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4 ]5 c/ ^" H5 Y: I& B7 _# p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!, N# |9 p* | Q: a" M& N) d) K6 `
: g) b$ c' q" \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。+ ^6 X2 P2 R' t# M0 K
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( M% l) l3 W4 K6 J+ \" dMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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* M# ^$ b" d; r4 N7 aWeather in hex: Severe storms9 \* x, h; a% j, T2 `
. K! |, s: s" {. `( BRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
9 f. T2 I2 c. o: j8 Y6 VEstimated time to target is 17 minutes1 z! [5 S. r! m3 l( X
5 ?; b0 V9 D8 ]: o2 F2 BJapanese aircraft/ y) m! S5 }" G, B
N1K5-J George x 36- Z G$ L) g, ]: \2 ]6 e/ l
Ki-84r Frank x 411 U0 W/ D k/ `3 }
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Allied aircraft
0 O8 c) N& t: l z F6F-5 Hellcat x 168# Q: Y5 l- G; p7 q5 l
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses
& J7 T6 g9 X# O6 X! u! J" y N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses- {' R; A3 D; }8 x" h* f* m
F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
2 F2 j6 x8 H* |, w SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships) T2 h. A' x( `* N5 B
xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk5 L: ^ _( R0 f! S; }! K8 [
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage+ U2 w& s& y7 `$ ]; g
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,751 V; M) t5 u0 I4 ~( X6 ^7 w6 C# M
% ]$ f( z( s* ^+ zWeather in hex: Overcast
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& \8 e/ C# w& Y: ZRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.0 }! D' |$ m- O0 k9 p
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ p6 P L3 z0 J/ ?/ Y! X# H N1K5-J George x 62
$ j3 O' `" U |7 E9 v6 j Ki-84r Frank x 834 x9 E; f8 w% I. q
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Allied aircraft
( x( i. L9 z) q5 |8 N# r6 s' ^! ^6 Z4 K F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
( }" A# {5 w' c1 e$ f+ W6 g5 f SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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Japanese aircraft losses
. X* @! g3 D: A" n. T N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed% Z; S9 B. R" Q o: {# I* q
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Allied aircraft losses
: q' M1 q9 \, |% d2 P0 c H0 U F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed3 t# n! z c$ ^ A# J- x4 C1 x. G
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed7 G0 k7 m& W2 u! I9 g1 H
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