Sneer -> RE: boring turn (6/11/2006 9:15:50 PM)
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/43 And once again KB action is successful I thought at first it is an invasion - but it is even better enemy convoy intercetped between santa cruz and nanomuea atoll I counted 22 AKs ( 8 sunk this turn , at least 7 next are heavy damaged and only 2 unscratched ) there may be even more here and some of them are loaded with troops one of my floatplanes picked survivor and 2nd USMC Para was recognized there are 2 options : 1. Raverdave will go in strenght to defend this convoy - i think it is possible that CV are somewhere close - Nomua / fiji / NZ 3 Uk CV - i think Victorious should be already here + Yorktown + maybe 1 cvl / cve will be too slow for this action so sth like 200 planes available to allies - force strong in fighter but not in attack planes and it will need to be fast so no "R" class BBs with fleet - anything like this and this battle will be with my advantage 2. I will harass freely for at least next 2 days so 20-30 transports will be sunk for sure I like when enemy has such dilemas personaly I would like 1st option - opportunity to finish allied carriers would be great but on raver's place I would choose 2nd - even some troops are not worth the risk Raverdave is quite risk taking last time so maybe I'm wrong and we will see some carrier battle soon As you may see I postponed my CV upgrades to wait and see what happen I'm not in full strenght too and Raverdave knows this zuiho sunk akagi and hiyo out of action CVEs were too slow to join instead of them i joined Taiho so i'm weaker than last time by ap 200 planes Day Air attack on TF at 80,100 Japanese aircraft D3A Val x 27 A6M3a Zero x 18 B5N Kate x 37 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 1 damaged B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage AK Murzim, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Samuel Gompers, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Arided, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK George Vancouver, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Masaya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK James Schureman, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK William E. Channing, Torpedo hits 1 AK Crater Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 6 B5N Kate x 10 / i have few recruits in my naval wing looks like they were here No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK William M. Stewart AK Edwin Markham AK Eridanus Day Air attack on TF at 80,100 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 9 D4Y Judy x 27 B6N Jill x 18 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Celeno AK Masaya, on fire, heavy damage AK William M. Stewart, Bomb hits 1 AK Eridanus AK Peter H. Burnett, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK James Schureman, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Juan Cabrillo, Bomb hits 1 AK George Ross, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Day Air attack on TF at 80,100 Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zeke x 8 D3A Val x 26 D4Y Judy x 24 A6M3a Zero x 23 B5N Kate x 38 B6N Jill x 14 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate: 1 damaged B6N Jill: 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Cassiopeia, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Starr King, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage AK Edwin Markham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Masaya, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Leland Stanford, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK William P. McArthur, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Arided, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Juan Cabrillo, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Crater, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK George Ross, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Celeno Allied ground losses: 114 casualties reported Guns lost 1
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