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% f% a1 t8 e+ q4 p8 O# n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!
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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。) e2 [7 S. ?0 w" ~6 U: C! C
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. r {: w. s& f& k( ^Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,742 s* ]( b2 [ ]2 P1 ~/ N
4 D( `6 |: |/ F* IWeather in hex: Severe storms; b( L R4 `8 h3 z) `2 Z6 x) o
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
% X2 p$ |; Z! d; G$ U' CEstimated time to target is 17 minutes( J9 m. g c: v' @( K( }9 G
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Japanese aircraft
4 M: A- K ~/ D" {0 M N1K5-J George x 360 j& p, [) B' `! y( [ U6 i& b
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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Allied aircraft/ N6 P. h% o; X* U! Y3 `
F6F-5 Hellcat x 168, d, q* r* q& q; b
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses! k6 z* f; C6 z
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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( W, b; E# C z2 S' ]2 r" @ }2 IAllied aircraft losses
: [6 q9 _! @% W" r F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
: P& x3 d& P$ f0 ~ X) Z: \ SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged8 i- W1 y- v, ~2 s
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xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk$ b% c. M; F |+ A5 ^
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage6 Y& x u$ m/ @$ l. y" A
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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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l5 \1 b2 S& P& aRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
[ y6 y# ~$ _, P+ PEstimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
! o6 I' i1 _# k N1K5-J George x 62
- |' L! H) Q$ g+ \ Ki-84r Frank x 833 n+ g% y! v% p2 ?5 V$ N( f
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Allied aircraft9 C8 N: h' @7 f7 G
F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
! i% o% `% a. P; x$ { SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24. l- I! N$ n+ x, |4 A* N5 B
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Japanese aircraft losses
% G) A! X- E# U( u |3 O( Z: x N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses7 J% b% q2 e" w. Z
F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
/ _- F# {. ?! |4 y! u3 c6 k SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed, M4 s) v0 S, r$ m
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