AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42
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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: J8 m7 m5 `/ ? ?
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2 a% E, Q( e% l. ^+ h& B+ ]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109* a+ D9 j, |) [* R& F
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, ?: E C0 _) ~4 }Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
/ s! p6 L& B4 F U+ n9 m( ?3 J0 sEstimated time to target is 7 minutes; x* D. F( s' M1 A
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Hudson I x 3; N7 K( Z# @# w
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Allied aircraft losses: Z! }. S/ y9 w* k
139WH-3: 3 damaged
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% B# T. o4 T! wJapanese Ships
" R- ^7 y' N: q7 g DD Shiratsuyu# ~6 k2 L" E9 N$ Q
xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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* r/ {' U+ z' T' KMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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' s! p8 N& N5 I) B1 u' ^# oWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
/ p9 z% e; R0 PEstimated time to target is 5 minutes
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B-339D x 1- q6 W' \( L4 i w
A-24 Banshee x 17
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Allied aircraft losses9 V+ N4 t# W6 O8 a# e$ Y
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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8 a6 C/ d7 I+ O1 k& a& TJapanese Ships
7 |, V' n$ t8 |/ ~! T8 |" U xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk7 S* C4 ^6 c$ P0 k9 n
CA Takao
8 ^: g1 j$ F( k3 ] m' h CL Yura
* f. H; V7 A2 z }+ k; o, ~3 ] xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage$ X1 P$ T+ q1 }2 k+ e5 u' f
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire! V. A/ `4 I& r: [
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% f' y' d/ s& O4 J% L5 E) Z; v4 ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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n- V% v5 g! l2 i* l2 SWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.; n4 N& Q- d2 R5 I: N
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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/ I0 Y+ r& m% oAllied aircraft
' t9 t7 Q1 n0 E" e+ L B-339D x 3
' i5 S7 h) W% F$ | A-24 Banshee x 10
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. M4 K+ m# D5 w! ^- }- f( uNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
' j' a6 U3 A2 j+ }5 n xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
' ^+ g ]; k6 P$ m+ m xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires& ~8 {: o) P2 Z" s7 t6 o
xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire; W; {) O) X4 c+ o2 ?$ z! G
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109! g6 L- R" u- i
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud* i: h! }( v7 y5 X
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
2 q8 R# c4 A# ^% U" x3 GEstimated time to target is 6 minutes/ v3 G: i) n' P- V1 Y
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Allied aircraft0 D- t; L: e# @! K x! b
B-339D x 1; u! C, V/ n' F- ~; ^1 i2 P8 B
A-24 Banshee x 29 Z! {. u1 c# Q. X- i3 h
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No Allied losses
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CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire' T" p6 u; \2 X1 `- \
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+ I6 u2 Z& |) D1 uMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109+ _9 e) l2 c. b4 N+ |) Q- O
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' c% n+ D+ b$ H" `$ X8 k+ o
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ H# _- d$ S U4 v' jEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft; ]. W& }, q( v* l8 T3 T# v q. e
A-24 Banshee x 14
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# d7 o! E2 j9 Y A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged, M! ~5 T9 X' |0 n: t
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Japanese Ships
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DD Hatakaze
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! S. X9 ?. e4 sGround combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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$ c) c c4 v9 t/ I( r9 w4 pAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140& u- z" B. s0 o/ Y9 i6 W
+ r6 i3 x# F; @ I$ oDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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7 t' X; x; P, v& J# H- M& O4 BJapanese adjusted assault: 53 9 \) A1 { Y* \0 ~ M9 p
8 x4 N5 M9 c& y( [) yAllied adjusted defense: 121 . X( e$ Y; s% C) x" E# Z8 q5 z7 o
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
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Combat modifiers2 P5 Z0 g4 H: u& Y* d1 ?$ h
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)4 }1 S- O8 L% J5 Z' _4 r4 Y
Attacker:
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292 casualties reported& S" {) \* O' k( _% F1 Y- p, y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
2 B& U, [6 W9 Y Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
6 u1 w, R/ \- R3 L& l6 [ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. L7 e3 i/ n5 a
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Allied ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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2 y' \: p! f+ j* E- Z3 C/ ~% XAssaulting units:
% N. ^2 W% d/ w+ F$ C4 U 1st Kure Assault Division
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Defending units:
1 d4 F# [! X8 f) m& Z! B Molukken Garrison Battalion
( Q& W, u( W9 j: U" h 4th Coastal Gun Battalion
* |8 q# O. K7 Z* [6 V X/ | Ambon Base Force |