5月23日
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- w, H4 E2 w, Z8 G+ G" E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/ y" P- _) k# S2 W
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/ Q! J, ?' h4 M/ C# L: D! {Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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8 t/ [. F( O' F: X/ zWeather in hex: Partial cloud$ D0 c3 } T8 E) g1 m
1 O5 W# F: [5 r8 L# _, ^Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.- }5 a4 x- g( h- R
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
, ?) O0 Z* A+ j$ M! B9 \9 _ N1K5-J George x 18! p( D( X' M' e+ P( h% q9 ^
Ki-83 x 46% ~/ J+ Q6 n0 M6 @
Ki-84r Frank x 472 v. v/ f" S- c* B; `7 t4 _ @
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Allied aircraft. t' c. ]2 |* q; {: u6 k1 n% p
B-24D Liberator x 6 I3 ?$ D1 p u. f9 R/ a
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
8 ^" v& s: Q/ u7 g P-38L Lightning x 24
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No Japanese losses" W1 N) k) F: s& C! C
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Allied aircraft losses
/ r0 c0 y9 d6 G B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
4 G4 g3 [7 \, d b2 Y8 P: |. Y: | B-24D1 Liberator: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged4 O3 d; J" q8 S) A
P-38L Lightning: 11 destroyed
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Airbase hits 15- }0 i$ W& |$ U7 f
Airbase supply hits 1
7 Q4 Y% F4 l) r/ d5 H+ yRunway hits 27& x; m* z$ S9 X, z
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 * ^. v' ^" E# M4 p8 V' \
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet." X% P4 U( E2 S0 r* P5 r
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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! n8 o9 u; T) ~! R% x1 G' N/ x y3 `! I6 KJapanese aircraft! z4 R; X$ |/ K7 M& I9 `
N1K5-J George x 18
' T5 e/ N$ q- b) [' F Ki-83 x 39
o% m" D+ J. p% E. V2 q Ki-84r Frank x 43/ T% d q3 r1 z2 U0 N" ^' ?3 B
" E Q! k# p0 [! E( s3 @9 I2 T" WAllied aircraft
5 I: S$ ~- g9 c' Z% K+ ]9 W1 |: L% I B-24D Liberator x 9
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( W# ?$ K7 ]) z5 c5 X- ^( iNo Japanese losses
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( V D8 L. s$ F4 B7 r1 PAllied aircraft losses
! N/ V; U. g, b; p' w B-24D Liberator: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
* X% u$ c7 d) O1 w% s" H* t B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak9 ]; I2 y+ D3 ?
' \% q5 `0 H$ Q4 {1 ^7 v9 EAirbase hits 1' `2 g0 t d$ }( {" {" u
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- R4 n, @ h* s1 ~7 mMorning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- O1 _9 b9 p& `6 g( y
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes) R# L1 j! r+ v! R8 `
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Japanese aircraft
, R- i7 c9 j4 L$ a N1K5-J George x 17
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Ki-84r Frank x 43
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B-24D1 Liberator x 8
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( h& }- I, k8 y; p& ]( AJapanese aircraft losses
8 U) {' x _3 D) p+ V3 u( j3 {% i Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed6 D4 u5 s4 n" C% A5 `( ]- a
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Allied aircraft losses L$ |6 j7 W3 C# h+ h
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
7 t! n* m0 {. W. i B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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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。0 c) P" c5 [3 t& b( f V
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)6 g5 m' C6 t6 X3 d. `- ]- c. }* d
$ a* V. S- w* W$ L6 x4 ^Allied Deliberate attack6 u- B* f8 C3 E; v* i/ K7 G
+ P( D3 Q7 f* E( K6 wAttacking force 164790 troops, 3246 guns, 3741 vehicles, Assault Value = 5802
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: e1 A/ G4 d V( ?# q N) p3 [Defending force 23796 troops, 175 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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0 d$ N. I& H8 P& m( tAllied adjusted assault: 7976
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Japanese adjusted defense: 289
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Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
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" R' K* C+ j; H, ICombat modifiers
, z9 ^* ]: r2 o M) ~+ SDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
$ r8 w+ e. g! PAttacker: 1 \0 L4 l' r6 M! |
% L9 l9 |) {9 h3 S3 G$ C4 WJapanese ground losses:: h0 V8 U7 t) Q) [5 }6 L+ y
6937 casualties reported/ e9 C: N5 Y. Z. }
Squads: 288 destroyed, 46 disabled
2 d! m" ?- N( o4 K" g+ l. L Non Combat: 229 destroyed, 97 disabled
- m* ~+ W, o/ G7 R Engineers: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
/ e2 x$ q% y+ f' }, d( y Guns lost 52 (44 destroyed, 8 disabled)
& O$ K4 D5 `0 ^/ H Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
9 F! s& A3 g# ~# x Units destroyed 3
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, F6 f1 U; `/ }/ c6 @( y0 K. Q& QAllied ground losses:8 }; k( t- C$ u4 t$ A2 Q
1437 casualties reported
* a8 |/ ]$ x; E9 }) g# V Squads: 10 destroyed, 201 disabled, |: {8 P7 _" R$ X# ~
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
$ \$ g6 Z( b0 U6 A Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled F+ ?8 z$ T: j/ h& ^2 ?( H
Vehicles lost 25 (3 destroyed, 22 disabled)3 c3 q9 L" b) B6 T C, Y7 F
5 l B/ I4 A' a& q S& ~: k( lAssaulting units:
6 M- P# ?( T5 G! `' u 27th Infantry Division
6 T1 O6 T* {3 Z' ? 16th Light Cavalry Regiment
( r3 M) H" o& t9 h( V) ~ 96th Infantry Division
' Q' u1 h4 z9 s; O 81st Infantry Division. |4 f! E h8 y: \
33rd Infantry Division
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10th Indian Division
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6th Marine Division( L. D3 u; |) Y
3rd Motor Brigade8 |" }; n5 ^7 d* x& c
I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
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6th Infantry Division) N; F( [" E$ S* I$ x1 L
3rd Cavalry Regiment" W# U, c' m2 S' X0 \( ?0 @' [
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion! T4 ^. r' Q" n3 Z
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
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1st Marine Division
+ M G0 X- s5 g8 y' z3 A7 q1 B 2nd Army Tank Brigade
- ^$ s9 _1 e( |1 f' O5 f VII US Amphib Force
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+ `# V5 G$ I% D' S5 S 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion/ t$ H1 A7 u( }& ^1 u
4th Field Artillery Battalion. Y& O) d! ]; D' V
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) r7 \) L& ?6 ?( K7 i I Corps Artillery
# t+ K! ^% \- ?) M6 U$ Z X Corps Artillery 0 P5 V0 b& [2 b) S3 F/ X
154th FA Bn
. {5 f3 M5 j9 H1 Z4 x) O7 }$ J 52nd Marine Defense Battalion
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Defending units:4 ]- l& q6 q9 a3 `- ~: Y
91st Division/ s$ |5 Y7 C) P+ v, b' B1 V/ L1 C
56th Division/ x) h i# y2 O, Q: o% f2 d
14th Division
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8th Area Army /1/ v, W% o; a+ q# F/ x) a' g
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- Y# B% h+ ]2 e; y% o5 e 113th JAAF AF Bn
, R: B! K6 z S0 F* A% ? 30th Ind. Engineer Regiment
/ I3 o" ]. m; X% r: R5 H' }) h Gohoku JNAF Base Force
+ R9 t' t5 J' B% J$ W: f 10th Area Fleet
9 Y5 E. v3 W; j- D 72nd JAAF AF Bn
5 J; q3 u3 K8 i8 g 2nd Amphibious Bde /29 R% _$ b6 L5 ^* j4 y: D f$ @
48th Fld AA Bn /2
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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。* n" k' }& w2 V) V9 \+ X
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& ^8 ~! P6 b% ?+ ZGround combat at Bandoeng (50,100)+ F; p3 k4 _9 C* R$ B
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Allied Bombardment attack- E- L; O$ X# R1 i# E
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Attacking 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! q+ Q$ C( ^+ a* O: U# w
# _' G/ X3 i) ]5 B' GJapanese ground losses:
2 m! C, N |4 F9 m 12 casualties reported; Q! Z& e( x+ n# w7 Q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled( K! k# b# y* K4 r7 b" _
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ Z6 C; q; V! f. q: f' C
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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8 P; b" W& U/ j* N, s" o8 z 4 casualties reported2 @0 z1 v" g. F$ E. a+ T0 t6 {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) \0 [* r; K; _0 }3 T$ [; s9 \ Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
* ] Z0 [8 K6 ` Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
9 ]* S+ o- a, C) Z Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)3 I j3 o. v. V0 N* Q* y3 g
( V, q2 O; L" X0 j1 ^; S( nAssaulting units:6 r! ], `; [- r
11th Australian Division
6 u+ H; W" r" g/ m! z! b0 ~ 50th Tank Brigade
1 s$ m' K8 S( W: L 254th Armoured Brigade. J* X# C7 v: q
93rd Infantry Division, D( n" j/ s9 a; ?. R0 M# w; \* M
9th Indian Division+ {8 _' |! N+ Z$ }3 o$ ?8 `
7th Australian Division) w) z0 O$ K M# o' }6 e
18th British Division
2 `0 p/ J# m, e9 J/ h7 m 8th Australian Division
+ { S* u, i0 n: x N% X 32nd Army Tank Brigade
! J* k, y: W% g2 o# c) R; @( I 31st Armoured Division
4 q; R# ^% c' V3 ~7 ?& y 51st Highland Division
, e& K" u2 a$ w0 ? 97th Field Artillery Battalion
- w' T) z. l. q6 q! H4 g 2/16th Field Regiment/ H6 S# y$ w" v! `7 K' N
XI US Corps
4 H) `1 {/ a$ ~7 p$ {( t* Y 251st Field Artillery Battalion* G4 Z- a5 i& d1 P2 R
1st Medium Regiment' O: g- `$ {2 c5 x
249th Field Artillery Battalion
% J1 G6 O) H8 W 108th Tank Attack Regiment2 e$ h' K$ K, g# [
56th Australian Lt AA Regiment& r0 {& x% |# f: F: ?# @ ]
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49th/A Division5 D* i V* `2 i2 _8 I4 p
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade! o4 p% S/ K/ s, R1 M, D' i3 K
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
( i7 i6 N# E8 P" O7 | 17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
/ y! v$ _7 y3 f( { }5 p 11th Militia Regiment1 ^: C! I6 g7 G$ [
6th Java Militia Regiment5 V# [6 r' T* ^1 B# R$ N, O
49th/B Division' `; h, m' M3 Y
49th/C Division
! N2 T4 n5 P& J, w0 s 13th Field AF Construction Battalion
) F" ~& W% H, k6 j* X; R6 I3 h a 27th Special Base Force% R5 x! O& f6 k- p" b9 R! V) o
36th Field AA Battalion. ^: m! p6 y Y
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9 y# _. Q5 O/ I2 C 48th Field AA Battalion
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49th Field AA Battalion
1 I# o; _; `. q. I- ?' c 55th Const Co
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2 ?1 ^8 J; C, ]( ]5 Z 17th Naval Construction Battalion0 v8 f+ a9 U' R/ Q
47th Road Const Co
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?. R+ D/ H) m+ l 3rd JNAF AF Unit / \: x: t: b1 M) ^
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment# T; O2 M0 W' m4 P- D* `& r
56th Field AA Battalion
* F/ ?) |6 Z" u6 `: Q m4 J0 V/ f, y 21st Army
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3rd FF Const Unit Z1 ~- o$ A9 f6 |/ H% q
12th Air Defense AA Rgt /3 |