AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
; R0 A) p& H' b4 r' l. }7 \$ F, K淇风大统领故技重拾,继续派遣澳洲舰队到拉宝儿骚扰日军登陆,幸好日军早有准备
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards) D' d; {+ z& P$ D3 p
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no flights
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SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed' Q2 |- b( Q" v; A0 ^; f4 `/ v
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! J% p* y) Z) d7 B BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire/ ?" [# K! Q5 }8 x0 ?* }( m) ~
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1) w/ q. a0 [& a- S
DD Shiratsuyu
$ Y$ ]* I- e0 r) D DD Shigure' Z/ {+ T# ~$ A( P% a
DD Hatsuharu
9 ]$ n- s) ?4 f6 p: C( X5 K DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3' T6 ]% k( t: a1 V; C: N
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire2 z2 i4 e% K; {9 d& J% K% t- G
DD Oboro
( Q- H1 \( K0 l" z, D! r% N# k6 K DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire% C+ H2 t5 |; [
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ J- M) ]9 f: M& P& A- B
DD Hayate3 D. \8 v1 k; e6 ], g
DD Sawakaze
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DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires; D/ \" F0 j# b
DD Tawakaze
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Allied Ships
0 a$ q: S3 M' } CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ B/ ]4 h" g" k8 X+ b) l s
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
( _9 a# y, K& S/ D5 B! C; E DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
W$ j( U# j9 v- k; A! Q7 N DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage& S0 ]+ Q. B2 g: V! }
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
5 }5 q$ v5 H7 u( t DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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7 s5 G, v, ?3 F i: ~# H' ~8 {58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭) N+ l* ]: v' O9 W2 E
# \9 R; r3 n( D/ i1 x5 O5 [3 |Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1553 T7 ~8 a9 g2 F- R- w" I* e3 |
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.. f2 o! |& i& P8 ~1 Y. n7 l* A
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 45
/ Z3 i' ?$ D! T+ ~2 _, M# Y! ^ B5N2 Kate x 50& ~8 `, U3 y: d; @7 R
D3A1 Val x 59
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F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses
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B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
+ M; i1 \# W! S. d7 i( H D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
9 X" W4 `, u' d1 a D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
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CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk( I9 v+ x0 {6 B K
CA Chicago. n: K% K l8 j& @8 u
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 {6 { }; y: E) S0 H CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
+ I( \* [& a- X7 z. u b: o0 F4 I5 h6 E CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage' s9 N, B) ^3 m, D) ~
DD Flusser+ W2 O c2 L: A$ e- j
CA Astoria
. ~+ g- l. c* g, M" ^( p2 Q0 O7 }: { CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
( Z8 F0 @' h ~ DD Benham
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155" D$ v5 v' j( M* u6 N4 s
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% o& V8 W) r2 d% _! aRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 j7 f$ @- y P( V% f
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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6 A9 u0 t" k4 Q1 O5 [ A6M2 Zero x 32
6 f) s" Q' J G6 Q! d B5N2 Kate x 10! E7 H1 P( \/ {7 H
D3A1 Val x 31- n B- m4 K! s
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged5 ]1 A: x p& K, H1 m% d
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! _6 Z: U( L) x+ @& ^3 l0 r5 @+ d& u) Q" q SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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1 x% \, \" k* v, h1 L. M; ]2 j CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 W( f/ p0 p' E CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
- w$ B: s( t( B# Q) P CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire$ G: \# ^' L9 T, }; N; D% Y
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
: D: J; `$ I) e g* H/ V/ Y( | CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3, m9 ?4 P0 c$ g5 M: c9 ]$ ?* |
DD Gridley6 S4 I$ q" ?5 ]2 x$ P& e" Y
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 ^6 b9 ?& D1 V- u0 R2 p CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.9 F j- _0 c% P
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
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D3A1 Val x 18) r3 k, d, b/ P! G8 }8 z
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8 n7 D2 r) ]' _ {2 k6 G D3A1 Val: 2 damaged4 M% d. K0 V* I
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied Ships
0 k, D0 O' d O( a CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3! `3 ^9 x: r" u$ m# Y5 p8 V
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire D# X. A' z! [* o( @
; Z7 d& B8 d3 y& n& _, c, g杀鸡也用牛刀,日军直接推平拉宝儿,下个目标是莫港和努美呀再到斐济和新西兰 q ^- X* V/ I1 m k* X9 k$ V
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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4 D6 m, ^7 d* \( B9 G, b* ?Japanese Deliberate attack& O7 O6 n/ u& b) o; [
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022# E8 w- [( `; c/ p5 {, O
' W$ k4 C4 e0 j/ D0 I& P$ xDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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* H" q% ]$ H- y5 C3 E* ~Allied adjusted defense: 5
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- X/ M" W% @. h1 s, fJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Combat modifiers
$ I' q/ A d# I& e* p! n% K* ?Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)- e+ M( U, S) O. |4 ^. t6 L
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Attacker: 6 \& t& G0 E# L( q
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Japanese ground losses:
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) a- k: A# @, {* D/ D* u+ u Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
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; S9 }0 A l* e4 A* `2 u! L Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled e. C, J O8 u% Y
; z3 }( L6 [1 K# YAllied ground losses:
; A) c8 \( ~8 x2 { 812 casualties reported
7 I3 F" y( ]; k* d! u5 h Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
% D; t q* A/ w/ D! d: D. r( y8 A Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled+ }0 b1 |. A3 k
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ L( X# y: w$ w# K9 ?: k Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
2 {) {# ]2 `7 H Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
+ b8 }9 T# H+ s+ G Units retreated 1
* B7 m: |/ ] v$ i d Units destroyed 2 |