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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4 ]" D! S! _. `Weather in hex: Clear sky
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+ V/ l6 r2 Q2 g$ A lRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
8 O( K" d+ H2 D2 w7 c7 rEstimated time to target is 10 minutes# t9 _9 b7 B# Q ]4 N; Z, l
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B-25C Mitchell x 6& P- s5 M/ q& o; B
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No Allied losses
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* V" q' |) K$ W) u; G4 {' \9 uJapanese Ships
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3 B, @2 a$ Y7 B6 e8 o AV Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 16 ]% A. d. E8 R. t
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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% x* G/ a! G' i5 c, G; q% Z9 ]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。。。; | I. m; y9 N8 ]' H7 E
Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)2 t- Q- @0 U: a+ ?9 O, u' d
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Allied Shock attack; J! e1 Z; H3 S. H% F
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Attacking force 5109 troops, 18 guns, 733 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
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0 C/ f/ I) E3 S1 G; cDefending force 553 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6! O; l7 J* x9 F6 w% A$ s4 W$ c: m# {4 C
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Allied adjusted assault: 97
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 97 to 1 (fort level 5) / ]+ p$ X" a4 o* v7 y+ T
+ c1 n9 _2 M$ ~Allied forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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# x0 `/ F0 e0 T% U: zCombat modifiers
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# Q# X, H/ {- W! ]8 TAttacker: shock(+), supply(-)
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& x! V( Y6 `- yJapanese ground losses:3 b- p7 A: |: @9 Y9 O0 t/ @- x1 W
823 casualties reported4 ]$ J6 W! f3 _ I! Q0 |
Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled
: C- `8 a, {# t8 c Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled2 q: y) J) a" `0 j. G
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
G7 o. k- o i7 t$ a6 t$ m' R Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)# H _. \ ?; M4 V, D
Units destroyed 2
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Allied ground losses:6 K d7 s7 b4 `: x
12 casualties reported# ?) t, h% L0 G1 x% t- ^
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 J& D- t; s- n) {( i( Q M
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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9 q) }- v2 u" _8 b Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:; {/ n7 R% L$ z5 Q* O5 S' x
767th Tank Battalion
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0 U$ {; J l1 ~1 Q n a1 [7 ] 762nd Tank Battalion* F3 T$ N" Y3 \/ O: U1 Z/ I, ?
4th USMC Tank Battalion$ |( B2 L2 d6 x
766th Tank Battalion
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155th USA Base Force
0 S _/ e, s9 ]0 v5 h/ a: c1 n 48th USN Naval Construction Battalion6 x4 F( [( u* A! @
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Defending units:
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14th Naval Guard Unit |