AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42, I- R! y$ F6 S; ?
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! F# J! _ C9 r6 Q8 n9 B0 @南洋战场,日军继续冒着盟军的狂轰滥炸裸奔登陆安汶岛,被岸炮痛扁,天亮后日军发动谨慎攻击无果
4 ^4 y, }6 E, |3 R; x, ^8 r马来半岛,南方军在柔弗巴鲁的战力打到了2200,700多战力的盟军正在向新加坡后撤0 ?" p) y0 u: D3 f9 V1 c7 ^% x
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* d5 t4 P. G5 R9 b& rMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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R2 M! O, V2 Q8 X# E6 K4 gWeather in hex: Partial cloud* \' N3 B& P; Q* O2 j
$ B4 p$ v; {5 o$ H! X9 L0 ?1 ZRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
8 }! @, Z: j+ ~ U' aEstimated time to target is 7 minutes# `' A* }( ^4 V2 h
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Allied aircraft
1 Y# t) Q1 t' h9 ?" Q2 B 139WH-3 x 6/ q6 ?: d' ~3 H1 i/ |# Y
B-339D x 34 G8 [+ I" Q8 ?
Hudson I x 3
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Allied aircraft losses3 u* z- `4 ~! l K9 H D
139WH-3: 3 damaged* e( |- B+ j& X7 W" U& n( E5 |
0 w; x( h& v, j$ L8 s
Japanese Ships; c. G% O p, v) V
DD Shiratsuyu/ U$ w8 B+ J5 l0 m
xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires; j% T! Y* ]% Q* \1 `- E# s: |
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7 o( v* e {& x) m i% R8 XMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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6 l0 q) l9 v R, tRaid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
t. U' ]6 W/ v- u* nEstimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Allied aircraft# e6 Y- @2 ~& Y6 N
B-339D x 1% \% e; K# y* [& S$ ` }
A-24 Banshee x 17& w4 M' a1 k ^, l7 q
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Allied aircraft losses
8 N1 e6 {! C2 m# M A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships$ r+ a! e6 J7 d6 T
xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
& W( t% o6 M2 I, G/ o7 ]6 R CA Takao
8 R8 R! r1 O) u CL Yura
6 }4 V( u1 A, x xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, u- ]4 k3 j9 L4 ~ xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire! q( H4 F! q9 v
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1090 k' ^# U- L- ]) j
( q# h# G& I% G# _, K! \8 f1 UWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" m7 K. g& }6 rEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft4 J3 K% e2 ?3 q7 \* e) k0 D
B-339D x 33 y0 m0 O/ X/ G" o! A0 H8 ?
A-24 Banshee x 10- E& \/ ^8 c1 J3 h8 x/ a
1 o2 I( t. A& lNo Allied losses, e+ Q1 J% b5 t& k5 R
% y1 X" x; R! z7 L! N/ RJapanese Ships2 s4 t! d. ]) c& A* l
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk# @9 _% L0 E' S3 }- N
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
8 p) F* t+ [6 S2 E6 ^) x, C xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire6 b8 G! H: }$ ^! P1 q
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9 F! }+ X; G+ F# z1 IMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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K$ M& k# ^7 D/ EWeather in hex: Partial cloud) x+ B0 ?" _, `# j r
1 l( M; _$ X5 B) I9 R+ IRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.. a+ @6 Y2 ~: |/ G0 N4 o
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes3 I1 N0 {, f7 j0 N
& j7 o) Y, `- ?4 g9 U6 A2 RAllied aircraft
2 C# c4 N: f8 m1 g! K. s: r- Z B-339D x 1
7 p5 u( b0 v6 n7 C A-24 Banshee x 2% C. A) j8 C) y
. U1 S$ q/ @& A8 N XNo Allied losses2 S( R1 a+ T' Y) |
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Japanese Ships" X9 g: K4 ?$ \$ s
CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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$ C: U8 l7 m! y3 w5 fMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# m7 K5 S8 b. D8 f; z, k) U
: `* q1 D9 s5 j; r7 JRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.0 ?" L& z6 z2 C3 B8 _3 w, G& V
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes( z; V T7 C, \1 O6 J- w2 c
6 M! Z2 E1 M0 s, L( SAllied aircraft$ I& o) ~5 n5 U8 x3 D& O5 c3 P# |
A-24 Banshee x 14
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8 S/ P2 x7 r( l X9 fAllied aircraft losses
0 u0 m, |# P7 Y A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged" M5 ~6 k/ j2 Z' c: s
( f8 ] U) y' s4 I. UJapanese Ships
1 ?& X9 I. H# C6 J3 C3 l/ Q, R @& | CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
8 R. \4 O, h3 Q5 k DD Hatakaze9 M: V+ \7 w$ x& ^% X
DD Oyashio! _/ z. i* v* X6 \
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/ J/ d5 H7 w. s8 @% N& w7 xGround combat at Ambon (76,109)! b4 \' o+ V9 ~2 ~7 W
* \& o# V( V$ ] T# mJapanese Deliberate attack
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# b8 Z- p$ {0 e% w, d# S, v OAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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Defending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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/ v& L+ X' T* `: RJapanese adjusted assault: 53
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; e- |) x( i. V P& M2 W DAllied adjusted defense: 121 % Y% E( l- x* s$ ]* K
1 q$ L: Q" h6 b1 }1 [9 i" g1 O" H6 |Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) # w m8 j6 p/ X- j" N
/ |( T7 y9 Y. Q7 w' ], `9 b8 TCombat modifiers1 U2 y/ u! ~! U+ ^6 c" j
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
: T6 [. {6 G" N* Q9 dAttacker:
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3 D, {" i8 B3 ]: e5 d ?. kJapanese ground losses:) b9 B M* q7 G$ E' t
292 casualties reported9 m* X& P# z8 N( U3 Y5 w
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled2 L: T- m" T( d7 Z3 W0 \
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
* x3 r( `* {% O& B8 Q ` Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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f- ]6 ]- f$ m& yAllied ground losses:, K% t" o8 F; T' b% Y
163 casualties reported6 b% f# t, ^& l+ ?( B# t
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled5 G2 D: f" {4 M, n
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled& M% C4 [- H+ {! t0 q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* r5 P7 G! R, R A
/ \. E+ G9 W. P* {, b" gAssaulting units:
( y7 I b/ c/ B+ U% R$ t7 n 1st Kure Assault Division
4 z" J9 q9 G. H, \' v# z; f 3rd Air Flotilla
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Defending units:
0 O, e. d& M t/ s3 a' a" n4 a Molukken Garrison Battalion
; }8 F& z+ p; s' [: d8 I 4th Coastal Gun Battalion% U8 A) Y$ H# ]1 d
Ambon Base Force |