Sneer
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/03/43
And once again KB action is successful
I thought at first it is an invasion - but it is even better
enemy convoy intercetped between santa cruz and nanomuea atoll
I counted 22 AKs ( 8 sunk this turn , at least 7 next are heavy damaged and only 2 unscratched )
there may be even more here and some of them are loaded with troops
one of my floatplanes picked survivor and 2nd USMC Para was recognized
there are 2 options :
1. Raverdave will go in strenght to defend this convoy - i think it is possible that CV are somewhere close - Nomua / fiji / NZ
3 Uk CV - i think Victorious should be already here + Yorktown + maybe 1 cvl / cve will be too slow for this action so sth like 200 planes available to allies - force strong in fighter but not in attack planes
and it will need to be fast so no "R" class BBs with fleet - anything like this and this battle will be with my advantage
2. I will harass freely for at least next 2 days so 20-30 transports will be sunk for sure
I like when enemy has such dilemas
personaly I would like 1st option - opportunity to finish allied carriers would be great
but on raver's place I would choose 2nd - even some troops are not worth the risk
Raverdave is quite risk taking last time so maybe I'm wrong and we will see some carrier battle soon
As you may see I postponed my CV upgrades to wait and see what happen
I'm not in full strenght too and Raverdave knows this
zuiho sunk
akagi and hiyo out of action
CVEs were too slow to join
instead of them i joined Taiho
so i'm weaker than last time by ap 200 planes
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 27
A6M3a Zero x 18
B5N Kate x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Murzim, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samuel Gompers, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arided, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK George Vancouver, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Masaya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK James Schureman, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK William E. Channing, Torpedo hits 1
AK Crater
Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
B5N Kate x 10 / i have few recruits in my naval wing looks like they were here
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK William M. Stewart
AK Edwin Markham
AK Eridanus
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 9
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Celeno
AK Masaya, on fire, heavy damage
AK William M. Stewart, Bomb hits 1
AK Eridanus
AK Peter H. Burnett, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK James Schureman, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Juan Cabrillo, Bomb hits 1
AK George Ross, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 8
D3A Val x 26
D4Y Judy x 24
A6M3a Zero x 23
B5N Kate x 38
B6N Jill x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged
B6N Jill: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Cassiopeia, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Starr King, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edwin Markham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Masaya, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Leland Stanford, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK William P. McArthur, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arided, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Juan Cabrillo, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Crater, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK George Ross, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Celeno
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
< Message edited by Sneer -- 6/11/2006 9:34:00 PM >
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