KB既然来了,就要小赚点油钱再回去吧!!6月24日,KB小小捞了点鱼,将盟军的一小队运兵船剿灭。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Christmas Island at 183,1375 Z) j8 p/ Y' Q8 f5 _; B
& }- c2 _4 }+ lWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, @! r3 V% q; |Estimated time to target is 8 minutes: S6 c' O, R, Y2 I5 r$ c4 m
4 \" q; t. N) _4 D8 I0 b% kJapanese aircraft
6 j5 O, `# l- o# S3 ?1 D5 d1 m A6M2 Zero x 1167 A: q1 B7 H& t" g, S7 u# X
B5N2 Kate x 460 k* U' |9 [' s5 m: ?8 H
D3A1 Val x 45
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No Japanese losses
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Allied Ships
- b* s6 Z& w4 \5 m+ w! d+ N/ S xAP Wanaka, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( K! Q8 \$ a6 n) a xAP Centaur, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage6 a7 k% ?* ]+ A: y8 l: l
xAP Clan Maciver, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk/ o# k6 V2 V- w: U
KV Dundas6 D6 C5 e# `# t3 j( K# Q' P
xAP Anhui, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- }. a7 b$ u* J: S* B6 z7 P, |# N
xAP Baron Cawdor, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk- U0 T# U( d) T+ \
KV New Westminster, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 `0 a! p9 P+ Y8 p xAP Tambua, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; j( y% I. c; d* R; P3 r8 g) u/ e3 A
o2 w2 M% L7 X) \6 i! QAllied ground losses:
7 V2 r6 u, v3 U 7632 casualties reported
6 `, i9 L/ z0 O3 | Squads: 51 destroyed, 76 disabled" H6 b2 H6 o/ m! G; C
Non Combat: 670 destroyed, 594 disabled
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Guns lost 30 (24 destroyed, 6 disabled); o% y# l6 s) U5 r9 S/ `
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Japanese aircraft
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No Japanese losses7 a1 p# u/ S+ G2 e, `$ N
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Allied Ships8 X$ N, X+ `' c! z) B) W' z
xAP Centaur, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
5 T* V: p, R; b KV Dundas, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk5 I: t: W) [& r) V/ \) f
KV New Westminster, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk& J5 g& n. n( G3 @# i1 ]
1 s! V1 J* B7 N L, cAllied ground losses:2 o- i% x5 G7 i9 S' L
2370 casualties reported
. i3 V" o- q. n" o9 O0 t0 s Squads: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ }8 F( ?# }' ], T+ a1 |& T3 T8 S* E Non Combat: 219 destroyed, 219 disabled. X( u. U8 o7 P" d( Z9 H- k$ b
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 T7 B7 T% ?1 E Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) |