AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards' D1 P6 [; s3 W% }( W5 U
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* I' l/ h* Q# Z" p2 u1 BAllied aircraft losses
. M0 k: B) _' X5 o: y SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed
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. A8 g. U% r" f5 I BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire2 D( Z( j! B8 F' H' s% n4 J
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
! U$ m9 U$ ]& b1 l) E e DD Shiratsuyu
6 N0 o5 O, c: t" h# o DD Shigure" W# M) \3 a$ y& x# E4 w9 a& y
DD Hatsuharu
8 S; l# m9 V- X. S DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
% N1 c* C3 `8 p) Y DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire& Q1 P; N2 z2 ]; i ^0 {
DD Oboro
b a* E; |) S/ f, E# N DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
5 ]: D$ N. T' V, C) q* B DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
( N; |9 W* }6 i! m DD Hayate; g* {! P4 [+ C6 R! Q9 }
DD Sawakaze
6 }* p7 u2 B9 s1 T DD Yukaze
9 z. L h; s4 o( A1 D DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
4 ^! H, p# n" ], k7 T DD Tawakaze. H7 P- W; B3 j( [9 \: w9 J) E
; I' I2 h& m8 fAllied Ships
1 o' s- d, J. ^5 l$ P* ^4 U# W K CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' k0 d( X4 |) l- E* Y CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk, e# ]2 p$ o, K* D) ]0 e5 P L* t
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage9 V5 b, m# T+ u1 s: x
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 d5 P3 \2 h- V; _3 \, N$ W DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
! g3 V! g. P5 D n- |2 ]$ B$ ] DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage6 M! |. {: j% b* R
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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! k( a) p$ D2 T( b+ p% O- v
2 T6 s8 z1 p9 p& f$ F( \: wMorning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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8 p/ ?7 V- Y' U) \Weather in hex: Light rain; y! c b7 m' F
& }, u8 {2 Q9 _* t8 x* z- Z CRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
+ E& O- g( x6 ~# J6 wEstimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
7 q) k8 ~# U1 p: q0 `) M' Z A6M2 Zero x 45# P' }5 F! L& L; m
B5N2 Kate x 50
; q, L0 G; t1 \0 k: Q D3A1 Val x 59' ]* a) Z6 _% X+ [$ Q
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F2A-3 Buffalo x 209 n4 d4 f5 f3 T, O
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A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed1 M7 x8 m3 L# M- \3 d1 ^# j
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
0 h% z& |" E7 H& ~$ e D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
9 m# d3 d1 t( p D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak d1 M8 A% z2 t! S6 d
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F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed: K4 f }& m0 `1 q, W' n8 ]
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Allied Ships
- ?0 f% K3 h6 I9 B3 y2 X) R CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
; o8 |7 b c( ]' {3 Y CA Chicago& X* w' i' R# U$ K1 f) ?( e/ X
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' {/ d" [4 z4 ~$ @, J, f1 `/ w/ {
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire
: m4 T! i" e! m7 f6 Z6 _3 l6 N# E+ | CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( y$ q: M2 g2 W: \& j% ` DD Flusser. n7 m- v$ c7 v8 O, X
CA Astoria2 ?. Z/ U+ j1 k: M6 r
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
" d, X9 o) J4 b8 | DD Benham
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! O7 r* C. |& ^Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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, Y0 ^& L: x2 `' E lWeather in hex: Clear sky
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' F$ C1 j- b5 C+ L1 u* k* N) PRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 _( e2 V+ P, `! Y4 \
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 r$ T z* H8 {- O8 b/ l0 g8 { A6M2 Zero x 321 X D8 ?. T; P0 I. m; k: A
B5N2 Kate x 10
3 y# e! l0 g5 m1 g D3A1 Val x 31
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Allied aircraft
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1 o" k4 x2 p9 c# B+ rJapanese aircraft losses( q, l* [2 b Z8 F
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed8 \! O4 Y& v) V' J
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CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 b* J. M- D/ p- L$ N% P2 @0 S CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk& n5 ?; U, M% ~* h8 z% |
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
$ ?% |. U% |* n. C. p CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
) ~" ?4 U2 \1 {4 m CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
4 O! K2 n' h' ~% n6 O0 }$ ? DD Gridley2 a& l3 V& K; u5 v) o4 f
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage: o7 o1 H& D1 Z& b6 C
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage- C% B( K6 n5 h; G- Q
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& p( o% \6 t/ @: l: \0 `4 fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1555 j3 p( }. q) e! F
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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* J2 k) g ^: P0 iRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
4 _4 w/ O4 Z5 {. c" zEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 j. {; `; ]7 r2 | D3A1 Val x 18
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6 K1 {8 J8 @. H3 y- x6 Q; D' uJapanese aircraft losses
1 B% R" R% ^( Q D3A1 Val: 2 damaged" v% h' g. C+ B( {% ]9 @8 K
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied Ships
2 P8 p, [5 u1 ~1 d( w. H1 r CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3 P0 k: g# X" P7 e2 V
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire2 S8 @. I3 r, I" r
5 {# z" F1 Y/ C8 s! v* }: w" g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0 M: t; A. R7 W! d6 `4 L6 q
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)1 i. K% C7 |- v4 w% k
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022: V0 y& | e0 G0 v/ Y: r
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39* W9 C& v% P$ U/ R( c8 e+ v
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
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# p: P2 I0 i/ J4 AJapanese adjusted assault: 434 : C% e9 F2 c8 Q* X9 r
. B1 T7 D" D2 M0 Y0 L" i' l3 bAllied adjusted defense: 5
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2 K5 p0 f6 t/ Q1 qJapanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) 3 [# @; N8 w( S/ E2 q/ c/ N- o" }
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:- [7 j6 ?3 l& n
134 casualties reported; n. D; ~5 h7 b" n0 U+ h
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled; \/ ]; y5 T% V
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled" g0 A5 G. D4 E6 O \
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# ]) W2 G& P8 `% I6 n; Y
h [: P, I' }% d& V8 l" L; ?* yAllied ground losses:: Y) N' ^& w& S q ^5 r
812 casualties reported
4 S1 I! c3 ~7 f) Q/ K- j- A/ f Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled- o: Y; t( @. u% {( W& @7 z$ H
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
( P! O) C0 E$ a0 f8 c2 t. y Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled- A8 T' S/ ?2 |( R
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
! T: X7 \9 h* m4 F: ^. t( U Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
2 W8 }3 }% |" O Units retreated 1- y2 G+ o, B* t; ^
Units destroyed 2 |