GreyJoy
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Smeulders and Blacksheep, thanks so much for your words and for enjoying the AAR.It's a pleasure to have you here and i'm sorry if i cannot give u a warmer welcome but during these vacations i have very little time to remain connected on the net and even littler to update... Mar 26, 27 43 Another turn of "quiet" before the storm... He sent few little sweeps over Tassa and Tulagi, opposed by 5/10 P-39s...minor battles occurred without any real victor. The KB seems to have been moved back to Rabaul (probably to embark the first A6M5s that are coming online). Only minor shipping movements at his front line bases (Russell, Thousands and Auki). He uses single-ship TFs to bring engeneers and supplies to his bases that are full of planes (more than 430 fighters spotted in the named bases). Our 1st USMC Para BN conquered back Rennell Is. as planned. Our 4Es smashed Auki, closing the base and destroying more than 50 enemy planes on the ground, losing 6 4Es in the process... We sent from Ndeni 3 TFs of DDs to sweep Thousand Ships bay...we found and sunk a lot of minor xAKLs and PBs of various sizes for no losses on our side.His Vals tried to attack us but were unable to get my fast and nimble ships. Tomorrow we'll bring back our CAP on Karaikira, where a couple of TFs will unload another Inf rgt and a strong AA regiment. In India he keeps on pounbding Karachi, keeping the base shut (i only have there left 500 eng which are not enough to provide a constant daily recovery after the bombardments He's using 200 Helens over Karachi, heavily escorted, and more 100 Sallies over my advancing troops. At Multan we're counting more than 130 units...i have 8000 AVs marching towards Multan... ...i know that i'm running the risk of being defeated there...but i wanna see what he really has there...an army HQ and 4 divisions is what i'm sure about... Less than 1 week for the Hellcats...can't wait. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Toyotu Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Craven DD Gridley DD McCall DD Maury -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Sansei Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Craven DD Gridley DD McCall DD Maury -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Okiyu Maru, Shell hits 56, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Craven DD Gridley DD McCall DD Maury -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAKL Ganges Maru, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Genkai Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Hokuhi Maru, Shell hits 23, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Craven DD Gridley DD McCall DD Maury -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Auki , at 115,136 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 22 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36 Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 12 B-24D Liberator x 24 B-24D1 Liberator x 36 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 30 Airbase supply hits 16 Runway hits 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Busho Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Laffey DD Duncan DD Van Galen Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships APD Yuzuki, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Laffey DD Duncan DD Van Galen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Shirogane Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Laffey DD Duncan, Shell hits 1 DD Van Galen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Russell Islands at 113,136, Range 17,000 Yards Japanese Ships CM Naryu, Shell hits 18, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Laffey DD Duncan DD Van Galen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Auki , at 115,136 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 9 A6M3a Zero x 8 A6M5 Zero x 9 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 30 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft B-17F Fortress x 3 B-24D Liberator x 24 B-24D1 Liberator x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged A6M3a Zero: 7 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 4 damaged Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 10 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 19 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 23 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 65
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