
B-29-25 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Lancaster B.1 FE: 8 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 16 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Lancaster B.1 FE bombing from 24500 feet
City Attack: 1 x 4000 lb GP Bomb, 6 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Some CAP have air radar
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 27,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 31
P1Y2-S Frances x 6
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 21
Ki-102b Randy x 21
Ki-102c Randy x 7
Allied aircraft
Lancaster B.1 FE x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Lancaster B.1 FE: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Lancaster B.1 FE bombing from 24500 feet
City Attack: 1 x 4000 lb GP Bomb, 6 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 30
P1Y2-S Frances x 6
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 19
Ki-102b Randy x 21
Ki-102c Randy x 7
Allied aircraft
B-17G Fortress x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17G Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 30000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 28,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 26
P1Y2-S Frances x 4
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 17
Ki-102b Randy x 18
Ki-102c Randy x 9
Allied aircraft
B-17G Fortress x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAId Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17G Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 30000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 28,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 21
P1Y2-S Frances x 3
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 13
Ki-102b Randy x 17
Ki-102c Randy x 8
Allied aircraft
B-17G Fortress x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-17G Fortress:
3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17G Fortress bombing from 30000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 24,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 2
Ki-102b Randy x 7
Ki-102c Randy x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 16000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Shanghai (92,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 131441 troops, 2000 guns, 2295 vehicles, Assault Value = 4583
Defending force 96155 troops, 824 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 2818
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Ground combat at Amoy (83,61)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2672 troops, 0 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 249
Defending force 10533 troops, 64 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 197
Allied adjusted assault: 53
Japanese adjusted defense: 140
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
6th Infantry Div /23
Defending units:
86th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Army
Amoy Special Base Force
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