While another TF of mine pays a visit to Auki during night time (we're not causing too much damage, but enough to keep Rader uneasy with the idea of basing in his front line bases too many air units), ...
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Night Naval bombardment of Auki at 115,136
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 60 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied Ships
CA Louisville
CA Portland
CL Trenton
CL Detroit
CL Leander
DD Woodworth
DD Duncan
DD Aaron Ward
DD Monssen
DD Grayson
Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 33 disabled
Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 96
Port hits 33
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 3
East of Sydeny the Boise found another AMC which, the night of the 28th, had savaged 2 xAKLs moving to Aukland....
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Lord Howe Island at 98,179, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
AMC Akagi Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
DD Gilmer, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD King
The Boise was moving back to Shipyard to Sydeny in order to get repaired after the collision suffered last week at tulagi....
The battle was less one sided that i expected....the Akagi Maru fired several salvos of 150mm[X(]...one mauled the DD Gilber and another one cause 27 (TWENTYSEVEN) sys damage to the Boise...then finally the 6inch Boise's cannons finished the bastard who sunk the next day...
Even the Gilber should get back safely to Sydney
While our Eastern Army moved out of Hyderabad, we sent 50 Liberators to bomb Multan at 24k....darn! Flak is intense over there[:-]...will be a tough march...i know...
