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" k4 u5 S8 v1 ^. 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
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud! b2 f, s, ?& o4 ^# p+ Y
+ ~3 N, Y% w, j# l+ uRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 C$ O0 t$ x+ w, r* jEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft2 w+ q+ {: [4 J6 y; G- |
139WH-3 x 60 }- c5 n( `$ i; A& g( D
B-339D x 34 X8 O2 @8 [, o+ G
Hudson I x 3
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h: c8 ]6 T. l/ @8 _6 ZAllied aircraft losses
2 X2 H2 F5 a- i 139WH-3: 3 damaged+ W% \1 i& b* U" B# Z
! p4 \3 q: X# N$ ?, e+ JJapanese Ships
7 @6 f/ C) u* x( ] DD Shiratsuyu
, p$ G8 d( c; t, i xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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' }" x; i# D6 ]) U/ XMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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& M, [' L1 r% KWeather in hex: Partial cloud( R% X9 ~. _2 P
. S4 B3 P4 B& m+ ZRaid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
: M. _2 u3 }7 h4 e7 U3 _/ _- B& {* J! }Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Allied aircraft! Q8 f! I3 o+ X [9 {2 Q
B-339D x 1
! h' V3 t2 O$ O A-24 Banshee x 170 Y1 F3 d, v6 c, O& ~% j: h
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Allied aircraft losses. }! Q: b' I7 ^2 E) \/ T+ K0 v
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged0 j; ~) u6 n2 M/ F$ _' C8 `6 ^- T
$ W3 q6 l" Y( y. d% s! m+ gJapanese Ships
! @2 T7 Z; C8 l, f xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk5 `( U8 s2 ^; g! g7 M
CA Takao6 K* q* y/ ~ h) l: u' `( Q% |
CL Yura
0 A2 i2 U' D& r& F$ O8 z xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage- V% W6 b$ D# z0 H S
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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7 X" i$ O- Q* X5 E/ r f, v qMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 Z9 I3 F0 x% C; o* c
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
9 n. N- y5 p M' s+ A8 U) t: MEstimated time to target is 6 minutes! _, ]5 w3 F0 H* L4 X
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Allied aircraft* H; C2 `; ^8 }1 @! |$ q( e. M2 _
B-339D x 3
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* J& T+ f, U2 n8 x; A7 u3 ANo Allied losses
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! v y S, U3 \$ B# B$ QJapanese Ships6 S- S$ I, h& a9 T% k3 p5 r1 t S& S
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk9 r7 E" h* b z( Z/ H
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
" ~" t% \5 e* u! B xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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- J2 X8 _! y" o* `* N0 gMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109% Q9 T3 M/ `$ h) h5 X! l. N+ W
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 P: H/ N3 m, ?' p5 J- \
8 q( l& M: J" ?0 P2 V2 V1 z5 iRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
9 |. p7 R5 } R/ WEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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2 d& {; D* G+ [, c( r: O# J0 u A-24 Banshee x 2
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
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) u. D9 I7 C9 ZMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109. G) u- M$ \! M
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud! Q; o- Y& c( K+ G) P
- h, e( c: ~9 C' ORaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.; F- L* \9 q: `# ^# C& v
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft3 Y6 A3 m+ C' u: }7 ^# b$ c5 y0 k
A-24 Banshee x 14+ s, E* x8 K; N) B
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Allied aircraft losses: Z8 @- n& a# F+ r5 H8 d0 o, k E
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged" I0 B. v- X; \
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DD Hatakaze
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Attacking 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& ^& C1 K4 {7 ~4 b) d. ~+ V
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Japanese adjusted assault: 53
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Allied adjusted defense: 121 $ o/ h# d: x( f! l) W) o
8 e# t, B) y+ o2 q9 ~7 N! RJapanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) ) m2 _* E: N7 m# e
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Combat modifiers
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292 casualties reported1 B- D9 a3 a. g/ C* S
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled9 w; M/ ^& x, [! M
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled+ D$ I+ b7 w0 b" p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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# X- t' c% U: eAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
! w5 s% I8 J" m* H) u& d Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Assaulting units:
8 H0 U9 U! Z4 |/ X' G z: ^ 1st Kure Assault Division
: {5 Z. c4 S6 p9 Z 3rd Air Flotilla
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Molukken Garrison Battalion3 C D. P. w. E
4th Coastal Gun Battalion: x) H5 Y3 D: l( r( v
Ambon Base Force |