Great hunting gets even more intense
dispersing ships is great tactics against aerial attacks but not against CA hunting in the dark
- it is far easier sink few ships in the row than few from convoy
I counted 35 sunk ships since beginning of operation.
I'll do my best to increase this amount.
I hope I'll sink some more AP/TK as their loss shoul hurt Raver in short term
may be problematic as Kates numbers goes systematiclydown as well as sorties - I will not manage to go to base , refit and come back so efficiency of aerial attack will go lower
I doubt I will post anything during next few days
Merry Christmas to all of you who have fun reading this AAR
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/13/42
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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 85
TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56
10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
242 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Night Time Surface Combat at 4,73
Japanese Ships
CL Sendai, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
AP Empire Attendant, Shell hits 9, on fire
AK Empire Snipe
AK Empire Rennie, Shell hits 2
AK Empire Mist
AP Empire Chivalry
AK Empire Barracuda
AK Empire Cougar
AK Empire Brook, Shell hits 1
AK Empire Moonbeam
AK Empire Cormorant
AK Empire Ibex
AK Empire Impala, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
AK Nora Moller
AP Empress of Asia
AK Bhima, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hinsang
AK Hosang
AK Soochow
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Night Time Surface Combat at 1,83
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
AK Honolulan, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat at 1,83
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
AK Empire Raleigh, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Night Time Surface Combat at 1,83
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
AK Empire Puma, Shell hits 10, on fire
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Night Time Surface Combat at 4,72
Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma
Allied Ships
AK Steel Inventor, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat at 4,72
Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma
Allied Ships
AK Empire Sunrise, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat at 7,70
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CL Tama
DD Mikazuki
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
AK Empire Steelhead, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
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Coastal Guns at Iloilo, 42,56, firing at TF 85
TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Iloilo, 42,56
20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Tenzan Maru, Shell hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Yunan , at 38,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
Ki-49 Helen x 12
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 1 destroyed
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-15 Babs x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Resources hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
20 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 8000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 8,72
Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10
E7K2 Alf x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Hawk, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK St. Quentin, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Dryden
DD Encounter
DD Vendetta
AK Memphis City, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
4 x E7K2 Alf bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,82
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Montanan, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 3,82
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N Kate x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 7,70
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Bond, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 2,84
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Raleigh, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 1,84
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK Steelmaker, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 1,84
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Resistance
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Time Surface Combat at 7,73
Japanese Ships
APD APD-1
APD APD-2
APD APD-31
APD APD-32
APD APD-33
APD APD-35
APD APD-36
APD APD-37
APD APD-39
Allied Ships
AK Solviken, Shell hits 39, and is sunk
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Day Time Surface Combat at 6,71
Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma
Allied Ships
AK Delawarean, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kainalu, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Ocean, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Tower, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Clive, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Annalock, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Time Surface Combat at 3,73
Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
AK Empire Snipe, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Empire Rennie, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Empire Mist
AP Empire Chivalry
AK Empire Barracuda, Shell hits 3
AK Empire Cougar
AK Empire Brook
AK Empire Moonbeam
AK Empire Cormorant, Shell hits 2
AK Empire Ibex
AK Nora Moller
AP Empress of Asia
AK Hinsang, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Hosang, Shell hits 2
AK Soochow, Shell hits 2
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Day Time Surface Combat at 7,70
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CL Tama
DD Mikazuki
DD Kamikaze
Allied Ships
AK Empire Bond, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
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Ground combat at Iloilo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6384 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 3754 troops, 37 guns, 2 vehicles
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Ground combat at 30,19
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 28022 troops, 220 guns, 5 vehicles
Defending force 658 troops, 5 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 1782 to 1
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Akyab
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15398 troops, 102 guns, 19 vehicles
Defending force 2250 troops, 7 guns, 1 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Makale
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 501 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makale base !!!
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Ground combat at Babo
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 406 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babo base !!!
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Ground combat at Iloilo
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2783 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 11705 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles