hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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) J4 b+ V7 z6 w' y0 H' i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: l" {5 T" ]! T
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7 q" ]! O4 D. o9 ]. B! r3 zNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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4 R4 ], d0 ^6 f5 R62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.: c- p4 P' Z4 A# e% D4 q" l

1 H$ L2 A- r5 RAllied Ships
# `8 q. g: y# G( A2 C+ B      CA Wichita
( _7 @. L6 t7 q: {1 C7 _9 O      CA Vincennes
- ]' i+ d, G  ^' z. C      CA Quincy
' S% Y- |6 F2 e" D) L+ E' G' a      CA San Francisco
4 q! }1 x. p/ g! \3 {      CA Minneapolis
& e& w1 E# g" O- |8 o; V+ `      CA Astoria: A9 O& \, r1 u' }' X& G; f
      CA Chicago
# c  g$ H% ~, d$ X      CA Louisville* K/ E+ ]* W! r" Q" A5 f4 n! h
      CA Chester
" `" I* ^1 n' ~: P* F1 ]      CA Northampton& j2 N3 r/ d# P& Z$ s
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
# Y  i6 Y2 q5 n; c2 _      71 casualties reported* t/ g/ y( y2 M  Z* {
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled- t$ P" z0 w5 o) m1 ~( N7 U
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
+ b* u8 y: i; z, x% s' y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
! U. V( j' y' B      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
; [3 J6 k9 r4 W# T5 x" B; B+ NRunway hits 10# X# s& q# A) H$ Z% `1 N
Port hits 4
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& f3 c0 t! P$ s2 t: rCA Wichita firing at Ponape , e' q5 W8 _& H0 Y  P/ c
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% }5 [( F: W1 s% q
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes- _$ A( y2 H' ?$ P
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
. o" L% I5 A* q; APonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy! o* b9 d. o4 ~- E
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
+ `2 Q0 y" g2 \( pCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( I( @6 B' d/ @5 n( i( B
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
# @+ q, w% l4 |  gCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
  d4 O& X$ R# w: X7 q4 D3 pCA Chicago firing at Ponape
' E4 q) z4 a( ^* G& TCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
% q" w' o! U% R1 zOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester3 t5 w4 S5 A. j
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
9 l7 y% _# _# h7 xCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division% ^* s0 p! n: V: d0 @
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland5 e  V$ J# [& T0 z  C: i) p
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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+ x% D" c9 `. i      BB Alabama2 W6 |1 S/ E3 U5 B( f( }( g6 e
      BB Massachusetts& }2 S$ w1 Q0 F) R5 ^
      BB Indiana
6 D" ]- K6 n  M' h- v      BB South Dakota2 L- X. w. k$ W* l" [
      BB Washington0 E! W+ I  M5 d& W- v
      BB North Carolina
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# {; Z! B" U4 z0 Y$ V, Y& qJapanese ground losses:
* ?$ h/ o- @$ S% ?; ]# b) j' T      275 casualties reported1 R9 E( W6 Z$ h& @5 x1 ?
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled4 ]& O- f" k: O: H
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled* I. P$ U" z+ k$ s- S
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
) c8 u2 `$ [) h+ r8 j      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled), J7 ?8 \, I) o4 m$ t# h' s. _' N: D# S
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
$ f  ]" S! N& l, d' sRunway hits 77 \" d5 S* ~" x1 @& C! X1 i; W  v- F
Port hits 3
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+ L4 B6 X3 p0 x6 DBB Alabama firing at Ponape ' F! R$ T! a0 C$ q
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
: z- _$ N3 W1 KBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
2 U; t+ k# k+ Z$ `0 [4 i. V% DOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
) j8 i7 {  N4 p  qBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 4 K" d8 t+ N9 G2 H! Q% _, E. f
BB Washington firing at Ponape
1 s: |1 @0 o% }$ Z* IBB 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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, y- @, T$ k; D8 |# E' H* x13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.7 E" S$ c4 Z' ~# x6 c

- P( N$ ]/ O1 e/ L% uAllied Ships
& }# [3 B& |. ]/ @2 d5 l5 H4 F3 ?      BB Queen Elizabeth
1 c0 D" n; J! ]- J      BB Valiant
0 S# e& b6 v# H      BB Mississippi/ c) H' v+ @/ N+ T3 t9 p! X
      BB New Mexico" Q7 f# `! Z# q! h# l* R4 ~
      BB Idaho. M8 L% P. [, R3 x. V
      BB West Virginia
$ _7 m  p$ x5 H1 `/ v      BB Colorado
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# E6 T$ N: W2 r3 kJapanese ground losses:9 u- e# U1 e: K1 N3 I" }4 S1 H
      117 casualties reported
# e1 c# u) U5 T6 E         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
$ s7 A( X$ W/ z4 y" l6 |         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
5 ]# V# \! t% E0 [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled7 x  O* U1 t$ m; }1 Y
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)) F. y! @/ H( \' z& l
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 T4 N* }+ z# I9 I' F

* C( r5 Q1 k9 H/ t; vAirbase hits 2! O2 Z7 k, f5 u
Runway hits 25 I, Y" z( F/ D

. S# P! k  ^1 O8 s7 DBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' H* W/ p8 u4 G! v5 @
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; w4 o; l) t# t( f6 i4 s' {BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
1 A- N3 e, g2 m' t& {Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
& L" o2 [$ ]" f5 N* M; zBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division& H5 [! e, ~3 L
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force6 P2 a5 k" q6 ^7 ]8 H! P
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
/ A% X# P1 t9 O' aBB West Virginia firing at Ponape
) P- A; t6 o( t' i7 rBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force' r1 e0 u+ b6 B, ~' O
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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; W& d, p4 }  |0 F( o" _+ FAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
. c  j1 C, E% P/ s+ nEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
/ \! L8 ]- q2 t6 X5 A      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
: Q; x4 J, o; G& W4 f: R$ B8 v      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337* A' S7 F. C) |' M2 J
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2839 |" ~3 }  K9 j2 d8 b( X

% Z5 u# \6 V2 t! x- zAllied aircraft losses3 E) Y: |2 L4 d
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged4 L/ ]" J+ |$ Q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak$ l' _) C. o' k1 ]$ _
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
" G% p  X$ [% s" n, d; m% [! z# D      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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, W% Q5 l  k# P$ lJapanese ground losses:
$ r% Y" v& g- R4 K7 E- `      159 casualties reported; l( d7 }1 G4 j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
1 Q. I( r" v" Y/ e$ f+ |         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
$ r: T& J: V! ?# J" I) H  Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 A6 t: d1 w$ I% e, k* ]9 q( Y
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+ d! n8 f. T: i$ y2 n* o5 JGround combat at Ponape (119,113)& g4 R/ s. U* u

& F7 C. @) Q/ v" [' m; G% @: mAllied Deliberate attack
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& z$ @7 K/ z  N9 B6 PAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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* R& x9 X2 I# v5 G% zDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7! V4 G9 `+ y. v6 b7 B. m) R
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406 3 S+ Q: |; U$ J" D7 K# |$ l# B

& f1 w+ X9 k6 D. LJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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+ d% n; J' @3 u! j3 a5 P5 o! X* VCombat modifiers
$ q0 Y: G0 Q2 z1 lDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)2 d5 n- h, E. t/ R/ a  u+ N9 p& p
Attacker:   P! z( l# G4 O/ D. K- I
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Japanese ground losses:$ Z* ^- i7 ^' V+ d# Z" N6 D* T
      3539 casualties reported' x. _3 C3 Q, T
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled1 Q+ H% p" c1 q8 K* E3 w4 L2 L3 H
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled9 [& S. @& i) ?* E% P: T, `& A8 T( H
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled/ k* j' x: L& X$ |: T7 q7 e( D' A
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
2 s4 y7 u# V7 m; g3 |! F, K( D      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)* e3 B8 [, h1 b

% M! |9 y: p; P  f9 t/ tAllied ground losses:2 F: L' p! g$ l
      3552 casualties reported
3 z. y, Z0 G$ Z/ N         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled0 o! M7 C  y% j
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled1 X/ W( X0 a  H6 ]1 O. t' z
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled' T6 Z, z) U- j9 V- g( Z
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)& M- F+ f9 p- I/ B4 N5 P
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
! H% p* g( Y+ j$ d      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
* t, {6 M1 `- e6 R1 y    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion. O. S; x9 }) b
    5th Marine Division
& u/ ]( C1 h6 z' G: r8 R    716th Tank Battalion/ I7 a" P5 q+ [# e0 x! q
    706th Tank Battalion, a; {$ G6 y9 a
    762nd Tank Battalion
! K* }: _: [; r4 h9 V    710th Tank Battalion
: a5 q; @: n% m- s) k4 R    767th Tank Battalion1 y# U3 |' [$ g4 T
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4 Q" a/ V2 ?1 l7 S" m    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 Q6 U+ `0 {# s) O7 U$ c
    81st Infantry Division
& X9 g* W+ _; [" u' p4 |$ h    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1 b0 Y& G) y  }    96th Infantry Division
2 ]7 i: k6 q4 T9 T0 L0 M0 h    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment* }8 F+ C  X5 b1 [
    711th Tank Battalion# H5 N% U( r, z4 m/ n
    44th Tank Battalion  B& Z/ c2 ]- g2 ~
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
# N+ k2 x6 z; {5 @$ k9 q; e  \' W    6th Infantry Division# N; \3 P- y% \6 V. Z5 p
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
# x% e* h" A( G! c$ [9 y, h, I* R4 p, h3 t    31st Infantry Regiment
3 l% L+ P$ |, n3 W0 m: r, q    XIV US Corps  F' d4 n" o3 Z# q  O( c" U
    96th Coast AA Regiment  s3 o1 E6 z: g2 k4 k
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
8 F8 N8 h. s5 }( `    4th USA Defense Battalion5 v: H1 b. C* B/ p8 ?" I3 v
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. T9 O/ I. C/ @9 O! |    1st USMC AA Battalion2 ~! _# i, e5 f' o; t: v6 J& ?0 {8 Y
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 i% g4 B9 h6 k3 Y: k0 Q+ }
    5th USA Defense Battalion
6 B( e5 R6 G7 S5 E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 a" D& {/ F0 b; Y    738th Coast AA Regiment
- X' O$ _) F  |" D0 h4 w    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment' @& M. O& R( B! M% ]" M% F' P: ?
    I Corps Artillery 0 F+ m5 t  G6 i. g8 R: j
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
! W' E6 f) H+ V" U6 H# q    X Corps Artillery
" w1 ?& m4 S. C; J) B$ i$ o    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 L. Y3 N9 c- U' E; O" ~
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment& r8 X$ Y" B0 k+ Z" I9 ]

1 ?' i1 }  i( k* qDefending units:- I4 O) _8 W( S+ r3 k
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
6 _  [  V) G+ V4 Q( `( ~! l. u7 J1 U    52nd Naval Guard Unit7 h6 K: v+ K9 e) `2 i
    144th Infantry Regiment
8 N) o$ `. v- H    Kure 3rd SNLF
  `! v" Y( C1 g$ I7 o    Sasebo 7th SNLF& E! ~0 n  U- U% A- g1 K
    33rd/B Division
( V, {$ [3 ?2 I; N4 h& i    81st/C Division, U  Q  O: A& A
    81st/A Division
2 n* f" _+ s; ?, b9 T+ g4 h# ?9 g    81st/B Division
" T8 o$ a/ f4 H/ s. J    33rd/A Division
, e: X. A5 l& x% ~1 h    138th Infantry Regiment
( s5 q5 v7 [# c3 J# f3 |: b5 m0 S    33rd/C Division
* @  D4 L7 |/ W6 K: X; W    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment  Q* h% B+ O# \& D# `0 }3 W6 |
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion1 d) Z5 Z- R0 q
    19th JAAF Base Force0 S, U; t  m& I2 F2 y5 I0 @. b
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
8 N! d  k3 C( Y/ V    12th Air Fleet) A0 x* h( y& R1 X4 q6 ?
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment: R8 b8 |/ L5 f+ R
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
# W0 \2 n6 Y0 r" ~    63rd Field AA Battalion( z% r9 z6 E8 n6 D3 y# w
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
5 O5 \6 z: u- i0 u  e    18th Field AF Construction Battalion9 A& b4 d) a: T' @- Y' x
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 f! M3 M5 Y/ R$ w& D0 V9 u    Ponape Naval Fortress) _/ p/ |1 M; |8 ?7 \
    61st Field AA Battalion
  O9 w  q+ y+ n) H+ g* j  P    18th Army
+ E& R/ E! g, k) ?& `# U    14th Area Army /1# P/ n; e( S! @8 _
    60th Field AA Battalion
& }% E$ |7 E, u3 v! ~5 P9 Q2 }2 g    53rd Construction Battalion& k# E) i: O7 x; G1 I
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
( B" z- V# B6 F$ q    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, [* Q/ b# e2 |# i2 a1 |" }    Kure 7th SNLF" z: @$ g, r# j
    3rd Base Force
' i. j% q1 |4 e/ R    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% w, U) p* _6 x. k4 F
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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2 u' [  S$ ]/ U, L
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. b4 O3 R# o6 _  e' X6 ONight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships$ |' ?4 {( I* y' p/ U6 h. a& f
      CA Vincennes
3 g& ]$ _/ x6 N+ V( Z      CA Quincy5 n0 ^, }9 A5 J' D) B# v4 H, C. H
      CA San Francisco
  I# \; A" g6 @      CA Minneapolis1 s! H. Q- |) k  z, ]
      CA Astoria
% v4 \$ [- s" |9 w      CA Chicago, Y. V3 d' A! A1 |# I3 H0 `
      CA Louisville' |3 p1 b, g5 l* O' @5 i& c
      CA Chester
4 I9 D0 M- Q9 x0 Z! r, D3 a      CA Northampton- U7 ~# L! Y  }5 u6 A" C7 F: n
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:* H: A0 q3 Q* C( X
      112 casualties reported
* i8 w/ ~" {9 `' \         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled7 L8 T5 Q3 H6 A; @9 o( W. e
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
% e& y, F) A3 U7 S2 ]- {+ ?         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 50 P0 h# ~- B. Q& D- [
Airbase supply hits 2- g; P# R3 v& v7 U  C
Runway hits 21
% H4 r) X& J* FPort hits 7  r! H( A+ {/ |& M- N

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) T/ Y5 p  u: U/ K& R! TNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 c7 |  \, [1 U! P4 j+ i5 I

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5 R2 r9 ~# D& j1 q6 h. q      BB Alabama
# R8 b% O& {, a: O" |  X      BB Massachusetts1 _( A6 I9 P: ~4 r. n& p2 _
      BB Indiana( X& w' }5 h9 R$ p3 k% S: ~
      BB South Dakota
7 h, n' P# F( P1 X      BB Washington/ ^4 B9 ^6 v) ~
      BB North Carolina9 D5 A$ r; o/ u* Z
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Japanese ground losses:
) R8 e- Y7 C; W. V7 X7 C  d      398 casualties reported
. [" {# _7 }  }  T         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
; |$ g2 U" o8 P         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
, d0 i. k) Z9 M( |9 X         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 m; X) o7 @  R      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)& P: t# ]5 @. S. T7 H6 X
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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0 n, q) ^! x+ V+ M7 ?- c' n+ ^( R" WAirbase hits 9. ]5 s) P3 ^" z; q7 t% D; }
Runway hits 95 ?% `2 E1 t/ d4 K) @
Port hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division' W! ^; t5 M8 Y: g& V" [" L& z/ F: l
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape $ _  S8 a" c- q- \! [) `% p9 ]
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division, @! y' d; t! f" I4 c& B) N( Y. T
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape   v; ^& U  g. {. @& ^( p2 E. I
BB Washington firing at Ponape : P5 T. L8 Q' k$ J8 p0 }
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape ' m1 t* \; m& r0 B( z  T
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      BB Mississippi& k) T5 s; I1 `8 M. }, n
      BB New Mexico' h3 ]$ F$ F7 z4 L# j$ ~5 ~
      BB Idaho  z* Q( z" D' D- _. y+ a
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Japanese ground losses:! e; `) y  a! H# ~3 k3 C& I) D. \
      195 casualties reported6 H4 f0 w5 g  G$ |
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
2 I) L6 f7 M, s: \8 s4 ?         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled' l, ]" k/ G: d' h! O
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled5 P3 t. f7 t" u5 m" s5 w/ @' s/ U( H
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
4 ^4 r  ?" a7 O      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
, p$ f0 \+ f  P; ARunway hits 14
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' x7 G; R& K5 U  v( BBB Mississippi firing at Ponape 0 q4 b3 t, J4 @' h: n3 ]5 H2 I8 }7 M
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division4 V; z% c/ d9 A4 k8 R! X. I
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms* X% B! E6 t$ e/ n8 Q1 |
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.# o3 i! ~# r$ Q
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft4 w. A6 O2 M# y; h/ J
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4625 x9 O9 e* v$ f) B1 Q: Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
( s; Z0 L2 U% X' S4 o      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
1 s, L; P; j& |1 q" t' ~! L4 H# B      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
6 s+ s# V) B- r) y( q- \( A      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
/ H& \# _& l8 N' U" i      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged. Q. i9 Y+ ~8 }2 h" @9 N( r8 I

  f3 N5 ^. B8 i! ]" E7 g) kJapanese ground losses:
4 V# W* e* `  I2 k4 C$ y: |3 _* u6 u      121 casualties reported
/ }+ D" K, o* W/ M$ Q1 P4 p         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled( f+ F( Y. B( X9 }4 e
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled& d6 p, m1 n& a7 r! ?) }  o* P# g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113); z- I1 G# x- |+ {
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Allied Deliberate attack8 T" T2 G& _% G# X1 r

: V0 R3 L, U- J; d- l+ VAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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5 ]! e2 u% I2 c% ^1 @( IDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121% }+ q0 |. Z  r8 e4 \

& L$ T# D+ D; E; t$ RAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 68 b& z' R( a1 N( t9 }

% j* n6 S. O/ p) L" @Allied adjusted assault: 3228 ; e5 q5 l" A9 [) ]
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 $ Z$ @5 V  p, X% Q4 n7 o
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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# I1 \, L7 U3 D4 ~) w# f1 ICombat modifiers& P4 c  m- y0 j# a. j  N
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
7 A$ s2 @! b2 z1 h) hAttacker: % E+ U, v3 ~! p# n  v1 l/ D
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Japanese ground losses:
# i4 U1 X6 }% d% C: l6 l      2305 casualties reported
% V( D" k5 L& P' v$ ]3 a& h         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled# o$ t8 B( A: }
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
: H8 b) q. w  @3 v6 z3 @8 {         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
9 ~1 g. @' ]2 t- W% r. a3 \7 L" `      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled); q# T  R- u1 l7 g
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:7 g0 U6 \- |( `  E6 l
      3064 casualties reported+ V$ E8 u5 I$ L( s
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
- i' c+ a. `+ j# V! u         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
# `; s* o- V* b! M0 u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
$ y+ q# @$ G7 g% |& T8 ~      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
6 |& o7 q# r1 C# b      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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. M- k5 q7 {) ~9 f$ KAssaulting units:! H( V7 a' n+ h" a- l; e
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 p* g0 l4 h& i5 l' H    711th Tank Battalion: V0 D+ r' j$ T5 R
    716th Tank Battalion
, A8 X( \/ T( s$ H) f    6th Infantry Division
' P$ b2 Z  x9 J# S5 [    44th Tank Battalion% x/ b  y1 d7 g/ l+ x5 k8 Z2 k
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment1 m" N) x8 [, u2 [2 [& Y
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment% K" r3 S: E) f4 f2 t
    81st Infantry Division
6 {9 D: }2 d) U4 c1 b# r: c    767th Tank Battalion7 r' f5 t& k- |" U! u
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment' {) L' r0 M2 x
    762nd Tank Battalion
; Y" z; M' V8 f9 r1 u    710th Tank Battalion
4 f  l* l1 B7 j& s    96th Infantry Division
+ x) t3 I: F8 S0 j1 j: B    1st Filipino Inf Regiment1 }; R2 a0 g2 z1 o
    706th Tank Battalion
2 ?% y$ {, e; o& C' e2 {- Z; s    5th Marine Division
' ?$ J6 y9 d6 z& ?8 X6 K    31st Infantry Regiment
0 ^* x+ J  t( X1 A. j    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion% d$ N; q8 w* _( j* m/ m
    1st USMC AA Battalion
/ ^: h$ ?" F0 H8 \* _5 B    738th Coast AA Regiment
3 \7 ]. F5 u7 Y4 J9 c, y    96th Coast AA Regiment5 M* ^2 N% [) M' I& C8 g8 k
    14th Marine Defense Battalion8 ~) u. m0 D& T7 E
    12th Marine Defense Battalion' _3 D& V- c% p1 }
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 ~3 h& q( S6 ~' N    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( o& u$ y4 h( Z    XIV US Corps) z2 u) m" e5 I! Z$ k4 Y) `7 |( v
    X Corps Artillery
3 s9 y: G3 {2 ^+ ]2 K2 X( ~4 G    5th USA Defense Battalion9 v% F+ }& D! o) \6 W
    4th USA Defense Battalion
& i  [$ Q4 R+ ^" a- K/ j/ `8 E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment; g3 ?' n; r; |) \( g4 v
    I Corps Artillery 4 K3 E. f2 g( ]5 {& U* L1 k- m% Q
    8th Marine Defense Battalion) j% o6 F7 u9 w2 _( o
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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0 e/ K. M0 m( }8 ]! i* A3 I/ DDefending units:5 i0 M: D, F" S. P$ P3 G: F' ~
    Ponape Naval Fortress
/ H: c0 q" K8 K& R) B8 @. N    81st/C Division
$ Q  Z9 A  {5 u, f+ n0 f& n    52nd Naval Guard Unit
$ x4 C* l2 B* @! k    138th Infantry Regiment
' e) i9 @- c% \4 [3 k9 H' p    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
3 [; u9 m- G' N7 b: H    Sasebo 7th SNLF% U8 u4 ]+ m7 P  h% u
    144th Infantry Regiment
; x5 H& A  |2 ]% F' V3 G5 l+ A    81st/B Division
5 k; I6 J1 J2 V! k5 E6 y1 t    33rd/B Division
: [# P; m8 p& I: n8 b3 r3 U* h    33rd/A Division
, d* }1 t5 E" w5 {    81st/A Division
# n3 d, z- `8 j  P4 g/ g    Kure 3rd SNLF
# ?- }, ]* [* m( [% F6 e0 g2 x/ _3 ]    33rd/C Division! R) m; \5 }1 u8 t. @
    53rd Construction Battalion
: _3 a7 O5 b) R. a. ]    18th Army
0 h  V. Z3 }: ^9 @7 {1 M7 o    14th Area Army /1
5 a6 s, v2 y5 M: L" H  ]    60th Field AA Battalion
% _3 u' K( c: Y4 O    12th Air Fleet4 [2 [* k1 @4 G
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 S2 T. M, I3 x7 S2 b' V" v1 d
    63rd Field AA Battalion
8 S8 f. h) f, f, a4 @: \% F; m    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! g5 e% m- \- C: V5 @    3rd Base Force
+ B  e8 X9 D1 G1 C' @7 T    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
& N2 z! ^4 m# `! x4 \* m3 j5 v1 v! E    Kure 7th SNLF
% q$ T3 i6 v# k, N    19th JAAF Base Force
! B) k$ J) ~, W5 ~( L    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
- A  e- z* D$ f7 n; m1 Q! P    61st Field AA Battalion
" k7 G% @* L& Y9 n. W1 }  n    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
  w& U7 g3 v, m    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 e0 X+ y$ ?) p8 ~& k3 R
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. x' h' B' o4 h    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion" T- K; ^+ q, i9 V1 M) Q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion2 ~9 T3 k# f8 k" A5 P' `% I8 E
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
2 P" F% ?, v8 c/ P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
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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
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6 I1 ~/ n$ p8 ^  MMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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* s9 O! V! |' b8 v# DWeather in hex: Partial cloud0 e+ |9 _1 R% D" n) o
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
; S9 F4 ]0 c2 r& _! I' j8 qEstimated time to target is 28 minutes% K  U; m3 A# W) X( {1 m0 `

( B$ u* R* T( o8 YAllied aircraft# l& k$ m0 w! ^% d
      P-38L Lightning x 236 z8 a0 p0 \/ ^3 Z, |8 E  v; }$ M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses$ a7 w" m0 l% H+ V+ s$ C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
' y& ?. `+ w! m      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak+ v( P6 F0 K* K# x8 d  q% i
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Japanese Ships
' B1 ]# @; k9 k7 A      DD Suruyame
6 H5 O2 f8 G8 Z( P  e      CL Ninaru- A$ C4 V; n% H/ G
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; J1 J5 M) U/ i
      DD Yayoi
; R( K: z- g( b- e) }& B$ p      CA Kako
7 j- n) _3 K% y, i7 a. p7 i      DD Asagiri( w7 _; X* j9 s
      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:" L4 K) x% l+ X2 o( M+ }
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'. |/ D4 F7 s; L  t
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb/ F# F) w5 v* g) k
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'& z- A  J$ O* _9 }* G+ a) }
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb% }) O8 {% L3 B, E
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
) w# w# e, Y- Z! r               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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# ^* e& q0 S# y/ Q2 F8 x2 h$ MMassive explosion on CL Tokachi
0 V! m% p7 u! q7 x( OHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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3 G0 @- L+ {6 p, L; a3 sWeather in hex: Moderate rain) Y" T, B" w1 n4 G
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
: n3 J! a4 f5 L5 ?% z- I: JEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft+ z$ l% }; T. E% `+ w
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462% m  z" Y+ s5 Q0 w; l2 {
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326" l; e, j+ H5 T% b0 [
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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# w* P. `. d" zAllied aircraft losses$ }$ N; K" \9 Y6 q& w. M1 V+ w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
5 u5 q: W5 ~, k( j' R' h2 F& G      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak! ~' p- \$ ^  h- Z0 V3 a$ L, j- X5 a
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged9 Y% f% q; e8 ^, \
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Japanese ground losses:* j8 U0 I! J8 G* R+ a  R4 J4 |
      276 casualties reported0 G2 }; |% O& a( q  ?
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
, \$ G2 a+ c0 H5 ^/ O& r         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled3 C9 g  {+ Y; u* J+ B
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 g/ h' \# r, I# k      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)3 l2 z; e' |" g+ n/ u
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Allied Bombardment attack
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* X7 Z3 _% K* G& MAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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: H* d( |$ ^) E% R( r% Y6 zDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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# y% i' ~2 [+ R: `9 w' SJapanese ground losses:
/ g; \- Q# J/ m5 s! [      1082 casualties reported
5 v* L# b% @3 W         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled3 M: y; K2 E: [  |, H# F* v% \; G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled7 n/ P. B0 h$ E4 t1 b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled+ Q# y6 u% q; D
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)9 i( Y; P; u/ Z5 d! Y* p

/ p2 b* P& C# K0 x2 _3 B; D9 TAllied ground losses:. R$ M' ^' m/ t3 a
      23 casualties reported/ \& a( C  A$ M1 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 t4 o# k  p% L1 |6 z' v
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 c( M3 T9 A- v2 d  q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; h% e: ~5 w! S, K! L- j1 d0 G      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
& G, j/ E6 k' L# I/ i$ D      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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& f3 o% M( Q& o5 q, o; L东京快车出轨, d; h) ^9 `  u
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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。- E! f7 U: q# h) h. J9 K8 v% T
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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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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。
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& v9 c5 B" [* @2 N- E  GSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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% j! h2 \6 |" @8 D& sAllied Ships' M1 Q  G7 I" e) c& v! u
      CLAA Prince Robert; w' D0 a& b$ E7 `
      DD Saumarez
) \5 M, Q* P  Z      DD Nizam
. U* }% e* W+ t! k$ s8 ^      DD Ellet
" x* }0 Q) Z2 I      DD Waller
; N2 c( G4 S" a2 K      DD Walker
' j) U9 h! h5 o, G) U1 A      DD Wadleigh6 U8 J- l* W! r) y: W3 e5 ]
      DD Uhlmann! D4 C2 @4 u" f) E6 }9 N
      DD Twining
9 E1 E% a( k  j0 L$ ^) I% ^      DD Twiggs
2 `0 L; ~# V7 F: J: w6 s      DD David Taylor9 ?/ Y# w0 q1 H$ n
      DD Strong
; l3 v9 Q* s( m; `5 |5 M; a      DD Sproston
# W. P4 g) O" W% l1 o      DD Sigsbee" W4 r/ z! c4 O- {# x
      DD Sigourney1 P9 R/ h' Q2 W' M  Z* J" ^
      DD Schroeder$ N7 a& A6 J9 N1 {* g
      DD Benham II2 m* Y: H, V; Z  O7 ]" J
      DD Cushing II
. G* ?! G% a& p* g& u8 F      DD Urchin
: i* ^; ?: k1 g      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort' Z  i) K# C) V9 H
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
9 D0 z0 R' a& o: x( r+ L# KDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
2 y2 b2 w7 C2 p) t( z! MSS I-48 forced to surface!
6 M; q2 S/ A6 r. y2 |" E) {* h2 c/ G/ ^: mDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....' x; [: [+ {8 w; C
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
1 b0 n& L( P/ ~# Z% A; WDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
4 e; B9 x% h. o( S* hDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....+ p# M- r8 Y* R5 q
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
( z3 |# Z. e6 H: @9 nSub slips beneath the waves
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, T# \. a5 ?7 WNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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/ Q& ~7 ~+ J' l- t3 d( UJapanese aircraft6 _9 ^' T, H/ l# X) ^+ w8 k
      no flights
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0 e7 i8 U5 ]+ s, y6 rJapanese aircraft losses/ Z+ y4 x: y( W/ [
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed' W1 _3 I7 z* \- |( }2 P/ G! A

  d. n4 ], y. eJapanese Ships
  q8 k2 _% N3 e0 d      CL Agano
; V. y, \" g( J4 h0 Q" ?0 o3 y4 v( d      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2( f$ T0 M, ^$ E' b& M9 ]
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" ~: z  ~8 T4 P) X4 g' m3 B/ r) S      DD Hibiki; I7 v. i! n5 y
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 11 |' R) D0 R6 ?6 J3 j5 p! ]3 g% [) X
      DD Shirakumo! o- t% h# Z$ \- F+ {$ r! C
      DD Isonami
( M5 \3 W3 t7 u* R2 d      DD Murakumo
1 E# Y# M7 H4 k6 {- T      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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- `( Y. l  F7 _3 @9 H# iAllied Ships' o, w8 M9 L; l5 l0 D; S5 `
      BB North Carolina
2 C, j# D6 |& p% z) t9 R      BB Washington/ x" U; a# l2 T; _
      BB South Dakota- I% o7 e" q, ~( I# W
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
$ u6 F3 Q) ^, P# n9 U1 n      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2+ J' N3 W4 B- h2 j( v
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2, m% D; g3 V# p  c. x5 N/ J) A
      DD Conner
9 Q5 E+ L* V: t; P0 `      DD Cotten
" A3 \6 f# X+ t$ n1 |2 S7 s      DD Cowell
4 H! h6 O, @' g$ z      DD Daly7 Y: H1 L1 P$ n2 u) X( T
      DD Eaton1 }" G) R( j+ u" V( @: \$ C( o/ b
      DD Heywood Edwards7 v# e- J/ ^/ ]7 h/ D" l0 @
      DD Erben& L1 }' o: r* r: t" R! @
      DD Evans  G  @: E% e7 T9 {- h4 B: P& }
      DD Foote
8 t- ~4 @% Y4 j1 p      DD Franks0 N& ^5 C7 W$ S/ O* S, J
      DD Fullam
' I+ k0 Z6 g" T3 w      DD Gatling, j1 p4 m( o* k$ J7 r8 d
      DD Albert Grant6 {0 V; G  C* q% l% G
      DD Gregory" J+ i$ E7 o6 s0 T
      DD Guest- I4 |$ f; V3 m/ p
      DMS Hamilton7 N0 l2 V# C% e) O
      DMS Forrest) l2 `; C! _% ^6 }3 _# h- F
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 V! b9 z& i  |" P% U9 HRange closes to 28,000 yards...
: J6 H8 U; v( \- |8 }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards# c9 Y9 _! S; H; X, g
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards4 q5 c" G" Q& }; O$ f* w
Range closes to 26,000 yards...* R( S1 u: P$ o$ V5 ^5 `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% ], M0 \. q6 e# r- H3 Q/ fRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 U  c+ `1 q2 U" e# r; w% ~2 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& x0 b# h: O; k; _+ |) K1 N( LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
! @! r4 r/ N: x8 s% WRange closes to 22,000 yards..., J( @5 v/ |" m4 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards( @' x  k+ ?! m4 @7 R& s
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards. q/ `9 M# c  ?) ?6 q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: L. o- s% }& YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; u1 K8 B2 \( x, T8 H( p9 IRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; j9 H% T' s$ O- [) a( |8 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
$ b9 ^6 o  I+ }1 g3 L' X- ORange closes to 16,000 yards...
# z4 A4 _5 A4 O7 ECONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards) D. j& B5 m' X5 f1 P7 S
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 S. y2 M$ z$ ~7 S. t8 fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards# Q. i8 _1 J, E+ A( m0 E# W' X% g
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 b, Q) S! C9 H1 RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
: P5 W- H$ |  o! w4 k: j, ?# sCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
1 B$ s/ L/ D% LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
* |0 h9 {+ q/ p. _0 J  y6 S0 u# NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
: b& u5 c  B% y! c5 T0 BCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
! W  U7 w- r/ c9 c" _- X3 DRange closes to 10,000 yards...
, a" R: u& ]# N8 M  g1 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards* S& N& n7 @  \) j# K
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards8 k* ^0 L, Q& f2 x2 n  Q
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards5 n7 r' T0 n+ A
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
! x7 \* g2 s& U1 l9 V- r+ w0 [/ f5 O5 n, xBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
3 b- [" r. @- x6 G  ]+ B* D' B, hCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
/ B& V, M, z6 Y0 U; i" bBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
$ l0 J4 s- K2 D. OBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards) V% z7 N4 z' @9 L$ f- _! i
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards2 b+ J7 ]2 ?& \5 u
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
' q4 ]' E3 k" A+ XBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
* f5 Q  o. E, z4 U7 F$ g/ @: _6 `, QDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards  _+ u, n" Z1 h- Z. m1 ~% {0 `+ R
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
; |' |. L4 d3 OCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards8 C8 y# c! ^" n9 e: Z4 C: B
Range increases to 11,000 yards2 N2 c9 z0 t- V6 R3 e
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards+ @6 {, {) B, e1 x
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards0 b3 b/ C' S- R
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
! r5 W0 F' R0 H% yDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards  P/ ~4 o% x5 d, M( t. Y
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards& _& F2 |8 x) X5 ]% J2 O8 d
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards" O0 k& \/ i# }; ^
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; W' b& X' i6 E' Y, P; IBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
' ~/ ^6 t. q  CDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards$ D% b2 }7 G, @
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
/ W# O' x9 \# @: H+ p( rDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
8 e; `& @% U7 T' R0 `2 M) @DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
2 g; [$ N4 X# P- ?+ FDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
4 ?5 ~2 k' o+ w; X# f# m) E  p1 [DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
9 c0 u) }( O7 aRange closes to 10,000 yards
8 ^6 T" V9 c3 `CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
2 ?" \5 V+ s9 p+ OCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
9 ]/ l5 j! {7 q' ?0 {DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards8 Z& O! F1 ~3 V: k! Y
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards0 h$ J: w9 G* [+ K4 v$ ]
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
; U  \# ^1 @$ }7 J$ x/ pDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
0 ~6 I9 n5 M) o$ d  t; k$ _DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards; W  r* {' F2 {) g  ?* g5 x
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards# ~6 W# ~8 `* w: _6 Z% _; q, f# m' x* q& M
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
; j5 T9 n4 c5 r4 [9 L& x/ IDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards# t4 I: v7 G4 X# t* @! ~2 T8 `- g
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape7 w; H& z0 q( H, n& [3 M8 K; N
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards3 ]1 L; I3 ^. k7 }: p5 T9 E
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Japanese Ships
( l. e: F" D9 g$ }) A# _0 H      DD Hikokaze
6 f2 [0 n- j2 @) d( @      DD Ishikaze
0 v  U5 a9 k6 J      DD Tagokaze
8 `1 U/ K6 j  I% B7 Z* }      DD Takatakaze
' \% f* C( k9 u7 K. C4 H# j  C' D/ t
Allied Ships: |5 o8 c" u& d7 l1 Y0 c0 a% J
      BB North Carolina& W+ ^6 B8 `( Z# U2 x7 g
      BB Washington- ^, s7 f- y. H  G
      BB South Dakota: K# U! E7 }; U
      BB Indiana* O5 s  B3 ?4 D( M
      BB Massachusetts
. v2 W  ?% P$ f: X      BB Alabama
" ?2 S1 o/ |0 ^0 I7 o% k& s      DD Conner
/ o1 a: e5 {, }3 c; Z" z2 }) W0 ~      DD Cotten
8 {. c/ q+ y5 L6 t      DD Cowell5 L2 O5 S7 A5 E- M8 W, P/ E
      DD Daly
2 e0 Y. D! t0 q  x7 ^% |8 h$ x+ q      DD Eaton
- m) ^+ q! B8 Z. _. d: l% b      DD Heywood Edwards
( b2 L; z$ m; b' ]      DD Erben
' M0 w6 |& I( i; E- C      DD Evans
" R( m# G& N5 `( p- [      DD Foote
+ v: U: Q1 ?& S2 q      DD Franks. x- t# K+ o8 x  S! O$ C
      DD Fullam
) n0 i/ J- H+ H. O& l( ?* q      DD Gatling/ x- d+ a6 Y" I, }
      DD Albert Grant
9 G$ M: Y, [" x+ ^1 f      DD Gregory
) U, o1 i" z. E( b! p      DD Guest
8 g+ f0 V. z0 N; x- R  |6 x# j' @      DMS Hamilton( q1 G0 K* B8 M) G: ^, F
      DMS Forrest
0 h  F' {' z5 u* I: h4 C      DMS Ellyson$ n* M. `! ^6 n9 c) U
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 X3 v0 |3 g( s/ h" @1 I
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
" U& x/ V8 R3 u& V- w5 Z9 ARange closes to 26,000 yards...
/ @: A4 f/ k$ G6 ^5 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards# e: W8 ^1 _! A' q; I
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards: G% `: h. J5 y* l; I" q- W4 c
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! {+ f2 y5 p* y& {( C/ u. jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
) j  Q# k( s- Q. u  S1 kRange closes to 22,000 yards...
5 t/ n% [6 k# wRange closes to 20,000 yards...% B5 ~1 K4 D* r
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 C( A: h1 s3 t5 }3 \+ g) b8 g8 \( W
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards" [) L, r# Y. I9 O
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
) d' w' L4 j5 _/ q. ~& FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 m# a+ u" N( S! A- v$ UCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards3 ^* ~' t+ z; a# Y( F
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 [, ~- @2 }# O% f+ F; r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards5 \" ~7 L1 |' C, C% |! s
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards* ?# w( w$ ^; Z4 A
Range closes to 12,000 yards...6 i* `. M1 j: r1 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
  B5 A+ P/ p. B+ e8 ]" W( \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards/ o3 C# y" [* Q( F, x
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 D3 C0 J1 m* k9 Q& KCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
1 W. J9 u1 m& S5 \Range closes to 10,000 yards...
9 I3 x1 y7 f/ S2 C1 w/ Y2 g) M2 v$ n( LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
. S9 |. v# u  n9 `1 JJapanese TF attempts to evade combat4 Y2 y+ y' C$ x+ @' s7 Y
Range increases to 15,000 yards.... B3 |  q& L8 `) q
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
$ r% H; L  O4 m$ u# v% TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
3 l" t' l7 [! |# c% d% c) W/ MRange increases to 25,000 yards...
$ R$ v8 O+ H2 ]! M3 wRange increases to 30,000 yards...
* V8 h! I7 F! H' ?Range increases to 30,000 yards...
8 n! J8 Q' R8 _% ~4 N' GJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships$ X* G; ^+ t! ?
      APD T-1
7 w5 x9 o! g& W' a2 @      APD T-2, Shell hits 2/ e- x0 W% C" B% K6 [' K: t
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
1 [/ t4 \( \/ H1 E      APD T-4
) a/ d  L3 y# J2 k5 Q% Y      APD T-5  f6 [/ Q* ~9 L) F) B
      APD T-6
& t2 v6 B. q( `      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 ?2 D$ |5 c/ @0 o1 D      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
1 g, u8 {! o: b  p. ]. P1 g      APD T-9) Y4 @% e9 k3 K& f9 A
      APD T-108 c: ]. Z4 G# C
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire, N. m( U+ C/ Z7 v8 {$ T
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage' |  C8 @; P5 L; p0 j- s; \1 z1 D/ s  E, ~
      APD T-13, Shell hits 18 L4 c) K, s1 W* g
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 B8 w+ U. }. ?: B
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Allied Ships
. K6 r. C0 l6 `" n" I6 v  u      BB North Carolina4 z3 U/ K/ L0 I& S! K8 s) d2 I, `
      BB Washington7 U/ h+ t: [) B, g2 |* X
      BB South Dakota% {4 {3 D* o, z. X
      BB Indiana
- Q' Q2 Q5 }3 \! d  ~      BB Massachusetts
# V; X0 b7 U. F+ J9 s      BB Alabama
' V: _2 m# k; X* r- E$ W( ^9 b      DD Conner
: A! d/ z8 U4 }0 ^. d, G      DD Cotten
4 D  @# l" Y9 `8 a  g8 U* U" v      DD Cowell
' @; ?% i1 s# A      DD Daly
9 h) i! n; L/ @% a7 \      DD Eaton. F2 n6 ^7 t2 h4 Y  J+ B- h
      DD Heywood Edwards
4 \9 j# N. h# |/ ^# W; q  X8 _  O      DD Erben7 l9 o1 J1 x% l! g! @
      DD Evans
4 b, Q! K+ z# H1 i      DD Foote
0 b+ R; K6 _6 P) K      DD Franks
9 Y& d. i. b, t      DD Fullam
, e" D( q6 z, O9 `# `9 T      DD Gatling, L* R) a" ?1 ?* d4 K
      DD Albert Grant6 n# k7 R. C/ f- p: |! Y
      DD Gregory
! o' [1 O+ V2 h. i8 K      DD Guest
0 @1 x; [6 \% t- O! S+ j      DMS Hamilton0 u( A4 o) w, ^4 y+ i; B8 R& ?
      DMS Forrest' }" s) O8 x2 O
      DMS Ellyson9 k9 P6 S! A: }8 r$ F# \
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards7 S$ M& X; ?2 A! e5 z8 c& a/ V6 d
Range closes to 28,000 yards...9 O$ e# X, m6 V* Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...7 P& U7 c5 t& Q" u% u, d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
# l4 y, p. G; B& @$ {Range closes to 24,000 yards...2 p2 D3 @- [5 y( o0 {; A9 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) Z% j' \3 C0 s; @" G
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 o5 n. c( G! x+ sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
& m5 k# u8 g7 e& \* F9 [$ LRange closes to 20,000 yards...$ R# V* J' r& T( s  ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, b2 `4 d1 \- O* i9 t
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 r; Y0 j: s, ^; `9 o; z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards1 M4 |- v( k  W5 b8 W; y+ P
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 T- D4 |  V. k: S" QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
# {+ b) R# G7 c/ z5 L' \Range closes to 14,000 yards...# ~! N6 s+ t, [  w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
+ ?4 H0 ~6 u* b. DRange closes to 12,000 yards...7 ], S! I' w* ~2 n! E: d. u) \6 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; e* k7 y0 I# W; a3 a
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" C5 t2 V' f+ V( X; Y9 @3 XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
1 @, D2 f1 T2 {6 O3 _, l3 t* [" WRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 b$ c. ^5 ~" b# x' f6 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 e1 m0 k$ d9 w3 ~* h4 h5 O5 w* _Range closes to 9,000 yards.... L. F* b6 b+ b$ u  @3 e/ t. l
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
& Z# q2 J) C' ^  A4 lBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 t5 t; _* m, g6 c4 R+ [% Y' K- d. `BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
' h$ v$ s  ]$ g# f! yDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards9 L6 ]6 G! q# Z7 i2 G: I( g# u% j3 E
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% L' p- B0 l' p6 G& X5 oDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
4 C5 o2 P; s6 A- O! VAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards& ]8 A- O; Y$ k9 \
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' g7 T9 z. `1 O* s( eBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
9 B4 r- e- [0 F  GDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( e7 p' R9 Q6 D! C# W3 X
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards, _2 E2 E0 b) i  F. r
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards4 q5 H' v$ |( W3 U7 b, h; a
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
& @, n/ x8 f' uDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- @4 p( n3 V% u. m1 {& C3 v2 X. E: t
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards$ H; ]7 B2 w- p2 C' r5 w7 }
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
6 X/ v4 k6 p( l- rDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
/ p2 q) [$ e% `, eDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards4 O- b3 V( G' p  v
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
  n  {/ Y% D" X1 F+ {  XDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& n, x8 O, k. [& N
Range increases to 10,000 yards
" T* G) g8 o0 s* LBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards% u: z& h7 m: y4 D
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards. H  @. _; g# [) X/ B
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
  \, e. y9 S8 q: C. q. B# PDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ P! U) K- ]  o* a% k- TBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards! `( K: E: c* T) e6 i- y
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 e) n. Z  F4 \: ?! d& ?- _APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards# O- W7 `  [2 k/ z
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# g; _3 K  X8 w4 R0 T2 F# c% G9 C
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 O. p- h( r' [DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 H5 z9 _) o" gDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 K) D! Q" }1 s3 f6 XDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
, R7 s- P# ?6 g2 ZDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards1 O. }1 `# ]5 g0 ~" i
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& _) V- P! L6 Z/ r* R  U! N4 GDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
$ x7 G5 f3 ?7 \+ n+ Z/ @- z% FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 o! z' H0 O- i* qRange increases to 11,000 yards8 D2 }. \. ^7 n/ H
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
* ~: b( @6 y$ z: pAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards6 m/ T* G* z& f+ L- @
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
3 g+ c3 L' Q' }+ \APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards: F" e( l! y0 q7 j: Y8 T
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards( f9 F" k, y# }6 L; E! y
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
/ H# D/ _5 ?; w: ODMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
+ N3 v% t6 }% CDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards# I; }2 V( h5 ^) M; q
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards# T& }) h  F& T) \# J6 S/ G
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
) l0 m5 r3 w* j+ r; n- p+ V1 gDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards2 y# ~' r4 N) i
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards' t3 g2 v& y3 p- H% n
Range closes to 10,000 yards+ \3 E7 i8 V# N1 y2 ~# L
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
3 b, k) k- G  {" t1 A# i! }4 ]BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
4 T: w; }; q2 E: z% t( g, b* EBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; G& n9 s% y6 e- c
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
0 b9 K% \8 V9 _* c  \DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards6 a" x" z6 z; u8 C$ E: J  ~
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards% [7 P! u8 ~# m: h
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards1 }6 u3 @6 j' ^  L( M+ B
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
7 r: t$ A) p+ wDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
7 N( x9 m# O$ g# z, y1 }DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
) H6 }" O. ^2 @& @DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: n. Q: n8 y9 p/ C3 z$ J! I- H
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards) O) d( o0 m* R* I
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& E( Q2 t( c+ Z8 _: u
Range closes to 8,000 yards, V& ^( r3 i6 b# V# F
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards# ~8 b8 _" ]+ E
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards( v6 h% Q) w* u# A! \
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards/ B8 M+ u# m( ?) Y
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
1 L" ?' A1 v, y& P; X& LAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards3 j. W1 J0 ^( v% h( C
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ n0 H) d4 p  w& m
Task forces break off...7 P9 @4 p+ b) Z+ s

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) A; M0 I3 A2 a      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
! V; c0 u- }7 E; [/ ]      APD T-21 N+ a) X/ p" E7 W
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
( K0 q- m. M8 b      APD T-4, Shell hits 1$ q: x0 M1 a; i! ~
      APD T-5
" B2 H' C+ ?! [) V5 R* a      APD T-6- K5 e0 m. _+ V1 d2 @4 C) R
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
  l. Y8 b7 p3 l. A      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
4 B* k' L' p' K/ r, a- F      APD T-10
0 q) G6 J+ i4 n4 Z      APD T-11,  on fire( N: o! r$ S3 k
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
* e: l, L9 w6 G; E) q" {$ G      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
( q/ I* _9 {) Y+ t1 a      APD T-14, and is sunk' a6 J2 Y6 _* U+ W* K* X
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Allied Ships" f' [" h: E& \1 U  v) ?6 o0 m
      CA Portland7 [/ R& _/ I+ }% K# d9 B$ T
      CA Northampton4 ?' a" e% d. P+ C( D, V
      CA Chester) W: [+ k; ]0 U2 n2 O8 Z* a1 R
      CA Louisville7 T2 H' {' X* G5 F. p+ G
      CA Chicago0 A% B# [8 x- r- o4 K( E
      CA Astoria) ~- J7 V, J- M: ~/ T2 h9 x* U0 a
      CA Minneapolis
  n6 V- P- @  N      CA San Francisco
  S  E5 x0 P0 j# z      CA Quincy
+ p; _; q& R+ e: c! d2 q# p" V# R      CA Vincennes# E. l4 w4 Q$ ~8 p; O2 W
      CA Wichita
- C6 X0 A5 q9 n0 M6 E      DD Bennett, q# I& u% V" e% A4 V
      DD Bradford
6 C; H5 d7 E9 X. K& |" E8 n      DD Braine
/ r6 A5 F9 V6 z      DD Brownson5 E) K( l  l- s
      DD Bryant
# X. W& r0 @; L6 v3 V      DD Bullard1 x4 G8 ~$ t$ q. V- o6 B) x
      DD Burns
8 k% D. k% @( ~9 [, x      DD Callaghan
2 Q- G" ?" t9 ?      DD Caperton
1 z7 r5 g2 e3 J  {      DD Capps( h5 O3 q3 d8 G# O5 i" Z
      DMS Emmons+ }7 q! V' F9 ~, U/ @4 Y
      DMS Macomb$ _/ r. j2 q* ]$ R
      DMS Rodman
3 T% A0 [- m9 p& A      DMS Gherardi2 D- p6 G& ], i

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; ]' T* \8 e$ B8 U1 |$ YMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards, c+ y% ]# X1 ]) I5 {" K
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
) g; R. `) e7 A/ Z) G  o. FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
* g; u2 @/ A, ?/ J5 |: c; B4 e* o6 MRange closes to 26,000 yards...
0 k# T5 T! G! ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
. U+ J! T6 x$ l& y( v* ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...( N3 O$ t, y% ~  F* H- _" R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards3 V) H8 D- k! j/ i6 ~, k9 e% b
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
) N  l0 m6 c3 Q7 b- J, s6 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards' I7 R5 X; {  p. ?. W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...& j  u- R3 K& j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards! h, d  c  j1 R/ l' \
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) @3 Z9 `- D: e. P8 dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
  J+ ?, Y7 d, U. E/ L+ C* b& e4 bRange closes to 16,000 yards...
+ P* U) C) I0 j1 B& W9 jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 I/ \( Y# ^3 r% _' MRange closes to 14,000 yards...
5 Y, c9 e& _: E  f( N! |0 |. qRange closes to 12,000 yards...8 m$ W1 T1 ^* M1 O, p5 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, f: B7 \" S# ]4 c' W8 J- K3 B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
. m* x- p+ J( xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
" J% J" H  [4 Z& DRange closes to 10,000 yards...2 y0 B5 k- F3 I% W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ O; y* ~8 v7 S- ^2 K8 WCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  r" L" Y- [- M; F3 f' qDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 E# ~, Z) g6 b
Range increases to 11,000 yards
4 O; }9 S+ m6 E" o7 sAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards8 J3 L3 R+ D) B+ u- L; G
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards! n' q; T/ Z  |# g) [: _# ^$ n% I% y
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' T4 W2 J  G, o) o, J. z8 l3 v9 ^CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
! ^* p: `2 R3 b4 M5 r& H& b2 qCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 ^( h) L, `5 u, Q, S& }6 t1 c
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
/ |" e! j/ M& kCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
- z1 l8 F- p/ }7 ]5 BCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
9 x1 v9 M* R" ?) Z" w" W% HCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards) b3 |0 a, @; ?) G9 i4 A- R
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 |) a2 i8 E% d- \$ h9 s3 k
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards* D/ p0 V7 h' [% |( B. K' ^. M
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
% g& A8 J0 m1 f$ e6 }DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards/ Z& u* k+ i$ o4 \  w5 Y  x
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' r7 N1 Q$ d% B5 Q9 C
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards" B3 o5 c, x& U8 r  O. f- I. N
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards% z5 w4 t( o2 J  m) O
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards/ s* o! L" b, h6 Q3 B' J4 ^; o6 K
Range closes to 10,000 yards: q( e, x% R7 ]) A8 V
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
# s# V6 w4 N8 T5 yCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards3 @. h6 E1 i8 `- l4 l# d$ e5 H
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
8 g& a5 o7 `7 ]) {6 D8 C9 mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards% y2 N: Y4 Q% ]5 L7 v4 s
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
% N, u% \0 V. ]0 W* kAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards: }; x" v+ X5 T
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
, ~8 j+ X2 a1 r1 |* Z# rRange closes to 9,000 yards! w) T7 k6 y1 H0 S) f
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards  z% y" ]( S; T. p7 b5 E
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
4 a& X# f8 @! E6 BCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
" z5 b. Q1 Z( Z" }CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards6 [0 S9 e) ^( x2 B' y5 m
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards9 o( A$ H' A0 T7 M0 T& ?  E
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- I% I. m" m6 j7 @0 ?
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
- u0 O& N/ O2 D8 C& sRange increases to 10,000 yards
! p. Q8 [1 v$ Q9 K* iAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards, _& H. k# i! J/ P1 F, }+ x
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- c1 Y* k2 A7 x, x2 q& T, C( B. pDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
# g" O7 I; L2 [  Z# uCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards) Q- M& t# r' k" w% B; y. w
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: O$ H; b3 a! f- B" C
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ L' X4 T+ z( G# j
Task forces break off...
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      APD T-1, X* P% J2 B# L' y# B! K% d
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire- T$ w- G8 G" |/ ?" Z, z
      APD T-36 l. U7 O! p- u1 o2 G6 j
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
' _9 n# B; d% S  k      APD T-5
! f' @2 e7 T$ g# Z: u, ~$ \      APD T-6
) u* ?6 P5 U$ g# y& k% b      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
. D( r/ @* b. K( w: n  C$ ]      APD T-9
! P9 T4 i8 X) D7 T      APD T-10/ v4 w& \6 T; m0 t
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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+ [8 n: |0 y' Y4 kAllied Ships$ }" X5 ~* h2 k/ n' |% F' u2 k
      CA Portland
  e9 R5 ^; Q7 _! N8 P% h- p2 z      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
9 ?  ]- T7 R3 D( j      CA Chester
5 c4 }9 s) W" r& U5 V8 H& N      CA Louisville0 d$ m% o$ A1 D4 z* A3 ?% R
      CA Chicago8 y6 S3 t7 ]' \- k
      CA Astoria0 r4 H. ^/ l) E  `, Q$ y  d* g
      CA Minneapolis
( C. O/ R2 X; o      CA San Francisco4 |0 {6 t. t- g
      CA Quincy
: Y% l0 }# c$ y      CA Vincennes7 Z( n% Z" C. z: e
      CA Wichita
: M/ W8 R* d3 L) r) I3 P" ^  d$ }      DD Bennett- J  _' P3 P7 J% _) [/ h
      DD Bradford
- X7 T& T+ t6 X- {2 q: W- \5 A      DD Braine2 P: u, H- ~: A+ R
      DD Brownson8 ]$ q6 q# [# k* Q! Z# {
      DD Bryant
- y- K6 {8 t1 f9 A1 F2 F      DD Bullard' _4 y6 s6 W) f& F8 Z2 \% L) H3 N
      DD Burns4 S/ c! m1 F7 a& Y9 |% Y1 f& i
      DD Callaghan5 o( h. M/ ?2 Z7 F0 j5 ?) Y
      DD Caperton3 u  t4 y8 p9 D* X' E, O( n5 T
      DD Capps
! s6 u/ g" \& ~      DMS Emmons
- H+ P" U$ @7 R0 m      DMS Macomb
6 ~& H$ K- b  @" A; I; y; m      DMS Rodman6 _3 [2 @. S0 ]. P* X5 w
      DMS Gherardi
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: T1 v& _: D7 D8 V, A7 OMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
% J; z3 }# F/ v/ NRange closes to 28,000 yards...
5 |2 `6 h$ }9 Z( z& `" W' ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
# r+ G! r0 p9 k2 |1 [Range closes to 26,000 yards...
' P# i, y) K0 g. WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 H% R% |' i2 P# v& y" v6 B; r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...5 V/ W$ u- m, F3 [, j
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
! e: i6 c& I8 I1 v1 S3 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
( l, u; D# N/ y7 m% e" Q0 d: DRange closes to 20,000 yards.... q- `# Y0 O. H. P2 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
$ w9 g( ]8 a' x# {1 o) w+ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards4 j+ B. w* w; |3 x; M
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) i" [$ @7 T& \0 W) Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! V8 Q0 M) e2 k6 K* q( YRange closes to 14,000 yards..." g7 y+ g1 T2 ?, ^# {- w0 B+ ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
# D; N' O6 u/ |# \! P, y5 ORange closes to 12,000 yards...6 ~, q3 o; u7 r; b6 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
1 i& g8 o& m. ]8 ^) j9 B0 kRange closes to 11,000 yards...
2 i2 v+ c+ Z$ ~) D, i0 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards+ j+ Q* X( Z: M* [8 h- J
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: J7 k" c' x8 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
9 k* q' {& f" i# {! bCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards: a: Q1 p0 {/ T, E  u
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards, W0 O5 j" t+ Q) n. J; O
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
2 }0 D2 y. c5 w3 ^. q% sRange increases to 12,000 yards* s7 N+ G+ o8 b9 k- s: X
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards  w1 U1 T. n: k, g7 x$ V9 @3 e$ O( {% D
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
. C2 D# \, H  X# h$ N% dCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( R" [9 r  F) Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards, Z, H9 {8 ^7 l) f' {
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards) E* p3 U3 X2 k0 S( B- t
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards6 ~# _6 n# l3 Q* ?
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' b6 e% s5 w4 e9 Q9 K. `% P' e. IDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
% u" [5 J- @2 D. k9 t$ Q0 h$ T2 \DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards& ~6 S: W9 A1 E( Q
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards; m+ S9 x. @; S1 a& Z
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards1 D/ I+ f) R6 e( H
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
" J* F$ Z0 O5 P1 c, p5 \! G9 VRange closes to 9,000 yards
5 m) c, r! d; Y, rCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
: v0 D% m& Z4 z2 _APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards/ \  g0 `+ V/ g" W/ @$ I6 G
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
- l# {4 D9 s& q9 ~0 {1 I6 k* B' KCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards. W, N7 U/ s: c) T) ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards# F$ [' {' v& g% D+ `7 p8 e
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. X' Y& F+ {$ jAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
: i9 [1 K1 U3 w4 g7 \0 p3 M( ^DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards; s% U5 u0 s& p7 [/ w, q: t; c
Range closes to 7,000 yards
0 E2 W2 E" V9 \/ [1 RCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards; g$ N# o" X, P; I
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards. Q2 i! d5 b% {3 }: j
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards2 j& G: S7 B' E* G) ^. z
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
; j/ M6 |9 \; `- R* QCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
; `4 l$ {( ?4 b/ gAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards  U! y$ l( L) C% s) T0 ]& y7 _. M
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( b; B* [5 A3 P0 _( a1 `$ Z& T
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards' o4 Q2 S% P2 m+ ]
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
7 m! _  Q( W5 O$ M7 [DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
+ [' h6 d6 g' _DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards9 |. ?' A1 r, z' D3 {+ O- l' N  T
Range increases to 10,000 yards
1 J+ k  l$ k+ cDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  }3 F& A$ i" e. v" w+ E7 pCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 S% e' b8 \; Y/ _, O* ~
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 S. T+ \- ]3 l; e8 _! R/ TTask forces break off...! [' Y" j6 J; J% X5 G) I8 v: E
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* j* n" p7 z' r  Z0 L  H. R      APD T-18 l2 N  H2 n- j& `
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- D+ ^. c: z9 c  Q      APD T-3
/ q( }! m9 r7 S0 L! t      APD T-5' f, y$ A; d. s- _
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 u; I& p. o$ `& b
      APD T-9+ `! p( T8 O! y& p  B
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 y+ j8 B( E# ?      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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. }+ l5 l' H& h8 C% B. NAllied Ships8 A- c! Q( L) ^
      CL Swiftsure
2 F( P. u: C5 X1 [) D& U: `5 y% {* Q      CL St. Louis+ r( G' u1 G  |7 f
      CL Phoenix9 B, B( v; f2 `4 g7 ~
      CL Cleveland
5 N" H  E: Y- K      CL Montpelier
4 H1 j  e6 C# C      CL Denver5 a  M# }8 @& D! t# I
      CL Santa Fe5 V; ?( E  I* T0 C
      CL Birmingham9 W0 n9 f) V; T3 @8 |
      CL Mobile
8 r+ A8 |, K9 w# o8 J/ @& ?' i      CL Biloxi
6 P/ ^5 t" n' }% M6 @      CL Miami& a# Q1 t* Q  z. C9 t0 n2 s# q9 M
      CL Pasadena; u# g6 {" {( G8 e/ u
      DD Allen M. Sumner
- i2 y. a4 @/ A      DD Ault1 J* J, e* P" g
      DD English8 p* F3 H) _" u! |2 i& E
      DD Haynsworth
) D8 r% W; r3 I1 B      DD Maddox( s0 k" Y. `+ J: t' R3 T! D
      DD Mansfield
/ B6 s. C" T0 l: g& F  x  i; ]      DD Waldron
; z0 c% J4 u- I* |+ i5 p      DD Haggard
" t8 B% {5 L. B. a0 E6 V1 E      DD Hailey5 X7 I( X  y/ f9 d; L3 |- U
      DD Hale# l( R* |+ U5 O' o4 k7 `6 a# C% n
      CL Vincennes II
' o% D9 J# H  \/ f8 [# p3 R      CL Houston II2 C3 B1 K, f* o2 b# @
      CL Astoria II) Q' p' t- i. }3 L/ z

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 }  q+ \8 I/ q/ DRange closes to 28,000 yards...
, j: p$ z$ G1 E; V8 e  M# cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
  s( h1 ?) j5 q4 Y" X6 GRange closes to 26,000 yards...: |/ O6 g0 U) B8 @$ d7 k
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 `) t) q; K. V4 W# t6 K5 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
  E6 ?) E& v5 a# ^6 ORange closes to 22,000 yards...3 L  Z) W) Q' j4 R
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
3 \$ I2 X* Y, q; ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
: C6 ]; r, ?7 e3 B2 b% ?. [Range closes to 18,000 yards...
$ H, X0 a9 P% N' D2 w3 V# zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 G! q+ R. |' i
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) O0 G& \  O! m! N; B" L6 k0 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ Y4 k* ^. F! VRange closes to 14,000 yards...
9 e' ?; w) g3 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards5 ?4 X, H' F  r2 d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
  X7 Z, r3 C! LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 N/ r1 X8 z5 x9 ]+ q4 T
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
& p8 ]) A, d* h( H9 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
2 V# Z7 [: A8 f" B' |+ X# RRange closes to 10,000 yards...! ]& t/ i. U) X) n. o% V: ?4 K" N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 j3 @/ {; W& r7 d' n4 v: l0 L
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
* N2 r! G' A: i2 r. |* \$ J- H+ ACL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" j: t" m$ {9 K( N, X2 Z4 T6 cCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
6 L3 X7 u- ?* g5 v; N  ?( W( @CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards# `# J- m7 L- a8 h+ c6 P- y
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 x$ N8 }9 \' H
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards1 l  |, A" Y% Z: @/ X9 V( [+ I
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards2 f5 F$ q0 A7 c1 i7 n" K0 H
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; N7 P3 E' O1 @. E3 V
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
0 p) \' G( B' ]; oRange increases to 11,000 yards
. Q! z2 P* D3 S" r5 t6 z$ RCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards; @9 ~: E- ^% X' R# U
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  v2 }! U! g+ P2 cCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
" T+ m% [# X( l$ fCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards$ w- p* t7 Q& |
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 m$ g% f/ O- D4 W; RCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" s) `% z( X% W, s! M8 Z. h
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards* \. F' Q+ j# P7 w, M
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
; o: b# X+ n5 z7 A8 r2 GRange closes to 8,000 yards2 W3 d& |. d3 e
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
) w7 \: G5 C% P2 K+ rCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 i% i0 m. V8 v8 k
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
! r: e1 V/ c0 l& I* _APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
9 T, v# f+ {* k) N- D; B+ RDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards3 A+ T6 q/ J; Z
Range closes to 7,000 yards2 K; V& p9 E; v2 Y
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 I' P, S& _0 J1 I9 k0 \( K2 }) ?, D
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- u6 u; j# H3 Q3 y, S6 }
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# @5 [3 I1 M* v( |$ T8 k4 ICL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
2 _) j+ y+ w0 O$ iCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
7 ]8 ?, r5 `. u: L2 ^+ r  A: lCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* O7 q0 K1 B* u' X+ x1 u1 E1 sCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# w7 H! U$ b2 @3 E+ ~2 }CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards+ e2 T* ^) r& {) W
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 S- e' n( g& T% q
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
, a( c- k( ?3 pAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
' D9 @# C7 T: j  x* [8 t# lDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. j- `9 g. v; X5 C6 g
Range increases to 8,000 yards% ], f2 ^  \2 H& Z
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards, o9 h8 D& n: Y# R- j9 l
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ b  j/ M9 T* L0 z: a) x) R% QCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards7 u6 c$ ^. V6 `$ [
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# Y4 {4 x# p7 |: w+ |: B  `Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards& N5 U2 T# H9 K1 j" [8 L4 p
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Japanese Ships  Y7 w' l. w" k, f% @0 V' F
      APD T-1. s) y" |0 {* o, F
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk. W* r6 b6 W, b" m9 E
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
6 {, O7 y& O! f: a      APD T-5: j8 f) D8 Z  z4 j- i, F
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk' m! w. ^* e: d1 ~  d
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk# }2 R2 h# y+ W+ N+ Z

# O0 \- W# n/ I0 y# a' CAllied Ships1 Q1 X. G2 h. z# y' \
      CA Portland2 \7 G! a5 e! p* Z  Q0 A7 Z! X$ S
      CA Northampton
+ \4 _. M; {7 d/ E8 p6 F) i      CA Chester
( X3 u& X7 A7 c8 U' ?8 T      CA Louisville. G# Y1 p" X6 n5 ?+ X
      CA Chicago
+ d; ~( o3 F! ^: ~. _( P      CA Astoria0 N; V& T1 W7 E$ l5 M# a. b
      CA Minneapolis* h9 @- D% `) p' x8 m. O3 W
      CA San Francisco
4 W8 \  m& t6 F0 z, Q      CA Quincy
1 V! h# q3 O8 b( z; j      CA Vincennes+ n3 u$ A/ N: @. e( ]% y
      CA Wichita# @$ |) \$ @) i% w, Z% S
      DD Bennett0 ~# z9 X# r/ T9 ~
      DD Bradford, H2 u5 f: ^& t7 ]0 ]- w- x+ s
      DD Braine
- t# S) h  _- M      DD Brownson5 H' O# [+ b0 ^" L( C. |9 l9 h) \
      DD Bryant
/ ~% ]  C; ]" |: j3 ?  h      DD Bullard
: V) {* V. y# F      DD Burns6 z. P- m# x  m4 Z
      DD Callaghan
* `$ x: M! M- k2 G2 c, T$ f      DD Caperton8 a3 P" b9 u' H/ p$ P
      DD Capps
) l0 ]3 D; q1 T9 e; S5 T# U      DMS Emmons
' m1 X- L2 Z- p. ]! T( P      DMS Macomb" J! Q# W  K, R3 A# U  t/ w& a5 \
      DMS Rodman
( m- d  N0 B* u      DMS Gherardi2 s5 O" c0 r2 U- M" p3 Z# f
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
' e& L# z% E6 l' J8 r; w3 Y6 K1 cRange closes to 28,000 yards...
4 F! K: _# y5 d2 o' _, A5 s. FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 r  l" G5 b' y$ y, O  CRange closes to 26,000 yards...) q2 u" k* ]' E
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 B+ _$ o0 Q8 _3 S8 M2 o2 u6 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
% c; O. p: J) u+ mRange closes to 22,000 yards...
' z! S. F4 m4 S  V: p: @' a. uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards4 G  w' q/ g) w$ K
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: z% r/ k/ `: p. ^) \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. ~5 C: ]5 B4 W% mRange closes to 18,000 yards...1 S0 N: b$ C/ h  B# r1 e# z, }8 P' ^
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) K% v# b5 U+ O/ J9 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards+ J# n0 m( {! M1 D5 I8 {# g/ T) |
Range closes to 14,000 yards...8 i  I: j  i% }# L
Range closes to 12,000 yards...9 V. X" W3 v. T
Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ M1 K$ Q0 m' u' l/ [
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
5 C4 Y' t  _  s1 L1 E* ~Range closes to 9,000 yards...' @$ S' y/ J  J
Range closes to 8,000 yards...4 }/ d, |9 `0 l# s' Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards' ~% G$ c' t. x* v2 P6 A. Q
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& h7 x1 p! p- a2 [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
3 H" p+ k) F4 }  FCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
4 V  s  v' B' U( W3 B" e+ z, RDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
$ y. A* t: A! k" |0 L$ S9 Z+ D7 zAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
/ @6 V1 K- |6 J) X1 o# `6 bCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
& o, m. R$ R- g  a, E( h4 mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
* b/ C3 \0 E# ^. v& ]" z8 g6 @CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards0 @: j% H4 e5 \: i; h3 _, R
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
) e0 X) e5 m% jCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
0 }) o9 f  N) I9 y, \1 fAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
) \( J6 d1 H5 Z: P  nDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 A. O5 M# A, G% y8 GRange closes to 5,000 yards" W4 w9 e& F8 k) e
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 & Q) ]1 d0 {$ H
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
7 f/ e: ]! [4 ACA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards2 A" T5 u. B3 z6 g
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards* R5 m$ W; t/ C# X# x1 b
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards2 R. ?6 v+ f3 K8 Q2 R
Range closes to 2,000 yards
- M. R# ^8 M: R$ [5 MCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards9 c: K* u, i! ^$ h  J% m  t1 f7 _
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards3 P: M/ M8 T9 U. e. Z$ O! c
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 v* g6 ^# Y9 _% Y* _4 }0 P4 U9 xAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
: K! N/ A% U$ KRange increases to 6,000 yards
) d9 {$ k! y7 T% ACA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
5 ^7 n) s; T1 a; cCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards$ M! q* \. B' P2 D$ S' b2 ?/ N
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
% e3 y& S- N' ?$ qRange increases to 9,000 yards- W( C1 P( e; u, f) Z4 k( p3 A
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards% z. _* l. p' X+ O0 m
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: P( v- y, |, @* qCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
$ x! {6 g% d3 d2 ^0 R9 |* sDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  f+ I9 q* h5 h0 ?% j# Q
Range increases to 13,000 yards" ]' M1 P  n3 c) b* I
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards; |8 t, i* G* ?8 Q
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards! `# m( m# t2 W0 x
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape  P. O" ]3 [0 C$ r2 _3 j5 {. a; r
Task forces break off...+ p$ t: }- Q: S& s6 R9 n4 X

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/ M) L4 {( ]8 cNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( J7 ^# p. U. P0 h8 n
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk) V1 G; M+ I* G7 H* g
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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5 a8 T2 g) {. V$ u8 w3 [      BB North Carolina
1 o* C5 |. g% n0 u      BB Washington
' h* ~' P- \/ Y$ y5 H      BB South Dakota) N& F! N, q8 u, s0 M: I" I
      BB Indiana
; ?; C. ]9 L( u% b; Q5 Y0 I      BB Massachusetts
- N( t8 O8 J  {3 R& r      BB Alabama6 p2 A1 l: ]- ]2 L" z9 u
      DD Conner
* q; i6 b7 R/ c+ ]0 R. E      DD Cotten& g; p" ^8 s0 F3 b+ ]% q
      DD Cowell- D/ q& o2 G+ [8 P
      DD Daly( f, d3 }0 p8 D% o7 L6 D
      DD Eaton
7 {& r4 [% C2 s1 @      DD Heywood Edwards- M& o0 x& x) ~# Y! L
      DD Erben# W* ?) n% Y9 P$ a! }& x
      DD Evans
1 t/ J' U4 m9 F/ y      DD Foote/ c. ?$ t) l  ?6 d" R& a/ H. B
      DD Franks
) c2 z4 F0 R7 t$ ?      DD Fullam
8 i6 R$ n0 w/ L+ F; i      DD Gatling: s5 p8 J  u4 i; N1 ]
      DD Albert Grant
# t* N$ i! a& v# [" N      DD Gregory
3 r: }. K: w5 \  X5 S( {  c      DD Guest
7 E- g9 F/ `3 P/ z1 b      DMS Hamilton6 S9 G8 _3 p: l3 H- n1 F
      DMS Forrest
# g( }1 @' h6 q% h) w3 a/ @      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards3 w, e' f" o- v$ i, O' Z; O& q
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- H% l1 X2 R9 p2 A# Z3 g6 E; ?4 a
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  U2 V1 g: B% c1 fRange closes to 24,000 yards...
- B6 Y- ^! j" j# w# v# D* L1 @$ d7 ZRange closes to 22,000 yards...
# J% p6 C, d3 cRange closes to 20,000 yards...4 V& K4 A. j* q) _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...! ~0 c6 }3 j3 `" k: L: S! Y8 r2 W1 M
Range closes to 16,000 yards...! w( ~5 b+ N4 L- T, @# q, s3 {2 W$ H
Range closes to 14,000 yards...2 h" y3 s; L( W/ n
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
4 g% C0 K/ ]1 i( p- bRange closes to 11,000 yards...
: X! {3 q8 K. S" M8 m5 m( F; G+ lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 g: l- \( d0 w3 b# z* bRange closes to 10,000 yards...& D0 L2 O6 u0 U/ p. Y; r( f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...) S3 D$ l; l5 u( \4 b1 B( Q. v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
& n5 H3 n, l7 ?; ~9 S2 s; jBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
5 s) J, V2 v) N) b3 Q+ i+ x7 L" X* wAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards7 H/ j) K; v$ Q6 g- a6 P1 ~
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: w/ D9 ?  b5 B% T3 G7 a: XDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 j9 P  w4 u5 t1 dDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 i* x' E1 |9 d" {7 b& d1 x- kRange closes to 5,000 yards7 o0 |4 h2 {" N& S1 Y" r% U# J
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
. h8 t6 {9 N! H8 ~( bBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
1 q' @4 p- {8 R5 e* i6 ^' IRange closes to 3,000 yards+ `/ T0 r- w+ e, ]! \5 c3 y
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
* e- a) U5 Y' H/ M3 R' PDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards- R5 m" q& y" O! j! j
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
$ i. ]' j9 `2 B6 Z6 }8 L& RDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
/ R- ~& O) T! k) u8 r2 }# C7 }DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! B$ P6 c$ Z6 m9 h; r  AAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
- n( k! V1 ~5 l) B) \' y7 g$ [BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 L) e1 n2 G4 q+ i$ HDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
& h) |9 Y1 I6 O8 C% R$ z, m2 R7 GDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
/ [9 v/ S( P1 p+ ?! c( [# `( |, ZRange increases to 5,000 yards
& b2 g. ]. g& v! [; S; u! [- {" jBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards& R1 K( }/ I! j8 E5 h$ ?! k" H
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
, u# ]7 y2 p- L9 ]Range increases to 7,000 yards& _! w7 h- E0 \+ I& U9 N- }
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 r; K4 d& _! c9 o6 c' [. K
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
/ P3 A8 v$ ~2 c+ K" O- rDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
& P) N2 w8 p/ Z+ v/ n9 G* w8 JAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards! B7 @  ^* N$ Q9 P
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
+ @. `; N$ i: X9 L/ {& tCombat 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

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44( U3 F% h- O2 C/ A
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加# i7 H$ n4 ~/ M2 `
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' U! V/ B7 r) D+ _3 EGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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- x7 A4 O. u5 r/ p& ?& CAllied Bombardment attack# C# @+ l# _$ e

# g- d- a2 o4 g# m! O: k& HAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24449 A1 Y* ?6 g6 R' q5 ^/ v1 ~. d4 r
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000
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" \/ Z, y' P' _+ nJapanese ground losses:
. ?- s3 @2 i5 Y9 }. `+ j& w      834 casualties reported
' ^% d1 ~$ m: ?3 C, {         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
  N" a8 r4 B4 m8 D  G9 T         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
  e* i) Y4 M; m" z' u         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled& b2 I5 j% ~# b+ Z% v) R8 C
      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)1 @. c1 w$ z, i4 @: S9 }2 W
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Allied ground losses:3 i: Z  n* x3 N( ~$ f6 g
      16 casualties reported0 V1 F9 B7 {# y( ?
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
, c( \2 u- C' C2 @- ~" j         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
: @% Q) E5 h# m; T" w/ n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44) |7 d: C1 A* }1 f! i. \( v
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久5 G# t7 B' j) i: y: E# ?
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, V; m: ^+ q, E  v% tTF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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. S5 V- l+ b! U+ H$ k4 OAllied Ships
: }% H4 A  [0 v* I$ y: E  \      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
, q8 `: z8 r5 z; S0 S      DMS Forrest
: m6 m+ a' |" B$ r0 e# ^      DMS Hamilton
2 [0 Z- f+ l% h# L      DD Guest# c" A! ]" J2 y9 ^6 O
      DD Albert Grant4 ^6 x4 s$ e% B) K: ]! ?" _. V
      DD Daly
7 q9 C. {0 J' ]9 b# v2 s      DD Cowell
7 _9 `; S3 @: M- \6 K9 _* E; W2 q, \      DD Cotten
/ T9 D4 w" z4 A5 U4 E      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage( i, }* y  f! i. P$ l  x8 c

+ c- r( G& Y- H. p2 b. u- cPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson
. T, P! u: ^% |. I+ z. BPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest9 A3 W/ G$ b+ a
98 mines cleared2 C$ z7 b9 r3 z7 l0 s  D: x7 \4 Z

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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' K4 p4 O. I8 c$ I4 s- ^# K# aJapanese Ships& K! D& M/ U$ Y' j# T* D1 n7 p
      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 T) b9 w0 D" i! Q( {
* ?, b; T& m3 ]* @' AAllied Ships& v$ r5 W9 I- U* ], n
      CA Wichita# G4 s( p$ i# R+ E: W
      CA Vincennes" V& J! E# R8 u# i  B
      CA Quincy! l8 @1 s4 R$ }% M: ?0 O( e+ ?
      CA San Francisco+ E8 d. q; [. D, e: G
      CA Minneapolis  i& K* X7 C/ i" T. o% B1 Q
      CA Astoria
$ _1 }4 }2 D8 `% ?      CA Chicago% P1 J2 {, k/ C: H
      CA Louisville
% \) ?0 ~3 K6 B, l5 t0 K      CA Chester
# n) j: H0 }5 ~4 j' J0 M; i      CA Northampton
2 p: b" A) ^- f7 r9 j6 n      CA Portland& R8 E- g% `! @- S) I

2 S5 N/ ?( v( ^% pJapanese ground losses:  [, u) |0 _0 T
      54 casualties reported/ g3 K' Z" L1 S4 g/ H3 b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled) U. o3 T8 G6 {. t
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled& i4 l9 A9 D1 `2 t+ l, [* ]
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
* H: a: R0 G2 {% U& L' ~% V      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
% ^7 n7 f# m7 D3 q1 j  v      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)" r8 ]1 x5 W) U1 V1 U# ~

# S6 J+ k' W2 y) G( i" {% {- a  _Airbase hits 10 g3 l1 Y; k2 A0 W- ~  @" L) w2 r
Runway hits 16
7 s( w; Z( o/ O; O6 b
4 N9 k# M  _0 U. b2 o9 ^4 e# O! \4 C
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113: C& }& I- O' k9 v$ v

0 ]: s4 _9 ]! n8 K7 VAllied Ships
, h+ j3 P3 j- A! B: U8 W6 k      BB Alabama
- I1 x- T2 {4 n- X2 C      BB Massachusetts1 w! D# g8 i8 G: i) ]) n; z+ J
      BB Indiana3 n  W+ n7 y; G+ z8 t5 h( y
      BB South Dakota
! j% c$ q. ~3 r% n      BB Washington' y/ @3 F1 v: P7 H
      BB North Carolina
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4 |/ n& ^( b- X6 v/ g# DJapanese ground losses:6 H& l6 o$ G+ m& P/ M* |
      570 casualties reported
- I& P- ~& Z! i         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 C6 a# f+ z! i) c         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled2 b: R8 T6 _( u: K. x' g8 T
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled" B4 _: _+ e& V( b
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
2 c# p4 k, j6 {) s4 _      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)+ e- ?5 x0 C6 m6 t: n; H& r
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Airbase hits 7; K$ i( O$ u4 {+ x" ~8 d* N& y
Airbase supply hits 1
. b* a0 a  ?" [) f( gRunway hits 15! O7 H4 |: R; c/ m6 o
Port hits 34 A9 d, f  L1 d% y+ b1 }+ k
Port supply hits 2! Q9 a; {  o# V+ j2 m6 J/ I
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
4 c0 d( ]7 G2 J8 ?1 ?3 f6 G1 O      BB Queen Elizabeth
6 p! U7 O3 g6 u( B/ T      BB Valiant
- W3 A# ~) o' n$ g      BB Mississippi
( @6 ?5 s3 ^2 r. q9 ^! Y+ d      BB New Mexico
' B/ W0 ~! G- ~3 X      BB Idaho' x; S' L# g3 T; p4 n8 u# W
      BB West Virginia: |' \9 x' C2 o2 b9 d! v
      BB Colorado
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; Y) A  t6 ^6 T: h0 Q! l' F0 z8 AJapanese ground losses:1 t4 N0 C+ m' g) l/ b* l' {7 _
      603 casualties reported
! U5 r' s1 K# u; I( h: a         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled2 i7 J9 o! G" I1 R
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
6 U2 ^2 a$ p# v* P" k         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled& O4 z5 C/ m! p0 z8 w5 [
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
" R3 O/ j- m4 P0 Z" |      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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" \# l  ~' X$ |1 A  q) ]; b, o  zAirbase hits 5
" E" L- Y* s4 Y" f6 M" u, [/ EAirbase supply hits 2
) Q% g+ r3 K, \3 S1 hRunway hits 7, \" J0 p$ F' l. Y
Port hits 15 z2 ?4 f2 ^  n

; V4 {, |' E0 U6 p3 M3 EBB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape . `9 J0 {" @8 f6 F& |( j2 k/ h
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant: ?4 X# q/ x% M! e4 Z$ |% @2 n
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division' f# z8 n6 {# v9 m+ k$ X2 {
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division
0 S$ ?% i) T9 ^& rBB New Mexico firing at Ponape
: {  u% T( j! m  \/ a6 MBB Idaho firing at Ponape ' A  O6 ]  C# u4 g3 K# l
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
7 n+ ~, H* y* X0 WBB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division' I' J" E8 Z$ q1 m
BB Colorado firing at Ponape ; e6 ?; {; c* j0 ^/ u  x+ F

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Light rain# X2 |/ m$ \* Y- n

! F. E/ n% t' w  ERaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
6 Q3 }5 _$ F/ P5 M7 u% mEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
. c5 x& a8 S+ y1 v( w" z" w      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 {& x( M! i. h* |: C/ `5 t      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
" s2 d  p# `' |3 n6 k4 i      TBM-1C Avenger x 274
4 E! Z% C/ k( J3 G" ~4 n/ Y3 B$ b2 ?, K6 L! `1 k) D+ W! B, M
Allied aircraft losses8 E8 K, p, Q8 q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged
  S& N- a# Z1 J8 u      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged! r) K$ S# i. T& v( j( M5 x3 T

; |6 a7 h4 o' S# o+ E! v7 CJapanese ground losses:
. ?& ~0 p9 _, C1 l7 ]' A      529 casualties reported8 [. D( w( C/ G+ }/ y5 A! d
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled' W  A& }/ ]1 Q9 n0 F; ?
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
# ?- T. H4 S9 U' C  Y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' Q( s/ L  V& B      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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2 H2 Q5 V0 U5 Z5 J5 X+ TGround combat at Ponape (119,113)4 c( R$ W, }" w. M2 |- h
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496- Y  S" C3 k0 n# }( W
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Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938+ {. c0 j0 M& S* n5 j- j- D% D

7 [  Z  p# K( c6 EAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5( W: ?2 \; w$ h6 Q/ M. H& N$ J

( M: Q7 h) ]7 a# x- ?6 j9 NAllied adjusted assault: 3029
5 Z- M2 X* N0 h% g( }$ i- w
5 u9 L! N: b9 e; [" _5 X  [Japanese adjusted defense: 3835 & S% N5 _& U8 x) A+ E- _! v* ]
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
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/ d2 _, ?2 e- Z9 FCombat modifiers
3 |' C9 v- e: y1 xDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
* V) U1 j1 k& q, cAttacker:
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- f' L+ r: [+ W* e1 d& c% IJapanese ground losses:' ]) A" ?4 f# _" Z* n) c3 D
      5869 casualties reported: n( S( E  \% Z9 _3 ^7 y
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled1 o; L$ _- Z* G( ]
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled
5 w0 k8 N/ ]; R8 W& Y3 |  O         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled
# y& Z2 o- P  U' j: [  j2 m      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)
5 r3 M+ m3 E5 K6 Z9 q; y      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:. f( q! J, ?; A: u+ ]6 c# K
      1488 casualties reported
' E, x) l" @" N, ]! k         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled% U: S: e4 }5 o, c
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled0 k% ^# y% y% p
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled) C/ N, p: R# o4 \, N
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
3 u9 w% [& O) M0 N, q8 B      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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: B9 N6 [7 |; [9 ~4 e9 L# `Assaulting units:
2 n! }( J; z" p9 H5 A# E    762nd Tank Battalion
# A. S$ i* d! Y" x    710th Tank Battalion
- i/ |* H+ V# }    767th Tank Battalion
( ^9 W; v5 i9 L    44th Tank Battalion
' V; ^9 `9 v# ]: i    96th Infantry Division
! O8 \- v3 u- y! }# A2 B    706th Tank Battalion! q9 }) y( Z+ J4 f
    81st Infantry Division
( v  a, P' P# }6 ]5 {4 l    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment8 Q+ ^5 s. ~- e- e5 ^
    5th Marine Division
+ D9 S# ~3 G* ^9 K5 S    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment  y6 w/ D3 a* Q( G3 o$ f! I2 }
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment5 s* n2 m2 c: P! u7 z3 S0 S: n
    711th Tank Battalion& V6 g; h; S1 M2 |# r
    716th Tank Battalion
: O2 b; z- [8 G. R1 c1 X9 H    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
1 _! O* F2 z1 B  v! w" Z* J    6th Infantry Division1 r* A( m3 K5 x* P3 [
    31st Infantry Regiment0 ]3 X6 O# I8 n5 O
    8th Marine Defense Battalion- ~: B9 n! ]: y# T$ z; x6 M
    4th USA Defense Battalion  }+ U  C" u7 w$ e' f2 Y3 Z8 V: W& P+ G
    X Corps Artillery
: w4 V1 Z2 x' P    14th Marine Defense Battalion
* j- B3 R  k: t! g# E6 Z6 p2 S    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) h0 `0 Q& G6 o# V    I Corps Artillery 0 q+ Q+ T# z+ ], J, y3 `) D& }; }
    XIV US Corps0 a+ m9 K! `/ M$ ~
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion0 [+ x; a, S  b5 |! i
    96th Coast AA Regiment
$ [, P. i# \- r8 Y! L- t2 \6 h    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment5 s% U( c5 \4 s: v* H9 z- P
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 o$ y- q! A5 x6 d+ A
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
* ~6 ~! g8 B4 k0 a    738th Coast AA Regiment
; L6 N( n& b  c8 j    1st USMC AA Battalion3 s: }2 }( q/ K4 @2 E  H
    5th USA Defense Battalion: y* ]* M3 D% n1 j9 ^
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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( w  d: P" g8 R8 f9 s' bDefending units:
4 X& A7 j. {0 a  J; d    144th Infantry Regiment% h( I& j+ F) f( R' S- U
    81st/C Division; h4 J, U4 g' u1 \; G7 ^
    Kure 3rd SNLF/ j; F0 `+ y0 U$ j( |0 s+ f0 M0 D
    Sasebo 7th SNLF! u/ |8 s( f2 L8 u) p# d
    81st/A Division
% E9 G* c1 K) F+ f2 J: c    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
, w+ x+ E& A, a4 M" ^    33rd/B Division
# \* l; [" X; R2 [    52nd Naval Guard Unit2 Q* ~8 O# _; K# {1 h% _
    33rd/A Division
+ X4 d2 n/ ^/ X4 o    81st/B Division
5 H1 u6 N2 t& J2 b. S3 I& ]    138th Infantry Regiment
  s/ {2 T' f: i3 {; ~  U1 E    33rd/C Division
* M2 V8 a. ?6 b    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) H, c, U/ {: L" i: `) {
    60th Field AA Battalion/ f' j" a1 ]2 z: q/ p
    53rd Construction Battalion, X& c7 M2 L. N9 Y0 d
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ V8 g6 M; q& e7 X8 h    14th Area Army /1
7 B' ?! x0 {. f8 c    61st Field AA Battalion
3 J* j% L/ ~. n; ]0 w$ @    18th Army- f8 n( T& k8 W
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 s! f$ X, U, S5 H! h
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion3 |9 V; A8 @9 @2 X6 W3 m
    63rd Field AA Battalion: T2 h- v2 o+ F6 p
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 f( `% \& Y; C" E6 g. a
    12th Air Fleet( J1 c6 U- A& z# x! F$ U
    Kure 7th SNLF
# E# F4 W9 X8 d2 Y9 F    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
" ]7 @- p. D2 `& k  H    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! X. {: q; T3 _. z0 |- E- b4 y    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8 G2 B6 Z4 I9 @    19th JAAF Base Force$ i2 \6 B4 |% ~4 `4 `) W
    3rd Base Force
! k( a4 i3 m% j    Ponape Naval Fortress+ [9 R* s4 E. J' \* i+ _$ P. M: h
    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, 443 H$ ~% Z$ V- X* T9 ~& {3 L: y
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
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8 S! o9 i3 |( M1 jAfternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 % i( C0 ^1 l+ W: H# i' G; |1 A
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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: L* y/ S9 H  _Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
$ U9 m% ?9 I7 y4 I. SEstimated time to target is 34 minutes/ m* E1 A7 A2 ^4 Q

1 @/ P& s5 v. T; i" }Allied aircraft( G& T4 p9 u* [3 K2 E
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462- c6 Z1 }) ^( r# y/ [. Z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327/ ?5 Y$ O' w* h* D
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283! F1 Z( I7 A. i, a" V; C4 i9 x
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Allied aircraft losses/ S7 P5 V/ C1 ^9 e5 a
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged; C3 d9 X+ o! U3 J0 e( [, I1 [
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged  _' E+ X% O7 E
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak! H. O- }& \* W; f* v: J9 R5 Z' M+ p

4 N6 _. G. F! f6 mJapanese ground losses:8 j$ T1 `! E) p. z1 U! G
      17 casualties reported$ N1 u' c  P; a
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  A8 L7 P  ?  w, J; i  H9 Q  z         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
! I, A8 A4 p3 o, h         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* c& a# j/ D3 W
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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8 a$ q% _* ?. v. f6 w( r  @$ q2 O0 aAirbase hits 97
6 X2 {) P: S) x: ?, O6 dAirbase supply hits 26
! v: d5 @$ Y- @Runway hits 252, w: z5 X8 k. x* h

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Japanese Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728
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Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
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Japanese ground losses:
2 {. F5 k6 d4 u6 \, W; Z2 ~      736 casualties reported
, p8 B" s2 |. h! p, N         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled5 q9 O, u: L. g0 M
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled7 |* j2 J  Q* G
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled: }# o8 [3 w3 Z" q! {, k
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)% O1 x4 U" G% M1 i; Q
      Units destroyed 1
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; o) |/ G* N4 c- ^' {! uAllied ground losses:
: p1 X: n" N+ r. w! f$ ^2 L      23 casualties reported$ M/ D! D9 Q% q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled' q6 M  W1 [9 v
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ f2 E" J  q, O5 ~) i8 L
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- a" J/ G5 E2 _% ?
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)+ b3 e# q) `; \; @7 M# [

- T* l/ l1 w1 I# _& eAllied Bombardment attack4 B8 M; [( q8 P( p9 H
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Attacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
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Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
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Japanese ground losses:& h6 l, W" k" w& \
      698 casualties reported$ D3 V. L1 F" \4 W! m' m
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled
. x3 z# H. v: L+ k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled; a5 V( m7 h' Z( M' a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
2 L% I5 P0 U( M      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44
, v; d, w; a7 v- V岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1137 u1 z: H4 {! A" F0 b! Y
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Allied Ships& K( _- Y9 P- l3 p  [$ m6 g
      CA Wichita
! R4 i" h7 e, n, X9 V. E. H      CA Vincennes
3 Y- [  c2 j( u      CA Quincy1 V; N" b5 Y" T. z
      CA San Francisco
7 P( N1 Q, U2 z- S7 M      CA Minneapolis
1 V: b+ @& A, U1 k8 A      CA Astoria
+ W. Y8 M' Y- ~3 X3 K: W! V      CA Chicago! _* C/ r- x0 L" o; S; z) J! M
      CA Louisville
- W$ y% T2 O! r1 M      CA Chester
7 L9 @2 C+ H( a. J      CA Northampton
6 ^8 d  F$ v( c      CA Portland0 D9 w3 s$ }) {7 {( b; s6 [

% N, Z+ L; n8 J0 r! I3 bJapanese ground losses:
5 f: L" Y* f2 u8 a      213 casualties reported: `" v+ k, H8 I3 _" q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled) h/ ?1 O" T9 Z. C; C
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
! ~$ l7 e. y& \9 y* D# W/ f         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 W: O; Q+ {/ @* Z/ m1 h      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Airbase hits 6
$ E" }  Y" b( i7 c4 t& Y! u$ |% }- |Airbase supply hits 1* O# F4 I; y0 o  e+ C3 [. @
Runway hits 25+ q% M8 w% f; A2 g0 N1 s- N
Port hits 5% i5 [  f9 _  r5 F" H5 G
Port supply hits 1( s& P7 \4 n; \7 d1 W
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
' G* v2 S  Y: v3 q' r+ y( t  E      BB Alabama
# ^) ]* }. ]6 l8 l9 }5 P7 t+ G! K2 J      BB Massachusetts
5 h* I9 T8 @! y( `/ {0 ]+ y/ a8 l      BB Indiana
0 K* s, n7 v5 t9 o& ?      BB South Dakota
- J/ s" |+ [5 F2 T2 p      BB Washington
. o- P* i9 c; Q# p: E: o0 C3 M      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:
( N7 V% {0 z! {; X/ J" Y      803 casualties reported( a8 x" t5 c( o# Q
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
. c1 W; M8 z8 k8 v' o: l         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled6 Q  v" N( w6 f9 Q" Q( C/ W
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled4 k0 s5 C% H) r2 {1 z0 K( Z
      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
7 ^% r( p/ G. z! c8 k7 U      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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; S% l, [; F# ^# t  v4 F7 C& uAirbase hits 2
9 u9 n: j1 _6 y+ H. p1 ~* oRunway hits 3$ X0 z$ M1 E- K& W) }. L4 f/ G) v
Port hits 2
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
; U8 m1 M" N. M; t      BB Queen Elizabeth5 k+ Y5 A' h0 F4 A% [- A+ p
      BB Valiant2 I5 Z3 r- h5 O4 v% m2 i: a
      BB Mississippi# i8 ~3 f+ N1 n; j0 t8 n
      BB New Mexico
7 Q- G3 v* a* o* Z( ?2 k  _( x      BB Idaho. p* Z' L) V# d2 _: J4 g
      BB West Virginia
7 v% F8 b  I- ?) H! U      BB Colorado
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; a! M. \$ z2 L+ D0 U* K! _) vJapanese ground losses:& k+ ~) z1 @) h$ @- [  l8 R/ t
      710 casualties reported- v: R% V) A8 K4 S/ {3 M2 t
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
& s8 q  [0 D& `2 b, z         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
7 m  C" A$ T: d0 X4 A* D+ O         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled" s" b8 ]+ P4 P! I, F0 ~7 E
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
+ w: J1 E5 E" l( h" c  y      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)6 L( K1 N- A; l& {

2 C3 \0 C4 x8 W6 FAirbase hits 19 R8 q/ |7 q' ?/ a' N7 T
Runway hits 9
% ?0 s+ K( Q4 N! D- {Port hits 1" Z1 |. r1 T/ _
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! C; B5 y6 G# N! G$ F7 l1 P1 U# Y
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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- r% F. l' a1 E7 X4 D% eRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
- O$ n) h/ V7 LEstimated time to target is 33 minutes  Q1 @% p8 A3 i8 F8 U3 P
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Allied aircraft
4 I! }" m! X: A" a. h% d" P9 B      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) E* e8 F* ?. _/ s. E2 c
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325& O+ D) Z( X4 B
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2712 e8 ?3 a* Z+ L" U8 I
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Allied aircraft losses
3 `& W  `" T3 n( l# ^      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged6 u4 h% Q8 d3 x0 ~
      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged( A8 J' Q. Q1 H, n
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Japanese ground losses:, O6 A0 K. }/ \' v
      660 casualties reported8 ?' T$ b6 u/ N& ~
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
( P. V: S8 u" V* T- Y. }+ C$ S* r         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
7 i/ f7 I( [( R6 m0 j) L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& A6 `( a6 u! b9 X6 q      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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1 E/ g: f/ c" K9 t$ t1 ^Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack$ o" N- P9 e' w* d$ P+ b

2 Q) B2 J" O! v  JAttacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455
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Defending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 6012 c. w5 y- n$ T
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
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Allied adjusted assault: 2943 ' M9 M! |" z4 Y8 J, n

: i0 p. N' S' |' L& fJapanese adjusted defense: 537 ' h8 T/ T1 v4 @5 }
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)
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. v) F8 G# U$ a8 ^Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
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Combat modifiers
9 {+ q9 X% t) V' P3 B, ]  U/ xDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)! E# V7 o# |. l8 x
Attacker: # u! C1 E  |7 ?* `2 R1 ?

8 g8 u& {6 V' n" G3 U  {6 k2 Z6 qJapanese ground losses:9 ~) O2 b: L. O$ ^3 x* x8 v
      4555 casualties reported
4 T& d) G$ Z( a         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled
; |& b0 L+ ?: p1 y; K& t) }( o         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled
* S1 r+ R( H* J/ G( X         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
, h( T4 |. o. P- M      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled): D0 S) h( [& ?) k* ~( p3 E
      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)) I) \0 A+ \' F* l2 [

) |0 @3 i0 |% A# Z& WAllied ground losses:
7 V+ j, j5 B- g      1283 casualties reported( G- m2 }) A7 \/ v' {1 \
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled$ ?& [& D5 U& z
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
' b4 ?7 @$ c% @2 q3 r7 l         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
  {) d0 b: {. L9 ]+ A6 t7 |- @      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
6 V- B  y: O' l9 w* E" X! N4 G( }      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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. [; I+ t  ?# l* M3 ?Assaulting units:
7 a( o/ m3 [/ o# g    716th Tank Battalion7 `, v! c' i0 T, a
    112th Cavalry Regiment/ Q+ E& t  r7 M) w* ]
    44th Tank Battalion: `8 r5 T( n9 Z* E; p
    711th Tank Battalion8 I  d7 w' C; t. H& [5 J; U
    6th Infantry Division& [/ ^% |2 M! i/ ?# k% h
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4 _! ^4 U9 N- v  X1 p5 F# S) `- y    5th Marine Division9 Y  F4 [) ^: O
    706th Tank Battalion
- H! E7 k3 `" C7 X2 l& I    710th Tank Battalion' W  E/ d) r7 u. ~% T
    81st Infantry Division
& [  y2 a+ B2 r, O# @    1st Filipino Inf Regiment2 h- i7 o. m9 ?" ]# S( F2 T  T& K
    767th Tank Battalion% M- w; k! |5 w4 y* ?
    762nd Tank Battalion
& \) f2 @0 d3 `. i    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment# E. [/ f1 R9 R$ Y/ Z4 g
    96th Infantry Division
. u. a( t, M+ n5 F  w" O& P% _    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 @- c6 T9 ]( J8 D% z0 }- p
    14th Marine Defense Battalion1 t3 h4 y/ U3 a6 q4 m: R
    1st USMC AA Battalion' g) G% b; w* F. d3 ]
    738th Coast AA Regiment
" F; e" K8 f* X0 l    X Corps Artillery ! B; c6 L& x  K* m" ^" q- W# \
    I Corps Artillery
; N+ P3 ~% Q# a& k! s, P/ h: X& W    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, z$ F, z; f" `) B$ w( }* C
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 b1 N9 [+ ?( I* m3 Y' ~& Y! l    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. m8 l6 `* {. D% ^    XIV US Corps
5 e- D  G9 q" [. T/ P- o    4th USA Defense Battalion
: W* A8 u) Y+ ^" [6 d2 @    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 N& ~; S: l5 S) g    8th Marine Defense Battalion
6 Z) S! `' [3 q, r* {% v! \    96th Coast AA Regiment
& a  y+ m; e% f) d    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion8 L: c) A" X, t5 b' i  Q$ g6 f2 V
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment  d" A$ P' L9 J" B% B, K, W- o

$ l0 i( m& M/ `, ~' ^4 tDefending units:
$ H7 M9 f/ x/ z. l, j9 h! ]& f    81st Division
2 w+ y6 Q. ~/ i" c) [9 J' P    33rd Division
8 H/ a! t* i, g5 Q9 F& V# h    52nd Naval Guard Unit0 x! {1 S9 r( X' T# J3 j! W4 y
    Sasebo 7th SNLF1 {% |. `4 y/ s2 P, ~# y+ t  e8 D
    138th Infantry Regiment& z. z( R3 }  E- |0 D
    Kure 3rd SNLF /15 s) }* L) W, n
    3rd Base Force
/ C: f/ t6 Y4 [6 N* {    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
4 u$ Q' V. e8 A  i    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 j( ^( ^) |3 a# C
    14th Area Army /18 f$ P- y1 ]3 e) B
    144th Infantry Regiment) Q5 o4 K% c: b/ |
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion  o3 x9 {- U, |
    19th JAAF Base Force
2 w6 x5 N; y% I7 [; F    60th Field AA Battalion& Z/ x9 h2 W, ^: q5 Q
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 P+ _1 _6 V$ ~' L/ H
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment- Y: n) g' q6 k; H1 i5 H
    61st Field AA Battalion
2 B6 T$ p# O1 v3 O% m3 L1 x    Kure 7th SNLF
$ X9 C+ i; W3 x4 C! o: {( u! G$ w    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, S! I7 \1 l+ g    18th Army) S3 W& A$ p5 r, Q
    12th Air Fleet2 i% G8 \+ `5 V7 j; J: W% L
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8 e+ x, O! D* U/ B    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion, s+ i9 A6 L; _) t; a2 y5 H5 ~. `& V7 G
    Ponape Naval Fortress% l$ x* c; t5 @$ V' i
    53rd Construction Battalion/ ?+ l! n. p  \1 v% o" z2 P) H
    63rd Field AA Battalion
) n# `8 G; e. _) v4 K' e  Y$ ?0 L$ a    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44
0 G) z: c! p; s- v4 c% l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。- Z! z5 e1 ?. {9 ]; e
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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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+ ~$ u- U( F, F  ?  N* ^( `Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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. W1 L+ L! k9 v: i3 IAllied Shock attack$ \, ]9 {7 v) V$ E: ?
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Attacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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! Y9 z, f; @& pDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 2489 |7 g, Q$ x) G: b' X0 n

: i/ U, m. ^# X2 B) z4 `1 lAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 30 }& W5 m* I( ~( ?

/ P$ K( B" |9 P! eAllied adjusted assault: 5312 : l4 j1 D, c9 ^9 V% I1 S

3 W0 F, n% k7 {" ^Japanese adjusted defense: 163 5 q3 D, Q$ T) V: B5 P

$ ]2 d# x' @) n# C3 fAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)
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0 ^4 N5 Z# X1 {7 {2 P. o+ c% xAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
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Combat modifiers
# Q+ c& i: e1 TDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
/ Y% t4 D6 Q4 x( d8 V+ PAttacker: shock(+)1 |, B7 e) ~4 w- i+ k5 `9 n
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Japanese ground losses:
! Z$ y4 c" r8 _9 K      6464 casualties reported
  C, c% s7 r2 U         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled, D5 F7 H6 U0 Q7 \! P% |2 f6 J
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled( ~6 e$ F- K) x$ l% k
         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled' |0 @: j# _" q! I! D
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 Z8 ?. V. T' `0 O, x: Y; O
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)
: J  E, B% }- _7 j      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:5 J* N% {7 ?* R4 k
      700 casualties reported
- w8 u5 ]1 Z! ]         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled9 b5 J/ i  x$ E
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled7 D# M" W! R1 s$ k+ c) m/ A' K
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
( e0 A7 }* Q3 b8 C. J& j0 H      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
, r# |$ [5 Q  u+ s" }1 N0 Q      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)& v- {1 R, P# s# A2 ^5 N9 I  h/ l
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Assaulting units:) K7 ?: l% R0 O0 c
    6th Infantry Division
0 h/ W8 d4 |" W& y0 m    706th Tank Battalion* T! n2 p/ t6 L, G: W$ @% k
    710th Tank Battalion* X9 K# n, b7 h
    716th Tank Battalion7 y0 i& F7 s6 v& K* \2 j  ^
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" w# Q5 }" H3 u/ L. \
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment- q7 K6 s. m4 v" J# A# h
    767th Tank Battalion
9 [5 D6 A& I$ j5 S0 \    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment7 Q1 K& ?2 _! b( w8 i" ^5 z
    711th Tank Battalion
: @* z, S6 L- I; @5 f    762nd Tank Battalion  ^: E; X/ T+ U9 _2 I9 z
    81st Infantry Division
3 y3 U; O# u  ?/ a  a  Y4 V    5th Marine Division( _! ?! h# A9 }/ l6 E' q
    112th Cavalry Regiment
: P4 X- D* }  ^    44th Tank Battalion4 S  [2 ?0 n. H
    96th Infantry Division: {4 Q# w' V$ ]
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment8 @( D. c9 W. O/ s" Q' M
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment: w6 @  T" K4 y9 C. q4 l
    4th USA Defense Battalion
7 J8 X  o4 a7 o( a( D1 q5 w/ j- {& ?    5th USA Defense Battalion
: P: K4 G$ P3 h! i! C    12th Marine Defense Battalion. ?% ?* A; X. c2 V+ H- w( L& b5 q
    1st USMC AA Battalion
  _. v" k5 U  }' L    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 O6 y: [: ^0 W6 i$ ?
    XIV US Corps: ]! e. p1 D. W: R- u
    I Corps Artillery ' w; N- U/ J# B
    8th Marine Defense Battalion- ]1 Z+ R3 f$ }& h6 G, |
    738th Coast AA Regiment( H) d0 @- c! j( C  G
    14th Marine Defense Battalion" B0 o: x7 g9 M! @3 s
    X Corps Artillery & g$ q. i- q9 I- j) ^
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
( m6 j6 M  q  e- E! O" r) l) D    96th Coast AA Regiment& \9 l) ^% f+ B  m0 Y. ^% O
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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& I0 ~1 |7 b4 V% [Defending units:
$ N7 D& N* J4 C1 p    81st Division6 ?2 q6 n- @' Z. z
    33rd Division/ c, o4 h: D4 V( |, X; `( f. y
    138th Infantry Regiment
8 i3 {2 B% o+ H! N! [+ J    Sasebo 7th SNLF$ _$ {( J  E) h! m
    Ponape Naval Fortress
" @/ @# R' u$ E2 X" G    12th Air Fleet
/ `2 l% N' j2 k) @8 l# q9 d/ q    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
, S. g# t" {2 j6 V: \, m  X' t    60th Field AA Battalion
( v: r& ]; y2 U- K4 x9 l3 Z! i    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
, w. Q5 d8 Y' p2 N; z  Q, o    53rd Construction Battalion
: \# O0 Z4 ~. K( I) W. d    61st Field AA Battalion6 S- E$ Q! o7 r
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- D' N1 {8 g' N' \* @- @  j9 Z
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
* r5 {" U* O. ~7 v- D    19th JAAF Base Force
1 c8 Z4 O# f/ n; `" F2 K& x    18th Army" s# @  K) Z; U
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 p0 q/ R; a# b) e3 w
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
* E+ m- U! S+ g8 K0 R    3rd Base Force* S# z6 p# o' V  U& [
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& [* Q% n, c/ b    52nd Naval Guard Unit: t5 v5 C  D- |6 j9 Y; i! U6 Y
    14th Area Army /1
+ T6 e5 Y0 V8 b9 P& W    Kure 7th SNLF
5 e; p' N; s  P$ s! X; q; `    144th Infantry Regiment6 {$ Z' X1 ^2 q1 O: z) J* e- O
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; y- l$ O4 o  W7 d- q9 D
    63rd Field AA Battalion. S* K4 @, y) F5 \; f# j6 M
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! W+ v" k1 b" ^0 d$ O3 L5 h    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44) O% K+ \; i' h
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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  ~2 P3 u- i, x. G' `7 y
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Japanese Ships
+ m( s7 s  A/ q0 n      DD Fujinami
, \3 c7 o) L: ~      DD Kishinami# r. C+ n/ w; ^6 x( m: u
      DD Kiyonami
: ~. `+ A9 K# u5 f. E      DD Okinami9 R( U% \( a, R' K
      DD Hamanami7 T5 }3 X' V/ a9 M/ ]$ ^/ L
      DD Asashimo. r) v* `% H1 I4 J  s) X

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7 y' A, I3 d$ a/ r# |& W3 W      xAP Golden Racer
- f6 ~0 B  Y$ P1 [" F( Q( H      xAP Mallory Lykes
9 `$ J( x% e7 I# G+ \7 Y8 H      xAP Abigail Adams
( z7 Y+ x; E2 }: ?      xAP Adoniram Judson# _1 t, G9 U- V* f
      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# I- W, D! C4 X( V
      xAP Andrew D. White
' a5 E. N2 \3 ?/ R      xAP Andrew Furuseth( q& P. o: d' t% A* T& v
      xAP Archbishop Lamy, F, S( G: J, S& N) \& M
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires! D* q# ~+ M1 x, s% x
      xAP B. F. Shaw
. Q9 [7 m7 ~) f- T# m% `      xAP B. Livingston
& E' u6 D" M. n( V+ _      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson
) n8 j/ r2 A& X: a4 P# {( o. K8 M/ q      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler" N. C/ Q+ D0 O5 R9 D1 K
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
, ?$ G  T, r+ u: ^) w. r      xAP Caleb Strong
0 S9 t- G9 {7 M      xAP Carlos Carrillo
' K' M  c  f! Q+ |) d, I+ }$ d) }      xAP Charles H. Windham
# d1 R* I- ~8 d2 S      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
* U1 C/ j7 R& s. W( F! ^      xAP Chief Washakie# T4 L% q7 P" e) m% `0 J
      xAP Daniel Drake% f& z/ I( b! F4 G
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont# C+ r2 _: [# B
      xAP David Dudley Field# L! s5 B3 V* @# C9 _+ {- L+ c
      xAP David Gaillard
% A* X4 T5 Q+ P  w, `* g; \      xAP David J. Brewer
" {" F9 i' q) Z6 x1 V      xAP Edmund Fanning
/ S- Q0 m7 z$ {0 {0 m      xAP Edmund Randolph
. V: P. e9 o/ y' k8 d/ j      xAP Edward Livingston
2 \3 H+ y. |: M8 M* P) d0 l% H      xAP Edwin Markham  J. d, N  a8 z: V
      xAP Elihu Thomson
+ _9 G  C1 z: T0 F      xAP Frances E. Willard: ], F$ }+ r3 P( ^1 @# Z) e8 n
      xAP Francis P. Blair
# p( j9 \5 }1 }! `      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire
; G4 C3 t1 @4 I+ Q6 X9 y      xAP Leland Stanford
# Y5 b5 ]% q. F5 U! F      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
# ]2 G7 V% r7 U! W( W      xAP Lew Wallace
: |+ G4 e: Z9 i# O5 L8 x+ l& b      xAP Lewis Cass0 y1 Q. x8 E. P) b, n
      xAP Lydia M. Child7 ?6 X5 l9 A* q  G; g8 A) Y
      xAP Samuel Gompers
! s7 D1 s/ o  I. m  G      xAP Stanley Matthews# p) c7 p+ F$ A& N
      xAP Stephen J. Field
- k: M& ?6 V2 }0 F0 x1 N9 J. [" Q      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
  _7 {, T/ G$ T5 l      xAP Thomas A. Edison
0 b6 J( r0 d+ n# X1 O3 v7 c      xAP Thomas Nast4 l/ g) X7 Z( z" F6 F
      xAP Thomas Nelson
" ?) @4 O6 D& k9 }3 C7 P  K+ _& J4 r      xAP Vitus Bering
% B) K- t& H& y2 K2 j, E0 X      xAP Walter Colton: X; A9 O- A6 |5 b5 ~* }
      xAP William C. Claiborne
; Q1 A# b0 B, Z5 A/ Y, q      xAP William Dunbar
8 r, @/ g- z/ Q4 ]( W- W4 i# C      xAP William E. Channing, @7 _6 l( }* S7 q. m, }
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2
$ i6 l- c& ]5 |: f) E+ `      xAP William L. Garrison
- [4 V  d, n% u/ \# d      xAP William M. Stewart" U9 k1 r; M2 [" m+ b3 O  I% H; M: s: x
      xAP William P. McArthur% [- L7 J' K7 O6 E
      xAP William T. Sherman5 d: F9 s2 B+ {8 Q+ g
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
/ g# |; V' G- Z( R# V* }      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: y+ c1 [' R' a+ Y      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk1 f. S8 E9 F! C; E
      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk  h$ c3 s+ G% g
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
; M7 R) P! `/ I8 X: i, i      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
  `: o! K' X7 _* y$ `* t: a      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 [, N" K2 B0 W5 k      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2- d) y  Y3 B% P9 Z0 t% v7 p
      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
% S) ^9 x1 K- Z      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 M: Z( g0 \: W1 \8 l' m6 d      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
) C3 _  d1 K+ M3 j- I* y8 T      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1: X( Y& D4 i$ O8 M0 [) \+ A

: g% L% |& y+ y; \6 j0 x9 [( f  lAllied ground losses:0 F* P. a" s( n# ^/ E2 N
      2171 casualties reported% Y+ F7 u$ o2 X
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
7 P& K) V- D* Q3 S1 w) C         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
) G) @0 c9 e2 O, b" a         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled! I- \) G, v1 R" w6 ^
      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)+ [3 y! M; R3 w# o- z
      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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. m* u# X0 G% W9 CDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
- c, {% H. c8 s1 c3 N4 U7 E      CA Tone
8 ^) ^* G0 K# ^& T      CA Chikuma
8 v: m/ T+ ]2 Q: W( h1 [      CA Mogami
" t8 A+ t' z9 W7 G      CA Mikuma
  S0 N: c; R! `. t      CA Suzuya3 A( C' Q, e, ]* F) v
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
- C- \  `% ]0 @, `9 }. p      DD Haruzuki
) t# u/ q% ]  w. t      DD Naganami1 ]8 R4 h/ d2 a1 ?& T
      DD Myojinkaze4 I  S5 o, T. `* @5 |" q8 n8 C% d
      DD Kosukaze
4 d, G8 B1 Z* O0 l+ a4 y      DD Yamanakaze
/ p7 L7 u8 P' i; H* H, z      DD Urazuki
; C2 \; m" P. Z2 u      DD Benigumo
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. P5 x6 H& F2 f+ ?! ?Allied Ships3 n  W% \* y+ `
      xAP Golden Racer$ S, n) I2 d, K5 m/ S
      xAP Mallory Lykes0 Z: ], ^" r' G, S
      xAP Abigail Adams
9 H6 e3 T2 d2 V, M( ]      xAP Adoniram Judson
0 R7 y6 p1 V  j6 ?% I      xAP Andrew D. White
# H: _# J2 _; f# H      xAP Andrew Furuseth
% f7 w! L* v7 u      xAP Archbishop Lamy
. ?  E0 E( J4 ~! t- z# z      xAP B. F. Shaw
, s& M/ I5 z( q6 v/ P7 A      xAP B. Livingston
  v  Y. H1 G& U      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
6 m3 `5 @2 ^# s2 J& n- ~8 K; k      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
! H" P" ?4 |# Q2 y      xAP Benjamin Lundy
( c1 E( T; v0 Q1 H+ H9 R% X# p      xAP Caleb Strong
. O; R. x" e" d5 a# ?% f" c. L$ v      xAP Carlos Carrillo1 Z, Y: B  E* X1 f; C
      xAP Charles H. Windham7 @$ [6 c: s' M3 L; r% h; S
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz" W$ J. k9 Q! Y$ V* T
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
+ I' X9 E5 r  i6 D/ [3 ]      xAP Daniel Drake3 e- ]# ]/ @$ y# l4 Z' C4 J1 R5 m
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
8 _' j1 Z$ Y' z1 n1 _* i) r      xAP David Dudley Field3 x* y8 {6 v5 A% N) w" n" \2 O! j
      xAP David Gaillard: D; n  G5 {/ ^2 W/ J
      xAP David J. Brewer
: k% b7 n& F+ M: S1 H& v5 {, q      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 A* q8 {' _: l. j# g9 I/ u: u# b
      xAP Edward Livingston( V, k9 v3 ^2 `$ p( n4 \* {1 |! y
      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 20 q! u+ o. G0 R
      xAP Elihu Thomson
! X8 m# G1 r8 p" a      xAP Frances E. Willard- C% Q! W- R) [. Z* x
      xAP Francis P. Blair/ u2 L# `7 i8 n
      xAP Leland Stanford
$ H8 X+ }6 J. k; T      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
8 o, F4 i9 x! I2 O2 @4 {      xAP Lew Wallace) R, e* s) r* L" }  Q  J% H4 P9 Y
      xAP Lewis Cass
" N; @0 A3 e) ~7 A      xAP Lydia M. Child
- U4 E) l% M. h& R: m& x      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 w) L8 c6 e% p. L& r9 E* a
      xAP Stanley Matthews
& `( z& ]3 P, ^) r1 c# B7 A      xAP Stephen J. Field+ i: r  \7 z+ j4 G9 F) e" t) C
      xAP Stephen M. White: Q; C( @/ z7 \: U
      xAP Thomas A. Edison+ S/ }- F" y; g% x; e
      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage$ s& c  q9 i. z! \* T1 \& Q
      xAP Vitus Bering: |( p7 S: j! Q
      xAP Walter Colton
; e$ Z" A2 j4 D; }      xAP William C. Claiborne& Z3 S8 F3 r; ], w( D( T  L9 L
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
7 R! m$ ~/ o- w( F+ l      xAP William E. Channing0 T. A  f) p2 ]
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage. _4 S* k- \8 N" d
      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire1 c/ c6 c$ e) B. |/ |
      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire
9 m' u/ W' [% m/ y/ r1 J0 Q      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; y4 j$ J4 L8 C- |      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& c# ^& W, G+ H, ~0 m& }' o
      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
# J5 D% |0 ?5 l4 V9 n) h, o      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ X  ?' t" _5 j4 i; ^      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 @0 H2 \6 z  B/ H6 E5 m3 A
      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage1 G1 K% v3 b2 q1 G
      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
6 Q- e/ v' T; n5 }$ d6 i& p      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- u9 p$ L6 i9 p$ Q: u      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. ?$ E4 g+ e4 S' f8 |% ]! N( E      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires' d- A( S% x# L. n' x; f- v
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' ^2 h& ?+ a, b3 |  `+ _" T2 j: T. G; w
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 K( y# O6 _- Q' F( w1 A
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* @  N- Q3 ]6 k5 D/ Y$ \! ^      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 ~- S5 Y1 L! d: E! I
      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& x* u. n: u5 a: ?2 V# v      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
; U1 C3 ^6 R0 W6 Y      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 T9 i, p/ w6 L: R
      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire! c; d9 R5 t$ }
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% m) x' l& ^+ v9 M( ~. E: d      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire" C1 |. A$ ~2 {7 t$ Q+ r( [
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- z/ I* j: B5 c5 e9 ^
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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Allied ground losses:; C- f! W9 ^% I' p+ i, e
      1589 casualties reported, [" F# s- ], e2 c3 W
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
1 ^) N" d: O7 V1 j" i0 s         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled
; b# s1 j' {6 S7 Q7 E: m         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled) p2 W" C* S3 r. _6 ]: o
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
8 v+ t# v' \1 J% F/ `% A8 G      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)
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3 g% X% ]& c, l; LGround combat at Ponape (119,113), r$ Z1 m9 U* _

4 f! E+ J: w9 J. N& Q! q/ M! b- p7 YAllied Deliberate attack* H1 ^+ b- i- s$ ]- @$ s

6 C6 e5 `7 A# M6 p2 X- T. V  ?Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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+ ^1 O" w5 S% R0 ?1 j& IDefending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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) q% s" |5 `0 q& N$ a1 N: k7 FAllied adjusted assault: 1865 $ S' k- {6 Y2 r8 X0 T  m

& c6 O4 S' m& r* D7 uJapanese adjusted defense: 57 5 e9 ^% U" N6 X% r3 R/ e" V
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 # _" T6 z" }( o

+ b( B" ^/ n0 p3 U$ ?2 rCombat modifiers9 c3 C" I# J) W7 N4 [
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-); t8 b! z$ _3 ]! a* e3 \) `6 f' D; O
Attacker: 8 h, B; Z( {; S* S4 z

/ v" `# s+ q7 _+ L+ GJapanese ground losses:
  E' W) t+ G, M' t8 }) d- B      2583 casualties reported
0 J( J$ x% O0 G         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled% B- [! n3 f- W5 [. F2 `4 R
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled# B& n# w) r$ H  T0 [0 z; d& f& \0 `
         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
" w% d/ }' p7 m; O; Q. q7 X1 K% D1 j      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)! Q2 B* y. O5 M% y
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:6 v8 J" t& C, Z/ m7 v& N
      107 casualties reported, j$ E- p) |5 f0 `* i6 W9 o5 _
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled+ I& r4 y0 f+ }/ {- G
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled- q$ N4 o( X; y: _; j* V" u; b" T
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
) X$ c/ @2 y! l5 c* C1 I' ^      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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Assaulting units:# @- s+ j& k" Q& p; i
    6th Infantry Division1 H4 H5 k6 {! |+ ^6 {, h4 I# k. r& l) _
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
0 T: E6 v2 i7 |! A' T* A    1st Filipino Inf Regiment" e: z! @! |7 `( r& V: K! B
    710th Tank Battalion
. }6 a6 B2 |# n" f/ j7 ?+ b! R    81st Infantry Division% m! [# L' s7 ~9 K' J* n3 c' Z$ U
    767th Tank Battalion- P  M/ z5 s/ O% @$ O
    716th Tank Battalion
% \. }# A- u2 U& N8 R# c/ ?% U    44th Tank Battalion
  A$ J# [/ v* h0 Z' @4 l    711th Tank Battalion
4 q# V- Z/ M9 ^" U1 Y: G    762nd Tank Battalion3 x, N. D7 T3 g
    5th Marine Division
5 b& r/ O" g0 T) A3 o9 N    112th Cavalry Regiment
: p5 r& G/ D9 \    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment  ?, o; d0 G7 q9 a! d
    706th Tank Battalion
! }1 y" R" @# H: k( G/ `4 m    96th Infantry Division! Q8 Z: s* d  r% P9 v
    XIV US Corps
9 u& t+ X7 S( c: i* m1 @    4th USA Defense Battalion0 x- d$ k! N; ^1 ~
    X Corps Artillery
. N6 F6 T% R) U    738th Coast AA Regiment
' l; c& t/ m4 d/ Q6 j' {4 J& v    5th USA Defense Battalion6 B2 f  b. w9 h( V' S. T
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( ?7 m3 h# W  K3 D    14th Marine Defense Battalion
) Y' v8 D, D9 }4 B4 D7 f    I Corps Artillery $ F, m0 M" v: J; ]
    12th Marine Defense Battalion. {/ u; @. @7 l( D# k
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' m6 p' `, M& N3 l! n1 e& H    1st USMC AA Battalion
1 }, K; v) @+ i6 V    35th Aviation Base Force
9 s$ |  L  a3 l+ e3 M# V0 m: @2 S    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  G3 y/ J7 i- N5 R/ l' Z  U    96th Coast AA Regiment
4 g) }3 f3 r! y3 p    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion) U) ^! }7 s" l$ R; M/ N2 v6 A
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
# H( K9 M. H  [2 p% Z2 }- c! I$ I% @$ M    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
! T) m: S' o" q8 g    81st Division, o- j; H* `# C2 b$ b7 T  W+ M# L: J
    33rd Division) K+ ^1 \: d; {4 n0 b# I2 @. l, v
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" R- b  s3 a2 A4 G; x8 W( R4 |    52nd Naval Guard Unit: w6 i) G( x% e3 k# `- r
    Ponape Naval Fortress" s. j, G6 ?' Z2 H8 B
    63rd Field AA Battalion3 A+ e) i. b- Q8 X, c8 V
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
: Q) u) t7 x- `2 f    14th Area Army /1
8 K: l$ c+ n6 o" s% F    61st Field AA Battalion
: D& }) H9 ^* I+ b1 \7 H8 y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /16 \; R; ~+ J! P4 G
    3rd Base Force
( Y  f( z6 d2 @: D% {( ~9 u) Z    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
5 B% l9 o$ y0 G0 P% y- z    19th JAAF Base Force& y8 t, {4 J9 H8 X
    53rd Construction Battalion
7 Q* @% s* h3 _. E* x0 ]    12th Air Fleet. f) \- |3 D% T7 N3 U
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
% M) p" H0 V1 k9 t    18th Field AF Construction Battalion! c  f: A7 `0 B- N6 R
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion  [1 P6 |/ W+ D
    Kure 7th SNLF1 B# R$ K- A( h9 j  X" l: k
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# P0 U5 F0 f4 o- L8 _    144th Infantry Regiment
) J! _: H9 ~' s( E; y# p# j    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment( \/ r% ?7 n9 Z9 K' l
    18th Army
: K, [+ n0 b3 _" r. K6 B    138th Infantry Regiment
% C! I5 t! H$ S# b9 y) g    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment7 W+ Y5 r4 m$ t2 G
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /36 Q0 a% j4 ~! i  B. s  e
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) N* C$ W! X# R4 B* E+ @5 `* P, g6 l1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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3 P, A( p; r* D20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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) z- X( q3 |- o  ~  T1 l% e18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!: n0 j( d; L1 f; d1 V$ {" g4 h
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8 L; S5 k) h0 P( j14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!# n. l- J* J( A; u8 Q* Z6 I! @- R

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61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!) }4 [5 K- i6 k+ o! M4 q  ~
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Kure 7th SNLF Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!4 V  O0 I1 G2 F; G% r) O% p

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52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!+ Q7 d- c/ x0 H

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7 G6 s! H  {9 p& h! E$ c/ y53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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38th Ind. Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!9 O3 T9 g) w9 t9 v

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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