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! A$ j/ D5 M/ E( L6 [强袭拉包尔基地的盟军4发机群遭到日军战斗机群的拦截,损失比较严重,一天之内丢了超过30架4发和20架闪电
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7 I! q& ?% j( ^" o @Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 + o; ^$ t/ u1 h& i6 H h
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 E; t8 H2 S" q! j/ n# O" @( u7 ~
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
$ g6 r: \% X# ~- P# m8 wEstimated time to target is 26 minutes/ G4 \4 X: j. n1 Y5 q
' f4 ~* E3 O3 J6 T4 M( t EJapanese aircraft' T4 X% U% G) p, |( R) V( ^
N1K5-J George x 18- {: S/ Y# ]" E% w! W
Ki-83 x 464 W4 W+ g( q4 H. s
Ki-84r Frank x 47% E. q8 g% \! }* [
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Allied aircraft
0 U' q! |! i+ t( M B-24D Liberator x 6
' M! h2 j7 O+ d B-24D1 Liberator x 308 c9 D$ ?5 t5 V
P-38L Lightning x 24
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$ s3 ^: { h9 Z3 U! @; PNo Japanese losses4 L% E6 F \0 ^
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Allied aircraft losses V/ ?6 `6 w: V
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
4 R1 T" a; l8 A3 @0 w9 e* @ B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
: r$ M! [2 i, C2 j6 a P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed( ~; T" o. R+ B0 a( {) D
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Airbase hits 15
7 l4 } y3 A7 G% C. {# R r2 _Airbase supply hits 1
8 f( b2 H! Y9 V- ]Runway hits 27; V& O9 V1 S3 \
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+ }% N+ l5 b4 K8 n( u( _' E5 W! ~Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 + t9 @7 y' A: }9 C1 W$ [6 P
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ o# u; e' _+ K4 P0 O. ]5 e. Z
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ ]' o& Y% U7 N2 S2 S# oEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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/ e" z! p0 s! |: H$ i5 |Japanese aircraft% h. B9 J' R. `$ q+ }/ g+ e* b3 M+ l
N1K5-J George x 18
# b& p# D5 Y7 H/ T, K* j Ki-83 x 39
$ c1 v1 j3 W$ [# h Ki-84r Frank x 430 j5 D( m8 S1 W) F. m D- e
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Allied aircraft
4 l7 y/ F) G( }. K3 g7 x# i B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses/ R7 ^ K. q3 ^: `# ~1 X
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Allied aircraft losses# \7 C2 W" `! v8 p
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged) l# ?; Y$ L& B2 T, L. s
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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, S( r9 n/ S! W1 R |7 ?' u" W+ DAirbase hits 1
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; l6 ^4 h) {4 E3 J l* NMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud! s+ w; _8 H# @, w4 ?
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.' X0 b% f( r9 \& R3 [
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes3 h+ U; _2 N# o! k, L
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Japanese aircraft
! L* P$ h/ M5 ~! l! P N1K5-J George x 17+ O2 B5 `$ Z8 ~
Ki-83 x 37
1 a* _3 R; c. y3 |1 X o% m1 n Ki-84r Frank x 43
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B-24D1 Liberator x 80 u2 F' n, V0 X/ @) l' W6 F+ c0 z
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Japanese aircraft losses
. W# _' I+ s/ | Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed2 U& O; b3 ?! R/ B% q$ C
6 i) `# p2 n9 D1 t1 c# ^Allied aircraft losses$ _4 w! O# r, G' N6 Y6 B; k& k
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
" U H0 L( ~9 |! ?( I B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak2 e# P, \$ k. b" E p
( {' X+ B7 e- c1 w盟军在万鸦老进行扫荡战,清扫残余的日军部队,万鸦老战役开战第二天就基本消灭了当地日军的主力。特高课已经开始对敌前将领是否通敌展开调查。
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6 \( B2 W8 u1 p* g2 EGround combat at Manado (75,99)! R6 g& h+ i( j) I3 _4 |- N
/ `. `/ i9 H5 f0 u: V: V' J7 cAllied Deliberate attack/ w( \4 N- t( _. Y
+ Z8 p! A @# d. KAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 58025 P b! c! _1 S A
, `- p% c+ I) Z$ [3 dDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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Allied adjusted assault: 7976
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& h6 L& a& X0 |4 v6 N+ b1 f& g! v; UJapanese adjusted defense: 289 5 x) M' O6 w- c& x4 y
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 $ j, ]! ]& f$ h$ \" O& Q
, T, d6 \7 ?; ^Combat modifiers
/ {3 n( |# y. S+ C' f3 t' v; oDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
u$ o2 r# d# a. |Attacker: 3 r5 k: I5 l+ X! \! C( r# d, K7 z% F
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Japanese ground losses:
5 u0 g7 T, G. O 6937 casualties reported% l( E* z4 S Q: J5 }7 y
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled2 Y }; ~7 M) s0 w0 e5 g& ? t
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled$ i" H9 C* V- B% E" F, D
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled" o+ S4 c* V) w8 Z( z$ n
Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
/ Z5 E: D" I' z+ f: x/ u Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
& s- ^4 P- v( l) l) }$ M Units destroyed 3
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Allied ground losses:" U- A2 x' ]5 Q
1437 casualties reported
6 b# k! T s! i4 s# F& { Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
9 `. U- x( w! C. l/ F Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled; S. B; d8 f" {0 `
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
# k" C) T8 g# P! `5 ]7 f' q Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
4 Z; Z F/ J' [+ }* ~/ {! x 27th Infantry Division2 N# t5 L( J& P, U5 u2 @
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
3 c! i% y, B; w 96th Infantry Division& C0 k: K$ m' @# Y
81st Infantry Division
! T& k4 ^9 f4 k 33rd Infantry Division/ t% U) b3 `& w3 w5 m" @! A
2nd Marine Division
2 @% s3 L/ }- D/ i 10th Indian Division9 V1 V. R/ U, k6 F% o! _
37th Infantry Division
3 m$ W4 l0 t" S8 E. `6 b 6th Marine Division r# }- R/ z: M( Y: ~! e7 V( [0 d
3rd Motor Brigade
- { h, U, j. j. d I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment$ q6 g3 Y% q# m6 y2 [$ x
5th Marine Division1 m9 q7 ?0 D. {6 A7 T0 q
6th Infantry Division
; d! s5 \, W3 t% p* g 3rd Cavalry Regiment
& W0 c2 v6 u- u$ R. ]4 l 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
, U! v( r" [ O9 U" D7 f/ X 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
" v' s* V3 B" V0 u$ n! d 2nd NZ Division
1 L: {/ }7 W9 i: l1 n4 x3 e 1st Marine Division+ X" L. O# K% w' _/ i# @
2nd Army Tank Brigade8 C8 [9 M# C6 f
VII US Amphib Force * q% X% a" ~# s7 U
USAFFE , F$ }, q+ r2 t" D0 F- B* v
276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
2 C2 m1 M9 b+ I3 U T 4th Field Artillery Battalion8 K2 k* f5 [$ Y9 U2 e
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
0 \! f$ M' h) q$ N$ g) c( a: L I Corps Artillery
# f7 _6 `- E: Y- f+ l X Corps Artillery
6 _' F: L( y9 i 154th FA Bn * I# g8 n+ Z3 P1 r3 \, O' F
52nd Marine Defense Battalion G) p" M+ R4 W; K5 l. [6 K2 c. t
; O4 g. ~4 {3 B. UDefending units:8 [- Q4 E/ M9 [4 r. X
91st Division3 U$ m- @' ~- O7 a& \2 `
56th Division
+ y6 i* U6 [# ^ g2 t9 T 14th Division
5 ~ E" x; ~& E8 ] Maizuru 1st SNLF
O9 o/ `1 A, h/ u8 S# c 8th Area Army /1
: ?/ K& K# n' R# K& T/ g 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
% k4 P9 `" u7 y' j3 ]5 R 113th JAAF AF Bn ) a; S( r& [) Q( y
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 ~) [2 m" O. O
Gohoku JNAF Base Force
/ }! c6 n! D' H5 t# Z7 [0 q 10th Area Fleet1 A7 n/ a% z3 f* d
72nd JAAF AF Bn " k s5 a3 _# I; }5 |5 g1 [! C
2nd Amphibious Bde /26 C$ ]- O9 q# Y- Z; i3 _
48th Fld AA Bn /2
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盟军在万隆的攻势也在加紧准备当中,除了集结当面的兵力外,轰炸机的轰炸也是一天都没有停歇过,不过每天都有5架左右的轰炸机被日军AA揍下来。+ b+ C" X. f3 @' ]" v6 R+ e6 \
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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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Allied Bombardment attack
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+ y, {& @! C; V zAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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4 I7 X( ^$ w% a4 Z1 \+ q2 YDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Japanese ground losses:4 s$ {) [, v; Z& s
12 casualties reported5 j7 l3 R8 T& {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ M" k: E8 }! W% m+ B& t Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 \3 v; s5 l* L: m5 {$ d m Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) a' s1 H6 v0 z+ j
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4 casualties reported
! J$ ?3 z. R4 {$ z Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# A' R$ A( G: ~# v4 w' v& P q) o' x& A
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 q, {1 Q' N) Z/ G9 N2 h Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 H. m1 g$ B% i8 l
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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% O' j$ E, F% S8 CAssaulting units:
$ G- X: E. U- e5 o1 o! }) O 11th Australian Division2 A! j) f ~% C( T0 n
50th Tank Brigade
D3 k7 S1 b$ e" w0 N8 l0 E+ y 254th Armoured Brigade( v7 }. J, V- u/ Q) x
93rd Infantry Division
0 T+ F0 ?' n, n8 _5 V 9th Indian Division
; z5 ^. t' i9 \1 b5 O" ? 7th Australian Division
/ t1 A z$ o. [ 18th British Division. j: f6 K" t' t' T/ A
8th Australian Division
$ A p3 f% B7 ^" s5 R7 H 32nd Army Tank Brigade. v6 H/ u6 D3 n( K0 U; q0 y- E; f
31st Armoured Division. r$ @% z/ Q$ c5 e7 Z
51st Highland Division
. s6 z4 ?$ I" ^. ?2 Z 97th Field Artillery Battalion4 |# O* d& t) U( U
2/16th Field Regiment
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251st Field Artillery Battalion7 u9 P+ ~9 ]$ l2 P7 U' ?. y% b) q
1st Medium Regiment3 x3 {) l" Q4 i
249th Field Artillery Battalion
) \: ?. R% G* D, q. e 108th Tank Attack Regiment% G' a$ g, N; k/ R! C d
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment( W5 z7 q7 ]! r9 L/ u/ e( _- j
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Defending units:
- V7 C: }* B- ? d 49th/A Division
3 Q2 N6 Z1 u$ T% D 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3 N' x* W3 s3 B2 l 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
( }0 L! S6 S9 N9 t1 t J 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment- o$ }9 r7 t w; `+ X
11th Militia Regiment# {& ~$ L# X9 t: n4 `$ {# o# J
6th Java Militia Regiment! _0 ^* m. J/ W. @8 R# t
49th/B Division; n$ ^& o" @0 }, u/ i- Y5 X5 i) R
49th/C Division8 b6 O5 [$ `4 T! y
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
# |0 N' N; S& x5 z; c6 `- K+ D+ i 27th Special Base Force
" a! s' y* |: d 36th Field AA Battalion
, ^' e/ T w" F/ [7 A* q, v 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ n1 D3 @- w( t 48th Field AA Battalion7 q' @; f0 H4 H) Z
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment T/ s( g4 a1 }, T# k
49th Field AA Battalion0 K4 k* Q z9 b3 @8 K, q8 S) P! e. D
55th Const Co
' X" m2 ?' Y* B7 [$ a 49th Const Co
/ Q P' E0 l9 [5 R5 d0 b 17th Naval Construction Battalion
$ K0 f6 G2 C5 j4 E" {" a0 b9 T( j! ~ 47th Road Const Co
+ m# J' L( n9 X9 t+ l0 r3 U* b" m 9th Medium FA Rgt /2- Y! a' a/ q5 O; L' S
3rd JNAF AF Unit 2 @+ K& e4 \$ L+ a* c6 C& W
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment3 S* S# D' i# r
56th Field AA Battalion: D! E( ?# i$ h" j$ N6 F
21st Army
O; l) G3 I' C, m1 ~/ ]: z5 R# q 97th JAAF AF Bn
7 H# l% ]+ I z u0 K8 W% a 3rd FF Const Unit
6 S3 r1 z2 R3 o, A% X5 K' h! ? 12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |