11月1日
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" f3 O9 O6 \1 e* ^( Z& C' y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!0 l( N& \7 s% b7 g! d
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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 111,740 O8 ~$ b& }' k
; T# H a# r# k0 cWeather in hex: Severe storms' ^' ~. G! q/ `. ?5 x( {, m
0 t# U1 P/ O$ Y; L, C+ l9 t( s/ sRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
! ~1 r. @( r" D. H jEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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N1K5-J George x 36
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Allied aircraft
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SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses
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2 ]; L& g7 ^0 m1 ~9 ^# P9 | F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed! \8 B8 t/ f& F2 ~' [( x2 T
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
. a5 a# X! D( a. {5 k/ z" z! z3 J xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ N& W8 S' c! K; O# T% d
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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, P& Z" H! B9 T7 B. eRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.1 I1 l: C$ f& [0 [) R4 @* F/ Z- @
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N1K5-J George x 62* S& Y2 ]/ I; _- Y$ {. f
Ki-84r Frank x 83! ^: l" X j4 i4 q7 [4 ] @8 |
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 1518 c) C& s$ X0 g2 t" q: r% R8 {/ @( G
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed- e+ }+ Y9 w5 U/ ~& W5 t
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2 n+ m/ k2 A" U, ~) } T4 q F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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