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29 - 30 June 1944
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After standing in the rain and cold for a few days watching the baseball team I help coach play poorly I'm left with a head cold and some sadness at lost opportunities. Such is life teaching and coaching teenagers. I'm again a few days behind in updating, but I'll try to get to the current turn by tomorrow as we have a short break in play due to Jocke's schedule.
SUBS: After hitting an xAK bringing troops down the Guitarro gets 15 hits and likely is sunk near Daito Shoto. Scamp takes a few hits. Not many other subs around these days. There are a few hanging off of the PI, about 5 total on both coasts. A few in the Lautem area, and just a few in this big area of open ocean South of the HI. One less now.
STRAT BOMBING: B-29s hit Hong Kong again at night and took out the HI while crushing the Ki-61-KAI that were trying to serve as night fighters.
One issue I'll be facing soon is that two of the NF groups will be withdrawing on July 10 along with about 15 other frontline units. Bad timing. And they will not be replaced soon. Who's idea was that? I know it's an issue as the Allies to consistently have units withdrawing to Europe, being limited by skimpy production numbers and all of that. This is horrific though for a Japanese player on the defensive. There will be no way to combat the Allies in all sectors during the middle of July as a total of 20+ groups withdraw in the first half of the month, with only about 1/3 of that number arriving during the same period. I'll be short of recon, frontline fighters and 2E IJN bombing groups. Where are the IJAAF NF groups? Too bad I can't convert some other groups to fly these planes, as the three total groups I will have soon just can't protect much of anything.
S/SW PAC: Jocke again tries for rear area bases. Too bad he picked this day to bomb Rabaul, as I'd moved in Helens to mine Finschafen. No go nd then the groups were nailed on the ground, losing 9 planes. I moved them out. Rossel Island was also attacked by the NZ N force, which came up against a tank regiment in full supply and got a 1:10 attack!  I DAed the next day for a 1:1 and I'll shock just to see what happens now. Elsewhere on North New guinea some ships look to be gathering for something. I'll likely not contest anything short of Sorong here, letting the ground troops try to stall the advances and building back air groups.
NORTH PACIFIC: A few measely hits on Dutch. No Allied opposition. Looks like this area was either a stalled advance or simply a feint. I didn't move much in to contest anything though. Looking forward to the winter. If I can hold any of the Aleutians into 45 this campaign will be an outstanding success for the Empire. All of the Kuriles have level 6 forts and most will be at 200+ AV while a reserve is forming on Hokkaido and Sakhalin to be flown in if needed. Of course he could swamp those defenses if he chooses to do so, but if I hold until 45 here more troops should be available then.
S DEI: No movement yet. No troops loaded. Dili and Lautem closed again. Because of the need to withdraw so many groups soon I'll be compromised in defending with air power from about July 5 to July 20. I'm nearly positive something will happen either before or during this time. He's obviously consolidating rear positions, bombing forward bases, getting ships and troops in place, and he can't wait too long to get going. Ambon will likely be the only base with enough power still intact to contest a push in the area, but there are some bases that will be out of range. The main deterrent will be the four separate SAGs in the area, all focused to hit simultaneously throughout the middle of the Southern DEI from Dili to Saumlaki. Babo and Taberfane will be too close to the big Allied bases on New Guinea and too far from air support. They'll have to simply be small speed bumps with MTBs and subs patrolling.
BURMA: He's sweeping and bombing the entire area around Rangoon for the first time, hitting Pegu with a massive strike. These are all unopposed as my fighters are recovering and can't contest what he's currently sending over these bases anyway. I have to make him over extend again. I'm covering Moulmein with two big IJAAF groups, and he has never swept or bombed it, so I'll see what happens there. The rest are in Bangkok. The air war is only a supplement to the ground war here, and the ground war is stalled at 55, 51, with other units pulling back to support rear areas and fill in after the Thais withdraw.
I just found that Khota Baru was set to store supplies from earlier in the game (DOH!) and had 30k just sitting there that should have been in Burma. I hope it'll start moving that direction now. Troops on the front are fine, only bases are short and all still have in the 5k range right now. Bangkok is flush at 25k. Another 45k is moving down along the Chinese coast.
CENTRAL PACFIC: I keep bombing Tinian and getting poor results. I'll bring bombers lower now. The base is listed as 74 percent damage and 67 on the port. The BBs are moving in again and will hopefully do better this time bombarding from a closer range.
I've seen some small shipping moving around from the Jakes flying from Marcus. Looks like pickets again. This perks my ears up. I'll step up search and see if there is a reason for those to be there.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR June 29, 44
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Night Air attack on Hong Kong , at 77,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-II KAI Tony x 9
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-II KAI Tony: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Heavy Industry hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 9000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 32
P1Y2 Frances x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
8 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
P1Y2 Frances x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y2 Frances: 5 damaged
P1Y2 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 29
N1K1-J George x 23
Ki-84a Frank x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 14 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IV x 10
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 32
B-24J Liberator x 134
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 20
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
E15K1 Norm: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 76
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 5
Liberator B.VI x 19
Liberator GR.VI x 8
B-17F Fortress x 8
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-24J Liberator x 117
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 76
Airbase supply hits 34
Runway hits 311
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Lautem , at 72,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25D1 Mitchell x 95
B-25G Mitchell x 30
B-25H Mitchell x 45
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 122
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-25D1 Mitchell x 30
B-26 Marauder x 11
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Noemfoor (86,110)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9420 troops, 155 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 438
Defending force 8434 troops, 76 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 304
Allied adjusted assault: 163
Japanese adjusted defense: 183
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
904 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
605 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Assaulting units:
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
Defending units:
91st Infantry Regiment
16th Garrison Unit
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
9th Tank Regiment
47th Engineer Regiment
6th Guards Inf. Rgt /2
62nd Construction Battalion
28th JNAF AF Unit
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Ground combat at Aitape (95,118)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35102 troops, 700 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1377
Defending force 14652 troops, 141 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 469
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Allied adjusted assault: 811
Japanese adjusted defense: 1613
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2525 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 235 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 41 (7 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
684 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
1st Marine Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
6th Guards Inf. Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
4th Brigade
3rd South Seas Gsn /2
52nd JNAF AF Unit
23rd Field AF Construction Battalion
58th JNAF AF Unit
44th Road Const Co
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
12th JAAF AF Coy
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Ground combat at 55,51 (near Prome)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 184746 troops, 3596 guns, 3473 vehicles, Assault Value = 7181
Defending force 129246 troops, 1803 guns, 3141 vehicles, Assault Value = 4451
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (7 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Ground combat at Rossel Island (105,137)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1122 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Defending force 666 troops, 0 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Allied adjusted assault: 16
Japanese adjusted defense: 169
Allied assault odds: 1 to 10 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Assaulting units:
N Force Detachment
Defending units:
19th Tank Regiment
3rd JNAF AF Unit /1
44th Road Const Co /1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR June 30, 44
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Morning Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 22
J2M3 Jack x 22
P1Y2 Frances x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 8 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
P1Y2 Frances: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
24 x P1Y2 Frances bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 171,50
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25D1 Mitchell x 107
B-25G Mitchell x 9
B-25H Mitchell x 45
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 119
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Tinian , at 108,94
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 23
G4M2 Betty x 20
N1K1-J George x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M2 Betty bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 103,69
Japanese Ships
xAK Syohei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 60
xAK Wales Maru
xAK Hauraki Maru
E Hiburi
PB AnsyuMaru
Allied Ships
SS Guitarro, hits 15, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Guitarro launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Syohei Maru
Guitarro diving deep ....
E Hiburi attacking submerged sub ....
PB AnsyuMaru fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hiburi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hiburi attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
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Ground combat at Rossel Island (105,137)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 576 troops, 0 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Defending force 1017 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36
Japanese adjusted assault: 38
Allied adjusted defense: 27
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
19th Tank Regiment
3rd JNAF AF Unit /1
44th Road Const Co /1
Defending units:
N Force Detachment
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Ground combat at Derby (64,127)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 720 troops, 0 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 59
Defending force 384 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Allied adjusted assault: 53
Japanese adjusted defense: 8
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Derby !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
2/7th Armoured Regiment
Defending units:
1st Cavalry Bde /1
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Reinforcements: Pilots pushed forward, which is good for HI accumulation. Also the Ha-43 will enter production next month and should reach 500 engines in two months, beginning to give the bonus for the Sam and other late war planes.
Accelerated training for 303 IJ Army pilots from month-cycle 10
ML G-319 arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
S-310 Hikotai arrives at Tokyo
71st Sentai arrives at Maizuru
72nd Sentai arrives at Hiroshima/Kure
4th Raiding Regiment arrives at Tokyo
5th INA Regiment arrives at Singapore
E No.32 arrives at Tokyo
5th JNAF Coy arrives at Tokyo
SS I-40 arrives at Takamatsu
43rd I.F.Chutai arrives at Tokyo
Aircraft Ki-102a Randy advances R&D (9/44)
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D (8/44)
Losses: Most of the brigade on this ship was likely saved by using the Cribtop lifeboat tactic. 
Loss of xAK Syohei Maru on Jun 30, 1944 is admitted
Ships Sunk:
LST-17 is reported to have been sunk near Sarmi on Jun 08, 1944
SS Guitarro is reported to have been sunk near Daito Shoto on Jun 30, 1944
Previous report of sinking of DD Conway incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Previous report of sinking of SS Escolar incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
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I foresee a lot of action coming up for the IJN surface fleet, and I can't help but wonder if this will mean a last stand by one or more of the battleships, still an intact and dangerous force.
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