PzB74
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/24/42 Surface Combat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 21,3 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna, Shell hits 10 BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4 BB Nagato, Shell hits 6 CA Kumano, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Kitakami, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Usugumo, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Isonami Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 2 CA Devonshire, Shell hits 3 CA Cornwall, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk - magazine explodes! CA Exeter, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Danae CL Dauntless CL Birmingham CL Newcastle, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Whipple, Shell hits 2 DD Stewart DD Isis DD Paladin DD Panther, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 21,3 Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Shell hits 4 BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire - bloody Brit torpedoes carries a punch!! 40+ sys damage..grr BB Hyuga CA Mikuma DD Yukikaze DD Kasumi, Shell hits 46, and is sunk DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1 DD Ayanami, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 25, and is sunk - magazine blows CA Devonshire, Shell hits 3 CA Exeter, on fire CL Danae, Shell hits 36, on fire, heavy damage - magazine blows, sinks CL Dauntless, Shell hits 8, and is sunk CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Newcastle, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Bulmer, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Whipple, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Stewart DD Isis DD Paladin DD Panther Invasions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1028 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91) TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Tarawa, 85,91 Allied Ships DMS Zane DMS Hopkins PG Niagara DD Hatfield DD Chew DD Morris AK John C. Fremont, Mine hits 1 DD Benham AK Harry Luckenbach, Mine hits 1 Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Tarawa, 85,91, firing at TF 1028 28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK John C. Fremont AK Laida, Shell hits 1 DD Hughes Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 384 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1028 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91) TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Tarawa, 85,91 Allied Ships DMS Zane DMS Hopkins DD Anderson Coastal Guns at Tarawa, 85,91, firing at TF 1028 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CL Tromp, Shell hits 1 AP W.A. Holbrook Allied ground losses: 579 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 Ki-21 Sally x 94 Ki-48 Lily x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 79 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 126 Aircraft Attacking: All Sally and Ki-48 Lily bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk I x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk I: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbor at 28,23 Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships - these 3 small ml's mined Diamond Harbour and the Beauforts got em all... ML Katoku, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage ML Kurokami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbor at 28,23 Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships ML Ento, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x Beaufort I launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 Ki-21 Sally x 8 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet 4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 G3M Nell x 6 G4M1 Betty x 10 Ki-21 Sally x 10 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 13 destroyed, 4 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: All Betty and Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 85,91 Japanese aircraft - todays great disaster...the naval bombers at Kwajalein set to range 12 all killed themselves G3M Nell x 11 G4M1 Betty x 22 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 22 destroyed, 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 23 destroyed, 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 damaged Allied Ships AP Chaumont CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage - if this buggers would sink.... PG Niagara Aircraft Attacking: All Nell and G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 85,91 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 17 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 37 destroyed, 3 damaged - all in all I lost 39 Betties and Nells in these 2 attacks, plain horrible! Allied Ships MSW Vireo Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at Tarawa Allied Shock attack Attacking force 7659 troops, 83 guns, 29 vehicles Defending force 4824 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) - Tarawa will hold out for another day! Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 163 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Allied ground losses: 124 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Situation Report India The battlefleets engage the enemy cruiser squadron off Karachi! (See picture) All in all I have to say that I'm happy with the results, 2 Japanese destroyers were sunk while a heavy cruiser and a battleship suffered moderate damage. (A few other dd's and cl's also suffered light to moderate losses) The old Yamashiro wasn't very happy for the torpedo hit and suffered 42 sys damage and 10 fires. She'll be fine if enemy ac doesn't find here. The enemy ships are still proned to blow up - no less than 3 cruiers exploded, one even blew up twice! All in all 5 enemy cruisers and 1 or 2 destroyers were sunk. The battleships will now bombard Bombay on their way south - the plan is that they will use Panaji as forward base (One of the IJA Divisions will enter this base in 1 or 2 days, and only 2300 troops are reported to defend it) Then they will sail up and down the coast hammering Colombo, Bombay and Karachi at will! The KB will pick up the 3000 units of fuel at Trivandrum tomorrow and then head out to meet the replenishment tf - perhaps sweeping the airfields at Colombo as they go by. The carriers got a full complement of 350 ac now, their stop at Trimcomalee enabled them to get pilots and ac. I'm a little surprised cause the pilots are mostly trained I'm considering to divide the KB into 3 tf's and sweep the entire ocean east-west and north from Ceylon. Then I have to find what Allied ships that are trying to evade me! The remaining bases in India are worth in excess of 3000 points - I need to expand my lead by 4200 over the next 6 months to win. There are also 5 bb's at Diamond Harbor that should bag quite a few points, and there are hundreds of ships at Karachi - these can not escape or evacuate any troops if I keep the KB in the area. Since Bombay and Karachi got their backs to the sea, all Allied troops defending these bases will be destroyed. I can't really see that this can be accomplished without the KB around to provide aircover for my troops and bombardment tf's. I know my decision might seem controversial, but this is the reason for keeping the KB in India! Another 11 dd's and a cruiser have left Singapore for Trimcomalee. These ships will reinforce the 6 remaining operational battleships in the area. The march towards Hyderabad, Panji and Bombay continues at high speed and I hope to march towards both Jamshedpur, Dehli and Karachi in 10 days or so. I managed to disengage troops at Calcutta, and 70000 troops will march on Asansol! A regiment has also been dispatched towards Dimapur - the Allied troops retreating from Burma can't be that far away..can they!? China One of the 11 Chinese units that were observed outside one of my bases a little south of central China has now entered the base. I only got 2 regiments and a construction unit here, but several division are now on their way and the AF has moved south. A deliberate attack has also been ordered against the last enemy base in the northern territory. Afterwards there will only be 5 enemy bases left - I have to come up with a plan to divert and destroy the Chinese. This will make it possible to bag another few thousand points.... Central/South Pacific I'm not very happy about the loss of 39 naval bombers from Kwajalein - I ordered 2 Daitais to strike at 12 hexes, hoped that the Zeros at Maloelap would escort them. Of course this base was shrouded in clouds while the enemy carriers enjoyed bright sunshine Well, I had more pilots than ac for these units and replacements have already arrived. They have all been ordered to rest, Tarawa is just to expensive to defend. I will consider moving naval bombers from Burma and India to reinforce the South Pacific - I really don't need them there anyway. The KB and Army bombers can handle the situation quite well - it seems all but impossible to make them hit the enemy surface fleet in the Indian Ocean anyway. Situation Map: Surface action outside Karachi
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"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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