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& i7 M: K' B$ p- s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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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 o5 s+ @- s- @8 o2 S% N9 p2 r
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
, m) f$ \8 r1 n6 ]8 }+ PEstimated time to target is 14 minutes3 ~' i3 q; y. H* m
" o Q; ?. y- b" V0 aJapanese aircraft+ I$ n* v O% q5 f# B& n/ K
N1K5-J George x 122; E/ o' o: ~( _: P
Ki-84r Frank x 36
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. J* i P7 i: f( x( _/ u4 p0 _8 X$ n P-38J Lightning x 37: l( p) O- j1 `& R
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 561 P) J; y4 `/ m A9 ?
! t% i* j8 p9 p4 \ ^9 U, wJapanese aircraft losses
' `6 F/ g8 Y j" O0 b5 _3 ? N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged* ?/ ]3 {8 `- s
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Allied aircraft losses+ g/ z! `" u; G; b& r9 t+ P
P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
# l2 @' T; L2 t4 h, I PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged
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1 P) \/ m3 R; r8 _Airbase hits 21+ X8 a+ z; }( }
Airbase supply hits 3
! V+ m# b& k o: D% S( NRunway hits 55
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0 S6 c# g3 e8 |, C& b3 ]Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud* L5 D% v) v: s! \
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
?/ \/ u) z; R5 s$ xEstimated time to target is 7 minutes7 k, a9 f" v; r! \8 B5 B1 j* P. W
( u2 u) B% O. C* O: Y9 v0 YJapanese aircraft8 H2 Q* [, y' x: F$ D$ O
N1K5-J George x 76" i9 @6 u( }+ c8 m7 T! l, h
Ki-84r Frank x 30. ~& v/ l/ n! k8 d* k
, j9 S4 U, N: J4 h6 JAllied aircraft( n/ ~0 V& l* ]" l7 l6 V$ p
P-38J Lightning x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses
9 N8 ^2 b Q& ~* t3 x- r5 C& N N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed l5 u; o. t! r A! p- M z% s
. l3 C0 K6 I; y1 X7 N" @Allied aircraft losses5 i& Z6 f2 `) y3 H3 p1 w6 a S
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed9 W; }' ~- T+ G
PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged, N7 r# }" Z2 e. p* w
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Airbase hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 - | K0 U& W6 y8 h. o
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' r+ }' I n% [8 B/ w9 X+ B
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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N1K5-J George x 61
/ _8 K, j$ J5 R: y9 L/ f+ F Ki-84r Frank x 29
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Allied aircraft5 k/ @" E: W% k( d+ G j0 K
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6' z3 I+ Q' n: `8 y* a7 r# [
0 e7 I# r1 l7 x7 p% c! {Japanese aircraft losses# X7 c& k1 @6 Z. [
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed. \. B- I" l, B5 f1 v# v
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; Q1 A% U; l) V% q9 [ PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged8 f2 p+ v& D+ h+ f4 }8 b
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud9 x4 M# Z$ ]6 K5 c+ E
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.0 j. `' i: I" Z
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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N1K5-J George x 44
. h5 q3 S- i+ g7 L% u Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft
8 y2 N2 S& C7 d; o7 l: ^ PB4Y-2 Privateer x 60 g3 G7 H! `, |+ b/ i
|1 R& G5 U' y* `Japanese aircraft losses
7 ~8 c5 T* g+ Y+ C Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed9 e7 x m% x9 P% y8 \) h
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Allied aircraft losses
. E( D5 P+ W+ S& L PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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8 J, @* v: T, Q" F! zRunway hits 12 z( E: S- r$ k2 Q3 Y H! Z( i
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 0 p0 L" v4 ]2 C' j: u* v& s6 @0 i$ ]1 y
8 G3 w$ R7 E) sWeather in hex: Heavy cloud, {9 x8 b- e5 m5 b: F
# I& K' D/ o" p6 p8 }Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
; ~/ \% [ u* w( C1 VEstimated time to target is 12 minutes* b3 ?' C: v1 Y* P
0 s) W" ~( [9 @9 V" R2 cJapanese aircraft, C' c! q( q! m f! F4 D
N1K5-J George x 31" K' N7 P B. Z$ F
Ki-84r Frank x 18% w! N. e ]# g# f
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B-24J Liberator x 67) o7 _. F" e% F/ u; g$ a9 N# l
2 g( o7 I7 [& V" [) {* n) _Japanese aircraft losses, u, u2 @' i% _* O7 g+ e
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed4 C# d) F+ W- Y7 k5 J7 {6 J
0 x6 q% |% R$ m# d, T" u- t, W( fAllied aircraft losses
1 |7 ^8 I. ]: b& Z B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged9 g# c3 h: @( X9 X" p5 }/ M
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 A0 p2 S* |; Q; A6 l2 k% X5 _$ d
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
* \, h$ N$ T3 i Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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* D+ E0 j0 ?6 c) U" ~Airbase hits 17
- }7 t6 T" `2 ?, @0 m8 ]# i9 e* bRunway hits 22
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" r9 B& I2 k# e3 ~7 O& g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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8 V8 `' w) @5 L/ D- o8 v; uAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,940 x/ x& M2 D( ?& s; j: }: B
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
6 ], t6 }( i6 C- m% VEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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3 r, }. |" u; q- y B-25D1 Mitchell x 17) h8 s& x s( U! `5 ~
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Allied aircraft losses
7 R% A+ U. m7 Y B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged! E$ D7 N. a, S! I; V
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak4 |" o5 V- Q. E! d* s( ~( H
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Japanese Ships
3 e( N# d2 A# e3 I) z# t' n: I; {1 R3 q8 R( g DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
1 f8 N; G! r; t; c- e. l DD Makinami& Q6 ` h( g( n a
DD Kosukaze
) f5 w$ z R+ A9 h/ V- M( t CA Kumano9 l' z/ ?5 B7 F! s7 @
DD Asashimo) g, Y4 ]; r: J0 @6 A! G3 ^
DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8* `+ [* u7 t' n8 q6 h" [
BB Haruna* P& g3 l, _1 f \5 r1 L; V
CA Chikuma
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Aircraft Attacking:
. r+ p8 m% m9 C) y% D0 g, K/ c 14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
, c, ?0 u# Y/ O% [) d Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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: x/ b+ Z" p7 Q/ _# S7 EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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2 X& \' W e7 J$ U/ SRaid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.& }1 @/ Z8 S; g. R# @
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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Allied aircraft0 \4 T; U# o- @) o& X& A
B-25D1 Mitchell x 18
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B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged' t( g# g. A4 I) Z d% u) U+ R, K: f" W
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships" \5 v$ S0 ]$ I) y& O+ V% V
DD Kishinami! w- o& l8 k# u; o' y9 c6 w
CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire) x: D4 T8 w/ f, B1 Z; V" b% [ b
DD Arikaze8 r- I1 N: l8 k
DD Haruzuki
8 W6 ~6 q! D; i6 F CA Mikuma
. n* w9 E4 z& T5 G' ]0 R: M DD Satsukaze
5 b$ ?0 S5 C* P CA Maya, Bomb hits 2& U5 `/ W$ W4 q/ {, D5 N1 w
CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire. W& H0 B6 Z8 c9 ?- @* V" } Y
DD Minegumo @0 c' Z. }7 l7 g
DD Myojinkaze, b+ R2 i. S) F
8 I- R' X K, MAircraft Attacking:
* C, g3 x% l2 `9 b- a2 ]! ] 17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level *
1 T( W3 z- E! U0 P; t Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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- T, ?1 Y+ Y* K' X Q' k4 o/ h' ?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)8 t2 i1 p7 t( ~
/ N3 G M# l1 J7 mAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 778$ L& ?1 a6 F) h ], Z
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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9 T7 }6 }( F* L& JAllied adjusted assault: 659
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!
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, ]* T: W1 s# {2 LDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) k( X& \) v& n# J' f9 r! D) X
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Attacker: / f1 k4 h$ Z' _, v e4 K
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Japanese ground losses:
( g. A* k: e) r$ ]& H, u) d 1954 casualties reported, f" P/ e" ]' P
Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled8 T( O, j ~1 Z* [8 b2 o
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled' v& J. C" q( r8 c* u) x* ?& }
Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
" W5 r6 f9 Z& j9 v Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)- J) v/ A, U; u& r3 x& U
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Allied ground losses:
& x+ Q, Q) [* U! G4 E0 d 267 casualties reported
9 x9 @& ]- b; a. j Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled! I% ~/ }; y9 b* C! u5 w
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
4 l+ Q- q0 R( a6 i Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled5 ~( x+ E0 y3 `2 {7 ]6 N( K
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Assaulting units:
`: B) q, L0 E! w6 @1 K% \ 77th Infantry Division
, l& T7 x' t; Y+ e5 L" R+ z 7th Infantry Division P9 \4 k3 D f" T& b6 B6 O5 W
193rd USAAF Base Force
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6 f, _1 B# H: \' k8 A 5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion% |: f9 Y$ {: u$ m- s* [: _: c, m
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion# y; L( f7 M4 m5 f0 l6 Y
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion
~ ^1 L" Q% P2 { 858th Engineer Aviation Battalion2 t; `$ S; }6 F, C
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Defending units:
. \+ d0 K W' }1 F* [ 60th Division3 o- L7 Y7 c$ Z
63rd Naval Guard Unit- e" m J1 y# m$ t1 J" F
20th JNAF AF Unit
5 G! y; S. K r p; P 13th Base Force8 N7 e: B2 Q) K& V. s* ^6 Z3 q
65th JAAF AF Bn |