AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 43,445 G2 ~$ \! \' u& m+ p4 {
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Weather in hex: Clear sky& F# |' p& Y+ H/ M
( m( P1 N' L' P# s; F1 h* I4 N5 YRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
" H7 f) i& G, IEstimated time to target is 10 minutes! u* c+ o9 F$ s* s: o
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B-25C Mitchell x 6) l: y3 l+ L! Z0 j1 D% `# I p
`4 i6 e* F1 {. C( w& v$ FNo Allied losses
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$ x2 n& c7 i- ^5 kJapanese Ships0 k5 q" @- N+ S+ @! I
E Yaeyama+ q: N$ D X* R* a- H! s! n
AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 12 h& G* r. ~ \4 |
在印度偷袭我运输船的AV直接被轰炸机命中一弹
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3 y+ {8 @' }, h9 ~5 ^# A) b同时在南太,趁骑士开始澳东北战略,米军夺回了坎顿岛。岛上两个海警队已经炸成渣了,毫无抵抗之力,此战为米军第一次反攻登陆,米军反击大幕由此拉开。。。
; X8 e% y( t1 t0 _: s0 ]- o, cGround combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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/ @9 B7 |0 c# X: r2 Z BAllied Shock attack
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0 e1 [% V, R7 ] K6 y& xAttacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
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* x0 f4 D1 E* k: ODefending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Z' k" o: G" K( \% s6 V8 H! Z
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Allied adjusted assault: 97
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5) - O- {0 Z5 a. @0 c/ ~/ {" B8 _* e
$ b2 Q2 L8 \6 I3 PAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!& w" h7 E/ _* p" D
4 ^+ M% {4 p8 L |Combat modifiers
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6 k- X) e! ?; o- g! cJapanese ground losses:7 T7 m- J' T& }; C
823 casualties reported2 t, Y S2 u, T4 _! D: V9 g( k% C
Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
! a2 a1 f9 [3 Q! K2 w6 L Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 u, x: u4 R' ]4 V$ F/ F Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. j0 Q/ G6 _$ j' R1 X Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
. E0 v: C' o3 U8 q2 ?; a: ] Units destroyed 2
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0 V7 D) P( j2 K& r$ h) _Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 G) l( V- b7 {* U, G8 o
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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% Q: `% I5 p( }( S2 r Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)$ D4 `- V4 a9 j' D2 u# v: H2 @
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)# o1 l6 S, R% I5 e, P$ J
1 \, g3 O# E6 ~) YAssaulting units:
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754th Tank Battalion. s \& W: |. G( ?# v
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion/ x+ g0 \4 X1 g1 }2 c) y8 N W
762nd Tank Battalion! P9 v' c) o/ V/ y9 h! d' v/ v
4th USMC Tank Battalion
# i6 O# F2 D* v# o; v! O% x 766th Tank Battalion
4 b" E$ ?7 d" S; E7 k: X; `6 ~ 3rd USMC Tank Bn /3, X1 O4 i/ A, {4 S3 r
155th USA Base Force( k2 s3 @ n# v# G# V4 F% J5 H
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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46th Naval Guard Unit
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