AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
/ M" N6 I$ S: N+ i" U0 m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
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses, y% d- V; g5 u$ d7 X; z' J
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed1 u3 [/ v0 c7 X( Z
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7 P5 x! J6 v) A9 l& U3 o BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
* q* H9 ]9 i1 l5 ` CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1% ]6 j7 w4 S$ R" G4 Y9 R: h3 J
DD Shiratsuyu
3 P" \; }+ p1 y$ U DD Shigure
+ U! D* ^" V, A: `+ B% U DD Hatsuharu
. \: h& L. R' l& x5 D DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3# I3 ?7 k2 r" d! }/ f
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
) W: ?& V! M3 A3 V2 N: X DD Oboro) z+ }) S0 g% x; c: H, Y5 Q' B$ M
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire0 P/ ~4 R' k7 _9 K& G7 u9 L1 S% C
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage. q" g& \; g5 q Y$ Y
DD Hayate8 z# I( }& I) u" G0 ~8 C8 F
DD Sawakaze0 T9 r# F) S ?4 N3 d; y$ O
DD Yukaze- Q) | d [, B
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
4 _, T: z6 {* ]# Z; C" i' Q DD Tawakaze
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Allied Ships" |' c# d' ~1 W3 _
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' [5 c/ m) M' Y7 A CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
j7 F3 G% Z H DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
" @* ?1 ~, c6 T5 ^; Z# z" K DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage/ G8 z! r9 X# h A, o& D' Y$ X
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires0 U# Q+ ~' u1 f# o& X u
DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage( f, v9 H& G4 Y# _
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# h7 [0 ]; R V' d) v58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭
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, G- O5 |. ?! m/ ]# Q/ _* KMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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V: p8 h% x" v( ~Weather in hex: Light rain, w" U( A) G5 q* ]3 `4 P8 I4 Y
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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O j5 Y l- e' p7 a A6M2 Zero x 45. [* M l/ d! B6 A8 }
B5N2 Kate x 50 I$ a/ |9 Z+ a7 T/ t) q; K. u& |; y
D3A1 Val x 59
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Allied aircraft3 S" ?. f, E' E F- i3 C7 n. ]5 Q
F2A-3 Buffalo x 200 w/ A4 W: }6 q4 A. j' n
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 N4 h2 w9 T1 a A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
|) \& Y7 I3 [ D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak3 d8 u2 C/ t& q: S) C n8 l
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Allied aircraft losses8 q) ~4 _7 R+ ~& q" a) I* Q
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed/ K+ b7 Z% B) d0 u: V% {6 d
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Allied Ships
V6 s) Q+ W& Y CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
4 D+ ~, g6 b0 e0 m CA Chicago
1 I) h% @) }6 s8 S2 L/ ^8 w CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage0 j) ? a6 j8 S5 F
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
0 S. u7 d [" A CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
# E& M5 o+ e" H/ \6 X) Y* T DD Flusser
B; ^; o# w* ]9 D1 [7 V5 W4 f3 w5 A CA Astoria
0 c7 ]& e4 f p8 l+ h/ ?8 E0 I0 @ CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
4 h- K4 E5 |/ r. `( O1 X DD Benham
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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6 o9 J$ ?3 A0 g1 {- W9 I" d( B+ aRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 T, S: H6 `, @, Y! ^/ `
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes6 N* j8 M/ j( {% U
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Japanese aircraft
" [3 [9 y% Y f/ K, V A6M2 Zero x 32' ^, p' B' u4 f4 r [4 O) d
B5N2 Kate x 10: j- t; z e0 t: F, o1 \) g' |
D3A1 Val x 31 r2 c. Y; q/ V5 g& z/ D
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no flights. p5 y) ^( G8 N9 a7 G7 ^5 M. t) r
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Allied aircraft losses
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CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ E/ {' k5 P: j8 m0 r: A CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk" {* g. Q6 x9 e! H
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire0 P/ ^5 C) h( E% `
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ H# p$ ~4 }9 F# v# |/ v9 D. g2 } CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
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DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. K8 {6 s. \( H CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
* R* b- U _& S+ H& @) iEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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; M) P/ A j5 i! ]6 XJapanese aircraft losses
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D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3, o* o+ u% ^2 N* }0 u
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
* `. L- p, } FGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)! o( [5 H3 P# [9 T3 M; q
6 A4 `0 P$ K5 R' T+ DJapanese Deliberate attack& S) x; b: y6 ~7 u4 a( w2 V
9 F! X) B. j9 q1 c2 k5 I d' cAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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/ F V7 b& d4 O5 }1 e8 CJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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; `' a1 p/ `5 _9 e7 F4 I/ ^Japanese adjusted assault: 434 : a. X% P' {+ b% b
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Allied adjusted defense: 5 : K( S a& B7 S8 l2 X4 q
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) 4 X" _4 _1 A2 N$ {2 e
: ~9 s! y5 a" c! t- \( b5 X) IJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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5 ~7 v! H- R: x' Y, UDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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Attacker: . B6 z, d% C/ i$ T1 @ f
% R3 i8 R4 v2 ]( j# Q" oJapanese ground losses:
5 j& ~5 Q9 n M' t$ L; \( R( K$ W% j 134 casualties reported: \% ^9 Q- L& h7 z! y
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
+ D+ _% _8 k2 j) |3 k0 G Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
7 H2 b6 Q. D9 B Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled2 A8 ]/ N9 [3 S! _6 \8 \
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812 casualties reported+ Q4 F* E4 M0 l/ t; J6 K& ?
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled0 R$ }3 c; n, f. L% X+ l* m( K( G
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
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+ b8 \7 a, a( A: L Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
, P1 k7 h* v- S' g- a( K1 \# P Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
" @2 D( I: ?+ y0 J0 a Units retreated 1" ~! J: E& Q' C7 c1 m% u h& ?
Units destroyed 2 |