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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。8 W, e/ T% Q( S! v; f
Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)7 w0 ` R. j7 Z) C+ {$ c0 s/ u
. d2 {9 D! m! `/ T, RAllied Shock attack6 L, }- |! e5 Q, k
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Attacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 280) o* m7 A2 j, e7 A
3 b8 g" H' ]1 \/ i7 }4 Y: nDefending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 93$ C) x6 q% K1 P" h5 Z+ \
) G0 u/ G! C* O5 FAllied adjusted assault: 21 7 O3 A- I: m# u3 s/ W$ k6 f
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Japanese adjusted defense: 10
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7 @$ L$ R4 `$ P: lAllied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) : D- U, r- j! P! Y
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
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: ^8 G: |0 {! O; S% N d: T" ~, R/ VCombat modifiers% f+ D& @9 O j8 s
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
! W5 B* Z& I- u8 L- JAttacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
: M# W& ~" W# A 1691 casualties reported
) q! P7 U' `' |. s; x8 N: Y Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled9 S( q9 Q* p* H( P$ u- s
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled6 D8 w* S" M9 |4 X
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled2 Z# E3 ~/ [* U* s5 z8 e: u
Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)
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) ?; \' l! K8 i! ~: ?Allied ground losses:
/ S$ O" m5 l9 v 599 casualties reported1 N. I7 i; ~3 L o9 w
Squads: 21 destroyed, 49 disabled' @; D8 q7 [ `) F+ k% R
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled: y) Y' z6 L! H0 E2 `% I4 A4 Y
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled6 ^7 D( i. Z- [1 m
Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)
6 h5 Y+ Q ?3 T9 L: d Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)* |+ @( Z7 R2 b
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Assaulting units:
$ `3 l ^ M6 A n 3rd Marine Division
: `- L# V) k _8 {3 | 2nd USMC Tank Battalion5 @; h2 x$ \9 @0 E7 [. Z+ P. @3 @
8 X3 N7 y0 J1 \Defending units:) [8 |# [( Y4 N/ E/ A: S; J
53rd Naval Guard Unit7 h4 h% p$ _, p, v, E8 Y( A9 ^
Kure 3rd SNLF4 p# Q3 W' v, \7 C4 r
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
% h8 i. j1 g5 t" l$ `4 ]1 t Yokosuka 7th SNLF3 b h0 c$ M% T0 M
Sasebo 7th SNLF /14 T8 v5 N8 q, R, Z; X
34th JNAF AF Unit |