AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
: X7 i: o2 I. F; M( q1 {淇风大统领故技重拾,继续派遣澳洲舰队到拉宝儿骚扰日军登陆,幸好日军早有准备; J; g4 c4 ~8 D/ G, f' A' g/ Q9 A
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards+ D0 j- s) C5 t! S
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C8 v3 H& [7 C) _8 J% ^0 l no flights1 T( L( B2 y; B6 W" e( I
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Allied aircraft losses
9 ~* s& O7 b/ r6 ~5 t, V$ a SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
* u6 A9 Z! A# e BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
2 R, f% ]& A$ e9 r% A% N CL Kitakami, Shell hits 19 i& [, ~ i; O" [# P
DD Shiratsuyu3 E% o% f4 e/ j8 L0 l
DD Shigure
6 i8 u2 b+ ]1 ]- S* i8 U DD Hatsuharu
0 |7 [- Y, ^+ ^% N9 V7 [, w! U/ D4 O DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3! @; e3 Z: I2 _# B4 ^, |
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
/ E K7 b, _- ?' U( H DD Oboro) N! ]$ l0 }) o
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
! q% N- u$ C3 g E; X DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 e$ `* m1 N( K, I R' D DD Hayate
4 @8 p' e4 B; C0 m% Z5 { }8 {$ M DD Sawakaze
( \9 F+ }* `; A DD Yukaze
9 ]5 x5 d) \7 e1 ^! u! q* D DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires' \! n+ e z8 J8 |8 {/ A8 P
DD Tawakaze( A4 q# ^; s6 ], O% Z. o% h9 w
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Allied Ships
, N" ^2 j* H9 s; F! I, d6 } CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" [) D$ J$ X! E0 V1 ^2 _) ?
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk6 X- V9 B4 z4 `; Y
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage; ~1 w/ ?& l* j! S8 s/ _5 [1 O
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage) G# U' U' Z% a, F4 g5 h
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
& c; c: @0 s/ [5 d- m. j DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage: U0 a4 ]/ @9 T$ v- `0 ^: l& A' U
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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+ j% V- I- _* b% j% H! ~
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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% A! P: {) D+ {3 MWeather in hex: Light rain- s+ p: t+ Y3 [6 c0 T
0 I- i2 I( z y- GRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 x% n' }/ n3 w' c/ N2 fEstimated time to target is 26 minutes! J! f# J" C& G2 n! J
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Japanese aircraft
e/ @" T6 n, O- @! i A6M2 Zero x 45
9 v6 q9 J7 s& T/ i7 c B5N2 Kate x 50/ w8 |' \* Y5 L" o
D3A1 Val x 593 w4 w- s; X3 I: i6 U
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Allied aircraft
( Q- Q" g( d3 J, E; ` F2A-3 Buffalo x 200 U, y+ `" C7 t$ F: C, G# ]
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. T( E5 {! L( q8 Z4 ]8 o A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
0 c, d6 f- M9 `6 R( L, C# T B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
, s) D7 Q) K# F D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
6 o* w+ F( ~ s2 c7 P D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses. e- o% l) e& ~9 r* e
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed. f: s' G7 A6 g2 m2 i1 W$ Z
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+ k( d1 t8 E4 L0 I( j1 ]5 e/ g5 D6 o( z CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk9 J6 }# ?1 x. ]4 O4 P
CA Chicago
8 E E2 m+ K7 x, N& a9 j1 S CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 w- _; P2 }4 d* ^- }, L' l CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire: Y- a0 a2 |; c$ D4 a. Z
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 B" V; D* g4 b: \8 @
DD Flusser" x, h. M0 s# g# A- w
CA Astoria+ x) N! T0 [% q. M: V
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
2 X; a$ H2 }2 m; Z( I5 a/ g: ` DD Benham
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' G1 t$ L5 k& {6 EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155& \5 R$ j" ~ m! P9 g" H
6 A# n8 W% I" gWeather in hex: Clear sky0 J/ R/ U% ]/ k; y- _- j
2 x1 E6 V( G$ ~/ R1 ]Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.% d5 A/ } v& Y2 v6 i ?/ r
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes# c) M$ I' w5 O# h9 U' R/ S
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Japanese aircraft
, r8 R8 j4 B$ V! H! Z/ n) T A6M2 Zero x 32
+ w! |. R( P5 }# z' c B5N2 Kate x 10
' n' p- q8 k, A. |4 H) G D3A1 Val x 31
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no flights
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged5 \ |8 U2 k) F# O
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Allied aircraft losses
& z, s2 s% m/ f* [$ u+ i SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed- ~6 {: H4 j4 q+ F" {$ q
: [9 r- {3 v0 ` n* y% `! UAllied Ships9 g" S1 _( h5 I) O% k( m
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, n$ ]) L5 u) U( C6 ~0 j
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk1 r7 W! B8 U. ^8 K, _7 M
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
, g( q, o8 g3 }9 `5 H( k CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage- V& N( O& b8 Q7 t# ~0 r. X
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
5 {' `+ q1 p. a DD Gridley
4 a& m! T5 {1 s$ _- u8 N$ { DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage5 V: H8 j% |& ~0 e& @
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155; K( h( A' \" v% G. Z% F# g
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0 q6 e. k! N0 e2 DRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
, E3 ^8 J/ R3 ?# nEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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D3A1 Val x 18
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D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
+ _6 y3 C! I; T' \8 i D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak) M/ M2 n( e: I$ x1 q
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) u( B7 P- t3 U1 ?! z0 u9 j8 W CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3: d0 M: Q( i1 Q5 T9 s# t/ w; a" ^
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire, p; i* I" r$ k+ R9 b) }" h
! Q0 Y; P. \$ ^& S* N. Y# Y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1 g2 @ ^, A4 ]/ r' R
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack/ z* K* i( S7 g" x
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022, \9 U2 A3 L& ^7 V
5 u4 G7 c J- \6 M( V3 {, ~Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 390 M8 t0 q, |* i
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 01 v" E. H3 O: V; t/ o! G9 P# N
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434 # ]5 o7 v4 F% R
$ {* k4 A- Q3 u$ V c, t* ^Allied adjusted defense: 5 - k; Q0 r0 _0 F2 J
! K3 T, Z6 m! Q' `: K% GJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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5 R9 N" T8 a' {5 C4 w& \- o; hJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Combat modifiers
" F+ R: z) b2 x- rDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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: {3 |8 _2 ~" u: N7 c2 yJapanese ground losses:
3 Q+ y U y' B# _/ z, z 134 casualties reported
1 g% T0 J3 N7 n Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
- [9 d6 V0 Q0 s1 s5 n8 b Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 p4 ~: F: a8 @9 H; v8 e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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0 {4 y/ [* ~" bAllied ground losses:
, e# V: n) P7 @1 n% |7 M8 k3 D+ A5 @ 812 casualties reported
1 E N3 B5 ~* G) G( ]0 Y# J Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
" ^2 ~4 r/ I5 B$ k Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled9 ^! K8 C6 |, _
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled9 g1 X D' G( H" W# o
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
, u: z( s7 r& I Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)+ D7 V" ]+ t2 a6 r
Units retreated 1% M* C* b) m( e4 V
Units destroyed 2 |