AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 42
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/ A, {6 ^% n1 m! F0 s南洋战场,日军驻岛分队扶桑疯狂炮击、登陆安汶岛,并发动进攻,降低城防至1级
( g% R# }; r o; T. iminiKB跨过苏禄海,进入锡布延海,接近万鸦老,目的不明. [5 L# ]' N* n* |6 h" I0 Z
驻守肯达里的班西女妖再次出击,击伤CA妙高5 T U" k4 Q( L; b; ]0 k2 R
驻岛分队伊势日向继续炮轰马尼拉
5 _7 t3 X* V. |" r9 K0 j日军占领班克伦5 b9 T( I; Y( A9 e4 t/ f
北太战场,盟军水面舰队在阿达克岛成功拦截并全歼了日军的登陆船队,天亮后企业号舰载机出击,将附近的日军登陆船队痛扁一顿,获得北太大捷
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$ l# Y6 o4 M9 \7 B5 { t) xAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Bara at 74,106
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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& |; R) U5 w6 } i9 hRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.' H! I& u" T& p6 L
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
9 m# I! i1 \' s/ v' _ A-24 Banshee x 18+ @) W; F3 z8 ]8 U# M
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Allied aircraft losses
, j. |3 A+ E& {4 g( U A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged7 b, k2 X* G: }- |* P# N( V# Z- R
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships' |% i0 @6 X6 W/ r, |
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
8 Z4 m! n4 X* `- Z) `; I8 U DD Inazuma
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. v2 Y1 P8 ?* gNight Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
- _2 L; R q. i* p8 D5 x0 I$ ~ p" `7 y CM Sarushima, Shell hits 9, and is sunk6 i- `2 d1 X8 f6 m& A
xAK Manko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) o* F0 [9 V3 g) q8 P
xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk9 k2 F: Y3 u; D" \
xAK Havre Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk t; c6 w' j" p2 ^4 Q# n; [/ O) b
xAK Naples Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
% H2 _) e# f! C d: a# j2 A1 W6 H CA Northampton* q9 y& d: v' v; T: A7 D
CA Chester
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DD Helm
. e* e, X2 O" k) [5 g2 ?' x DD Mugford
0 x- ^" c, X F7 K( l4 X DD Ralph Talbot
5 X( I2 @# t9 V3 D DD Henley- G! {# Q5 G9 _- u& {3 n9 f& A# U9 H
DD Patterson5 {+ _/ t2 j2 X T( {& w
DD Craven" F$ T4 V( c2 ?5 e2 Z4 c
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Japanese ground losses:
+ x& A3 C2 \% [* y/ S+ H6 U3 V 3887 casualties reported
$ [, i& k1 i" j6 ~. B0 X: T& { Squads: 103 destroyed, 24 disabled
9 i: S4 V/ h; }8 Y2 m Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 77 disabled4 E1 E; d+ z, C8 E
Engineers: 39 destroyed, 70 disabled
! Z- _: E2 l8 e+ Q3 f Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)1 U" Z% ^8 H. _3 T
Vehicles lost 39 (25 destroyed, 14 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ulak Island at 161,54
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3 B9 e4 t8 b, ]% FWeather in hex: Light rain2 p+ S9 a. Z0 ?2 P! ]( o
$ J4 h0 }7 Y# {" X: h( h) gRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
* z: v9 d8 S7 M [' C- f6 \. vEstimated time to target is 7 minutes# e( D; g' g/ m3 K) n
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Allied aircraft% C0 ]+ M I5 `8 p' z, U
F4F-3 Wildcat x 63 `/ K5 j9 }7 U
SBD-2 Dauntless x 24; W- n$ U6 h0 d0 S8 |0 e9 p
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Allied aircraft losses
! P# [: R; v( G) ]0 s6 ^ SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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xAK Kirishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
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& R0 c, H; O5 E; ? xAP Haruna Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk) a8 ]0 u" N; J3 W, U0 N
DD Makigumo% J5 w u9 ]7 X( w
xAK Canberra Maru
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/ C3 l# c5 b- A* N0 k2 K/ fJapanese ground losses:
7 B, G( l/ i2 d( U% p5 H 1845 casualties reported
5 u% b8 O D$ l; ]1 m# J Squads: 25 destroyed, 16 disabled" Z; X# h! `& I3 c' E
Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 99 disabled- Q2 O7 D' J6 n
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 12 disabled) n0 m7 p3 ] a0 d& ?
Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled)
9 c: Q6 @1 B4 D4 H+ w Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)$ ^* Y! k2 Y3 v" z$ y! m& l$ z
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52
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Weather in hex: Clear sky2 y. P7 }$ }) t0 t% D, _4 Z
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Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.8 V. E" p! I* M, R) ~7 }1 w) c
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes7 ]3 p! H$ T5 y8 t! C7 t. z
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" c& p. O( ^+ p8 Q7 s) Q0 l F4F-3 Wildcat x 6! x% X h# |2 j
SBD-2 Dauntless x 35 U; u, T ?4 H4 R2 d5 V( u
TBD-1 Devastator x 14
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( @% J8 }2 d3 W) l SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged" x4 @8 ]8 E8 w* R: q
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Japanese Ships6 m& ]- ]! L! ?8 n9 p$ {5 T3 P
xAK Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 I* _) j4 ]; { xAK Tatuha Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
7 _8 h" L! V! V8 w6 I/ r AV Kimikawa Maru$ O. q7 N- A% ~9 h, T7 A
xAK Zinzan Maru
" y6 f0 Q9 t! U3 i. S- ` xAK Magane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109), I4 N- P" ^9 ~0 D
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 4534 troops, 140 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 244
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( J) [, A5 D7 ^5 Q- _Defending force 3194 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47& @% h) z I% l% k0 w& c
5 ?$ z6 x5 X: J n' `, lJapanese adjusted assault: 30
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# |( r; [- b. [0 HAllied adjusted defense: 19 + k0 e& ~2 k3 M9 F
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) * ?' ~" Z. q4 V* A/ [; x* U
1 c+ h( y9 R: j+ U& |$ \Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 10 k" @* c- C( w0 s5 C
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Combat modifiers: D; G- w9 J1 q4 t$ I
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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: t4 S. u2 k* n2 z5 Q" P* @% BAttacker:
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102 casualties reported
2 z; Y$ s# \& I7 M6 h4 M/ q/ F Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
% G9 `9 j! \" I1 B9 _. l& R Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
. D- O! F! o+ Y5 b Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* W/ A2 x1 y0 s# y; ?& n
/ e4 h/ e. K* X8 ?& _ yAllied ground losses:
# `3 O/ B7 Y' g& L- I! x) U 118 casualties reported
$ f5 k" U" Q; [* T& w4 i8 m Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled: M: n- j* m; `. q4 f
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:- c/ w2 ]9 n! ]- F. r3 D& l0 z
24th Infantry Regiment8 P- n! q8 W" t# A; n8 N
1st Kure Assault Division3 s3 G0 Q i- B
8th Indpt SNLF Coy + g7 h* n; ~& w2 h' p) L
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
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8 [. n+ {" y. |5 y6 @9 X9 | 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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Defending units: _8 I% h% j+ Q2 h5 e" M1 w+ W+ r
Molukken Garrison Battalion* H0 k: N% F; m8 `* x2 U. v
4th Coastal Gun Battalion4 R( k# N$ p+ d' O; e g
Ambon Base Force |