castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/02/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1045 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 49 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DMS Elliot, Shell hits 3, on fire DMS Wasmuth, Shell hits 20, on fire, heavy damage DMS Chandler, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage It´s like I´ve expected, the ongoing bomber attacks on Canton Island were the preparation for an invasion. Boy, invading Canton Island? That´s one of the targets I really don´t care and I have no idea why Miller attacks Canton... two of the DMS were hit hard, they are either part of a bombardment TF or are sent in before the BBs arrive... in any case not really a good idea. Two are hit hard but none is reported sunk... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1057 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) Allied Ships DMS Zane DMS Southard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1062 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) Allied Ships DMS Lamberton DMS Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balikpapan at 31,64 Japanese Ships DD Asagao APD APD-37 APD APD-33 APD APD-32 APD APD-31 DD Kuretake Allied Ships SS KXIV, hits 4 lol, as usual... sub in port, spotted, ASW TF moves in, acts as a target... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 84 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Chicago, Shell hits 10 CA Chester CA Northampton, Shell hits 4 BB West Virginia, Shell hits 11 BB Colorado, Shell hits 3 BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 627 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Miller didn´t fly massed Kingfisher recon yesterday and this bombardment seems therefor not having a nuke effect... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City CA Indianapolis CA Portland BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 1114 casualties reported Guns lost 16 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 42 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 8 considering the low number of eng units on the island this already comes pretty close to a nuke though... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Minneapolis CA Astoria CA New Orleans BB California BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 886 casualties reported Guns lost 12 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 40 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 4 Port supply hits 6 at this point it was obvious that there won´t be any CD fire against the invasion... nothing left... the 3000 mines at the base are not effecting the bombardments at all... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco BB Tennessee BB Pennsylvania BB Arizona Japanese ground losses: 942 casualties reported Guns lost 16 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 29 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1028 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied Ships MSW Kelowna MSW Gympie MSW Glenelg MSW Geelong DD Vendetta AK Thomas Nelson, Mine hits 1, on fire DD Vampire DD Voyager AK Empire Torrent, Mine hits 1 AK S. Hall Young, Mine hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1028 38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW Kelowna CL Concord Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 2657 casualties reported the invasion goes in, the TFs are reported as huge... looks like Miller finally figuered out how to assault an atoll... as you can see, the Japanese mines have no effect on Allied ships, just like handgrenades... I can still remember losing two dozen IJN DDs near Wyndham and Derby to mines... DDs from surface combat and bombardment TFs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1028 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied Ships MSW Kelowna MSW Gympie MSW Glenelg MSW Geelong DD Vendetta DD Vampire AK Empire Bardolph, Mine hits 2, on fire AK Empire Johnson, Mine hits 1 AK Empire Haven, Mine hits 1 DD Voyager, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1028 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 138 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 not even two mine hits are dangerous for an Allied AK... counterfire from a dedicated CD unit with five dozen CD guns and a big base force is non existing... the BBs whiped out everything... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1041 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1041 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied Ships MSW Junee MSW Ipswitch MSW Horsham MSW Freemantle APD Manley AK Tantalus, Mine hits 1 APD Ward APD Schley AK Empire Driver, Mine hits 1 DD John D. Edwards DD Edsall DD Barker Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1041 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 3403 casualties reported laying Japanese mines is obviously a waste of fuel and supplies... while Japanes mines surely weren´t comparable to Allied mines, I wonder if it´s correct that they only have 10-20% of the effect... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1054 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1054 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied Ships MSW Bittern MSW Champion MSW Oracle MSW Herald APD Dickerson AK Corrales, Mine hits 1 DD Piet Hein DD Evertsen DD Banckert AK Santa Teresa, Mine hits 1, on fire AK Mormacland, Mine hits 1, on fire APD Brooks AK Ernest Meyer, Mine hits 1 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1054 77 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Van Ghent DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1 APD Gilmer AK Tuscaloosa City, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 3826 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1060 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1060 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied Ships MSW Agra MSW Swallow MSW Starling MSW Launceton MSW Latrobe APD Dent LST LST-32, Mine hits 1 APD McKean LST LST-343, Mine hits 1 Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1060 53 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW Agra Allied ground losses: 3483 casualties reported at least an LST should be in trouble after hitting a mine? No? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Heiho , at 69,22 Allied aircraft P-40N Warhawk x 4 B-25J Mitchell x 9 MiG-3 x 51 Pe-2 x 28 Allied aircraft losses Pe-2: 1 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Pe-2 bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 J1N1-S Irving x 27 D3A Val x 54 A6M3a Zero x 59 B5N Kate x 81 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 27 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 314 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 228 Port hits 3 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 4 Boomerang II x 51 P-400 Airacobra x 71 P-39D Airacobra x 72 P-40E Warhawk x 24 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Boomerang II bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 33 Beaufighter VIF x 19 Beaufighter VIC x 11 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 10 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wallis Island , at 93,107 Allied aircraft P-40N Warhawk x 122 Allied aircraft losses P-40N Warhawk: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 113 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 33 Aircraft Attacking: 45 x P-40N Warhawk bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Khomsomalsk , at 71,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 Ic x 36 No Japanese losses morning sweep against no Cap over Khomsomalsk anymore... bombers are set to go in in the afternoon... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Base Force, at 98,99 Allied aircraft TBF Avenger x 18 Avenger I x 23 Allied aircraft losses TBF Avenger: 4 damaged Avenger I: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 9 x TBF Avenger bombing at 15000 feet it looks like a small Allied carrier TF is lurking around South of Canton but I haven´t spotted any CVs at Canton or near it... well, my bombers from Baker Island did NOT attack today... weather was fine the whole day... thank you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 50 IL-4c x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 26 damaged IL-4c: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 46th Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 27 B-25J Mitchell x 60 B-26B Marauder x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-25J Mitchell: 7 damaged B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 211 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet I´m thinking about moving in another DOZEN AA rgts... perhaps stripping Japan completely... use all AA guns from the home islands in one place and I guess you could achieve the same effect as two Allied base forces... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 64th Division, at 46,100 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 12 Beaufort I x 46 PV-1 Ventura x 113 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 188 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 65th Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 IL-4c x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 12 damaged IL-4c: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 102 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 23 P-47C Thunderbolt x 15 Allied aircraft losses Barracuda: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Barracuda bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 28 PB2Y Coronado x 1 No Allied losses Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 13 B-25C Mitchell x 33 B-25J Mitchell x 58 B-26B Marauder x 28 No Allied losses Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 102 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Khomsomalsk , at 71,25 Japanese aircraft Ki-61 Ic x 51 Ki-49 Helen x 143 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged Allied aircraft losses MiG-3: 20 destroyed B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed Pe-2: 6 destroyed B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 88 casualties reported Airbase hits 21 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 105 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet if the Allied keep flying attacks with the Russian airforce, I will keep flying attacks to destroy it... We lose 5 Helens today against a meager flak defense... with so many bombers at the base I´m not that happy about the number of enemy bombers destroyed on the ground... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 59,90 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 17 P-47C Thunderbolt x 50 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Yuki Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Barracuda bombing at 10000 feet Looks like Miller has set his Barracudas at PM to nav/airfield attack 6 hexes (max range) now. Means the ships going to Gasmata are now in real danger... the small AK is of course sunk after taking 2500 lb of bombs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Island Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12893 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Defending force 79760 troops, 674 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1969 Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported Guns lost 1 lol, there are 150.000 Allied troops trapped at Wyndham and another 70.000 are struggling to hold the area around Townsville and Cairns and Miller goes in to attack a uselss atoll far off from important areas with nearly 80.000 combat troops? That´s fine with me! I would use those 2000 assault points somewhere else though as Canton is surely nowhere as important as trying to save the troops at Wyndham... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 67,32 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 58838 troops, 605 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1217 Defending force 17648 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 387 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15883 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2314 Defending force 294548 troops, 1478 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 6724 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22686 troops, 267 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2449 Defending force 165675 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4810 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Uglahamensk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22427 troops, 255 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 5402 troops, 23 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 77 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7437 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4576 Defending force 133503 troops, 779 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489 Allied ground losses: 379 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Townsville Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15557 troops, 186 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1998 Defending force 69435 troops, 552 guns, 211 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100276 troops, 821 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 2847 Defending force 89699 troops, 856 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1813 Japanese ground losses: 132 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Townsville Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 56855 troops, 552 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132 Defending force 108931 troops, 1156 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1998 Japanese ground losses: 802 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied artillery... a deliberate attack of 250.000 fully supplied, fully prepped and 96-99 exp Japanese troops usually results in something like 2500 Allied casualties... an Allied bombardment of 552 guns ends with something like 500-900 Japanese casualties... nice ratio... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 77595 troops, 673 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 1964 Defending force 22048 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Allied max assault: 3004 - adjusted assault: 940 Japanese max defense: 373 - adjusted defense: 400 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 9) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 7 Japanese ground losses: 4096 casualties reported Guns lost 51 Allied ground losses: 3157 casualties reported Guns lost 173 Vehicles lost 7 looks like I really can´t do anything to defend my bases anymore. People consider putting 25.000 troops on an atoll total overkill in the game but when I look at my ajdusted av (and compare it with the adjusted av of out of supply troops at Wyndham) then I´m more than shocked. Been a long time since I´ve seen an atoll fall as easy as Canton will fall... the attack on the first day already makes sure that the atoll will fall either on day two or three. We lose more troops than the attack and we are sitting behind level 9 forts, fully prepped, fully supplied and the inf untis were 0 disrupted (bombardments don´t touch inf units at all)... boy, damn die rolls...
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