AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 10, 42
& _& N5 D3 z- T6 s: J+ ]% d/ }闲来无事的日军炮击了下莫港,而西行的kb却遇上了一个正在逃命的xAP,双方接触的结果显示' J6 S8 m% ?5 E5 ?; I
一航战的赤诚和加贺 被分离出去了,这是不是一个重创KB的机会呢? 可惜现在盟军还未集结完毕,, D' P( P2 Y! x, W( L# T2 e
要不就算盟军3cv对抗4cv也是个难得的机会。天亮后xAP理所当然的被kb击沉。( T+ g; g7 B5 k9 h
日军还占领了延安和长沙附近的湘潭等地
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& }" F/ M3 n9 l2 x# a. B2 h% m# XNight Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
% u7 a) f5 w/ k3 v4 @* X8 CJapanese Ships
) ~9 d* p- \0 o5 J BB Mutsu; B) N9 a' b# z+ ]) S2 B4 r) R; V8 I
CL Kitakami. n9 d" ]# Q8 P8 c4 ?/ k
CL Katori
( N: i I* n" g& N: Q7 k B8 t2 r2 `Allied ground losses:0 b' ] v% U& ^4 w. q
19 casualties reported2 T: {4 s% A5 C
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
: U( m2 c7 m. K8 ^' V Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled% d/ O- o5 i# S9 Y! D6 S2 z W( T! N
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! `4 q* X s& J4 yAirbase hits 2
2 b. b* I5 e8 w- j) A8 T9 HRunway hits 1. G! O, ~4 {+ z( o
Port supply hits 1
7 k! Z3 |* G ~; A. Y1 T0 sBB Mutsu firing at 1st Australian Division+ ?1 z; i Q- ?: ?$ T
CL Kitakami firing at Port Moresby
' Z$ H; k' ?+ kCL Katori firing at Port Moresby
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 52,79, Range 19,000 Yards
7 \7 ?% o. D5 {# G2 \. h$ @; ?7 \Japanese Ships$ o2 V8 z2 J3 Q* h. d7 _- Z
CA Mikuma& b2 H& u) s1 E- A
CL Sendai3 S4 |% r6 N- [7 ^( s
DD Inazuma
2 j6 `1 F+ o9 C) J( c& p0 K8 P5 p DD Shinonome, P( `$ ~" n2 t8 C2 b
DD Satsuki + s$ D( Y5 k$ ]* Q
Allied Ships
* `& G! F1 U% u, |) n MTB 7
2 c! J }; X9 X4 x2 b% o1 x MTB 8
2 Q1 Y! y. K: u MTB 9, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
8 n( N, K# N" X6 t MTB 10
1 R& {' a+ g( n) ^! t) u6 c MTB 11; }6 V, @3 o$ _$ P& j1 F
MTB 12
" e F: G0 {" w. r MTB 26
- k9 A+ j2 E* m k MTB 27" ] Y+ v H/ h3 v8 e& [1 V$ c
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 51,79, Range 20,000 Yards
4 @; F- \2 G0 g- _, oJapanese Ships
- N; C: e) R0 {7 R$ { CA Mikuma
/ Y% L) t' e4 t. F, D CL Sendai7 m* u: v7 _; u9 c
DD Inazuma# Z. I* w s u+ U
DD Shinonome
( H2 [+ J- f0 w) r- H# O DD Satsuki
& [ P# k9 j& e9 B1 A8 R2 LAllied Ships
+ G1 P6 z2 |6 p* C MTB 7
0 C. f+ g7 a# a; p3 T1 ~" \ MTB 83 [: a2 l8 Y8 }; B* P" P; O
MTB 10, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 f& @! [2 }" O, ~. N, G
MTB 11, Shell hits 1, and is sunk+ H) b8 p3 M& K% [
MTB 12, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 E* C& g7 ?3 r; k- C5 L
MTB 26, Shell hits 1, on fire1 g4 m% T( i! F0 T5 t, \0 _" ?$ i
MTB 27, Shell hits 1, and is sunk" M& r5 o1 x# _) y# d0 l3 W5 m
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 92,128, Range 23,000 Yards
& ~, J ?3 c" O' ~/ U% SJapanese Ships* Z; Z/ J: q8 z& c
CV Hiryu
- ?) j: T7 m1 v9 A4 n! A* J3 ]. e CV Soryu
2 J. q8 k. s4 ~# ^ CV Shokaku; R7 E* S- p" V
CV Zuikaku
& v& z2 ^6 a% h7 m' s* E BB Hiei" g: f& I5 Y. t
CA Tone
) {/ z. K8 H s0 j; p }9 j d5 k/ q) f DD Akigumo/ z. a5 @1 g4 n7 |& N+ h: @4 u/ [3 ]4 y
DD Isokaze. v! F& O0 O9 g
DD Shiranui; u) j( O: @1 l( N# p
DD Urakaze
$ w0 T8 |7 g# ~& o DD Tanikaze% D1 M3 G& R4 b
DD Arare a/ B/ y9 ^ I# q
DD Kasumi$ r/ `9 }6 L% x) _& K I3 b
DD Akebono. a! f- q: V, {! Q; s
DD Sazanami 6 z1 A- |) D! A
Allied Ships& B( {2 p; u+ A8 Q4 V; `) I
xAP Zealandia
3 _: H7 _7 Z% t% K5 d5 j& V7 dMaximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards; _( r; M2 \: z) t% Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
( J" _# A5 @5 [! v6 T, y/ {Range closes to 21,000 yards...- D2 k4 T3 s" C
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards' O& s4 `8 A/ l3 f
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
! i0 b' K$ H9 Q; ZRange increases to 26,000 yards...
$ x; ?- F2 n! TRange increases to 30,000 yards...# I: `/ _% ^; X% ^* i2 C) ~ r: F
Both Task Forces evade combat 5 N+ E, u: Z) O) C
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91 4 ]( z) [) r2 t6 h ]8 Y: y0 d
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
9 j7 c; L5 r9 j7 D) X4 NRaid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. `1 E$ X" o6 f6 H9 Q
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
6 s8 F$ O( C+ j' OJapanese aircraft7 ?: A9 g8 w0 ~, c
B5M1 Mabel x 3 O) e! u, _# X) N" m' r$ V
Ki-27b Nate x 10
) ~+ i; o. ^) D- w* X/ g; JNo Japanese losses , @( W7 u) n+ y0 v' k
Allied Ships
{* X7 n) N2 s7 v1 K4 q2 h- e+ Y% k- [ xAP Camphuys, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
. {/ ~& Z: `1 N A1 Y. c& H1 C6 YAircraft Attacking:
3 O8 h9 d4 F$ t2 C, L 3 x B5M1 Mabel bombing from 10000 feet% w7 q ^) V, B( ?5 Q4 C2 z0 I
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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) ] x" V+ k! m# C7 {Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128
0 Y+ z) k0 B# w3 I2 M1 M+ I I% EWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
" j* V: b- }0 i1 NRaid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
; C* {& `/ b+ Z: h3 uEstimated time to target is 2 minutes ; b1 L g* c0 H; E3 Z$ b
Japanese aircraft0 H9 r2 q( T, M0 S
A6M2 Zero x 26$ C E/ P! T# H9 D
D3A1 Val x 15 6 w( U6 p, t; i& U
Japanese aircraft losses- c2 F N! F: s( }" N5 \6 s i
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged + [: m- [6 G, |& M8 c
Allied Ships
% }( R5 m# M8 B$ T( q* J xAP Raranga, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk , R9 e3 J* G3 I& q% D
Aircraft Attacking:. P+ V# v" F; b
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
1 d& `! }4 Z8 A @$ Y Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb6 d, d( X! i2 g* _9 r2 f
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'6 I1 \6 O1 E8 g# S$ n
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
% {- O! \! O% p3 L: } @4 w& VRaranga dead in the water ...! r2 g" y4 k. A
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Raranga
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2 q8 V) i& |9 i3 D7 L) K7 {Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 92,128 4 v: r6 o3 M- {6 v
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
- m/ c! R7 G _. @) uRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
! Q4 Z: @0 k& s& b3 S/ cEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
9 n) c# T. q2 A/ iJapanese aircraft* |! k3 G* Y4 e- L4 I
A6M2 Zero x 9
+ g# f5 C- U, p, T B5N2 Kate x 17
7 ~& o, p8 V; z3 xNo Japanese losses ( V4 Z1 A3 t- m/ F. @
Allied Ships
* S9 j7 V, p" Q* e( S9 {9 ]6 Y xAP Zealandia, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage 8 g x( a5 i1 \* ^ X" F/ Y0 s
Aircraft Attacking:' D8 G4 k6 j9 e% T) D& Q3 x4 p
17 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 10000 feet: [( S5 K8 \ i- a6 w
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
3 q& q7 x( [0 s- W' F& q. ?Zealandia dead in the water ...# M( k# j6 m0 t& M3 g3 |4 B$ j
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Zealandia
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% S" r' q6 e% j; hGround combat at Siangtan (81,52)
. _, E3 o! _. x. b1 z& {Japanese Shock attack
* E! |9 p: K8 }+ {9 S$ }Attacking force 12804 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 436
: d* A7 S D4 t2 v$ V0 D/ @Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
$ L- V( ]$ u; z w. L- h/ T% i. WJapanese adjusted assault: 403
( m, B1 \8 x* Q5 k v5 GAllied adjusted defense: 1
* f$ X( e$ n" ~& r4 v0 ^Japanese assault odds: 403 to 1 (fort level 1) 4 j9 r& l. h% ?' q) G( l& Q) M* w
Japanese forces CAPTURE Siangtan !!! 4 T: G5 l/ g! A, U" i
Combat modifiers
- q, r. R% m2 b' Z+ t! SAttacker: shock(+), leaders(-) ' ~/ ~( c2 B& W) d" S' Q
Assaulting units:4 _ T8 G4 [+ B( m# L) \' C7 h! p
3rd Division
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5 t& s) J L( p/ } I2 j' d O9 UGround combat at 82,43 (near Ankang)
0 G8 K+ m; C( s) ?: xJapanese Bombardment attack 3 t1 Y R2 b4 _1 o( {1 P- B" }
Attacking force 24544 troops, 231 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1900
/ D1 y* Z3 h T( F d3 \# \! p7 RDefending force 28779 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 556
/ c5 ^. [1 [1 x! hJapanese ground losses:( l$ s( l& G8 w1 X4 n% o- y
17 casualties reported7 n1 }4 W% n" K
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
! _) C, ^: w6 v2 t Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 t& a' P8 r) S4 X) e8 g Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled * l7 l, e9 {4 s5 ^8 o! Z. r, Y. n
Allied ground losses:" t, Y% p7 h6 K0 x! k( r, T; E
9 casualties reported% Z2 b0 N2 \/ ^# o6 |
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 D( k: x; C/ w8 U! _! ] Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 u5 I( X1 _3 e; k$ Q# m Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 0 H: } W) H6 i1 c9 _2 a! p6 v( D* c
Assaulting units:( J* ^+ l8 W- T: o% q" {
12th RGC Temp. Division _3 K; Y# d/ G" Z/ Q- U6 A
34th Division
! `7 B+ J& W6 n% p2 | 5th Tank Regiment$ {8 Y/ w( G+ i. i
58th Infantry Regiment: V4 x$ ~3 S$ b" l
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade" v5 U7 y* w, ]4 N2 {
13th Division$ G3 B5 }, c# |2 A
9th Armored Car Co
" {! W: a1 J! ^8 F 13th Tank Regiment! a! t5 r7 M+ M# g4 K
19th Division
4 P/ N( f' C( h; m# b+ H i7 O( n 3rd Tank Regiment
, j% V5 W8 x+ f 18th RGC Temp. Division
& {9 Z# Z* E- x4 Z/ R f1 s" ` 10th Mortar Battalion
+ G: M2 l2 j- {Defending units:
' T. F6 v3 U) A ] 30th Chinese Corps* P: S) ^+ n, _5 G) ]& m ]% N1 W
59th Chinese Corps9 K6 O/ I2 d' ]) \ E3 s
55th Chinese Corps: |: ?' |8 u5 f6 W2 i
77th Chinese Corps
* U- `7 l+ y; r; @$ |$ Y- C 33rd Group Army
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Ground combat at Hankow (85,50) + M, |( J6 {5 y! r
Japanese Deliberate attack + `2 R9 j8 N* U# ^" T: h. C
Attacking force 5751 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 258
& I. [) k j, s; }, j. c& n+ U9 Z/ MDefending force 1832 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
3 ?2 X- N, {- D# _2 |+ QJapanese adjusted assault: 205 $ @6 y; K5 L" r* @/ |; A
Allied adjusted defense: 21 ) A3 }/ G. K6 z4 h6 k) k' r) f
Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1
7 p; T$ ?( L* G) d3 ~Combat modifiers& C) R1 C( S/ L# M
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
: k' \' q7 l) O, w& z' @+ F experience(-)2 ]% T7 A% M7 g' x% ~& c2 V
Attacker:
* m7 Z: Q& a1 j1 K3 d+ s0 Z, ^9 n: SJapanese ground losses:
% d3 K# Y+ T; U( N) A# ~ 61 casualties reported/ u% A3 q( Z" w$ J( l+ L Y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled! |; P/ o0 O( Y" {$ S
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 u% G: X$ f( }' m( x4 E% _7 X2 v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 ?. s' X1 V4 S( o" sAllied ground losses:
2 n3 m( D! ]8 U2 V3 J 721 casualties reported& X6 [" V4 |5 I
Squads: 30 destroyed, 7 disabled" \! ~4 A1 n; k) Q2 U9 \
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
' R! ?5 Q. `8 O9 X6 |4 K8 C& H. o Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 R+ ~8 j, }: Q! |) R: ` Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)
9 N- B0 M7 N4 w$ I1 U5 j Units retreated 1
, j4 r" Y+ E7 v& O/ PDefeated Allied Units Retreating! * ^& m, E! O: n4 s8 b5 _
Assaulting units:
$ X5 y2 u' I- d* a. v" c$ a9 Q0 P 14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
8 G2 H7 W! Y% J$ r9 i0 `; G5 y2 n3 E 54th JAAF AF Bn
$ K0 M7 n$ w, p; z( A# t r Hankow Special Base Force+ \6 K* Z, L# p- C1 U8 U6 b
22nd AA Regiment: Z6 F" w' j8 A# t- E
86th JAAF AF Bn 7 V/ o% E5 q3 ^" c0 e/ l
Defending units:5 M" V+ |4 T" ]# X6 Q( Q; G+ _
84th Chinese Corps
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$ _; r8 d: b- A* }5 F) e% YGround combat at Yenan (88,37) : `7 _7 O9 t! V7 Y( i- I
Japanese Shock attack
3 {% d; _+ \% D, l% |" Y" C OAttacking force 5742 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 204 % O: B/ C& Y% u* C+ `/ x2 z
Defending force 816 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
% ~: I( p- l* W" ]9 `( h. e! \0 bJapanese adjusted assault: 78
& J6 i8 K. O g- QAllied adjusted defense: 5 : H2 \' T7 {$ [+ n, k7 w. r
Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 2)
( m: r( Q, {# p$ B8 z7 PJapanese forces CAPTURE Yenan !!!
* D J, u' P: b' FCombat modifiers- P1 n& H6 n% F$ w
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-)0 X; y8 c3 t5 \! x2 D
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) 1 ~* }4 u% D0 Y3 Y
Allied ground losses:
* U, W' Y9 @+ y 471 casualties reported( K8 a5 l2 i& C9 ~- w9 D2 Y
Squads: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 ^! l4 P6 C' p5 T$ y$ x6 T Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled+ G" E4 c/ ^4 W# B2 g
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled1 B' y t4 E2 _6 L: m
Units retreated 1 O, t: m; p& @
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
6 c( u0 X9 F' F9 P5 mAssaulting units:' g2 P; N. ]& G4 B
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade 7 y% g- ]) S" [- W# W0 C
Defending units:
8 `4 x0 T6 ]: y' k& a1 J% Z 22nd Chinese Corps |