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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& p- L* [3 N: h1 j$ V* f8 c, [
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6 b( _$ @# ?/ `: P7 tMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 ) G) _# T3 m" e# M. O8 U
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# C: n5 B% O; M9 }$ {
9 u2 F4 d1 _. _1 f0 q& b" fRaid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 e$ \1 L) {& O& u# LEstimated time to target is 26 minutes
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4 [! p( \1 ?+ mJapanese aircraft( `: S: g* U$ F. C' G
N1K5-J George x 182 n% b2 t9 j, w2 t8 q; r C
Ki-83 x 46
" Q9 Z4 v D6 L3 v3 u8 p. ?( z9 x# u Ki-84r Frank x 47
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0 l7 `0 E! ]6 @+ \/ DAllied aircraft9 U" A0 p6 W/ X2 ]! X4 @
B-24D Liberator x 62 Y0 P' ]$ f0 ^" e* F6 |
B-24D1 Liberator x 30' ^5 `/ K5 W3 F# [+ d$ O' k. f- J- `
P-38L Lightning x 24: m4 T$ e- ^# K. T- m- ]) ^
, I/ {4 }; v( rNo Japanese losses$ U# ?8 I3 f% c/ H4 m9 Z
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Allied aircraft losses# b! |* ^) y2 C
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged3 u/ D1 i% o' _* d- O8 N$ C
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged
0 x* r c( R6 X/ @$ Y# ? P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed8 O$ ?8 i( x' f
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Airbase hits 15
0 x3 l" ?6 C* |6 n6 w( v, o7 }, _Airbase supply hits 1
, @; p& t/ u8 E- m, `& v3 CRunway hits 27' D8 f. Q# [; u9 f
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' W1 b7 c3 R/ `4 F. h6 V' n
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ a0 K0 N' T' L7 Y& mEstimated time to target is 13 minutes- s( m' _: z) G
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Japanese aircraft. E" O# X" y3 B; [5 x- ], ~, M
N1K5-J George x 188 [9 ?* u4 [. C1 S" f3 H
Ki-83 x 395 p8 U8 Q. g) B: c! a& J9 x2 X
Ki-84r Frank x 43
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Allied aircraft
& _ A8 l- n. f" X$ ~- i0 \) N B-24D Liberator x 9' [2 H6 P8 e3 |5 F1 z% y
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No Japanese losses
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+ P, B- [4 F9 P/ x- ]Allied aircraft losses
/ }; M3 y# A# ] B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged: ?/ r4 m o+ |6 p3 ~
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak# J9 I' _4 k, \% P; O% b- e
. B1 y: v7 }8 e! C" NAirbase hits 1) W3 X$ s0 V/ K
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 8 x L* ^' C3 X9 Z5 j* l; W
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
7 v5 W; s2 g y) H6 y5 Q4 v0 j ]Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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- W, r7 t$ s; H8 d5 z; TJapanese aircraft' X: k8 g' M0 L! `+ B" m
N1K5-J George x 17
5 ?5 h9 M+ F. A: C" D1 Z3 J Ki-83 x 37
9 N- N) ~1 `5 J9 [+ ^ Ki-84r Frank x 43
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4 w% q3 p6 j3 x& W8 w7 ^Allied aircraft
- @" Z9 C0 G0 x' U. Z B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses7 g F- a. U& D/ W
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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, B! e+ G9 |9 jAllied aircraft losses
4 f8 z& D; u2 L5 L1 e& |0 {$ @' z B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
* n. z, P0 Q2 W" Z B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak& e7 `8 o6 s2 A) m( S
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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。* ~; |3 S5 I$ z7 |. w2 u/ ]( T0 p
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
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3 F+ _* Q$ j* @& g1 ~Allied Deliberate attack
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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 = 4086 {: q9 O2 K: W& C0 e5 C2 H" G
1 L, O+ A# F Z. x2 j5 t% W1 @/ SAllied adjusted assault: 7976 & }/ @$ M1 Q3 N- @
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289 7 K& W5 r5 g$ N9 b9 g
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 4 q% R" u# q. H4 A4 H4 o
( e( _+ o, }) ?6 l8 j0 FCombat modifiers# M! n! e- M. ^
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-), H& y) R& z% |' U! g
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
x: }4 H i3 B3 C 6937 casualties reported
0 X" ]7 W% [1 ~+ @9 e+ p Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled
8 \2 ]" ^( T9 B& I% x1 } Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled! `+ r+ O/ B" ~7 m1 D3 ?
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
: K$ T1 i; a" y+ Q5 o! i Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled); v' m: y/ ^7 _ F/ B
Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)) h3 `( k. o( o3 u- j. c5 F
Units destroyed 31 ^% E# ~& W) D) Z4 r1 f
5 _2 y$ @! g2 X" \* _) v' tAllied ground losses:
+ i( M- l1 H, |3 _+ r 1437 casualties reported
' }$ K7 L z; f O: A Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled
# G9 j6 d3 F) ~" m/ E- r0 w Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
2 Y9 }0 P5 e( j3 d$ L* b Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
C. s2 o6 q! I, V6 W Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)& c2 x8 M6 v% L
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Assaulting units:
& q5 e& k$ S2 l2 V 27th Infantry Division
7 W1 z0 t* Y+ P, a 16th Light Cavalry Regiment8 W+ y3 X- D# b4 U- [9 F" w
96th Infantry Division; ~$ g* m. b1 Z' v) o
81st Infantry Division
$ i% b1 Z9 {3 h) T$ M, F# e8 u" e 33rd Infantry Division. M' X2 g% F2 K. I
2nd Marine Division( U1 c& @2 q9 n; x `$ P
10th Indian Division+ D! u0 H4 a$ A0 n" {1 W* H5 n
37th Infantry Division6 q8 L; d$ `) s4 ^3 ]
6th Marine Division
+ ~6 }* `4 W# W- J% V7 g7 O& C' z 3rd Motor Brigade
% D. z2 D; {) J7 k- s6 c { I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3 H9 ^7 X, d, G9 r 5th Marine Division
# W( V5 A7 R$ r" Y9 u 6th Infantry Division# q0 h9 z. W& U! j1 | b
3rd Cavalry Regiment; \8 d- i3 ?* j7 a
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
& G9 \) m: [& ~- ?5 Z 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division+ E5 l" `8 P9 _# B7 `2 w, d5 z
2nd NZ Division V% P' g+ y1 o4 b
1st Marine Division6 }' F; b U q6 {0 d- W5 u+ d
2nd Army Tank Brigade
# z! q! q; X) z1 t2 w, i VII US Amphib Force
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276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
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- O# F7 g; B) Z- q0 r' e+ z* i 3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion9 m1 _( K: N7 T
I Corps Artillery
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5 M; D: a N0 `! K# ~" e 154th FA Bn
) a3 |) R' s" Y8 j6 ~ 52nd Marine Defense Battalion4 l4 {, U/ q5 }5 s
1 Z Z. C& V8 ~ t5 j% A6 QDefending units:
2 m' V: F; S- e8 h. _ 91st Division- w" u5 a; h% L$ l" J; A7 {
56th Division
; P' W+ f, M- ], _* M7 c) R2 v! K 14th Division
% p" c" Z8 L( C A) W Maizuru 1st SNLF
+ i6 d7 ~% g# P% O 8th Area Army /1
8 t4 H! z1 q0 C1 z' H3 [ 38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
) s$ q; i, U, Y7 J0 O% a7 ` 113th JAAF AF Bn
3 v8 S, W$ }( I$ y2 A8 ~ 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
: R2 a2 F1 z& f! f" S( M Gohoku JNAF Base Force$ w1 i6 h2 j& q
10th Area Fleet
5 }" |$ l5 h/ l+ f$ B; [: a 72nd JAAF AF Bn
8 g* m2 S8 b/ X" ]" A6 v* O# w 2nd Amphibious Bde /2, n: m; o# _% R5 a8 |$ w
48th Fld AA Bn /2$ B. J+ o8 \. \. u5 G n1 Z
# p( s7 r$ Y4 U9 |! T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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2 |# b0 a5 k2 C2 Z- w3 CGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)
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8 `' |, I3 k7 z6 z! c% f4 xAllied Bombardment attack
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" F. J9 k0 b' _; K( m+ _! _7 YAttacking force 10194 troops, 286 guns, 672 vehicles, Assault Value = 4082
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Defending force 36791 troops, 370 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083; M9 M9 X# d) N( I3 t, X
9 X- v$ Y; v9 s- ~, o# pJapanese ground losses:
2 Q9 f6 L7 r, f9 b/ [, t9 \ 12 casualties reported
4 X% t5 J8 O0 A) X Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 u1 X1 L: _3 O: S% L6 h
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled O' d. P& C: Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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% c; k8 _; {8 C. D8 m' \) h" gAllied ground losses:
, Z% x& l' x1 X9 j9 j 4 casualties reported" F: f1 t, m0 [* I+ }2 t# Y2 G
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* B# [: d& ?. F* d( y Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
) W( m; Y8 j6 R$ I Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled. f8 l7 `" _0 P/ E, t, A, }
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
! k4 e% k* ?& j* v 11th Australian Division
# t* ?& H& `! B5 a+ k% h% x 50th Tank Brigade
% A+ v1 {; B. b9 [ 254th Armoured Brigade
: d' n( g- G" [- D% T) X6 W" J 93rd Infantry Division9 Y/ G1 X0 t7 k: n5 P
9th Indian Division
- V; j5 e& H1 ~ 7th Australian Division
" x; {9 @& V. I6 s- }2 o 18th British Division- u- H B6 q. k0 j# m2 s9 v
8th Australian Division
. _. @+ [$ {8 ?$ ^8 z' a8 w 32nd Army Tank Brigade ~. j5 ~; o5 R) Z2 T
31st Armoured Division
9 \9 X8 R& i" r: ?# `: L" b 51st Highland Division8 q: c; [2 e P) B: p
97th Field Artillery Battalion9 h- r: b$ _( {# Y; U7 h
2/16th Field Regiment4 ~$ f; \6 [+ B/ w* z/ O
XI US Corps
6 p2 ~: z( I$ z 251st Field Artillery Battalion' {( D) Q" u9 D9 Q
1st Medium Regiment
+ C- A/ d& h: k/ `- C 249th Field Artillery Battalion r7 g7 [8 d8 B
108th Tank Attack Regiment) o$ ]" @; U6 j' T* m
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment( F6 T9 E; M3 m* W
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Defending units:
* o1 |$ J! F9 H- F1 ~9 l 49th/A Division
2 d/ N6 [6 L+ S0 S. i 22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade0 Y% O. B5 }& v( P1 v( [% y
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade7 w, u4 j9 A2 t$ _. ?( x* g
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
( K% Z0 Y6 b# N% }- ? K 11th Militia Regiment$ n- E% Z! k9 n. v$ [" B j
6th Java Militia Regiment
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49th/C Division0 \2 o6 N: \/ I+ k% j
13th Field AF Construction Battalion) o/ z+ M# a3 Y9 s
27th Special Base Force
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" e4 B% \6 l$ E- k7 g 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" J4 h9 i: z( d 48th Field AA Battalion: S: N4 r) n" i& k' G' q3 i2 k
39th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 I' T, h& O/ y$ j+ F; L! e 49th Field AA Battalion
4 U$ D9 P) V3 B 55th Const Co / k0 d3 A0 U8 Z$ [7 ]. k+ P2 E3 _
49th Const Co ' F# J) F) b) u- {" R
17th Naval Construction Battalion$ k) [2 e; n& H- ^0 `
47th Road Const Co ) r" X: B, t- @- e G U
9th Medium FA Rgt /2
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4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment) u' {% `$ Z# K9 @
56th Field AA Battalion
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97th JAAF AF Bn 0 }+ ^* g% N, _7 ^
3rd FF Const Unit
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