AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/42
Ok, i was wrong. The whole KB has sprung from nowehere and went hunting my ships between Karachi and Aden. So he didn't want to bomb Bombay with his BBs....wonder why he has brought with him the BBs if it was only a CV raid...[&:]
However i've lost several ships. Mostly AKs but also some Aux vassels used for the ASW. Nothing serious however. The main fleet is safe...oh, well...almost safe. Let's see if tomorrow the clouds or some easy luck will make my BBs arrive at Aden unseen...let's cross the fingers. My CVs will try to LRCAP over my main combat fleet..it will be a risky operation!
Anyway, for what concerns the land war in India, we managed to save also the last Indian Bde trapped at Hydebarn. The shock attack of the japs found noone to follow or pursue[8D]. Now my units all reached the defensive perimeter (see picture). I'll wait untill he advance and then i'll move back from Bombay to Ahmadabad and from Bohpal and Delhi to Jaipur...doing well i think.
In the PI he didn't bomb today but his planes remain at Formosa...which is good. With the KB in the Indian Ocean i ordered to speed it up the Marshall operation.... If the weather will be good (thunderstorm forecasted) tomorrow we'll start bombing Kwalajein and in 2 days we'll land at Tarawa...
However there isn't any more traffic in the China southern sea...he had to divert his main convoys[:D]
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Slaughterhouse in the Indian ocean
Day Air attack on TF at 13,4
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lakeland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Tana, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,1
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
D3A2 Val x 26
B5N2 Kate x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Empire Lynx, Bomb hits 1
AK Empire Wyclif, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Voice, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,1
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Empire Wyclif, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK City of Manchester, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Lynx, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 16,2
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 47
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Bendigo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Circe, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Burnie, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Maryborough, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
PC Raub, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PG Indus, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 19,8
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
TK Empire Emerald, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Empire Amethyst, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 19,2
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 25
B5N2 Kate x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
SC Nigella, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cromarty, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Cromer, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
SC Aster, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Lismore, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Hollyhock
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Day Air attack on TF at 19,2
Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
MSW Lismore, on fire, heavy damage
SC Hollyhock
MSW Cromarty, on fire, heavy damage
SC Aster, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 20,3
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 21
B5N2 Kate x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
PG Shoreham, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SC Cyclamen, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Poole, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
SC Genista, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Netravati
SC Fritillary
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Day Air attack on TF at 20,3
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 25
B5N2 Kate x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Virginian, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Homer, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Empire Chaucer, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Ground combat at Hyderabad
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2956 troops, 0 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 346
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0[:D][:D][:D] *there's none to pursue neither here my friend[;)]*
Japanese max assault: 154 - adjusted assault: 79
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 79 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hyderabad base !!!
