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- j0 p2 i! U& Z; @: m% p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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i- _2 Q# j) L; M4 CWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
# j* J {! m3 R8 SEstimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 V, i& L! V3 n @3 C; N) T( e9 F3 p N1K5-J George x 18
/ ?, |+ Q9 ?2 \5 x+ n Ki-83 x 46
. m1 a) i/ J5 ~! A" r6 e9 ?* ? P Ki-84r Frank x 47
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# _# Y$ j7 U- U+ [; p! KAllied aircraft
) s/ m$ D& n! ~( o0 F: V# Y. ~ B-24D Liberator x 6
1 l' P% N8 R- C+ W6 U0 h% S% O8 X B-24D1 Liberator x 30
( E3 a8 a2 \0 ^5 x2 M: e P-38L Lightning x 244 M) d! _+ \$ u; r
' ~* z% b2 x4 G0 k6 O; M1 \No Japanese losses. c7 B( U) T' W* D* S: ^
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Allied aircraft losses( ~! x& O9 P9 c+ j
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged) L8 L$ D2 m, V# K- Z
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged7 S8 z7 p* e' N5 M+ D( d
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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; `4 I [4 K$ }8 ~* g: @7 w7 EAirbase hits 15! V* b1 c/ h& @/ R% k
Airbase supply hits 12 J- Y' M; ~: @' L) H( i* W$ H
Runway hits 274 Q1 c# V1 w, h4 L- C6 @, u: @
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: C! u; P& A: L# Z) fMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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# M4 z3 T0 g# `+ YWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# }/ Z! c1 W# u. D1 P
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 Y: f/ C% c" d- J N1K5-J George x 18
. l1 |' F. u* s, B: H Ki-83 x 391 Z6 N$ K% D2 n6 j
Ki-84r Frank x 433 A- K4 q& O8 B% t# T( c
* P- }2 A' ?1 e# @& LAllied aircraft
) E J. }+ I3 |" G( i* b) K Y B-24D Liberator x 9( F' W2 _, g5 A( K$ y& O
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No Japanese losses
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. j- ^3 W5 \$ N1 X; hAllied aircraft losses! ?0 ?- q3 t2 `! \0 O
B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged0 f5 l8 ^/ s% i# K |% P
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Airbase hits 1: U. H4 e- P: S) _( _
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1 W' E2 h- J8 j' @0 z2 g% B6 l6 D0 JMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 @2 ^6 y) s8 y( k1 K; |' SRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- {# |0 l; {9 O/ O& i
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 ~1 a: B- M; |# l& _( W N1K5-J George x 17& e& V+ x. W0 i
Ki-83 x 37
7 S p/ m8 F4 {! O7 y' B2 l Ki-84r Frank x 43/ e, [! N# b# m. B( x
! a. }- ^9 j* j( hAllied aircraft9 s4 j% N. o8 [3 ^
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses
) h+ Z b0 B/ ]! H5 D Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed6 J! X' \' c+ ^
3 h% p& d% a- h# [7 nAllied aircraft losses
6 y. G; y$ s! ^6 ~9 x B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged" \8 Z- `5 U! Q% S9 {- `
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak- G/ p- U5 \* b6 y1 C
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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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' r- A2 _ `; d7 N& `Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
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- G% J; u& E1 C, N# A6 `Allied Deliberate attack/ i, Y# g- L- U0 d4 k$ J x1 w
6 ]3 H; [9 a6 L9 ?+ T- W6 x; VAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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- r# u G4 @( E5 q" \! r1 w2 {0 vDefending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408; n* k% P1 T8 @; G+ I& ^
0 U; m2 w9 D. e$ V5 XAllied adjusted assault: 7976
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289
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% b0 A# v# @% p S8 r* l7 Y& QAllied assault odds: 27 to 1
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7 ~: T( n4 K, y z, d! LCombat modifiers7 E6 R& c5 h& Z$ E s
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
0 J, W7 E6 z$ R1 sAttacker:
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0 k/ O6 S( |1 ^Japanese ground losses:
8 D% [& D6 f: H 6937 casualties reported
Y- N, M# e# U N Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled* a" g! I6 b! a8 m
Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled1 a! f7 ^; f# E- Z" z& y' q+ w8 Y
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
+ D/ S8 x8 s% q1 O' X* q: W7 R Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
* s! F. ~$ m7 l# P) ]( d; W Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
; h! _, _9 p2 U& [6 h Units destroyed 3 L4 S. ?, y; K* L7 Z# k! x
6 }8 Q A! T4 p; }( e0 x- u/ V: V/ V! G4 SAllied ground losses:3 n' S2 }* B/ z \" ^: f( g) R
1437 casualties reported5 ?- z! `$ Q8 i6 C6 e; N' R* D
Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled5 c- D. u t' M4 H6 B4 T; E
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
$ q, s8 F; G5 @, _9 v Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
; I2 o' M9 v# m1 X" x# i Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)& h& A6 ?# j! W R& E' Q
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Assaulting units:
" C |& C/ j6 O+ s 27th Infantry Division
% v% ?, r+ K3 W6 m 16th Light Cavalry Regiment: L! I3 |4 p! `+ T6 J' z$ G
96th Infantry Division6 [- q4 ~) ?2 Y
81st Infantry Division
' t# X3 a$ H' u$ X 33rd Infantry Division- O; t9 R% f. _8 ?2 T& l
2nd Marine Division+ C9 E1 {+ e9 W- z9 b
10th Indian Division
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6th Marine Division
; d# I5 Q7 @- R& |9 K+ V9 S 3rd Motor Brigade
/ p$ o8 P( M5 a1 e2 k; Y I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment, w+ S( }) ?0 h+ Q" D
5th Marine Division1 m p- X; ?7 Q2 ?9 ~4 i4 C$ T
6th Infantry Division
: i' a( a3 n+ t6 _ 3rd Cavalry Regiment* D2 W$ O" q: Q; ]/ R
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion3 q3 _# H* v: v% V R( } R
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division$ M6 C# r- n: U8 c0 V
2nd NZ Division6 W9 E) f2 S1 g7 }
1st Marine Division
, c' S& b' a8 L 2nd Army Tank Brigade
; c4 d. S2 ^. \ VII US Amphib Force & M5 e, A, E- Z, ~. u
USAFFE
; D9 H" d4 d/ w2 |% M2 l5 l 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
& @% Z% k& l/ |+ i) m) G$ S 4th Field Artillery Battalion
/ L5 ^( @% _; N5 V& N 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 o+ O# ^& q/ e' z' w+ H$ u |( Z0 q9 I
I Corps Artillery 9 @* M1 F2 `3 E# F( i
X Corps Artillery ' Z# n7 W0 C& l& [
154th FA Bn 8 O& U. x/ ?5 j* B2 q
52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:8 c! V! a! `$ a- w
91st Division' u2 r+ _! I* n6 }3 f# t3 ^4 W
56th Division# ^0 w$ x3 @. S* {0 r+ L
14th Division Q% R& w+ B" m4 |' `2 S- C
Maizuru 1st SNLF6 W- t0 @" L3 n) C! Q" z
8th Area Army /18 ]$ Y" R$ a/ S, R; s0 @' H
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment- h- @/ I' t- z" e2 E% f
113th JAAF AF Bn
% i' x( p2 W% }' i 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment2 J* v5 a8 ~4 y! B
Gohoku JNAF Base Force
& t9 u/ h( b0 V; f 10th Area Fleet6 F! O) H) J2 d, E9 [/ y! u9 T
72nd JAAF AF Bn
# k# {2 }# U' J8 @% `6 Z9 g- C 2nd Amphibious Bde /29 }4 x) i" G5 H3 w' C
48th Fld AA Bn /2+ O5 z* ~; V% o# p3 a
6 s' L+ J2 R" M, z& A( q4 C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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+ o: o( q9 q4 L4 rGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100); k8 f9 W7 d1 C
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Attacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 40822 J5 w- j% Q1 b0 r6 [4 E6 P; K
' G k% V/ S/ C+ I" JDefending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 10833 g: u7 S7 o3 E7 N+ ~2 w
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Japanese ground losses:
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" [1 Y# E E( F6 k# E* p( @ Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 i8 y6 x* Q! m
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. v/ E$ _. `* l1 q& M( x/ b& c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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4 casualties reported
( y: \; c# B: H& ]2 \0 k Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% e$ |5 }! D% {3 |0 j' p* M8 G
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
! S1 S" Q- R: ? Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled6 M4 Y8 U7 a' ^9 v" X! D4 J
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)$ E, W( a& ~) [/ E8 _: n& E
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11th Australian Division
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254th Armoured Brigade( J; _! Y& F7 ?
93rd Infantry Division
1 w+ \4 A: G: D4 q9 _9 M F 9th Indian Division8 \* P5 i7 S. E2 E$ S/ Y
7th Australian Division
$ s r0 N* w/ j& K' p, a) Y 18th British Division
; h8 H$ o* C( k$ p+ G# i. F 8th Australian Division
3 n# L& [2 w# I- n 32nd Army Tank Brigade* C* I1 a% j) G+ L0 I6 M b
31st Armoured Division
8 r# C) I! O$ k2 q/ M0 ? 51st Highland Division
2 a/ I3 y# T" q: E 97th Field Artillery Battalion
7 W2 V, r+ O# o4 @* I, s1 W 2/16th Field Regiment
; N' E* \0 k/ C8 e5 i* @/ r XI US Corps
& o0 [" T7 P, `+ ] X3 g 251st Field Artillery Battalion- K+ \2 _$ p- K# s8 B/ L/ K: q7 l
1st Medium Regiment* c/ L, X5 c- k* g7 E+ [) `
249th Field Artillery Battalion
* F# b: s r: _6 Q# D+ X- ^ 108th Tank Attack Regiment
. F; _( F2 Z3 [% c1 Y8 T1 z 56th Australian Lt AA Regiment
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Defending units:
+ `. Q. t9 ` Y0 e6 D7 _ 49th/A Division0 A) i/ q! p4 Q& B% c; d, [5 x
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
) a: L2 h$ V9 ~' @1 v& N" I; y2 _ 3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
! `* P. P- Q2 `& M$ _9 P 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
% H8 \. m; g& R: D# ~6 Y 11th Militia Regiment7 i j+ v {! o, f( H/ a+ F. _, b
6th Java Militia Regiment+ y# l) E! | ]* f! c& b
49th/B Division
/ i4 n9 d5 \8 c3 T* I1 _2 o4 _ 49th/C Division
4 I4 h% l h8 v4 } 13th Field AF Construction Battalion3 `: z+ Y& X$ D
27th Special Base Force
1 C% j/ i' M. z- l+ p 36th Field AA Battalion6 u9 S2 b& H: i
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment. {+ Y& C" g8 C9 l0 [" V2 q
48th Field AA Battalion j& M8 I0 n0 V
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment l9 j, r2 f V5 t
49th Field AA Battalion
( h4 G9 q& U$ `% U V2 w 55th Const Co 4 q2 U- \4 }4 z3 {2 i9 a) U
49th Const Co
7 e; |! \) Z7 h8 u* a! O 17th Naval Construction Battalion
6 z7 I" F6 c& ~1 h' D 47th Road Const Co 2 o- r$ _6 C. n' X& [
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
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4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
. \3 J" q/ ]1 z4 y 56th Field AA Battalion, V3 e' P3 G3 j% y' x1 T$ \2 G
21st Army. s% b) x6 l6 g s1 o9 c
97th JAAF AF Bn 3 m4 U, G' f0 L' g
3rd FF Const Unit * E2 G1 [" g7 n7 ^" n
12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |