AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
$ K/ y9 C" ]1 D! y淇风大统领故技重拾,继续派遣澳洲舰队到拉宝儿骚扰日军登陆,幸好日军早有准备; ~$ z) h: D5 k/ S; a$ ~
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards- D8 X6 \/ I8 a2 Q8 O* S
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses5 o4 M4 L! M" n& g0 ~" W# b
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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Japanese Ships/ H% u. b5 S& B b
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
( J7 D+ b3 K0 M8 M, S, D CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
# ~ d9 V6 o3 m% W& K; f DD Shiratsuyu
* _1 k/ D: r7 q+ j2 C3 l! z DD Shigure
& y5 v4 v# g O4 R5 V i DD Hatsuharu
! u8 b# w4 p9 K# \% R* ^ DD Nenohi, Shell hits 34 a" q/ Z" o# c4 }! l
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
/ ~) Z, O1 t# a0 d( t2 P DD Oboro
+ }. k6 V( r P# g5 |: {. D DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
8 f/ K/ H, S% U! J DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage; e! E0 t k! r C% \: D6 G ^8 b
DD Hayate
3 B$ G7 r7 Y% w) L+ K7 b% K DD Sawakaze! L z) r. X' h' y/ m6 [/ k/ ^
DD Yukaze) @* D" t: T, t2 A7 b
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires# ~: u" B$ J7 I9 H+ Z
DD Tawakaze
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Allied Ships* v5 [; u* a: k2 e4 _
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 W9 b8 r5 P: Y1 m( N. t' N
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
- W$ r1 ^( {% B% F, T% d DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- i+ o! X" S) @1 ^- P
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ]2 F5 P* ]5 i8 R, S3 `( X X& V DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
( x7 B+ e8 q8 O0 Q DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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+ k$ V* |, z5 n4 U% R. z58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭( n' a+ }" [+ [/ [) o
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155. K" w1 V& S+ H* S4 Q8 U) C& D
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0 o& t+ ]5 `9 {" C6 qRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.: n% L! J* a$ l/ r
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 45. M9 z1 @2 f8 J3 d3 o
B5N2 Kate x 50$ w3 d) a- M% B* {2 a: W3 T" G
D3A1 Val x 59 q+ d( _. o \0 k7 K
5 r3 E' C* a/ j, e! @Allied aircraft
# S d+ H9 n: G+ I, ? F2A-3 Buffalo x 209 r y1 U+ @6 K; L" T: c0 X: @5 L9 ^
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A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed7 u; Q; ^" \4 J" E+ z& U
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged, w, ?+ Y7 @4 T. T: z) e9 R& E
D3A1 Val: 16 damaged, D% V6 K5 Q: D5 j m4 E5 G
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses, E$ u( {$ M, n3 s' f3 H G: Q J
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
: [" c5 {/ r l- p2 \9 K5 B7 b CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk5 ~! A: y) T2 q; c1 r
CA Chicago* v5 C, A: o# `3 g
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage/ Q% a2 x) a: f h
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
& O+ ^2 W, [: X' j" c CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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CA Astoria8 \ |/ z* z, t* w( {( O
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2) L# ?% R* p1 c/ m- C& Z
DD Benham# D% h/ K- E& s
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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+ x2 k7 J u' \- p8 s7 ?Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% l5 k/ H4 y) q2 l) NEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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l+ O+ T- Q% n' t4 g7 r$ rJapanese aircraft% A; A. s( k6 W* a% H
A6M2 Zero x 32) P. i' Z: ?- n' B
B5N2 Kate x 10
; w1 t! x* g) y$ a, p D3A1 Val x 310 F: u6 g; {; V5 p
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no flights% k6 k! h/ f6 K8 i6 [7 \8 Q
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 Y* [% a0 }$ \$ i5 z Q/ ^ D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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+ ?9 j, K6 C6 Y$ D' Y1 PAllied aircraft losses5 y6 E5 z* @- s
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships* M* i0 U! K b4 s9 F O
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 i5 d8 i9 l+ G9 y/ B2 _! C
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
& z4 ^, W: ^& m2 q CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
9 K& T C6 v. Y! k CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
, t$ h2 F4 G8 h8 F) c CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
. Q# | R2 x/ e; E r% V DD Gridley
5 Z- ^) {6 m A) f) \2 I DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 u. `7 _; \3 M( g: O! C8 P CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage7 Q% e: Q8 K, k) L
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155- v5 k$ @" Y( P, y& E' [5 a" h
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1 ?* E! J. p7 l8 URaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! G! Y7 F& s/ {( e0 G: T
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes. O4 W& z' ^' E; P! k
K1 B$ A6 q% g" {: c% ~5 m1 LJapanese aircraft
. W- q7 O Y. C, c6 N D3A1 Val x 180 r+ v( o" U( M* S! g$ i& J
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4 ?( x2 S: Q# W V f D3A1 Val: 2 damaged* p9 n7 ~+ b4 x- ~3 r' ~
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
8 O8 {9 W* U8 a8 V! g8 e/ s3 X CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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杀鸡也用牛刀,日军直接推平拉宝儿,下个目标是莫港和努美呀再到斐济和新西兰' |6 v. S& V) D5 t- y5 }2 {
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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9 i4 x$ R5 ?7 @7 n- ^, r" NJapanese Deliberate attack
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( a0 ]5 |1 g4 i( qAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022$ T; z. b+ n) F% |: e2 Q
0 G% Y# [7 r1 s* YDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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: q7 E0 }+ T. A* L: ZJapanese adjusted assault: 434 7 h ~/ T$ l- ^+ k) [
; M9 e8 e- j! e8 o" cAllied adjusted defense: 5 & ]0 Y# X# X# G8 V0 X% ^$ `: n& ^
; k, D3 u/ P3 V, R& V6 ^Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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+ W$ R. Y) m! s3 ~+ T1 M# a" LCombat modifiers
( U4 n* |" H, U, y0 @4 SDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
7 M9 ?- Y0 z& X7 j! t experience(-)7 O1 m# a4 z- |. `* C
Attacker: " W/ y+ P. m& l: b
+ E/ k& J O, ?7 PJapanese ground losses:. C$ ~3 N- D2 N/ ~5 C, i F
134 casualties reported
( b1 ~5 n8 c3 N' p( ?3 F7 b Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled" r: z X f, x% F" v8 R
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' [# h& j9 t* N/ {* F# d Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled; w+ W6 {' } U; G# u; y
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Allied ground losses:
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! r- }/ L* B# ~" Y; p2 s Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
$ k9 i# V; l+ _1 e Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
2 b5 F6 [- J' U! s/ g, i5 v Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
. o2 I1 W1 |4 ~' T" o0 y Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
2 q' Y/ M- @( W( h0 r6 \% w Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)" f( A7 Q( a8 B1 ~6 w
Units retreated 1
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