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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! ~9 H. Z3 V* ~; k& S8 ?4 i7 F
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. f! ^! ]6 L6 z+ mMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ) R: S+ x' S4 S2 P7 `
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.5 W! H: o- m, ~2 e1 \1 s- A
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes4 i5 S3 w4 c# E: y4 Z
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Japanese aircraft
. `1 M' M' M( n/ G8 ~ N1K5-J George x 18
1 Y2 J; ?. ^' q Ki-83 x 46
( w1 K* [9 x4 j Ki-84r Frank x 478 U b7 K2 _) |& f9 U; R
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Allied aircraft/ U1 j! ^8 U/ j8 Z- v4 @$ c
B-24D Liberator x 6
" s) L' R* V( y B-24D1 Liberator x 305 n7 U1 i! x' v
P-38L Lightning x 24% y# c8 m% N3 ?0 a, [% j! @% x
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No Japanese losses' U2 D+ c- [- A* G1 \
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Allied aircraft losses! O9 L! `) ~8 L) j
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
) O; [& O: F' u0 z5 x B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged$ S. z6 A1 p9 F* W a$ D
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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# M4 M; W0 c2 W4 NAirbase hits 15
2 \ Z/ g6 A& A7 Z# p4 l. R) [( T2 CAirbase supply hits 1
$ ?) I% c0 `# vRunway hits 27
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& c! D5 M% \! Z4 H1 V+ NMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 v; s( y0 q8 T; i, e; ]& G
4 F9 B& v( J j- N$ FRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.* C0 }! Z" |5 V$ p5 r1 E1 d
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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6 |- @! r3 c9 x" `* m6 f) ~Japanese aircraft
1 ^) u/ E! l8 H7 h' u N1K5-J George x 18
% g/ {5 w6 E- Z2 H' E9 G" { Ki-83 x 39+ b- d6 M, N/ m# C
Ki-84r Frank x 43, H2 n6 J7 N# Z( X; A+ J8 U
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Allied aircraft
* H# W2 B1 ~; g+ ] B-24D Liberator x 93 s: L) h( U4 k4 Z6 Q
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No Japanese losses/ `# v* R4 C" M' Y! r3 ^0 C0 e" J
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Allied aircraft losses h$ k7 h" Z( q* Q3 g8 k$ N. t
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Airbase hits 1/ B1 J# S; }: @
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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7 Q( ~1 j7 c- E0 H8 `* P; MWeather in hex: Partial cloud6 w) m! H7 X i8 Z# Z
3 w1 v5 |3 c1 kRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- {/ y/ f$ ?. s; \- |4 B% m2 ?$ I3 y
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 w9 M; B$ `; T* T- T0 Q! }
N1K5-J George x 171 e5 W2 j$ h( N
Ki-83 x 37
$ j0 h8 f! U4 Y7 o" P0 i6 U Ki-84r Frank x 43
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# R3 _# t" U- c u: v5 ?) ]Allied aircraft. F6 M& Q' m" ` i( p3 m, b: J" H
B-24D1 Liberator x 8+ k- l( U' i9 ?" J! u$ x/ u
" ^! j( m0 C; |4 q" A* T( n" dJapanese aircraft losses
Z; m2 P# k7 i. F- L8 M Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
b2 F: @3 `7 J3 n$ Q B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
$ D+ H Q+ V" D8 C, G B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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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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6 I9 y1 _2 {' H1 WGround combat at Manado (75,99)" Y. z7 A; f# i5 N
0 \% [7 v* w; d* e& ?, bAllied Deliberate attack8 }7 L$ w! t$ a/ P
% e1 i& i$ `& m: ?Attacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 58021 a" }+ E D& o+ X/ V
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Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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" S( R5 |. ~% `4 v9 f P) |Allied adjusted assault: 7976
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U+ \8 F& X: P+ S% \3 p: gJapanese adjusted defense: 289
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$ X3 K z/ i0 Y( M% c/ {3 ~7 _Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
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6 ~4 b! ?+ B* m1 x+ NCombat modifiers+ j: Q" k( I5 W' c5 @1 c8 |7 z
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-), o) S7 M4 x$ J9 Y: j
Attacker: , f3 w' b7 \: x) ^- e8 B' D! T
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Japanese ground losses:
) V! i+ G$ K3 \* l- y$ Q 6937 casualties reported8 }9 W- B8 e! D; G
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled5 _7 T# B4 S$ ]. l
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
# l4 b5 p4 S$ `( \2 h" t Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
3 B2 S& j* ^) T Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
) L7 q/ A1 ~0 C+ N; p9 u( e, h Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)" m5 M: s3 V8 S/ t2 s, O& N
Units destroyed 3: \$ h' r2 a" {3 T$ l
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Allied ground losses:
0 I4 e, ?# i: L* O% u 1437 casualties reported
8 N2 V# k; }# k/ N4 Z5 O Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled; T* U: P# g! T$ `# Q( ^% |8 P
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
1 l; V: j1 [+ K4 |* |* l7 u% k Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled6 _, M/ E0 |0 p
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)8 d# d/ w% e( g5 [' U& y! H
) _* A/ T: X6 U& `Assaulting units:( `; U3 D) p, d2 q
27th Infantry Division
+ F: ^7 F% m& @3 J# ?7 z" D/ t 16th Light Cavalry Regiment+ E0 y V/ b4 S- I6 j/ D/ V. Y1 K
96th Infantry Division
* o g$ j& k7 s2 W% ` 81st Infantry Division
% ~4 ~/ F# ^2 j ~ 33rd Infantry Division5 T, c5 V: V3 u* |: c: t
2nd Marine Division! j/ y' g3 P8 W/ z$ Z: R
10th Indian Division" s q; l' A5 I: y- ]" Y
37th Infantry Division
- r! I% f5 [, [" n. k 6th Marine Division
( W0 U6 s5 z+ V, w! u6 E 3rd Motor Brigade# ?6 j1 x" p" J; E
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment0 i3 C$ b, n4 y
5th Marine Division
$ h3 ?, z; B# H& @% W! T6 G 6th Infantry Division8 p) n* W( [, X' L# s4 k
3rd Cavalry Regiment2 K' K. m; \: t' {4 \6 ~ D
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
# |+ n" S, B& G" Q! N6 H! t! ~ 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
+ v9 ~, i* G p. P& p 2nd NZ Division
* W5 d8 Z: O/ i% Q( }/ T 1st Marine Division
; |& K5 L5 A2 N9 A8 I5 J 2nd Army Tank Brigade! c0 w. J# T: b! j1 @" v |
VII US Amphib Force y7 _+ v7 D, o$ ?% c6 r
USAFFE 8 @3 z8 p2 t6 r2 b% H3 l
276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
! v3 |. g/ L ^. Q 4th Field Artillery Battalion
% _9 ]! W9 _! D: W3 w 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 }% L2 D5 V# ^% j I Corps Artillery
: |) }$ } G2 z+ c( z" @ ] X Corps Artillery
) d& N; A( e& j6 @1 [ 154th FA Bn 0 O( `1 N9 r7 B: }
52nd Marine Defense Battalion, l. l1 c- y% i6 Q# Y1 B- ^, Q
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91st Division
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14th Division! g1 x* _% r* J" A
Maizuru 1st SNLF
3 O6 |8 f& k1 t3 ^$ a3 y1 l8 D 8th Area Army /16 u0 p* a, f7 X8 _0 A
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment% W4 q% P4 R1 V
113th JAAF AF Bn
% T6 \0 X% y5 m8 ~( ^0 v! V 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
; O: D+ Q+ t% T4 F- m Gohoku JNAF Base Force4 Z, Z) { \1 f/ K5 v3 V. u
10th Area Fleet
0 B! N v0 P, ~0 m9 {# o% l 72nd JAAF AF Bn " U; F% r4 X! F8 k/ S
2nd Amphibious Bde /2* e" g: a* m: `- S, K2 a. O/ L
48th Fld AA Bn /2" P3 i/ R$ _! L4 M- B1 l
: }" @- K" F" F5 R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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- G" n6 f8 H5 k7 M) i1 s ]6 xGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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Allied Bombardment attack9 O. k9 }, c2 X( Q, M/ L+ R5 d/ p) W
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Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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, m5 H" j- | ~' u# ~; F0 w5 R* Q1 KDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083) t9 p+ Z* g( T0 g
5 I/ y- f7 j% q$ {- q" oJapanese ground losses:
% C( C* G& c6 L 12 casualties reported
?' B2 ]( ^! j* f f Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled6 P |! G$ X* B' w8 h; S
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* ]8 y9 l, }5 J. R" { Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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4 casualties reported
# G x2 c; \: D Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 q6 ~9 i0 N; l7 {
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
! @) Q7 M8 t- E& M7 d; w Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ R% I( O- f \% {0 j6 x1 q* u Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled). S& c5 L" w5 i4 M/ M8 s5 t
3 c( d. ^! L9 I5 SAssaulting units:
# c# z- T4 K. S! M 11th Australian Division
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254th Armoured Brigade
2 ?: x1 i" U" d, o 93rd Infantry Division
! t6 X# {/ U) M! G$ v+ ~ 9th Indian Division( N# J; u7 q% K) Q7 E
7th Australian Division5 a6 }# V& c2 H# B+ C$ `; m
18th British Division
; V6 E& _- a% `2 X- S 8th Australian Division9 {% x$ E( a, A, P
32nd Army Tank Brigade0 h$ w, S) \7 ]
31st Armoured Division
- P! s& |" w+ u( |' \, i7 t 51st Highland Division
5 Y9 w8 M/ X, ]# {! |9 \# Q 97th Field Artillery Battalion
- O! _7 ^. u# l1 T' K 2/16th Field Regiment
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251st Field Artillery Battalion
4 P' [7 `% e! {- h! s0 @ 1st Medium Regiment
) {7 l" B& R. l: G 249th Field Artillery Battalion
0 z( e8 c8 x$ E; K1 k: W 108th Tank Attack Regiment( l0 r9 V/ E2 |# M
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
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49th/A Division5 B! p' D1 q! N
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
1 r4 {5 u8 t9 m% V 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade: W( x3 M3 X; d4 v
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment: j* r& X; M, {( p8 E, x3 R0 N
11th Militia Regiment
& D: R: N' p1 r4 ?2 I$ L 6th Java Militia Regiment; \9 h1 @1 b. @" z( W& j# Y
49th/B Division
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13th Field AF Construction Battalion
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36th Field AA Battalion) l. J# ` g7 s/ V- g) V" \
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ U ~/ u( b+ u; D- E6 j5 h2 a 48th Field AA Battalion; h3 o. O# [, ?% V; `: N- U1 R
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 s: L5 I1 }/ O 49th Field AA Battalion; p7 U. a6 d$ o
55th Const Co
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17th Naval Construction Battalion
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9th Medium FA Rgt /22 a# j3 a" T, P! K5 Y
3rd JNAF AF Unit
$ o, b: t$ f* a Y 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment3 L. t* E$ L3 R9 ?
56th Field AA Battalion
# g) Y" h8 m3 n; S" X! x 21st Army
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3rd FF Const Unit
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