AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41- D2 V; r7 q6 h
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- W: X8 z( W# W8 D8 H
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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no flights
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SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed( q/ l- M" q, d" c5 c/ x
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
6 X. X1 w- [- ^$ g* W CL Kitakami, Shell hits 14 v+ i; W: b! b: N2 c+ x& U
DD Shiratsuyu
& U( w! E9 F; P7 q+ q DD Shigure
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DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3) H0 I4 \8 ~' `" ?* b( l; b
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire0 h# v3 \5 `2 \# ~! F
DD Oboro' c* f# q1 g1 m2 b# Q
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire. I$ ^2 u8 R% |
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage; j6 O, K, F. I
DD Hayate
; L6 u; ^5 J0 L* Z0 m DD Sawakaze
% q( G: f4 P B& d R$ X6 p DD Yukaze
2 S4 V9 Q/ v1 O# b ?1 a) O' f DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
5 U6 h' _* n, ]( ?; {) z DD Tawakaze- l2 h% g- a. \
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Allied Ships
7 e1 h4 W* ?) p( `7 z6 C CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- p9 }8 a& W+ d- b
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
. T0 b; {9 S2 ~3 \. f8 Q5 q DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 I2 }2 p* M0 [' X DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage/ Y! P+ Y3 u7 ^- S
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
* _0 b! i. s% v# F DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage# f2 c7 x5 h$ a/ b4 z
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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
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& v) ?( j. s3 L$ \: _ p" ]' C4 QMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain. O$ a% n+ u% ]7 F0 J" ^% O/ ^
1 G% \# ]$ C: cRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.. _( b! a! D+ g: |$ H7 k9 |
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes# z: G3 U( i2 ~$ }+ x5 m ^) U! R
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A6M2 Zero x 45; s( J8 Y( r2 u8 o2 X! E
B5N2 Kate x 50
0 ?! e) E5 ~7 p$ A: r5 m5 e D3A1 Val x 593 j. ~* g! j+ m
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A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed* L- L1 A8 [3 s
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged: Z% S; k/ y" m! D3 M* ^( Y
D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses( X1 e- ?' P0 R! {4 ~/ F4 r
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed0 W( @* R7 g: s: `
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CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk" n: y: N5 r, b$ {9 ^
CA Chicago
+ t1 @* e% s. i( x$ q CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage% ~- C6 y3 u) S2 k5 k
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire# S/ i/ T6 ] P5 @/ p3 r- K
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage% N8 S4 G1 Y3 V) V8 R
DD Flusser
$ Y* R" b' o' t6 m3 E CA Astoria( e' l$ m: N- _& z# a. v
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
$ c0 f+ Y! ^7 p' A2 ^; h DD Benham
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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S6 b$ [0 D3 f4 fWeather in hex: Clear sky* b4 N( E2 W6 o4 A. P# O+ u7 i
) D# B. S3 G" P* D9 eRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# A! h6 `' i* d) `
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes2 y9 x6 T3 K: z3 ? }# U+ ^. C
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Japanese aircraft
; e- p6 ~4 l& _- r A6M2 Zero x 32
, u* i9 C2 L! B; K B5N2 Kate x 10. x9 f5 e; }% A% y4 ]( h! T& h9 q
D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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4 `: f8 w, M9 M, [. h. b SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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/ i w" l9 a9 r3 b CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage6 K( W2 c0 i3 j2 e: z
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
5 p; [2 m1 G2 w) @ CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire/ A$ m; x( a. A7 z
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
( i+ n- X8 e2 F) [- |" B CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
+ N# |% L# Z1 _ DD Gridley* x: S6 ]2 P# e! Y' _% k: ?
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. G- H7 f+ {5 v$ z! c& B' E! _ CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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; Y) ?% a0 o \& n0 d$ F7 R9 ~! }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky. E* d" K$ O. r5 g# V! \# `4 f. ]
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.; _7 I/ O5 ^7 P+ L- D
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes7 [& f% ^. e9 O( ^$ j0 X
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Japanese aircraft
2 b: w8 Y3 i, c0 W/ p D3A1 Val x 18
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7 A. F3 ]- t3 p+ b D3A1 Val: 2 damaged" X0 m0 N# T( ?# ?% f+ [
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak; l6 r% ~: q+ O6 D
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+ r4 s' b+ {- R% P. K3 e& } CA Astoria, Bomb hits 35 q+ A* R: X+ V: R1 r
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire1 t: x# U- z# F3 H$ H
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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6 K0 \6 X2 X9 P2 A" V) u4 _) J" |3 d
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) J/ H0 O( i$ s9 r
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022" T5 H; t3 j& `
* r9 s! Y/ s1 YDefending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39; v- S1 H6 ]! _& N5 L
/ s/ w6 b7 O1 c! m1 j$ RJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0! x! f. {* ?1 f( d0 |# I
/ ^& y1 y+ I9 u+ `9 U4 BJapanese adjusted assault: 434
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Allied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) ( s- W6 n8 q6 X- A( a$ N
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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, H+ j/ E- |/ D9 @Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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0 D7 Q) L1 [% H) [9 ZAttacker:
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4 {/ L$ o' A) j/ F# \. o2 X4 k6 oJapanese ground losses:; p+ G/ M5 K _0 A1 @0 g" ~4 @
134 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
9 ?* j- K- n: U4 M( {3 Z. x Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled v/ S: X: E7 j! ^
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Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled4 T* c* q2 x' O
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
* o) C c* _: X Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
3 n$ d8 ^ o2 r- |0 P/ J/ o0 a Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)' S6 Q: _1 S. Y1 y) R
Units retreated 17 b. O$ }. [+ A" y% b# G K
Units destroyed 2 |