AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 43,44
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
" e. }1 w i/ ]2 GEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Allied aircraft$ W7 j0 H& I/ k4 B, p$ h
B-25C Mitchell x 6
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No Allied losses
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8 k( ]% J2 c. rJapanese Ships% ]" D* Z% j2 s# C
E Yaeyama& S& A% O0 q3 P2 j* R
AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1# x$ A* ^. A% [; V- N
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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9 \6 ^; R3 k# a4 {3 G: i3 X0 o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。。。: v& b6 {+ T3 ^8 h+ ]$ N4 V- i
Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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' x1 r1 X( N3 D; }+ aAllied Shock attack
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2 {5 m0 ? C; c0 l6 [Attacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
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Defending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
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1 j0 q9 R* x; n; uAllied adjusted assault: 97 1 ~8 a$ x p9 K1 y, p# Q
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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" t. [" k- m8 mAllied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5)
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/ V& D$ N5 k' A# zAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; a- g) t" L. W+ i; }" B5 A
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)+ k& Y }. Y4 d" R: F/ U* d
Units destroyed 2
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 y. w& c- M- w. o" `* V
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
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754th Tank Battalion
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4th USMC Tank Battalion0 m8 n& [& q/ I! S2 E) ~, O9 R
766th Tank Battalion
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155th USA Base Force
N" X8 G" ^% b. m 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion2 V! l, B- F$ P& |3 c/ Z! b
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Defending units:# @% X }% K2 x7 X9 z
46th Naval Guard Unit7 z0 \4 g- U7 r: V7 y' \9 y$ J
14th Naval Guard Unit |