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淇风大统领故技重拾,继续派遣澳洲舰队到拉宝儿骚扰日军登陆,幸好日军早有准备
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 106,125, Range 24,000 Yards! i" i6 Q) w7 ^
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Allied aircraft losses6 Y* Y# L" }* W1 x& O. t1 g0 G
SOC-1 Seagull: 5 destroyed4 l8 V0 W: M% ]2 ?" M p+ K
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Japanese Ships4 ]6 u0 F7 v9 l
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 5, on fire
1 a- N8 j9 h0 U& v) ]9 M3 l, p CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1
8 ~' N) \1 a% ^# Y0 R* Q) r DD Shiratsuyu. X8 q2 W1 o% I1 ?8 T2 y
DD Shigure9 Z9 ~# a- h# N {' |; Q+ u
DD Hatsuharu- W, o- g! E: g. g& i3 Z* d: A
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 36 P* B5 A/ ?" c8 Q
DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 1, on fire
) e& u$ G, J" y4 t; E* _ DD Oboro% d: ~/ O6 ^( w' X5 I& [# |& W
DD Ushio, Shell hits 2, on fire9 b' {1 p+ K3 i, Y
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage9 m' s, N2 C. G+ r
DD Hayate
3 |! P; f# i* { DD Sawakaze
# X3 m0 [4 Z4 Z' t DD Yukaze
& u& z2 r4 [( e2 Z DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
+ v. f4 N8 H% y+ K6 B DD Tawakaze
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- M9 m9 |0 K5 u$ y0 C CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 t$ F& Y" |2 M
CA Chester, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
* C% R* ?2 W3 t DD Dunlap, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage( O3 j, P# c4 Y% S
DD Fanning, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 d. O) ]8 L+ t$ ] DD Mahan, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
3 Z( h+ T5 A& S DD Drayton, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage- I, f: d0 v+ n* q. v0 z' _
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" N I8 _+ H1 B: j58意图到努美亚补充燃料后折返珍珠港,被KB追上击灭
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1554 G+ ?7 S7 p" O' O
6 ?: B8 b2 F' a% k& Y8 FWeather in hex: Light rain
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; s- i: O4 A7 x8 DRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
2 }* [, ^- r9 n# YEstimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
3 J/ {0 A z: B+ p0 e A6M2 Zero x 45
; S. |$ t& T% W B5N2 Kate x 50- h# w' X: g% J) `7 P7 P- |$ k) c3 m
D3A1 Val x 59
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses; L3 F6 ~& p4 O
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed: z: b0 t+ {" A1 L. J" X* e
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged3 O: c. C1 W& l" V& u6 C2 l( j
D3A1 Val: 16 damaged% t P3 n: C( h/ J: ~
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
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CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk w* I# N" Q% s9 _
CA Chicago; u5 ~* f s6 t: r3 @
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 U( ?- T H* p4 \( |3 u CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, on fire# J$ `2 C1 a$ B
CA Portland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
; ]/ T$ S ?7 u' K5 @/ L DD Flusser- V9 B7 V; B5 g
CA Astoria
8 C1 j' o5 }3 B' [" J" O3 } CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2; [3 F2 }7 a$ v2 W k
DD Benham }1 y: Q& w) H$ T; V" X! J' o: r
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,1557 G' ?" N; v( A ]
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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/ X3 ~ E1 X7 \7 T, SRaid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
/ y7 g. N2 [- F' U% P4 VEstimated time to target is 21 minutes2 s/ c6 N$ x% P5 u
5 L* U; t: K. }8 O0 RJapanese aircraft+ u- v: T$ I9 i* ^4 W/ `2 o
A6M2 Zero x 32
8 T" r6 F4 j+ S* T& R% e. F5 c B5N2 Kate x 107 W% U& K! y' m, U
D3A1 Val x 31. U( c3 |! `% X$ l7 Q
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Allied aircraft2 F p m) P0 u1 E; s* P! r
no flights
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D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses: s" Z6 x0 X2 [! x2 ~/ h0 C$ ]
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed. T( G! q \. s2 D# F* k0 d6 d" T
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. v2 k) o* f9 ?4 x$ R CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& O5 u3 @; e) ^: ] CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk1 a8 O4 j0 r' Q6 n
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
* A4 v, G. P5 ` W0 s CA Portland, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage h5 a. \3 \( _; [( y
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 3
% }4 A! `; u5 @9 @ DD Gridley: P w! o k* b0 h2 _
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage M. y. g/ o" n+ l1 u6 C
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 108,155
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Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.0 A# x6 ?% Z4 T% `- B
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes) [0 u9 w7 S. |+ F4 v! d
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D3A1 Val x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 d! \& I o6 J6 ?7 m& ?: i D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
* N9 g r5 |. X9 F* r D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak7 h) \: A$ L" ^ V
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CA Astoria, Bomb hits 30 e# t! M, F5 j9 D- j
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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6 I' `' M" {( N& s+ j杀鸡也用牛刀,日军直接推平拉宝儿,下个目标是莫港和努美呀再到斐济和新西兰. t7 a! V2 H: y. q
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) ` h9 b4 n( m# `3 A2 j+ h
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Attacking force 28655 troops, 251 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1022' C9 a" ^( I4 y, q6 O& ~
1 D% k0 X7 M* _. T7 p( {Defending force 1215 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
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5 R- O' e1 S. P0 u! V; L$ hJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 02 N: A" w4 l0 j# W
. x. l' T& ^2 OJapanese adjusted assault: 434 : U) a; b* A- M4 s# [
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Allied adjusted defense: 5
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Japanese assault odds: 86 to 1 (fort level 0) + Z3 d6 l' F0 R3 Q6 d7 Q+ D
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!! X; h3 y% O- L
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Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
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/ D1 |8 R( h2 }' `+ e, vAttacker: + F( a3 h- E' _
4 X& w# Q1 a5 P: hJapanese ground losses:
/ D5 Y- ~( S, g! [& w 134 casualties reported, n/ n- U3 ?1 ]$ I" o4 S
Squads: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled
( s' F$ Q0 P. M9 \ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
% Z M" \+ v3 J: ^ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled$ o+ U& X- @3 x: U4 c# s: d
- x! M3 a8 c& P, ? I; oAllied ground losses:
0 R+ o4 \) C# h$ k% B 812 casualties reported" M$ o6 H k1 m0 y; z$ h
Squads: 26 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 \! }" n6 A& n6 v. C& R" d! |6 _ Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 14 disabled
5 w8 B- m6 R) | Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled) e- Z! K; t4 w/ n5 C
Guns lost 35 (31 destroyed, 4 disabled)
h7 _* H6 ~, F1 e Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
3 C& T6 s6 m. E( A& u Units retreated 1
2 Y! Z$ L7 S+ F+ s1 F* B Units destroyed 2 |