AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/42
My opponent complained again for the mines. Now the evidence that i know everything of this plan (which is however not so clear) is that i mined Tricomale.... i just answered that he'll find mines almost everywhere from Colombo to Chittagong for what that means...getting tired about all this crap.
However, a good turn today.
Seems that the raid at Cylon was just a raid. The real objective will probably be DH or Chittagong 'cause his KB and his SF TF are now moving eastwards. There's another unidentified TF following the KB...Trollelite in his mail named an "invasion"....i cannot see what he can bring right now to invade India being all his forces involved at Singapore...[&:] I'm still with the conviction that this is just a raid...cause as far as i'm concerned invading India without a good amount of troops isn't exactly the best thing to do...even if so early on the regular scheldue.
Anyway, i now moved some of my air assets.
48 4Es are now based at Madras, along with 24 AVG P-40Bs, 32 Buffalos and 10 Albacores and 12 Vitebsks.
At Colombo and Tricomale i didn't move anything: there remain the brave 21th fighter group (17 P-40Es) and 16 buffalos plus what remains of the seaHurricanes. Always there are based some 4 Swordfish and 7 Vitebsks.
At Dacca and Calcutta are based there rest of my best air-assets. 100 bombers, 140 fighters and the other albacores.
My land forces are well distributed in order to stop any possible landing. I've placed 300 AVs at Calcutta, 500 at Dacca, 100 at Vizagapatam(which is my weakest defensive point-because it's only a 1-1 base), 100 at Madras and some 600 between Bengalore and Hydebaran.
My subs have been dispatched from Calcutta and Madras and also those who were rescuing my last troops in northern sumatra (Bakkha) have been called back on duty and are now moving towards the KB.
His subs are moving on a possible route of interception to the RN, so to say from Cylon to Bombay.
Well, for the rest it's been a strane turn.
He sent 2 DDs (what are supposed to do 2 DDs alone????) at Tricomale in SF mission i guess. He got mauled by ducth VH2 mines and then, in the afternoon, by my Vitebsks placed at Tricomale. Both DDs are gone.
Then his KB made a raid against a ASW british TF which was fleeing from Tricomale. This TF was caught one hex south of Colombo and this time the 21th fighters group based there didn't scrumble at all...so no way of escaping for those poor vassels.
A ducth sub has been hit by Vals on naval search near Colombo.
Bad weather prevented any other air mission, but his ships were already too far away anyway.
At Mersing 5 of his MSWs were mauled by the 16''CD guns of Singapore...some strange things happen sometimes in witp[&:]
Singapore is really about to fall. Another 2-1 in japan's favour today...tomorrow it will be doomed.
At Truk SS Pollack made 3 different attempts to torpedo an enemy AP...for 3 times the torps got dude...[:@][:@][:@][:@]
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TF 42 encounters mine field at Trincomalee (13,25)
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushimo, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
[font="Verdana"]What were supposed to do these 2 vassels[/font]??[&:]
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Sub attack near Truk at 66,78
Japanese Ships
AP Kongo Maru
Allied Ships
SS Pollack
[font="Verdana"]1st attempt[/font]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub attack near Truk at 66,78
Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Pollack
[font="Verdana"]second one...[/font]
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Sub attack near Truk at 66,78
Japanese Ships
AP Kiyosumi Maru
Allied Ships
SS Pollack
3rd one...grgrgrgrgr[:@][:@]
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TF 22 encounters mine field at Singapore (22,51) - Coastal Guns Fire Back![:D]
59 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW Rokko Maru
MSW Musashi Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Hinode Maru #20, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choun Maru #21, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choun Maru #6, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Banshu Maru #56, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 15,26
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
Vildebeest IV x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatsushimo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
[font="Verdana"]These are the same DDs that found the VH2 mines at Tricomale...[/font]
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
B5N2 Kate x 19
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
PC Aldebaren, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
SC Jasmine, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Romney
MSW Rampur, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Auricula
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
D3A2 Val x 4
B5N2 Kate x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
PC Aldebaren, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Rampur, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Freesia, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Romney, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Auricula, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
B5N2 Kate x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC Jasmine, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Romney, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 11,27
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC Freesia, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Auricula, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Aldebaren, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 215885 troops, 982 guns, 379 vehicles, Assault Value = 4059
Defending force 69454 troops, 382 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1037
Japanese max assault: 5422 - adjusted assault: 2128
Allied max defense: 1045 - adjusted defense: 932
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
7486 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 25
Allied ground losses:
6283 casualties reported
Guns lost 104
Vehicles lost 2
In China i made a huge mistake. I let a way open for his trapped units at Ichang...now supplies are flowing in again and they can abbandon the place if they want so...my mistake was in calculating too optimistically the timing to march in the jungle for my fatigued chinese men....however Chinese plans do not change for the moment.
