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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 42
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' @7 z9 L/ V5 z东方的斯大林格勒
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1 X5 ]( j7 a, f( L4 b) ~5 k; y$ \卡拉奇大捷& ]5 ?4 s9 m) \+ m
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英,印,国军在盟军强有力的海空支援下,一举击溃了盘踞在卡拉奇半年之久的日军兵团,势如破竹般向印度腹地挺进,一举夺回了印度战场的主导权,堪称二次大战历史上最有影响力的战役之一,后世该战役同斯大林格勒战役齐名
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6 o- G% r! a/ d4 M3 F _/ s% `Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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Allied Ships
; u$ M$ |4 [8 d* E: F7 F BB Prince of Wales
8 c2 K3 V: S; [' A BB North Carolina$ E6 ^' w, O, i4 n
CA Exeter# K5 [) l9 j" {! ?' T7 v5 Y0 _# y; U
CA Devonshire
& J& g) N+ O L: { CA Vincennes |. i% m1 }5 m, ]2 {: N5 M, R! B
CA Quincy. N7 R1 s3 h- W( X0 b; Q
CA San Francisco% A" ]4 H. c% v2 n) v- c+ \# E
CA Minneapolis4 y6 C: [( V: Q5 F1 Q
CA Astoria, m4 j) J+ A0 m
CA Chicago; }; [; X+ j0 q. ~! e4 l
CA Louisville2 ~2 y6 s ~* }# l$ E4 g! ?
CA Chester
2 ?9 K5 X& [, M H6 e8 y9 Q3 q* x5 e CA Northampton: @' S) [% a9 b: g9 S
CA Portland. O, S% S% P. {# q6 |4 P* ]+ R0 f
DD Dale
6 V, {- U- e0 b6 v% F+ i/ Y DD Worden- |, m! l$ i1 F l$ Y; j1 d& N
DD MacDonough
1 {$ l4 W V+ _9 v2 V( { DD Selfridge' ~* {6 k4 \* a- x5 b% x+ R2 c
DD Cushing
0 u5 j, l+ ^9 T; A$ w! x0 K9 E9 ^. l DD Grayson
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Y! K' \0 j1 E! E4 T lJapanese ground losses:
8 T% z) s; c) Q+ d5 P 213 casualties reported8 N' C3 j" k$ Y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
+ O+ u+ D% K" }2 [% E2 Z Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled# u$ |5 d0 e! v4 D$ n2 V# I& x
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% a2 e' l, B0 d4 `* t( Q& Y; V+ x
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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. x0 F6 S0 h4 l! }Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,83 i6 G' M" J( J( M- ^7 P
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% R; l6 k6 k$ J# @3 T+ o" n DD Humphreys
9 K3 d' C3 J. l8 i; _( g" n1 l; k, n DD Norman |' _$ z- I3 W
DD Thracian
; }) w1 n: G2 ]8 f/ j DD Thanet
" i6 B1 {$ {. n2 \ o9 _# h DD Tenedos2 _4 a9 v6 ?8 X! K- H
DD Stronghold$ g7 ^: X% _; ^, i
DD Arunta2 [) o3 [# T8 a* f
DD Stewart5 F/ O, |* u% \1 D
DD Pope
" R! m$ c3 m, a/ l* t$ C9 q: `& Q! w DD Parrott
) e# \! ?! ~" n DD Paul Jones- k8 y# G: g7 Q
DD John D. Edwards; s, t% d7 x8 U9 j0 Y4 H
DD Bancroft% F% P( l6 G" z& l& Z
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6 s1 T& V1 M+ j) A! ~5 O& o. vNaval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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! _: Q* w7 x( y0 {- b ?3 _ BB Resolution
# k& P4 g- g9 E; l+ i BB Ramillies) [2 h/ p! a2 c$ ?0 H6 L2 v
BB Royal Sovereign
' e/ h4 R0 N" Z5 E( X+ i. i BB Revenge2 L: S* d0 ?: \2 [1 o- L1 a
BB Valiant
S# [& ]+ l# m BB Warspite
. S4 u8 D2 ]8 p4 j BB Mississippi& Z) T2 y: _& c( I- P
BB New Mexico
. U' E0 y' }8 c: M) H9 S* E. |( g- h BB Idaho) u/ a7 C h3 b& \% ]
BB Colorado
4 \5 h: x" N9 ]3 r% b CL Capetown0 t4 B; `% L, [/ R
CL Caradoc! {, Z- K6 t# ~( w& s# r2 Q
CL Newcastle e6 ]9 ?4 F0 g2 _ O; R; ~* u
CL Enterprise2 M- I7 D- G U+ E5 Q( j# a6 i3 K
CLAA San Juan
# d9 g% e7 M# J8 `% w# _( i' R: _. g CLAA San Diego
7 {/ O! I% G* h: n9 n; N- ] CLAA Atlanta- `* f/ t" a* a
DD McCall [ H. Q' E0 c5 @: S% k! z
DD Gridley0 \$ L8 ^: |" U% t3 s3 x
DD Craven
+ g/ c( A+ N+ @# `8 T DD Bagley! A& v, ?9 O) T( R: j) |7 L
DD Russell
0 P" o! F# F2 p0 L" J DD Mustin
; L( _+ p+ P o$ R DD Hammann
6 P+ _/ R# n0 q DD Anderson
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* ~ v' \" a7 \, m, A6 c v! QJapanese ground losses:8 w4 s, k, [3 R' ^, w
1530 casualties reported% t/ q0 E: J) i! o& ~
Squads: 5 destroyed, 82 disabled
" V, z: i6 w/ W, b4 `" Y c Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 118 disabled, B9 ]: u8 \3 ^# Q4 L+ E' r+ g# x
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
, ~( s. V2 ^& U- F Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled)' ~8 |3 S! A k4 N! d. G
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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9 B1 m- z8 k: s; |7 cMorning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 40,8 (Karachi)$ e2 n1 _, O" G/ d3 j- y
% E. N: L9 V- V4 P7 ~; u UWeather in hex: Light cloud. j. C8 ~4 g' ~ I
- R9 I; m. m" J3 f' f7 PRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
`$ s. @0 d1 Z eEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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7 x+ n/ |4 l% y/ y: iAllied aircraft p3 h! B) S4 i, H0 G8 S
Sea Hurricane Ib x 91 G0 G* F1 Y1 _
Martlet II x 10: }2 @( \ k* Z/ ^1 z
Spitfire VIII x 23+ n7 j# T! S0 i* e% G
Hurricane XIIb x 21
& v2 ~* o5 b3 [) M) [4 N) V! j' V9 | P-39D Airacobra x 24
1 i- Y3 @7 u# ? P-40E Warhawk x 28
( ~& r; L4 f$ J5 K F4F-3 Wildcat x 79 f$ H. m3 G V* L1 ]1 M
F4F-4 Wildcat x 69
- m8 F2 y( F0 y, k SBD-3 Dauntless x 105
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Allied aircraft losses9 l8 \9 Z: |0 m. n) e( O
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged) ^) z+ Y: W5 L4 d# y$ h
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Japanese ground losses:
9 Y- [8 h/ v4 n) O 87 casualties reported! X- _2 c% z! Y C
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled, q! V/ X% m2 k
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
U f _7 w) x% ^ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% s0 c$ [5 p- x1 I9 g8 k; ~ Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)% A7 b: N4 {+ Y0 }
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3 H+ |, ]1 N' ^( [/ UMorning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 40,8 (Karachi)+ d" Q6 a) }, d. c+ V- ?
) q% l E( c8 ?/ }9 X8 Q" f) ^) YWeather in hex: Light cloud% r: @: }& E& ~6 @. Q
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.( ?/ ]& e) ~. |( L
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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" m+ ?% U& F6 V% n8 B0 F Sea Hurricane Ib x 18
) `' d) f8 i: o1 R3 Y# B* v Martlet II x 66 [* B1 O" n6 y% r
Blenheim IV x 12
8 z l! g }' E( ^: c ] Hudson IIIa x 12& {9 _, o$ X" F. v- f
Spitfire VIII x 163 E; }0 m' I" a5 {
Wellington Ic x 95
3 D G/ g- {- W6 M Hurricane XIIb x 122 P a" r6 z9 _
B-25C Mitchell x 37
) a# U! J( s- E1 d6 v P-39D Airacobra x 32
5 k' Y; o- N2 D0 h% [! \+ _$ N+ U P-40E Warhawk x 506 {; P. @: h$ o1 L+ S6 y
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
2 J o* l, a" f5 X6 y9 z) t F4F-4 Wildcat x 62
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Allied aircraft losses
" J8 `% Z: ~. [9 u Wellington Ic: 4 damaged- f# t- ~6 W$ @+ @4 C
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged* k% T. _: o2 X M# e) H0 G
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Japanese ground losses:
& U! \2 \7 X [7 ^0 d9 k6 E3 w 428 casualties reported* \' {" E& S& r9 ~& i A
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
+ q# ?9 ` g5 a& I' } Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled
: G6 z- S( q7 P Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 f) n: T+ l9 K8 G& E Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)7 m6 i2 ? P$ v# w3 o, J3 m
Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)! B* p/ i0 k* U0 Q3 T7 x
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Ground combat at Karachi (40,8)
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+ o6 `7 Q l6 X- m1 x. nAllied Shock attack3 o% O7 R' A1 t) |2 }0 @
! \. {) b6 F3 q- n) f' s$ CAttacking force 206935 troops, 2918 guns, 3709 vehicles, Assault Value = 7706
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Defending force 49436 troops, 591 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 1587
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% E& x! E3 H" RAllied adjusted assault: 9971 2 I. B. t4 Z- z/ T3 `) p0 Q4 z
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1903
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; y' o* y& D7 k; \, I1 A$ {Allied assault odds: 5 to 1
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Combat modifiers
3 k4 |+ w; Y2 a& Z# b- ?Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)6 G, l3 o- V5 i9 H. K
Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:; ~1 C% d2 _, {# o
9774 casualties reported5 Q( q5 {" V& w" L# z( E: p
Squads: 239 destroyed, 261 disabled
4 D7 Y# g' w& L Non Combat: 260 destroyed, 103 disabled
+ K* h% e0 \4 ^% m4 V2 F Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled/ U r+ t' {. ]: X) o# T' C! A
Guns lost 165 (80 destroyed, 85 disabled)3 `1 J- g( P) w, I
Vehicles lost 129 (60 destroyed, 69 disabled)
, n& A8 l1 x- Y# k Units retreated 22
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9 g" t1 [/ t3 E9 a) `. r( c 27536 casualties reported& I$ O, s( \% w# X. c" @
Squads: 252 destroyed, 1923 disabled/ {. G: E& m7 U9 D" r
Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 436 disabled3 j7 t& R1 z9 e4 j$ u. L5 L
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 283 disabled
) y9 `- s: u1 H s' f Guns lost 259 (21 destroyed, 238 disabled)
$ }7 s" I4 {: D% L Vehicles lost 129 (12 destroyed, 117 disabled)
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! j2 \/ }5 ?. N2 K# @Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!7 M9 e2 O/ {* y* X" y2 i, Z3 Y- s5 m
2 q4 Z" J$ { O( RAssaulting units:
( s8 e. J; f# E; o+ V$ g 7th New Chinese Corps1 ~; M- |8 C4 `2 T
Madras Police Battalion
6 I7 C$ q3 C; D# e 2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment; \ `$ L$ T- O9 I1 P i& u
200th Chinese Division# ?9 G) T+ k% M3 X1 a
31st Armoured Division5 a0 Y/ ]$ E+ D% C9 q
36th Chinese Division
1 x2 Z/ k% k5 N, o! S# b 75th IAC Regiment
) R: V4 p* H7 n/ g4 h3 _ 7th Indian Division- n- D( B1 { J8 S s! @: l
6th Chinese Corps
( B# W; {. x% E( C2 S5 z7 h 73rd Motorised Brigade
1 R6 ~# l9 I5 ?$ V0 U5 n Waziristan Division0 u" X1 ]8 [4 C( @. q$ |. F
98th Indian Brigade
$ m$ L0 u3 B7 K& A( o# F, G 10th Indian Division
: k8 ?" f5 ]2 B8 Z# J 6/6th Rajputna Battalion
3 P! j" O2 J( f' j7 U5 x 96th Chinese Division
5 T9 O8 o$ M5 b6 c 2nd Reserve Division
8 z3 q! _* {6 P2 Q2 J; r. ^ 100th Indian Brigade
0 m, c4 {3 o+ J; b( r 19th Indian Division
( r4 x: }" Z2 e( S6 ] 46th Indian Brigade& B# `3 X5 O S0 Z
70th British Division
7 E9 R4 y Q5 j, s( R& V 2nd British Division
4 \) `" O5 V) L" N 267th Armoured Brigade
1 p4 m$ X$ a4 U6 S# b- l; } 20th Indian Division
+ Z5 D8 s1 b$ ?, M4 [1 h$ j- ? 17th Indian Division: O# o" }- M( }8 {( n0 S* W# b
26th Indian Brigade* p* ?" s( V2 `/ ?
254th Armoured Brigade6 w, s; `$ s- R0 `! V2 S! S) Z
2nd NZ Division
& L1 j! a0 T0 c0 f$ P Punjab Division
1 m4 r Y- V- `) J2 G8 c2 _ 23rd Indian Division9 k* E0 A2 ^) i) d
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
# A, Q6 T- ?9 i, \ Karachi Fortress3 C. f% A! @# k. \, G
1st USMC Parachute Battalion
9 F9 u3 O' F. `0 y% S- L4 [* K) Q 1st Somerset LI Battalion9 F$ l" y0 Q: `- M; x
26th Indian Division% q3 x4 P3 e# \4 W! U
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
+ F% b. Q- e$ f# F( ^1 K6 m: r 6th Indian Division
$ F8 ~$ p! E; Z5 o 8th Indian Brigade
( U' f/ w* E2 ~7 p- p 14th Indian Division F* s5 U" ^: m2 q
5th Indian Division2 D7 ]/ ]- x' g; x. x
77th Heavy AA Regiment
; M! {% v1 V! X, l o7 V; I 4th NW Frontier Base Force
h% i" H+ }9 P: u& Z RAF 223 Group Wing + F! [* C, ]- L4 ]; n
AHQ India
* a; l7 ^8 b1 d, E5 s3 U7 Z8 x 1st West Coast Base Force
7 D# {$ F- i# | 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
. r1 w8 Y% Y+ s" H3 R; Z' T& U 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment$ ~3 `2 l& g4 k. L P- Y4 o
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment+ z; v8 j# p! R1 F! ~
Pathan Construction Battalion4 N, f; x% J' O1 b( h
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment7 u! w: s) m; V$ z
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
, A4 O8 ]& I6 O; d RAF 225 Group Wing - [. z Z# A) q* q+ C) I
2nd West Coast Base Force; ^/ I/ H7 S0 F: u4 Z' N) Z
3rd Hyderabad Base Force
6 B2 C" D" F. {9 i6 u 1st Bombay Construction Battalion# u+ H4 |% G1 c B7 H
24th Indian Engineer Battalion
& |2 I" l y5 C3 `9 V! S% D+ s 23rd AA Bde
, L ]9 m- s% Z- r+ l, b" J- k 1st Central India Base Force$ [% O0 w! y' a v) l
6th Medium Regiment
& N, H1 l4 z) _6 { 1st Bengal Construction Battalion, E, D m* y2 |
Ceylon Base Force
9 P! Q/ k3 U3 w1 }* ^ 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment( X2 \6 o4 p: u$ z7 m R
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment7 E$ e! [9 A+ e: |% {
Sikh Construction Battalion
5 T/ X: u; p$ w$ Y' Q 12th Indian Engineer Battalion
, C1 D: z R2 p1 S5 a# @ India Command
6 U" Q) r: Q7 e; b: P, p* g 3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ b6 e4 j2 g5 e3 o 1st Indian Light AA Regiment, B+ F1 J) [ d* K( Q7 D: X% K
95th Heavy AA Regiment
* S/ h2 p- C: { 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
7 @. W( g5 U, ], p8 } 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment: A; i" N7 N4 D, i2 J G# A" ?5 ^
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment G8 l V% I: s$ i) J' c+ V
1st South India Base Force
3 T+ B7 t" y& }9 _ 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment5 p+ b. \9 [: Z' a- P) f
1st Madras Construction Battalion
7 h) v; Y. D- o$ |+ y4 R. O, q' E 48th Light AA Regiment8 `: Z) {; m5 r) x- v" T; U
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment$ C' J! ?0 l. g8 z+ e
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: f; W H6 f6 ~4 M( A 112th Infantry Regiment/ q5 m4 \8 M Z
Kure 3rd SNLF9 Y. `' a2 X8 F9 f' }5 D3 p
5th Recon Regiment, q$ l4 j: N# Y+ @2 l7 I. {
61st Infantry Group " n6 D8 u% S2 h
62nd Infantry Group " U0 z" W, S$ o* F- i% C
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment, I8 o. Q- T) D Z; X9 R3 c! W0 C
64th Infantry Group . y; Z4 k4 W9 n- u0 }, Q" R' f z$ F
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade. D U+ u& h& }- M& n
63rd Infantry Group
2 Q+ A- f) s/ { 2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
! V+ E W1 |% ?4 P8 {$ r' [ 5th Amphibious Brigade
$ z- m( @# D: ~! i; R+ }. }! V5 | 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 K* E. q, Z6 _$ @
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment( ^- Q6 Q1 y& M2 C2 U1 u# h
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment/ f3 \1 P8 g9 e& F @/ u
5th Field Artillery Regiment
, }5 n/ ?3 G' ]. P5 u 2nd Mortar Battalion
+ x3 s+ @$ t* n0 S3 i2 D5 o 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# ^. l' F# J; C$ K: W1 ~; \. C1 z" S 14th Army
y, L8 q; p7 n 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion! ?1 e2 N% p0 T7 t3 o" z8 {
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
" M( U* {5 Q" j. i 56th Field Artillery Regiment
& Y d8 N( w+ I4 q 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment |
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