AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 13, 43
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vizagapatnam at 43,442 ?" x3 w& ^' ~' z2 h5 k
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Weather in hex: Clear sky: a, U4 i9 l: L5 Z! R
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.2 i) D9 B3 V3 o' k: |" {* Q
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes( w6 C5 q0 V W
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B-25C Mitchell x 6
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No Allied losses
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: f( H0 s8 C# q3 ?Japanese Ships
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AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 14 `9 D) z$ F! O- x- ^' _
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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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。。。
2 P! i. ]: F8 o" bGround combat at Canton Island (153,143)
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377$ D- L' Q. [! |! q; J2 P. q
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Defending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
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4 U+ t; m' L, w! A1 uAllied adjusted assault: 97
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: y1 i& d( O$ z9 O/ j+ W+ ^9 m1 JJapanese adjusted defense: 1 1 O% x( } t. Q/ b$ c o. x
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Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5) . J) g0 J1 @+ w" P+ a
- Z- Q% O. E2 Q wAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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8 q6 h/ J5 T, ]Combat modifiers
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled U+ t. @% ^* L, ~9 \$ h9 f: \: K
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, L3 ~9 q- F0 O7 X: C
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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12 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled: L2 N8 r6 B; S+ H; |5 w0 u
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:
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: I) i0 h) O5 B) z7 b 1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
$ U1 c: J+ G U: Y 762nd Tank Battalion" N; ~* @- P+ Y5 b( G, ^5 @3 w
4th USMC Tank Battalion
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3rd USMC Tank Bn /3
: f( C0 `, Z* z0 R/ y1 k 155th USA Base Force
/ X y& d/ i0 {# P 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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Defending units:
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