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6-7 November, 1943
CENT PAC: Marcus Island is cleared of Allied troops! All remaining units are destroyed by our two half-strength guard units with a haul of 1522 squads in total. That's a good bite out of the Allied cause for no gain of territory! 
Of course he'll buy those back, or may have smaller elements that were pulled out earlier. Regardless, the VPs won't go away. Looks like 409 total on the day!
There are heavy signals at PH, (an 8/8 DL but no sensitive info shown), and I'm sure Joseph is taking time to regroup after that debacle and plan the next ops. By the time he starts going he should have a significant lead in CVs, so I'll have to consider a few options for how to defend without the luxury of being able to dance with the Death Star head to head.
SUBS: The O21 picked off one of my little subchasers near Soerabaja. The first sign of Allied subs hunting in a while.
BURMA: Nothing going on but troops still not all upgraded. Supply is over 20k in several bases and the Southern Army HQ is here. Any thoughts about what else to do to get these upgraded to 43 squads?
SW PAC: I noticed some resupply efforts around Portland Roads and Horn Island. No fighters were listed in either base so I set Judys from Merauke to strike. They wiped the area clean with AM and PM sorties. Always a plus. Several small xAK down. A four plane packet ended up dropping from 10k. Never seen that form DB, and these are well trained with crews in the mid-50s EXP and 70 skill.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 7, 42
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 23
D4Y1 Judy x 18
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAK Hoihow, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hunan, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
AM Wagga
xAK Ho Kiang, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.30 Sqn RAAF with Beaufighter Ic (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ho Kiang
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hunan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Portland Roads at 91,132
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 22
D4Y1 Judy x 18
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
xAKL Wear, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Ngakuta, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
YMS BYMS-2015, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
10 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.83 Sqn RAAF with Kittyhawk III (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Wear
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Ngakuta
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Ground combat at Marcus Island (123,85)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3947 troops, 43 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 103
Defending force 8821 troops, 108 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 88
Japanese adjusted assault: 40
Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
9779 casualties reported
Squads: 200 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 946 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 124 (124 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 241 (241 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4
Assaulting units:
62nd Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 7th SNLF
2nd South Seas Gsn /2
Kwajalein Base Force
34th Ind. Engr Rgt /1
Defending units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
143rd USA Base Force /1
25th Infantry Division
1st USMC Amphb Tank Bn /1
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Ground combat at Kirakira (116,140)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 138 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17
Defending force 397 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Allied adjusted assault: 2
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Australian Para Bn /1
6th RAAF Base Force /3
Defending units:
II/84th Nav Gd /1
1st JNAF Coy /1
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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs SqzMyLemon (A) - 
You need 100 vehicle points to replace the 6 destroyed which makes sense. 
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