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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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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$ R3 V/ F! ?! J/ {4 ERaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. D6 V* Y( P0 C! ~. m7 \9 R
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes8 B1 v+ u6 T- j, D& d1 t
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Japanese aircraft" S1 {" _$ \, j4 D9 o
N1K5-J George x 122, L9 [6 ~ g7 i
Ki-84r Frank x 365 q4 ^ x9 j/ ]( m: _
1 Q' q" q0 {* uAllied aircraft
5 `% Y3 }0 e4 e( K P-38J Lightning x 37$ \: @* c3 m6 H+ W# X, L
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 569 u7 Q/ s( b% n( m/ u5 q
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N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged& B8 q" o/ N. ]
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& s/ E$ ^, D$ J& e P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
' \9 w4 F) a0 ]3 c2 a PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Airbase hits 21
/ k6 M- G" x- x: a8 UAirbase supply hits 3
& E9 Y; M4 z# i7 QRunway hits 55
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. E# r5 Q! s& h/ ^" HMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud( g" c/ U0 g5 ^
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
( k, d# l3 i5 M% _5 z/ Q# T5 Y) M$ l N1K5-J George x 76/ t7 {! z. m* w7 |% h
Ki-84r Frank x 30+ J/ x' D; K* g" c: ^1 Z4 C
* B9 a6 g4 @5 i9 nAllied aircraft
. d, d) q/ |8 F- O P-38J Lightning x 8
* b3 P# f' h' P5 Q/ \ g! [ PB4Y-2 Privateer x 96 O( Y% C% ?1 B9 o Q" m
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6 `8 G; w* Y) H% m& q N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
% D& ]& }8 A& T- s; m5 U N P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
8 \% E, D/ }' ` PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged# G* ^3 }/ \2 D' x7 h$ t
, E: W0 m5 W; i& ]" p, fAirbase hits 1
+ Z; ~( r# h2 \0 B$ ~0 j% D0 M1 ~2 qRunway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud9 Q9 R* f* f7 V& H
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" v% l6 J0 U3 Y% l% CEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft6 x/ ~: T0 Q; {- K* l
N1K5-J George x 61
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Allied aircraft0 N, ~$ w" _. c1 g4 Z
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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% }* i9 H" @6 {3 h" k' @$ _ Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed4 z, h* x+ t8 U. q7 w5 }
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PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 / |6 J* p( E, Z9 }! u E
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ ~ M0 a, `9 dEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft
" A6 i/ j( s; l7 r PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6; g4 w/ m# W" ~8 N
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Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed; y0 `! o% X+ ?6 `3 x4 N5 {( K, Y
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PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Runway hits 15 o& c- h! O( z* m+ p7 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 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" M4 V! S+ V( C9 D3 V3 dEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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& U/ r2 {8 I/ S! w* K) BJapanese aircraft
4 O& ^4 b$ j/ ]9 B2 L N1K5-J George x 31
! F$ T6 ^- e: X% `5 K8 p# E Ki-84r Frank x 183 B# \/ I: D8 Z
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Allied aircraft
* c; E o. c6 k* T8 P: Q B-24J Liberator x 67
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# t9 ]9 I/ r0 U- f! M4 Q9 t N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed4 Q5 {! Z% r. C8 ] @
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Allied aircraft losses
$ V; j u4 r) G$ o* o, ^. k) X B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged$ h5 w- ]4 Y( [: M0 o
% Q( F% Z; H3 ^Japanese ground losses:
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: B8 z' r. c- R7 L2 k8 i Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. T* ~9 Y* r; `; D/ b Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled$ f* m. t, d; @, d( [/ _! Y7 R: F
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ N3 r- U/ g& t9 @' ~5 s
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Runway hits 22
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7 _1 _5 u+ K" s" y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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4 d- i, s/ o) U7 s, I( v1 VAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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Weather in hex: Light cloud# V) ?) Q: f6 R
2 `* u% W) A# P7 zRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.9 j+ ~# d4 _; s" F% n$ |1 _* g
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
6 f J/ [1 m3 C* D3 \4 d B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged
* V* u. ]0 X, h% H4 _% z" y# W B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak* L6 {6 A& ]( |+ n' F
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Japanese Ships
; u' y1 g. V7 a4 t DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 14 x4 }! ~6 }8 }2 v+ _
DD Makinami
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CA Kumano
F& {* S; Z4 k DD Asashimo& d* J+ ~( u5 R& `% _, C/ G {! C
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 83 I9 M$ H2 ?; l8 e
BB Haruna
7 X! K2 {8 U& C" O) W6 O0 | CA Chikuma( B& \; A: Y7 c# m
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Aircraft Attacking:% H1 D9 b/ {4 }: ~0 X+ _# {( y& N3 k+ t
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * ; l. r, b2 _* ^! H
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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; h K3 O2 e* d8 V- W0 X: t$ BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,943 G" e- p6 Y& J& |1 A& Y
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3 I2 x, F. n& dRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.4 z% L8 Z. t1 L- g' R
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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B-25D1 Mitchell x 18. x% o6 o! d7 p: X; l/ l2 A3 U6 G
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B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
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Japanese Ships
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CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire) I! ~# q% x! P) F( h' b
DD Arikaze
8 I# C3 x: W: W DD Haruzuki
: Q( D8 p# \7 U2 F6 I+ b5 t: [ CA Mikuma- U' X4 u. G% o/ P& {) {
DD Satsukaze7 N( B$ |* o1 n, _: b) L
CA Maya, Bomb hits 2 X4 y% x4 S% @) z/ K* ]& b) p' q
CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire- T- @) w' x2 Q# R9 m9 d; F
DD Minegumo/ j$ V0 ^. K2 m- A+ i
DD Myojinkaze
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Aircraft Attacking:
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8 _0 L: h& \1 d, _ Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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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。
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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)
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Allied Deliberate attack+ k1 C2 X2 x6 u/ f
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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, m' N8 f" c1 b
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Allied adjusted assault: 659 % n8 z+ u4 }1 k6 Z6 J
/ ?. y% ?7 ^! BJapanese adjusted defense: 119
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" n7 ~% O! z C! P! ]9 EAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) + U1 h l" [8 ?6 V4 s& z
# J* Z# f) y. T2 S) nAllied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!) k8 L; G, D6 t% S7 B
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Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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Attacker:
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1954 casualties reported
# K1 n, k& w! E# L7 g3 n Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled
& Q/ C( M" e7 V R1 A: E6 O Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
1 u2 @7 ?8 ?- G$ H2 {% w; U& \ Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled" g* Q: O) h0 ~& ^
Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)& x j, M; j& o
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Allied ground losses:
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" a" _2 Q2 d4 J* Z: v- U Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled" z8 } B+ W( m2 ?) v+ P3 v
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 J. A2 d) L4 J6 X' M
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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77th Infantry Division
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193rd USAAF Base Force5 m9 h6 A$ [5 [& v( p
IX US Corps3 o; ?/ f2 s5 B) V i
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ r% X1 D% Y. `* z0 R% T 9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 Y: v* S" B% M- R0 K Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
& G( X( X7 y* t; y" R, X. E0 n4 G 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion" p D( x9 ^" I$ W
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Defending units:
4 F; [! j/ I2 Q1 W8 G( G7 U/ p 60th Division
% P6 l$ ]3 v. _- c$ B' s% f7 B p6 } 63rd Naval Guard Unit7 A; ?9 p/ s0 N- d2 @% s, L0 J2 V; i
20th JNAF AF Unit 0 u% a9 | H, [4 W
13th Base Force5 ?" X8 p$ g% B5 G3 e) y
65th JAAF AF Bn |