AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 15, 42
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' h/ l; E, \; l5 }/ `! l$ s7 B日军的补给编队被痛扁,盟军的炮火连大统领都看着咋舌0 k8 e4 r$ W& a# d5 M$ A5 Z
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wake Island at 136,98, Range 12,000 Yards) _$ _% c" X# j9 e) }* d5 Q
1 ]8 ~8 J" @1 v8 YJapanese Ships
. Z3 e8 ]+ {8 P; T9 j4 b PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage: b4 B2 r) R, g, J& |
PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 1
. g; V6 A2 H: I+ G& n* A$ u+ y F PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 I- Q, ]# h% f PB Sonan Maru #5, Shell hits 6, and is sunk4 Z8 [6 ]) P# q
xAK Tsukuba Maru
+ z/ z; r( f$ }8 X xAK Meiyo Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, |5 F4 H# W5 g7 x' A& ^) J xAK Hakonesan Maru
4 m! t P, U ]$ X xAK Yamayuri Maru, Shell hits 19 h0 Z' m8 L+ j6 t8 M6 q6 e( {
xAK Heian Maru
9 P. i, y& W/ D' _2 M1 [% R xAK Saiho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage2 n0 D$ z) @+ K6 g- o( v; |& Z
PB Yahada Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage# W) C) X2 A( q* a" u7 B- j5 ^
PB Sureboko Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships3 a' x8 `, Q9 |: F% ] v* t
CL St. Louis
H- `8 m* |+ {# Z$ t DD Sims, Shell hits 17 S) [' D: _' o- |' l$ `
DD Hughes0 U% c7 _, P! W% m
DD Anderson
! n$ a8 G0 N/ }. m/ d DD Mugford, Shell hits 1
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/ U8 P9 W* K2 Y% p; vGround combat at Wake Island (136,98)6 C9 K( W; C( H' B4 F; h! Z
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Allied Bombardment attack
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% [; g, q! X0 X3 A( A1 UAttacking force 1405 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 553 B# d8 k* _0 c; m6 W
, K4 N/ a. X$ B8 S3 a! N* cDefending force 4937 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 825 o" L7 A* t. B3 D: g
, Z0 h/ H! r& h( U3 @Japanese ground losses:
9 H* k# h4 F8 ^* O- u; g" i, n 560 casualties reported
( v5 Q; Z" I9 G) X% o Squads: 34 destroyed, 7 disabled w$ r' B; `8 x J% h7 i7 [6 D M
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
3 J& f; ]1 Z: R1 Y5 C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled( ^8 M( o/ u# r6 I1 ?3 x# A
0 `, }1 e% _. G) _5 E JAssaulting units: _ p+ p7 l W5 O4 g
1st Marine Defense Battalion
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/ c6 e: s; |8 |) A# P 6th Marine Defense Battalion0 N. {$ ~$ S( A+ g% w
: x$ c; B7 s; x! u P% y a4 X) q ADefending units:9 q2 e3 b M' T) X
144th Infantry Regiment- h# x! l9 _7 j4 g0 T- L
51st Naval Guard Unit( L v2 ?% j% I2 h6 b; L3 H" U
53rd Naval Guard Unit |