hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 444 E# [- k5 Y' I
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了4 i& o1 `% O* A$ o

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, h& k3 U4 ]- {, {. ~. I3 V1 oNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.' [9 t) g' m# a/ V; l
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Allied Ships
8 p* F8 C- g# q3 J+ \6 ?      CA Wichita# q. z5 u, g# z2 k1 G
      CA Vincennes, B/ N+ }1 a7 ~
      CA Quincy
2 C3 p4 V" A# I  w      CA San Francisco% V' O! _* c; L" X; j$ p8 T
      CA Minneapolis9 V+ J- _: d+ \& ~+ p
      CA Astoria& @( m- W6 K( k( w3 L- Y' g
      CA Chicago
1 r- I# r6 a2 K9 `      CA Louisville
0 D5 e6 {% K9 I- K      CA Chester
' ~9 H/ r* i( {      CA Northampton
" I- a" v, l  J0 H+ Z      CA Portland' n/ e! }. _  n4 y" E! O  t+ p
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Japanese ground losses:
5 X3 D8 @/ r, T0 H; ]      71 casualties reported/ V/ W3 U% k& ], ]! W) _
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled- _0 m3 S: @# ]" }( C, ^
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 s8 G2 x: \0 c  ?+ z$ |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 _+ O: f% @1 @      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 L2 c4 S/ y! L
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Airbase hits 2" a& d* f0 w, ?7 m+ V0 a+ m( b7 Y
Runway hits 10
4 q' \8 ~% i/ mPort hits 4  B! F& @* Q; R( d
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape ; N& @7 ?" m$ s9 ^2 a# _1 e5 ~
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
+ P1 v! X6 f! D% xPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes+ ]) _5 _. Q+ y( h  ^
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress5 i9 I. R; m/ w
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy+ j4 @) B2 x/ X3 \7 x
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
# x; Q  \6 ?6 X7 @, FCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; N" {) t3 P: q1 L
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
1 F( u9 h4 g& r1 b) P2 aCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
$ Y& E5 Y& [, \1 o0 k) ]( C% iCA Chicago firing at Ponape 0 J/ ]8 H- U9 j- U& g" Y
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
* Z+ j- @4 D6 K- t; i; _OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
4 ]/ W3 ?, a4 f& x, _, a; yCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 t# j5 f# O$ v/ l" `4 P& K  S, FCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division. O: Q( x! q6 i% Y. O# Q2 W
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
0 D$ {9 Q- f( e. ^' y" G: m2 _7 rCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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& E( \$ F' h; g8 O+ H      BB Alabama
/ O. f" p- e* P      BB Massachusetts8 k) d3 o8 L1 L( h0 R
      BB Indiana, C4 Z. {5 c* ~. H$ I. `: s! ?4 I
      BB South Dakota
( h8 R1 o1 Q4 v/ s      BB Washington
% I  v+ k" U1 W; X% }  o5 {; z      BB North Carolina1 w" M6 G3 S1 A3 s

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, V0 q. S* ~2 o4 \6 \& }/ n      275 casualties reported
' v* g& {  s. q1 S% `" A2 R7 k' ^         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
- c" F1 A2 p2 F2 U         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
6 C0 q, Y1 i3 m/ M; U9 p9 k; r         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled. w6 e  a$ R$ s9 N
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)3 r! b1 W7 D9 [% a* M
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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: W; i4 @: N. S  }0 m1 bAirbase supply hits 1% n; ?7 x# q2 C  d
Runway hits 7* L6 J# G+ p6 [6 W+ G
Port hits 37 ~) Q) A3 Z, _% s. f, u  F" t
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape 0 X9 r) A  t5 F
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
4 M+ m+ {! ~0 b0 @BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division; L5 p+ \  k# G5 f" W
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
6 Y. B/ v, h+ J( i& [' F7 ]+ vBB South Dakota firing at Ponape . W! _) q+ o; d1 G: [
BB Washington firing at Ponape
8 V. i- a$ q% X) d; T; `4 ]BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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! M7 ]3 m; l) {) E, O2 {      BB Queen Elizabeth# r9 ^' h) G* s* Y
      BB Valiant. s$ \6 A( H3 L/ X
      BB Mississippi4 m4 l) k3 ]; P8 [1 s0 d
      BB New Mexico7 W$ v' E' u; E4 O3 i! o
      BB Idaho3 i0 p. L" I  E5 _9 K
      BB West Virginia1 B2 }# f  q8 u1 r* K( R
      BB Colorado
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      117 casualties reported
9 e) y. A# j9 z. S: j         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
; }+ X, B4 u6 W/ @) ?' r5 Z( C2 L         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled0 C# `. u, H. }5 [% F2 u  T  i0 S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 @: j* Q/ x. `  D9 B' {
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
9 E" @& w( g6 G      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)* C, m6 H. P# r) ]3 p
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Airbase hits 2
: u4 z7 N/ U5 s9 wRunway hits 2
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' i: ]" A- s1 X3 x4 mBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 M+ b! J% v  j3 ~$ }5 c, O
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
2 f. Z) @4 i" x! sBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
% x: w0 V. w* x" pPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi7 N. Q0 B0 I6 Y5 c5 U
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
: O4 `9 m4 {# G$ r& M# [BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force9 n2 S4 G8 ?1 n5 B  X+ h' \+ i
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
1 r0 ]: n. T/ v4 DBB West Virginia firing at Ponape
: R8 {+ m- G  a- Y7 ^  c# wBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force5 t2 O2 v5 G4 b# O. ~- ]! I7 a
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado# J" |# M4 S6 q% F
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' f& ^  G. Y. ZAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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4 Q7 y/ n* _2 H- T* GWeather in hex: Thunderstorms' `" v* p% c$ o7 W. S

* ~, s! Q6 N0 s/ q6 u; ERaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.9 A( d$ t8 ]& |5 R5 N% e
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes$ `" g) ^& o8 ^$ j( n: o
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Allied aircraft' U$ z: _* L' B- J. `6 W1 o5 i
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462$ {7 _- n- x; |6 [- A
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
: c* R* h; ~, [5 G; P6 T1 s( e5 _% U      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses
- t- S# z* T7 H2 N      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
- [1 e) w% f% T/ k9 y$ O2 y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
" w3 [, }1 I* x# i& ^$ f9 q      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged! E4 u, x) x0 s8 X0 {- @; H
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak! h) ?" _9 q1 F. M6 y" `
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Japanese ground losses:
" r; k- ^% i) n+ C; N; `6 H- @; z      159 casualties reported
9 b* \) u$ ~3 _3 ?' k5 }         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
' R3 l. M" U; W: r9 M/ s         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled) \; M) N- V' B$ \, @! H
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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. \, Q; V# j" C+ ]" o6 j$ C3 nGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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  u9 r" O4 E% i0 `, n( v  P2 a* lAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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* P/ X! u# y1 e' }' _& MDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13440 B# U% Z+ j4 k. l7 ?: T$ i
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 78 c- X& ~; [3 k; h# i
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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8 h# c+ N9 y9 _! jJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) # ~+ z" R: E3 Q2 W5 {3 @: P0 u. W
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Combat modifiers
. J* L! ~, B) W! T0 kDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
  y0 E: N9 r- i3 a0 E* ~      3539 casualties reported
  j7 V* W& w4 B0 u+ g6 y         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled% ?; L8 E, q5 [# {8 e/ w
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
5 \; K$ a" v' c. f         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled0 B9 L# }4 a$ ?; U' V- t. O
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
/ J2 ^$ ^; d7 a  g+ y+ _: I      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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; O9 a+ `% i$ ~/ X5 A+ zAllied ground losses:
( c% _& n. D6 Q$ q. g      3552 casualties reported
, g  _( E& D# ]1 e# T$ U3 A         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled1 v* P; s+ _5 i9 E" N9 y* t
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled  B: b0 r6 G. Z: B, G+ h& Q; J
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled  \; ?2 v6 w3 S6 V" [
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
8 s* g" L% {& f: V! ?      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)& d7 R) z5 Q/ Q8 Q, Z+ O) ?9 M# c
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:4 K2 v" |5 j* l7 a
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; J/ w8 m5 `8 b$ s
    5th Marine Division' s' n* K' `/ L/ w" v! A! ~. d. [* w
    716th Tank Battalion8 F! @& F7 l/ C7 U! P6 U
    706th Tank Battalion" Z* ?. m( g( w) o5 c# L' C
    762nd Tank Battalion
$ L+ S2 n, t+ q* w3 t    710th Tank Battalion
& j9 G7 k$ n, |, ^& F# ^  c3 q    767th Tank Battalion0 B( `/ z6 {* d4 V( E
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* Z8 [6 ]! y, m0 Q
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
1 k: u% ]- ~# Y$ B' d    81st Infantry Division8 n* w* Q7 z- S3 k/ z7 o1 R4 f
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1 ~7 K8 y' Q4 Y3 Z8 \- h' t+ n    96th Infantry Division3 H3 g, `: B; X2 U. Z- u
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
4 O& c# @5 ]2 A1 z- W    711th Tank Battalion
/ ^+ |( S+ E+ `0 Y, T, v    44th Tank Battalion
* J; `: _- u; G: G( n* T" e' f/ f    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
/ k* g, Y; s- J, h( u    6th Infantry Division
2 `' @8 r% k  l    1st Filipino Inf Regiment4 m8 r# X5 }2 ~* u- Q
    31st Infantry Regiment1 B: z, P( \* T% A2 M+ ^
    XIV US Corps
) @" R3 m$ ^1 M+ I    96th Coast AA Regiment2 s! I' K2 ]( S; _, E# I2 p# p
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 L  Q8 A: a1 {    4th USA Defense Battalion6 q$ k1 W5 _( _0 Y7 J2 l8 |! ]5 M
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
9 M! |# T0 g, A" _- M) \$ x    1st USMC AA Battalion5 v( f+ }& ?4 _! U
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
; j5 |; K" u: l7 l4 I4 m/ y    5th USA Defense Battalion- w7 X7 @' C0 ]
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment: r. A5 f2 s  D
    738th Coast AA Regiment
$ U+ X( x' v% u1 A    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; n) C7 P& Z  j- M& \2 {    I Corps Artillery , O2 E$ A4 ~4 I* y2 j5 U
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
% j! I, U1 [  L: q    X Corps Artillery & ?3 W, X3 o0 ?- U7 B0 G* N% c
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 H' _3 z9 W1 H. k5 n; d% L    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ P4 N7 H3 I  M# N
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    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
2 p# ?% `' E% m! `% j1 H    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ Q1 H( u) U9 K7 m% [! b2 z
    144th Infantry Regiment
9 V4 [% Q2 i  u) _4 A$ `5 o, m    Kure 3rd SNLF
+ P) B3 a7 ?& R9 {0 B$ J    Sasebo 7th SNLF
5 b; @: Q) ?; R# L2 K0 H" P    33rd/B Division
1 V0 q! u& t; n) \    81st/C Division: h) C% S( h; J+ G. ]
    81st/A Division" T, M( o; R5 h' y4 Z# V6 m" Q
    81st/B Division5 I- P: M5 o$ j/ i; H: A
    33rd/A Division$ ?5 ~; ?# D. X' y
    138th Infantry Regiment
: w+ m/ {2 f' B0 m4 `5 g  b( m    33rd/C Division7 W3 [' }* ~! q3 m
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  M( j6 t$ r# k; ^, t" e& c    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion. o0 |* ^. H  f6 M; |
    19th JAAF Base Force
+ h& Z0 S- a% U" Z( D    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# ?  m, q) n! Q) t( j# @    12th Air Fleet
- b: w) B4 |5 J    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
" R) W3 K# N& J4 f/ g# l5 w7 Y3 `    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 u& Z% s$ v, ^6 c
    63rd Field AA Battalion
* k9 M* \# A7 D: J7 l6 _- f% T, G    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) U; m3 o3 |4 I6 D. x7 B% r
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion5 Z: k0 o8 R' W. B7 S- q4 M8 A. c$ D
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 s" a2 a, G+ ?1 |# B/ U
    Ponape Naval Fortress: ]# D7 t/ V5 e+ ]0 e
    61st Field AA Battalion6 S# L! H3 h+ |; Y* D  r* S
    18th Army* ?: f- c+ ]) q& m
    14th Area Army /1+ {& B; k$ {- c$ p5 @- H
    60th Field AA Battalion4 U2 B9 f/ O; S& P2 H  p
    53rd Construction Battalion6 c( ^, g4 V) e: f
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 F8 ~1 n6 Z0 e4 d
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- F( ~2 x1 R4 {, O# O    Kure 7th SNLF
4 D- o- @; C6 j& ~9 _5 l    3rd Base Force
3 A" e- o4 q# u# o; X; u% f    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态% q& [( e8 Q) C% p5 s" P. g
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( @! R, x  l9 i2 u' p% \- k      CA Vincennes
7 u  e3 q. Q" ?      CA Quincy
. c3 ^' S; x8 E* K+ ?      CA San Francisco' A; O& b, [) L
      CA Minneapolis
% Q+ S; U) s. N9 _" a$ S* x      CA Astoria
2 y0 d! |& ?! a% p* `, R1 i9 O. ^      CA Chicago; u8 b1 S- D$ H# D
      CA Louisville
& c% q* `: ^2 ~  }      CA Chester
! Q% H0 |: L+ N3 V6 N      CA Northampton
+ h4 V) z- c. h, O  V% g" e      CA Portland! G1 A( `4 b* }4 H3 L  [# z

# j* O! E8 X& y) k- iJapanese ground losses:
7 G' l+ T9 I: P# X6 l; G% J) H      112 casualties reported
7 m* _4 }2 a! M& O  B8 `: S         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 @5 _. \* O' U" f5 D         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled4 e9 Y2 P0 c5 C; D; G- i: f3 V3 T
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 5  U- F+ i# H! {) F6 ]/ V
Airbase supply hits 2
: \5 z7 ~" P. |2 O) S4 C8 tRunway hits 21! m4 W' u! f- {4 U- g- X! l, d" r
Port hits 76 E+ U7 `3 y2 m5 d6 o" A. C" @: }

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships) v6 ~' {# E# e2 c" O! ^, o- w. `, X
      BB Alabama( U8 c% w$ E' Z7 y8 V/ y' N
      BB Massachusetts
" |3 {( G2 G0 g/ U8 d: `! i4 H      BB Indiana" [) ^9 h# I5 i' E- _( M  y7 i
      BB South Dakota
3 j& C0 G  `  v# @6 h2 [2 c$ o$ I      BB Washington* ]' x# Z% B. U8 Y
      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:
5 X& z9 a+ Z+ m2 u( J: x      398 casualties reported
- O; G; `) u) Y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled0 t( P. n- K/ t1 g, w" ^; V; ~0 P
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
/ Q8 @  |, f/ Y8 B! g' I         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
' i/ ~7 V8 P/ n5 R      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled). E; a% Z8 ~& G/ b4 c$ k% s
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
4 b0 q, C  o& s0 aRunway hits 9
% o. ?+ i1 C  X( O2 k  n2 QPort hits 2
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4 Z1 ]9 ~% ^7 \5 d$ p. U$ qBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division2 ^/ g! l4 e- s' o
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape & M$ P' U/ ^  ^9 ]1 j6 O
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division4 F" o# J: _7 C; {$ N
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape ! B% _) Y& f' z: ?
BB Washington firing at Ponape # \. [* f2 |, P  z1 l6 j
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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, A8 |5 M( k" aAllied Ships7 t+ g9 I( y& ]3 {( O
      BB Mississippi+ t% n# U9 r" G" L, {2 j9 ?/ \
      BB New Mexico' {& r( ]7 R, }7 O/ |
      BB Idaho- C" h7 S3 O% {4 }
6 ~9 C$ I) W- v! r7 o! I3 [' v* g
Japanese ground losses:
2 v' ^7 ^6 G# `8 `! d0 }      195 casualties reported/ U( r8 ^5 H6 r2 x( S5 l
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
7 @( m' L& o5 p) T5 a# e         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
: G! Z) C; Z0 A) W         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 r8 p- R5 a, k3 Q, q  F      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
( A$ f7 u) u5 ?# I      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)& n/ P- t  x) {& C- n" X, u
$ k% r! P' p8 m* P: w1 O- Q" k
Airbase hits 30 M$ i. T. |5 j8 z+ k, ^8 H
Runway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
) {* j' c- p6 W% Y0 b6 u! S/ FBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
/ h: J- A2 |" n5 ^BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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* _1 E$ O& t; x* p' |8 s+ kAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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4 Q1 w6 N, l+ H: y8 j+ V' pWeather in hex: Severe storms4 S' t% l; ^9 G) t( ]# O* o
4 x4 Q8 I! n2 J: L6 V! d2 }
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.1 |3 B- _! R% q$ a" U4 s' U  U
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft' r4 I4 @! V3 Q' a$ M5 D2 a& N
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4620 p/ c" X# T: z) I) d! p  k0 r2 h  l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
* w% H) e1 x- ?( j      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
, C5 i% }- p! W0 U! _, E/ K! ]
$ O5 ~$ [: K/ QAllied aircraft losses
8 ?1 k' H5 F! I9 w9 O      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged& d8 `! d6 C. n; D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak* s4 A* t/ S6 o# t+ p1 h6 L
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
3 a7 l8 E- Q( \, T  v$ i4 O3 o$ u$ \1 K6 a6 s& M# q4 [
Japanese ground losses:
* ^. F# x$ w) k. d+ x9 [      121 casualties reported8 r2 R% Y$ r# R+ C+ r7 Z! o
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled, Q, O! a6 w+ V" Q6 l9 X+ P
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
2 ]. A8 X9 W- X; C4 d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ p8 l$ y& Q# h( |4 i: q! N
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* J! l* L. z; _% |: L3 `+ p- |# tGround combat at Ponape (119,113)! o7 ^% w+ e5 `! R$ u

5 w% \3 X0 P; K% \& d1 VAllied Deliberate attack
% H( S7 n0 k& a/ Z# I: I$ ?: _- Y
9 V4 k- W% K! @0 qAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
. G1 {$ Q4 c+ G, R" u; ^
& R! n. N, @* F+ G& FDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11217 g5 O# o& H$ Q' \) R0 G
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 67 b% s  Y4 M9 N% C3 L# g9 S
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 ' ~, {9 A+ }$ Q: p0 l; v. g

& z: A/ E6 n$ B6 N" q% t& ^6 U- Q; {Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) / L" q% [. n4 y' c
1 V$ S) c. v7 v  `$ h
Combat modifiers
5 Z3 E9 h4 V; w0 A" M% H* B  @Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
1 T. {9 d7 @4 J) x1 [7 aAttacker:
' D5 p8 P, x- t& g+ f: E0 O/ ~! g4 b( @- L
Japanese ground losses:3 {8 I* s) X+ |! J5 c+ h
      2305 casualties reported
' O; _) r, M0 T         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled0 r8 v5 {# O7 L( r; [4 u
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
0 w5 F( M+ j7 G+ ?+ H: u         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
6 ]4 b% P: J  U/ l      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)* E- ?3 A' p6 Z2 f$ F- j& P7 f
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled), T% ~" l, a! q7 C. r

- i5 {3 W9 F" P$ cAllied ground losses:: x% ^/ d; E) q; e" g) T& P% ?/ C
      3064 casualties reported
& E3 A- K$ @+ ]: Q' e# L         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled2 e7 B5 V1 A0 a; y, D- \& {
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled; v" _4 l4 A, Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
& L! X( w- e; J2 F1 i, I      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
& @6 e% \% Z; }% w2 U! S" }; M1 K      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)* F* `& b* W  M7 h: \% P, e
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Assaulting units:  e8 _: a4 Y0 w  h8 u# x* u
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
: r: D1 L; R, e4 X0 m    711th Tank Battalion
- D& T# q) ^6 ~8 h: ~' T% J    716th Tank Battalion4 C0 }' n. e! }$ F* X) U/ ?
    6th Infantry Division
, Z: |! t1 c8 {* z" T    44th Tank Battalion+ ?6 c6 w! X' Z& N: h
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4 B3 ~" D6 \" \5 ~6 U) T    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) E* U; D9 s- |6 k9 i6 {' D
    81st Infantry Division* S! [! v! o( x4 q0 ]0 _6 z
    767th Tank Battalion
* H; s: g% A6 u    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
- H* f( t' y$ o1 }/ a; v. V: M    762nd Tank Battalion# D& X% @9 _! b7 T* Q# M# b$ ~' a0 o
    710th Tank Battalion$ [5 K7 o& c& t7 E! G- U2 U6 }  a
    96th Infantry Division
8 a! T4 m+ G! c8 _    1st Filipino Inf Regiment! |5 G" E. t; C( m. |; N
    706th Tank Battalion
! r2 F: n* M; c) ^    5th Marine Division+ A* O) F7 R4 [% |; y' {
    31st Infantry Regiment
! v! l. F% @" `* ^    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion" y/ X$ ?# n' u! I& f* h
    1st USMC AA Battalion" y8 g6 e7 ?/ I5 h
    738th Coast AA Regiment
& f& E+ {0 p5 b8 m' r( h    96th Coast AA Regiment
1 h! v# _* q5 x( b% r7 t, `    14th Marine Defense Battalion
; j: }. f5 M+ G3 L! _/ a! {- u    12th Marine Defense Battalion, u5 N# @+ U0 s; B7 l' v, ~& B+ u
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* A/ a; R4 X) v  }' u% @/ ]2 Y2 D8 B3 p    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
, |/ f3 |& s: T4 [* Q; x    XIV US Corps7 u3 |$ f2 x0 E- p, X5 g1 _
    X Corps Artillery
9 b8 n( P8 U4 F  |5 m% `' W7 [1 Y    5th USA Defense Battalion) i3 k% @' v" d2 U3 @
    4th USA Defense Battalion
! ?# _; R8 w9 w8 a    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! V' E- z' v2 \0 n3 _( \6 k! N, J
    I Corps Artillery
2 E* M5 j. Q. Y$ ~5 H; a7 `    8th Marine Defense Battalion
% E) m0 h2 N& ]    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
8 R8 _( G8 e6 C    Ponape Naval Fortress0 z& c5 }6 V* P& g- {) ?8 \
    81st/C Division* P; S( H' m- ]
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
9 h7 o4 @: W9 Z0 G9 |    138th Infantry Regiment
7 e( O* z; [! `; ~$ ]- ~( V    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
3 ]. ^) [& j4 q3 w% h# P- Q) N- @5 v9 A    Sasebo 7th SNLF' `) Q5 e; C! L: |) J
    144th Infantry Regiment& a- ~' L2 M/ q( s7 d
    81st/B Division
6 V- n1 k# m; W3 q- y3 [    33rd/B Division
7 i; X" R$ _  [    33rd/A Division
. Q& o4 o8 b; ]) r' f! p    81st/A Division  U+ T4 Q8 _8 D  J
    Kure 3rd SNLF
$ o5 C8 C+ C% W  n    33rd/C Division3 R9 o  w" ?: B( i1 `# [$ O
    53rd Construction Battalion
& q- |8 f! Q" k% L    18th Army* c* [$ H& {) s- c3 w
    14th Area Army /1% m- g! X% |2 a7 ~
    60th Field AA Battalion
0 T- {0 G* Y* E% b, a% B    12th Air Fleet3 @, h$ z2 F3 A& }
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 T: m0 i; M# L" L    63rd Field AA Battalion7 z1 ~" Q. o- N1 t& h; R. t
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# f2 U1 P- a5 x5 O; ~, @) _    3rd Base Force1 E( T6 b! I/ }  X# T, v" x" \
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /10 W+ g7 Q' {* W- q& g' ^+ D
    Kure 7th SNLF$ g7 k' s0 g/ A2 d
    19th JAAF Base Force0 l4 p* e" O( G; m6 ]) M, z
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
  k: m5 ^; U. S7 B; `/ Q  \    61st Field AA Battalion* S, N/ i+ T# g* W9 B/ s; }7 ]
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 7 \( b; B% k, g# V
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' }5 e, y0 D5 p    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
* e5 O1 U5 a8 t    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion  I8 p2 U# O6 s  R/ J5 n$ l, I
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
& [/ I+ e/ R* z/ }9 O    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
9 o# o7 W9 p/ h* b3 O  d妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜9 s$ j1 i+ q: _( J, U4 ]

& x7 ?3 u5 `( R6 l% q0 W9 s# k' }4 H当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待: L0 b$ y9 }* z3 _$ H" O. j# P2 _
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2 M- Q2 D% Q# Z7 z# PMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60/ I. q) i& }2 f' G

5 @. O+ s! p  iWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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! `- A# Z& X5 }% C! a' ERaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.# L$ w; P: V! _
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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2 g6 I6 r' k2 ^* AAllied aircraft  R. i" j5 {  ~6 F3 d; r2 q' ~
      P-38L Lightning x 23% E/ g: M4 ?$ @, G& U! ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
3 c  J1 s& W$ Q9 S! b% N5 g- \) m      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
0 i. ~! u/ H# O8 q/ Y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak. {8 Q" Y( o$ e: u- k1 n/ v
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Japanese Ships! E2 P6 c8 {( ^5 e
      DD Suruyame
0 `9 M$ V% d. L0 X$ J5 f. X      CL Ninaru
% {. e2 k9 a: V+ J" c      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 j' u3 v" U. Y
      DD Yayoi
* R/ n0 d8 q7 F      CA Kako
3 s) O* s1 Q! }1 X1 S      DD Asagiri& w: ~. [  |5 Q: B4 u
      DD Ayanami7 W1 k8 p/ p% m, i; O! s1 P

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! |2 ]  D; j! O" ~( A% T- }# wAircraft Attacking:% D8 L3 C: P0 C5 u' i, U; s$ K) R
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 z# f* W9 G# R
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb- q4 G, r5 Z' y1 S
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'0 i8 q; O1 j' _/ J: k/ _* u
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb, R* X/ |+ N, H0 n- J
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'' z$ _! Y+ [* r7 h
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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2 O3 m& q! d! MMassive explosion on CL Tokachi
8 j2 V. e$ h* eHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi2 R( Z5 F7 L& `* F9 j+ `7 x: S
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7 N+ ?# K' Y0 a# [* xAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)" g! E' v% Z9 B4 `" H0 E3 K

5 r) }8 x) C/ A( d! XWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
8 _+ _+ b) O5 g  VEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
. r: R# p: I% w      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4628 T/ `4 y; M. v, m2 M) ?% ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
; I( S, }5 C( P, f( f! X      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
7 M: M9 ?* w& K% |/ K" K/ H, i; }1 h8 S0 b" w1 [
Allied aircraft losses
4 E' X- b2 X6 w      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
% \7 ~% Q7 g  L' e; X      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak- \0 d; \: M/ a7 T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged+ E! ~" u: [+ G, |& u  q
9 ?: l# \( n3 p' j5 O
Japanese ground losses:4 m( d  o  k: D8 ?, k! H/ [- f
      276 casualties reported# p5 _2 L: n. L! l! ^3 H$ O$ T0 n
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
5 I: F& n1 w' e- g" P% {! v         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled" x! ~5 @! [! \9 w& w" B
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 M( t# I$ k9 w( p' X( @# F& F
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)+ O1 V( b- b6 Z
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)9 w6 f; f9 [7 @5 H% A6 ^0 v; V: K* W
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Allied Bombardment attack/ u. o/ b- y4 I- ?1 Z6 ^8 ~! U
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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: A* Q6 d, |/ h- K$ zDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:+ @8 H8 k1 J4 K! n
      1082 casualties reported
& H: [2 `( O4 E& |0 ?1 Y         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
; r  U- P1 p: x0 c0 R+ ?6 S         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
. r6 P0 G$ N" n" Y& y         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
7 d+ g! q' b* M' Y3 d9 c0 \      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
$ ^' I0 m! H3 [( N  t& I: D5 n
" x, [! t/ B# J: f7 ^3 f4 x9 wAllied ground losses:
4 y0 x+ ]4 [$ p$ ^$ w& y& J      23 casualties reported
1 F- @/ k. E5 H, _# ~# A3 X         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: G# @( @$ P: W) I
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled) }5 S: p: O! M/ e0 ]( s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- z7 o  ~4 J5 ^& [: u! b& g      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)- I, q! m# Z8 E% H, J0 O
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44( Z# ]' {8 `) V7 J" d
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东京快车出轨* f4 x1 ?0 D. w% \

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5 M5 l6 s& Y& @- I日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。( s- a3 N0 j/ w! H" }! Y$ z
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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4 ~; F+ \0 T  f6 {天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。1 U: P$ ^5 O% X0 e4 W( B
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113( ^, I0 g. }( r: w

, s& P* z8 ^) z8 e) L9 X. oJapanese Ships. y# p7 x# n* |+ u
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk, R; ]! z0 S4 I+ K
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Allied Ships+ J# a2 F; J& y; n( J
      CLAA Prince Robert( X" k9 P2 L2 {2 U' S# t7 l
      DD Saumarez
, s. h/ `2 V9 A# r, L/ B5 g      DD Nizam9 \# a" o. |' O7 q) f
      DD Ellet
$ h# D$ s1 G4 K; N3 ?' `      DD Waller
6 _- Y# w/ D; s( R      DD Walker% w8 n% u* b7 h$ A9 {, f
      DD Wadleigh$ i) E$ Z$ x) I  q
      DD Uhlmann  [5 u% ]& E, R( r$ l3 x6 M( C
      DD Twining
8 p8 z, w% n' R* O  d, k! k      DD Twiggs% V; J9 G" D- _$ a( Q" V; I/ \3 T
      DD David Taylor) _! M1 e" v/ i4 P1 t
      DD Strong# }+ v! f# t- f/ p2 A0 |
      DD Sproston0 ]# I% T6 Q* I
      DD Sigsbee
! V, j3 E( _* {4 L3 k      DD Sigourney
( ]" E1 A  D5 F      DD Schroeder
, ^0 y8 v' V7 F' |      DD Benham II: [0 }, ^+ l/ h" N6 a) ~8 s
      DD Cushing II! M8 Y+ l" `3 g4 N+ s5 r( X* k. D
      DD Urchin- J5 K3 O8 ]2 U& p7 f
      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort# w. W) E9 G% p
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search: R' [+ r% G7 }. D, H$ A
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
9 K. H  D' [# Z; k6 N! O9 C* a% iSS I-48 forced to surface!' C- ~$ F0 Y% ?) [+ y( h
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
$ g% ]) O1 e) e+ f2 X6 a& `DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....$ W2 `6 P: I$ r5 r' g& {9 K
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....0 C9 Q- i5 v5 T" _0 t  d
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
8 {$ N) H# s: C$ LDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
/ x2 ?2 e8 B# U4 [* l7 qSub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards, Z% G* y# [, M

2 G( x5 |6 n# YJapanese aircraft3 T1 Z* X7 F* @! D, f: I4 z) r. }0 P
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses: \2 _1 X; _2 W/ l
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed. h) o" L- y# @

& Z1 u+ W8 q) s3 k3 oJapanese Ships
/ J; y, G1 L  ^4 Q% u      CL Agano
5 _8 h0 N" Q& t& N% d8 d. G5 ^      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
+ `9 l# |' g! s+ l; X      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% {9 O: k+ D8 ^3 Z4 z0 x
      DD Hibiki9 P/ U- m/ t3 F/ ~7 \' e
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
4 R1 e6 O% K, s; @" a      DD Shirakumo/ K9 G5 l; }, H& K6 D
      DD Isonami
: r6 D+ F; ]9 H      DD Murakumo
  f$ o- J  Q0 f1 b& \+ w2 _      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk) X2 {' ^5 G8 X) j* B$ |
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Allied Ships5 I% j- Y4 o( T% h
      BB North Carolina/ V* O' _- s+ M+ f* s
      BB Washington/ |: ]3 I& V2 O0 `2 z. C
      BB South Dakota4 l6 c" Y" a5 c5 l
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
  w0 J/ O- l/ v2 _& j; v4 r8 d      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2; v8 J# F' \6 c9 a. S9 C
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2) j% O! k# r% _: ?7 V. ?9 Y" r
      DD Conner9 y8 `$ |1 r9 d2 [) f
      DD Cotten. M9 f( L3 l* P, G" c) s- l( W
      DD Cowell
0 W5 a5 F7 g. J1 g3 E' ], P      DD Daly- U2 P) `& [- q# |1 r2 Q0 Y
      DD Eaton
7 [8 }1 f' X) _" y1 C9 J      DD Heywood Edwards
1 n5 n4 J( R) {9 K* A: s      DD Erben) g6 E. S# _) @+ w- y$ G1 |* L2 W
      DD Evans7 [1 O" u- w# Q
      DD Foote
' }- h# I" ]/ t: N  t6 l      DD Franks
& m$ T4 Q# V6 }- J, i3 e      DD Fullam
7 ^  {7 O5 @; w      DD Gatling: U  d( K: {; ?. p
      DD Albert Grant
% y) K7 Z3 w) b+ ~! S2 u0 ~      DD Gregory
% l/ n8 ~4 W4 M5 f# W      DD Guest
  z" L0 l* ^& ~# I: u# c5 u/ a      DMS Hamilton
5 x5 z' b1 S7 t; k" G2 M      DMS Forrest
$ n% G8 f( l6 s& n) m      DMS Ellyson
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4 x1 z. T' x* z3 I# i+ ~1 Z, @Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards1 M' a& ]# q2 u
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
! I0 l" @9 l4 |, q" i" {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards' z9 u8 j* h4 _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards/ ]8 t: o' Y6 p" H" h% q
Range closes to 26,000 yards...7 v4 H2 q  c. E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards- G; ]1 o; w: C$ i2 t1 }# G8 E
Range closes to 24,000 yards.... T+ k4 `$ A  g3 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
# \+ |  N/ L- J" m% M9 WCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards. q/ A( T. t5 F9 C% O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
( s. G* N! b3 i4 d; MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
: w1 T4 Z. g5 G( U3 j! qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards. G; }: e. c. x! @" s1 o( g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...1 j' x+ v! t" {% @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards$ [4 y& B; d  ^1 a+ d
Range closes to 18,000 yards...# i3 @3 H$ E; o" |) ^. f- o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
7 l( Q( O" m% f% e+ O9 i) DRange closes to 16,000 yards...9 j7 m# j% \3 o
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
4 h' ~5 w1 f, z  gRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) w- t, z/ ~( t" ]5 r+ zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
* n0 @$ n- X3 X! n4 H* b! URange closes to 12,000 yards...
* P: z* {% M1 D2 Q' F" W! _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
6 u" s9 b0 }. Y" dCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
& i# r/ H# x7 o  A/ F8 B2 TRange closes to 11,000 yards...
1 d, v) h& e$ i% e' }6 g$ H; W/ _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
9 T" Q8 N. W9 @+ }* E1 N0 ICONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards$ N% L( Q& Q% H% N
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 j; T" x* x! w" ~3 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards3 {" P' ?& ^/ H' _% U5 ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
& Q+ x4 q( h: zCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
9 N( U& R2 ?( ~6 vBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
+ \$ W8 C$ w" b: z! KBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
0 t+ c& ^& N3 ^- ?2 dCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards0 h2 Z1 y/ _' w% b* X$ ^+ Y
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
( f+ ~1 V# N$ D! C7 M7 wBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards7 K+ v2 j9 m  U- Z
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
1 G6 ]0 g# p5 }DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
. c# G0 T% N) Z5 [BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards" ]* h5 t: i1 C7 y
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards" @9 U" C, l% t5 P( O5 _" E
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
8 j6 b  }; o" G/ F' ]1 qCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards& C7 K  ?! a5 ?2 q$ |4 Z# m
Range increases to 11,000 yards+ h# B2 U* Q. d/ V
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards& s. T8 B: B5 y, ~/ o
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards: v6 F; x5 J( b+ p: N3 x: D
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
8 R) h4 V% z/ MDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards( J2 K% u7 l, j0 }/ s
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
- W7 w0 d; i- Y3 PDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards1 P! V& e3 @8 q9 q- @
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
: M# r2 F! V. O% O  Q: ~0 f/ lBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards4 t9 v2 e8 b; K( f* x" r7 ]  J
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
! i# F# v' B. u1 s  BDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
! y1 `7 Q" M9 {+ i" H6 XDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
# D/ l0 D! r3 O* d& \7 |7 W' fDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
  V+ ~4 ^4 t5 e* J+ ~1 E: xDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards5 z4 B" a1 B) b# m: M3 Z" Q* L
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards( S9 y% F/ t  v- w# }# v
Range closes to 10,000 yards; j5 m) y1 O- s& R0 r
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards1 n2 v9 n, c/ d  I; v/ f8 B) W
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
* b8 H. w. O$ v. f8 KDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
2 l# R$ a6 V/ j* `: TDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
) Y8 N  h+ s) W! s8 P! L+ CDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
, I2 ]$ {3 q* N2 p/ NDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards9 Q% T& u$ W2 O1 u
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 g3 `+ B1 F2 a) QCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
/ K& d; n. y6 f5 NCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
, ?+ f7 |* Z% c9 W$ ?6 f( yDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards5 k9 p, O" U6 P* G
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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1 m# a/ x; ~! {. e# p5 U! h& }Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards) K; q! w' A8 {  b

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      DD Hikokaze
* ?: n- J. d+ n      DD Ishikaze  Q' ]5 T' o3 e- F5 g* B6 P, ~
      DD Tagokaze
4 J7 A; v7 ~. d! j; @5 C4 B      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships
. x2 G: R$ ~6 V6 S9 I8 }" u      BB North Carolina' f2 J' L1 q: \& L) \8 F
      BB Washington
- n" j. ?, V. J& [. g6 Q  q9 h      BB South Dakota
, r% A& n3 U, i. d+ M7 @' g      BB Indiana
  P: z: [$ z* l% _8 M. @) G1 v      BB Massachusetts' l) L3 K) H9 c- _: z+ v2 F; M0 Y
      BB Alabama
0 x4 `3 |3 L+ H% b+ ?7 L      DD Conner! s. a3 Y) R3 w
      DD Cotten: z' B$ b8 n5 }4 N
      DD Cowell
/ `3 e1 Q' `7 |# O      DD Daly
$ d- \& |& N$ y$ {4 z7 R* p+ b      DD Eaton* N2 p$ e4 r+ C+ {
      DD Heywood Edwards
& j( |3 ~% P" n1 t" s6 d3 L3 w0 y      DD Erben, T4 ?  y! ^* n+ I5 R
      DD Evans4 B4 f- L* v7 M
      DD Foote+ J" {8 I. r, }& n2 f
      DD Franks) A3 z8 |8 t" m" _6 ^
      DD Fullam
* q# R& [6 @/ Z9 W2 G      DD Gatling. _+ l- w' u3 h
      DD Albert Grant! H4 ]* S9 [. Z* u; i& e; b
      DD Gregory. f, l7 J; g* z8 p2 n
      DD Guest
; z3 w6 K- C3 E      DMS Hamilton0 H$ R1 b5 v  B
      DMS Forrest4 T2 G5 [0 Q3 r1 b% P$ @
      DMS Ellyson5 `# R2 U) V) `8 z4 H

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! f4 `( P9 r6 l, NMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 ~, U& g/ p( ]  `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
# Y  y0 x# R# k  C: cRange closes to 26,000 yards...! Q- g  z" N, t  x4 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
6 u* ~7 m+ o/ \# R( P7 E$ m/ s& pCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards- w7 @- {; T/ |% l: ]$ L
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 D4 s8 t# c3 g0 P. D& l: t% d- G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards% w9 z  I* p$ e
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
4 P- ~' _9 S/ KRange closes to 20,000 yards...
/ j& B+ Z$ z5 C& Y7 b+ y( zRange closes to 18,000 yards...' B) W5 d- Z- U3 `% i# n# w" L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
: \/ i; E" I2 C9 oRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 x* z: D; _9 @7 U* d" XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 w. u5 ], i6 }. ~! oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards0 k9 e* w# B( S) k8 N9 n* L' ?
Range closes to 14,000 yards...& S2 h# ?1 A  ~" J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
) O& y" b1 z; B7 x5 e3 m9 PCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards- }% W# n+ Q' \/ v9 Z. n
Range closes to 12,000 yards.../ v) A% ?- t8 f. R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 l; g+ H! H' p% P; p
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards0 d! J0 a1 ]; H0 \# o
Range closes to 11,000 yards...' J6 ?( o1 q6 x9 x" G
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards: ?  o% J2 L/ Q8 b* w, @8 z* N1 K+ h
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
" L( E3 P- N) C; C5 CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards" P3 ]/ [4 P/ u( @$ E* ]' W% {
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
8 O: ~# }  A0 RRange increases to 15,000 yards...
. I% c/ X' ]' D( kRange increases to 20,000 yards...( R- G( O. C  }' ~9 N/ s; ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards! s" f; ^4 Z8 w! D) a& y$ ^5 f0 @
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
3 e# u! ~4 k) {Range increases to 30,000 yards...% S: T. s  w5 Q* a& c% M0 M
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
! d' ^3 j4 r5 K- j/ ?2 D; v: zJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat2 q4 [3 l' {1 @7 B
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8 n8 c# T, e  P! v3 v( }Japanese Ships
+ j4 r% S% ^6 z8 H      APD T-1
! c0 f' {$ p$ ?, }1 J! V9 Z      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
, E" t( ?8 n2 g9 W7 q, n, j      APD T-3, Shell hits 16 @. D' {1 k' ]& y1 I* S4 q+ `
      APD T-4; d3 ?* ?7 v) ]; _6 e4 H
      APD T-59 w$ @; t3 x' p0 \
      APD T-67 ]0 k2 B! o" N1 q6 s
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ X- h* o7 t, s      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
6 `; W( B* w5 \& g      APD T-9
# t9 n6 f& J( V( N2 @4 a" c4 F      APD T-10  O. }0 \/ t6 A4 d7 z
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
& C; R: o" r4 Y+ P$ a0 p      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage$ x# l8 R! A7 w& e8 p# G
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1( c( v1 m( E5 h" E: Q7 e
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships$ L" i1 n3 B7 E, |
      BB North Carolina
* m+ U7 T* L& e7 e      BB Washington
) P9 [3 H7 M7 E3 a( B      BB South Dakota
+ k2 R( T0 p: V+ f) _) o      BB Indiana/ d; r; M: I( c/ j
      BB Massachusetts4 e, q' H5 _1 B) W; E6 l
      BB Alabama
: j* `  r& _9 O9 e; m- N      DD Conner
8 X9 h& g  q2 n  o4 M7 w, k! B4 S) @      DD Cotten: B4 H7 f- k) p) ]- O! }
      DD Cowell* j7 J2 g4 B9 P
      DD Daly
8 A& A. l0 {3 \      DD Eaton, [- i/ E( m$ K- F" T; V+ H
      DD Heywood Edwards9 i* u8 {4 [+ G
      DD Erben$ M) N! b1 o, l
      DD Evans
. q  p" d% ]  U      DD Foote
6 F/ E* m' j" R: w) \' q9 p      DD Franks
0 t$ V$ G. w- |; G3 i$ v. |$ Z. ]- O      DD Fullam# w. U1 Q0 F. u4 K, F4 k4 ~7 A$ d0 G
      DD Gatling7 y: y* P5 Y0 R8 Q$ J5 {
      DD Albert Grant4 |6 j1 Q1 `1 q8 {
      DD Gregory3 w% A+ M3 [0 t2 g+ M
      DD Guest  J, x' o8 ?& q
      DMS Hamilton
; Y, L) H# q' j0 T% c9 x( [% S  p6 g      DMS Forrest, ]( i9 [/ e+ L2 u2 k
      DMS Ellyson# N' x; c3 ^5 `. P' a2 \
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" l) [7 ^$ s3 S9 N) g; N4 BRange closes to 28,000 yards...: }3 ~  p0 c! Q8 X9 R  c
Range closes to 26,000 yards...+ U. l; j1 _% r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards8 r; |4 t) M5 Z% e
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
* a5 o6 _6 [6 y5 q8 G6 _: Y8 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards4 J8 Q( Y( w/ S( y3 u" x
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: ]4 ^, C/ O, a; N/ w" PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards- S8 ?& `' ~! d5 V; T5 ]
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 O' Q3 n, Y) F* k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
1 h4 w/ D; A7 _, r' YRange closes to 18,000 yards...
! R' ~; j: s1 ?2 y1 x+ pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards: Y  v  j! }+ U% Z# J+ M9 a8 _7 V
Range closes to 16,000 yards...3 k, T4 [1 e9 H# I8 g3 S! Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
3 m+ l0 {  f2 i% [) i( p7 N2 m: yRange closes to 14,000 yards...
/ o- c& m- K% i' dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards  F" g, u# L* O9 R& J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
/ M$ |3 }( t1 S% L) J6 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
) v/ g" m# E3 j" w, N7 GRange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ n9 Z# T, a8 @4 U! jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% O$ L) ~9 _! `: m$ H  }+ M
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 G+ A) R* ~7 c: T( V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ z* Z- [4 x7 c4 {+ b% R) n, `Range closes to 9,000 yards.... v4 ^- c" ]+ P- _+ E/ K8 I
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards# V' Y* l) J1 Z7 }: b" A# ^
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
( b( [' n5 K% fBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards: ]% v2 K$ K; A/ Y: f5 Q2 m
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 F! C3 x$ w6 f6 f" p9 W
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards6 c; l) g, t4 I' s2 j. {
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards8 u1 a3 J( B/ V9 z5 h) ~; v0 i; m
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards  i2 m; ]& G* @; p7 C+ B. F
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! f2 J0 c, x2 J
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards- M2 V, T4 d: [& X; v
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
$ T, ?# ?7 j3 v$ m  N' ]DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
+ o" G, m% L* NBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
: f; q& [4 r: f: p5 kDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
% F- [: s9 n; lDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards+ ~7 s+ B* m$ `" D
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards" l4 N, D, Z' f) ~2 C) t
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
# c( D' z( l$ _) L) f0 x6 KDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards% b5 N- ~" B7 O6 B+ D
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 \' O+ p5 Z! P6 K
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
3 ?9 j1 O1 b" W7 a) _7 [, eDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards# x2 [* q% r7 z9 e5 ?. \4 H
Range increases to 10,000 yards
3 j; Y" w! p1 p! H, ]4 \& }9 I4 BBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
  R! M2 c: N' `( |% n! r" dBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards, u! o( M/ s) J; }- {6 ?
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( i- s: ^4 i7 V! S+ h; g# SDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. s' C9 b9 H) O5 y3 a9 Y
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards. z/ k" Y% k/ F. R
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
) w' K9 X* @$ n) S. ?7 ]APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards. H! J7 ]$ Y( Q' u
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; t! [; b( [# [) i' L$ `/ uDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ s8 I; I1 z# s$ Q
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 ]$ u2 z) C1 i: R! }4 L2 e
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" f5 T5 D( Z4 ~  I1 {; u5 V/ ^# CDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards3 z4 X# O0 ^( L' b1 e0 }$ H
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards$ p) E2 i/ v; X9 H' h1 ^
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) T3 v6 J; l5 t5 LDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
0 R$ L9 }4 P# XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards1 Z0 `$ O/ Z3 w6 N8 R% L
Range increases to 11,000 yards& m  O6 O4 ^, g
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards" j: W  t2 J+ \5 E! C- y/ s
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
4 e. [# E/ x5 }2 ^& c: \DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
( g) }4 A+ r. H$ @) @! v2 WAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards* H) r7 j" H" Q5 J! m) G7 m3 Y
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards' a9 ^  d( y9 o# j( ^+ _) i
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards! w' Q) T0 G$ z
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards. C) _+ P+ O1 R5 H. w( h
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
. |) \- v0 m7 \9 TDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- B4 J% X* a1 C2 }% P+ P' GDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
( i( j  e$ W; T( Q2 c+ `7 ODMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
8 s7 c& u4 i% k3 ~# {9 aAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
3 @. g! v1 ~5 V; j% V( O: ARange closes to 10,000 yards# @1 I. p0 ?) p
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 L& ?  w8 g+ i1 M5 p
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% J0 o$ @+ D4 F. j1 y4 VBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards- Y5 u5 F( z6 Z- r9 {1 q
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards& y/ ]2 p8 Z( c1 h+ j
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% J/ K/ b$ b# E- ?' qDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
! o+ l, w+ z: x' O( L( DDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- g: z/ h4 E: T4 }3 F% C
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" U' x# p7 P5 k  Y2 jDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards6 H% t# p' d- k4 X2 S! T& \0 }
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 g4 d, N; g5 k$ VDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 i  p% s( p9 i3 i9 i
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
% X$ R# w  ^$ g2 c) Y. b8 wDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 l0 Q# m  n6 y
Range closes to 8,000 yards& y9 |! j; @9 t  s% U2 M0 d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards8 D3 {, h5 U1 Z. `7 j5 c
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
; h+ _! c7 _  e! l- ^APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
  P4 f  j4 L3 oBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards) i, ?7 u! C2 ]7 M5 @- M1 \8 F4 v
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
6 A5 u" p+ `1 SJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ q( o# ?1 [" {$ C- U
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" y1 A% J, D9 c# ~      APD T-1, Shell hits 1: b. u+ n# B) Q2 H4 U  o
      APD T-2
. p% Z4 C7 d, h9 H/ i7 n      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
. Q. v% p- y! [$ ?1 `6 C1 k, Z2 d      APD T-4, Shell hits 1# H, N$ ]6 P4 L
      APD T-5
* u: T5 Y. w7 \+ Q: R      APD T-69 X: u# H1 Y) R5 D" ]
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage$ F, g: l4 h. Q8 l
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1: l7 ~- g! a0 m& @7 T
      APD T-105 j# p6 j) P- m8 Q( v) w- M! C
      APD T-11,  on fire
& T& A& [8 a* x4 a      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
9 b! C1 N1 R, q1 p$ J. u      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
( U, I; o2 _: P. g, w' M4 s+ Z      APD T-14, and is sunk
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2 w8 Y6 K6 K2 P( S2 g+ CAllied Ships
1 p( L) c. K. K      CA Portland1 @2 A$ P- {5 h8 S
      CA Northampton
9 g# `  {5 a8 `& S      CA Chester  F' T# I$ a, q8 q' \
      CA Louisville3 M4 u7 I6 Y. k% R
      CA Chicago
9 j/ c2 K: J. M  X4 ^& `% x6 y. Q      CA Astoria+ `) ~% n& d4 s  q, l4 K3 J4 o
      CA Minneapolis
) g  Y! h8 i# ?8 s8 f$ Q  y      CA San Francisco
+ h; ^- h3 Q7 P' x* y0 h% K5 e( f1 n      CA Quincy
: V9 F. E# J+ {      CA Vincennes
: s7 i- K8 p8 y( p' S/ R      CA Wichita
) p- k" g3 M/ n, s3 n  h      DD Bennett/ G1 o4 x' _8 q2 @: R$ w9 }8 `
      DD Bradford
( W+ m* U7 _5 y$ b      DD Braine! @* i  z* a- A% [  W& R8 o0 I& q
      DD Brownson
. Y! u3 A% L+ U5 \+ B. P      DD Bryant9 i) R2 \' I5 @$ Q! g
      DD Bullard
. I4 g  h2 I2 S& y& c' `      DD Burns
* `* ]: t; e1 c5 \" U" w      DD Callaghan  l" O) x6 b# n7 b/ ]
      DD Caperton
+ K( j) @+ ?, [2 S; s) R- C( ^' A      DD Capps
- K- i) [+ P- v) z9 v) D5 h' V      DMS Emmons
: g- D2 J& n  o/ t/ \. `8 }$ Y      DMS Macomb( [+ B2 }# S% e" j8 |5 T$ |; c
      DMS Rodman
9 a" g1 H, }: e" k  b      DMS Gherardi" k: X6 k: A7 H, r; T

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  x3 }: K# z* U/ P. Q; d/ h8 HMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards  ?8 I9 f+ D' K3 C" V( I5 F( e
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
/ F( ]0 S8 {- G# S1 `1 N0 w0 W/ TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! u' e+ }& ~0 q4 C
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- \( x  b+ I0 m3 T+ s  hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards$ i8 O) C3 \; t3 m' Y' k1 m
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) Z  F) A4 ?4 q' L  E" _3 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards" x  [. {5 E4 C. q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
/ s8 y+ O; a/ Z/ _- W% R# m; dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
2 z2 Z- o8 Y0 d; P& s/ jRange closes to 20,000 yards...  _3 r$ m0 C' S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
# m8 F2 H3 A3 URange closes to 18,000 yards...2 F* f9 O4 k! h3 r+ O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards- \* J* F: s4 l7 K& z( h8 n3 x- h% v
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, E$ p8 B8 R4 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards& R- X; C& P. \: t. K) y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ `( A2 ~" K9 P0 GRange closes to 12,000 yards...
) ~6 l* r: T/ I8 VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% A" [3 T% }8 R0 H
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
$ w& K! |" ~/ s* Q* rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards) _8 X" M$ _9 o7 L' I+ j
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 P, C! r) T3 ^5 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 I' g9 E/ t& [3 i( |CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
# t$ o  h; n! n$ A$ ADD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: Q$ o; S8 U4 b2 k/ Q* \% ORange increases to 11,000 yards
3 n5 D- I9 }; g/ B  ^  }APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
" i% x- s( c5 z/ H1 D; ACA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards- }* Z  Q1 w2 S+ W0 d9 n
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
* ^3 H+ V* t4 w2 J7 X+ eCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards8 p3 H8 f. `' N: c! @" \
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
8 P0 X- r: K5 M( x; b5 GDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards) J( w. i7 f  S* C' b( n
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" }2 N/ j) S. x9 q0 g
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 a* k% J) y0 j) H  F
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
: i5 w, v+ ?8 R0 t' V8 Q* T. D( MCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 @+ b) x8 B9 B' M* mDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
0 o) {. @; K: Z/ }/ b, d* WDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
1 v- y; s% k) c0 }2 {+ A& w! VDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" Q: e4 r5 A5 u8 N! M$ d- [4 |
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' u$ D+ w% b5 J& x: R' d7 }$ n! `
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
( y0 K% ^# r, U* ~) oAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards) e5 L7 M9 v: r$ P4 ?/ m  Z3 I
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
* y- y, k/ C" D( u& H# I) JRange closes to 10,000 yards
/ T- H) Z# _) Q- A! G' ]DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
/ Z/ m. y1 h2 HCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
. M/ `" M& W0 V; G  j5 PCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards* z2 W6 B; J, c$ t+ |9 B, M6 w  d
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards" W+ S  R6 `% E* @; d% ~
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
8 Z. m( B) u1 v1 X: c& w" l! |APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards2 z2 I4 q0 E! _  r
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& r: t% H/ @+ o' pRange closes to 9,000 yards
- w# F! U! n0 {3 Q1 r6 \APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards- {2 D: F( H5 @3 h
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards, o. ?7 w$ _4 f! F9 N5 S
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 q) A/ \, J2 Q2 ?# T7 s9 g
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards7 n8 y0 K- X2 g& [2 K6 y% M/ o
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ |8 E, J' y& I& E6 ~4 GDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards0 l! s3 @& U8 R  T
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards' z% U0 q1 W3 S8 T
Range increases to 10,000 yards8 E; _/ t& E4 z9 p8 Y  F
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
& `# C* s$ }. E/ W# ^. J2 JCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. D4 V0 p( ^4 @! f1 Z: H' g
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) E; Z5 ?; z. x
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards( d+ K. L( f/ [' _' y3 @
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# T% G& i/ {9 TJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape1 {8 Y! @, x. i+ q0 L! S& E" n
Task forces break off...& b' d+ @4 \0 \) x8 u: ~0 U
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships) @) R0 u3 s& W% c
      APD T-1
/ I  Z$ _) A- |( t3 Q      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ E1 j; r' e9 w
      APD T-3
0 s" M9 a2 S* u      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
6 d0 M' W' Z' R, C      APD T-58 e- V+ ]0 N/ N
      APD T-6
. i$ {" w4 ]# ^4 P6 t" f3 x* H      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
/ E% [1 k9 x; M- o      APD T-9
7 M  v$ J( V4 L3 [5 p! E# x      APD T-10/ X# l. u/ v4 K5 s# A' b+ z
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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. ]$ ?6 X2 v) s6 R4 U! a/ \4 a' S! nAllied Ships
* Q  s3 K2 G3 n4 j4 s0 w& d2 S) R* x9 w      CA Portland3 ~% f  F4 J. H0 s7 e
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
5 v0 L7 i4 W' s; {7 q/ S      CA Chester) j) O! U/ [$ M$ J- i
      CA Louisville1 J6 N" m8 N7 l
      CA Chicago
& |: m. i# {* b! D5 c4 B      CA Astoria, j' t$ a4 m$ j
      CA Minneapolis  _- s$ _* a: O# j
      CA San Francisco
" O* e5 M' q! V' C6 A% _6 w      CA Quincy
# G( S" l# }' C# w5 M  g      CA Vincennes3 o, y% L' H/ V! \
      CA Wichita
# Q( ?" d2 p5 m; i, [3 u      DD Bennett/ ~8 }* j+ E" X* m# u
      DD Bradford
  u3 p7 U( p5 J7 V      DD Braine
4 {( f  H8 |( b      DD Brownson
) \' {; @- u* L      DD Bryant
0 H$ \4 l& G6 W' O* F$ {6 X8 c      DD Bullard
2 }( g2 Y7 N  ~2 u- z      DD Burns
( B* c% |! N  V$ l% j2 }  ~9 @# u      DD Callaghan  k: x; G6 W7 U+ l7 I% a
      DD Caperton
# f2 f0 S# w8 X. k  B4 p2 D+ z$ \      DD Capps7 w- O0 ^+ w# O& p
      DMS Emmons9 P) Z" n+ ^) A, n# ]
      DMS Macomb
; z9 |3 l1 P, l0 G      DMS Rodman
# X" D5 h& f7 c      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 q: o7 ^, v" _Range closes to 28,000 yards...3 X1 s! ^, y2 d' g* e; y( L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 }+ P  }7 J; b! h6 \# ^Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  P8 z# ]  g+ e( p0 S) [+ ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards# ^4 ^) p: N- r3 F
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 F2 m( I% A! B0 L/ [
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ j' K) q" k! U3 N# H8 t0 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
6 h5 W7 g0 r  q5 z5 j* G8 RRange closes to 20,000 yards...' b: J- D1 w7 y0 S+ y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) g: N2 J. [3 O/ _' }8 q, r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards& h1 Z3 q0 X2 \5 v- j% Y! N
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 ^7 x1 |: \, `" B& ]5 V' l+ Y( OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards: t! U! g7 t" {' m: C
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- \" p% K& I' L' V; p; I1 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards3 c# N. {4 \" h8 E# d+ I: c
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) a  Q& n! E5 }3 h4 d% TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards* R+ O& U3 C. }  A0 t
Range closes to 11,000 yards...7 ]! s9 Y% ]% P9 R2 B& \8 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
" o6 I! f( C  U9 gRange closes to 10,000 yards...
& r# }7 K  g9 q2 }: ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards* t: v: z& r* h  J
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards) G) {+ ^$ V7 D% M2 `1 a
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
3 n5 N9 n# Y9 k7 L% J/ FDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards* ?. @- [$ W: L: u0 Q. o
Range increases to 12,000 yards
) U" o' C3 s: E" q# jCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards$ i& m  B4 ^5 ]' J4 b/ T2 H5 Q
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards- A+ h. o% D" ~+ n: H
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
3 e: o' R1 b+ B* ^# uCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
4 f( j) `: Z) H& z3 dCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, f" c0 O4 ^7 @7 _  rCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 O* S, M% B1 [) g5 l7 WDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards: M0 B( c# L8 ^4 L; I" [$ P
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards: J/ b  @$ y$ d$ ?
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards4 O" H& M( a& q) l9 W5 I' z# J
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 N. [" W0 N% ?- EDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
* a+ c* L5 W/ U7 pAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
9 b- R. e; |. _Range closes to 9,000 yards
) v* ?3 d1 S3 i, QCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards. o" m# m$ }: @: O% X$ O" @$ T
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards9 H6 `3 l$ j# j: c* G4 B. a
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
$ Z# J1 P3 V# @$ d. y; n6 YCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards& }4 G/ _: e% a6 R
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
# u! W2 J- M: b. BCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
2 C1 j4 k7 T0 _3 FAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
: Y) j' Q5 Y7 ~  Y: kDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards0 U' U6 ^0 Q* R# p9 _
Range closes to 7,000 yards
4 k5 K& w0 B% |  \# i7 jCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards: {. x0 H8 s+ M' V
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
" U$ d: w2 R$ z. B# E! YCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
7 C. l( O) Y' o, x: P+ [, ]CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards8 q: ~+ T- a7 {( h9 K; x
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 m6 Q* V5 W# v% G: Q
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards* y$ D9 K/ X5 W4 D* P' e  ?6 O8 W4 m
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
8 J, s! [6 R' k' V0 w7 @5 ~& `CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
7 u) Z1 x6 O) e2 i8 W7 eCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
: g' X6 x+ t2 o, p9 }) fDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards0 m# y! H: d( R
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
: T& ?4 q6 g$ O( d  MRange increases to 10,000 yards8 Y* K# D* ~9 n( V- z1 z, I1 j% Z
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards5 q" y$ E6 w- g
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 A1 {! U! V: n1 r2 h9 sJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) P6 D+ f& d% N/ }2 f# jTask forces break off...: c8 j( q, o8 R+ p* I

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards' ^9 {3 \$ u3 \- J2 J
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      APD T-1
  G/ S9 J% Z4 r( n      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. C# \  w, M4 t; `      APD T-3  a/ U7 r( }* }3 e: m  a0 L5 S. K! H4 H
      APD T-5/ O% s) R* h; T' L" u5 l% O2 T4 d
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% b+ u# m; y1 v" R+ \6 {
      APD T-9
: O8 H/ w5 \2 A1 N      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. l6 U% C* P+ s2 y8 n8 E$ s      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk4 ]( i; u" n7 b8 M# m1 N

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      CL Swiftsure
7 P# |* X2 ]% Y( |: R7 H      CL St. Louis
% z% [. A+ E* m; L4 `; ]8 F- e2 m      CL Phoenix
. Y% P$ _* z, m* Z6 h      CL Cleveland. j, D1 x1 M: V3 z7 f- Q5 b; H
      CL Montpelier
  d* \( R9 v' N5 A3 |      CL Denver, {+ A( p- s; ?
      CL Santa Fe: l2 r* ~+ i! u2 u' |, o1 B
      CL Birmingham# |' W! F8 w* p3 ~. o2 d: H5 t( h& D
      CL Mobile! j: p2 s$ h! h, R* a1 P
      CL Biloxi
& B3 Y; b- G( X/ z      CL Miami
0 [8 @  F& I$ s5 ^      CL Pasadena
8 [2 ~' m1 s5 H6 H' \( [. R7 I      DD Allen M. Sumner
- @7 v3 y3 C$ M% D, a/ E. A      DD Ault- {# {! {4 @4 |( r* _! F
      DD English
1 u7 b4 W$ I4 O3 o2 ]4 N* z! R5 I      DD Haynsworth
8 i4 l; m( w. b4 X  d      DD Maddox
1 p9 l; j* y% s      DD Mansfield+ A0 z! k0 G7 J& b* h  q' V7 V2 }
      DD Waldron$ A9 t, z- V/ G! U! T
      DD Haggard+ x+ Z( z/ q; P) {3 D
      DD Hailey1 j0 x# A2 ~, m1 ^& S9 W: n+ N" y- J
      DD Hale
( A" N6 X. |" i      CL Vincennes II! X4 }7 h! e1 i0 u) P# ?
      CL Houston II
  }( r% ?2 d1 P, I% x      CL Astoria II
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: r# r6 u1 `! P- A# N' ^3 l; kMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards; c0 \& e  ]1 |2 `" e3 g* x/ ^' ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards...) I" F& O1 A+ i* n$ `. I. ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards( f1 S4 a2 E7 K  s) ?" R( A/ H6 e' |+ [
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
% b! _/ t9 R$ p/ p6 CRange closes to 24,000 yards...
* @8 N3 I& g& J7 x' R; ^9 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
* b  t. j( s; ?; @1 BRange closes to 22,000 yards...0 G8 f7 E( F' I# B' p) k/ S
Range closes to 20,000 yards..., x" s) L! S) `& z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards# }' s0 P' \* k+ X# k
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) A3 N* B& A: B' [0 _7 g. F% i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards, ]4 _5 Z8 X* c' O% f$ m: {
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
; c& [5 }3 l( b( Q$ N- e1 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ i) I* t. h  MRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# N$ d1 N" |% E( ]( m8 `/ {: KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! \: @) N0 ^, u- \$ qRange closes to 12,000 yards...5 g1 R0 Q1 b4 g- f; p1 j+ \! e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! A2 i# ^; _* Y8 f) |5 {Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  H6 D8 k5 ?4 b, o. oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards, w! U" r( t4 q2 J
Range closes to 10,000 yards...( y+ p& @. H% @& x, B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards3 E- X. w! l; g5 s# V, d
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'8 i1 z: ~3 s, s5 K
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( ~3 x6 H6 t& L8 ]
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards" y3 e+ v' p8 F# u& O( |. o5 }
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards# i# A( a4 e5 i- d  |
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 h  ?* K+ k! h  h9 ~
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ ]& F6 ?! x5 Z7 E' N2 EDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
& O7 h& `7 J/ d, W0 Q* ^  |% cDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( \) Q  \; s# P" M% P
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards! a, _; m" y5 g! x
Range increases to 11,000 yards
+ I; A5 x6 B3 p$ m+ b! JCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
' x, m: B; A8 K( x* A5 p" rCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards/ Q5 }+ R4 k: b7 f" A( A* D, l2 k% I
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards" b2 C& |" M: E( `* S  U8 N
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
/ l/ `8 M) ^8 JCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
1 y/ s4 @% z% Z; i5 H' c2 UCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) q% J1 Y' H: H! n; V
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards/ a, }% _6 U' F1 Y
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
$ I% N: |& y2 r0 y: l" [) ^% @4 I# KRange closes to 8,000 yards
3 l6 `8 U8 g" rCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards' ]) }- M. I& n- E' i4 s# {2 c
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- W( M! M  K3 q# L8 J% V
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards2 `' T$ n' O; F, w3 z5 ~! r: J
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards2 t1 R& s+ {) i$ }3 K; x% B
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
) T) \6 _9 B5 D1 \# d; A& LRange closes to 7,000 yards% n/ [3 q4 A! {1 @) l
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards2 `  d; ?! s7 p3 @+ Z) x: l# w
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards" |1 [6 m9 A# X- c2 n
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- b6 R- v1 Y5 @1 r
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 H0 j  a7 a2 @2 w  V" E
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards, p' }8 G7 H  K# m. r7 }/ k
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ f' ^1 K* I# ~; Q/ b& zCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! h$ [' M5 {- q9 f
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ S# Q2 }1 B6 V
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 V  L$ q7 w% NDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards& m( H3 j7 B; j  q
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards- s2 ?& N3 c5 e3 c
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
! l! h! _$ c& L* |" f% wRange increases to 8,000 yards
5 B3 R" U( H% Y8 ?1 q$ fCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! W! u# M; A4 @% Z
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: L* q) S" h2 T
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards8 t6 C7 F/ ]3 y7 v$ q" Y8 v
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# D& r( i! F; h( s' eTask forces break off...
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# n# Z) o. v9 \2 G& T/ WNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards* K& C7 B& t) h
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Japanese Ships
0 z; S5 [* F  m0 s. s* `% y- }      APD T-1
1 z, }% z  y6 x      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, o- H4 d% g; n! t      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
4 [1 Z4 u' P  F7 f( K) d      APD T-5
' t& l7 H* l/ f3 a! S      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
6 d5 k! T1 i! j      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
3 W4 Y6 x& T3 ~4 Y* {6 n: \2 f      CA Portland( B' [3 |- O% e* z* }* ^( e. M3 q2 |
      CA Northampton& p' ~( J0 ~3 k. g. |3 d" e
      CA Chester
5 I( ?# T3 B$ A8 g      CA Louisville7 s* I  ~: k! M( b0 W  h/ n
      CA Chicago2 e4 V7 D9 h+ X8 E. f7 M( K2 \
      CA Astoria7 d3 H. F5 o' L4 d% d# ?  l
      CA Minneapolis
5 d. T$ i5 ^, y/ W5 q, J6 P      CA San Francisco  y  F5 [# j  d
      CA Quincy
. J2 T; Z6 I0 {# e* h      CA Vincennes
' Z: y3 ~  ~% a% E4 z6 T      CA Wichita
, f* Q+ q$ N- v, a      DD Bennett3 V! P# @$ V8 E: L6 Q' T- w, k3 y" X
      DD Bradford0 A( \$ @& ~0 n
      DD Braine
8 k" r0 t1 U+ ]! {2 K      DD Brownson
8 `" J) n; A0 J: n$ ^$ s      DD Bryant
. t3 V+ f9 b& V4 F  D1 \# E$ ]- V      DD Bullard
' v& H! q" |5 V" _7 d  i2 Z      DD Burns
8 k1 x6 d) _% }! n1 t% J* g, h      DD Callaghan, H) ?8 g' J- Z' d
      DD Caperton
% P- y8 ]- L% @3 C, |- ]      DD Capps+ I6 m* I. r! J3 x
      DMS Emmons
% ~" d$ Z/ {; Y" Z$ P      DMS Macomb
  W; }9 N8 ^8 t: I) O6 M      DMS Rodman+ `9 X6 l1 M5 s
      DMS Gherardi8 |, H6 b+ L. e( h/ ^) p% {

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$ h' b# y8 `/ ]& c( jMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ c7 W, k4 U; v/ wRange closes to 28,000 yards...
7 m# L/ ^- ~2 t4 @" qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 y! p4 W* |9 C$ t- ?* f
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: u4 J' x4 `7 ?; A& K$ C6 QRange closes to 24,000 yards...
2 @% w4 O1 g6 d" ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards( m- [. Z( h4 V0 q4 b
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
# O" C$ H2 [0 F/ R  j9 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
3 V+ t; G' m8 Z. E* cRange closes to 20,000 yards...
& Y& u/ N/ N0 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: R& ^! e+ R2 D; V9 x
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
# L3 n" B) F0 q1 L* qRange closes to 16,000 yards...8 a  Q8 _. f; P) Z) p6 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- s: R+ M! I: }$ C
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; K; \: u) u/ v" k1 L  g
Range closes to 12,000 yards...# l6 P. R# F- r2 f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- J. W, ?9 i* P4 l: FRange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 ~: {. z9 v6 Y' L3 tRange closes to 9,000 yards...4 y( ~: }( V/ G* [$ M( {( G
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
: W3 r% P2 H4 v* ]5 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
9 k  F+ _/ \. M- J8 d: o0 d! ^CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
  O6 ^. z8 k: u0 iCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards( L" t0 e1 R! A
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 \0 g5 V( ^' p% EDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards5 N$ J! K: ~4 F8 i) |; L# u
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
0 x, L3 t1 Y% j2 m; R; Y  dCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% r( F* K8 e* F: C+ r/ p$ l0 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
% m6 p. @2 u, h3 qCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& y. h" B/ C$ y- j4 C
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
+ K: G2 M& ~, [- ?4 UCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
# Z6 S, L! W3 M! [/ X2 BAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
6 `& I7 r* m) zDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
" A2 i. I  a5 @/ A; J/ Q% h( o# i0 GRange closes to 5,000 yards' V! [- Z- e% z6 Y# U* C9 [8 v
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 + M( x# |* k8 p$ X
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards* l# j( F, J% N5 e6 |) g  V: y
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards8 N$ \/ R5 m6 B: P( W' \
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards4 M" Y& t  V3 C7 W( u" V
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
% R2 h# X! j! ?Range closes to 2,000 yards/ a8 @; ~: y! `) R: {) x0 e
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards1 Y5 j6 o$ o, q# O) |- F2 A
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards- x2 s* _2 L" `( u1 o
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards; ?8 g2 F& w% F* c
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
+ ~& z4 l$ {; i9 Y; vRange increases to 6,000 yards
" {% ?3 ^6 F! }) }( @" Y( A: ^6 \CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
9 q$ \, _% S- R  H6 V! o- W, |+ VCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards/ }1 z$ |! F( S9 A
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
, }, z% w! i8 i6 E2 K7 VRange increases to 9,000 yards6 d1 c- {: s7 Q9 F5 z9 P
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 n, d& O) O3 U  f6 ^; Z0 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards! P+ J* i5 `6 I1 E+ n
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
1 _" @- I) n1 o/ a: O8 XDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
$ t( g1 S+ V* Q, f* |# yRange increases to 13,000 yards+ u3 Q" r6 `* E" A3 q" V
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards/ {5 E- }, e! R0 u# X2 S1 Y( s
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards( C+ u  T$ C8 Q7 v% ?
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 V7 `" A0 |/ P1 \8 o) YTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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3 N" P* L6 e7 o4 dJapanese Ships
2 H1 `2 e' c, b      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
5 R7 Y6 m7 Q6 _+ |      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk2 O3 y7 u# Q; ^' u
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Allied Ships/ B  n/ q  f! [! ?) D# [
      BB North Carolina
# R/ S/ R# e, _9 j. t      BB Washington
0 o! U# F% D5 D2 e5 D      BB South Dakota" V9 T4 p4 Z1 A" Y
      BB Indiana
0 N! V7 C; w' u( B" l0 B/ |      BB Massachusetts
. T% I- n, j5 r! y) w9 Q( g* H      BB Alabama
- r- s, s, y+ l2 W      DD Conner
# k& G2 C$ Z! W$ |) X6 J# g      DD Cotten
- h( c8 ~- S- W/ o- F1 ~8 G      DD Cowell
# z- z) J# Q7 Z1 s      DD Daly
: C: x* _  ?; P9 p' v, Z      DD Eaton
6 z- o2 M. a" j. R1 m+ l1 g      DD Heywood Edwards* N5 y  p4 G. E1 u' e) A
      DD Erben/ D5 G/ m7 _. _- r+ j
      DD Evans4 P+ I/ K6 k. }4 h9 t4 K
      DD Foote% f# ]) j5 l# P# H$ @# X
      DD Franks, Z. L2 \: u5 r7 P7 I
      DD Fullam- u+ T+ T" h1 E5 @
      DD Gatling
- Y( v# C4 |# p/ d" v7 u8 E/ r5 s      DD Albert Grant
) P  e& B% ?6 u  |+ {& O  T% v7 x$ U      DD Gregory
, }7 |0 k' K6 P( q7 r      DD Guest3 i+ _# U; H, d+ Q
      DMS Hamilton
- q7 a1 h3 [2 I! _      DMS Forrest7 k& _' ]( ^9 [( }- P; a' z2 E5 _
      DMS Ellyson. Z# C: J1 M' u2 h) G

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3 F: t0 ~+ l- t1 Y+ k6 v7 _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 u) X, d/ V/ R8 z9 U
Range closes to 28,000 yards...% S, X7 b7 Z! l" b0 Q& c6 n  m
Range closes to 26,000 yards...! i) V2 S# q3 ]" Q1 |* a# C7 C" Y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...' |; I! l: B- z6 ?  n, f6 k! M
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* Z6 \5 ^4 K* I( f; a5 R  i9 `Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 p9 R6 ]* u& R* B- j, GRange closes to 18,000 yards...3 a( {+ g/ s1 x8 o
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
7 w7 K6 D- H1 ?$ \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! j" A( e% i8 h6 B' FRange closes to 12,000 yards...
* h; q. X; G$ C' k; @7 S4 MRange closes to 11,000 yards...
, n6 u0 z0 q( Z2 V( [3 X5 l" \* pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
1 I, r) V$ g9 u4 K: fRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 F0 w) c3 g5 Z+ ]  H# l' W
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
0 p+ i# T9 k3 U3 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards& |/ x# B: j' ?: Q# t4 k
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards9 e/ ~6 q6 Z5 M
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards! K1 Z$ o0 X8 `1 T. J0 R
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
/ R, a! {5 a/ R3 ~  ]- S! zDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards% M. J  i* E$ Y/ q9 w9 W* q
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# a: v+ \0 b" B* ?$ Y
Range closes to 5,000 yards
4 S, o( ]6 E  `9 a. @6 gDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards! X) e+ V4 f' W* F; t# l* `  R% L
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards  |4 _$ X; ]3 z9 I1 Q* Q
Range closes to 3,000 yards) n& ^4 l+ a: c! Q
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards! B6 g& S" y- w  e; S! ?; A7 {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards7 e$ Y: c7 U6 C/ a
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
( Y1 Y  i0 @3 aDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# H% z  U( i  U8 I4 ZDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
$ [6 |' V! e0 L$ E% Y* G2 v! rAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
' r3 k, D, R5 JBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards9 Q: ^/ O% L3 a7 B1 l. i
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
. u) C( R, k7 RDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 s' G  [! \6 y1 fRange increases to 5,000 yards! x1 J! ?* ~6 H
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
4 e7 E, T+ x% @9 L5 I1 NDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
' ]( A& n/ T$ ARange increases to 7,000 yards# l8 ]8 ^' p1 @3 Y
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
! l1 b; G1 l5 g0 NDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards& p2 G% Q8 u1 D% x1 U* R! k( |9 F
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 W9 ]4 m! U' I$ pAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards# _9 ]8 ]! K) n
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards4 A  \% V+ y' H3 ~
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44
) p$ D: B" Q5 m盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加4 f- e% w6 R3 @0 S; a6 s
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6 b# x9 |: g/ B7 `4 a: k2 y: H2 VGround combat at Ponape (119,113)# b3 O# H: Z  f) q
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Allied Bombardment attack6 Y8 s  N1 P( X3 d3 w6 @8 _& q

+ _$ p* b, h" K4 Q5 uAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444, G6 ~7 @2 a- i& v5 `) N
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000. f: B2 v3 L' f8 z( z  E* V" K  W

6 z6 H$ I2 \1 v5 ]# u1 GJapanese ground losses:- Q  {: S. v' J2 l( i
      834 casualties reported
' \  s) L$ z, }# l- Y) t         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
9 z2 x1 g7 c- E) ^/ p. [$ C         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
& y8 y, A7 ^% u; P) h         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ p1 i! H. J# l      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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2 Y; J- R8 |  X% L: ]Allied ground losses:
' \5 i8 \: m- x; a      16 casualties reported
5 J" O) I: {  J* l/ G( m         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled0 L3 g$ i3 _$ W( F
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled7 ]1 x8 x* {# N& I$ O# n7 p7 v# E* r
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44
5 a' I9 ?) O" f4 ]5 z- u盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久
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TF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!, O7 y9 p" k; w& B
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.4 S& g- I& S3 U9 a3 P% w

6 W  U4 U1 }- M8 F7 J2 c* S' @Allied Ships3 P) E6 S. d( O" y2 O
      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
1 ]* G9 `6 j9 ~; `      DMS Forrest
& [* g( W5 a$ v      DMS Hamilton
! H# m9 m% }# l+ i      DD Guest% p  q$ W' e5 D% \! E$ V( F9 p( h
      DD Albert Grant
8 P0 ~% S3 @7 F( K. o+ y      DD Daly, b% r6 K8 k' W2 B9 Q9 p1 E
      DD Cowell
$ ^4 F5 J& l, Q- v# F! `! z+ E+ _" F      DD Cotten
1 [0 p+ q: S8 v, L! D      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage/ I- R+ _. G6 r9 {. [: n6 e
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Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson) M! V5 C# L9 M% Z( l* r: I
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest$ m9 \6 [' p8 C; U4 A5 A
98 mines cleared1 p! ^) h0 i) X. O

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113" T" e' ]' t7 X" }  L" O" e

/ L$ G9 R% x/ J5 Y1 ]Japanese Ships
; e. ?& b* F- ^& H      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, V- v/ V, K: ]  m0 F9 a

7 x' M2 X: k% j% d- \! TAllied Ships- U* s+ a6 `* H( }+ }# a% u
      CA Wichita
. q5 |2 h, ~! N# }% z/ h      CA Vincennes, t( M0 ]% @' J7 b  G! i
      CA Quincy" K5 {/ x9 s. C) E- N, J- n
      CA San Francisco! x/ A3 ?8 i) a  ]8 H% _+ E3 N, q3 w
      CA Minneapolis
* ]0 [, J1 o, s: q  ~      CA Astoria) _' L5 b' S2 ?
      CA Chicago3 r( Q8 p- f, L2 O7 b
      CA Louisville
# x# y! R; G, I+ Z; ~  L2 x; l" z      CA Chester+ q$ F% ]" o' k" S$ ~
      CA Northampton5 i* G( u# ?( F# _5 J
      CA Portland( d1 J2 ]1 m8 n/ C: H
+ u% D5 A" {' N! N
Japanese ground losses:6 X) N' F: r& y4 l8 l6 ?
      54 casualties reported' ~1 L7 \$ f7 L2 x8 ^
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled9 ^1 d5 M, \0 R4 o
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled8 v3 g  }- M: T$ F# h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  z$ ?9 Q" u/ O- J' s8 \      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)# Z* t3 ^2 U( H/ W3 }) W3 o  K
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
& ?9 f4 G7 W0 K3 r/ y' D' B8 `) w
Airbase hits 1
, ]. Q6 \+ i$ U4 ?Runway hits 16
0 N# i! h. l$ I# m
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! h7 Q" c, J8 ^0 vNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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8 ^/ q, Z+ t3 }# f! i; l      BB Alabama$ E- I) ]0 D9 _& k* g
      BB Massachusetts
! f# v0 R" B! `: X% N      BB Indiana. p9 n6 ?1 Y: T' ?
      BB South Dakota7 w0 H, y2 `/ z- |- o" N
      BB Washington
) |& r/ c+ T: c/ b% ]6 T$ p1 }3 K6 l      BB North Carolina  J, _" K( v) B. n
- y6 M% q# w( U2 U  y; D
Japanese ground losses:5 Z# ?- g( M! D$ ]
      570 casualties reported# d1 s* J' M; x+ }
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
( t/ s( R! S) r& M8 |; l/ K         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled
; b. D5 N: s. a& J# A         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
! E- ?3 s: R0 X, H8 m( |      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
4 \3 A% Q- s( z. q$ d0 D0 w; E# ?% Z1 |      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)/ p: W9 z9 T/ c) ]; j  H

6 Y' h& P. W  @9 V( fAirbase hits 7
( W3 t! h8 a) |+ mAirbase supply hits 12 t& r3 a  i3 D
Runway hits 15
. r/ a" q3 I$ @* L% GPort hits 3
2 O, x* c1 w4 gPort supply hits 22 D. D* O! ?, f3 b# O1 u! Y

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2 B- B4 C, t, v5 |- @+ `7 yNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113. V# g; h& c9 `& i3 S9 {
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Allied Ships
0 m7 W6 y2 C5 k7 ~  e      BB Queen Elizabeth
! A5 x- k+ L7 [$ I# P      BB Valiant, t: w) {8 \0 V1 G) z* ]4 P! @
      BB Mississippi' k2 G5 W! M! e. z
      BB New Mexico
' z+ M) N6 S& a& a3 L      BB Idaho
9 C* \/ z5 m6 b% Z9 W9 w      BB West Virginia- c  O. `- h' I* {  i" K; ~3 R
      BB Colorado' N' F7 C9 r1 S) M. R8 p6 b# X* B
$ G. a# C# D8 V5 H  i- e7 x
Japanese ground losses:
/ O; Q* {  u9 ~6 X      603 casualties reported7 s" u: S1 N) v2 n
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled4 b1 X  m0 T# Z7 k
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
- F! |( w- y' s+ _& U) b3 x& E         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
6 j2 m: W9 w) R      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
; U( e, T% X/ f      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
/ V+ }* Y! k, g5 S' @8 x2 i1 f; s1 s( ^3 k- I( l
Airbase hits 5/ ]5 Z% B1 x% Y" Y$ b
Airbase supply hits 2! {/ v5 p- Y' ?. S7 f0 o
Runway hits 7% U! N2 Q; U( R- v
Port hits 1" w! Z- e* p# V1 T1 g5 I
! I: g9 ^  z* A( }$ I& @9 @
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape : q. Q" D5 H5 ~: E0 k
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant  f3 F) r5 }8 G: ~8 Z0 c
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division
8 P1 J" C* L3 L% @( t/ b" r* Z5 oBB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division, u6 N# }0 n! n  g' n! m/ X5 i% Q
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape 8 B( r- U( x! S# C
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
# C. \* C/ R$ {* mOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia5 m; ~; o8 c; |* k/ f* Y
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division
! r$ U8 C% `1 SBB Colorado firing at Ponape ' X: u0 n  ~) c5 V/ X

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! `* V" i: I" Z0 b. n% KAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Light rain1 Z* [/ G! q4 ^% z4 R. l
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.4 Z+ s1 y" e6 }
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes# D; C2 y( n8 v5 M
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Allied aircraft+ R0 m- b4 K" E' v. T0 q
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4628 Y% R. J; E; A" v2 s# B0 L9 Z; X( d& K
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314" ?" |, y; o6 b" D0 X
      TBM-1C Avenger x 274
% u  K3 Y6 R6 E+ b1 m& l& Q/ s6 b: Q! v& G" }5 p. X/ m
Allied aircraft losses
: E3 h, ^7 E+ E* s      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged" q" X- i/ [3 J' ~
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged
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4 f9 N  S3 ]0 u, xJapanese ground losses:- W! q, S+ Z: V% `+ s9 n# M
      529 casualties reported
- c6 u- Q) g- [4 g9 ]# S2 W         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled5 @8 O5 J* w% m- q" a
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled! I% ~# Y* [2 s1 T9 t' p" ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled/ N2 d  R) r+ a" Y
      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)0 S2 }4 K  q' k8 f5 Q% |. y

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" J. @* d. W6 |. TGround combat at Ponape (119,113)" o0 c1 ^/ U5 [! ]2 V1 _
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
5 }. _8 `- o5 l3 B  O( X* p! l- J  j% t( L
Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938  t% S/ }2 V. q0 m3 Z
2 g4 D9 g. F9 ]# O! N* L
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
$ ^9 b  m4 L8 V
* t" o" e# D' v8 EAllied adjusted assault: 3029 9 x$ w" m8 O3 I7 D+ m

9 c8 v5 s5 p1 K8 ?. _. q! fJapanese adjusted defense: 3835 7 k1 [" D6 U9 ^0 K3 O+ O2 T4 y4 i7 z
3 L2 c1 F" v% p& [' e& ^* c
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
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Combat modifiers
1 ^" s) d; u0 C+ CDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
+ \4 _$ b% [: GAttacker:
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. |7 B) Z7 e: JJapanese ground losses:
6 z2 i% c' Y. V* \/ T      5869 casualties reported" R9 J7 o  v5 x) [
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
4 t9 P5 {3 a" G1 [. e% T2 i2 o: B         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled; c- |, R! B- p9 L- V  A% s' B
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled* I3 v" U% y. p6 w: o
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)- n' ?* a7 ^  K' Y& _& o" G1 X
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
  }$ }3 n' i" k6 D. l, {; @& P" A+ @) e/ Y1 y
Allied ground losses:9 ?- w3 P7 }, I8 S
      1488 casualties reported
; P8 i4 E: T% G         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled9 B0 \$ {! C4 j6 E5 N9 T5 I
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
7 ?( N: U0 k$ W) l' F         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
; `# @3 p: s5 ?. i/ J7 p      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
+ S3 Q% d- c& t/ I% |      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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# R1 `) {+ i" uAssaulting units:. @! M7 `( n, t/ n9 z8 h' y
    762nd Tank Battalion7 m8 b, i5 U+ F! u
    710th Tank Battalion( v2 z9 m$ U' Q$ U
    767th Tank Battalion
. g1 }- t; Q* D4 |    44th Tank Battalion
3 _; X. p; U! H' Y! ^    96th Infantry Division
" O2 j/ A3 f6 x/ Q2 M9 [    706th Tank Battalion! H' @0 `7 A4 Q4 h. Y& K4 E# G
    81st Infantry Division
* U5 {0 |' U" h$ F0 }4 o. H    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 L) X& K8 F4 a3 g% v- S
    5th Marine Division
: v; M- X- P. k$ {/ h- a( `    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
7 p( ]8 S$ I( W: y2 r0 O    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
! b% Z3 X; e) F& N    711th Tank Battalion
( ]4 _4 l1 j' F, U1 w* m    716th Tank Battalion
4 o$ U( Q5 H* j  c  a* o! |    1st Filipino Inf Regiment: X# [1 ]* Z9 q
    6th Infantry Division, i2 l' \% K  E- q' m8 h
    31st Infantry Regiment
, I( o/ k$ n& g9 s# ^    8th Marine Defense Battalion
1 Y  @* z6 J  `6 y8 t$ ~  c* n    4th USA Defense Battalion6 t4 a: u$ y' U+ |6 T5 X# D
    X Corps Artillery
1 p6 J% ~/ M% z2 x5 z3 \    14th Marine Defense Battalion8 [' O9 h- S$ [7 u" i
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion) P- w  ]5 i& Z3 h& `! P1 N
    I Corps Artillery
; b1 y1 t% V. Q* z: J    XIV US Corps
  a9 f% P; ?- M) ]    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  V, ]; ~1 M+ e, v4 {4 \    96th Coast AA Regiment8 N' G. Z3 m0 x' j' p, W( A/ U
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment' }) h% |* W% w
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
# w" b9 V# x4 g! M8 s( r% \& m    12th Marine Defense Battalion5 \. @/ X# d8 E7 V! _0 S; A5 V
    738th Coast AA Regiment2 i7 n+ Q# P6 J" T
    1st USMC AA Battalion9 Z6 J6 b! O1 I1 G4 G5 B
    5th USA Defense Battalion$ e' m8 B2 M9 y: H8 Y
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment4 V# W# j) C2 [7 M$ g% V4 T& Z

. d4 ?8 P$ H  Q8 x9 K3 sDefending units:6 ]; t2 G) P* W- e+ ^
    144th Infantry Regiment* d. h' q' y% t
    81st/C Division
7 }3 q  T* N, g- u1 r* x    Kure 3rd SNLF
' _; g8 ?- G4 @3 e1 [7 Z( a2 M/ `6 [    Sasebo 7th SNLF
7 Z" Q% Z- c* D- J4 l  Z, {    81st/A Division& n: G1 t( r; ~$ j) X# M" P2 M
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
% A! v1 j7 u$ r, O9 o* h4 [3 v    33rd/B Division
& K. y# X6 ]: Z! \# }6 ~    52nd Naval Guard Unit
+ p5 A! v. o- ~! c2 U    33rd/A Division
1 N* u3 j0 z' u% f) b' k2 s    81st/B Division
0 e+ F  y  j: X1 S$ r    138th Infantry Regiment$ k% |) z* C; u/ u
    33rd/C Division# [. O8 _9 j! s6 F3 U8 P
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
+ Z- [% F% a+ b; ]0 M    60th Field AA Battalion' Q+ e) z/ p, T9 @. W0 m8 R
    53rd Construction Battalion
% e9 A) ~  W3 ^& i: s    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' |- m9 \0 Y* m; |" H/ d$ u
    14th Area Army /1
4 m* `( ~, M) Y' }; M# ^5 D" d3 w    61st Field AA Battalion
" R5 W' y* B6 R    18th Army
+ q; R9 D4 _* e  u3 t9 F# _8 X3 M    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment2 U' o2 z, r7 n
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
4 ]: A5 G- }. K! ~" s    63rd Field AA Battalion+ T5 s0 s2 o; C/ R8 {& O: G$ t
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ ?* \/ O$ c  x, {% L+ x5 r1 k0 B6 u3 x    12th Air Fleet  G+ B1 N2 S+ o! F3 @1 W8 Z
    Kure 7th SNLF! `+ C% H) b! i
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
+ S" p1 `* ^/ s' w* F( j    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion$ B- f0 [9 I' N' }! _
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment5 f& j& r: F* e, E' s7 P
    19th JAAF Base Force, C8 L- L9 {) Y, [; j
    3rd Base Force, W7 }0 `0 e/ W: t" H
    Ponape Naval Fortress
1 u0 z. Q' M5 k/ D    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

要不要眼含热泪这么夸张啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 447 a% i' k; `& [" X
盟军向波纳佩投送了一个骑兵团和大量补给，并与日军展开了2轮炮战，日军火力已被明显压制，显然最后时刻即将到来! B$ J3 ]1 M  q7 }/ D
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 + }3 J& _- w5 R% t+ M4 T- @

( s1 n! U2 j; U0 nWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.0 {2 ~) X) X+ W; n3 a
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes8 S5 O; W1 T+ m1 I- }

% x2 z& B. Q. x7 N3 K* fAllied aircraft
1 w' x, \8 t* w/ u2 g& x7 M3 r      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) a# M9 m/ E6 z) C* q6 f
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327
6 l" t' @( v9 B8 j7 G+ a" P      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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+ @0 b+ L6 w' m; ]3 o/ b) XAllied aircraft losses* t7 o' |. J. A* z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged
1 T& y1 ~* e, Q+ Q      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged
, S& x' \+ U# J- [6 y  R- ^      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak; m3 Y# Z* k/ f# O: W5 ]

( r5 v* ~0 l& A6 u9 {, v, iJapanese ground losses:
; _+ H% b  X$ m! D, m, R5 H      17 casualties reported2 [! x& H% v. X) c& |7 X$ L
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  l: t; }& l$ L. b9 `' a0 k         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled. U) M2 T* r1 Y. W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. f( H! V2 Y' h  G1 f1 \
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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1 m+ e" B# q6 g6 k- |' d* r( gAirbase hits 97
" Q+ o; d0 J; L; z5 k! A& i7 r* wAirbase supply hits 26
( m( B& f1 q# \& tRunway hits 2524 `% v- H. m: J6 i, }2 k

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0 b( I3 E3 [: k/ `8 cGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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% E- C9 @* U3 p6 Z6 ^9 ~' [( N( xJapanese Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728
: R: _; [' ~' W4 `
9 s/ r, k$ O) d1 Z) N) x( A( pDefending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493% _; V8 H) T! S3 u& }! c
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Japanese ground losses:
, ~, I, e6 a' Y/ X      736 casualties reported
- n. U6 w  f8 C7 I9 y         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled! `" R- x8 L6 P# N
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
* j6 ?) ?/ s* X$ A; T) Y         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled! u' `7 B9 }2 c9 Q
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
! [! |( k5 o$ Z      Units destroyed 1
7 N( h+ [* C8 j; g: M7 B( A* `$ [  |# Y: k# V9 z
Allied ground losses:; u0 n# H4 v% i
      23 casualties reported
; U  H: j$ y8 M; k5 g         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled, R# C) |  K( @9 d  A7 F
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( Q) ~2 U) y' D+ \% j& E8 j3 y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  e$ J( H5 B9 T  y7 R( {, y, F      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' F5 }, T7 k# A3 O

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)( H7 x# k' }' B; n2 O' h7 V' {- Z
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Allied Bombardment attack
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2 v$ h1 @0 K" x8 C/ H+ WAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
7 `5 m, I; D- R& I4 I. c9 q/ Z5 G& k  Q. B* ?$ G6 K+ f% r
Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693' a5 h% i+ f2 g) ?" p
! h( L$ n  T( @) N
Japanese ground losses:
  w$ w' k" p# Y2 |% G/ d% ~      698 casualties reported9 |* @, c  u0 ~; E
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled+ d5 f" U1 u8 ]
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled; U  U, p( K: M& J7 f
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
, G" {7 i- G7 v' A2 |      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44
' @% ?5 O3 F/ ~+ a岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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1 D" y; |/ g, ~' YNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships5 J4 L8 S+ }  F9 \2 C
      CA Wichita
( |! s1 q5 y+ R      CA Vincennes
* J5 P8 {! I! A. m      CA Quincy
( ?2 c5 X0 G+ c6 N      CA San Francisco+ K: P, I8 ?/ m8 C( d9 ^% P
      CA Minneapolis
4 r. V* O0 u) [% B4 q7 {      CA Astoria5 ?4 A4 n( H6 ~
      CA Chicago
* k" [) R7 C6 P/ Z2 [' \7 l      CA Louisville
0 [9 Z1 }1 X0 x# m: j) O( D      CA Chester
6 I6 ~$ ^" W. u, f3 W      CA Northampton
6 o8 j) @6 c6 p; X5 F0 j5 C      CA Portland; L) p) R. ]6 V3 q3 n! J
8 ~7 P3 O8 e* S, K4 o' Q( b2 c9 p
Japanese ground losses:
3 ]$ T/ c  [  `/ K" a1 V      213 casualties reported' b$ r; T& Z3 Y% |$ Q! Q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ d& v. e; m# o         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled* c; K; p" |' J/ Y2 }0 H7 B, @# e' y: y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
- C% m$ K1 e9 e. b4 K      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
5 ~8 L2 d( g/ A% s; b: m3 V( T0 q2 n- H1 V# h- z) K9 S( k, F
Airbase hits 6
: t* c! A8 G5 ~2 q9 V: PAirbase supply hits 1, u( |. I/ y2 m2 z+ U2 P: l
Runway hits 25
$ V# ~+ b& c6 s. `- \) uPort hits 5
) f0 s) o2 c% z) z. ]4 }4 APort supply hits 1( A/ y5 X- Z6 s! C! l! n* J

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113% r$ l$ |4 F  b: ^
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Allied Ships
4 d7 F) O" s9 X3 Z6 [& B      BB Alabama
# L& j$ o, b4 g  @; [      BB Massachusetts
8 Z5 {# E8 B! o0 O5 b& g      BB Indiana
3 B. d7 |7 m# k+ g* `      BB South Dakota
8 C$ ~3 M* D# X+ |      BB Washington7 j" \  O- R  ~2 B: J5 }" m
      BB North Carolina
5 ], ~/ S2 E6 Y  c& \% Q4 @  S6 s& Q  Z( Y& E
Japanese ground losses:% a) p( f8 R3 T4 R. _# |* Q
      803 casualties reported, v6 p; H3 P6 L4 w& M
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
7 v% V* U, t3 a; u1 r         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
# O% I" I" M% B, s' z- @6 c         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
- v0 O1 T, q8 L+ h) W      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)" W  L( j  D' \7 ~, ~* q$ w. K/ p2 ?) X
      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)8 h  h! c' m% B$ z2 a% {

0 a9 D5 z9 b: `1 }* r* l9 AAirbase hits 2
8 U4 ^! B  V9 Y" X8 `Runway hits 3
4 D" r; \) t" m( N+ ]4 FPort hits 2. Y! U: N3 s) q- N
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& t7 [* u4 ], i# n6 a- ?# B* yNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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+ f# N0 n: O) A9 X4 c5 M0 W5 kAllied Ships
; }& ^& l, S- T6 i/ Y* u( `      BB Queen Elizabeth
' F# [, b& \! I9 U. l) w      BB Valiant
0 u( q( c, @) [) e3 ~9 G& J      BB Mississippi
: A  \5 M$ D, {1 F1 J) ~& y      BB New Mexico; H; u+ u9 \6 K  \
      BB Idaho
& S  b/ ~6 E; f" N. t% C; q      BB West Virginia
% n& k$ ~. L3 H0 d& s0 k3 G0 g      BB Colorado. r$ ~+ `2 c8 c

4 Z: s; I) `% WJapanese ground losses:
1 P4 j9 B! Z: z; w* J      710 casualties reported
3 b8 q4 R* e( ~" z         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled- m. l7 J# l7 B: A. P
         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
2 Y/ L1 X, j1 y' q         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled" s+ N' ?% g2 t3 r2 J5 w/ h
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
* F# Y* v7 B0 y1 O6 F( f; p8 f      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)* O% ~$ x* O9 S6 y/ E6 d

4 C( }8 x5 W6 Q0 ^, s( u- O& sAirbase hits 1: U) x5 i( n) I0 [" c! H
Runway hits 9! r8 b2 ?% u" z6 @4 T8 I8 f
Port hits 13 _; f; u- g5 J* a

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2 l* W0 o5 U. r8 rAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 J- H1 E( W" Z! u- d

$ W7 h7 m; h0 w- y* T4 bWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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4 [, n% Q  L+ d( XRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.( Q6 V. H  a  _  q
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes& E6 @) j- x8 c! D

% x" ?# O  t4 h) ]  N8 A* JAllied aircraft
9 l, I: H& f; X% k$ b( t      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
/ V1 l  V6 S! e! M" K0 V      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
6 T. p9 @& T+ W" o9 \) _      TBM-1C Avenger x 271  g2 t2 d8 P; z# f. Y

% ~; y4 \1 g8 w# ~' P8 U$ t  B5 uAllied aircraft losses) k) s6 ^# H* V' G- T
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged2 \) M! U' t  s7 D
      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged0 W0 B9 V& a, |2 }$ q, _

' k0 ~1 f8 E' R4 y; R/ t$ H, A, yJapanese ground losses:
/ J  N6 d; A* n5 j      660 casualties reported! ]' X$ x1 q' o! g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
# Q  W! o  R3 x, G, ~, f         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled+ w' L) b, C$ x
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 ^2 m* q4 {+ b" L. ]  E      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
9 R& y: l  v2 Y. r2 U% V; Y5 H( d, z, K) ?; z" P
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack# n. B0 U7 o/ m

& [' }, ~  r, ]- y- ~( MAttacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455
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Defending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
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/ z3 J8 ?' k, s5 v. QAllied adjusted assault: 2943   f: a) d& n% f, B, T  i( h8 D0 n
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Japanese adjusted defense: 537
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4: g6 l9 r4 y& C7 \% F

9 T; p' Y: G6 b$ ^4 f. kCombat modifiers
! C& \: B# c# xDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-); J. s. m7 z: N+ H8 f9 y7 {& s- e
Attacker: , v8 \* w* W0 w4 j9 j/ G

& {2 ?5 H5 U% n: DJapanese ground losses:, h. _8 A0 q* X8 v+ K
      4555 casualties reported
( f! a2 ^& ^8 o9 v3 _3 Q& q- ?         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled/ S  d$ I0 z7 D
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled
3 v& r0 g$ u4 S# t         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
: A6 W5 Z$ }, U9 G  s      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
( `- v, A8 A/ e7 N4 H. ^      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
5 }) u+ |* D8 ~9 v0 o  |# y# x- b$ W2 i: d; a4 K' E
Allied ground losses:, Y! k' b# ?) i1 e
      1283 casualties reported
/ `: S2 j3 @7 B4 l* `+ F! ?         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
/ z" J& k- L7 i% c0 }; t1 u6 t' D         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled2 S- _7 ?1 I1 C5 m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
& g! u' O6 M& c" Y) y      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)8 {7 m: R  Q- h- ?- e- @
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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& [# o* W- y3 W9 a) O9 C& W, G& IAssaulting units:
* j! N9 Y' T$ r$ F$ u    716th Tank Battalion5 L, k  C7 `$ \2 O) g4 Y: {
    112th Cavalry Regiment
3 U# x2 a) R# d6 t: H& E    44th Tank Battalion: K# h8 W/ @, ~5 S" H* \
    711th Tank Battalion
2 x4 K5 _$ p1 f2 c& V; S, [    6th Infantry Division
& U& F- }; o7 ?3 o3 C1 s: H    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment# j1 A4 E# \# h/ Z2 y
    5th Marine Division
9 ]/ \. Q0 l4 @6 V; T/ z/ A1 u! J    706th Tank Battalion9 r; Y" Z# U, s& v' G
    710th Tank Battalion2 S% t9 D4 [, b( j5 E  s
    81st Infantry Division1 Y1 T5 r6 Y5 P' }9 p$ ?5 w
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment/ }3 q% A  g- z) Z5 N
    767th Tank Battalion4 O, N  ]$ q$ d
    762nd Tank Battalion
. m" T7 M! g, x% @    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4 J6 ~& C% n  S2 Q# L% u    96th Infantry Division5 o! b% F, O6 H. X7 @4 \' e
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 O6 A7 |0 {; I) U5 ]& k; ~    14th Marine Defense Battalion
1 x5 N0 n9 ~# L8 Q  n& x8 f    1st USMC AA Battalion; m$ R; \5 j  x/ Y) d
    738th Coast AA Regiment
+ D4 V0 {4 O$ |9 t& M    X Corps Artillery , g5 n0 Q9 r* l% C, E
    I Corps Artillery   O1 v1 h: A5 v. N* Y. w
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! I2 o- o  F7 a8 C$ M! W+ D    12th Marine Defense Battalion) G. w" S' n0 Q/ x; @; M
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 J1 h6 W: ?  p4 {- a
    XIV US Corps
# B1 n0 k5 H$ T4 J    4th USA Defense Battalion
0 @0 c6 j2 n) s# X7 m# b    5th USA Defense Battalion$ [# p. B' e( f6 T( _' @/ h+ l' U
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
; v( f) Z" f! s) G% W. p7 ^    96th Coast AA Regiment
6 a# a: I& s- Q    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion- U; \2 _; z, L! y, P' b0 H
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; ~, @/ J: n4 ?  H" P

, Y) p$ K4 ?" T) I- xDefending units:" t2 S/ z0 w$ I; h  f
    81st Division. a' W9 }) S# Y$ f2 G4 H) H
    33rd Division
( k. x" S2 x9 [. z! u! o    52nd Naval Guard Unit
% @9 c) E* g: _8 n# D5 n& y. H    Sasebo 7th SNLF
& F  p  i5 ^1 J    138th Infantry Regiment
+ f8 ^- }& c5 S" T! `$ U6 H+ `    Kure 3rd SNLF /14 a. e6 C. j9 C+ h
    3rd Base Force5 V+ x2 e8 r! e, Q
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% Z) v' ]% E8 q0 h/ o. V2 |
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment1 o5 g$ M. o/ A2 J. }
    14th Area Army /1
6 A4 h& A! Y$ |6 p0 v" Q8 d    144th Infantry Regiment
) C6 w* r2 g7 T/ @3 Z& x    18th Field AF Construction Battalion4 _) J9 D7 q: v. f& m* a
    19th JAAF Base Force
9 W% s+ X1 \' q/ \$ C5 Z0 k; c    60th Field AA Battalion
2 S, {* o! m  H' Q0 R( n, j    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment7 |2 O. a. v3 b8 A' j0 J; D$ b( F
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" c  [- C7 L6 r# l1 X    61st Field AA Battalion* i- W6 q3 y; |* z6 [
    Kure 7th SNLF5 x' F) a5 z% \" [4 S; ^
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
" h* j$ m: C, g    18th Army* U! w9 d, f! [, D) G" W. c7 \3 }: G
    12th Air Fleet# D4 U  T; `/ Q4 j/ N; g+ m$ _0 S; k9 C
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment- t9 m/ l/ j' t! P  O0 `
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion1 H! @& v' J0 O/ I, C" \
    Ponape Naval Fortress$ J) D6 l' P8 d. A; x% \- d
    53rd Construction Battalion% K  P3 Y2 j2 {% n7 R' e* G
    63rd Field AA Battalion
9 C6 ~& u# V* N% a( y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44
1 U, a" z+ L" M  w( q$ T. H2 |, f5 q  n经过20天的苦战，盟军终于拿下了有3个师团8万日军据守的9级防御的波纳佩。
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) k7 x& u: t; D* p( \日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。
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此役为盟军硫磺岛惨败后立刻发动的攻坚战，意在检验45年盟军的攻坚能力，也测验日军重点把守据点的防御能力。实验证明在断绝外援的情况下，日军据点虽然坚强，但并非不可攻破，实乃鼓舞士气振奋人心的一战。
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( `5 S4 ~7 C6 s8 X$ j5 T7 DGround combat at Ponape (119,113)7 z+ s  F1 M: s2 D) \; B1 k) b8 d

# ^: Z" V8 Z* i* w+ d/ x' HAllied Shock attack: K! X( ?3 p4 c
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Attacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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4 {" B4 I' y) ~. G" m+ HDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
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9 v  d8 I: }: }9 H+ w5 N8 }Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3& d! l$ g( _* l# U( w6 O) P
( c3 m8 M- r3 e" Z
Allied adjusted assault: 5312
8 A9 E5 g" `8 h2 G% \, x3 }# Q- w2 I! m- F
Japanese adjusted defense: 163
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% V* M1 F$ J3 p2 ^/ e6 g3 PAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)   {% a" M: E, I2 \& f: j
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Allied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
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Combat modifiers
6 ~1 r" s) c# J# o2 o7 E) @0 d. JDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
% F" `; M/ J, w1 D) t, ~3 L0 oAttacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:6 u! B7 @4 c% D7 s2 O( W) M2 N; J) }
      6464 casualties reported
5 t8 |, ~: a6 A3 y8 k. ?! R         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled2 a, y0 q2 ^- ]( B! Y$ q
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled$ L: s- c- f* P6 S+ b2 K
         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 v+ [( `; d3 W6 w      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)2 h- [7 L' \/ s
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled): ?6 b/ h3 _3 ?2 L6 h1 F
      Units destroyed 1  t; [% o9 |) |4 t& V% K. h( H1 P8 o

% A; H4 ~0 ~4 z9 p1 t- q7 EAllied ground losses:
7 k9 @7 x9 ~! z/ g! |      700 casualties reported
9 M' u* d$ Z( i: z3 N         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled% y0 x6 U5 r8 {9 N6 v) v; m% A
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
: `6 ?, K; r& R. w5 A/ }9 I         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled0 B! A6 U2 }% B3 i- S  Z, K' N. U
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
" x4 W" O' ?& K' V( _      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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' @/ t0 C! o0 B- O9 S4 YAssaulting units:
& g: [8 y; U5 G# s- `2 ?7 H; H* P/ f! u    6th Infantry Division' T0 u5 c9 [: J
    706th Tank Battalion
, `! k+ S5 p$ H$ ~    710th Tank Battalion( l/ p9 R, T9 }* V. m* J
    716th Tank Battalion
) C- i' X! j$ e* M4 k8 g/ ^- Y    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
+ R( }4 J$ h* @2 B    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
$ C* ^/ y- h  o$ x    767th Tank Battalion0 G* w  t% K7 o; J4 b6 u
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment  z. r) z$ B  W6 L: N' @7 n/ h
    711th Tank Battalion7 x& u) }' d+ U5 `) G* @5 i
    762nd Tank Battalion
. @  v) O2 x4 z/ r% Q    81st Infantry Division2 S8 G# g, \7 q
    5th Marine Division) S- \0 ~2 g5 O. t
    112th Cavalry Regiment3 E. m- F5 |0 C$ ?
    44th Tank Battalion/ h/ H# s! s+ k. ~- b
    96th Infantry Division# h" b! w( p" W- {
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
# o1 c$ X4 t4 W9 L! u0 W* R# E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment- }9 G9 V$ {, `6 n, B! ^  L4 i6 M- p
    4th USA Defense Battalion4 O+ r1 m$ U2 }) t
    5th USA Defense Battalion* P, ^' y% h! V0 H% R
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
" r" ?) Y' r0 H    1st USMC AA Battalion$ _7 T5 j9 O# }. H; Z
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  |, E# H4 u/ Q    XIV US Corps
4 M4 [- @$ D1 @+ p! l8 H6 w    I Corps Artillery 5 e( i$ M) h4 F; \
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
# h3 Y* t9 {% s6 E    738th Coast AA Regiment! T1 j1 v7 o, Y6 {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
1 Y& _5 H5 n# y' Y8 ~/ Z    X Corps Artillery
( g3 B6 X4 C2 U6 S8 D    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion* @5 R" D+ J, K
    96th Coast AA Regiment
/ J# m! i1 G' Q( U( Q1 y% s) J) s9 U    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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' o% f& h3 d) m, Y! a/ [: y0 ]3 bDefending units:" y0 J, d* R8 ^- b. U
    81st Division
9 J/ c8 S' r6 }    33rd Division
8 M; P5 g6 J1 }- g    138th Infantry Regiment$ S" J9 x1 ?$ a' g% b' a
    Sasebo 7th SNLF: z1 l3 @" l0 X/ [/ M
    Ponape Naval Fortress
5 Z; n0 _' W, S+ p" U. [8 O1 c    12th Air Fleet. c7 f  ?) M) O6 ]
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion& O; `+ s# R% O8 Y* e/ Q- B, H
    60th Field AA Battalion  c1 e; Z" x- w
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
8 c6 ^9 f9 I1 |& @  V8 C+ N    53rd Construction Battalion* L6 z( N3 x( Z4 d7 I# W
    61st Field AA Battalion
8 D  j/ H2 V7 O    Wake Cst Gun Bn /10 U  P) B9 C2 M! E; p. p7 ?
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
- B* k& ~9 ?7 ]% F4 \    19th JAAF Base Force
' H' E/ R+ t  ~    18th Army
# L9 L- p5 g, q% X+ @0 X    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( T" y7 l) r5 Y- |    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ f7 |6 R& i$ E( [  {9 V
    3rd Base Force# g9 o3 T  O* _4 r' j
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
5 h% u* `. K/ \7 @    52nd Naval Guard Unit& @7 T( M, P; `# f
    14th Area Army /1
: Q: k4 M+ g+ I# v$ R: ~! [    Kure 7th SNLF
' u7 E; |( b" ^! t* I    144th Infantry Regiment& P% z; P9 }( {0 a
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 B' @6 N/ ~: V+ z    63rd Field AA Battalion8 T( |' p" \$ c3 o1 H% N7 J. V4 Z: U
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# ]# W; A- ~% R4 M) R
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44
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来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards- J8 s# P" H3 s

9 M6 u& D; g" N* |4 O, Q  \Japanese Ships
8 Q1 D; p. l% g. x% F. I      DD Fujinami
& v" ?2 M4 N; a* M& r& b      DD Kishinami
" r3 D6 Y' c  K( }5 E      DD Kiyonami% B! `2 p; i1 F; H
      DD Okinami/ Z8 Y" o0 D; Z5 {
      DD Hamanami
2 q, \# a2 |$ A) m$ l$ a& R      DD Asashimo
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Allied Ships/ x# e: T7 ~* \2 C: L! t0 b
      xAP Golden Racer
- j$ B# x* u7 l+ \) n. l      xAP Mallory Lykes! ^2 X9 S' y7 Q6 q5 [3 m# ]
      xAP Abigail Adams
5 [2 J# }- c7 q8 I7 d      xAP Adoniram Judson1 Q4 s. ?: m) H* Y3 \
      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! [. l6 [9 C) d* l& y8 q, G2 Y/ C      xAP Andrew D. White
, [- h/ s) D% X' S      xAP Andrew Furuseth
, C: ~9 l+ h7 [& N0 ~3 \5 p      xAP Archbishop Lamy
# ^" F& s) `# S9 e3 S5 A      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
9 Q+ t+ b) x6 ]9 M6 U" D" z      xAP B. F. Shaw* J7 [4 ?0 w1 W+ {% |  p" I8 }+ v
      xAP B. Livingston2 K) x0 ]* z. j  R, Y5 x
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson( V; n4 P# s" I* B" x0 X
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler8 y) R8 e2 R6 f6 b
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
) `2 T3 v  z( J2 F7 j      xAP Caleb Strong) M0 Z8 ?" v1 Z( f# q
      xAP Carlos Carrillo1 H7 j4 T  D# }  L9 N0 |& s1 ]2 m
      xAP Charles H. Windham. b2 o; p) M7 ?- N: Y; l) C
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
& z" _5 k2 m& S6 [      xAP Chief Washakie; x* E7 d8 a7 A' S- E
      xAP Daniel Drake! w# l$ G: G) @% J1 j$ [
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont( j( p- C2 @7 l
      xAP David Dudley Field
8 i8 o& O3 D0 O3 [# J" U      xAP David Gaillard
6 X- q% ~/ c. q' Z  M/ i6 G6 z      xAP David J. Brewer0 t$ S7 A8 _7 v, _: E
      xAP Edmund Fanning
- }9 |" ^; Z) |  w      xAP Edmund Randolph' J- J# }, h, }/ w
      xAP Edward Livingston* v; E6 {9 b9 @) _
      xAP Edwin Markham! q. p( x/ r7 q) N
      xAP Elihu Thomson& ]) D  _& y/ I4 e9 l- B0 `& U
      xAP Frances E. Willard+ I& H  `7 _3 |: ^
      xAP Francis P. Blair
# p1 }, {3 i# X      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire* I$ u4 b8 t5 a* E$ [. O- k
      xAP Leland Stanford
& @3 d( X; @! w! o      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
" m2 e/ \9 Y! i. T- X- X9 s      xAP Lew Wallace1 k4 p- \7 i, W5 j- x2 g
      xAP Lewis Cass
- B. R5 C9 i4 g# X+ ]      xAP Lydia M. Child
: `2 V$ B% u; F      xAP Samuel Gompers, j; r; [9 C1 h: k9 m7 _
      xAP Stanley Matthews% X$ \0 X: J$ V9 u  l2 C
      xAP Stephen J. Field
8 b. w0 B- H4 [# n- G$ m      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1$ F( e' n; J5 m* s2 Z/ `
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
: }# j! c. D% e1 {4 `( H      xAP Thomas Nast
$ s! ?2 A* u  N; Y      xAP Thomas Nelson7 K( l2 X" G  h7 U0 r. T: P; P( P
      xAP Vitus Bering
! |  E9 X: O$ p      xAP Walter Colton
: T6 f7 x9 R6 h- u6 T( }, Z( g8 r      xAP William C. Claiborne( s- J+ w  N5 {; T  o5 n
      xAP William Dunbar
5 h2 O7 m' F; j' h% f0 V( a      xAP William E. Channing
# d& d$ \% E& Z2 f9 D: r1 S      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2- C0 w) U* n$ q  \
      xAP William L. Garrison
: W8 E$ q( K6 i$ j' ]      xAP William M. Stewart
+ Z6 z: T+ f  B/ G5 c      xAP William P. McArthur
4 ?; k4 f& @: E% b0 c* Y      xAP William T. Sherman( A$ `# C/ f: k9 U
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk2 l( e' r% j" S( J! f6 e/ e& T# B6 u
      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! {/ n# K+ q- I
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk7 `2 H, W; Q& x! j
      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk  s* i) {: i) H0 v4 v7 O
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
) `4 K" l) |3 ^) l8 X! M, K* K      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. U) ^. c0 D$ f6 n5 H      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' c% ?# |# h: ?      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2  B( @1 j1 U3 b6 G. K
      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
- y3 N3 K6 E% i. B1 }9 m9 W      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: Y8 Q8 I0 k- p2 }. p
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
+ W# C- N& B/ z- l9 K      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 17 N+ g8 j$ Q4 s# @

& J$ S+ q+ t, @Allied ground losses:
' `, c- D  X* F( v" K      2171 casualties reported
/ K5 W& V9 _* q9 y) k& [0 ]         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled! y1 o+ a5 _5 U# ]) N
         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
0 n$ A, Q! ~/ X         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled; O  P* s* h* r# n/ f7 r
      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
' p1 A  v3 e) ~( I* @      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)# e) ^8 U- A# A) Q# t- H
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships4 i0 b5 c1 m7 E! i5 J
      CA Tone# F, A7 ~8 I. B( T+ Q4 A
      CA Chikuma; J  K) S& P, h7 w- r
      CA Mogami6 f3 b2 V- u. A1 a3 K; N
      CA Mikuma
2 k0 o& V% u' X  D      CA Suzuya# Z( {- N! i6 |5 g0 r  w
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1! ^( Y$ M' {1 t1 i- Q* e# l- F3 E
      DD Haruzuki7 z  \$ h2 o! t4 d) \3 ~
      DD Naganami
8 q: N$ S- ~# ?; |      DD Myojinkaze* @7 `! J# o  O
      DD Kosukaze
1 c8 n' S- q( f, D- d      DD Yamanakaze
" |7 P6 I9 @1 S* S/ @      DD Urazuki! [) _, \' }2 i. T8 f0 J
      DD Benigumo- u8 d6 o( K: ^6 @! X8 I8 r

* t  @4 x) p- f8 s1 B+ oAllied Ships' _* S, K; M: n$ j! Q' n
      xAP Golden Racer( q/ u1 S1 ^/ |
      xAP Mallory Lykes- {. R7 ?* U4 k/ c
      xAP Abigail Adams
5 c- f0 w, ?* G  w, n$ P' R      xAP Adoniram Judson
% H0 ^6 c) e! }      xAP Andrew D. White- [0 `! |3 O2 W: x6 A3 ^
      xAP Andrew Furuseth# `2 ~" e) v5 ?" }4 b  A
      xAP Archbishop Lamy2 S+ ~* h) r  W8 y7 U: \
      xAP B. F. Shaw# Y7 q+ D  b$ j9 z
      xAP B. Livingston0 G. S; B& A& X) Y9 U- p1 \, `6 o0 M
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
+ S! f. O7 E3 l* \      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
/ i1 b9 h& K% Q/ p/ K% b( }      xAP Benjamin Lundy: m9 d/ P# m! c  c4 n3 k( n$ C( ]9 n, X
      xAP Caleb Strong
! T8 T/ `9 Q% E      xAP Carlos Carrillo* {8 ?- p* K3 N) u% S+ [& H4 E
      xAP Charles H. Windham
0 Q! Z1 v7 m6 B0 \5 v% }( g" \3 G      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz+ y9 v) p# K7 g
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1& R, {0 Y" a0 A& Y* g" ~
      xAP Daniel Drake
5 c# h4 H% r; A* e      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
6 S9 g3 w. h+ a, s  r8 Z      xAP David Dudley Field) l$ s' x  [+ L2 H% g
      xAP David Gaillard
5 F+ s  |( p6 {" V      xAP David J. Brewer4 v8 y( |  e. w; K0 z* `
      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire7 i$ \: Z9 J1 C. ^$ g  q8 G. U# E
      xAP Edward Livingston6 g& O: q7 q" n' r; ~, E: K9 ?6 l
      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2( }0 {3 F/ X1 I+ g6 d9 Y6 u, `
      xAP Elihu Thomson2 `$ ^* x( ~1 g8 i% {" X- s: t, P% S
      xAP Frances E. Willard; y5 H! D4 _0 e
      xAP Francis P. Blair
( l  p4 Y* p* p* n6 d* P/ ?      xAP Leland Stanford1 s9 z& ^% X& Y+ I4 v3 S  c
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw  B4 _1 V, I* P3 f. k$ f3 Y
      xAP Lew Wallace2 E4 M% v- c) O1 D. L
      xAP Lewis Cass& @$ r7 f$ x( y% J" Y8 k* q
      xAP Lydia M. Child7 x' f+ N" Z8 a8 V" Z
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- O# o- P4 E  o4 v* w
      xAP Stanley Matthews
. W) }3 h* r0 I3 h1 G9 _: Y      xAP Stephen J. Field3 j$ f8 a' i" D* P9 j* t8 S* t
      xAP Stephen M. White+ D# U1 ?0 W) S) H% H/ H" J
      xAP Thomas A. Edison$ h- |+ }/ V2 a- @9 X' Y
      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
7 }/ t4 i# F5 H/ \8 V& A4 X      xAP Vitus Bering
/ l& \0 ~) H! S6 i1 l9 m" V      xAP Walter Colton
4 T& s" I: T* u+ E$ P+ y) s      xAP William C. Claiborne
0 \$ q) {% q  Q8 D2 C! ]      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire$ {" x8 l1 V, B1 s: J' {) D
      xAP William E. Channing8 o, ~6 x2 e0 L4 [. o
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage' \  C0 J' Q# e
      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire( L; Z4 {& O  N! p' l
      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire
2 E3 \3 |8 T1 P) ^/ f6 I      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
1 k5 W% p1 h4 W% C7 c  d5 J      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  {' B% I2 R& J) U7 f      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  V6 Y2 y0 q- ^( m      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# S7 N1 J. e( _7 n7 T7 a
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) J1 g4 X- F* n7 T. |  ]& r      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  T* a/ ]! L- q      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
' z5 `* l  x1 V- u; x      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" f- Z& A% |" f* c' U9 E
      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 s) H4 v% d& @- h( v  E" H# B6 V
      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires  L# d/ L# y. r. v
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ Q! v+ c4 v4 s0 I
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 @* ]6 ?: o/ i% \& `2 r/ j
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ ^+ H$ A( d8 H7 z* `      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& ^. S) Q# P- D1 }# ?      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" x' x* t. O4 S      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
  l" D  F& @: z! p: X( v& z      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
$ s- b$ E1 U6 f      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire* v2 i1 y4 |& H7 l
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) N/ G. v3 p4 k+ n      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire3 I0 C: p7 ~' t9 V
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 }  }# }& W9 m, e% T
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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) r+ j! n: c' r$ M$ X- A; w( i; \1 T0 MAllied ground losses:9 a9 Q( M9 U8 H- s& Z8 z
      1589 casualties reported
' Z  A* t0 l4 c         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled$ f4 S0 ~) G' Z* O8 p0 d- s
         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled, G5 [& ]1 l. b* O3 c- o6 Q, t# _
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled
0 w1 ^0 ?$ \) G! j3 e" x: H7 E      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
- y5 L2 _3 @7 z      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队/ w, ^) z& C  X1 ~: b& h
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( y0 X& \. O4 S/ C/ eGround combat at Ponape (119,113)1 Y/ |1 i2 Q# k$ L
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Allied Deliberate attack- I, }6 _, p3 z
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Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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. H! Q  c( ~+ o6 \( ADefending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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1 ?8 U9 d; ?. FAllied adjusted assault: 1865
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Japanese adjusted defense: 57 # |; r9 C9 X2 J% w, g
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 " K8 Q, i/ }& q9 u3 f% M
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Combat modifiers" D& Q/ t( [+ J8 w- c
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
( u; U1 o% W, z/ o# cAttacker: , H6 ^0 B7 _! T! X9 n4 X5 D5 O9 m

5 C+ S( i6 P3 j9 z0 LJapanese ground losses:& T1 c, ?3 G  b3 V0 P
      2583 casualties reported1 y& ?. T0 c! ^& `' F5 T" I
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled5 O- h9 O/ k! S' {
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled3 K; H& B# o* |% \1 Y  t1 S
         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
! l8 Q0 u6 O8 D% B4 A. `6 k      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
, A6 C) ?8 y; E" V      Units destroyed 10 L0 [5 v! K( a5 [

. e7 f, V4 E+ ~' ~- R5 D3 ^Allied ground losses:# p. g/ y2 Z  ]& y; W* ?) J
      107 casualties reported+ {9 X) u8 Z) Z0 x
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
. }- Q4 J3 J5 R: t1 h         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled- N+ E! i/ T" Y4 T8 |
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled4 k% v5 m0 n8 [; P7 n
      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
" m; Y: ^# J- G; X8 s    6th Infantry Division" W$ L3 e) r! o+ ~8 s7 V
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment1 L, \% S" s8 ^8 x
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
0 o4 f: M  h) P$ v7 A! j: v0 S    710th Tank Battalion
1 H( I. |. a) y* f    81st Infantry Division( u: [; f6 B' _9 ]. z
    767th Tank Battalion2 N( S) v( X' I. g8 a; N0 k( S" ^8 L
    716th Tank Battalion* N* F5 p# S6 T0 _) o$ X/ O: ~
    44th Tank Battalion
+ @( h4 k4 ?* V4 }4 T3 X    711th Tank Battalion
4 P4 m5 [- U3 ?6 y# W0 c    762nd Tank Battalion" f8 k7 W+ `' P2 g
    5th Marine Division$ G8 r; \( S. x# M
    112th Cavalry Regiment5 t+ l- l0 U6 F/ z! X; A
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
) p  m2 R  @+ c+ w' m    706th Tank Battalion
; @  ~' x% l/ [5 I8 P$ I    96th Infantry Division
; F$ |2 i; {& h1 b% b. l4 H8 p, H! H( I' |    XIV US Corps0 @8 ^' E1 S7 O% L& F7 l0 ]
    4th USA Defense Battalion- x4 @: ?! d- X/ C0 R0 _! G
    X Corps Artillery 3 j& o' L5 A2 d6 K1 u
    738th Coast AA Regiment
0 t) A" S( c, n# y  T4 K    5th USA Defense Battalion
- o9 Y6 l1 y* `. a    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment6 _7 I8 s8 ]5 B: I
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; q7 g  Z1 u5 V3 R
    I Corps Artillery ; z' R6 L# g7 @: @! t, j
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 O+ v) i; ]8 U1 S: ]    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ L7 m- O" e6 H5 u1 `
    1st USMC AA Battalion2 x+ E. q& i0 h3 t+ n
    35th Aviation Base Force
( C7 `+ B, m  ?; _8 R* F& ?    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% w* @: ]( M% Z7 w, b- u
    96th Coast AA Regiment
9 [  c" k5 c; }, q+ i9 O6 e8 u    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
% v4 J) _0 G' q+ R$ T0 i1 J    8th Marine Defense Battalion3 v( }! d1 D! k. Y9 X+ `! X, _+ R
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 S$ `. I2 h2 N  V4 D1 l

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    81st Division
4 k' P* O: W6 P4 ^$ Z    33rd Division
" p+ ~- ^: F$ |" O6 N    Sasebo 7th SNLF
9 m5 ~: s2 @: [/ X4 n& S+ s0 m* H    52nd Naval Guard Unit
1 Q" X8 J6 ?  |* d    Ponape Naval Fortress
; j( g# M4 a' @* \0 k- L# H# h    63rd Field AA Battalion
$ \' ^* T) l, b3 v$ o3 N2 y    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
8 w3 `1 A1 U1 A, g3 Q# u    14th Area Army /1
  ?- ?: U: q9 M    61st Field AA Battalion
. j* o+ A* \8 |" E7 t7 I) P: ~$ u- r" c    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
9 |: S8 g7 z8 \    3rd Base Force
) G! _# }3 u- ?3 G, q" p    Kure 3rd SNLF /1! Z! f  f! V; c3 i) d! \- M. ^. V
    19th JAAF Base Force
! g  D1 D7 \9 ]# S- `    53rd Construction Battalion
  \: @2 Y) I2 @$ o+ L    12th Air Fleet
4 |. N4 D% y4 n  n    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 l1 Q& ]/ m0 V: e
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion& o! Z4 v3 d( Z/ K# H
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% ]* Z# @$ B! B7 v, N
    Kure 7th SNLF
; X1 {! ]$ E* P    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) [) x, Q& l4 d; b$ X- X
    144th Infantry Regiment% `6 e8 y5 m. J8 t
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 m5 P! L$ d+ ~
    18th Army
; L; y3 ?  w& i$ V6 C1 z    138th Infantry Regiment# b8 J, O8 v- k+ C0 s; m
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; s2 d$ ^) B4 g6 l    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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; Q8 E$ s" I( }& e1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!8 A; z* T" S& N! P

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23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!$ X! S8 I3 X& z4 x5 d' }
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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!$ i4 E8 c+ ^+ M) j0 {  g- @

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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!9 P1 V$ z* Z: j% i! ^
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7 b7 e; _* N3 Q14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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  t/ H' [$ i% _7 e% K6 Z$ l61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!' K8 F: q1 l6 G
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Kure 7th SNLF Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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" o- W8 [$ j: _5 i52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!2 z/ p& H; `$ k( O$ q
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53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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18th Field AF Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!

hades1001

这里离前线实在是有点远了，护航兵力也安排不过来，水机也不多，给日军钻了空子，大统领表示要检讨

hades1001

第二天晚上日军杀个回马枪是可以预料的，不过那些受伤的船只跑不快被击沉也是意料之中的事，这些损失大统领只能默默的记在小本子上，等着向天蝗十倍讨回了