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预定的D+1DAY,但是硫磺岛上的第37军将士惊讶的发现庞大的盟军部队已经悄无声息地撤退了,昨日激战的整个海滩今天却空空荡荡,只有还在海边游弋的盟军舰队告诉他们,敌军残部已经全部上船,看来盟军将要撤退无疑,帝国取得了硫磺岛防御战的胜利!
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当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。
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& P( \$ P0 H* R2 m9 @5 }Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 ^. s0 e* }! }( |; }4 C) d
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Weather in hex: Severe storms/ ~) Z% G# H: Q% U
1 C% |. D/ B3 \; mRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& Q U& H& k H+ R$ P
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes* w1 k- a+ c/ a5 l$ k
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N1K5-J George x 36+ o x2 _9 Q& x: \- R G
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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Allied aircraft! N( t% X* e1 }" l& J9 e
F6F-5 Hellcat x 1687 E* k! Q6 ]8 E, _5 v3 `2 c# y" f' V
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325 U9 e0 I: |% c9 Z9 q3 u
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses0 O5 z2 G% B8 J6 @* j+ N* _: h! |
F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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' G3 @" _1 v" n( N( f1 o xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
9 Y; g0 g0 M6 ]( C$ T% ^2 n% W xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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& @) _4 H, ]/ `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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Weather in hex: Overcast8 g2 c0 w8 g. p3 l* a4 Y6 P
) ~. X8 M, |4 _& yRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
% m2 R7 [3 n+ T( ^$ F+ i! C/ cEstimated time to target is 31 minutes
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N1K5-J George x 62. o$ E% G8 r; Z
Ki-84r Frank x 83& y* j0 K/ f& |6 K3 C" o
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Allied aircraft
5 W2 N j3 z3 y- {; C' J. { F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
) F8 v# Y1 U% C- e$ C/ o SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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Japanese aircraft losses
% G U) a5 d* B. r$ [ N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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# V6 ^1 N* k+ m F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
+ v, a" ]7 u; m5 B% M9 o, O+ A* T5 L SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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