AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/42
Surface Combat
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Night Time Surface Combat at 15,33 - WTF!!!?
Japanese Ships
DD Uranami
DD Sagiri
Allied Ships
BB Warspite, heavy damage - my pilots said they had spotted an apd heading west!!!!
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Air Combat
Day Air attack on 14th Group Army, at 31,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Allied aircraft
Lysander I x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged - must be desperate times...Lysanders [:'(]
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kweiyang , at 41,35
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25
Ki-48 Lily x 33
Ki-49 Helen x 15
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses - yep, target accomplished - the Chink AF has moved back into hillbilly land
IL-4c: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 37
Aircraft Attacking:
All Helen and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 15
Beaufort V-IX x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-26B Marauder x 26
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
All Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
All B-26B Marauder bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 16th Division, at 31,21
Allied aircraft - no less than 3 such attacks were mounted against Asansol from Lucknow today!
Buffalo I x 16
Wellington III x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
All Wellington III bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 85,91 - Tarawa!
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
P-40B Tomahawk x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x F4F-4 Wildcat attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on 17th Indian/C Division, at 29,23
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
Ki-48 Lily x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,9
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
D3A Val x 13
B5N Kate x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships - a big fat juicy convoy to the slaughter [:D]
AK Empire Carey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Brook, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Resistance, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Wagtail, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Snipe, Torpedo hits 1
AK Empire Elk, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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 7,10
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
D3A Val x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Grenfell, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
All D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 2,13
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 13
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Rowan, Bomb hits 1
AK Empire Bruce
AK Empire Hawksbill, Bomb hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
All D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,13
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
B5N Kate x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP Empire Attendant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 8,11
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Nightingale, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 9,9
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied Ships
TK Empire Norse, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
All B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground Combat
Ground combat at Calcutta
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 58340 troops, 289 guns, 139 vehicles
Defending force 1000 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles - the enemy had to abandon Calcutta before it could be captured [:o]
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 6
Japanese assault odds: 110 to 1 (fort level 6)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Calcutta base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 48,33
Japanese Deliberate attack - I'm going for the next target in China just west of the railroad
Attacking force 76138 troops, 906 guns, 295 vehicles
Defending force 6759 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles - these forces were blocking the path and were swept away!
Japanese assault odds: 153 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Allied ground losses:
445 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 45,35
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2247 troops, 0 guns, 143 vehicles
Defending force 3624 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles - another blocking force, I want to open the roads to into the hinterland
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Kweilin
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 62634 troops, 712 guns, 2 vehicles
Defending force 64848 troops, 434 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
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Situation Report
India
The capture of Calcutta was a relief, that place has bothered me for a long time. As I mentioned earlier, it is rather fitting that it held out until now - my army in western India is now in a great position to cut the defenders off from Dehli.
Still having problems moving units, especially if they get new orders while stationary on the railroad. Several of them refuse to move more than 5 miles pr day even on rail - driving me nutters...
The little apd that was spotted in the middle of the Bay of New Japan a few days ago turned out to be the HMS Warspite!!
This severely damaged bb has been sent out to escape faith - insolence, I've DESERVED those ship! [:@] Unfortunately my dd's didn't manage to torpedo the old hulk. I must assume that the rest of the bb's are also on their way - so Operation Finalize has been ordered:
Betties have been put on naval attack in Trimcomalee, Madras, Chandpur, Rangoon and Singapore.
Several surface tf's have been sortied - one is made up from moderately damaged cruisers and destroyers at Trimcomalee. Another is made up of an AV, its 8 float planes will try to locate the enemy ships.
The final part of this operation consists of the light carrier Ryujo. VADM Ozawa has been given 2 CS, 1 cl and 3 dd's as escort, and the 19 Kates and 28 Zeros should be more than enough to make sure that justice is fulfilled! [;)]
In the meanwhile the 2nd Carrier Division under VADM Nagumo leaves Singapore. 27 Vals were taken aboard and the fleet consisting of 2 cv's, 1 ca, 1 cl and 4 dd's is now heading for Truk.
Car Div 1 continues to hunt down the fleeing ships on the west coast of India - it's quite a sight..almost feel sorry for them.
A little amazed that Al hasn't sent the ships away piecemeal over the last few months. No good having 200 ships at Karachi when the enemy is knocking at the door...
Central/South Pacific
Wewak is now operational as a size 4 af, and the first 27 Sallys were moved in. If Lae is invaded, Wewak will field a heavy force of medium bombers that will hit the enemy ground units.
I'm pretty sure the enemy carriers have moved to Noumea to refuel - so I've iniciated Operation Goodbye & Good Riddance! [:D] The aim of this operation is to hit the enemy transport and warships that have been observed in the area, as well as give the troops and ac based here a heavy pounding. Tarawa is now a size 2 port/3 af - and there must be 40-80 fighters here and at least 18k troops.
The following TF's have been formed:
TF162 - the Bombardment group under Rear Admiral Matsunaga
The battleship Hiei leads this group followed by 5 ca's, 1 cl and 8 dd's.
TF161 - the Surface Combat group under Rear Admiral Tanaka.
This group consists of the First Cruiser division and got 5 ca's, 2 cl's and 8 dd's
TF163 - the Escort group under Rear Admiral Harashima
This is a small group based around the old escort carrier Hosho - she only carries 9 Zeros. In case the enemy cv's or lba should find the tf's,
it is hoped that the Zeros can disrupt the attacks and perhaps draw the bombers away from the captial ships. 3 destroyers escorts the carrier that will have to follow
the other groups at flank speed to keep up.
The entire roundtrip will begin at Truk, move to Tarawa and then sail to Kwajalein before returning to Truk. Naval bombers at Kwajalein and Maloetap will try to
hit the enemy ships as soon as the fighters on the ground has been hit by the bombardment.
It is really difficult for Wobbly to defend Tarawa, especially before he has built it up to a size 4 af and placed heavy coastal defences as well as powerful air units there.
US resources are still pretty scarce, so I hope this effort will slow him down a bit.
Situation Map: Operation Goodbye & Good Riddance
- this says something about how useless Jap ASW is!)
