AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41! q7 G0 O' R. N8 U4 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
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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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Allied aircraft losses
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BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire8 C: Q; i, S+ `* }! x! S
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
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4 {. B- p$ i7 b; l# `: \ DD Shigure$ K3 S, W. _3 e7 l
DD Hatsuharu
( m0 c4 B- e* O; O! G" x DD Nenohi, Shell hits 3
5 k- h2 Q; [7 Z4 s- U& y DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
0 D+ n e8 Z: N3 Q DD Oboro: [( c: m" t+ o" h( B1 k. |* g
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire1 n3 p2 U M6 c* \
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 l0 U0 g9 O5 R* s9 P8 Z% s7 H DD Hayate
4 M t/ p7 s1 n* }/ m: @2 ~# m DD Sawakaze
' P/ D' \" }4 R$ U2 G- d, h# B# x, N DD Yukaze
" C( ?) m: O0 O' c- w DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
: u) X9 u2 k# V DD Tawakaze
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3 }* }8 \/ q# X [5 J$ DAllied Ships
8 Q- v% ^# w6 |8 v: l CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ w0 s. q. K8 v n9 D
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
" w- G1 S# X9 a0 G) F( E DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 N# b4 V! ]( j* z9 r DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage" w4 u$ _+ ]! c; R" R
DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
. J, t9 F6 F( v. d% M$ ~% {( V DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
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' g: F0 a. ^( j5 F- U7 b58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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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1552 L+ h( {! e) ]# z- D; Y
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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, ^7 H! } s3 R: }+ r; Y- `0 b8 ?Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.7 g& k: E3 N' g
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
x8 U7 _- S* X) }9 A A6M2 Zero x 45
: u! N- W5 p0 B8 K4 T+ Q B5N2 Kate x 50
/ c. T8 d) t: @8 b/ |9 a D3A1 Val x 59, G6 X3 G. b2 b! [0 c2 K! f
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5 d: Q7 a" t/ B F2A-3 Buffalo x 20
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, \ P- p' {' z/ l( L' _ A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed" q+ |% U- X5 h/ m8 y, @
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
* j) p# g4 W: h. Q2 Y D3A1 Val: 16 damaged
# J( [4 S X: `9 Y# x D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed6 H6 A5 \* I4 j8 o3 Z! p; q7 ^
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CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk' o1 }2 x& e& [7 N+ J
CA Chicago5 f+ o0 [ S% q
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
. `& U# w/ p9 e8 U% B1 _ CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire5 w% A8 ]: F: g% j
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage. H2 m" i. C6 a4 G) }
DD Flusser) R1 ^& E1 W, J4 e& X
CA Astoria
8 D$ N# }( T! {) C8 e CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2) V+ ?& l/ m1 p/ f" b1 Z
DD Benham$ m8 |( N+ G) k
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$ M( r5 l! }* @! PAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155- [7 t! y! ?/ X7 R4 t' h" U# J
* T5 f# z" H# l% s1 A6 OWeather in hex: Clear sky' X- M( N' P) B+ \5 l; K* y+ Y
( I2 s) d$ ]$ S. m1 E4 p" a& HRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
0 H0 i& {7 d% v, }3 I9 D6 \ BEstimated time to target is 21 minutes, e) W0 J2 h; h* O2 b; W$ l
' P Q1 p R, n7 k( ^/ b* j5 Q: eJapanese aircraft2 ?- o9 ~; K* y$ W# M2 P9 M
A6M2 Zero x 320 f+ O8 V; d: k v, T
B5N2 Kate x 107 i4 q0 [) u. c% l
D3A1 Val x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses9 R i" c! c$ }* [
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged- S( `! r+ t5 L: F4 b' {
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& E0 N5 f- L+ {5 K SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
5 n$ p4 z/ k0 ^, B3 B6 C4 n- b8 ^6 l CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 |6 [8 X" M1 ]/ c0 Y, ^0 ] CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
9 y! `& _+ z! Z0 F CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
) R0 P/ @' G, C3 o6 a5 o CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 d2 ~; Z/ n, D4 Z# g% M! l( P
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
6 p7 ^9 j9 ]& \9 w9 Y" u DD Gridley. ?/ S, R8 N+ m7 Y
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ e& p. h) z: `$ }
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage5 B0 d7 f' ]* h
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* G# x; a, v9 u" M/ u, \( FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Weather in hex: Clear sky+ ^; R* |3 e+ u* Q- h& J7 D7 c, _
+ W% ^ u+ s2 |9 uRaid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 U0 f7 d* j3 b$ A, S+ s7 E
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes/ j8 O" W3 X2 f+ n' Z
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D3A1 Val x 18
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D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
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: s$ U" o+ v; u- i3 J CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
# H0 c. f! _/ u7 ^6 y; T, l; J CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire) ~! [6 `! H6 l n' X$ Q+ t
* u- s k4 _( A1 r5 P( `6 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
( Q d! S5 b- i; T( ZGround combat at Rabaul (106,125)
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) o/ @ L+ ~# E' K% {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* {3 }1 K2 f: J5 w a; F
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0" A4 q2 t' I9 t; }6 x% r: D, v. S# [
9 O+ \5 H* T `9 @Japanese adjusted assault: 434
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/ C: K+ w1 J5 _& A& W: N1 YAllied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!. D7 x6 I% T1 x' w3 j) ^ o
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)( n# N; e/ F0 n7 ?) R5 E2 t
experience(-)& E8 e% U: |, T0 y8 c
Attacker: 4 N+ g1 _: R$ g9 H
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Japanese ground losses:
# U |, a" z5 A) z( F. L 134 casualties reported
M& Y k& j1 V% K6 z Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
" F. O! d9 W" e7 z. F$ q T3 f Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled( N- }5 Q# Y: f3 O! Q+ I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# A% {# }; {8 k; r$ p: G6 ]& Y9 a
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 c: ?# }$ Y* u. o3 h. G Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled/ Z9 r* q h" u; a$ C
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
# D" }6 d; ?1 h, m6 _ Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
6 Y% j9 p4 w2 g& I. h# B& ^+ _ Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
! h- w* x/ U& ^8 e' k! Q Units retreated 1
3 t* @* `. W5 T) a+ C) ~% @ Units destroyed 2 |