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攻陷拉包尔。南太门户打开
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Day Air attack on Kendari , at 33,71( c( n1 [! F& u
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G4M1 Betty x 49; }; ]- }, j1 t; p7 W
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No Japanese losses
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% \$ f8 ~( k/ T3 [) O$ N- H& GAirbase hits 28 G6 F2 q3 z+ l$ D* {7 |2 Q* A
Airbase supply hits 1
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) u$ q) W2 b. SGround combat at Rabaul/ y8 S5 X k$ C& c2 B, K4 ^% ]
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Japanese Shock attack
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4 H. @' L! A6 M6 b: I6 nAttacking force 13250 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242
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# Q3 ^; F) R3 ]2 ?Defending force 3986 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335 N0 {$ y, @' w" \
) f n: |. M5 b: K& |$ gJapanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
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Japanese max assault: 496 - adjusted assault: 280
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, A/ _& C% U; t5 o% m8 N- W( NAllied max defense: 28 - adjusted defense: 31
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Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Rabaul base !!!4 `" z! P+ E) a/ G
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Catalina I: 2 destroyed
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$ R; j' ?; o4 Q/ R9 n0 H' mJapanese ground losses: A& A7 M- F9 W! @- ]1 @9 Z- C
316 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Singkawang
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Japanese Bombardment attack
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+ ^8 x2 _. R$ K" xAttacking force 3827 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
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1 d1 ^ A+ h1 i+ H# O" xDefending force 1850 troops, 16 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2( Y0 n' J$ z8 T9 f
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Ground combat at Singapore
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Japanese Bombardment attack! z- H, g3 ~: e: }
7 z7 C: M+ S5 c, N# DAttacking force 105694 troops, 552 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25269 a: I) F6 j5 H8 X4 K8 a# B8 F
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Defending force 83937 troops, 622 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 1119
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) h. i- n5 Z8 N6 {Allied ground losses:! P9 Y/ m! @; y# l/ Z
168 casualties reported |