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山口杨力量悬殊,明日可下/ t9 F, _7 d; z4 E8 o' N. S
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5 V0 q; R# V& B3 |3 sDay Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71
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Japanese aircraft
1 Y3 [+ G2 \# d+ u" a( L! ZA6M2 Zero x 27
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) T6 E: F8 V: u2 O& pNo Japanese losses& B. ~7 u) D3 o" {4 N% a6 |
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Airbase hits 2' K7 ?: u1 X, |2 W& q2 n$ X
Airbase supply hits 1
8 c4 ]% y/ N, [+ }. z* aRunway hits 11% [- t) ^* q# H5 X$ R& \5 ^& _
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( ^5 k( y$ j" J% e, Q6 g, R3 x8 nGround combat at Rabaul9 y* [8 s' s3 r: o
4 ~! l I- T! y7 B$ `Japanese Shock attack1 M0 M! }1 U! I# [9 \
! O1 H1 X% q- D, i% u( DAttacking force 13250 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242
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6 P- a9 @. V+ `4 ]Defending force 3986 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335 y3 ]* L4 ~) _' W
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 26 }$ a: a: s) G w6 Z1 v: G$ Q4 g
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Japanese max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 280
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2 n0 K. Z! [! I$ P$ H$ iAllied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 31
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Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) 0 q# _+ [0 J8 {, C. |7 C- G
& F- {/ n" [. o- N7 X! W6 ~6 \( jJapanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!) i$ r- K0 {: A3 k0 ^* v1 D f
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Allied aircraft: o- T+ B# ~+ Y
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses/ x' n+ [/ h5 i4 y7 w' z) f5 v
Catalina I: 2 destroyed
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2 U) A+ \2 h8 b' n4 R% u! @Guns lost 3 J; F- t. N5 j+ t' S. o* D: G0 q
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Allied ground losses:
9 l% n* f0 v1 k9 R+ p149 casualties reported0 B* ?4 h! e4 Y/ c* Z
Guns lost 55 F: l( b: F% {$ }, Z# V2 l# o+ C, c( y
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% S6 Z9 Q% K. J9 H; _Ground combat at Singkawang
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Attacking force 3827 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
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$ G8 S1 a* a) P, ~7 vDefending force 1850 troops, 16 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 O! L4 V @/ \' f. y0 v. D. G% Q$ H
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' E; @8 S' J2 R w- y' m9 PGround combat at Singapore
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Attacking force 105694 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2526, m9 @* M% N- m
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Defending force 83937 troops, 622 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119* d6 I/ ]& x2 H7 Q B/ L; }
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168 casualties reported |