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2 p! [0 G, e+ j4 l2 I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1 G) v9 F# M8 ]# m' v. H$ D
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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( f$ c* w, r% Q/ \5 rWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
1 F, F# ]- ~4 ]8 n/ cEstimated time to target is 26 minutes# i' X+ w, L6 o, E# ]% ^
+ x/ a- u( V( z' ?; i+ wJapanese aircraft; l' ]0 T, }! e; ?9 L' B
N1K5-J George x 18* \1 z4 W* F% {2 q% n
Ki-83 x 46/ o& e- e4 W" z
Ki-84r Frank x 47
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' [: K3 N$ D! ^. j# BAllied aircraft
+ D; X/ ?9 T L5 f0 A5 C B-24D Liberator x 6
% v+ Y( y( S; g( { B-24D1 Liberator x 30
7 c0 ^" B7 j0 B4 t( \9 m P-38L Lightning x 24
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No Japanese losses
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( f" E, X0 _: ^$ V; N! c& cAllied aircraft losses3 F8 B$ x- h- N& J Q& M; U
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged1 n2 Y5 d) M6 _% j
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
0 u. ?+ e, O6 C* W6 a P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed! q5 @( v4 P' d) d# o
: P; I( b/ A$ z5 w9 {+ C$ `Airbase hits 155 {9 F1 n2 j. D. n7 e) b
Airbase supply hits 1
1 S6 l' Y3 g( l$ ZRunway hits 27# J" ]4 f1 C! L# G; t
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/ N4 c4 p; X6 W; TMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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0 T) h$ X9 x& e( nWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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' Y Y; z3 ]+ S( cRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.+ d" p$ ^1 `1 C% z" g* u% P4 N
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes2 m, g( M: p4 `/ D* I. w
+ G" U" e# z; P' EJapanese aircraft; n) |+ `$ ]/ j( R8 V; j
N1K5-J George x 18
4 Y* w3 }: s; a" c1 g3 ~ Ki-83 x 39
! R3 F* n* V" e Ki-84r Frank x 43. ^% R8 E/ _' S5 G1 ]
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B-24D Liberator x 9
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses. e8 Z9 |! E @5 j2 ]$ f& C
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
4 a; E/ z [* k$ u B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak4 ~1 t7 z4 P* D( F' t
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Airbase hits 1+ i: Q6 F- _ D, c3 F
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ( t! ~. G% V; v+ r- Q' @3 ]+ ?; z
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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- D% [- f4 r) [9 l& g& HRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
) ]( X) C' ` L1 n4 c! L7 eEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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5 X' n) D5 c9 X& LJapanese aircraft2 ?; z7 y+ s0 b; B( m3 X* \9 N
N1K5-J George x 17
1 w; v/ L0 ~& v Ki-83 x 376 c; r7 e1 R w3 z4 W5 O
Ki-84r Frank x 43+ h' q* N( H5 j/ y$ l. w
3 {# z3 P2 r0 r# E! u& rAllied aircraft
: Y' l" K. K% j5 V1 R B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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' G9 Z& e' ?) S$ c6 l |Japanese aircraft losses- ^5 e9 _% _! K: i! T2 d
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed9 n. z# U7 k" O* E1 l' k
; ^; y+ k8 l, C# wAllied aircraft losses
& R- Q3 A5 A- r1 p, B B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged! }4 @) f2 y+ C" n9 ^: C# D* I( A
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak6 y6 ?5 E! V, O3 v( R
4 s: }+ ^ W0 I2 D! |' _- B7 C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。2 R4 S1 q6 p' G3 e7 Q% H! i4 h
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
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7 z; R2 B6 M; S2 M7 ?Allied Deliberate attack
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9 v& k% W$ B$ m4 ]3 n+ l/ cAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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6 _8 @1 e# i( _& M1 FDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408) b+ Q4 r( `" W7 ]3 ?
% [+ x- o& L" y$ }8 E" BAllied adjusted assault: 7976 & z M* I8 L% i3 q
5 Y# W: g% y2 e& ~/ \Japanese adjusted defense: 289
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6 [/ z( ]" {/ K: fAllied assault odds: 27 to 1
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Combat modifiers
, v, v |8 T7 ?7 RDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
8 u! Q y$ X I5 I0 ?Attacker: 3 Q# _: z* ~- \5 d; Z, |
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Japanese ground losses:5 Y5 Q4 s, r s/ a [4 l
6937 casualties reported
D) |8 D0 x8 ?- K4 D Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled
! z, y! C( O* O1 L) K/ m Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
! k8 Z/ O: P6 e2 ~: @8 q Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
" G8 ]) g0 ]( Y- W- |! V, | Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled); e" j% [4 w2 j7 s; Z0 l, Y
Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
& O5 f4 F& d( Y2 g( l Units destroyed 3
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Allied ground losses:% f3 k7 o8 I$ U; j% f# a+ }
1437 casualties reported
+ G- E1 i( f/ K, W* m Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
6 _& u6 h u+ c( O% S) Z/ U/ m Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
! r; o- q, W/ v# a1 }" }' @ Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled0 X- Q% o1 S1 f
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled). H3 y+ N4 p: s4 g7 v
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Assaulting units:0 o( q5 L) g: g- Q& a0 i
27th Infantry Division
. U1 [5 y, N: ?+ T) z3 h! Q 16th Light Cavalry Regiment/ v9 T! `% l. ^2 W( }% S1 c
96th Infantry Division
4 S6 S0 l3 Y( a3 H. G9 l( S 81st Infantry Division, @2 c1 d- Y* i* y2 k' K. h* [
33rd Infantry Division% ?( u, |; G+ J; q; J% l
2nd Marine Division
# P8 s' ?2 V/ a7 {# R5 `& u 10th Indian Division
1 X4 @8 o/ `! ^% t/ J 37th Infantry Division; g* t! L, Z, [( k9 r4 q+ U( \
6th Marine Division
& U( j$ h- B1 E5 o/ {4 ~9 L% w 3rd Motor Brigade
* @0 j9 p6 @: t# W. L I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
; L1 c6 Z, p" Z4 p' V 5th Marine Division
l; w H- ` h2 C- O6 a 6th Infantry Division. ]! b1 ]/ B9 l' z2 X
3rd Cavalry Regiment
# z& L4 I% z' z. p 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
$ s3 }& |2 O5 w0 W! b- R8 T 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division2 D& C: ]' B7 ~" t2 _
2nd NZ Division1 a% s e: e+ U% D6 h R, g
1st Marine Division0 P4 I, Y/ k( L2 o
2nd Army Tank Brigade
5 V5 }: i6 C" r7 a VII US Amphib Force 7 @% q/ W, k9 x- ?4 a
USAFFE
2 P; Y$ w s+ m3 }, `" l# O 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion' g8 A' _- S' i, a- \
4th Field Artillery Battalion
, [$ j" J: _6 s9 H. P! h+ } 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 V/ P3 U# u, Q# \# D I Corps Artillery 4 S# c) u* O$ {1 y9 v
X Corps Artillery 0 R. y- G1 V5 f# ?
154th FA Bn W& r) S6 a$ r
52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:! s+ e! Z, V/ [4 V0 f' E9 a
91st Division, w1 U6 G. f; _1 B' [0 f4 f4 L
56th Division
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Maizuru 1st SNLF
7 Q5 o$ n2 t! M) Z& i% J 8th Area Army /1
8 \* y$ j4 s3 x g- Y7 l 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4 g {5 c" V: d9 M5 u) W2 r/ I 113th JAAF AF Bn 6 g& Y2 }0 \" S, Q' ]) q% d
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment' [0 W, P9 p$ D$ P! H5 o
Gohoku JNAF Base Force! U* p' m/ ^+ X; e( }
10th Area Fleet
" X1 k' w+ `6 x& ^) O 72nd JAAF AF Bn
A' s' R6 N) f3 C9 M/ j 2nd Amphibious Bde /21 Z; S k# D. z( z1 z: Z7 E
48th Fld AA Bn /2- U- t8 s6 |2 ?2 \3 w
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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。1 f z I" n/ ^6 R2 e" z% S. y: z; v
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: _7 H: n! y5 _/ gGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100) ~* [. _( Q; x9 {
1 e/ p. j" w" G/ k# N: b, vAllied Bombardment attack
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0 c3 e. S# T- l& ]: s: @ T) GAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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Defending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 10830 S$ d2 j. F X% L7 ^6 u
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Japanese ground losses:; t) I! q6 @' n% B. o m5 C
12 casualties reported
& ]5 N& T: q( V3 S& Y Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
; P$ t' b- E3 x, l/ }6 r Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( Z2 J8 b. A% J Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled V9 E/ {9 F7 }4 g
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 P" l/ V) Q0 i6 z, u X, F Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
8 J3 \' j" P: B/ t* l Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
/ G$ { g8 V4 X2 Q 11th Australian Division4 X# {( l6 C$ a9 x
50th Tank Brigade
% N9 w5 v$ [( V+ K& o. r 254th Armoured Brigade8 x) ~( ]7 z% j; _
93rd Infantry Division
9 C- K' h2 C: d8 a- h/ R 9th Indian Division
- l( d! K- G4 h3 w# t 7th Australian Division4 B+ k& I3 t2 E3 g/ z, L" i
18th British Division
* z9 s9 {; T# K- {# U( t9 `( |) P, q 8th Australian Division" T2 b$ ~7 V1 b: m
32nd Army Tank Brigade
4 d( z6 @4 J3 z- t. o0 N, e 31st Armoured Division
" M! U- j4 h0 j2 [0 k$ U0 f 51st Highland Division# e2 H& Q5 V0 d3 C
97th Field Artillery Battalion' f& U" C; C, J% _4 J }
2/16th Field Regiment; g9 J9 G8 L. z8 o) y
XI US Corps
u+ W* q( _$ S 251st Field Artillery Battalion
3 G1 I, L/ m/ V* |/ z1 Y4 x 1st Medium Regiment; b% M" {) e0 n) i& ^& {9 Y/ X
249th Field Artillery Battalion# J& r) X/ t) U+ q* G# D
108th Tank Attack Regiment% o( \4 K6 d, e/ q
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment9 b4 l# ~9 K T% D7 ]
# \% Q: U; d( a/ x- SDefending units:
6 m8 D% D3 g; }% D4 J* F8 | 49th/A Division
& ?& q9 [3 y7 t' e# b' ~3 D! P 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade/ |! [. i$ S7 X; {% v
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3 v- |/ M) X- g9 E: W 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment% f y1 O# _" g! t- C
11th Militia Regiment! c# z- X6 ^* L% u7 s# F
6th Java Militia Regiment
+ H$ ]1 f8 ^; @# ]7 T' U 49th/B Division
) z7 r( [& V; N$ {' j( J 49th/C Division) l7 I- h. b; W" d
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
! Q O q* G0 b: A4 d3 F X 27th Special Base Force2 N. }7 q6 V0 e7 A p- X
36th Field AA Battalion
2 `) j* a# q. ^ 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
& Y+ q8 s8 v0 I; N9 F6 I; ` a* H% A 48th Field AA Battalion
: c9 |3 Y) G- \4 |) C# C' t, B 39th Ind. Engineer Regiment. u) z' [+ w) H" x$ a+ B4 y
49th Field AA Battalion
& Z" k5 I% v3 K8 n; z 55th Const Co ( {9 _+ A a6 h9 O
49th Const Co
: @: Z+ V, S# W5 N ~ 17th Naval Construction Battalion
) \& e. Q; N+ ~9 j9 h 47th Road Const Co
* e1 X- p- ?& i3 e2 ~5 r) T 9th Medium FA Rgt /2: R0 L7 m( F e* Z. V
3rd JNAF AF Unit
. W5 z* f5 r8 n" _2 S 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2 v1 O. e" t, U. j B# j8 X 56th Field AA Battalion, m1 A( c3 _+ s: a) i# X
21st Army
; G6 l0 m; O' h! e; H 97th JAAF AF Bn 9 l. m6 L2 R( d
3rd FF Const Unit # G* ^: R( \$ B2 l# G" N6 P8 p$ D
12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |