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强袭拉包尔基地的盟军4发机群遭到日军战斗机群的拦截,损失比较严重,一天之内丢了超过30架4发和20架闪电3 b% d' x6 A$ h& E# N! e6 k
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ) v) A. H+ S' Y1 b+ m; \
5 K* U/ o3 C8 _Weather in hex: Partial cloud- a0 w$ S5 l0 R' V5 b8 d
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
8 W0 _2 S e! E0 u! ^Estimated time to target is 26 minutes2 i2 W) h( Q: q. \* B
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Japanese aircraft6 U5 U$ @" y6 u. t
N1K5-J George x 185 P6 z% j* J2 ` J& I
Ki-83 x 46
3 ]( o5 |+ J8 b' G2 }0 R Ki-84r Frank x 47
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Allied aircraft6 D& R4 ~+ g: b5 `
B-24D Liberator x 6
5 j+ a( l8 G& x% d# p3 l B-24D1 Liberator x 30
, C: g, e( b/ w+ @2 @, h P-38L Lightning x 24, _- p8 ], f7 u
2 m$ c' a1 ]! m7 @; w7 sNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
* H' P1 f9 j2 h+ J6 x B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
! w) R- T) b4 D# Y0 F% U B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged& t$ n! T! ^6 U3 s
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed& g/ a4 v5 h7 w$ Z( [
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Airbase hits 153 L5 y" K4 i p$ w' b5 u1 f8 \
Airbase supply hits 1! t% T0 ~1 E) w5 B) o$ N- Y2 h
Runway hits 277 Q7 V0 \- \- H3 e2 ?! B ]- i
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c2 d+ X7 X$ S5 a" E( O& E4 uMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 9 x" }' o& G9 j* D) [
7 n+ {+ D3 b5 d! W/ DWeather in hex: Partial cloud+ i5 @ v1 C7 T/ U, O( T. I! p
3 g' E! |: V9 F9 @9 lRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet." a" z+ l0 ~3 _: O4 M6 Y
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes4 |8 [0 \" A3 X! v
F" a* a" {, }. a: D' H3 kJapanese aircraft
. _1 Y: ` m' E& j5 _ m N1K5-J George x 18" c% t9 y5 j. U; E! c
Ki-83 x 39
- T* `) J# p7 p8 Y( ^% h Ki-84r Frank x 43& E j5 D, r( T
0 v% V) }( R0 ^0 v) RAllied aircraft
7 |/ T5 e! L5 k( V( I- ` B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses+ R. \' {5 }) C, R
0 V0 A$ b3 z) Q7 gAllied aircraft losses- @0 _' m) N' K' c) ^+ E
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged$ x! D/ ^7 d7 D! |5 q0 A
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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5 v2 g) F9 }+ O3 K( [: XAirbase hits 1
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' ]: B8 c# c1 I, o, {Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 / g" z8 ?' O" t: H/ M% y
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 J8 I% u2 p1 _
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft2 b# S1 G5 i U5 `' Z2 c' X
N1K5-J George x 17
. i! y2 W* X+ p+ s1 f, ?( r% m Ki-83 x 37' |, X5 u4 z2 j
Ki-84r Frank x 439 q. S$ V8 H8 L+ @+ I! G
0 A& J ]( A) MAllied aircraft, }! D+ r6 E% G, C7 U
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses
/ h* J, i5 Z7 O/ }8 z Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed3 D, S: S- Z L4 A$ Z
0 p: P" z7 j) u0 pAllied aircraft losses
1 q3 b2 V8 R/ V5 Z r6 Y B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged- R1 ]4 _' C0 {. v1 S0 p" j8 x
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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, W* B% p) P, @, O1 K& C" K盟军在万鸦老进行扫荡战,清扫残余的日军部队,万鸦老战役开战第二天就基本消灭了当地日军的主力。特高课已经开始对敌前将领是否通敌展开调查。. b5 W% g7 G) p7 S6 z9 U/ p
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
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$ _1 M" t4 i/ Z: b, PAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802# q- T: X/ t5 m5 Z3 u
% r' V; v, \' `7 C3 C7 T) p6 fDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408* |/ ?) e8 t; x7 v% ~) _1 O R( G1 `8 E
# Y/ e! U' q& Q* @! M$ q2 FAllied adjusted assault: 7976 $ Y: U, G+ P# X. ?' K% O
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289
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& w! ]. l0 }1 q- C6 @8 MAllied assault odds: 27 to 1 , J$ p: S3 k/ G$ T9 ?
) g, g5 d5 M- o# u. u# hCombat modifiers
$ P# F0 m4 W a+ `4 z! U8 [/ h" h" ^Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
# ~7 y- }. G+ g% H" p- Y6 TAttacker: - _# u' T) T9 ?3 s6 @; j {
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Japanese ground losses:5 {3 w# O0 w/ S% M, U- @& K
6937 casualties reported' ^: z6 i' V; e' g5 Z- Z5 F6 {3 v. ~
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled: J3 Q% c+ b! `' n4 r; D
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
. s% n' Q! R1 \ M0 J Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
" y" z$ v, G! Q @& ^ Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
8 Z, G8 e! `* e( h2 f% u Y( q9 m. f Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)" T* s- f3 i; C* f: E; {
Units destroyed 3: M0 C/ `* P* I
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Allied ground losses:
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! n6 B t* y+ R4 c3 S7 G Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled) R2 ~8 G! r7 A+ ?4 K
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
# ]0 R M+ z! y( K$ d1 p Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
" W( I v) f& N0 |' y4 w8 J Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)5 J6 p+ @& M8 A
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Assaulting units:
8 w$ M1 Y' j0 j% L* h; I 27th Infantry Division: E0 ^! w3 ^( s
16th Light Cavalry Regiment5 @) L5 T* T; B' l6 @+ p' Z
96th Infantry Division3 X6 b. F8 W5 i) I
81st Infantry Division
+ B5 D8 S" M- F" R 33rd Infantry Division3 D l! r' N( r9 k2 C$ {: z
2nd Marine Division* F- l3 u6 ?% P0 X
10th Indian Division; `1 ?: _/ a C* W
37th Infantry Division
% m- p' w; w$ A2 w 6th Marine Division
1 \6 v8 b+ a' K. C/ q! k 3rd Motor Brigade& _" F. d% z3 ?* t
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment7 J# F( _0 c% z+ ^
5th Marine Division
0 G1 h& M* N) n0 g 6th Infantry Division, q" K! ^! I8 [- L/ |0 b4 g+ g, V
3rd Cavalry Regiment
: z/ z- Q6 Y* d @! I( A. @! O- ^9 U 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion7 k7 m, C0 a+ @, O; ^- N
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division# G1 }9 O; I, `4 c/ d$ b
2nd NZ Division
) |" F) j, {+ L- y2 @5 y 1st Marine Division+ ^2 _& ^) {) ~1 @+ C, a
2nd Army Tank Brigade# R/ `& d o: e2 ^
VII US Amphib Force
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276th Coastal Artillery Battalion1 s4 D5 _* ?9 ^: m6 @# ^: D, H4 V
4th Field Artillery Battalion
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2 P$ V7 W8 u' k# q$ J, P I Corps Artillery
, ^. j9 i: [& K/ c6 ?+ p0 o% u X Corps Artillery # q0 C8 H0 p/ \* s- e3 W
154th FA Bn
0 M+ {* i8 j4 U7 I 52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:
4 F( j/ q! A7 o' T( ^2 J6 a 91st Division, I- p% j. @# v! s
56th Division
" ~- ]& O! H" a* y0 v2 l7 W 14th Division, Z) u3 N. b' B$ A" l h( ?
Maizuru 1st SNLF
0 S+ \: N* x$ h2 F& y% T 8th Area Army /1
* a& ?: I/ T4 |/ q+ ^2 l' Z# {; A* M 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment! D$ d/ E) ~# ~" X% M8 g
113th JAAF AF Bn 4 d3 Y+ h4 F8 j
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment6 u0 I5 p+ P, W- t8 }. l
Gohoku JNAF Base Force) K; ^' ~* p B- {+ _" z
10th Area Fleet; f+ C9 t9 o2 k) `2 w& a& Q$ d/ A
72nd JAAF AF Bn $ H, g4 n9 M5 f
2nd Amphibious Bde /2
6 }5 _0 j' I( k4 ^- x$ ] 48th Fld AA Bn /2
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盟军在万隆的攻势也在加紧准备当中,除了集结当面的兵力外,轰炸机的轰炸也是一天都没有停歇过,不过每天都有5架左右的轰炸机被日军AA揍下来。# d: q0 _" z! _+ L' Z
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& {6 z. t* D! y7 ~/ U. hGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)3 r8 j0 `. L0 E* J9 P3 `- r
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Allied Bombardment attack) s/ }6 P; H! Y
* i2 S* ]7 {1 Y# z) `/ XAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082+ Z F/ R- v. c) I2 X. k: }
& M. g! q! O! B3 P+ \ f5 EDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Japanese ground losses:
! Q7 Q. [, _3 M! K 12 casualties reported
! E9 Y$ I1 i, U9 } Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 w2 c) R$ S2 T3 T9 \
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, F) i) L: E+ E9 p( h Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; j# g8 A5 w, x6 ~
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Allied ground losses:
4 g+ D0 b* d. L# t% V8 { 4 casualties reported
+ q: S# n; x. f3 v1 l' S7 C. w Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ z: y0 G0 D' e! q' A2 m
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ r3 x) H1 g7 W# b- a# n- Z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
: @- u" w5 K I' z/ {6 I Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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$ ^! H) Q: z* e& g9 a7 u9 x* @- m- kAssaulting units:
6 C+ j, f8 Y w1 Q 11th Australian Division% G: p! n2 h' P; X; s7 _
50th Tank Brigade, G& Z, ^+ K: T! u6 L6 h
254th Armoured Brigade
! D5 n5 t) e& u7 [4 X 93rd Infantry Division
/ k' k4 ], N; {" s* ? 9th Indian Division1 @6 U- X2 x5 V1 A
7th Australian Division
4 y5 K4 Q( M- {- y9 W% \ 18th British Division k/ G2 x0 Y8 L! w# u0 h
8th Australian Division
( _5 i& d2 U' X% K: Y4 k1 K* [2 J0 z. Y 32nd Army Tank Brigade, c0 y) m% b+ i/ H. m% `+ a9 V, E$ Y- \1 z; E
31st Armoured Division5 D) V: y5 q5 N7 d4 p& g
51st Highland Division! ]$ R! B6 b( Y4 c/ [
97th Field Artillery Battalion
, D8 `7 `! ?' U+ w( M5 M 2/16th Field Regiment
9 _, Z, w' v( W) }7 U" c XI US Corps
: E$ V: `3 D& @4 U" \5 E6 B2 q. X 251st Field Artillery Battalion
; U! Z( {' ]( y5 i! N( G' x 1st Medium Regiment& l v" ]6 K5 y; ^1 {# x5 H
249th Field Artillery Battalion
9 s6 f6 V( F/ o. _ 108th Tank Attack Regiment* n6 j3 {. d0 |8 H |
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment. B7 t9 L" V( E3 }: k2 P* `3 ^
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Defending units:9 i7 Q- {5 Y( G# X& W8 ]0 ~" n- o
49th/A Division
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3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade' Q, ~' J# J" r/ A' ]2 h( x2 F8 X
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
2 w* l7 t+ G( `9 D% B; Y) y3 | 11th Militia Regiment; ^. G3 W! g) A+ W+ t8 R( P
6th Java Militia Regiment* b: @ I1 k( f6 a* i& h# C
49th/B Division
" \) P: B2 P: r 49th/C Division
/ d7 W0 r3 E; A' L9 r( c- t! ^+ m 13th Field AF Construction Battalion
7 _+ H" t! \6 P 27th Special Base Force1 o5 A. P! H s, F" I0 k
36th Field AA Battalion% \7 ?8 F5 E% r- C1 Z( W1 T& s
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 E3 v1 X1 k& Q3 l& g0 Q n) f
48th Field AA Battalion+ a8 f3 Q: l; j ^& H" m
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& {/ C+ c! y9 M 49th Field AA Battalion
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49th Const Co / c: c' }2 M' a# V' K$ ?6 O
17th Naval Construction Battalion
5 b. i! v8 U T; [ 47th Road Const Co 7 D C- J* j+ X- _
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
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/ o u' |. b/ k$ z* }4 Y 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment2 I. z {# Q( D1 Y0 W
56th Field AA Battalion
9 \' A9 t5 K; y' } 21st Army
2 R$ \1 ^/ u Z3 k! s1 s* O 97th JAAF AF Bn
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