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) _, n4 F! W8 j' S* m' ]8 {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!' D2 P# x9 Y$ L7 x+ `# R
4 u+ z1 y( m6 y! o! R* L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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& _6 a4 w! y& q% R4 TMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,740 S' o! a2 j3 u& }2 F1 _
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.. N6 Y! H; C4 z5 V2 k
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes2 |: m/ c% a2 n0 a" H7 r- m9 f
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Japanese aircraft
. d6 O9 l0 _9 ?, \ N1K5-J George x 36
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Allied aircraft
' s0 ]; X% Q" v0 q! L G% f F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
" d0 n# s0 Y J SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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7 _" A* n" B* q& `Japanese aircraft losses7 M% w) U8 |, p5 m1 G: w8 _8 I
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed/ c3 n" a: b; A8 G# s% B2 d
7 [# l) |# I; L7 {! pAllied aircraft losses: `, c0 Q% U2 r4 A
F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed- j8 e4 |! i+ a
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged4 V1 N3 f/ P9 ^9 h% k4 E, K
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7 \7 G, i& _7 q% I2 p. I xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
9 N- O: m( \- l) U' m, b& [ xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,754 D8 e% |/ N- T
2 q& o3 R) N' R+ O& mWeather in hex: Overcast, T' B! i- D. ?" D% j2 `
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.3 n m x7 ^& @' D( i
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft+ d# y, Z, F" @' S
N1K5-J George x 62
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Allied aircraft4 h9 [6 H, P0 b+ T
F6F-5 Hellcat x 1514 u: C8 C2 c7 J& e U$ k
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24# \: ?- N2 M+ N0 b, }0 y
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N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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) @1 C$ a, F( S1 rAllied aircraft losses
, F2 X7 K# b4 w& z F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
0 F9 d$ N* {+ ?. l* K$ ] SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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