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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43* o4 U% A( k, _: W0 _- }

$ F8 ]6 Z% r5 D" x! z2 ], Z4月15号，美军两支巡洋舰编队炮击了日军在吉尔伯特群岛最大的机场，潜在3级，目前已经修到5级的环礁塔比特维亚，恰好有100来架日军紫电转场到该机场，被全部打瘫在机场上；由于天气原因，原定对4级机场塔瓦拉的空袭没有出击；) Z. Z2 N# ?$ h3 K3 _
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TF58掩护登陆舰队队进入登陆位置，准备16日凌晨抢滩
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7 I7 ]( O% C! n" ~/ j. t6 QSub attack near Tabiteuea  at 137,134  z1 ]/ u. ^( S/ q5 `

* U/ H9 L2 J7 p3 ?# @& C  G# VJapanese Ships, n8 ]& Q' `" k; w8 A
      SS I-38, hits 10
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Allied Ships* o2 Z* i* u& M0 P& a" I* y$ M
      DD Reid, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage8 R! n! w9 K) {7 p7 p# I
      CA Frobisher+ H7 L# M# `9 I$ k5 C1 n1 f
      CL Montpelier
/ B4 E7 t; V- n4 g7 G- G& M      DD Conyngham
. W+ p) a: E' ^, `- `+ [, v      DD Downes
0 H$ L# d" k- C- w% m) D0 M      DD Preston
9 H" j9 G3 F6 J$ I  P      DD Smith
( `$ m8 s$ u. l' G& g; j) F, y0 @, u      DD Perkins
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; V" {: C5 }4 T! dNaval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134
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9 U2 o' w: B0 g      no flights, u( H* E5 j0 ~1 a0 `

- [8 l9 W, Q0 d+ j2 i- }Japanese aircraft losses
% C* k$ _' T( `+ L0 J      H8K1 Emily: 6 damaged6 u3 c( H( X# F6 x0 k# ~
      H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground9 d5 c/ A8 z% y- R* g4 g
      N1K1-J George: 66 damaged
9 e; ~2 b: n1 m9 J5 [      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
$ |7 k8 m8 Y6 d4 V      Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
, _* {2 E6 _3 h9 x& S# g      CL Denver
1 f! ^. Z/ Z& A* O0 f7 A      CL St. Louis! k; h" q( W  ]5 J' M0 D9 p
      CL Raleigh2 O" v# m, D9 n2 X
      DD Doyle
4 B0 ^6 o/ s$ _8 D/ q6 s, D      DD Carmick* A+ y$ _  B! B7 B6 b
      DD Kalk5 X1 T9 Y) {) D! U" N9 e
      DD Hobby
. F/ z/ a9 T/ R' R  ?  @      DD Gillespie# ?/ c2 a& A. T, b. ~3 P8 d1 s+ m/ V  X
      DD Gansevoort: f8 Q+ e% k  J% e
      DD Frazier. i. L, j: m; f7 s; H5 Z/ C
      DD Strong
4 }4 g) S8 c$ y* I5 [      DD Saufley
& |1 v! T9 f5 Z& j      DD Radford
$ J8 ^. o0 `: @+ d; @% i      DD Eaton4 b/ D6 X3 h# U( o
      DD Bache
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3 F" X0 q& ^1 L" r  m& w- @Japanese ground losses:
' x/ Q6 i% b+ f9 I# C1 o      84 casualties reported- [2 M* o3 W/ L1 i2 ^9 w* h- Z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
: s8 i3 E& Z4 ?% U7 a- `         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled" @5 M# O, P$ M9 ]8 a- ?3 s& K. W  n  C
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled4 U( b$ U/ a3 z( c3 v- X% J

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Airbase hits 35+ S7 w, r# D3 I) }* E2 c, E" f+ y
Airbase supply hits 23
5 ~; Y2 E5 Y3 C' VRunway hits 129
  {8 Z, Y, _3 O! Y  s9 E& v" MPort hits 681 W7 u6 o# O: o, W# Q/ q3 U
Port supply hits 16, F2 c) N6 G" j/ F
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Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134  G1 w3 c- d: X3 t
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Japanese aircraft9 r, ]5 K6 ]* f8 Y# S& n: c
      no flights
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) s* S- q8 G; Y- EJapanese aircraft losses5 A- @+ Q, J) S* ]
      N1K1-J George: 36 damaged" m7 z  X; v% A' A: q
      H8K1 Emily: 2 damaged! ?2 G' w2 ~$ L3 R* O* l9 s
      Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 damaged6 W. e6 U/ ?" {
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Allied Ships+ E+ [. ~7 n/ O8 Q
      CA Frobisher0 g' U; x# N1 Y* g, O
      CA Hawkins
; I+ v2 a, P  ~" Y. |' @      CL Santa Fe7 l  e( F' l% a1 K  |: p
      CL Montpelier) ^0 j3 v0 |# T# j  s  r
      CL Cleveland
# a- w9 O, S" y* C& g* j! X      CL Richmond0 q! I% Q( C* u! ^5 b+ Y
      CL Danae
& B8 L8 W, Q. N7 l  y      DD Downes! E7 U- g  R2 l0 P# |+ |+ |
      DD Preston0 n, ^: g/ Q) s8 p) w
      DD Smith# P. T3 \) y/ h4 t
      DD Perkins- Z6 b/ c5 f" |5 E6 \9 Z
      DD Cushing# g( a. v& K, h/ J; t$ s
      DD Conyngham! [; B. z1 K4 |9 E
      DD Case
0 f3 D$ U! K3 q; k9 k) w- Y& g% S      DD Lamson
5 }0 H) F5 t) z, `$ l8 g4 i: l9 _      DD Cummings" ^* n; ^$ i8 e. Z
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Japanese ground losses:
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         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
) H; A$ a$ \6 `, _7 A2 X! a         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled! S2 `/ r6 V1 \  J  L
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Airbase hits 14
" z* U# W1 ^0 d. hAirbase supply hits 78 @' m9 u, s* Z, v3 Z
Runway hits 47
' e1 k+ m6 K1 s/ Y9 WPort hits 38
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与此同时，盟军咬牙忍受损失，一天也没有间断的消耗所罗门群岛附近的日军战斗机，为正在吉尔伯特反击的美军拖住了大批的日军战斗机) M( H: q4 a, x7 T+ u4 h2 |- N
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而美澳联军对波特兰路的第二波攻击非常不理想，美军损失较大，不得不暂停攻击
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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1 |. S* ?1 z3 v# k8 e: o; NRaid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.+ w4 n  ^9 k8 ?2 H0 e& L- b
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes1 D9 p/ P- |% @

7 _: T4 f6 w/ K% J7 DJapanese aircraft* t! _5 j$ y8 {  a9 y
      J2M2 Jack x 8
. o2 h3 p, @0 H7 s( K# o      N1K1-J George x 483 E0 t& |/ j! t' ^
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 128
8 F' S2 g! N1 \% Q6 w. F      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15/ |# v# }9 b1 h# r/ {' S+ ~
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 7: ]) Z" P& `1 P! N* `1 ]

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Allied aircraft1 [) ~. s% ~! @7 C  t. w
      Spitfire Vc Trop x 45
" Q* J  X' C! ?      P-38F Lightning x 24
1 j+ i8 V9 B- x1 O: I      P-38G Lightning x 3
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Japanese aircraft losses% t" [7 N1 j: B1 W. e
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed; \' }/ M9 b+ K+ f! J  c4 `# \
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
3 ^. G9 M3 u$ s# q      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed. G# [/ V3 V0 t2 c" s8 I: T
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Allied aircraft losses4 k* F& R1 u) Q9 s2 A* p' W5 @
      Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed- S6 n6 s. B7 g5 H2 _
      P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed0 ?2 e9 w9 F1 W1 _) f8 e

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7 ^3 {9 W# T$ N9 L- @Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
7 k( _/ f* w# ]8 ^2 d# o& e5 b: H" YEstimated time to target is 27 minutes4 Q" m/ S! _  b4 F# p

7 i) B$ n& b" Z2 n% z8 q( `" GJapanese aircraft" c3 [* B( P: z& Q. f
      J2M2 Jack x 8% F) |$ n) k3 b2 I! _. o
      N1K1-J George x 44- D6 e1 K0 z3 Z( p+ ?1 L) i
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 118, e1 p/ O  f2 P& ?" k
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
! H! @$ k) ?$ e2 p' F8 ]# y' O      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 31 r$ t) ?, r/ s

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( S- D6 D; G7 [+ i, x$ uAllied aircraft
- r1 B: k" h# C      Kittyhawk III x 16
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3 ]1 S0 S9 S, Q* i0 N      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
7 |2 m4 `) [3 {      Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed+ {4 D, H" \4 u: h/ P1 U$ X: v$ V

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4 u0 E/ n0 E9 |! eMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 2 Z3 W5 o+ a0 [0 S# |7 R* {$ e

6 e4 L4 v4 [) i& b4 }Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
% H3 y/ s2 s5 m" J" S2 y" UEstimated time to target is 17 minutes! b+ ^5 X0 T7 K9 ?" |

" T) E. g  m- E* CJapanese aircraft
. y0 W. X5 w2 j3 G' Y3 C9 j' w      J2M2 Jack x 8
! L) Z1 Y  N/ H, e/ [      N1K1-J George x 428 _" v- E; s2 P' r# P3 u* T7 O
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 113
. H7 O% c" E9 a, U      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
+ n' Q- G* j/ p" h" s      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 34 g, c+ ]6 ]) A  O& y6 r  U2 _

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7 g6 u6 t  G5 {9 }$ PAllied aircraft
) H$ Z' X; A9 Y& V6 z7 t      Hurricane IIc Trop x 312 @9 S5 o7 T* ?$ n9 g; B

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& |' \3 _/ W& Z+ xJapanese aircraft losses+ p; S1 i5 x. S' R& @2 n6 A
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed7 c+ a9 r& V7 }: S3 e; G* Z' n
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. _  u, \: C2 u  ]5 J2 _  J/ @      Hurricane IIc Trop: 8 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
, b$ B9 ]9 y' p% i1 BEstimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
: d+ }; s4 i' ^" H. f# H      J2M2 Jack x 86 H, X, I$ |# {
      N1K1-J George x 35" h8 R" G7 W/ g
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 106
1 f' ^, I) o( j1 A& h$ |8 c0 F      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 146 r. ]' H+ R# k; ]+ |" j; H
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3
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+ Z/ y+ A' T8 S1 k# T# yAllied aircraft$ b, l1 D+ M( h7 q, J/ i7 e# c* S
      B-17F Fortress x 18
6 n+ {8 p5 f1 g, S7 H5 ]9 o      B-24D Liberator x 41
( E1 ~+ j9 e$ Z# I      B-24D1 Liberator x 41
: z# ?$ N/ d' J) C, z      P-38E Lightning x 95 @* Y8 }# d5 N& [
      P-38G Lightning x 34
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2 u9 q' R. c" e! C- D) c4 }Japanese aircraft losses
1 H. S# d  x- S      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged/ U+ y: \/ w2 v8 ]) [  u( d
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
9 j3 I  D3 g' V* d+ `. H3 @      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
  O/ R9 I& L+ I8 U6 |8 P1 [      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
$ \5 ~: E* L- T# E8 ^      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged1 V% _9 t0 j4 G. k. h- p7 O

( p! g. T0 m% \& O- U3 v; k1 ]Allied aircraft losses
# \4 h) I! R, B# Q: i% Q/ B- o      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged$ ^: ^# ]0 }' K
      B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged- H  l* D: _1 n1 T& R+ i9 o7 ?8 X8 [/ `
      P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed/ J7 A  V% x1 \$ x
      P-38G Lightning: 6 destroyed. T/ p$ h/ M+ U' {8 I4 U

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( M9 G9 E7 H. `( P& R  @% EAirbase hits 3
6 t# e+ H$ ^1 t/ S. W4 K' q) BRunway hits 27
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet./ r6 l% i! `2 C1 I5 q
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes( S, z, O, i3 |: M& x& z& [
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" Z# H, v' k, F( a% v1 Z& J      J2M2 Jack x 46 g! Z/ [2 J% N
      N1K1-J George x 28
; |" v' x+ b  E$ y( R      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 80/ W6 F- q* a8 b; Z+ m: K9 x
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 129 Y/ z6 ]9 Q" u3 d) e
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2( P4 u- K+ x0 J( e! i( o% J

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      B-24D Liberator x 16
# q, X' f. h8 P( I) o* x      B-24D1 Liberator x 12" `, {9 W$ A/ x0 f' V$ u
      P-38G Lightning x 74 D3 P8 w1 l1 k5 y+ B/ R" h) g: L

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      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed6 p9 c$ H/ W% K6 s4 H' G

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4 @1 n: x+ F# K. h/ W      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged" z$ p: x) D/ t8 Q6 ?6 y( e8 @
      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak. ?, Y" T. M5 v: G; d9 x
      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
! P$ [- t! r) v3 J0 P3 @: [2 n      P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
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# S* W2 [6 v' L' B0 wRunway hits 40 ]) r  _* X% t# j( p, B

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Estimated time to target is 13 minutes0 K$ @; V' _6 n
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Japanese aircraft- x+ T0 J+ W. x& X5 i8 z% Y* d
      J2M2 Jack x 4
5 V! x0 B$ @, o" B      N1K1-J George x 22. [& [) B' a  b. \
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 74
1 U" U# f% n2 p1 u4 z- s      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
3 }/ [' I5 J  I0 z" A- U1 q      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2% L! m+ e9 B% |9 |' z
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4 [" y! e% N( Y" P, }" ?      P-38G Lightning x 21
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Japanese aircraft losses
( |. h$ K! G  u/ ]; h' u- w      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
+ ]9 C3 [  R. y5 g, j, \1 @      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses$ z) \/ J9 v( t0 r6 v* X- ]" H
      P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132   i3 H% J2 r* {2 ?; e

2 B; D/ s/ b1 QWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
. i2 v3 \5 j: u& bEstimated time to target is 27 minutes, I2 m( H# l4 ?
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      J2M2 Jack x 4" [2 J  R$ Y9 m# e6 s6 A1 l
      N1K1-J George x 17* C4 d# `1 j! }' H- c$ D% ?
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 54
. q: l; Z' n6 p6 ?. J      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 104 Z. e! E' [: E' I: p; O
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 19 N4 d& n# X' H) X( C

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Allied aircraft: d/ J1 R% R9 ]3 G  a9 v. ^6 \
      P-40K Warhawk x 103
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Japanese aircraft losses
0 p/ v4 S2 J% G5 e      J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed0 d" I6 R9 ^- y
      N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed
( E% |, p1 f6 ~      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed
  s7 Y. [# K9 ^2 ^      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed* }  s# d, m$ v6 [) S: X7 P

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! {' C" w+ A  }      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed' W# W: r$ ?6 v
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$ z& ]9 H" t+ g' L! h3 sMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 # m* V" a" |5 K4 A: J6 Z7 T, r
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain4 ]$ Z0 ]8 w1 u. B% h. ]

4 y" |8 w" ]5 Q6 B# a1 ZRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.. }3 j4 a' F6 n) i; a
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes3 n# s- l! E, Q5 \# `
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Japanese aircraft. C. b" y# z- F- b* y1 Y6 L
      J2M2 Jack x 2$ c# W6 L2 S0 o" U: x# u
      N1K1-J George x 9
  o9 i; z' g' r$ N! v) }- x7 ^' h      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22, C0 W( I, R2 w: _' d' V
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
8 l( t1 T2 X- y9 w2 h5 G; k      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1
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Allied aircraft. P8 v1 S$ j/ o+ C! d- k
      P-40K Warhawk x 44: t1 x# Z4 c9 b! S/ `: Y
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 d( Y7 R' G5 n2 a7 I4 S8 `) K7 ~      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
0 k1 C. _3 ~* v' n" a) l      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed
% f1 |5 U! q4 B      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed4 d8 V$ N0 K# H1 ~0 K
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed( \2 d0 u& K/ j8 P2 x6 B
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Allied aircraft losses
, C/ L' j3 B3 r+ ?5 j# F      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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; c" ^& V$ T4 [2 VGround combat at Portland Roads (91,132)& S/ x) Y% n' f& O3 Q
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Allied Deliberate attack8 {4 x8 t* j* A, \

# W  s1 E2 U7 K( rAttacking force 34874 troops, 519 guns, 2168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579
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Defending force 32103 troops, 489 guns, 630 vehicles, Assault Value = 724
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Allied adjusted assault: 971
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Japanese adjusted defense: 3045 " O7 \9 i7 w5 Q, P! I. j8 z

' Q- r* k! x4 ]# X( `8 \Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7)
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: B! z6 m2 X/ w- e- X% \0 eDefender: terrain(+), forts(+)) f2 y! I- r+ v+ j- d. ]( O
Attacker:
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. }% t# `7 t1 `* A& J, ]6 \9 tJapanese ground losses:6 z6 M6 W) B/ l+ Y8 H
      1198 casualties reported
6 _/ p# ~* y4 X* |% u         Squads: 45 destroyed, 33 disabled$ x  |/ w0 c2 H& N" y
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled
" l$ S9 v' S: b3 ]& E         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
. d' R0 y! y2 L- p, V1 @      Guns lost 45 (19 destroyed, 26 disabled)
: E7 ~1 U" |6 c/ F  `      Vehicles lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled): a. }' \+ r7 B  ^6 A! I+ _
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Allied ground losses:0 Z  S& c4 X+ H9 H
      2471 casualties reported) i! o$ ~; Y, o: I6 ^% Y6 [
         Squads: 18 destroyed, 226 disabled! a0 l5 x. N- d2 v; m1 s
         Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 100 disabled
* C  ?9 `* U' h' J' T6 n/ K# r/ A         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
: n& h3 e9 O$ R. ^& z7 K      Guns lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled)
$ }+ i# W+ ]# Q8 |/ H, ^      Vehicles lost 210 (16 destroyed, 194 disabled)
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% J% s* {: z, g0 N* A    25th Infantry Division1 Z# n4 q# F# e
    2/4th Armoured Regiment
8 B; l2 d9 Z0 @  T  e% v% b    194th Tank Battalion5 Y- L1 N1 w# H; }
    2/7th Armoured Regiment
  W1 ^" U$ @7 ?    40th Infantry Division
8 c8 _: g/ N& x, j- Z    2/9th Armoured Regiment4 Y& D6 _) E5 c0 t$ L8 D3 ]0 q
    627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9 |! S: A/ T5 M7 Q    193rd Tank Battalion/ D% q/ H& D9 p+ B
    2/8th Armoured Regiment( d1 W; {* z3 R7 m9 S
    2/6th Armoured Regiment
0 v) M( i( p! L8 [/ ~2 E    754th Tank Battalion% L+ w: t5 B( A/ }9 i9 K$ ^
    2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
( K9 s8 e# ?7 v% O5 s, d. ]    192nd Tank Battalion
8 z) r* R( G0 g- ^$ ?3 D    2/10th Armoured Regiment
. |& `* a3 p0 ?! v; t    2/5th Armoured Regiment
4 q  A4 c2 w' N( ?' ?( @8 r' J    2nd Army Tank Brigade& o5 K: r6 h7 d: Q$ e% n1 f
    3rd Marine Defense Battalion
3 `* y. d2 U$ n    2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
( T/ ~7 g5 f$ v  q% |    2nd Australian Army; @, X  H$ e8 I- }; U, T" r3 R
    217th Coast AA Regiment! }: l( S8 u$ r7 F  `
    2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment
% s8 [3 U. u2 k: _9 M1 A; ?    205th Coast AA Regiment
% `  p+ Q: r2 X8 e    4th Marine Defense Battalion# N6 c1 u+ ?/ h5 h
    2/3rd Light AA Regiment+ k% O  ^/ s/ x% m  z( d# k+ N
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    23rd Nav Gd Unit /1
6 N  p- C2 x4 [* q    16th Guards Regiment- @; A2 N. O! E9 B: g3 j
    1st Recon Battalion
7 D. h1 c3 A9 Q/ k* |    Yokosuka 4th SNLF
9 B; p" b* i( ?# b& c    I./124th Infantry Battalion
' g$ o% x6 D& \3 |5 I- N0 o  D0 \    2nd Tank Rgt /1
5 x# u8 s9 Y- e8 |! O3 o    1st Raiding Regiment% J3 ^: x2 S5 U
    14th Tank Rgt /1
  [7 i& F0 z* v" t5 i3 G    4th Ind. Engineer Regiment, C3 A9 a0 B% R. n3 B
    4th Tank Regiment
/ @8 f- w0 K: F    13th Garrison Unit
5 h9 g8 Q9 x1 S    Kure 2nd SNLF 6 t# I  }: h) @3 L" y
    24th Nav Gsn Unit . ^+ ^0 x) v" _7 w8 C+ [0 c  Z/ p
    Yokosuka 2nd SNLF/ h4 v9 F- E+ V3 ~
    8th Recon Regiment" P9 e' _; k+ z
    2nd Recon Regiment
- Q. c0 K  |3 h" l8 B    Guards Tank Div /4
) G$ |9 `' o5 V; M3 k1 ?) c+ J8 \! Q    39th Road Const Co 9 {5 p5 k" v4 D: B  Z& b5 t
    2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
; V/ f6 A. [/ E( I6 s2 q# z, j9 a: [# [    2nd Air Defense AA Regiment5 w: b9 o& |! o6 S
    3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment. V9 {3 J6 |1 Q$ S8 m3 Y
    40th JAAF AF Bn - \7 [7 g3 r3 r- ]! z. p4 u, I
    30th JNAF AF Unit & h, B" \* _$ w
    21st Air Defense AA Regiment
0 ^6 |# \! }: ?) R    12th Air Defense AA Battalion/ d* _# h% }/ z2 o8 b7 v8 B9 F9 Q
    12th Ind. AA Battalion1 F6 Y: J% e2 w! x) U) M* X7 c5 ]
    1st Mobile AA Battalion5 A6 |0 ^7 |* R, e* `
    34th Field AA Battalion
, s" d7 X* ]8 a- ]8 X8 D5 Q    13th JAAF Base Force /2
( {. ^. Z. x8 H% e    43rd JNAF AF Unit ' ]# c1 s2 i( w" H2 m4 }0 E$ D1 w6 |
    5th Field AF Construction Battalion# t; Q  y8 s6 Y5 T! v
    57th JNAF AF Unit & F& l6 t2 I! Q# S7 v0 A2 w. |
    41st JNAF AF Unit
. \$ n! {# E) o* f, Q: V    5th JNAF AF Unit /3
' E7 c, m4 F% }    25th Air Defense AA Regiment0 c; G7 R+ {3 ?" T
    56th Recon Rgt /18 G8 X8 e6 a1 A& [! H
    6th Air Defense AA Regiment4 N5 @" m/ p6 B: d% c; n
    7th Field AF Construction Battalion
. U6 E7 o. G9 Z4 m* Y    4th Air Defense AA Regiment- F% S7 N& l1 j( R% H9 J
    23rd Air Defense AA Regiment6 @! R' `9 D" o! _! t  Y& X0 K
    7th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7 ^3 ?: j( ~+ Z% E9 B! T    7th JNAF AF Unit /3
* Q9 ^! v0 s1 w+ U$ T: c    6th Field AF Construction Battalion3 h% |4 C6 B4 g- i
    3rd Air Defense AA Regiment
; H- L# ?8 a3 f2 V9 B6 |    5th Air Defense AA Regiment
0 ~, y% `+ K* I- C/ ~; |    3rd Air Army; p# Z- x+ E" }4 l% a9 s, x
    21st Ind.AA Gun Co 5 o- z5 g: ], ?5 R
    15th Base Force /1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 43
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$ N  n, R: W- e  @4月16号夜，美军一支分遣舰队炮击了塔瓦拉，不过没有在该地发现日军飞机的迹象
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3 L0 z  w' K2 s) K, TNight Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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" I! C0 ^6 ?3 ]Allied Ships
0 c1 g% k" l* Y; x3 u+ S      CA Exeter
% O! R5 ?$ {! q8 \' u( X( [) F" a6 l6 @      CA Shropshire$ |7 b* r) e- x7 k9 g' o
      CA Wichita9 D* ?( [" }1 d# f
      CA Vincennes
9 c& m% ^) P  E% W      DD Morris
8 v+ _% }& H; p      DD Meade  c3 R" y. ]: X' t. [
      DD Caldwell0 d' {+ W% u' d0 r' z0 g! A4 i
      DD Bancroft
3 ]" k' l( Q" O$ @& @4 O      DD Bailey: Q  ?8 p# h9 }8 G2 e
      DD Woodworth
3 p# p! W/ c) b1 ^" \# W      DD Barton
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# r8 u1 G8 n2 n7 w9 AJapanese ground losses:
) o, B4 X; ^7 X1 y+ h      276 casualties reported! J; N/ h' K0 r
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, B7 V4 }" }4 x3 q9 I
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
: _, n2 ?; k2 `( w7 V/ ]% F         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled) C% \4 j/ J5 v- P  w
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  q4 R1 c8 d* Q" m9 p. }Airbase hits 11) s5 R+ B5 v; B
Airbase supply hits 4$ O+ N6 I3 L' l0 W( z. r
Runway hits 46( P% b8 L0 d  D4 D2 [
Port hits 10  x, ^7 a0 r0 H
Port supply hits 3
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# R. J$ L1 Y/ v) h- v另一支舰队则掩护登陆舰队炮击了塔比特维亚，42年12月底在努美阿被歼灭的陆战2师补充训练完毕，和一直驻守珍珠港的陆军24th一起抢滩，毫无悬念的一次突击拿下了5级机场塔比特维亚，岛上6000多日军措手不及，仅作了象征性抵抗就被击溃，40多架紫电被美军销毁，零件带回国内研究。美军2w8千人大军全天伤亡不到200，顺利拿下了吉尔伯特群岛最大的机场，海蜂们全力运作，应该可以在第二天让机场恢复运作。6 t% k. P5 E2 O4 z& n$ Y
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Night Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134( ~  C- c2 \5 {9 L4 g

: f$ I/ j1 x7 r" P7 P9 IJapanese aircraft
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7 }& z( l+ X2 f: z+ NJapanese aircraft losses
- T. I9 y! C8 h: A; J4 @1 k7 q      N1K1-J George: 42 damaged0 _. w9 y$ Z3 c# I$ v- K5 O" ~
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Allied Ships; Q' b9 u" r" G0 ?& M( P
      CA Quincy
6 u3 }) \9 s. L. T2 j      CA San Francisco
  K$ l0 E7 ~. Q      CA Minneapolis5 Z1 `' L" X, l' s
      CA Astoria
% L5 c. T( _6 c3 l/ U8 l      CA Chicago
- h5 x3 u/ f8 z  p; ]      CA Louisville% R$ `5 G* p; B5 P7 \+ q% Y
      CA Chester' a5 x3 m" |* p: W! G& N3 t( ]
      CA Northampton
9 G% r8 U( t2 l+ J* E  g" y8 s      CA Portland
' m" n9 x% \! x3 _( ?      DD Farenholt
5 n( n% H0 f/ q      DD McCalla
: V% W4 T- R6 A6 A      DD Lardner
- H+ W: z( m, O9 d      DD Lansdowne
3 p" x0 H' W0 E      DD Duncan6 B0 f' Z% z4 P9 a2 H4 F' B
      DD Buchanan
4 S4 }  K- S# ]. g8 J: l2 l" i      DD Aaron Ward
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Japanese ground losses:4 n. S( e% b: M& J* ?
      131 casualties reported
" o6 [# o* r: o' i         Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
/ l, N, Y4 \. n' D+ w0 q8 A         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled5 G2 R9 ~% g# l6 t% g  \
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled9 B( ~2 V5 }/ {: h7 @
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+ |6 [* q5 _5 u4 i0 Y$ MAirbase hits 8! b' c, `: {* o/ F; ?0 s8 D" c) I
Airbase supply hits 4
0 `6 @  j/ r- m4 \  {9 iRunway hits 26( ^# Z; r2 S( C+ o( |
Port hits 22$ t( ^( \$ w) f% R  ~
Port supply hits 3
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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)+ a1 j4 B0 ^$ I* |/ e2 x9 f0 c

" o3 w5 Q( n5 P2 x% l% S+ YAllied Shock attack% E; {' U" F" Y: w
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Attacking force 17998 troops, 527 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 817+ o' s# m. z5 c; R- c9 D
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Defending force 2406 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 436 d1 o' O1 z! q

, s; y  H2 A3 Q4 F- [Allied adjusted assault: 269 . V* c8 H% l( I- V4 j% K' Z
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Japanese adjusted defense: 2 " {4 A! X$ Q, I* o6 D

; ~  q5 y7 D, P0 t9 ]* x3 s# FAllied assault odds: 134 to 1 (fort level 2) * f- V' J6 Y$ W/ K

7 U. E, g, j+ n/ l  }Allied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!! j+ Y3 a, n/ |) q" c- E
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3 A$ O" u2 f5 o) f! i2 _& Z      N1K1-J George: 19 destroyed( \- F' v* Z4 n4 o; f
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Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
6 ?; i- {+ Z% u- YAttacker: shock(+)- r3 g4 \0 k2 G4 F# f5 E' j2 a

( G  N9 }3 C& p0 v# y7 cJapanese ground losses:( V7 w" O1 S7 t% a
      2500 casualties reported
+ i: u2 d# @/ W: b3 \3 |         Squads: 65 destroyed, 1 disabled
! F2 W& @3 y4 c8 y0 I         Non Combat: 173 destroyed, 2 disabled. R1 i  [& s4 y* T/ }+ }( `7 @0 d% C
         Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ A9 X) Y1 h6 L' h) s  ^      Guns lost 27 (25 destroyed, 2 disabled)
  H" h* H) ^5 j; [. |6 M      Units destroyed 2
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      97 casualties reported; J- g0 V8 c2 n4 ?1 q% |, Q2 r
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
+ Q) O$ q- R' v8 W( h         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ F+ ?" T) y- n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 @( N" N- z& l( x

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    24th Infantry Division
) J& C2 F- N6 c    2nd Marine Division
$ N( R- U$ u3 }8 F5 j' b    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 }3 W5 k2 z5 q# G  I  U    165th Field Artillery Battalion
: a2 M- v' B5 y! H/ S    223rd USN Base Force* A3 Y" K, w5 U0 |6 C% o
    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment5 J) l% e0 ]! Y" j8 V0 L. @, c3 @

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  x& P9 |* d+ }0 [    51st Naval Guard Unit1 ?' R! b1 _  c; u5 n; D" F/ E
    17th JNAF AF Unit 4 C. x6 k/ e; X
    22nd JNAF AF Unit

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1 R9 M7 A9 y, f) H+ ~5 [  T$ M不过，由于指挥上的混乱，预订第二天进场布雷的盟军布雷舰居然提前到达，在盟军攻占塔比维西亚之前就在航道上布了雷，结果坑了个爹
0 b+ G+ G/ R( x2 G; j# [包括马萨诸塞和华盛顿号两艘新式战列舰在内的大批美军水面舰艇触雷，当场沉没了包括2艘弗莱彻级DD在内的4艘DD，另有4艘DD重伤，所幸两艘BB受创轻微，乃不幸中的大幸。盟军一定要吸取经验教训，全面协调所有的船只和部队，避免这样的悲剧再次发生。* Z( j1 N0 }0 e1 |4 ~4 e& W5 l
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1 x* l* r  Z! q2 n1 F" g0 C5 x. [4 h      DD Nicholas, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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TF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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      DD Cushing, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage  l! c2 r$ C# H. R
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! [$ q6 D; L* M& RAllied Ships
/ H' v1 n9 R* N8 e7 A# N+ o0 b      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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      DD Monssen, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage" `& B4 Z( M6 W; R& p- D9 `
      DD Grayson, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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4 @  }6 e  U5 P3 l0 z% TTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)) g* P! {3 B/ N' |$ M
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Allied Ships
9 |2 a' s+ G8 a7 S' f      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage8 ?6 \+ W. z8 ]! p+ u4 o, o/ x
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! |/ h* p4 m/ l- X+ ?0 `+ p' lTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)! E) q$ r% w" B; [, B
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Allied Ships
$ t0 \2 m5 c$ r* D/ Z8 x" B      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)4 v4 y6 |4 b7 M( D$ Q- k

/ Y5 i& D- e5 i- S$ U! L+ Z! Y0 Y1 WAllied Ships9 w% j" r$ J6 E7 z; ]
      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 15 G3 G, G) r/ F) n: F
      BB Washington, Mine hits 1
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; w+ _- a2 \/ F' vTF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)7 ^2 u! n" _  S* @
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Allied Ships
; ?( j3 K8 U3 ^" r1 j      DD Conyngham, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
3 B8 j  [  q( _$ h+ D+ s0 Y9 \1 b4 U+ k
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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. E6 b) [2 s, [6 ?$ \7 u      DD Abbot, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage9 r. i/ h" f5 G5 ~0 z# Q
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TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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      DD Gwin, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage& h6 @  X) r& ^

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: C: g- ~! ?! ^% U$ U2 Q- @TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships
8 _7 j8 a$ r% t/ Q" g2 ^" e      DD Conway, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage

hades1001

我以前见过中１，２个水雷的，那还是几万水雷的时代) S1 e% }9 a: _* z
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不过我没有试过在敌人基地布雷然后登陆，2 c7 U6 k' C1 R

- s7 m, b* l, G" z这次算是长见识了

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 43
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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128: v! O0 d& ^- c* G5 N
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Allied Ships/ U$ ~# W) @' q- F
      CA Vincennes- d% M% f# ?$ k+ O  k5 l
      CA Quincy) e) Q* Z1 `3 Z$ |1 l' [" w
      CA San Francisco' }1 k2 q+ l  Q* X! s
      CL Santa Fe+ }" M/ H7 t7 p' n
      CL Denver1 n$ W  w2 X& X* n. W) i' z! A) R
      CL Montpelier- H# v$ X3 ]* E, Y5 a2 t
      CL Cleveland
/ R* D+ [$ m8 \9 [$ T      DD Doyle3 {, m( j: \# L* h% b1 h: r2 f( Y) {
      DD Carmick
, Q3 @- Z; z# s% d$ D, m8 C      DD Strong
$ f/ Q- w& O1 u' R- [      DD Saufley4 `" @( [9 c4 e9 J/ B* W
      DD Radford
2 H6 l  c0 W+ U* L- J
$ ~8 F. z) R2 D1 T* A. sJapanese ground losses:
. y5 @& @% a5 K3 |      340 casualties reported% z0 r- ?7 V# O  I& p4 W" J, V
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ ?) p% G0 X0 B, {; U% y% J         Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled/ O* {) y8 S' ?# v, q
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
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7 W7 D& f% u1 i1 v( i. h' D* Z9 _9 t9 t8 b

, ?% F) N& x7 ]. X0 C0 a0 IAirbase hits 21
5 U9 J8 e7 t9 `Airbase supply hits 5
7 Z2 R6 j- v  N! MRunway hits 59
5 I, `' [: A- \. E1 k# EPort hits 23
, Z& f/ b# n" N6 ?4 f2 zPort supply hits 6
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9 A( R9 n- {: _+ h; eNight Naval bombardment of Maiana at 135,129
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Allied Ships6 C4 l& [3 ?8 T' _6 n2 K) H" q
      CA Minneapolis3 T: Z8 J( |& \/ q0 N# r1 i
      CA Astoria! |4 v; r9 u2 Q3 M  m+ j) @4 j
      CL St. Louis
9 u! k$ @. k3 y7 G- B      CL Raleigh
0 }! [5 `! G3 Z, y6 K' f6 n* \      CL Richmond
, i4 a& d) y3 c( }      CL Danae% W) t$ w. m3 C8 P& |" T. \% }
      DD Downes
" _9 b8 Y7 m7 h& K5 q" Q6 F      DD Perkins$ q/ J8 [; ]9 E1 |0 J, u
      DD Case9 g4 @8 H3 j) L/ s
      DD Lamson$ o5 `/ P1 G6 ^- W: e' J! c
      DD Cummings
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Japanese ground losses:
  [8 {% B& {5 `  c      261 casualties reported
; h9 P! X1 t! v( r4 @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& N& l6 o; }; Q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
+ o) \$ o+ C1 o# X! A* X; y# ^         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled
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+ n, y. G" s5 i5 C& ~) l$ ?& FAirbase hits 51 J. l; Q: x# H# Q" e
Airbase supply hits 6
: {2 w7 b6 w' x, b5 W9 RRunway hits 30- c- @# s% q  b8 l2 A* _
Port hits 4( j9 x4 g1 y2 K, `
Port supply hits 1
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& e( H4 ?, o4 v; o9 N印度方面盟军也组织了大批轰炸机对进入范围的６０w日本大军进行狂轰滥炸，第一天的轰炸结果还不错
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Morning Air attack on 27th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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; ?& ]1 g/ K7 V0 z, q+ PWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.7 T3 F/ Q1 q, ~# W- v7 u
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes6 p2 F2 n6 f1 F/ _% @
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. E, W, Y- k/ g) I4 mAllied aircraft6 Z5 x/ @, }( X/ a
      Beaufighter VIc x 27
: h7 M, O+ ]& P: o! t      Blenheim VD x 26
4 q: {8 x9 W; V" K4 ~      Hudson IIIa x 27
3 [3 `0 S( W/ M      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12' K1 u" X! }$ V: I1 c# u
      Lysander II x 13! d0 t# E4 L. Q* E; ?* F' k
      CW-22 Falcon x 274 D3 P1 L( o+ Q/ l( w
      DB-7B x 11
5 K) A- |  q9 A      B-25C Mitchell x 56; K0 |) ^8 V$ j* c5 y- g
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
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; N  U8 z. s: X0 @& dAllied aircraft losses
5 [' d. X/ ]2 h; u8 z8 m% _      Blenheim VD: 7 damaged
& f% A2 T* I  @; E9 e6 g      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
& b& M) G- X. K5 I& g4 O8 L5 d      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged$ w% s, O" \; ]* a0 Y4 _" X& a1 P
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
9 @. M2 L. U7 P) S+ Z( i' H5 A! [& w      Lysander II: 4 damaged
; }4 P& v: Q1 `7 H8 {  B+ d# R      CW-22 Falcon: 6 damaged
8 u9 c7 f9 o* q0 ~" U( X# }# M! |$ i1 s      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak# K, u/ O/ r& ~# z2 d5 t
      DB-7B: 6 damaged) p0 K; J5 h* y+ q. b% w$ |
      DB-7B: 1 destroyed by flak  R: Y/ B; z1 ?
      B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged  E! g% s8 `" i
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
# Y$ o& u  ?  X; q      B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged  \8 K% N  |! k9 x1 J
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Japanese ground losses:
( }" j# Z! b2 s; Z* [* `" r9 U      881 casualties reported
  o5 E  n8 h) U  J: y+ b2 c1 k( W, e1 b         Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled; ^1 {: J& H: g% T2 E* |$ U
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
! b* a! Z( P; z: _+ Y# F         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
5 U* {$ R4 w, Z  l; i- e  y/ m      Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)  A" Y: e& J! t( I3 c
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+ Q6 Q* C: q7 N( ~Morning Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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" t0 A) r  A% x# F  QRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
4 n5 V& V( j/ g/ NEstimated time to target is 19 minutes
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5 G/ U3 i! l8 Y/ M/ ~5 \: n( _Allied aircraft  Q2 U+ }! K5 }8 [
      B-25C Mitchell x 97 v+ I; s& U4 {& F) d
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 20- a9 z% B( n3 d0 {8 E! z* t

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# M- {% {1 ?$ L) y% `2 CAllied aircraft losses% p9 s5 O- @$ F6 J+ ]. E" F
      B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
' I) c" m) P3 [9 c9 E      B-25D1 Mitchell: 15 damaged; m. T' ~4 T. C9 F! X- t4 W+ T2 h; @
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak  Y% f0 c% T& n. o/ M9 v
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Japanese ground losses:* T) @" W. I( r8 U+ o
      332 casualties reported* A0 [3 J9 Y0 j8 K0 k
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled
, v% T' x9 {9 m2 O% @         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled4 R6 h6 o2 \- D/ [7 s5 }- m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- U2 P% |  u: j& y2 C      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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4 V" C' t; G. |美军肃清塔比特维亚日军残部，６０００多日军被全部歼灭$ Z8 L) N7 ^4 |$ h1 j$ \. M; U
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. n: T$ l. Y* h& ?! g" QGround combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)9 O: v/ {: T# }& j+ @

! ]8 |3 f3 t6 GAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 20729 troops, 541 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 812$ @8 ^0 Z, b  M8 z- y9 w' |# U
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Defending force 590 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
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Allied adjusted assault: 376 , a( I! N+ L+ P+ X! m1 P# o
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 ( _- Z9 K8 I2 u' r" W. u+ q4 t) {' [
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Allied assault odds: 376 to 1
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Combat modifiers; M, @6 ^/ |6 W4 e9 q; `
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-): v0 @0 `! q3 ~  s
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
; C8 H/ n% S( Q; l1 |; [      820 casualties reported) S) n  V3 g5 L1 q
         Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 a2 k% X) Z% e' Q+ ]$ v         Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled# c: I# q  r& d" M! \+ t4 I
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ Y' H6 v4 l  N, A      Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)& l3 j/ T% e3 t0 i: I2 ?! V3 w
      Units destroyed 1/ I* r1 Q) K3 a3 D% e: B# L8 s' |9 ]

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Assaulting units:
3 T* u% V! s2 l& Z4 V    24th Infantry Division) b8 a# e; p  b0 G
    2nd Marine Division
: Y2 W0 H  ]+ E* T% X) w    165th Field Artillery Battalion
1 W$ m# g8 P' H# Q; n    223rd USN Base Force+ G4 Y" J) o& M  z% R
    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' x! B& e/ {; F0 {$ B  ~6 k    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment8 p$ D- T, x; |- v# B
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Defending units:: B7 q: o7 F9 I% a
    22nd JNAF AF Unit

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 43
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* i6 R6 B" L+ W1 A& U印度盟军轰炸机轰炸了日本大军的殿后部队，这批日军有3个师团，没有AA掩护，在盟军的猛烈空袭下一天伤亡了近2000人，但是相比60w大军的数字，也还是毛毛雨了
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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)7 [$ Y6 ~0 h& b# ?
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Weather in hex: Light cloud2 A# O. y6 K' a6 j
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Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 c% R/ I& I1 u" P( c* [  D; ZEstimated time to target is 9 minutes4 I; x$ d1 V, J

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Allied aircraft2 K2 ~! r4 T2 Z+ t- X5 b5 u
      Beaufighter VIc x 7* F3 I4 I: S% P
      Blenheim IV x 50- t) S5 g% ]! I
      Blenheim VD x 17& o' G: Y0 j! {
      Hudson IIIa x 9* W# K/ f9 Q# _' W* ^8 x' W
      Lysander II x 12
/ D% k: i8 B  H9 ?4 |5 I      Vengeance I x 20
+ f5 S  d6 A0 \0 g2 l( Z% |3 i      139WH-3 x 9
& P+ o( r% ]$ p" m. {# w+ l% @, k, v      CW-22 Falcon x 14  g* P* {: f, W+ D5 m1 @( o4 `, z
      L-212 x 87 G3 |+ O: }8 K; r0 {
      DB-7B x 12" `% s0 A1 A7 U: O8 J
      B-25C Mitchell x 55
( B* v2 Q# h# d) @0 R7 u9 ~      B-25D1 Mitchell x 184 ^" v! I2 c& y) E3 Y. ]

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3 n  D0 y" v* wAllied aircraft losses7 V5 {& D% G8 Z! `7 }; e
      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged' j6 s  b7 F* h6 b3 @  s
      DB-7B: 3 damaged
5 e  n# c6 o0 X      B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
: t+ m/ ]4 r8 o& s      B-25D1 Mitchell: 9 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
# S. d: P- |" j$ s      1584 casualties reported) W9 q  p1 I; K0 G7 Z
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 106 disabled, N- i3 p- |" g) ?- _: f4 L
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
/ \0 @+ m1 y* g% I8 w: V         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled  i  c2 o3 {, u0 t5 Q

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+ K/ x/ m# k2 r5 zMorning Air attack on 11th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet." d" S) R  g; z) c/ k% ~
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes6 z$ c& V$ r7 i% _5 b
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2 g7 R6 u. R5 J/ x2 I2 J0 tAllied aircraft
  l  K" j7 X) K) G      Beaufighter VIc x 8/ D0 {: Y1 K" f" A- a' p! Z7 l
      Hudson IIIa x 18. W; Q6 D; b/ G' y+ I8 S: L4 M6 R
      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
" d+ P* e$ V- \; r0 _      Vengeance I x 36/ ~: y! \" w- N: s
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      Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged1 w& d3 W2 r8 O8 ?$ w
9 ^* F' m7 @( ~5 ?3 v; q
Japanese ground losses:
8 {: h, z0 ~  f7 \$ h/ n      286 casualties reported
. F3 H5 f* V% G4 L6 M# T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled% ^  t# q7 R8 ]6 k4 Z' j
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled$ a& {8 ~! `' F' z! Y& }
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

hades1001

据不完全统计日本南方军目前拥有30多个师团，40多个旅团加联队，各种步兵群，坦克/工兵/高炮，总战斗力预计2w6+
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人肉之多骇人听闻

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 43
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Sub attack near Kuria  at 135,131
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7 F# w, l4 h3 t& _# N0 C, q6 IJapanese Ships
, F3 H% [8 g. {7 i4 }) l6 O      SS I-180. F2 f5 G* \7 t2 L$ p6 h
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Allied Ships
/ I; z1 K1 y$ V' y9 @5 C. J1 B      LCI-23, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage  x  g2 @2 r$ ~( b3 h" b

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SS I-180 launches 2 torpedoes( p, |5 f5 C( Y9 ^! T+ l
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/ N) c$ P6 Z! V! sSub attack near Merauke  at 89,124
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Japanese Ships' x- x- Y& q3 s
      PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
: _- t9 x, a; `! |3 @% A3 n      PB Kenkon Maru1 S# }6 }& [$ V9 L3 c; r/ l4 ]
      CM Itsukushima
, Q8 w+ H, x0 Q- O      CM Tsugaru2 [% ^6 }  ~: y# l1 g
      xAK Taiko Maru( R( S5 K) H; t: Y- g
      xAK Sensan Maru
; l! [9 F( K- w      xAK Kohoku Maru, ~7 i. W1 h# |3 P. E' Y. H
      PB Nikkai Maru
6 Z, s+ K  ~; u7 b4 x      PB Nanpo Maru
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* `! Y9 [* S7 L& bAllied Ships$ j- G* j& V- D7 j1 y+ t8 D
      SS S-31, hits 6
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& s; A6 h5 K7 F0 \Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)4 a7 z4 w( S. r/ ?, V4 K' J6 g
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, N! K/ X9 g  R5 ORaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet." J% q) E4 Y8 h" }1 `4 B
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes3 S8 v4 Y  R7 W& d
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. i) D" @' d; e* [2 k1 O: TAllied aircraft2 N  G5 B7 {/ t- K- w
      Beaufighter VIc x 42
& V, c4 W  y9 S# d9 q* ~      Blenheim IV x 397 M8 {$ ^8 d( f5 n
      Blenheim VD x 25* u$ l; S/ y* u/ m' u  m
      Hudson IIIa x 27
3 [& ]( C9 |% h% C. r% y* O1 p      Hurricane IIb Trop x 48" h. _5 s4 B6 H/ J; q9 z4 Q9 _  Y
      Lysander II x 10
; |# R4 W4 f! r! I) D+ g( d0 `      Mohawk IV x 24
+ l3 H- ?' W; d! I# V4 F      Vengeance I x 61
( F9 Z- k- l+ J8 z. B/ C      139WH-3 x 9
+ M& j3 t, p. c% u$ [; D# @      CW-22 Falcon x 20
3 \9 c1 K, M5 ]4 w      L-212 x 8
+ L9 s& h8 E+ i5 x8 d      DB-7B x 12) T- j* z; d- _  u' M
      B-25C Mitchell x 50) [0 W" E, K0 \9 I! O9 B
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 24
$ ]4 [, K' K4 ]. J8 R. {      P-39D Airacobra x 25+ U  `* x* v# t! Q0 Z0 S; T
      P-40E Warhawk x 490 R; f: D2 x" Q  T9 c) f* ^2 Z

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Allied aircraft losses
" p$ p. y& E1 Z6 J      Blenheim IV: 9 damaged) C4 c8 o! R- r' u- O, [0 p
      Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed by flak
7 g: K- O& Y: L, ^      Blenheim VD: 8 damaged
/ i0 |% z  `3 |5 y( D; b- G      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak: g9 h2 X$ S9 K9 A
      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged( l. P* @- G4 Z& ~/ ~9 l- ?
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak% p* R3 w  r+ Z/ V: H
      Vengeance I: 20 damaged5 O# L% t( @9 Y4 [$ U, J) p; U$ q
      Vengeance I: 2 destroyed by flak! c( y+ V+ _* T' o" [
      139WH-3: 4 damaged0 X! ?" A* G+ h
      CW-22 Falcon: 4 damaged
2 R$ R+ \7 T" ?7 P2 |      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak; E; e3 ?) w8 }
      L-212: 3 damaged+ {2 K! P5 o# {
      DB-7B: 4 damaged/ l1 r0 m7 y% c) \
      B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged
/ v7 ^! g- a1 j$ b' x. u0 |9 u      B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak- S% b4 l% o, k4 k$ w! [
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged& |. {' A- i# ?/ N& @# ^' B
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
+ x7 U8 D* R- o# h' C- {" Z) I7 |  c. G* h- q. i
Japanese ground losses:1 r8 ?( }& h! _' W0 v$ S3 P
      514 casualties reported
/ T& S" z, F: [/ P2 H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
% g  ?" C  Y9 L         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
# C" U! {" r  n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)( {. C. d* }( T
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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' R/ F( @0 |8 l- n( g( ^# fRaid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 }5 w* {2 U2 q  g( c7 _% F* S+ k: y6 [
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
; A+ V  A* {$ P9 j$ p" `      P-66 Vanguard x 4
  R, R( \# v3 ~- H9 o2 G      Blenheim IV x 9
& ^$ {6 [  K+ x& l; N0 X      Hudson IIIa x 91 G8 [, ^( O- {" _- P
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
8 I0 K( ?2 w, Q: l) ]: J3 N* M      B-25C Mitchell x 6
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. s1 }' f: E5 UAllied aircraft losses) d# p9 r5 ^, [4 d! s4 C4 a
      Blenheim IV: 3 damaged/ Q: a$ q. y: B6 z( o. M) Z
      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak& V$ C. Y) e8 K, d
      Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged
2 q2 Y2 v! S( k6 Y; U# ?$ S. F      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak, i2 S; t9 P# w9 W% p. o& o
      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
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; L1 n9 i& H! g% v0 j$ Q  O. s& ?Japanese ground losses:
1 \) q6 t/ I/ s$ }. f) y      25 casualties reported
! [9 z# ?% q, M7 R  c         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled2 ]/ n" T1 c! g
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ ~9 ~& h" ^1 u# w* Z0 ?3 |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 E4 a# H. q; q% g* F  m: p
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, Z0 E' R8 Y2 [" b% X4 M% dMorning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)0 z6 F# X) Y' p* x/ f- {7 k; s% V- U& d

8 E: `9 K9 c  |& l4 {  D; wWeather in hex: Heavy cloud8 h* s% j% g2 n) Z9 w
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Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
- w9 k6 H+ T+ mEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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/ |, x. a( z: V8 k( l8 v) V3 S& GAllied aircraft
; Z* Q6 m8 r4 `      Blenheim IV x 12
: n8 Y) @% K$ r: y$ ^% X8 S7 v6 S* [      Hurricane IIb Trop x 7) G6 I! J6 Q! @) x
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 65 G7 `2 |+ q. F4 E$ r: m9 [
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* i9 x  Q! m# uAllied aircraft losses
" w* g7 m; f$ |3 {" ~% g      Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
* I; Q! ^; m7 O! |      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak( r* O: W, i2 h+ y% m. i, @

2 h2 z' p$ X# V3 f8 H- h! y* T1 Z0 |Japanese ground losses:5 B5 s$ _& Y3 w, {  c: |$ t8 }
      76 casualties reported
, P/ ]! G2 ~+ d( C% @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
9 F& |  o0 O. z" x  [0 d. T         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
; T) H0 [+ T7 d! |/ i. t# {         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 43
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8 H( o% z& w+ }& j! r1 n今天日军ss击沉3艘LCI， 盟军SS击沉一艘日本xAK,一艘PB，反潜编队击沉一艘ss
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Submarine attack near Nakadori-jima  at 101,56
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Japanese Ships
/ Y% g- ?7 e# @* a6 R# K      xAK Tatsuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
1 Q" V& H7 W' w* P      SS Runner
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Submarine attack near Nikunau  at 139,134
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9 @# O2 h  o  a7 \5 B, ]0 R7 zJapanese Ships
+ ^" f& i+ m1 ^- x* D9 z& f8 Q      SS RO-107, hits 1
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Allied Ships8 u4 |9 Y# O7 ^8 r6 M" Q
      LCI-62, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage) u0 |3 O0 L% n; z9 H+ H5 H
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Allied ground losses:
9 f$ [% l- l; L2 \5 q      42 casualties reported
* w8 ?4 Q4 G% l8 Q( L1 [         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled* T* f4 l% m) b' T# ]
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 b  }9 A" k3 f- X6 h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" n2 }% ]# ]# ?% A0 p" t" [

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Submarine attack near Onotoa  at 137,135& S( M7 @2 }4 \; Q

; y; j$ F& k! l  t* R8 OJapanese Ships' L' z3 m" f+ C3 i
      SS I-39
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4 q) d! _0 p" D1 j) U  g; u8 I# a' `Allied Ships/ Z" k0 M. T6 z' i" e+ g, s) g
      LCI-22, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage0 R+ C3 j5 K, l( V2 I; M) g6 `; `
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LCI-22 is sighted by SS I-393 O' p! C$ h- f! O+ t* O. A
SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes
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ASW attack near Nikunau  at 143,132
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+ w* {( }/ a8 [% _Japanese Ships
' S( Q% \, Y) m& n$ `1 f      SS RO-103, hits 5,  heavy damage
3 x! B+ g% F" S* M
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; |& Y# V; V7 C, b0 Q; U) }/ t      DD MacDonough
2 F8 @- i& C0 X, }; i1 V0 S+ u2 \      DD Hull, y, e: ?( a( w& |1 ]
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Submarine attack near Beru  at 138,1341 ~/ y& W( C  m

) i" w& t+ W" y& y) E! f- `Japanese Ships
# ^1 V# Z( u8 I' l& \      SS I-390 C# @. ^# v8 T% H4 i% j  e
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Allied Ships
* k( d" j) y1 \  R4 x4 `5 d8 `      LCI-21, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage$ \2 u5 C, z' X0 s  k6 _/ |: q( J

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2 j) s/ c  |4 V( PAllied ground losses:
, q' H4 _6 O& @; x3 P* `6 V8 }      8 casualties reported
2 z5 @3 W/ m: o, h/ h         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled3 K' I- M& l7 B5 r' r2 x' C  d3 [
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  t0 \# }. L" y6 O8 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 43
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. Y/ z! R  Z# ^* D电流行动II
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盟军占领塔瓦拉8 Q' V+ s2 E  w$ x2 E& |4 H
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2 o* q% T$ o3 g2 v- E, m驻守在塔瓦拉的日军15th独立工兵团在盟军海军炮击和空袭下全部被消灭，盟军精锐陆战一师已54伤亡的代价拿下了毫无抵抗的塔瓦拉，至此吉尔伯特群岛两大主岛已经全部落入盟军手中，这个地区的归属已经没有疑义。
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盟军的电流行动获得了圆满成功
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8 K: {$ O) w5 B! N; m' Z1 `Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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- d6 ?: N% N1 aAllied Ships& _4 \8 R( \2 F
      CA Exeter6 H1 D; y. ]; h! f, J6 {/ v* T; c
      CA Sussex9 c8 @* F' S2 G' R( n; L2 q
      CA Shropshire/ s" j  K$ b. {' o* U9 g
      CA Chicago. @. u  W$ O# b- k' J) L, B
      CA Louisville" z! R  ^, e6 _: l8 l; y
      CA Chester
6 C% [& s3 |6 C      CA Northampton
* D& Y0 A( \/ i) F2 Q% y      CA Portland
: N9 w7 N3 a6 f* g      DD Lamson# T7 d8 F; `) X/ e
      DD Cummings
/ V5 Q5 M1 z# C* Y( l$ w- A      DD Maury  O% R- M" L) F, ?) z7 W
      DD McCall
/ E- d" }% A# `8 S2 b+ B      DD Gridley
9 e0 ]) r, `1 o- C% j      DD Craven; d: X' f( l0 d* O! R
      DD Bagley" J9 x4 i  g# Q7 ~3 F
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Japanese ground losses:/ k# [  g$ k" p3 S: w
      348 casualties reported
8 O" C  g& j) m7 @5 r8 q( e         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 s( Z+ t( `, h, J0 `+ k+ p) u7 W
         Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 11 disabled4 Q0 g5 j9 n9 T! W' ]6 m
         Engineers: 11 destroyed, 10 disabled
) X- w( q6 p. D; c      Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)2 Q) W' z  T: a* v# S
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9 X2 O- h6 W  Z* I: I2 l) Q! _3 RAirbase hits 140 f- Y5 ^* c, |) k
Airbase supply hits 7
- y4 h" N- g3 f1 e0 xRunway hits 28
- ?" Q5 k& G; z- D% ]' Q* S; ]Port hits 143 K$ r1 D3 m( u) i0 j% x
Port supply hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128. o# R% q+ Y; v7 S+ t

6 [( T( N( U6 N8 rAllied Ships+ L$ Q9 ~$ C! }8 u8 c8 b* ~8 b
      CL Caradoc
* K0 ]4 }$ K+ J) D1 t      CL Concord7 U6 N' m7 r4 z7 D% |7 A
      CL Marblehead# V5 g2 I( h8 b! @
      CL Raleigh, a" [2 O7 S( d! d$ _/ Z, h
      CL Richmond4 {; v3 h8 j& n5 w
      CL Danae
$ P" ^- a( _! L  m) j1 {; G- X* a      CL Hobart' ]( y8 q& u- ^) s4 F6 j4 F

" D& N! v7 l  k# F. `Japanese ground losses:
3 Q1 T* k0 X5 H0 o. F% a      49 casualties reported
2 y7 y: z2 V2 q, S6 P; u3 }2 B         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 x. _9 j3 n4 v: {; c
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled3 ^& }- @& |1 m
         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled2 b# ]. Y1 b$ q" j2 `( X

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3 {9 E- g* L- rAirbase hits 9
' W1 T) n- X6 W, S! O0 B% V* pAirbase supply hits 2' b% T7 l. s4 ]" P
Runway hits 9
3 k; e5 J" p, L$ \/ WPort hits 9
+ T8 m9 v* l" W# sPort supply hits 5# D- {8 s, a: i

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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 136,128 (Tarawa)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms: `+ L, [  ~9 g0 {7 b7 z* ?
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.  ~5 Z: _! Z1 {" N& S* o
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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# ~" g: C8 d7 NAllied aircraft
; w& s: Q8 K0 ~/ a      F4F-4 Wildcat x 245# R$ L" ^) p/ D2 c9 m
      F6F-3 Hellcat x 418 d0 C4 t4 M: F3 @* q! z
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 89
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No Allied losses( i" a. R: L/ c* \7 Z

$ [6 Q6 L% N  bJapanese ground losses:7 h7 \8 Z7 n: C- e% Z
      51 casualties reported
) b; T; ?3 W+ c$ i) `% m  m         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 g1 q' S$ T  Q3 {         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled1 B! a' k1 |( Q- q
         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 G6 D- W. Q6 O0 G; c7 L& W/ r3 Y      Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)/ M; m: B( Q+ O0 M  }, @. b3 W) A

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  B5 U. V# L. wGround combat at Tarawa (136,128)
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 8981 troops, 265 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 454# N+ ]$ ?; x4 b4 j6 H) p2 l3 g
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Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
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Allied adjusted assault: 341
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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1 I, W9 ~$ U" E+ R" W2 YAllied assault odds: 341 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!
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Combat modifiers
2 P0 @3 O0 I' S+ eAttacker: shock(+)
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Assaulting units:- }. E8 L* Q, Q5 ~& u" Z4 e" J
    1st Marine Division
. _+ i1 [8 H* C. K8 j. |    763rd Tank Bn /1
/ d( T* D6 V4 t" |    45th USN SeaBees /1
" i4 ]+ A3 ]! B& H% _% h; f: @    41st USN SeaBees /1
+ @$ t% p& M# c  \$ `) n    11th Marine Def Bn /1* o0 e' t0 t. c8 _% T* t
    14th Marine Def Bn /14 g* d9 n. t+ L! Y8 R: H" h7 M+ r% l
    209th FA Bn /1
) c# H# t, s$ G, W1 t    36th Aviation Base Force0 S$ q- v3 S1 Y: T2 k
    48th USN SeaBees /1/ d' u. x. F6 A! D
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9 x$ _# R6 B$ V, }( K7 C* Z! Z同一天盟军还侦查到由于前线吃紧日酋老赵把努美阿的战斗机抽调一空，盟军4发当然豪不客气的蹂躏了努美阿港口，击沉多艘日军宝贵的辅助船只% k- q& _8 d) e% a  \& z, A
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Morning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160   X( R& ~; R, R6 U  z- b* l
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Weather in hex: Overcast; {+ u/ W9 M  ?' J) u" a

! l3 |7 s5 n' j% cRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.# Q; U3 N( K  }" x, w. \
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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9 |; T) D  G( o3 f- O+ kAllied aircraft& K# O5 F) G0 {! g
      B-24D Liberator x 48! }2 Z, v9 L1 N, ]
      B-24D1 Liberator x 19
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: Y6 v. F# |- f9 m, dAllied aircraft losses
, S3 z1 c, Q5 O7 C; ^( z( y      B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged/ Y( F/ K$ A2 Q* Z7 I1 G
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Japanese Ships+ X+ E& l# o+ [6 q2 y1 f) x
      AD Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) D4 [! ~3 R) d) B. c      AD Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires
$ E6 M- f2 m& X6 n/ q6 h7 x  U+ q; r      AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
1 g& A: U" G2 N9 |      ACM Okuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. d/ }$ @& _. E0 |; X
      ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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/ r1 T" E' g5 e6 {$ WJapanese ground losses:# p" Z% q3 c  q
      4 casualties reported6 B% `- V2 P: r# V5 j' X9 t
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 o9 h+ v# \! ~" {) Y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" n, F8 g- B+ j5 m         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Port hits 16
( _+ X/ ~' n6 m( MPort supply hits 2
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印度方面，盟军改变策略，开始采用20000尺高空轰炸的骚扰战术，目的为降低日军的行军速度，轰炸机的损失大大减少了6 J1 P2 A% I' p4 H, @( y- Q
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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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2 v( K' z, O& ZWeather in hex: Thunderstorms, A5 D1 ~* W0 P' q: Q4 K2 N% I

! ]; q. T; A* J( P8 wRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
1 e6 h( b+ Z3 s$ U7 bEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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3 Y$ F! y6 K& ]; R  v& T6 NAllied aircraft
" N0 G9 V" t8 h3 Z; V      H81-A3 x 22! ^* ?0 B+ A' c! u0 J
      P-40E Warhawk x 129 \: N3 Y, L5 ^6 ^- W# J
      P-43A-1 Lancer x 178 S3 o2 k' C2 _1 H- l% B
      P-66 Vanguard x 26
4 a5 R2 i$ w) ^( [) w      Blenheim IV x 42
3 n+ _  T( k# D7 s4 H" r      Blenheim VD x 15
" G+ S. v6 i  K6 F/ X+ X      Hudson IIIa x 326 s/ f% j5 n( Z+ T5 W
      Lysander II x 3
1 T% M3 V  p5 G" {5 A- q- c* i' w2 ?      Mohawk IV x 24
/ ?* n/ F$ B3 s# F! m      139WH-3 x 9
" C: f* _% O+ y5 [6 b      CW-22 Falcon x 16" ^6 p3 G# w0 U- d( o, |
      L-212 x 6
/ X+ l) k, g0 N" {6 \      P-40E Warhawk x 3
" `6 v' \/ W1 `7 S5 ?* c      DB-7B x 11
* `* [& f  s; X6 [& U1 {      B-339-23 x 5# g% a" Q& X: D- \! o7 t
      Kittyhawk I x 16
; g2 D3 \* h$ N; @! J) X% ?0 }      B-24D1 Liberator x 9
" u( O( [7 u9 `; S( x# S      B-25C Mitchell x 502 \5 k! k% t4 j9 d; p6 C
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 29- [7 S6 d6 _: s, S
      P-39D Airacobra x 250 l/ [, `8 ~) B9 ~# G
      P-40E Warhawk x 49
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4 x! y0 {; V% `Allied aircraft losses
: J6 k. A( e+ Y& S, L1 z/ O5 j/ j      Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
, K' u# f$ c, [4 p% P& @      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged8 E$ b" }2 L" w" @
      Hudson IIIa: 4 damaged7 o  Q* M! A/ c2 P
      139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak$ _( D+ f8 B* G( c" h9 ~; ^
      CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged8 O. Q6 I7 A; S+ z# |1 {' x6 G
      L-212: 2 damaged
' J5 U. N6 L  F& k  S      L-212: 1 destroyed by flak/ t' ]! ?: S3 b7 P: l7 g5 X4 B
      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
6 C2 ?9 E1 s4 r4 B; q5 j1 f  N      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
# r/ [* P- ?# G! t+ ~      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged/ d* w6 _4 L% J0 Z0 f
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak' O8 k% e: f7 l- J7 }
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Japanese ground losses:
4 @$ Z. B1 p' M( O2 u      86 casualties reported
* a' u1 O' Q, t2 {         Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 O6 Z5 m/ _% i1 s. X: j         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
, K2 p6 H( a+ N6 W. t/ d' P/ w) b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' d9 D1 T+ D/ u0 b2 f: E8 ]      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled): r4 P6 ?7 z( |, `( S
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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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& B4 [- K$ y! D* O( J) M9 j2 Y; lRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.+ m7 Y  T8 O+ @' x+ {
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes1 R9 G; \) {7 r2 ?" c3 V2 B; h

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; a& z; n4 z! Y9 F. O' A; |3 WAllied aircraft; X1 C' f% {( M% F$ J& g1 }- t
      P-43A-1 Lancer x 12
& o2 [0 J4 G- `6 }( Q9 v; I      P-66 Vanguard x 34
2 Q9 z/ `) w7 H      Blenheim IV x 6
6 b' o# P& d: L$ h( h      Blenheim VD x 9
; k! L, M6 |2 Z9 q; \# n1 s      Lysander II x 7
( o' h7 s9 f$ r! n% f9 z8 b      Kittyhawk I x 2
7 I$ B* t* I% ^0 Y      B-25C Mitchell x 17
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6 x/ b  E: D8 KAllied aircraft losses  @! v! v8 ^: @) m: L/ i
      Lysander II: 1 damaged
: @6 N7 D+ |" F; I5 s! k5 ]+ ]2 z      Lysander II: 1 destroyed by flak
5 q5 z% @! k: @4 s) z3 {      B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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      24 casualties reported
  t' a- ~, S$ C0 q/ g2 ?, I- p4 D# Q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 E! K  C/ e& D4 ?# k' Q, n" u9 {         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, D/ o5 f( T7 h) J) j! I! e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 43
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盟军CA炮击马绍尔群岛的mili岛遭遇当地岸炮的顽强抵抗，其中维奇塔号中了一炮之后居然sys20了。。。& }' t6 U. L8 B! X+ c' ?; ~# l
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7 p" z1 t7 z2 h8 m  ?* [; \Night Naval bombardment of Mili at 136,121 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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208 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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5 F6 E& x0 p4 {& E" O+ E6 W9 _Allied Ships& j5 w" b% }& b) u2 q- ~- j
      CA Wichita, Shell hits 1
+ K# O) a5 K4 i1 ~      CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1& j% r+ e4 n( L% j/ O9 `: i$ V
      CA Quincy+ I7 `; \3 V! T& s
      CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
9 L; x6 C) a* J7 V2 r( m3 G. [, S      CA Minneapolis
4 y) x& V& h" R0 i0 o      CA Astoria
- P! L% A2 E) v5 G: C! c4 d      DD Walke
/ }# z! Y2 G7 ~* \0 o$ G      DD O'Brien% L: ?& p; |; \9 ^  q; q1 N
      DD Russell1 ]$ L: o4 {2 m6 [, ^
      DD Mustin
* I6 A, A7 {4 J: K6 T      DD Hammann8 ?, K3 }1 F8 K. ]& U- u# M
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Japanese ground losses:  ]: w/ Z# r; T  }, n8 n6 x4 v  @
      115 casualties reported
- Z+ u0 A5 ~- I, \% I+ q: i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
1 u1 ^" t" Z' X2 G: A3 S) c         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled) X+ z, c' t3 S0 C! n8 Y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* [$ G6 S2 u: a$ c- D1 A, I
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( u8 q6 i( v9 `% s, X4 ?$ D! PAirbase hits 1
1 A; a9 `- s6 B' T6 P- a: M4 Y1 E! Y0 lRunway hits 2
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# C+ i# A. v5 ]5 dNight Naval bombardment of Makin at 136,125  |0 T- W$ B, Z2 \

7 C2 F5 N0 K) R! u6 [Japanese aircraft
6 ?  U& v. [3 N. T2 [; K      no flights1 s5 k) B7 x+ X% g8 ~8 M
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Japanese aircraft losses/ l* f' ~0 [& D3 K
      D4Y1 Judy: 8 damaged
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Allied Ships4 Z+ x* k. {3 }( a. f* B4 T3 @# I
      CL Santa Fe
; L: r2 Q- c! y      CL Denver
' M+ n; {5 H7 f+ J      CL Montpelier6 d* s1 y, I8 j+ Z& n0 H3 p
      CL Columbia
, p. {) c" a+ X# K+ ], G      CL Cleveland
0 f/ r6 k, r/ m, J; r1 Q5 N      CL St. Louis5 f" u+ Y3 r: n. E, T: y( ^# |9 [  X
      DD Waller
/ D, Y( u9 N7 j6 D& P8 J; \      DD Taylor
2 s- B% A3 r( Z, j+ P      DD Radford2 l5 ^1 Y( }; r: u6 M2 k
      DD Philip4 n; g/ \% p+ }8 Y7 b% x
      DD LaVallette
& {" }( K4 {0 G; I      DD Jenkins
" a+ {( I/ V0 g' g      DD Cony
( [. u- N) ~; m4 Z7 ]      DD Chevalier; |7 B+ N1 t' o9 r) w) E
      DD Beale# ?- g0 k7 T! c, B
      DD Fletcher7 J. D7 E% m0 ~/ P

7 R- b7 I5 L' i- C) f( {" DJapanese ground losses:
# f! k5 f2 i) L# V- U: z      290 casualties reported7 F: f8 F/ ^, j: m3 I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 v2 I' {* r1 G* X6 ~6 K. _$ ?. B         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
1 d. B/ T: _; H6 f$ I; c, f2 w         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled! r& I* T) J* e+ o- Q# I

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Airbase hits 58 Z  r' m( j7 {0 p$ r$ d  m/ D
Airbase supply hits 4& i+ m3 Z2 I2 F
Runway hits 23
: {( v1 T% d" P: QPort hits 23
4 Q% A% Z! H6 j3 T& m) h, vPort supply hits 5

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 43
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' y' m& x; Z. [" z8 h9 w+ X% nNight Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130& ~4 {- N' Y7 M% c2 s. B
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Allied Ships
$ G% _' i3 Y: {8 g2 H; i7 y      CA Exeter
% `. L/ ?% g; T) t1 O      CA Sussex" R% q2 h$ t+ H
      CA Shropshire
; l. _& e7 h9 M( t; m: R      CA Chicago
; ~0 Q. ^/ ^; ?. Y      CA Louisville1 h/ S- O; v( Q, p
      CA Chester
, L  U: z6 ~% F% \      CA Northampton
/ S/ R/ h9 U" D2 k! P+ C# Y4 v0 c( g      CA Portland( Y  d( J8 M5 j! C
      CL Caradoc
- l6 ~3 b$ ?# K" t! g      CL Concord
) \& h9 N" O7 L% x- H      CL Marblehead
3 `. @1 M! I5 b4 L      CL Raleigh
/ W1 T, c. [& A9 v9 V/ ~* }+ f      CL Richmond
! f. w1 Q* Q! S+ z: Y2 Z      CL Danae
) e: E& G/ }3 d! G* [      CL Hobart
7 A# P7 w# q+ I# |5 C+ f      DD Lamson/ C: H" \0 ?: y: u
      DD Cummings' t9 `% s& [# X
      DD Maury
3 B7 U5 M7 C, u$ o' C+ |0 N& x2 I      DD McCall7 d* Q/ s5 k  j# d
      DD Gridley3 i- t  `+ y6 v1 j$ [! b# z
      DD Craven
7 W/ ], c$ M. R: b1 y( i+ i3 k* I      DD Bagley
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4 s+ a. L0 Y( I4 W) ^Japanese ground losses:
; P7 t& A7 {' ^  l+ v$ P% U$ K! j      114 casualties reported
" A. }) V9 y* a         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled# ^: p# }* a3 h6 q+ ?+ R
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled6 ]& p) P+ ]4 L4 u) N$ b
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; W3 `& ?8 S+ v& W, N. t  t
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" `9 V* w5 w2 E( N$ LPort hits 123 b' r; j3 T3 @% j+ ?2 \8 C
Port fuel hits 12 ^$ U9 r) A+ q. Q1 _' j
Port supply hits 2
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Night Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130& {5 K: @- ]) O* T  S
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Allied Ships: N/ O; ~$ n; P
      CL Santa Fe
4 {1 K) w& R5 g6 ~      CL Denver1 C5 d1 _2 L" b' X9 e
      CL Montpelier
# _" O& b3 a0 j      CL Columbia
2 C% T0 p* q! Y# ?      CL Cleveland
# c( D, t1 N' V" O      CL St. Louis; i* S3 b+ n6 ^# j1 g
      DD Waller4 e2 Z' p/ u: Q9 N
      DD Taylor
& V4 o+ v1 n# y, D, `7 d( H& W8 Q      DD Radford; |% i+ X4 G9 d; B9 o# q
      DD Philip, @0 y  b" n# G+ ~. T
      DD LaVallette* U  r: U+ [# ?: D0 Y; T
      DD Jenkins
, W/ e' V, w8 _' h& U# m      DD Cony) ~/ _/ H1 S) s$ a: J( ?) p1 n
      DD Chevalier
, g3 m- N* i: ]4 }: T      DD Beale0 Z; L2 t! E; u: `- ^- }) j5 R
      DD Fletcher
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Japanese ground losses:' p! q. n+ g* Q" X9 f1 Y
      52 casualties reported3 q6 S; s' _6 C" m. O
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled$ [0 P# X7 K) q% V% X4 \* x
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
0 w3 ~3 P5 B1 H7 s5 v% q/ r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' ~9 G+ o* o( V

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Port hits 45 p$ b- ~' P8 [9 c+ z  |
Port fuel hits 1
% p0 G/ h+ ]) Y3 DPort supply hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 136,130 (Abemama)& b) ~5 m4 E( @! N! v
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud) l" o: G( n4 f

6 k5 h( ]. Q/ h- O6 VRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.' B' q9 p2 ^5 k! F8 S. P$ f" T& _
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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% m! ^* F" `5 RAllied aircraft
4 }% J+ _3 [3 g: |7 \      F4F-4 Wildcat x 359 K! Z! ^+ x. D5 q) q+ v# u- S
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 71. D( P# _3 J! |! Q# V  i" P
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No Allied losses" E: x" h( n1 ^1 o# B, t

. p. k6 \! C; ~Japanese ground losses:
) ?5 H0 Y+ x2 r2 i  t      162 casualties reported; Z( d& v; D+ D% v
         Squads: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled  ~; E, b" P/ g& S
         Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled  f+ [' z. t+ m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( c* W% c6 Q& e
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ASW attack near Makin  at 136,125
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Japanese Ships0 K: t0 E; G$ F& _5 C7 ]' ^
      SS I-18, hits 10,  on fire
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5 U% |0 U. @3 W2 w2 nAllied Ships* G, K5 T9 p, R! W, \+ @, ]' T
      DD Hull  o3 E; w9 `" r5 r
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8 G8 e+ M, k" v日军对盟军在努美阿的行动进行了报复，突袭了印度的卡拉奇，击沉了数艘盟军小船
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 : P6 P! u1 N/ ?( S

; ]  `4 v4 {5 u; w9 q/ p/ p" ?3 JWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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# v3 K( f, Y6 d. K+ m% B3 p; aRaid detected at 153 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.1 p+ [5 m1 {; `& V8 S0 K" Q9 j
Estimated time to target is 57 minutes
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      G3M3 Nell x 72& o9 N; k; ~4 U" t  X$ q" Z
      N1K1-J George x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses
, l4 [0 K- x5 @# I8 e      G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged
- x9 C0 d; x# A. ?0 w; h2 Q      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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% G: h0 m3 z" N+ [0 QAllied Ships
5 R* F! W2 N* {* h- p      AKE Makawao, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 q5 [8 ~4 \/ W) E6 Y- m3 |      ML No. 230, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
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3 d6 q* V( h3 b' b3 U  QWeather in hex: Thunderstorms. U5 z0 E; q. o. l) R+ t9 P, x
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Raid detected at 149 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.  M$ h8 e" b2 k; _2 a$ [6 ]$ ]
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
; K7 M6 @+ G% y9 Y. a      G3M3 Nell x 36
0 z8 m' p) x+ o8 m: E5 H      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 58% M0 M+ T0 j. _, N% u0 z! k/ K

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      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak& P5 E6 i% B# m
      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
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      ML No. 204, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk  ?. }1 T  v3 p

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+ Y' W# V" H6 H5 h, HPort hits 14 x2 H7 ]) \9 N- |
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7 c6 I+ ~, ^' a2 fMorning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 " d1 L0 |/ D7 @  S$ y

) T. n/ i/ L! @6 c. T( g# kWeather in hex: Thunderstorms  K/ {) ^0 \2 W) s1 a
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Raid detected at 131 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
$ b" [# e  l8 D; D: j! O+ hEstimated time to target is 41 minutes+ S5 e. X; q: |; P6 M, P8 {

, Z( U8 E% B6 _2 RJapanese aircraft
) i+ |, E2 z' a/ l. E1 e. v" x      J2M2 Jack x 38* Q9 `6 n# c( ]0 j4 z# }" {
      N1K1-J George x 105( ?4 m2 C* v) j
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 58
& k; ]0 G. _7 Y( {) R; \* J      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 105# ?3 R& \  D& O+ j4 O
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Japanese aircraft losses
% A8 P: t& O/ |0 l; i* t      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
4 w; |/ K4 c. r( o& A' i+ {      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
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+ }9 x/ E* ]* W' x9 }2 u- ^) ~2 ZAllied Ships, v0 }% a/ H# W+ g
      ML No. 303, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
6 K0 k' u) q; @3 d, b6 ^4 H      ML No. 246, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk  u. y# o$ G. l9 h/ [* X+ k

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; e8 t9 @1 R: ~Port hits 73 k. @7 K" x# S% h8 K6 Z

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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 2 p" N: l% M9 }8 t; ^2 i, e

0 Z9 D8 b4 l9 R+ V5 C+ b+ vWeather in hex: Thunderstorms2 R/ h' q5 r% {- I

7 T# @3 s2 w4 a' }0 z8 C% BRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
+ i5 P9 t9 c! |' o/ B  D# R0 BEstimated time to target is 35 minutes
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! O* g( t5 u4 V" g; q* nJapanese aircraft
3 N2 i0 J( O  O$ z      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 99 U5 F7 c$ k1 Z- o* c
      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20" H- M1 P# [1 ]' i4 U

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  c' g6 f# R! n1 C' A4 i) \Japanese aircraft losses
0 I# u2 D# O  C      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged& `$ m- C1 ^0 j# U, z& z
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      ML No. 245, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
7 z, |* L. Q$ o" r3 ?/ k! o      ML No. 214, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk5 q$ `' C1 v5 H' a; w
      ML No. 247, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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hades1001

我想问一下为啥盟军放在航校的几十个教官一点用没有？% J, r* R) y8 x" U0 c: p! `( R2 Z& W

- `7 T! {% ]* b" x关USAAF我就放了３０个教官，几个月了从来没见加速，飞行员的平均经验还月月下降

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 43
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8 Z: J$ j7 d" u6 E7 j. h故地重游，感慨万千，盟军攻占阿帕玛玛
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9 X1 [" \) C( Z7 ?( U( H大统领不禁感慨：忆往昔峥嵘岁月稠，数风流人物，还看今朝1 W2 h! K2 G1 h, ~1 I

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Ground combat at Abemama (136,130)
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Allied Shock attack# X& ~) A7 y1 c9 i5 b+ c

  c2 x1 \8 Q* `* FAttacking force 2182 troops, 68 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 73
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Defending force 48 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Q1 T/ B/ T8 Y% c

! b7 ?" j6 J* ]: i  e6 nAllied adjusted assault: 9
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, j' Q, b, ], ?* W" DJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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6 K( C" W. j" Y1 r3 bAllied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)
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+ B" m1 d9 F) j. h# k$ u: k( ]Allied forces CAPTURE Abemama !!!
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0 o; X; M% T3 aCombat modifiers
2 J! Q( q6 n- p9 f3 }; Q- S" aDefender:
9 Z0 m# y5 D! o& C* NAttacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)# k% f5 D  @. O3 N

0 H( R3 Q2 O6 R6 b+ ], t  ZJapanese ground losses:
3 P6 p( |7 ?3 A$ s2 i2 ]4 F9 |      48 casualties reported
& c' N& I" Q0 T  ^, j         Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled# ^- p; m' O" [6 {( a
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 u: y5 o: c2 @1 ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, _. j! F. b, T1 f! _7 d5 Z' b      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
# O( z: j+ ~% \1 \7 V1 v8 b3 _2 x    24th Infantry/B Div /1
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/ J, b: ?2 S, _0 [( l3 rDefending units:
8 |* f0 }- b9 l2 b+ p, `' C    82nd Nav Gd /7) k% J. r% ?. m% G* A

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ASW attack near Abemama  at 136,131) R! q+ }, g5 C- w4 e/ y2 o; h) A

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      SS RO-100, hits 10,  on fire,  heavy damage
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      CL Columbia
) S  X1 Q, ]' y* Q+ M! h( c      DD Chevalier! ~5 j/ d' `$ M7 H4 @
      DD Waller
' Z6 ~, u% b& ]9 x# g      DD Taylor- J5 S! `: p5 T
      DD Radford! S% c. C$ V/ ?, ?
      DD Philip
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SS RO-100 is sighted by escort
! _& s. x- B8 \9 f5 h2 v( y! [DD Waller attacking submerged sub ....) O8 u9 C9 l# i+ o1 L( T7 G" A
DD Taylor fails to find sub, continues to search...2 P4 S8 M/ e# K+ Z. Z- X
DD Radford fails to find sub and abandons search
; q, l! o4 G; m* o& ODD Philip fails to find sub and abandons search
; K, \& e' Z8 a5 [2 R. U- K6 r/ VDD Waller fails to find sub and abandons search
  m$ [/ S6 {, RDD Taylor attacking submerged sub ....6 c3 p7 c8 |: J( G0 U/ D3 {4 D
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!/ D) D/ s1 g8 |7 R  l; h
Escort abandons search for sub