obvert
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August 3, 1945 A DD raider hits a big convoy near Iwo Jima, but Grace's from that base hit back later, putting it in jeopardy. I'll try to end it with some FP strikes tomorrow if possible. The Allies sink a gaggle of little PBs and xAKL in Balikpapan with a small night strike. Manila is attacked and will falll soon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 3, 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Haha-jima at 112,78, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships E No.134, Shell hits 8, and is sunk PB Wa 9, Shell hits 10, and is sunk PB Kyo Maru #3 PB Rokko Maru, Shell hits 1 PB Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire xAK Borneo Maru xAK Italy Maru xAK Karachi Maru xAK Victoria Maru xAK Eihuku Maru xAK Gokoku Maru #2 xAK Keihuku Maru xAK Kinkai Maru xAK Midori Maru xAK Nagato Maru xAK Nikki Maru xAK Sinsei Maru xAK Tohuku Maru xAK Ume Maru, Shell hits 4 xAK Kuwayama Maru xAK Hokumai Maru xAK Kyokusei Maru Allied Ships DD Vesole Reduced sighting due to 21% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 21% moonlight: 4,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Japanese Ships PB Magane Maru, Bomb hits 1 PB Kunitu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire PB Kamitu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAKL Raizan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tateyama Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Hakata Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage SC CHa-1, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage PB Akagane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire SC CHa-3, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage PB Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Kamitsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Honan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Kokuei Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet Port Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 112,78 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft B7A2 Grace x 25 Japanese aircraft losses B7A2 Grace: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied Ships DD Vesole, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 18 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x B7A2 Grace releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Vesole Banzai! - Hirano E. in a B7A2 Grace is willing to die for the Emperor Banzai! - Kurihara O. in a B7A2 Grace is willing to die for the Emperor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lingga at 50,87 Japanese Ships E No.40 Allied Ships SS Statesman, hits 24, heavy damage SS Statesman is sighted by escort E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12678 troops, 82 guns, 1352 vehicles, Assault Value = 848 Defending force 14899 troops, 75 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 215 Allied adjusted assault: 305 Japanese adjusted defense: 291 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3387 casualties reported Squads: 70 destroyed, 125 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 31 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 42 (13 destroyed, 29 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 30 (1 destroyed, 29 disabled) Assaulting units: 711th Tank Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 3rd USMC Tank Bn /2 CenPac Amphib Tank Brigade 2/6th Armoured Rgt /1 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 44th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 706th Tank Bn /2 815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th USMC Tank Battalion 4th USMC Tank Bn /2 Defending units: 43rd Naval Guard Unit 21st Ind. Engr Rgt /2 41st Naval Guard Unit 1st South Seas Det. 88th Nav Gd /4 8th Garrison Unit /2 7th JNAF AF Unit 87th JAAF AF Bn 79th JAAF AF Bn /1 8th JAAF AF Coy 35th Const Co /2 14th JAAF AF Bn 9th JNAF Coy 9th Fleet 19th Army 83rd Nav Gd /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lots of Soviets moving around. It looks like nothing is coming directly from the Vlad area yet. Fighters have disappeared. No air action at all up here.
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