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山口杨力量悬殊,明日可下
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71" v/ R5 v0 ~) {9 b
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Japanese aircraft
% z! A5 ^6 i/ j% qA6M2 Zero x 271 H" C. c- @" w; A: f
G4M1 Betty x 49
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No Japanese losses
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Airbase hits 2
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Runway hits 11) e7 U) e; p2 p, l# d4 _
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Ground combat at Rabaul$ e: }7 `( k* N" z6 n( Z: o3 a' z& o
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Attacking force 13250 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2425 T4 c$ r0 c& w; Z* J
! {" V- H" E6 M' K. IDefending force 3986 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 28 d2 @5 ?) u- r
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Japanese max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 280
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Allied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 31
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Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2)
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% V9 T, V" Y4 u5 D9 u) t, ]Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!. V) Q. R- W2 ]& x) ~2 d9 q
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no flights
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Catalina I: 2 destroyed& U; Z' P9 j/ t, ^" \
A-24 Dauntless: 1 destroyed4 @$ r' w, q9 S" l% `* Z5 L
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Japanese ground losses:
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Guns lost 3
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* G) w, U( D& x3 M' a149 casualties reported/ w7 z& F% v: G- W* Q
Guns lost 5
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Ground combat at Singkawang
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Japanese Bombardment attack' {% y! ?) ~" ?9 M
8 @5 H, H& {0 C' ?2 Q8 qAttacking force 3827 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139& g3 R. O1 x8 v* f$ d. {# [0 A
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Defending force 1850 troops, 16 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
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Japanese Bombardment attack0 ]& e( f) Y+ O. b9 u" _
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( |% p$ q' F M7 p/ R5 A$ D% l/ gDefending force 83937 troops, 622 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119/ L) T7 U+ ^& J' Z) Q- m+ @. J. u
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) |% F% V" O2 X, H, H& nAllied ground losses:
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