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威克岛上盟军在压倒性的优势火力下稳步前进,地面上的帝国守军继续顽强奋战在越来越小的阵地上,当天再次以劣势的兵力抵挡住了盟军出尽全力的总攻。. M& C) U; o+ X1 k, ^8 o
Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)) F$ D. g6 A0 _9 l
7 o2 Z% T0 V" {! ~/ G. rAllied Shock attack
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Attacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 280
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Defending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 936 L+ c7 G+ {3 i) [+ o; A
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Allied adjusted assault: 21
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Japanese adjusted defense: 10
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Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) ( p" G* h0 t* }% P! @1 s' i2 D
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 04 r8 J$ Z4 D' }) \4 F) s
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4 x6 I4 w* D: C7 y' \; m) A4 LDefender: disruption(-), experience(-)# j1 G. j& Y5 N; T
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:% u$ U, G% n. f: c, M% w1 n- Z7 R
1691 casualties reported2 F! _* o" s4 J8 {0 \) U
Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled
6 i% Y8 J6 N ` [! s* }$ B Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled" w( X- P5 w F% e4 V
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled. c* w" G/ F! ]* j1 Z s, g9 U# H
Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)
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599 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)2 O5 m' {% ]* g3 `' R
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
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2nd USMC Tank Battalion4 W4 a1 C1 d% S# J1 j
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Defending units:
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J; {) D+ p5 v' f L5 f0 s8 C Maizuru 2nd SNLF
' s" q3 D6 Y& X- b6 _' ^ Yokosuka 7th SNLF
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