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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- Q6 Q/ Y; G# ]Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
) u# h9 W7 A0 q2 t1 ^Estimated time to target is 10 minutes% {7 I+ v; T5 R
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Allied aircraft
7 Y( l- ]4 v4 n# r m. T B-25C Mitchell x 68 w' | m7 T9 d& C: q% t
1 l! U) F/ m4 g, E) V. q; Q+ XNo Allied losses5 g2 ~5 r5 H/ C, @
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Japanese Ships! s% p D+ F! z6 u
E Yaeyama- L8 t% K6 I- F! d. z5 O, y" T; y
AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1* { Q) \9 ?, o' M$ L& [, j
在印度偷袭我运输船的AV直接被轰炸机命中一弹3 ^6 [" G, C9 _* f m* K
/ w( q3 x/ `2 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。。。; D# X( O" ~. |
Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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* i5 I7 t$ x4 G' J! KAllied Shock attack- b; ]3 N4 @/ U4 t
2 P! U& r" |7 V5 n6 Q8 OAttacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
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! H2 R0 Q( T% i( Q+ f O- H; K' N7 yDefending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 97 P3 o0 ]9 p+ s m6 B
0 p# z0 d$ c: L& nJapanese adjusted defense: 1 v! |# c- B& T& _/ {8 X9 | }
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Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5)
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* ]8 {( }, _# _4 V4 qAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!4 Z6 C# [; I( |$ |' {0 W& k
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Combat modifiers
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Japanese ground losses:! f4 v! V4 `4 }6 z' ^
823 casualties reported, q y/ ?6 Y6 w- J% P% Z/ v
Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled% @4 ]& E5 X8 K' y' ]5 J
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled. I) _" ~- ^2 l+ z3 {
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 S4 E& H, j% L6 Z; D4 N Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)- `4 M& M& z8 ~- H6 @
Units destroyed 2
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" v% S; F1 m0 f5 A( @; i# dAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" b, I- W( k H4 w% o Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled0 Y5 @* d& w) d9 C
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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]% o; }0 s# w) W Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 f3 e- f6 l8 d* u" S _: `( I( H
* u; f; M' t9 KAssaulting units:1 Z( E. {' t9 l5 ?& n4 ]2 C
767th Tank Battalion8 n" g( I& F) C# W1 l8 q& c2 J. c
754th Tank Battalion
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4th USMC Tank Battalion4 ^, g* O& X$ W4 V/ s$ |
766th Tank Battalion
0 R( k$ O8 T: u2 S( _ 3rd USMC Tank Bn /3$ ~4 |8 l5 q9 U: M+ f
155th USA Base Force
. y% f1 [, k. ?) D/ } 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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Defending units:
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