wobbly
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Massive attack on his last vestiges of power.
Despite having about 9 transports in port GG the attraction of a cruiser surface force just off GG is too tempting for the base commander at GG.
major ground combat at Buna, PM and GG.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/06/42
Weather: Clear
Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 9
B-26B Marauder x 4
no losses
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
These sqds are put back to resting during the day - I will soon need them to hit PM with when my real armies arrive. The Kokoda track boys are now 20 KMs out of PM. The invasion force doesn't have to worry about the cruisers now, I will wait one more turn and then land the aussie 6th. This should be an overwhelming force: 3 full divisions (granted they are all tired) and 2 brigades that are rested.
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Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese Ships
AP Argentina Maru
Allied Ships
SS Drum
Would have been nice...
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Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42
Japanese Ships
SS I-27
Allied Ships
CLAA Atlanta, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Jarvis
My anti-invasion force instead becomes a target - I find them in GG harbour - of course they also don't attack the transports there :(
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Air attack on 144th Regiment, at 17,42
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
A-20B Havoc x 9
no losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Havoc x 1 damaged
The bombers are turned around - morale is too low - they are retired to Cooktown
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Air attack on 144th Regiment, at 17,42
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 77
B-24D Liberator x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 64
Guns lost 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
7 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
No heavies are lost, they again kill Japs, but a whole transport Tf will provide plenty of replacements I would think!
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Air attack on TF at 17,45
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M3 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBF Avenger x 18
Wirraway x 19
P-39D Airacobra x 21
P-40E Kittyhawk x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 7 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 5 damaged
Wirraway x 1 destroyed
Wirraway x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged
FO D.Ellsworth of No. 76 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 2
Japanese Ships
DD Shiranui, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Maya, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 5, on fire
CA Kumano, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Tatsuta, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Atago, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Mogami, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CA Myoko, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
His much vaunted Cruiser force - the killers of South Dakota - get some of their own medicine. The zeros above the fleet are very capable though, I lost 7 fighters to them - I don't know how many bombers.
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Air attack on TF, near Buna at 12,38
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
AG 374, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 50
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Air attack on TF, near Basilaki Island at 18,42
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
AG 111, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 73
that is a hell of alot of men in one AG!
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Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 17,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
no losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
TK Kenyo Maru, Shell hits 4
Just one 500lb bomb would have been so sweet.
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Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 17,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 20
no losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 4
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1
The P-39s are just fantastic at this role. Granted they are rubbish fighters, but those 500lb bombs are effective against everything bar the big BBs. Add straffing to this and they are a great weapon.
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Air attack on TF at 12,32
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
no losses
Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #10, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 23, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1
PC Ch 29, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Go the P-39s woohoo
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Air attack on TF at 17,45
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
TBF Avenger x 7
no losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 1 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Asashio
CA Kumano, on fire
2 torps break up on the cruiser's hull - no detonation.
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Air attack on TF at 17,45
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBF Avenger x 5
Wirraway x 17
P-39D Airacobra x 23
P-40E Kittyhawk x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4 damaged
SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
FO D.Ellsworth of No. 76 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 3
LT L. Mankin of VF-6 bails out and is CAPTURED
Japanese Ships
CA Atago, on fire
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Maya, Shell hits 48, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA Myoko, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
the afternoons attacks leave 4 of the 6 CA's heavily damaged. Only the Furutaka and the Atago may still be in battle trim, and they are on fire. Will he leave them in theatre to defend his landing... ?
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25156 troops, 331 guns, 8 vehicles
Defending force 12269 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
FLT F.Galbraith of No. 75 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 2
SLDR P. Jeffrey of No. 76 Sqn RAAF is KILLED
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 254
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 288
Guns lost 1
there are 5 (if memory serves) enemy infantry brigades at PM and they put in a very capable attack. Fortunately the Aussies hold on - with 0-1 odds they should be able to continue to do so - Help is on the way my didgery dingos hang in there!
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Ground combat at Gili Gili
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7410 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 5639 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 174
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 21
I do great damage to the Japs currently on GG but my odds are as bad as Herbie's at PM. No doubt I am about to face a whole lot more troops, on to the defensive. I have a level 5 fort at GG with 16% of level 6 complete - has he bought engineers???
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Ground combat at Buna
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 4152 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 94 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 237
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 8
The attempted snatch of Buna fails - I crush his landing. Now my aussies are out in the cold though. I will wait a few turns to stop any more attempts on Buna and then move them to DBD. I may have to fly some Dakotas to DBD to move the cavalry unit there to GG.
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My 2 surface combat Tfs are still 2 turns out of GG - the enemy transports are going ot have time to unload. The bombers at GG may have a strike against them but the weather is against this - from clear to thunderstorms in one day - oh joy!
Next turn I will aim my PM invasion at PM - the engineers from Noumea will arrive at about the same time - such is the tardiness created by the cruiser force.
My 2 transport TFs over in the SOPAC area (at Gavigmana and Wunpuko) have almost emptied their cargos and will be ready to start picking up the fatigued AAA, CD and infantry brigades who have protected the place since I put them there some months ago.
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