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6 ~/ ^3 X; I) A- f卡拉奇封锁战!!3 L0 s4 B9 f8 a1 h
. ~) O' ?4 n" R印度已经摇摇欲坠,米酋27不顾盟友死活,拼死前往卡拉奇运增援,以印度苏加特和孟买为基地的蝗军海航,奋力拦截中~~,不断击沉一切敢于靠近卡拉奇的盟军舰船,卡拉奇外海已经成为鲨鱼游猎场,大量人员武器装备和物资送入大海~~
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; Y2 d! w. H/ |+ I+ x& C9 G7 A联合舰队水面战主力一部,对卡拉奇实施昼夜3段炮击,效果一般,不幸的是炮击编队所携带的DMS全部因主动扫雷而惨遭CD击沉,牺牲6艘DMS,清理掉60余枚水雷。4 c' }- b- e6 a$ n: Z
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,82 ^4 O! z6 l' Y. {3 j! Q& q: h5 W
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses+ l- _1 h: J) f9 g5 o$ L4 P* J
Hurricane IIa Trop: 4 destroyed on ground* v9 z5 s1 a3 L R5 Y+ |
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed on ground7 ^3 Z/ R& `; q8 C/ V+ t& }" v
2 I& L: M9 m2 Y0 O! ~1 [1 ^* i# `Japanese Ships
* A( |# d7 P2 |1 W8 E' ?* S2 P/ O! b BB Ise
1 n( ~( n4 U3 J9 w' T) t( {6 W BB Yamashiro
1 M% H3 O2 \/ R) S3 t BB Fuso
; ~4 G% {1 Q( e6 Z BB Mutsu$ j$ p- Z& N. Z1 T
BB Nagato
7 f: n) t& X! G CL Yubari# t, Y2 R$ E% | v/ b( g& ]
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Allied ground losses:4 T- ]1 \, B$ L) F* y2 _: x6 ?
437 casualties reported
4 W k, }; L" Y9 V- P! ]/ D Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled% @1 b6 b/ E4 ^- C
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 48 disabled
- |( w# X T" \; G' B. r) R, H7 y9 b2 ~ Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
! r9 K% p# h' Q% w Guns lost 31 (8 destroyed, 23 disabled)
2 d8 `5 e6 t" y O# b7 |7 p$ | Vehicles lost 32 (10 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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: o+ c4 N$ p" Y$ Q% S' ?! PHeavy Industry hits 1
2 Y; K q$ e! s% v7 rLight Industry hits 5) n0 X! ]5 N# x' Z
Manpower hits 89 h: `0 |4 o+ M4 Y/ E$ j0 h
Resources hits 2
3 [0 X9 e0 M6 S! G/ u% S5 WFires 75766 ~) d/ o& q9 P4 @0 R- L: N
Airbase hits 24# X2 g4 n' G/ N$ M3 H+ t F3 x3 _4 p
Airbase supply hits 6
/ o; Y0 R, p, Z6 f% oRunway hits 65
- J4 i2 V7 L5 c* a3 ]' ]4 {' gPort hits 16& B2 P5 W3 }6 G1 J- _: W9 L" ?7 K
Port fuel hits 70 ]& Z! d4 E3 g- H" m3 u/ ], d# X
Port supply hits 4
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8% B/ l* |4 r6 d- P. l' a; P* o
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Allied aircraft
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4 P; L$ B: \4 x- tAllied aircraft losses
3 ]8 _ R+ v `. l Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
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4 t' o2 b5 ]# k; ]- l+ Z/ MJapanese Ships8 A- e* P/ \9 C$ X# ?3 S
CA Kako# ^, o9 e/ ~- M: s: k8 E6 I2 }- i
CA Kinugasa
1 E) X1 P) S2 X0 ~# p' c4 m CA Nachi8 z" P7 C+ g% n+ a7 @
CA Myoko
& N9 K Z9 F0 Y- w7 v) Q1 B7 @- z" I CL Tatsuta
% N% c# x& m) F V CL Isuzu
( V8 V3 \5 |/ D: A CL Naka w Y4 A& p9 x& C/ F1 l
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Allied ground losses:
L) ?1 g; w# ~. ~9 P 39 casualties reported
+ S: I* i( A) G/ ^+ L Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled' K; [2 T4 T- v& b! y, X2 @$ r8 p
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled: ]: I: A3 ^6 K; d* W" G
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled) v- ~ a5 \; \9 e: y' c
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% b" q* @) x! b+ [/ d7 I. GManpower hits 6
/ Q4 {3 d- E5 f. x( pFires 7309& ?. ~$ E, B8 X; w
Airbase hits 14! `1 _! Y+ T! l3 E& X2 j* A9 c' r
Runway hits 11
: {3 i0 U$ v6 |' o0 E E+ X2 w7 cPort hits 44 V: E6 I/ s/ s/ w6 [1 i+ t
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. i, n9 q! C% N, P* ^Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,88 `4 P0 B- | T4 ^1 O. X" ~
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Allied aircraft
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2 G6 E. P. f! S+ D: i1 U% CAllied aircraft losses
$ f1 e- r( Q8 G# b Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 destroyed on ground) l) d4 D6 x; V- [
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Japanese Ships
" z; j$ l9 U0 O" e, B( _7 g% { BB Kongo
4 [' |5 O5 N- [( H- S0 {& ? CA Atago
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7 s0 s" L6 M/ l8 Q. ?9 X% F* uAllied ground losses:
" V3 B+ \+ i8 Y- t7 z 36 casualties reported
, ?$ e7 L" E& K( C9 u. u+ _, _ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 T, G$ J3 b% @' Z
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled
6 _/ \ X/ X }/ ~% Y' U2 C Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled6 R, W! I: f0 `/ J2 c) a
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
: g& h- j. X) j" q Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)' I- [. }7 J) ^ v3 V
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Light Industry hits 41 q- T- {5 B' l8 ]! N1 c
Fires 4147+ i2 n( s8 J* a5 g
Airbase hits 5" M7 w( j8 ^9 X( C8 g, i; p/ ]
Runway hits 13/ K8 N% G4 K/ P. x
Port hits 5/ `8 V! p- s; t0 A, u8 [, D
Port supply hits 1
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从亚丁方向过来的强行增援卡拉奇的盟军船队惨遭打靶~~,据米酋交代,一个精锐澳军旅下海,顺带几十架战斗机也成了珊瑚礁~~
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6 N$ s5 p7 j) ]) N0 F3 RMorning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 38,72 R) g6 I: ~; c/ b
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Weather in hex: Clear sky- x0 T4 h5 R/ C& O
/ E4 _1 K7 T% }; n& U; @0 {. XRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.5 x) `2 M% A, A) G
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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: M% d( H6 |: \- R' ^; x& H) fJapanese aircraft
3 L Z, k4 h- B! @1 [ G4M1 Betty x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses$ X4 G- v- m' G. x
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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7 L( W6 o' ` U, v+ n' x xAP Rooseboom, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( T" I$ P8 H# A( N1 M0 z4 }$ F; h# B# u
xAK Empire Rani, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk2 {! k6 M/ i2 S( @
DD Fortune, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# Y/ k2 O# r( v( B( l; H xAK Jaladurga
4 u" e; b3 s p8 O xAP Mijer, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk6 P9 Q) H1 a3 h- Z( E
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Z4 }8 p, c4 q/ Q0 [7 x! I6 FAllied ground losses:% e; B1 I* u) H" _! t0 s
1388 casualties reported& a' ], y# p8 @- t# Z& [9 N
Squads: 74 destroyed, 78 disabled
/ J* l( P. e. g6 U; j Non Combat: 231 destroyed, 96 disabled+ v- H, W/ H" T) U: W# ?. {% c
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled4 x9 O! C% |4 o Y* }: r
Guns lost 43 (32 destroyed, 11 disabled)) h) b2 \' j! a. S# N
Vehicles lost 106 (101 destroyed, 5 disabled)9 G1 @ w. e; ^. x0 r5 h
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+ v$ G8 g8 A, o. X1 f5 }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 38,7; q1 G% v, [* I5 x0 V$ Z! j
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain) u( ~2 Q0 i) S& j! G1 `1 o
- D' {* A& R2 a9 @- |. U- ?Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.+ i) {8 W& o- _* T
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Japanese aircraft& e6 y; w2 k* f3 N( M# U
G4M1 Betty x 34
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Allied aircraft3 h: \' U! O: h) ?
no flights
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- o& e0 r% d' e& ^$ W" XNo Japanese losses
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& n. ?! i8 F$ _6 h8 DNo Allied losses7 O! n! o* A0 C) N! s
% ^9 f3 S' F/ k2 L& mAllied Ships
8 L- T- S; l( v3 ~ xAK Pasha
0 @) G: B* H6 M& n8 x# H, f xAK Slemmestad, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
% l( i W) S+ N: n5 o: V/ g2 C, R7 u" D xAK City of Hankow! L- g0 L: ?. ~* ?' ?: K0 f' b7 u
xAK Trevilley, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 |/ ?" T# m' Z% V
xAK Jaladurga, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
2 |1 P% s/ h; T/ V xAP Camphuys
7 @/ l! h1 e( R- p xAP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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" H* g. M4 H) R5 D" Q6 w LAllied ground losses:
! v3 J$ \7 Y7 P# Z+ } 1178 casualties reported( ~9 Q& K3 S& e- d+ p, Y4 W4 Q# l
Squads: 62 destroyed, 36 disabled4 G) \; L/ h* S- K5 _ r/ t
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 16 disabled
& F! x+ o6 n2 g; |3 {) [' h Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled1 v2 z3 k) ?! c+ B# B, \6 S7 R
Guns lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled)( t; O8 s& C. n! d- ^
Vehicles lost 29 (27 destroyed, 2 disabled)8 o t9 S$ z7 v% Y
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同日,在澳北,KB分遣队截获一队偷运物资前往达尔文的小船队2 ]6 t! `- ]% ?9 P2 s% ?* O- r
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 72,124* p0 [# N, [, j( b( R
( n9 P2 H/ s( C+ b# w# t/ IWeather in hex: Partial cloud4 q$ H) \( N8 g( B2 G% B8 k4 N6 d; i
8 a: ?; i9 u j0 XRaid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.+ \ r1 P- W0 L
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes/ U M2 g. U C: w* j; D$ f- ^
2 A0 [) F9 n4 rJapanese aircraft
7 g$ Y5 g- C0 j5 b A6M2 Zero x 15
: a3 m- U$ \ {' b9 y0 e B5N2 Kate x 12: b* E7 g% C% F3 l+ t1 A
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" }: T7 e& w; G( ]4 U6 o7 CAllied aircraft
! t) ?" n. _1 |- d6 i Buffalo I x 24 i5 H( E! Y; B& p7 z: y
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Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
4 p2 j/ L! o/ i2 Q* L1 g xAKL Taurus, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; B, `( e0 k, ~4 z' d$ G# g& P
AM Colac, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 c$ I* E* F! f xAKL Elcano, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
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