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盟军解放者4发机群在爪哇登陆后把矛头对转了巨港一带的日军航空设施,企图利用4发轰炸机的航程优势突袭日军防御力量比较薄弱的后方二线机场,不料遭遇日军同一日正好转场过来的3个战斗机大队,于是本来轻松惬意的偷袭变成了一场苦战,经过激烈的战斗,日军战斗机击落了多达60架4发轰炸机和十多架护航的闪电战斗机,同时自损17架战斗机,虽然盟军还是对机场进行了打击,但是显然得不偿失。. c j$ H1 Y, O1 S% r
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8 j; C0 N8 W/ t9 i$ IMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 9 m) ^- ]5 p) D: Q" W; m, c; E) {
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.4 V) Z% m( s$ U( f! z0 X7 o
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
7 }# S# k- S# b1 O" w" v$ o N1K5-J George x 122
1 y/ M8 s! H. o$ }6 Q5 V8 _: @ Ki-84r Frank x 36
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! h' d. a: k1 y( w( OAllied aircraft
' S5 a5 @1 y( {" k# Q3 X9 U( \" K2 N P-38J Lightning x 37
" ^2 @7 E5 e0 l' V PB4Y-2 Privateer x 566 F+ i6 c0 U- J v5 j u) w* d
4 w3 b+ [$ `* d8 l. v3 DJapanese aircraft losses' n( U# s! S& v# P: I6 y
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged3 t+ M' f2 p' u# V& T
1 p) {7 X2 T. E1 `Allied aircraft losses; {1 s6 U7 w' F5 w Q3 k [ E
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
% B+ c6 O: D5 H6 a, R PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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4 C0 _; R: C: N6 EAirbase hits 21% i$ n- |+ C0 }! z: Y; Q" B
Airbase supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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5 f; d; {7 p( Y% H# y4 yRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
9 T0 V/ I7 Q1 FEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft T) [6 }7 U! k
N1K5-J George x 76
% T- u( ?, Q/ q Ki-84r Frank x 30
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Allied aircraft
( }0 {3 P/ C4 E# v$ F P-38J Lightning x 80 q; @$ k2 e. m# x
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9
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9 [6 T2 D0 }$ L0 C( ~" ?Japanese aircraft losses
2 \+ B7 d. Z# S9 p( l/ M N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
; k; P0 N9 H6 B) {$ k/ b& O6 b P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
0 r2 ]. z6 T9 c8 F PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged% d" `3 T) W4 s+ }8 G
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Airbase hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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: w( Y0 i$ }- N: s% G0 S, q7 M5 i: PRaid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
1 |4 e( @5 x5 w7 I# H/ u1 t/ i8 bEstimated time to target is 13 minutes3 d- F3 p5 r0 S: n& H {
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N1K5-J George x 61) u1 g6 e, M1 R. R6 L R8 X. c$ k
Ki-84r Frank x 29
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Allied aircraft
7 r+ `: M- e( y8 Q PB4Y-2 Privateer x 65 n* J1 u5 Q/ S% G6 i
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Japanese aircraft losses4 ?- A0 C+ E8 ^3 L3 O
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed, Y7 F. P: A# `, S6 @
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PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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% h$ Z. }0 Z: m; Q- m3 bMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 ' U. L3 e8 v& ]1 X& c2 W
6 t5 F3 q; V9 l j$ SWeather in hex: Heavy cloud5 D/ G+ L8 D* ^
% r& z6 u( G# X1 w; c5 E. oRaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 R$ t8 t8 |( e6 s$ l0 X( Q' u3 j
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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. H% H) e0 x: l l4 [$ a6 fJapanese aircraft
$ n- w) {- s$ ?6 C N1K5-J George x 44) s" D4 |$ S- `4 l* `
Ki-84r Frank x 21, L8 i. K; u. c3 ^
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' j. c/ x# J1 v6 l J; |! b PB4Y-2 Privateer x 61 R. U2 M; k& ~ [
) S4 ]" L) r% r ~5 kJapanese aircraft losses
) D; |* c" v6 y$ u& f Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses( M) j A2 J5 S
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Runway hits 1% I- N- E; V0 R$ B5 @$ F" q
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# }2 A; o W# A1 X+ R, E2 d5 vMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
& l9 V$ ?* p. M+ E: D, D& `( |Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
( b8 ~9 E I9 R; p3 O N1K5-J George x 31
2 t$ [+ R, s4 m( E0 {5 p- \ Ki-84r Frank x 18# X1 D9 p# ^7 ~0 x: r" |( G
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Allied aircraft. D" }5 D/ N3 k* w; s
B-24J Liberator x 672 K6 I, ~3 W1 H8 l. `- M
2 P7 D- l9 e9 U2 [: q' s1 FJapanese aircraft losses
: b/ N4 P/ a6 v- w/ @/ T N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses- T9 u& d. r7 c
B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
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! i& O7 r) n3 z) r! r Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# S+ g" h) ] @" J; H8 M Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* T, L4 D7 {: F) N
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 j; R( k4 U; F1 c0 W. n
4 c# m/ D' K7 [" P% ~! N1 iAirbase hits 17% T* G5 X! h: P, z
Runway hits 22% t# c: v, G' d/ `
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当天比较不幸的是,雪藏已久的联合舰队主力舰队出动,在航渡过程中被盟军发现,在没有直掩的情况下遭遇到盟军水平轰炸机的跳弹攻击,多舰负伤,不过也击落了十多架敌机。但是舰队的行踪暴露了。- U5 q( h3 P; \6 J
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4 |1 B+ D" I" m6 f* IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,947 E k1 l0 K8 Q
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Weather in hex: Light cloud8 ?4 S* D2 P2 n$ j X5 ^
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.- b9 N8 j* l2 v
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft9 ?6 [* b4 @3 A0 r$ w {/ p
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17* H9 c& h. ]+ U5 h5 @ k2 f7 O
0 J& r- E* |. W8 c' N) oAllied aircraft losses
6 d( D& v X5 }8 p3 o B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged( P5 n7 ]( Q1 R
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships J# b7 a6 U' S }
DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1. B* N/ y* x ^" w6 X8 S5 d3 M1 t# [
DD Makinami
4 W: T! L X; L5 U% ] DD Kosukaze
4 m$ W R$ h" h1 y- D& R$ X) w CA Kumano
& g) a' { B2 P4 _" i7 G: D7 H, E: a DD Asashimo2 X+ F, X4 ~, M
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 89 N' E+ M7 `& d
BB Haruna
, ]7 o! {9 j. c& b& S CA Chikuma
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Aircraft Attacking:8 Q& G) P7 [) q7 Z l( I& z
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
3 o; @* P: g7 X h1 T% Q+ t/ @ Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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2 G' Y/ u! x3 T7 r3 u! G KRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet." o0 Y( g$ m4 N9 ?$ d. ^
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes; j! E/ @! Z0 \6 I9 G# O7 Q
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B-25D1 Mitchell x 18* e0 p# S( f8 A. K1 e
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Allied aircraft losses4 ?9 o N" J% N. N2 J$ l5 `* x
B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged( D. X& H6 D5 F# g& X
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak; d/ G8 s& v5 |0 c
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CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
* Y& F6 p" b1 k i" P DD Arikaze
9 \ |3 _1 y1 u6 k DD Haruzuki
3 k/ T' c- R( C( W6 \0 g; M( O CA Mikuma. k7 j8 p9 c/ j0 R4 T! f/ q" d
DD Satsukaze
" d- S* i' T7 P$ y, e CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
7 j6 `, N7 T9 g CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire
8 k) ~" \+ [9 n( q# G. H8 ~: Q DD Minegumo9 f U, E9 t/ @. a+ h1 Y1 B
DD Myojinkaze
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Aircraft Attacking:
6 x6 ?4 p8 @& k% ~ 17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
9 f% N9 v& H! ?, l Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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最后,在马尔努斯岛上奋战一个多星期的第60师团在盟军新锐增援上来一个陆军师之后终于崩溃,马尔努斯岛宣告失守,至此,从特鲁克到拉包尔和卡维恩的航线基本被切断,当地守军只能靠种水稻“现地自活”了。! q- \8 v' I" E/ q6 _
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Ground combat at Manus (101,119). c1 \8 ] ?3 b' c" A% X
# F: k+ d' z2 |; S$ j" QAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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Allied adjusted assault: 659 s3 e4 I! ?6 Q$ G( Y0 H
. A/ T% l4 d9 |$ b" mJapanese adjusted defense: 119
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) , B% Z- p8 ^# ^1 T/ q4 T; Z7 x
( h. O# Z7 R5 nAllied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!% E8 m3 A8 l4 A" }( D* r
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( ~: C6 ~) Z, m4 EDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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5 ?) ~8 D+ M/ O( x9 R! kAttacker: 1 h& \* o7 u7 l9 J" l
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Japanese ground losses:
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6 t& y ` l5 s/ D1 p6 d* l Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled% h5 r! V' @: V u O$ A9 T
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled4 H8 r: l k8 m. m
Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled/ @! {( Q2 a2 B. x# D
Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled): _; R) O. V5 j, S
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Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled* d- r" Y- w. S4 P% o7 P
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
6 i7 p5 O7 Y# O! r7 [7 ?! a Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 |7 D c5 v5 h& Y. l* W6 U
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Assaulting units:8 O: a% G+ a0 q2 |4 l
77th Infantry Division" W; V) o J8 ~2 z4 ~
7th Infantry Division
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IX US Corps) \/ r1 D l: }8 W {! ~
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ M! \' X/ L+ D( r( c7 x, ?
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 u# k; z V1 R1 D p! K Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion8 b. e: m! m$ S5 T6 l# d
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion2 m$ l, s j# f, R, P/ i
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' p7 x) z" c. Y/ H# u 60th Division
: x" _& j, |: t1 O4 q! @6 g* f 63rd Naval Guard Unit6 O& H: r! F: q8 e$ q& C4 o
20th JNAF AF Unit & G, S8 ~: c& q3 @$ a4 C* A
13th Base Force( Z+ G. F- m) i+ K
65th JAAF AF Bn |