AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
7 R$ P/ @6 f; }$ B- H/ ]+ e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 aircraft5 H& X2 @+ Q4 I- I9 E5 F/ L
no flights* G+ _) R& U3 L( G
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SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed6 Q3 R+ }- j, Q$ `' m5 u6 i3 l9 Y' _
0 z* a$ o, w2 \; G2 FJapanese Ships4 M6 R: A& I; v6 \- \
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire% j- c# }+ m# B: E* ~
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
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DD Shigure
) D! _( {3 q. B* E4 c# Z DD Hatsuharu
& ]: m" ? N% H DD Nenohi, Shell hits 39 J w" e# j8 T) Q1 [* Q
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire5 D! y6 r. k5 ]. R+ C) ^- g+ A
DD Oboro
% R* Q$ Z0 m2 V& p% G1 |! j DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
5 {6 p2 D4 q/ J, @1 A1 }: V DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! j( e6 T" T9 `
DD Hayate
7 m: E `# w0 F* u( c- e DD Sawakaze
9 Q5 N# Y4 F' R5 P DD Yukaze1 l) B& T3 `3 D8 B% B
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires5 g. b1 I. S9 d: @* w- ~) e: }1 ~
DD Tawakaze* w/ N) [8 ~7 b L* n
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Allied Ships' d5 Z$ w. a: T2 E( ~
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 N" t6 \6 h, Q! g* b: j4 Z" ?' n; { CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
8 P- r" P5 |4 W9 B4 S) u DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage: J4 R$ }4 d$ i
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
* E8 X9 G8 i; b h I DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires3 }8 Z* q. s5 B+ h% n
DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage9 f1 ]; f/ i/ ?& S- C% [, h' d
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# ?# U0 V: `6 F5 c- n58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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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155" D( U V! U! z8 H$ M! w/ M* e# {+ h
7 u% R0 Y5 y; c8 JWeather in hex: Light rain/ H& j, i4 D( a
8 u* f" t& q3 Z% C& o* KRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 }1 }6 K( B. t9 mEstimated time to target is 26 minutes1 \8 e W% M2 l6 N" Z' A; G
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Japanese aircraft6 g7 T6 e( n4 E: t1 k! p8 s
A6M2 Zero x 45
$ ^: [/ P! i$ q! j B5N2 Kate x 50, x2 y1 t0 e& P( G# w; W0 h
D3A1 Val x 59+ p2 Z, E* B! q9 F( c$ O
1 T( z6 c L) a4 D9 ]- mAllied aircraft# K7 |' z$ c3 P6 t
F2A-3 Buffalo x 20& N6 m+ C" E! t _& b* s
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Japanese aircraft losses
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6 j3 ]' ^: F6 t3 W1 i B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
; I5 H7 B( ~, o; I D3A1 Val: 16 damaged5 L6 w) M% K9 U3 o8 w# s
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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3 _4 k- H7 U& s- x6 WAllied aircraft losses5 @7 q* M+ O v
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
0 X6 L5 e0 F" `, L2 k2 p CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk& t6 h) ^( G. `) `" h
CA Chicago
3 a6 `, Z; m# f {! k9 ?5 o. {2 ?; w CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage; S2 I' x1 N' a9 q3 i
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
/ r' N; i* `: I CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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CA Astoria
( V. p k8 [9 A CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2 \( w5 X% y& A5 d3 a; k4 `! A
DD Benham4 N! i7 j6 Y4 l1 l+ a' m' x% o( ~
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155( [9 c, ?+ Z7 y7 B% _8 G
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( ~: c2 {" | J" k: F- _2 a! LRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
5 f9 ^* \ O+ Y/ b, u4 sEstimated time to target is 21 minutes' Y3 E8 v4 h8 B3 H$ @' h6 t
, W4 W+ ~' A( i3 yJapanese aircraft
# A# q% ?+ C# e A6M2 Zero x 32
9 v9 }1 p! M& D3 i B5N2 Kate x 10
0 Y7 N+ \: _0 i0 s D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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7 q: t+ m: O/ `9 ]2 o. j, rAllied aircraft losses
. @- s6 n A# `9 d' I) s SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
% V. @6 N7 }8 V; q9 Z7 s5 {/ { CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Q$ j% c: [% o# F. d CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
+ E1 h0 q. A# [$ G# f; ~ CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire' r" f3 |1 q" t& S6 n+ {- u
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage3 P. A2 ^- x, o- }% ^" m
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3; @2 t3 A4 |9 |3 t. Y
DD Gridley
/ W% G" [9 `7 A! W, E DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage+ o$ z% F+ ]: c( b
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1551 G/ C& @7 X& V8 j" O a5 [( @
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
3 z, m Y5 v8 o5 X8 B% T) z! YEstimated time to target is 16 minutes) h9 T* s7 _+ n5 F, U
- @! f6 v$ w' ^3 a% P: P8 F4 b% HJapanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses3 t9 c1 L/ Q$ P
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged% y9 k/ S) B9 a/ J7 @2 I7 R
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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- j1 c0 p4 `. v CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
2 T6 k% i; h, t! g CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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& Z8 ~( l1 S- w- c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
1 z; |8 u; ]$ U7 }6 f2 E3 GGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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, E/ ~1 `6 t7 h0 v/ ~) B+ U2 j/ QAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022. M" E+ H7 E) ~2 ^
* F$ n9 K- G; ]0 W' F6 k% q3 }Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39% ]5 |% O: F7 {/ N( M" R
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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Allied adjusted defense: 5
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+ i0 y, a# w% l2 d! e0 v# F u/ q$ lJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) " w$ d# p" Q/ J( @% E6 c
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!- V/ ?4 W1 m- [" {
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Combat modifiers
/ U q8 ? `. y5 wDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)( Y8 d: H1 C9 r. m6 C9 c4 O3 k Z
experience(-)
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3 p# W$ t( [- [0 I4 W' v' ~Japanese ground losses:
2 D# o+ B# S5 I# \- y 134 casualties reported# @, {9 w6 h; j1 C% N% q! |
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled+ Q0 D1 n- A M1 H/ u- y
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
6 u' l4 _+ l6 B Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Allied ground losses:0 n) C- m9 @8 D: Z9 a" H
812 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
' y$ A' @+ I0 k2 Y+ M# b/ H Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled& K. v1 o4 G- `* P' W5 U# L$ y
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)$ H. F) ~; g7 b, O* U9 o. ~5 A; J
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)( Y% I* `7 b4 D
Units retreated 14 C* p; B3 d; q; g0 M% T5 C
Units destroyed 2 |