5月12日
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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。
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5 x8 ]4 G6 X; e; W" N K/ B$ mMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 8 I+ ~# h+ i" o5 W/ A! J6 Q3 [
6 i: W& A5 R7 D* e( |) r6 y) OWeather in hex: Heavy cloud- Y4 C# ]8 L4 R! O% z8 j- H+ |3 P
# G. N7 j: Y& b( @Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet./ @0 ?$ B8 W. d
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes2 W& U8 m4 |, {* [ _# y
# Y! \ t3 I! h4 ^: t: t2 KJapanese aircraft
- X1 t! O [0 O: D% n N1K5-J George x 122
' p6 B! `' D* a& R" b0 w$ O Ki-84r Frank x 366 w5 N: _9 R6 ]7 B p4 ?
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Allied aircraft! N, }* O0 q5 }
P-38J Lightning x 37$ ?) s, r9 s3 J$ `1 o' k- j
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 565 y2 b5 p8 {- |+ s7 p. T
5 I. p; h9 i" I% m# | j% bJapanese aircraft losses: W, {' S# X+ \ h# B/ G& m
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged2 k& \' [3 a$ T* O! ]' Z$ d2 D
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Allied aircraft losses' @7 b' K7 j$ o8 p
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
! |" t4 b5 o; c: _ PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged4 n+ p4 z2 C% ]5 z5 a+ Q( ?
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Airbase hits 21) ~- r4 J2 h8 f
Airbase supply hits 3* S* @+ D: s5 q* B, K. X1 F
Runway hits 550 c( I1 R9 |2 I3 t% F
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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 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
: v7 J! T* H% F; u: rEstimated time to target is 7 minutes9 {3 I. D1 ^0 Y. F6 W* |4 q# l
, U0 ~6 A- @" {1 _+ ~# nJapanese aircraft3 k6 n! |, I( x: P( ?
N1K5-J George x 76
1 G/ }2 j$ R) w Ki-84r Frank x 300 Z! |# E9 q, i/ e9 O
8 u% D+ J6 L" N+ b [ HAllied aircraft
' w7 J9 y( q0 k' Y: g P-38J Lightning x 8, M- ]% H4 I, K' V
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9
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6 _3 j! I, [$ F& V. BJapanese aircraft losses
1 t- g/ K3 H$ F0 } N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed5 }% \0 f v! ]% B @( l8 z
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Allied aircraft losses
# y1 @% K& ^* O! h P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
- M8 f7 H. b3 O7 P PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Airbase hits 1
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' X7 f2 b: s) ], uMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 # m# M& d$ C( a5 j. J5 V
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud1 k4 j& l f/ M4 Z) E7 D
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.) _" i2 {; {: ?; X2 u6 p
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes# T% m+ W7 E: J9 {
$ x6 i5 I6 j& ?0 w/ ?+ f6 }Japanese aircraft
! ?6 ]! c0 B) [! v/ \& x N1K5-J George x 61
6 F4 n3 n" Q' j( J7 T8 y9 y/ ~' E Ki-84r Frank x 29
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Allied aircraft
: ]4 d: W6 E- P! P* e: g) V PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses! I' \! e6 b2 C: `9 c% F
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed( n# ^; `3 }( g8 r1 O! E
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Allied aircraft losses' z. m9 `! n2 Q4 o( s
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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1 g0 V x4 s* I) gMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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4 G' T+ v/ a/ [Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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5 f0 R, y( t% gRaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.7 d! N, E% W% z$ W2 b+ k+ r( l
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, L( N/ b! ]* t0 B0 b6 B
N1K5-J George x 445 @7 a4 l) ^. K4 W0 i
Ki-84r Frank x 212 \0 \9 \: H g- ~7 |
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Allied aircraft4 b2 l# {6 U) J" U
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses! a5 k4 c/ \; Z5 @1 ?! M: U
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed' K/ c) ?7 [) v1 W. a& R: |9 b5 T
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Allied aircraft losses! f# C+ I+ T6 o
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged- j5 f: [: J) m* Z
+ M! Q: S; [6 K0 O3 g& gRunway hits 1+ y6 E1 w3 c7 Y: R
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3 O/ i9 }/ t4 J6 |, I0 { _/ b4 ^Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 " W8 z' k; G" w: G* U* @6 I# O3 X1 G
# O, q6 B# i, {" U1 y3 S3 T8 A; sWeather in hex: Heavy cloud' Y7 R- f0 Y5 u; t5 q- r; \& T
& i# L- c' c8 iRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 C0 S' P. A2 s5 H
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes, X0 L/ G+ g6 \5 I0 x. e% L: `$ z; q
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Japanese aircraft# O, F) N. l6 V& x+ ^1 f9 S' L
N1K5-J George x 314 r9 |+ q+ r; I: C) h1 E# m- T
Ki-84r Frank x 18
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4 P8 P' |5 w! e* A% N5 x3 m2 Q4 JAllied aircraft: j3 c; F" j# |. d1 U* D v
B-24J Liberator x 67
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" J6 |1 C' p, `, l% y7 zJapanese aircraft losses. P* p% ~* w4 A! Q9 c/ c
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed# N$ k1 r, c3 H0 Z
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' T2 a r% A! i4 N( g4 U) R B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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- U) j/ {2 h9 [% s6 v: pJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; V5 d' U0 K- y# z! M* {2 d
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
: z r. V# k. e' V8 c$ e' B2 `+ t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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: W4 L- `( t- A0 fAirbase hits 17
3 R% s1 \, X1 DRunway hits 22% K: Y# Z) t8 t& P
1 [# w; K) D2 h! V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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" v* T6 Z; q3 C" ~$ Y6 L& }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94* o3 T$ I/ P* p9 `' `; @) e
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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- ^1 M; `/ F+ `& a! f/ w4 O* QRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.( W `3 q! V9 Y( ]' F, Z3 p
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes: B3 @1 ?* U2 v: h6 R1 k) G* A
/ G3 ^' c' p) o- V0 ]Allied aircraft
' D4 D# F7 K9 B8 ~) g J B-25D1 Mitchell x 17* V1 X8 @3 k6 t0 @( Z; X( h! x5 M# r# a
( w. f$ |1 R# _6 k( W' b% a u3 qAllied aircraft losses
6 r# S- W: ] l: j2 _! J B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged% C* t. @0 U) B w
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak$ X0 C; P; R5 \% g9 E) I+ M! Z
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Japanese Ships
/ q* b2 d( L" M, K DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
. n4 p% z, Y1 i& N2 k* c8 R DD Makinami$ U7 N. ^+ T, N* t6 t1 z/ t
DD Kosukaze7 C' f' l8 V1 e9 k$ p% V+ l5 N2 z
CA Kumano
& w3 v+ n9 C; f! I DD Asashimo
0 V- K: O5 I- w! F0 Z, ? DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8
+ E7 u/ o% D: D5 v6 o BB Haruna
( S$ b! x+ T, K7 P. n CA Chikuma
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Aircraft Attacking:& X* u. I' o' r- }; `) J' V
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * * F7 R6 u+ d* F4 c0 I; }9 N, j
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb; ?6 X6 h6 Y% Y, C) W
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,947 I! D: `& y& l2 a# C) p* a6 T5 S
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Weather in hex: Light cloud" o3 c1 V$ t* ^6 t
9 I, \$ o3 x3 a4 ?# Q6 T3 t: [; ~Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
6 T$ ?5 d# h8 A. G8 c# ~9 [Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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B-25D1 Mitchell x 184 I$ y) J3 G7 S4 S' z, \
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Allied aircraft losses
' T: E( d5 X. L& u% l B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
; O( v3 q: F5 [3 G1 T: A B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak& l7 c9 H& k S- x p" @7 j4 ^) Z
. v1 M1 Q0 ~$ t' C$ }( PJapanese Ships$ p( s' ^ U: H+ o: D2 U4 u
DD Kishinami/ A) U0 ]9 \* R' ~5 _7 y
CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
* h& |. R/ b# [1 Z0 r, r" @# x; t DD Arikaze
- p" r- o6 o% X/ h' x T DD Haruzuki; u. Y: i: F( B4 ]5 ^
CA Mikuma+ g. g& p: {+ n3 P& e# _% B- W
DD Satsukaze
3 m8 S, |, b( U( t CA Maya, Bomb hits 2& u I4 k. X: D& s3 @
CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire; I' I% t, ~! p
DD Minegumo. Y- h; l$ D3 O6 b. D3 C: c5 s7 R5 b
DD Myojinkaze6 x% _! g/ i6 b% _0 |
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Aircraft Attacking:
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0 T" n0 d; t }( b8 P( V Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb/ A" q1 F$ C* I/ u+ I
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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。3 ]/ K' a9 N; J$ t' v/ g' g8 [/ T
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6 a; l1 v5 F" @Ground combat at Manus (101,119)6 j1 G2 D1 ~6 n6 v" w
5 ~0 B7 K3 s- X1 ^! Y! LAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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2 T# {3 F p: |7 i9 T! x* YAllied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119
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8 J) m7 Q& L( yAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) ) Q9 s8 [4 E% D& `4 q
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Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!
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Combat modifiers
\$ ^0 q. A# J3 MDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:& H2 ~, t7 ]' O" N' i
1954 casualties reported; s/ Q) q% o8 ^$ [* z1 V2 _
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled- i: Z( |( U E0 ]& Q' R( A
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled% p! d( K$ v/ j: N$ }* o6 W
Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled# A7 p0 i; f; j3 I( `; A% ?' x
Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
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' A5 \8 H* I* y: L0 ? Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
) S& c+ N: E4 C: T4 Z) B* a Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
: }, U: s8 P& }2 Q Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled4 G4 U; v* o( ?8 e! x
- g8 Z9 }+ B4 W7 bAssaulting units:. B- q( T. F) m* O$ {9 m9 W6 A V& M: X
77th Infantry Division
; ?6 N9 P- A6 a9 s 7th Infantry Division; x) g+ ]4 j8 Q3 j1 N, d( U
193rd USAAF Base Force8 v4 B& L7 H3 N0 g" }6 e9 X
IX US Corps% w. I( K" z& B! H# e; e
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion# t V# U1 Z% B* [: h3 f/ f
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ [/ j8 v/ X" k# z% _5 O; F
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion+ a% V: N- K) C; P6 W) b& O
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion# k; C c8 M7 }; a% X
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60th Division: X0 C1 l( P9 W, ]5 D
63rd Naval Guard Unit4 o& k2 X' C! S# S
20th JNAF AF Unit
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65th JAAF AF Bn |