hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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7 ]& ~% Q* Q" L7 `  F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1 C" R* Q: y/ Q
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!* ?1 z; [  L- X9 D% v3 R0 {
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
/ h! A+ W2 E0 N, u  p3 Q      CA Wichita
( K) s' Z2 ^" @6 \1 D9 _; b, T5 t      CA Vincennes, V3 x( h* H8 g& l( w& P  E8 ?
      CA Quincy
3 \( Y- m) q! B! e4 Y8 X      CA San Francisco
9 x* ]6 U" l8 H7 E      CA Minneapolis2 H2 g0 o$ `+ W9 P
      CA Astoria
/ x7 ^  g$ |* T2 n  y      CA Chicago& o; q, J* q8 ~) G; l! J$ s
      CA Louisville
- q9 d5 w( K& M9 e3 j5 c$ q      CA Chester+ F/ ^( I' n# Q
      CA Northampton
6 G$ H! R1 u5 i% L  s      CA Portland$ f8 c+ b5 j' z2 S* |# s, U

- m3 x  g+ f. p. e2 O! iJapanese ground losses:
( l  t' X8 O+ B0 R; c7 k: o      71 casualties reported1 c! L/ r+ X9 y* r
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 Y) W( a9 `8 q  ]* v5 R6 U  |, O1 E, T         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled' m; n9 y. R' D
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled6 [3 V: }6 |' b' W
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 L# D$ U% q6 A5 k  Y
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Airbase hits 2" ^% H& q. v  M) t1 x; F8 C
Runway hits 10: a4 C/ ?/ ]" V, h0 ^- R. k* o
Port hits 4+ m& y7 Z/ S6 H; o' \+ F, c  I

* i7 f/ e6 D0 Y$ ECA Wichita firing at Ponape ( \% F4 @1 n3 r3 t  {
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 m7 w0 G- [7 L
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
. c; r* k% d# {5 j0 ^( B5 b7 TCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
7 q1 K& ~- A2 N) w9 y# DPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
/ I& t' @" @, V  {- uCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division9 k  ]5 ]: B9 y: w" i3 P2 Q
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; P3 d, c% F' Z: O3 n0 s
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria; q5 O' D5 U. U# T" T, Z* X- I
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
/ u9 {3 o/ p3 ~5 eCA Chicago firing at Ponape " N6 Z3 ^5 S8 ^8 D" U7 ^
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
; M; \5 r; u# J$ @& O4 D: fOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
1 E% K* B$ O+ [8 a, }CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 ^4 y0 W* W* T9 V0 ]7 i
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
9 X, e) d; e7 m7 h# p! s6 n6 oOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland! N- w6 N8 E. o6 ^; d! Z- p( x
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment7 j/ I# ~4 n4 [2 m1 L- H8 o
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships/ E1 Q. m2 P" {, {) |7 \
      BB Alabama
9 Z& o: a. B7 q8 s+ S      BB Massachusetts
% \- h+ x2 l+ b- x  q. q9 b      BB Indiana
+ S" N( f1 @/ D' x! g* B8 W1 V      BB South Dakota
% g) J( y$ _8 H2 ^# b) M      BB Washington/ S; t3 h6 l& ?( A8 j$ p& |
      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:
4 l1 q" Z) u. k- Q3 v      275 casualties reported
) e. w- V) O! R' {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- |% `1 [" T) G/ n; E. n7 n" o
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
! E  l- M3 _+ x6 _' k1 o         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
& Q( K. T' N/ J9 x& l' r      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)8 W& ^  C3 ]4 @; o
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)5 m4 K+ A! V5 o* S4 W7 M; t

* {$ B) y) s1 w3 h4 NAirbase supply hits 1% T* c3 r7 D( t; N, ?
Runway hits 7
1 {0 Y1 R9 k, @& e7 ePort hits 3
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% i) n2 v6 {, X4 uBB Alabama firing at Ponape ( M3 ~6 J4 `$ u6 j; I+ R) e+ J* B
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
! `+ o" f* P1 c. F+ V- g0 c3 K- SBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
3 i9 [4 w, {/ I2 \" sOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
3 W1 F( n& h) WBB South Dakota firing at Ponape & D/ h# |/ u- _5 `- Y5 K5 Q
BB Washington firing at Ponape ) `* o; M4 [, }7 q2 v  J' h( e
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' M0 s3 z% w# {8 }" a' G5 O. {0 R
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, I  K) a. s! K- U9 _4 ^% ^/ VNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!4 I8 s3 h% V! m
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.& K+ y0 a. B5 X" T0 b, q' [4 @
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Allied Ships
. [! ~! d$ [8 ~1 t7 [      BB Queen Elizabeth1 x. o+ \1 L5 w8 S" Q
      BB Valiant" o. J4 u) N7 U* n* c7 O% s
      BB Mississippi
8 M: D$ v0 u* O# U6 w      BB New Mexico
4 j9 F* w7 h, E      BB Idaho% w5 L6 C) a7 `* W/ o
      BB West Virginia
( \/ f5 V& P7 v$ ]      BB Colorado% P3 ?6 L+ \% Y  N; z, y

7 `8 }5 `& x( q; QJapanese ground losses:2 E/ ?/ s2 S6 I
      117 casualties reported
) M0 m* I" B3 E         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled0 h5 U" Z" h; {7 z( x  Q: c2 K
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled  B2 U% I& U0 N( E7 t4 O+ l5 R
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled) |8 ?% _4 e7 R$ b1 v
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
4 ]( a8 Q4 j  x" @) Y      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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5 n9 M. }) u1 h2 \" @8 @Airbase hits 22 D8 d; Q  x7 t7 n
Runway hits 22 G1 F# m3 n5 L1 D; _. W
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ V5 M( Z3 m% C% u. L) _BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! y: N/ d' Z  FBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress: [5 t) ^* I( ]2 V. r! Q
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
! V; \+ K/ z( Z  h7 O* p( ^4 \BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
. {* ?; x  ~% IBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force; g8 P  e9 s# G
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
7 o( q5 \: y3 A& t# R0 ZBB West Virginia firing at Ponape 9 c) ]4 H6 B1 T1 ]8 w2 V4 B$ c) ^
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force0 j7 c8 Q; H* d; a
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado  L/ z  A1 }7 `" s5 G

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" i7 q5 E) E' HAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms1 L5 Q" b9 K" V* h1 ~

: O9 ?! H6 T' s4 }7 Q' I1 SRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.+ }6 }1 s. ^7 x3 ~1 }' C
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes6 C5 |, T1 @* x; C

( i7 r  H, O2 y+ D4 s7 IAllied aircraft
* S! `0 O7 I5 i* w# [      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462/ \9 O! M/ U' N6 i
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
# R6 U  u& V# l& @" l3 t      TBM-1C Avenger x 283% F( W8 ~" |6 n' }3 j& X
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Allied aircraft losses; N: h" E  @0 |
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged6 I) d5 ^* _$ C" _( m, J  C
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak; Y, Q/ Q$ M+ r7 t9 e9 g, W( T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
" y7 k- L8 u0 {      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
, Y! J( H9 u/ b/ A( ?      159 casualties reported1 ~4 V, j( K4 r% M2 N
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 K- `" Q  V4 Z: j. _8 G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
  u0 F- c0 E6 N. K3 d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack8 c5 u* f9 I" n) y! o7 K6 F

9 P, `8 S6 J. gAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931$ b5 S0 T* |- \, C) M0 G; p' s# }
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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5 j# X4 n/ }; D# ^4 Q5 V$ tAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7+ W$ d5 w, I- c3 o" R
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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  U& W0 I7 B0 B3 M$ y7 MJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 7 I2 u$ w: u' @" O& X

+ v" M* M$ n& |) T9 |5 p/ FAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers
. }2 E8 |3 ]8 u; a$ P& M: WDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)  |. u/ A; A8 W
Attacker: 2 \/ H9 F* B. v/ C7 _
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Japanese ground losses:& j+ P7 w; E# i) ^( u& D0 v
      3539 casualties reported
' p, z0 N! i) H+ p4 t2 p$ e         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
( K( Z+ V# s% u  O" C: p& I/ ?         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
. z# z5 T  L. H. r. C$ m         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
6 t8 {* W6 j  o7 k      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
2 I0 \3 [8 p; i. N3 Y8 f      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
( H) E8 m5 W3 s1 j; x1 l" Z# b      3552 casualties reported
- G, o( w; e$ Y3 r         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
! U) X5 {: D2 S+ b% g6 e         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
* v' l$ ?- r* v" n. u+ n2 @( |4 V         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled( M+ }6 n/ s: a9 z3 ]& ~
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
( W: y7 t# E, W1 R- W! m+ n      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
- o0 p. ~, Q9 H5 P" z/ V" w      Units destroyed 1- T1 \% `5 p: C

" w  L; G7 m2 `5 C& j4 g- eAssaulting units:
3 F/ S0 A( q4 m7 u6 [: b    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion: S% }# e& b. |5 I4 U
    5th Marine Division0 C  L# T5 w7 }
    716th Tank Battalion* c' A/ W/ R! w$ M1 d: T
    706th Tank Battalion9 ~" G: [. ]: t7 L1 a
    762nd Tank Battalion
4 p3 Z, _+ w" s* O, ~    710th Tank Battalion
* V" w1 ^4 i1 [2 y2 K5 N" E    767th Tank Battalion
1 \6 d2 {5 W* X$ j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
' ]4 f2 }, G6 b5 }$ _9 u) I" q( h1 ~    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
: y0 T+ u" H- ?* b, {+ ~    81st Infantry Division. u& N+ {, k5 Z
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment* b! J/ S" _' n, w; ?& l
    96th Infantry Division
8 ~: T) G% \: \    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
8 M+ b! c, H8 z# \: }2 \0 {    711th Tank Battalion+ k! @) g  L* U% l( G3 a; q! ?0 S
    44th Tank Battalion' Q" r" F$ Z. [
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion; X  j. B2 Y2 c3 V; o0 |4 r
    6th Infantry Division
& ?: F! t8 D2 T- Q2 Z    1st Filipino Inf Regiment) I% \* c, @' ?2 [
    31st Infantry Regiment
( x4 N# s# l9 p* |  ~+ T    XIV US Corps' y  K7 e- Y4 R- a  ]/ H* d
    96th Coast AA Regiment2 Q. C1 @" w0 p- u4 I" r% s1 p
    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 ?1 k  z# V, c0 o0 x0 t$ V
    4th USA Defense Battalion
+ s( A" z. T" V; E- b* F, D    14th Marine Defense Battalion
6 u2 H& H0 w1 u! O* {    1st USMC AA Battalion
5 X' o" h5 J/ e1 Z4 F" l    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 i4 f; F: m$ R# G% k) q  t
    5th USA Defense Battalion
' y" Q2 Z6 \# ^+ }    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ N% q, {( ?: w7 C
    738th Coast AA Regiment& J& v: W/ _3 e+ R8 T2 O4 c
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 s, I: _. W& ?    I Corps Artillery 0 Y# j9 K1 d! j  @
    8th Marine Defense Battalion* G3 p& V2 q- \0 p4 p4 ?# Q8 [
    X Corps Artillery
" t8 T5 P) c6 i% \6 U    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 _0 D9 A+ G" T* E7 w  S    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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1 J4 d! d2 ]0 gDefending units:0 j. H- B+ U7 T0 e5 I) J. }
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment; T* g7 y7 f( U5 i; T
    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 ~, n% T( e8 g
    144th Infantry Regiment
1 d+ f. [, Z- v    Kure 3rd SNLF" J/ A6 O' X5 J
    Sasebo 7th SNLF6 R. [) Y% H5 ]6 E% j8 }3 k% f
    33rd/B Division7 a( q8 k1 R$ u$ o( a9 A
    81st/C Division6 m$ e. B% t& t4 K* e
    81st/A Division
, u# h5 c7 k& X# R. o1 `    81st/B Division5 T5 g$ g7 H3 |& }& V' B6 [; C
    33rd/A Division
: b1 D# r! T4 V1 ?+ n$ [    138th Infantry Regiment
! R% V* ?4 X6 {$ l    33rd/C Division
7 ?$ b. }. G- Q    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" m9 O9 B; y# S/ G$ z    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion: r" g0 o  q- X% V* y8 v* G
    19th JAAF Base Force
' P9 z( A: M7 N, u7 u    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
4 f/ z: X: A; W4 \    12th Air Fleet( y; c+ u) D1 d$ T* K! x
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
! W& T% q9 P7 B- F    23rd Fld AA Gun Co : T2 h$ b% P% e9 j$ Z
    63rd Field AA Battalion7 C0 L' m* [7 P) `2 x
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  @  G3 e" p& N7 L    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' }1 R6 J. ~) m6 O6 V8 w# l. U( w    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment) q! i5 k2 n. u2 p0 h
    Ponape Naval Fortress7 ]& }9 F1 l' |
    61st Field AA Battalion
9 i8 r- G+ G& B2 l    18th Army
& j/ Z: f; N6 C4 V9 X! F    14th Area Army /1
7 u- L8 Y) D2 n) f3 U    60th Field AA Battalion& g+ j) U" C: P
    53rd Construction Battalion0 g; K9 v% g" _* J4 m3 W3 X# C& S; v
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion6 F. ~; `; ^! l% Y- J/ B6 m  K6 t
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1& L4 r0 e, T' `* o" ^
    Kure 7th SNLF
9 L4 P& L# C$ C9 r: X1 n% f1 q    3rd Base Force. t1 [3 H$ R& h
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态4 G* A, y7 f% K2 x) O# H) n
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!+ L2 J3 f; @$ \# \5 o7 }

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/ k% u' K- O: z+ q" l      CA Vincennes
0 C8 o+ c( r! n8 |      CA Quincy9 K, C  c9 V+ l+ z. D4 W2 U
      CA San Francisco/ b7 @; `5 y5 w/ b4 E
      CA Minneapolis$ s1 I0 @9 n; o: R- j
      CA Astoria+ F8 _5 w9 A5 k+ v4 {- [2 Q1 e7 |2 X. U
      CA Chicago: H- @, g. }( n
      CA Louisville
; r$ X" Q# Y; Q- f- X7 @) w8 S. {      CA Chester
( K; N& r8 ^+ O6 E9 w, g      CA Northampton0 Z& N, m  ?7 z  t, L
      CA Portland  m* j, H5 g+ Q4 \! s

. j* S; a- }0 `6 V1 i( CJapanese ground losses:
1 y% r: z! e+ |* \% A0 k0 ]      112 casualties reported. @3 @% `% G  b& N$ g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
& L/ S( z( T+ Z7 [% }/ D* `$ i         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
2 Y7 \: ]# Q6 m* Z4 `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled. ^6 ~; [) E6 L3 R% d. J% v( T

. l, }0 t2 D! e4 |& ]: bAirbase hits 5) {! h- t" [# G# i
Airbase supply hits 2
6 |! S; h1 W3 T$ O$ @' sRunway hits 215 v5 S; j0 g/ q' e) r7 d' O
Port hits 7% o4 L% x" G/ W; z' }. Y
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113% L! e, N1 Q+ ?  ^4 q! n9 O
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Allied Ships# a" j6 Z, v2 P6 v
      BB Alabama# i; n7 C% t8 N3 H2 K  p$ i
      BB Massachusetts
+ O/ i4 D# H- r, \/ @# b( d$ Y      BB Indiana
! f5 H2 |* G/ q; p      BB South Dakota
6 I; a5 R4 P7 B      BB Washington
- k/ r5 g$ G: {4 N) n* @' j      BB North Carolina( A8 n- X# }9 g2 w, t; n( b
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Japanese ground losses:! |* m- o! `* }% J5 F/ [* j' B. ]
      398 casualties reported" H- N3 B4 V% i. t/ t6 \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled! q* C' d/ u0 {2 }! F
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled, |! Z, m, g$ M: i
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled8 r4 F" I3 Q! s' f. y/ ?& U3 A
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)" t: P# z% E7 W1 g& z+ d
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
$ m& Z7 D4 k$ u$ h+ I! t+ e: \Runway hits 9, g, @4 X  n$ k2 r# f8 n0 P
Port hits 2
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0 c9 k* e) ~* `2 lBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
9 Y  ~9 q5 b4 ?) k! u2 NBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape ! x  j: ]& F; I. d+ W
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division: w1 v& _  ~' M. z/ R% b; h
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
1 v+ `  x1 P* V1 S$ }BB Washington firing at Ponape : y, O/ ~2 M' ]- u
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape 4 |' x: d4 }4 @8 B" D8 @9 s
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships( d- v% J$ {  _+ ]  `* x" {7 X
      BB Mississippi# z, K. D( ]1 h  w  s5 f
      BB New Mexico
% }2 R0 Z) y  [' ~, p9 g1 Z      BB Idaho
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- y2 B" l7 d0 o6 RJapanese ground losses:8 B) ]- G) J/ d
      195 casualties reported
1 j- L. ~: U' r8 {$ S& S$ ]. |8 ]         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled, P) a  Y& l# W
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled/ M: T6 s0 x5 T+ a1 B' J6 J
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ t) x& |7 q5 j. I) y' O9 y      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)+ d3 `/ p' O6 d0 l7 s) H* P8 H
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)0 ~: A6 R6 j4 C7 C' X( }$ i
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Airbase hits 3
2 p7 R0 ^# G# f( w, s8 p, _Runway hits 14+ d$ I: N* x5 x5 ^
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape # J8 m2 q& Q' `3 ?+ `0 Z' U
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division3 }$ n/ o' S' F" j' N- p  b+ P
BB Idaho firing at Ponape ) I9 x+ j& h! A) ?, h0 E" P( I

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; q1 k5 B6 z% |Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms' h2 L( D9 D, v4 f3 y! ]

: f! y4 z% r3 V' `# U  O" fRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.  F! s7 h0 g: T
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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3 k( b: q1 L) ]1 e6 E) YAllied aircraft6 o' D2 Q  v0 k4 ?* w; }
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
2 g. Y4 U) }( {& C1 _3 }# j      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333! a4 X' Z$ J- ~6 X/ x: O
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286: t) r2 |& q" g! g
. `3 r7 L  L6 S1 g
Allied aircraft losses
7 Z9 j( Y5 H- M. ~; z3 ^6 t' Q4 E      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
4 s% V8 D3 O$ K  p. W4 f  C. L. T      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak: y/ x' g4 e& W6 U
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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      121 casualties reported
1 |! {( a4 Z8 q8 H; W         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 r/ P- ^# U7 J, C) F         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled3 r9 k0 q( `9 X/ S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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% W( _& V, I3 c& b" AAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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+ y9 h8 J) J7 j/ EDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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8 J. a) q) C7 QAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6" D$ C1 ]3 t! n+ h5 O

# \; B0 K7 U+ j2 O, {Allied adjusted assault: 3228
6 P1 `+ }: f4 `! u, B. M5 _) w) n" X6 {
Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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; U! b' R& d! P9 P3 `0 JAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 9 b9 y. C, W" s  Y
2 s1 m3 `& s; \, r+ j$ K  t* \9 V
Combat modifiers" R2 q% y2 o  w) l9 L0 I# `7 @$ p
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-), D. ?/ _# [1 K  [; `
Attacker: 9 v6 b. R) X4 F& a( ~- b8 m9 z
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Japanese ground losses:
% ^: P+ R9 y  I; t      2305 casualties reported% F. X" N% v# I: {( ~' a
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled. z: K! i+ @# y: P
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
+ T4 ?6 c3 a+ j  X4 f! B         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled% M  p2 m: w5 u! ^$ w6 s+ p) E0 z( p
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
/ |5 M# E5 O# @1 }) Q      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
& L: n2 {, L+ z, p  V* i) ^      3064 casualties reported
& z4 T  d, z' V- N         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
; w8 ]0 A5 @* C* t1 o         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled, m, L5 {. @, Y3 W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled$ J3 r1 m0 y; Q( o& e
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)& H) u& e2 b7 @7 a$ S
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)2 S* B. l; C  `* Y6 c* g- X9 b1 J

* x5 y( w% u; T2 K2 W! N- U* ]Assaulting units:
* L2 e: d! I8 D+ {) D) k    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 O* k8 E' n/ H7 o. l
    711th Tank Battalion& I1 C  j1 z  y' a/ }/ N) |& y3 T
    716th Tank Battalion9 D4 W: T( l& b
    6th Infantry Division6 s* ~, K0 _8 u  q' u) g
    44th Tank Battalion
( D( v3 _, a. D  q    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
/ s) E$ E/ \4 p# q    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
7 Z+ h. }% P2 A: k* I" U; Z    81st Infantry Division
( {5 i# d) J) t    767th Tank Battalion) M3 \! ^: u' [$ Y  P+ z: N
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment% |* @+ i' f) c3 }; n
    762nd Tank Battalion& M4 M/ Z6 K" h: u- Y* y: X& M& F
    710th Tank Battalion
% A' Q; i( r/ h0 G    96th Infantry Division; G5 V; x( u' S& p5 M! a
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment" |4 t' P- A1 s9 E
    706th Tank Battalion& P! Z2 o" d/ a$ w, X: ]
    5th Marine Division
- h; b3 s1 E. K9 J% ^* s    31st Infantry Regiment
5 t* j5 \/ `) T    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 j2 t" `* U1 {2 G6 I; B) u: g& O
    1st USMC AA Battalion
- A  u) w9 ~" P8 K1 j5 Z    738th Coast AA Regiment
- V  `& [! E+ H: H0 ]* K# i    96th Coast AA Regiment* n/ [& _; ]: H# v) D8 V
    14th Marine Defense Battalion+ Y8 Y- _: a: C  D5 X
    12th Marine Defense Battalion; K! [& `4 p0 b" _( Y  S
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- u, V, y' n4 c( F0 `    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment( m& ?# g2 D! |0 B9 C: Y  q
    XIV US Corps
2 S4 x! \; m5 c+ i6 H0 x    X Corps Artillery ; s+ A4 U: ]$ U7 K) M
    5th USA Defense Battalion
: E. Q0 U9 ^& M+ e& G    4th USA Defense Battalion
* q. h4 O, s% |/ V  L! x. D% x    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 X% r) @$ M" w! |5 _" U2 Z$ B    I Corps Artillery $ ]. o6 }6 I: ?4 I9 k
    8th Marine Defense Battalion; ^, S  J3 e- a8 V. V" ]+ A. x+ X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:# M1 G7 G" l% `; m" B5 d* g' T
    Ponape Naval Fortress" P7 v2 y8 m/ Q: u
    81st/C Division6 Z  l' A  h' ^8 h
    52nd Naval Guard Unit% W2 r' S4 E: Q9 e' l% u# i! Y9 \7 S
    138th Infantry Regiment
( O# }. m  b3 G# c, V    6th Guards Inf. Regiment  |# a+ l  K& H9 i" q5 z0 X
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 A) G  }" {1 d- t    144th Infantry Regiment
, d0 f( O* e* ?6 b% x! F    81st/B Division4 h, i5 z5 U; u! O0 n  \
    33rd/B Division. l5 f& X) Q$ ~; Y* j' R9 o
    33rd/A Division
; e- y$ l3 }4 b3 v0 J    81st/A Division
' k9 x: O* @8 Y4 o4 y8 J/ @    Kure 3rd SNLF- g+ t& ~* R7 T: m( m- R& D' b
    33rd/C Division
& O9 _# p! m/ g' [6 w    53rd Construction Battalion
) W0 v& n9 a7 Z) c# c    18th Army! k% `9 |1 b. L! D( {; ~( [$ q& m' U
    14th Area Army /1! ?2 Z! a' L5 |
    60th Field AA Battalion
$ E8 f% V7 g7 I7 P# z. f    12th Air Fleet. \0 J9 G/ j7 K. W8 q& ~) Z
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, I/ S4 x# i% j, y- V0 N: P    63rd Field AA Battalion
1 C2 _- s4 n. ~+ d- x/ d    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
& |: _0 S% T  }* c  q    3rd Base Force+ D8 b( |# L0 c: I& U9 P
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 R6 {0 U/ {! k8 s5 l5 H9 B: r& K7 l
    Kure 7th SNLF- ]1 V8 y' x% e7 D' h
    19th JAAF Base Force
1 E8 \! F* ]/ U+ v$ ]    18th Field AF Construction Battalion; I  f: u( j5 |+ ]
    61st Field AA Battalion
% E: A' m. R' y& u: |' k- T9 ^    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 S& Z! v1 Q; g" G/ Y    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ F7 ~9 a0 V, ^
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
; l3 `. |& J" m5 u  V7 U( @  g6 I    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion7 S( c2 u" C" m8 `  m' q  d3 b
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion: m1 ~2 v" b3 I8 F; {" ?! c* \3 M
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
6 B( f9 N7 r$ ?6 k- B4 X" g1 T+ L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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* i( e9 P4 ^. Z5 r! ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 r- h& D4 A8 @0 r- `
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes# b: G- W! {) ]
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Allied aircraft- b: b1 J1 m) ^3 O; @! B
      P-38L Lightning x 23
3 I- I4 U$ \! |: `( }" L' J& a      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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' G* m; ]$ ?5 z8 X$ g" Q1 b5 PAllied aircraft losses
, h6 I2 \* q/ o' z  N      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
) Y0 u4 [1 ~. y+ `      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
3 A& e, A- X, U      DD Suruyame
+ @9 o: H! z7 r; [7 L5 Z  f" X4 d      CL Ninaru4 A- W$ e  p& G: v
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) Z  n" p$ I0 L# a: O1 o7 H: e      DD Yayoi
% ~* _; ]1 U/ K" t) h      CA Kako+ z- B* x) C1 W3 g9 P- o/ v* O
      DD Asagiri) Q) m0 O. T& F0 n8 N6 X& g
      DD Ayanami
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; X/ P+ u2 e% V! ]% [( NAircraft Attacking:& v5 i0 z7 A1 {* S( {" V6 d1 c
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'* p( l0 a! n4 J+ F0 e
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
  T) _) s- e8 V. q! B; ]       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'# }) L- x& Y& q: c$ A
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb/ a1 \- Z, |) X& E  ]9 X" H
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'. }) J' r. X$ D+ \2 d: S0 p
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb$ A7 O0 ], f+ i4 z. o- Q8 z

* s! r: v; [! D0 w: S$ C+ FMassive explosion on CL Tokachi' v/ h9 A+ Q* @" x' d
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi2 c( c+ M% C' j
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$ }$ ^' J& Z4 {/ q6 F) qAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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3 w) B7 x& c- K: [0 w' rWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
2 d8 Y4 ^6 u0 k/ aEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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  d! a" K, x4 m+ m  T8 ~Allied aircraft
. U& ~7 ^2 a7 u8 K% n$ ^$ ?; c3 h      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
$ V0 i9 k( {. w5 Q1 o3 ?% S      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
. P2 U: ~% F2 ~; B! U5 q      TBM-1C Avenger x 2855 @% f; I- [( g9 ^! B. @$ N% s

2 j- N$ r! m+ U, W4 r% ?, KAllied aircraft losses/ |2 m: W/ ~9 m% `3 e
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
; _" g/ p8 V0 n2 ]5 f, o      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
" r( S. s+ [) L8 s+ s  W& Y+ [      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
4 e* O4 N+ R1 j  a      276 casualties reported' n4 n! B" N3 R5 T, r- G- s
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled5 t+ r- \4 ]7 Y2 L7 B% O4 K
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
- f8 v$ {5 ?) D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ o: t1 `2 ]# j' m1 Y% P' l      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)1 z, c- V  `) Z- D1 W
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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" y+ F* N; ?+ B% y% M% uAllied Bombardment attack
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) ]$ ^! @" N+ ]7 D+ b. G# xAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22637 P% r, S& Y6 N5 y9 q4 j

- P  t1 k; V! i" a" d" Z6 i- }Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:: W2 c0 [% O: U( r, f9 Z) b
      1082 casualties reported
2 S/ Q" B: _/ F# k& K  c) O         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled, e9 R) \! G: v* e" ~. _0 k, S
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
7 O5 a2 f9 F/ e/ d3 k         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled. D+ z5 _9 M8 T: }3 T1 B
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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$ s: Q9 g) ]$ y3 o6 M8 Y" yAllied ground losses:# G1 M4 Q  p5 ]5 ~  Z
      23 casualties reported
* C, C5 `- |% n& R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled9 f' Q, U& T. D/ Z" m( a  y
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled, A6 {+ Q2 o+ g3 A8 r# F
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 ]& j& \( R5 e7 M6 n1 q' Q      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)" |) |+ [9 |+ k; _! h1 z
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 448 Y! {9 Z! d# A. B6 u

9 b9 K  k& x! p( o& J6 m东京快车出轨& F& k; l4 k% S% v

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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。+ I6 a$ }5 z$ J. i9 N/ J- n. K

; s% D3 n( L# ~6 f; T! B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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- Y; `+ _" n2 [) b$ p( MSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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0 q7 v, ^1 d) m$ dAllied Ships
% y! b5 B- z7 s1 R" Q9 v      CLAA Prince Robert
5 F2 Q2 c; X7 z' `3 L5 C" d6 R* K      DD Saumarez
" u5 j  `* e& |' D6 `4 q      DD Nizam
4 I6 e. K0 a6 G# ]' M      DD Ellet$ |- a& ^- W+ f8 M- i/ `& f/ b: V
      DD Waller
2 r% X* p3 @+ y% `5 [0 g      DD Walker% ^/ _6 W5 R: a7 @7 t  [
      DD Wadleigh1 f, l4 o: k8 m& Y( T; D
      DD Uhlmann
) y0 w* Q, x; m; Z      DD Twining9 i% g0 D9 Y/ P+ R& z9 t( f3 r0 I
      DD Twiggs  e( P9 b9 z) S
      DD David Taylor$ B9 J, }: Y* ?( J
      DD Strong
8 P/ m* n4 |, n* |0 h      DD Sproston9 B/ u4 N, J" M/ g  B3 o5 S; Q: [2 z4 ]
      DD Sigsbee- u" m4 `; C1 Q; b% @( H
      DD Sigourney
9 ^# h/ \1 Z( C! h) i. _9 c8 J% ^2 y      DD Schroeder
# U* ]- L8 |/ x7 K$ ?' h, }+ F      DD Benham II5 l" B/ R8 v# M3 ~  S5 V
      DD Cushing II
2 t0 u5 |; |) @. f9 S8 \      DD Urchin3 \" T* k# O9 U1 d: P
      DD Urania
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/ q. U- t, K4 a4 ^- V' BSS I-48 is sighted by escort
: j- A6 ?4 ]$ `: U4 x0 T0 EDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search0 f+ i6 \& Q6 l, X
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
' A  d, o! b7 B, RSS I-48 forced to surface!
! B7 g' z# x; @" Z% iDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
# J8 H9 ~4 {* b& f- r4 VDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....- S) }1 g2 b7 D1 S; q
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
! i3 _3 j  |" B0 U" ?5 S  jDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
4 N" o' {3 v; LDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....+ E, m  v6 ?0 w, v
Sub slips beneath the waves( M8 Q8 v+ _2 n& g+ q; w1 r
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. L8 _* n$ l; |% lNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft8 @8 Q; K+ ^( {% A$ D% v
      no flights
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8 K, H8 f, d! YJapanese aircraft losses
+ p* @/ o) j, b. M# J' o! [      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
* i6 r% ?# D+ b- a( D# I9 a      CL Agano
; ~6 {% A: L+ L0 ~6 J! Q      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2' S+ R* |. ^; X6 F( F; R
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ q- W7 l! y4 w. s
      DD Hibiki
' p: p% O5 \. l. j5 P' L* v      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
4 Z! G- L/ k. e0 P      DD Shirakumo
, `; t: E: T) [4 d! S- ]5 V  j8 B      DD Isonami
' j/ Y/ r+ g% X' u- s      DD Murakumo
7 D7 m3 Q0 S6 x. }; C      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk1 p2 j) ?0 |6 a7 A- j& }
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Allied Ships$ w8 B, i9 p8 p
      BB North Carolina
( d' D) y- x* _5 O0 j      BB Washington# J& k& \2 Y1 b( R, I* n/ q
      BB South Dakota$ O' p! n! p- @: M  v
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
7 \3 f; K" k$ t! d: @, V$ C( a      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 22 [* w7 g9 P: B* V
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2  u$ |0 V0 g4 J& d! Y
      DD Conner, q) a" l; t. ^% G  l+ @4 I
      DD Cotten
% M, |/ H& N1 W; p! j6 l- G, X$ V      DD Cowell2 L1 h3 [$ a0 W
      DD Daly
) N4 O, k3 m% ~8 U& I+ h; D      DD Eaton
, t. |2 I1 ]- D$ c% J; }      DD Heywood Edwards! ~2 k" J4 l* Z! w2 b
      DD Erben
" o7 y2 L; \, p0 X4 d      DD Evans; E, k$ i* r3 ]" @' g1 O
      DD Foote
% H: s; f+ q& Z9 I. t      DD Franks
% S0 a$ j9 U' p( z! e; {& S( ^9 c      DD Fullam) `, |8 t. [7 `/ B: C: l$ h, c2 l
      DD Gatling/ W+ t+ Y( Z1 w* x( X6 X, Y
      DD Albert Grant3 @2 I1 o8 `' r1 a# G' v: U
      DD Gregory4 V/ h# A7 u7 i( Q# H6 j: T0 B# V
      DD Guest* |, w# u# g% n' h
      DMS Hamilton
- P1 l: p7 Z0 w) s# ]$ A1 a9 P      DMS Forrest; D' F: I1 ~1 R
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards) N" S5 n( e! c. U
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
" f4 |# z4 q, U* wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards8 ]" Z6 V* t& M/ `5 R8 T
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
  @$ u! n6 s# s5 ~6 y5 L( ERange closes to 26,000 yards...
, A! D* w$ D5 L" J: S5 jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards6 y6 S' A1 i& j' a9 ]) S0 ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
+ W  M$ L8 k$ {$ g0 O# oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- a5 m+ S5 c# U2 Y% d6 `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards( ]& H0 Z& P1 T/ K* r9 }1 r
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
5 I. x+ @# ~# Y+ M# K# pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; J1 c% G: ]$ jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
" |: w- f1 \9 X0 j/ R/ t* O, t8 MRange closes to 20,000 yards...% A. ~( |9 {5 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
  G. d( ?/ R% }3 X$ hRange closes to 18,000 yards...
7 A( E% {3 v$ m1 q2 l6 g1 v" `5 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 T8 A. [2 T1 A6 ZRange closes to 16,000 yards..." g- x7 U* U1 p8 J8 D! k+ m: H+ _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards4 I, C6 F/ T) }8 w* B/ @) |! P
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: @$ T. @6 B3 y# tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
' ~- ~$ H4 @6 @) V7 I! RRange closes to 12,000 yards...
% E! \# U$ J6 H6 y7 f9 LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
) @. M5 G7 ^" V% Y2 [6 t& [6 lCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
5 ]8 n! l9 Z, n- Q9 j8 Z3 YRange closes to 11,000 yards...
# V1 T) g, _6 _; l+ dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 d7 [/ S) K! J+ U2 @, N
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards* R0 n, {7 g' ~7 w( d3 L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& R& R9 S% b5 a0 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
( N( u5 D, X  p% m2 J6 k% XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
! N- K* U. D% m8 h' uCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; Y; t4 p0 k0 j3 A
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
# D/ }# X# V: q% A8 j  n/ L* M! |BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
& }$ f/ P; I$ @! j' l7 a' }CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
; r" [: x4 `+ F8 R" O% V% x! O  pBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards/ T6 i$ ^4 k' t0 U$ n
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards. C9 D- O$ X1 ~! O- t
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards4 ?3 E1 b, y" b1 S* p# K- _7 ~
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
2 N% A9 Y# v+ T, p2 w4 e" [BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards7 L6 y& L  x4 ^& }7 j
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
6 C1 V6 W% ~2 z4 _9 C7 iDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
$ H0 i$ [9 _& S4 A) L4 BCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
9 n5 I/ f3 ~3 I" j2 k6 M# sRange increases to 11,000 yards6 B/ o# G  `1 v8 T+ z% d, @- r
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards: }! L- J* F" S. }
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
- L# w2 [' J8 VCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
, I% l$ Z* B0 HDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
& {% q: j2 N( L  bCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards$ Y* g& I3 Q% L3 n. e" A+ _- t
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards/ ~7 K( J# K5 `3 |# G  p& y
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards4 i# d' y( i# V2 H: p2 N5 s
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
$ W- x+ |/ g! N/ q! [; F8 ZDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards' W$ B' _2 H+ u0 G  F/ O: P
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
* M1 O2 J" D, w. RDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
8 \7 n5 [4 e6 V4 HDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards4 R  l5 M2 ]3 L8 N8 J, D
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
2 Q- I( @, T7 M& d. T* g# l; g/ E7 sDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
4 w, e( `; O* O5 YRange closes to 10,000 yards
; S, m. e) t5 U5 _/ c) \. ACL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards% j& w, R2 [- t# a4 E& X
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards1 g7 k* ]3 p* j  C% X6 c+ \' ~
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
' ^4 l, N# d$ r' c: {7 c2 ~9 r% BDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
; Z- n# e9 k/ `- D/ E5 x' x( i, HDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
. Z5 T1 t, D( j9 }DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
9 `8 A1 _+ k+ y; u* |$ R: w5 a( @DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards4 @) F' q7 d( a6 u8 n" i
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
' H1 I: g, i& b2 C) vCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
% g, m$ p( E# x) p# b$ d% i3 s/ ^DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards3 r: \, P; t5 i# n; I4 Y- S
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape' h. u8 ^# S8 r/ I: w( `
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
: O, L0 b/ A+ I7 Y. C8 i      DD Hikokaze
! C# ^2 `7 ]9 U. k. z6 ?* s      DD Ishikaze3 V0 K0 f) n4 U2 l2 _9 w  w
      DD Tagokaze
- S; R* E( B  t& A1 z      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships
7 y/ X6 ]* V7 K0 d9 c: G  J/ N/ u      BB North Carolina- W" C0 C( U9 E# c- Y
      BB Washington
9 |$ R% \4 B( y( g% F) U9 A      BB South Dakota) d9 G8 U: K, s! ]$ l! o
      BB Indiana3 i/ s( H4 O9 N
      BB Massachusetts3 L/ k/ ^" \5 W+ n+ ?
      BB Alabama
- G% b# E6 x4 O; @      DD Conner- E& c7 j* W$ s3 C; Y3 Z; h5 W
      DD Cotten7 ]) y* i: G, p' e4 h: V9 o
      DD Cowell
+ W9 f9 e' E$ m) `7 [4 m      DD Daly
( b; J- E! ?( R) G. t      DD Eaton
5 F: L8 R& R  J      DD Heywood Edwards
7 P! j6 m5 W8 K  E4 w# {      DD Erben: y7 F( G+ {- |+ x# o2 N
      DD Evans0 i$ Z: q" x9 }! U
      DD Foote
5 z7 a! J& X$ w      DD Franks
3 I5 H7 Q3 x; v- [2 P" y0 x) {      DD Fullam
( }* U% L  z$ w! Y6 W      DD Gatling
- z0 Y& S" T2 A! z& Y& S5 }      DD Albert Grant
8 h3 @; |9 J, v4 Q- h      DD Gregory
3 g3 y% b* |& K. ^- B3 W0 l  |  g      DD Guest9 t, C7 i3 z3 {1 l7 ~
      DMS Hamilton
, y+ i) r7 U0 W" |      DMS Forrest& N/ H  \5 O; g6 N1 F6 [4 M
      DMS Ellyson( E6 \3 P  G5 \/ o+ t! W' R" v2 I

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 M3 Z6 j8 x& D, T
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 `9 V& x& |" \( u" W6 E0 s! p2 d
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  P1 p. @/ h: R+ F- _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
) @. ]0 G$ D% B/ m6 MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards& P& k: r$ S& P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...% y1 w7 \+ I3 P6 q9 m3 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 T! X9 }- x9 h
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* V. x5 |' u6 t# URange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 d# A0 O2 R( c" v" b$ U6 CRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 r1 I3 a: U% q, B+ e2 o
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
; ^7 w2 J6 t! f% ~! NRange closes to 16,000 yards...
$ a2 I% ~" y5 E: C9 v3 oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- P5 ], I2 A: s* r+ [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards: Y9 |' Z( o  ~6 E+ _* z+ ^
Range closes to 14,000 yards...& I( _* I3 w' I5 W4 D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
' K: j9 f5 x9 O; oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards% j, [, O: Y) h5 t1 v+ g; D# _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 R7 w# l9 a. |8 R) m+ C% i! H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards1 D7 A2 ?$ G! D4 |9 r) a9 |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards4 Y7 \: U+ M7 C  J7 }1 P% B$ d) o
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
1 Q& q) ~: G% h) s! T/ C# yCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
0 S* Y' i' ^, ~# cRange closes to 10,000 yards..., T8 n, u& h/ W+ v
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards' N$ D9 x, [. ~! B: q# U
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
$ w2 E& z3 H0 v$ Z4 QRange increases to 15,000 yards...' _" D8 O5 u  ], M% f
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
* e+ V6 n1 w: ^9 g  a8 S" H' G; k3 E8 c4 \1 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) [  ]/ p9 T3 a1 ~: G1 l! g( g7 sRange increases to 25,000 yards...
- Q7 c4 N! J# z. F' s" E9 w# IRange increases to 30,000 yards...; ~" K% s# E) \# I% t! l1 g; E7 }! I
Range increases to 30,000 yards...( ^1 U( Q" R! [: ~
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat( c6 V# F. L/ Z1 X3 b1 U: ^$ B) S

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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; z" N* Z9 ]6 |$ PJapanese Ships3 f* ~( e/ ^/ Q
      APD T-18 |" k" b$ N6 [) q( r- ^' E4 B
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2( a  R6 a7 s) I* c- i
      APD T-3, Shell hits 10 L( H- Q4 O# L3 k+ Z' ]
      APD T-4- U, a6 a# b+ j* \% ^
      APD T-5
) f2 U. {1 ]3 X7 l! b8 b) b+ A' n      APD T-63 R, m$ \( w7 R; F! ~8 F! C
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 ~* y0 O: v7 }      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
4 Z# m0 s( M& ?      APD T-95 E  Z( T& e) X5 T
      APD T-101 p8 x! m( \  ~3 N1 _# Y
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
2 J$ Y* i: g. B0 D$ R! ~# z      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
. K6 L- X2 M5 N! |      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
! Q, I7 M; o6 U3 U      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
  A3 a  O3 q( u$ t! ?, `      BB North Carolina
! R$ B9 ?$ A3 o% u$ i      BB Washington
) \/ @1 {' ^: n" W      BB South Dakota
" D  D  V: @0 K! h, R      BB Indiana# X* n0 [7 v0 ]0 W6 R
      BB Massachusetts
4 G* |' K8 h; d      BB Alabama
' Z% y# B% L, R6 |      DD Conner7 \  V: d7 P7 l* n
      DD Cotten9 I' p- K4 F2 \5 ]3 F4 ]/ Z( E" p
      DD Cowell. O& H+ q$ P, u' n1 y' F
      DD Daly% m$ ^, K- u5 B" \5 J( t  |: t0 t
      DD Eaton
- X9 j4 O; N( J2 ]      DD Heywood Edwards
- v: A; f/ K3 C8 V+ O- W* T* n      DD Erben
, T$ S( V0 b# t7 t- m! N" D6 z. A: @      DD Evans& L% ~5 R( I& u8 `) }: u% m
      DD Foote
% @; P  W+ _1 W" p. o( g      DD Franks) [! A2 g$ m( M
      DD Fullam
. Z6 j) T% S, q' }) `: A      DD Gatling2 W% R: o8 s" V* C( \
      DD Albert Grant! q2 c0 Y3 E* k3 L
      DD Gregory
  \2 O) J* N5 @  i$ {* W2 B      DD Guest+ j! t4 Y# z! U" z
      DMS Hamilton+ r# B7 i3 l) x3 h9 }
      DMS Forrest
; h7 {" `: s/ Z% ]# [      DMS Ellyson
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# J$ E  D2 X5 p, K4 K. gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards3 @2 p+ [8 h) n% c. \5 p' ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 Z) [; A( D  N) o: d; {Range closes to 26,000 yards...
+ s/ E* s, L2 ?/ u9 r6 q9 O& l6 x$ `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
5 r6 w1 y3 P; v2 t8 h* Z- \3 k0 PRange closes to 24,000 yards.../ o: A- g" a/ ]8 x. Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 q4 l9 J' T. XRange closes to 22,000 yards...4 I* T0 \" }# b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
! l7 D' _+ a# wRange closes to 20,000 yards..., j- W$ v! n( w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; p8 Q' w/ d$ K' o( U$ TRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: |  z5 R+ X7 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 @& n; i" A' J2 g4 P6 l: ]0 K/ z" VRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 B: r# S: F8 \4 B1 Z* t  g5 y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 B) A- ~& c9 ?2 z9 [* R8 ]Range closes to 14,000 yards...% t3 [; i* t6 W# I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
9 ?9 W) p; A+ y0 d) M2 V0 M) pRange closes to 12,000 yards...
  c1 J4 K  c- o8 m2 \1 z  J3 vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
, H( X& L. _9 t3 k: h& N+ e6 oRange closes to 11,000 yards...; S) O) o) k# \% O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards; ^( G0 D/ {( o
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% g# b$ Z% F% _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
2 U' C) I3 ~3 f9 B- R, j6 r* wRange closes to 9,000 yards...
9 W" Q* J7 l7 j# A9 aBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 }" P! `" _9 S1 ^  N& rBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards/ `7 h/ I5 p3 K# ^5 Q6 v. ]& ~: {
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards  C6 D. l1 p& a. r- {1 [4 @
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
' |2 @! o3 B' rDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards; W2 v* {5 s5 Q& ]; G
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards1 U9 l, w& t- D8 @0 Z- \
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards8 \) w5 e% G2 i0 A
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
% ]. v# `4 ]: ZBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards. L7 z7 M' R3 O" K
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
/ B# C& N1 x% oDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
! Q5 U0 Z# K; ?- m+ v( C# `BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards: |" V- _) W9 s2 c6 R9 ~
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 }; b& d( I0 l# G
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
* @+ X7 ]: [% `7 z2 P( C2 qAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
8 C+ n- C6 q! X6 B& I8 rDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards  q1 f9 _& A; P7 a/ X- o
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards9 i- l$ A4 _1 o, x
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
, y8 {2 r9 ^$ C4 bDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 n1 ?6 y3 n% l! _1 g
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards6 K; l: S5 n/ V- u. l
Range increases to 10,000 yards
( j) }! T1 P8 w, ?3 r  C! k. c8 OBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards0 C5 [4 K8 i# |/ R2 `3 y
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards  ^+ U3 a; S& o
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" e7 K/ Q; A3 n- i* [
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& P" C) x( G* f0 W& p- Y
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 m( S$ u  j' @( Q) A! gDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! o; D' ~9 S  y$ X& K. M" A
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards0 ^; Z1 D; X1 `" E- }
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
4 w* R6 c; y: g& H$ l' T- a0 m2 ADD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  a9 t; N; k7 g. Q" `1 I6 |3 x
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
8 M8 W+ X5 w  p1 B$ t: H- qDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 A5 w# ^, x/ O6 Y! i
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 B! L% ~5 @2 T( p' f4 SDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# p. o- }4 @7 H7 K8 |1 _
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% S! F& e0 [7 K
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
0 P. c5 ?2 _6 ?3 v' }& ]4 d# NDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ {2 c# y% b( Y3 p4 K4 h# k. R
Range increases to 11,000 yards
1 G& p8 b4 A% U9 _5 b; QAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards- u( d: k- v7 ]/ A
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
" X/ u' o7 P+ |  ~( `( @DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 p: ^$ Y. y9 PAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards/ S8 }3 |) y2 E$ ?! d8 g! o
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards! w: J% l$ l' ?4 L9 n! P: P
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
9 a5 O2 `8 F0 s' N3 d; PDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards" i# K, g4 w+ |& Z: A9 K
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards4 b5 {6 {! q* I. L" G9 r9 U
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  _; F" U7 O# i0 r" q" M2 jDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards; E" O; J7 g) i+ r. G. J' Y+ d2 O
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
6 G0 _' [! J! X% tAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
# c5 g$ [8 t) G8 d8 GRange closes to 10,000 yards
1 i" ~8 }, m& v& \BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards( R+ w4 r7 F! t* x% v- b! K) l
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
9 Y# d0 H( ]% S* Z, w; lBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& ^# r/ E# l0 P7 N4 @* n
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards. m9 I; f3 D& E! \4 H2 j
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% s9 b# k. ]2 x6 G( l  tDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
4 X5 A  T- n3 L+ ~% u6 XDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& S! D9 F  c0 n  f: t( dDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 }5 O' Q+ u# j, Q! Y
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
$ _$ J5 P+ ^6 F- `$ U: O3 g& zDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ ?; X" C4 q% ^, \' i, k7 u- ]4 y
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, q- ]: E2 d& J% R8 R: d
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
$ H+ a, I; P- b1 k+ X  gDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
; n& @' k0 ^* V2 M' p( R8 F2 rRange closes to 8,000 yards
: ?! w3 J! E" j& M# xDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards8 T8 U% c! A  G+ ]- D! w8 k& V
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
9 g5 R* d" b  y7 Q7 XAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards- @. l& m, J2 I, O+ n+ F6 [
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards# r& l* ^0 M" e
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
+ d: p/ p; k4 M6 gJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape5 d# W" b" E! D: ^5 |. _2 ]
Task forces break off...( {$ G. W. @( b5 p. R$ p/ O
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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2 z: q) P' {& e- a8 N! \Japanese Ships0 e5 `9 r1 F- Y/ e" _( ^/ [
      APD T-1, Shell hits 11 @- \; B/ Q% i" \: o
      APD T-2
6 m, A! d! Y) j' D; n8 f! u+ q      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
) y; X  T0 L; B. V0 X4 ^+ y      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
1 S8 g& Y+ k7 G: U# n8 Y2 _! Z      APD T-5* }; A6 |# q4 y3 }+ s
      APD T-63 m% x  N5 b* n3 K1 t
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage; L7 N  j( _0 z5 I1 |* D
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1( s1 S$ @( X/ p: V, u4 K& \4 c- ^
      APD T-10
5 l8 T! ?5 v7 Q/ F; ~      APD T-11,  on fire
" p: @$ D$ a& a+ q% M, X# g3 z9 b      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk; V! b( Z% S" H$ A* @5 b! F
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk: ~5 \+ I  s. G% ~1 D
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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% Q* N9 P# z3 v# p+ gAllied Ships
. L+ ]0 f  Q5 V7 j# q9 c      CA Portland4 P( ]- k: `8 d
      CA Northampton% N' ]7 H" q/ U" Q0 p, ?8 A* f
      CA Chester
- {/ ~  u4 {, m+ {% L& M+ C: X      CA Louisville
3 O7 D) z& I7 w: ]2 `3 @4 \) W+ f      CA Chicago. ]. y* y0 A- X9 }. g
      CA Astoria' H: R, `0 e6 K+ L( A% q
      CA Minneapolis
- ?; ?, b; j6 p  t      CA San Francisco
/ w) w3 r* o5 G5 F5 v) s. x! Q' }7 Z      CA Quincy! Y! T0 [* ~& R1 m. q* Y# ^
      CA Vincennes
1 _* l) D* q+ z9 n' q& T      CA Wichita2 k* s7 Z7 X% G- k! A, ?
      DD Bennett
/ Y4 i- ^: D* P3 G- a- C      DD Bradford
0 T& l( C" Y5 Q. |      DD Braine7 z6 b; e' B: ]0 b2 x1 h
      DD Brownson
' L( o8 a7 K2 K' Q6 T. T      DD Bryant
+ O$ m# X' t# h$ |: C      DD Bullard
# f) m4 `  b0 c6 |, p& Y      DD Burns
2 f7 Z- V, f1 D) h! D8 @      DD Callaghan7 R! H) S6 s' O! N& {, d, r6 T( s, w
      DD Caperton
) O: [0 c( b- b" N. G      DD Capps
1 m% O. u4 r+ O1 p  o; {      DMS Emmons7 C4 o# n+ Y" u, |% Q- }0 M
      DMS Macomb
/ ]7 x5 }+ R. q: C* C4 b      DMS Rodman
) e; C0 T8 p3 W% n$ z0 i  y      DMS Gherardi- z& D. j3 }" o% X
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0 k) M2 y0 z% zMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ h2 @" g: A% _
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- K. w4 S: Z. |6 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
; t' G3 L4 U2 ^& |( C/ BRange closes to 26,000 yards...+ i6 {7 p' V& \( }+ q8 ]/ i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
  N; s  p. S! E# k6 ~, o# W9 q9 [Range closes to 24,000 yards...
5 w: M5 ]" `( @7 `. GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ ?6 O/ ^1 k2 z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
2 L, A; ]5 T5 ~, R; [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
' p! C# r( e1 ^% J# V/ e& vRange closes to 20,000 yards...4 j" a" |+ ~  f+ l6 B) Y' |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ E0 D$ r* f! R' KRange closes to 18,000 yards...
1 k% r1 K0 {( VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( q$ u  q6 Q3 Q$ I: URange closes to 16,000 yards...
' U, l% Q6 h% z: p5 y+ QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
& A& m' @, _/ r7 D6 b6 |/ T: XRange closes to 14,000 yards...
- b1 r% |: e+ P& M  ?  C- HRange closes to 12,000 yards...
4 h4 Y4 ~" w4 r" L9 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards: e3 O7 {& R0 ?# ~) d+ i4 [& s, f# V
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
+ o0 Z& R3 H+ ?8 P0 `9 z% ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards6 o2 s  Q, m4 d
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# L4 s5 v- T: d2 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
2 k8 ?) U& r/ F7 e) HCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
; X- }7 o/ g" F: DDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, s: R" i6 n$ V/ V3 x& Q
Range increases to 11,000 yards
* Y1 B5 d) w; i  OAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
8 h0 `# ^2 c5 w5 k8 D/ eCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards6 d) S9 @- U& r% m$ s! [
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' W3 N* H" e$ R2 s: T0 y. f6 a; A& mCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards. K) q$ j% J& r# a4 S5 L/ {: q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( [4 O& H# q( Z+ o) e
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards0 e6 ]5 d/ \4 h+ ^! l' \+ g1 ]
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
: g. r3 n4 [- vCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
+ {6 U  h+ E( }) VCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards3 N0 ?. W: [+ f. V. b/ [' n
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
6 a1 \! @+ a7 o( x* |9 {- m- ~, kDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
$ A6 \% E$ y( I2 k8 @- T/ z# sDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
9 n* p4 g, E; W! rDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. N# N! U0 E1 d. _
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# `- l" e  H3 ?; U- _: wDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
5 c5 m! b4 S( i# J4 D" G% qAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards/ T/ F# w) Q) j% I$ G2 l
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards. @" H0 ~4 _. w8 r- v" R
Range closes to 10,000 yards. R" g9 ?$ k# w
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards+ {2 r( H, V9 Q+ R
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
  A* b  B/ A1 u* Y3 f1 Z" gCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards* z) }% o  P% O1 U! c2 [5 }" |) E
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 k2 n- j) Z8 ^CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards5 F; ]! {1 m* u* U, `/ v
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards' M# c, R9 Y& k, w$ n
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
  e  _4 g3 a: l9 D9 eRange closes to 9,000 yards
' T. v9 V3 A7 M) _# \& `APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
4 ~  a- Q' a1 O2 [: c; A0 FDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards" p2 {! L# U( U  F8 F1 @, N
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
  V9 Z/ g8 U, DCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
& _9 n4 T3 d: w! YCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
! C8 ?, S& H+ I0 fDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
3 a- F: Q( m& `) ?& V" O) q, ]DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards9 v- ^1 z, D" j) p. G5 M4 }( M4 ?, \% r
Range increases to 10,000 yards7 d% x3 t( K7 G  t
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
/ I3 l+ Y2 X2 rCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* ]. U) ?+ ~( a  w
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* Y6 N' {6 @1 w, nCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; E; Z4 J  z, j$ m* ICA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) @! K6 e: {- |6 b# I/ ?: V2 b5 LJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
$ O9 J! t2 V5 t( l% G0 O7 ?Task forces break off...) a; J- n( }5 Z$ G3 o) `: K* k. h
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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      APD T-1
4 i" H" [6 f3 I5 |' y, j      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire; Z2 \% K; E4 F5 M( o* j- F
      APD T-3
3 d* p5 h9 ^5 I/ m      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk1 |: I1 b1 k% ~4 s0 Q* Y' m$ j
      APD T-5
# M8 k" ^( x5 P8 @1 r- R( o( V      APD T-6% f4 Z1 ~9 p( Q! k1 C4 r
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk, z  R! `  ]! R
      APD T-9
8 S+ @0 G$ l( @4 w1 j2 _$ l) I      APD T-10
; J( @* h: M8 F  a( L      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire1 g& }4 ^8 l8 \
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Allied Ships
: d( `9 G3 B6 F+ ~. s9 v' i) Y' m      CA Portland
: }% B/ ^( m7 S, Z& K# M& K4 s$ o9 a      CA Northampton, Shell hits 18 I# B/ x! M) a4 h
      CA Chester
( n6 m$ h5 w" Y! S) z2 x      CA Louisville
. I4 e/ w) x# q( @  A      CA Chicago
/ E: l# l2 i% m      CA Astoria* \' e. K( [! y% z, b- \8 ?
      CA Minneapolis
6 k) Y$ n4 _) r! f; W2 `      CA San Francisco
6 H0 M& t1 B$ [# F2 L7 t  m      CA Quincy
  X# C/ m7 B8 o8 v. p      CA Vincennes
$ Q! @( q7 E1 G! O) G6 T; C      CA Wichita
! w3 b6 }1 I+ w% D# r: Q+ |      DD Bennett: B* P+ u" ?0 e" q' ?
      DD Bradford
. Y+ T( O  P, R) _& y: G" C      DD Braine; I" z. j+ |. O2 I5 ^
      DD Brownson
0 |- X$ [* f4 L: n- W6 P$ I0 Y6 _      DD Bryant) ^: t, F9 k& i1 }5 P; m
      DD Bullard
: C; {1 c% [3 g; D      DD Burns( M+ a! ^+ w3 ]( m
      DD Callaghan
( o8 A. B0 x; ?0 r7 ?: `$ j      DD Caperton; E9 V4 L, m; Y4 v( ]# U) T/ ^
      DD Capps
* [  ~6 z3 \* N% R. P# S      DMS Emmons
$ E, ]/ H5 l" i/ \- ^9 C4 L      DMS Macomb% @$ y' j1 E, G' q# i2 ?- T
      DMS Rodman
7 a8 Y8 q, z* a. c6 f+ q! C      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ z/ N9 P8 i: k- ^  K' e2 D. ARange closes to 28,000 yards...
4 Z4 h+ J3 S2 C( }4 ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
8 [$ M; @/ o( BRange closes to 26,000 yards...
* l7 M& U/ F! |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; _0 m) @( `6 X& V# IRange closes to 24,000 yards...- U$ ?7 ?1 J0 y/ e7 X
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ x5 R4 t' b; |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
# \4 m( w: a/ A9 k" W! U+ eRange closes to 20,000 yards...% O+ x+ I8 }# \( o' W0 U9 L1 T
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 ?  i/ @6 H0 g  A0 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
# J0 G2 H- p! V6 w5 TRange closes to 16,000 yards...$ A* w, n, N6 f! p7 ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards& B. B3 c3 I" e! V; B
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  y; z) u& p2 M+ i5 L% M% dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
, _; m* z' h/ ?' {4 s* JRange closes to 12,000 yards...
1 i2 b4 Z- R) E9 i( d& R! U; lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 }4 Z+ a7 j- F+ O3 C  f  O8 q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
; h" K! c, G! x6 f/ HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ B: A0 ?7 c! z9 |3 `! tRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 c+ g7 ^1 O; q3 p. A0 o4 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards% A3 C3 n* \& j7 M1 j# y
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards& J- G$ L% z" A; d6 \; C9 ^/ Y; P
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards! W; E" f: ~# S2 u
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards5 S3 k, J# x3 B
Range increases to 12,000 yards: s  }: h/ w* C9 {! D1 n( Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards) r8 t& J2 _. M8 d. ?% Q: \) h% O
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards: I- f4 ?/ U1 l+ f( w
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
1 u6 p2 k' [8 t! hCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards& J0 f' N5 e4 `; V' H( B
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 w7 [* l& |& k, b. H1 H4 |' y+ ]CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 X! R: c* w7 _# x8 q8 u) x' k, BDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards7 |* s0 O. I$ Z, E7 |/ `* X' R! f
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) W& {* {* b! |& T
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
6 k) z% K5 p6 m; e4 vDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
. L1 I. o3 Q7 w* W" ^6 ?DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
) m9 |) m; j* I/ K8 xAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
. \& \, @$ s# a8 y- W* SRange closes to 9,000 yards
, y8 }: d  b  v$ i; LCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
+ E! I6 K  P  P$ |APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
% u6 G0 w6 D2 A  e+ _5 @CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards7 p& t( a6 m( A! r# T5 \  e
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards- c6 z3 Y5 E8 E9 @" V( @& g" I+ {
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
8 N, ^! `* y% I4 x; B- oCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
6 ]9 |; C# y( U( W2 X- \' nAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards( s! ?6 t% g7 i- ~
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards& M4 Y( K7 }% D. R; c
Range closes to 7,000 yards% m1 F2 h0 M' r: T7 r$ X
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
5 O) G/ C, c2 _: L; `APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
8 N( N4 L" e+ }8 q' }7 cCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
8 d1 F4 \' j% r+ YCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
% F1 Y. n2 u, K- VCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! R3 K$ l: f7 X5 w. jAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
4 y0 g! N- `; F3 bCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards1 E* ?% [4 z* p% O8 i" A9 [
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
  |- u# d) i2 n+ l- C6 cCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
; w6 T! D' I- `( LDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
1 N9 w3 S/ y' C, d; pDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
' ~3 f& Y% s4 ]* n2 c+ Q, }  y- m& D) }Range increases to 10,000 yards; w0 U4 b) j; g$ Z! ?
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  }5 e7 g; L8 U1 G; w' k
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards" E0 i8 w$ n. ~$ f) a. m
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape* D# d; n7 W" N) {1 n
Task forces break off...3 b2 H1 a% k/ [% ]  S' G! u
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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2 J) [( \4 v2 V" s0 K" v0 [Japanese Ships7 w& d+ a* A  A
      APD T-1
3 ]) ]: B( k2 T8 b0 u8 b5 C      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 r* c% e# T; ~
      APD T-3
: S9 E: V0 K$ f2 Y/ p$ S      APD T-5- O0 B7 ]  ?/ E! p+ B4 a
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk  r/ P5 G' T; }3 v/ U6 G; e
      APD T-9
9 T+ h6 C# V3 @% K      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, N: m. A/ `4 L8 k5 J  B9 y
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk3 q+ n& V. h! O; f9 m1 V$ v
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Allied Ships
$ ]* [/ {% |% Z, h      CL Swiftsure  \, S3 A, A2 r9 q3 {" b, s/ A" p
      CL St. Louis  F* u, A6 i4 y0 V; m  J6 c
      CL Phoenix' V; T# P8 S* H/ q
      CL Cleveland
" p1 F% f$ \" @1 g; c      CL Montpelier
# n: f2 w) |$ H4 x0 i# g      CL Denver
  J# N- d: n5 }3 ^      CL Santa Fe
' [7 K: |. n' m' q  \* n      CL Birmingham
; ?- e! L) n4 D      CL Mobile
* b; U5 T) z4 z8 {$ ^1 Z! ?' N      CL Biloxi
6 W% J# ~! c1 F      CL Miami5 g( W: U* Y# J. u" I
      CL Pasadena( p0 ^: \! f, P/ Q( O8 ]
      DD Allen M. Sumner( G% y2 v, n/ C& c9 I- j% Z
      DD Ault
- v6 i$ G. J; Y: p6 K8 C* I      DD English
7 H, E( O  r/ q      DD Haynsworth/ K* {0 A9 ~( a. c- I: i/ n7 V& t! F
      DD Maddox9 {# H* v* `% o9 y
      DD Mansfield
1 w6 z' r& E! g  {: n7 ~5 P      DD Waldron
. I# ]. L' q6 M      DD Haggard
: U7 H* H3 U. w, J! h      DD Hailey
/ l: N! h7 |8 s6 W1 y. t      DD Hale
6 I, ~8 J' ^: n9 o6 v      CL Vincennes II: x, o, U& ]# J/ m& D- L. o
      CL Houston II& v6 G5 o9 m. v) F
      CL Astoria II
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0 M- a& I3 h9 I  G% P% ~% F. y7 q9 U0 Z! G/ Y: V
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" r) i7 r0 i- c6 J! e( I- pRange closes to 28,000 yards...
: d: M9 `/ H# J3 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards+ G* T' A. g6 A) w2 `1 ~( V
Range closes to 26,000 yards...1 D0 c. F6 U% x( Z( `2 @
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
6 x0 l" f2 O5 H" gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards6 @! D1 k/ Z: J, ]$ s
Range closes to 22,000 yards.... `1 y, c1 F# W" f8 {* G0 H5 B
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 U8 y$ Q/ m" {- S0 p, r0 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ o3 a6 E; B7 b2 M  z; N9 ?. sRange closes to 18,000 yards...4 S' k- {6 l3 j0 A. i+ K6 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards9 G; c9 S' [/ r" r1 @5 e, w6 Q6 s
Range closes to 16,000 yards...& z1 ^1 p$ {& E0 }- r5 ~0 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards  ^8 N9 g( u$ P# ?- ?' L
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
7 D6 H, b  [% ]5 Q. MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards) h! R+ t5 E8 X) U1 B( y- T
Range closes to 12,000 yards...& ]8 R5 |- w7 X  C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# m/ X: q: w$ Z( g) k+ n4 ^# w( [, lRange closes to 11,000 yards...
& k+ G' Y+ v# w* a) \- p- Z5 u& v5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards2 U7 e5 o' w# D+ M; ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, h  I" w! Z! u+ A9 L9 k3 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards: K  j1 F1 X9 M. J& j& e; x* t, {; l
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
% a3 f! P- J! L3 hCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 |: b+ a' p& Z* @3 I, E
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards; _1 t) H9 k& U* Q; B
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
3 k% P6 _9 {; N6 _! cCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  e+ O9 L4 n" y0 m/ O0 V3 ]7 s
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 Z5 ?' U# V/ ?( YDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
( |( C3 D" l! h3 D2 u6 NDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ b5 l' v. s/ A- f* }" ?! S
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards; D5 t* K- {" A5 t
Range increases to 11,000 yards
) ]+ y8 j8 f/ H6 a+ J" l8 UCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 C# V2 r8 [! a* Y" L' A2 {( j$ O0 gCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards5 T( c5 u7 @) n: z8 c. t& M; a
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards- R6 E2 D; x" w8 b! h2 n
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards. m$ S/ Q" D4 n
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards. p6 }: z' F1 y5 |2 h
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 i7 V4 J8 H! d! i, r* r+ z/ G2 NDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards$ L) f4 Z3 r% a5 ^
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
1 g# Y# P  O/ O+ i+ WRange closes to 8,000 yards
# p4 J% j9 c5 O6 m0 P* {CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
) U4 N; T9 {1 n+ b4 y" W' zCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, _7 g! `- C$ w3 r$ R. n% GCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards7 |# {) G# [! _5 Z& u: f' i- d
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
. ^- ^- h0 I% f. W# _0 S; }  ~DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
. O6 R! Y, Y' ~* @Range closes to 7,000 yards% G  R1 g9 D4 z/ i2 p2 D
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
4 b  O  _# ~, k( k( KCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; f, ~1 [6 ]2 l
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" k; S0 I5 x# B1 q- NCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: O/ a, |4 X+ S- p( W  W% b
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
3 j; w9 G7 u2 U% W1 wCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; r  u3 @$ s3 I2 O+ G
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  \/ f% X2 ]. ?/ C) j2 n6 v1 ~CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- T. l  S6 N$ R0 k. G, Y) }
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 q/ |5 ?8 A7 `6 M( |DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
3 ?7 [9 Q5 J8 Q9 B' U) }3 x5 \APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards; Q2 Y, y6 J9 B3 {
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; `0 R4 D# K9 y1 L! eRange increases to 8,000 yards
" `7 E7 h6 ~. A$ {$ ~CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- Y9 P, n& N1 R0 V6 A4 x4 F% ECL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards  r! U1 V9 V! m* i
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards5 m$ s  }1 P! G7 d1 r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- U3 j- r+ H8 ^4 B' @- e+ kTask forces break off...7 C5 Q. R! C7 |- l0 j4 @- i& p
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) t- k. c; L8 ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards4 }2 Q; R4 a3 S8 ]$ _' \! y5 f+ W2 z
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Japanese Ships
( R6 s, W/ I* y      APD T-1
9 g8 w3 c5 _, d* ~0 ]      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, N. e" r7 `) k5 J: |      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk/ }7 Y$ S  j; b0 K+ D
      APD T-5
, r8 u- w6 b% e3 M% @3 j1 M1 Q      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk8 \2 x: n8 I3 k( `, h* x- Z
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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" ~! N- H+ V( Q: d2 wAllied Ships- }+ n! D- d( z% F$ h5 Y
      CA Portland
0 D( z. J! S" u: e2 Y& o& x      CA Northampton
( g; \5 Y9 L# x% g' E      CA Chester
9 p3 o6 r* g* e0 [6 C% V      CA Louisville3 y0 u/ Z7 {$ i! M
      CA Chicago
$ p, N' l0 e% t% E      CA Astoria8 V& x6 t2 ]+ A' H* Z8 ^( L
      CA Minneapolis
4 L  w# w( B' b1 b( J3 N' R1 z) P" t      CA San Francisco
& V# d' S& E7 ?5 Y      CA Quincy; B1 g- W1 K7 I4 E
      CA Vincennes
* i$ |) _/ U8 E      CA Wichita, {% s  m* m1 b+ V
      DD Bennett( Q6 J' `: \3 s; y
      DD Bradford+ ~' L( t) d, U2 G, v4 d& O
      DD Braine
) `1 E8 k7 u+ b$ |) K& u* `% L      DD Brownson
! K' N* Q5 b2 P' F4 |8 P      DD Bryant
+ w0 M/ h8 n% e: p9 e) B: Z7 V      DD Bullard; y/ w/ m2 }1 M5 p
      DD Burns2 V' y7 n* i8 x$ Y& x9 L  Q/ ?( ^
      DD Callaghan  m' w2 g6 V# w1 ]) L1 n5 Q
      DD Caperton
5 h/ g6 D: V* V3 u( a      DD Capps: i: s( b# ?4 p) e4 `! u! C
      DMS Emmons( t' J0 K- r# e: j5 }
      DMS Macomb
3 Z$ ]" j, p* y& C; ~      DMS Rodman6 G. _, S# l# \
      DMS Gherardi  W  a" u4 D: N

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ ^' g" h' W; Q3 LRange closes to 28,000 yards...
/ O( q* S8 {7 L! aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards/ c$ R! a8 E! @" m. b
Range closes to 26,000 yards...# A; Q; j) }/ k1 N3 L
Range closes to 24,000 yards...# }4 y( Y( k; P, D% s8 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
) K" _8 l  W; hRange closes to 22,000 yards...
" S  y/ d. q" i1 g& g0 d' BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
* r# y# [/ i+ QRange closes to 20,000 yards...
8 b9 r: I0 _8 j" uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
# P" d  M" O- G; KRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- L6 x8 T) G, Q1 y/ h  N6 }Range closes to 16,000 yards...( N! |, S. H# R, F- l2 |9 s& x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 b# }1 L" M9 _& U
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
- W& l) v) @) Z3 p" r. y. w, @Range closes to 12,000 yards...: ?9 R; t6 e. i2 G( H, @
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 E& Y0 e' y5 D7 V' u- r6 g' \3 ~$ u' kRange closes to 10,000 yards...: }- j& Q. \) T. ]7 A* E6 \
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
6 C! H# z9 ~' U/ _; E$ |/ [: ~Range closes to 8,000 yards...; p% V, B& O1 k+ A: s" Z8 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards9 r1 P. X7 @' B, ^' h3 n- g
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
  Y7 O1 f9 r% K8 J0 m: _6 aCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
5 M1 b- F$ r  b5 {. D; ACA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 V* i  c% g% W
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
+ o: L3 h0 u8 P6 s8 lAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards2 F- }7 \# Q" b/ Y# s% a& B7 b
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) s8 Y, A; W# D* u6 C" O' H' P0 l% HCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
. e9 c4 s( M, f* jCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 Y/ V2 |8 w) i) J
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
. C) R) s2 Y; p+ Y6 g' d6 RCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* C( C4 E3 C9 T8 a1 R7 R9 FAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards2 R3 }% ]/ }- S, i8 @5 Z0 e) Q
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
# C( X$ N* `" v  G+ jRange closes to 5,000 yards
' t5 L7 m, {( ]" `6 ADD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
& n1 m, a: p5 N  V6 zAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
# A7 ~# Q6 z8 T; q! PCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards, _; V: |$ M! }5 R# ]4 J* j
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards4 n" H) @3 B4 G- |, }& v
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards/ F9 v# O: T, h' r  b! }0 V2 u
Range closes to 2,000 yards9 [) R/ u; w2 D2 q& ]
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards7 n6 N' e3 G5 N. C7 }' ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
& a8 `3 u* @2 P( wCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
/ ?; q8 v* n4 D; \APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
: G/ z$ m! j9 C$ T; v! X8 \Range increases to 6,000 yards6 K) x' m/ b+ m7 N9 P8 K/ k& h0 t
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
: R$ B- |7 @8 `0 D" E" GCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards8 c- s1 m5 W! P8 N0 C0 Q4 ~# D3 d
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
' @; S4 G- ]( T9 {, p; w; o5 zRange increases to 9,000 yards
4 o$ U" ]7 G7 g( L- wDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 }! P& T& S7 _  Y7 v+ x% \9 @
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# V' N* C' {) w- W  H6 |0 I7 k
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 w2 ~! {3 E  S0 t8 K4 `& q% m, L
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards8 ~* `6 n& i8 j/ t! ~9 y; q
Range increases to 13,000 yards
. S3 _! q! u8 JCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
5 y2 d7 M) H+ @9 u1 ?- QAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards- T/ y5 d3 v4 B0 Y
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
/ G7 h' `: w# o8 u' kTask forces break off...0 f, [0 T& R! O+ v; B+ D

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" C# [( w4 Z3 Q* Y9 e8 X' pNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk( e6 O" Z! i6 r! y- G, h6 c
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships% A3 A+ x: u% |
      BB North Carolina; V9 U) b: e! F- w. B' r
      BB Washington
( o. K8 g7 k5 x      BB South Dakota4 i. E, P9 C; B
      BB Indiana
' I; Y3 j2 c$ r+ W. N      BB Massachusetts' M3 ~3 Q/ x4 q* d/ ?( Y
      BB Alabama
* N3 k/ s/ j) k5 A$ \      DD Conner
5 a* q+ S$ Z6 U1 s6 s7 S+ ]      DD Cotten
# m2 Y1 k0 n! K" Q      DD Cowell4 y7 p/ [7 W+ E. M
      DD Daly
# T3 l5 T: w1 K4 ]- f! A% A8 z. y. Y      DD Eaton
7 I* g& {' L  \" k7 Z' P7 C4 o      DD Heywood Edwards
% d5 v5 q  z% P; W3 ~2 x5 u      DD Erben1 L7 @6 b  h3 O8 u/ s
      DD Evans7 {* b4 v' F0 |
      DD Foote6 L! G, B% c; G7 B! w
      DD Franks+ U/ G3 g* j0 M
      DD Fullam" w, ?8 z4 w/ k- G' y9 u
      DD Gatling. e  i& p: S  I- N+ j( C4 y, ~% n
      DD Albert Grant
/ |* C* _  u" r: y& r# E  j" m% [      DD Gregory8 X' m4 r7 z, C7 O
      DD Guest
) t# k8 Y! t& V: e  Y, j, G      DMS Hamilton' d  ?% F; H( y
      DMS Forrest
% ^3 e! ?+ O! t8 u4 L      DMS Ellyson. H7 T4 P/ u/ o6 {* J) X1 l7 d

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; c# I4 C5 Q7 tMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& d, {) i) P1 T; f, {  H& [
Range closes to 28,000 yards...+ G+ U! g/ L' S2 ]8 y* H
Range closes to 26,000 yards...6 c8 Q6 ]. j  q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: u- [: A4 C2 A. F* j& ~8 f% F; CRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 i1 `. a) s  E. e5 Y: c$ ARange closes to 20,000 yards...
: `- u9 R* j8 w% QRange closes to 18,000 yards...; c; W( b0 \, ?2 w  P
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." c5 g9 B  b$ W. w
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, W3 `( Y6 ?: bRange closes to 12,000 yards...
, K9 A+ _+ _3 ^; LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
' O" m) `5 t' WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
9 T6 x1 X2 I, T" {+ XRange closes to 10,000 yards...
; g$ S% T3 _3 Y: ~3 ^8 [Range closes to 9,000 yards...! R7 T$ s# r+ K7 u$ r0 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards- q/ p4 Y7 q+ Q
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards+ h4 F  s( M6 p
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
+ I% M0 g5 h8 u1 pDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 P% B) E1 q) c' j9 iDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
, B3 t/ I6 \: T# I4 j1 l! \6 C( ZDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
! K0 ~# u) _6 U, V7 p9 YRange closes to 5,000 yards+ _$ h# d& o. t( S' }# F0 t: a
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards" W4 s$ V: U' y3 M4 j9 o( K
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
2 e; P! U# \0 S8 D* C+ g$ KRange closes to 3,000 yards5 ~* r2 g- i- d. S; A3 f
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards- b7 L0 ^0 E2 B* {* ?* J3 W% d4 p
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 H# G7 |; }/ O5 g; ?( u
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards$ k/ o$ a/ e2 F; P9 k" R/ }
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' L/ v7 r1 |0 _! S
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards  k) G' X; g$ I  U; h* w9 ~! H
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards1 X, p9 m; r* U# J5 M0 B0 o
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, e: b5 N+ A" p" |/ ~1 ?" B* i3 QDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards, M" K' \0 U4 I& o+ X* Q
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 H  ?7 k) A4 T$ |5 `% m' ORange increases to 5,000 yards* ~% [6 P$ H' m5 _. f8 i7 X
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards" |% O- e' R% K& j4 B: f& G
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards6 t, g* j  {% l' E8 s: {
Range increases to 7,000 yards
6 S. h. Q- P/ P  }+ LDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards/ s, O  f: l) f- h. j
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards8 D$ h+ L( U* L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
- B. D5 n/ B1 n' f- Z% aAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
& o. V) F+ E3 `5 MAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards  S6 }" @+ R( E* `& T& {; K6 p1 ~9 [
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 442 Y) u2 ~* T: M  K( W$ r
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加1 l/ H2 @. Q* w' j
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ E9 q6 F# O6 C& U

4 N# P  Z2 m& sAllied Bombardment attack/ r7 h6 U: k/ |0 U, A$ \) u& j
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Attacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24449 m' C- B, I' B6 X/ q, P) _) q

5 s4 k1 B" d2 X# i) @  D1 C5 M5 v% p9 jDefending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000) \( n" G% P! D; Y6 e6 J

6 @* Z+ F8 e! n# o" ?Japanese ground losses:
# C% C5 ]- ]$ r4 ], s6 l+ a, O      834 casualties reported
$ _$ t+ R: R2 u( y& H% ?' b         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
. T: e/ F1 J1 \$ K7 Q* Y         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled; t6 y5 m$ x2 t- Z' K6 j, P% E9 R
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled0 S! s5 [, u2 d# `, X- }1 A5 j
      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)! ~: m8 C; n! i/ n

' B! {! I" G% X7 k3 AAllied ground losses:
1 F; r% A  w1 h% x9 J# }) U/ X      16 casualties reported/ y: o2 p. t% G
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled' w. J7 ?7 ^% E+ {/ L+ R
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled/ F/ t3 L( s6 Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44  S! ^* q1 o/ B
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久
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' [5 S1 l1 u5 `7 |& rTF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ P& G/ v" W- q8 T( l
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.7 _0 @  _( f1 l& u- [1 l
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Allied Ships; E& B0 p3 S3 R! t) q5 ~+ l1 r+ q
      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1! `4 V0 x* d4 q  R* u+ ?  P
      DMS Forrest
; J+ h. i( P. q* P7 |6 Z      DMS Hamilton
% P+ ]1 {8 Q# t. F- A6 ?4 C5 E3 l      DD Guest( W: c) s' i, W3 r5 F& ~* {" W; K( b
      DD Albert Grant8 r6 P! Y( V6 P6 y3 g
      DD Daly
9 G4 E# H" G& S1 T& [3 }; |0 F      DD Cowell
$ d4 @- l/ @& d6 s      DD Cotten; Z' f# T6 U, F4 ~
      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
9 O4 t% z& n, }$ b; c$ {* z! y0 w# V1 N  b
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson
( C9 o4 B' F5 o! h! |! {Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest
6 U& {6 A' {4 t0 T; V+ |98 mines cleared% o( C$ K& K# y2 o' _4 p
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6 D% g  c4 G) D7 Y8 u/ d) b3 M$ l9 j0 G9 gNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
( \, x8 ?: G3 \1 j      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 R" D. {+ o6 A0 Q
' k( z$ r' ]/ f7 @/ S
Allied Ships
3 y& U6 ~! s. e5 L+ p5 }      CA Wichita1 N5 u, q) ~7 i1 Q/ p4 n
      CA Vincennes" g+ a) ]4 t4 F& o# ~, j9 i
      CA Quincy' z/ Y9 n6 ~! i" a% {7 G; G
      CA San Francisco  ?5 a( k0 a; s( G0 |2 I
      CA Minneapolis
! C9 p+ k0 U( M: f8 D      CA Astoria- D% [, \8 R+ I( [- j+ i0 N
      CA Chicago# m5 ~' F5 O( `7 g; c
      CA Louisville+ a' R8 G, I/ u  X( E9 c
      CA Chester
4 _0 ?2 ?$ d( ^4 R- U4 d+ L      CA Northampton( k7 C8 n9 L" P; {/ i1 g! s7 T
      CA Portland6 a6 e# G: J8 v+ J% T8 c

3 O  E/ O7 {5 P( SJapanese ground losses:7 E3 w: p4 S. @6 o& T
      54 casualties reported' U' Y" }6 E; c; j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. P0 `6 ]' B; c         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled4 c4 M3 \- x  f
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# w; r7 {  ]$ d, U/ m
      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
( [  z5 g8 I. }% z  O' k  C3 @+ w      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 z( e7 b5 S0 y2 U& ?- n$ H
3 o. k+ E1 `- y/ ~
Airbase hits 1
  q+ N, \4 ?3 A/ yRunway hits 16
7 H. W' t  I4 z: }8 y, N
1 h9 J: V! P& f
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0 ?" P% z: A1 hNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113* }8 m8 j* C  Q6 U3 D9 ?# _
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Allied Ships
+ P" t! U: N6 ^" O9 n4 F      BB Alabama$ d5 X, @/ P8 ^0 H1 s7 J
      BB Massachusetts
. g* L  c6 n2 O4 G2 E      BB Indiana9 e( r0 B0 Y# d5 f/ y3 O
      BB South Dakota
% L, l3 f4 E* C# K, K) e7 A      BB Washington& I+ U4 Z6 T3 d! p: w( u
      BB North Carolina
: ~* b1 ]9 }. ]0 l% ]  |) j2 D4 k3 Q# l9 o3 S
Japanese ground losses:- `% e+ B0 [4 g
      570 casualties reported
4 O, v0 b& p; h' z5 `0 \  S         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
; X* v! z  l% u: X         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled. h/ o' u/ b+ R/ C" j
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled+ N- f7 Z: w7 ]2 [
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
" Q2 o) B  z2 E! f! b3 s      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
2 t0 `+ J/ T% }( W- A$ s% J, G% V) s" f4 V* b$ K
Airbase hits 7; T9 m2 w0 b& E- S& ], ?
Airbase supply hits 1
+ ?9 n# }3 c2 Z" z% eRunway hits 158 ]+ F9 f" e$ T$ u
Port hits 35 z# ]9 \; c. z0 A) y9 ?7 I
Port supply hits 2
9 N( P: F$ Z. d4 ^! ?, F+ q( W# q5 P% v/ c7 j1 b
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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% _* K+ j5 I5 j5 [Allied Ships! Q9 x  Y, j  Q# _0 i4 P
      BB Queen Elizabeth- o8 ^; U  s' k2 N- ?; h# k
      BB Valiant  r) t0 w% H5 j5 r
      BB Mississippi7 R; t" p& w# L0 |! N$ ^: q
      BB New Mexico
4 C( U8 o* s3 Q7 p! x! A4 N) H, V      BB Idaho
1 s8 k# x/ j" J  c      BB West Virginia) Q. j$ x# \, M, G; o1 R
      BB Colorado
% `5 Q5 e, k3 O0 v# t; |0 ?6 M2 D" b/ {" v# W, L+ J
Japanese ground losses:: |7 c, {, J1 Q& y$ \! l
      603 casualties reported
. G: I- ^, ~4 A% h* Q+ e         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
* B' i% c0 q1 r9 o         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled& D# S) N( w; T: R& a0 ]6 p9 s  K
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
8 q' t/ y$ ]& g/ [4 J- [      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
; K% C3 ]- Y/ z      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled): h0 g2 ?4 y7 L
+ D. r0 N8 W2 o. e
Airbase hits 5/ {+ K3 s+ O  i3 C" H/ r$ V; d
Airbase supply hits 2
5 w" |, g& R  w9 k- R  GRunway hits 77 U' R6 q$ d8 L9 N2 [0 E
Port hits 18 c5 ]" V9 K6 L

  _" j* t& J7 T9 i# h1 Y; FBB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape 7 D6 f) O; x3 }5 ]9 l) j! k2 l
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
$ _  W. U; `, f/ ]" u) VBB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division$ C, Y8 D5 O6 y) p
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division+ i( f8 Z0 ~6 l" r  E; h
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape
5 B1 T$ `4 E0 L7 ^% Z, M! RBB Idaho firing at Ponape 6 T3 M& Q" V  G
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia* I: H* @0 w# y3 h. F: C, K
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division/ i6 G0 O2 M7 }* ]% f
BB Colorado firing at Ponape ! R, @8 ~9 U0 Z0 n; S% k0 F( l
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)4 \2 N1 Q3 }+ ~$ s$ t& O  |* F. R

5 ]8 c1 |$ t. K1 s' uWeather in hex: Light rain' I5 b6 ?7 w" g. f1 w+ O

# m% [2 Z1 ]4 r+ NRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.9 V9 G: \0 U2 y0 F' U: p$ {! @/ x- D
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes' |% Y5 I5 j( _0 b0 {( t: D

, O& I9 Z- B( b% @/ d, t! @Allied aircraft
* f( k4 `% {( [- Z7 w      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 K( m/ g! P; i0 b( \      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3141 E7 G: j$ `. q. M% k( y
      TBM-1C Avenger x 274
) v, m4 o+ Q: Y! Y8 H& Y1 c7 I# @% d
Allied aircraft losses# r6 `" I# V1 a3 o7 E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged; u" d2 P/ R6 ^
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged
: ^4 a$ R4 t- u$ Q( D  @1 m3 y+ M/ T+ w7 t
Japanese ground losses:2 K: W( a7 W) u( \# V$ t2 l
      529 casualties reported2 E. O. H: `: G( k6 b
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
$ E, @) @- N) A+ D7 @  G         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled7 u! Y$ M; K1 _
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
, Y" |( m, U7 U" M! a      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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. n! ~1 A* x1 M. OAllied Deliberate attack
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) ?9 f" c6 p: O7 d6 ~) X# E1 A* t- `" sAttacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
  m( B* M  X2 d& N% K$ u: a. P$ O1 ]1 q$ J$ L
Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938$ b7 }' p( F, O1 z0 j6 U: F0 x! f

3 _  w6 d* t& ~( WAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
; U6 ?  ^$ W2 N6 Z2 E
, J7 F& x9 }! sAllied adjusted assault: 3029 " ~( e# @! }6 \. |

( k2 z. w1 ]" _& k7 D4 QJapanese adjusted defense: 3835 0 E) D' @2 ?7 D
, j! u( Y5 D3 g* n) J8 u7 a0 Q
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) 1 ?3 q. T1 P6 ?+ A6 r

+ U, \# q$ _4 b' P4 P+ K; E/ ^Combat modifiers
6 }) o& m9 S) F% T, y0 }" i$ yDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)! P* u' Q5 {3 Z+ b) J
Attacker: ' S0 s& o$ d+ s/ i: S& \! O: ]

, U+ Q3 J& I. HJapanese ground losses:
& f( p: ~9 s' L. P6 X0 D: [7 Y      5869 casualties reported) M* a3 y( }' ], G
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled" A+ _8 E3 W. ?) t
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled! a$ s7 S! S- f  Q6 \2 Y9 s
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled  b  X8 i- L+ P+ q
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)
' E8 b8 Q7 k, q0 a      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
2 r: d' s- i+ s# w, g* X
0 H' t3 ]0 v, _7 Q& o; UAllied ground losses:
: e5 T5 V% e3 K, r      1488 casualties reported, W- R, F. B8 z9 {; Q1 m0 n6 a* X
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled/ m. J2 P) Y& c
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled  _6 U/ x0 O: a1 z- n- B6 u: j% F
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled/ y+ N% r- m6 h2 p! T! N
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)7 W: ]1 m" P4 v  P+ m3 M* M
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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- G6 b; _6 Q- \Assaulting units:( @+ E  I8 c  }+ \
    762nd Tank Battalion
% t' e& A" K# C" `& b# `! |) T% e    710th Tank Battalion
. S* H' ]# F9 I4 h+ F    767th Tank Battalion
2 u& p: ]3 e) d8 a8 u    44th Tank Battalion7 E5 Q" i6 h4 `  s8 u
    96th Infantry Division  e- q  i# m' M+ e1 g# z! a% j
    706th Tank Battalion
! K7 ^/ l0 W4 G    81st Infantry Division
) n* z* E. U# L, Y6 _3 U    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
+ d- x, P" z, I1 k5 d    5th Marine Division
: ], n: S( k' {; q    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1 }: m1 n8 E: L( U  W    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
/ g$ U0 w# E+ @3 e" q0 p    711th Tank Battalion6 [  Q9 \+ R0 n7 s1 c
    716th Tank Battalion
' ^$ F8 X7 e( I3 k- v    1st Filipino Inf Regiment- n1 H* t* I3 R5 V6 Q
    6th Infantry Division$ k: J) J5 o) [( G
    31st Infantry Regiment6 }4 C: Z8 \1 ~! f; I
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  e9 }$ a" e1 ~0 R! |0 X    4th USA Defense Battalion: ?; E! \  H: b, e1 f3 @& x
    X Corps Artillery : g7 w9 ?3 d5 [7 t
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
2 R( X6 i0 t: z5 A2 q% P5 F" k1 H7 R    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion# h! x/ B2 y& l% I. z. q+ n2 {% m
    I Corps Artillery , E8 W1 K, U3 d! |: g& o
    XIV US Corps
4 ?$ ]: b" e2 D3 {% J  Z0 N6 N    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 A7 Y0 F# D" c7 n8 @$ {) D    96th Coast AA Regiment# G; E3 b$ }6 d5 A1 W0 ~5 f  s
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  [$ s" X. @1 U3 F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
. ~. w5 \' g7 |9 b* Q    12th Marine Defense Battalion8 g6 r, ^+ O1 h$ t
    738th Coast AA Regiment
& b7 `+ k- d) O# r+ i    1st USMC AA Battalion
3 n: O$ F( P9 H% `" n    5th USA Defense Battalion
1 a+ [9 `' e& O    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
8 B* [! Q% A4 `
' V+ v+ C0 f2 L: U4 b4 W2 \+ VDefending units:
; C  n% a6 {# ]2 f' H- U    144th Infantry Regiment) j% V+ _  C- _3 \
    81st/C Division' b5 n, m8 p6 p. T: B
    Kure 3rd SNLF  [+ V, p  J3 o9 e, Z8 Q- J
    Sasebo 7th SNLF! \  x9 |! y) ^& Q( J1 \
    81st/A Division
+ s+ v1 C; w. d& B    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
+ Z+ W  z4 p( B! c' P    33rd/B Division
* t  h  |# F! j$ a! @1 W    52nd Naval Guard Unit
6 v3 R7 _: }0 @    33rd/A Division
7 o: S+ b1 U* B+ C3 d    81st/B Division. Y- d9 q* s8 V9 D
    138th Infantry Regiment
4 z: {3 ~0 P8 d6 t  _4 L" N: `    33rd/C Division- h# M% o6 f7 W' Y! i% v
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion7 Q3 Y0 s2 _* i2 A7 @: c
    60th Field AA Battalion: N! n, l+ C& w* `/ J9 }. J
    53rd Construction Battalion! O0 T& G( a" p! k1 i
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! c; @& {0 Z# R6 N    14th Area Army /1
1 L, C+ g+ [9 k/ m6 I    61st Field AA Battalion6 @0 w  v: p- L1 D" C# P
    18th Army; a7 {5 c8 H/ E. j$ m8 K( ?
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 A. C; @0 G, f
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
3 {, w  g4 Y$ ]! R2 ]2 T; \$ o    63rd Field AA Battalion
: V: \! r* ^; ?0 Z" H/ S9 Q    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 ?* V, H3 V6 [    12th Air Fleet
  \  x' D# u. G1 u& q    Kure 7th SNLF, Q- g& q/ F1 t8 r
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- A, H' Z* Y8 o  Q9 _5 J! f0 |    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 C4 k6 f# |* n# U4 J    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 N4 N  r) N3 L, ?  W: z! Y
    19th JAAF Base Force& S7 r8 R, p$ i
    3rd Base Force
, ?% H4 v; @8 Z    Ponape Naval Fortress1 W. j7 F9 \5 P/ p
    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, 44$ B) z1 a5 p9 W) x1 M/ _3 K; Q3 V
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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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113
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. P! @1 Q: O, v9 dWeather in hex: Clear sky- l: V/ c5 a  v: C; s
+ {) K. Q( t9 R* H" _/ c" y
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
; l* C- P% t7 w1 \1 UEstimated time to target is 34 minutes5 e4 e! ^7 S. ?

5 u' o8 J* Y/ p9 o0 b3 nAllied aircraft
" p+ _) S  ?6 L2 ?& q0 c      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4625 }( U* r% \) S* [& }$ q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3271 ^  U; m. k, ~+ e. V' k
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
7 f, r" ~8 _+ O! D! o6 P
1 Z3 L# R( _' g7 |Allied aircraft losses! }# F7 s& c. m7 i/ C+ i
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged. c! i' P0 t- j4 |. i3 I5 n
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged" M+ t# t( S6 O/ L; k. Y. E
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak' k( |1 F) ?7 J0 v$ s% Q0 q% C# n. o

" u9 @% C, [" R) mJapanese ground losses:
! @, V  B0 l  P2 [. J; x7 a      17 casualties reported
5 ^# {% S/ S5 I' `# ^/ n! K         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 @4 f: w, {- S6 @9 h         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
- f2 S& t' r, a# o; \& D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% y8 t$ G) h. H- x3 ^8 t: ^, z      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
; J" Q1 }% b: q- n: Q
: W( y2 j" h$ I  LAirbase hits 97  e+ ^: f% F/ k
Airbase supply hits 26
6 @9 U$ U( A9 q' ~: z1 X4 C4 vRunway hits 252$ I, l0 B+ i( k. `/ y* U% \
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+ i: \3 y; W" n- K9 N) xGround combat at Ponape (119,113)8 A( t5 X9 ]# |" b

3 ]5 r4 Z; b7 p* @6 R% k. ~: DJapanese 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 = 24931 J2 ?5 t# h1 a2 n
2 y4 \" d- j% E6 _
Japanese ground losses:
1 n6 |/ i  n3 x6 ]# d. G  w      736 casualties reported' L$ k8 u, S& F, j, ^& V
         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled
/ ?/ j# F9 k# `* N# o% z         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
8 Q2 M, @  r" s         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
. n, G5 u; K% c0 N$ F      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
+ j3 E$ x& |& h      Units destroyed 1, n: n+ `- N1 n. T8 W
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Allied ground losses:" i: I- i# }7 w( t( t
      23 casualties reported0 q1 A; s+ o( N7 L% I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled! j) r9 X/ E% }$ W/ v' r
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 m6 y- Y+ ?1 }- Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, y, u( T$ g+ z! L. `9 T5 M* Y' w
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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3 e9 o1 v" R% w& n) R1 Q( FGround combat at Ponape (119,113)6 L, B& ~  o6 ^! ?% e

0 ~2 o. I& v! _( K, l1 {Allied Bombardment attack
/ Y$ e1 O8 }  N$ X2 d* N; W
4 n4 ]# r" u" c3 B/ @6 `5 t5 y9 NAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
  d2 F; r3 @) X. d2 x/ J
. B- o- k" t% g; L" qDefending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
8 O+ l* K% x6 J4 A) A
4 ]  \6 H# ^5 ]: b" i8 lJapanese ground losses:5 R# U2 g; j: `1 d* U
      698 casualties reported
( N8 d0 ?3 F) v* M$ a2 X$ P         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled3 t6 r+ q6 L" m" E6 k
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
( Y& G# ^+ C# t$ n/ B4 A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled/ P6 ?6 b+ W" K, m; g5 H. L; v
      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44) p$ V" p: f6 G8 R4 |
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
1 ^. X3 R1 p( B      CA Wichita' z2 [% f2 T- a6 a; j, t5 \' D6 n
      CA Vincennes5 D/ q4 ?1 H$ _2 g) ^) [
      CA Quincy3 ]  ~. C, D9 d' D+ G; n
      CA San Francisco. \9 H9 u; i6 R5 P/ N$ v! s6 R
      CA Minneapolis: W. Z! O+ x" p2 S. ~' X
      CA Astoria$ y- u0 ~: i: d% T
      CA Chicago' \. d, Y6 Y  v) I; [. R" Q! I# a# D
      CA Louisville
- G4 @/ l+ T$ @9 j      CA Chester4 W7 h/ @" [  c9 ?
      CA Northampton% n% |, ~7 }. V5 u: Y3 o
      CA Portland- x) P0 w; x6 J# e  w
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Japanese ground losses:
5 m- a) h- O- ?+ I      213 casualties reported& @7 Z/ `; {. z5 ]1 b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 K3 k6 A9 X5 b$ Q4 H( e1 Z0 f, w& }9 R0 g         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
* u% ^- @0 v  d/ ^         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ l" \0 z! R4 [% f  S7 @* ^* R      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)7 m" k/ J% T7 k' U: S5 x

( h2 y3 d$ S, \Airbase hits 63 Z5 v' @- w" L
Airbase supply hits 14 ~  o1 q* g/ ~" M3 Z' h
Runway hits 25
) x+ Z$ Y3 z0 V4 P" R0 [Port hits 5$ B1 w. q* _5 V0 b
Port supply hits 1% _" h* i: y+ w9 C& N8 j

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& O& w1 P5 _  c: j8 l- i0 [Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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: ^$ f' }. R$ m" dAllied Ships4 I8 W4 `. o2 G2 q: l' D0 i
      BB Alabama' p! M6 v6 e# r+ @. S
      BB Massachusetts. n# }0 b6 f( S, g, q, p9 n" O6 ~
      BB Indiana5 [, B7 l; X# p, h+ h& C& x/ Y% ?
      BB South Dakota
* I3 t1 V) p" t" F' U  c      BB Washington
! g: j- X  Y$ B/ [2 {      BB North Carolina4 a6 V1 X, T' U0 {4 S

3 s8 x. e$ _. |; X7 w/ sJapanese ground losses:' J, Q% M% o; I8 s
      803 casualties reported
1 l) x4 f% S' {# `* b) i% z. N0 u2 T) v         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled( [6 n  }* H( n* X5 u1 y
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
; }, L' j5 Q# Z. C% p  z; a+ \         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 c2 F+ y! A5 t7 [0 t      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
' i  u2 H2 ~7 j      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)) L& w; c; b( q6 w- I1 C( m. Q

- ^4 W+ p3 _& v! ?/ y/ `Airbase hits 2& g. s8 O5 e8 d$ L, K$ J$ l
Runway hits 3( ]  p7 @6 j3 i$ v  S& p" [: V. ~" w
Port hits 2
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- P9 G: H/ X  a" I) z- fNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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. l  n" p! F) S. Z) L! kAllied Ships* _, G5 p% X1 O/ X
      BB Queen Elizabeth
8 M: Y8 J2 U5 j      BB Valiant
& K& {8 u6 v' T+ G      BB Mississippi
7 a0 V7 p; G6 m* K; e      BB New Mexico
( _) n$ I* n. ?# L" V$ g4 m8 w9 W      BB Idaho
! n9 F7 ]2 ]- D6 s* ?      BB West Virginia
! w. I  {0 a4 n      BB Colorado
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. m, ?* l5 _& i" N8 Y. o# c2 y% RJapanese ground losses:
( ^' l5 I" ^* R9 r      710 casualties reported9 Q4 u0 s3 Z$ V1 y; I
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled8 |2 }7 P' N: N  ~
         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
+ h% m5 {& [" {4 O0 w" [7 b2 s         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled, o% f3 [( ^8 e3 o% [. k
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
: {6 U, u' w, k3 e/ D% ?      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
3 \# |3 \2 a0 x- k. A5 K
3 y+ Y, l2 G& w7 IAirbase hits 1
% A0 n( `% {9 F$ P( sRunway hits 9
9 a. x9 [$ `9 }/ A7 G" g( L. }Port hits 1. N( \, I, u2 @: C  z

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* |& f+ s( J3 ^, F& {, rAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! a3 A4 N( b  F
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud) a! H8 J" o' \5 Z: E1 F

' a1 ^% O( j5 a3 T. _# `/ S" fRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
' k& y( X  W# ~9 h  Y, h; @# LEstimated time to target is 33 minutes
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Allied aircraft
# |1 @* N7 C) H      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
) G; e& K8 L  m9 U8 K1 W8 X! |9 X      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325- D0 Y; Y5 E( d
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2712 P* W+ t5 \& G4 s

3 Y8 N4 o7 p) B/ t9 JAllied aircraft losses
5 Y+ q- E' G8 Y( q- H* G0 }* S      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
1 l6 E+ h: G  X0 q! i  T, ?" W0 `      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged
9 t3 N& n0 D* N4 a, }1 K0 h- k
7 ?8 X/ n& R; ^$ GJapanese ground losses:# f) K- M  @/ P: t# e& H
      660 casualties reported4 W0 I& L) N# d7 z- ]; C
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled/ s% p. B- [  f% P
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
8 K* y9 Q* K& }7 T$ u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 k" q3 t9 F' y4 D
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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3 ]  L6 {7 L: {! N" [
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455; g! O( x4 v2 B& g4 D

* `  M: m' K# q1 |) K6 p  z% k+ ^Defending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601% N( N: n" |, \  J3 I) Z& K

, s  `' L/ f. F6 e% G, dAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
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Allied adjusted assault: 2943 ) l! y$ T& a. W. U
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Japanese adjusted defense: 537 2 b, k' `* H" N, V( g
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) 8 d' F) P8 ~$ D- y$ u& }

1 r6 K3 \( V5 u) o: eAllied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
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Combat modifiers, R5 I3 v' R% `( X0 E. b! q
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
6 P5 ]  M- Z# ~/ l; N, f) {* bAttacker:
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0 W7 u4 T  M  m- D4 wJapanese ground losses:: P; R5 c8 f. B
      4555 casualties reported
. W! I% I/ A3 @- m  j         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled5 `0 n1 r/ n" }* @
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled
8 t7 u. F) S2 ~+ }, y, Z         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled* ]6 Q2 u+ k2 P0 F
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
) S# ^/ Z0 p; S) m      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
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% b. @1 ?& |/ h( F+ t# U( uAllied ground losses:
: J! W' \8 n6 y- J! ]      1283 casualties reported
) \6 h9 E) _( L9 q4 K$ M         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
/ Z% n  u  F- |/ S7 \9 c         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
$ C$ {1 m) D) f/ W. L: a         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled7 Q' z# `/ t5 ^
      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
8 ?5 q1 h  |( s2 f8 u0 S7 ~% _      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)8 n2 @) x) M; c# d; z3 v- s( D

: Q0 `' a' A) {2 oAssaulting units:2 }: W9 T5 G9 `
    716th Tank Battalion
  n3 _. H/ Z! Y    112th Cavalry Regiment  [0 E# F) \% S  ^* o
    44th Tank Battalion+ y9 X" f7 Y  ?: t0 U
    711th Tank Battalion
" `5 F6 I7 V6 g( c- X) S: A- v    6th Infantry Division! j8 g2 w3 X* K
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment& o5 e1 u* g; V9 T, r
    5th Marine Division7 y5 U3 x% F. U& G
    706th Tank Battalion
6 T0 _$ i% `: L9 X8 ~: A    710th Tank Battalion
3 D- M, {4 ~/ E! W' P& x    81st Infantry Division
) k( w. L7 l! X+ \    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
6 S$ M: A3 h/ s  @& H    767th Tank Battalion; V0 c) o$ ?5 H. p! a8 @2 X
    762nd Tank Battalion
1 ^. i3 m( D7 J  `7 O8 C$ C    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, `2 s7 x) m0 m' Z6 ^$ \    96th Infantry Division3 d5 I. A/ Y0 |
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) o5 V  I: d: y3 ^3 o9 U8 s9 m( w4 v    14th Marine Defense Battalion; f9 q- y- s( ?: k
    1st USMC AA Battalion8 p$ a0 M1 Q% H8 C2 ~# Z6 `: d
    738th Coast AA Regiment
: Z9 T  Q, V3 {! z) M* c% c    X Corps Artillery 9 j  V3 f) R1 e7 Q0 y: `3 @5 d
    I Corps Artillery ( z. [" @/ h! _+ X
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' j- J% g  G0 S2 ~  ^    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 Q# L  I% F' m6 h7 V+ P/ {# d, p
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
; \, b3 \' Y0 v# U8 M" r    XIV US Corps
& u) y. ^2 g/ t    4th USA Defense Battalion
4 b# G. j9 v" N    5th USA Defense Battalion: \0 {- ]2 i9 `# ~
    8th Marine Defense Battalion: L% j2 a( `; E+ B9 i, s( l
    96th Coast AA Regiment
" L3 P/ `# O, {+ t1 E    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 |1 Y) w. N  ^& X    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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2 T: Q$ y- o* d" TDefending units:9 F  T8 a7 n1 b9 S- ~( Y: A
    81st Division
6 A# G7 X; v5 J9 A    33rd Division
: Q5 w% W9 d6 I5 c2 e    52nd Naval Guard Unit9 w& x" y* |8 e5 c/ f
    Sasebo 7th SNLF! J) {+ D8 {# i+ [/ ?3 z+ ~
    138th Infantry Regiment
' u9 q: e( G% k0 q    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
, S1 U- Z/ D  F/ b- A    3rd Base Force/ \  [4 Y7 Z; M/ b! G# t+ i
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
* f: E1 Q% X" j; F9 S1 u! _    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment6 g; I* f* S5 q* |; j
    14th Area Army /1
+ O) J* v, b4 i# w, ]: `0 B    144th Infantry Regiment7 ?0 r& v4 G  m' q" b. Z
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
+ I: o3 k$ U/ S. I7 Q    19th JAAF Base Force
+ m2 O! M. e7 x# {3 a    60th Field AA Battalion# j9 X$ Q9 y: M$ K# H
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
3 g! G8 h2 p" G$ k    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% [5 w: R% w1 _+ i- O) V8 ]. I& p7 R    61st Field AA Battalion2 }  X  P; N) I$ R% Y  O' k% T
    Kure 7th SNLF
1 B6 ]- y: [& X    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1+ F: z% J/ W3 b: T/ K5 m) [
    18th Army2 T' Y, K  L+ t7 f& F
    12th Air Fleet
* U, d5 E6 y$ P$ }7 L9 [. {    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' [/ k( k  H/ n3 V, G/ I% [/ f    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion: f' u* a+ g1 m& }9 s1 d- O
    Ponape Naval Fortress
4 E  \) ~$ m3 H3 s( [    53rd Construction Battalion. u0 ^) o* k+ O# u! b, {
    63rd Field AA Battalion
1 W* O5 ?. c3 o    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 449 c& p! F5 r0 G: v; [/ o! C
经过20天的苦战，盟军终于拿下了有3个师团8万日军据守的9级防御的波纳佩。
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4 r, ]. G( R; _* E& v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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0 M. x# Y% @: d2 G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。) f+ j& f: d3 }% ]  P7 ?
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)2 l4 b/ k; Y- T/ A3 O6 L5 w0 a* t; Q1 s
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Allied Shock attack
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3 ]2 W4 \/ X/ YAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 23385 Y3 _8 q0 O1 _0 V
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Defending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248* I9 w+ M  P" _# l4 E1 X  p2 |

# c/ T4 [% o: R0 s/ F: v+ S* _Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3+ p/ R3 y/ Z3 {2 I

7 L" b" h% Q2 J5 EAllied adjusted assault: 5312
$ A& o7 {  W4 P' }8 O' V; Z& f* ^3 R  I
Japanese adjusted defense: 163 ) M2 o3 Y6 N! z8 @5 o5 b) Y  T
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3) 9 O* u, E& [/ y: j+ n
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Allied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!2 B# g) g4 ^6 Y5 d
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Combat modifiers- M/ H  I* K' ?2 B1 L2 R
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
' ~7 i' h9 `8 `Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:6 E, y6 F4 f0 s! E; V3 e4 }
      6464 casualties reported5 K. P' o! E# e9 a) T# G; K7 g
         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled2 S( t9 Y! H' A" }) c8 E
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled; L3 Z9 x" C+ a$ D( F' ^8 ^( \
         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled
# r( G4 `9 Z4 M      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 Y( l$ L2 B/ N5 Z* y) y. P. k
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)
8 S' F. P; @9 u( {* u1 A4 X      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:
* r) t. q. Q3 @; u- C      700 casualties reported
% K; f+ I" k$ E1 h         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled; D! T; ^; y* q& }& t$ y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled. l: a( i# ]( U; w  u" q/ e
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled* b% c) m) m+ S, p5 H' w0 l: l
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)3 f7 \/ n# t* N2 ^9 s+ ]
      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
; G7 k, m. Q* t+ V# q    6th Infantry Division
- N" i4 L9 I& P4 M" `    706th Tank Battalion) ?* q7 o/ g* A1 _
    710th Tank Battalion
% I) v( y, R- d9 k9 {    716th Tank Battalion+ t( G$ a0 o# b
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment- l- P; ]2 v; x3 S( ~
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& R6 V! b6 j, ^" @    767th Tank Battalion: p2 \0 U  m! ~2 p+ R. q
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 v9 ~5 M1 L2 J) t6 d
    711th Tank Battalion
% a( p8 T0 H: I; w    762nd Tank Battalion( n7 ?. T7 b1 L8 N( {3 [( O
    81st Infantry Division! Z  s/ N2 q. N
    5th Marine Division
0 U1 |5 m, G1 A3 T5 d4 O1 S    112th Cavalry Regiment
/ D5 P; H8 I1 w& H. ^: a" b1 b. R    44th Tank Battalion: D1 L- Z( d' h" S
    96th Infantry Division. {/ I7 u, @! y& E+ p% T0 P. {/ s
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' D) C' Z+ v1 G8 {, U* Z    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment. K- ]2 M$ K% G9 [: T& |1 I
    4th USA Defense Battalion
( J/ d! M1 w. |0 y" a    5th USA Defense Battalion
- K2 G1 W; ^# I! |2 U2 B    12th Marine Defense Battalion  v7 T- S, D: k
    1st USMC AA Battalion7 A: M9 y$ {! `) L
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
0 }) @) t: D8 c3 T  K3 N7 X    XIV US Corps
4 N( P- o! o2 H$ T    I Corps Artillery 4 Q# q7 U" d8 |3 A$ _
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
# _; v' a0 h8 X0 o    738th Coast AA Regiment
. B, i2 U  r. y    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ G$ x6 c9 x) ?    X Corps Artillery
2 E& w9 C  ^' t% b/ e    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 y3 S  T- X" D/ ?& C6 j  b6 J; G( {    96th Coast AA Regiment
$ Z/ P) B; [/ l$ o    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment! @6 X: [0 _' b) {5 x! I5 {  C
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Defending units:( ~$ H. e& }5 n
    81st Division
$ ~' b9 d0 J0 {4 g; `0 Q    33rd Division
9 x2 E: ?3 w$ V  M0 D    138th Infantry Regiment
4 f& ^2 K3 J6 R$ N    Sasebo 7th SNLF
+ P9 K: W& j# P  r9 _, T8 D/ ]    Ponape Naval Fortress
; O" G4 T9 C2 A6 A6 ?, X) O* Z6 X    12th Air Fleet) S3 r: \5 G, n, r( U5 y5 H: q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
7 d, N2 y" O4 ?9 ]- w* ^    60th Field AA Battalion
; {" T. ~  |5 z5 R) {4 [, U  }    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ D5 h7 V1 n7 [8 [8 |6 Z6 @    53rd Construction Battalion& l5 E2 @+ s8 m: k3 c
    61st Field AA Battalion
1 T: B* ^/ p! t# f& e. u& Z0 P    Wake Cst Gun Bn /18 t3 A+ {" L" }, O2 m" k  ^9 K
    Kure 3rd SNLF /11 S. s, b$ v3 r' E: b% D
    19th JAAF Base Force) G* h: `/ o* |: V0 W
    18th Army0 u4 j! B& \9 F& p  m
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 [( @3 c/ J* l8 g9 A& A
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ C. W5 m8 b/ C2 i+ y* n" k
    3rd Base Force
' W, S  N- v+ L) Y    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) b. ]0 C6 H2 Y; i, W2 a; h* {    52nd Naval Guard Unit+ G3 Z+ Z+ }/ w; g# ?/ B& O2 a
    14th Area Army /1
( k/ X3 Y; [' o' W( e" T! m6 V    Kure 7th SNLF
! T( C6 G: f; J$ q' A, W    144th Infantry Regiment
8 N5 y- J4 d; M6 n% S    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# ]& g3 n( c* u( F6 y$ k    63rd Field AA Battalion
" l3 w0 c/ R3 _4 S( l- s  {    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 A' D9 p6 y8 `! v% ~    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44# j7 p( Q& Z1 y4 Q

( ?9 f9 r" z' N% c: P" A' R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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- }) M- B7 c5 A7 HNight Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
3 I/ K. B: O  m; B1 C% O      DD Fujinami
  u0 U* u  J4 h! T# V5 c: ^      DD Kishinami3 O/ `* S3 ]% {1 o" @" }  c& N
      DD Kiyonami
+ z- J: v  [1 s7 L      DD Okinami
; s5 [: C0 i- t9 x1 Y  F7 c! N      DD Hamanami5 l  a% i9 {( F2 {/ E: O6 w
      DD Asashimo
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Allied Ships
* m$ C1 O4 ~1 Y& s4 _; ]      xAP Golden Racer- F: u# o: {/ Y- o. R
      xAP Mallory Lykes
! }& G9 U( }7 x; I# S      xAP Abigail Adams
' A) y* ?2 B! |      xAP Adoniram Judson7 h; ?6 f- g6 a( s& A
      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; j( }9 c; r8 A3 l- ]( y& X4 v6 P# m
      xAP Andrew D. White* w. ?+ m1 U% N% R  Y9 L
      xAP Andrew Furuseth
$ I: J, O" c& T* [      xAP Archbishop Lamy9 }- d- x/ M# A# {: b* M
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
9 \6 ?4 N; `$ p7 p- x' D; z      xAP B. F. Shaw# O, f! i) M0 r; }
      xAP B. Livingston
$ V9 R/ q+ y8 P& }3 l3 I5 }1 L3 h      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson  l9 `, q8 n1 t# x+ ]
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
$ Y+ \$ k" Y- K/ S, _# d      xAP Benjamin Lundy2 F4 S$ E5 R7 o9 v! ~( X3 B
      xAP Caleb Strong
1 u. k  O. d% _8 u# [7 i3 {8 s2 i      xAP Carlos Carrillo
/ F/ C$ ~# |; v) D& q# x, `$ q      xAP Charles H. Windham
  l" g8 y6 k& l! Y      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
/ v9 a5 B* `* Q, l. H+ V5 A      xAP Chief Washakie7 d# I6 u* p1 v, I/ |
      xAP Daniel Drake
) p6 r7 U  `$ w& e2 V$ d      xAP Daniel S. Lamont& \$ A# m$ y: A  w
      xAP David Dudley Field7 ?' }% `# a% _
      xAP David Gaillard
* [' }( G$ l9 _0 o6 u* H      xAP David J. Brewer$ Q% Y: _- [7 Z
      xAP Edmund Fanning2 t' {8 s6 }3 }3 A( x4 E' X2 d) d
      xAP Edmund Randolph
3 W$ E& K* r% I( l      xAP Edward Livingston, x5 S4 o& u* n' M8 A2 Z
      xAP Edwin Markham' {# l$ z9 ]& @
      xAP Elihu Thomson& a; ^& U9 u9 e" a
      xAP Frances E. Willard0 u9 y( b" t9 [/ R& y' U
      xAP Francis P. Blair; r! J5 }' t% f
      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire) a% ?+ Y. d. |' r% H: c8 D8 l7 q
      xAP Leland Stanford
* E% O3 x  B* W1 H- `* C# O; D      xAP Leslie M. Shaw) r; n% @$ M- `7 c
      xAP Lew Wallace
4 U! v0 C; Y& I% ]. r$ t1 b      xAP Lewis Cass
! t# V" K! S2 \1 Z0 M      xAP Lydia M. Child! l% x( u! \0 _0 |
      xAP Samuel Gompers8 O* }; b7 n0 o$ ?( O$ _! X) [
      xAP Stanley Matthews
% V. i- }1 f9 M  t/ N      xAP Stephen J. Field& b& m! x- ]; d
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
2 Y# L: o! [+ C2 ?% u; c& b      xAP Thomas A. Edison
$ F+ X8 ]- r* h* Y' ?6 s      xAP Thomas Nast! V# c" {$ C: t( T( n, G9 y3 w
      xAP Thomas Nelson" Q  w9 N. ?& M* g
      xAP Vitus Bering
9 R, N! G6 ?/ v2 w* N" F' a      xAP Walter Colton
3 ]3 N+ }6 g6 O  c  U' N2 [      xAP William C. Claiborne- b! o* N  |+ x8 q' c
      xAP William Dunbar7 R' K5 v9 J: q- j
      xAP William E. Channing
2 \2 O; n0 r! a) f      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 20 _- w$ m3 M$ n+ X& }' f$ [4 ?% t7 f
      xAP William L. Garrison
; q# O2 Z5 K1 W9 v0 s8 ]4 z      xAP William M. Stewart- C) J  d7 l% P
      xAP William P. McArthur
9 n+ o: @' s1 F+ v1 l! @9 N      xAP William T. Sherman
$ p: O' _5 r) @, i) w2 e      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
7 Z4 C! H5 I0 o2 y/ `( d, a4 E      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
1 W! a; `4 B1 w* _- i* ]3 R$ w      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
: `7 @7 m3 D; ~* A  x# O7 ^9 S4 e      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 ~9 y  q5 Z3 b9 v% W. |
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
. t: a: w& V/ n. v      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: |: _" g; W  E( b. j7 P' g
      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: K0 o- {/ R% b3 c4 i+ q
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
" {2 G& m) ?! P& d      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
/ j1 R' o6 T! q8 K& t; x      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* p/ _* t7 s# J1 R1 H7 q/ n      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
+ g5 p+ v* o+ n) b, I5 o4 Z7 q; ^      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1
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Allied ground losses:7 S! i& A1 @- e$ A# N2 t+ G* p( E
      2171 casualties reported$ D( M8 z: }. d1 n, C' V
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
0 i( J* V! f9 C: N& D' H" k         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
9 K  K* Y9 L$ `+ Q/ U         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
, l0 Z4 Y1 b& ~* h7 a      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)  S( d5 Y( u! G; `# ~
      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards+ ^8 T) _  b6 D6 U

8 B, Y! K% ^) E4 N1 t* bJapanese Ships
# Y3 A6 {3 t% f4 `5 i      CA Tone
  ~0 |" I- J" Z; k; @) d1 U      CA Chikuma; U  }! V, p: ?, J! o8 X
      CA Mogami* j% }0 Y) _+ d: Q
      CA Mikuma
% a9 `9 w9 R8 k8 d; {) e. h+ s2 Y' i  F$ n      CA Suzuya$ h: B( j+ i8 n7 {9 A* T% p( H) Q9 G
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1- c/ K- l! _8 N" n5 e
      DD Haruzuki# f% d/ @5 B" H/ s
      DD Naganami4 X: g9 P/ }$ N' @& U4 {
      DD Myojinkaze
' t, ]7 C0 Y- e9 F      DD Kosukaze
5 c1 k9 D$ q  @& U      DD Yamanakaze
3 M# ]( {6 h. U5 |      DD Urazuki
3 I7 F! m- G/ D" D9 V      DD Benigumo
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Allied Ships: p$ L' D* t, h1 O1 u8 B( U' x
      xAP Golden Racer
4 S' V0 P% s( @% ^8 G      xAP Mallory Lykes
  y+ b8 ?0 L& t7 d5 S1 ]      xAP Abigail Adams( L8 }' M+ ~# J6 E# X9 B( B
      xAP Adoniram Judson% T) p* J) }; i, i2 E# p+ H# f
      xAP Andrew D. White7 k2 E5 O# D& }2 J) z# l
      xAP Andrew Furuseth! p; o  ~- A7 I# y& C' e' @. |
      xAP Archbishop Lamy
# D( N3 B2 _) Y3 W; o) ^/ i      xAP B. F. Shaw
: N1 ]7 d6 ~) M, W' U8 z3 E      xAP B. Livingston: p' ^1 B) _4 _, `6 z
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
5 Q/ _' {! W0 E4 d* z4 V* p0 ^      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
% N: w  K% r' M+ Z6 p! ~      xAP Benjamin Lundy* ^0 a! @9 P$ f6 Y/ i: ~6 b
      xAP Caleb Strong+ }; i" C* w) B% Z: T+ j; r
      xAP Carlos Carrillo9 r0 c: S) ~0 v8 e* M+ ^6 j
      xAP Charles H. Windham
. b. ]4 V7 t( R# ]& l) i      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
5 @5 U% W3 q1 U) w$ ?9 j      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
+ ?# \0 M" S# P5 i, G' K$ n2 z      xAP Daniel Drake
4 K. `6 a7 E- N  S      xAP Daniel S. Lamont1 p8 _0 D3 Y' q0 T( z5 w4 A8 X
      xAP David Dudley Field
7 a- p0 }7 p: A' ^0 ?0 f      xAP David Gaillard
, A( ]* M3 Y" Z      xAP David J. Brewer
/ {- b! r3 Z: n0 S0 f      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire# A5 Q' _7 a0 f! z( v0 {
      xAP Edward Livingston
. M6 Q6 D3 Q5 o+ \, W      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 28 i5 P9 w4 t3 u2 y
      xAP Elihu Thomson# K, U, U8 u. a  Z+ t0 i' V' q! w# ?: ~
      xAP Frances E. Willard# `' N( X0 n: g% J; O
      xAP Francis P. Blair1 _) Q/ N  J) f( e! G
      xAP Leland Stanford' Z0 W6 D% M# w$ O) V0 f
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw. p5 r  x5 X' Q8 [; y; U
      xAP Lew Wallace/ n7 Y! P, Q2 V4 B2 i$ l# p
      xAP Lewis Cass. C* ]* t# J+ M9 C9 j' X& F
      xAP Lydia M. Child
, u7 c( x, I7 ^) x& O2 L      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. ~) O/ \& w2 e2 M
      xAP Stanley Matthews6 Z& A8 S4 H- Q* b% {+ P% h+ ^
      xAP Stephen J. Field7 c  {- O% V+ G2 W+ d
      xAP Stephen M. White. I/ m2 q( a; ~0 u. N
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
* P, y) I+ }1 g' X2 y; J0 f/ U      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
: @/ ~6 ~8 F5 J/ A      xAP Vitus Bering
- V0 `$ Q5 E, [! T2 P; {+ }      xAP Walter Colton# w* \! F1 i) c" J8 p8 p* v
      xAP William C. Claiborne6 X8 s. K# o1 Y0 O
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire2 }" o8 p8 `: A5 t+ k; M) h; V0 W
      xAP William E. Channing
1 F3 s; [6 n, R3 V1 H( }: G1 r2 }9 \      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
; n1 X9 f  r4 V  C: o! C' N      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
& G! |# l5 Q* r( s: m- t      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire; M2 R/ @, l1 f+ f3 X
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 k7 ^! l. Z0 @$ k4 S, R
      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  A: Y  ~0 O2 r      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" M/ a- [: u. E$ \' ^0 A7 m, I      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" C. v9 `" i/ l# L/ A3 P& {      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- b5 V! j/ W( {# H8 `5 J      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
, ^& I9 s* f* n      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
- q# L. u- ?8 O$ I& T      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk  J& i& W6 I0 h* H' s6 ~) r6 i
      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
7 e) S4 Q4 ^& p' T# x& A. H      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires! P$ `2 C* n$ u% P4 ~
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* n9 ^# c6 r  m
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 {. {. w2 W. T- L6 A+ Z2 A. g      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* }3 p$ K& k! A  Z) v. b      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ ]9 e! d* v, ]# o- Y9 B, C      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ A# L: g  S* n0 i! M7 V% n; h      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
8 b& l$ O. b$ Y# ]" Q      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 y, P4 Q+ \/ t, D+ Y% g
      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire+ X' w9 D. `5 b' ]! O' f
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 k: F5 Q: p- X" L
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire) `! A& [6 F$ Y
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 z) D  j& a; f6 x: s/ U5 Q: E
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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Allied ground losses:
6 U, _8 _5 P$ z3 }      1589 casualties reported3 i2 z. w6 n% O" Z& w, y% H% p; O
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled) Y, r0 g- A! \# Y9 L
         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled
$ Y6 `* ^# P$ k( |) n         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled7 P/ g% {% d& O% p$ b8 c
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
# n! U" N7 a& P- S$ C' X; n: d      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队
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# X* ?, b2 ]) n8 mGround combat at Ponape (119,113)4 Q) v9 o- r* s) _0 A

' h3 G# `& K% o! Z/ hAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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  |. [8 q9 D6 Z$ n' |( N% CAllied adjusted assault: 1865 ( y' h% p: n" \. A- U
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Japanese adjusted defense: 57
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1
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, B1 u- D' q* f0 G" P3 z. b% {Combat modifiers( ]1 V( f# {$ l1 c% k* [* A
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-): G" U- f; A( i' @9 V+ b
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
1 L" Y, h: S6 U* t      2583 casualties reported
2 e1 w9 A4 T* f( W- w         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled& N/ L/ i) J. M3 z- `  K
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
& l% O8 J: f1 z/ G, n# m; u         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled6 ^9 S! X# ?+ X$ A% h# m% E
      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled). O: j5 j( t* T4 ?" u: L9 ]5 _
      Units destroyed 1" w: V" S; o: ]% {- s
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Allied ground losses:2 x  d  L& Y3 x9 _$ U  o
      107 casualties reported
! a9 O. [5 p# H$ y$ M7 E9 w* {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled  Y( s0 c- f* h+ w
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
; c1 X; N) u7 X         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled3 C6 e" E+ G6 P9 I( ?4 P
      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)! a# O" h" Y! @- L2 ]/ M* e* p6 N8 T
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Assaulting units:5 N; w2 \2 y) ]- T1 h" ~* ^# ~7 [
    6th Infantry Division' ?' E/ W1 |6 ~4 w
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
. u3 D. j* g( o- r4 P    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
, p' M0 F# P" O: @: d" [    710th Tank Battalion
8 a$ d& O; E) e. y' z2 V+ ?' s    81st Infantry Division+ N! d/ J- i, t- b
    767th Tank Battalion& x# @$ p' D4 \% D( X- H
    716th Tank Battalion
! U, ^2 T0 @* Q8 N7 A    44th Tank Battalion
/ X7 e3 j/ m6 W- r" u' Z    711th Tank Battalion, H0 U  a" r% {+ n2 t
    762nd Tank Battalion
' t: r( M0 k) i( o    5th Marine Division
4 f( C- A, Z' c- R; l    112th Cavalry Regiment. K! L7 i  e+ d$ h# |' x; x. v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
% s2 _2 [/ z0 T0 s- F4 E    706th Tank Battalion( H; \5 V1 W$ w$ @
    96th Infantry Division- t% O$ F. C- p! c# T# [; Q
    XIV US Corps! @7 M# r7 M: u
    4th USA Defense Battalion
% {$ g" H4 \' ?    X Corps Artillery
9 c2 a# ~; ?1 t! B+ l$ ^1 f5 j8 L    738th Coast AA Regiment. I0 k% S! g& }2 k. m8 ^
    5th USA Defense Battalion9 a, j, X7 M7 }- K2 D5 W
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment4 _2 \! O3 M# I* D1 z6 L, x, z
    14th Marine Defense Battalion% l% c8 s* q; d
    I Corps Artillery
! a* Y7 \' T$ V5 S: E6 @0 G! H1 `) X    12th Marine Defense Battalion
! V+ L5 K, V1 @) j" J5 i7 r& `    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion! H. F7 g# [4 U( U5 O
    1st USMC AA Battalion
$ Q$ I' \( A8 e( R/ r$ a5 u, X    35th Aviation Base Force
: a5 |5 \0 |$ w) f    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment* @  g' d- @  o! e+ u5 T4 M
    96th Coast AA Regiment
% t# b) y. a. q" W! b    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 x# v! U9 c& j9 {) S$ C0 y    8th Marine Defense Battalion' V( g2 m3 g- z0 c8 @
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment$ C6 n  t; [/ n% [6 L! c2 M8 Y: O

$ @3 B! j# W' O4 XDefending units:
9 F% W! L3 j: I) }    81st Division6 g* b8 G( o4 x
    33rd Division) c* ]( F3 g. |+ B3 D! Y& i* V
    Sasebo 7th SNLF2 N' i; Q! t9 T1 x, s2 `- e( `
    52nd Naval Guard Unit% S2 g5 Z" K4 I/ @8 }2 t
    Ponape Naval Fortress
+ T" V/ F# L/ z    63rd Field AA Battalion& A& d" t% u/ E: a* h+ F
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 z; X# C% i2 g) ]# [2 R) L
    14th Area Army /14 L) w* j% t& ]: L
    61st Field AA Battalion
3 K( e1 Z# j7 D# ^& y4 v    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
# m! z5 l! y' U5 S6 `( {    3rd Base Force
1 Y( d/ C6 A# L5 f    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
1 }# N# v5 K9 v4 k    19th JAAF Base Force# k/ |) v5 n& h* \% g
    53rd Construction Battalion
! z# V* P7 d4 ?9 I, U    12th Air Fleet
/ @$ Q+ b$ m  F    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 N% c; j. A8 L8 u5 s5 ]
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ i2 p$ ^$ N# j( i. X+ }3 h    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion* @, f7 X5 H+ C3 O
    Kure 7th SNLF! {9 l! b6 N6 a( k
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
) G* P% q( [$ Q* X3 s: j8 @    144th Infantry Regiment7 w) a; j4 W5 y9 k1 {
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 }! Y5 c+ A7 l/ ^7 w
    18th Army3 z& ]* {+ _& I
    138th Infantry Regiment( }7 p, j( n4 \' t3 ~# h
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment: X& ]2 W! @% [3 l' H
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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! y! L4 }1 G6 U# g20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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. D; ?& u; [" V( w5 ?' r: Q14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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, ~' ]9 j7 ?+ N3 ^- e- X  L( I61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!  p' b3 ^' b2 p* ]( l

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2 V4 `- x. r0 ~  ?( r. S7 qKure 7th SNLF Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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# T2 m: C" J, a; I8 e* |18th Field AF Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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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