President Tomik made a huge mistake, Auckland is almost undefended. My 4th Div comes all the way from west Australia landed on Auckland today. Only a base unit and a aviation unit there.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/24/42
Naval bombardment
RADM Nishimura, S. commands three of our might battleships and gives the New Zealanders a nice punch. Muted almost all the CD guns there.
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Naval bombardment of Auckland, at 62,134 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Mutsu
Allied ground losses:
3829 casualties reported
Guns lost 55
Vehicles lost 4
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 85
Port supply hits 1
Invasion
After the heavy bombardment, my invasion fleet doesn't confront much resistance and the landing turns out to be quite a success.
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Coastal Guns at Auckland, 62,134, firing at TF 20
TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Auckland, 62,134
73 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Yasukawa Maru
AK Choko Maru
AK Chohei Maru
AK Koshu Maru
AK Kirikawa Maru
AK Kehi Maru
AK Fushimi Maru
AK Hajo Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Gassan Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Asahisan Maru
AK Suez Maru
AK Shoryu Maru
AK Manila Maru
AP Terukuni Maru
AP Ryofu Maru
AP Nishiki Maru
AP Nachi Maru
AP Murasaki Maru
Japanese ground losses:
1133 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Coastal Guns at Auckland, 62,134, firing at TF 20
TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Auckland, 62,134
33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AK Imizu Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Sumire Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Nankai Maru
AK Mansei Maru
AP Nachi Maru
AP Terukuni Maru
AP Teikyo Maru
Japanese ground losses:
211 casualties reported
Ground Combats
NZ troops give up hamilton and run back to Auckland.
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Ground combat at Hamilton
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 31466 troops, 115 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 637
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 1010 - adjusted assault: 1670
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 1670 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hamilton base !!!
The enemies in Auckland are weak. Even compared to our single 4th Div.
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Ground combat at Auckland
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2775 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47
Defending force 15180 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 328
