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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!
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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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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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1 f! J3 \! B9 B VWeather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
+ u( D7 e# h# E- @Estimated time to target is 17 minutes1 R8 v- c) Q# g! W( ?6 n2 h
9 P/ B* S/ S, W7 wJapanese aircraft5 G5 S8 ^4 w1 Y& q- i
N1K5-J George x 36
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
+ g2 Q% \7 M% I. B SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses
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* |+ j3 h% V5 v F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
8 d5 ^" ^) O: Q7 b) J' s xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk5 z9 i+ t0 B" o% a- G, D
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75( h4 D, C. q2 @5 w' r
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# j8 L1 f/ B* v% o( p5 LRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
! E8 A( R& q/ e/ E; G; @Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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N1K5-J George x 62/ S( l. O0 b u: s& x
Ki-84r Frank x 837 p' ~7 Z+ k5 k% m
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed6 Q1 t7 \4 j( ^% S
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
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