AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 42
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0 U" p- P7 |0 B* T. J9 ?4 H0 n南洋战场,查克大将占领安汶岛,驻岛分队扶桑逼近肯达里
# d5 R- L( H1 {$ E7 W! tminiKB也穿过苏拉威西海,逼近肯达里,并空袭了盟军前来支援的一支水面舰队,击沉1艘CL
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Boeton at 68,107
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1 ?9 P0 ]( J9 Q1 \7 s5 G( @, o# ]Weather in hex: Light rain
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- ^% {0 @2 f! V! K |. t! WRaid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.$ R3 O; L7 P% D/ p; C$ C- D
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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2 T1 {: D# R- YJapanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses+ l0 ?/ ^# o$ ?' o( G
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged' F+ A6 ]" u: _ U& X
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CL Dragon
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& x6 z6 E4 H, l, o r5 CGround combat at Ambon (76,109)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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2 O1 J! ?! R! a+ u2 x' qAttacking force 7408 troops, 173 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 238
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( R+ g0 H" J% @* p- VDefending force 3108 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37- I+ `, K8 P& e; E3 i
. l: a' o4 a' w9 w: z. PJapanese adjusted assault: 85 & u& [, z0 S' H O4 x1 y* g( L
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Allied adjusted defense: 22 ' H8 Z" I# n0 M8 I1 e6 G! k
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Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)
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2 C, f! o) j! j+ h1 ^2 V& k# iJapanese forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!
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9 {* w0 d3 l/ {' |Allied aircraft* c7 k6 [2 ?' z1 z0 w9 S+ I
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2 f' f( I; H$ m+ ]Allied aircraft losses
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker:
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117 casualties reported2 x' L0 Q5 n' C7 ?1 e7 [( T2 X
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled8 H/ ^2 s9 Q1 Y! v" t
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 y+ S% I+ d) a Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:) v& G$ H6 s' L2 i& m
3916 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 188 destroyed, 0 disabled) }0 P/ `; j2 E ?
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled& {( t- ~4 A& ~
Guns lost 78 (78 destroyed, 0 disabled) K9 Z9 `# a5 W/ q1 q8 Q6 L, U
Units destroyed 3
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Assaulting units:+ }- B, Q5 z" q6 c8 G; A
24th Infantry Regiment# b1 F1 `, |4 `& i+ x. c+ h
1st Kure Assault Division
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2nd Field Artillery Regiment
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Molukken Garrison Battalion
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