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4 x0 }8 e- M( T$ c$ a5 V H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。4 ~. d9 Y0 p9 r) I/ y* O
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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Weather in hex: Severe storms* I" o$ {" I0 y
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet." q0 k( l/ \# M I" r& L
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 41
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Japanese aircraft losses
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed7 `/ {( d) @/ J |4 z2 E
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
2 I7 [5 d S0 c1 p xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk( B B/ o T# c0 G9 Q- w% ]
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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: }2 _4 |9 R, ?Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
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N1K5-J George x 62
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed: j3 N$ k: q# i; V0 I$ d; v& e1 N G
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed6 `1 L8 j& {" N5 J# B$ A; y z
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