AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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! Q; R2 e5 ~) j$ A$ ~- t- kDay Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards1 i; G3 n- x. n$ _* \0 i+ H
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Allied aircraft2 d" |( Y* B3 a- e
no flights
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4 M& u; @5 x; s+ e2 Q; TAllied aircraft losses% g, }& v$ O4 x
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed4 v- P, Z: e2 ?2 @ z+ J
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Japanese Ships: X1 } j+ ?7 A9 X s
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire8 Q3 T5 C; K$ _9 N" J7 D% g* m
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 10 [# Z; A) ~2 |- `6 Q5 m: k& B
DD Shiratsuyu+ u$ B( ^0 e1 [
DD Shigure b0 `1 L L8 p6 _7 V# W
DD Hatsuharu: S3 r& f2 |3 Z
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3" h2 l) ?9 X: ^
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire8 n5 e6 g3 e' h) l6 B" `" Y. c
DD Oboro
: V7 V3 y" m& r! n DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire& W5 s7 t! M1 u( V- B
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" R" u9 g. a) o$ h8 H+ j. |( w# Y
DD Hayate/ n4 r2 [0 D9 g& e9 l; U: U. J9 _
DD Sawakaze7 x( u$ q4 t w9 l$ l' ]1 C
DD Yukaze7 F6 ]! R, h( A+ z+ K9 D* f
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
* T X" u0 \9 o, I# ^, T DD Tawakaze, I" y; I8 s. z
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Allied Ships
- Z; S0 S) H5 B3 h CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ D4 S3 R3 Q2 ?
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
3 a4 P# t1 t4 Q1 W; C; E. W/ J DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 A3 @5 k% @3 x+ ] DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
- o' E" S6 e9 J9 u* v. ?# T DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
0 N+ [8 t! Q4 F9 G DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage4 [0 P# D. F! f
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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% W! B. \4 ~( [7 U: a
: K j9 p, t! _- T$ u; T9 VMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155" d& ?, N$ S/ l! H' }. N
3 X/ H: C! m9 z! V3 i, m5 v3 HWeather in hex: Light rain
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" r* T4 d% J% p0 r' r6 X; \Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 }% p, m! ~3 d/ S* ~Estimated time to target is 26 minutes9 N( R* {% o: Y/ I q/ q( y7 N* Q' Y
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Japanese aircraft& a8 o9 o$ @1 c2 X' f
A6M2 Zero x 45
! A) m+ H1 ^) D/ M7 W5 s" l" o B5N2 Kate x 50
) S3 I5 O3 f- B- o; | D3A1 Val x 59
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Allied aircraft
: E& d1 H! V5 T! T0 K6 ]7 o N F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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$ k) c, _3 [& G% O: C7 ?4 q A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed |1 @' v& i1 Q E/ T6 D. z2 v. ?
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
% t7 Y C( [9 r D3A1 Val: 16 damaged+ t; l- r+ ]2 z# r& r( S" N/ f
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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% b# Y% O) X4 Z7 u% ^8 hAllied aircraft losses
( c' P! t- s \ F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
' \& _' C2 M+ k- {/ J: G CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
9 T" c1 |& h4 f4 Y0 r6 E. ~ CA Chicago
9 m2 g1 E( m7 w! L) f CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
, Y- U; K# A/ J, P CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
2 F9 X# X2 Q2 t7 }4 q CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. I# b% B2 c o# z+ o3 L4 n DD Flusser6 n" O5 h) G- X, X$ O; O& `) X( P6 K* p
CA Astoria2 Y6 ?, `" }4 L4 k& b
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
4 q) S2 i+ y% S: _! V4 x DD Benham
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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% p: P1 t8 y; t) L/ mRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.0 o0 T* O9 l" ~0 r
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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+ C% K7 U" `( q) bJapanese aircraft
; n: A, R# q8 V! m) n; x A6M2 Zero x 32$ @7 T1 x% A) [- H; X- ?- ?2 T% e* s
B5N2 Kate x 10
$ a: C, p5 q1 f- a+ c D3A1 Val x 31 f6 [5 J0 P% {) }( ~- G" `
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no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses7 k2 g: O5 z' {! ~8 p! y2 ^
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged0 v8 j" ~% X2 g3 M' M$ F
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Allied aircraft losses
7 y% m9 K, j3 X) [7 {5 Q3 s SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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. O/ ^, K- [5 F3 `9 p CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, q k x- G/ C) r
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
0 b; t1 v* Z. D8 i3 o& C, b CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
3 i; l8 h ~# U: D CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
- j" e+ U( c; B; k( B CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
1 y% m# _4 t$ y DD Gridley" D& m# }+ X/ ?% `: r9 l! ?
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 m* J3 F4 Y( o2 W" f CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage# m! P- v3 U& x
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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) B9 D& u& K: C2 M& j- @Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: I9 t+ i F |' i$ n9 B' A
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
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; ~6 f# |1 K' G. a; r! m D3A1 Val x 18
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D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
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8 i e2 h# H7 s" _Allied Ships
( x: |8 ~. J5 B4 I+ S5 [: ? CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
& j% Q) ~$ c% p) H) [ CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire2 h6 {* Y6 I# l) ^$ c) l
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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( h. P$ O! E# a
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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`4 L" ]' ]" Z: n$ Q% QAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 10227 _$ q3 S* A/ q
+ N1 @( S3 r' y/ Z/ S% e9 R5 L9 EDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0, u' {3 t) `7 ~0 \6 m
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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Allied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) / b( Y6 q- w) f
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Combat modifiers1 \- r# j5 u2 L1 T+ `7 R
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)0 l% Z) ]0 C3 L
experience(-)+ V G. _; S7 P* V+ `6 w3 }% E
Attacker: " N# I2 C; M6 m
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Japanese ground losses:2 l* ~: Q8 X$ A3 ?+ J/ q/ L
134 casualties reported' ^) F8 H, H) a X
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled) q( V$ u9 z1 K @% p
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled2 p% y' Y4 ]6 G7 F+ [( i
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
4 O8 y6 ~5 y! g 812 casualties reported6 l) Z2 h# N. _$ h
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
- s2 r; q9 W& Y, {6 t% c Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled- m1 \0 N! n q2 C9 w
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled9 j4 \' S% u& O$ w8 g, b
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled); s) I$ I, n7 ?6 k' N9 k
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
9 d$ u- b& L% ^' o Units retreated 14 n+ u4 Z% f+ o( m2 M; _
Units destroyed 2 |