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盟军解放者4发机群在爪哇登陆后把矛头对转了巨港一带的日军航空设施,企图利用4发轰炸机的航程优势突袭日军防御力量比较薄弱的后方二线机场,不料遭遇日军同一日正好转场过来的3个战斗机大队,于是本来轻松惬意的偷袭变成了一场苦战,经过激烈的战斗,日军战斗机击落了多达60架4发轰炸机和十多架护航的闪电战斗机,同时自损17架战斗机,虽然盟军还是对机场进行了打击,但是显然得不偿失。% l& q3 {, d4 T
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3 f9 s3 j& [: \# b) K0 e& I" C; mMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud) p) b! ~0 d; S- v* y
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft0 W1 G) Y0 X7 y" n
N1K5-J George x 122
o* @; H" D/ B Ki-84r Frank x 36
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Allied aircraft- \4 S8 ^# _2 c5 T9 V( \
P-38J Lightning x 37
( I( Z7 H8 I& | PB4Y-2 Privateer x 562 d6 w% C2 o# @+ M* }2 W
7 q5 ?+ I4 z3 V8 u# K6 SJapanese aircraft losses& ^7 A0 D" h- t* e2 S% c& L$ H
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
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P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed: q/ @ c: \/ Z5 l6 x
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Airbase hits 21. d! V2 m. d- s7 x) s9 M: ^
Airbase supply hits 3
7 s) Q7 l$ \1 w, d5 ]Runway hits 55/ _& D8 n$ Z) ?% v9 W% q
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+ }, a! }7 a: I; K, CMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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/ F! r9 P' a8 ^5 g {& PWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.4 U' n4 F8 h" n
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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6 M; n, d t/ f' v, m# p/ sJapanese aircraft/ ~9 O/ n9 F% u) S6 j, F1 P1 ^+ U
N1K5-J George x 76( n7 l4 ^3 u) ^2 ]: H- {
Ki-84r Frank x 30
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Allied aircraft
! L; r- I# u9 E/ r( \+ [' s" ] P-38J Lightning x 8
; I' v8 j0 n5 ?0 ^ PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ W- q( f/ ?* y0 s" q! T" \, q& W% i$ l N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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5 x6 G8 l8 x. v' A P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed3 {2 }, H! t n+ D. e0 x
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged* E5 v, ^# @4 Z9 I2 M, @1 w
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Airbase hits 1
/ T6 ]0 _# p0 VRunway hits 2* p% _: x9 m% h" @- X+ [
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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5 j3 e. Z1 E. V0 ARaid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' M' r m" v4 p. h' I: x9 Q2 B2 i; f
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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, ]3 }! L; T- ?4 FJapanese aircraft
. h7 X! i4 B1 A w* ` N1K5-J George x 61
# H5 G- ~+ b; U: C* n% Z# ] Ki-84r Frank x 299 a1 _, j# p9 Y `* t4 {
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+ K9 r" N) Y/ S2 K PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6& R* Z" X1 Y: a% a* [9 E+ p1 H
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Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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6 b: c4 h8 ^& A8 o PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged' ]& E7 d- [! }, Q
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) s& a, b( C! H" z7 y% d4 PMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 * h. u. B( j4 K, }0 f$ B
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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. J6 R+ @" s+ C7 x. {Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.$ p$ z1 f9 k9 C- R/ m' b6 _+ |' G
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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4 h" {/ T' N# H. X7 C+ yJapanese aircraft
( l7 q }; k* e N1K5-J George x 44
1 N8 I$ H0 |* n% s. _/ R ? Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft
5 U* O# k* G8 z. p% v# A PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6. Z$ J* ?: E% J# Z3 ], P& v
) A* _3 Z0 h: d* l7 y5 vJapanese aircraft losses+ _, t1 a4 [* s/ N
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed2 k; n0 y# r5 X# v% w
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# f" M' \5 k) w$ X PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged6 R! |4 o, Y, w! \* z3 Q, p
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Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( a( U( ?1 {: I: A; BEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Ki-84r Frank x 186 Q$ S$ Q1 k5 j6 v+ x
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5 {, ~& V6 F$ N+ T$ P$ s; y! { B-24J Liberator x 67. j3 X5 B7 \" q: r) ^8 [" k
3 v. G/ S' I# B) J" L% |. JJapanese aircraft losses. w- v+ X* E# K# V5 p4 P% E
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed6 Q- o& A9 a; b" T J" a
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; H0 q( b/ m8 m5 |! n: I# c, R B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged: l5 t- A& B8 c" r; T$ v
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 l8 X9 r0 [8 u9 i# [0 t7 ?# k Z
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled, D, u1 y! b. q1 v' g0 J
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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8 ^! U2 Q6 b% k+ m3 f2 R7 lAirbase hits 17
* I4 c6 z- b9 u, w4 b7 oRunway hits 22. U4 r, s) |6 D; C' t
" c; c( ?% @ B( a4 M# m当天比较不幸的是,雪藏已久的联合舰队主力舰队出动,在航渡过程中被盟军发现,在没有直掩的情况下遭遇到盟军水平轰炸机的跳弹攻击,多舰负伤,不过也击落了十多架敌机。但是舰队的行踪暴露了。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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) f) ~, f* @7 L1 nRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet., V3 X. m9 T" s: m i+ v
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft: Y1 c4 [; j! W. K% ]$ s$ U* h
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
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- B2 R$ X) Z6 A& V1 W( S& a B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged
4 y. o# h8 s5 k# E; O B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak2 X8 c! @6 n6 Z0 F& e, J: ~1 `
9 ?" F* l0 x2 D" ZJapanese Ships
+ I: P% R4 s* Q! P) ? DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1/ R; j4 X5 D/ Z6 [2 u( {8 x" h
DD Makinami
7 q* ^! a1 Q& _: k# U DD Kosukaze
( g/ A& l+ D4 A$ @1 P% O C7 W CA Kumano
4 s: z+ Z5 C; ?% y6 ] DD Asashimo
& v7 U9 e: }3 o DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8# |4 y' A$ S, \( ^! L- S* n
BB Haruna( R6 Q+ I# v7 V. K# N2 ?+ R* [
CA Chikuma
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14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * ' n$ s& k1 N% @* A
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94; @& p( ] W( u
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Weather in hex: Light cloud+ W' b9 j2 T1 m! ]
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet." E1 b/ q& H4 U$ b& t( y, v
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes( E* P$ e, ~0 V/ x
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
, y! P! K, g# ~, _9 O B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
% q0 T8 C. V, h, I% {& T- X9 p0 n6 n B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak2 N- L+ `2 z# j
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Japanese Ships( U: `6 ~% ?' d U% t
DD Kishinami0 p* V3 o* C0 Q
CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire& v6 E( D, K9 _; ~: F. B
DD Arikaze
& u+ y* a* G/ {' }+ R/ o! ^ DD Haruzuki( Z% e" t2 D" Y! a \# }
CA Mikuma- k* ?# F5 Z- Q8 y9 X' v
DD Satsukaze3 p- R9 k/ l- I# ~- Z, ]* } V
CA Maya, Bomb hits 2" [" c7 m8 x* @
CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire, F' |+ n2 H9 a3 ]) d
DD Minegumo; T/ ?( b. }6 l6 V9 |! V. q8 C
DD Myojinkaze! L* a$ o! `9 ?+ g
6 M" ]1 C/ n9 _2 i/ aAircraft Attacking:
3 @ n# H N y: J 17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * 1 u+ z6 J5 _/ s8 g! x! R8 l
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb' `# G8 j' c4 P- |2 {. U5 W$ ?
( K5 [3 f* @/ m/ F4 x0 H5 z8 c最后,在马尔努斯岛上奋战一个多星期的第60师团在盟军新锐增援上来一个陆军师之后终于崩溃,马尔努斯岛宣告失守,至此,从特鲁克到拉包尔和卡维恩的航线基本被切断,当地守军只能靠种水稻“现地自活”了。 R" d6 t2 C/ M3 A$ D( i- ~0 i% ^
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% [1 h1 C o/ P8 aGround combat at Manus (101,119)
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, T( \7 E3 |" R/ [' ~Allied Deliberate attack3 u9 F6 j( J- k4 o5 g+ y9 Q
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778
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" k9 r3 j9 A) T3 o) o! VDefending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272/ U1 @/ b0 a! U H
/ f* A( v0 R, X8 \6 g, lAllied adjusted assault: 659
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4 L ?& |6 ^# E" o6 ^! ?! p* fJapanese adjusted defense: 119 0 T: e& |; \( G
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
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- H+ ], T! c9 _+ R1 kAllied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!1 h$ e+ S3 a* H4 g( f# N
6 s L7 N3 m, `0 i0 RCombat modifiers& r0 ]# Y e1 Z' h
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)9 Q! C6 C' J6 X" e( B
experience(-)7 ^+ c" _# ?& P8 G
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:7 n' u! e! j" Z# R
1954 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
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Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)
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Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
# s0 }, a! K* U Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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77th Infantry Division
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IX US Corps
7 r# \' Z1 f' ^( O 5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion* |7 s9 i% q/ k& q& N: c+ F
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion) N% b' k. w0 P% z3 ~5 U) l
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
6 U$ Q6 p0 C4 l$ {6 ^ 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion
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60th Division7 ^2 A4 o0 J. n. Z
63rd Naval Guard Unit
7 Q# N" }- k' [& |" {# u% u; T) I 20th JNAF AF Unit * W1 T$ Q/ Q* B' G0 [9 _; V3 @3 S. p' N
13th Base Force
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