5月23日
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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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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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1 Z; m6 d3 X Y: b" pRaid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.7 j9 t o% k2 v0 g5 L, g( w& V
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes( B1 B3 ^5 M$ U- r# I
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Japanese aircraft
5 q- f+ X! P7 Z+ ~- H2 D" p! @ N1K5-J George x 184 H$ `/ x% n+ t2 x
Ki-83 x 46
+ L: L- K. v, t Ki-84r Frank x 47
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Allied aircraft
. y: l* x4 O& G% Z$ p B-24D Liberator x 6' w: ]0 z) a- W0 V
B-24D1 Liberator x 306 j3 t1 r+ r% a& c$ k$ B
P-38L Lightning x 24
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No Japanese losses, `- }+ k$ n$ m3 {4 k& @
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Allied aircraft losses% P( y2 N5 }7 H6 C5 x7 Z8 ^
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged5 Z# i7 t, A4 ~# ?* V0 U
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged! T R! Y5 x" E6 @! K
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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Airbase hits 15
0 I' R7 {3 d% J5 oAirbase supply hits 1
( ~ u$ B8 u4 l( c' i0 d/ ZRunway hits 277 A& K8 K# A* M
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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) M. O9 [! \& }7 L1 a( UWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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( N# Z5 T F# v/ O+ `; G* i* FRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 X* K4 ~5 S) ~3 {( C0 sEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
" R6 G3 U8 S# C% D) ?- K0 }' v N1K5-J George x 18
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Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft
: E8 N7 l6 X, S2 l3 \4 K% v( _. N B-24D Liberator x 9
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, E7 x1 x. |/ Z6 wNo Japanese losses4 m3 s: j% i# e. F' H8 A1 l
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Allied aircraft losses, e, J& G1 S( \! U
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
. v* o7 R. [$ L+ e% c B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Airbase hits 19 ^4 k& `7 m8 D8 r, W6 |" l# m {4 K
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; Z( G( C4 N! g# K: I3 IMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 - Z1 f9 y, Q' Y: D) A F7 j
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 Y* i, v3 h# @% Y* R1 M6 hEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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R- A: M2 v$ r N1K5-J George x 173 }- M* V5 z( }$ g% N/ C
Ki-83 x 37
# d/ h4 {) T9 c- `+ D3 v# x Ki-84r Frank x 437 @1 x- S |( }. Z3 L
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B-24D1 Liberator x 82 h) y2 {2 x* \& q& @
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses4 t! ] [- R, w
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
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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。
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)5 E1 O6 u0 O3 t' `$ U
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Allied Deliberate attack
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4 F+ [- k: u/ m4 k( R7 nAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802' u. L! i( k* ~3 c/ @6 `
i% X4 K& k8 V7 A" FDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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/ Q9 U1 F! Z( D$ o8 Q1 iAllied adjusted assault: 7976 2 t3 } \5 z1 ]
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289 , D" ~3 F1 x( N3 _7 [5 T( ^# U+ P
9 b7 x5 s8 ~ L5 `8 t- o- SAllied assault odds: 27 to 1
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* A6 y* c* ?1 w* }Combat modifiers
5 z8 B, d+ K5 Z1 _% ~0 ~" IDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
1 y7 ]4 P% G& g ~Attacker: 2 n, b+ g% C G( L, L( A
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Japanese ground losses:: W! [1 Q, {( i$ T
6937 casualties reported) x$ H2 ~+ y# j! a& h3 ]3 Y# Z
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled
5 e& ?3 X$ _* D) _. e Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled/ {' |) ]* t S M& n
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
% b. I' a, `1 l# G7 D1 J: {; ? Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
3 ^6 F6 g" I1 W* _& z Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
- K4 q1 Z, N) U7 p% I Units destroyed 3! | z: |4 {1 E8 g+ \ @6 z$ R7 H
& \1 ?# J q" gAllied ground losses:
2 M# i# |: g7 U( n& g+ k 1437 casualties reported
% p! ]3 z5 O0 t. l6 N: o Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
. `& b4 W9 u( G' `2 ^ Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
1 n3 ?5 L; h1 z Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
6 y+ I' c1 W. |/ j( {6 z Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)# m3 y5 U+ [8 L1 c
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Assaulting units:- }& }% s8 W% ~ l& E0 r; s' \
27th Infantry Division0 v3 I1 h" H) |4 {% w$ S
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
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% t P% {# q9 g2 E8 X3 Z) Z 81st Infantry Division
6 b. t- ~# k* x0 a 33rd Infantry Division
' B9 X1 B3 o' ?! x/ O7 [. W 2nd Marine Division
( `4 W/ g& H8 n# G 10th Indian Division
1 f7 k! f! X# V; r& D) a$ j* }+ O 37th Infantry Division* | u* p* |% T3 Z; n2 G$ P
6th Marine Division
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I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment. C) K5 e+ X6 P/ A4 I
5th Marine Division
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2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
/ ?' y$ E; C& d& L5 D0 i0 C 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
' N; n* S* s# _( l- i7 F4 M 2nd NZ Division
; E6 L$ H9 Q$ G6 }. J 1st Marine Division9 b6 i2 m' o8 F2 z
2nd Army Tank Brigade
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USAFFE + {0 A( C# |2 S* A! z4 j
276th Coastal Artillery Battalion; G; e! ?5 M, F* l( a* O
4th Field Artillery Battalion
+ A, ], J$ c/ Z; J6 m% p 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 [7 F6 w: c( }, w6 q3 P9 f Q I Corps Artillery 5 I q4 J {6 t2 C! n( _8 v* ^! N; p
X Corps Artillery
2 Q* Q; A' d& W 154th FA Bn 7 \' `$ g1 j1 b& W) E. E
52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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5 T8 R* m6 w @' J' S& A. m2 } 91st Division
; F* {. m2 g# o; N: a 56th Division
5 Y: n9 o5 q: e) N5 ^1 k; y& f 14th Division/ u6 F0 q K ?; P; H9 Y
Maizuru 1st SNLF
1 Y* k$ t- R( k$ W% m5 F 8th Area Army /1
+ x+ X5 v" r4 o8 Q: p2 }- P 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& u- A7 @- l+ ^8 \* _# n 113th JAAF AF Bn
6 S1 v3 K% C# [0 s: @ 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 ?1 c" x# ^3 `. F6 X Gohoku JNAF Base Force& E1 Q8 u B& A% Q: w7 r
10th Area Fleet
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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。" G' G* @4 W- d' C8 @8 N7 ?6 U# R
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2 a" ^* B6 ? @' M5 [Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)/ V, U9 E7 r9 p4 K
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Allied Bombardment attack2 s& f4 W7 B. j' N
$ C: j A; O: C% ?9 Z9 M5 w+ U8 {& U4 _$ KAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 40828 d8 s! @* ^) ^1 Z. Y: }
; g7 G0 O1 F5 \; a. N2 F! s1 p6 E) EDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Japanese ground losses:* i9 k9 w3 R* C. ?% C
12 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 S' o! b! F/ j B" ~9 ]* C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Allied ground losses:: w. `* L }% Z
4 casualties reported: U: F. K& l: Z% x5 i e) t* @
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 ^% ]) Q1 l5 u! \; P Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 |. l* d5 u9 v. b) }, d Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled; d/ |% E3 q. l3 @& N- Z
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:/ ?3 [4 r* q c: s% \3 v$ B# v
11th Australian Division, g5 _) A# U V2 D. ~: n+ @ D
50th Tank Brigade
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! E: K' _5 y6 v) c) ~ 9th Indian Division
2 T$ S4 w5 Z/ g( O. J 7th Australian Division( A5 J, Y$ W) ?
18th British Division
8 {; B3 G% }7 J9 S8 c 8th Australian Division
% O! J1 l3 ?) y" G 32nd Army Tank Brigade' t" b4 Q+ f/ m2 x7 i5 q( w
31st Armoured Division
7 o; r6 ?% ]; S( Z) O) ~& c+ ` 51st Highland Division
, L, x4 g5 I" U 97th Field Artillery Battalion* h! x" `% \2 Y. R$ ^5 W
2/16th Field Regiment3 c0 [) H+ Z( P- Z o2 o/ }
XI US Corps
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1st Medium Regiment
7 y% @& u# I- P* b; @* @ 249th Field Artillery Battalion
% U& v3 x" E0 a8 |8 I! \' W 108th Tank Attack Regiment2 u/ x/ m- {, j8 H X9 i
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment- z% o' ^! o/ O: O0 N4 N3 n4 I1 ^5 e
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, X9 m/ w* W, \5 V" M" S# V9 n 49th/A Division
- A6 N5 j6 G g: n; p) o 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade5 m/ m, h( ^# P. [4 e0 ~4 G
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
1 ~ ?5 H0 c$ H3 e) p* u 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
0 n& W, E( J. X4 G, k8 C 11th Militia Regiment5 H. |* I2 P3 E L
6th Java Militia Regiment1 A) q+ s5 |; c" ]% Q
49th/B Division6 m( n' M" G. B- t6 A3 A
49th/C Division
2 x+ V5 }3 A3 A 13th Field AF Construction Battalion. k, ]3 v8 q$ k3 R& Q/ H
27th Special Base Force, v" J# F; }9 X( Y" c
36th Field AA Battalion
! o7 |: o% h8 m+ c- O) l 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 A7 D6 o5 Y3 h9 G6 P# A
48th Field AA Battalion( |0 O8 g/ [0 h) g
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment" E i+ _$ Q y; _8 W, T
49th Field AA Battalion7 s1 M5 ^2 n* i6 {
55th Const Co
7 H1 n: }' v3 k 49th Const Co
6 F' S- a: m% I! b- O9 e1 g 17th Naval Construction Battalion% u! U9 x1 B1 ~9 o8 W
47th Road Const Co 0 Q3 A7 G |0 g) [' |& u
9th Medium FA Rgt /2 W3 N3 s R" T) d3 j
3rd JNAF AF Unit ) K/ `/ T D9 h7 p D5 K6 M! [4 |
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
9 k; K8 b9 Y3 \: s 56th Field AA Battalion9 _( c' X8 Z, [5 b' K
21st Army
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& Q5 g: B9 S P6 K+ `1 \ J 3rd FF Const Unit 8 w8 P) @0 M) Q, E3 O7 S- b2 V
12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |