5月23日
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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* ]- n( N- c/ S9 f% C3 V
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 . b0 H' Y8 \9 g5 w6 p# v
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.+ U& [& Y$ `& {
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes* d! E. U, N/ d5 D3 h3 O! z8 c' j
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Japanese aircraft4 F* q9 W a/ }+ }6 g8 R7 G3 P# |
N1K5-J George x 18' `9 W) F3 `' X# a, N @- N+ k
Ki-83 x 46
" @( n- V/ g& c2 G8 | Ki-84r Frank x 47
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Allied aircraft
$ d& P; G. \$ f9 Z B-24D Liberator x 6. m; H( q H, y6 x. A
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
$ O6 ?' w& n8 }) J5 q& Q% Z% P3 H P-38L Lightning x 24
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses/ S, ^2 s! a- v$ S, M/ y
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged1 r l( C8 N, Y+ Z, P
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
2 e/ a. L3 Y* V8 V P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed1 ]8 m( f0 t- r) L4 o% I
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Airbase hits 15$ k6 ~, H; ]3 `( [9 N R7 x" M3 |
Airbase supply hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 3 L ?! q, H0 ]' s3 Q# I1 L* I8 x
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 @) V+ D5 z* A' g+ D& m4 @) h: D
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.. @" Z, G# R" @9 ]
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft" o' J5 n6 e: m$ p/ H+ I
N1K5-J George x 18
$ c# n5 ^$ G: S, \ Ki-83 x 397 q/ l* v& V& z2 P% e Y
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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B-24D Liberator x 95 R9 F. B: z" k) i
' s' Z+ i! o8 CNo Japanese losses
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1 m- r5 S' ~: i9 v' Q; _0 T w B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged' [2 f+ }/ [1 H# [9 `" D
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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7 b' w* } L6 f' F) pAirbase hits 1
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/ R! J, r) _: g( N. qMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
$ h9 f9 @- h' U7 b3 YEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft1 u# T2 ~5 G+ D) o+ C n
N1K5-J George x 17
8 a# V+ D7 I* }% e+ D# w* u Ki-83 x 37! w) o# ~. e8 Y' K6 e& \8 x; H. M5 x
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft7 s2 _ P( T. P. z. @
B-24D1 Liberator x 81 U5 u' \0 Z0 k5 _/ W
; _( w/ _& w- `/ W$ L2 V4 YJapanese aircraft losses! {: K0 z- m- P
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed* K- O4 N; ^5 s/ V% h% E
4 o. E- A) ]2 i- ^+ pAllied aircraft losses: p* c$ K8 {4 H9 I
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
( X5 p/ c- l& @/ C B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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8 t/ c; b; v# @% _: l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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& v8 j& V/ e; G$ L: sGround combat at Manado (75,99)
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Allied Deliberate attack( o5 N: z: L; C! j+ ~
+ |# r4 }! l7 X9 o( oAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 58026 t1 J" m4 ~- S
. W0 E8 v$ v7 ?) Y( x8 H& iDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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4 w3 o" ?8 X+ z0 Y$ O/ LAllied adjusted assault: 7976 ' L* \& ]& Q' V- G$ m8 g
4 |+ m- M* V7 N, R0 MJapanese adjusted defense: 289 ; r ?6 y: Q$ Q
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 ( X$ J7 q+ @# v- [0 M
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Combat modifiers
; i$ ^1 B* s% `; CDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)$ C/ @; O; w% Y7 `2 b) v8 K
Attacker: / e6 |5 V+ e, Q( Q# M
1 w2 c, f5 T7 f! e8 i FJapanese ground losses:
J \ F6 Y5 ~3 B 6937 casualties reported' Y* i5 ^0 K# ~. P5 U4 ~1 C% e" x
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled
7 c! C5 N! y3 t+ p1 } Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
# u( }4 d7 G% x7 e; {. @ Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
2 \ |" M+ W% e- c0 Q: e5 t2 r Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
9 A8 p2 F6 |% @8 q Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)3 L! Q( q _& T3 v1 S' Q
Units destroyed 3% ]1 q5 t* o4 J( `0 E* T( a' U
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Allied ground losses:
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! T* \6 r+ F7 S% j* ^5 H# j Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
( G7 Z# {4 \! ?* c Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
2 _. v% t( o4 J; t Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
7 `. Q$ L7 a& q/ m% J Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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1 |$ f5 t! N9 }0 [2 t' {- xAssaulting units:
' f3 c1 N9 s7 F) y$ X9 x& e 27th Infantry Division- y9 _/ S& v& Y& J; {
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
* H8 B; ?& c- T 96th Infantry Division4 A; ~4 h% Q; R" Y( h0 D9 g7 H
81st Infantry Division6 |8 K) z: }# Q& X! T
33rd Infantry Division
6 p, ?2 z4 E2 r+ \4 d4 ] 2nd Marine Division
& C4 ?! t/ |3 d, M5 W3 \4 N 10th Indian Division
! f) B3 g2 v1 D9 O o" r 37th Infantry Division7 p. q* y+ A4 i7 z
6th Marine Division
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I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment( O9 b! ~9 I* N! M
5th Marine Division
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# @: F0 K* v$ a1 i4 Q. ~- {- t; W 3rd Cavalry Regiment
0 _7 | z/ V" `* Z$ @, m1 | 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion/ u( Q5 j1 S3 B- H8 X- {
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division# k7 \' P( J$ i" E# ] f7 C
2nd NZ Division- t' O% z- k6 B2 @
1st Marine Division! f" g' d- r4 l$ \7 T: ~
2nd Army Tank Brigade
1 R4 S7 N0 g+ A$ l1 p9 ~9 e VII US Amphib Force
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7 E& S$ H/ D# J 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
4 t- d* p# u% ?& F 4th Field Artillery Battalion" Z- P8 T0 M2 ?0 @" q
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 g/ r; O+ O, c7 L& H' s) c ]
I Corps Artillery
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8 [1 q7 G. M1 ]8 l' G5 x- m 154th FA Bn ; u# w4 D7 \/ ^, ^' T
52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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91st Division
1 s7 {( F5 }; Z- W- }& E: r 56th Division( g0 w8 P( r# S" e2 Y/ R+ p* m
14th Division
8 n* j0 T. d$ \1 |7 ] Maizuru 1st SNLF
1 z$ I% }0 c! P. j7 O 8th Area Army /1% G% r+ O) \6 m; i3 v
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1 x: V9 ?% U o% V 113th JAAF AF Bn 8 ^; k- J3 R) A/ {. ~$ i# S
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment& ^( D' ?& p9 [
Gohoku JNAF Base Force! a O+ ?5 g, L- w
10th Area Fleet
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2 N+ z; S5 | |! R 2nd Amphibious Bde /2% h/ G# r! N7 p0 ~9 f% c, G
48th Fld AA Bn /2
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4 u9 F4 ^. I, ?3 L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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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)4 J b+ W; D% m2 V* [2 t% x
7 l: S2 |. e; p: bAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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' S9 r; k: [8 aDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083( o7 B7 R( S% L2 u& d: c/ M) K
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Japanese ground losses:8 t; Q1 S! ^- }8 L# Z0 t" n3 r+ t( |
12 casualties reported S X$ L9 E$ h1 _, \1 P
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 _3 d4 F# m" R+ o) G/ n
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 S- M. F3 D6 b& m1 Z2 Q# q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 ?% L' Y$ B, J
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% K' x& V5 `$ R4 `5 i* f
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 l \* l* L: d; j/ @ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. b% ?8 C5 F6 [% E, Q' w; r* a8 j Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
) y- m3 o: T" s' E 11th Australian Division2 F4 C- |* J$ n' i# Q; X( ]
50th Tank Brigade
6 v3 y6 z& M$ ~7 Y. l! r9 X 254th Armoured Brigade# N) U- {1 f4 c' y M& _: U- ~
93rd Infantry Division
9 C# m4 {! l8 d- ?1 n- J2 { 9th Indian Division
6 r1 E: Q* G* `& u 7th Australian Division
1 W# n6 w) i$ g4 l: T1 \$ ^ 18th British Division+ Q+ C5 l# C8 {/ j8 h' Z
8th Australian Division" L, M; E; y% F' _: a1 e
32nd Army Tank Brigade
1 g/ f9 l6 `4 a" u( t0 Q 31st Armoured Division
( B4 }( `5 S! }- C 51st Highland Division
5 E) H. p$ _5 N$ t) ~; U 97th Field Artillery Battalion7 @3 Q- K- R' M
2/16th Field Regiment
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O* F( M( H6 g: S' E' h' v6 w! g 251st Field Artillery Battalion
7 P5 o. A% c9 z 1st Medium Regiment. e$ E5 j% Q! C
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1 b4 @* Z2 Q. Y v 108th Tank Attack Regiment8 M4 d+ C4 `& F3 _# z
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment' d7 b @- i' b$ k- O
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Defending units:
8 r2 i2 a1 h5 J8 C- p- I 49th/A Division
+ ]! [$ Y1 j$ A 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3 a) M7 U6 Z' f0 b5 A$ `" r: k 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
- P' w, Z) S4 j& U 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment& u" Y3 h6 N% Y4 c& ]2 i" v
11th Militia Regiment
% `& k% W3 [4 ? y# m1 g x 6th Java Militia Regiment
! K7 G2 X2 s+ J9 ]# Y 49th/B Division
P# |1 H! @! H' a/ t 49th/C Division
2 E5 O( [: h; m4 [+ p5 g1 R 13th Field AF Construction Battalion
" C. w4 V; ^8 t3 Q7 _, ^$ ^ 27th Special Base Force* f: ?4 U0 B& w" E" ] w3 M% b- j
36th Field AA Battalion: d/ a: j4 v. K% n' I+ j$ [; B
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ g# I* _& ]1 R$ e% D8 f 48th Field AA Battalion' W7 O) _9 @. K- [! a R) p& X
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment+ P: O( E! l! V* |+ W* ]
49th Field AA Battalion
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1 r& N: M/ Z2 _3 O* {% W 49th Const Co
9 ?& y! q4 d+ i* E" x 17th Naval Construction Battalion6 g6 \) A+ _/ k7 B8 \9 o
47th Road Const Co ! @/ b' e% w Z- q2 v( n2 f& t
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
8 p3 g6 R+ {9 S! ~* I0 X$ ?6 o; a, C 3rd JNAF AF Unit 4 z) Z, P' D4 ]1 \
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
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21st Army; v! Z- X' B8 J5 X1 }( M
97th JAAF AF Bn . E& f5 T3 w0 L
3rd FF Const Unit
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