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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 43
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2 d$ {5 r' e( W: h/ X  J4月15号，美军两支巡洋舰编队炮击了日军在吉尔伯特群岛最大的机场，潜在3级，目前已经修到5级的环礁塔比特维亚，恰好有100来架日军紫电转场到该机场，被全部打瘫在机场上；由于天气原因，原定对4级机场塔瓦拉的空袭没有出击；% x' [" N1 M, k; J7 l* }
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TF58掩护登陆舰队队进入登陆位置，准备16日凌晨抢滩
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Sub attack near Tabiteuea  at 137,134
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5 |+ I3 M" v+ b5 D  m( MJapanese Ships
7 I5 y' G2 Z8 `# c7 w- K6 b      SS I-38, hits 10
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2 ?( P2 U( U8 h4 w4 [* U/ v      DD Reid, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
) x! g' j$ G1 Q      CA Frobisher' C7 f( N# d" O* S5 y. q) ], ?, F
      CL Montpelier8 \8 r/ o+ ?3 s3 |4 M+ A; o& t  R
      DD Conyngham8 I& [' A9 `& a( g; J
      DD Downes7 f* p1 O& k; `3 p3 J
      DD Preston
6 H" V% o/ J& t      DD Smith, U) \  L9 V3 w+ V
      DD Perkins
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Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134$ N6 N; f! C# }$ W/ J
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Japanese aircraft- ]* g0 q; ^  K, g
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses% j# j) d* t* [* S: z' H6 f. w. s
      H8K1 Emily: 6 damaged" S4 c5 _" P7 w0 R( O2 |* z. h. Q0 s
      H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground! y/ s+ N# h3 G3 Q4 N# W8 D
      N1K1-J George: 66 damaged
4 \& K, \7 W, L# \/ W; U1 r      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
- g; c) z- k& m      Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships2 s4 K% Q5 s- x
      CL Denver
- U2 S' S. V* o5 y1 J1 ]      CL St. Louis3 o3 u' T" n3 k% G( @
      CL Raleigh: a. y* J2 F/ Z* ~& E' Y' ?
      DD Doyle3 m8 `, x; X& `( J
      DD Carmick2 V, w) l$ O+ @# P1 v2 [2 o' e! v7 s' `
      DD Kalk
+ I5 U* \7 f, ]; y: e- u      DD Hobby
# c. ~% `  ^! n: ?1 ?  j- j      DD Gillespie
) y1 B. l! Y( R6 L& w! Q& C% ?      DD Gansevoort) }% W; x9 F4 q' k5 \
      DD Frazier
7 R/ S! t; j" D      DD Strong7 h# v$ w: c0 ~2 @
      DD Saufley- B/ G: f! Z; [6 _6 A, e- B$ T
      DD Radford# z) q1 S: m- S
      DD Eaton  `7 `! _$ W: W  W" d& [
      DD Bache
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Japanese ground losses:- Q; I- M: M1 [0 ~% F; v
      84 casualties reported8 n1 K& h! q% j0 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled7 A" G/ n6 J1 Z% t5 x: ^1 Y# c
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled1 n6 e! T, z& A5 W+ I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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" b1 H3 G5 ?- O% v% {Airbase hits 350 B$ Z5 Q' w, a0 r8 E' |7 U
Airbase supply hits 23; R! O$ W7 U9 w
Runway hits 129; P( b/ L# `. h+ N$ m
Port hits 68
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& n/ a9 w% J* K9 p3 R8 k; c1 rNaval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,134
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Japanese aircraft losses
( O5 D1 S2 y2 ?9 z. b      N1K1-J George: 36 damaged
( E# S% A" z0 m0 F" [      H8K1 Emily: 2 damaged
/ L: }  }+ z* }% f9 |      Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 damaged5 T+ S9 f! y0 h. [  q
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Allied Ships
5 ?: M% W! }) a: k      CA Frobisher
4 p7 {, @# T2 N5 `: `      CA Hawkins
9 e+ t- c" c% H      CL Santa Fe; n  L' {2 u8 J0 u8 {
      CL Montpelier
5 a& o5 M  O0 o0 L7 A( T( ~" n      CL Cleveland9 n& Z6 T2 D: P. F/ w
      CL Richmond
' i$ Z* a/ D% B; Q      CL Danae
# c' P4 R" V$ t( e      DD Downes
2 U* M5 c/ |* }+ m1 g      DD Preston
" _& d/ E2 D! H; m" H1 W      DD Smith2 T) \& U' t$ R
      DD Perkins: @5 t$ Z$ G6 Z. Q
      DD Cushing2 X( l. h! j+ A# g# ]& H- Q
      DD Conyngham
( I; @; ?- Z7 n3 w5 j/ a3 n4 l      DD Case
+ n- Q  ]! O( j) `6 t      DD Lamson) {7 d- r! U0 M+ r0 O
      DD Cummings
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         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled/ R( @) A) r- x
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
( {+ h) H5 `; h8 M) {4 r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Airbase hits 14* V4 X$ r+ z, y3 h+ y
Airbase supply hits 71 r/ {5 K' l1 ^6 E! i1 }
Runway hits 47) m( J1 f8 s4 E% H
Port hits 38* ~! T. J0 q* q( X3 R' C
Port supply hits 6

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与此同时，盟军咬牙忍受损失，一天也没有间断的消耗所罗门群岛附近的日军战斗机，为正在吉尔伯特反击的美军拖住了大批的日军战斗机% H% T0 }- `' l; ]' R2 E1 c
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而美澳联军对波特兰路的第二波攻击非常不理想，美军损失较大，不得不暂停攻击
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.) H: V# O2 l# s( u* G/ m, U
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes  G8 [8 ]& M3 q9 i7 r- P
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Japanese aircraft
4 U& h) U2 ]. Q  S* k/ J, p      J2M2 Jack x 8
8 b9 m) O8 f% {4 e& t: }4 S, H4 C      N1K1-J George x 48
( r. X, r5 |# j% ?3 Y* [- n      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1280 x6 }- w9 V. J5 I
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 151 D$ g# R& b; ^
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 7- t) `- P$ g. C

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Allied aircraft
* C) T" M3 f7 R0 F      Spitfire Vc Trop x 45% T3 b  T. y! P: Z0 y; V4 m3 G
      P-38F Lightning x 24
* \' I, f. z! X- E" J4 W- ^      P-38G Lightning x 35 H7 U, O( a; C  h1 r

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Japanese aircraft losses0 P' a/ B2 \1 O4 D! `2 q
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
  T, k8 a5 |0 q/ r3 x, g      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
. _" A+ W3 {5 w$ j9 C" L      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed" V9 t: s2 m% f* U) h6 @/ }

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      Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed* K& K$ D# \5 j1 f- s& P: M4 i4 {
      P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed$ @* Z1 ~& F8 A/ ?- j
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 1 F9 m0 v+ [' t+ m5 p0 C, W
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Japanese aircraft
' B; P$ _: x+ l' u      J2M2 Jack x 8
' C5 n, s  \2 ?* B* m; z! @6 [      N1K1-J George x 44
6 O) }1 b2 J- T  R& w! A7 q2 o, d# |      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1188 S7 x, j% |) M& _" s
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
' O0 g0 N. j  @" F      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3
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Allied aircraft+ P1 |& b! r8 l: s; \6 g) J
      Kittyhawk III x 16
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      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
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% z- l7 o* B/ A6 L      Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed% O; h+ X6 ]& ]5 r# R$ \8 F
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 & F" Y+ B/ b# g( c, ]* \8 k

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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 37,600 feet.
/ Z. c, _  V. w) s; K( ^Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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      J2M2 Jack x 8
8 v& @* {+ U1 M2 g* A3 q& J8 z      N1K1-J George x 42  }' C# @; x* l$ D. {
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 113" h4 R+ u7 l7 l* v; R
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 145 b" E  s& K& ~1 Z& C' [9 L; t5 C, k
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 3
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      Hurricane IIc Trop x 31" l$ _2 a/ @) V- h6 Z3 c

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      Hurricane IIc Trop: 8 destroyed3 |. a; P% i3 A0 x8 O
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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2 {$ ^# k# v7 jRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
& k7 H. ~# H" Z$ |8 M& vEstimated time to target is 27 minutes
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/ B7 y& [4 Q4 _" I) e; P$ @      J2M2 Jack x 87 z1 L, ~2 n8 e, Z; n; N3 F
      N1K1-J George x 35
9 \9 @  _1 h9 {      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 106
  s' [' g& U6 ?      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
  ~1 p0 q2 w2 J: [% |      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 33 o# X8 N9 j) G7 m+ `

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      B-17F Fortress x 18& Q) H+ y* c/ x, h2 |: v
      B-24D Liberator x 41
/ s& J" I- E/ @! X4 y! ^      B-24D1 Liberator x 41
9 _% T+ N; a. O3 ^+ j      P-38E Lightning x 9( e4 V  M  d7 O/ o1 ^) X
      P-38G Lightning x 34/ ^9 i, u+ @/ Y$ A

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Japanese aircraft losses% _% h' ?& h5 H9 k2 n, R0 B; `
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged! L& ~( g+ _$ `; y. c
      N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground+ I8 c3 c# }  h! m" [
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
' c, A6 W2 j5 j; \. [1 n2 `& h2 h      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
, k9 @( y8 g6 @) r2 O2 u% e+ ]      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 damaged
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      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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      P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed7 j. A. Q% x: T% W- W
      P-38G Lightning: 6 destroyed
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Airbase hits 35 b. x) n( U9 S5 V
Runway hits 27
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) x- y$ W2 c# S6 ARaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.4 q4 P  |. ]7 Y7 Z9 K
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes5 C& j& q# V# B. D- f

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      J2M2 Jack x 4, d6 u; l2 a6 U) @% v1 [& t- ~
      N1K1-J George x 28
, b. b, f8 _& ~( x0 [! k      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 80
/ s* o* R. r. n, `, f, N      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12/ V- g1 E! ]; o' ^$ h1 x+ m
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 21 h4 s9 p% o  O

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Allied aircraft: b# H9 N4 y) J/ t- l2 n5 l
      B-24D Liberator x 16
, I' b, U% O: w) ]. W" |0 h, U" v# E      B-24D1 Liberator x 12% E- y8 T. n8 s# l% i
      P-38G Lightning x 7
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/ K/ n. Y# b' _! I9 HJapanese aircraft losses3 D7 S' o4 d* h
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed  i7 }! C" c; p1 f9 m' t4 f

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4 V$ y/ A. g# x      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged4 _  v6 F8 m8 e  z* b
      B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak8 @1 u1 O" v) U3 b
      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
) y# ]: i4 ^3 ^, b) p      P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain' Z3 E$ _5 Z' \' |$ m
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Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet./ h4 t- ^9 \6 R) i
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes' k* d% x5 f4 ]7 d. s" R, d

; W/ [7 K' H7 Q# z: I, uJapanese aircraft* b5 {) N2 u$ g  Y& x+ i5 H
      J2M2 Jack x 48 g) }: \0 B; T
      N1K1-J George x 22
1 n5 B3 _$ K; V+ U! Z/ k0 z      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 74
$ [; p  P( i8 ^4 U& ]      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10* E- |3 F. T$ A/ J0 c1 n5 B
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2$ _6 T% u/ B9 g% J! H

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      P-38G Lightning x 21
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Japanese aircraft losses1 N4 y9 g3 K6 k/ t! u
      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed& v# @% ~3 G# U8 p
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
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4 @, w0 p4 I5 w1 _) u      P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed
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; h3 z$ E: e1 t. MWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.2 g- i8 x$ y" Z" G
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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      J2M2 Jack x 4
9 M6 }9 @& d7 z; z3 i      N1K1-J George x 17
& _" F/ S+ S1 U9 m# h3 @& @& n      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 54
5 k6 b9 G9 h8 n, y0 r      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
7 p9 m" t3 r1 G0 `% l+ ?      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 10 g8 H' U6 w7 z9 ]
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& j* q1 Z& `" a* z! f* d      P-40K Warhawk x 103
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' Y5 b( F) e6 [6 xJapanese aircraft losses3 }3 W/ Q/ ?. D
      J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
2 M) U; Z# r1 m( d+ O& U% h      N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed2 K- }1 T: q/ v2 a, W
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 8 destroyed/ ~: b8 ~! q3 l1 K1 r0 ?7 @
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
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* u# S, v* a& [5 L      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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, }2 S0 q# q0 q( m$ OMorning Air attack on Portland Roads , at 91,132 7 N$ s& I, t# P- r9 b

+ h  M- M# F1 }- N" x5 XWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.9 s& u! x. W. r7 h; Z
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes1 X' ~" m. [4 ]2 T# [

# K- W( \6 K7 K1 f7 ]& V7 e/ uJapanese aircraft7 _/ a. r! ^: \) X6 M
      J2M2 Jack x 2
. j( w1 ~8 y3 s( k) L  u! Z- s. H* c      N1K1-J George x 9+ V# i8 \% M5 H9 d
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22  {+ N! D9 `/ O$ F  A/ q$ ?
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3; x3 G+ i3 d; u* o6 M3 r2 Z) X
      Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1
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Allied aircraft( z( s" E( a$ L# }) _) R9 K
      P-40K Warhawk x 44
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% I% O& \7 j# L& HJapanese aircraft losses
4 u0 c' b$ O5 o" X: g  h      N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed, u4 g3 G* Z8 n# L/ v. [
      Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 6 destroyed6 W; w" |6 T4 I5 \5 G# f1 F
      Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
5 P0 {! \+ L' O) h6 }8 K      Ki-45 KAIb Nick: 1 destroyed
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0 |* o6 A: ~2 @! r2 [      P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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0 d- m9 @% n# b9 eGround combat at Portland Roads (91,132)4 q+ J+ r( q0 R: M+ e

5 v  J/ ~. n/ L- |2 a+ o- a! HAllied Deliberate attack0 C. O' `' C/ z4 D8 ~9 j% \1 z
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Attacking force 34874 troops, 519 guns, 2168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579
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  ~3 E& a/ o" V4 z4 }7 XDefending force 32103 troops, 489 guns, 630 vehicles, Assault Value = 724
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Allied adjusted assault: 971 3 y0 |* C' X' ~8 Y) D% _6 A- Q
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Japanese adjusted defense: 3045
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+ K+ `9 Z# L, d5 qAllied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 7) + `9 F8 d* G6 v# @2 r( v6 _
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Combat modifiers: W) }" e. C7 [8 _6 |! G. {
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
( s1 ]' S  p' E4 AAttacker:
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. Q: f) d9 b0 F5 B& MJapanese ground losses:
$ D& d: v1 p0 ~& H+ `3 S) X      1198 casualties reported
5 P$ `, L  `$ w7 Y* X8 v. u         Squads: 45 destroyed, 33 disabled
! g: D& V  ^/ \; H& r         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled8 C: t2 v7 B3 v' @
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
% U( [) [% A) I: I# K      Guns lost 45 (19 destroyed, 26 disabled)
0 y" \9 k6 B! ^( f+ T, z1 {& w4 h      Vehicles lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)
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+ R7 s9 ~4 ]! z! MAllied ground losses:( N; M" p$ a* r- |$ @0 g
      2471 casualties reported% H5 U4 c0 C5 n6 F8 S, |" [# [
         Squads: 18 destroyed, 226 disabled
" g+ b% t1 p' k2 n. y0 Y8 }         Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 100 disabled
  i5 K; A6 g% p: [9 w8 ?7 s         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
% l3 @" _+ `. `8 g$ t. a0 m      Guns lost 67 (2 destroyed, 65 disabled)
3 U/ v. Z. R+ T      Vehicles lost 210 (16 destroyed, 194 disabled)5 `$ S: t. ^* R7 p1 u
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Assaulting units:
3 s% r7 _$ s8 Q: r; N    25th Infantry Division: `0 j% n( r! \1 g7 h) Q1 P: q, Z/ ]
    2/4th Armoured Regiment, V: I4 N0 R' i: g
    194th Tank Battalion& V$ Y4 g3 ?7 i( c# Q3 H  K/ f$ Y
    2/7th Armoured Regiment6 [- x8 s9 ]$ b( J1 @
    40th Infantry Division. ?5 ?. ?1 ?8 m5 N
    2/9th Armoured Regiment
% c# \& H$ S7 ?3 s8 `9 H* X. T    627th Tank Destroyer Battalion5 D& ]7 p. i% `8 R; @8 z3 A
    193rd Tank Battalion, B- Z% J2 R; I- G! @/ Q
    2/8th Armoured Regiment
' Y6 V; ~6 b$ {& f4 `/ V1 o    2/6th Armoured Regiment  q8 X2 y1 Z1 Z
    754th Tank Battalion& P- d' j- |: N4 x. L) d: j( @
    2/11th Armoured Car Battalion! ^1 W" G8 H7 B+ E' Z
    192nd Tank Battalion
0 p" A8 t. n3 Z/ _& Q" y0 H3 i    2/10th Armoured Regiment; `+ Y+ ]0 X5 P; M6 o4 b* k
    2/5th Armoured Regiment
* |* k$ F( J8 L' t& h0 k$ m    2nd Army Tank Brigade
3 C5 v! @' m6 s. R    3rd Marine Defense Battalion( t& q3 v* _' p4 |
    2/1st Heavy AA Regiment
& [% ]& c$ {* j" s9 X" l( U    2nd Australian Army
7 o$ l4 a1 C: r: w- A    217th Coast AA Regiment3 ~% L4 C4 N- k  D
    2/2nd Heavy AA Regiment
! q) I- E9 W- W- j( Q    205th Coast AA Regiment( h: X8 W$ v5 U+ ~$ |
    4th Marine Defense Battalion; L, |3 O( D: k% _( w
    2/3rd Light AA Regiment1 a( K6 f+ e. |8 Y' Q& L4 m
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    23rd Nav Gd Unit /1
, d* I" ?& V4 ]( l5 n    16th Guards Regiment
* S5 h' D- H% z9 c    1st Recon Battalion. [) B6 o( c- h; H5 Q. a4 U; K
    Yokosuka 4th SNLF
9 o( U" e) y3 R1 _  N    I./124th Infantry Battalion$ z1 h# ^, J( |  m5 s
    2nd Tank Rgt /1$ k3 c9 @) k% f2 a& x: m' M1 W
    1st Raiding Regiment
( r% [* o! J2 }$ e    14th Tank Rgt /1" a. W0 N% O' G2 ^1 M
    4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
! x; x! v3 J: h    4th Tank Regiment7 p* K7 [' a0 D  t( u
    13th Garrison Unit % {0 q) }/ H- X% f* D
    Kure 2nd SNLF 5 O" r/ ^( d  b6 u$ F
    24th Nav Gsn Unit # U' v. R: f+ M) C
    Yokosuka 2nd SNLF4 F! O4 m/ Z% L
    8th Recon Regiment
; I, A4 O! d# U! }0 O0 V    2nd Recon Regiment1 H% {2 i7 s) K2 `; Y7 a
    Guards Tank Div /4
8 E9 K& U$ `6 k- e& u( z6 Q) X2 N, @    39th Road Const Co
/ t* ^% \2 J% W, Y    2nd Shipping Engineer Regiment
8 ~  c# `1 D9 m  B- c# b) `    2nd Air Defense AA Regiment
/ ^8 \) U" k8 w+ U: R  o+ F    3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment2 @- M0 B& {1 H/ r9 |
    40th JAAF AF Bn
6 y# ~: U6 M8 K6 ?8 A5 [    30th JNAF AF Unit
. ^6 O, d; I, r) Q. _5 f    21st Air Defense AA Regiment8 L0 W) a# C5 n) L! _7 \
    12th Air Defense AA Battalion$ m: Y: U0 O/ g
    12th Ind. AA Battalion
. o3 w1 ~: m( V& H2 P    1st Mobile AA Battalion4 V. H$ N/ p+ U( K4 @8 t
    34th Field AA Battalion7 W, Y9 y: V' t8 y+ M& Q
    13th JAAF Base Force /2" j% ^7 W# M. Q) g
    43rd JNAF AF Unit
* a9 @" M3 R9 }+ f2 R/ k    5th Field AF Construction Battalion
. N9 J- f4 n' a7 \    57th JNAF AF Unit ) |6 Z6 M! N+ P" S4 V8 V6 c- v6 J
    41st JNAF AF Unit
5 S- y* S9 N0 g, ?( ~6 s    5th JNAF AF Unit /3
% M+ k, a$ `# I( {) \" k4 A9 s    25th Air Defense AA Regiment
; N3 R& `' Q8 J) T$ M8 V    56th Recon Rgt /1
, ?# ?2 s( _7 k; K    6th Air Defense AA Regiment
3 M" {! i5 W3 {; U$ Z! F    7th Field AF Construction Battalion
7 ^% G, k7 K7 ]    4th Air Defense AA Regiment7 S2 A* M/ A- y( q
    23rd Air Defense AA Regiment9 k2 K6 Q% [- H. `( W+ H
    7th Ind. Engineer Regiment& p6 K5 h% G% L7 _7 N# S
    7th JNAF AF Unit /3* s4 }) x  B* W0 o
    6th Field AF Construction Battalion0 ]: ^2 r% M+ t$ g; j% i( n
    3rd Air Defense AA Regiment
: Z. [4 S4 l2 H( ]! Z9 d' K    5th Air Defense AA Regiment
  e5 e1 _: O. U, X+ [% Y. F8 r    3rd Air Army
8 x' ?8 D+ t1 ]4 g. Z    21st Ind.AA Gun Co 5 u6 ?: u$ b/ u# P
    15th Base Force /1

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- R. W& S( j0 P4 U4月16号夜，美军一支分遣舰队炮击了塔瓦拉，不过没有在该地发现日军飞机的迹象
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# ?9 V* x3 V" I7 D2 I' K3 c7 ~6 qNight Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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Allied Ships5 J4 W: \& l0 X* q, ~& d7 a
      CA Exeter% h3 y. J' V! X
      CA Shropshire0 g9 Y& }, r& H+ ~, i) v
      CA Wichita! ]0 @$ [9 j; X* v+ |0 f) }2 q- E8 Y
      CA Vincennes1 u. x$ R# Q2 ^% D! D5 h& B8 k! L
      DD Morris2 {! ?" r$ _0 {& t% R; s$ K
      DD Meade
6 b1 m4 ~& M, L1 ~" x$ Y, _7 }      DD Caldwell
: M2 q$ g6 k3 \3 Q      DD Bancroft
4 u7 m+ j# h3 g$ ]7 v8 H" W( N4 N      DD Bailey; W4 c: i* l: ^- W, M& o2 r
      DD Woodworth! X# O6 ^" @3 ^+ R; s  C
      DD Barton# Z, ~7 ?* g5 ?) N3 ]& S0 R
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Japanese ground losses:4 s+ Y1 l. G! r  q! S; Q9 P' n
      276 casualties reported* X9 K% Z9 z1 ^) Y  k
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  m# D, E# i- `/ j* c1 a' W( F
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
: _+ A& m7 b! b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled' w* D- f1 G, X9 z& J: n
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Airbase hits 119 e$ ^0 @, v% q/ P5 ~' [3 ?. V
Airbase supply hits 4
, s" X2 o4 Y; r$ D, ]Runway hits 46
# F1 H+ w" D) ZPort hits 10: j% R6 }) \7 G# @5 a2 i6 q6 X& h
Port supply hits 36 p# ~0 F( y4 R
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另一支舰队则掩护登陆舰队炮击了塔比特维亚，42年12月底在努美阿被歼灭的陆战2师补充训练完毕，和一直驻守珍珠港的陆军24th一起抢滩，毫无悬念的一次突击拿下了5级机场塔比特维亚，岛上6000多日军措手不及，仅作了象征性抵抗就被击溃，40多架紫电被美军销毁，零件带回国内研究。美军2w8千人大军全天伤亡不到200，顺利拿下了吉尔伯特群岛最大的机场，海蜂们全力运作，应该可以在第二天让机场恢复运作。7 ]+ Z8 C4 e3 j$ ?" r: x& a
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Night Naval bombardment of Tabiteuea at 137,1342 f1 Y" H7 r* n; J# ?! m

8 h/ {! i! G) v; y# ?Japanese aircraft$ ?. y% ]) L' d2 k# ^2 T
      no flights3 d) E- F/ X$ n; |' u

% c1 i' w5 `5 R& iJapanese aircraft losses5 L  h: K& x; W5 G( K+ [
      N1K1-J George: 42 damaged. O* u2 E% t( t6 X+ K0 f1 _' \
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Allied Ships
6 ?5 s; R2 v- z) v      CA Quincy
+ S( G0 E0 Z+ m1 ^2 n$ k      CA San Francisco' u6 P; u) G3 Z; b6 V+ f
      CA Minneapolis4 A/ Q% W4 u; _
      CA Astoria: o; L% Y; G8 ]/ S) r  V% Z
      CA Chicago
5 }$ @* _0 G" ?" Q2 R& W4 R( \      CA Louisville+ ?! h1 [3 z2 S% T
      CA Chester: ~, J: h! g# G1 e3 o9 o2 W' ~  x
      CA Northampton! }/ e+ {$ L" y- p/ |) a
      CA Portland- u) k8 m& t. b0 |
      DD Farenholt3 R- q" Q) G/ g1 [8 t8 y2 _- k! f7 x9 e
      DD McCalla
5 H5 j1 V/ j& |      DD Lardner* m3 `. |6 M, ]/ K" S1 y8 P
      DD Lansdowne+ D& f1 }* k  M' _0 H3 ~9 X& D9 [
      DD Duncan) V9 [7 i. h3 O1 K3 k
      DD Buchanan0 f, s% P$ C1 S- g- G3 p
      DD Aaron Ward
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Japanese ground losses:
- u/ w% Z, y& W9 C" a6 a      131 casualties reported
7 F2 c0 g( P$ ]# }8 y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
; l1 Y' s/ j: ?5 X* O         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
) D" c5 y( p" O! a* O         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
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" d  t- f3 W4 |7 T- Z+ l$ NAirbase hits 8. s  L1 f& W) G) q
Airbase supply hits 45 i0 w2 s9 }+ E3 h$ L0 A
Runway hits 267 M1 D  j6 w- M
Port hits 22
* c: @+ c- P/ dPort supply hits 3* i( O9 n. y+ C4 w! k) _1 J
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2 H. o4 x5 [- f3 DGround combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)8 P1 n6 ^3 R! U+ t- ~# C2 {# j4 [
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Attacking force 17998 troops, 527 guns, 333 vehicles, Assault Value = 817) }( {* c4 i; q7 I" F: T
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Defending force 2406 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43& I& _+ N) S8 Z/ M$ L9 [
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Allied adjusted assault: 269 9 i8 h# d$ |. ~" |+ |3 u! |! ~- T9 n
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Japanese adjusted defense: 2 ( `# ?& u: {- Z( Y

& N" `# L! L2 J/ b9 }Allied assault odds: 134 to 1 (fort level 2)
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) n5 k: E) i8 k# fAllied forces CAPTURE Tabiteuea !!!' E9 L4 E/ k6 D

& |6 H; l2 G% j" PJapanese aircraft
3 `+ Q' J1 X" A& G9 \      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses! m# y% N9 M. B& n; @' M
      N1K1-J George: 19 destroyed
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Combat modifiers
* o! d' ^) R" w) k2 r, ~6 J/ gDefender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
/ ~9 D9 w+ k1 l& c( d& O1 W" sAttacker: shock(+)4 \# f4 j" S* e) W
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      2500 casualties reported2 A& c) A1 q; P9 B8 _( [/ N; f2 G' K
         Squads: 65 destroyed, 1 disabled
: a2 ?  I! i: T: |4 |9 o         Non Combat: 173 destroyed, 2 disabled
; F! D+ u) M( M; ~# v" L         Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
  P/ s' S$ b" e* R! E, A      Guns lost 27 (25 destroyed, 2 disabled): q) k! I' y% ^( N& ]7 F* i
      Units destroyed 2( v. @4 D7 F$ H  a  R5 s3 q

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      97 casualties reported) O* G% U% b* q: Y
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled1 n! L/ m5 V. s: P
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- ?6 f/ S2 B/ |- ]2 |  A% [% X3 k. T         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Assaulting units:9 V  V$ l4 D3 G" C% y7 Q( {
    24th Infantry Division, K' t0 i$ Z, L% Z3 ~6 [
    2nd Marine Division
& C! X5 M" @; B/ m& q  V    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 g/ Z0 C' M. _' d& l, p5 d
    165th Field Artillery Battalion
0 g8 ?) }' j/ G1 h7 J- x- T+ E    223rd USN Base Force
/ L' n: B9 [, e9 y    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment
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/ k- ~7 q: [0 s2 Q2 m$ N% ^Defending units:
/ R6 Z# b" E/ Y. G    51st Naval Guard Unit
2 X: V( r$ |9 x7 F2 B% [, @& _    17th JNAF AF Unit " @2 F. ^$ H) f1 y% _1 g, r/ [$ A- s
    22nd JNAF AF Unit

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$ o( Z: r1 S% j1 ^, h! o' C' E/ G不过，由于指挥上的混乱，预订第二天进场布雷的盟军布雷舰居然提前到达，在盟军攻占塔比维西亚之前就在航道上布了雷，结果坑了个爹
$ F4 q2 W, f' O9 |3 y7 b包括马萨诸塞和华盛顿号两艘新式战列舰在内的大批美军水面舰艇触雷，当场沉没了包括2艘弗莱彻级DD在内的4艘DD，另有4艘DD重伤，所幸两艘BB受创轻微，乃不幸中的大幸。盟军一定要吸取经验教训，全面协调所有的船只和部队，避免这样的悲剧再次发生。
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& y" L! I9 z3 e% CTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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      DD Nicholas, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage8 J  N5 j! q' Z) P: @" U* r& H' l- e
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' j, K; g/ b. W1 N/ c% p5 O7 Z# _TF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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. n0 x8 [& e# p; d9 e# ]      DD Monssen, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage4 o* Q6 y( K& [0 f$ d
      DD Grayson, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage6 v  j! P& {/ I: A! ~# b
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- d3 Y; q9 i) }, _3 r8 u1 M$ nTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships
1 m6 b) y7 j% o. @* M1 H      DD DeHaven, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage1 y: Q% H4 {+ Q8 Z) c. O1 a7 o3 K
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)  b4 T% v" d( M2 n

, r9 W1 R* r4 V  `4 ZAllied Ships/ @- H' j5 d: y8 B, w
      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1
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/ y  _- K% a* W! ZTF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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! S5 w# O+ a7 y# D2 k/ x! C7 xAllied Ships
1 ]* r' o% F' \% A! v) m8 N0 q      BB Massachusetts, Mine hits 1
, z; H$ \$ p, d: S& V" q' Y      BB Washington, Mine hits 1
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1 o9 x" P  v; A$ VTF 162 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships( k1 P  h& _+ ^: Y8 y
      DD Conyngham, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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7 Q5 v" A- u- R4 s. N6 Q      DD Abbot, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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1 m! y0 {8 D/ g  ]" W% WTF 45 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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Allied Ships3 Y* J5 ~6 ^7 Y4 |3 w, W+ M
      DD Gwin, Mine hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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TF 106 encounters mine field at Tabiteuea (137,134)' U" T7 s- ~% H) B9 Z" v8 D  S

6 K) ~: S2 C- v, j+ QAllied Ships
; K4 S0 b1 @6 C- ?* g) j% o      DD Conway, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage

hades1001

我以前见过中１，２个水雷的，那还是几万水雷的时代
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* L; T. R: w/ y2 }0 i9 r) ~不过我没有试过在敌人基地布雷然后登陆，
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这次算是长见识了

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 43
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盟军水面舰队再次压制吉尔伯特群岛的３级机场迈阿那和塔瓦拉，这两个基地分别由一支日本地勤部队驻守，经过连续的轰炸和炮击，相信暂时失去了起降飞机的能力
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9 N$ y$ ]5 R: d# P) f- p; zNight Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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1 b) }( p# q9 O" i$ H7 R, o2 nAllied Ships5 ]1 D3 Z/ n% r/ x8 d! J5 A
      CA Vincennes" g1 q# o7 T; @
      CA Quincy
2 b2 [) R3 I! V& e# v      CA San Francisco
# Z: e  p+ B" |2 ~      CL Santa Fe
' j6 V$ a% S- e6 v  t9 P0 W      CL Denver, a$ R5 k$ Z. T. n4 V
      CL Montpelier
5 w: }; Z) E. A      CL Cleveland
& m5 p' R4 A' {9 y& C, e, k      DD Doyle
  h, F0 ]5 Y6 J9 P3 u, s      DD Carmick* M7 H$ M  q/ R6 Q8 S2 A
      DD Strong4 B. K2 i3 E  \3 o
      DD Saufley; C, z8 ^& w& y; |# G) A$ k9 S: M) L
      DD Radford
! F! Z* x: k# d4 |6 Z! w: {. n9 a2 L
Japanese ground losses:) ]+ g! G5 V5 X9 M
      340 casualties reported, J0 N; ]. `. v  e: L5 H. n- e9 S
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( Z: h9 _6 M3 C& X, V! I$ b2 ^9 Y         Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled4 a3 m2 M. v9 E* M4 ~: v
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled/ S/ y9 c5 ]. u" S' `& ?, b

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Airbase hits 21. Y1 X$ W/ m( m% X1 f9 ~" o
Airbase supply hits 5
7 c3 L, f$ T  u% _7 XRunway hits 59
& E& w/ V6 J, U- _4 EPort hits 23
( w. @& u+ F# z8 Q4 Y+ f2 BPort supply hits 6* Z: n" A6 [2 ~; ]
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Night Naval bombardment of Maiana at 135,129
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Allied Ships  q) h+ e% k1 ], G$ I. {9 T6 E# j
      CA Minneapolis6 U2 i- Z; H4 ]0 p" g8 \9 W
      CA Astoria
7 s. `4 k& M4 F9 f2 K- d3 J      CL St. Louis
3 Y* T. e% c9 ]( u2 N3 O  n/ [      CL Raleigh: N& M3 s5 o- t
      CL Richmond
9 d1 }" }2 r( H; B      CL Danae
* t$ A* |$ Q; ?" r+ I% z0 l      DD Downes
4 ?& n1 R) {) P! A      DD Perkins
2 i$ T2 G, @1 h' H      DD Case
- b9 j: }: `: f      DD Lamson
7 C  u. Z3 Y* c$ ~      DD Cummings( q& P8 Y; f" x7 g  Q% \

8 [1 D1 i2 s; F, I4 ?Japanese ground losses:% X0 R0 X4 [/ j. r
      261 casualties reported6 Q" A5 c7 e$ P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& P4 k! z2 H8 h6 c" P/ s+ p; L         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
) M5 x( t$ @& ]0 W1 ^. z1 u* u7 i) Q  z         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled5 ]& c. U; g* _3 k8 X5 Q+ g! T( O( n

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; W: Y5 `8 a6 C" U1 l, e7 q% fAirbase hits 5
3 L. ?5 @, v# x4 e$ ^# MAirbase supply hits 6" D% n, Z: ]0 D: I! e. S
Runway hits 30+ I" ~; C* T3 a/ |: X' F
Port hits 4
+ f" a6 ^. I+ R1 ?4 w8 nPort supply hits 1* O7 K0 Y" D3 S' R& T1 m
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* C$ h2 {) H# A印度方面盟军也组织了大批轰炸机对进入范围的６０w日本大军进行狂轰滥炸，第一天的轰炸结果还不错5 q* z% R) B1 x! `
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1 H5 y# B0 ~( S% {: I8 eMorning Air attack on 27th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)2 G* g- z* Z+ O0 ]0 s, Y* A  R9 ]

! a+ m. B5 U. E) G& rWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% \8 g! M( t; r8 o0 bEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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      Beaufighter VIc x 27
* [/ ^1 E, m3 t      Blenheim VD x 26
- D7 D$ z- s" P, W3 x8 _      Hudson IIIa x 27: h# ^0 I4 V. q$ H0 l7 W' w
      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12/ _' X7 G4 M6 Z. b1 K4 V. g; s
      Lysander II x 13: o6 d) \% L* R, s1 n
      CW-22 Falcon x 27
$ B: |) |0 l% `      DB-7B x 11. N1 {. f7 |4 R# ^/ \. Q
      B-25C Mitchell x 56
4 ]! y: K( Y, |9 I      B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
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/ k& ], E$ c$ t% B+ j4 i& C* xAllied aircraft losses3 @; R  ]/ k/ L$ ]6 \, W
      Blenheim VD: 7 damaged7 I: z+ O& w7 u
      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak: j* _6 _, ]5 T3 R) t
      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged: H! a: N5 S- z& ]' ~5 Y. @
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak/ @( U/ }( e. @# {2 p5 Q
      Lysander II: 4 damaged
, C4 H" \/ [( t5 _" Y4 P6 P      CW-22 Falcon: 6 damaged
0 i1 k- e6 p5 m) p4 v& A      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak5 W/ l% V$ ?! G! W# N: Y- ]% R8 h9 f
      DB-7B: 6 damaged2 I6 s1 q3 k6 R/ x- l& g
      DB-7B: 1 destroyed by flak
$ E3 I0 i" ?# w0 s( C" k      B-25C Mitchell: 14 damaged
  p9 X1 y) i) `5 |8 T      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
! |% d( C  y# ^2 _  u2 l, I* m      B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged2 q& u2 |/ ^* B5 _% \

, O2 u% l7 R( V4 t% }! q5 w, L5 D7 ?Japanese ground losses:# y2 \% ~/ j( a0 _
      881 casualties reported$ F9 B4 H( `6 x2 C9 r/ u2 _5 V
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled: d3 c4 B/ ?( i
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
4 J* S$ y$ o* d' c! k         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
- ^9 A. o4 a, d6 Y5 r      Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)* l: \, Y6 e* h! ?, j" G3 L
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) ?9 A. M6 A- \& TMorning Air attack on 40th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)  k; M& U& c4 ]8 B* w, \

* t* j: {2 C6 E( C# ~) X* CWeather in hex: Clear sky3 g9 E4 D3 |' D. E& w* H3 `! Z
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
: @- A5 ?! u- fEstimated time to target is 19 minutes
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5 O3 ^, \- r6 {' J* ~% h1 nAllied aircraft6 R) k% n2 r/ v
      B-25C Mitchell x 9( c% h2 M# @' t4 `
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 20
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+ C% r- ^' p5 oAllied aircraft losses+ f  E1 A' n+ A) Q+ I# m
      B-25C Mitchell: 8 damaged2 k- n* `2 x" K& _( W  @! W- m" K2 e
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 15 damaged# h2 o( @. n4 q; ]
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak" x+ @: k: ]5 B7 h  w" K
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Japanese ground losses:8 p; K# l& \' I9 z6 O: c. q
      332 casualties reported/ a1 c+ G6 F' Z; _$ L4 p% X
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 21 disabled8 H: @" S  {" {, K5 y. v
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled. g& p/ R4 ?5 c; s1 h, ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 u# |% ]! T  V) K8 {+ _1 c+ n5 b      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)% N$ r1 s, p# ~! T+ s; }5 `6 O1 c3 l$ K+ |
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5 l7 @$ y& T5 [美军肃清塔比特维亚日军残部，６０００多日军被全部歼灭
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Ground combat at Tabiteuea (137,134)
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8 g# g& m" X6 w, |% SAllied Deliberate attack' T, z8 }3 N9 {2 a  e# L! O

) f" y; |, w& r, v4 @( ]9 i- ^: Z- {Attacking force 20729 troops, 541 guns, 437 vehicles, Assault Value = 812
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+ B7 }$ I( r* K" A; ?Defending force 590 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
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Allied adjusted assault: 376
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' n) o- `& \6 S1 N% H2 hJapanese adjusted defense: 1
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Allied assault odds: 376 to 1 8 H) O5 U# e6 o8 s
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Combat modifiers8 [4 P' n5 C1 X# A6 B
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)0 p/ d' V0 h7 m3 {+ }, [7 Y' i' i
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:5 \& c) C' V# ?5 ]& z
      820 casualties reported
. }) H! {- {+ U         Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
: b2 l- j( e% }% }         Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled3 X( l: H& U/ A+ \
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ T( x( R! `  ~4 X. s1 T      Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)* o, C1 J' c* D/ A
      Units destroyed 1
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    24th Infantry Division1 x8 ^- H& N" R
    2nd Marine Division+ w9 s5 h3 s( B/ |
    165th Field Artillery Battalion/ ^& h1 D' u+ k' _4 _
    223rd USN Base Force
) X& a3 G1 u: N, L3 @. u0 D/ J    1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' h5 K8 A- x1 j, K4 h    3rd USN Naval Construction Regiment- }# c6 u& Y: Q& Y

7 V2 t1 C& U$ l5 h  NDefending units:
7 c- V: n* b: v* E' |    22nd JNAF AF Unit

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 43
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印度盟军轰炸机轰炸了日本大军的殿后部队，这批日军有3个师团，没有AA掩护，在盟军的猛烈空袭下一天伤亡了近2000人，但是相比60w大军的数字，也还是毛毛雨了
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# h1 A+ X# P0 `7 \% C5 j4 pMorning Air attack on 54th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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. e0 ?; G  W2 Y0 [  h7 B/ ~Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 G. I( f+ }) Y+ d. r+ L& mEstimated time to target is 9 minutes
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. F/ M9 H$ c1 }; H# x0 D1 a& bAllied aircraft( Z$ o& Z# n) ~# z* a
      Beaufighter VIc x 7
) h: S0 E; R, x; t      Blenheim IV x 50
% w+ R9 F/ @  U6 L+ ?4 Y      Blenheim VD x 17: w2 h3 p6 i! d  L- C
      Hudson IIIa x 9& M% F0 i) Q& N6 H7 Y& k
      Lysander II x 12
8 W8 {0 w% A4 e+ s. r      Vengeance I x 20. t; M! e) ^  m6 |
      139WH-3 x 9$ e# Z( N" ~- ^/ |3 Q! f" q% ?
      CW-22 Falcon x 14; Z! T1 u* ?3 D+ E8 N7 l
      L-212 x 89 _8 z" B1 ]7 l* n
      DB-7B x 12! o2 Z/ q" @& K2 ~+ E5 K+ c; b1 g
      B-25C Mitchell x 55& C  M( j8 G0 m) L5 o* n' u; x
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 18; T/ B2 ?  v  e$ q
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      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged
& |& d$ F. z& g+ }0 Y0 j$ g      DB-7B: 3 damaged6 O$ t& I8 C( _! }/ U. O/ ?; K
      B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
: `' ?, x! }! U" {, K4 K      B-25D1 Mitchell: 9 damaged6 g9 o, V1 B5 i2 ]

3 t! d4 O$ x% ], b, u; Q% HJapanese ground losses:
, d' ]! ^  ^3 x6 Z& x      1584 casualties reported6 l& y# ?. D, W
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 106 disabled) ], v' l: h8 w( h2 L2 K! r4 T& G6 B
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled# e3 O7 N4 y& A2 b7 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
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! H( @% ?  W9 b4 B# DMorning Air attack on 11th Division, at 46,8 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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9 W1 o( g4 J& v/ W  |9 `  u- T( CRaid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.+ j) v6 w8 V0 z
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes; [$ `$ }, W  ^- ^/ v1 T! U

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      Beaufighter VIc x 8
. n$ o* Q6 b# d* g/ {$ H      Hudson IIIa x 18% c4 h4 t% R/ L
      Hurricane FR.IIb x 12- O& ?- ^7 h9 P
      Vengeance I x 36
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      Hudson IIIa: 1 damaged  x/ Z6 I/ @3 B% O- v7 ]* K

4 o8 e, z. ]2 V# @3 V9 qJapanese ground losses:
* {% a3 q9 L% A  S      286 casualties reported1 [9 x6 K, R; d  \6 m" ]0 J/ g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
4 x$ @8 G9 c7 c" {% @         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
: z" Y. Y. E; G  j9 ]7 A8 F6 `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

hades1001

据不完全统计日本南方军目前拥有30多个师团，40多个旅团加联队，各种步兵群，坦克/工兵/高炮，总战斗力预计2w6+  U0 t8 ~7 d& Z8 r+ |8 Q, c- N
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人肉之多骇人听闻

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 43
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Sub attack near Kuria  at 135,1315 R, c7 q, ~" F3 U/ ~( v

! s" G' M; }  n; gJapanese Ships
; X3 \/ P) p' _5 p3 d( W      SS I-180% j+ g; R0 m3 r2 F
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Allied Ships
& o7 H" b4 o: c$ a; U# B6 i# ?      LCI-23, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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% n: X" b6 r1 Q2 z/ v# dSub attack near Merauke  at 89,124" r1 W! Z7 Q7 o/ N; @2 x: [$ O
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Japanese Ships
, q" v* R0 ^+ o      PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage# z6 W! y7 @, G# h
      PB Kenkon Maru" M0 [& C+ o& K
      CM Itsukushima6 L" R2 c, P* I5 R9 \( @7 ^
      CM Tsugaru
  z8 H  W0 i1 g0 _3 K, c- h4 A. J( q      xAK Taiko Maru6 u5 `9 M% H- }$ H. @7 G  U* F
      xAK Sensan Maru* q: m, ]* v3 Y
      xAK Kohoku Maru" T# x* _9 S& ^' q
      PB Nikkai Maru
* J) E* J+ C+ a% H/ Z+ h% F      PB Nanpo Maru
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, R" G* a/ |( ^  j5 o$ I4 O0 rAllied Ships3 n( m( L8 h1 J2 x# \1 {3 T
      SS S-31, hits 6
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Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)/ }- y) H/ o6 L# C) b# |
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' a' c+ o+ m# A- YRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.  C$ c" Y# }- r5 K6 o' {& p# _
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
  _1 X; B" \( @      Beaufighter VIc x 42
2 w* o8 w9 Q! `+ H6 z' Z      Blenheim IV x 399 u& |' Q; R! W$ y2 ]  u" E
      Blenheim VD x 25% n- h: e2 o+ k+ a) a( V* y2 n+ t
      Hudson IIIa x 27/ O. V  J. s& Q0 @9 ]
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 48
* W$ H& w( F- ?1 L! @      Lysander II x 106 k. v, H* W$ x; d5 h, T
      Mohawk IV x 242 U& {; x* }+ B2 }3 _
      Vengeance I x 61. F6 D, }$ N6 n2 X- ]. o2 g; ?
      139WH-3 x 9
7 l) ^! l+ w& x% S      CW-22 Falcon x 20
2 [7 q) o( p) c. N, x; x% z      L-212 x 8* X: k" B- g4 g9 l3 D/ i6 q
      DB-7B x 123 `9 l* p0 B% a3 S$ f( g
      B-25C Mitchell x 50" h0 s. ~" j% f1 `! C( R' c0 a7 O
      B-25D1 Mitchell x 24# b; p/ _/ P1 l/ S' j- Q2 c
      P-39D Airacobra x 25
2 [) P7 G+ Q- [; C& v7 R7 ~      P-40E Warhawk x 49
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Allied aircraft losses
+ D: `. O& B# K0 `8 U      Blenheim IV: 9 damaged0 q+ d* v/ o2 A" Z9 @
      Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed by flak$ D3 j3 R" f  W2 h4 ?8 }; T
      Blenheim VD: 8 damaged
  t/ L# T' a% H2 \2 B+ q      Blenheim VD: 1 destroyed by flak& U0 z8 r! {5 f- k/ L
      Hudson IIIa: 3 damaged( P9 P. l+ w0 t8 r9 C& `4 N& ~
      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak; q- N. C7 g- N  z, H) `
      Vengeance I: 20 damaged# h" N. D( H0 J7 j" I" j
      Vengeance I: 2 destroyed by flak
  P9 d+ \2 r$ k: S& X6 ^( ]      139WH-3: 4 damaged. E/ z& Y7 q( f& e! r7 a. O
      CW-22 Falcon: 4 damaged
. y: z3 X2 Y. B. H      CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
1 t& f. A/ r% e8 U+ p% e# f      L-212: 3 damaged. u9 S1 ]% p1 ^9 G  `) t# C8 M
      DB-7B: 4 damaged
7 `9 H1 \: K# D; n: h      B-25C Mitchell: 9 damaged2 e& S0 d, d" @% X# G
      B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
+ I: J. l* L5 t, s) l  W      B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged. E% [- s: K! e/ c; M2 ^. ?
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
4 ~  \- l+ i5 ]2 t  a      514 casualties reported
% @. K( A1 x& A         Squads: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
6 M* r* f) M. c- k         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
1 i' M1 E, ]0 B6 t, c* A* J* n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud& D" W. j! p9 O$ r
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Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# X( x( T# g0 A, r7 _& L4 g
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
3 b" L4 q" l8 `, S9 E      P-66 Vanguard x 4# G5 ~/ q7 p& ?, X2 j0 A/ n
      Blenheim IV x 9: `9 H% h: z, ]% B3 ]& ?
      Hudson IIIa x 9
6 `! J1 h! ~' o8 e* u2 S      Hurricane IIb Trop x 62 y8 \. @/ x9 {4 D9 l5 E" ?' |$ k/ K
      B-25C Mitchell x 6
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1 K2 ?; e  Y3 [1 \5 {5 C9 `Allied aircraft losses
) `$ [$ M/ \- R# Z" s% F4 K$ t      Blenheim IV: 3 damaged
. O3 X4 H) h0 C, s0 h- R2 K2 q! J      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak
0 F: R6 @8 e, C0 g) |      Hudson IIIa: 2 damaged
2 k/ k5 P, k' G: j      Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed by flak
- P5 n( ~% x5 |: ^/ f0 S      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged2 [* Y' p  w) O* k+ ]  y- [
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Japanese ground losses:
; n9 i6 s% w. q      25 casualties reported
5 Y& F4 i( ~- D( X2 [; l2 z6 l/ @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
9 ?! t' i4 c2 p( Y5 N9 _, @' K         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
8 L2 G9 E# ]; ~& w+ P4 k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, H! y0 j3 `1 t

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Morning Air attack on 15th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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% P+ _0 E0 y/ ~  u3 s" y6 jRaid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
8 @2 Z$ d) ]5 N, K4 o$ Q5 ~9 D5 @/ Z! TEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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      Blenheim IV x 12; z$ ^0 @$ c' x1 v% K- U& W
      Hurricane IIb Trop x 7
7 e: I! V3 H. Y5 p, h5 D$ C      B-25D1 Mitchell x 6
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' o8 G/ k$ z' x/ fAllied aircraft losses3 D6 X5 z; }* m, A
      Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
; S; q, M$ c. p5 n      Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak6 n& a- Y( l6 U8 f
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Japanese ground losses:. N7 F0 A, F6 i5 c0 E- w
      76 casualties reported0 F3 P$ @% F. w! S
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
5 g+ F6 j6 ]% E- ?- y  r' _         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% `: P* M; Z% b0 `( ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 22, 43% d0 n5 U: O; Y4 m6 N
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今天日军ss击沉3艘LCI， 盟军SS击沉一艘日本xAK,一艘PB，反潜编队击沉一艘ss- r9 A! ?  q  T) f6 @$ X
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Submarine attack near Nakadori-jima  at 101,56
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Japanese Ships
+ i! y1 p8 b& Y- q2 s4 g) x      xAK Tatsuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage" D, K9 W5 H9 A6 p; v
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Allied Ships
# K+ z' Q" f+ P% l& K' X      SS Runner! R- D+ u& Z" J0 W8 r& V) K7 }

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" G. ^: ]& k# n+ a4 [Submarine attack near Nikunau  at 139,134  L' M, Y3 h, D4 g1 R! n

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      SS RO-107, hits 1
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Allied Ships# J4 S) C- T( A4 w
      LCI-62, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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Allied ground losses:
4 ?$ j( K4 f# t0 ]. p  ~      42 casualties reported. v! l/ o, b- o. N% a3 i$ M
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled* ]0 Q; ]. e% M  g: E
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 U, n1 T& i) Y1 @, e
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 w% e* ?8 }. D9 q7 S& ^9 L4 o
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Submarine attack near Onotoa  at 137,135
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Japanese Ships8 T7 i6 j4 S2 m( V$ T
      SS I-39
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Allied Ships
/ w1 e) X6 n: k, H1 E      LCI-22, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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LCI-22 is sighted by SS I-39
3 h$ ]& }& N* e6 LSS I-39 launches 2 torpedoes. L# r" o* b) u) R5 t

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ASW attack near Nikunau  at 143,132
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Japanese Ships
8 q9 \2 X5 |% F, R, s5 U      SS RO-103, hits 5,  heavy damage
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5 F6 U" ~8 P/ Z7 FAllied Ships
7 t' c4 Y( \) M' z4 L      DD MacDonough
8 J/ h: B- a' g/ S  F6 Y      DD Hull
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/ z  y! O) V! x4 e0 D- i7 s) b; tSubmarine attack near Beru  at 138,134
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Japanese Ships
7 _- V0 s7 ~9 V% J( f$ _      SS I-39+ r* h6 p+ ^) S6 t9 }

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      LCI-21, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage& L8 p( i8 c8 P/ D0 E
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Allied ground losses:' `+ Q4 s  u! g
      8 casualties reported
  e' r4 m) n( `, @* U- B& M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 s1 o3 G( g; t) ]) h
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ b* U' S! x! O; `% S& w         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 23, 43
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9 p& `! T' f4 g$ a电流行动II
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盟军占领塔瓦拉
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驻守在塔瓦拉的日军15th独立工兵团在盟军海军炮击和空袭下全部被消灭，盟军精锐陆战一师已54伤亡的代价拿下了毫无抵抗的塔瓦拉，至此吉尔伯特群岛两大主岛已经全部落入盟军手中，这个地区的归属已经没有疑义。- i7 V$ |8 v  S% }8 `
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盟军的电流行动获得了圆满成功2 y/ _; z5 `0 w) b
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# E4 S9 ^  ]; U3 K# s+ mNight Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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" n) k& u# U( b  ~) Z      CA Exeter% Z0 w# Y4 w$ r" g
      CA Sussex
7 e, E9 @% d' c3 Y      CA Shropshire
1 O/ s  W$ S1 Z; ~9 u  j      CA Chicago
2 S# r  B/ S% }2 _: Q6 ^0 v8 N* X' R; w      CA Louisville
9 n9 K. L( H6 d      CA Chester# Y/ w. V, P& X5 u& \- w* B
      CA Northampton
2 D3 \+ U! h: [- n# c      CA Portland
" |6 s- w4 i) s$ {      DD Lamson
* ^% G5 c, a* e: e& g      DD Cummings+ R  x5 X/ F9 {" ~
      DD Maury+ X7 K* Q2 o) U
      DD McCall1 O1 |3 K( r4 `8 ]2 v
      DD Gridley+ u7 p( @: V! W! m" n! }8 U
      DD Craven- g$ i  {* o6 X' A
      DD Bagley
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Japanese ground losses:
/ J% Q5 S. M0 R8 q      348 casualties reported( y( g+ L) Y$ {
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 ^2 I9 V1 @. \! d' N. x         Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 11 disabled
! ^4 w0 O! s* v: }2 `0 p& {+ L         Engineers: 11 destroyed, 10 disabled. V- W4 I- G9 o1 R$ A5 R. w  f
      Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)8 A0 V" S& j. C
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& B+ g( @$ Y9 u- y, K- V) XAirbase hits 14
8 Q* K6 _+ }* J1 }Airbase supply hits 7. O+ n; R2 `: ?# f( ?
Runway hits 28
0 i/ o6 j2 F2 W+ KPort hits 14' a# \( ]0 N7 ?8 Z. u+ E( Y
Port supply hits 7. v/ v7 M# h6 b3 r( f

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5 Q3 g+ \5 j; ~; E! @Night Naval bombardment of Tarawa at 136,128
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Allied Ships
, m9 N1 E; n! h- N* ~( |      CL Caradoc2 k' a' n0 C- t0 d$ @( h. e) f
      CL Concord9 K. \6 F( T; M
      CL Marblehead
4 N: D9 C) k. f! d6 w      CL Raleigh
) a8 C+ @" u; S7 N$ }9 u& P7 C      CL Richmond
; @- B( _  b9 [8 N2 _  x' E: O# x      CL Danae
7 u. c* [/ ~3 c" I! n. i6 e      CL Hobart6 x0 `) S3 |9 r5 g! C; u
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Japanese ground losses:' X# T. Z) v/ f
      49 casualties reported) J$ f) ?4 e/ X( R( T1 ?/ W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 r6 e7 z. W4 C
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled6 V# v+ k) r. D7 W6 c
         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled, \. \  S- j2 L3 @$ d$ H
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Airbase hits 9( c! H( W: j( X# p: S
Airbase supply hits 2
( L$ m) h! d) P  WRunway hits 9
- w$ {. \7 C/ R  e, m! m% @Port hits 9
5 X) p9 c3 T) G6 |! HPort supply hits 5
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Afternoon Air attack on 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 136,128 (Tarawa)
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- B, _* U! ]7 x5 d$ FRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.) i5 w$ c. S1 t
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes) g# y" x: G) C, e4 z

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Allied aircraft7 k  K$ M- ^1 h- Z
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 245
3 J" G' }) a  F/ ]- U: ~      F6F-3 Hellcat x 41
! s7 _8 s# M" z% u2 f+ ~      SBD-3 Dauntless x 894 Q0 R3 n) P( U

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No Allied losses/ k$ ^7 D' y4 x0 V5 j4 A' `
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Japanese ground losses:1 z8 X, h/ Q6 A+ `8 ?4 U/ k, K
      51 casualties reported* K  E6 I8 ^! |$ F5 p
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. `1 j" ?7 I. |/ t3 N! x         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled/ f; W( L' K5 G* @! s% b
         Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 k' Z4 L3 q6 Z& f" _      Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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& r' g2 f( E4 ?( e; rGround combat at Tarawa (136,128)
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" c0 P6 y: ~4 e' `, S! qAllied Shock attack1 g  i9 {$ n6 K5 p  u/ Z
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Attacking force 8981 troops, 265 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 454( A$ K( B' B3 \! K) B. \

, f# y- y+ W. m/ L9 R2 z! s" dDefending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
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) r' h( _) N5 m2 U4 b! U3 aAllied adjusted assault: 341
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/ [4 J+ q! D% g$ r7 m, R8 }Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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: M9 p! Y& I( A6 ?& P5 EAllied assault odds: 341 to 1 (fort level 0) + s; ^" A4 h6 Q) l0 y+ P
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Allied forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!
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    1st Marine Division: w1 v: Y7 e+ ?( F& t0 [
    763rd Tank Bn /1$ K& l0 b" u/ `4 _% ^4 N
    45th USN SeaBees /1
6 d: `; y4 y; _/ e9 l) B4 R) s. E: R" A    41st USN SeaBees /1$ u, @1 N& h9 F; Q* ~
    11th Marine Def Bn /15 C8 m/ w& a* C" r0 F
    14th Marine Def Bn /1; `5 S( m9 ~" g, X
    209th FA Bn /1; F& T1 C; [. ~7 {' G6 {
    36th Aviation Base Force
5 _' E" E: {' j* R+ b* |    48th USN SeaBees /1
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同一天盟军还侦查到由于前线吃紧日酋老赵把努美阿的战斗机抽调一空，盟军4发当然豪不客气的蹂躏了努美阿港口，击沉多艘日军宝贵的辅助船只
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  _8 A4 `* q3 p1 N6 N' f2 a2 h/ o; s  EMorning Air attack on Noumea , at 115,160 4 @3 t8 K# r4 ]( O

- w+ i7 V+ |) q- F( J# w$ r4 |Weather in hex: Overcast- ?* J5 ]7 Q& t* K; u$ O
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
+ v2 `6 G* G" n+ V3 G2 ?* gEstimated time to target is 27 minutes, O, V' c# r1 k9 _- Z
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Allied aircraft! g- y2 _5 c: p1 r8 ~; `0 Y! S& ~
      B-24D Liberator x 48
1 D9 n; ?6 G1 v* T9 o( V      B-24D1 Liberator x 19$ e5 I$ G5 Y: a0 K9 e) ~

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6 c1 g4 O5 V- J$ K; v$ i: S- }7 `- OAllied aircraft losses" o4 ], v- ?4 B( c* }
      B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
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# V2 F+ f6 K/ ^2 l      AD Meiten Maru, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 D% a0 V1 c! S- Y/ \& }2 Y5 G! G$ x      AD Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires
% P. H! M1 e0 ~+ k# I* ?      AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2,  on fire1 O$ ~+ a" \: J: [6 B, M
      ACM Okuyo Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& \8 _5 q7 f. G3 [1 F2 H' \      ACM Mejima Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk2 w. s5 i+ L$ ^# q8 }
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Japanese ground losses:' b; J# |0 v; P, z
      4 casualties reported
4 G3 ]% i/ x) F6 i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* v* _: C; \0 n$ h/ Z) |4 U         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ \( E: K6 \+ j% h4 z0 c1 R
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Port hits 16, T; k6 b  Q; B: B- G$ ?6 [7 U
Port supply hits 2. J  O  y+ W0 M6 a1 x2 F  `6 ?  V2 O

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) {/ [0 g% Y: X* ]印度方面，盟军改变策略，开始采用20000尺高空轰炸的骚扰战术，目的为降低日军的行军速度，轰炸机的损失大大减少了" n7 a# A7 N' `) r* i
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Morning Air attack on 14th Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)
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2 y- t6 u2 G0 D) c/ pWeather in hex: Thunderstorms7 h' f# F( T1 }# S0 G) W; \
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.# x4 N# s: I$ r2 _( ~
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes4 M; f: _; X! L
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  G) U; y' G, O+ k0 _6 QAllied aircraft' S- r% |5 \. A
      H81-A3 x 22* ^. s8 Y0 O# g% h1 e6 E+ N
      P-40E Warhawk x 12; U8 M2 }4 B% t% E3 I$ g' w
      P-43A-1 Lancer x 17
% B- w. d) ^7 ~! }* y$ Z( x5 J      P-66 Vanguard x 26/ Z- m; e/ w  |2 ~# c+ l
      Blenheim IV x 42
9 w+ ]; o0 u4 U0 A3 l4 N8 Q      Blenheim VD x 15
. t/ k& Z- o4 U. y      Hudson IIIa x 32
0 V" |4 n# _( O. l( P      Lysander II x 3
. U! H! \. q4 B1 S& O      Mohawk IV x 24
; C6 T5 v8 ~/ J. |# ?6 ?      139WH-3 x 9
; F% s; A7 J: F, e/ r" d$ i      CW-22 Falcon x 16
2 S- Q0 B5 b, ?5 [$ h/ k      L-212 x 65 V# ^4 a3 @8 j. M' s
      P-40E Warhawk x 38 S+ `: V5 n$ a* F7 I* T
      DB-7B x 11
' J4 c5 Z& Z' V" ]" J: p      B-339-23 x 5$ t. g9 I% F. k' B/ E+ {
      Kittyhawk I x 16
% h* m' Q1 K5 @! f) a  H& o, o      B-24D1 Liberator x 9/ B0 t' O: E$ K2 u2 i
      B-25C Mitchell x 50
1 R' i* Z/ I) F( C9 x3 w      B-25D1 Mitchell x 29
2 L& M% M) `* I% a" C3 o      P-39D Airacobra x 25
8 ~' L& z  i& W/ v6 Y      P-40E Warhawk x 49
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9 c# M) j# x, |5 WAllied aircraft losses( e6 I# [1 B) }
      Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
7 j! F) O$ ~' `2 p7 `      Blenheim VD: 2 damaged& {% n$ D( q/ g( f! k3 V
      Hudson IIIa: 4 damaged6 F3 `, T! q- q5 o5 f$ ~; P
      139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
3 c& ^& Q5 z5 Q      CW-22 Falcon: 2 damaged+ C2 M" E$ F" n
      L-212: 2 damaged
+ j- i3 ]8 U2 `# Q) ^. {      L-212: 1 destroyed by flak
5 [9 H7 N, f+ ~5 y/ R2 Y& k% g3 Y      B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged8 w. Q3 m8 V: e
      B-25C Mitchell: 5 damaged
1 u0 a1 x4 a3 k4 s      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged- L2 u3 n8 b1 K" c8 M. y/ l
      B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak2 d8 F" b6 s/ `
0 @1 @4 d; h& U. M  S/ W
Japanese ground losses:7 q6 d# t0 `$ p9 i8 b/ a0 Z% m
      86 casualties reported8 C+ u: _, U8 `: _  D/ x- K- Z) Q" i
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled4 D# ]9 B+ G* F6 b4 u, G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
2 B5 W8 J7 q$ J, J; W  q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' t, o; i- O$ B6 n  K, N9 N( h
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 52nd Division, at 45,7 , near Hyderabad (Sindh)1 \0 V; p5 r; ], Z

/ y! ]* C- _3 h; u. _Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.% \6 q1 ^. u- c5 W' K
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes4 E. m2 j1 W/ M+ {
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Allied aircraft0 D1 ?' O! T. ~" c% E6 F- o1 A
      P-43A-1 Lancer x 121 A( ~/ f$ b6 q% Z5 J
      P-66 Vanguard x 344 D4 e' U( ], S* v4 q
      Blenheim IV x 6
# d% u8 V( v$ d9 s* M      Blenheim VD x 9
+ j* T4 J+ m5 w* X      Lysander II x 7
4 `4 [* I* U% Q9 ^/ Z" F8 X6 u      Kittyhawk I x 2$ D0 K& W5 p2 I9 t* F
      B-25C Mitchell x 17
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Allied aircraft losses
, ]; s9 c& V- ]! l# R      Lysander II: 1 damaged
; E7 y6 q8 J- I7 D. b      Lysander II: 1 destroyed by flak
) R" e& V& W% E" s- l5 @      B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
# j3 V+ x+ w) b: k3 i4 p; Q; V      24 casualties reported+ ^' }, a* G" j3 ]" v7 ~
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
: G/ x8 h$ X- ~! a- s% j         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 J3 ?9 ?# t/ O& [2 Z% y" v
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 43
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4 b5 e5 F% H) x5 U盟军CA炮击马绍尔群岛的mili岛遭遇当地岸炮的顽强抵抗，其中维奇塔号中了一炮之后居然sys20了。。。; T) q) ^& W% y- @# {6 ^
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2 H" R6 |3 x5 M$ @- R+ [% M# sNight Naval bombardment of Mili at 136,121 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!0 g7 K" g1 K  O* c, {! K: N1 z
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208 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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, E/ I; _* `4 E. u; Q9 x4 PAllied Ships; [; T6 f& Y1 J9 R5 e. L3 E: P
      CA Wichita, Shell hits 1" {7 ?$ y# l/ O" |2 J' u
      CA Vincennes, Shell hits 10 R' h) y, y' }' Z6 z
      CA Quincy
$ B, ^% {& h* u0 W, i      CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1& i6 @6 R- g1 [
      CA Minneapolis( T$ y# Y5 l1 P; S6 l) h
      CA Astoria) a: I5 l* w3 ~0 A0 B6 F5 X4 E
      DD Walke
- S  t# K6 V8 G; m! E, s      DD O'Brien
0 u) }8 Y+ A- ~5 V! Q; N      DD Russell" x) V4 U/ p% ^
      DD Mustin
. M3 N! |: c4 ]6 W  b      DD Hammann) y$ I" Y  R: |9 U; J: S
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Japanese ground losses:, c- z3 |5 S% I  V
      115 casualties reported( T9 |$ a% b9 K; C
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
9 q" ~; f1 {/ `7 T+ @         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
' M/ e- z  N- P9 l( j0 k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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+ S9 h5 J! \+ V% I( [Airbase hits 1
5 K+ X8 `: O$ T* \3 g- J: H0 hRunway hits 2% V8 A: h5 v8 [! s3 p. r4 t
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; ^( D( A8 R. I9 a$ {7 M  r) Y5 jNight Naval bombardment of Makin at 136,125
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0 c9 B  D$ }% n2 z! l# NJapanese aircraft% J0 }$ B0 n  c0 [! f
      no flights( U0 ]7 J9 n# G1 f5 _, j( R

" j6 p- |) y9 p3 zJapanese aircraft losses
9 |& F3 |' f1 n      D4Y1 Judy: 8 damaged
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Allied Ships
# L8 x! W4 \" f4 H* I5 c      CL Santa Fe
) a: L' O' N6 X# K/ y4 ]      CL Denver/ w. J. Q5 L& A& z7 h7 K3 _3 M* ^) e# C7 r
      CL Montpelier
$ G" F# x7 t$ ~3 l/ O      CL Columbia
7 K! Y! f2 O; q4 C4 w4 F$ Q* _      CL Cleveland0 _7 b& C; g7 B# V, c3 Z3 M
      CL St. Louis
4 a6 ]; F  H" s- y" v      DD Waller5 c, F) z4 S$ i% {
      DD Taylor
( g! S: U8 L% S# `* y& ?* u      DD Radford
. U1 |' s9 j$ V# l  G- E# e      DD Philip3 O' f! o- s. b% y
      DD LaVallette
! O+ g+ t  N4 D# i, a      DD Jenkins
8 i: E$ n& x( F: c      DD Cony+ \8 L1 k8 d1 _- n: U
      DD Chevalier5 e3 ~$ P* B5 M! s
      DD Beale% E- u1 ^; A3 C& ], W
      DD Fletcher
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Japanese ground losses:4 R; K% K& V2 H; m
      290 casualties reported
% u7 s" W0 E- T' x! a. M! F8 ]+ _3 N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled9 i1 m8 M# |3 {! W, b
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
1 E# u* d6 B" s# c; x         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Airbase hits 5; \$ S8 N- v5 H% d, G6 t6 p
Airbase supply hits 49 c9 U( }9 w/ d9 ?* k
Runway hits 23. M& [0 v3 ^" \9 }% J0 |" a  r
Port hits 23
' _5 M8 |1 x; e  r# _Port supply hits 5

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 43
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: K  Q3 R8 p4 V, vNight Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130  o: }) V8 a: R
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Allied Ships
0 h/ ~% L) k& t+ q0 b      CA Exeter
, @2 H& z* Q- {: G      CA Sussex! i8 {! ^0 W, X: y! w* P7 t
      CA Shropshire# o  X' u) c; J& B7 i3 v
      CA Chicago
0 Z3 d# W( H% P' D, M      CA Louisville
5 p2 y2 u4 y  s# `1 }7 Z/ ~! g      CA Chester# j; J" S, s2 D/ N- e$ e1 j  |" Y
      CA Northampton1 k) E/ `, d4 C7 c% d
      CA Portland
; K7 b" O5 A6 Z      CL Caradoc
; U  K/ E, r/ t0 y; N2 M      CL Concord+ L0 Z' y7 u4 [* @; D! ]* r
      CL Marblehead2 J5 ^* G; x/ d" A/ G
      CL Raleigh, Y& P  ~  S7 I/ y' S
      CL Richmond
! x$ U9 v* ?8 B" c( Y      CL Danae; T) C- L. \) Q
      CL Hobart
  ~5 F/ {/ z( d4 K      DD Lamson
8 W1 _, t7 a6 f# X      DD Cummings
4 g3 m4 t$ @# Q- i, }      DD Maury! g) {4 n/ c2 j9 H5 H/ g9 z* M
      DD McCall, y% [  V$ X3 [6 Z- R+ }
      DD Gridley' Y1 W! k9 d* S! Y" E
      DD Craven
# e( S4 P( J0 |; c" R) Y! S" Q      DD Bagley
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Japanese ground losses:# a" l5 p* E9 g9 M1 M- U
      114 casualties reported0 C' Z2 b) ?1 h9 G2 `
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
; r& c7 ?  ~/ I0 i         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled# |5 a+ |8 a; V( ~! M# S1 j6 f* o$ H
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% U, R' _. `: P
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! J3 M! h( y+ H2 m; H0 UPort hits 12
% F( J- q7 G: b4 o0 mPort fuel hits 1
, d3 A( v4 p" ?* t+ {Port supply hits 2% j6 }3 y8 P0 L  H0 x" `& B: c& K

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9 V# m. ^$ g  n- p1 t) uNight Naval bombardment of Abemama at 136,130
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: \* L5 w; V+ U0 H3 J3 O$ MAllied Ships" n9 s8 {+ t% C4 H' U  z5 X
      CL Santa Fe. Q5 @# `6 v) H% z8 |4 |5 X% ^
      CL Denver1 {: @2 g* b2 l+ H
      CL Montpelier; P( n% t1 }' @; V' e1 r  C: R
      CL Columbia
9 f+ K6 K7 E) Q- c      CL Cleveland2 P1 }9 N  H- b& o  j2 ~$ B9 k7 X  v& R
      CL St. Louis2 E: O6 X! E9 U4 R8 k, v
      DD Waller$ k1 m  @: K, y' }
      DD Taylor# `' F0 L- N( ]% t6 s+ S, g# O
      DD Radford* p9 _4 e: n  C7 n+ l
      DD Philip, W9 n9 f: k! T- P0 z! S+ h
      DD LaVallette
' w, @" \6 z6 n- h- e      DD Jenkins5 Y. Y& G- F/ }' c3 X. U  j. e
      DD Cony
6 L2 ^4 E5 \% ~3 @4 D* `      DD Chevalier
4 f& o3 x6 O# X' Y& B      DD Beale
  t  Q( R: V- E* _      DD Fletcher
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# C5 Y7 R, u& ?7 }0 v* lJapanese ground losses:
" @& G3 a9 }9 v8 d      52 casualties reported; X& K% P1 q9 J1 \8 U
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled* ]- ~0 S  C% B7 b& `( ^0 Q6 q* x
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# {6 Y4 Q1 H- k' K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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$ [5 e* n8 Q: c- _0 C5 d  |Port hits 4
& A) g! e5 ]2 vPort fuel hits 1
) S- X) t, Y9 m6 I/ F% FPort supply hits 17 k, R* F. e8 g
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Afternoon Air attack on 82nd Naval Guard Unit, at 136,130 (Abemama)- x* [, N3 L* N, k# |+ F+ p+ n
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud( X" E* i2 A! }7 O0 x' ]

- d, I! n2 F; C7 d' DRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
* ?* \) [; k: ^/ MEstimated time to target is 7 minutes; z" B+ h$ Y2 U/ V, i9 @5 d

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Allied aircraft' I7 X8 d5 G5 \; v) K
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 354 p: z4 a( Y/ M/ ~
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 71
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No Allied losses4 Y) H% u# d8 ]6 D

: w: m, x; @/ p% }% i) G5 y, X4 UJapanese ground losses:+ t0 s$ e, |; r" n0 N
      162 casualties reported
% Q* w  `. ^% e         Squads: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
! N8 M! _, _* a" x, u& l         Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled1 V0 o3 U$ f: \6 `8 R: a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: N# b: p5 t# S7 N
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ASW attack near Makin  at 136,125
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      SS I-18, hits 10,  on fire
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% B5 f% V) K" ]4 |      DD Hull% [4 t4 n' N& z
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( Z( }9 [+ d, W, U/ {; n日军对盟军在努美阿的行动进行了报复，突袭了印度的卡拉奇，击沉了数艘盟军小船
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 ( B- l. }& n0 L9 f$ w% X

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Raid detected at 153 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
/ h* O) G) p  l( aEstimated time to target is 57 minutes' G7 {9 Q! W: b  [% ~. j' ?$ F& G. ?
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Japanese aircraft
/ G* p9 u) f  q! u      G3M3 Nell x 72; x* B4 o8 J) M# Y+ p
      N1K1-J George x 20
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3 a" U0 D( l3 Z" m+ A% B/ ZJapanese aircraft losses
" i4 j0 J' b4 L, c) b. `+ x8 Z' K& n      G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged, X( V- H4 n& ]# \+ Z
      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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$ k9 d3 h  v1 e7 \* N" X      AKE Makawao, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 G8 K4 ?9 n. @! ?! L      ML No. 230, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8 - T6 e7 b" s: U0 X/ V

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Raid detected at 149 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
0 O3 c# J, M. P( k* E. eEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% e, H- Q* y+ l3 d- a      G3M3 Nell x 369 K: Q  v) s" k. o+ w
      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 58
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" N$ ^$ L0 D# |3 V% G6 ~* j* OJapanese aircraft losses; H0 j  y8 z( i, K7 v2 G8 T
      G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
6 U7 W: e  A% }4 P- j- }) h      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
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* G2 \, @2 |* K) xAllied Ships
) O9 T. p& V2 ^( L      ML No. 204, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Karachi , at 40,8
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! I1 A6 R9 K5 YRaid detected at 131 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.0 B6 p  F" m- ~
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' m7 x! c2 v" I# `/ O! m( `
      J2M2 Jack x 38" m2 U% r9 j' {1 b! J
      N1K1-J George x 105. F' u5 z: Y! ]+ M: t# l
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 58
' ]9 K; t% s; A' D& |8 m" b      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 1054 u/ Z# H" W* M6 P8 s+ S( r

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      Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
9 Y6 c: q6 A9 x% ~/ g# p8 C      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged
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5 r5 }' l( `, v' C, p: `9 }' YAllied Ships
( c) b8 U' J$ w3 }, Q1 \      ML No. 303, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk0 U8 D" B5 g' i" g& Z' i
      ML No. 246, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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4 v7 ^5 ?+ D" ]: s: MPort hits 7
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4 F4 V. J9 M: s; w! b% ~" JRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.8 X; r' Z2 Q- k3 ?# |. i8 |
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 o6 D: Q) S9 P+ l* C% x3 c5 L
      Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9# Y7 d$ y0 e1 p' N1 g
      Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20# D9 [' a" \  t
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4 P0 |' b4 ]5 t* K( X' m# _Japanese aircraft losses
9 y5 U( n! K4 Z/ D$ G: o; n3 J, O5 T      Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged. ~: L1 ~8 u" R% G3 Z
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2 z  N4 m) a& N6 U3 D      ML No. 245, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk+ t% w+ B! i8 d7 _8 E$ h
      ML No. 214, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk2 T$ ]: G7 p' @3 S1 ~
      ML No. 247, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Port hits 1

hades1001

我想问一下为啥盟军放在航校的几十个教官一点用没有？
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8 P. W# \' @1 E, _1 M关USAAF我就放了３０个教官，几个月了从来没见加速，飞行员的平均经验还月月下降

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 43* y; A0 m# g3 K, X8 c
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故地重游，感慨万千，盟军攻占阿帕玛玛
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大统领不禁感慨：忆往昔峥嵘岁月稠，数风流人物，还看今朝7 P, O/ O% }6 D. U/ I
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! ?! w- G3 \& zGround combat at Abemama (136,130)$ V. t! j  ?: N
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Allied Shock attack: G' A) C/ r. y! Q& r3 X2 E

  S6 p( }6 C$ m' I% iAttacking force 2182 troops, 68 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 736 X0 W7 }7 ~  h/ g; d
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Defending force 48 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 C4 ~% Q5 O( j- K  {8 k7 h

6 V# b$ L7 S" ~2 w+ k5 W0 U- h# XAllied adjusted assault: 9 ; q' I3 \/ L* M! R
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Japanese adjusted defense: 1
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# X( W9 x' N5 r/ V6 y2 U( BAllied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)
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4 R& x+ [9 |5 g+ OAllied forces CAPTURE Abemama !!!( L9 _1 R& ]0 h% v5 n

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Defender:
5 `4 t0 v$ W  rAttacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
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      48 casualties reported
& _8 b3 y1 Y) B0 e         Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled  d) X& K7 b: Q( o
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" Y8 {; |/ z6 D# U) Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. p! f2 \8 I, k  R: F8 S
      Units destroyed 1
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Defending units:, O/ ]" @. t% _( g( M- C
    82nd Nav Gd /7# p- o; d. T& p0 e2 o

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ASW attack near Abemama  at 136,1316 m1 N& q7 z/ e9 f8 ?
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      SS RO-100, hits 10,  on fire,  heavy damage
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      CL Columbia
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      DD Taylor
) }3 j% r* y2 K% T6 f' c0 X      DD Radford
+ ]3 J$ ]; O  I      DD Philip: |) C4 Y4 W  C: x( M

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DD Waller attacking submerged sub ....
: g5 B7 Q# E/ }7 y7 u4 t* [DD Taylor fails to find sub, continues to search...4 P0 l; R& _6 ]: j4 b# V( l
DD Radford fails to find sub and abandons search1 E/ r2 C* w2 {  B$ B! k
DD Philip fails to find sub and abandons search
& k4 W8 S  u; H) }1 a9 kDD Waller fails to find sub and abandons search0 i% W, Y, G  T, @: _
DD Taylor attacking submerged sub ....4 b5 \2 u. c3 H# N( U% w: S
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!# s. t+ X9 O% u) @
Escort abandons search for sub