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' N1 z/ m6 |. U( w: O盟军解放者4发机群在爪哇登陆后把矛头对转了巨港一带的日军航空设施,企图利用4发轰炸机的航程优势突袭日军防御力量比较薄弱的后方二线机场,不料遭遇日军同一日正好转场过来的3个战斗机大队,于是本来轻松惬意的偷袭变成了一场苦战,经过激烈的战斗,日军战斗机击落了多达60架4发轰炸机和十多架护航的闪电战斗机,同时自损17架战斗机,虽然盟军还是对机场进行了打击,但是显然得不偿失。
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3 u. T% I F7 ~2 |: k' H i. EMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 2 v4 @2 p7 Y% e: D9 e6 A6 E
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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* x; C8 T3 d6 I( c3 \Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
! I$ ^! o7 g8 c7 ^4 b, \; oEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft3 g5 ]. T. S( _# }
N1K5-J George x 122
2 B9 B' j% W7 A6 l Ki-84r Frank x 36' W% I9 D D( _4 s! l
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Allied aircraft/ K9 h5 W9 W: D+ C3 O5 F1 K3 w( B
P-38J Lightning x 37
9 K, j, K8 E+ Q( A! T PB4Y-2 Privateer x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses" v9 k& \% J9 z3 k4 D5 O+ V" G
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged! E/ T0 r$ D. J; E; g- y
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Allied aircraft losses
' e6 D# A! _& |* u- M6 P" j8 R6 ` P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
1 I; w5 `5 [: Z& S PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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; v f# g ]7 I# L l+ B( ?: UAirbase hits 21
) Q3 ~5 U6 e0 x' n) a/ I5 F" bAirbase supply hits 3- R B& s' P' H
Runway hits 55
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.4 d, v0 j, a; X+ K& E' H/ g
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft2 @8 o7 b% Q9 ~( u' a" H9 |
N1K5-J George x 76
/ S& E8 W( E% {; ?3 U Ki-84r Frank x 30" T9 a; |! s0 N7 }( h7 U
% N% ~5 m: j4 `. g6 }Allied aircraft
5 l; o$ f/ [2 Z4 D- [$ } P-38J Lightning x 85 l" t& D& L% C( K# H1 X
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9% s5 O+ \/ R- \5 V* \; j
' I4 e) Y* h: Q' B& S8 YJapanese aircraft losses1 I+ r& |" X: I$ j; I' H( R2 C! r2 U
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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( Y( \4 ~6 |6 }4 }' j) K0 c: S# yAllied aircraft losses
; G" `5 J' g/ y S7 S( A P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
( s, U1 q, J- U PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged! k8 y8 p, N$ x3 W- }
, L9 A! H! b8 P1 Q" a! PAirbase hits 1
$ C6 G9 I" ?% z: B, Y* ORunway hits 2) X; u0 M }3 t4 E5 U0 W6 E, \
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0 r& z3 s( T0 H r: n" `/ JMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 ; ~5 ]9 f8 O3 [9 l& o% R: T# i
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud2 `3 F. }3 r: p) c8 X
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 \" X! O( H; A9 q3 iEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
" R$ \9 l5 }4 }' G6 y% z2 s N1K5-J George x 619 u8 L" s2 ~6 [
Ki-84r Frank x 29 c3 T5 W; {& p) o. x$ Z+ h3 T( A; D
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Allied aircraft7 S$ e' P4 p! }. t
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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# b4 {* A3 k, h2 FJapanese aircraft losses% ^' r3 `0 q" H& O
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed) f. P- h {- q0 c+ `
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Allied aircraft losses6 u, k( F0 d \4 Z% J
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 4 g5 W% J. L/ B4 i4 e
1 S2 `+ u6 Y2 M& u" zWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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7 L' n) [' o' @Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
[6 K* P) y5 \7 A4 J% cEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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' \3 p: w, j+ n Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft/ c- E1 X$ H' a
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 66 M! _. k8 B B5 t# i; ~# T/ R
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Japanese aircraft losses+ `! Z/ [ P! }! R% e
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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! J3 r: P- x0 i* { X& VAllied aircraft losses
7 c! L- R: Q* {, W9 N PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Runway hits 1! I2 j" u5 O) b1 s9 i5 u% }
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9 R1 N, N2 Q( K6 E6 M& }Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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& v6 ]4 I u5 H4 L2 KWeather in hex: Heavy cloud) b+ O" b0 u/ y7 R/ a, V
! z# }( p; S1 e% G- t$ U+ iRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.3 f. w/ B$ Y$ e; B" }4 X; R% l
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes8 z5 z% Q- F) p) }* Y
# p" J% Y4 T8 V) J- mJapanese aircraft
3 l5 L& S& t5 i+ K( ^) o6 x, l N1K5-J George x 31
% C j& N0 i, y" u0 N L4 {* v Ki-84r Frank x 18/ z9 Y0 n1 p1 U6 G! k* e
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Allied aircraft3 [7 l/ ^. X% A" d1 L. [
B-24J Liberator x 67
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& D* f0 }" v9 W4 ] N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) z, O9 n$ |0 L5 N! Z) z5 |/ Q& w
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# I0 T' e8 c# T9 p" F Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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5 o1 D( {; h9 qAirbase hits 17) t( G$ z, X2 M* Z% z3 b
Runway hits 22- R# _$ w) v3 S9 \
/ @9 M; I4 ~ M R3 n7 C当天比较不幸的是,雪藏已久的联合舰队主力舰队出动,在航渡过程中被盟军发现,在没有直掩的情况下遭遇到盟军水平轰炸机的跳弹攻击,多舰负伤,不过也击落了十多架敌机。但是舰队的行踪暴露了。& i& p S* l- ?2 ^
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, W- @3 N b4 H1 `# H0 JAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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6 ^9 _, i7 \. ^1 @: Y8 JWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.2 F; w' P! M8 E0 v& [7 r% \
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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: l0 \9 O" j6 {# H B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
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: J0 w, c# C. z/ kAllied aircraft losses! ?( Y8 t5 e4 X0 Z" m
B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged9 W6 Q6 `& X* k, W8 o
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak% d- @2 D6 I1 ~( B( v H
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DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 14 S/ e2 m) G; b; _, C
DD Makinami
+ X0 w6 L2 B* @ ~ x/ [/ P DD Kosukaze$ l, i6 [8 r- H( N
CA Kumano
; x) `$ i- \" m# K8 N4 k) s DD Asashimo; T7 R% d; O) h* [% W7 t
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8! \3 L7 Z" h. O8 K# g
BB Haruna
B( Q! U( Y( ^$ j0 s+ Z9 b CA Chikuma, h" [8 W+ d0 F! Q
6 ]8 l2 P6 w; h. S& g, fAircraft Attacking:
! H0 T0 W" l0 b% q- B' { 14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
$ ]# i$ b! M3 \% J5 D6 S# b; ~9 V* k Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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& W+ G ?) @9 w* j6 O# [3 CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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8 a& o! e. u. ORaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ j1 p8 U, f q5 k
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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B-25D1 Mitchell x 18
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B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
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Japanese Ships
- N/ ?' Z8 Q4 M DD Kishinami
6 W; ]6 Y+ H3 G2 f1 ` CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 J4 i9 O( n1 u- T, X' B
DD Arikaze
' Z, ~8 j! J# I' q. u, L DD Haruzuki
% I9 M) i. T* l: z- T7 s CA Mikuma
3 @* c4 g1 y4 V1 }" f DD Satsukaze
4 }: T$ D% K1 u7 o$ n' v CA Maya, Bomb hits 22 E$ ^3 ~ M, c% t
CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire; ?0 w% v. A7 m" ]
DD Minegumo- F2 F2 j) J9 a8 R9 x+ E" p" c
DD Myojinkaze
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Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb* A8 Q$ q* _7 Y! {
3 b7 m, e5 P7 L& d0 y* N5 } }9 [ U! b最后,在马尔努斯岛上奋战一个多星期的第60师团在盟军新锐增援上来一个陆军师之后终于崩溃,马尔努斯岛宣告失守,至此,从特鲁克到拉包尔和卡维恩的航线基本被切断,当地守军只能靠种水稻“现地自活”了。
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" f W. b9 `4 V+ }% c+ k. k$ oGround combat at Manus (101,119)7 a4 s/ |+ E; R' `- E
' ?# |- ^3 E7 Q7 lAllied Deliberate attack
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8 l. Q' q) {' W( J, l% u2 BAttacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778" ?0 H R- N9 j) I: N
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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/ w& V3 a5 Q& m2 Y" w bAllied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119 & g* G, V) @% i! e: J
, A1 s7 @7 O! m8 m3 h! ^Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) 2 g1 i0 n `0 l
: w1 \ c, [+ F8 F8 a& ~5 xAllied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!
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Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) B" k8 R' e% [, E4 m
experience(-)7 G, I! W1 V9 k9 n. M: i
Attacker:
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1954 casualties reported/ f; o2 |3 }* ]( ?/ ?
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled
' n; |3 I5 W4 P- O, B* v: v Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
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$ B( \; k& B1 O+ U9 c5 W" Q2 j Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled); N g" I( [# F( o7 O7 Y
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4 \+ }7 s( K# Y [5 k, v! h, p2 T 267 casualties reported! R1 D, u2 U" g# @( g( n
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled) {- `+ r# h/ X9 ^1 O5 F2 i4 U
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
3 p. d. E8 s5 E+ U; |& R Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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77th Infantry Division3 C! B% \0 }' s) L9 X: r J" ~) p
7th Infantry Division
# W& ]' Q% i) c V% O* M" q% T 193rd USAAF Base Force
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5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- l4 l, |1 g4 y 9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 m! g- `4 @" t$ B' T
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
7 h5 O4 r# Q0 q6 x# f5 K 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion
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60th Division
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20th JNAF AF Unit
3 \) k. n5 N3 L( B) Q- V6 z) ~ 13th Base Force
5 Y( u3 f9 X+ C+ V" Z 65th JAAF AF Bn |