AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 07, 42' F& t& W( B( D
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日军占领澳东的凯恩斯$ `7 F6 q% H, s; m+ o* a5 r0 f8 X( B
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Ground combat at Cairns (92,140)) I4 [: o& Y8 ~: v
' K$ X+ H, ^: I- O# bJapanese Shock attack
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) B* W; m- W" B i: c+ b) K6 OAttacking force 36101 troops, 401 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 856
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6 A8 O1 l& P5 s7 F% @7 W" [2 D* XDefending force 3091 troops, 38 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 971 \$ T' x( c, q8 L+ Y$ I
N2 q' s9 l6 l3 p! u zJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0: J: m- y+ b0 N# F( k0 G0 E. O, Y2 q
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Japanese adjusted assault: 972
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( ^' j# n5 l# {8 T- eAllied adjusted defense: 85 8 i+ C8 _$ b% t& C( x" Z G
. c) a& P4 G. F1 ^: WJapanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cairns !!!
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Combat modifiers
7 J. [! Q9 Z# G0 _4 |Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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) v) {5 e- u# bAttacker: shock(+)0 p( O- v+ ^3 E. I( ~
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Japanese ground losses:7 W; y4 M: G; W
1051 casualties reported H& V0 @$ \4 Y3 x0 }
Squads: 8 destroyed, 54 disabled& j, U& [; Q5 l! @
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled1 d8 Q9 g3 w' ^0 Y+ }1 \
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
* r, ~7 D N* R- ?; I1 [ Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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1 R, ^ h' t8 S- {7 D. nAllied ground losses:
/ m. [0 Y! D! U( S& [1 r' c2 B 947 casualties reported
3 R! Q8 X5 I( r: Y Squads: 44 destroyed, 29 disabled; {- \* U5 \" r, C) {$ F& l
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 18 disabled) v% G, h9 ^0 ^
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 A7 ]+ n8 }1 x' `3 F Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
" S7 I0 v2 U" |, [- x Vehicles lost 47 (46 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ a. c0 d5 t8 F' b2 N4 Q* E
Units retreated 2
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Defeated Allied Units Retreating!0 P2 W% X0 d. X! ^/ K! E A E
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Assaulting units:7 u! O' k7 q2 ^
61st Division
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52nd Division
% n9 T& i; a" ?( }+ G: T. }! M% M 1st Ind Engineer Regiment0 n; n3 g! g+ r+ p8 Q/ X
38th Division9 v6 F5 L; k5 D; L4 R+ @; f
2nd Engineer Regiment9 m+ d( d8 ~: m' B9 l
8th Tank Regiment: I, J) d2 z! y
19th Ind Engineer Regiment" f5 [, j& u M4 G) v4 A! o
2nd Tank Rgt /1
7 ~& Y$ D6 s5 {/ F& K: A8 _ 14th Naval Construction Battalion
4 e3 w0 Z1 K8 `' n 46th JNAF AF Unit ! A& Y; c; ?5 D4 v4 K
6th Field Construction Battalion
: [9 ~5 K+ g% D- l+ V, B 2nd Field Artillery Regiment1 e( M" V$ }! n$ l: Z. W
17th Army2 I# Z0 m; I* z% _6 b
16th AA Regiment `1 M! H/ p, Q- w; k& G3 m5 E: ^
16th Army! p0 C L) _, E) Q. |! Z
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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44th Field AA Battalion
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0 Q# g5 c# }+ r, S ZDefending units:
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