PzB74
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Well, today's good news first; Xmas Island fell and we'are finally done there.
That about sums up the good news 
As the invasion force moved closer to Port Augusta and Adelaide 8 air strikes were launched at us despite t-storms and general poor weather. In all 225 ac came out, we shot down 46 and lost 15 Zero fighters.
- 4 transports and an escort vessel sank outright and another 8 more are damaged, 4-6 of which will have to be run aground before sinking.
Our first recon over target areas indicate strong enemy formations; 12 units reported in Port Augusta alone together with 15k + troops including 200 guns and 108 tanks.
- I had not expected such a massive force in the little port town of Augusta. The massive air onslaught indicates that numerous base units already are in the area.
The conclusion is simple: We did not achieve surprise, Andy is well prepared and any attack into the Port Augusta cauldron is suicide! There is simply no other option than turning around.
Our fast transports are speeding out and heading towards Esperance. Should be another day before Andy concludes that we're going the other way.
Maybe we were over ambitious, maybe sig int gave us away; it was a good attempt but no matter what we have to adapt to reality. I needed 2-3 days to pull this off and got none.
The next question is: should we go home or should we back track and make an attempt at Perth instead?
We still have units prepped for this target. Will have to consider this, if we capture Esperance we have a starting point.
It's also possible that Andy will pursue so we will have to wait and see!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 42
Air Combat
Morning Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 72,162
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 17
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Buenos Aires Maru
xAK Shinanogawa Maru
xAP Kamo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 72,162
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 2
Beaufort V x 6
Hudson III (LR) x 3
Kittyhawk IA x 2
A-24 Banshee x 13
P-38E Lightning x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 14
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V: 2 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Johore Maru
xAP Suwa Maru
xAK Kashiwara Maru
xAP Mizuho Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 2
Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 72,162
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
A-24 Banshee x 16
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Johore Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Haruna, on fire
xAP Mizuho Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Kiku, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 71,162
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Nako Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 72,162
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 2
Hudson III (LR) x 3
Kittyhawk IA x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 16
SBD-3 Dauntless x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
Hudson III (LR): 1 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Shinanogawa Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kamo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Suwa Maru
xAK Manila Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 71,162
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
Beaufort V x 6
Hudson III (LR) x 3
A-24 Banshee x 9
P-38E Lightning x 13
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Hirokawa Maru
xAP Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Azumasan Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
330 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 71,162
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Bunzan Maru, and is sunk
Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kingscote at 71,162
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Zenyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Ground Combat
We got a bad roll today; need to rest for a day and get in more supplies.
Enemy losses were heavy so we're on the right path.
Ground combat at Alice Springs (74,143)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 10253 troops, 120 guns, 384 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 4237 troops, 35 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Japanese adjusted assault: 182
Allied adjusted defense: 203
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
398 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 35 (32 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
26th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
Yokosuka Assault SNLF /14
3rd Mortar Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
2nd Recce Battalion
3rd Australian Brigade
Tennant Creek RAAF Base Force
107th RN Base Force
10th Patl RAAF Wing
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Katherine RAAF Base Force
1st Fgtr RAAF Wing
NW Aus Aviation Rgt /15
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Ground combat at Christmas Island (174,141)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2677 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93
Defending force 679 troops, 2 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 57
Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Christmas Island !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Allied ground losses:
905 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (8 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
18th Naval Guard Unit
I/19th Naval Guard Unit
31st Infantry Rgt /6
Defending units:
Christmas USN CPNAB
E Det USN Port Svc
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Invasion Area
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