AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 42
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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
9 i) I0 ?$ _5 I1 i. Y* ?/ mminiKB跨过苏禄海,进入锡布延海,接近万鸦老,目的不明
6 @- E+ w' ]* T& l+ g驻守肯达里的班西女妖再次出击,击伤CA妙高" P9 }. E/ Y" L5 F
驻岛分队伊势日向继续炮轰马尼拉
5 Y1 {5 Y" ]2 R7 i! O3 w; \日军占领班克伦5 K* `& j7 p8 Z, A# Q0 _6 e& K' l& {
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. X) o5 f& l2 J2 w
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bara at 74,106$ ^3 N: }! _" @0 T9 b( V2 o+ t
/ z( j. ?! x" P d7 K6 O% ~* N9 [Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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/ O- b$ q9 P) C/ ]Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet., K- T4 [: c s6 f3 m! |! S y
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
2 P- @2 X5 T6 ], f5 [- E; p1 } A-24 Banshee x 186 ?; D: S% a& ~: [
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Allied aircraft losses
9 p3 n9 \) X0 o8 Z, N- ` A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged
8 ]: r4 F1 {( K1 E A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak. ~" V/ X! V9 G% p8 B
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Japanese Ships6 B; k( V& R# W+ x6 y' d/ e Y
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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; n& `8 ~( a& M+ oNight Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 10,000 Yards
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n; T% O5 M, u \5 I! |4 SJapanese Ships2 n2 i8 z* D/ g
CM Sarushima, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
* E% x7 b: L* _( f; b1 J+ h; y1 b2 L: b$ H xAK Manko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 Z3 E2 a# V3 t+ N$ M/ P, A xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
2 r6 U+ e- Y$ M" t% ~ xAK Havre Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
" ?3 y6 j* B% A4 w7 a5 U- ?/ _" S xAK Naples Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
2 C/ d o2 n% B: e: o% ` CA Northampton
/ S& v1 a( W+ g CA Chester
r5 n4 D: o `3 g% b7 |) M" { DD Blue" X+ }0 {: O" i9 G6 y( g
DD Helm2 Y. N$ T4 H9 h [! a
DD Mugford8 T' T( k$ p7 ]7 Z
DD Ralph Talbot) a" u- N1 @; i: s
DD Henley
% p1 b" O4 L$ b8 S3 h4 T' H3 ? DD Patterson$ B! y7 F5 W! S8 b9 i/ q* {
DD Craven( X( B- C* q+ P; J* E
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Japanese ground losses:4 N* c# M0 Y3 k) h+ K
3887 casualties reported
6 |) i$ j# F3 i$ ] n2 b. w( G7 L Squads: 103 destroyed, 24 disabled3 I( f" w5 W* n k7 R# ?
Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 77 disabled
9 A; U- p( t1 Z Engineers: 39 destroyed, 70 disabled
( I2 K1 o% V$ _ |" e4 H$ T Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
/ F( L6 K. m- K. E' X, L Vehicles lost 39 (25 destroyed, 14 disabled), ^7 S2 z" S0 K& z4 `
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ulak Island at 161,54
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/ |% \2 \: H4 M2 ^, |" U" |8 q) eWeather in hex: Light rain1 W! l% p, c$ E" ]
$ U; J' s' h) ~# [& @) u" rRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
% M6 f' d. R: |9 `# d* xEstimated time to target is 7 minutes8 x7 Q V5 X |7 K1 J; X
6 ]" S2 A k; R; u2 v' uAllied aircraft- ^& ?# h$ Q! x D9 M' W/ f5 g
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
" W4 A1 r; X# u3 I% B0 O0 z# X SBD-2 Dauntless x 24
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Allied aircraft losses
; F6 {9 s. R0 ?$ s SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged! p& X2 E. e! Z6 }
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Japanese Ships
! ] M/ @# U% { xAK Kirishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
; x; N% Z$ k* H8 J# v2 b3 U9 f CL Nagara
0 r8 i( Y y5 h/ g @ xAP Haruna Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 h. x9 l2 k! v: k! Y: @! H L
DD Makigumo% U' s O+ P4 x
xAK Canberra Maru
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Japanese ground losses:
* ]. _. b$ H. P& n, A) ~ 1845 casualties reported5 l6 p1 P" d1 M. o
Squads: 25 destroyed, 16 disabled
3 |$ d% h1 q) S7 g! F& I# V/ u. J Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 99 disabled( N% e4 ?: E, w. ?4 Y
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 12 disabled9 ^7 U/ X6 E/ D! e$ n: }- `+ {* U% X
Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled)5 z3 F; h+ ~3 G2 {6 b( B4 J# a
Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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- d% m l/ y- E7 i0 Q4 w, yAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52* e8 Z4 y( P+ v/ |& b7 `
& M1 k3 [5 W* G8 n7 c0 U3 C" KWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
% n) J {( ?) i1 x" A6 rEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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. T4 X/ B2 M2 z! ZAllied aircraft
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, g0 y/ `. n+ {) m* o! o4 X SBD-2 Dauntless x 36 h6 Y+ {0 Q S( d, _, [$ q4 x
TBD-1 Devastator x 14' W# u, l* s+ Q) w* r! Z/ \
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
! F+ e8 W9 b* Y% N; h4 \- E* r xAK Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: _9 n# S! O* e$ e* B n0 Y xAK Tatuha Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
) r2 i+ [' t4 H- g AV Kimikawa Maru
+ L3 n8 Z7 ?, [: U" m4 [ xAK Zinzan Maru$ [7 ?" o8 a9 B1 r6 n+ I2 w
xAK Magane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage* y. `: B) w% O% H3 h9 H
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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; k" M/ R# e- e: Q8 S7 RAttacking force 4534 troops, 140 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 244: Q9 r2 i/ J9 ^( U; Z
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Defending force 3194 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47
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Japanese adjusted assault: 30 ; a8 j2 q3 h5 X m
, ]8 i) _& Y \/ V- vAllied adjusted defense: 19 3 `! g( ~9 P' E0 O; b& y
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) 8 |! R/ k q2 j* E) c
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Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1; I3 I/ P) F! ?8 ?# f) L7 Q1 b
9 T) W! p$ n% o+ \" G3 ZCombat modifiers
9 J) u' M+ }0 v8 A6 t2 l% LDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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) c9 r8 r0 Z1 K, E& \+ wAttacker:
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- I; a) X4 I( K( T) aJapanese ground losses:
3 w' `1 C: f% U: p 102 casualties reported
0 f- T2 F( l. L- H6 v Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
5 ]! ?9 m0 n' W. i Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 ]$ u, V' B3 a3 F1 s0 Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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118 casualties reported
0 E, h+ V# S$ O; w: r" T Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled+ ]1 c* p# A, u3 y! z
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 |1 ^1 c' T6 C: C+ p$ } Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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' d8 ]' ?8 X, fAssaulting units:
- h6 i2 B' l) r: s, q 24th Infantry Regiment
, p6 F K4 u0 t" b+ i 1st Kure Assault Division
6 Z# n. ~. N I0 h 8th Indpt SNLF Coy
5 `/ [' ^5 p% F/ |4 o+ V5 t! e* U- \ 2nd Field Artillery Regiment3 D# [4 R* B8 F# L/ {8 \
3rd Air Flotilla ) U; G! W* M3 H: ^. M$ @
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ f1 }9 @+ f) X' O
) V' d* m3 i$ g3 q4 \Defending units:
. m7 F$ o' d0 O Molukken Garrison Battalion/ i% W4 d7 ?5 g; a( V
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
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