11月1日
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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 U1 \) X: {! v6 G
. O" j: F: _. J* P& Z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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! I6 O3 Z' @% N% a/ v8 t2 P6 A! }Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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% i9 K6 N& [. }8 kWeather in hex: Severe storms6 k1 m0 \3 h, p$ C7 K) L
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.7 d1 ], V) t6 z& c b; z. s! G- `% h
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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6 F6 M; r! N( O( m+ x N1K5-J George x 362 v: B2 t. [' S
Ki-84r Frank x 41% T: |& I6 e) k2 R2 w2 x
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
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Japanese aircraft losses
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7 O8 w2 ?8 K3 L3 TAllied aircraft losses
8 m5 g! y- o! G3 v F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
" @4 ~$ N1 w9 N' r/ C& v# \ SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
7 {) e/ x+ {1 w& t. Y xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
3 J4 |; d$ x7 t6 q& a Y. i9 a2 _7 d xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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, d9 ]3 u5 s0 c- W9 a+ {3 BRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
3 O# P+ e3 \+ R# c8 K* }( J3 }& ]Estimated time to target is 31 minutes6 J& T! {3 V0 j2 }1 l, B/ h {
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N1K5-J George x 627 }' _$ s( i* B9 j: x. z& x) ^
Ki-84r Frank x 83) V; J- G# W8 A
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151- k& g3 p6 |6 [) L C% g% B
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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* F6 O5 a/ v5 W# P F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
& {% K8 j! C0 j0 `1 c SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed' m e' Q3 f- [' G2 p
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DD Hibiki |