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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 42
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东方的斯大林格勒
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# ]1 E0 T6 M5 `. S卡拉奇大捷$ C/ F% x0 m+ t. Q# T- d5 P q: w
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3 ^) N3 u* @. g9 l英,印,国军在盟军强有力的海空支援下,一举击溃了盘踞在卡拉奇半年之久的日军兵团,势如破竹般向印度腹地挺进,一举夺回了印度战场的主导权,堪称二次大战历史上最有影响力的战役之一,后世该战役同斯大林格勒战役齐名# t# @" s' P1 V; Q" Q+ ?3 m
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1 R& T! t! z0 f4 lNight Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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Allied Ships
7 ?. t p* B& z7 E! Y% S+ n6 n- Q( q BB Prince of Wales: `0 ~8 S) G, H$ h: |) `
BB North Carolina
" j" f' N5 Q+ U* q( A: m7 z CA Exeter$ |$ v& }6 Q1 ]9 h8 ~6 Q: c) X) Z
CA Devonshire& S) v& Q! W- x: W8 G" Z
CA Vincennes x: ?7 J; G8 {5 i7 t2 T& r/ C( U) v
CA Quincy& B) _) A' g: [$ e) V) b. v
CA San Francisco+ x* ?# f, x$ Y2 u$ E7 Z0 B1 U
CA Minneapolis3 C! f& ?6 e( x
CA Astoria
1 u; H+ @# V9 m1 J+ } CA Chicago4 W8 P$ E6 C! T6 Y2 I# Q
CA Louisville
" ?% A' L3 T. ?' _9 X4 { CA Chester6 r% N, Y# m' m4 c, n4 e
CA Northampton9 C3 t8 G9 i7 W% {- A/ I
CA Portland& I9 S5 h! x% }8 q
DD Dale, p, ]: h' t' ~' G: t% _3 N
DD Worden/ S8 S' {. Z2 K* a7 W
DD MacDonough
, l' M/ y. ?" L. H DD Selfridge
* K/ p: n" O2 d) M% ]/ O: _' X DD Cushing
% `* ?2 N1 [' k DD Grayson
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Japanese ground losses:
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0 J: z5 ^4 T5 I Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled9 m) a9 ?6 ^! t# X" v( S; K
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
2 {) l" i+ J, y. I Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled T: C, Y( O2 M# y- u6 u
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ U! a, w" G, H7 k" P
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8& y2 l6 N, e3 z3 T- D" S9 x
8 A, O' ~; ]# p& j2 T PAllied Ships4 Y1 ]' g. O/ J0 E) k9 K: K
DD Humphreys8 N' m7 I4 S5 e& ^6 Z/ s. a" Q
DD Norman, ~8 w0 h/ M1 ]
DD Thracian3 p3 J! X0 b+ O: e( R4 a
DD Thanet
8 k& }& W) y2 N7 v DD Tenedos. e% c3 A$ Y( B- T( H
DD Stronghold
. ~2 ?5 k. X: d) ^6 }0 \ DD Arunta0 `0 a. d A4 X) ~/ k8 j4 l
DD Stewart2 J7 B' v) H$ x! \3 q6 n
DD Pope
; O! X4 i9 v& h DD Parrott8 F) y9 t( e7 l' Z6 F: r
DD Paul Jones* h2 q5 t6 x. y; f3 e* m
DD John D. Edwards
& k N5 F2 B4 H( V/ o* v0 | DD Bancroft
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Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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6 o. ^/ w$ n7 \ I* N4 T# L BB Resolution
* y( p% e, V' z" a$ \$ `; T BB Ramillies
7 n* e$ d! G: n' C' u3 Y1 c( r BB Royal Sovereign
) ?# Q) }5 C( `8 A7 w BB Revenge
6 D( [; H* _& Z6 ^1 Y4 c( {2 w0 Q BB Valiant
* D! }3 n ~3 A% o BB Warspite
7 j& M( J v, U7 K% ]8 g BB Mississippi+ b7 Q# g5 \: ]" i# f6 l1 w
BB New Mexico
# t( B% R( ]& Q* E4 K# _0 ~, H BB Idaho
# Q, Z2 P) N" c& Z! t5 e BB Colorado1 Z5 s5 |, K4 i( p G
CL Capetown
6 v* M; K( `6 H; L0 R( q+ D! |, n- | CL Caradoc- m6 y9 w! E# n, Z
CL Newcastle! U# o% H4 Y2 ~3 C" s
CL Enterprise" Q3 E; y6 u( n' y
CLAA San Juan
Q8 j* |0 K) x$ T CLAA San Diego* a! A. o9 f; E$ ?1 O' X
CLAA Atlanta
2 Q: q3 O9 b. f1 c% }9 H; | DD McCall: r( P8 t5 `, K; w& c0 a9 x* O: m) d
DD Gridley8 e) I2 ?: L# Q3 }9 L
DD Craven9 P. |4 c$ K8 P9 J
DD Bagley
3 `4 \' X" N3 K DD Russell
1 x0 I& A: Q- X- M" Q$ A- Q/ B DD Mustin
v, Z m6 [* [$ O. v DD Hammann
8 }2 S3 ]- J/ x4 E9 g DD Anderson5 O( {3 |* t: S: ?/ h
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Japanese ground losses:
/ _0 m3 |6 n' E; o 1530 casualties reported
6 s2 y( A$ ^& ]3 n. s1 R7 e# ~ Squads: 5 destroyed, 82 disabled/ }" o1 {& Q' o' s* y5 v
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 118 disabled
! P* G! I& h( W( M Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled B# e& r. b* a# Z3 I
Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)
/ B/ B* p; B* D7 s. d5 n2 B, y Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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0 F$ q/ D! p) r4 j4 s+ BMorning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 40,8 (Karachi)
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Weather in hex: Light cloud3 U! b" Q7 i% K$ j; @
% H& R+ `9 J# pRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.; S6 x- a C7 Y3 ^$ e' o
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes* v4 }. y2 e3 g- F+ e
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, @; {5 R$ D! e) mAllied aircraft6 z9 z/ H# P: k( ~" G% n$ u4 I) S
Sea Hurricane Ib x 9
& g9 |4 {( W/ D Martlet II x 10
. i$ j7 ]5 `: d. l Spitfire VIII x 23! P4 @) x% ], ?' U5 A
Hurricane XIIb x 21
, x" a- A% M6 `0 o1 b P-39D Airacobra x 24
+ A& j+ S/ N2 b P-40E Warhawk x 28
q1 C h3 V! c! q2 D5 L' [0 C. x! i F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
8 n. H* y$ G: h! _! B6 g+ ` F4F-4 Wildcat x 698 \% @9 N# E9 @- ^
SBD-3 Dauntless x 105
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged$ V! R6 O4 L, f3 M
5 ?" | I- C. b0 @Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 t0 k C% G/ k/ S) X+ E9 z4 r Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled# m+ W7 i1 m6 R) q2 d
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& z5 R7 {/ b4 Q2 K Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 40,8 (Karachi)
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1 w0 H( j& p( ]/ tWeather in hex: Light cloud: H) I Z+ C9 ^* v" r0 y" U
$ g) a8 [# A6 h% `- ~) YRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.# y$ I: Q; t$ E/ C! _
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes" Y% i' C* i0 U# r+ ^
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Allied aircraft
3 X' M J: ~, g# k# v" c( J Sea Hurricane Ib x 18
% ~& \/ {8 y6 r+ w8 K Martlet II x 6& s, ^7 D+ f' y; @/ b- u3 [
Blenheim IV x 12
L/ \* G2 S, z Y Hudson IIIa x 12; p I, r0 N$ X+ A O
Spitfire VIII x 16/ ~( J4 ?3 R2 [
Wellington Ic x 95
+ ^' j) |! t- {$ ^' u; M Hurricane XIIb x 12
- @; H" A# R2 p9 y1 B B-25C Mitchell x 377 k$ E6 f2 T7 d% d& [8 Q
P-39D Airacobra x 32# ^& Y! a* f6 u* @( A: n/ x0 N$ U
P-40E Warhawk x 50# }8 T9 f% j* F8 A
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2' f0 B, T9 m. a$ s, @& e! \
F4F-4 Wildcat x 62- E/ Q) S: M* q1 l2 U) e" L$ C- G
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Allied aircraft losses
5 _% [% J0 |- y Wellington Ic: 4 damaged2 O% @- R% g1 z7 s* k
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
2 ~4 e" M, N/ O. m: `$ o6 T 428 casualties reported
1 j2 I0 Y3 P$ p Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
2 `/ ~/ H2 u! n Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled
0 F- h5 p) _/ f7 c. T- ]$ ~ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! q$ d) B8 x$ |) r! Q& ~$ N4 ~
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)6 [( x( E, g+ s8 ^) Y
Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)
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Allied Shock attack
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h8 l& r% u S; h- n% y. n, tAttacking force 206935 troops, 2918 guns, 3709 vehicles, Assault Value = 77069 V1 q& f$ H, n8 ]( G* L
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Defending force 49436 troops, 591 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 1587
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Allied adjusted assault: 9971
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6 u* r7 ~* k4 Z4 ], W" I1 w. yJapanese adjusted defense: 1903 / M2 l6 Y, ~ ?+ X M/ ^ Y
! [8 V' ]6 y; S- i8 H- [% d" TAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 * Q: i! [; C2 W
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Combat modifiers
$ c/ f" n9 l; G& ]" sDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+)" x9 ]& i6 r- B& ]! C
Attacker: shock(+)! C, v4 K$ D" ]9 {& s
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Japanese ground losses:- t3 ?, V6 D! [) [7 z1 n- Q
9774 casualties reported8 x% l P, }/ I, C1 E0 |
Squads: 239 destroyed, 261 disabled
& t2 l- V( M4 ?$ m% @ Non Combat: 260 destroyed, 103 disabled7 z. N$ M( \& f6 T3 t+ s* m7 _4 N
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled ]- I/ n: @4 I5 N" @$ l
Guns lost 165 (80 destroyed, 85 disabled)
0 X# Y3 l0 L2 o Vehicles lost 129 (60 destroyed, 69 disabled)+ J& \3 w8 s3 f6 F' D( }1 a
Units retreated 221 X9 w w4 }2 x5 c) o/ L8 i. t& s, X
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Allied ground losses:
0 d- r$ ~) i1 k) n 27536 casualties reported
- o9 I+ k5 B" n4 ? Squads: 252 destroyed, 1923 disabled
* N/ ]& S* u& p( X Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 436 disabled
, H4 X9 f' {0 o D Engineers: 34 destroyed, 283 disabled/ L6 Q5 a( U! k& |2 \ A) k( c
Guns lost 259 (21 destroyed, 238 disabled)
4 q( m& B ^& w; J Vehicles lost 129 (12 destroyed, 117 disabled)
. Q; e6 L6 k. b: j" L. m7 W Units destroyed 1
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8 _- h" [8 K; |& c" u! b: L+ o" ^Assaulting units:
( J3 n0 C. ~* a% t$ _8 y4 ?! k* p 7th New Chinese Corps$ n C: m/ c# |8 j' q8 d4 o8 n
Madras Police Battalion- G3 j# u* h* S! a4 _
2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment0 Y% @" a3 P4 p9 {2 k
200th Chinese Division
' a# u3 V0 m3 e8 a; j 31st Armoured Division
" o# d* i" ?2 N9 ^8 @: z8 e 36th Chinese Division$ Q8 D$ n+ W0 Z: z
75th IAC Regiment/ l( j7 l; M1 @
7th Indian Division
0 d0 m# e5 q$ `& ~6 b 6th Chinese Corps
2 x) g% ~$ z: [# W# | 73rd Motorised Brigade) i3 ?2 J6 R4 H L& G
Waziristan Division- P: H6 f6 r. l. r
98th Indian Brigade
3 U! Q5 q0 D0 Y. V3 {2 Z% m 10th Indian Division
- K. x3 M" L& X! Z- ]% W 6/6th Rajputna Battalion
: [0 B5 U) q8 y& f 96th Chinese Division2 ^/ [1 Y" K7 L( g
2nd Reserve Division' n, c5 }5 L* O! k, f. ]/ h
100th Indian Brigade8 J# n, m! s4 p1 v* `9 @, p
19th Indian Division
" n! `! d+ j3 \0 `7 f- n0 a 46th Indian Brigade
: j& }! f, ^: A G! N 70th British Division
u5 E8 U" l3 n$ D/ T+ h' q5 v) v 2nd British Division3 m/ J+ e; l$ s
267th Armoured Brigade
3 D; V5 S6 X5 N& {8 v 20th Indian Division
- Y9 |9 q2 \: a; e1 L: w) F 17th Indian Division$ F6 v3 V1 d. n- P" T8 M# b
26th Indian Brigade- A( b5 X8 f8 Z
254th Armoured Brigade
4 J& W4 \# ]# t 2nd NZ Division
& I! C6 h/ K/ i7 Y+ x Punjab Division
# T# b0 G/ `3 ]: y 23rd Indian Division
* ^7 x( D& |9 T 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion% D; M% |2 t& V( G$ H( }; q
Karachi Fortress
2 o% @4 I5 }7 [# s8 [9 m$ w# \ 1st USMC Parachute Battalion' ]0 l) d: l0 f/ t q; ~( ]
1st Somerset LI Battalion1 p/ K: M2 M+ t
26th Indian Division' H% i: B: I* a: N1 f! `) L; O
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
2 r: U, X2 \5 F 6th Indian Division
- ]. @% T+ b- r2 G 8th Indian Brigade
9 d: q7 `4 i% d9 R( c3 o, N 14th Indian Division H( p" D* |; S+ l
5th Indian Division
9 W8 w- q0 t2 W# R 77th Heavy AA Regiment0 s" ~, k+ Y3 O/ W2 ^2 g
4th NW Frontier Base Force
% i% ~, L! p/ W1 l! O( P RAF 223 Group Wing
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8 K$ e/ c& P0 a+ L: I3 R 1st West Coast Base Force% j5 a& u3 L' c7 \2 T# p4 K" _- ~
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
, f4 G/ ]& b- Y6 k2 M- o 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment4 Q5 P( o$ z g3 k3 @# j+ q
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
, X; {, g. M* F$ s Pathan Construction Battalion
$ V d G% _5 k, d5 @ 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment% [; y' X& u% x& W9 l9 C
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
^* ~* w" B4 N5 B0 x9 w RAF 225 Group Wing 7 s2 l7 u1 D% O; F
2nd West Coast Base Force, |9 w! N; c/ A' G
3rd Hyderabad Base Force
9 s$ j. ^& o4 w# n 1st Bombay Construction Battalion
$ a5 @8 D7 d5 y& t# b 24th Indian Engineer Battalion
* N- ?* }% J8 d 23rd AA Bde
2 l! e" p5 S6 K 1st Central India Base Force
# I/ H4 f) ~8 ~9 _4 v+ P' e 6th Medium Regiment, ~4 G4 z* _1 }6 T4 Z8 f$ D3 v
1st Bengal Construction Battalion
6 ]: M$ k; C: i8 a/ L Ceylon Base Force. {' X5 C8 S2 A& X5 _# S
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment% [' z/ w0 ~7 a1 r `
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment: t# o9 h6 ^% d0 `+ e$ c
Sikh Construction Battalion
: n* P( B- W a0 u1 `/ S5 @ 12th Indian Engineer Battalion
+ e; j% f" W# l& x+ K2 s' H9 c India Command
4 E2 k5 b4 t, W) T% x% m 3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
& j1 D5 n( G* i5 S* I" e7 Y3 U' E 1st Indian Light AA Regiment
V+ Z- V# V! g1 s! P/ C 95th Heavy AA Regiment
: A" S0 }: K6 G, m 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment3 n" t5 O8 @6 n+ c8 x% O% I- L3 H
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment+ r# C6 U# a* J! E
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
& Z' {, q; p7 y( H. U 1st South India Base Force! p( I3 C& w* v) Y
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment) K8 M7 D1 b9 w" F3 g
1st Madras Construction Battalion
0 x: a6 w/ p' y 48th Light AA Regiment; [6 F+ v6 s( c9 R
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment8 Y( Y% M3 N$ ~3 G6 S
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112th Infantry Regiment# O8 n1 ]8 A% x7 V2 B. A
Kure 3rd SNLF
0 O5 n c* q; q* h 5th Recon Regiment* N3 y0 @. k7 U: o, i; S
61st Infantry Group
3 T4 y( C- G" z6 i 62nd Infantry Group 7 @( t* A- _8 O: W
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
# b& o' c: {, J! L M 64th Infantry Group
2 K' p8 C6 O4 ?6 x G! @: E" @5 c# G 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
. R6 {& a S' z( ^- R 63rd Infantry Group
3 X6 J9 r) M( m) w4 k 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
+ E7 p" u4 s( {+ ~ 5th Amphibious Brigade# {+ e) P8 Q( w( O: V, T
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment' |( H% F! d3 C
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
! E: j0 ~1 x) e8 r 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
+ o) g& d4 Z/ r1 P1 ?2 R 5th Field Artillery Regiment
7 M: r1 \8 [4 N4 c5 H+ O) {9 F 2nd Mortar Battalion
. K' {0 Q- i$ _" s; X 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ Q+ N1 K, r- K; K3 m6 \6 x 14th Army
$ m! t c0 H/ w3 `0 o! ^ 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
" V7 i! F- b2 M+ A, ~ 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment! V$ t! r$ W2 U
56th Field Artillery Regiment, N0 O4 t1 s+ Q
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment |
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