Spidery
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September 15th 1942 Air Losses: 11 Japanese, 8 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific An Allied cruiser force pursues to very close to Rabaul and engages an ASW task force. DD Hamakaze is lost. quote:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Feni Islands at 107,127, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Astoria, Shell hits 1 CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1 DD Benham DD Ellet, Shell hits 2 DD Stack, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Sterett, Shell hits 2 This enemy force then seems to have vanished but a different one is subject to repeated air attack: quote:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 12 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Minneapolis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 7 D3A1 Val x 8 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Minneapolis, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA New Orleans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Woodlark Island at 106,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 10 D3A1 Val x 30 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Wilson CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Lang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 15 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Lang Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Minneapolis 4 Seagull show up as ground losses on the day so I assume one of the CA has been sunk. This matches the VP tally. The SS Gar hits a mine at Buka. Various Allied and Japanese SS are subject to air attacks with claimed hits. CVL Zuiho is one hex from Rabaul and now has 62/71/22/11 damage. CV Zuikaku also has one hex to go and is at 52/48/40 damage Burma Allied cruiser forces bombard Akyab. Light damage to troops but some damage to base facilities and supplies lost. China Another good attack near Chungking quote:
Japanese ground losses: 1489 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 112 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 11799 casualties reported Squads: 497 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 540 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 18 (13 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 116th Division 13th Division 104th Division 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 28th Mountain Gun Regiment 7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 4th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 26th Chinese Corps 74th Chinese Corps Air strikes continue to do damage. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet
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