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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( S1 q! l" m/ `& M; _
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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; G, \% I) x% i1 `; H/ SWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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& a# Q6 M. E# g! Y6 iRaid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.% _; V ^0 p3 `% i9 Y4 H
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes: X6 Q; h: A3 a7 r
, ~1 ~* O; N' u SJapanese aircraft
: t9 U# x- W, U, p, u3 S6 n N1K5-J George x 185 d4 F; o+ A' f6 H
Ki-83 x 46
8 [) \" e( {. t Ki-84r Frank x 47: Z2 o0 ]. C5 @! e
2 }: }+ D' C- N! mAllied aircraft
| q& F9 v9 m0 G1 e B-24D Liberator x 60 @ E4 a! Z' T9 ~ i/ L' I2 M
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
0 J4 j- a6 Z" G* E! n P-38L Lightning x 240 f5 t; R. [+ j
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No Japanese losses
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1 a+ j/ i% ?$ Q; ]' wAllied aircraft losses8 c8 \" D/ H5 ?' w" a
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
8 A1 N. g* L# f I% m6 g B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
" M+ U" D$ N: s$ V/ I: C P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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Airbase hits 15
- C+ z# U" ?3 ~9 N: ~3 \4 B5 CAirbase supply hits 1
) ]0 @' @: d. m" g! g4 |& Y. \Runway hits 27. ^3 [6 }+ T( I
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 7 }$ b0 c% d3 p# j6 v+ N' R& y- d
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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6 T: r7 E9 y5 M, YRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% O8 M" j0 ~ I- ]Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
8 l( f! @9 g: n3 G6 b N1K5-J George x 18
% ^2 c0 u0 W& \ o Ki-83 x 39
$ O% }% ~4 g- v5 w Ki-84r Frank x 43# }5 `# b1 C# P( l
# z3 l+ o: K6 E' F! @1 }6 y9 SAllied aircraft
5 I% k6 D. a4 R3 E B-24D Liberator x 9
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" Q3 q4 d1 U/ |+ ~: `1 f/ ?No Japanese losses8 Y" a* R' b; W+ B* Z$ l0 b
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Allied aircraft losses
" r' y0 g- [, Q9 b- e: b6 G B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
% o) g2 G' F [ B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Airbase hits 1% z2 O% Z6 p7 l
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ; x; q' S$ H3 h3 u6 k1 t2 J
6 T7 Y) {! ?0 i `: l2 LWeather in hex: Partial cloud$ {! [: ^( v! L: |. e
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.0 u' ?& }! c6 {, c
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes5 z6 e7 _8 B* ~4 e: y
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Japanese aircraft
& d$ S, d' T5 p6 K: ]& m& s" S N1K5-J George x 17
" v" p7 {) W, c2 a! L. K j5 N Ki-83 x 37
- F4 p) \1 x) c! T4 v, t2 r Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft
% `7 ~* }% r- `# H. ~/ s5 t: \8 v B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses) _- n& c2 m, M# M# q2 Q
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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( G( ^) k _& `; ?: t* A. E" LAllied aircraft losses/ M! M. w! C, B+ Y+ p& P7 Q7 M
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged5 b: l* t9 I2 z! l3 Z+ l
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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5 F) X; K2 L% f- v! ~/ w7 W1 n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。" s! k* a$ a4 V& g: B; G
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% C% N& O6 c7 \% f5 p0 p% oGround combat at Manado (75,99)5 w Y2 R; I6 d1 e4 A5 b' _. E4 ]
5 c( P+ W3 l% E9 [) j* ~" c# L. KAllied Deliberate attack$ r w' f9 y; s* P; p. f
8 V. y7 C# Q" SAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408% Q6 T. ^% s8 Y+ J* d
2 e' [* x! @8 ]1 W$ j* D2 kAllied adjusted assault: 7976
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289
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5 ~/ S! q' I0 i- h# UAllied assault odds: 27 to 1
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3 o- O/ K0 d" a4 K' }Combat modifiers- m% ~$ x. k( H* D) p- A" r
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)$ x6 Y' n( ]0 P
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
: P" v. h+ v% p! Q" r+ f 6937 casualties reported5 v9 k- ~3 M6 j% t5 O
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled U* \+ a- M$ f, n- N g
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
3 ~( [7 v7 L; w, t0 m7 @: I4 ~ Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
( [! _% @/ }! V7 T9 z& u1 P Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)! J# t& P4 d1 W/ @( R, f
Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)2 d/ Z2 V0 N0 n% H
Units destroyed 3
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; C1 O+ d1 t. `7 rAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled; [* e. j3 q: v P' W( S9 ?
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled: k" |& e) k5 C- g Y
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
# u& B$ T- K/ m$ U* l4 z% B9 Y Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)/ p9 K$ R; K- r( E: y
* j2 m& O* K' G6 JAssaulting units:
- R/ O S b. [9 d* K8 a0 ~3 [ 27th Infantry Division
; u$ g5 l" a$ Y& Y r 16th Light Cavalry Regiment. m7 H# ^* y* b c& D0 N' J- _4 L0 W
96th Infantry Division
' s0 L( Y' Z4 }* y/ k 81st Infantry Division5 a, ^+ T& z3 Y5 B, ^; y
33rd Infantry Division8 r. h0 |6 C3 [! Z C/ M
2nd Marine Division5 D0 I" ]& O! \$ R% n2 f/ g
10th Indian Division
c5 v& O4 W% D 37th Infantry Division3 Z8 c8 ]) |( Z4 Z$ b5 w
6th Marine Division8 e7 \% s( R2 n( G& G6 V F+ b
3rd Motor Brigade
4 X& E+ h9 ^4 |* P3 v I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
0 [8 _ K5 e, L8 x 5th Marine Division
) B( D5 Z! y1 {# N! k! C8 x8 d 6th Infantry Division5 u5 o! z, a; l. v' M) N
3rd Cavalry Regiment7 _- c- r$ m6 J" K" Z
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
" W- c+ X; Z! }6 V" R 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division J7 x C( y r' u( N
2nd NZ Division
i( a+ A& }+ A 1st Marine Division
! [6 Z7 Y6 z) ^, E6 \# \ T 2nd Army Tank Brigade
" C d8 |, `: p/ P- E' x6 C VII US Amphib Force
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276th Coastal Artillery Battalion0 l; f& z& z# X4 z- w- C" ^
4th Field Artillery Battalion+ A1 G' g5 P! z8 A" h. p
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
( X: J/ k% ]# j# K2 v# \$ ? I Corps Artillery 3 x) ~) f" |6 W
X Corps Artillery & B3 h! Q9 A1 T3 n6 |" I
154th FA Bn
+ z$ q* b& O; y1 t 52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:
/ t" h0 H" O; u& S: g- a/ | 91st Division# K2 p9 w! o* F" b1 U$ |
56th Division
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Maizuru 1st SNLF
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38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
" Q z' v+ V: ] 113th JAAF AF Bn : Z) o! G' d+ b, U# t% o1 c+ O% t) W @
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1 O6 e$ s& F: J+ x/ q Gohoku JNAF Base Force* M1 q( L# A& d7 {
10th Area Fleet4 U/ W; z" ?; P$ K9 ]3 \) W
72nd JAAF AF Bn W0 B1 r- P9 V
2nd Amphibious Bde /2
+ G7 a: h0 |, B* G/ {& h 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。- T% {5 O* y. `7 z g$ l/ \
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# j8 o3 U( h4 S* f* a$ i, {Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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$ Z8 O& b: n9 t# ~Allied Bombardment attack; r: e O4 b- N1 P8 M4 @
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Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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# U# L% Z% n0 `Defending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083" o$ J5 j" B- {4 _
: ?9 R# h- q; l/ R: K1 C8 {/ Q" RJapanese ground losses:4 L/ _8 o3 y: Q# ]) N( `
12 casualties reported
, Z: Z! l; _3 v% i Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
% G& c* z4 P, b$ F" a Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 J# I& I+ d" Y6 W, x3 Z: z2 g
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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0 X0 b* D8 s8 R0 \" B Y' Q1 aAllied ground losses:
6 E1 c$ z' ]1 w2 G% a. o! f 4 casualties reported4 A1 E8 Z0 l( q6 A/ _' W
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: F$ j$ M1 e3 d9 c0 u/ R" P
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
' @/ a5 T2 r* }4 q6 E Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 [" }+ t+ @5 F6 ]( V* S$ O Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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11th Australian Division/ Z2 C& Q7 j7 X" J( Z
50th Tank Brigade1 ]: u1 ?5 j. l* [& e3 k5 s
254th Armoured Brigade0 J4 f5 y9 X$ ~: j, w* g. c
93rd Infantry Division
2 v P& Q& c: m* M" G' |6 Y5 w" Z 9th Indian Division
( J/ L( \* c4 H! S+ ]9 w4 h 7th Australian Division x$ ]; b- }7 ?# _4 J; y
18th British Division
) M I8 ~, v$ y, W! V 8th Australian Division
8 L: \* M! F2 h; k4 A! k. y 32nd Army Tank Brigade$ Z0 R+ b7 Z @- k
31st Armoured Division; ~7 W' x6 I. L e: o
51st Highland Division
1 W* Z# y. ~, B9 o0 a# c 97th Field Artillery Battalion" A! c9 y' U3 \! G
2/16th Field Regiment
& Q$ q9 m4 M6 z$ C, F" w XI US Corps
/ R$ y0 k4 o7 I! B 251st Field Artillery Battalion
- J5 }; V$ e4 `: p9 _# e! N 1st Medium Regiment
% t, c3 j- j7 ]" j 249th Field Artillery Battalion: c' z4 k) I4 U- J
108th Tank Attack Regiment
W; o* d: r9 ~0 c+ L$ l( ` 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment3 L9 m2 i2 U8 G$ K4 T' f1 N
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' q. \+ e5 \. f; a* f 49th/A Division1 B9 {2 G' k. g; U! r: p
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade7 Z- z, u) w4 J" `: {& n" F$ y f3 O
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade3 O; Z2 w& d6 O$ W) n8 N* W n
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
, k2 D5 d& l" S0 p& s 11th Militia Regiment( o- C7 u5 f- ?4 e6 g8 q( h5 X. W
6th Java Militia Regiment3 U) `" W' Z, z$ P% e
49th/B Division- P& j. D( h7 @
49th/C Division. |1 P/ z7 t _/ P" T& r# J
13th Field AF Construction Battalion ?6 a+ X2 U$ ^3 l" h6 c
27th Special Base Force
3 L5 B( {( p; ? 36th Field AA Battalion
3 s, B" N# Y) ^, i2 ?2 B 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 H5 b) _% |: d5 _2 q. U/ [7 U 48th Field AA Battalion
; o! F2 f! W! m! u* q Y 39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1 \$ D% Z }4 m 49th Field AA Battalion u6 o% E% E3 o: X' T
55th Const Co 5 ~& q* N9 a/ `3 R
49th Const Co . ?, ]# }5 u' f g5 `
17th Naval Construction Battalion* F# N2 F( x/ x Q$ o
47th Road Const Co ! ?: U- s; q$ V+ y& l% m2 S. H
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
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4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
c4 [. x2 y( R; _# E0 V9 W+ V 56th Field AA Battalion, @6 \1 R9 D! @8 d( V) G$ t# J+ _' @
21st Army9 \1 u4 ?8 z6 M' i0 i. ^. n
97th JAAF AF Bn
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12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |