Surface Combats
The PCs sacrifice themselves and save the invasion fleet.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lucena at 43,53
Japanese Ships
PC Kyo Maru #11, Shell hits 2
PC Sonan Maru #5
PC Sonan Maru #6, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PC Takunan Maru #10, Shell hits 1
PC Ch 24, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 29, Shell hits 1
PC Ch 30, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
PT PT-33
PT PT-34
PT PT-35
PT Q 111
PT Q 113
PT MTB 10
Air Combats
The two heavy damaged CLs are hit again.
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,27
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,27
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-II Sally x 12
Ki-49 Helen x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
KB strike Auckland again and near 20 allies ships are sunk today
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Day Air attack on Auckland , at 62,134
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
D3A2 Val x 53
B5N2 Kate x 196
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Steel Seafarer, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Akaroa, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Walter Luckenbach, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Alabaman, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK J.L. Luckenbach, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kahuku, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Mathew Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Chew, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Admiral Cole, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kingfisher, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kiwi, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Aldebaran, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Shooting Star, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Koolama, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ward, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Rainbow, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Waipawa, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sarpedon, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Canadian, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Idaho, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 5
I have no idea there are so many allies cargo ships left in Manlia.[:@]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Manila at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 68
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Susana, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 1
AK Mauna Ala, Bomb hits 1
AK Ohioan, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Mexican
AK Liberty, Shell hits 4
AK Tuscaloosa City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Charles H Cramp, Shell hits 8
AK K.I. Luckenbach
AK Chickasaw City
AK Steel Ranger, Shell hits 4
Ground Combats
Aparri falls and 1 PHI engineer unit surrendered.
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Ground combat at Aparri
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1856 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Defending force 759 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese max assault: 106 - adjusted assault: 100
Allied max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 33 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Aparri base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
974 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
More and more NZ pilots lost their lives for some meaningless resistant and the only thing they get today is 1 single 250lb bomb hit our 1 AK. And this action cost over 10 pilots.[:-]
