11月1日
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$ a. |- Q8 T9 I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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; U/ t" X9 B/ ?! m! R% i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。4 O" I; M# j6 l0 g/ f) R
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74$ y% A7 C; Q9 Z; v' V9 q) c( x
: N- d! A$ Q* R: I: u0 PWeather in hex: Severe storms1 Q$ Y2 u/ F+ ?+ W# z1 T) j) f
# B, _: @+ @' A: `( f ]Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
. f, L/ q5 V5 s1 t% N$ uEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
. v1 F2 H' A. p- r N1K5-J George x 36
. u+ s, z7 Q% h Ki-84r Frank x 41
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Allied aircraft
# y6 g0 Y a" n& T! R F6F-5 Hellcat x 1689 f" e G7 O3 f3 Z1 ~+ k
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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# g0 E- {: Z0 ]* h' [7 d) v5 Z( L% qJapanese aircraft losses! T3 h7 U3 c# ]1 H9 o! l0 j
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed4 v1 g" N0 s, ?+ X" s' h
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed- l# z" I! g9 I" A# t( x
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged. F* G& y3 Q* f5 O3 K0 U1 P8 G2 Z
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) O. U, x, ?0 X) { S3 j" ] xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk# Z2 J) l* X5 o* y1 |( [# D
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage& \) d Q3 h: w; l& d
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# Q# F( B8 p+ T4 f( i% CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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9 D* J) J) k, X9 z# X1 ~8 VWeather in hex: Overcast
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; Q+ z9 q) p4 w+ H7 p+ oRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
2 L* x( M2 _2 _& `Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
2 j- \+ j: ?. L$ U5 ^* O- D N1K5-J George x 62" ]6 ]0 v1 l& _( n- R# {2 {8 M9 P
Ki-84r Frank x 83
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3 M& H3 a* r5 u" t9 z! R9 V F6F-5 Hellcat x 151( y0 _1 ]" i+ ^+ Y. ~" x& x
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 e; }* r$ U* d N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed9 b+ j% R3 i! G- z
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- ~0 [% Y; q# h$ a& O F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
6 T6 \6 w2 u/ U4 F2 P! j4 k; ^0 | SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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