moses
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29 Mar:
Here's the landing on the 25th:
Naval bombardment of Adak Island, at 98,36 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
59 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Conway
DD Aulick, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Abbot, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
CL St. Louis, Shell hits 5
CA Vincennes
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 5
CA Pensacola
BB Washington
BB North Carolina
BB Pennsylvania
BB Arizona
BB Maryland
Japanese ground losses:
586 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Adak Island (98,36)
TF 1092 troops unloading over beach at Adak Island, 98,36
Allied Ships
MSW Kelowna
MSW Courtenay
DMS Chandler
DMS Boggs
DMS Trevor
DD Case
DD Lamson
DD Cummings
DD Perkins
LCVP 592L, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP 532P, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Coastal Guns at Adak Island, 98,36, firing at TF 1092
670 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Helena, Shell hits 5
DD Case, Shell hits 1
AP Pijnacker Hordijk
AP Mijer
CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 1
DD Cummings, Shell hits 3, on fire
MSW Kelowna, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
LCVP 532M
LCM 532E, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-157, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-145, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-144, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-141, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Courtenay, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-137, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
LCT LCT-63, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Perkins
LCT LCT-62
DMS Chandler
DD Lamson, Shell hits 2, on fire
LST LST-24
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 2, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
1045 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
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TF 1092 encounters mine field at Adak Island (98,36)
TF 1092 troops unloading over beach at Adak Island, 98,36
Allied Ships
MSW Kelowna, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Courtenay, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Chandler
DMS Boggs
DMS Trevor
DD Cummings, on fire
DD Caldwell, on fire
AK Empire Antelope, Mine hits 1, on fire
Coastal Guns at Adak Island, 98,36, firing at TF 1092
86 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
AP Meigs, Shell hits 1
AP Bloemfontrin, Shell hits 3, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Allied ground losses:
418 casualties reported
Well that's the bulk of it anyway. A bit bloodier then I had expected but really not as bad as it looks. I lost 4 or 5 small craft and a couple DD's. I have lots of ports nearby so the damaged ships should all be saved.
His carriers were about and I had a chance to do serious damage. I suspect he sent them over on another counter-PT boat operation. His zero's were set to attack at 100 feet and did in fact straff my Adak invasion fleet. He must have been surprised when he found 5 BB's and a huge transport fleet. Being so close I got 3 big attacks on his carriers on the 25th and 26th. On 3 occasions more then 20 A-20's made it through his CAP and launched bombing runs against his CVE's. Not a single hit!!!! That stunk because I lost a bunch of P40's fighting through the CAP.
His surface fleet stayed away but I see something that looks like a surface fleet in position to possibly attack tommorrow. If so it will strike air. I'm pulling everything out except for some PT's. The battleships will rearm for another bombardment run. The transports are headed back to Ankorage to pick up some more troops.
I may need them. On the 27th and 28th I reduced the forts from 6 to 4 but took slightly higher losses doing so. My 41st division is probably strong enough to take the island alone. I have 2-1 advantage in troops and over 10-1 in artillery. But I am disrupted enough that I will rest and bombard for the next two days. Then if his surface TF does a bombardment run tommorow it might set my operation back a bit more. So I'll get some more forces on the way even though I may not ultimately need them.
Burma: Another Indian division arrives at Akyab with another right behind it. After a couple days of bad weather the Japanese 11th division gets pounded on the 27th and 28th. It's unfortunate for Japan that this is the first unit on his Akyab troop list. It gets hit with everything every turn. So his freshest division will be ripped apart leaving the 55th and Imperial Guards division which have to be a little worn out by now.
Austrailia: He can see me coming for sure. On the Perth/Darby axis we have a little comedy as both our units divert off road I guess to avoid each other. You just can't plot long road moves around enemy forces. I have an armored unit and an infantry BDE clearing the route to Darwin and Whendym with a huge force following behind them. He may not see that yet.!!!!
Thursday Island: This may go easy. I have been bombing this location from air and see for about a week and now I can see nothing there. Not quite sure how he would evacuate without me seeing any ships. Maybe he did it by air. Or maybe his troops are hiding. I have some para's that I could send any time. But they are not fully prepped and not strong enough to face a big force alone. I'll wait a turn. My amphibious force is still a weak off but if I can't find any ground troops I may accelerate things.
Baker Island: My invasion force collects at Jarvis Island. I will hit Baker in about 10 days.
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