AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43! M- I7 O6 c+ ~# e) Q. `. F
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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.& {* [+ j$ X2 Y, U9 q
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes4 W9 J0 x" i7 p4 b
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B-25C Mitchell x 6' R& e/ ?6 @* G6 ]: O
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No Allied losses
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0 {/ h# E" U- ?- bJapanese Ships$ m7 H$ f }4 p0 P, @% u. r
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AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
# @8 G7 ]( o N5 \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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( ] e* l7 @: R/ Q' D+ q/ I+ l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。。。
7 I/ S, f/ B! w" Z& H) G# MGround combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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Allied Shock attack
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9 J- r& N/ p1 m! JAttacking 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/ E s3 `& @) @: }* ]
4 V P; Z+ y8 H- @/ N* H5 r' aAllied adjusted assault: 97 $ B7 i% o$ J4 c% J$ _
7 @7 u3 P: A* }; M0 `2 X. ZJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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: k! [( n3 `1 i! e' X, c' fAllied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5) : {, \; Q( Z( Z2 m
; }- @9 {- h0 I: h7 I# qAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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5 N. i; H# Q3 b2 hCombat modifiers1 n- \1 p. g/ W6 i
Defender: + s3 ]" D; B1 `) ^
Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
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2 o3 D1 o% v. O4 {5 i& W) `1 w' X) C Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
' N; k9 Z1 x" c6 b2 R0 S& L Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
) u6 a4 y, K$ a9 E& A Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( H0 ?1 J4 e4 f7 G5 T$ m Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)/ _: a2 g! c+ M
Units destroyed 2
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/ T5 P8 K8 l. Z$ TAllied ground losses:; Z1 W8 D" E+ B2 Q" [7 z; k' U z
12 casualties reported
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4 ~3 o+ |: U+ k6 v Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled2 \- @% C/ ^4 H! Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 V: H7 ]) Z1 P& Z Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
/ a+ T, i* p) `1 p6 d4 I- Z! C5 K Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Assaulting units:( p' p. p" [" s
767th Tank Battalion
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3rd USMC Tank Bn /3
4 \* J1 H9 {) ]( \; V! d! F0 E 155th USA Base Force" H. C0 t9 e/ D" I! _
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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Defending units:
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Y; J( |: ]& y+ H/ } 14th Naval Guard Unit |