战局恶化了,爱头的3CV开始发挥,空袭了肖特兰岛的舰队,而拉包尔的空袭队居然没有护航战斗机跟随,损失惨重。。。。
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/424 Q2 [$ u2 @% P% q! X
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& A5 u: `. K! A+ [( c/ x5 E$ k. l$ O. MTF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97
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Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1008
+ q; R, V8 b. E* x* f* rTF 1008 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97. T; ~' R% O3 F0 ]( R8 {
' d8 |9 }' @# R
* ~ J8 ~0 P% u+ k: l* k$ ?
$ g# t/ i5 _" P) e1 \, UAllied ground losses:
/ b+ t/ A9 G! p$ U3 o+ X45 casualties reported$ f, N% v3 D8 n, ]2 d4 ^" o* G+ K
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,97
7 M2 y6 Q/ [% S 6 B) p: n T6 R' \) u' R3 a
Allied Ships& |0 h% I* [1 Z( x" Y
DD Mugford
% a6 W- B! v( X% _' ^8 Z% O2 ~2 ?4 ~" _DD Ralph Talbot( p0 S, K, ]! r$ g
DD Patterson
( |" {1 E- N" u* W% s8 f3 pDD Ellet8 M+ h6 }! Z) }2 x) ?
DD Wilson
! A7 d: `4 P3 M; ]6 bDD Selfridge
% u. W1 M# B! s! K1 t# G/ g( wCL Hobart3 F; q7 K7 @# k& g9 Y, Z! Y/ v/ g1 C
CA Australia9 d& R W6 _& l g
CA Vincennes/ R; \2 y( }+ v
CA San Francisco$ A( j. Q. h6 h# s
CA Minneapolis
( v" [ r$ j& D$ oCA New Orleans: ^0 y/ o5 [ e* B$ n
CA Salt Lake City
+ ^' e3 A0 a6 BCA Chicago* P3 I4 m' b! M' c p
CA Portland6 O+ N M+ ~, K; \+ r! l2 X
8 d, }: A3 S1 {8 iJapanese ground losses:
; K! [* ?1 {" Z" ^46 casualties reported
U" g) S' S+ e( E# g5 A; V) y6 U ' i4 b$ t# [0 x1 i. C" ]
Port hits 3% m+ i3 z6 z- f
Port fuel hits 1
8 t7 S: a$ T1 I u/ NPort supply hits 4- w3 \# x2 f: S0 k& T
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5 K S5 _9 K- ?; P: k& RCoastal Guns at Gili Gili, 56,94, firing at TF 30
/ j4 P' a: b: {# l- t4 HTF 30 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,946 s' c, }$ _' ], c" r. s
9 I6 _) P8 g# K/ \4 H
6 l; N& v$ V [: p& O. z0 {/ ]7 i; mJapanese ground losses:7 m3 \( r2 ^, [/ G. M/ N
111 casualties reported- [9 m! a7 g( E9 m
) }7 Z: a; M) ]' [
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Coastal Guns at Gili Gili, 56,94, firing at TF 30
# R4 V- c4 g U" h0 I' fTF 30 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94
& I9 A+ Y- L6 C4 |1 O# ^3 e8 v4 ] / d" u! h" d M' u6 m
; u1 I5 G. T# s. C4 }. _ ~/ x
105 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.1 q. `0 I3 e- f" _! x6 K
Japanese Ships) L k% y9 s- T, A3 j5 u
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1
" x9 c: h" V$ b9 I( s* q4 X( GPC Tama Maru #8
# _! Q/ z0 y+ H3 w! z% \ s " ^* P1 s- O, T' \% S9 W
Japanese ground losses:/ T, P: X- y4 N" S7 l* B. U5 Z
98 casualties reported; n# h; B- a- Q0 @
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! B7 f0 I6 A& STF 1008 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97
6 C' G3 C" j2 Y9 t" q* D4 M6 Q ) M7 o6 G) c' J4 Y6 i* C
8 _( t7 N1 }6 d" P: U* |$ h* ^
4 q& b: L) T3 k( MAllied ground losses:) m) k. l+ I8 z# W
18 casualties reported' J# u( b8 X9 ?; j1 E9 i5 a1 V
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Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 10097 i1 a, M- d: C5 o2 c- D; e
TF 1009 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,977 l" S7 Q9 t) I" ~! ?$ q
7 G% K' G. j; P, f8 B5 G# {. x
3 Q/ D1 e, i- k+ m8 I
+ u3 p4 G; L6 W6 T/ K+ L# p, YAllied ground losses:0 z& M# r# g2 U) P# {: S+ V
168 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97* x4 d' k3 Q- x& D
0 s' | d0 K# z4 q3 g
4 Q$ ?0 X3 \5 V& j3 {+ a: L) I+ x
Allied aircraft2 Q) O0 |' G+ W5 C; O6 x
SOC-3 Seagull x 12 I( ?2 t: N( K1 H' o. q
1 T5 d, X' h2 s
) A& B" s9 o+ o W3 |4 gNo Allied losses4 \6 v0 P) w+ w; j. C) R; M" ]7 T
3 p- R/ {( m; [ H5 g# ]1 T% S
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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,973 N0 \! s0 A- p+ b0 B5 O
9 V* u- [! X/ { w$ |, v
* _, g X! n) j" ?5 e- N5 GAllied aircraft0 ], K' H) o6 M* m% [8 \$ u$ b& A
PBY Catalina x 2# E4 Y8 G4 [9 r
; k1 L3 }/ h' X/ r, S
9 B: t" i4 ~6 }6 X( p5 c. ^
No Allied losses n$ C: i) n8 X" k
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Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97
0 k" `9 M; B k" P ) J7 d* s" e2 L' z
Japanese aircraft
. l2 [3 ~" M) K1 L3 L+ w6 x( `- @G4M1 Betty x 629 V$ I5 X+ ~, B$ ]# s% W L1 p
# z; t0 x B- V2 h% vAllied aircraft
) e8 c3 s$ S/ E9 O9 ]F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
3 {" J. D' v: g f& K8 i; oF4F-4 Wildcat x 220 Y6 O9 U9 W2 d- S
% B. M, P3 ^. n2 sJapanese aircraft losses
# g8 ?5 _7 W ]4 U5 zG4M1 Betty: 13 destroyed, 22 damaged
- C( T: j$ p# c3 U a- I3 ]
, ~+ W1 O6 @6 H1 D# L2 I# T! kAllied aircraft losses
& O2 `& c) m2 h% ZF4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged3 b+ ?$ v0 i5 d7 L r2 ]2 N2 x
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged- a9 S: K0 ~3 ?; n1 F8 L% A% @
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Allied Ships
5 W' q: Q9 R. k: h: H+ b# w5 NAP George F. Elliot
1 z) u* A, M6 X0 K) hAK Libra. g& o# p O9 \! s
AK Bellatrix, Shell hits 4
v8 U5 r8 r4 N( H7 ^DMS Zane7 u7 S. i* v6 O- T4 L
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4
7 K3 g( h* j/ s& MAK Betelgeuse8 k' w" \) c/ G- c; K
DD Helm8 B% ~) {9 Z% ~. o8 l# H
AK Fomalhaut
$ [3 ~; D% U% J% {AP McCawley
* t& i4 W/ ?, u+ iDD Henley5 w$ b) R8 I( Q! z1 [
" O% q0 j6 }- PAircraft Attacking:
' ~# y: {2 X1 Q' Q% e 1 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
" J' a6 X' n/ k) _1 T 3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
9 P( V; q' ?. @4 r& G/ Z 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet$ u, m$ g7 F6 f9 _ x/ @ \0 I1 K
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
/ h! g7 \7 g2 m8 L! u3 W 2 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
% E U' `( l: O3 F& M 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet% g# p! n3 i, h5 y. p+ ~: E
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet" E( n4 M8 {5 j) L$ R% Q: [
3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet* k) N% P. }7 |+ w
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet8 G" c3 [, H" U. x/ j0 Y
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
& z) ~ _+ x h) \( ^ 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
# h q1 q u- u' ~ 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
; F" G$ Z o$ u" K) j. P5 G4 L 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
- q4 a' o* I9 P; H3 J# j* k( o6 t 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
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/ j! w; m" b& r+ s1 q" ^( O% h* ?Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97 \# }8 t$ S: b, C, C8 Q9 @
7 N% B5 l o! U7 ~/ V1 DJapanese aircraft
- M! C: \9 e2 U/ HG4M1 Betty x 3
* Y8 v. X; G: r+ ?3 ?; l# o- l
+ v& G* f5 n6 M, B5 H pAllied aircraft
' i8 ]4 H* U2 I& t9 F5 Z7 }. |9 UF4F-3 Wildcat x 12' a$ W5 Z8 f6 c, S& n% ?+ E& J( ?
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
' A1 G, j' w7 ?
0 K- T2 s3 x8 v1 rJapanese aircraft losses
7 `# |+ U. F5 z8 t, nG4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed) K8 g. {/ P D p1 S
& o/ k5 c' L {+ {7 r" Y! Y
. x' W4 h0 W6 i6 @6 |; P
Allied Ships
9 S! z5 k5 w. K: tCA Portland. d( f5 m5 q Y
' f g- t; Y5 s. A# L! I, X- kAircraft Attacking:: E5 ` ]& m5 j$ a% W8 p1 s
1 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet N, s" m2 | |, D C: a$ Q
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91
6 ^1 n9 v' S' M) H0 z% O3 L3 O
1 l* `) c" ~" fJapanese aircraft
; G! y# X0 ]" e6 t5 |$ I6 sA6M2 Zero x 18
8 I& K( ^: [& |3 BA6M3 Zero x 6* a; u) B; A% i" R9 s9 B* G
G4M1 Betty x 5
+ D7 p7 J2 p N) m . w" D9 t& s* n0 Y2 z
Allied aircraft+ O( Q r1 p2 j6 ?7 W, k' j/ C
P-39D Airacobra x 24
: }) S4 U( q' v# s ; ?7 @% B5 e* f% b/ H, m
Japanese aircraft losses
/ w1 v" |; [/ R! JA6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged# w6 l& R& P' p5 g H
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
% |5 P# i( u$ l" U, K0 R1 m( Q9 O
4 t5 [* n1 H. r' {Allied aircraft losses- Q- D# O& Z8 V2 ?" k! U3 O6 X( i
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
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( A/ A: }3 E8 J6 D8 f2 T- L& X0 uRunway hits 31 H$ y7 S Q4 g* v# s- d l
7 j3 v& y9 k! \! LAircraft Attacking:+ j: H. w" d. |" [/ `
2 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
0 l2 d, l) b! u 3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet, n6 F( D2 X0 X/ T6 m0 J1 X
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 63,93
4 ]0 x; J& v, P) D/ u( @+ V 6 e, ?/ Y% e! e
Japanese aircraft8 h0 u8 z/ l+ O
A6M2-N Rufe x 3 ?- v( _0 ~3 W. R; J' ]0 S
A6M2 Zero x 6
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. r* L, ^$ b# m$ lAllied aircraft0 _" F, a, X( _6 f5 y
SBD Dauntless x 49# f9 z; [ D( I- d6 \# Q; {, x
TBF Avenger x 30
" y, r: z) L2 J4 O0 W 3 o3 P2 d* Z% l0 ?" p. {9 T
Japanese aircraft losses% E- P6 q4 @9 k5 ~0 F9 p- _
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged! j. x9 n7 ?, i- F& K
9 j) Q* H% a& J: ~* j& r+ ]Allied aircraft losses
4 c' I" R. `2 }& {SBD Dauntless: 5 destroyed, 13 damaged& f5 y, X8 J% ~1 u
TBF Avenger: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged, s% }' b# S$ b8 y4 G5 ^( f
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Japanese Ships
$ q8 `0 |# n: S- Y- k) L/ {DD Harusame, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage# m0 Q; D5 s& O7 H+ k/ t$ A
TK Azuma Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, Q7 ~+ ?" e9 u% _
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
" |7 d4 n5 \, u. HAP Nichibi Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire+ c/ Q- B: M3 w, j* K
APD APD-2, Bomb hits 1, on fire5 X/ f& v" C6 k) \0 T A
APD APD-34, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage5 D2 }* {6 k( i* q% Y- {8 |
DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
2 b8 y' w! H2 G3 O: ?5 DTK Fujisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire7 {, i/ n% k: }, B" Q
TK Ogura Maru #3
8 v* B0 W" H* `' g
: R( ^8 G6 n5 |$ cJapanese ground losses:8 j' u6 E) z: X0 X
54 casualties reported
9 u2 p, m7 j" ?: O0 Y, c$ E
~4 \! W/ u4 A {3 {' uAircraft Attacking:
' \+ E- x/ K' w 3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet9 F \0 o- u5 e* V I/ H6 J
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
% \ e" P6 c/ \; D6 Z9 [ F 1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet" [/ y2 d; _: b, x3 a% a# {
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet! a0 x" g j2 n5 i
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet6 s: W" n' ?' J) a& s4 c& s$ }3 d0 {$ q
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
+ ^4 ]/ G! {+ M- @% D4 r& ` 3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet( E' ^, y" C1 ^7 Q; [6 A
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 H; \3 n/ U) {0 t* ^% f1 v 3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
v/ G( f( [ m) P2 M 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet j. I; r7 x2 A( _1 ~# c$ l
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet, k, G" I" A' m( [% K3 r* f
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
7 |8 F7 k# [4 e% `" ^% `# I 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
5 z7 ~6 x/ }7 }) ?' ?# { 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
6 D3 ?# Q. a. r/ V: K4 T4 x# O 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
/ `- T, y5 \' A/ ~5 ?0 P 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
/ |6 Z& ^* O( Z' g% Z" G 4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet8 m% q% d; b) |7 u# |) L
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet, |9 l( ~! f0 z6 t% {5 X
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet3 D" H& `( ?/ b: q+ F# _
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Sub attack at 60,862 g# O) j5 b+ [9 N" O7 F+ c$ z0 l
v, d4 W) q8 p+ s. aJapanese Ships
; n/ C+ l, Z+ M2 L6 l, NPC Ch 32, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage/ g+ i9 H g( [) u
PC Ch 23
9 K; M2 x o# K) u( V% n+ LPC Ch 18- m, ]9 ^$ b/ Y% ?1 N5 L7 S( H
PC Ch 17
& _! ^& z& z! _7 mPC Ch 16+ i& I$ I! L/ k
, `$ i p" K6 n5 X% E5 bAllied Ships
' W! T' \' b5 x, U! h6 RSS Greenling
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6 a. G! d5 w H7 W5 g. gGround combat at Lunga
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3 `" L8 t3 O6 {% ] ZJapanese Bombardment attack, |. I8 }# g: o* v; Z$ V" C
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Attacking force 1723 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49! Q* p! }9 \1 R: z
4 h$ L0 F. R+ o5 k8 a7 H
Defending force 19804 troops, 218 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 466! Z4 H8 P P+ `* B
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: P; T! f4 w. s# m& H3 jAllied ground losses:
' ]4 }. H6 J+ d% q: U9 casualties reported
% ^% \ n; h& J$ k4 S* s* C
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Ground combat at Gili Gili
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Allied Bombardment attack0 N9 l; r* i2 B( t; K4 z0 J9 j
% e; L9 ~) Z- K1 L5 I6 HAttacking force 3977 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126- J0 C1 I: O: T" n1 T6 N
! q2 d" _9 l, `1 B# @6 e2 EDefending force 852 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
8 i* J( K; Y& P) {. l7 m ; X* O* i ^: R/ N$ B X
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Japanese ground losses: Z) q: j! w! z/ n7 U% E3 [3 Q
16 casualties reported/ C' l2 y+ T! Y, e1 ?0 O7 [
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Ground combat at Lunga K. J1 ?- h+ o3 h* P, t m
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Allied Shock attack& P* ~1 m5 _0 b/ K {
0 n# }5 N( P: `0 L
Attacking force 18631 troops, 211 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 4665 O2 g; l0 I" H0 P
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Defending force 3363 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49. k' a, [1 h- E/ r4 K, u6 x
; C5 Z: l* L- r; IAllied max assault: 938 - adjusted assault: 1388
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Japanese max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 3
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* a6 g6 ^3 l) B$ GAllied assault odds: 462 to 1 (fort level 0)
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+ P$ P! f1 f2 V f1 }/ u* j! k/ Y tAllied forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!
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5 I* \( _) }! mJapanese ground losses:
4 F% g' W1 R6 D2 g* i1 ]6 U# K/ }397 casualties reported* w& X9 S$ F; w1 J3 C( q- G
Guns lost 22 [! b8 u. U, R4 A& g6 R
& u4 r( z3 ]! l" q4 M) uAllied ground losses:
( k* ~; S$ c! {6 H# B4 z2 J8 M% h49 casualties reported- F# T, `% u! C& T6 A% {( m
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Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! |