AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/27/41
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Sub attack near Lingayen at 44,50
Japanese Ships
MSW W.19
Allied Ships
SS Perch
torps miss...
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TF 222 troops unloading over beach at Umnak Island, 102,36
Japanese ground losses:
244 casualties reported
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TF 222 troops unloading over beach at Umnak Island, 102,36
Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
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TF 7 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)
Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri
Amagiri clears a couple of mines... would be cool to see her hit one... [8D]
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Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 7
CW-21B Demon x 8
Brewster 339D x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 3 damaged
CW-21B Demon: 6 damaged
Brewster 339D: 11 destroyed
the expected massacre of my fighters over Soerabaja... came far later then expected though. The loss rate of 11 Dutch fighters for not a single Zero shot down isn´t encouraging...
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Day Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 39,39
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N Kate bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 43,41
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Ki-15 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 35th Brigade, at 22,65
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Labao at 29,74
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Heiwa Maru, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Banjarmasin at 27,64
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Senkai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 25,63
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
our Martins became ship busters in the last couple of weeks... started off real bad but I´m really satisfied by what they achieved so far. When all those planes will be lost, we will still have achieved more points by sinking enemy shipping than we have lost due to the destruction of our aircraft...
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,62
Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 9
CW-21B Demon x 8
Brewster 339D x 10
T.IVa x 5
Martin 139 x 22
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 4 damaged
Martin 139: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
Hortlund has now a bullet proof BB/CA TF in range of my bombers! The Martins mostly miss but they also destroy a 8 inch turret of the Kumano and a turret of the secondary armament onboard the Fuso... And we still have an ace left that Hortlund didn´t expect! While he is save from our level bombers, we still have half a dozen obsolete torp bombers left (exp around 60) of which one puts a torp into Fuso which should send her into the repair yards... [:D]
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,61
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Ume Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
another AP is hit... if just those 250lb bombs would do some damage...
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,44
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK St. Quentin, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we sent three AKs with 2250 supplies each to Singapore. One is sunk two days before entering Singapore port...
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,62
Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 5
CW-21B Demon x 3
Brewster 339D x 3
T.IVa x 3
Martin 139 x 17
Allied aircraft losses
T.IVa: 2 damaged
Martin 139: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 2
CL Yura
BB Fuso, on fire
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 21,42
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Tai Sang, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
the second AK to Singapore is sunk also... 6 torps is pretty much overkill...
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Day Air attack on TF at 4,52
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 9
B5N Kate x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
TK Empire Flint, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
TK British Motorist, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
damn, we sent two TKs from India to Australia as Australia really lacks fuel. The TKs weren´t spotted the last two turns but this turn they end up in the same hex as a IJN baby carrier... [8|]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Waingapu at 27,74
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
C.XI-W: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio
AP Eiko Maru
Allied Ships
CL Java, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
oh man... [8|] we sent in Java in daylight to have a fight at a good range. Result is that Java missed with a dozen salvos of her 5.9 ich guns and in return DD Hayashio puts a torp into my cruiser at a range of 16.000 yards... are those Dutch sailors dumb or blind??? The torp hits and Java is immediately sunk by a mag explosion...
The Dutch light cruiser Java, victim of a Japanese long lance...
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TF 135 troops unloading over beach at San Jose, 41,53
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1648 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2292
Defending force 69034 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658
Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Hong Kong
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25066 troops, 170 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 430
Defending force 12949 troops, 81 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 233
Japanese max assault: 414 - adjusted assault: 85
Allied max defense: 210 - adjusted defense: 285
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese ground losses:
495 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
my troops at Hong Kong are still nearly undamaged, so when the IJA achieves a 2:1 at some time then my troops will surrender although they are still in nearly perfect shape then... wonder how the IJA gets supplies as I´m having my troops sitting in Canton and supply shouldn´t be able to flow through a contested hex to Hong Kong... [8|]
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Ground combat at Canton
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2132 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651
Defending force 29085 troops, 109 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 628
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
a couple of IJA units are in the wooden hex North of Canton, trying to cut my troops in Canton off. Have around 800 assault points availabel to counter them. At least one IJA div is spotted...
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Ground combat at 43,53
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6006 troops, 206 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 34693 troops, 313 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 827
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 3
I will soon try a shock attack here. Only real combat unit here is a IJA division in not perfect shape anymore...
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Ground combat at Ndini
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1228 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 4 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ndini base !!!
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Ground combat at Johore Bahru
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4722 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 818
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 37 - adjusted assault: 38
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru base !!!
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Ground combat at Talasea
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 86 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Talasea base !!!
paras...
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Ground combat at Soerabaja
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 7902 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 226
Defending force 16359 troops, 137 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 201
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Woodlark Island
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 73 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 3
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Woodlark Island base !!!
paras...
