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7.1.1942 DAY OF TRIUMPH
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SS Sailfish hits yet another mine and I don’ think we’ll have to worry about this one any more:
TF 327 encounters mine field at Tsushima (103,56)
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
CENT.PAC. AREA
SSI - 1 gets ASW-d again but this time damage is serious with 65 float and 56 sys and no friendly port in sight...
ASW attack near Suva at 132,160
Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DMS Elliot
SS I-1 is sighted by escort
I-1 bottoming out ....
DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Elliot attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Elliot cannot establish contact with SS I-1
DMS Elliot cannot establish contact with SS I-1
DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
In far East, invasion of Midway begins:
Pre-Invasion action off Midway Island (158,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CL Tatsuta
CL Oi, Shell hits 1
CL Abukuma
CL Katori
PB Nagata Maru
AMC Kongo Maru
DD Yayoi
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Midway Island (158,91)
TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Midway Island, 158,91
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
6 troops of a SNLF HMG Squad accidentally lost during unload of 61st Nav Gd /1
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 61st Nav Gd /1
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Maizuru 2nd SNLF
7.7mm T99 AAMG lost overboard during unload of Maizuru 2nd SNLF
Invasion Support action off Midway Island (158,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
50 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Shell hits 1
CL Tatsuta
CL Oi
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 2
CL Katori, Shell hits 1, on fire
AMC Kongo Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
PB Nagata Maru
Slow KB provides close air support to the invasion:
Morning Air attack on 6th Marine Defense Battalion, at 158,91 (Midway Island)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 91 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
B5N1 Kate x 12
B5N2 Kate x 25
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 116th USAAF Base Force, at 158,91 (Midway Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
D3A1 Val x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Midway Island (158,91)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4393 troops, 42 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 182
Defending force 2127 troops, 44 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Japanese adjusted assault: 61
Allied adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Midway Island !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 7 destroyed
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
388 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1695 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 104 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 65 (65 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (71 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
52nd Naval Guard Unit
61st Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
116th USAAF Base Force
6th Marine Defense Battalion
This is truly marvelous achievement! An major base so close to US shipping lines, with airfield size 4 and possible port size 4 too will become our main Betty, SS and surface raider base for Eastern Pacific and main thorn in US side! We’ll hurry to bring in major constructing teams to build up forts, support vessels to rearm and refuel ships and also to enable search. After that, base will become a home to an air flotilla HQ, naval HQ and possible even Wake CD. In conjecture with Johnston and Palmyra it could become one of pillars of future siege of Hawaii... We'll see...
SS I-19 manages to torpedo an DD off the coast of San Fran - this will add to already horrendous DD losses for the Allies:
Submarine attack near San Francisco at 217,71
Japanese Ships
SS I-19
Allied Ships
DD Brooks, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-19 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Brooks
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