ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
If I was a betting man, I'd wager that your fears at Treasury will prove unfounded. However, you have proven me wrong on more than one occasion, so I dare not contradict you. Good luck! [:)]
My friend this time you were right! [:D] Rader just lost the occasion to destroy my transport fleet...
Was a mixed turn...we got lucky here, but we were unlucky in another circumstances...however i cannot complain.
Our DD division sent to Treasury got in its path a barge Tf evacuating from Choiseul Bay (Rader is evacuating en masse!) and sunk several barges with 600 men...
Then during the day my micthells found a TF at Salamua full of combat troops...(he's so reinforcing NG...)..and sunk several ships...
Then his BBs arrived at Treasury on the second day and my DDs, that managed somehow to escape from his LBA, managed to get very close and fired several salvos of torps...none of them hit the target [:@]...while retreating the BBs managed to hit us and we lost 2 DDs...[:(]
Then his CAs arrived at Milne Bay...where it should have been a DD division...for some reason my DDs ended up 1 hex too far and didn't catch the bastards...bastards that sunk 4 AKs and one xAP with a strong RAAF base force in it...pity[:(]
He used his full KB to annihilate my raiders at Ontong Java...[&:]...while our C-47s were able to extract all my paras (even if they got bucthered during the first day by his Helens and Betties...)...
So not a bad day considering which expectations i had...very strange he didn't try to engage my fleet, nor to LRCAP Treasury...
We could have been luckier with the naval engagements but the loss of 2 DDs, 4 AKs and 1 xAP is not exactly a catastrophe[:)]
And Rekata is ours.... AF level 5...no wonder Rader is evacuating...
[8D]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 21, 43
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Panggoe at 111,133, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
PC Kaki, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
LB-1210, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
LB-1226, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
LB-5053
LB-5054, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LB-5064, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LB-5065, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Dyson
DD Eaton
DD Dunlap
DD Mahan
DD Conyngham
Japanese ground losses:
601 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Treasury Islands at 109,132...pretty lucky to have escaped here...his judys mustn't be top aces
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
D4Y3 Judy x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 14
Ki-100-I Tony x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y3 Judy: 7 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
DD Eaton
DD Dunlap
DD Conyngham
DD Dyson
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Morning Air attack on 503rd Parachute Regiment, at 109,132 (
Treasury Islands)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8
A6M5 Zero x 61
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 126
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
326 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Salamaua at 98,127
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
A6M5 Zero x 4
N1K1 Rex x 6
N1K1-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 13
Mitchell II x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 5 destroyed
Mitchell II: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Argentina Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
LB-502, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-514, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
LB-509
LB-232, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LB-1234, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LSD Akitsu Maru
Japanese ground losses:
1480 casualties reported
Squads:
35 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, at 115,131 (Ontong Java)[X(] overkill?
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 214
A6M5b Zero x 16
B6N2 Jill x 197
D4Y3 Judy x 247
Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2 Jill: 5 damaged
D4Y3 Judy: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
374 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, at 115,131 (Ontong Java)
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
B6N2 Jill x 122
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Rekata Bay (113,134)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 32312 troops, 732 guns, 665 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232
Defending force 7285 troops, 40 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 102
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Allied adjusted assault:
3095
Japanese adjusted defense: 97
Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Rekata Bay !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2315 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 243 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 59 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 24 (10 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 88 (79 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 11
Allied ground losses:
418 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
3rd Marine Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
33rd Infantry Division
4th USMC Tank Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
82nd Mortar Battalion
21st USN Naval Construction Battalion
259th Coastal Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9th Marine Defense Battalion
XI US Corps
16th USN Naval Construction Battalion
177th Construction Regiment
40th USN Naval Construction Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
2nd Eng Amph Bde
109th Tank Attack Regiment
Defending units:
89th Naval Guard Unit
4th Div /3
20th JAAF Base Force
18th JAAF Base Force
31st JNAF AF Unit
56th Construction Battalion
26th Air Flotilla
33rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
77th JAAF AF Bn
21st JAAF Base Force /3
3rd Infantry Rgt /10
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 22, 43
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Treasury Islands at 109,132, Range 5,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
DD Ikazuchi
DD Akebono, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Dyson
DD Eaton, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
DD Dunlap
DD Mahan, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 1
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Kumano
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Hatsushima
DD Yugure
Allied Ships
AK Cetus, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Albireo, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
