11月1日
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, n3 I7 D7 m3 G) k, ~5 ^预定的D+1DAY,但是硫磺岛上的第37军将士惊讶的发现庞大的盟军部队已经悄无声息地撤退了,昨日激战的整个海滩今天却空空荡荡,只有还在海边游弋的盟军舰队告诉他们,敌军残部已经全部上船,看来盟军将要撤退无疑,帝国取得了硫磺岛防御战的胜利!
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6 O W' o. k6 I3 u+ @当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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Weather in hex: Severe storms' X* f1 E. w; [1 j$ t1 H9 _
2 K; Q3 B$ d. A& ORaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
8 B6 D, t" L- o" r! S! U3 lEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft& e& }5 k0 T, }: N# H, l, n9 @
N1K5-J George x 36
7 u8 d ^7 D% b/ b7 z) A- E/ Y Ki-84r Frank x 415 t$ C, [/ ^: y* s+ e2 I3 i
( r+ q: e' E5 f5 p+ v+ zAllied aircraft
, a; d# [* N# L( h M1 @ F6F-5 Hellcat x 1682 G! A# n4 k0 N% p$ i u' t
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed/ o1 K" s- Y5 ]% e O. O* \# i
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$ Q+ s- R; |* j- a2 O' P; T F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed1 L4 N6 X2 F$ t' \; V* \4 d
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged8 U0 k! K [$ ?0 u
) N% g3 |& Y0 J- zJapanese Ships
: { \1 G* Q5 L8 H- i xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
! e2 M3 k+ x2 E) J3 u xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( ]. o% p. b# P& _
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" }* \9 V J- G6 k; rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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/ b# T- G- D" ^9 x% C/ U$ pRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
& m! H) Y! `- s# YEstimated time to target is 31 minutes' O7 _' @, [5 g* E, J W: e
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Japanese aircraft3 i* M2 s- M: e
N1K5-J George x 62
: s1 h% D- [; f& L! p Ki-84r Frank x 83. v1 ~' w3 D5 M* R6 x
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
' J" U' t( T/ X) K SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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( t* H1 A; C6 l* W/ x, MJapanese aircraft losses
; ], w0 p7 W( N+ W N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Z E! n. I5 u; Y F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed+ d( |9 X: E: z8 e$ x, r) H
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed g7 x6 ]) U0 \
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Japanese Ships, v q( d2 D+ U2 ?. a9 r$ G
DD Hibiki |