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April 23 - 24, 1943
INDIA: Darjeeling is ours, only 13 hexes from Paoshan, so a nice evac route for P-40k from Chungking. All the more reason to do everything possible to stall for a long time there in the last mountain redoubt. Ranjpur and Rajshashi also fall.
CENT PAC: Nauru is Allied again!! The casualties are significant, but all units are intact and we can still use the tanks and the Marine Regiment to DA again tomorrow.
At Mili BBs bombarded the base and hit only troops, not the fields, as 40 zeros jumped the bombing run, but this time there is enough protection that the bombers get through the first wave at least and take out a few on the way.
SW PAC: Beginning to load up to move on Buna and Oro Bay. All small units, but he has almost nothing there.
CHINA: Interesting turns. So far the Japanese have only tested the CAP over Paoshan and Chungking, and aren't apparently ready to commit to full strikes. He also may have to rebuild some bomber groups for a few days and move fighters, possibly even more AS, to deal with the new situation. Chungking on the other hand has decent supply, (16.5k after filling up some newly arrived zombie units and moving them out) and plenty of AS, plus a surprisingly effective set of flak guns. Now, if I can get the radar units installed ...
Nick flies a single 12 plane Tojo IIc sweep on the 23rd. The P-40K groups overwhelm them with quality pilots and quantity of planes in the air and shoot down 9 without a loss. 
I think Nick only has two Tojo IIc groups, but also has some IIb and IIa groups around. Not sure if they are still in the area, though, after they left India. He flew a 40 plane A6M5 sweep over Paoshan for two days in a row, hitting nothing as the P-40s there (9 of them) are not repairing due to low supply. I'm flying in Hellcats and Corsairs now. The fields are mending and the base is taking supply that being flown in. The (former) Burma Division is moving in. I'll do my damndest to get that division to take replacements and upgrade. If it does the tanks on their way will get a surprise. 
OZ: Tanks are poised to take back Cue and will move on Mekathera. I'd like to get fields here and be able to keep eyes on the rest of West OZ as well as building up to host some 4Es here to take on Port Hedland.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 25, 43
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Naval bombardment of Mili at 136,121 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
151 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Mississippi, Shell hits 9
BB New Mexico
DD Philip, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD LaVallette
DD Aulick, Shell hits 4
Japanese ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi
BB Mississippi firing at Mili Naval Fortress
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Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 10160 troops, 85 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 329
Defending force 7344 troops, 74 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 173
Japanese adjusted defense: 27
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1489 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 35 (25 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1583 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 55 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 53 (14 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Assaulting units:
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
5th Marine Regiment
110th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
3/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
Defending units:
18th Naval Guard Unit
Kure 5th SNLF
86th Naval Guard Unit
21st Special Base Force
7th Naval Construction Battalion
13th JAAF AF Bn
37th JAAF AF Bn
7th Air Defense AA Regiment
5th Air Defense AA Rgt /2
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Getting Nauru is nice, but this is really something to celebrate!!! 
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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 
Although Tracker has a nice "Supply/day" per airgroup so here's my total: 852 per day. I typically run 20% rest and at 4000 feet lately, but I will need to stand them down periodically due to morale. Also, weather will cancel some raids. So I'd say they fly 5 days out of 7. I don't know when I started bombing Chungking daily, but even at a very liberal estimate that's still less than 500,000 supplies. 
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