AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 07, 42
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日军占领澳东的凯恩斯8 W) v' z8 }# k. o% R% S, b
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Ground combat at Cairns (92,140)
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 36101 troops, 401 guns, 248 vehicles, Assault Value = 856& G& a: `8 Y+ B
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Defending force 3091 troops, 38 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 976 }1 v( M8 N* g' ?4 w) d6 W) W
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 04 H/ K/ D9 y# i8 k) X/ o
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Japanese adjusted assault: 972 ! Q9 g3 @; C) E' s5 W K1 s
/ a0 T& X6 |! ~+ n/ dAllied adjusted defense: 85
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Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0) 3 ]- z' l0 C w5 E
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Cairns !!!2 x% L' D( G b
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Combat modifiers- I$ ~( J0 A. W* t! v, H
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)1 d) K" A7 U4 M( @- A
experience(-), supply(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 8 destroyed, 54 disabled% h# G( z0 g) \$ j4 A+ E1 e5 C/ ]
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled- [0 Y* [. O5 f7 [3 ^
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
2 J, a6 c; m3 X0 a; V1 t+ F" u" i. }" ~ Guns lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled). t; k6 N$ H- X9 e
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Allied ground losses:- F `" k) e4 U& a& M3 ^; h: c# S
947 casualties reported0 p0 Q. ]. @. [ t2 N
Squads: 44 destroyed, 29 disabled
( ^- Z. R" I2 o A7 \: k: ` Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 18 disabled( Q. I1 \6 h& d, e. V( n8 K8 M! Q
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Vehicles lost 47 (46 destroyed, 1 disabled)# u m: I$ A$ \" Q I* @
Units retreated 2
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Defeated Allied Units Retreating!2 ]; S8 D) h: f! i! [* c* N
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61st Division
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8 D6 |% y! r- | 52nd Division
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8th Tank Regiment8 a# I% O. C, |& S
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
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14th Naval Construction Battalion
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6th Field Construction Battalion
4 {* f, U {/ X 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
3 R2 M! u1 p Z/ z( M$ X, t 17th Army
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17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
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44th Field AA Battalion* @5 A% q. q$ ~% c2 Q
85th JAAF AF Bn
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: Y- w8 I2 ]# I8 M* ?9 L" i6 jDefending units:
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