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% ]4 c5 @9 x9 l/ H0 _预定的D+1DAY,但是硫磺岛上的第37军将士惊讶的发现庞大的盟军部队已经悄无声息地撤退了,昨日激战的整个海滩今天却空空荡荡,只有还在海边游弋的盟军舰队告诉他们,敌军残部已经全部上船,看来盟军将要撤退无疑,帝国取得了硫磺岛防御战的胜利!2 @* j, L- c' b/ V3 @- o) E
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当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,742 A7 ]7 T& Y# G W. T1 h2 {3 \: E
: p; ^* L# ~" x3 S; vWeather in hex: Severe storms8 ]% q3 \1 W4 c9 P
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
- D0 D5 C) O" t x1 Z- N5 T$ mEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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6 J0 l/ b- D, P! s: u: x! cJapanese aircraft
- }' c/ S% f0 u1 M, y N1K5-J George x 36. s z! p3 O/ ^) J; ?
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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4 ]# z( [+ e2 V/ |' N6 F F6F-5 Hellcat x 1687 f$ x+ C+ H9 W! u% g' b
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32! X: j9 t- l7 h2 p
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% {* H+ m {& E1 c5 D) Y N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
3 F( p7 ^; q8 [6 j8 O F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed% x4 O# K% e, _" ~, L
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged* s L" ^* d- \; q0 O
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xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
: m* j3 x5 J# S xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage E5 f8 } ]! I, {3 U
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,758 G9 ]/ Q" L' b; k( d2 X
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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4 {5 B* G" o7 y9 N }3 |Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.7 l+ M( i4 j/ |0 m( Z
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 t+ ^' i$ j" q6 C' q R+ g& f N1K5-J George x 62
6 t; A e/ x" z* v& L- _6 S3 B: ]- _ Ki-84r Frank x 83. Y% V1 z$ ^) n5 n6 `$ a2 a
7 d4 c- Y) p0 I T! |Allied aircraft
$ \1 `' F2 R! B; |& X2 T8 H6 T F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
; `7 ~, b' F1 t6 K SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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Japanese aircraft losses
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed1 p. N8 `) W6 \ A) I' Y
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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