AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42. a3 A! v9 h, f; a& H7 @* `
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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 v; T6 Z2 r/ d& a$ X# ]6 v; q1 L! I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9 J3 g. V @9 ]/ S- a! k3 n
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109* e3 q$ K7 Y0 ^5 M* M
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# o. b5 `' X9 {& w* p6 rEstimated time to target is 7 minutes4 @1 x+ k; `" }9 r, e4 a
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Allied aircraft x: n$ X: n$ L8 C- _& I
139WH-3 x 6" ^ x( ?+ F6 I- y
B-339D x 3
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, m$ p: M0 t! p. JAllied aircraft losses
( B+ }4 Y5 B' R* m( P- ~ 139WH-3: 3 damaged* I* I# Q/ g1 S- Q! }8 u9 H
. N2 R: M$ s, v- c3 H4 L HJapanese Ships
! G" V$ V, o* C" N2 O) z# r DD Shiratsuyu
* f/ }, @+ e8 h1 h q5 Y% f: r xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires9 @- U% t& d& Z$ d5 K5 \0 h4 S$ K
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1 }3 _% ]0 m* cMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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0 z* k9 y: O* f8 I0 s+ {, {Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 _7 [2 a2 W" h# n- T7 R& j
8 O* ~( l- M: M2 F: h/ S% oRaid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.3 w- B* P* Y7 J R+ d+ A# r8 Z
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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5 j( P9 r1 e/ @7 _1 hAllied aircraft
# o1 Q- b" t3 i B-339D x 1
0 M, d/ R6 @, V+ m A-24 Banshee x 177 ~! V8 m; E9 _7 X" R
$ {% P- \( q X! H) a3 w G5 hAllied aircraft losses& s- `8 [9 ?% V1 d U
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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3 g2 c0 X% h1 f9 C& n6 _* d" SJapanese Ships7 m3 h- e( r. ?, s% t7 y8 S
xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
! r8 E! h5 T$ o, W CA Takao! l2 V+ {& g, }+ Z. o* b
CL Yura' R1 ?( g1 B/ ~1 X" l- n& @! J
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage; s" o' B- w& J& t+ ?
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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2 f! \5 N+ l" q% M! p) c- |Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 W8 s0 _& p3 _- \4 s( n1 p
0 ?; t, G7 s* C- o8 {Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.7 w% E9 n( b- R/ m9 l* v" x
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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A-24 Banshee x 102 C+ O. _7 o' e6 v w) m
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No Allied losses
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6 x( O1 B6 x: \ _9 A5 p# D m xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk/ C: t" ` Q( W$ ?8 p
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
9 d5 h' E6 V- V' ^ xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire# O3 V: t& f* I5 m! }% D5 n
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109" F7 m' C0 L/ W! d. k, l. f
3 [' x$ q [4 ]/ q* ^Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 p" W |" U4 p9 G
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
. c6 a* {' D, B8 vEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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A-24 Banshee x 26 \8 G6 x" x* m& ^2 j
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships/ n3 [: G( N/ K) \$ q q
CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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, a; ^; R/ q+ q/ [9 R: ~Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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. h8 P, @; K' s6 p9 URaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. h' G& G6 t; B( h. Y" [
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
4 c* M9 C$ w% i& G0 {% v' b A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged: Z& M# d3 j9 c T* `
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Japanese Ships
, T- d# {" k0 G* E7 |: e6 S CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires& d' M6 H( x5 M6 z
DD Hatakaze* v0 K; R# X7 E8 }, Z+ j
DD Oyashio
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5 N( ]7 d+ T" \- o( |Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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7 u/ J- y3 i3 Z+ l. \1 X% K7 _Attacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 1406 z0 v/ k6 }2 g3 p2 w' A. h
6 z+ j0 r" B P; |4 bDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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: ~5 X9 h9 U, W! V' X, IJapanese adjusted assault: 53
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Allied adjusted defense: 121 : g1 {2 i& z, z' c; g& R, r& E
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) ! W6 q v: M1 q$ {. y7 j' \7 ]
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Combat modifiers) i1 a5 K' ~0 c, H- K5 r
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-); d6 R& \- I& g3 ~2 k& B
Attacker: " a# \9 V0 d0 o0 ?: J2 m. ?
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Japanese ground losses:, e5 X. I# I* U# h, G" s# F' |
292 casualties reported- r3 M7 Z6 L5 ~6 t* k
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
0 ], t. L/ B" q3 H# N5 ` Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled& b1 |2 p* F! R2 K9 c& b
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- e0 {! b9 e3 e# \8 N: S
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Allied ground losses:8 M: i9 o" p" \9 ^0 v! @
163 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% y3 c9 c1 z1 Q) I" o5 c- Q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ W% v b& G1 S- {
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Assaulting units:
$ S- I; o1 D- n: P# v$ M$ M 1st Kure Assault Division
2 P9 p1 p- a/ Q2 e' @ 3rd Air Flotilla
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A; e2 c7 \% r xDefending units:
& m, Y5 I6 c8 L5 A3 \ Molukken Garrison Battalion
* w7 x5 L4 K; q- U: `& }! j" b 4th Coastal Gun Battalion6 s/ v: S/ H0 i" A
Ambon Base Force |