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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 14, 42
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东方的斯大林格勒! a: f% w i1 D9 L6 P3 Q
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卡拉奇大捷6 d( I' ?' @" C1 Y; T
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$ t0 D+ M3 J9 r" P0 N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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7 I0 W' o- N1 }4 X: `Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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Allied Ships3 ^$ d7 Q/ z1 z- ^2 j
BB Prince of Wales0 g L' ]* Y9 ~5 {7 V4 y
BB North Carolina7 l" q& t) `! Q. Y h$ s
CA Exeter& n/ t, L8 v1 r' I* N Q+ Q
CA Devonshire
0 J/ q3 `, ~: W0 ^, q6 t$ s ^- T) o CA Vincennes
j2 s6 ]2 \5 k+ e" c' { CA Quincy$ P1 S; P0 V5 x! h
CA San Francisco" B" H) R' f. r% y
CA Minneapolis
: v+ G) y$ S/ }# { CA Astoria
# ]/ [3 x4 i- `# X! ] CA Chicago& D9 H! x9 o1 F. [
CA Louisville+ R6 n% z$ O5 h
CA Chester. i8 ?! Q& K- ]: P, N" a$ o( c7 j
CA Northampton
: z& w; N: ^* x* L CA Portland
p3 Q" w1 o( f) c, ^8 g DD Dale
/ f/ B; H' O6 P DD Worden
! ]4 j" v/ b& o4 j! h DD MacDonough
8 d& _* K5 n! ^3 B! A7 T DD Selfridge
% ?6 x( Q s2 ]- `! V) `2 M DD Cushing/ s7 D! m. B5 \% {& z( S1 S* r
DD Grayson
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Japanese ground losses:$ C6 o4 Y0 Q6 {+ _8 f
213 casualties reported
! S: G" Z1 W0 a- ^' D1 M5 T5 P Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled& B4 ^, J9 f7 T5 N4 K2 E5 m! P& p
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled+ g6 l) i4 O, m/ m8 z' o1 p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# H, `! m, Q. J+ s! |6 Y
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)) O% W" o- j: N! N) q8 N
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% W- X1 I1 s! f1 M5 ]% TNight Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,83 r; u% q( L! T; v) q2 K
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Allied Ships
# U. [3 U z0 ]' [* O6 c DD Humphreys
; e) [# L, X2 C0 l2 i8 R K DD Norman. ~3 w$ i [4 R2 T( Z$ `6 }' {
DD Thracian- B: `5 j6 C4 T1 M x
DD Thanet& w( h# o, y l1 q. T( N
DD Tenedos
! V/ v* J; C9 I2 U, [# W! d DD Stronghold
% F [& P9 k; `1 ^, R; K9 n) O DD Arunta
/ C" R" {8 y6 @ DD Stewart6 J" V7 N! t. g2 t9 W
DD Pope
9 g7 j" ~' s( Z9 }, W* S DD Parrott+ D7 }3 l5 U: F% f& n) s6 b
DD Paul Jones
3 H+ T, K4 r+ g3 {* P DD John D. Edwards. L" s2 @" L& ]+ r: p
DD Bancroft
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, I' X1 P5 e5 R4 fNaval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8+ F9 C' `. P, n# S& G
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Allied Ships! ^- g( c- A0 q z/ E. v
BB Resolution
0 w/ V8 Z# `+ [ e BB Ramillies
7 C; L( L8 m- N; r/ L7 B( s" Q BB Royal Sovereign$ a. n5 z; w2 d0 t# \
BB Revenge% G4 h4 G$ N6 e p4 Z/ |
BB Valiant' W, w" [# m$ ?) G
BB Warspite
# x: P% B% ^7 E, S3 _! o: E BB Mississippi! t" |3 s9 U X# p
BB New Mexico+ ~- r% M) N$ q! W1 [: V t# `
BB Idaho
9 W4 p) g: H M7 w2 h BB Colorado
" M ]/ ^6 c& E1 i+ f( q CL Capetown3 |( o1 m+ c* Q4 }7 \. S
CL Caradoc* c9 y B' t3 J. W3 [: }
CL Newcastle
9 s- Z8 }) w/ K4 T CL Enterprise
6 B$ y6 g. r3 G" s* J CLAA San Juan
: M' a+ G. e; S; ?0 s# f4 T# ^ CLAA San Diego6 d' S7 y* l- N% u; w) ~
CLAA Atlanta
, O# H0 s& s$ g. s1 A4 f DD McCall
M/ f' Q3 D9 k/ ?1 N- H DD Gridley$ B" E$ ~( ^$ y! z% @+ U O
DD Craven; ]5 Q2 @2 c% U1 D, c* S
DD Bagley
2 |) d. d" q# i DD Russell/ U. ^% ~. {" W, g; R& ~- i" h
DD Mustin
, s+ G; c# y. ^3 q3 d* x2 R DD Hammann
/ W- n7 N) B) G3 B0 P% k, Q DD Anderson
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Japanese ground losses:3 @$ i5 N: \) x
1530 casualties reported( A- `/ `5 ]! G& q" f
Squads: 5 destroyed, 82 disabled$ |& k0 _$ Y" M9 M
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 118 disabled1 a# S! y o$ V' x: Q1 R
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled# D3 I0 |0 q3 I5 B$ f7 B
Guns lost 38 (3 destroyed, 35 disabled). a+ {: B5 v' [5 K% {
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)- X) [* u6 Z% _0 a
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Morning Air attack on 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 40,8 (Karachi)8 O9 Q, @. q. X/ [
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Weather in hex: Light cloud6 K3 {& x' a. D3 O) J' r) |7 m
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
" S1 D! a* K, o" BEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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1 l, D. V* n/ P+ { Sea Hurricane Ib x 9
! i$ k$ P4 p* A/ \7 F Martlet II x 10
6 H3 X. S* W* c* P4 b* ? Spitfire VIII x 23
. H* O" W+ B' ]# `" W$ V1 t$ Y# _# G Hurricane XIIb x 21: X0 e, o; J2 |& L: E
P-39D Airacobra x 24
! k& @7 z/ E& `' y P-40E Warhawk x 28; X0 Y2 J3 s: l0 ?9 f0 y
F4F-3 Wildcat x 70 G0 w# a* O( C& l; \3 B0 j
F4F-4 Wildcat x 69- |4 I. m9 j+ l' m# c, n
SBD-3 Dauntless x 1055 m2 J4 r! I) I. h
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0 n9 t8 {' W! \, g$ Q4 KAllied aircraft losses
$ m/ Y% [* r2 I9 N SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
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1 I' _" f# [; g {' @0 y Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled5 ]9 x! V* P' \/ z9 d
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled, O7 o6 I# A3 j) d5 d2 Z% _6 d8 f$ e
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' H9 r, B3 W7 l g) G
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 40,8 (Karachi)
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.5 q7 }6 @& o: q/ `* { m1 J
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
2 _( C9 b! s r Sea Hurricane Ib x 180 s+ s) p# w8 q# e7 |8 ^) c
Martlet II x 60 \: z9 s4 [& P! B! `
Blenheim IV x 12
' A3 L: v. H' _0 A Hudson IIIa x 12
/ U) K% P; U3 t9 d% s9 { Spitfire VIII x 16
i& h+ f7 {, O6 h1 ~ Wellington Ic x 95
' ~/ r* g# i1 T Hurricane XIIb x 12
( u4 O7 ~4 N) G B-25C Mitchell x 37
; H1 N8 g7 L3 C P-39D Airacobra x 32
! m% s# i6 f! n5 |3 b P-40E Warhawk x 50
2 O( k! _ D2 V4 Q# M F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
3 z( ~. d9 u: J6 o" o2 i/ k F4F-4 Wildcat x 62
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Allied aircraft losses
* q1 e+ ~) @1 S8 I: ?! e% N Wellington Ic: 4 damaged
- A1 I2 h1 f& T/ u B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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428 casualties reported
0 P& c0 n; }( n- F Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled- J; k3 N0 Y7 s* R% {, l. k
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 64 disabled, D( m- N6 D, ]+ [: k5 y7 q, H
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 _1 O5 w G% E" L3 B+ `
Guns lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)
: h2 A& ^& N' U: ^9 { ~ Vehicles lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
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% W" \( x1 V& bGround combat at Karachi (40,8)5 m3 H+ H; {2 w" ?0 j4 S$ b0 }
6 @* J# q9 V! |6 U; pAllied Shock attack
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: I1 ^9 ]7 K& J- ~ q2 X( uAttacking 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+ ^4 L, A: u) |! R/ C* f
/ M; ~! v# I" j5 P& nAllied adjusted assault: 9971 8 ] h i* @) l+ C
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1903 . t2 U6 ~( H1 \1 A- ^; C
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1
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Combat modifiers+ j2 ]) T8 k4 {5 i" D. I
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
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Japanese ground losses:. i8 `, R1 Q5 g3 _, L9 k; Y
9774 casualties reported
" i1 t- S3 ]( M Squads: 239 destroyed, 261 disabled
6 x$ l4 ]/ d: w Non Combat: 260 destroyed, 103 disabled4 h, k6 D' g) F1 y" d! s* O8 G
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled- H7 n! F' s3 S ^8 F$ c0 M
Guns lost 165 (80 destroyed, 85 disabled)6 ~" N- V* W6 H$ z( [
Vehicles lost 129 (60 destroyed, 69 disabled) v% ^: q. R9 @4 C. s* J
Units retreated 22
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E5 `/ a$ N6 h( d' `' JAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 252 destroyed, 1923 disabled
# W! y* X/ M% @) s, d4 j Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 436 disabled7 o1 m0 C$ h7 R2 X
Engineers: 34 destroyed, 283 disabled: p/ f7 m. ]2 y& N* v2 a
Guns lost 259 (21 destroyed, 238 disabled)/ O" i" q' f; w
Vehicles lost 129 (12 destroyed, 117 disabled)
1 K1 h( R/ G/ G$ b' c5 I/ q/ } Units destroyed 1" K) q+ T, p( M, [: d$ o
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. ^; X0 X* W2 E& k1 \Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!2 W6 p1 ?5 N( |2 E
8 U5 J6 \$ p& W5 X6 _& g7 ^Assaulting units:
3 G1 l s5 ]$ A9 n- F7 c 7th New Chinese Corps
/ i ^: q' @ Q( z% M Madras Police Battalion
! Z2 M/ i2 o! ?8 i. B 2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment
% J" X7 _4 \0 X1 C9 c8 U3 c 200th Chinese Division5 a, Q: e; ^, ]; g- _3 t
31st Armoured Division
9 T- d, J6 D0 Z' m( M" n6 K 36th Chinese Division
* b% ]) o0 ]" j" y 75th IAC Regiment# g9 ^6 Z, B$ L) X9 L7 T3 @
7th Indian Division
6 w& X4 X3 x1 H, @% h 6th Chinese Corps4 q) p* g' W* k
73rd Motorised Brigade9 _' R5 e2 U/ X6 A2 A
Waziristan Division
; f& Q) v) X% b6 } 98th Indian Brigade% H& V7 t- q1 f5 y4 _% ~
10th Indian Division
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96th Chinese Division& D {6 W/ v3 b/ p* _ `6 R
2nd Reserve Division
% L( A# F6 f! O 100th Indian Brigade
+ U/ e2 O J+ r$ E3 P- l8 s 19th Indian Division* ?3 q _8 k- ~$ A
46th Indian Brigade3 M r* ^$ H) U5 W+ ^5 |& ^1 w
70th British Division
, Y; o" z* D8 U1 I8 ~! a 2nd British Division; h r' |$ T' G0 w7 a. j
267th Armoured Brigade
/ A' d0 f: z. j) K( k* b 20th Indian Division( j1 I" {4 C' ^: }' ^; X
17th Indian Division
* P2 p$ | J* {% X 26th Indian Brigade% Q) \6 v( U7 i" y s: ]
254th Armoured Brigade
7 @! X8 i! P/ f0 E 2nd NZ Division
1 W! o) b2 V4 I2 ^3 [# s8 ? Punjab Division+ \1 f" y* q$ O! M& N7 I7 a6 v% ]3 Y
23rd Indian Division' g" K7 b& I% c' o$ M# B0 b% b4 b
3rd USMC Parachute Battalion
, x3 v' u& s, f* u& U& [ Karachi Fortress
2 U5 D0 s0 G( Z9 P/ Z* n7 L 1st USMC Parachute Battalion
5 j/ y( S- J# a2 o6 { 1st Somerset LI Battalion
8 I) n" o6 n; d/ k/ \# r' x" K( c 26th Indian Division& o' g3 s7 O9 g% b# A8 G
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
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8th Indian Brigade) p5 v- ?" R/ _) X) i' ]: }) x9 Y
14th Indian Division
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77th Heavy AA Regiment
% {, @8 \5 p( Q3 a) D/ n2 g/ Y# g 4th NW Frontier Base Force
! ]9 W: m5 Y! _0 ^ RAF 223 Group Wing
4 T! W8 n7 C _ AHQ India
6 [/ [( n% o3 E; o. D% _ 1st West Coast Base Force( H% r u r& t+ B
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8 t( A P: z) S: U 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
! ?6 ^9 _ F& g1 j 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
, X$ u% e) u3 @8 X& j5 O0 C Pathan Construction Battalion& Q3 J' p6 C+ B6 }" |3 F( c6 t
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment8 ?2 e& B4 _6 m) J
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment( P, O7 t/ ?4 G _
RAF 225 Group Wing
, |7 h9 P0 ?/ c; q# B. e! V3 k6 `9 q 2nd West Coast Base Force U% p/ X* n; V* ]$ \ G; ?
3rd Hyderabad Base Force6 M/ [7 r$ G/ c$ I6 A3 e3 J- J4 C
1st Bombay Construction Battalion
- Q+ ]) i* M. B0 C& ^ 24th Indian Engineer Battalion
7 D+ t) X1 `; V 23rd AA Bde
5 Z9 b; N. u( K; r7 R- z/ \ 1st Central India Base Force
+ Z* I0 H) @4 V; z. } 6th Medium Regiment
! G- u1 _4 _; Q# G( ^- z 1st Bengal Construction Battalion
, H3 u6 n7 K! j Ceylon Base Force6 l9 f- P5 h* h- s( M* T6 c
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
; X o# ]8 c5 g% P1 P/ U7 D% e6 V, p 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1 U3 n: t- s( W% z- M& u7 d Sikh Construction Battalion
- ?4 Z7 N: ?9 \: F) j1 Q. C 12th Indian Engineer Battalion' M# n, L/ J0 a+ J% k3 K4 s9 t
India Command
- l( Y" z8 c. |: Z1 { 3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
& _2 e0 J: C0 F5 X. o9 W 1st Indian Light AA Regiment
" P* u5 O: s" D 95th Heavy AA Regiment8 s' {' W }1 Z+ c
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
! H$ ]( Z9 T( h* G" v1 j 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
# y# V1 ]4 {6 N; ~& x0 b$ v 2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
4 U: ^7 O9 c; [: F7 r 1st South India Base Force6 E0 n8 A- K0 d. ~2 |5 E
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment2 c/ U( i8 K( }6 V0 W$ L; H
1st Madras Construction Battalion
: Y" }4 X! o1 J( `* |& Z/ M 48th Light AA Regiment+ o! W+ Y" X! k9 }6 |( I
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment( _6 r. z @+ d
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Defending units:' t, J& \9 D5 p" X+ |' P( F
112th Infantry Regiment, x- m# X$ k3 g# M! h' ]+ ?6 B
Kure 3rd SNLF
7 N7 o) ~/ p# l) { 5th Recon Regiment
0 Z, a. p% O3 c/ c% m 61st Infantry Group
( J6 B5 C! S6 {1 u8 G$ t- |8 u 62nd Infantry Group
6 v( `* L8 I" M1 ^* P4 F% j 2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment' b$ r, d2 F& a; T7 i9 U
64th Infantry Group
9 F3 \: o3 h2 d! S0 h 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade0 F7 H7 M" R8 D) W$ q
63rd Infantry Group / H- Y, c" X6 v( b8 @' u4 a
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
" C* }2 |: U7 E5 p 5th Amphibious Brigade
" } I$ a. U0 t8 R0 K# {2 k$ O) B 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ r7 k3 ?3 W* o7 |3 T* @
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment# a- a- |$ [+ v$ D7 u7 o
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment4 Z* Q0 I; O! |' c6 I" f# x
5th Field Artillery Regiment& A, P1 M- Q J: S& A) w
2nd Mortar Battalion
B$ J) I) n5 h2 K" ^. Q5 D 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment5 E! d. g! _! n
14th Army0 C& E( w1 S d/ L) Y0 N! X
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
p9 g$ a7 Q7 Y( { V$ v 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5 b/ c, c" i2 L 56th Field Artillery Regiment
3 G) ^" U% F8 f. W% ? 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment |
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