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2 T0 t! K8 z0 u, f$ f% Z5 g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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$ V. ?2 Y( w @( @% BMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92 f( \! q4 y- w. r" z7 Z
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ z G% A; I" K5 C( ~& A! w; Q
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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* v9 m# L) i& D) }Japanese aircraft/ O$ L; Z. T9 j: K9 D" S4 V
N1K5-J George x 122+ C4 p4 r# P. w2 l
Ki-84r Frank x 36
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& k6 c$ Z! n/ o y, n! xAllied aircraft$ z3 g( L+ G$ S$ l" D9 l
P-38J Lightning x 37: S x0 E; j( ?( u3 X+ v
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses6 T+ R# T" @' O% {, E$ S. t' u) p8 v
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged! `! C9 E9 F' _8 S7 O; B
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Allied aircraft losses
" R) I; W$ r1 f P-38J Lightning: 12 destroyed
2 W/ L* g/ [; _. N8 e PB4Y-2 Privateer: 12 destroyed, 6 damaged8 |# w8 s1 s" I2 l! l4 v, m7 U
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Airbase hits 21
' k$ ~3 R5 a$ L% BAirbase supply hits 3
' S. }! t# s s1 H1 g7 `3 U. ~Runway hits 555 h d6 v. }% U* _ l6 {
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9 w$ B& @, o7 k4 e) e# u, p3 L; K, ~Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud; _9 |) A* d' V# D+ }
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
" k' K M5 |4 a- w2 gEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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o$ v* _, y0 S4 L8 V; W: KJapanese aircraft
' @( A* Y( [( i7 l3 O7 b% i3 j7 p N1K5-J George x 766 J% `( x" ~7 W6 B: u+ t
Ki-84r Frank x 30
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5 p9 d# R. B A5 j P-38J Lightning x 89 K0 p- p. E7 c, k# S1 q
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 9* E t9 s6 f0 `) S. u8 |1 T
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 c2 i# D% _1 u5 }! H4 u N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
6 N, `/ C" J$ e! Y k0 j P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
1 H) Q6 t& Z1 L% A" G PB4Y-2 Privateer: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged) s( P% L" M: {6 W! j" x
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Airbase hits 1
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0 r1 V& [+ U/ |# e; ZMorning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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3 I2 j N1 q4 @" O4 a- KWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' N( b3 l* \4 p9 ?3 |
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes7 C8 ?4 }8 V/ q
2 w# g; B7 _- M- E" sJapanese aircraft
$ k6 q- P/ ?$ K N1K5-J George x 61) l3 t- W2 Y# V
Ki-84r Frank x 29, |; D) W% @9 R" [. O0 [, p
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Allied aircraft% H) U& p- w- y
PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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1 W! ?: C) x/ ~/ w2 b* Z9 k4 pJapanese aircraft losses
* M8 S, B5 s5 Q7 p: ` Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
# L3 \& y0 d: u) o) G PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 l( {' r( M* T- T" k
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Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: N. _: A, {9 g% P: c7 ?
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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3 I7 _& h! h# H$ J' H! F5 b, e N1K5-J George x 44- x9 O/ m9 G! G/ R$ o( ]4 \3 X
Ki-84r Frank x 21
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Allied aircraft
* H! t* b6 Q: O+ j+ I PB4Y-2 Privateer x 6
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% j- N. F! ~( t; u- D- fJapanese aircraft losses
" ?8 ?/ x1 V3 e% _% h1 c Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
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6 t/ @$ E# Y' N) u+ gAllied aircraft losses
7 }' |; X; h2 s: ~* } PB4Y-2 Privateer: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged5 d$ m$ Z/ n) H: ?2 F2 H
+ C6 v# h& o; @, L4 {2 `: TRunway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Lahat , at 47,92
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) ]0 ^, u+ V' Q; B( `# q! L+ kRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
8 Q, p" q& P; [1 W+ l" ]Estimated time to target is 12 minutes4 @' j8 o) \. O+ e1 g
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Japanese aircraft
' I) u2 b/ R; @ N1K5-J George x 31; @8 M" r# i( w
Ki-84r Frank x 184 t2 }% P/ T! l% V, ^
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Allied aircraft
. t; n. N4 v# ^, P5 l, M4 ?! O: n B-24J Liberator x 67
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Japanese aircraft losses
0 G" J, Q1 [8 w6 S8 G$ Q N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed0 ~4 d$ P6 e1 p5 b
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Allied aircraft losses
% v) h& R/ I N6 |" m$ g B-24J Liberator: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
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1 }& N5 v* s8 g; X- C. p 5 casualties reported
; w2 S* W; B$ u Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 [* |: `3 ~) q# Y Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 z5 [( T* r- J' Q: Q2 a
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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. A% f# B4 y* Q( ^7 aAirbase hits 17
9 ^0 h* u, Y7 `Runway hits 22 i( i8 E5 m: i i+ x% A
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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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' V! Q$ }3 g3 k7 sAfternoon 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 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
: @* |; o' ]) m: ]6 g! VEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft9 U: E& P" k+ D1 q' ]
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
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Allied aircraft losses6 V$ R# `& b5 l9 f2 d" P7 |
B-25D1 Mitchell: 12 damaged v5 v0 j6 M( Y3 U% C! G0 \( B
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed by flak
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" V# e4 p- ?3 s+ o1 jJapanese Ships/ ~ x/ {, }. x, p9 o* p
DD Satsukaze, Bomb hits 1
8 m) W: S5 Y# V DD Makinami+ b2 t5 I" @/ J& e; V. M
DD Kosukaze) T4 I, ~- l; d V' Q
CA Kumano
7 d+ [* O7 N1 X0 Z* H# r4 [ DD Asashimo
8 V1 m- ~: g, U; g# L) B, [ DD Ishikaze, Shell hits 8
1 l9 V/ b: h( h% H" H BB Haruna
$ M& ~; ^6 `# o7 U6 K CA Chikuma
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Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb4 o" X1 A: E+ w- X9 F
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. E9 e& }4 M6 y. Q0 aAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 78,94) K' ?% a1 L8 A$ f; U) R$ Y
& c- x8 E/ v) m! K {9 A8 o6 G9 HWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
0 q0 c& [' T, N. L- X J; rEstimated time to target is 9 minutes6 s$ G3 U6 O7 S8 G
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, g; Z; W& n, L% J' Y9 {7 _ B-25D1 Mitchell x 18
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7 x$ _+ I1 B: ^9 ^9 j# e* @Allied aircraft losses
6 k t d! p$ q& Y$ q$ J B-25D1 Mitchell: 14 damaged
# p! `' N6 g( C! f+ R* a4 ] B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 destroyed by flak1 e% E+ p) q7 k
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DD Kishinami
0 j4 m6 r9 k+ b" ?. l CL Jintsu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
! R/ Z1 c6 f6 r! C DD Arikaze
7 A% x/ Y$ A# L9 D' Z# c) \0 o DD Haruzuki
4 ? b0 b* ^% Z \% `7 Y CA Mikuma
1 ~9 g; f8 k7 R1 @: j! f/ { DD Satsukaze
( r G' ]6 b) W2 C9 n CA Maya, Bomb hits 2
1 F. X; J4 v" O. l) h5 ? CA Atago, Bomb hits 2, on fire8 ^2 X4 I7 d8 v
DD Minegumo
) S! l! I( N) \+ P3 Q DD Myojinkaze9 \' t8 g1 w1 v- U2 U, j, R
, J5 @" F/ O( S2 wAircraft Attacking:) a) ?% x2 ]6 _; y3 `
17 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level * % R( m; k' n* `- m
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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' j# K$ b: h/ h1 P0 f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。8 q8 V! d5 F' h' |0 r$ T3 z) z
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0 Z# J8 T) v6 j0 R/ xGround combat at Manus (101,119)4 _( A- R- l- @6 v9 V/ n$ W* B% y) ^
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 23380 troops, 485 guns, 481 vehicles, Assault Value = 7789 y. A# r9 f B
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Defending force 10866 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 272
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Allied adjusted assault: 659 / e/ e# |$ |' P! [
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Japanese adjusted defense: 119 0 i* E' v/ W: A+ \( C, ~3 x$ ]
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Manus !!!9 W) e+ ]/ b) k: i
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Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)) Y5 P! G) a, B8 s; g
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Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
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* f9 T# s# o- W# D! F& _ Squads: 19 destroyed, 170 disabled
8 B7 n- o+ P8 ?; K0 S Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
; s# e, M) N+ Y5 r( ?) l Engineers: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
% l9 I1 o; Z: f Guns lost 38 (14 destroyed, 24 disabled)1 `+ U; l1 }+ P) G/ E
0 p" h4 k$ W. E2 u) T% z6 ^% b9 fAllied ground losses:
, i: Z% b; }$ F: Y. j* O 267 casualties reported9 [. J/ l: |4 v6 G% n
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled: r1 h- P9 R) m2 l! p ~. z( B/ E
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled+ D7 I1 x& g6 \+ Q# m1 H
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled5 T2 I8 L! j( E% q, ~
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Assaulting units:
8 j5 x6 t. Y9 a/ ?& o o, N/ I$ i l 77th Infantry Division; e% F- m2 ^5 e
7th Infantry Division
* s# n \7 K; w+ a% o 193rd USAAF Base Force
0 D# f5 E j# V& R& I: x0 z% p IX US Corps
: f: ]3 i+ `& |! ]$ O9 q& \5 k. o3 q6 _8 w 5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ [$ y1 C, W5 o4 Y' T 9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion. P. J) m- D! A7 k
Sixth Army Engineer Aviation Battalion0 Z4 ]0 r- c, \1 K
858th Engineer Aviation Battalion
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Defending units:' |9 @7 t0 z0 t8 W4 R- o* o
60th Division
* g" v8 W- {$ {3 q! ?$ d9 W 63rd Naval Guard Unit1 I+ `6 j" v& c: ]
20th JNAF AF Unit
/ ?3 Y# H/ y! W! J$ H$ r* ` 13th Base Force
6 J. p/ m& S" t2 h 65th JAAF AF Bn |