AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 423 y; |8 ?% B t D' A: W3 I, E* K1 A
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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8 B/ I3 ]: H$ t& \) ?: e
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0 K( h: [( }+ P* ^. a3 Q
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109% F5 I5 I0 @6 P5 E4 ~9 S
$ q/ a6 x1 L3 L$ ]. y& QWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
" }) D7 ?1 g; x0 WEstimated time to target is 7 minutes$ K; N8 E1 B2 I* a; _
: }* A" d% j5 ^, @# A. |7 XAllied aircraft
0 a! D( w% z1 g6 s8 f% g4 I 139WH-3 x 62 a. B" P2 ?, O3 F( u# C( K
B-339D x 34 x, l3 c( S' i0 l6 }! g) ]
Hudson I x 3* ^6 `; Y6 K. `& T
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Allied aircraft losses% Y) d" D7 @7 _+ D
139WH-3: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships, c7 G5 |" }. ^$ S2 C V
DD Shiratsuyu
" n) g) \+ {# }9 ]' ? xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires& O5 J% {( `, R* z6 X3 t
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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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Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
/ m% Q* b" _' Z) tEstimated time to target is 5 minutes$ }/ i9 r6 H% ^+ A1 | e+ b/ e8 t
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Allied aircraft
5 C5 O+ \: U) V- z& ~3 I B-339D x 1
1 D9 m* ^& s2 U' e A-24 Banshee x 17
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v4 F# ^0 ~5 P4 vAllied aircraft losses
9 k, Y( ~5 M' ~9 y A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged
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! \1 {+ V' | D- I6 VJapanese Ships
1 }; E& R; C# o xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
! f! E* W1 ?1 P5 k' _0 D+ i CA Takao0 ^7 `. X# Y! w* L# w5 n
CL Yura
; \" c( S0 F( q" W: y+ Q& E xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage f% D# A6 A1 k" ^2 ]' z
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire2 E, R2 \& K4 t! [. [6 ]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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8 F1 {: D( W& M; I& I+ |1 URaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 ^% C1 u( M2 }
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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. z" z# m' ~# e* g4 wAllied aircraft4 x, c" R3 a2 z! L s" f% y- y
B-339D x 3
3 ~2 e, e" l$ A) o) c2 Z) h8 a A-24 Banshee x 10
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0 G% Q% c; g3 m% H* V5 h; V0 O- GNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
. F9 g' l. [& }% f xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
; j" e( Q6 M- o xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires& x6 a1 C3 \, J7 `- g# K
xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire" o; t# B( x% U! d0 R6 p% }& W
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2 _. T0 S" m; L. r: F* y' @. O1 @; aMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
]! |% @( z& o3 W# h6 OEstimated time to target is 6 minutes$ W; w3 N' a7 a8 B! T
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* x- b9 r3 _: Y8 T- ?& T" x( F B-339D x 1# N4 H, ~; J. P5 W. F& C% ]0 T# C
A-24 Banshee x 2, k1 G u( h8 J* c+ z
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No Allied losses
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2 c# C% s$ f( F+ O; y1 pJapanese Ships& D9 v" f3 ^ |& F
CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1097 y- D" a9 p) }- M
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud* ^8 e; W! S: i, X# O0 H+ Q }
$ R# E. {. |" {# fRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
/ _9 n# E. F9 Z$ O- N2 PEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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( k4 x- J! G6 c; x& u+ U# hAllied aircraft
6 v8 U) o$ S1 _4 }+ q A-24 Banshee x 14% i% ^6 d$ Z$ T: B
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1 J, ~4 M$ {, x7 _& g7 c( _; t9 I A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
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0 G, S- F( r4 y2 O5 [) CJapanese Ships
6 C0 k6 z! K( g7 a CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires3 J1 g* `2 Y7 q) g. \- M; u1 Q8 D
DD Hatakaze
9 J8 g5 ]. Z( R/ d4 ? DD Oyashio
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3 `1 u3 q: J2 h7 n, v' KGround combat at Ambon (76,109)1 }4 T* p; A4 l7 k
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Japanese Deliberate attack- ~% c& L$ b$ r/ A% q
1 f) v$ x' P3 ^, \4 G0 q' XAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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" N+ ?' f8 w3 @: m* ADefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76& ?9 E: P" K4 l: E
# ^5 u0 C5 y+ v6 C2 _Japanese adjusted assault: 53
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Allied adjusted defense: 121
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! i& i6 V/ p% a8 MJapanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
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Combat modifiers5 p9 o4 N1 f' `; [
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
( @% s. u; e4 O7 \5 f4 B4 @( V1 y1 qAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:- i+ Z+ A J+ J* J, H' s' F
292 casualties reported! N$ Q4 x$ h3 Y8 f# N3 L: u1 P
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled* c Q7 ]1 W# D& {! U( N! J
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
$ T7 I3 ?" ]1 c9 w# ? Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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% G& W/ g( {; i+ ?7 _Allied ground losses:7 q- Q! O0 R( D! m2 I' Y0 h
163 casualties reported
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+ |8 v! V2 a A) F1 t8 } Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled/ g( T7 t6 O( D% D, g8 c0 Q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:
; s( L# r2 ~( l/ L 1st Kure Assault Division& S" f$ y8 d( X5 c9 \- _
3rd Air Flotilla ! ]: T* K3 z% M2 w5 X0 ]" Q# V' J" \
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Defending units:
3 K2 b/ G" v& H% a. V; i; D% P& I1 } Molukken Garrison Battalion' r% L1 Q" F( ~
4th Coastal Gun Battalion. o: ]$ @/ S9 K' m2 c
Ambon Base Force |