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卡拉奇封锁战!!5 A- L4 H/ |" K* P, ^4 c
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印度已经摇摇欲坠,米酋27不顾盟友死活,拼死前往卡拉奇运增援,以印度苏加特和孟买为基地的蝗军海航,奋力拦截中~~,不断击沉一切敢于靠近卡拉奇的盟军舰船,卡拉奇外海已经成为鲨鱼游猎场,大量人员武器装备和物资送入大海~~/ T" B9 u" G S
( [) z! S2 Q; a联合舰队水面战主力一部,对卡拉奇实施昼夜3段炮击,效果一般,不幸的是炮击编队所携带的DMS全部因主动扫雷而惨遭CD击沉,牺牲6艘DMS,清理掉60余枚水雷。
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8
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Allied aircraft; k$ p' U( Q, y+ D
no flights
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2 D8 w+ H& F( V8 o- j& _7 lAllied aircraft losses: S4 v9 V+ i4 p! y
Hurricane IIa Trop: 4 destroyed on ground" E. g; v% M- u9 ~: \$ E0 q3 r6 r
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed on ground: X# w: a) d6 A
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Japanese Ships
3 O( E R6 c4 m& L' ? M: X8 H BB Ise- A2 u; u- R" u' d7 c: x- ?& J! b
BB Yamashiro
: ^# n( Z, d0 k1 F9 N# _ BB Fuso# F2 |% [% m+ q7 F5 ?
BB Mutsu
/ }9 x% W$ m( A. r) i% O BB Nagato: E5 C. U. g- ^1 K+ q/ h
CL Yubari A N! h4 y3 f: c. {
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- [! _: P6 g! }5 m& d 437 casualties reported
: s+ P. Q4 J2 [# W, K% Q; i$ ? Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
& e1 \+ r, T- k5 @% Z Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 48 disabled
- {: D9 j, P; v0 w Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
" S; c- l* ~! z) O5 T Guns lost 31 (8 destroyed, 23 disabled)1 q6 w1 E* Q+ A# g! x* Y1 K
Vehicles lost 32 (10 destroyed, 22 disabled)
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Heavy Industry hits 1, h1 v( }* @% R- g- z
Light Industry hits 5. g! j& p( O2 r. [$ [
Manpower hits 8: |" S- Z/ D' [0 W; r0 Q# Y
Resources hits 2
) I) s. B$ F/ P7 J2 HFires 75767 c! e( O G( W6 b# }) K
Airbase hits 24
* K" k* x, z1 E2 U- W. w. l4 bAirbase supply hits 6
2 X. U3 q1 Q1 f" ^+ ?0 \Runway hits 658 T. c' j& ?6 s& H9 y2 D4 {0 [. ]' _. ^
Port hits 16
* C. y% u3 C# }2 x# DPort fuel hits 79 O- I6 g4 p- C( V' p! N! w
Port supply hits 4. j- c3 w# z) Z) M' t {& ?% s
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Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8( ~% }% E9 e% f- A
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Allied aircraft
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" S3 a- G, X$ r6 W* DAllied aircraft losses+ W P# s/ U: O# ^/ e* p
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
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8 y6 r5 e' c. bJapanese Ships
5 `+ J+ u v2 i+ X" _! o CA Kako
4 N7 N& h$ x3 q/ Q4 u( X CA Kinugasa
5 Y. @* S- U' q: P n. t0 N) a5 S CA Nachi+ W$ g2 w) ]- `* O
CA Myoko
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CL Isuzu3 w8 s! j! v3 N5 s
CL Naka
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Allied ground losses:
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7 d, }4 E) C. R! x# \9 m Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# b% W$ |7 _3 J( m! z6 l0 [
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
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: R6 `3 k- O- A8 I! z% d8 n! YManpower hits 6/ C. W$ |, r2 W# p4 H& m
Fires 73094 R* K! E$ d, I" X+ ?+ C
Airbase hits 14
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" G1 e+ S8 x! J& m( l+ n. F+ GPort hits 4' i1 @" B x/ V- r5 \
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Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8& ~- Z; A h9 W7 w- A. s
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no flights, C2 a0 U* }) b0 k' q/ b7 F
" c, \1 v, f9 qAllied aircraft losses& a! v0 }/ I" ]% S0 e
Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 destroyed on ground
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BB Kongo
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+ X7 k/ R% \% Y' OAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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, A' o# r; R! e9 F' f Q Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled) C. y) n& I: u. W3 N- Y z
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled), E2 x1 d/ }$ ?) y* T U# ]/ O- F4 W* _
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Light Industry hits 4
f" H) ?# y0 L1 j: `' ]8 y6 JFires 4147
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Port hits 55 l' E4 N( e8 ?+ I* O# n
Port supply hits 1
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从亚丁方向过来的强行增援卡拉奇的盟军船队惨遭打靶~~,据米酋交代,一个精锐澳军旅下海,顺带几十架战斗机也成了珊瑚礁~~
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/ F i3 C/ B# \9 V, {! `( iMorning Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 38,7
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
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G4M1 Betty x 208 B2 s+ \4 ?( V* w5 w/ {
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Allied Ships
$ j5 f5 [0 }( W% @ xAP Rooseboom, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' H) y2 P: D' @) v# W9 J
xAK Empire Rani, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
; k- x3 ~" m* h DD Fortune, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' W& W$ Y5 Y. O xAK Jaladurga
3 Z" A: Y( U$ L7 Y xAP Mijer, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk1 j6 s$ r( z/ h2 J
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1388 casualties reported+ ~' a6 }5 i4 r" p
Squads: 74 destroyed, 78 disabled
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% M$ Y! G) N9 H( p# B Guns lost 43 (32 destroyed, 11 disabled)0 z5 R! D; H. z" N5 ^, l+ C$ E
Vehicles lost 106 (101 destroyed, 5 disabled), l5 T: q# q! T* R" b% P. ~
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Karachi at 38,7
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( j# i; z+ J% E. R7 @Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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H: N; E1 E1 pRaid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
! ?1 ]" f$ q: I9 x9 C- kEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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_" ?4 _) O" oNo Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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xAK Pasha
$ N. s# Z5 L2 Z& { f* T! s+ v! T xAK Slemmestad, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk2 }8 u9 |$ d/ l; w, R0 O- @
xAK City of Hankow
5 e* ^, m# V9 W6 S' C- Z, r2 T! p xAK Trevilley, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. v/ {" M% _! K \% B8 k xAK Jaladurga, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: h: i" R: f- w' t j" j
xAP Camphuys9 B9 L% i- w/ Q3 J
xAP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 ^8 { A+ k+ U3 S K
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Allied ground losses:
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Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Vehicles lost 29 (27 destroyed, 2 disabled)- ~1 a: {6 L. x" S7 {& z& m; k' ?
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同日,在澳北,KB分遣队截获一队偷运物资前往达尔文的小船队
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- G- u! g' o$ ?$ q9 OMorning Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 72,124
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud" z7 `1 x, Y5 K5 q4 `1 O: W
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Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.6 [8 m; A$ w$ u# p! ^9 ~) ~* ]
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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/ a5 k f, U1 X. I6 O# ?9 e& y$ HAllied aircraft
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No Japanese losses4 D- f0 `* h4 [- P5 `1 L+ F8 q
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Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
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5 Z- r9 K7 F. _3 _1 r. o xAKL Taurus, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' e, b4 q: `/ @" o1 J+ v
AM Colac, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& a( `+ C2 A" i+ E g xAKL Elcano, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
& v$ h; d, b/ G xAKL Dos Hermanos |