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南洋战场,日军继续冒着盟军的狂轰滥炸裸奔登陆安汶岛,被岸炮痛扁,天亮后日军发动谨慎攻击无果
8 [9 g! D0 x% A6 U+ x马来半岛,南方军在柔弗巴鲁的战力打到了2200,700多战力的盟军正在向新加坡后撤
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- `: G' p; s$ ^+ D; a) I4 eMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
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$ P3 j" y( R- q5 Q; m' C5 u5 MWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, b0 q+ ]( ~4 F p) |; mEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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5 o7 o9 f2 p B, g5 U5 K1 aAllied aircraft0 O5 g0 q5 J4 d
139WH-3 x 6: P( I: y3 W0 h: A' {/ @2 X3 F
B-339D x 3
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Allied aircraft losses; V$ N3 F; y _$ w6 z: Y
139WH-3: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships# t: _! m7 V( A( V
DD Shiratsuyu+ |/ S* @; |! T0 T& {, ?8 G: X
xAP Kowa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109, r' H% {/ v6 x$ [+ ]9 ]- J
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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1 e: o8 k! L- {- b+ ~' X* q4 |Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
/ `+ N, {& d9 ?$ D3 QEstimated time to target is 5 minutes* U; E* f7 k5 Z4 j
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Allied aircraft
3 G5 O B4 g1 o, S2 ~/ v B-339D x 1
9 n1 ]1 o: {" i1 q0 c) A9 ^ A-24 Banshee x 17! C& R0 n# Q2 s1 {! `6 y
7 x0 w8 c: O" h* U5 m8 N2 OAllied aircraft losses
. R& N3 T$ i2 x; Z A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged- f& z( }4 S! ]3 K; M ?0 \8 M" X
8 d+ Q$ `4 k8 n. TJapanese Ships
% [" o: L2 Q+ v2 M8 n xAK Heian Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
7 o% Q! n7 Y# G$ }6 P' z CA Takao
0 ?/ f) E) \* N+ Y CL Yura
0 |; z9 O/ p/ p xAK Rasin Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# R! S' W+ Y' x! u+ N* U5 N. d9 { xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire* D$ @0 p) h3 g5 S' C
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6 z- ~' h0 a" I5 U1 ^( DMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1093 R) i+ `. D+ M0 D; T
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! G& d. m. b( sRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
) q" s) k, ?' c4 Q% H, G. SEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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p5 J* J3 I9 \% O' J B-339D x 3' _) v+ }* V9 X- S: \
A-24 Banshee x 10* r0 d* g _1 l1 c4 s1 i
6 `/ o9 i. B; O- g- u# P0 m/ xNo Allied losses }! s0 f, l" p6 y/ Y
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Japanese Ships
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xAK Yamahagi Maru, heavy fires$ ?0 J7 E& j5 I7 |6 O
xAK Utide Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire3 e. |8 A7 o, S
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,1094 y# h; t) s! S) i9 f; d) G% `
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( H- X1 U. |9 a: }) F SRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
* R1 M# _( M5 {* ]8 x; B2 ]# KEstimated time to target is 6 minutes7 L6 f: B2 x' @. s5 Q3 B7 K
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Allied aircraft4 [8 J- g5 ]5 {$ q3 j
B-339D x 13 J9 z; U! g# q% \1 Z; M( i2 F5 @
A-24 Banshee x 2. r! D- e) U3 u0 p% _3 c4 q( ^
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
6 [/ D/ o4 D5 C; R% }1 c+ \ CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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. ]! \' \6 k+ @4 SMorning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109* T3 }# O- u* Y; u! h1 w
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y. j# M9 W; p- u0 c* NRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.8 r0 |" H5 K* a4 V' [
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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A-24 Banshee x 141 z# }; ? I7 Q1 v9 \
/ i- K0 s8 e7 [2 NAllied aircraft losses: t3 I$ |# C: v6 ~& o
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged$ o7 _* H& A, f% y
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1 D% U) K" c* _5 i3 }0 [9 _ CL Yura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, u& a$ v! u4 G0 s
DD Hatakaze1 G; I" ^4 f! d) N; m" |
DD Oyashio
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! _ \6 S* X8 Z4 rGround combat at Ambon (76,109)3 T& d& V5 S: `. T
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Japanese Deliberate attack
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2 W, c/ y* d4 M7 K2 R* ~0 lAttacking force 3818 troops, 96 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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7 P' h; Q0 m) c; FDefending force 3530 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76
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1 E ]( I# h3 T$ t7 _4 R) ], CJapanese adjusted assault: 53
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3 @- D& u c+ x* ~Allied adjusted defense: 121
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$ a& r/ T4 l* M( R! p- xJapanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) . s) ]$ y# L) B+ B3 L9 m( b: Y
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3 }: T) m9 J1 P6 m4 b9 v+ tDefender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
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; x! \ W8 T9 W6 j. s+ \4 [ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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163 casualties reported) P/ P: K/ I' _# ^# X
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
0 o, z2 p8 C/ l( x" q2 b) X Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
' p9 i6 h! B/ Q Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:
3 T7 E8 u' H7 Y! q1 v* m6 W 1st Kure Assault Division9 W" Z7 ?1 u2 t. E! ?9 P
3rd Air Flotilla
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Molukken Garrison Battalion
# V2 f( G. I3 R9 y 4th Coastal Gun Battalion
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