AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards: x, C1 F6 F% X# D( V. h! R( T! K
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no flights9 ^7 m) @: e! I8 _
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Allied aircraft losses
% D0 e/ d* ?# y M) Z8 U5 C SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed& u( T! P; O7 _% Z% l1 r! J9 x
9 k/ ~% D. s# j/ |) RJapanese Ships
4 m$ y- G* k+ M8 }* ] BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
1 b6 \9 Z( a6 K6 V7 ? CL Kitakami, Shell hits 17 K! ] y7 A+ G+ E
DD Shiratsuyu
" C2 |- K3 M! |2 W DD Shigure( X% ^) J& g5 T4 S' P( L' L
DD Hatsuharu
/ B c7 }! V4 k$ r& \; o1 i! ^ DD Nenohi, Shell hits 38 w: s) w! T$ D; ^
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
9 {* i$ ]+ v* }; ^! M- U$ } DD Oboro
7 \% H4 W0 Z& W7 [( Y DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire% B7 Y/ ^. f( i* z6 r- @# b, I
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 p9 e) @5 N3 O4 r! u; `, p9 O DD Hayate% b- K# t7 [8 D1 d! E4 C
DD Sawakaze
& H9 N4 I( M, C8 U5 b3 z) p- O DD Yukaze
. E3 x) }3 m" y. E( }$ b1 v$ n y8 t DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires9 `& E! d1 N0 `0 w( x5 c+ H
DD Tawakaze
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Allied Ships
0 Y% c, _& ]% F1 _ CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; E, n8 V8 X B( n
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
1 d* V* b6 E6 ]$ u1 C/ q DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage1 O$ w! W3 x- w7 h N, ]
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 q E7 w* Z( u; V# n) \) Q DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
6 Z$ b# {) H7 g- c. { DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage$ m" k2 y; l& U% f6 T; I
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! C* ?/ _" @' A V% |% t58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 108,1557 |. G- W$ z1 L& k: ]* ? O1 e' I
4 M5 N: S, C7 ~! n. BWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
" @# W6 t- E1 S0 \Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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$ H: j8 F; r$ x) q' p4 b" z* o9 B- } A6M2 Zero x 45* S# O: _. M: N5 U5 }3 T
B5N2 Kate x 50
8 o$ ]+ X* X2 o. Q, R D3A1 Val x 59; d$ R+ T% C' K# i) v0 y3 `: P
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Allied aircraft5 G( n2 ?( V2 Q2 s; V
F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses
( @; r( s# u1 A A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed5 t4 M- b" P9 X. Y8 B
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
) w/ v/ G; H3 R D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
- F Q8 |: l; R) [, ~0 g$ f! p+ l" W D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak; W: t7 B9 t/ e8 W3 n9 i
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Allied aircraft losses5 V; ~# p$ A5 G. b, b: j5 b; Y
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed# p, A( Y, I, P- s! c* N
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Allied Ships
7 t& \( F* t; t, v/ Z CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk9 k4 d% U4 X3 R2 |9 j& v/ U9 I. ^
CA Chicago- e! R* T8 s2 L- r+ ?$ |
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
" D5 X7 M0 W8 V A4 f8 x; ] CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
' X+ h8 F0 h: l) q CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ G2 A' l8 f) ~ DD Flusser
( P0 i- z9 E9 F! z! F* G CA Astoria
: k- x# l7 d1 n( |- t. K( ~6 V' | CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 21 H" N o% h6 f9 y8 [5 b t5 |
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$ X1 v* i* J; e# y7 }& `
2 N) r$ o- S! P$ d6 }9 e, {Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
1 y' x1 a2 g4 fEstimated time to target is 21 minutes$ \3 \2 I. A& `( T9 |
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A6M2 Zero x 32
2 _$ {3 D7 H- M: o! n: Y u) y B5N2 Kate x 10
3 s$ @: |$ {% q+ y' R( j D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft
6 B) g7 X, d& b& E no flights$ S- }2 p- w( Z( g& m7 e+ v
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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! r% p8 m1 C! z& S) Q SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
( S" }9 u3 r/ q2 t CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
" B O$ S; m, I# C( ? CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk$ |* K l5 T* ]* p! z
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire- ?' s/ N0 L) l
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage6 O1 N; ]0 e% C0 c E6 a
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3# M5 R$ c5 u% m+ r
DD Gridley
# z1 h. t) H, H8 \4 N. ^1 F DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ S+ a0 D& }3 |$ P5 |. ^/ n CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage- ~1 R& T0 M* M% ]( I" S1 A
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) Y; p$ N% t+ B0 M RAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155$ n; n r) [0 i9 J' l
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Weather in hex: Clear sky* V, X! D4 v, v9 A- U- q) U
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet./ {- d |9 ]: v0 W2 E& c' X; G
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes0 N8 o2 o4 [5 u5 l( _! u
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Japanese aircraft
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q! k1 D3 \+ K7 \! t' E D3A1 Val: 2 damaged" l' {4 a( b( l+ P8 G% E
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak) `7 d. ]+ o b: Y Q" d
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9 j; j7 T# Y4 H3 ~* k! O CA Astoria, Bomb hits 30 W4 `* W1 y# [
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire k& f- _; ^ |. E+ s! v3 o) `/ }0 p
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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: \4 J( M) B$ s' `
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)* S" x- G! u# W) ~
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 10228 k9 E/ ]1 D% ^8 g; ~+ y( x
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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5 o: E d* I9 {Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434 " \2 y5 ?8 }( ^" d3 u z8 H
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Allied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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* P& D D+ A0 {! rAttacker: * d7 m' }* X- v- V0 [- a
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled0 S* ]% g0 ?1 G: k+ i# M, p7 Q
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ p! T1 h6 S. f. A' h% o Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Allied ground losses:* a' y1 L' N2 @
812 casualties reported
7 h- d- q0 \# r5 k! Q' I7 `, ~ Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled# v/ `8 e7 R2 Q/ n, a
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
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. ]4 F4 S1 _7 ?' ? Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)" n# } g& f& ?0 l- P
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
6 k3 E! J4 ?. p" n: z Units retreated 1: q: v; G0 U' h5 }! K* W! \' M
Units destroyed 2 |