AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41, q$ |0 ~* W* f2 i6 q7 o
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6 Y' {( @$ P8 N: `# [- [
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft losses T' t+ t3 D/ S8 v
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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Japanese Ships3 Q, b6 ^" p0 e n! h
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire! ?# A/ b) A; I8 Q- D
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1$ Z( v" G+ Q0 {0 ~, O* ^3 s. b
DD Shiratsuyu
, a: |! l7 f3 J6 @/ A DD Shigure5 T' r/ D9 I& ~: o. W* a, \
DD Hatsuharu
1 @% ^. u! t' x" \ DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
' t( M+ w* I* f/ N DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
. E+ f' E& T V8 h( ^2 W DD Oboro
! R+ L: ]9 N2 B& c7 F: ] DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
5 h+ E3 {% U. o5 R DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" \$ d7 _5 ?- O0 r
DD Hayate
) [: ^+ T5 o" h DD Sawakaze' t1 ^. v$ g h
DD Yukaze4 N0 Q8 k2 Q; Z5 T- L; p: B7 D
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
# e5 @4 e0 H% I3 E5 X; ] DD Tawakaze9 b% @' {& Z7 G; W& _
" G5 D# J$ R& w5 t& KAllied Ships, j7 V6 y7 Q1 `: X
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 h5 q4 L/ S; e( D" p- x& X7 l
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk, \0 I6 w' W6 ^8 f+ x/ O6 Z8 G9 Y
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- M, S6 ?7 T: h2 \, Q
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ ?: L5 w% [ o7 R, Q: z DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
* l. x) n$ R: |! a/ a+ x- h0 C DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage3 w9 n1 p' a5 w
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58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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2 m& M2 L# }* l4 S% G- `Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155. m( d- z/ y, @5 V) W t4 D
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft1 d5 Y# ]; g: k0 q2 N* J* @
A6M2 Zero x 45: f- D" c) N0 D
B5N2 Kate x 50
7 N8 I+ A7 x8 [ D3A1 Val x 593 G9 }5 p e# r
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Allied aircraft- p3 l2 N' {6 w6 I7 a& v
F2A-3 Buffalo x 20 `5 I! L' k: |6 i
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Japanese aircraft losses
: I# m' H, `! S6 m( m# m A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
9 H% G8 T. p- ?5 q7 f B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
( _4 @+ t! L4 B& A; t D3A1 Val: 16 damaged6 T) g$ @4 |. y+ B6 a6 ]2 G) t
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses! \+ v! }: [. N$ \7 p* q. |
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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" i q! ~$ N2 e. P \ CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk; K% f, P; I' ~1 n' B& W7 ?* I
CA Chicago, T' z( |! T1 ^8 n
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage4 e, D* z# `& r- v
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
9 {1 a+ J2 y/ d3 I: z CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 q8 ~) s0 d! H; o
DD Flusser
9 j' U+ w+ x, W0 y( H% F5 U+ q CA Astoria0 W, H4 _7 z! I# @ h
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 20 [7 g) d0 k8 A, w/ L. b$ K ~
DD Benham+ U- y. L+ p' q S8 u. M) [
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% s0 O2 S6 X- O, L) e' d/ EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky) w* N B9 }; e/ T* ^ s# C
6 s D# }% q0 c; SRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ X p) l: q. J" p) p SEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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8 A, b1 j$ j! O/ YJapanese aircraft5 ~4 T2 ^9 P+ J- c* D# e( g
A6M2 Zero x 32! h+ `# |- y( ~3 P1 [
B5N2 Kate x 10' p7 r; W8 V. L8 x4 ^* y4 a
D3A1 Val x 31
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no flights
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged* I& p" Z# c6 @
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) |: M. m# C$ g' p8 N& ~ SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed" i9 J% k. @, D" X$ t
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Allied Ships
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' ~# J$ m4 F* B6 R% ~: { CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
9 g# L2 E7 q& S6 ~ CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire. _4 f: ^/ d! ^, F, Z. y) ~
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage, s7 w2 `& |! ^
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
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DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage; t+ v d2 H5 v
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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) O$ B, M) j: X% U' X7 MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155* l6 }/ P, }2 _
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Weather in hex: Clear sky& q% x+ [. _2 H8 t$ P+ H% N
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
. q, ?% B- I6 D WEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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D3A1 Val x 18% c4 e. ?6 _; S
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D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
3 g+ y, K1 u4 E 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
" F6 \" b. {: P- Z0 ]Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack# r0 I! W9 f9 D9 O
/ M! g3 |. z: bAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022* S; [* d8 A* C/ t
" ]. s$ y2 f: S8 B5 d4 `7 lDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 399 `: D( d l5 }' d
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0. R+ X0 ~2 n/ f+ P- \% E/ l. i
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434 , b, s% z1 x2 R2 I8 r
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) 7 \8 b* X* \, F: l" x
/ W1 T2 R( Q! W. W6 Z& QJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!9 G" t& a8 s& R. j- ^* k6 y
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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( r; W' k8 r) S/ |9 |3 sJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
' y1 Q4 \+ v- @) R7 w: E. v+ J Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
* o; @$ }" c- |) i: H Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Allied ground losses:" a) [3 p7 ^) o
812 casualties reported" r1 S3 T' }+ R1 w* M/ u) P+ s2 A
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
% ^9 _( y# @! w9 p Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled& F% {; N q" q* }; j6 G
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 F, Q# v# v9 n Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)0 B/ o; Z+ k- T. @1 v1 e; Q! V
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)$ j% e8 X( l: Y R, p- Q( u
Units retreated 1: r( D' O; I$ N: N' L) A
Units destroyed 2 |