AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 42
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: F$ n3 @5 T7 ~ T+ j- e* v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
' c5 d( ^7 h+ k5 c+ sminiKB跨过苏禄海,进入锡布延海,接近万鸦老,目的不明& D* n1 I9 k/ M5 C* L$ R1 x- N% I- e
驻守肯达里的班西女妖再次出击,击伤CA妙高
5 V6 ]- z7 W! e3 r1 g" `7 [# V驻岛分队伊势日向继续炮轰马尼拉
9 l& G- _4 R8 I4 K# @日军占领班克伦/ \* C9 x1 c1 |0 T
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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( u* ^3 Z1 {) OAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Bara at 74,106+ V# f3 ?5 k/ P: j# f4 _( ^: u
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud$ `" w/ ^: v' ]6 j1 v
% Y4 l* D6 ^# {. f& aRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
; N8 F% K6 g4 B" cEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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& E6 L: n' g8 l$ g4 b7 sAllied aircraft
5 T+ R% ^- d( U9 ] A-24 Banshee x 18
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Allied aircraft losses/ ?3 {' t& B- a6 C) z, c# ^
A-24 Banshee: 4 damaged; n9 C7 w2 N; e P
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
\3 W u+ g- u9 K# q: i3 @ CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire' A' G. U* d& j+ D
DD Inazuma
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 162,52, Range 10,000 Yards- ?4 `, w6 @" I
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_, M3 |' b6 H, ?! @7 p CM Sarushima, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
) T+ L' X1 ?% s7 m. U xAK Manko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ \* F8 v: N8 ^. w0 p% u
xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
- t5 p: g( F4 h. o9 c xAK Havre Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
5 M4 z, A+ _& v: v! z+ Z5 O$ {8 T xAK Naples Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- Y% l3 H5 ^/ V, u6 Y$ @$ a
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Allied Ships$ ^6 {* i6 s# b& L7 Z
CA Northampton" a4 D7 a6 G. x# P3 a$ `9 ?9 ?
CA Chester
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8 A/ v* c2 G! |6 W/ M6 r( p* s DD Helm
Y! _& H7 S) D- p7 S( e; ?& Q H DD Mugford' `6 X3 o7 {" \/ P8 B! h7 B% P0 m
DD Ralph Talbot! B2 n' g' K$ T; B1 o3 r
DD Henley6 O, E& ~4 w) t' ~- C4 G- w7 w
DD Patterson
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Japanese ground losses:
( y, o5 V2 v/ S 3887 casualties reported; I3 }9 P, \7 W! o
Squads: 103 destroyed, 24 disabled
1 M/ p' y6 X: v7 }8 t( K Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 77 disabled* ]# p! q2 L% w* a. U+ H4 b
Engineers: 39 destroyed, 70 disabled
/ \# k; F, V; {. Z4 g. q2 J Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)2 x# M: w( X9 m6 B C0 |0 H7 f6 t
Vehicles lost 39 (25 destroyed, 14 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ulak Island at 161,54* o+ {5 E7 N" P& I& y+ J0 }
$ u( k {! U( p$ D9 l6 t3 \Weather in hex: Light rain
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( U2 ?( J- W) w. c; ~; g3 [Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.7 n7 Y; ]! e& |2 Y/ d0 H1 _
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft Z& r2 Y" F9 j6 ^
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
) ~9 d6 c! q" z SBD-2 Dauntless x 24' s" f' Y" E7 n- L- h( W5 y
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Allied aircraft losses$ T8 G4 Z! \. S, |- U0 d7 l& v/ V& s) d
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged" s; b5 Q. P9 s4 d+ k
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Japanese Ships* ?* t6 M8 ?: y& r: B# @/ [# {* I) F
xAK Kirishima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
, y$ E( L2 l! m, u CL Nagara
1 w2 T6 M8 i% w& B7 C% w1 u3 H% P, N xAP Haruna Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
+ K2 _/ X( l4 {" y, r, n* M DD Makigumo
# q, I+ ]0 h+ I xAK Canberra Maru9 r1 l) H* p9 y: {
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1845 casualties reported" }3 R" V: L% N q5 E
Squads: 25 destroyed, 16 disabled
1 Y) I5 X( T4 h% p Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 99 disabled7 ~- b& m- M: |. A
Engineers: 18 destroyed, 12 disabled
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# \1 ^4 b5 c+ s' d' w Vehicles lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)) \2 [3 `! @/ P
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet./ Q: j+ k4 s, `, q0 x
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes4 n, w8 }4 W; t, R+ ]: S
# M, S# Z' D- y0 c/ t& y8 dAllied aircraft
% y8 r6 l* i! d3 q6 h4 }& S F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
! y* q4 p: x% K, k' p: j. N3 n SBD-2 Dauntless x 36 a! Y6 t+ S* s
TBD-1 Devastator x 14
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SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged! U# [5 |' _& r/ q. j ]" z6 h
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Japanese Ships% @/ n, f0 t) V% G. p( i
xAK Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
! h7 D0 g8 g+ p* Z" q, n xAK Tatuha Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage/ M# {( e; ~6 c0 ?. m6 M9 F
AV Kimikawa Maru& {' z4 N* D, w! E! C$ n7 B
xAK Zinzan Maru, t1 h4 `' N4 p7 n
xAK Magane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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( g6 Q! H- V c; D" \Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)( t" K) I. d0 \- l9 ]" l
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Japanese Deliberate attack1 C4 ]* H8 H7 ]/ V! ~3 }, _$ U
# {' z, A. x3 d, }7 yAttacking force 4534 troops, 140 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 244
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" H' F3 L* X% q0 \" {: IDefending force 3194 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47
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Japanese adjusted assault: 30
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Allied adjusted defense: 19 ' X0 q; Z4 f+ \+ ^/ Y
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) 7 g6 p' a1 F" R" `' S) c9 j: l! ?
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Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 18 _4 W; \1 Y% K: w' d
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Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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9 a3 G+ n5 R1 T2 m; y0 tAttacker:
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1 l" w' F k) F6 wJapanese ground losses:
$ c5 l; k& R* Y: x: T$ \ 102 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled, _* Y% r: i9 T; |9 p: E |
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
' G& i4 w1 g* w$ p4 p2 @* ~ 118 casualties reported
9 E5 b0 u7 T/ O& o# b* a% ? Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
$ d/ y( m/ _( _ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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! f5 }( {& n6 N' L9 y4 F9 @Assaulting units:
5 ~' {+ k J3 }( O7 t. v3 q+ d 24th Infantry Regiment
" P% Y$ t8 m; Q& @* f 1st Kure Assault Division
( j9 R( p. o$ N6 X4 H( u 8th Indpt SNLF Coy
/ M7 p8 I! U7 s 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
' _9 s6 [$ ]8 p& ` 3rd Air Flotilla ( k* F; q8 e2 x; p, q
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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Defending units:7 q* [% O/ M: k* P+ ?
Molukken Garrison Battalion: d( o# k9 R6 a/ x# b/ F$ T
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
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