AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42. a1 F: U# _5 y# X4 d
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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- Y; d$ s6 R6 ~
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& C x( z, I7 I2 J( a; o. v8 [
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109) Y2 ^8 y1 t' F6 g* I* r# x/ L
5 ^. a0 q/ q3 t( A& jWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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- ?( h; [! d0 ?8 ^6 F! LRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& {8 ?" S4 h1 }6 R
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes0 o& R+ p4 z& J; s
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Allied aircraft1 Y: O" p/ O. A" A2 R8 |
139WH-3 x 6
. e0 O4 p, K2 W4 ?! n B-339D x 32 p2 M% Z9 q5 A
Hudson I x 35 U+ I- x1 {& I2 D$ r
4 l; }" C8 U# \6 J: JAllied aircraft losses* U, l* C1 h6 g5 \. o+ c
139WH-3: 3 damaged
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& Q+ Z0 k3 b/ i; Y% S) EJapanese Ships2 d' l' U& E, q/ P5 `2 T
DD Shiratsuyu
. n$ p1 ~. b* T1 @3 ? xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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& P+ D) n. a9 r' [! @6 Z& v yMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1091 C/ m0 X1 }) E' f" `
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ c- e7 `9 b- F
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.3 E1 D3 Q: x j+ m- K4 g6 M
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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B-339D x 18 e1 r. v( ?* n. z0 y0 A
A-24 Banshee x 17
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7 z9 g; o9 K. v3 T4 X2 n1 S% n1 IAllied aircraft losses
+ C0 X, q7 @/ L } A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships# [8 G0 U( v% Y. F2 a
xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk8 K" ~3 p" ~3 V
CA Takao" ~ ]: y u& E8 Q6 P+ N! D
CL Yura# H6 J9 ~, D2 l
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 I9 O3 O* {3 M0 a. a xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire( s% b- d2 u/ E9 O
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109: n# H% Y) U t* A6 m5 R
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 G# h# i9 f' h" T9 }- n# @/ v
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
[4 {6 J2 p0 U! F; K$ p* aEstimated time to target is 6 minutes* y4 B8 @# l. H9 g& B0 _! P: k5 D
& p" |! l+ x2 f1 j1 D' ]1 H: m# YAllied aircraft
/ I1 S0 t' d# ]1 k9 o6 K B-339D x 3$ {6 c) |# e8 c
A-24 Banshee x 10
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No Allied losses" c; ?$ ^5 v, h" A: u8 j8 V
( v e; D& b7 s& iJapanese Ships8 x% G# Y8 z" v3 f5 J6 `
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk/ _4 _5 R4 I" C6 i3 j& i
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
. w1 x8 I6 y! @5 Q2 u# `! \ xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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2 ?2 d# b( n; A" p4 CMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109. d9 O3 N9 V4 F* y
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 s4 B% v- m. N$ Q$ ]+ W% }: p( y$ ~6 a
( C" g( i5 I, c, J* ?: ~3 wRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 m) z8 x7 S% oEstimated time to target is 6 minutes' ^: O1 k4 {" @2 m7 y/ a# q: u" E/ K
7 w) E/ e* \8 g, j9 w0 d8 mAllied aircraft
, H. L9 a) b' e, k7 p B-339D x 1
- v1 d8 n' m% _4 j A-24 Banshee x 2
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/ N; z" M# Z) s, i# GNo Allied losses7 V6 a: B; M9 A# i) ]* P5 D8 _; _
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Japanese Ships
@1 X3 a' j/ F% p1 @- Q CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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7 ]1 W# h2 N7 d, }: b) k q$ p2 ZMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109) n t e' ]9 l6 s% K, \
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
& q) e5 x3 A6 I: W# W) m! eEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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A-24 Banshee x 141 j3 \) d& U4 {. b
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Allied aircraft losses4 v. u0 ^5 I. q5 O+ w0 R
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged+ B5 n2 h, D6 D7 f5 m
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Japanese Ships
4 i. a3 j9 B0 P3 ^: c% r( x4 i CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires& V$ x2 ]2 b" `& p2 M. C4 n) q
DD Hatakaze
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. F# ]- s8 G2 Z$ J( Z% mGround combat at Ambon (76,109)0 x6 j* J F( O( v- l% g* X2 ~8 E
+ h! R) a: z8 x7 u% IJapanese Deliberate attack
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+ ?5 n# _7 r( a: a' ^2 ^Attacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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' b5 {) y5 ~/ BDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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; A$ e! \ W- j+ sJapanese adjusted assault: 53
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Allied adjusted defense: 121 3 ^+ c+ v. W1 f3 x
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) ) B, [8 \" `9 k# y3 L3 U; ~. ^0 M0 H
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Combat modifiers
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3 A5 `* x2 V- @9 Y9 y+ P1 @Japanese ground losses:
: x; A k( p: X4 k( M; T& L$ f 292 casualties reported
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2 |4 q! z, H4 L Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled/ [( _4 w; s% N% X- f9 H' }8 h) j2 B
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 M: M/ b2 z( @+ ~3 ~0 L
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Allied ground losses:/ p- O( t3 ~: C. Q r% c+ e
163 casualties reported2 \' N" C4 W* O+ W1 C4 X4 p: `
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
( y2 }9 q1 z( ^# w: B! X* Y Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
& _2 n1 R& o4 s3 u9 n! W6 g8 z' S Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( m# e( ~* {+ s6 r, L
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Assaulting units:% K) Z+ ^: K# g0 e$ M
1st Kure Assault Division
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Molukken Garrison Battalion4 U( O7 k& r; Y5 [# L
4th Coastal Gun Battalion! k8 f! j+ ]" N( ?% S$ [
Ambon Base Force |