PzB74
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Sometimes I think Andy is psychic Yesterday he hit a troop convoy of Tacloban and invaded Zamboanga 1 day before a troop convoy arrived there. Today destroyers appeared at Zamboanga and the carriers had sprinted into perfect position to hit whatever remnants they could find... The problem with these 'leaps' Honda, is that they are almost impossible to wipe out. 1 hour after paras secure a base 150 enemy ac will be moved in - even before the arrival of Base Force equippment. Today 50 Corsairs were on CAP over Zamboanga and 2 CV TFs parked outside. As we know it takes 1000 Zekes to match 50 Corsairs...so now it will only be a question of time before more troops have been airlifted in. A perfect executed attack by Andy - all honor to him! I told him that his frontline looks like an old crooked twig by now We manage to destroy a few ac on the ground and shoot down 16 Dakotas through LRCAP. The loss of Zamboanga is painful and I will attempt to reclaim it. Easy it will not be and I have to ignore the heavy losses that will be incurred. There are several divisions that can be utilized, the problem is how to get them ashore. So the Combined Fleet has sortied and will arrive within a week. It may already be too late by then, but we'll see. A heavy CAP has been moved into the adjacent bases and I will try to hit Zamboanga with a super heavy bomber attack. If we can close the airfields Andy may find it difficult to reopen them without enough supplies. Our best interceptors will be but on CAP or LRCAP in the region and attempt to protect the fleeing troop ships. Perhaps it is possible to make the enemy TFs vulnerable by weakening their CAP? In a week the KB will arrive with 500 ac and the Nihon Kaigun. By then we should have 9 Kamikaze groups ready for action. Somehow we have to try to turn this incident into a victory!! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/19/44 Sub/ASW Attacks ASW attack at 24,52 Japanese Ships MSW W.14 PC Shonan Maru #17 PC Fumi Maru #3 PG Nikkai Maru Allied Ships SS Cavalla, hits 9, on fire, heavy damage - another sub for Dave Jones locker.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surface Combat A bit spooky how these 4 dd's appeared today! The transports hadn't even been spotted by the enemy.... Night Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 39,59 Japanese Ships MSW Aoi Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk MSW Choun Maru #8, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk PG Magan Maru AP Kisaragi Maru AP Shirashika Maru AP Tarushima Maru AP Tsunushima Maru, Shell hits 2 AP Haisho Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire AP Konsan Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Burns, Shell hits 1 DD Swanson, Shell hits 3 Japanese ground losses: 441 casualties reported Guns lost 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 39,59 Japanese Ships MSW Choyo Maru #2 MSW Kyo Maru #1 AP Giyu Maru AP Gosei Maru AP Hakutetsu Maru #13, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AP Heiku Maru AP Hokumyo Maru Allied Ships DD Caperton DD Capps Japanese ground losses: 610 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 17 D4Y Judy x 26 Ki-21 Sally x 20 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 46 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zeke: 17 destroyed D4Y Judy: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Zamboanga , at 39,59 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 15 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 14 F4U-1D Corsair x 46 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 4000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 40,60 Allied aircraft F6F Hellcat x 6 SB2C Helldiver x 26 TBM Avenger x 16 Allied aircraft losses SB2C Helldiver: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AP Haisho Maru AP Kisaragi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire PG Magan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AP Tsunushima Maru AP Tarushima Maru AP Shirashika Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ground Combat Emirau falls without almost without opposition! Ground combat at Emirau Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 952 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 160 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied max assault: 68 - adjusted assault: 70 Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 70 to 1 (fort level 9) Allied forces CAPTURE Emirau Island base !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zamboanga The current situation: The Combined Fleet should move in west of Manila within cover of LBA. Should be possible to bomb Zamboanga back into the stone age with battleships! Several troop convoys will stand ready to move in.
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