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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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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 , C7 n* _7 Z2 R9 M; ]9 M$ M
) D" c) T0 @" v: xWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
2 q2 p9 i5 a! uEstimated time to target is 26 minutes/ J: \; n0 b* l6 x6 b
# W: i4 ^1 D7 r; G' y& ?- v3 U. T8 lJapanese aircraft
% ~; I) X' a. o N1K5-J George x 18" {$ j# \( _- y
Ki-83 x 465 I/ L% P+ j; ?: M
Ki-84r Frank x 476 j% [4 j( I! Z$ m5 Q
% C* [& p0 _7 r2 ?Allied aircraft9 l4 ]1 ]: Y) |! s' s" E% T& a
B-24D Liberator x 6: n1 ^) J0 d: I. Y4 b
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
! [; m( b7 E1 D8 m P-38L Lightning x 24
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4 C5 {: G7 ]# S* _; D/ v1 [No Japanese losses, `1 F' K! l6 c; x N: y' {- y
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Allied aircraft losses( t1 |; X, b+ o( E! ~5 g
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
! j! \3 t9 u' w% | B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
) \- I3 k3 A, w+ a P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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: d8 P$ ?" U+ B: WAirbase hits 15% B% l& R1 O8 u: C5 x# T
Airbase supply hits 1+ P* [0 {5 L* _; e. }: k" }
Runway hits 27
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 % w2 h- k& S1 ^
, F7 W( N* _) b2 }" \' X9 AWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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5 y; B8 z* Y+ W" aRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 _0 H& m2 S# C8 F. S* |, z# ]Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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7 i% i k0 y% A4 {Japanese aircraft3 {4 E, [3 Q, j$ ]' h" U
N1K5-J George x 18
- _& B# r7 `9 L! c* Y: F Ki-83 x 39/ L7 {' q- d, F0 O' R
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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' V- }; n& m) T" z; V# P) k4 O! cAllied aircraft- k$ T6 q. y0 o: l' I3 V
B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
/ r; b+ c# F. e8 `; ]8 [. L& E& k! s! J B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
0 V9 U# s6 f2 a5 ` B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak8 l' c' A5 [; R& i5 z' ?" r9 [: v- b
1 L) ?! H( _1 ?4 h# nAirbase hits 1* w: `* K6 a. _+ b
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 - a7 ]2 ~4 _5 X! Y- v+ o+ t. z
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' }! r$ b" H1 h) R# q
6 V& V0 b7 u& R6 W; ~Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
+ }- [8 U5 P7 U& iEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ B7 O6 u+ Z" F, E N1K5-J George x 17
7 c$ n b" R2 h& L7 G( k8 G5 C Ki-83 x 37
7 r8 i4 L9 N( F7 z; v2 @' r Ki-84r Frank x 43
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& j: \! w! R8 qAllied aircraft
1 h6 j1 b' p# p& f& I/ b B-24D1 Liberator x 8 [, _" f( D. d d: g8 w
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Japanese aircraft losses9 P' A$ D5 t, L! u+ {+ S3 o
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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- E* i1 J* n+ B. N hAllied aircraft losses
2 M! ^0 \' r/ s2 W0 O# J: H B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
7 |' r- i# |1 P: o8 x5 S+ i B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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3 W1 P: \9 C- f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。# L$ d" D$ u( _$ m
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802% p( Q# i" U, w0 z
. M+ _* [, X/ V+ x+ YDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082 q. [! ^" w) P) `/ U P6 s7 l
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Allied adjusted assault: 7976 $ ~* ~) F/ f) c; K7 W
9 N9 Q% [6 z9 h, y* IJapanese adjusted defense: 289 & P4 I: E G9 ^' E
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 8 o4 r! { _% M) c; W
$ V7 ]8 m) S; z9 n* h& m5 wCombat modifiers( o; z; B0 O2 C
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
1 j1 M. s* E nAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
9 K3 N, f1 Y* }0 P4 m 6937 casualties reported# c2 K& M3 G+ }! K% u% M
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled4 I+ R/ ^" }+ X, } X9 W
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
4 y/ ]6 D/ F- v1 m( j Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled7 ?2 i& w- V+ B
Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
4 d8 e* W/ q0 }) |/ k. W. c4 K Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)' h3 J, w7 M2 h1 S4 K
Units destroyed 37 G# Y1 S* u/ L6 `
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Allied ground losses:
5 s8 ` K" X9 \& R( l( e 1437 casualties reported7 |4 k( |) o) y8 r" R
Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled7 X* Z( y" h' u; k
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
5 ?2 r) J+ O; Y" B) S8 w$ h8 k Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled) b1 o; @- D, S6 ^8 H
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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9 @0 L. K; Y! ?, B/ M9 LAssaulting units:
- _5 j' i# u/ Y2 ^3 t 27th Infantry Division- D2 _2 W: z9 {& i$ w, a1 I: E6 Z
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
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81st Infantry Division
' ?& v$ z; ~9 Z/ f 33rd Infantry Division2 K6 b' t! e6 a# H9 s. J% b; \
2nd Marine Division
1 {/ G1 d2 y6 {# f+ @ 10th Indian Division
; ]3 |9 {7 e- C 37th Infantry Division
2 \0 [( G. C$ m/ M# O( d7 W 6th Marine Division
/ j/ D. p6 N* G1 ~) m, E6 q2 S* V 3rd Motor Brigade
5 r% O5 a, h: d( Z n, } z I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
) h1 B! N4 j8 y$ T. @: z 5th Marine Division! ^: R9 S( |* D, N9 N
6th Infantry Division0 V7 r: L h0 y
3rd Cavalry Regiment- B' F! n* S2 O# ?4 U
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion- D1 S% M. k/ {% c4 Q/ U
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division* b q8 \* ]$ S" [
2nd NZ Division3 V, A7 z8 K! E3 g: ]: ^4 \
1st Marine Division
; I \' U* C4 V* d$ I! W5 _ 2nd Army Tank Brigade3 D+ `4 p: t$ o- p& ]% U) M
VII US Amphib Force 2 s' l7 ]7 E& h% V1 M
USAFFE
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* Y S7 t8 A% e) l# l0 l. @7 m: t 4th Field Artillery Battalion) e* u6 u$ b$ |+ }% _ n
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 p2 j# |0 E( Y. c
I Corps Artillery
6 y. B( u& s0 h! x7 R% ], \, { X Corps Artillery
$ Z8 e* ?7 G5 _! N5 ]* r% ~# {( | 154th FA Bn
/ C$ Y% S. k4 ^1 m/ \# N0 [ 52nd Marine Defense Battalion2 a2 A% a, W! g: Q( K" w
" Q8 t* e: V7 B0 p* FDefending units:8 v6 W' q% K8 r
91st Division
/ _0 e R) u9 x# T7 w 56th Division
( J4 j1 V: b, P* l; k& {" R4 H 14th Division$ n. n% V7 l5 x& _- `
Maizuru 1st SNLF' Q p# C- ^2 ?7 f5 \& d5 L
8th Area Army /1
' v* e( ?! S! k: X4 R/ `. h; V 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
" R0 {' v$ x r4 s1 |- _/ W) H' X% a2 C 113th JAAF AF Bn
C6 n" S m& A+ H 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
7 I" @) _5 U9 @: i3 @4 U9 m Gohoku JNAF Base Force* k0 G" e" H2 F3 } c1 \$ m! S
10th Area Fleet
3 g+ Q4 d. a/ ]) w; O' [! o 72nd JAAF AF Bn
. j0 H3 X' B4 Z3 E 2nd Amphibious Bde /2
" W8 C8 C+ V8 ?$ o- r; I, t 48th Fld AA Bn /24 v4 v3 y+ J9 W# @ T" b s
- K; z/ P3 s9 q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。
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' ^- n1 ]' W* z* OGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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5 F0 [# X1 Q/ S$ T8 oAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082( D- p1 \1 V ~% i' H: C& X
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Defending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Japanese ground losses:6 }$ R5 O* a) l1 R
12 casualties reported0 g' g- O) H0 E
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* x9 @% w/ s0 {. J& V- u/ G/ p" U D
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 A4 f) y2 \) R @ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! M; B9 n& ^, c0 V
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4 casualties reported5 W9 t) n8 _& X6 A) ^) l3 m
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ?& y5 a5 z V7 t! _ |' `
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled3 Z0 g/ S7 y1 Y0 P1 B- J
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled, G, P5 r1 d! O3 i9 M1 [
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:; W+ e# x" q2 G, {$ [0 H, a+ X
11th Australian Division+ y2 a" O8 x+ x/ [
50th Tank Brigade
7 k: i3 A/ N" C* S8 y 254th Armoured Brigade
$ n6 T$ `& @7 p3 q5 b 93rd Infantry Division% ^, v. P) W/ D7 o3 m
9th Indian Division
5 w5 `4 E9 e* b+ v+ ^# \) ^( Z J3 o 7th Australian Division# Y: h( `; u1 m8 y( ]/ E4 A+ j/ P' B
18th British Division$ y, e5 z) k7 ]1 D" R
8th Australian Division* [$ C. K/ }/ u& K1 p
32nd Army Tank Brigade4 U( e9 @' O4 e; I* M
31st Armoured Division
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97th Field Artillery Battalion- y+ P+ H3 a3 P- N, Z! w
2/16th Field Regiment6 d3 l$ H6 A3 L3 h8 B7 Q3 n
XI US Corps
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1st Medium Regiment
+ N& C3 T) d( c. w 249th Field Artillery Battalion
3 N$ t& Q! ^$ C0 p* y 108th Tank Attack Regiment5 {/ d" E# ]' u* x* [5 Y4 U: e+ c
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment# D- p8 ~2 k9 _4 c9 L
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Defending units:1 @/ T- `2 g, j5 Q, J* j# f5 h7 j
49th/A Division
" `" a* w! ]% u9 C: q$ Z 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
9 M. G$ D5 r: Z; ~% } 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
4 c k* T* W: m. Y& Z 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment( a. P' ^% Q7 T+ R6 u, m
11th Militia Regiment6 }! y; f% E6 U1 D- O0 q
6th Java Militia Regiment
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49th/C Division2 E! z J7 U# V
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
% z" L9 ~4 ] x' d9 R2 i5 q5 b 27th Special Base Force
& X7 W' @8 D. D- `0 y" q, i9 v 36th Field AA Battalion* c/ }: U7 Z# z4 J* w" e
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment' f$ T% p: G+ C
48th Field AA Battalion
: h3 i( M8 ^, J z0 H2 t1 O- ~ 39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 |+ }9 L$ \. [ 49th Field AA Battalion
9 {2 }- L; Q( T3 M, j 55th Const Co
( W. i0 v$ g3 {* s* O2 V Z 49th Const Co ! ^" I" m2 N" m% M+ Z5 p( O$ ]
17th Naval Construction Battalion
8 M4 ` I* | T4 w# ?. g5 W- w* Z* r: J 47th Road Const Co
% V; g: l5 n" C( { 9th Medium FA Rgt /2
: w2 L* _- z0 D0 A7 i: D4 g 3rd JNAF AF Unit
7 {: c7 b5 R4 ]9 h 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment0 |2 t2 Y" [- x6 Z$ `( l2 }/ N
56th Field AA Battalion) g/ {/ P* I! }2 P) t3 S* R
21st Army" k4 h' I( H. D0 B: z
97th JAAF AF Bn
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12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |