Attack Condor
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(This post dedicated to the FBs and PT boats who did some damage to the IJN this turn)
The subs strike again. I don’t know where Quark’s ASW escorts are, and, frankly – I have no compunction about culling the APs if he will leave them unprotected. The carriers seem to be gone, no airborne ASW – that’s the one aspect of Quark’s ASW effort that does scare me.
Well, that, and the 16 barges at GG. No way will I send a sub into that deathtrap.
Today’s combat report:
[I]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/11/42
Weather: Thunderstorms
Sub attack at 8,55
Allied Ships
SS S-42
[B]When in doubt, dive[/B]
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Sub attack at 7,55
Japanese Ships
AP Keisho Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-43
[B]When not in doubt, shoot[/B]
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Air attack on Cairns , at 7,56
Allied aircraft
Hudson x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson x 9 damaged
Attacking Level Bombers:
8 x Hudson at 6000 feet
[B]This is the very last of the Hudson raids for a couple of weeks. All Hudsons are at Brisbane for R&R.[/B]
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Sub attack at 8,55
Japanese Ships
AP Boston Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
SS S-42
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 23
[B]Another sub commander not in doubt[/B]
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Sub attack at 9,54
Japanese Ships
AP Tokai Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
[B]In every navy, there is usually one albatross. Methinks poor Grenadier is ours[/B]
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Air attack on 21st Aus Brigade, at 7,57
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 14
G4M1 Betty x 15
no losses
Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet
14 x G3M Nell at 6000 feet
[B]Another ground attack raid, yielding only experience and fatigue[/B]
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Air attack on TF, near Innisfail at 7,57
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 48
P-39D Airacobra x 93
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 7 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 4 damaged
PO2 E.Minami of F1/Tainan Daitai is credited with kill number 2
Japanese Ships
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 20, on fire
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 36, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yugumo, Shell hits 48, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Ariake, Shell hits 32, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
[B]Nothing as spectacular as a 1000 lb bomb tearing open an ammunition storage locker or anything, but every weapon on these aircraft penetrated the ships’ armor. As Quark put it when he hit Yorktown, “How do you like the new skylights?”[/B]
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Innisfail at 7,57
Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ariake, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
Allied Ships
PT 38
PT 60
[B]Wounded by the strafing attacks, the destroyers face a new threat. The coordination here was beautiful to see. One can imagine the sailors watching the planes fly away, only to hear a cry of “torpedo!!” as the little plywood craft zoom in, launch their torpedoes and speed away without a scratch(btw, my first PT boat attack in U/V)[/B]
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Something new, there are now 2300+ IJN troops at Innisfail, probably brought in by the destroyers my planes chewed up. Fortunately, 2 of the 3 INF BDEs should be there at Innisfail by morning, and the third by the following day. I expect Quark to use a shock attack and try to re-take Innisfail. I wonder how many of the 2300 are combat troops.
He still has an awful lot of troops at Cairns, and it looks like he’s settling in for the duration, and planning a victory on points (he’s about 6000 points ahead of me).
Intentions (and sub use doctrine) to follow.
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