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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] Trigger misses a convoy and gets 5 hits.
[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S/SW PAC:[/font] The US infantry regiment at Kaveing hit hard, dropping forts here to 2 and getting a 1:1 result. The base fell on the 16th effectively completing the isolation of Rabaul.
Also, up on New Guinea the US forces that walked into Aitape arrived and found 400+ AV of well supplied Japanese forces there to meet them. This is what I intended for all of North New Guinea, but was too slow to get it together at Sarmi. Still, these bases could hold him up as Sarmi will be slightly isolated until Hollandia and Vanaimo in particular are taken.
[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]S DEI: [/font] Seeing shipping around Gove, I set some Jakes to bomb and Nicks to sweep the base.
[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Jocke has since we shut down Akyab had all of his bombers at Calcutta. About 750+ fighters are also there, but around 120 of the best are still at Magwe, and these are the ones sweeping pre-bombing. I'm thinking of hitting this base, but it might be cost prohibitive, and I'm very low on pilots and airframes after the last few strikes. Might be more prudent to wait a bit.
The large stack that left the area NW of Toungoo has moved around onto the road to Prome, and now seems to be aiming for the hex between Prome and Bassein. I have about 10 days before it will then move into one of my areas of control. So troops are slowly marching back to this area. I'd like to force a river crossing, as there is a much better chance of his troops getting trashed in such a case, obviously. Risky though too, if we don't have adequate forces to give him a negative attack. He also will have the advantage bombing the Bassein or Prome troops in the clear. The ones in the jungle across seem solid and almost invulnerable to air strikes.
[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENTRAL PACFIC:[/font] Intentions became clear in the Central Pacific. A giant BB led TF hit Wake with everything during the night. The Wake CD guns were about half disabled in this one strike. They got a few hits on BBs, but nothing that requires even a new paint job. The CV air strike hit more support troops, but the infantry is doing fine. The CD unit has DP guns, and even when it could possibly rest to recover guns after the BB bombardment it won't as it is now shooting (poorly due to high fatigue) at the air strikes. Well modeled for the DP guns but frustrating for getting the dedicated CD guns back on line!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 15, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
52 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Queen Elizabeth
BB Valiant, Shell hits 1
BB Mississippi, Shell hits 1
BB Idaho
BB California
BB Nevada
BC Renown
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Port hits 7
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Wake Island
BB Valiant firing at Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Valiant
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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 24
B-24D1 Liberator x 72
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 55
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Buka , at 109,128
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 98
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 60
Airbase supply hits 22
Runway hits 75
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Kavieng (106,122)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2882 troops, 42 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 113
Defending force 389 troops, 16 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Allied adjusted assault: 44
Japanese adjusted defense: 31
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
31st Tankette Co
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
38th JNAF AF Unit /1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 16, 44
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ASW attack near Truk at 113,100
Japanese Ships
DMS W-11
AK Noto Maru
AK Yodogawa Maru
xAP Taizan Maru
xAK Tatukami Maru
xAK Kinugawa Maru
DD Namikaze
SC Ch 40
Allied Ships
SS Trigger, hits 5
SS Trigger is sighted by escort
DD Namikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 40 attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Wake Coastal Gun Battalion, at 136,98 (Wake Island)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 245
SBD-5 Dauntless x 52
TBF-1 Avenger x 137
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 14000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Aitape (95,118)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11205 troops, 330 guns, 275 vehicles, Assault Value = 395
Defending force 14451 troops, 118 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 463
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
1st Medium Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
4th Brigade
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
6th Guards Inf. Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
3rd South Seas Gsn /2
52nd JNAF AF Unit
58th JNAF AF Unit
44th Road Const Co
23rd Field AF Construction Battalion
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
12th JAAF AF Coy
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Ground combat at Kavieng (106,122)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2876 troops, 42 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 111
Defending force 381 troops, 16 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 48
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kavieng !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
31st Tankette Co
25th Air Defense AA Regiment
38th JNAF AF Unit /1
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Reinforcements: The 91st division is unrestricted, and I badly want to send it to W New Guinea to shore that area up. It is under the command of the 27th Army HQc and the 5th Army HQy. So it's intended for Hokkaido or the Kuriles. I think I'm leaning toward keeping it up here and maybe sending it to Shikuka as my area reserve.
[font="Trebuchet MS"]MTB G-842 arrives at Shimizu
MGB G-233 arrives at Kobe
TK Asokawa Maru #2 arrives at Fukuoka
TK Enkei Maru arrives at Fukuoka
Kinugasa-1 arrives at Tokyo
91st Division arrives at Asahikawa
TK Dainan Maru arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
Takao-2 arrives at Tokyo
1st Engineer Co arrives at Tokyo[/font]
Losses: none.
Ships Sunk:
[font="Trebuchet MS"]Previous report of sinking of SS O20 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service[/font]
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Wondering now if he really is going to come forth in the Aleutians and repossess US territory. A few remnants of the Northern defenses are still up here, waiting. [/font]
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