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. I3 `) y! f) s- o7 a# S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。7 W# s+ ?% U: a" K% G) ~' y, Z
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$ P, {1 e' {$ s$ ^. q7 _0 ]Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 : @* t! t0 C/ k1 l
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.! J$ o( n8 u k5 q. d
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# _9 M3 Q+ D3 H) V8 ^ N1K5-J George x 122
5 u! g+ T0 \2 R5 e$ e# A Ki-84r Frank x 36
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Allied aircraft
2 O3 _* ]8 x: N# k p P-38J Lightning x 37
8 ?) }" x2 ^. r4 ~: X PB4Y-2 Privateer x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
& n; f1 ~! [3 _% o6 j& @ N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged! S; q' L9 o* C/ G7 Y6 u7 b* u
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Allied aircraft losses3 F6 l, l& H X6 n- C5 s/ R
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
3 S! O% S/ Z8 p% _- U% D PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged7 k1 R) y2 P' Q1 [9 `1 i- A
- I8 i' y" w1 T" A2 w& LAirbase hits 21
- F8 r6 I0 f7 B' H; h- z% V" p7 QAirbase supply hits 3
* [* _+ O% ~7 { ~7 tRunway hits 558 t0 p! q% ]) P4 h9 L$ N
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( ?# m* P, G* ^* I% L$ `6 n- ~8 S. CMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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2 s- a, L; i3 uRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
' h' o1 V' h7 K8 s9 v6 i( uEstimated time to target is 7 minutes8 x1 K- q* c2 D! R
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N1K5-J George x 76
9 A) Q6 d) G$ Z- F3 m5 M9 C Ki-84r Frank x 30% D- K8 [8 Z* q; A! }- u9 J
# D |% n& Z) j$ ^! k' X( V; yAllied aircraft
( I5 t$ m& |; b+ l7 e P-38J Lightning x 8
( |) o j; X3 |/ w" ~ PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9
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+ [ n) `" D# w7 i/ ~* ] N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed5 S% a' t% X0 D2 v" `8 @) z# S
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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" D& [) e2 K4 k& A5 k; n7 D2 f( xAirbase hits 1
1 W! Z6 e% k# [: k. R# mRunway hits 29 Q1 F/ k6 i) C
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 / Z6 X( j5 c/ @
5 B5 B2 j0 { S/ }/ jWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
L; H0 B$ Y6 i) L3 u# o! cEstimated time to target is 13 minutes+ b8 ] H0 @8 r; x. U9 r$ C! j% t
6 `7 M4 n5 W) ]! f1 ^4 b6 wJapanese aircraft& P- b! h* f' x% E( _. R
N1K5-J George x 61
! _- C9 U: @" d$ W Ki-84r Frank x 290 }4 ]( a8 Y# a5 W/ [/ f
" S8 u6 @" x1 G+ {5 _Allied aircraft
7 r, e: ?5 T" J- b PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6* W4 @) {( r: d: x
4 {. x" W; _+ D* D- V/ [Japanese aircraft losses
5 Q! `1 O7 k' t9 G; b Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged7 @4 B2 \3 A: j
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud1 M- t/ O. c: J% ?4 f' ^$ ^
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
I2 n5 n* X7 H) Y$ h9 D$ A: DEstimated time to target is 14 minutes) u$ K2 H: ]4 u4 k' k
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Japanese aircraft
: M+ N9 i2 J6 D) \; G# l N1K5-J George x 446 w) R, D; S. z& J7 C2 q5 ~
Ki-84r Frank x 21& Y# D/ t% K# K9 o2 |* y
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Allied aircraft
6 z5 y. l9 o/ q PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6! b: z9 @9 s- z' ~5 }( T
9 ^0 Y" g4 \# b) XJapanese aircraft losses& C8 c! q( b1 j8 {2 m
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed' q% L: I$ F) b4 Y* y J
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Allied aircraft losses
0 ^1 {& f; j8 p9 l& _$ ]* { PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged. c8 L4 Q, J4 R* M* w
! S" C( h+ b, _. i% ?Runway hits 1- y$ {+ a! F2 u" G9 a: o1 O
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 7 Y' A7 p* G% c, ]/ L
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# S) l/ R* F4 ^9 I( pRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.) u: C- k5 r8 Y( m
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
& v! j4 b+ ^+ e) {: B. y0 p N1K5-J George x 31
8 S/ A( i9 @7 m- q9 L Ki-84r Frank x 18; j, G5 L, N3 @' ?+ f4 q! w4 \# o
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B-24J Liberator x 67
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Japanese aircraft losses
( J! r& [% c; I" A. s7 H; f+ w0 E N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed0 P8 v; g; s8 k x* L
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B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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% i' e, t5 S+ e' k" n+ ^' dJapanese ground losses:" B# Q. X d; E( a; B. q
5 casualties reported( u$ D: f$ \! h- o* _0 n3 T5 F% U* R+ `
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* U3 g) [$ z! @9 o Y
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled9 d1 j6 y# n$ \ `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* q% Q) Q6 j: b1 d& W% r
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Airbase hits 17
/ y. ~& t* W5 }! l3 H: ERunway hits 22
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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。2 l7 b" `7 I2 E
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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! Q4 |% o: n; ~- A$ p: QRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.3 G0 ?/ P* W( u1 a$ y3 N( [
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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1 p6 A2 E: w6 k5 D* q4 |Allied aircraft
' `) f1 k6 D3 a B-25D1 Mitchell x 17" _! s+ Z) n' R# M. r/ A
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B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged" d7 y+ }4 C1 K' D0 H0 H
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak, F t4 s3 r! Z8 K) y F: ?) l9 \
1 y' f3 c/ o& f4 S7 Y2 [6 zJapanese Ships7 B, c4 ]. P: ?1 f8 c$ D8 ?) {/ ?
DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
+ f/ c9 O, C$ P1 k' u$ ~/ H DD Makinami7 a% W9 i: z8 o, ~$ W0 C& Q, W
DD Kosukaze
6 u- V( S3 N% _: W0 ? CA Kumano
+ ?! U* q* `2 e5 W! z, x+ K8 y DD Asashimo( d' x! K1 E0 E. b& {; a
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8
# N- ?& e, o0 R& } BB Haruna" t+ Q4 v2 l e& r0 p5 [
CA Chikuma
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Aircraft Attacking:+ v+ v. n! X- _9 o ]. Q
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
7 [2 b7 ^5 A" ~ Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94! k5 i' k* v- ~) s
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) X6 [, m8 n1 L3 rRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
* {# q i7 v k& |Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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: M" Z; o/ L8 ^. k B-25D1 Mitchell x 18; R' r$ J% E/ r9 c, c/ O7 ~& A
* v' z" V$ |4 e& ^- i) C, W# q9 vAllied aircraft losses2 g7 t( q' [. Q& t g! |0 ?
B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
! [1 R3 y" d- C! m& e" n( ^" A1 c B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
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CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
1 e. e* |/ q3 u) U/ m* L( i: @0 p DD Arikaze
7 u& t% m' J1 r/ h2 p0 N# d( I DD Haruzuki! E" F, Q. B2 R* I2 Z
CA Mikuma
$ }! ~! z: x# C6 [/ U8 [- | DD Satsukaze
; t W5 b6 ^) N& F; h1 j2 n CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
) {) d& u# g" b: j, l: ?$ e ? CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire
~- `, q& G A& j DD Minegumo
1 m: I4 B$ P q9 P& q DD Myojinkaze% E* ^# I3 P( g! J A8 A, A/ e
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17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
2 ?. z: o/ B4 }5 p2 z Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb# B- J, k* Y# ]8 b* k( q( T) C8 n
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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。, ?3 r$ L K! S0 U7 _# T
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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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0 y2 I- i7 w9 l* ?( fAttacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778
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U9 _6 s" j- m5 O, WDefending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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# Y' p" `+ N% N; dAllied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119 ; ]; ^! k5 F% P0 }! M i1 s- J
$ ^( ?* K) n9 T& |8 n5 bAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) 7 @! U ~8 {7 n8 a7 Q2 X
! I2 R9 u- w# aAllied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!9 O* N1 m& q) s# D2 t
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Combat modifiers
2 p+ o8 z# ?; C5 E) h$ r1 k2 qDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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Attacker: d# v. ?/ G4 M7 c5 h/ e
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Japanese ground losses:
0 X Y5 ?, X" V' A 1954 casualties reported) Z3 l/ p0 U: r# n) {- G# |
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled* B N, R7 M7 M0 E0 p0 Q
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 q9 s$ q$ K% O Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled4 S, C9 h% o7 g8 f
Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
/ n3 s$ j& O- m0 z3 R5 W! ~& f8 A+ y 267 casualties reported1 r7 E0 Z4 R6 H: T4 E- |
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled0 U* ^( k+ N5 T, G) {
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
1 ~9 n4 g- V" [( Z5 J% W- Z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Assaulting units:2 c3 |; U9 g N _) y% A
77th Infantry Division5 L) d9 Z# I; Q6 {
7th Infantry Division% z% T1 H3 }' G# J+ X r# w% A
193rd USAAF Base Force! t, g& d; i/ i. n
IX US Corps0 u' G. b* x( G8 x
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, q* D- Z. @* z0 r6 x( z3 d- C' R 9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
: k$ Q$ ?& r ] Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion$ A1 h5 I- Y4 `3 y, v3 L. d( g( D! m
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion# I: Y- q4 q. n. J4 Z" h
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Defending units:
" r7 w' W- z; G/ Z 60th Division4 Z( _$ e" b$ I/ H7 N
63rd Naval Guard Unit4 [( H% m( o9 E: J+ K
20th JNAF AF Unit
/ d! J' M3 ^# h' O" b 13th Base Force
5 u1 j6 I( ^8 a0 F8 e" H 65th JAAF AF Bn |