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+ k$ m# ^# b3 w, gAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43
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4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；4 ~+ O6 \! ~' r

2 @0 R8 U5 R# |# J4 @TF58掩护登陆舰队队进入登陆位置，准备16日凌晨抢滩- q/ Q6 \( \! [# M. P6 c
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Sub attack near Tabiteuea  at 137,1343 d  u) J0 I, t0 s7 W* _
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Japanese Ships
3 ~" d) N* n* W8 p      SS I-38, hits 104 M4 H: T, J/ Q+ W- x0 f5 }! d; z6 \* x
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Allied Ships8 Z, s2 c* n) b! w9 e4 T' r
      DD Reid, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage1 u* i; t) J& H) g' `1 }5 g; p
      CA Frobisher" \' W5 d$ g8 K
      CL Montpelier' _! B0 v- t! o! `
      DD Conyngham) k& ]( G7 T, O+ |: E/ R
      DD Downes* R3 z+ M3 t0 G$ J; p7 k# P
      DD Preston
% V7 K; S& n! _! m      DD Smith
& g, A; G) o% t      DD Perkins
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Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134
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* W3 Y9 a8 g. A9 F' m6 ^9 ^Japanese aircraft" B( l! a- }) x5 }
      no flights
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3 X/ `5 R) \9 r- O# QJapanese aircraft losses
7 |1 g+ Z* @8 _, Z5 e1 m* F      H8K1 Emily: 6 damaged4 E3 [' |2 w4 k2 E
      H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
+ b3 q/ k: U$ o% u      N1K1-J George: 66 damaged
* c' M. Q: L; v* b" D- n      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground; e& n; u6 E( C; v3 v- m
      Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged
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% n3 x$ X8 B# |& I      CL Denver
; ]2 b% K: q8 A2 j6 D! l5 b. W. D      CL St. Louis- \! l- c; s! \" b; z+ f
      CL Raleigh
9 g  v- b  c$ m3 S      DD Doyle% l! R$ u7 j6 U
      DD Carmick
- {4 V* ~0 g* B6 l! L      DD Kalk9 V* A6 X8 u5 R; B0 h
      DD Hobby
! |, @) |( W- Q* m! t      DD Gillespie
& E! G  z  p8 U      DD Gansevoort
9 A7 a" `  V, m: Z* S      DD Frazier
5 O) V8 x$ n3 d9 T      DD Strong
- v$ g/ _7 D3 @# n# o) Z; M% {6 S' p      DD Saufley# r" j2 R$ o+ m/ w2 Z. D+ Q' X
      DD Radford
! x3 v, b: f1 u" [6 y" Y0 ]2 k. k      DD Eaton
" j' a- J  P1 N      DD Bache4 L4 x% @& t3 U! g) P8 M( |

$ p+ \" M- d9 _# ]& dJapanese ground losses:
9 H( n- L1 {' w$ M$ x      84 casualties reported
; \$ ^2 c# k9 L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
: c+ T8 I/ c6 {         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled/ @% }, ]6 f1 y9 o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled) _8 ^0 D! P; X& t- N6 _- r
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, z* n+ q% s) v& }3 y5 VAirbase hits 35! {/ \# f) P9 d
Airbase supply hits 23" Y  M/ S$ v! H' g% g: \
Runway hits 129
& i4 V' k' Q. e8 n1 C* e4 r  qPort hits 68
# i2 ~8 a" P; t2 f! M' n" r0 |Port supply hits 16
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% F3 {/ u  K' b% O  ]  ZNaval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134
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Japanese aircraft losses- r' v/ z) O! J0 Z  {4 L; g0 k# X3 J
      N1K1-J George: 36 damaged# T6 R9 }% d8 x# B
      H8K1 Emily: 2 damaged
+ u% O3 R+ `$ R0 o2 M; H" c      Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 damaged& T' Z) C* Q. B$ T
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Allied Ships$ b! H4 G- ~0 m6 ?0 h( M) X
      CA Frobisher
; m  C4 i8 y0 x+ Z" g( W2 `0 W      CA Hawkins
! [$ q2 K0 x2 d& ~      CL Santa Fe' A, ^- E# C5 v8 g2 R& G  @
      CL Montpelier. i6 i: D8 m# G$ }& J
      CL Cleveland
( B- Q7 j( _" J  s% y4 X      CL Richmond
: M: O1 j4 A% {/ }$ i9 E' M      CL Danae
  @# _& S( v7 X3 f3 m      DD Downes5 E7 b# @' m: X$ h
      DD Preston
6 W# i0 E/ f& a. ]& U' J( E2 M      DD Smith
( u3 Q/ J: L$ m' f$ @      DD Perkins
. V% W6 Z% w6 [8 `      DD Cushing
" d; K" |+ D+ b, ?% b- _; K8 Y0 X  h      DD Conyngham
: e8 N& R; c. v" M) X" I& V$ U      DD Case( N2 t: C" N3 G# Z
      DD Lamson
6 z  Q6 r$ [' f: ?9 T2 Z      DD Cummings: V0 R" ?. Y5 i* F; Y

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      63 casualties reported
8 U# c" x, y7 Q' ~         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled# J6 h1 N) F1 }' c2 T- X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled& `/ S; t+ v0 f: }9 t5 y3 ~
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Airbase hits 144 W5 R7 G! Q. s6 z# e5 G4 a
Airbase supply hits 7
* O/ f. E4 V2 K7 U+ qRunway hits 47! `$ z( D) O8 K, |( s4 A* f6 J
Port hits 38( [5 O9 V7 o2 F' n: z. U
Port supply hits 6

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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
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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 / O) X6 {9 O: }1 j1 P

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# r- l/ U2 Z. j! ZRaid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
: K4 g# o6 }# w3 {( \Estimated time to target is 16 minutes8 |$ P* C5 d  m% O4 M7 V
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Japanese aircraft
* K, b3 t: C; c# _/ P' E3 l4 [      J2M2 Jack x 8
  p# h# g% [0 p. T" \3 Y1 P      N1K1-J George x 48( ~4 `( _( z: z5 X
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 128
( H  U0 a( \; U# C2 w* i      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
4 R9 T6 q5 x6 s' [2 l! ^      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 76 r0 G$ j) q  f1 b9 v: K
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! _' e2 J' @( @# ^Allied aircraft1 Z# p. {4 v4 d6 g" U2 N
      Spitfire Vc Trop x 45
  O: _+ N* c( |' ?      P-38F Lightning x 24
9 O1 l  Y* X  F7 f' a7 c, e      P-38G Lightning x 38 P: \* ?- r! {) g3 h

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1 d" m9 o  y1 T% bJapanese aircraft losses
+ ]3 Y+ P: o9 b6 U% v5 Y      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
/ C$ h/ W  j, g. e4 S2 u# }      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
2 p! }6 B, W. F5 F  P      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
6 j. z. ]( ~& X/ v2 Q      Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed
+ ]) r2 O* _; b! q  W      P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed& x5 h2 R7 D& G! }2 ?7 ]) Y3 q& ?

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Weather in hex: Moderate rain2 p. f6 C1 C- R; Y& a$ W, I4 l

$ k' l+ I4 K9 ZRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
9 d" \* _6 i1 W3 |( A+ fEstimated time to target is 27 minutes7 a0 C; P, V" M
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Japanese aircraft. Q' N8 s$ c) o; Q3 e3 |( \6 C
      J2M2 Jack x 8
" s' _2 x( u' Y' O- y, D4 y" z' h2 ]( C      N1K1-J George x 44
# W0 K0 B7 d5 J! D      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 118
, P3 w9 a6 y' M8 ?, K, W      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
. v  @. w9 @0 R8 Q9 [      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3* D+ h! Z8 _1 s" j7 R# c
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Allied aircraft
# ~  l+ ?7 n! v# S0 N' [! t8 C      Kittyhawk III x 16- R9 R. w' X0 t' z4 ]2 k* h

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Japanese aircraft losses% e: s! ~5 M1 v, k6 C8 x% ]
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed# v. }9 F+ }' _3 _7 \
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Allied aircraft losses
8 I' Q1 H! \! r" a' o5 h! k! m1 f      Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed9 v; a  ^5 w- \: z; |) A- |! f9 B

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/ U  c1 z1 M! {  IMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.+ A/ j7 T! W% n: w$ {  ^5 k
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes2 q5 v) I5 B8 b5 {

, p; l/ g- L4 B0 n7 eJapanese aircraft: w1 p8 [: m. s% `/ U
      J2M2 Jack x 8
* Y) U7 ^3 }4 b1 ^4 A! Y. E2 Y      N1K1-J George x 42
' N& X3 d8 o( a  Q      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 113
+ {: X2 G9 C0 [+ H      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
* v3 s+ }) u; V; O( O0 s      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 34 b4 z+ c3 q5 c/ U- u8 |
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Allied aircraft* V8 T9 ]# _; U. a/ b7 G
      Hurricane IIc Trop x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses/ i5 k' |) r  _% C6 X! H5 f6 N  X
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed+ I) v! }/ I: c$ }9 Z
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Allied aircraft losses/ W/ ~! e0 k2 F- a
      Hurricane IIc Trop: 8 destroyed. k8 }0 l3 B8 S! l+ q9 {0 u. ~
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 2 u% o- |+ C# a+ a8 F  k

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2 D0 r, P4 i( ZRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
5 D9 u8 w5 o; B( x0 h: i: NEstimated time to target is 27 minutes" P! u4 _) X& q7 e/ \
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Japanese aircraft- n1 O6 `, m1 ^( a2 M
      J2M2 Jack x 8! a$ |# s/ F' @3 Z" ]9 }
      N1K1-J George x 35
; ~% a) F% T1 a      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1067 k0 H" h$ Z) c9 _
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14, u9 K3 C8 Q; x" O  g0 L& q- I
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 39 q4 i$ ~) I, Q4 s
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Allied aircraft
4 O4 z# D8 d; {, T' X      B-17F Fortress x 18
. y( }$ l/ q0 |7 G, r* b9 F* m      B-24D Liberator x 41
8 ~' N/ }1 u0 A5 }6 y      B-24D1 Liberator x 41
% W" ]: f: L, g# W7 z" R      P-38E Lightning x 9
' p) r  B2 r: i' D1 J" G      P-38G Lightning x 34* C/ t' U0 s% s4 F% ~& U

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Japanese aircraft losses
! p/ ?0 p  H6 l      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged/ m! ~: f1 o+ O' g( Z
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground4 [0 ]5 X' e' L+ F3 U" @8 h  t$ I
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
5 e! x' N/ j7 Y7 c4 `      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground% P" S* `- s+ L. y+ ~& _
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
( K& _" R" Q" b" H$ ^      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
- Z- Q5 m# y: l  D$ e* ^! H' i      B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
' Q- p% v5 F) E4 n2 s8 t; S1 _      P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed& m' s6 G$ g% q+ Y" n( D6 R
      P-38G Lightning: 6 destroyed9 o! D; q# t" Y

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Airbase hits 3$ t0 t3 [( e1 W/ j  M
Runway hits 275 U! T3 P- P& Y7 l/ A3 E

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/ `5 ~+ E; K6 x+ V' {  RMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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& `0 ]/ ?* y" n* A/ qRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
8 K" |8 S. x2 f7 rEstimated time to target is 25 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
) c5 d2 O" l3 Q: r4 g1 H" K, H      J2M2 Jack x 4
3 c. v- q! h( a% j" c) O      N1K1-J George x 28
; C3 A7 q1 `/ e6 K3 ?1 @      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 80; b9 q4 h) Y* S+ ~! n
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12: h, \5 [* [6 Z8 h- a
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 22 D8 ]. E" C/ o2 Q, S1 q
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Allied aircraft, `; i4 @  y8 l5 O$ b8 c. m4 p4 h
      B-24D Liberator x 16# c+ t3 [9 o9 a1 R' Y/ q; I% b+ R
      B-24D1 Liberator x 12
- c. D' l$ _0 I( q9 N. t      P-38G Lightning x 72 V( n! y6 K- ]  ?' o7 ?4 ?/ }
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      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses4 q) b6 M1 g7 Z, [9 ^$ y; @! n
      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
9 p- y# Q) n0 e1 G      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak# h4 r% L/ z0 L+ V* d" z
      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged# J! y6 c! [% v8 w: M5 |6 y& n: L
      P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
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! K: H- {( F5 d/ URunway hits 4
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6 L$ p' F$ ~3 V9 |5 o' z" QRaid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
- \$ w3 B9 b. ]1 o2 V" G) TEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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) F& S, K# \( ?! H4 _; X7 wJapanese aircraft
) u: @; Y% y% D; q. C, x$ K7 e      J2M2 Jack x 4
5 O7 t. k/ b' M: H9 S3 U/ O) G      N1K1-J George x 22
- c5 u7 [4 V# J3 ~# j      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 748 E# R8 l+ b. Z6 K
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
0 @7 T: _( b/ n/ x1 g$ ]- O7 C      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 21 J6 H6 Z* w6 f+ |: B

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      P-38G Lightning x 21
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 r$ ^4 j$ b; h, r. J      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed4 k/ l  t! O& g# v7 l) _
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed+ _. J" g0 a" f3 Q  _) H1 O
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Allied aircraft losses
1 w: p0 L( I- a$ ^9 ^$ J      P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
: L+ Y1 t5 Z& ?( V& QEstimated time to target is 27 minutes7 T, [* P' m; m
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Japanese aircraft
) B2 |5 e) G+ b) O# H& p$ f: I      J2M2 Jack x 42 J9 H% U2 ?8 Y6 ~/ J3 T
      N1K1-J George x 17
* W$ m: C' U/ @4 \8 I! F      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 54& Q; `1 |  G) O. n5 x
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
, ~" p2 `+ v8 K( ~  o      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1$ W  Q+ V4 M/ N2 `/ m5 l

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Allied aircraft$ o# B7 z2 ?3 S
      P-40K Warhawk x 103
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" c5 A0 y3 d/ r, J9 eJapanese aircraft losses6 s$ b9 E: e7 _& Q( h
      J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
" p. b% m+ [8 ]6 S$ G, s- c      N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed! ?9 C, `+ {* N* R' q, ?8 \5 |
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed
2 h! _5 t* w8 V2 ^1 f) u      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed2 A" ?6 c: P$ Y3 W# S
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Allied aircraft losses
$ o5 e2 g* n7 I* ~6 T      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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( K$ Z3 j$ T# s5 g% b* hMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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: U3 r6 I" g- |: Q" B/ @Weather in hex: Moderate rain8 \' R' i# }' o2 w

9 c: }8 M% H+ x& O* ^Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
( b. J0 b  ^8 [3 P7 oEstimated time to target is 25 minutes
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Japanese aircraft/ Y2 X% l3 A9 }/ m: N
      J2M2 Jack x 21 b+ o" U  C) S  k' W# b' _2 X2 Y7 e/ U/ k
      N1K1-J George x 9* a  T+ r' H) B; ~8 B' A, n1 \
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22' u& N) h, H& G
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
, A5 S( l0 H% ?2 g      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1; g* `5 Y" z! H3 f* x' b( `* }' w4 I
* i3 F" E+ O) I

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) s3 [$ i1 s+ p" |; H0 B' QAllied aircraft
6 J! U# I% Q/ g" D6 f      P-40K Warhawk x 44
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Japanese aircraft losses! F  d: i9 N& X
      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed3 F# `4 j9 X, g* d) P( W
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed" }# O3 M8 O) @& h5 T: W3 G/ d- @% y
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
. r2 y& p7 A5 c6 f1 T8 H9 w# g      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses: Z- f9 x0 t* p: b; n/ Z
      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed5 X$ d+ j" H# t% h0 x
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Ground combat at Portland Roads (91,132)
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2 L2 N) G+ g3 B; D' k7 xAllied Deliberate attack
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4 Q( S9 N# f4 ZAttacking force 34874 troops, 519 guns, 2168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579
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) \( r  w5 L3 o5 j# A2 `+ L$ sDefending force 32103 troops, 489 guns, 630 vehicles, Assault Value = 724& ^$ d- d! q+ ?1 q, q/ M# n0 R3 Q
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Allied adjusted assault: 971
+ [6 m* v; c4 s/ G5 X: q. q5 t1 n" g& z
Japanese adjusted defense: 3045
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7) , [; @8 n. Q, L; q* z

1 m! J- e- u5 r) WCombat modifiers0 G$ D9 O8 B+ C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)# C9 [* V9 [& n+ h+ w2 |
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:; ]( P. T4 Y% _1 Y) }0 P
      1198 casualties reported0 S2 n6 ^% t. x/ b8 W7 ]3 v3 y3 o
         Squads: 45 destroyed, 33 disabled% H% n: @3 q( U& d2 P# r
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled  o! F4 |; j8 g0 {( ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled# M& a9 g+ J* D4 h2 S- m5 E
      Guns lost 45 (19 destroyed, 26 disabled)
( H9 T; x6 v+ V6 y      Vehicles lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)4 I( l+ e: B) j" u0 Q
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" j1 n" i5 t; S7 M4 rAllied ground losses:
& i7 v& E% f2 j8 J: b( @      2471 casualties reported/ S. U" {8 Y. x  Y
         Squads: 18 destroyed, 226 disabled; g. S, a$ Z! n3 ]- d( S- v
         Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 100 disabled
/ r2 E2 M# F" K# Q/ y         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled! \( e1 u2 l3 a# {
      Guns lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled)
  Z6 E- b: q9 M- I. c      Vehicles lost 210 (16 destroyed, 194 disabled)7 w3 F9 h- X* E0 z; }
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6 w, }% @# d! F( O' J    25th Infantry Division
4 a& Q# G; L! Z1 Q8 U6 x2 y    2/4th Armoured Regiment
% y& ^1 x$ b/ |- }7 K    194th Tank Battalion$ C' t) D3 R( p) c
    2/7th Armoured Regiment( M0 Y+ d! A4 g" d) g8 w' _
    40th Infantry Division" l9 @% d/ I; W
    2/9th Armoured Regiment  W$ n3 D% I5 Q1 S9 r. @2 x0 i
    627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
% B6 N2 h  H, m) v. _    193rd Tank Battalion
/ C" k9 [: U- [5 f- D  W' G    2/8th Armoured Regiment
8 A& O9 ?  j9 H* ?" j    2/6th Armoured Regiment9 {! z! ?  L8 x& S7 p% B) R
    754th Tank Battalion  f1 ~0 {" c* \) Y* k+ m; J
    2/11th Armoured Car Battalion3 l6 `: e7 D7 ^2 D
    192nd Tank Battalion
4 _5 m8 w- l" [  R    2/10th Armoured Regiment
" y  d7 m& _# l- s    2/5th Armoured Regiment  q  Q9 a# @9 y# {
    2nd Army Tank Brigade# K, d6 [! X+ m# L+ j$ _
    3rd Marine Defense Battalion9 A; ]$ {* X0 T, @2 g2 y6 Z
    2/1st Heavy AA Regiment" w7 K6 j* [! j& l/ ~) |0 q
    2nd Australian Army& b8 Y! n' c9 k9 |
    217th Coast AA Regiment; u8 [& G3 i9 M1 M
    2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment
! }1 X6 v( Q* ?; U+ v/ j0 b    205th Coast AA Regiment* t/ s5 z# f" J
    4th Marine Defense Battalion
! ^2 L2 E0 I! f, y: C$ q+ Q& D8 j    2/3rd Light AA Regiment) j) F) t/ Y+ i+ G5 ~: ?
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Defending units:) h! Z$ z: @- ?
    23rd Nav Gd Unit /1
% u8 [, T0 h+ a4 I    16th Guards Regiment! z% s! Q; `3 b; F1 M3 A$ U5 a8 q5 q
    1st Recon Battalion
+ g$ {( ~" E9 X* w" I4 [+ X    Yokosuka 4th SNLF
' q; |, S! Z4 w    I./124th Infantry Battalion
; ]: M0 W& S  x9 y- x    2nd Tank Rgt /1
# J3 f8 ^/ G2 o9 R4 t! Q% t    1st Raiding Regiment
# |+ L9 W1 x$ K! I' ~    14th Tank Rgt /1% v5 S& X1 E) [' c" M4 p1 S2 U/ j
    4th Ind. Engineer Regiment) e" @* m; W& t6 z% a6 d
    4th Tank Regiment+ ^+ t# [! R$ W& r  H
    13th Garrison Unit
7 O. O' l7 L7 h, d# o    Kure 2nd SNLF
7 K3 C) ]; t8 Y! P! Q0 {    24th Nav Gsn Unit
; \9 j+ c4 Q: {. r3 |4 W% ]    Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
/ W0 t% k* L# @4 j2 P4 H4 O+ l    8th Recon Regiment2 n1 o. R4 t+ |7 C9 ]# c
    2nd Recon Regiment, w. x9 D* I7 ?; q7 l
    Guards Tank Div /4
: x1 V, [7 j9 F1 W) }3 K$ N- c    39th Road Const Co 3 D2 T! q! X# N- X
    2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
& m4 I6 H7 D! F1 @* r8 g) J4 R    2nd Air Defense AA Regiment. F5 S' F2 {  M/ t' V) P
    3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
  S6 Z' m1 l0 o- C7 F    40th JAAF AF Bn
) s$ X* j: a, }% b# g    30th JNAF AF Unit ( T# _* B: V# U5 s, h9 S
    21st Air Defense AA Regiment9 W5 K, M6 r6 Z: V( p6 M
    12th Air Defense AA Battalion
" r' e5 O$ a, q0 X! m& h    12th Ind. AA Battalion6 ?1 L  `6 ]" o' n: D! D
    1st Mobile AA Battalion
& M/ T8 H5 ~+ a  P8 ^, D9 l    34th Field AA Battalion
, F8 _% X) @0 }( T$ S/ L8 Q& K    13th JAAF Base Force /2) F* P; b. h2 n- `9 R, e
    43rd JNAF AF Unit   z4 n1 A" i3 X1 x+ {. B8 R
    5th Field AF Construction Battalion  G+ w3 D- g  m/ y4 ]
    57th JNAF AF Unit ! B, n! u7 `% T- B' F$ a3 S! J7 A/ r
    41st JNAF AF Unit 4 }' n( t; C/ q% h
    5th JNAF AF Unit /3' q/ a0 t# W0 P/ D1 n/ E
    25th Air Defense AA Regiment- w  `8 e1 v2 p! l) D
    56th Recon Rgt /1, E' ?* o! a! x* a/ `
    6th Air Defense AA Regiment9 [  |8 g& n. ]/ v
    7th Field AF Construction Battalion
3 L- d* x9 W* [3 r. ~    4th Air Defense AA Regiment
  }. R  m3 k  U7 Z6 o    23rd Air Defense AA Regiment/ [! p: a2 I9 s3 y- w
    7th Ind. Engineer Regiment- {: }& s8 n# D5 C
    7th JNAF AF Unit /3
( ^) A. I/ U- ^; W9 _    6th Field AF Construction Battalion
4 u5 q+ F- I/ S2 E5 K1 [$ P    3rd Air Defense AA Regiment- ~$ I6 X7 ]) v
    5th Air Defense AA Regiment' {# }" j- P' R. L" r1 N
    3rd Air Army
) {: E  @3 f  S) N( s* q- H    21st Ind.AA Gun Co % `* e$ Y' F* }  P: z; j* W4 D. {
    15th Base Force /1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 43
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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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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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9 C" j3 w* v4 f      CA Exeter
' @/ f4 b8 ~; ?2 t% h      CA Shropshire! Q) w8 v: O0 n* h' k) n
      CA Wichita4 M" t7 ?* E! u) e5 s* O
      CA Vincennes
5 G4 J* q  N% p% f2 d( q      DD Morris7 {  g6 D! B0 Z7 B- N' U; k) u
      DD Meade
" t9 O5 I: U$ f- T, L      DD Caldwell- Z: Q/ z' h8 E, _; O' u6 M
      DD Bancroft0 x1 s$ p" k% U9 h/ [
      DD Bailey( Y4 u. V- ~6 x( x# j# }; a3 P
      DD Woodworth
, Q' p& O1 G8 n% P      DD Barton
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Japanese ground losses:
: M& b4 s: T9 |+ S4 R4 Y8 X      276 casualties reported4 G3 O- l4 F: d. m* m* t2 H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ H5 K; G" G" l+ r0 p* n) r3 d% v
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled( P; I. ]  \+ H' C3 E
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled9 D8 l$ O! l- U5 a( ^
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Airbase hits 11
8 d1 _) {4 X$ UAirbase supply hits 4
2 H# U$ W0 \1 e( [5 R6 XRunway hits 46; V5 I& A3 @2 W+ p
Port hits 102 D2 c7 J0 g9 q! I1 a
Port supply hits 3  M, J3 N, z8 u, M* }% M- L) c

. P8 n; r1 D! a1 k1 c! T/ X( f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。3 ]" y2 P) J0 a3 ~
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4 k4 ~. _1 ^# UNight Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134
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Japanese aircraft9 V% e; _/ \. h& ?' L
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses8 B6 e( W7 ?6 o/ W3 o3 d
      N1K1-J George: 42 damaged+ W: t# B" B2 s! Z3 p' N) W
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Allied Ships' D' ^/ P2 M1 l' g. M$ }, U
      CA Quincy
6 G, B0 M9 G8 e4 X      CA San Francisco
* x/ B& ~- x4 m' f0 O      CA Minneapolis
  p5 ^9 j0 q4 ?- B" I: x/ b  k      CA Astoria0 Y8 y1 T6 l; ]# t$ ]
      CA Chicago
& R! u; T( p' U/ D+ g* T      CA Louisville( k  R, E, I* [* c  B+ F5 C1 \; a
      CA Chester, G2 O7 C# p  Q1 c
      CA Northampton
6 {4 X% b) d0 E: R" _$ y      CA Portland
! {+ l# q$ Q3 Z3 y+ ?1 D      DD Farenholt
  j; V+ n  G! O! k) t      DD McCalla
" b$ H: ^2 r' [1 V  ?      DD Lardner7 [* u$ |5 X7 G* X1 w" }, U# D
      DD Lansdowne
7 R8 M; _0 ?( M. R! z" x      DD Duncan) w1 X" F* o# Q
      DD Buchanan! u, F+ D/ h# M, p/ f% Q
      DD Aaron Ward
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Japanese ground losses:
) [, w( A) p+ G' u" A1 {9 N2 G      131 casualties reported' V5 `. t6 x# h% o' j7 u; U
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled% B% X+ m" V1 l6 v2 I: W
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
9 @8 u% f  U5 z2 E4 @6 u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled2 ^% l; F% |, a# ~3 [3 T
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Airbase hits 8% M3 P5 C. G7 o8 Z/ A+ f
Airbase supply hits 4, L8 ]+ u# |! X1 p1 M& F
Runway hits 26
4 l/ L7 {+ x# D9 e1 BPort hits 22+ @3 o0 b2 z/ x1 \1 S
Port supply hits 3
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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 17998 troops, 527 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 817! J! A5 i6 R6 M- q4 [" }+ j3 l+ l+ w

9 Z( T% d' C$ hDefending force 2406 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
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Allied adjusted assault: 269
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Japanese adjusted defense: 2 5 ^8 e6 b0 r1 I' Z% |& U/ O
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Allied assault odds: 134 to 1 (fort level 2) + V2 c/ |+ F/ C( z$ K
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Allied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!. G9 I# q1 I/ F* F4 l  W5 J0 V
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Japanese aircraft' u* Y6 D9 f& z
      no flights
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9 m' e2 y+ ^  }Japanese aircraft losses  D; R- T+ y; e$ s
      N1K1-J George: 19 destroyed
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Combat modifiers; K4 L% _" L% C, g4 S
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
) E! _* x- @7 z7 Z$ AAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:
: U: R: `  r6 c! O      2500 casualties reported1 Y' }8 Z9 x4 C$ _0 x; M% ~: e* v
         Squads: 65 destroyed, 1 disabled
! }" _2 T, L5 L- e         Non Combat: 173 destroyed, 2 disabled- h5 i( E4 Y7 z
         Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
. u" x& A, }- {5 S# W$ C! ]  P      Guns lost 27 (25 destroyed, 2 disabled)8 Z$ x5 K7 D3 F0 n8 ]% D' @
      Units destroyed 20 K2 o) T) c3 c% y' z2 g/ t* |" P
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Allied ground losses:
8 a; c, U% V% J7 B. f* l4 c      97 casualties reported1 o8 \+ I- E. p7 M- A; q7 H
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
& A2 I: N- s8 r6 A         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 Q$ _( G; I8 e1 |9 {+ Q8 a6 {2 x
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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& C1 _* {, U. g; d    24th Infantry Division
% S  F. F7 ?: I' M  G    2nd Marine Division
( k- n  e$ H3 L$ |  d    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 d8 r" K1 q: X
    165th Field Artillery Battalion
2 g! r. e' a5 ~, x5 M9 q    223rd USN Base Force" E2 @- U6 M8 K! v
    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment; |: m5 a1 s2 ~% w) p3 I

* O, c" y9 [0 y  gDefending units:
7 J' H$ Q2 e4 `3 U% _    51st Naval Guard Unit
7 {" y; f2 c' A# u    17th JNAF AF Unit
6 R6 @$ n; A# t8 f    22nd JNAF AF Unit

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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
4 H% g% s: ^& s5 H/ u( 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。: J; a) c% `1 _0 {. {3 L. S

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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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7 a% ?! R1 ~- [- b, L' a  Y. p      DD Nicholas, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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$ ?9 z) |8 P/ v2 f6 ~1 Q      DD Cushing, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)2 u0 j3 s. D: d  _" w2 n
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9 t) ^( ]7 U& i, q. K0 m9 u      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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1 }& f) r& i* ~* Z  o' Z! ?Allied Ships4 i: w0 E0 ?% Y5 M& Q0 s
      DD Monssen, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
& ]- p4 i2 |: @/ L; i# S( L% E      DD Grayson, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage: w7 k1 h4 D( X- m; h% x/ n

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% ~9 y* _: h( `0 U" `" gTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)4 t, l) |8 r- f6 M! f$ e
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Allied Ships
- b# \4 o* L7 j3 D" R+ R      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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' r6 U7 c  X+ x# n/ Z! [$ TTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships" z9 p  x/ M5 y$ \
      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 12 f1 r/ e& \: c: \9 I+ P

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" _: i/ f& K9 ~' ?: e* `TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships
! _0 p* k+ _4 V4 N0 S, C      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1/ ?/ q5 ?, ~" X& k' E$ K" S/ U
      BB Washington, Mine hits 1
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( S7 E( u5 T' l9 uTF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)! a5 Q* h# D1 I% E, l

# i0 C8 N( e* p6 @4 G! E( V( EAllied Ships, S/ V$ D/ M% R: d
      DD Conyngham, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage, y3 d6 M+ A4 W: ^) [' m

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' h) s; D. L8 V- y( q5 O# BTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)* Q$ z9 ^; K7 Z# Z0 @  E
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7 K& F* p/ z. I& O  T5 E3 h5 L      DD Abbot, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage! ?% z2 Q0 j# z0 H2 b
8 u0 }1 P  s9 Z/ I, H2 ]0 @% ?! p# o# ?
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1 S2 \# U' O# Y/ t7 ~  u& W# nTF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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0 C* o' E; f4 r2 J3 aAllied Ships5 r. K3 B' F3 V6 u  k* m
      DD Gwin, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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2 x7 H9 Z9 a! l8 m+ A0 cTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)! \; D1 X* N2 Q' `3 ^5 f3 e1 L
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Allied Ships
+ B" [/ E: n: ]/ G# Q% N      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
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/ |  k3 i4 u0 i( d' p, ?不过我没有试过在敌人基地布雷然后登陆，
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  b+ b; _, s$ Y9 ?+ j- l这次算是长见识了

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 43. b3 R. [% \3 M" [

3 g  P7 ?) w) K4 ]+ y1 [4 T盟军水面舰队再次压制吉尔伯特群岛的３级机场迈阿那和塔瓦拉，这两个基地分别由一支日本地勤部队驻守，经过连续的轰炸和炮击，相信暂时失去了起降飞机的能力
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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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5 A0 o# d& }/ |! AAllied Ships
* m- [1 M1 E7 K) M: z+ i      CA Vincennes( R! T. l- k  w3 |1 E& X2 H
      CA Quincy
: y/ ^9 n& d. g# ?) [      CA San Francisco
' W" ~7 t, k3 q      CL Santa Fe
4 I8 o) N* @6 `- S/ }      CL Denver! I9 A& s4 g, n" F$ x3 I
      CL Montpelier
% e( f6 t! R/ t  W) J$ l3 l      CL Cleveland# `; L& o3 P& `9 N. G
      DD Doyle8 E; Q( W) H" q( k* f; f6 E
      DD Carmick; F. W7 v% L1 B& c' x: @) K8 n
      DD Strong; q- F# L4 H8 R7 A0 q2 O
      DD Saufley
! U& J, z3 {) C! C+ h. O2 a1 I      DD Radford  Q6 a* Y$ A' y7 V1 k

3 v( p: @: v. `6 p/ {Japanese ground losses:) {8 w% k% y/ N
      340 casualties reported
. z5 l) }- p5 e         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- _( f$ x$ @1 a0 |
         Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled
! C2 y( V& m# U. u         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
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& H) O% \" O; `$ H1 A9 F) F% {Airbase hits 21; l$ S8 x* S7 m. m
Airbase supply hits 5& [4 M/ m' e; U/ ?, H5 L! Z$ H  E
Runway hits 591 Z/ |4 B3 M! s  g
Port hits 23$ z8 e6 m, L4 `- ]$ ]9 U" Z/ s) `
Port supply hits 68 V. P8 D4 L5 K3 N+ O

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Night Naval bombardment of Maiana at 135,1295 Y+ E; M" U  [9 I; U
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Allied Ships
% G! ?5 X2 _0 l+ U) I! C      CA Minneapolis
  F$ N* |! j# d& q) L      CA Astoria
# T3 i8 `1 l9 r' ?3 I      CL St. Louis
/ n* L" i" d2 f5 f( B  g  o9 H      CL Raleigh
& P& }/ @) a) V9 |; f      CL Richmond: |( B/ [, Q) O8 c6 w
      CL Danae) f( v( Y. z5 n* a6 G
      DD Downes
& T3 j/ T& W- w! Z      DD Perkins+ p# w6 M5 T/ O
      DD Case( v; z: P4 V, o: |6 F( n6 W
      DD Lamson, F5 Y6 F$ @/ {; U, h/ R  l7 }
      DD Cummings9 s3 T$ K1 {0 C" t
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Japanese ground losses:
" K- _5 t. B( ^7 C  s      261 casualties reported2 t# h, r% ]9 c! @. B% V( u
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! Y2 r! r* c; b- s$ i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled8 D+ _* ?+ O( x0 t4 k
         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled3 J3 C0 U8 x+ W

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* t% W  N7 [/ z! U1 NAirbase hits 5; D) B1 R! ^' X1 W
Airbase supply hits 6( V' i. \* C2 l/ i- ?2 R
Runway hits 30; o+ I: m2 D; u9 H/ t
Port hits 4% {# Y4 _: t6 }# ]" J8 M
Port supply hits 1
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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0 K7 `4 T8 H% H: v1 w1 k, q5 N/ \
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Morning Air attack on 27th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)1 C) R' o" ]& k* q, V  O

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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
) D: V# O. y" {+ dEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Allied aircraft; W; c( H& e* S4 \4 r+ ^0 I
      Beaufighter VIc x 27/ z! ?% [. Q0 U8 J; `2 |
      Blenheim VD x 26
8 \5 p2 y6 D" b* E6 E! S      Hudson IIIa x 273 _* W" U6 ~2 b2 y
      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12  B/ ^9 c; I5 `: `/ Y
      Lysander II x 13
; \6 \- I9 D. E. l+ O* p3 o1 \( L      CW-22 Falcon x 27
* `; c5 y; l1 a# d0 d  S* Y      DB-7B x 11: e! n5 J, L+ C0 k1 U+ Z3 \
      B-25C Mitchell x 56+ @5 I) S$ ]- m
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 9$ F2 d/ k- ]8 E/ L

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7 _& E$ X7 ]  }/ I; `Allied aircraft losses
- p: ^' d, I" P9 Y% P8 Z9 Q& L8 R9 w      Blenheim VD: 7 damaged
. K7 i6 Z8 n& K: d0 x+ w1 z/ n      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak
7 f' c, E1 k* l      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged' J) ^# g* t! {8 m. l
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
8 @$ S2 o, ]" w: Y; }      Lysander II: 4 damaged5 a0 w" u& T8 l$ o5 E$ n- ]! I
      CW-22 Falcon: 6 damaged/ _  c# `3 g7 I. o3 {
      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak5 e  E5 ]2 ?3 g- v' }3 y% S
      DB-7B: 6 damaged
7 L1 m* Z% r6 l. y. G7 V5 ~7 }      DB-7B: 1 destroyed by flak
5 f* j2 z) ]; ^" u$ _      B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged
' q, D6 S$ j* s( \6 R" X. x      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak: i9 u0 ?& J8 V7 K' l8 W+ m
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
) d! {$ V) Q) K) _. I& ~7 H! s" Y) M      881 casualties reported; {5 s5 X$ J1 P4 W, Q8 U1 c/ j4 ~) d
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
  V' D8 A9 H9 ^$ Y( |3 o6 d         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
7 c* e: q! U* x7 b7 C9 v         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled- v8 P  @/ f& w0 c/ U# E
      Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled). b: \- {9 D; v* J

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8 `! u9 P5 N% f$ t# m9 t" aMorning Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)4 P7 ~2 I6 w8 R. s+ [* w
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! k, c% G, ]& |$ q0 [/ D: Q) W; c
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes) C9 V3 U0 \& q6 c- i  s: {( F
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      B-25C Mitchell x 9
- I; Y1 r& X; S      B-25D1 Mitchell x 201 S/ t  [4 `: i2 O" L+ c
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2 D& i: l4 b$ L: t; ZAllied aircraft losses
  f2 |$ ~/ p# U3 d( w5 v( [      B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged
: ^& Z- y# V. z: ]      B-25D1 Mitchell: 15 damaged& K( k! a& `) T. @# }" U4 O! ~' t
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak1 f0 I# g; l2 T9 S) J5 _) V

2 y5 k- s4 |+ c& wJapanese ground losses:
$ v. H  B* A  }' x) R9 W# A      332 casualties reported2 ]9 f: Q8 ^1 h& E
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled, g4 Y; u- g( W6 s+ J8 |
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled+ [3 m% d- M# Z4 m" K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; F& z3 h, s, Q, C" y      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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' z% ?+ s& |% ~美军肃清塔比特维亚日军残部，６０００多日军被全部歼灭
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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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. E( I! M! V% i6 c* f+ DAllied Deliberate attack
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' o4 ~# [, ]& V' K+ UAttacking force 20729 troops, 541 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 812
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. i- E0 R( u7 V/ [9 pDefending force 590 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
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3 U4 M3 h4 w5 s8 w* O0 B. Z, d7 t4 C6 C8 `: sAllied adjusted assault: 376
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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" o- \6 i5 q+ `) B6 T  j% r9 `$ aAllied assault odds: 376 to 1
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Combat modifiers
/ _% \. z. p+ L+ j* v2 M4 X; I- NDefender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)1 B: e6 {  u% o+ O& X, [4 U
Attacker: ) R: V- S& F# H; e/ n: ?. z

3 i, A- X# \: [Japanese ground losses:
; N6 s0 R( s2 S9 U  o      820 casualties reported
7 S6 a* v2 ?9 V- H9 G# l" _* h, n         Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled) A/ T7 X/ Z  ^+ I! w% n$ Q$ h8 i( Q1 {
         Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 ?( |5 {$ A6 y  A% E! b         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
" g8 ^, i. U5 }      Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
" T1 I: s7 E& s      Units destroyed 1
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$ N0 M8 n# \! c7 HAssaulting units:
' {. [- l4 r0 s, o  W  i3 s    24th Infantry Division
/ h) e2 L/ D, M4 m1 ^9 `! C2 A    2nd Marine Division. D' L" Q' U) O- E" }; I
    165th Field Artillery Battalion8 ^/ Y& B. d- \
    223rd USN Base Force, w8 e  p$ Y+ k' \5 Q
    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ R! g8 K3 }6 O: _5 W
    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
4 C1 ?% F" X/ n: j9 ]    22nd JNAF AF Unit

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 43
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: h/ j/ s1 O+ f% {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7 u) \, }! ]9 J) L  Q; V% [! I! Y, N
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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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" M1 @, w! Q$ \2 PRaid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& w* K$ k0 l- V9 u+ b2 |  A$ ]
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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Allied aircraft' I( W2 q3 o( [; Q, ~
      Beaufighter VIc x 7; V  X1 x+ q! G( S- y0 `
      Blenheim IV x 507 X! F  n, u7 ?, t6 Y
      Blenheim VD x 17, w' J7 V+ Y/ h$ [3 w9 K4 f$ H+ G$ S& E
      Hudson IIIa x 9
' b5 @0 t* m, i, a! J0 L) X      Lysander II x 12
6 X; [  ^/ J; J- g      Vengeance I x 20  M! @/ D" c4 u3 k( f
      139WH-3 x 97 I7 g! o4 C! r- M% [
      CW-22 Falcon x 14
" ]# b' W" k: Z6 Y( Z% H8 u      L-212 x 8% u, |4 J$ R7 }9 N+ W6 E9 y
      DB-7B x 124 v1 x' m$ |! p$ y- l4 B6 |
      B-25C Mitchell x 55/ @8 n  R: g) e# g- o
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 18! @. p* W7 x8 s) v

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/ p* \0 @, Y/ a5 a+ \( D; X& jAllied aircraft losses) B5 I' N" E7 {* f5 _0 l
      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged7 \( K- D  W8 U7 t
      DB-7B: 3 damaged
9 o0 }1 N, ?6 }4 F( a7 w: S- R/ v/ `      B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
& B5 i5 t0 _8 s) R/ F0 n      B-25D1 Mitchell: 9 damaged1 K4 Z: h5 D  h! F" K

, N% h1 M+ h$ A7 Z! zJapanese ground losses:
! i, h$ G( A/ q) b4 i      1584 casualties reported
) ^4 T) L& s# T1 Z3 X3 Z         Squads: 4 destroyed, 106 disabled
8 }: Y2 I2 W+ c( N4 Y2 ~         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled8 `- f2 P6 k7 t
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled( c) R1 ?3 ^) w

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Morning 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.) n7 `& p$ W1 e$ L8 q
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Allied aircraft
" u2 D# v- c" m# r# P1 e      Beaufighter VIc x 81 H5 k% A/ ~# V! h
      Hudson IIIa x 181 c4 s0 y$ H, {7 K
      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12+ P" ^* ^# k  Q  X
      Vengeance I x 36
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Allied aircraft losses4 O! Y- V: f! h) r( j7 |1 b; J2 Q
      Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged
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      286 casualties reported) ^& h' b. K% O9 |
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled; k5 {+ H! _- K( _8 r( r
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
4 A& p' t) x$ p; e* _6 U         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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) h1 I3 A& r  `$ S# o& ^人肉之多骇人听闻

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 43
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! i) X1 ^# _7 H4 {! [Sub attack near Kuria  at 135,1314 S/ C% O  M9 ]1 u

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      SS I-180
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" X( U* E  s& I$ H      LCI-23, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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SS I-180 launches 2 torpedoes
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) M" N% R  j1 t7 C! o4 U( V6 rSub attack near Merauke  at 89,124
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. B. m5 ~% _, E; z      PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage% F  ?7 K' R& R; B% n3 P& J& P
      PB Kenkon Maru
  a7 k5 ^! c$ [- s# a6 R: K      CM Itsukushima
& O$ H* ^4 i6 |3 B      CM Tsugaru2 `( C- E& a6 k1 v) O
      xAK Taiko Maru
5 H8 N3 _6 ?3 L+ ~      xAK Sensan Maru- o6 Y0 Q$ C" h" m" x# k( s3 G7 ?* m/ B
      xAK Kohoku Maru
2 h" e1 I& t+ [$ z6 e! Q" {      PB Nikkai Maru
6 i3 ?# l7 [& q# L6 u, ^      PB Nanpo Maru" n- A7 r' y; T* S( q" w8 |) G
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Allied Ships
# K3 m! t: \: o6 ]2 q. i$ c7 Z      SS S-31, hits 64 E: S( L- b/ b* Q* l9 o( @
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! b6 q2 ^4 e) ~% C" t' G$ `Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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* I8 c& u- {& O# \0 }5 ^( H  YRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
9 @+ \/ X  |+ J* j8 rEstimated time to target is 6 minutes' @) o. m5 W" ]7 K- Z

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      Beaufighter VIc x 42
! \6 X5 u9 ]) c6 f      Blenheim IV x 39
) R8 a9 d/ Q8 J      Blenheim VD x 25
; F' h$ |% _7 Q% c      Hudson IIIa x 27
. ~# _, ^2 b7 _6 q. j: Z      Hurricane IIb Trop x 482 p! U1 N; [6 x3 N9 b. A  Q5 E
      Lysander II x 102 q! s- ]/ c& I1 e
      Mohawk IV x 24( N/ s$ M; O& j% G1 E6 B
      Vengeance I x 61: L# g7 Z6 V- R( }" l
      139WH-3 x 9# c) v! X+ }5 P
      CW-22 Falcon x 20
9 c: c  y& U* I5 ]  w9 K$ u      L-212 x 8
% Q- R2 Y$ U& F5 E' N; T      DB-7B x 12
9 Q& F9 f0 v* S* V5 P      B-25C Mitchell x 50
3 N+ w/ a. b, s6 d2 L  H3 f, M      B-25D1 Mitchell x 24
& R7 n) @! X  A2 e+ d* m/ P* `6 ~" c. f      P-39D Airacobra x 25
0 S4 k9 C0 B3 D+ G1 ^      P-40E Warhawk x 493 a$ K5 e+ C9 P$ b. Z- }4 _, T
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Allied aircraft losses% ]0 s& M. |4 r4 G0 R: G* N
      Blenheim IV: 9 damaged  `( C5 n$ b' l! ~( A
      Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed by flak
2 z+ w# T3 O! s* g$ @) m      Blenheim VD: 8 damaged' y9 u% N, a$ r1 A2 l; j0 i
      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak. p/ w) t  z3 @. }
      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged6 v0 r1 g% ?- F
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak6 Z5 S" m4 X6 _& e3 ~$ h% v
      Vengeance I: 20 damaged5 Y/ G; {4 a6 K$ F* h
      Vengeance I: 2 destroyed by flak
* B( F7 o3 e; u0 z! P: N% H      139WH-3: 4 damaged
6 N/ c. G$ m0 w+ c      CW-22 Falcon: 4 damaged
0 r. s: {4 a4 M* n9 w: I( m0 P      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
, S/ M+ K' e6 A+ z      L-212: 3 damaged( [, ~0 B7 [) M  h" d# p% C
      DB-7B: 4 damaged/ S" v* |: U: \* g& @6 u
      B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged" w4 J9 F" g: h: d5 a8 ~( u
      B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
) h8 q. U. [9 j6 C  l6 J      B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged+ i3 f: ]9 {# Q/ y& U0 j
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak8 X; ^  g1 N7 ^: @8 U& h
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Japanese ground losses:
  k2 }: K7 S! S9 q6 T# i      514 casualties reported, ]8 m% q* m$ d2 ?8 u
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled  m3 T. L) K$ f1 [1 `9 g! W
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
- _# Y# P1 j: B5 y6 y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)0 c/ P) C! ~, U% ]% e4 ?

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Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.( S6 B( A  ^* I& e  J- M+ y& \6 D
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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      P-66 Vanguard x 48 |% x" S. W/ l. c$ N
      Blenheim IV x 9
1 p4 ?! \/ W- f4 ~# j! v      Hudson IIIa x 9' @) |7 x- z6 v# C
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 68 i5 t1 q0 p  q1 q% m
      B-25C Mitchell x 6  O* ]& |7 J9 N

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Allied aircraft losses
  ~4 @& f! d8 O  |; `" n      Blenheim IV: 3 damaged  |+ u) N7 F& V2 q  L
      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak) N5 e- Q/ L9 [! ^3 M
      Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged+ G/ o( y% s# S0 L
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak& v3 `( j. U' v  G! S. d) T
      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
! e% \( Q) X* V, i! y# @1 G( g" Q8 G      25 casualties reported4 a8 x5 Y1 ]& a/ \
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled' }7 @$ J# L0 g. [0 L% y: K8 Y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. [% |) ^! d$ i5 t, g         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ t7 V- `' J% x+ A( X- {! Q/ ]' T
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: a; G/ v0 F' |1 s5 v1 wMorning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)0 V& s6 r+ ]5 N4 y
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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: w; M( v6 ^0 |4 A& aRaid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
- T( v3 {3 `5 g8 l+ EEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Allied aircraft+ ^5 l5 o0 Q$ f: \7 m. C6 Q
      Blenheim IV x 12$ l( P6 A3 B  f) r' O3 W* g8 J
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
, F* p& f( t4 O      B-25D1 Mitchell x 6. u* W% e6 M  Y  K
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Allied aircraft losses
6 u- `' X" m) }      Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
' R! d$ T0 @9 ^& H0 e      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak' v& G: @  T9 o) k6 q* y' o& }

3 j1 p+ D+ u( R3 f: p& c, \2 K! TJapanese ground losses:7 D9 k' ~1 {# v1 M3 c$ y) ~! O
      76 casualties reported; k2 G7 S% I! I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled# s# r# D; P/ e: U
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
# n# a! y- b3 I! [, y) F% h: `8 ~         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 432 s  j; C9 }# `8 G5 {

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$ |$ ~0 [7 [' G; x* \. e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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) C+ a; c7 U& e8 n' A, JSubmarine attack near Nakadori-jima  at 101,56
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Japanese Ships
* Y3 c6 Q7 Z) O& ]' b      xAK Tatsuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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: |7 }( t$ I. X5 W& h      SS Runner6 |4 C* l7 G* k8 T3 N

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Submarine attack near Nikunau  at 139,134- H, U# q3 P+ X/ l) M" ^
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Japanese Ships
) u0 T+ y4 a" S      SS RO-107, hits 10 s  H) x( ^* v
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Allied Ships5 T: h' l+ e  K- |7 e
      LCI-62, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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! D* d9 Y2 W; g5 VAllied ground losses:
; w# Z; |) @+ i; ~9 J0 e) b. Y& r      42 casualties reported3 ?+ A* M2 B% O9 F! @, ^. Q! w
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
3 x- u- q1 E4 {( ^$ w" M, l8 E4 N4 u: x! r         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 m8 V- K" s- h' A: V" X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Submarine attack near Onotoa  at 137,1351 c+ W- _6 o/ V* x* Q4 S
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Japanese Ships
$ S( X) n2 J2 S  a7 \4 I/ `: J      SS I-39
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Allied Ships
1 g7 O( F+ {4 V3 x( d+ w" l      LCI-22, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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LCI-22 is sighted by SS I-397 [/ T0 l7 I! l& `! u
SS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes# a, @2 O( _6 B/ F' H# p+ `% [6 t0 [
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ASW attack near Nikunau  at 143,132
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% e4 ]6 C. X$ y! E. z" s      SS RO-103, hits 5,  heavy damage1 U6 E0 w- t& ?0 |9 `% Z
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Allied Ships
: u4 i  d* P1 d4 O& ]. `; \      DD MacDonough# G% X& ?" }. I1 t
      DD Hull
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Submarine attack near Beru  at 138,134" j( ~, y1 e$ h0 W) q# T: H5 B
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Japanese Ships
5 f+ z7 `0 n0 r& u: w# \$ @) q1 o      SS I-39$ B' S9 D$ ?  @: S! V
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Allied Ships" o( ]8 i* V' T3 j7 S4 J3 N+ j! ]
      LCI-21, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage5 d  [& a  `' T! `

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Allied ground losses:* n9 L- E8 y3 R; E4 u: Y2 d
      8 casualties reported9 X' z6 f0 |& F: |- H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: t! e, H4 n3 w6 D- J3 z) M% f
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 `0 R8 f& W0 W  y6 [
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 43
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  H2 @, ]- l# z电流行动II
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! e0 ]9 V2 }7 l( ?- f1 i* q+ M  e& h盟军占领塔瓦拉
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, J0 ^( ]* s% W* d5 |& j4 q% d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。/ C- N& I( W! z3 X/ d+ b3 O" b
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盟军的电流行动获得了圆满成功
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Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,1288 u$ j# K3 b8 p% o  l2 g+ Y: t
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Allied Ships# g# e, J8 A" H6 H+ ~
      CA Exeter
* m6 @" ~- {$ o# ?8 T4 |      CA Sussex' J( Q4 C' T3 h( ~
      CA Shropshire
; c" g! p$ a) v4 I: B      CA Chicago
2 J2 b7 i1 T- g$ E7 V      CA Louisville4 U9 N" `2 J4 u4 d/ r' V' b  ]. Y
      CA Chester
' b& @6 V3 r$ d3 X4 e4 S- f      CA Northampton
, I' j! F, Y1 \. s7 \      CA Portland& O, t$ ]% C* j5 H' B! b0 a1 M
      DD Lamson
; u- _+ [' A/ R9 @      DD Cummings
; s' C% l* F1 c      DD Maury; x0 B2 a# |" r  w
      DD McCall
  d8 m% Z! a1 X0 l' H7 B      DD Gridley# G6 y) t% D: m' R" b
      DD Craven
- U# B; b, w' n+ R: \1 _      DD Bagley
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4 s1 \9 _! q5 M- ~/ x! qJapanese ground losses:* U' m$ Z) H7 U; `: ^3 L0 j6 f
      348 casualties reported
& @7 w& F" A! |$ Y2 v( W/ R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ X7 e) c, I5 J0 W; p         Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 11 disabled* Y9 o/ ^# L/ C4 ^* H
         Engineers: 11 destroyed, 10 disabled
6 W( b: |" Y1 y      Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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0 {% b0 x5 o$ o2 n' b$ C$ ^Airbase hits 145 a, q( \! G  W  ~  X4 }+ j
Airbase supply hits 76 ]' V0 ]2 k$ r2 v2 f5 F& \$ F2 M' ?) u
Runway hits 28: K# b" @' {- Q! F
Port hits 14$ M; p" g- h, W) A2 {6 k
Port supply hits 7& g+ {" L8 A; H8 @) j; @, ]

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" Q, m) x7 x; q( a0 H+ A. BNight Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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Allied Ships- }+ {) c0 Q; B3 z0 k
      CL Caradoc
5 Z2 u: K5 v, P* F- ?3 H  g      CL Concord
) t5 a6 |$ x. `/ a: s      CL Marblehead
3 d. Y, s9 U( N6 w* L      CL Raleigh
7 `5 ~5 ?' E: [7 u. ]+ N      CL Richmond7 \% E6 l6 g' [. a, K
      CL Danae
/ E8 s" e- O5 P' k1 Z      CL Hobart" L# l! v; j  ]9 U9 a- ]9 z* Y
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Japanese ground losses:
) ]6 R) U3 v/ D      49 casualties reported# V( w8 q% l( X1 K3 i, d" u, J# t
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 z! A" }+ N7 N' j# `6 j/ q
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled( x2 ^& c! O/ Y) n3 B
         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled; V" J- m# O) ?0 C" I

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Airbase hits 92 _5 q8 J1 ^3 b' |( Q
Airbase supply hits 2
9 n  e( f' d  E8 X0 F* `! rRunway hits 9
  j$ b: q2 P6 \1 u! L& g" }Port hits 9% `3 l! b# w+ z: y3 G- H8 s
Port supply hits 5* d( ^' a2 H# J( o' S" ]
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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 136,128 (Tarawa)
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
9 A- n( M/ y$ A( ]+ O+ q/ iEstimated time to target is 7 minutes# }" _' e0 j' @# a2 x# N+ C9 N' ^

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Allied aircraft* f* u0 Q' w7 ^
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 245
  g5 {9 w  f- D" _9 Z      F6F-3 Hellcat x 41* u/ h* {. O% l; K  w+ o4 @0 h/ g! x
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 89
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+ q  A' T$ l$ N) _  VNo Allied losses3 [- L0 S& N  F* B0 H

8 l, |( v  E- _9 W! f" }Japanese ground losses:# T+ J& Q! u9 j7 b; O6 l/ E, `7 P9 ~
      51 casualties reported
' H; }# o4 X1 P' d. x% L; T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 S+ }' u1 W% w3 @5 a0 B3 E! j  h         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
, i$ {9 E. ]; a4 J& E! P6 j) N         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled2 R  w" ^" D; p5 y
      Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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3 h0 E. q( O6 L  xGround combat at Tarawa (136,128)! Z/ z1 \; e  [9 E

7 p, J& j+ k$ A. B5 XAllied Shock attack
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& Q" J8 L/ E1 i! h& pAttacking force 8981 troops, 265 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 454
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0 o- A/ P$ |5 m! E; uDefending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 09 D" M2 t( q' r4 E6 r* w9 X8 _
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Allied adjusted assault: 341 6 V6 w: u( l6 I, h" C
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1 2 g) P: i% p" E

9 h) y3 Q$ c: l# x% l% jAllied assault odds: 341 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!- M9 j9 D. q4 G& K8 z9 H/ ?# Q- f

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9 m% `& A% b" wAttacker: shock(+)' f: K' n7 y2 y7 T. |/ j. B

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Assaulting units:
0 h2 S8 n+ w- T/ l  l4 e: l" d- \    1st Marine Division0 z& o9 N; l9 f$ }
    763rd Tank Bn /1* m6 w6 n! u7 y, r1 T$ E
    45th USN SeaBees /1
% A; o( G; W, \6 e) V5 {( X    41st USN SeaBees /1
* b, ]" \! |; p' |7 o    11th Marine Def Bn /1/ y% b2 F/ J# G& v
    14th Marine Def Bn /1
% I7 H6 |' i9 I) \$ W: |  `( t& w    209th FA Bn /1
6 a$ l! D1 K) l; H1 r* k    36th Aviation Base Force
" i9 D8 `$ N) k" U    48th USN SeaBees /1
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/ [5 M+ }. h* u  |& n, q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& q' W; h8 A1 ^# R5 [5 B
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0 y0 \8 s& s) \; [  P( g8 ]' O) JMorning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160 , g* y/ a$ \4 n. C+ k) y8 ?

/ K0 l2 t% N: x# J! ^Weather in hex: Overcast8 ^" o8 _5 N3 ~
! y& V  f7 m$ X$ ~9 S& @7 C2 n
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.5 h( T( E4 X. J7 q6 L  u+ M3 {& C
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes4 M8 k0 |% h0 k& S! Y
7 r1 ^2 ~- O# q* u. v7 J' ^" f
2 M8 |0 q$ n4 h$ V/ n
Allied aircraft! _# ?% ?9 S$ N" j7 H1 ^* \$ L
      B-24D Liberator x 48
$ }7 l/ s# O) f% m      B-24D1 Liberator x 19' I& H* x$ ]3 q" o- s* P* T  y

) l, ^( f0 m# ]3 K  @
* ^* p$ O% V) F1 M; e  @Allied aircraft losses6 ~$ O  ]. y9 o; }  l
      B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged8 t% a/ L$ ?0 h  C

# B  S! J9 @. }! a$ R) EJapanese Ships
" {$ R/ {! r9 w      AD Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  x" Z$ O1 Y# Z+ b, X2 }
      AD Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires( I' g* y2 f- T. S
      AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
+ k' D' T3 A' N, h2 x6 C9 \3 H      ACM Okuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 X7 O/ Z/ V& K1 e
      ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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6 F3 v2 S- m% IJapanese ground losses:/ i1 S6 \+ L( R3 ~- D
      4 casualties reported
, Y" i- r, ?4 `/ Z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) p+ j; t7 E* o9 f6 l8 J
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# m: \4 R0 ^: y" G2 m+ D4 ~. ^         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled8 Q1 D! G: r" S3 }% i" L* O$ H

) Z5 w: ]& o& ~! L" ~" q5 ]! B4 |5 X3 n& A1 ?' @, ^" X+ f  D
4 y' v' W3 }7 T6 v6 P& t0 N% N; |% N
Port hits 16
1 w3 v2 G6 Y% m' C8 ~4 qPort supply hits 20 w+ G0 a2 e8 T* k& G

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& c0 k- v1 R4 r0 {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8 T" b0 |: u3 l( L& [2 a
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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)4 e" Y4 H9 M' q8 ~- q8 H: V
# i- \9 z5 T7 R) @; ?% ~+ s
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms9 O7 @+ C5 M9 Z/ A
% I4 P' u1 V+ y/ G5 N
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.4 s$ f8 j  H- H
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes/ ]! S! S0 x% \+ S, {1 X" N/ V

* y. P$ c1 x, j2 z+ c  Y: f5 d- f4 R0 ?- [$ K
Allied aircraft" V! Z1 {) ~8 P- M
      H81-A3 x 22
4 P. S5 }0 l; I' {. R# L      P-40E Warhawk x 12
$ @) D: X- p- M) j8 `( |      P-43A-1 Lancer x 17
- Z2 a( o' C$ m8 F4 w3 v      P-66 Vanguard x 26. j& y, K) o4 Y/ o1 Q* e
      Blenheim IV x 42
" `  r0 [7 Q/ J0 R/ l6 S0 v      Blenheim VD x 15
& `# y4 H) O1 b8 M      Hudson IIIa x 32
* P2 t& b8 C4 S7 n1 W      Lysander II x 3
& ^: \; s4 v$ G      Mohawk IV x 241 m1 A& P' l4 _6 J* V" F+ Q
      139WH-3 x 9* u8 j6 N" ~% X5 S/ y# S
      CW-22 Falcon x 164 J; B2 m3 U1 |& A& y
      L-212 x 6
- o4 c$ ?7 ?" E/ a  ^, R6 {3 t; @/ P      P-40E Warhawk x 3
" |6 Y$ o: ^0 E# O# ?8 i      DB-7B x 110 j4 @) u: j/ E1 \2 h0 e0 G" g
      B-339-23 x 5
& F1 f+ n9 U' A  W0 K- s2 v      Kittyhawk I x 160 A$ q" S0 Z! C; p, D8 A
      B-24D1 Liberator x 9' s! [  P. N- ~4 v
      B-25C Mitchell x 50' C* K4 K- O2 ~# S0 g" o% m1 o) V
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 29
3 m& x. ]' g0 l4 g% \      P-39D Airacobra x 25
' `8 j- |: Q2 K8 q  w" }' x      P-40E Warhawk x 49
. W+ z3 ~# T4 \5 \2 E2 B6 D# y
/ m+ k! ^6 p" I6 r9 b' b0 \; _, e% [8 f7 W* A, T- A) b; ^
Allied aircraft losses: S% o. T% e( X5 L; x! {
      Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
& i2 ], z$ \" e  d0 Y& f. Z' v      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged! F7 C. l* L0 V* P
      Hudson IIIa: 4 damaged
, @' x7 T5 n8 O, T      139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak0 h. N: q; ^8 K: M: l! N3 p* f0 `
      CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged
7 m( d1 s, u% {7 F( r8 R      L-212: 2 damaged
  Z+ \( x4 [7 e2 K# `      L-212: 1 destroyed by flak* R( H4 v9 B4 ]3 x# d- L$ }. r
      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged; q" W9 {* I. e7 i8 b: g
      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged- J; U$ \- `" `, g, s$ U) w3 I/ c
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged/ K. |8 `" Y( B5 K
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
0 v1 y+ ^& A/ E" m
; g9 c+ a5 T: Q1 g( C2 O* `+ }* WJapanese ground losses:
0 k! e, G; J, ]" K* h      86 casualties reported
9 H. r; |& W+ P1 c         Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled. f$ _0 Z: `0 L  o- Q; h) S! s$ t; A4 \
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled1 q, ]4 p% i0 R0 m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( G2 m, E  N  e" a& {; O
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ ?2 E/ A$ s; h# o" B
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2 a! b3 z7 Y; k  {6 x, r( n9 K
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; u' B8 ?. K$ y$ m: b7 z  n/ EMorning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)3 `3 ]5 n, Q, G) _% Z

: p2 s- t+ f+ x4 g2 y  f1 m' f: oWeather in hex: Thunderstorms; p/ a+ S( E0 \! j3 o6 i* u

$ b8 v  o2 I- x' F* Q' [Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
6 @" E+ `) w3 p4 o3 M: gEstimated time to target is 26 minutes
4 ^0 s2 r  ?# I: G* ?* Y' F- ?) f2 Z1 ~/ e! `0 e) u( N& [9 K
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Allied aircraft3 u) b7 d3 J1 d. ^' c
      P-43A-1 Lancer x 12
/ l/ ~3 F% S! i3 h$ J' I      P-66 Vanguard x 34- T+ h* m- R: ~/ ^4 U0 |; c' U
      Blenheim IV x 6
% B. X$ I$ G8 u, R  D/ Q      Blenheim VD x 9: x, W5 z  {. w0 G8 V
      Lysander II x 7! g2 g6 `- K4 W, \2 s" A7 e4 D* l6 f
      Kittyhawk I x 2- I7 ], r1 H( u- K& B
      B-25C Mitchell x 170 t4 Y7 Z( _9 {# ]: Z8 p
9 y: }* ^* D& J! B8 ]8 N% V

" A8 J7 c9 `" `0 IAllied aircraft losses
! c0 E$ ^+ I6 w) L: J" s1 w$ |/ P" A      Lysander II: 1 damaged
. F) a3 _: L/ S0 X- b/ N6 A2 n! C      Lysander II: 1 destroyed by flak7 |5 g1 g1 ]3 `% z& k0 V# ^7 H4 m1 M
      B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged9 r$ R: u) S" Q9 y. n: H% L* V

2 j6 o& u5 z2 i. xJapanese ground losses:
) Q2 |+ _( d0 V3 w# k      24 casualties reported+ d& t( F& |7 Q6 e- k- F  L
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" Y% s( S/ p8 h$ V& a' u
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" b4 Y* N7 P" E% t. w         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 43
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1 B$ d( E" P+ f2 F# R0 l2 ^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。。。
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  o5 ?. t$ T! }. ]5 NNight Naval bombardment of Mili at 136,121 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( c7 ]8 t/ Q6 K8 ^/ m. }208 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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* W. D% Q. z( q2 `  ?) S0 _$ L0 iAllied Ships- t9 p; V' a' ?
      CA Wichita, Shell hits 1
1 V; |( K$ J1 g# a; H  ]/ \      CA Vincennes, Shell hits 1
8 Z3 G4 e! r3 b3 w: G3 I- |) E      CA Quincy
0 n# U4 ~3 J" J; f; c      CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1
9 u8 }0 `4 ]& L5 i      CA Minneapolis$ }) x/ q* g" [. x
      CA Astoria
" j0 `& R/ f. i8 u' M5 O/ n% W( [      DD Walke
; _( y  K/ Y. ?7 [# Y      DD O'Brien" J# z+ b( r4 q! E% A! j
      DD Russell
) u, f, {9 ~  y      DD Mustin
5 D1 P; Q  E% r$ g% s      DD Hammann- k, i8 b3 ~/ z. |9 E; G

% l  f( \2 w) l  P- I, mJapanese ground losses:
& {; l4 O7 e  v% {2 B      115 casualties reported
. p: [* H  i. x' x         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled& A( G4 u* U" i9 [" C, W
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 ]/ s+ C5 E' c! m8 ^) a8 x3 L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 1' X# d8 Q- P0 i! b! M' X: h; y
Runway hits 2: L2 F1 H6 A- m& d) E
: Y5 p4 p' X' Q2 x
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$ [# m7 x- L- Z! O) _6 o. g  fNight Naval bombardment of Makin at 136,125+ E7 ?1 A- X) F0 U. a
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Japanese aircraft
' r! s% J* e0 N. B. s      no flights
2 d5 l8 @: C  o$ u' R0 w  S7 X* D6 y! f7 R
Japanese aircraft losses
+ E  W. F$ Q) t. E      D4Y1 Judy: 8 damaged
7 h, N$ S& q" o  x
: D# w, ]' D  J* Z# f9 T2 DAllied Ships+ K( Q5 z* N" p& H' d6 R" Z
      CL Santa Fe, c% `+ x( T4 j5 f
      CL Denver
6 R& w5 }5 n) }3 z  \      CL Montpelier
* `: Y# G" {4 p, c& |; r8 ?      CL Columbia
- @4 |1 {. l0 n, Q& l0 j. j      CL Cleveland
: I' Q- R. ?) m* s" F/ E      CL St. Louis
9 E5 \  b+ ^2 f3 I! D5 d      DD Waller& x% C' D: `0 C# t1 f4 D8 [
      DD Taylor9 [2 b2 B6 Y( ]' ?8 A0 `
      DD Radford6 ^% ^2 B, r; B4 V
      DD Philip, @3 Y" [% J# K" f
      DD LaVallette& N  t9 P3 a7 e3 {2 o
      DD Jenkins  m* x& X# j& u- y5 R1 u
      DD Cony
; J. h# I" k: D      DD Chevalier, _3 p7 R, a4 P# h6 S* a& ?& ]
      DD Beale
# |3 J8 S) a7 z8 e2 c      DD Fletcher
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2 k& G( m" b- Y3 ^Japanese ground losses:
0 m) M* N3 W; ~. Q6 T8 p( v$ V+ C      290 casualties reported9 N( b$ G$ l" s. }, |) c4 u7 t
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
( a3 f9 R- H) c  J         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
4 F6 ~" E& J8 g3 L5 k         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled* @4 [2 o( j* M" U% F: E
! m; i! W' [0 q' F- i  z# l

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Airbase hits 5' A: B( P1 V) X! N# l( r
Airbase supply hits 4
0 F1 r& t7 ]( k. |3 K3 |& {) l* [- |Runway hits 23
) G% _* |, v; Z4 fPort hits 23
2 E9 \8 I, d0 ^Port supply hits 5

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 43# z, {1 U& _/ o

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$ ~: E9 ~) g% y5 e8 U' F5 N0 fNight Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130: H4 N' Y% S9 P/ c: n- ~, p3 K
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Allied Ships$ Y  p7 B5 [* y0 E
      CA Exeter& ~& _6 H+ O) q3 {5 G& Z. ]  b
      CA Sussex
9 k, l! E1 h0 W' X      CA Shropshire
7 s+ S4 j3 v  I0 w      CA Chicago
% i" @+ {" V. d9 [      CA Louisville7 g4 k( K5 r$ N5 B4 X" f# p
      CA Chester* ]4 b' o/ u/ E( L) [1 d1 d* M
      CA Northampton
+ {3 T" _2 v7 G% y( Q* `( e! v/ A      CA Portland
+ v! E6 e) v( E  {+ M      CL Caradoc5 u8 a9 l' t; x+ c2 t, C, m
      CL Concord
  p4 y0 ^9 K* i8 p: M4 ^      CL Marblehead
! q: T/ c* J* D2 N      CL Raleigh* Q9 F0 F# K# i. A- v$ D
      CL Richmond
8 b, e  o2 Q7 n4 z& w+ }2 q      CL Danae
, H0 z; I8 b8 i/ s+ g      CL Hobart+ p6 F3 s  u% B+ O: i( b0 l' A; i. _
      DD Lamson2 ]) }2 {+ K0 L1 o" b0 ^% R" l
      DD Cummings2 Y6 _% n3 U" }( {4 c
      DD Maury
) T# w% K, D- x# U7 w: ?4 q      DD McCall
+ g0 y! s/ w7 z- J+ T% ~% x      DD Gridley
! L  i6 }% Q! W; p8 Y9 e" O% J      DD Craven  \" _6 K# d: h" ^' Z
      DD Bagley
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/ _# r& X: V7 `1 B  @% X7 N  \0 I5 cJapanese ground losses:
$ ]( x5 A$ _! Z2 t' h$ E: d4 Q2 I/ Q      114 casualties reported
! \# {. N; A+ Z! U( [         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
6 U" L) k" e) ^! k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
& J) ]4 h2 a! P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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) R3 N; ?4 A8 x
Port hits 12
  o; {& \7 p: R# p8 KPort fuel hits 1
( c( `6 O) }+ p# f, p, l9 j$ w9 _Port supply hits 2
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4 W, S7 d' C; aNight Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130
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6 Z$ I6 p9 v; O6 b4 E) t3 ?Allied Ships1 m" N  M) u% |- a5 x
      CL Santa Fe
8 d# r2 \4 l+ J" l# R      CL Denver: d  j' E) m) R# S% w* ~
      CL Montpelier
6 a8 i6 ]; y2 M- T9 n1 v! b      CL Columbia
  t; L9 ^' u, m# R2 Y( G8 T! {      CL Cleveland$ }/ p; f6 f# _
      CL St. Louis
' j5 P4 [# h$ f6 A9 G5 r  t      DD Waller! G2 |7 C* W* p5 p7 z7 K
      DD Taylor* J3 Y( w4 X2 Z$ r8 U, H: ?
      DD Radford
! @$ b+ C. r: j6 ^      DD Philip! B/ n+ T  L+ |
      DD LaVallette" y! P# J; T( J- @. J
      DD Jenkins5 z5 Z- `  A( i# M' Q5 R  @
      DD Cony2 y4 E6 u1 N1 X8 v% R# E) L6 d* e
      DD Chevalier# R4 j: z" D# G* c8 g. Y" `: y
      DD Beale
- M. ~6 A% A6 C7 c4 P# G4 ~      DD Fletcher8 g0 W: A# A% L  k/ K5 m0 ?, x7 k% b
2 J1 Z' ?5 `4 @% H  {7 x2 U
Japanese ground losses:
9 }: ?; b$ D2 i' F9 I* v      52 casualties reported6 Z, e7 R. I5 n2 \! u
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
) {6 ?' N+ m  T, J8 i* `4 Q         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled6 ]8 g4 q3 M. M* t. G! u& `0 C
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Port hits 4) m! l6 I  T$ O8 h4 T
Port fuel hits 1
/ N% e1 l$ f" F5 y  F/ SPort supply hits 1% V/ E% G# c4 N' N+ P5 M- {
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Afternoon Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 136,130 (Abemama)* V1 V2 A, v4 y  ?6 ]

+ l' y- k# o  l' XWeather in hex: Heavy cloud. H' r/ N) y2 m; o: A
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.8 {% Z, `7 O2 w# \! x" F9 X6 W
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes6 V" M2 |6 I" u5 A
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Allied aircraft  z# s( E* }6 s; h7 @5 k# c
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 35
4 L0 n" n; B4 p0 j1 E; ]1 r4 U      SBD-3 Dauntless x 71
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No Allied losses
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0 l8 s) j. z- ^5 g0 ZJapanese ground losses:8 O& m8 L- Y  V7 p; T
      162 casualties reported0 X* C8 u9 \( s3 Y& F5 W
         Squads: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
; l' t8 ^8 V( R         Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
# B+ w- F) C" P$ k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 I4 E) y; z. W/ G

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ASW attack near Makin  at 136,1256 Q  M) I. {0 m
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Japanese Ships+ e- X% q, M& a( t8 D; C
      SS I-18, hits 10,  on fire& u, X7 j; O" g: W
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Allied Ships, Z8 p! k4 m8 X2 T' ?5 q
      DD Hull
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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 . o- e$ O, e$ n- N

# c! j* v( |9 x1 R5 iWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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2 _2 X# k5 E% c1 x) M. T1 P4 vRaid detected at 153 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
2 V6 @7 }) f5 @& e! [Estimated time to target is 57 minutes
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Japanese aircraft) C4 r! b+ c& d: Q5 X
      G3M3 Nell x 72
. j5 i4 S0 Q: {+ S      N1K1-J George x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses. c" l: I' h, x% n5 |* E% }
      G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged
6 F, R! K! k7 l0 n: C6 D      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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      AKE Makawao, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- ]# }0 x. U( A- M
      ML No. 230, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk) |8 }- f4 a1 W) p' L# E
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 149 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
& X3 d( \8 ^8 }( R0 @1 aEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 T# Z0 k4 B- F) h# ^      G3M3 Nell x 36
& c$ O+ n+ |6 D* T" n! N1 V      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 58& C: N; {& g' N: L. M9 d0 F8 ^
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+ I# @1 E  a! g  c! t7 c      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
, x4 K1 Z1 Z2 ^; n' Y      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged4 h) q. ]. K" R: X7 u7 Y' y
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      ML No. 204, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Port hits 11 m4 Z4 D- i% y
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1 x  d- P8 a4 n' D4 E: u+ l/ X5 jMorning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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( ]- z8 H( Y# v+ D/ h8 ]& z0 G- O7 hRaid detected at 131 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.$ r4 @# }& b3 c7 S! Y9 Y8 {
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes0 H( P9 D9 z0 |" V

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      J2M2 Jack x 38
( H: ~4 \: |4 H+ s* y      N1K1-J George x 1058 k( m& w% U. f0 x
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 58# p% E) }  z4 u7 B& Z, q
      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 105
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 a4 u: }4 t0 b" N' G' M% E! Z. ~( V& V      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
& S8 Z) g% o/ U3 }4 k: ?% P      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
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4 z. J4 y0 J' {4 }Allied Ships+ m1 E" j* F% i' ?3 G/ q; ]2 D' p% T' y, J) o
      ML No. 303, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
3 Q9 M4 o! O0 A$ h' f4 `      ML No. 246, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk$ ^4 x, P$ y& N8 B7 \
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 5 a$ j9 k: E' o# N( j

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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet." H* U' V; D- L
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes6 ]% f  E% H' [  P  Y
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Japanese aircraft9 X0 u; r' s2 X, d
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
5 m; _/ X+ e& X5 @& i      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20: b6 K+ k  I7 Z3 ]$ e$ s* E
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Allied Ships
6 ~. j9 p1 }2 t! {# ~4 K1 |) ~- N      ML No. 245, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
( }  p. c$ H+ R1 _5 K4 M. t5 u      ML No. 214, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk3 I0 Z: _/ n2 g
      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？1 ^+ Z9 k2 L5 u+ Y
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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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; Z6 V; ]* L4 ~: `; u故地重游，感慨万千，盟军攻占阿帕玛玛  }" O. s' F. X& e- f" I8 E! ]

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3 M9 Q# L" t* f: G0 w- B: T+ a& n1 a大统领不禁感慨：忆往昔峥嵘岁月稠，数风流人物，还看今朝
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Ground combat at Abemama (136,130)( L+ I8 n$ C% Z7 C( a- U3 Z

. n4 _5 i. m* i  M# {Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 2182 troops, 68 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 737 i2 q( w1 `$ g8 z3 k

) }$ u/ f2 c" F8 _Defending force 48 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
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2 @* m) I0 l# z; g/ w/ {- R) q: fJapanese adjusted defense: 1 : e+ d7 l1 s9 J2 |# H8 [

, b  @0 v$ _1 n% eAllied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) : D+ ?9 t  p3 v: y$ T7 a8 g
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Allied forces CAPTURE Abemama !!!
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)2 C1 f3 X6 e6 c: J; Q- |  _0 g
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Japanese ground losses:
3 g  q! x0 D" u+ ~6 t- e- B      48 casualties reported* r( }) \' g6 W. E+ L
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled% Z( f6 T7 ?8 K& l
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; N( p( F5 Y/ m4 W+ J/ O0 k- Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ K1 @2 z" a2 f$ _0 a: H
      Units destroyed 1
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    24th Infantry/B Div /1
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Defending units:
9 X1 M+ S' _0 @7 f" `    82nd Nav Gd /7
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ASW attack near Abemama  at 136,131
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      SS RO-100, hits 10,  on fire,  heavy damage' v, H& F7 f  m
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Allied Ships) {# \8 t* O6 `/ F
      CL Columbia6 k  d# p$ u7 e" W8 x
      DD Chevalier
* v; ~) i+ f! i4 ?& g& a$ v      DD Waller  {, @6 L# k8 ]: e; J5 u7 S2 V5 K
      DD Taylor
; U7 w% _1 x: q. ?" ]+ O      DD Radford( ]4 o1 W& Z( ^3 B6 D
      DD Philip9 r1 Z+ z8 X9 J5 G, e. n
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DD Waller attacking submerged sub ....4 ?6 P1 b/ Y$ l- p! w2 i/ G( W: d
DD Taylor fails to find sub, continues to search...
) V. o* l7 [! E' ?; U9 a6 T) x% sDD Radford fails to find sub and abandons search
& Y' M! @/ _7 Y) U1 s1 e+ SDD Philip fails to find sub and abandons search2 c: n$ Z' t7 E( q1 N7 f) W- j
DD Waller fails to find sub and abandons search
- b2 o! G0 n2 Y0 F: j! DDD Taylor attacking submerged sub ....
( r& O5 A4 m1 Y& Q: H2 LSounds of submarine breaking up detected!% I4 T; o9 `1 e7 i- n
Escort abandons search for sub