Will try night recon next time; honestly I would think that army spotters ashore could do that job but good tip! [:)]
All the dive bombers were set to ground attack while all the torpedo bombers were set to airfield attack.
180 crack KB bombers caused nill casualties together. Same did bombardments and defensive AV was trebled.
Didn't know Nuku Oa was a mountain resort, any attacks in jungle or rough terrain requires enormous odds to succeed.
The biggest challenge is that the offensive AV seems to be reduced in accord with how the defenders combat value is increased.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 26, 42
Air Combat
We loose 17 bombers that lost their escort over Myitkyina today; We swept the place and had 15 Nicks on LRCAP and they claimed some enemies but in total
we lost 46 to the enemy's 19 ac today.
Our ground pounders at Shwebo inflicted rather heavy casualties today, making me to believe the enemy is on the march! To face us or to retreat?
I will skip all the air combat reports from Burma today and jump to the most interesting part: Mini KB Strikes! [8D]
The Mini KB without the escort carriers includes only the Junyo and 2 CVL's, not a great force but it still wields a punch.
Unfortunately the biggest convoy was in a rain squall in the PM turn so we only obliterated a smaller convoy with our biggest strike.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Cochin at 27,40
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N1 Kate x 11
B5N2 Kate x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AMC Chitral, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Vampire
xAKL Tatung, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kepong
xAK Michael Embiricos
xAP Matang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
11 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
5 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 4000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AMC Chitral
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Tatung
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Trivandrum at 27,43
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
xAK City of Lille, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Ravnaas
ML No. 310
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK City of Lille
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trivandrum at 27,43
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
B5N1 Kate x 7
B5N2 Kate x 12
D3A1 Val x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK Ravnaas, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Lille, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK San Alvaro, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Historian, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML No. 310
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 25 (13 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B5N1 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ravnaas
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK City of Lille
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Historian
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK San Alvaro
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Ground Combat
Our armored division was stopped dead in their tracks by the jungle and Chindits that were airlifted in.
Andy captured the dot base Bhama to our rare with the same Chindit unit. My hope was that the tank div would shock attack
as it pursued across the river. This didn't happen and with that our chance of a victory here also waned. If nothing else we
attracted plenty attention and spent Andy's airborne reserve.
Ground combat at Myitkyina (64,42)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5631 troops, 128 guns, 505 vehicles, Assault Value = 374
Defending force 3220 troops, 35 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
Japanese adjusted assault: 110
Allied adjusted defense: 178
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (4 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
Guards Tank Division
Defending units:
2nd Gordons Battalion
RM Viper Force
77th Chindit Bde /1
108th RAF Base Force
177 Wing /1
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Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 381 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied adjusted assault: 24
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Bhamo !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
77th Chindit Bde /2
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Mini KB Strikes
Hitting the enemy in the Marqueses, Burma, Oz and Indian Ocean; keep him honest!
Many ships carry fuel after we slaughtered so many tankers.
