AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 428 Y7 W. Q0 E* l3 z8 G
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南洋战场,日军继续冒着盟军的狂轰滥炸裸奔登陆安汶岛,被岸炮痛扁,天亮后日军发动谨慎攻击无果
7 s- H- C& M* D! }0 B马来半岛,南方军在柔弗巴鲁的战力打到了2200,700多战力的盟军正在向新加坡后撤! ~) K9 F" t! R# r
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3 K+ f8 `" F! I0 h/ ]( c+ WMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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4 N$ l8 i% d/ g4 P; a% LRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
0 J# i% s. E& x/ FEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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7 N+ [! m/ Z' J# w! r" C3 ZAllied aircraft! y' a2 J0 Z: ^- ~+ j# W/ M( i& b
139WH-3 x 64 m8 o& I' p" U. m
B-339D x 3- ^1 `! x4 J5 l* i8 [ s
Hudson I x 3
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+ V# g$ U, n+ M4 _Allied aircraft losses
! G3 {- |. F; s2 n- T) [5 r 139WH-3: 3 damaged
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8 X" v8 u- e I# ? j0 P( R& qJapanese Ships
3 R* f3 t$ Z) N( r% S. X, S DD Shiratsuyu
9 J/ X' b/ | |1 V xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109- O6 N# W- s( E6 t6 A
7 _5 N& [" N9 @3 ^3 YWeather in hex: Partial cloud ^ p. ]7 U5 E u/ s
# h4 L4 w* T) f: C1 ~Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
, B6 D) K4 ?9 d& M* BEstimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Allied aircraft
) Y' I! u- C) F) G# S# a3 b4 c% U B-339D x 1/ d' p$ d% z3 V$ x
A-24 Banshee x 173 ?0 W. }2 G3 T, d( n- H; t: y# w
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Allied aircraft losses
+ T& Z% V( t/ u6 a& _% X( z A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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8 ~( Q- ~7 j8 S0 Q) ]( ^ xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
- h, N: P8 B. l; Q+ l) W7 u CA Takao
$ M, I D. a/ e( P1 i* h CL Yura; E L( g h( B6 B$ a4 \' o6 u
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! v2 b. Q) e& n8 a0 L# [+ M) ?
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1095 o- J8 E/ `6 E0 W6 u8 h9 ]
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
2 w5 ?; O# h( k0 lEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
6 A- n, K. D; w/ F B-339D x 3! l' {+ e& Y7 m) |; d
A-24 Banshee x 10# u' g0 E: Y9 e2 B6 a+ n2 M
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No Allied losses
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! B+ Y% t, |+ W* M: aJapanese Ships d1 k6 u" T, N) z* l$ N5 p9 B
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk f m \" {$ v# I/ A
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
}6 y- Q l+ r" ~ xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1099 r; I3 Y# ?1 ]. X2 [( `. l
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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+ I1 v2 R. B+ Q0 O4 FRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
. ]. |' O& H0 M" O8 H9 ZEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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B-339D x 1
l% j) y. E! @8 Y+ m1 B r A-24 Banshee x 2
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No Allied losses+ A1 L" v" v! d _1 j$ P3 Y, F
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Japanese Ships
! K, H. L) e4 \6 X CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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, \, q4 M" q9 S8 B/ GMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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% ]6 B3 H, r: B' d+ O- k4 n8 fWeather in hex: Partial cloud2 w0 O# N6 ]4 p# t; B
. e+ {4 a$ K! X. tRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
( ^8 V) N* q+ i. o3 f( JEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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A-24 Banshee x 14( K& X1 ~) F+ Z9 [2 o. L, |6 \) R* R
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Allied aircraft losses
( T6 u+ _# G; C9 L A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
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2 ^8 \! [0 o5 KJapanese Ships* F% k7 Y# F1 ]% S5 f
CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
7 F3 j2 L8 f* K3 s# K% `7 k DD Hatakaze
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) Y3 Y; s, Z/ E; F J9 JGround combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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+ w6 L" G( ?) @/ E# r$ R1 YDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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( s r+ e P5 q) u& A* d6 T: Z) m3 IJapanese adjusted assault: 53 # B( s9 ~: J' D7 E
+ H7 |1 L' i/ R+ rAllied adjusted defense: 121 : l, x) ], m [: t+ u( B
# s- p6 e/ Q" |3 n- F, Q( h9 PJapanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
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Combat modifiers, O' l( `% Q/ @# V
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
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Japanese ground losses:: k# s/ h6 w+ S/ G" l; t/ t
292 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled1 @3 G* L- [$ {& l" d9 _2 V1 Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:: z; N) ^4 E4 d/ u, R
163 casualties reported4 l) |# H6 [% ~0 W
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
7 O; A& u3 @0 ^8 @1 D Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled! E+ \* W8 E7 E) x" N/ D9 y, e
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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1st Kure Assault Division' r. E8 M" ^, D3 [
3rd Air Flotilla 9 \/ f- l3 X w0 S9 v$ Z7 |
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Molukken Garrison Battalion
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Ambon Base Force |