AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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* K/ l) m; ^6 C& O4 oDay Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards* R$ k( j2 z% z
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses! d% Y. ?9 _+ d: {
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
( G F7 O4 [) o3 e$ Y( s6 b$ t% B BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire, ?' t0 \' w7 K
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
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DD Shigure* U1 q8 V; U# Y3 ]/ M/ I! Z
DD Hatsuharu
) @9 g0 D8 i3 N) X' o DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
5 S5 e, b0 q7 h& J3 b9 S9 o DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
+ \' y7 v* x+ i1 j" e$ S DD Oboro
+ N0 z4 x" S6 H+ [ DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire& Q3 d! L; q; C1 H
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ N% j2 P3 ~; {1 z7 S1 K$ K" y3 l
DD Hayate
) K5 x* l2 u5 p% H2 B, ~1 p DD Sawakaze/ r+ c( {( t! W0 S/ P7 @+ G1 L( l
DD Yukaze4 t1 f" c+ F! E
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires d/ }5 ?2 }& l6 f8 g- I
DD Tawakaze
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" d# p( _- r$ v! Z) |9 m CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 a& g) r% Y5 H" [: _9 X$ k8 I; Y
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk: ]2 w5 Y8 p" l" T% z* O1 ?! @
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage- B1 _! o6 l8 U" ^9 N4 s U4 w" \
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
- A8 l' ]% f: [! k" w2 j4 Z DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
% |, S2 a/ x% Z/ L; a B7 [5 X) { DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭3 ?* J& O! d, M* P4 ?8 d5 V/ K
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1558 w# R; T; W. {4 Z+ m* ?& J
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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" @2 X. h1 Y/ f8 P4 pJapanese aircraft3 E0 q' E6 V$ O, G9 h( B2 R
A6M2 Zero x 459 S5 E8 d7 p8 B$ N3 U6 ^9 z7 T
B5N2 Kate x 50
, Q8 e4 f" f5 A- X+ b7 `& d+ a' O. S v D3A1 Val x 59
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0 R0 h$ V' Q: U! l& A. o7 I F2A-3 Buffalo x 203 Z* ` g4 }% |+ T7 h
4 V4 A% B6 g, r- K3 WJapanese aircraft losses
! Z; s- \ ]: [6 }/ P A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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4 G0 O3 K6 p' W; e+ ^0 o* |7 [+ X D3A1 Val: 16 damaged% n# k8 v0 m, K
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak& q8 b- y8 E4 q, v) r" ~
2 z$ s! e( G8 q1 o& h1 vAllied aircraft losses
, o/ X% d C- I; B F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
# q9 n& b' J* ?0 D9 u$ { CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
1 B v+ h/ B5 i3 ?; q CA Chicago
. W, ?3 z- Z7 M' u, e CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage: D3 o! ^* p- P6 @0 r& O
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
6 g) b2 B" r) P CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage6 v& I6 Y, R5 K/ Z
DD Flusser
% D$ L( B( V) S* R) B CA Astoria5 d" N+ H$ l0 ~: _
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
7 N2 E U1 p; L DD Benham
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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5 T2 |- U3 ^' v& @ kRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
' P% Q7 y- W5 x) v' jEstimated time to target is 21 minutes# A( @: w3 b) Y5 K: a% ?1 W# }
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! f2 U6 A& p3 R& T" T A6M2 Zero x 327 }+ F1 f" |9 Z6 a
B5N2 Kate x 10. m# r0 W1 P: K8 f" L1 v: E
D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft; x& k% D5 u4 V3 E
no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
& t" s, E% ` w0 C. t! r7 F# V SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& ~. w( \6 W; L: I7 a9 j% P CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk- L3 u9 t1 K. M( M: X
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
- P! u4 ?1 s5 I- [1 x8 u; r CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 o+ q! \3 [. s& W CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
- j8 d7 A! G" r; w3 C/ O* j6 p1 x) r DD Gridley$ b5 u) L$ h5 s( t6 d" I
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ A; K( q7 K2 X4 g CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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0 o8 Q% J- P7 |7 b' Z) kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky' k5 q, J8 {& Y: {
, g0 s& e( i) k1 PRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
! ^5 |# n! k! ~- x" eEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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Japanese aircraft losses8 B5 d. y2 Q5 n& Z7 j1 o8 X
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged- P! f4 w5 L; t6 r3 Y+ b1 I) G
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak, K4 J: H+ e! [6 i3 l% g
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 31 V: n* p5 M' b
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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杀鸡也用牛刀,日军直接推平拉宝儿,下个目标是莫港和努美呀再到斐济和新西兰! K: K0 d& l# T9 ~! M. v5 `" j
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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( L* L% d( X3 \: e9 ? B3 p3 b0 B1 SJapanese Deliberate attack7 E) ^# i- ^# s$ |! U. a J/ w
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39! q$ ^/ g7 u) J& i
( U- w; v4 w# T9 B" w2 [6 ^Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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2 }, \5 k7 T3 Q+ j/ f: FJapanese adjusted assault: 434
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' q- |5 i% r9 l% D2 [3 jAllied adjusted defense: 5 7 p3 c/ C* a9 z4 x
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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- ~7 i+ d9 q5 B3 i- Z5 R& i) UDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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. [0 `+ Z0 y% z: JAttacker: 1 O( e g" ~; J6 D
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Japanese ground losses:
6 M/ N( x/ w" w: l 134 casualties reported
7 `- o5 n$ P2 P0 p" g7 i9 I Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
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) P$ S5 _ z* r9 U Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
8 |, L, s% @: j8 \: T 812 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled/ E. I: Q @: Z+ ?& g+ q
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled, x) b, P$ E" \
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)" j" Z* v3 y9 _+ P9 {! C" Z
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)3 c$ P1 U( N9 E I% Q4 y6 i) y
Units retreated 1/ V8 |/ E2 M% W2 c6 T0 K- @
Units destroyed 2 |