AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41- m$ r- A! t! F- Q0 C1 }9 _
淇风大统领故技重拾,继续派遣澳洲舰队到拉宝儿骚扰日军登陆,幸好日军早有准备0 Y5 @5 T. a9 s; ^2 v+ i
" W: b# w$ J: w& @* P( ODay Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards- i" `% @- }' s' Q
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no flights8 n$ p( g0 x8 M
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
: {2 Y# ]/ }, z0 C! t6 | BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire0 ^1 Q. v* R7 C8 l: Y7 n
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 12 C5 p2 A& R/ \, U1 ^/ Z9 {4 {" d
DD Shiratsuyu& T k! m u+ p! W
DD Shigure" U( x) L! t$ v* C$ D3 D: s, Q6 J
DD Hatsuharu
" C# c6 F) x) J5 ]" Z4 ?$ G S DD Nenohi, Shell hits 37 o. e% I# _# U" I2 w0 J4 M# v
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire& X5 a' A# D" i- T) p
DD Oboro8 s0 L. O# U; j) h I& Y7 c4 s# f
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire; K8 p1 H6 \5 Y; Y0 T# x
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% z# O, Z& M' }# N6 M) q; v! v; a
DD Hayate: P# i; \% c" ]. ~; T1 C/ P# g8 d7 W
DD Sawakaze( C0 c3 g3 O7 l# |$ P1 ~
DD Yukaze
1 j1 d: x: ]6 S2 [' k DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires* f) A7 \2 \3 m3 A ^7 M
DD Tawakaze
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4 t8 |) A# E& _5 m. ^Allied Ships
" O1 ]/ N' |3 L* d CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 I; g! ~7 u% G4 m0 o) w, y5 d T CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk# a& z. A2 T) m7 j3 g7 W3 p* L: Y8 ]4 N
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage$ `8 x% | \7 A9 X7 C7 D% Z
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage3 H: N t- z& [
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
& n4 y# Q% v9 ]1 e6 B5 d DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭
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! h0 u6 \4 `; K- SMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain( ?0 d. S, D1 T! F
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 J8 e; H/ A0 V. H; f( }* ~- M9 D9 a
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes/ H7 t- n5 J# M c) `
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Japanese aircraft
' R1 u* y6 a1 X$ ]0 }! M A6M2 Zero x 45- K S! p6 C/ @" |0 e! Z9 l5 ~
B5N2 Kate x 50' E' g" C# ?* Q; N# e S. H
D3A1 Val x 59
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/ x/ n9 h! g$ v# ^2 d- WJapanese aircraft losses& W) O" y7 S$ Q( C7 e$ k! G) S
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed0 [6 H# |! D: N5 X, F5 u/ ?/ D
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
, b6 a! r0 _) o2 I% v; g6 } D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
% m% ?9 [3 A; J" A# e, J D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
! z! c# t$ B0 v1 Z CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk0 v8 j4 o) a8 _
CA Chicago
* l% n# L; e/ s% b' l6 v u0 G$ G9 U CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage8 g3 }/ v g2 y% w6 A
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
0 n" r/ t% E* ?9 u CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage( V" C. o1 u3 p0 R- U/ l$ c
DD Flusser
; p3 X1 W# E* G4 ?8 ~, n6 t; c0 z9 V1 W* k CA Astoria6 Y: j- s9 N b6 Y/ g; d2 ^4 `
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
7 Y" I1 |5 j# K" h3 `( B; {% s, u DD Benham7 J% ~- G# t3 s% T7 z. g
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8 s* z5 l# z: g" qAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155" T" t, m x7 z, ~: u% d
3 q3 _) g+ o3 c5 x4 P, AWeather in hex: Clear sky
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# u! b8 s; u# X' `; RRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
2 w \% Y' @6 ^! r- ?; ?; @9 }Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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1 d& V- O4 J' y# @7 | A6M2 Zero x 32
# u+ ?" @* m `/ D# ^' U B5N2 Kate x 100 b3 Q+ M9 a0 p! L$ T' F
D3A1 Val x 31- W: H. y) h( c2 z
8 f' t, T+ c0 vAllied aircraft9 _8 ]- {# Q1 Y H, l2 z; v
no flights
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7 j+ d+ u3 `( aJapanese aircraft losses* V; ~+ G* m# m6 o
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
3 c: G# F6 j) O7 Q2 {5 y( K SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed0 D3 s6 c0 F* U: s, o
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0 o" p$ {7 I7 U CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 j3 L1 J" _7 C
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk7 T* P' |* F% v
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire; a4 a4 E7 D; I3 y; B
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage$ `% \' u# z& L' }, K, B2 b" P
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3; ~9 }3 ~5 b% F9 Y
DD Gridley2 O1 B$ K2 T5 P& e
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& \# E7 y2 p3 b. f1 W5 T9 k$ f
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1559 h" W: T. i7 ?% t i* N9 {1 O. F
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Weather in hex: Clear sky$ |7 m- d$ r: v. G( g& M3 u; ^
( @+ Q+ ^, v; Y- l4 BRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
* u( {0 m! S2 y% ]6 ?* J: w2 o, MEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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6 m1 M d! f4 v7 c* u D3A1 Val x 18$ v. n" P' @3 m+ I
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% y# j m/ V+ v7 G D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
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- ] p$ z3 }5 S1 ~ CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3- J' b$ X" O* o( e1 L1 p- l" }
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire4 p. w9 H( w" ?2 Z2 r7 e+ h0 i
8 j$ @0 @! _7 M$ a杀鸡也用牛刀,日军直接推平拉宝儿,下个目标是莫港和努美呀再到斐济和新西兰
8 O3 r1 G6 q9 \% D8 hGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)9 t9 b) Y; V3 d/ k& u5 B9 r
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Japanese Deliberate attack$ e/ l" L1 a( t# N% g
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39* c( O7 o: T; D0 p9 A% q, r% O- V
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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0 K! f$ T/ N* F8 T+ v0 ]Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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' C* a! X. ]9 k4 z, @, J& n2 ?+ rAllied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!2 J; d- e! \# n3 ] ]5 b1 x
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Combat modifiers
3 G! E& e- A! {* o% q) `: `, lDefender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
7 _5 }$ h8 k6 |/ C8 l! a experience(-)
7 h+ n9 J' \0 `0 bAttacker:
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* Z O0 @- o0 n0 `$ [0 nJapanese ground losses:
. |1 G+ t; L: D8 f% }: ]+ } J( h 134 casualties reported9 [3 @! _+ r/ \: V' B4 W
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
: R O1 V9 U+ Q0 V$ k Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* p5 H ]. k& R" V1 e1 Q; o8 z" t
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled9 {6 \9 ^' m& I" {
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Allied ground losses:
( G5 @! B% k' H5 i8 ^+ } 812 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
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Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
$ X4 |5 X9 D3 f6 K$ c Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)% w1 q( f3 V! ?, c S! M
Units retreated 1 ]+ [' _( q. s8 g3 k( {, \* ^, E
Units destroyed 2 |