castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Chokai DD Tanikaze DD Yamagumo DD Ariake DD Akatsuki DD Fubuki DD Usugumo Allied Ships PT PT-176 PT PT-178, Shell hits 15, and is sunk PT PT-186 due to the enemy fighters being back at Lautern I´ve decided to send in the cruisers (once again...). We meet the usual PT plague but this time they are surprised and after one is sunk the TFs break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Lautem at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Takao CA Chokai DD Tanikaze DD Yamagumo DD Ariake DD Akatsuki DD Fubuki DD Usugumo Allied Ships PT PT-169 PT PT-177, Shell hits 21, and is sunk PT PT-181 same with the second PT squadron, they are surprised, one is shot to pieces and then the TFs break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78 Japanese Ships CA Chokai CA Takao Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Guns lost 2 and then the two heavy cruisers nuke the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1019 encounters mine field at Darwin (36,84) Allied Ships MSW Tamworth MSW Kalgoorlie there´s not much left of the recently laid Type 88 mines... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Madras , at 18,21 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 20 Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 9 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Buffalo I bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Pamakasan , at 24,66 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 33 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 35 No Japanese losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Bulla , at 40,75 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36 Ki-49 Helen x 61 Ki-46-II Dinah x 1 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Catalina I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 75 Aircraft Attacking: 34 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet wonder if Miller keeps his ac at this base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 55 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 Blenheim IV x 11 B-25C Mitchell x 129 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 3 damaged Blenheim IV: 11 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 54 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 11000 feet 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet the Tojos have been withdrawn and now Zeroes are flying LRCAP. The Zero isn´t a bomber killer, all that they are able to do is to scare the enemy bomber crews with their 7.7 mm MGs when the bounce off the armored cockpits... most of the bombers turn back but one and a half dozen bombers drop their loads over the base... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 37 Wellington III x 39 B-17E Fortress x 58 B-24D Liberator x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged Wellington III: 16 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 32 damaged Japanese ground losses: 139 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 151 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 12000 feet 5 x Blenheim IV bombing at 12000 feet 19 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 12000 feet 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 12000 feet the 4E monsters show up also of course, nuking the base again... the remaining Zeroes damage a couple of bombers, even manage to take two 4Es down, flak acounts for a couple of bombers more shot down... as it looks now it seems that my LRCAP could at least damage enough bombers to get the airfield operational again as the unescorted bombers will turn back if running repeatadly into fighters... but for now, the base is 100% damaged... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 103 Ki-49 Helen x 112 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 7 P-40E Warhawk x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 24 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 5 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 125 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet I´m more than amazed that Miller didn´t move a hell a lot more fighters to Lautern. As I´ve never seen the runway damage reaching 0% I guess the airbase is 100% damaged and this will make servicing his ac problematic. The Zeroe escorts didn´t have much problem with the fighters on Cap and the enemy also had very low morale turning back after some of their comrades were shot down... Hit rate of the bombers was "ok as well as the loss rate as we destroyed at least more ac on the ground than we lost bombers... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 31 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed Spitfire Vb: 2 destroyed Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet the majority of this strike failed to locate the target... that´s a common happening for our bombers... but in total losses we achieved another good result today... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 99 B5N Kate x 12 G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-27 Nate x 34 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 158 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 154 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Koumac , at 67,111 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 25 SBD Dauntless x 16 Spitfire Vb x 12 P-36A Mohawk x 11 P-40E Warhawk x 13 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Spitfire Vb bombing at 2000 feet looks like a lot of the USMC Wildcats have been replaced with Army fighters... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35 Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 A-20B Boston x 14 No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A-20B Boston bombing at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Sasebo 2nd SNLF, at 86,114 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 24 Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 6 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 16 x P-40E Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 14260 troops, 458 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4407 Defending force 62826 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1743 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16052 troops, 202 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3516 Defending force 212842 troops, 541 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5747 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chengtu Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 10610 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 358 Defending force 43431 troops, 514 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 904 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Suva Allied Shock attack Attacking force 46996 troops, 636 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1123 Defending force 12776 troops, 46 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied max assault: 1972 - adjusted assault: 2930 Japanese max defense: 180 - adjusted defense: 319 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Suva base !!! Japanese ground losses: 353 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Allied ground losses: 519 casualties reported Guns lost 25 after the initial success in the defence of Suva, unfortunately the base fell easily today... have already moved out fragments of all units and will bring out more troops, I don´t expect to lose any of the units completely and they will be rebuilt within the next two months I guess...
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