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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
2 \: M8 t% y$ T* ?/ z5 P$ F& i日军在奥克兰的登陆场损失巨大,不过登陆日军攻占了几乎无人防守的新西兰首府奥克兰1 T) A# e# I( Q, W8 K
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7 ^" `" o/ _; q- p. [7 QTF 233 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)
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1 U& Y. t# u$ L; P; o. I) tJapanese Ships
0 _, T3 B, T. `4 G DD Yuzuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
4 _$ t6 H, {8 B DD Fumizuki
5 h' |: {- Z& ~, t C/ F9 S0 I6 T" U DD Mutsuki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
* z B2 g8 X$ V! a, O7 n- p DD Fubuki
3 P5 x# y1 [8 u Y$ o TB Sagi3 G' k0 c& d3 h6 `" D
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9 f* t$ @! O8 |7 q& Y6 TTF 185 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)
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2 }2 p: W1 ^& B7 M; t PB Sozan Maru
5 {# h/ N p6 ?2 B! D& O) n1 _ PB Kanko Maru
* s- i% ~/ w9 u0 I4 C! G$ [7 F' B d9 l SC Ch 6, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage2 x' L G" ^9 O3 ]& j
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6 ]2 J. g7 H5 M- p: oTF 70 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)
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1 W$ D. b5 |4 O4 rJapanese Ships& t' g/ ]( a: \: [; O4 x& c
AD Koshu Maru #2, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
% x, U; c @7 R, j% q5 Z PB Hakkai Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) P0 N2 ~& A) Z6 d5 a
AKE Burma Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage5 l/ p2 T5 U$ K% }, F9 T
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TF 233 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)0 K# l) y4 X% H' t
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Japanese Ships
6 w! f6 b* |3 V, z( X0 A3 T DD Mutsuki, heavy damage
1 I% F5 p+ h e/ s TB Sagi, W" {# B0 A3 C, ~5 P$ s. T( \
DD Fubuki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
: ~) M. O/ a0 R9 W; I DD Yuzuki, on fire, heavy damage
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7 G8 O) W4 X! j, W) @TF 233 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)
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: F$ ^# t1 b( q0 o& g' Z" R TB Sagi, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage" _8 z0 \7 d- {( A2 O# Y9 C
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3 b; Y+ ^9 f* z+ G8 ]TF 233 encounters mine field at Auckland (115,185)
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Japanese Ships
4 R% }& J/ n( P* @5 x- G- v1 k DD Fubuki, heavy damage; r- p% s8 L1 v
DD Fumizuki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
0 }( E: z- D- {+ a DD Mochizuki, Mine hits 1, heavy damage" |( K% ~$ v+ K- V+ B
DD Yuzuki, on fire, heavy damage% y; z* O' ~& t. M
DD Mutsuki, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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6 S0 s( i6 P2 Q2 Z& e' i2 N% jNight Naval bombardment of Auckland at 115,185 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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17 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.' M# N( [: A$ V; t
7 r( w- M5 G$ c* j5 L- n( oJapanese Ships
: W6 y# B, ?! @4 A7 @7 ?6 ?" Y% m BB Fuso, Shell hits 1; P3 h- t' j% ^/ {
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2 r8 f1 ^2 D: j6 C2 f- a+ iInvasion Support action off Auckland (115,185)
0 i0 t' b, H$ a" a2 ]7 rDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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! x( |6 `. P8 j9 O" F37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.6 r3 J* w4 e/ i
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% ?' X8 u% G+ g xAK Montreal Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage% {4 n; r1 j! \: n' d: m* _1 K
xAK Magane Maru, Shell hits 2' I, y0 Q( S# c3 P
xAK Sinko Maru
& l) B. u! X1 L9 M$ L& Z# X xAK Kensin Maru, Shell hits 2
& S4 `8 Y$ E; C4 A1 ~ AMC Hokoku Maru
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Japanese ground losses:. I8 V- W0 O: x# H' T9 _
24 casualties reported3 [- ^% s3 Z' A1 P3 x
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 s4 [% U4 K- I- K( { Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled( }% q) A* [8 a2 H U3 J1 Q' R
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' `7 J& E3 X) k6 l
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6 k8 U# w2 C9 U+ `6 m2 q1 R8 D/ wInvasion Support action off Auckland (115,185)
7 @ l* s1 G# XDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force! j8 {! I( t" x0 x! ]
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37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense./ i i+ @. C7 H _7 ]: m$ b. [
7 m8 g$ F( s7 ]- V9 nJapanese Ships* N; ~, P: T2 D: Z3 R% S: t& f% a
xAK Magane Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
6 w/ R. z; t3 H! z. Z/ b9 F* e$ e, E xAK Montreal Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! }. q8 D' Q' ?- P xAK Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire7 {4 h, ]- q/ V3 l! R
xAK Kensin Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
6 P8 }/ g" O3 {# ~; i7 s AMC Hokoku Maru3 V) A' b: o+ L4 r7 C1 l
( e2 Z" {0 }3 ^/ d1 MJapanese ground losses:
# r, H' G7 e5 Z4 P% t 12 casualties reported
8 M( _! [+ e6 L0 k z Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! Y/ e: W! x1 n3 \: o# N R m Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
0 f9 B7 H, L6 \ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Submarine attack near Auckland at 116,1842 S/ [0 Q; U( o8 F* H! N# _
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N: S A' Z& D- ~- x& W DD Yuzuki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage* F I q5 m+ t' J- v8 \7 Y) w
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SS O21
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: t7 v' q: x+ t( d( A# g- Y9 `) sDD Yuzuki is sighted by SS O21
! V! F; _6 Z* r, s+ |: VSS O21 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Yuzuki' J1 E P7 G) ~+ l ~
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Sub attack near Auckland at 116,184& X/ u' X: _; z0 P0 m
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+ f) @/ j+ X/ y6 W: M DD Fumizuki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage5 R1 Z$ v/ Z# J' H$ n
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5 w+ u' o0 c# J% E" n: n, Y" @; s SS Whale1 A+ {4 _0 e% f3 x% W' M/ [1 u z
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6 a6 |: k1 o2 eSS Whale launches 4 torpedoes( n% I: z. _5 O: w. u7 g
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Invasion Support action off Auckland (115,185)
- B- ^' |5 m* uDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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6 u2 u. e. i4 D2 r$ E: l58 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.( ?) X/ Y- L5 m' e' k# F4 \9 G
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: Y8 Z: ]1 `" ^3 J. q) K4 a xAK Kensin Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 ?$ L4 M& c6 Z+ V1 R( y3 @ xAK Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage; ?0 l0 M0 `/ v! _
xAK Shirogane Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage; V- g+ @6 j9 u0 _8 V
xAK Sinko Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
: ?2 J0 u6 K7 t+ E7 f: h4 J2 q AMC Hokoku Maru9 X. I8 k. S4 [7 ~- {- B
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6 casualties reported
+ `4 ^" L2 F9 W6 H& u1 A Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( k9 ]! ^% j J* V3 g$ C
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled; [- [+ c/ h0 V+ ]
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 m9 j6 R6 s" A" N7 `
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Pre-Invasion action off Auckland (115,185) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
: j( A! ^) v; K7 k* _/ e, hDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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2 s) q! N5 ?" S; U& s/ [228 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.8 }# s# {3 j4 H. a& d9 Y/ m
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DD Ushio, Shell hits 1, on fire
! p/ j& O) U% t- D0 ?. j0 n DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage- a J# N' e: a, ?
xAK Kirikawa Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire/ M7 n f; `! q n; ~. G: v: _
DD Sagiri
" y7 G$ w' s) p xAK Nankai Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ T# j& @6 H1 c+ Y4 c, M DD Murakumo3 ~0 a T$ a7 \( @5 Y6 h
PB Aso Maru #7, Shell hits 1, on fire
r& W) }: u9 X% r- g PB Sonan Maru #6, Shell hits 1
" g) E, a; }) c0 f PB Sonan Maru #5
i) _3 ^2 w' ^9 q2 H PB Magan Maru, Shell hits 2- g5 ~8 ~' F% o# h) |7 ^3 N
PB Tokuho Maru #5, Shell hits 2
! R% s$ E" e2 a) C0 A xAK Nanrei Maru
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173 casualties reported
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. d* O$ ]! K- z Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled. O, D' l9 G/ \9 L5 }+ k
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) S/ a9 p# Q) [( [: _, _
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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7 m5 i2 r4 C2 S- l- p) ~Attacking force 77591 troops, 847 guns, 422 vehicles, Assault Value = 2967' m. z- u" f0 `4 @$ P5 |: o$ ^
3 M) b, R/ [. t- x- B3 fDefending force 10717 troops, 136 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 304/ {9 H. ]% E7 y. o. O8 c
- r/ ?/ r; X& E, x( C+ z( uJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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Japanese adjusted assault: 3502 y9 l& H! j' F1 }# b
( k% t6 p) _+ u* Q# jAllied adjusted defense: 39 9 r# j( v/ V% Z% r2 G8 \+ U
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Auckland !!!% K8 D2 |* C; V; G
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Combat modifiers
; ?" P5 X9 E: x$ }0 {Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
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Attacker: 2 s1 Y3 R, D3 _* a" s& U
% _: _9 R3 g& {5 a1 y: c$ WJapanese ground losses:
0 T; b: N. o# X1 A, H1 ~, j1 x5 e 680 casualties reported
- O$ m, E& u% Z* Q3 x/ V' Z Squads: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled: Y& |* ~) I" U3 c. Y( @
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled o' [# h; x- _1 T! C
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
+ G0 {6 E& e, N3 J/ a Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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. N9 R% k3 L1 B- E& r; O9 c2 qAllied ground losses:
. E4 s- N4 v9 f, ~0 H' `- T9 c 5399 casualties reported
& [2 V5 K/ X1 {9 T8 p. z Squads: 125 destroyed, 145 disabled
" K$ }6 s6 F1 f4 k R0 A6 g Non Combat: 256 destroyed, 88 disabled
, n# I8 t7 k% |3 f; u8 A) [ Engineers: 71 destroyed, 10 disabled
( M0 V; t2 P! A) u/ k- f: A( y# L5 V9 } Guns lost 110 (97 destroyed, 13 disabled)
; z: d# o- E# Q A9 e% H6 O2 W3 p/ p Vehicles lost 32 (31 destroyed, 1 disabled)0 ~4 @( f! {$ ?' H9 Q# v
Units retreated 4; |( c5 a) ~; [; f, m
Units destroyed 1
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$ `+ o6 \# ~/ q: iDefeated Allied Units Retreating!& H' j2 j3 U2 q) x( {
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Assaulting units:
6 G3 }2 c% e2 g 21st Division {; m0 k; v' _
24th Infantry Regiment
) ?4 Z" \7 o# |0 A 16th Infantry Regiment
0 t$ t& e0 q W! b. N7 U0 W, @/ } 113th Infantry Regiment) T) `/ `8 i/ F2 r6 P4 f* y
55th Engineer Regiment' K0 U# D* j' b3 i
5th Division
' s, h m. y; S- c; T3 O- p 143rd Infantry Regiment
: k9 Z6 h3 t4 G, e1 X9 I 22nd Recon Regiment
" ?" g& P( _/ I( x6 Z+ u$ }& B 148th Infantry Regiment
2 f. c9 z9 q5 A- E. S. `, B& l 55th Infantry Regiment
4 G& b& z1 P" \1 ?& q7 { 33rd Division
1 u; i2 b5 H: S 41st Infantry Regiment! x, Z2 Q% B7 [
38th Division% E% @* U# _1 d1 U$ ]" f- Q
Imperial Guards Division
+ E5 U. \$ p" t [0 B1 A5 r 56th Infantry Regiment
- P) {4 ]: x8 i8 G 8th Tank Regiment& T& f$ W; G) K8 p l
146th Infantry Rgt /1
2 i& Y# g8 F5 N% e 14th Div /2* `% O$ w7 }: ~1 k* A
Southern Army
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, @$ r) e' F5 ?( ]5 e5 e 51st JNAF AF Unit /5/ g: O- l. z; u- J. j4 S) e7 K: d; }' M1 f
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment J- {) V8 m7 Y& u V! Z
25th Army
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3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment0 r1 B5 ]; K& y5 r/ u
15th Army
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82nd Army /6
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14th NZ Brigade) |1 b3 R+ R& L' @1 J# F( v
11th NZ Brigade- r% r( R: L/ Y- t7 m
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