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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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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5 O) S5 b! f/ ]Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
0 g: ~6 s0 K ?' I5 pEstimated time to target is 10 minutes4 ?" J c9 b9 p, e
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Allied aircraft
( |& g$ V$ Q, r7 a- g! G% D B-25C Mitchell x 69 n5 M4 ^& k1 t4 V
y4 z$ }2 Z$ i! GNo Allied losses5 c5 P% o" A( x! T" n) c7 E7 }
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Japanese Ships; s0 w. `8 L1 r4 H
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AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1% k- ]% ^# y; n) o3 s" h; a% H* V
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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/ @" m1 b* ]; T8 u. }( 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。。。/ W) d( P- x2 ?3 {1 {7 b
Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)) J- I" }- o% e3 y* \
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Allied Shock attack$ ?' B7 l4 {( V4 n/ @
! D/ t) D0 D y, _; ]Attacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
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) x! N4 s3 o: S4 r6 l% Y$ ]Defending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
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( N. F( X9 e: }3 X2 o H' a( mAllied adjusted assault: 97
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~$ Y/ o6 N) yJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5)
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+ `* h* X9 \& K: KAllied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
. k9 O4 L( s" o& e! e$ p6 a 823 casualties reported; _9 y7 y, H3 z6 D4 V' T* V
Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
" ?* h8 W! n( i% n& R9 u Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 ?) @& X$ S3 g' P6 q Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 V) `$ o. ~( ~5 V Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
: d& S- i6 l* Y. t Units destroyed 2
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$ z. ~- I$ S) {/ p$ fAllied ground losses:
7 n% {7 ` @& F1 T8 o 12 casualties reported
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/ [' n! {1 N) b; I5 ^ Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled" x9 ]+ U2 |7 s% d
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 p* ` [3 _" w* ?* E6 M2 Q
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
2 i9 d+ {' C: D9 g; O1 H Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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$ p; v+ j0 `3 G1 qAssaulting units:
, A8 O/ V% O3 x( F) C0 E9 j0 R8 A 767th Tank Battalion
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1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion/ v5 R% X6 Q: A+ P, V
762nd Tank Battalion
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766th Tank Battalion
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* T7 E( ]2 |2 y, V4 Z% C! G 155th USA Base Force- e0 l5 x0 k! u3 M
48th USN Naval Construction Battalion
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Defending units:+ @' E% _/ Z+ m# l' O5 k1 e0 I
46th Naval Guard Unit/ H% {& w; [! e7 P) C6 Y/ d; w
14th Naval Guard Unit |