AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
8 ?0 H% W" O5 [1 ^- n2 c* k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
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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% Y' b3 Q2 {; B% t% AAllied aircraft losses
% |5 A7 y6 Z8 J. A SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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Japanese Ships/ n8 k h. ?% R0 I
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
4 {! F1 C0 }2 q& r CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1* i4 |3 E; T# _
DD Shiratsuyu
' y* D* n+ E; k DD Shigure
# G' C% ?3 A% `9 G( T" q DD Hatsuharu* `. \4 ]4 t* U
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
' S. o$ w' [2 ]4 A7 } DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
! o6 x# B* y5 N DD Oboro+ {: w. K! ^3 E1 G* m" G
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire- ]2 S3 z& J3 X: L% g
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& w1 u) d7 b# b4 w1 ` DD Hayate( a, j# [* m* A2 \
DD Sawakaze+ Q" R5 g$ p' d$ O$ n. N( l
DD Yukaze% E4 w; b% T0 j
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
' E. q# r, b" p* N DD Tawakaze9 m( |9 A* E* E2 b4 E {2 X
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Allied Ships
6 O) e% j1 S6 e CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! t/ y9 W* t3 x: s; D9 z9 S CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
4 b) A! [( S4 t1 Y/ j% p DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
! m y) H1 Y3 y2 r/ ] DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ? y/ c( h7 r- L8 l DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires8 I2 U6 b' d$ H* D- D0 z2 G
DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage% T- e, Q7 |) ]) r u
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) l6 a7 ^! Y7 g7 V! S; w58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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% H3 J c7 {; E) [1 v. WMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155' d; \( O; D6 e! {1 | ^% |7 t
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
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. l, B/ p+ ?4 @9 y* ^ B5N2 Kate x 50# ]! a+ v# ?# n' g! B% h! O
D3A1 Val x 59% T" C+ l, I9 | e6 b: r
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F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
( W& o9 A* h4 i& m4 A% M B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
1 h1 l5 I8 {4 W2 b) X6 C D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
$ [5 A3 z* a) B$ i. K: c2 M5 Q D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
4 C. C9 W" Y+ A Y7 J0 {3 p2 A F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed8 A& [0 S! m( \" q m2 S ?
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/ R9 h* K1 }; d2 ^" x' r CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk" |' T8 w8 J' M. Q ~
CA Chicago; t+ Z) [ |7 W" E/ ^- U# b
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" R6 H8 Y- ~( }; }
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
7 n8 y/ t; ]$ d2 N; t# `4 [ CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ Z9 m- Q" e- x DD Flusser
( S% q, T0 Q2 m8 z3 r CA Astoria+ {0 t( o) V6 j+ C2 `- C! M
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 22 ~, ]" w/ N& j0 u6 _) k
DD Benham
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! |4 r- r+ M! N4 G8 y- p) A- NAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky* R" R5 ]+ G% v9 s
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Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
; ~% k! o" n% D6 P3 S0 XEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft- X# y! K6 C! D1 G8 H9 e
A6M2 Zero x 32
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]% g0 f5 o i) d9 t D3A1 Val x 31
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# [5 J/ v$ n0 e1 @6 ~6 [ no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
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SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed$ p1 m: `0 Q q6 m
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* H _3 d3 T$ w6 c0 g CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage. v* Y( j; }' y6 X1 L) S
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk j3 X3 j% f+ e3 P8 n% q' S) p
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
- M% X2 k0 R6 |6 \4 W7 F8 i' f CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage6 F3 P* I( d, i y7 f `
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 30 [' S: c" Z1 D/ s0 ?4 N0 u3 C( x
DD Gridley4 o6 |+ Q4 f6 j- [
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
& S! n) M) I+ D2 z CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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5 m5 I6 h6 v; }+ h" ORaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
' Z8 A) I- b* ^Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
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( Y3 K s( P$ J$ zJapanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ [% f1 W4 W: y* x D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
$ V$ O r. E. C- W D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
3 o y: I( Y; T2 s CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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; @% y I: d6 a P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
5 |9 I6 E7 x4 g$ z0 m7 d0 e' XGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack" ~0 D8 y* e4 p/ u7 f% C
& c8 f& I( b- v* v5 L$ D8 ^1 X9 yAttacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 10227 `1 ?+ o6 g- K; z3 x; {) v
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 397 O" H' r7 l* \+ u
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Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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6 _) U. t& S$ |' `# k" T! a$ O* f2 kAllied adjusted defense: 5
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& O/ ?9 ]$ X5 u L0 u4 }; V3 DJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) . s" o9 l6 s. T s# ~
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Combat modifiers
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experience(-)
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Japanese ground losses:/ u7 P6 T$ q) l$ T$ \
134 casualties reported) K' a) G# Z5 T6 {6 Q1 l# E: h
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
* ^! x# ]7 Q+ F7 l Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
! P# t Q5 X( u! K( F Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled* g7 C L/ j; t/ B
* H! R1 s7 Y& d9 fAllied ground losses:, O: G& x3 m7 T$ x& f
812 casualties reported* }' c: j# F4 K% S# c& a* w% O2 K( D& i
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled5 n& d( u* q" m; I2 |" [
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
" T- B5 E! ?7 g7 l5 J9 j# k Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
; z! C2 f* ^+ P `. q9 e, ~ Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
2 s: B/ a' d2 X4 ^: D0 J4 \: o2 ? Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
! x" A- g) {: F3 s5 Z0 @$ W6 \3 ^ Units retreated 1( e9 Y( A. Y; H T( \/ v4 W! \
Units destroyed 2 |