AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42: c" V1 j$ F; Y, o% j. Q
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# ^1 K. V9 {8 c( ?南洋战场,日军继续冒着盟军的狂轰滥炸裸奔登陆安汶岛,被岸炮痛扁,天亮后日军发动谨慎攻击无果. R. y/ U" l* ^4 L0 l$ {
马来半岛,南方军在柔弗巴鲁的战力打到了2200,700多战力的盟军正在向新加坡后撤1 p. z( U! X1 F+ @5 L" Q
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1092 e5 d$ B# X6 T+ u
4 N7 O- s$ g, a+ iWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 u1 M; H f2 H! t) PEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ ~3 E2 u; p4 W5 }* P" l
139WH-3 x 6& ^# J3 q: J4 t
B-339D x 3
3 r4 F1 P6 _, Z Hudson I x 3
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Allied aircraft losses2 C& W- R5 q% Z% }- R6 R, R
139WH-3: 3 damaged
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% S/ ~, V* H/ d4 y+ xJapanese Ships
0 ?- e" @( N0 G' [: a l2 b DD Shiratsuyu
0 ], s# r# {7 K( b- W xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires8 V4 }0 r5 t8 {2 c9 b' E
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109, N, e6 k$ c8 H9 L4 a! O: j) T, a
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
" U9 B* c& F% O" MEstimated time to target is 5 minutes. G' l- H: U$ i- |) ^; v$ \
+ r' X+ |* S! a' gAllied aircraft/ n5 I* _& ]8 O4 F1 E, _/ R
B-339D x 14 d, O, o1 x; e: J1 a. j7 H
A-24 Banshee x 17
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Allied aircraft losses
: E( s0 [8 W$ I- G A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged+ O' j: a0 z* Z1 {( I9 J* V
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xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
$ T- Y1 _# b( `/ ^7 { CA Takao
5 w5 O' g, X9 u7 z" D9 b0 D, j* } CL Yura
$ q+ z+ w4 Y! n& N xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage8 e/ x! q' @ {& N
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire7 S; J, Q! {& w& U
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109' M- c x; H0 G5 ~# \) a8 ?
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# P5 W5 F7 F v( I9 I5 U/ @Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
# k3 J. l# @ M1 p. G* R4 fEstimated time to target is 6 minutes) Z3 ^6 M2 E; p! _ ^
( q8 `% h, I' _: S+ jAllied aircraft
6 h; V9 s; j% T2 d& S" y3 s B-339D x 3; [4 S: z( ^* _: b; ~
A-24 Banshee x 10
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships" t9 h" r3 r4 a, L8 c: @ U' c
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
- n/ d3 L$ s0 j, r$ W v* B& M xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires0 z7 C9 B" t% l S+ L' l7 g
xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire' N3 Q- [' W- y, N3 b
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.& [9 I: H$ Q$ T0 x4 Y6 d# B
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes+ x1 c& U) U& I9 u
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Allied aircraft2 k) }! t* u1 _# B+ o
B-339D x 1- @( g' k' f; Y G: w
A-24 Banshee x 2
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No Allied losses
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CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1093 c" v. r/ k; s s) a9 O" e+ u
( D$ C$ C! J; ]! w3 sWeather in hex: Partial cloud: Z" O: `, j5 E J7 f* z
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
/ Y$ j- d% v' L6 EEstimated time to target is 15 minutes: b' l1 m# ~* i
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A-24 Banshee x 14
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1 ~4 R7 h) o# a. j! q) l. { RAllied aircraft losses% b$ J: L/ u# x$ T. F, S+ v* F
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
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% F0 f6 ?1 V; ?1 EJapanese Ships2 {# H2 c9 Y b. I
CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
' j0 X; f: u+ [/ k$ j f6 W2 ] DD Hatakaze
^+ n% b/ M0 f' |% e* j DD Oyashio; h+ E- v7 F" o
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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Defending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76, K4 S4 o( I' k; x5 g
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Japanese adjusted assault: 53
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Allied adjusted defense: 121 # d% y% e5 s" l+ ?3 U4 q
- B4 Y) m) N C4 E9 |/ |Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
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& R6 r J: I0 h9 w+ t% a' V' pCombat modifiers/ q1 D& ]+ v6 z' Q! u
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
1 t8 h$ \2 i. J. k$ ]' _Attacker: % I1 x" M) X" @1 ]7 z" D; k
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Japanese ground losses:
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$ S- v8 S/ h$ F- M X Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled) u/ V7 _$ K0 s$ J. P7 S9 m
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ R+ h6 f3 H# z) W
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Allied ground losses:8 g; @6 z/ W' W; Q* c' I
163 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled5 W+ Y/ S8 j v* _/ }
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% v6 Q& u5 ]7 b0 m
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Assaulting units:
7 U2 F' M* Y( C, f3 z2 @ 1st Kure Assault Division
" l3 k- E l' ^* x; N4 ^2 T/ {! u 3rd Air Flotilla # \. {. p" w6 Z. W/ c7 g
. @: ~1 j9 t! o8 S/ r/ ODefending units:* r6 O4 t4 X+ \9 e9 K+ o2 ~
Molukken Garrison Battalion/ K" H# Y, C/ r, \$ q
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
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