AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43
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' _! P# V# c. @- L& @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.
9 \0 o$ V' G3 }3 ~) DEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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4 v! ^0 ^7 f) g, e1 D1 EAllied aircraft
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No Allied losses L, T. ~/ z# T( Y+ a7 V
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Japanese Ships( k, S" j9 l) N1 U
E Yaeyama
8 o! l1 g- {3 K" S& t& E AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1
6 ]; s5 z, |4 Z; V在印度偷袭我运输船的AV直接被轰炸机命中一弹. v' C3 c1 ^# D8 {( \" n! w$ Y
% P- } X: G' o1 T0 [4 a1 H( 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。。。* O: t7 b1 [- R
Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)8 V" ^' y$ L0 G9 C
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Allied Shock attack) u* [7 M, S: C! Q- |; M4 M
2 ]. f6 A2 g4 M( D; x# F @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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% m3 B6 [9 n) v, ], A1 ~Allied adjusted assault: 97 / Z8 k2 f: a. C% o) [+ d
5 p3 N; Z7 x( \2 M4 N3 l9 ~ C4 }Japanese adjusted defense: 1 1 l! ^' v( N, n$ Y; u
, Y/ A, q g+ S9 ^9 `# k W; _# J: ~Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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Combat modifiers
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1 t/ G+ _8 D9 ~" H& x; JAttacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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( W: k9 s, n" c" z7 J8 WJapanese ground losses:
5 i8 y5 e$ @. ~1 Y 823 casualties reported- }. U j" O- k% n
Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled* U. f0 {6 a5 W, C5 B- l
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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4 q/ K8 n* Y% q* i! T2 H" rAllied ground losses:7 _' s4 |1 |0 j2 I# \, y% z
12 casualties reported. s$ M6 Z4 |6 ~9 j- r" f5 r ^/ L
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
* w9 w. b$ _6 w Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 n' a. F( o: t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Assaulting units:" d) P8 x q" |
767th Tank Battalion# G- z Y, F$ }% d- E9 N4 l \
754th Tank Battalion8 O, e$ a, a% l# p
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion% k( M- H$ A2 z! H
762nd Tank Battalion
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766th Tank Battalion
6 L. N3 K* D/ A3 q u1 ]: U! f* R 3rd USMC Tank Bn /3
4 P/ ^; N8 l" t3 a9 _4 w$ m 155th USA Base Force
2 Q/ d" N- U0 [; u 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion, N# {) k+ j& K0 c, h
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Defending units:' ~# {( m; M8 ?. U/ k8 J
46th Naval Guard Unit
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