[font="Times New Roman"]July 24, 1942[/font]
On the 24th the Allied fleets retire and the KB moves up toward Indochina. Just one hex in from of a bunch of subs. Most are "seen" but some are not, still.
Soem tense battles over Malaya, as we sent the 4Es after Temuloh, the biggest inland base the Japanese still have.
The troops at Johore do good work again today.
Tomorrow some surprises, I hope.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR July 24, 1942
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Submarine attack near Jesselton at 67,83
Japanese Ships
xAP Tango Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS L-14
xAP Tango Maru is sighted by SS L-14
SS L-14 launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Tango Maru
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Sub attack near Balabac at 68,83
Japanese Ships
xAP Palau Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KX
SS KX launches 4 torpedoes
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Morning Air attack on Temuloh , at 50,78
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 34
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Temuloh , at 50,78
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18
P-400 Airacobra x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-56 Thalia: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-57-I Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Temuloh , at 50,78
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Temuloh , at 50,78
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-39D Airacobra sweeping at 28000 feet
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Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3391 troops, 35 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 103
Defending force 652 troops, 2 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Ichiki Det.
2nd Fleet
5th Field Construction Battalion
20th AA Regiment
21th JNAF AF Unit
Defending units:
150th RAC Regiment
26th Indian Bde /2
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Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33756 troops, 517 guns, 380 vehicles, Assault Value = 1168
Defending force 22351 troops, 155 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 495
Allied adjusted assault: 1150
Japanese adjusted defense: 107
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2077 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 180 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
683 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
18th British Division
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
9th Indian Division
2nd Aus Hvy AA Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
109th RAF Adv Base Force
113th RAF Adv Base Force
134th Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Rgt /3
Defending units:
2nd/B Division
56th/C Division
56th/A Division
2nd/A Division
56th/B Division
2nd/C Division
4th/C Div /1
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