AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42
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南洋战场,日军继续冒着盟军的狂轰滥炸裸奔登陆安汶岛,被岸炮痛扁,天亮后日军发动谨慎攻击无果, A6 I: d' V. u. |& ?( K1 K
马来半岛,南方军在柔弗巴鲁的战力打到了2200,700多战力的盟军正在向新加坡后撤
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/ U# z7 Q9 P4 K" G/ [Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1094 V- g% t# x' ?3 t
5 u/ K) ]1 R0 j# A2 @4 yWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
! D2 @/ i% ~/ m& t1 F6 LEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
6 E& n0 X3 m, g; T; Q 139WH-3 x 6
( Y0 Z% J/ J5 m4 W; b B-339D x 3
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Japanese Ships
' y3 y# I' ^" a- b' B DD Shiratsuyu3 l1 C3 x0 W$ L- {
xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires4 E: I1 b1 c$ G4 d1 x, |9 D" J
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! j! E1 {& C7 |* L2 n9 y; }% LMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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5 M; W E7 Z. WWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.$ T: v7 Z. S2 O+ E( I2 ?
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Allied aircraft9 W/ ~% d+ o! o+ a, W1 j
B-339D x 1/ m' D6 x+ _: m. M0 q) ]7 C
A-24 Banshee x 176 B8 X5 R2 F" T' y( y, C
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Allied aircraft losses
" @ G* q7 m* P A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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1 c) \" X' a* w3 ?1 d: W# rJapanese Ships4 R! K; B: _) Y& ?8 o& {3 F
xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk& B+ O" x5 _0 W5 j$ g
CA Takao
5 B% y% m) z0 ~# P1 ~ CL Yura2 l8 H8 F" a8 ~9 p# n; E& r0 m
xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( t3 J" k' A8 j, Y6 b. R
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109. ?* F0 G5 ?# {; v$ U
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud. \- b6 o! E; J+ O9 w5 W
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" \5 R! B3 A5 |7 A! eEstimated time to target is 6 minutes+ z; m' \. {1 j- P7 A- b) K" L
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B-339D x 3' s7 E$ l1 g8 a) t
A-24 Banshee x 10
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No Allied losses) u1 }: ? `3 M
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Japanese Ships
% N2 J1 n1 q. N" m xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk4 e0 S W% O/ O: g5 ?! C* ]
xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires
' U$ }4 {# |2 k xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire" U7 w* ^7 t% C, g; p4 u
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% {. u* O& O2 X2 u! J6 k2 RMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109! g. @/ A# k( f5 B3 q
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.. l% R! y' z' R$ n% ?) I
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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$ U+ T! r v6 o( E1 PNo Allied losses$ G/ A3 i# N0 {
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/ m+ a+ c S q( U CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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' y9 ^& J3 _0 d) F( R% l( Y1 Z+ GRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. R' O% r' L! V+ ]. X
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes# k3 Q1 e& i3 L2 ]9 Z4 i
( s9 s( u z& i. ]Allied aircraft
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& W& Q* j- [% t& ]Allied aircraft losses
% s! e, Z* j; D A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships, t; \: j+ H+ A/ |5 I& z/ c6 z
CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires1 M* E% t W' P; K5 k; Z
DD Hatakaze- y t3 }% U6 H- V# L t+ }- c
DD Oyashio# ~) {- A i7 U/ I
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Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) C3 `0 U' O/ T
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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: s3 Y2 D1 g4 M$ T& J3 S Y" KAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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3 s. ]6 m0 i0 C% cDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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' o3 A# R4 ^3 s+ `9 z9 g; }Japanese adjusted assault: 53 " V& X5 J W: i+ [: s$ X7 N* `
% [$ Q. h$ m$ b1 x3 c; LAllied adjusted defense: 121
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$ R# [6 q. |# @7 XJapanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) + N- j2 {/ R2 N- ]! y
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Combat modifiers. k6 n+ l: v @
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
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Japanese ground losses:% t( j4 O- G3 U1 d7 v) }+ ^
292 casualties reported; p: v9 m# H$ [4 }8 {* [, ?0 {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled7 x0 V# s; O8 h8 x, G+ v
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled$ P- S# Y9 `, S9 l
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled4 C5 j2 o! `. h5 n7 [" k
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 k/ ^" D! n' j3 D
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Assaulting units:
5 p' Q3 m$ r; f7 n' i w( ^ 1st Kure Assault Division/ c3 b) ~+ X& h: I% g8 v
3rd Air Flotilla % b5 \8 i5 E6 S( x/ g
, g* q) ~$ [$ F: f/ v2 s* eDefending units:
6 N& ~" w. I! y Molukken Garrison Battalion
$ G! J5 J( y1 [. T0 N! ?% c 4th Coastal Gun Battalion
' i$ o4 ?' R7 K& u8 y$ W: v% S! {; e Ambon Base Force |