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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/ O8 O& R0 b' u$ w* x
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1 g( T; g3 z& X8 P3 _$ H* {; F5 m# \5 kMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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; F# Z0 }( d7 iWeather in hex: Partial cloud7 p- m' V' f+ g" A, I
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 l) V0 `; L" g8 g: ~
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes; X& x# r, P: N4 i$ b
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N1K5-J George x 18% D5 s# j3 e8 x' t
Ki-83 x 46
2 I% a+ S) P$ e% w+ c! x5 Q Ki-84r Frank x 479 L8 {1 E6 W; p9 `, I
* ]/ A7 C8 Q% N: ]Allied aircraft
1 r' o2 k% H' U* G, l8 K B-24D Liberator x 6( M; k& F' v! W
B-24D1 Liberator x 30( E# Y5 i0 E7 F0 Q/ P( n
P-38L Lightning x 245 C* }% u! p+ O; r x2 o3 }
. S( H5 M- M9 Z% X( C9 INo Japanese losses
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" m1 x( f% N8 j6 QAllied aircraft losses8 K# `( \. C e' h$ m' Z
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
0 D* U! v O& Z- m" }' G7 V B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
7 Y4 j1 X! F. a P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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Airbase hits 15
l( Y" A" k9 C, h. _" G& ?Airbase supply hits 1
0 x- `; }: d" c$ h3 o/ iRunway hits 278 K) V/ s) M3 u' {/ C" U
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
& x8 w1 V0 H- l: P) [ T. BEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ s/ a4 A- R8 I3 \8 }2 a
N1K5-J George x 18
. v# L0 N% ~1 Y* n6 E0 Q Ki-83 x 39
; G, I7 y9 z* f1 D( w' \7 C Ki-84r Frank x 43
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B-24D Liberator x 90 i* q0 }' l3 ~2 W
% ~7 C7 ]( `. tNo Japanese losses! ^7 z t: \, V' z- e. A
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, `- a( z) g8 p+ P B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
' q" t' G( I+ F7 b3 P9 l3 @% o' Y B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Airbase hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- ~2 s J7 {6 W5 p3 a+ j/ w
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' U* T3 Z) h, G- J5 n4 A
N1K5-J George x 17( M+ ^+ w9 ]" A# p3 z
Ki-83 x 37
& S; k& s$ M P" h) b8 d Ki-84r Frank x 430 ] ]/ O) q1 @, D; a
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B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses. D; A" h- C8 j5 Y. X' s
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
0 _: c8 R2 H: q! u3 Q3 e B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
% `3 C- K6 g/ h' h5 U, i6 Q" ] B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak% p1 A, T4 @9 r0 f' t& V
, \4 @. J8 o" d8 V+ g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。& v0 D) X( g' c) t
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2 _2 J2 w2 l. m, |( X2 DGround combat at Manado (75,99)
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Allied Deliberate attack( E, A1 X$ c. o, _2 _2 d4 c1 U
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Attacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 4083 F2 U) z* v" N; x, {; W) Y
1 e3 ~, A' U7 xAllied adjusted assault: 7976
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$ u& C a3 s& W. o- r. _( wJapanese adjusted defense: 289 5 J" D: y* e" r: N
$ }1 P7 @( p6 N3 ZAllied assault odds: 27 to 1 * f x: x, \" }6 S s" T! d
' a" w) p0 {8 F+ O+ oCombat modifiers- V3 q4 _& c4 n! X8 g
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
7 f, f( v! f5 v. t/ xAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:' h" E" u, ^1 @" z
6937 casualties reported
9 N0 V& U5 Y- |- R! c Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled6 ]( @7 \. D. U
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled# H5 J: i, ]1 |/ Q& X0 _
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
" e& L" ]; v4 q Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
8 ~- s# u# V6 r2 N Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
$ m6 M1 d# e/ {0 P$ N9 ^, [ C Units destroyed 3
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4 w3 C4 k3 m! {6 k% c8 U" o* S' _$ vAllied ground losses:0 N z( j, k6 x! y; J" M! C2 p& g
1437 casualties reported
7 o" x" |5 l3 }! [: k4 x Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
/ ]% U% k/ ~2 C, D: D% z" }. ? Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled4 T! n& [, O' k. ]. d
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
* o4 [; p4 |7 L! A) M+ n Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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* x' j* b$ G( r5 y G3 eAssaulting units:
; B9 R J# L9 J7 o 27th Infantry Division
1 W, I+ ]# C; x- a 16th Light Cavalry Regiment! r7 o- {/ T% V5 j/ l
96th Infantry Division
- Z$ [! u5 ]7 W& x. v 81st Infantry Division
8 N2 @+ e& J" S1 n; F 33rd Infantry Division" Z- o3 c0 i$ E
2nd Marine Division
# e" A+ ] d6 ^' w9 L 10th Indian Division
8 I# U6 K9 L" C9 `) O; z3 i( G 37th Infantry Division
9 g* ~9 L+ }) C& E6 A' d 6th Marine Division* z# O) w9 C9 C* R$ C, \! w" q
3rd Motor Brigade
# v& `' [: H$ O' ~9 k% h I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment& x2 z, f/ g1 N& O4 P0 K2 T
5th Marine Division
- E9 t5 s0 _; U 6th Infantry Division, [& E7 {$ X1 K M8 |% M
3rd Cavalry Regiment- R' D/ R$ H" R( m4 j3 t/ `* M
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
1 }9 V2 O3 w2 d2 A$ _ 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division5 V% [* o5 w* B7 ~' z: e
2nd NZ Division/ ?0 i5 P# i7 w$ |0 k/ r$ F! G
1st Marine Division
/ T6 ?! i; x5 k# s. n0 { 2nd Army Tank Brigade
. }9 {3 F- c6 _1 S8 T VII US Amphib Force
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; x4 m$ U8 ?) Q 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
. J$ I( k# B8 Z4 c; I r+ q! _" p/ | 4th Field Artillery Battalion
4 ^2 D6 g- o+ ~8 O) K 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion' u) I# i* C1 x" N9 p$ S3 F
I Corps Artillery
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154th FA Bn
2 h p2 c# H- J" _7 {0 {" t5 C6 ?$ ] 52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:
7 ?2 _7 x) h% B0 { 91st Division
( h3 j( O# L% F' t* E8 ^$ Q 56th Division& p* |- D f5 G- d
14th Division
+ {6 E2 ]. n; M4 N6 v Maizuru 1st SNLF
8 w9 Z6 P( r, P: ]+ z" U 8th Area Army /1, g4 x' x, u4 I" M% m+ ]2 e1 i" g
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
' N+ x$ j" \) n 113th JAAF AF Bn , p) L/ D- F* M; p
30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. s8 A6 [$ {' F6 b, m Gohoku JNAF Base Force, e6 E6 ^. u/ J$ R5 y, a& B
10th Area Fleet
* V8 _6 L0 K P: H8 }$ v1 D 72nd JAAF AF Bn
5 ]" J# s( G$ o0 [ 2nd Amphibious Bde /2
& }8 u! U6 a8 a! K) b& R/ s h' { 48th Fld AA Bn /22 @6 e5 K9 o" J7 S8 U. O" q
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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。
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Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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Allied Bombardment attack% \' y4 D2 _! ~, m
# n$ |3 _. T8 t! V# W1 L, X; }Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 40821 {8 U n1 \6 E6 `5 M+ k
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Defending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Japanese ground losses:
4 A9 m* m& ?1 z7 n o& c5 h 12 casualties reported
' D0 d; L' u$ S/ E Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 k9 K! y1 n& O7 C Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* q0 H: j5 N2 [0 f5 R( r Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 a+ T6 \+ g, w/ @3 d
/ ~) x. x0 N/ V" ?, y, w% _Allied ground losses:% h5 m+ ?* ]& _0 ^) C1 v
4 casualties reported
( X/ A+ D: C8 Z) ~6 J! b7 M Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" I+ X; }! {8 y, l* F4 R Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled% G9 x4 J* z; n; X+ H- v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* s% _' k% a. |2 g& T/ \
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) c/ ^, V+ l X
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Assaulting units:
7 D4 B% V3 |! C5 U 11th Australian Division
- b- o2 D2 n5 \ v 50th Tank Brigade! P2 p4 \3 U* b* Q
254th Armoured Brigade
# d+ f4 u5 N. ]6 u 93rd Infantry Division' o, k) K3 |" [
9th Indian Division& ?" c8 c6 S$ M% o( C1 |
7th Australian Division8 l) d4 [/ C% c! o# V
18th British Division
/ t8 ]$ E8 r% X. C 8th Australian Division
& ^! o- F: b: o+ N: p& q 32nd Army Tank Brigade
7 z! w4 G5 X1 g 31st Armoured Division1 o- b% ], j: L$ q( t# U2 D( I& _1 _2 K
51st Highland Division( ^3 I$ s5 |( p1 w
97th Field Artillery Battalion0 n0 G) s8 ^8 Y3 o
2/16th Field Regiment b& l! e& z) C# ~
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251st Field Artillery Battalion! `% N- Q6 u' V3 R# N% V# l3 ?
1st Medium Regiment/ E4 ~: U! J" c! v( @$ L1 ?
249th Field Artillery Battalion
8 S2 N: n$ r0 v F5 q+ ?- [3 q 108th Tank Attack Regiment
* @/ V \* w' A0 Q3 |) Y, ?* u3 x% @ 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment( ^4 c3 \+ Y" N, p1 {% l) i
9 R: x& n- _, d' Q3 m/ pDefending units:
6 R, Z7 F; g* w5 e; @/ T. d4 Y 49th/A Division+ L' A, a. q) [9 F
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
! h: p: ]5 A, Z! t& Q 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
# c: ~& K* A. S, k, w( a% u 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
7 c7 y2 K5 \$ r2 j" v# l0 r 11th Militia Regiment8 ^0 a' J/ p4 r' D4 L
6th Java Militia Regiment
; i8 v* ?2 S* @ 49th/B Division/ a* W, a* L# ?, @" l4 |5 `
49th/C Division
/ J8 a; }9 D% @( b 13th Field AF Construction Battalion7 Y/ z. u5 D J9 B
27th Special Base Force
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3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 I4 ^% W/ |0 V/ S9 v7 c6 I
48th Field AA Battalion
& |3 @ g: i: A; G- U4 }" Z6 a8 P 39th Ind. Engineer Regiment) m0 P' G S8 Z3 D. s
49th Field AA Battalion
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49th Const Co 8 |9 E3 c) m( k3 h
17th Naval Construction Battalion
' i. y7 e) C& o. q' h" C& c 47th Road Const Co 6 X' ?$ q) w; H& `+ Z4 v
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
6 c* H+ W; N- `! _% s& F% g 3rd JNAF AF Unit
. p4 i0 E( U, D; a$ V: f% x" a 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
( X; i" f1 q8 e: W0 d8 F 56th Field AA Battalion
+ J4 y/ y6 \5 E 21st Army& B2 v! v* I# _ z8 W6 Z! D8 ?
97th JAAF AF Bn
, ]8 i S" W$ K2 M& \0 K0 [, N 3rd FF Const Unit
1 Q9 t/ F* A0 u" c- @) e( j 12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |