AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 41. {0 o! u/ S3 @) R. P" z
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南太战场,日军登陆布因和芬夏范
& F% c3 J8 {6 x0 h( F! `南洋战场,日军登陆霍洛岛; X, Q% w8 x8 N
马来战场,日军裸奔登陆丰盛港,新加坡空军出击,多有斩获$ n' \+ G0 u5 _6 p3 k8 g
大陆战场,派遣军降低香港城防至1级
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82 M$ h- [6 u" Y% ~& z
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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: I7 X( X& ~$ V; l; \Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
! y* U5 l9 v3 E; ]1 IEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft' x/ M* T P4 F5 _$ G3 `$ E* D
Blenheim I x 3
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Hudson I x 3 K* B) M5 s* L5 |0 z: ~. z
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Allied aircraft losses; ~# u& r1 C V& \4 x: l; f
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
H8 g+ |7 ?3 Z6 X/ t Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak8 _' P# g% U" Q* L
5 [- C0 q4 R8 b9 [Japanese Ships6 c2 \7 N. n0 E
xAK Arima Maru
+ g8 `) c- w8 M! a3 z& w xAK Nissyu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
0 ]: a. }# F+ ^ I$ b7 I xAK Teiyo Maru E# W. c7 A) [ G' ~
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Japanese ground losses:
0 X) x* y! Q. y 128 casualties reported
3 b+ N9 Y R, c; L5 F$ u Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) ]9 s m j$ ?* J; w5 @
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
( c% r6 X& f, v- l* C X, v Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled8 ~; n {2 L) L5 W8 [6 v" B" _
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; y( j2 s) J; q- f% yAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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. j( M/ L9 {; dRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
: Q+ e+ ~. Y" r: VEstimated time to target is 6 minutes# s. \* W3 {, i/ c! ^
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Allied aircraft. W1 G: W: B0 z+ z' j
Blenheim IV x 4 d% [* e/ Y+ ]; n! T
Hudson I x 9
! K6 v. u- q9 ]8 {( w8 O Wirraway x 4
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3 Q$ n: m" s" [% nAllied aircraft losses$ s& q: I& k8 {3 c- p4 a R
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged, J8 [. a0 }* H4 U# r/ u( a7 A
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak# r- k$ X" |$ h, }4 ^) e ~ a
Hudson I: 1 damaged
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9 G$ D& J3 [& M5 v7 I% P; sJapanese Ships
T) s1 {, J, e' | xAK Tatutaki Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires2 `9 X! P* h; `0 g2 l& h, Z
xAK Nissyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage# ^4 v6 `( L9 |; ^4 r# O. P
xAK Mogamigawa Maru# \" W5 g5 Z3 V
xAK Arima Maru7 W k* \3 f$ C" t; {, N
xAK Kogyo Maru
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6 q( g/ t6 k3 \6 K, M6 `0 I- SJapanese ground losses:
" C5 i1 G& x: l$ u& M$ K$ M/ h; u4 T 269 casualties reported
. A1 ?7 O/ A3 d: E1 I3 x6 U% T3 c Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled8 w" @9 }) }9 u/ {
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 l0 j+ W7 Y% f: F( ~3 A Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled4 O& z1 x0 _9 T, r+ W
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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: ]: ]3 q' t$ w. R" x* \6 u' P5 v6 h: XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain f1 E, W% o0 r9 ]/ x
9 `2 f# J. v- _Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
1 s- T4 a0 h& i4 @# E/ f4 g) j3 GEstimated time to target is 7 minutes# @) F1 O* k6 o ~
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Vildebeest III x 9
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Allied aircraft losses! f& ?: s* `) d
Vildebeest III: 1 damaged
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$ _3 z/ a3 B1 O% ?% AJapanese Ships
/ g: B! x1 q+ y xAK Nissyu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage% L& o! h o/ A4 ]4 {
xAK Naruto Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 x# g" Z6 |3 E& P
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
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2 R! U/ l) v" I8 R# }4 YJapanese ground losses:
# A. u6 g. U3 Z6 D% I 527 casualties reported
4 ^( \5 m& t* I& u) ] Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled$ b$ A& P7 e8 ~" s7 C
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled, b4 B; f; ?, r! e" d& N; r
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 13 disabled& k" p! T6 z) r/ F
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)9 Y+ q6 a2 P+ [: n$ {% T9 H
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|; I( z& m8 b- {; u' i& LWeather in hex: Moderate rain; o0 t* O- p& Q4 m. i
$ _. ~4 B t+ bRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.0 X4 ]/ A1 O; Z1 z |, z, Y5 f
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes" e( L$ U S. T/ C
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Allied aircraft# q8 ^1 b3 ?6 l
Swordfish I x 7
- B' ^! \! v N1 h" H Vildebeest III x 8" k- R) a f- M, s+ D6 N3 I% e/ F
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Allied aircraft losses
4 S" i8 o$ b& G1 I. c Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak
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xAK Koryu Maru
$ w6 k2 m4 ^+ Z* B xAK Naruto Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 C7 r. q& K5 s H# p xAK Kokai Maru
+ ^$ c# Q2 P+ [- \# b. a4 S xAK Mogamigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires2 X8 [9 J" y) z5 T9 ~
xAK Nankai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# C) \& T$ K+ ?6 Q
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Japanese ground losses:6 k6 f) K+ L% R
1669 casualties reported# u( \9 t" Z7 ~$ d# p9 L# P$ ^
Squads: 9 destroyed, 15 disabled
' R0 d0 {6 r' s" S Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 44 disabled
# m3 d3 c9 A7 j6 o9 E; u2 k# N+ {$ A Engineers: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled6 d3 s. f# y4 f
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82* h! H, J6 x+ G& \
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain. k8 J5 q3 g# \( k. c
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Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
4 w' F$ o6 m1 \8 @: h$ MEstimated time to target is 4 minutes9 t: W6 S7 i, E* Z0 ?
1 j9 i9 N; ~0 Y7 n5 u) qAllied aircraft
: x! Q" P8 m* v0 _7 p% u8 Y" x Blenheim I x 3( y( z5 G1 c3 r' U+ h
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Blenheim I: 1 damaged: ]4 W& Y5 e; D1 V
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Japanese Ships
7 }) i, x3 A( @$ f/ R H xAK Arima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires# M0 K7 d- V& {+ ~" \$ u
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Japanese ground losses:3 R* G; @" |* t0 x4 S
149 casualties reported3 O6 r% i5 }/ j! Z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled# m7 ]- U$ ^# ]7 L
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
; G( j1 b9 ^: J' U) ~2 _ Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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2 _$ W/ p1 w$ j& y8 z% @; N6 O% j* R7 jWeather in hex: Moderate rain7 Z6 V0 Q! }. s/ ], f
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft
: J4 [. v% I' O; K Vildebeest III x 10; \' A1 o% @/ z1 W
4 L2 {7 T! i3 R5 }: T5 s3 H( fNo Allied losses" \8 A3 F7 j P; o! m5 P# r( g
! `: C3 F2 q0 w2 MJapanese Ships! v7 {) O7 a* x- I# y
xAK Yahiko Maru
! h# O- }& N$ G xAK Kokai Maru, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
- X3 g0 |- r# E/ s: |0 p, o xAK Noto Maru
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( d5 Q% I5 d$ m# y" K4 s4 z0 JJapanese ground losses:
! M& t+ R. k& e0 F+ k1 c9 _$ U 1401 casualties reported
* J' Y9 f( i7 p; Y Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
& M+ Y& z4 ]: F Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 57 disabled
2 W6 |' e9 K0 z/ h/ x- }. J Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 z0 ~( C/ H5 X! ?: }% U% }' a Guns lost 55 (47 destroyed, 8 disabled)
& P& {9 V" V1 O/ c) a+ C. y Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) |