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; B. T- Q+ B- T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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. H# V) k. f! s M' q# p) y) B0 FMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 % F) b' k. W) O6 l3 _3 S
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0 J: I, f+ ]9 aRaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.& ~# P9 \8 N1 e4 d# v) Q5 M! E5 x
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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& x9 m6 v: d% _+ ?- uJapanese aircraft2 K7 T# n) g3 `4 V3 l) U
N1K5-J George x 122: V4 {- Y# n% ?: Y+ l
Ki-84r Frank x 36! ]# p- M& K6 x3 L: o
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P-38J Lightning x 37
2 J* S- d' t# F1 b3 V) s PB4Y-2 Privateer x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
: H+ C( y. i) F l- x: L N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged6 I% \% `# A* M% F
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Allied aircraft losses; s2 C& c$ {5 V0 @8 M
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed2 a: j9 a B7 H& s( m
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Airbase hits 212 L& p1 V* U8 [
Airbase supply hits 39 ]7 Q3 J7 ~* m/ @3 t( ~
Runway hits 55& u2 P* x2 I! @ C
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 ' i; Y' D, R, T1 Q/ A: n+ s
) C8 ]1 Y; x# a2 o1 p: Y: F4 VWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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3 M7 V& `, |" h8 V8 uRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.& X8 B" Z2 Q' i' e; c( {" q' q0 q& H! M
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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- c8 N% _9 o9 L6 M/ e N1K5-J George x 76, n2 N4 K4 |# U% Y6 d- S& l, I
Ki-84r Frank x 30: O9 G7 i# m' g; V1 c( `
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Allied aircraft" l, R# r a; P0 q! X4 N& N" k$ I9 h
P-38J Lightning x 8
& t, ?! f) H: }6 |. N PB4Y-2 Privateer x 90 [' u7 j6 V& q
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9 I: d J6 Q2 X N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed: ~: d! E. Q0 {
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Allied aircraft losses
7 o" J; v( J) M, Z* t' ^% u P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
: d/ o& r0 |+ E4 J: ]: q$ u# q2 D0 e PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged3 p; m1 K3 Z) ~6 P/ x8 N0 Q% P* o
7 d/ A' O4 T3 v2 m4 o' GAirbase hits 14 L9 E8 A) r7 E4 }
Runway hits 2$ m3 z9 J; e2 h& I8 @
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/ ~. v6 ?2 c( V, o. ^Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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, K6 Q: a0 I* d# w6 e! AWeather in hex: Heavy cloud. [8 Y8 l+ h4 e; Q% U0 h' O
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
( f: y: N& e! iEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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6 Y! V9 z4 Z9 u& S- x9 ^, oJapanese aircraft
# p. Z) T6 B5 j. h N1K5-J George x 61
/ H! [5 O0 {! T) ], U Ki-84r Frank x 296 f1 G" V5 U4 o. \3 N
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Allied aircraft
$ C5 x# F4 K2 e# u PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses5 U8 n) l+ I5 a& S1 i; q* j. q
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed; U* |4 Q5 p3 g# r( q. B
9 ]( l, E% d& i, Z/ _Allied aircraft losses3 \8 }$ a7 z7 x
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged' ]3 X) L- U/ i5 y6 q$ p% i
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 , w" a; y# ]0 f* C6 ?: e$ I
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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7 p: D9 e& N2 h. \& SRaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.( q! [- R( H ~8 a& t" q
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes+ ?: A( X6 Y- _! H0 b3 k
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Japanese aircraft
3 x% h L8 ~) [# B: e) Z N1K5-J George x 44
9 W# I# N7 J$ w' t Ki-84r Frank x 21( b. k/ E3 {' Q" |
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PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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/ k* n8 o0 d* N% I7 z' Z Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses7 y- d% i \8 Q! y
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Runway hits 1
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! g3 Q; q% B# n3 o) L$ D9 bMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 & v$ c( j! j. L7 g9 Y5 o$ S7 M
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud. V4 ]& ?8 Q4 j K
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: u4 f( b) q9 A/ F" N( I+ e
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes: n" L7 }5 B N0 A2 y
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Japanese aircraft$ e; W6 @ R* V5 P
N1K5-J George x 31$ @' v* A; S. B: m
Ki-84r Frank x 18
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Allied aircraft' l6 N& ]3 z& Z2 P
B-24J Liberator x 67
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/ {; c" t0 @! V/ jJapanese aircraft losses8 a5 \% x0 L- E; T) j% L6 i
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed q ]$ F- M) C7 J& n& B0 S; G. ]
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Allied aircraft losses6 W+ T; ?& r0 e2 O
B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged5 S% @1 F3 X; t; U/ t
+ x7 w1 W; t5 R3 m9 U9 t" fJapanese ground losses:
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; o5 v, z" e/ h! w Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- H W# V, @9 L1 c; N6 q1 B Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled$ Q* w# g0 l( r& ~( @% |3 }
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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0 Z i5 J5 B% Y+ U/ N5 EAirbase hits 17
0 p! v2 m9 V, {! }5 n+ dRunway hits 227 I2 d' q$ f7 W2 ]' _
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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。
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. e, C2 }$ m2 I% k' S+ h5 h0 I* qAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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8 S! I' ?6 b: ^; l3 PWeather in hex: Light cloud
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?; w: k6 R0 L' Z2 y }5 ~" GRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.4 h+ u5 V6 I6 ^* F2 m; M' O3 S6 _
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes5 D- {' Z' F1 l Y$ M0 @8 Z
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1 W4 o) w9 V: U4 E( [/ _ B, } B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
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B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged! ^. ]" L2 Q" E$ a1 \! E! D
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak
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0 H9 C* n9 `' i0 BJapanese Ships* ]- W/ y! H+ C5 h/ J. ^9 ?
DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
' ?* ]1 \1 ?+ L. @0 Y& ^* y | DD Makinami- ~. I2 w# r' p% C/ y" h5 P
DD Kosukaze: ^1 D8 f8 e# ]- s
CA Kumano
3 a2 V* }1 I/ W& S DD Asashimo
- w+ T; A6 F$ m DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8& S1 E8 _+ x. S% n" {
BB Haruna$ U1 z5 Z8 Q1 D( Q1 w- t5 E1 c
CA Chikuma
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" P, W' s+ q( V6 a* j( W4 o- ~, T. gAircraft Attacking:
, [2 X, t6 n+ I9 j7 Q1 y- x 14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * 5 { A# q4 y; [; b4 F* W; ?- x
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
7 @3 f8 v1 m. x8 VEstimated time to target is 9 minutes H, K" W- R) h* w* m+ N
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B-25D1 Mitchell x 18
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! j9 G1 }, b# W( O. P* x6 \ B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged, J/ L) I/ w0 L
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
- G" R& p) v+ r DD Kishinami
1 b/ z' W1 _1 h! K- _ CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
9 k5 u3 n, ]! ^ DD Arikaze
7 x3 g- `7 {2 f( p) R DD Haruzuki
5 A1 }) f+ c6 T1 r3 S CA Mikuma
* e* ^3 N3 ^( B, V DD Satsukaze% Q+ F9 d: y: E2 h' Y$ h0 ]6 I# D
CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
/ m- t/ h. I1 n CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire
& V' c# p; t* T9 Y0 P DD Minegumo1 S% m% R! ?7 C: \* d, C# r& D
DD Myojinkaze
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3 u8 Z* Z! \2 O3 wAircraft Attacking:2 o! u" Y8 z9 Q* q5 y O* A
17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
/ j& h; W9 J4 W Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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8 M1 h/ E% b' Y" t0 l3 d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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Ground combat at Manus (101,119)
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( j6 ?: U# L5 n- B: q$ WAllied Deliberate attack5 \; w+ r: r# R6 d
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778, A r3 q1 w$ ?3 x2 z
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272, L1 W# `1 _( g" z4 B3 f
3 b" {9 F5 k' K3 C+ jAllied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119 ( J2 U- w9 }7 l% d) R% m. G+ O
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) ( w1 r) g0 S; N5 Y& P1 b4 a1 _
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Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!" [& L. i: l2 n U8 M" T
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Combat modifiers, N2 b* L, f5 w
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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4 S3 O6 k+ F8 i; }( N X/ hJapanese ground losses:# O3 `: ~- d/ ]; U" b
1954 casualties reported0 U6 y ]6 C& u8 L% [! [, v
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled. I; H3 ^; V# n
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled+ R& P; V b/ p3 g% n- y# N
Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 J; c: w+ b5 d5 f8 u) O Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)7 S7 j0 e5 s9 ]9 C$ K( `. C
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Allied ground losses:. q* U, f0 Q1 K
267 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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8 z9 P3 W5 I! R \ ~# @% W( lAssaulting units:3 u/ K' _7 ], d$ M
77th Infantry Division5 _8 _* N4 z0 P1 n- A) }
7th Infantry Division e7 [/ b" [( x1 W, T% F. \
193rd USAAF Base Force
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5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. L0 A# E3 \$ g4 C" z 9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- }( u" W0 z) X7 Q! a( o8 A5 J: u5 s9 _ Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
+ z/ O G9 L3 t( \3 ~ 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion3 _( d) v. ^: B
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Defending units:9 y0 |# e0 I* }. B0 y" G. K; q
60th Division+ c7 r. T( C! [. v8 H
63rd Naval Guard Unit
3 S+ `! L; o8 [0 O 20th JNAF AF Unit
* J9 Y8 u+ V% D# E3 a 13th Base Force& e; X; N9 t4 ~8 T+ \
65th JAAF AF Bn |