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6 _. T! E* \ {$ [9 h
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$ C( w5 H) J* P% v ~7 x7 I o
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+ p/ {5 q* ?4 V) a( M
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0 B7 Q, ?, U$ i4 d) y4 GMorning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 " n# b! U4 u9 x* N, {- _" _8 V
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
8 ?4 f% i2 B' v7 ]% qEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 n0 \0 _: A$ \' q( F* }9 x8 S G3M2 Nell x 19' V" p( Y+ K0 ~% Y8 [% N
G4M1 Betty x 175 X) }( V* @; P. ?7 b% x1 i: r
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Allied aircraft
0 t+ v* c8 B; m) ?1 x H81-A3 x 46
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. u$ j1 z7 b/ Q; b( {Japanese aircraft losses# P4 W9 H9 P3 T# ]/ }2 J
G3M2 Nell: 11 destroyed# B" M" ^' s5 x. y3 m, d
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak8 d& R0 X8 }+ R. o5 u0 D8 p
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
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No Allied losses) C% q7 h) r; L' x r
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4 E7 F; e# R* n8 k. p/ v( S+ vGround combat at 90,32 (near Paotow); Q6 v& M9 } e! O4 ]
8 E/ m6 N" o: C8 ^. C$ ZJapanese Shock attack, @6 g! G* B* H2 ?& }/ v; h
8 E8 {3 b% U) `- ^1 f8 ]Attacking force 672 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
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6 s3 |9 Z4 Q8 W$ c! |Defending force 18450 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 506; a* o' t: P; v f; e
# o& p3 ?( J- S4 p8 DAssault collapses, attacking force wiped out
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Japanese ground losses:
8 C" v! E6 Z9 S2 V1 p" e5 c 826 casualties reported
/ K0 H5 H8 r9 Z) w9 v Squads: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ H3 C) [# V, x2 q: K% D! q Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled8 X4 F1 t8 a# e `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, H! Q) F6 I, }: c5 G5 @
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
5 Q: j4 [0 u" r: ~ Units destroyed 1- m2 Y& A$ O, T& Y
; ?7 D. f0 J% B; m! I( dAssaulting units:* u. \ v" J3 [2 F5 F! x) e9 k
1st Ching An Tui Brigade& `" v* w0 m& K
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Defending units:+ h# g' L5 s9 m9 j) X" s6 z* M
11th Chinese Corps
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3rd Prov Chinese Corps
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6 r1 U! Q" X" W: r% s; ~% |: WGround combat at 79,55 (near Kukong)
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7 x( X6 W) Z: V* u4 B1 ]. DAllied Shock attack2 s1 Q. X! q5 [ v5 ?
- C r' l+ z9 @! g6 d# yAttacking force 21168 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 633
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8 R) i2 ]! @3 M! ODefending force 4733 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1219 Q6 F/ ^* q9 G; S% \: o2 ?7 N- `
, l5 h) ^& L' g$ v6 ?: q5 g7 ^ sAllied adjusted assault: 369
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2 t& |/ \& G8 c! k- t( x0 I6 U; |Japanese adjusted defense: 43 0 P1 D( q, x- o3 h5 y+ {
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Allied assault odds: 8 to 1
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1 u# S% b/ c% g; T0 pCombat modifiers
/ [* _, E! t* N/ v3 o4 ]Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), supply(-)
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% I! C! T+ ?$ h! sJapanese ground losses:4 Y r* P! X* f* ?
1817 casualties reported
3 b, y6 N' h& T Squads: 46 destroyed, 110 disabled1 e4 K: ]' H$ ]- A5 g
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 23 disabled& W' ~3 b% l5 y+ `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 W9 X. p( b; G5 s! ?6 \) k Guns lost 38 (11 destroyed, 27 disabled)0 @. Y$ Y( r# S9 w/ ?! Z
Units retreated 2. o a/ K- P+ d9 @9 x
3 n6 c8 W8 z7 k' h. lAllied ground losses:
0 P! c/ o+ q9 B+ M* }7 L 189 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 c, \+ q9 d* f# w
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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+ Z5 A Z \$ _/ z7 [' M$ o! EDefeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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Assaulting units:
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12th Group Army
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102nd Infantry Regiment
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