昭和17年9月22日、Horn Islandの南東のヘクスで連合軍コンボイを護衛していたAM Dubboの爆雷攻撃でRO-67潜が沈没しました。このところの連合軍のトレス海峡西進に対応して、この海域に潜水艦を配置してありましたが、9月19日にもオーストラリア東岸でRO-63が撃沈されています。やはり浅海ヘクスは危険なようで、別の配置を考えないといけませんね。
その後、ビルマ中部のMagweの飛行場に夜間空襲がありました。B-17E Fortress、B-25C Mitchell合計42機がカルカッタから5波にわかれての来襲でした。月明96%と明るいはずの夜ですが、雨が激しかったのでばらけてしまっているのでしょう。敵機の高度は7000フィートでレーダー探知が困難とも思えないのですが、5波のうちレーダーが探知してくれたのは
2回だけで、11分前と9分前の探知。残りの3波は目視か聴音により14、7、5分前に発見されました。Magweはビルマで最も重要な飛行場なので複数のレーダーを配置してあります。雨の夜なのに人間の目や耳よりレーダー探知の方が遅いのはなぜなんでしょう？
敵機来襲に対してCAPの二式戦(Ki-44-IIa Tojo)21機が迎撃しましたが、成績は惨憺たるもの。二式戦は6機撃墜され、5機がOps lossだったのに対し、連合軍機は損失0。しかも爆撃により地上で3機も破壊されてしまいました。前夜も同じくカルカッタからMagweに夜間空襲があり、日本側がA2AとOps lossで7機と地上破壊7機に対して、連合軍側はA2Aで1機撃墜されたのみでした。飛行機を一つの飛行場に集中させると、こうやって地上での破壊が多くなってしまいます。なので、夜間のCAPはMagwe配置の二式戦に加えて、隣りのメイクテーラの二式複戦にも指示(range 1)してあります。昨夜も今夜もこの二式複戦が迎撃してくれなかったのも気になります。探知から来襲までの時間が短すぎるんでしょうか？でも、air borneの機体が一機もないことはないはずだと思うんですよね。豪雨で飛べなかったのかな。ともあれ、夜間空襲には打つ手なしだと感じます。日本側がarmor 1の百式重爆でカルカッタを夜間空襲しても、ほとんど命中弾なしでFlakの餌食になるだけでしょうしね。
4日前、青ヶ島近海でトラックから横須賀に戻るコンボイのxAK Singapore MaruにSS Silversidesの発射した魚雷1本が命中しました。Sys 11, Flt 59(45)と浸水被害が大きく、いったん青ヶ島にdisbandさせました。しかし、青ヶ島の港の規模が1しかなく、SysやmajorでないFltダメージを修理するのに相当長期間かかることに気付いて、横須賀まで回航することにしました。前夜は何事もなかったのですが、昨夜のリプレイをみていると
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard xAK Singapore Maru
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard xAK Singapore Maru
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard xAK Singapore Maru
と、3回も不吉なメッセージが表示されました。本土到着を目前にして沈没してしまうのかなと心配したのですが、リプレイ後にマップを見ると無事に到着していました。ダメージの方はというと、前日にSys 11, Flt 54(45)だったものが、Sys 13, Flt 54(45)と、浸水被害には変化がなく、システム被害が2増えていました。このメッセージをぱっと見ると私には浸水被害が増えているのだろうとしか思えないのですが、英語に堪能な人が見るとそうでもないんでしょうか？flotation repairには浸水を減らすためのポンプの修理も含まれていて、それが失敗したからSysダメージが増えたんでしょうか？それにしてもメッセージ3回でSysダメージが2しか増えてないのも不思議で、3歩進んで1歩下がったのか？あと、このメッセージを見ながら”flotation”だとaが足りないんじゃないかと感じてしまいましたが、ぐぐってみるとaのある”floatation”はイギリスでの書き方なんだそうです。とにかく、いろいろと疑問や学びの多いゲームです。
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 22, 42
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ASW attack near Donggala at 70,96
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 33
Allied Ships
SS Truant
SS Truant is sighted by escort
SC Ch 33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 33 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Horn Island at 91,129
Japanese Ships
SS RO-67, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
xAKL Oorama
AM Dubbo
SS RO-67 is sighted by escort
AM Dubbo attacking submerged sub ....
AM Dubbo cannot reach attack position over SS RO-67
AM Dubbo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dubbo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dubbo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dubbo attacking submerged sub ....
AM Dubbo cannot reach attack position over SS RO-67
Escort abandons search for sub
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Night Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
B-26 Marauder x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
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ASW attack near Aogashima at 114,66
Japanese Ships
DD Ariake
Allied Ships
SS Drum
SS Drum is located by DD Ariake
Drum diving deep ....
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ariake is out of ASW ammo
DD Ariake is out of ASW ammo
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 51
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 51
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 76
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 62
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Lusu War Area , at 87,45 , near Chengchow
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 53
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 15 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Madang , at 97,123
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hudson III (LR) x 12
Mitchell II x 6
Bolingbroke IV x 12
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Bolingbroke IV bombing from 7000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Mitchell II bombing from 7000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Hudson III (LR) bombing from 7000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dimapur , at 62,38
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet
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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 61951 troops, 605 guns, 246 vehicles, Assault Value = 2182
Defending force 167229 troops, 670 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5075
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
70th Division
36th Division
35th Division
110th Division
32nd Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
61st Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
82nd Chinese Corps
23rd Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
91st Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
19th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
4th Group Army
5th War Area
8th Group Army
2nd War Area
7th Group Army
6th Group Army
Red Chinese Army
34th Group Army
22nd Group Army
19th Chinese Base Force
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