AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42
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% B- W3 i b: c0 t& g9 z2 b( O( \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
1 T$ U) Z" I, }; q% n: z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. i8 w4 c1 ?/ k7 L3 _( J; U
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 L2 \! K& M9 M0 k) H6 O
- g6 I* g) X3 W+ FRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& B* P% t4 n" g8 Q
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
1 O/ M, b) n( Y q( G" G 139WH-3 x 64 @" e# S, e9 b; D6 M
B-339D x 31 V+ ?6 s; @" L5 f: J4 ^* k* J
Hudson I x 3
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* t0 v9 O$ y; q0 C5 k& E$ |Allied aircraft losses9 c& A* }1 A+ j7 p# O0 b
139WH-3: 3 damaged/ l" p9 x) \4 J$ G5 g7 h3 X
+ S5 w! d7 G" d8 GJapanese Ships
8 Z0 i: m( y5 M( p( i9 Y DD Shiratsuyu
" h" @" Y2 a% C8 z& \6 l xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires9 m3 k* p2 h/ m# V4 E
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109- \& D! f8 @' _8 ^2 ]6 r
R( m9 P I4 y* a8 TWeather in hex: Partial cloud5 _3 U. c- h w0 e8 I& f4 Q+ ~
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet., b5 I q' L, Y
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes) {" v- k b1 c& l# R# {
# [: S' E9 c) r5 T8 e+ iAllied aircraft0 j3 B" b/ C8 S# u- w
B-339D x 1
( r. ~7 Q x" m, S A-24 Banshee x 172 I9 E& Y* i( Q) o! O- ?
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Allied aircraft losses- w* ?, W* ^2 l4 L [5 c( Y, y+ _
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged! |6 h# `3 d) v9 F
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Japanese Ships
+ q! W! b7 \# c/ Z" Y7 g& C xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk. j' |4 w' E8 [" i# N) [
CA Takao, `3 p" s% B) Z1 E. f" E
CL Yura
]. F8 U3 c' \0 c! c0 d xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, M* n$ y0 |) K% g) ^6 ^ xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire6 ]1 m5 h4 A( [( i
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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& A4 V! C( c {% j9 \Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 y: Y" M( f8 t. y- B. G8 H8 w$ ?
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes2 F% ]/ X4 { \- p( v
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B-339D x 3% H( T% O. @* ?# n7 H- Q
A-24 Banshee x 10
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6 T+ n0 t4 ?) U tNo Allied losses( S. b- d. O, v2 I
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xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
. ^' F9 v+ c. y+ Z( o xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
" ^: q! R! r J2 J- b xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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2 b S* n$ C9 q E( BWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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% `. s1 L# w5 u$ BRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
; ?0 p+ q9 m5 ^ X3 t' X5 ]Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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B-339D x 1
& d+ M: K# G) Z7 I: v A-24 Banshee x 22 U" C- ~( U& m9 A( O' G
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Japanese Ships
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6 u, [7 i" N6 \( s5 Z% qMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1099 h3 v+ |. m/ P0 h) o2 S e6 M. ^
" t% k: b l* u8 h4 kWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 k, H5 X5 U# PEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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A-24 Banshee x 14) B8 n- z. a$ R4 [7 w ~0 ]
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Allied aircraft losses7 v1 x n* V% \: }' C: t
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged2 J. |5 ?# R5 {5 x
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% z5 d. n5 c- y* a CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires( g' N8 P4 B, s5 K# I6 W F4 }- x+ D. L
DD Hatakaze, q6 E; ^1 W4 Q0 A. l* u( |! [
DD Oyashio: y3 P5 S+ H- j1 `. u
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)- E) p$ J/ t) O% ^4 ~
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Japanese Deliberate attack& _( X7 K8 C& _, {7 A5 N
& f; U ^$ b0 OAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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Defending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76. m& a( Y& v" p& `2 g% V0 ]2 W
0 R7 h0 k. O' X# A% [Japanese adjusted assault: 53
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+ {% I4 V9 H/ F' bAllied adjusted defense: 121 $ S: T2 W& `; h
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
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Combat modifiers1 k) } r- k2 p( V$ `9 ]
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)" j$ o' E3 A- Q8 i9 h: N% O5 _. L3 w
Attacker: 4 s# M& E& \# A3 `6 j! F# X
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled$ F" |& M3 v, q8 C
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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; F$ ^ r$ \+ Z; n& s; ]Assaulting units:
% [ D6 D3 b& }5 N# `+ v 1st Kure Assault Division
7 G M% }' i) G: b6 C, B 3rd Air Flotilla - @4 k" o `2 l8 s* {# p* w" l% q
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Defending units:
3 u1 P- j( j/ [, ^% R Molukken Garrison Battalion' y; }$ ^+ U1 C7 C
4th Coastal Gun Battalion/ M. O6 T& j% ^* T' [" a
Ambon Base Force |