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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
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+ F' X% O& a. QWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
$ c( M4 y# H6 A1 ~; q% N& IEstimated time to target is 26 minutes' J* K8 u0 ^) o7 P) @
0 e9 E& Q0 {2 O4 ]+ ~2 w. E& G& xJapanese aircraft
# R; G6 [7 H& n9 [: j# G0 h4 h N1K5-J George x 18
3 O1 n- D* J& s3 ^" \4 | Ki-83 x 46
& ] X0 `/ x! n Ki-84r Frank x 47& u. s% y8 ]5 l/ T2 T9 b& W4 `
& \: t2 ~/ k( K! P0 xAllied aircraft
- l% _ H$ v0 Q4 c% M+ O2 S7 H B-24D Liberator x 6
3 P7 ^' }0 P5 ~ B-24D1 Liberator x 30) C5 {$ X; ]5 }! F3 \$ |: \, C4 W
P-38L Lightning x 24" R, y) \% R! T$ F
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No Japanese losses1 X0 Y! ]( o# p% _ v
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Allied aircraft losses2 z# ]0 y! C! N; @4 a. M# @! W
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged/ `6 t5 t( `, J' j4 K
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
7 ~) ~8 h6 {$ c8 z P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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B' q: @: y9 O" r. M* }' aAirbase hits 15
6 @* P8 E3 o* U: XAirbase supply hits 17 A# S3 T5 Q5 s7 z S6 Z/ l* A, X+ C0 F
Runway hits 27* \% ^- f, }+ n4 t' m+ P1 a
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ( @8 Z' Y& q1 P; }. U
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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$ q% H$ Y+ K6 u. U" i2 iRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet./ s' Y% |, k: Y
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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# M- j/ c* U1 N7 lJapanese aircraft$ E5 P' P& G _
N1K5-J George x 18+ U8 J% J9 \( r/ l
Ki-83 x 396 I3 T# a' t x. s
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft( a1 n9 G9 C5 N! N1 p2 c9 Y
B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses# A; u4 U, l: L4 I2 [; l; u4 s0 d
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
1 U6 m9 b2 i. s B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Airbase hits 1% o6 m/ L" ]) z5 b% O) I m0 A
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! q5 {0 Q: h- H( w5 xMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.) ^0 u% l9 }& ?$ R0 X& i. L
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes4 n& T( U' h3 X
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3 U# G- u4 a- Y2 q N1K5-J George x 17' y4 j) d1 ]: a7 B* L+ s' ]
Ki-83 x 37
5 P% o8 s* ?7 x Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft
P( i3 m4 {/ [* U( A6 J B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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5 {( c$ X! t# a3 s2 t" PJapanese aircraft losses) `, u0 m. \7 ?7 @# f
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed, R' E1 @8 E1 }( R& a g
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Allied aircraft losses+ t% f* J4 _& G u3 m6 X$ P
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
, s+ u5 ?# K# ~1 V l B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak! F8 ~! c* A# h! j9 V' R5 S
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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。* F( N) h/ Y0 m' _" {
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7 ^( d2 U2 Q1 Y. x& wGround combat at Manado (75,99)! V. {' g7 o E& S! P9 M
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Allied Deliberate attack" D; ` x% l( I( h5 Y7 [
* R6 q# N8 V5 ]& B% J# T W- \Attacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 58023 L# \ d* @" N. a
1 Y' h# q, k# z1 [Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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8 z b0 e9 r) ?& BAllied adjusted assault: 7976
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9 K; b5 q& \6 M0 j @! j- e1 eJapanese adjusted defense: 289 " u; j' I" i/ z E
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
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Combat modifiers
' N; a! I l' H# d' U9 ?; XDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)9 m5 ]8 ?% g. M+ G7 b
Attacker:
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( h% v8 n+ W! }8 S |Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled* G8 G+ s) D; M
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled! t8 N/ E/ U# Z: X# Y$ H
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
' q& l5 Y$ ]& g& [. W2 K8 z. ~ Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
# o# \- a" v. L! O: r Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
0 ]2 ~. I/ L: C( k Units destroyed 3% l, J9 `+ t( I+ q) z0 ?9 M
' T1 |: A+ q" U! H! Z, O* \, gAllied ground losses:
8 d! r/ ?5 f; a 1437 casualties reported2 J& X( j, H# y+ Z, @9 N4 T- T
Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
) @1 Q+ M+ P% t$ { Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled3 x7 W/ z6 N( M9 E9 E$ [: g
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled. v/ H2 l; I; p4 M5 A p
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)9 n* Y0 B' u' _: ?7 ?
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Assaulting units:
$ j# g0 b% d4 l5 S, k0 ^! O 27th Infantry Division( _, g4 b3 W: v5 L" z4 B
16th Light Cavalry Regiment6 `& w1 Q' [5 @
96th Infantry Division8 A( v9 K/ W# `& W
81st Infantry Division
7 J& a" H- i) t! w$ t; @ 33rd Infantry Division
+ X0 r( b$ e g8 V" ? 2nd Marine Division/ {. a1 [. r) g! ?
10th Indian Division( h+ e2 y0 R9 k) I
37th Infantry Division
$ B& D& F2 X0 r" ` 6th Marine Division
: \0 @* ]% u# g 3rd Motor Brigade* Q+ h' E# t% P7 P0 C; V3 x
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment' ~! q% ^- M E; h8 B
5th Marine Division
0 R; P1 Y7 K& R: A" B( @6 @ 6th Infantry Division
A( w6 q& U$ C 3rd Cavalry Regiment
( n8 A; k3 }4 ^9 u7 s# s 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
8 K- u4 S. s' U) }; h+ G 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
. d( ]4 e; u! v* ]: s- G, o. M$ p 2nd NZ Division; n6 K) t4 F* d
1st Marine Division! M1 o+ w9 y5 a+ O4 o
2nd Army Tank Brigade
; g. [9 K7 F% F# v VII US Amphib Force , l9 p( o) a, d# m' t' d
USAFFE
: Z0 u1 V9 N: ^" n3 V 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
, w6 K8 i3 ?. T+ w+ P- ` 4th Field Artillery Battalion. E+ `+ S$ ~6 M D8 a8 n& m
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
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X Corps Artillery - B8 Y, B3 ^8 `$ j4 E
154th FA Bn
4 R# i8 _3 a; C& Q" r& ] 52nd Marine Defense Battalion1 k! j# q, p2 z* c
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91st Division) g9 o: [" @4 g0 ~
56th Division
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1 Y! P, @: W) _" {9 P- ~ Maizuru 1st SNLF: W# q% e) O# V& d
8th Area Army /1
9 Z) ]. ?. c1 s2 N% {+ ~5 D 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. s: a. d% b- e3 @! s8 L2 ~( ?+ l 113th JAAF AF Bn : O* T7 I5 R& B. z( ?$ Y
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
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10th Area Fleet) e y! v! o; S* H/ H# |- E
72nd JAAF AF Bn : q- G+ v- y! L5 h: K! a
2nd Amphibious Bde /2
3 o5 b T4 `5 I9 u 48th Fld AA Bn /2
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0 }9 @9 f+ [" q1 J5 S$ }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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^$ x/ R, U+ n5 _# C# tGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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( o% W$ V4 P* n3 ~+ fAllied Bombardment attack
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5 V, H# [7 b8 {Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082+ j' w% M$ W6 h" I+ [2 e# p
' |; M, G4 N# B, LDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083' R* ]0 I- K; W% t: h- e. Q
* L2 L2 Q" d8 t1 P/ GJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled( z) I! @; v3 y3 a( z" E. g4 S
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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8 Z8 ^! Y% C. q 4 casualties reported" H" Z3 [) b/ \' R( x2 z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 T: V+ C' ~5 O3 k) q- q Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled2 P0 ?; D" T8 v9 w
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
; h! F5 u0 q9 d& c1 \ Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)) {; r5 H8 Q/ i" ~. U
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Assaulting units:4 `$ i7 K& `6 r. H! v" V$ \
11th Australian Division
. w9 a+ ?7 X& l: D* A 50th Tank Brigade
5 F' Y% O$ U- [! w+ u: _ 254th Armoured Brigade' k. M. n* T6 v
93rd Infantry Division
1 x/ q! X1 w5 C3 j& M 9th Indian Division
' ]3 S7 ~6 U" p( U* M- P 7th Australian Division
+ F4 a- Q, y( I K0 ]6 A" _; V 18th British Division
! J& J5 D E# q* ]; i3 h 8th Australian Division/ i" [4 A& E, [* x$ b9 E
32nd Army Tank Brigade) U! D" m3 M8 p; n
31st Armoured Division& J# N4 A: P. t* O1 H+ \
51st Highland Division) f4 m+ B) q( u) q* J+ s4 a
97th Field Artillery Battalion0 q. I% q+ ^, S6 c6 _
2/16th Field Regiment* t; h4 R( t" L: y+ J; ]+ b
XI US Corps+ ]0 \9 T, y) p. A+ m Z' h
251st Field Artillery Battalion
+ Q4 m; N# u5 G1 ] 1st Medium Regiment
. ?- f1 }, j7 U 249th Field Artillery Battalion
# r X5 h0 }; S7 O- G 108th Tank Attack Regiment: Q. W5 q( k7 V: U
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
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22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade) V) V, r$ a, W. N/ O
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade; R+ B6 T: e5 F# {8 V) S# ^
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
* S N) J2 H7 U3 G& E 11th Militia Regiment
" w, T2 G% Q7 Y# l 6th Java Militia Regiment5 c* u3 S+ D* [$ P8 l3 G9 N5 N. n {
49th/B Division" ?# L# b- g+ Q' S
49th/C Division
3 {2 s- X- u1 |4 ?# E+ y 13th Field AF Construction Battalion3 O) q# o6 f* P
27th Special Base Force
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3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
`/ d0 ?9 M, Z9 R5 O+ N 48th Field AA Battalion( {) E% [6 d6 @8 k! m9 c
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- R8 k* l& |& m 49th Field AA Battalion
0 T; K/ @( Z9 ^3 M 55th Const Co
{+ a; v, P& m9 ]* j K. ?3 [ 49th Const Co
/ j9 ^- A5 T7 l- P1 C( W- a+ n. @ 17th Naval Construction Battalion
9 y' ?+ ~% ~/ O2 a- c% {" E- T 47th Road Const Co 2 `' ~ Y7 v# _4 c- C3 h
9th Medium FA Rgt /2( p; B' u1 x1 ~# {" f' Y9 ?! j
3rd JNAF AF Unit
0 L& o n/ q O7 I* T3 u- q+ y 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment* X6 K( ] j% V* H5 F
56th Field AA Battalion/ }- H- T) N0 Z5 |
21st Army
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3rd FF Const Unit
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