AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 42
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驻扎在仰光的飞虎队多次挫败日军轰炸的企图,在扛住了零战扫场后,再次火鸡了陆攻! { K2 }1 H1 q
大陆战场,西北包头国军回访时,派遣军一支小部队一头撞墙,当场被碾碎消失( z8 O9 T: m# c6 B( E) T N- }
国军在韶关附近突击了一支企图迂回的派遣军部队,将其击退,挫败了其包围前线国军的企图& H7 R# a; | O0 T# l
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9 F7 V- E: s% i! E! [Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 & k% a, [; W5 Q; I. r3 G3 s
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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c2 Z5 M6 p; j' h+ V, W( \Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.1 G7 o, C) X1 x! I) o0 P
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes% W; L# y0 D# O2 w% N+ n
+ w. ^, u: i, u f5 o( wJapanese aircraft- f4 D& ^/ n! ?0 U' M
G3M2 Nell x 19
2 c! K; V' z! }' b8 ] G4M1 Betty x 17% A6 F1 m5 p! O
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H81-A3 x 46+ _' X+ U2 {" U6 f; j/ F( _
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Japanese aircraft losses
* T F4 o: y2 |$ T$ w7 J* H G3M2 Nell: 11 destroyed
4 s- w; P# e+ _ G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak A5 p9 W( N/ e+ E1 E' [
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
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No Allied losses6 D+ Q0 e9 R1 ~% n1 C' a
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7 G* N/ P( F: K0 lGround combat at 90,32 (near Paotow)
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Japanese Shock attack$ b0 {. o! c) ~! M0 w, K0 B
% L+ v- _% e# _Attacking force 672 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
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Defending force 18450 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 506* [+ E% \3 J* P5 O: r7 B2 M
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Assault collapses, attacking force wiped out: c0 J# Q9 o/ ]4 \, Q
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Japanese ground losses:& F1 M, D" s( V* ?
826 casualties reported2 `! y T3 f" ?4 [, a' K
Squads: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
, X% [ B5 G/ X6 _" m( x$ D Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
' N- M" C: G) Y# d( p Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ \! C; C6 J7 g8 n0 d* W: s! u
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)4 S! U+ u/ i" s' n# k1 t
Units destroyed 1* T) i1 Z @* P; J) F. C
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Assaulting units:' X5 Z- S2 J" s/ @
1st Ching An Tui Brigade$ C, W% E, R9 b, I2 h) g2 u
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Defending units:/ P; v/ d4 X. S
11th Chinese Corps
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7 W) I# ~' R' I; \9 @! P! o 3rd Prov Chinese Corps1 O9 Z0 ^/ U; B4 ^
17th Group Army
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Ground combat at 79,55 (near Kukong)
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+ V/ |8 B( L4 y" G" v9 DAllied Shock attack
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! T# j" A0 y/ @& _& R% uAttacking force 21168 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 633' } E* R/ b+ x. Z/ F: o; D1 o; e
+ l4 Y0 Z: ?1 n& WDefending force 4733 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121
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Allied adjusted assault: 369 $ k0 f; ?( r0 d6 v$ @" c
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Japanese adjusted defense: 43
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Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 P: E, ^' B6 d+ o1 S8 A9 e
2 {/ x; E# e0 t0 Z9 BCombat modifiers
; K3 V% _: i! fDefender: terrain(+), op mode(-), supply(-)) Y/ G* v8 A4 p$ I
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:5 j: a# K0 q9 w2 p# M; P8 K1 |5 W
1817 casualties reported4 i& n) P3 ?4 p5 O* f9 Z& G5 c
Squads: 46 destroyed, 110 disabled. Y- H% F3 |0 t
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 23 disabled% F0 ^; ]* s- ?( n) l4 B
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, ?+ u# _8 ~% Q2 B+ O x; Q Guns lost 38 (11 destroyed, 27 disabled)
( f, \5 }' n) X: v0 |0 K" N! m Units retreated 2+ ?" r7 M4 H* ]3 d. Y
3 ?$ a) `0 B. P. f0 r: @Allied ground losses:; s8 x! r$ J/ F* N' D
189 casualties reported
3 a7 K3 r+ [4 u" e- W5 S5 l* ^ Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
7 }0 f9 G2 u1 L V Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ C/ p4 E- n$ h( l5 `2 l+ h Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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+ B; E) W6 J+ }( TDefeated Japanese Units Retreating!7 q g. `8 w) H0 \# X" B# n
& o+ c }, D' f gAssaulting units:
5 s& R* ?, O( h+ t 88th Chinese Corps9 b! b* ^2 `3 S4 y3 t$ k$ y) ~
63rd Chinese Corps
9 Q' y1 P" u* L+ u 94th Chinese Corps
* @# r! W; A+ ]! G& H2 `3 ^ 12th Group Army
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102nd Infantry Regiment
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