castor troy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/03/43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pibroch, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Edward Livingston, Mine hits 1, on fire Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1028 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported The Allied again didn´t manage it to completely unload in one turn but this doesn´t matter anymore. With the CD units and most of my inf units being knocked out due to the attack yesterday there isn´t anything left to harm the invasion... Well, 1200 mines are left but hey... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1041 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! TF 1041 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships MSW Junee MSW Ipswitch, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage MSW Horsham, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage MSW Freemantle DD Edsall AK Empire Ballad, Mine hits 1 AK Dashing Wave, Mine hits 1 APD Ward DD Barker AK Kota Radja, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage APD Schley Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1041 46 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Empire Nile, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Barker Allied ground losses: 295 casualties reported Guns lost 7 looks like the defenders discovered a still operational CD gun and put some shells into two MSWs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 DD Evertsen AK Manulani, Mine hits 1 DD Van Ghent Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1054 29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK Hamakua, Shell hits 2 DD Van Ghent AK Chatanooga City AK Santa Rita AK Santa Elisa DD Evertsen Allied ground losses: 103 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 AK Needwood, Mine hits 1 Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1060 66 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships AK West Isleta APD Crosby CL Raleigh AK Iowan, Shell hits 2 AK Coloradan, Shell hits 1 APD McKean, Shell hits 1, on fire MSW Agra, Shell hits 1 LST LST-354, Shell hits 2, on fire LST LST-343 Allied ground losses: 590 casualties reported if I look on the landings yesterday then in total the Allied units suffered quite some disablements and due to the fact that they didn´t unload in one turn we would have had a nice chance to inflict some more casualties if our adjusted av wouldn´t have been that bad and if the Allied attack wouldn´t have been that devastating to our troops sitting behind forts like this on an atoll... I know, level 9 forts are total phantasy but it´s the same as having 110.000 troops in total from both sides on this small spot... a 0:1 yesterday and another shock attack today would have made my day... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Northampton CA Chester CA Chicago CA San Francisco CA Quincy CA Vincennes Japanese ground losses: 85 casualties reported Runway hits 13 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Canton Island, at 98,99 Allied Ships CA Houston CA Wichita CA New Orleans CA Astoria CA Minneapolis Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 17 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 2 looks like most of the Allied BBs and CAs are around the invasion area... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1041 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1041 encounters mine field at Canton Island (98,99) TF 1041 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Ernest Meyer, Mine hits 1, on fire Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1054 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Canton Island, 98,99, firing at TF 1060 TF 1060 troops unloading over beach at Canton Island, 98,99 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52 Japanese aircraft J1N1-S Irving x 27 D3A Val x 54 A6M3a Zero x 59 B5N Kate x 81 G3M Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 26 Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 315 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 168 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-44-IIb Tojo bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 34 Beaufighter VIF x 19 Beaufighter VIC x 12 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 12 No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 26 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 13 IL-4c x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 14 B-25J Mitchell x 20 B-26B Marauder x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged B-25J Mitchell: 5 damaged B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25J Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 6th Base Force, at 98,99 Allied aircraft Liberator VI x 80 PV-1 Ventura x 16 PB4Y Liberator x 18 Allied aircraft losses Liberator VI: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Liberator VI bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 24 B-24D Liberator x 6 IL-4c x 3 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged IL-4c: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x IL-4c bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 42nd Division, at 46,103 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 15 B-25J Mitchell x 62 B-26B Marauder x 27 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 180 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on 64th Division, at 46,100 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 9 Beaufort I x 41 PV-1 Ventura x 92 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 205 casualties reported Guns lost 4 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet 12 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 66 G4M1 Betty x 54 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Dashing Wave, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CL Detroit, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Banner, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Charles P. Steinmetz, Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Empire Glade, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Summer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Wallingford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Nile, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Homer AK Vincent, Torpedo hits 1 AK Empire Hazlitt, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet today my bombers from Baker island decided to attack the invasion TFs and as mentiond yesterday, it seems there´s no carrier support around... This is our main strike of the day and we achieve some easy kills for nearly no loss... another Omaha class CL is heavily hit today, three torps could be enough to sink the light cruiser... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged Allied Ships CL Java AK Corrales Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Gasmata , at 59,90 Allied aircraft Barracuda x 39 P-47C Thunderbolt x 22 Allied aircraft losses Barracuda: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Barracuda bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 29 PB2Y Coronado x 1 No Allied losses Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Luganville , at 72,107 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 25 B-25J Mitchell x 35 B-26B Marauder x 20 No Allied losses Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 48 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 50 G4M1 Betty x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged Allied Ships DD Vampire AK Empire Eagle, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Concord Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet this is in the afternoon already, we launch several dispersed strikes and achieve nearl nothing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied Ships AK Modjekerto Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 9 G4M1 Betty x 7 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied Ships AK West Camargo AK Onomea Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 98,99 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 6 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied Ships APD McKean, on fire LST LST-343, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet and that´s it for today... if you don´t have carriers around that launch massive strikes then hurting an invasion with land based bombers only is near impossible if there isn´t one fat target like a couple of CVs or BBs that get attacked by massive strikes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 67,32 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 59008 troops, 607 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1225 Defending force 17704 troops, 188 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 391 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15866 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2316 Defending force 295770 troops, 1499 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 6742 Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kweiyang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22689 troops, 268 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2447 Defending force 165608 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4813 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Uglahamensk Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22410 troops, 254 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 5430 troops, 23 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 79 Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wyndham Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7622 troops, 236 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4434 Defending force 132325 troops, 768 guns, 352 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444 Allied ground losses: 340 casualties reported Guns lost 1 over 1000 troops are flown out daily now, av went down by 45 points in one day... and we will attack soon again... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Island Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8164 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 253 Defending force 80276 troops, 726 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 1585 Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported the enemy´s av has gone down by 400 points from yesterday´s attack but how should we hold... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 100381 troops, 820 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 2849 Defending force 89702 troops, 856 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1816 Japanese ground losses: 210 casualties reported Guns lost 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Townsville Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 57053 troops, 565 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 1137 Defending force 100935 troops, 1187 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1994 Japanese ground losses: 122 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Guns lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Canton Island Allied Shock attack Attacking force 78216 troops, 726 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 1582 Defending force 17304 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 253 Allied max assault: 1714 - adjusted assault: 1418 Japanese max defense: 184 - adjusted defense: 76 Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 7) Allied forces CAPTURE Canton Island base !!! Japanese ground losses: 2872 casualties reported Guns lost 24 Allied ground losses: 1492 casualties reported Guns lost 75 Vehicles lost 9 what can I say... if you think about the fact that I had nearly 500 av behind level 9 forts, massive supply and probably 7 or 8 dozen CD guns than it was just like a cakewalk for the Allied... I have seen 500 av beating up bigger invasions than this one before so the die rolls must have been pretty much one sided. Everything was done after the first shock attack... we lose an unimportant atoll 5000 miles away from the real important areas... I´m not happy with the damage we´ve inflicted though...
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