AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 414 t/ t0 I5 ?9 s: ]( g( \
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8 A! P5 f$ z O+ e
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards) S( r& m0 f) z6 D2 O; m
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Allied aircraft
4 D5 }2 q8 z, N s( U no flights
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/ {+ x- A, }0 ? DAllied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
/ z5 N1 m5 N, D2 U2 \( a BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire0 r: Y4 `4 T1 C: H
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
+ s) D0 T, {' x8 k% u) H# l' i3 J# a DD Shiratsuyu! X6 M9 i. Y6 Y, @0 e2 `9 v$ _
DD Shigure& s5 d) K7 @- M
DD Hatsuharu3 {% A( I8 J8 f) I2 Q
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
4 Z7 u" l% Q2 Z DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire/ R& B/ C) t! o, {
DD Oboro
8 J3 c' F* z# p' T( i+ L9 p( N DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire
/ ?5 ?7 C" x' ]% k. ` DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& @9 E6 t5 s3 { DD Hayate
- v1 F- g8 }9 ] DD Sawakaze
! R% M2 F+ z9 R8 X8 q. T DD Yukaze
5 C5 w- y& }& e- g/ O DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
* v: s: M% Y+ n5 y DD Tawakaze$ i. @( d& K( u0 K/ A/ ~; F! r
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Allied Ships2 N. F1 i; L6 k
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 b$ s. J- N' j+ G' Y
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
6 o" `1 o4 q& z7 Z DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
% p# u0 ]8 }) @4 z) F9 F: A3 L DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage* x5 F; F }& g: B2 K
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires1 r% ^; b1 `. l
DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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. I5 S5 ]. w/ o58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭+ \& J/ \6 i, i- A/ _
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1550 C% R0 {* t4 ?. g0 J, S; V
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( {; Z; D& n ?% L' h' ^Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
' m7 t9 j- A1 \& I& o5 h$ J8 XEstimated time to target is 26 minutes( ^ q6 |: O4 {4 s
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A6M2 Zero x 45
) L8 s- X; J; @5 e; Z+ ` B5N2 Kate x 50# N7 }' F) }, J; {
D3A1 Val x 59
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2 e, W) c( ~9 F1 l F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses
. D" @' k4 L: i: `. D) X A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
: \0 U/ S7 t% R/ p( o! X: ?2 N B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
1 V4 |) v: {- n v9 G: ? D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
2 [9 _1 j! H Z* B$ ^& d D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak# p5 x3 f; j1 [; }0 p0 i
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F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
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Allied Ships
5 v. _3 W/ U( w8 c" J( y8 L1 Y CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
1 r V0 d! Z s5 Q# w1 m& q CA Chicago+ `4 }$ ^ I& M6 c7 r1 I7 l
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
' o. T$ d( j* m6 K0 b" l* D CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire4 c3 @, } m7 C2 n1 `* P
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ W4 O% [* I6 I4 |7 a) v4 Y DD Flusser
9 I2 N( P p3 l! H( `2 g CA Astoria1 q A: r* n) e6 F) a# T
CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2
0 p) l5 j& m& a4 Z5 { DD Benham
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- B) H @5 |) W0 q" y/ @Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.9 H5 ]; W' A1 p
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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, [0 z O' E2 s, G6 dJapanese aircraft2 F' q4 ?, q+ i% Q2 T3 v0 _+ A
A6M2 Zero x 32; l- H* l6 p2 O. c6 g4 r
B5N2 Kate x 104 O9 E1 t5 b5 B; I2 w. P8 p5 A
D3A1 Val x 319 I; a; v, N2 v- R
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Allied aircraft
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
5 n/ B- C* `4 O2 s/ U2 ? SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships( }2 l# V# i' W' J
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
) a6 @1 l) U; ^# N1 d' X CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk& I$ U) g8 U5 p% N) W6 I/ r+ u
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire0 W. `5 D- \/ }9 `7 [) E. }% D
CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 A9 s8 u/ x; Z5 e8 D% Z6 P
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3% F8 Q% u* h) y4 k
DD Gridley
6 b) U/ b# M3 l( G- l* X DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( H1 p k# {" o, V$ X CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage/ @ s4 G+ c, g+ ]
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1556 s5 W) c q8 L
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Weather in hex: Clear sky. K! ^8 u, `7 ~6 O$ }& b# A
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
1 n$ \* F* b9 h6 f0 P' jEstimated time to target is 16 minutes4 R t2 s9 P5 r8 D, m( t6 c8 I
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Japanese aircraft% a1 L0 X. c2 M1 m+ V/ [
D3A1 Val x 18% ] V, _" @9 @% j4 U4 `, K
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D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3* O: a( t- v2 s8 h+ a
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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& Z7 J, S6 ?8 `% Y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9 u% ]- c. Y4 Q! ]& D
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022
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Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0& S( \+ N" G3 ~0 F; W
; Z1 M% }7 h; ]/ T @+ Q# _Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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: K' f2 d/ j* Q! @$ M, kAllied adjusted defense: 5 2 z/ P! O: w3 w6 G$ n7 X2 \* Q
/ Z& P& S3 l \, @Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!; E8 V# a8 s' n
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)8 s$ M7 O+ b% a( W; B( |) E
experience(-)7 L; k, w$ p- P P. I1 K
Attacker: 9 ~) a( Y5 }5 c6 B! h8 g! a$ p
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Japanese ground losses:5 k8 k* |0 h' w& q. ^( U
134 casualties reported0 r, {2 ]8 R( m; `+ {0 d% ~
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
6 ~, @6 ^9 v% e2 `1 ^* o) A+ E Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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: Q& x3 T) l8 `2 W1 L& u w% CAllied ground losses:+ q o" x" ]1 G/ L* e
812 casualties reported
9 |: Z0 r8 k( l Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
# m$ M0 W) x. x% N Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled+ R% ~/ Q& T9 n8 g3 O$ F
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
- L* \7 A, W! p; g. G+ r! k Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)% ?8 X/ ~$ J9 N4 r! i
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
. H9 m1 i# p; s$ W Units retreated 1
- v A4 j: Q3 K Units destroyed 2 |