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# t4 p; f' o/ S3 Y6 d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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- Z- ^0 K) Z/ J0 W- m: D9 N9 e, K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。. B% `7 r& V( Z f7 O3 m
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74' i8 B! @1 j* \9 k9 A9 O: h
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Weather in hex: Severe storms/ Q6 P9 r! g) u6 g
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
0 P) \8 p+ Z* V* j" K* jEstimated time to target is 17 minutes' s9 U: V4 R5 v) X0 Y, b& \
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+ [ i1 y/ H5 s" G( | N1K5-J George x 360 d7 H5 e; ~' C/ b& N
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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5 Q( K, b6 I- n/ b, g* E- t9 E F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
( ~4 ]2 Z/ x A8 R& Y5 ` SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses: C# c7 B, K2 u! ]8 l2 c2 D
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed0 ^1 `; c2 U6 y! t
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SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged% L$ \5 [9 A/ u9 q' R6 j5 {' \
3 c4 J/ Q+ M% |. D8 rJapanese Ships
. L9 i) N. v0 y0 ?% S- a- ^% U xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk6 u0 p0 Q1 q3 P8 {
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
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6 r G, K$ Q6 h) Z0 H9 N" b6 n( _& A: FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75' T2 y7 A% l8 x: j0 G# y/ `
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Weather in hex: Overcast! R6 D. i' Z' u! V% I; [4 u
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.$ t- v9 P( S$ m. X6 e
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes# F" A3 l+ y4 f* _) o& l
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N1K5-J George x 62$ K& Y# j1 o8 \- U
Ki-84r Frank x 83
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151
9 |4 e; [" J. O! _& D SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24
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5 E& P# Y8 a: y L N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed
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