5月12日
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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。$ N* ]7 t% j7 A
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 9 y- x# J% i$ h% p7 j
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
9 d7 U! c% z( B1 d% W- c7 WEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
$ m2 ]7 }" b6 O$ X3 Y- _ N1K5-J George x 122
, I' K2 J+ L; G" d, W" l% S; y* s Ki-84r Frank x 36
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8 H/ v" k* ^) S7 W0 F) \ P-38J Lightning x 37/ c$ g9 b& n! h- S' D% v8 O! h
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses$ O. G* F7 D7 |5 l& w5 v
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged d2 q4 x# c9 J9 Z3 ]* c1 w5 N; ]
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Allied aircraft losses" U/ R7 _4 b0 B& H) K" @7 _
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed* ^/ N: g( H: R0 f1 F6 Z! [
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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" x0 H! J, n" |7 S. q9 rAirbase hits 21
8 L* w$ u: t$ I& u, ^: F! b! ?% n0 rAirbase supply hits 3
9 P* T! F4 U3 ERunway hits 558 V6 w' c4 l9 X$ O, y) B( |
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4 j$ L% j f4 @7 | c1 n- P' YMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 " Y' R) k8 M6 o6 H* u2 o
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.' v: ]* T# ] C5 p" c8 ~: Y u
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes6 x5 j; ]9 K+ h* F# T' O! R
2 ~. X% f9 G* L+ Q7 h0 dJapanese aircraft
3 J% Z1 d7 A4 ] N1K5-J George x 76
- G4 N9 ]# ^9 W0 m7 J: K Ki-84r Frank x 30
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Allied aircraft' k/ K$ v7 u6 M9 ?, D% C* m
P-38J Lightning x 8( D5 w, e# ~: S/ G; u& O) p
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9( D$ o9 `+ i2 L! t* N# J
7 j9 ^: e) M6 `* [Japanese aircraft losses5 V1 @. h6 s$ K( ^2 Z6 {9 W) I1 V
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed) p! p. R/ q1 y: k" P& B o# j
# t: r6 d: R4 K/ D( B! F( xAllied aircraft losses
; R8 t3 g9 G& Q Q P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed0 r- O" h' ~6 S* X m8 \
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged6 q r( U3 n" M. N: O2 [
1 u& | C8 V5 J4 G+ CAirbase hits 1/ `0 |4 R! k2 V4 ~7 K- S: J- Z% O1 V
Runway hits 2
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2 X5 c* Y# @! S* U4 Y. hMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 ; _ f- U4 @8 \6 x( x
8 \9 g5 b* n4 k% r3 lWeather in hex: Heavy cloud+ @. R& r" r3 T+ R0 E
- | n* D7 m% ^" T8 s9 O4 hRaid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
7 Z4 O3 y, v4 Q5 p6 aEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
! \& B. ~# A3 d N1K5-J George x 61. P( J# ~ ?2 n* F% {: B
Ki-84r Frank x 29
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PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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# |7 L w" h5 B Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses2 j) o0 z4 [% V4 z/ y
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged, Z3 k7 b: B0 F/ z* [7 v
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7 x9 y- L S) e8 F4 x: c5 K- W6 }) Z1 X f( ^Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 # e: t0 G4 U0 Y. l1 `- w+ b
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud, F w9 U3 j& _6 h' \' c/ h
) v) X3 y0 q, C t$ Q( gRaid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
4 b: G! l$ G6 b0 YEstimated time to target is 14 minutes3 ~4 b% }* @+ ~
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Japanese aircraft
' }9 K3 e; F P N1K5-J George x 44
& R- o: z6 [5 w/ ?1 T! j Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft
h# S& j6 h3 Q! S PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6) o: @$ f, r Q
4 Y3 B$ U% B2 `2 H1 F% n5 F0 t5 yJapanese aircraft losses4 I% C: z9 S' M1 I
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed9 \- z R0 I" L- G" F
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Allied aircraft losses8 D( c3 w1 t; B5 P0 A. T/ `
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged" x6 [& z( l- ^3 h
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Runway hits 1# g! D' S0 k; z' @& V1 V
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
7 O$ w; |. `* a4 HEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
: K- i- u- C0 V; ^) i) [8 E/ p N1K5-J George x 319 \8 f9 P& i: G
Ki-84r Frank x 18+ Z! t) d3 r0 n' A, K0 P2 ^
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Allied aircraft( e* Z' H, u$ ?: G* b$ b
B-24J Liberator x 67
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Japanese aircraft losses0 _+ B) n. b7 H' x4 [
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed' y0 _% M- K5 A9 d' [5 z
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3 |2 q* j3 A# t8 _# j2 ^; x9 S- y B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
2 O& i4 Y% ?& I g k8 G( g 5 casualties reported
6 w. ]# z6 N7 n% v7 L E- | Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 g0 g$ r5 o. q1 T0 E Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
, ?1 z% p1 |( J9 w4 r1 n% C W& G, B. F Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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5 h4 v, G3 }5 S1 v% q) W, PAirbase hits 17
6 @& H6 F. x9 e% g4 ^Runway hits 22
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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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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,942 G# W0 X: x: L4 _
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.; \# D4 |/ ?- T% G3 y
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft' D! l8 z2 z& E
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17 P1 [ L- f9 v' @7 Y+ ^* F' k
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Allied aircraft losses* I( T8 T% e3 }% ]! Y
B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged
# S0 y) }/ Q! k) q, J9 C, T, R# } B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak6 m& {, p4 [6 r6 M5 P/ Y7 H1 ?" u
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+ a$ h; @. Q" y. O* | DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
% ?) h- {$ d$ J# s% r) z* ]: d' ~2 x DD Makinami
4 ~# C' p% H" F+ D DD Kosukaze
/ ~, @7 t h. N# x CA Kumano
; q. y! e, M; h6 l8 C DD Asashimo
* X( ~5 Q( j% X; `- _+ q DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8
8 _! \3 f+ R2 v9 e+ ]5 o6 b BB Haruna T( m6 ~1 w3 H, N% _" h, p& F1 v
CA Chikuma1 K) @, |& K/ j
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14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * 5 f. H, c" O. w0 K" @) N
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94: X6 q, c; A& Q0 V8 f. z( C
- |5 V8 L5 p4 Z0 q7 r7 HWeather in hex: Light cloud! M' Z2 ~( G! o5 J" \$ d( H$ k
2 u8 @8 N* I8 n3 K+ p: @4 @! SRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
% \" m4 f+ h; M: n" b9 hEstimated time to target is 9 minutes
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& {8 g, Q$ e" H( D) r* a2 QAllied aircraft
/ `. ^0 m+ k: @) o5 I( A) h, ^ B-25D1 Mitchell x 18 C1 P/ k; y! k; t
2 L# X% h8 ?0 f5 P. h( M; h4 x& iAllied aircraft losses
5 x+ \, q8 y) l7 X4 y B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
6 Y9 v& b( K6 F B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
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DD Kishinami7 C2 l7 H+ `: D5 H l
CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
! c2 r! a u+ s DD Arikaze
! Y$ J. O+ n3 v/ Y DD Haruzuki" k( v/ b: L" T% w% A, y" t
CA Mikuma6 s2 n3 I5 l/ v" v$ J
DD Satsukaze
& s$ ?& Y* U @ CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
1 I5 X; e' l3 p) O" f q( p CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire4 T0 Z- b. E6 T% _2 p
DD Minegumo
& L* c/ M: K3 w3 z5 Y DD Myojinkaze+ p) U% Y' i O" r5 ~" L: A# M) C
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Aircraft Attacking:
U/ r* E/ `8 D2 n& C9 h) I m0 E) ~ 17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
& E" m' B1 h# h6 ^, u8 Y8 B3 @ Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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- B- B/ l, \" t# n; _* ?" z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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Allied Deliberate attack7 f( N: n" t. x0 r7 x9 U: Y- V
2 {+ a) |; f& f! I+ p" @, xAttacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2729 b0 q' w7 r" x
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Allied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119
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8 |7 L% f0 f: F; EAllied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!* _% f1 S) D9 R8 D( b, a
( ~$ f, E. a9 i0 ZCombat modifiers, N3 F& p n0 I5 M+ p; u. _% C
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
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Attacker: ( L1 \( s0 K! e1 P
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6 y* I( b' o, K/ F, Q' }( B 1954 casualties reported" E3 v6 x; o6 n+ ?' i
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled
# `3 @ \1 K: }# N* @ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
3 ?$ n3 I' q3 H) r1 C" H Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 j. d7 {; O! v/ W0 G+ x6 I Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)
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+ x$ [: t2 p! }Allied ground losses:( J. X! z6 u- w) x! x4 v8 [! W
267 casualties reported: V9 T0 @- S' o8 v6 h5 \% v
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled% A. E) H0 E' l9 p
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Assaulting units:
7 H, |. d7 m4 B" F4 s 77th Infantry Division3 b. t( q& h. W$ a
7th Infantry Division+ p+ `( ~. y8 u, K0 C y3 s
193rd USAAF Base Force
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- D" e; m, Q% N0 y) Y' u 5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" Z3 |* A, m9 h5 u; J
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 {. t* @( T+ ?* T1 v: o+ } Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion$ M" Y' C: L4 ]8 f" j; R h1 n
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion
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Defending units:
+ }" [1 T) J6 ^" q 60th Division) K- d) y# Y# F" r( m* g+ F9 p
63rd Naval Guard Unit
% F6 V# x, F0 y% ?; G 20th JNAF AF Unit . j3 D! j0 l& V7 `
13th Base Force
/ s# r H* |$ D0 D# J# D8 {* J 65th JAAF AF Bn |