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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 @9 A% h$ I5 e9 r% N" i
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 7 C Q9 ^ g7 X
/ p7 n; P! Z$ [Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
5 z, j( W/ U# B- P' g) @+ JEstimated time to target is 26 minutes5 M2 {! W% L" W
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Japanese aircraft3 k$ f* t+ v3 Z7 j! G
N1K5-J George x 18% U4 E* H: ^5 X; C
Ki-83 x 46
0 ?, E; x" P: W* x9 h+ V Ki-84r Frank x 470 d% @7 l% Z/ x$ M7 |& V
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Allied aircraft, t( g; j# o0 @& n# n
B-24D Liberator x 6( a% M. o+ n& d* V- D4 r2 C: u
B-24D1 Liberator x 30; n% Z" u t# a) N4 e
P-38L Lightning x 247 C! I! q2 `" d9 \% G
# l+ g7 M s! Z# ^No Japanese losses# a1 F# x- U F+ E
5 Z/ I4 S! m/ ]- DAllied aircraft losses# ?. l Z& Q" q9 X
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged$ L. `: Z9 x+ O8 l
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged' N0 d+ y: `, l" l: |$ Z2 e
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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Airbase hits 15
$ V# ] W$ c. D5 L3 Q& g3 jAirbase supply hits 17 x8 n3 A( P6 j/ ~! [3 O
Runway hits 27- O6 _. V1 Y, p4 v+ M$ y
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ) j4 r r* @4 H: M
1 p4 t- j/ m4 e5 ^Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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+ j0 `( O- o) @( a* rRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
# F" ^/ ^9 p" hEstimated time to target is 13 minutes1 |' c, p; s) D) ] i0 ^; }; i: j
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Japanese aircraft
5 m/ M4 Z- k! _( y0 y0 v N1K5-J George x 18
! N5 b+ j5 A0 _ d* `0 X6 F; A Ki-83 x 39
" `. T9 M( S) S" _ Ki-84r Frank x 43
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& U8 F( w& [4 P6 T2 iAllied aircraft
4 q* Y2 N' d ?5 S* ? B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
( A* S0 N% |( ^ B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
+ m+ k7 l( b. ]& u' ]; g; ~( s B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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! c4 r3 x U: CAirbase hits 1* N8 g3 ]7 m1 y( D' p8 |5 i
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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5 I; [9 N% r' @, {" {8 hWeather in hex: Partial cloud7 k) {4 P8 W! O
5 A5 N6 w% ?6 zRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.9 \+ A5 f8 g) L
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes/ {5 e: R g1 x' |/ D2 X7 R
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Japanese aircraft
L6 v! A& x8 w, F, q' m N1K5-J George x 17
7 Q" |8 f8 ^- D' D Ki-83 x 37- ]. \# Y4 \- e) v: B
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft1 r+ _1 t8 k: c# n W& e
B-24D1 Liberator x 89 W. d, n( y- y
2 q! [8 m+ A6 tJapanese aircraft losses0 O/ I2 P, g- p l
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses8 Q& W$ g) V* v8 z. \/ `$ F' J
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
/ P( |* D! ^# ?6 H# W/ e B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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* _9 J8 l4 B5 B; _9 v. B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。
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' V9 |, A9 E- EGround combat at Manado (75,99)4 v0 |1 E$ }) f G
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Allied Deliberate attack; G, Y# e6 o. ]! ~! J
7 t9 t/ o! O2 U' n1 B4 Q+ IAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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( V7 g! x6 F8 Z$ ~: \8 \Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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Allied adjusted assault: 7976 , N3 Y. k; I8 T8 y* D, Z
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289 . ~9 I9 @! W8 U# \& v1 v
+ q6 M ?0 x9 r$ y; V! hAllied assault odds: 27 to 1
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Combat modifiers
% q7 r, h) {( B: dDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
: ]) }& s" p* d( U8 |) UAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
6 g$ v; \* i: c, c" }8 J 6937 casualties reported5 x5 W8 I3 H- p, z
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled: f( p& \; {+ ^; b& u
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled* x" b9 c1 G$ i9 j4 S' f% J
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
" i3 w: V2 M! m# C% ?( X" R Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
5 L. a1 A3 O1 d, n Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
& D5 V9 o4 h b- ?: L Units destroyed 3
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9 f" l2 o) d8 k7 h0 j2 S! VAllied ground losses:6 p. c d: ^' [; ^# {
1437 casualties reported
" f' J' B: A0 F; }/ F0 | Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
0 l# l- Z/ s9 e& v Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled" B- e$ U0 G" x6 p! w+ C: @ A
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled. @/ U6 d3 D2 T, t1 B1 G
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled), S0 A2 B3 I# @4 D- f2 ?2 B( R
% v2 o2 U, K$ o$ X$ F; ]8 w8 t1 AAssaulting units:
$ Y( A2 M u0 f( ~ 27th Infantry Division/ d# |; z- |$ J2 \
16th Light Cavalry Regiment' N2 R4 i' c, x$ z& t2 D- V
96th Infantry Division
% x0 C. G& t+ {6 ` 81st Infantry Division
( ]0 a) l6 L/ b 33rd Infantry Division
% w( p2 R8 o3 Z$ e- {3 `4 f' i7 r 2nd Marine Division
T7 u7 }5 L: { 10th Indian Division9 ]0 R# Y `1 m, s; j
37th Infantry Division
2 B' q5 {1 T' U9 n/ L$ R0 s 6th Marine Division' h( ^8 H0 K6 N3 r O6 E' W
3rd Motor Brigade" v0 r+ T% r: z5 p( `
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment8 Z; U/ | k3 `1 u; X
5th Marine Division9 t. G- U7 p" x) G. @/ n) y( ^! c
6th Infantry Division3 b, q; S6 _9 C4 u3 U+ h( t
3rd Cavalry Regiment
& D- ?, Q U0 L0 E% H7 d 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
2 r, P0 I/ C! b$ B: x9 b( o- Z 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
K x- T1 z0 X$ v# W' J 2nd NZ Division
/ x- N& c8 _+ y; S* O) A 1st Marine Division' L' _/ q" Z2 D
2nd Army Tank Brigade
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USAFFE
( H2 ?4 C/ Q' V# Z 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
, a) t. h# S: H4 v* R; P! d1 O( p" l 4th Field Artillery Battalion
" r5 B7 P% o2 ^0 O" N4 k 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" n6 }6 h% D; k: }1 d5 y7 Z I Corps Artillery
' X/ K! |0 x G7 g X Corps Artillery
5 l) }) E0 ~1 |, @ 154th FA Bn 0 N, R+ B d- U3 t
52nd Marine Defense Battalion8 a2 [. j g3 ^: K/ g
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Defending units:3 y4 h2 q. A' U5 c4 k5 s/ U7 f
91st Division
, G0 r" ^# T0 G/ w0 M- k( } 56th Division
+ {! Q- l6 c7 ]. p A& X+ q2 z( u) V$ e 14th Division
- e1 Y5 X; J, `0 \2 X Maizuru 1st SNLF6 P1 r1 s0 r0 S* W* M+ P+ I: u
8th Area Army /1
9 B3 d4 A; w! C9 z* g 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
/ _' b6 Z4 o$ }# C; J 113th JAAF AF Bn
2 S& }4 L: k. Q9 }( _ 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 C9 i4 ~. o+ |. x( z+ | Gohoku JNAF Base Force$ ]" ]- o' ^. _- Z9 n5 M2 q- K
10th Area Fleet* S' @5 [ U7 h7 b
72nd JAAF AF Bn
, V) H# Q5 @6 E4 A4 n* [2 G 2nd Amphibious Bde /2
9 P2 D) P- X' E# l5 f7 X+ x' u 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。
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( T2 I) h( g" H9 k9 N$ k% P: ^4 zGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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Allied Bombardment attack( k4 _' O( o7 q9 i% U
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Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 40820 e2 ^" `, t8 p) C" B* H3 @2 U& g
1 C- n r2 A: K9 S0 o. ^$ e7 Q# @, eDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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2 l J) Y w) p5 T1 OJapanese ground losses:
, o! t* I( W9 ~9 b 12 casualties reported
8 F+ Y, Z" |7 |7 {6 j Q9 ^( w Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 H: e. k! ?- F# } K P Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 f+ M7 F2 @7 n* h8 ? Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:9 V, F4 ^0 R9 f5 D |8 Y
4 casualties reported
, x3 t) ?- M8 l7 A P% h, q0 F4 K Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. w7 Q1 d( I$ v) M4 Y1 W1 f3 ~ Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 A* V+ f! w$ ?" n: _) y1 v Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
! y1 L7 p" T: W" F4 e# p6 S Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:4 R( f j; h( o8 d) O7 P0 V3 Y
11th Australian Division: P1 f3 q* W) ?9 V
50th Tank Brigade
; o# v; h0 g/ Z5 ?, S# F' P 254th Armoured Brigade- z/ P& E5 [/ B
93rd Infantry Division
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' u/ }5 t! u* V* O 7th Australian Division
6 ?. @* o( H6 l/ [9 | 18th British Division0 E# U: {& |- }
8th Australian Division, D5 O7 M* b& ?' a! k9 G @
32nd Army Tank Brigade& R' {1 M' c+ @! Y3 ?+ f
31st Armoured Division
# r( \! L* i) c+ w' b0 Q% e 51st Highland Division
0 k) v; ^5 J N/ M" ], e 97th Field Artillery Battalion/ |% {5 V _" D" x& y |
2/16th Field Regiment9 f; D2 W0 G- ~- n+ b7 n
XI US Corps
& b# n }6 K9 I6 x8 }3 c 251st Field Artillery Battalion
& F: n" S+ s6 b8 z1 d7 y$ `# | 1st Medium Regiment- |5 }& R# E; L% F k$ x5 a
249th Field Artillery Battalion
0 T5 R+ e( p$ T% y 108th Tank Attack Regiment* c! |" K$ {, L2 V4 p: t, E
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment. C" O( X9 i: e l$ \- K
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49th/A Division
" t/ G' [9 Y2 c N( t- _( j 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade# V5 W& d; A( u2 w% l
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade8 f6 `6 s6 _! V1 O( a
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
- y8 f5 q8 F0 v! i: ~, F2 p 11th Militia Regiment' H% B& m& {0 ~, U- g6 H: u
6th Java Militia Regiment# z; v% t4 P1 T- g: a' {
49th/B Division1 a# d2 b6 @& g) J, L! h
49th/C Division
+ \/ C. a" }8 s0 B/ Q0 t$ ? 13th Field AF Construction Battalion
, l: z% I S& q8 M 27th Special Base Force
) R# u) D9 V7 D6 d7 D% R8 `$ } 36th Field AA Battalion$ u* F- g. `2 \- G! w
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- e9 w# n: U: W' S& E; x 48th Field AA Battalion2 j) x7 |& l( I2 R0 u; D1 a
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
' k- S: `2 [3 k! E. x 49th Field AA Battalion0 j+ s, f! e) e. Y
55th Const Co $ d9 p4 i; F4 R; x$ R7 r
49th Const Co * u& w# z6 b9 b# {/ D# D- i
17th Naval Construction Battalion
. e0 {+ n* Y+ z: J 47th Road Const Co
# @1 S. x% v3 R, W4 O 9th Medium FA Rgt /2" Z) E# A( {' Z/ g# J
3rd JNAF AF Unit * i V* {! p& D# J! \8 y& a
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5 M0 K3 x1 r& X. x9 Q; p 56th Field AA Battalion/ T! Z$ e+ |, X
21st Army5 j4 F0 q t. N$ P; K
97th JAAF AF Bn " y D# d' h# D$ n- C( f7 b
3rd FF Const Unit
2 H; P# A$ e* r; o! ` m 12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |