AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43
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. {- G6 ?0 a. oAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 43,44' P# l" B/ b# L0 w/ S: e# x, \7 z
3 E& k; g H' HWeather in hex: Clear sky4 p; L! ]6 R4 R/ u
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, z& N2 _; p, C5 nEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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+ m# l Y4 F3 R0 ]- gAllied aircraft
2 z+ A6 }7 d' n* V4 F B-25C Mitchell x 6; R* c# v0 E2 U+ ~& o
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No Allied losses
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0 ?9 }! y" K2 _5 J/ j$ _Japanese Ships& w0 y+ `9 J3 D2 ?8 @% n# c
E Yaeyama; e/ a7 w) I. B$ D2 `5 D T' ?
AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
5 Q, Y9 \, T8 f1 a Q! ^$ ?在印度偷袭我运输船的AV直接被轰炸机命中一弹( R) g; _- \# G$ p2 ?8 L6 K# x: b
! h8 k/ E( F* u* a6 p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。。。
: P/ Y( D. [( aGround combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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Allied Shock attack6 c3 t: @1 b" L* g1 R6 W. T9 ]% X
3 \- E1 \6 v5 l) z3 NAttacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377! ~1 a! ` \" C3 \- z3 d% u
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Defending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6# h. d$ ]4 H/ a( u" v* k
2 a# m" J8 t# c; ~$ Q0 L7 UAllied adjusted assault: 97 : O1 l3 U; P- R9 T1 I# o5 o
" z# R! A. Z' l0 p8 j) YJapanese adjusted defense: 1 % ^3 b/ @! J2 i3 Q( P( T
% p; g T6 X0 M8 _1 C1 OAllied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5)
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" l3 O1 a( A9 P1 o& q; r0 K$ mAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!! w; q R1 |5 Y
; a/ _ T7 R( F8 VCombat modifiers
, C$ Z0 O2 W* R3 b7 pDefender:
( g2 j) ~. t& E* o7 V/ ZAttacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
$ A/ o; P8 Y z* U( s6 J' y 823 casualties reported
, H- V& W/ c/ u6 h8 r Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled. A d. U$ b' I
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled, U+ n7 F7 U6 x; d
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 q8 f; R; }1 @
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
. |# l2 l; @" q" f; N 12 casualties reported
+ X3 |- c4 z9 p Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
0 W3 p% m3 o- {3 b, f8 E, q$ o) o Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled2 ~! q8 ^4 t& r: X+ H' v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ P+ g" T; {2 n# _/ ~4 I$ N
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
0 b; w8 `. f1 ]& U, o( x Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)" @. d6 W4 l* _
$ A; O2 s5 Q1 F. C, uAssaulting units:* |% z, U1 p& {9 m6 V
767th Tank Battalion
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1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion0 q# J' ]+ Z% e5 D" C0 f6 J0 s
762nd Tank Battalion0 X6 _- ?1 I9 p4 E. l, k: z6 d
4th USMC Tank Battalion- z+ s, ^0 w/ z1 [" r( r: B
766th Tank Battalion3 H- n- c- d9 e$ o8 o
3rd USMC Tank Bn /3
4 ]* h( n2 Z ^; ^" ^6 _ 155th USA Base Force( z+ Q) g" ?3 p5 e
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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Defending units:
1 j! T5 k7 K- O. [' A2 |) A! q 46th Naval Guard Unit. a9 l1 W9 Y. D# `! m
14th Naval Guard Unit |