Lam0ttePicquet
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42-02-24 Noumea bombardment An allied TF made of CA Pensacola, CL Leander, Achilles, Ceres, Caledon and DD Le Triomphant surprised (again) 3 cargo and 2 PB at anchor. PB Nanpo Maru, PB Syozui Maru, xAK Sanko Maru, xAK Arabia Maru and xAK Momokawa Maru were all sunk. Noumea bombardment was effective: Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 11 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tatutaki Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Koei Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Teiyo Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Tatumiya Maru, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Light Industry hits 2 Resources hits 1 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 55 Port hits 9 Port supply hits 2 Air / naval battle, North of Noumea Several allied transports - loaded with troops - were spotted North of Noumea during morning. Unfortunately for them, japanese carriers were around. A first wave of 26 B5N2 and 22 D3A1 sealed the fate of several ships: xAP Le Maire, Don Esteban, Klang and S'Jacob were sunk for sure. 3 other xAP were left damaged. A second wave of 26 B5N2 and 43 D3A1 eliminated xAP Rooseboom, Perak, Ipoh and Pijnacker Hordijk. Burma, Pegu combats: 15th Army tried to blow the lock thanks to heavy artillery arrival. However, the day finished with 1900 casualties on IJA side versus 600 on allied side. Burma, Mandalay: I./143rd and III./143rd infantry battalions attacked the the town where 4500 british troop were entrenched: score of parity with 200 losses on each side.
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