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预定的D+1DAY,但是硫磺岛上的第37军将士惊讶的发现庞大的盟军部队已经悄无声息地撤退了,昨日激战的整个海滩今天却空空荡荡,只有还在海边游弋的盟军舰队告诉他们,敌军残部已经全部上船,看来盟军将要撤退无疑,帝国取得了硫磺岛防御战的胜利!2 T4 N7 }$ I/ Z. P4 v
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当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。
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! ^) @" k6 r5 t; fMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,749 O; n6 L2 V! B r" ^
& \, d% |) }3 \% j5 \Weather in hex: Severe storms
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3 g9 I$ |- P: k5 sRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
* t5 {4 s; W/ p1 Q' u/ a1 YEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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5 R( m5 j$ D; Z8 hJapanese aircraft5 ^( [0 `3 H& z, d4 `
N1K5-J George x 362 o8 z0 t: C/ Y) I0 |
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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Allied aircraft
/ N% W1 L9 b4 D; a F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
R3 D; q2 B3 X8 G8 O SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses/ b0 o2 n; A! L2 k0 b- V8 x1 _9 \
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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0 A8 x$ }2 y0 |2 i1 \" b+ W$ P6 ]$ GAllied aircraft losses
+ J, z7 H5 d+ I q" d F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
/ t; F+ d$ \- h SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged4 x' H# B8 A8 J. i/ U' R( e
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1 f& |2 {; Y! T$ A9 Q xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
, D" T* H' o! e* R( j. q* Z( v) j xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. a- Q8 B8 s* h$ j# z
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75/ S& M$ f) A, l K1 L
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.+ n. K3 u$ Q8 ^4 Q
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes# X6 I2 [1 L8 n6 L
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N1K5-J George x 62" x( g+ [! t2 @- o% O- e$ D
Ki-84r Frank x 83
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Allied aircraft
( v9 e* p0 o/ H3 a F6F-5 Hellcat x 151 p$ @$ O) J* |7 t- O9 _3 l
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24+ L, f' ~, ?2 G* p" S" l; U' B
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( ^4 {3 A% w, e N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed D0 [* }0 T" u( E, ]
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
( u# i5 t) v: \. |' b SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed7 z- ~- B& ]3 p: V5 j5 N! u
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