AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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/ e8 r' _$ {9 O/ y, S; u, mDay Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
( T% S7 L/ H- ]' [# n% p SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire6 D0 `; X" y3 @+ Q5 F: k Z
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
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( s" R+ b* ~8 g, ?* A8 K4 i1 _! a DD Shigure! F" l" e" n! c; Q8 Z( t
DD Hatsuharu" z0 H# `5 `3 A0 ^1 z0 g0 d# T
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 33 n1 \& b" ~/ p% Q6 n4 m; r" l
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire" q9 J8 M; x P
DD Oboro( f( u/ ]5 Y. z8 x
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire+ x" A3 _0 Y9 J: M# H, ~
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. h( {: v P h, b( C% v/ e, O% l# @. x DD Hayate! w" |' v% V. B7 r% F) s
DD Sawakaze
6 h/ H* Z! H! Q; Z4 V; \" f. n DD Yukaze
, r+ q; Q: U( P DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
% H5 o% n5 m+ w& J& j* h/ w# b DD Tawakaze
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CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; S q9 H8 G6 Q( r$ a* `. s
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
+ B" j" m) E, m; u9 h! f% b DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage, E& p' }! Z' F6 U" ^ b
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage8 H! }2 d) \5 ^2 W9 B q) V4 R) A
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires; {( m f* l2 `# u9 s2 R% {! I
DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭) s2 K# h* Z$ U9 [
1 b1 U2 Y$ I6 g& S8 e+ _7 _' x1 fMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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1 |+ N2 ]& v% ]) lWeather in hex: Light rain
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/ w9 ^8 a9 Y; I) k8 T& k, ORaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet./ Y9 q8 n; v& t1 g
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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* n/ q0 e! m3 OJapanese aircraft6 Q- k P& I7 X! ~) c) b) s1 ?
A6M2 Zero x 45
5 n4 V% p8 `" U7 u B5N2 Kate x 50
- i3 o: N( T& h4 ?( t D3A1 Val x 59
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8 W& E9 i4 d6 C9 M- k F2A-3 Buffalo x 20* [ r1 o I, n. g. v
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Japanese aircraft losses
" I" ~8 _7 z& k+ G A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
V, c+ A% t( v8 C! _ B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged2 o5 U* O% A) [. T* [1 `
D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
1 {( Q( u, ~% l2 D+ D, c D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak: I3 k/ E) J4 X) J( `) j- o
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Allied aircraft losses/ d; {( [. J: U* y2 u
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed3 G% ]8 r2 q0 V" |( L' j& z+ ]8 ?9 g
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CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
( s: V3 b# A3 Q1 B4 \! ~ CA Chicago; C( Q) u- l/ N' \$ a$ j' g% j
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
- I3 F0 A) O9 P& h3 n- m, O" C CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
- l% N* }- a2 x; B; Z- ] CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
% V1 z9 c: F- i, G DD Flusser, |* ~: y. L4 j' Y2 N3 d
CA Astoria
3 U {8 E% n0 p) `) F, U9 g H CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
& [3 D9 h q5 [. g2 O" P8 ?6 f m DD Benham! M8 j# J8 G3 o. Q7 S/ @
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3 w/ ^2 o8 @4 h9 O. J" qAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155' u) g. ?( L6 V$ A
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Weather in hex: Clear sky! u9 b3 [4 U3 K/ n% R
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Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
: _7 a9 y! g9 oEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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( J4 w8 c% `# P4 GJapanese aircraft
7 Q. j- T8 p% o- {9 P A6M2 Zero x 32
* O& l* b# h: V' T; p# \* ` B5N2 Kate x 10
2 u* a0 B" y/ o% i! Y* b8 B( v& ` D3A1 Val x 31
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$ x7 Y4 s/ [+ |1 pJapanese aircraft losses8 I* u; K" G* b+ v3 K* B4 b
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged3 ~0 E, H" l+ t
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Allied aircraft losses
$ X( x* T* I+ r& B0 s SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# h' M x7 | k9 ?& y CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk& X3 F" i' {) g, L1 C, h# R: X
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
; J4 F: ^, G1 g Y+ M$ t CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
e+ a3 y. K( Y+ }- O CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
4 } H8 V F* p& J9 U DD Gridley3 G( b* {) k& U% h
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
) a, n. e6 Q$ A; k& F CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1556 Z6 B* _) K0 t- L
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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% `8 x2 [7 [( }" E( E7 U7 |9 kRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: X3 f7 e# O v1 z
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
* a, {" Y* T6 l2 F D3A1 Val: 2 damaged" Y# g9 h- W( I# }- M' ]9 N0 P
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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: h' f( a8 s1 F- Z CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3' B" G) ?1 S! F
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire! z! I# ^+ d7 L. ^" _8 X8 @* D: j( S
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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4 X; ~6 `- y" G4 ?' v
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 10220 B) I+ R, g8 g9 \2 L/ O, a* V
3 L! v' O8 `% `5 T6 o+ JDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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0 n, n& ^- e0 M" ]$ uJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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) C* G0 y+ ^0 Z. I% Y8 w rJapanese adjusted assault: 434
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" X: d% z8 V- @$ uAllied adjusted defense: 5 ' w: W/ e0 b* b g$ \7 G: z
8 @# S" c1 n7 H0 P7 z* b' N7 _8 JJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) ' B9 J% t% w9 v. {# k& x
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!- d# k" h: V8 s$ e+ S" z
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Combat modifiers
3 J8 o% h8 H& C6 w- iDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)& q2 u4 k; k, K m
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Attacker: ; ~1 A) o" w4 s9 i, I7 i6 D
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Japanese ground losses:1 x# y5 j% U6 @0 L! m* h
134 casualties reported/ t0 |- y: f6 w/ S2 T
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled9 M7 ]/ Z5 i _% y& u0 L* q
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 r7 L6 f; a, n* ]/ S( v& k Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled. s/ S1 z5 A" i9 M( Z# x
1 h( Q7 s* g y9 hAllied ground losses:3 N7 W7 c* ]" O( [
812 casualties reported% j" e5 ?3 E6 ]) x1 @
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled1 u0 @3 W6 l/ [6 i" N5 f
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
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0 U! Z8 N& A k Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
8 P1 `. {* v6 I0 m& k( N& r( T( l7 S" e6 ` Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)- ?6 s9 q0 X' Q4 A. y
Units retreated 1
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