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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。
9 r# m+ O6 [" _, NGround combat at Wake Island (136,98)9 V% |) Y, s( [9 ~1 K5 s
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Allied Shock attack6 S' H) v: X# r/ E
3 Q0 q" [; I( a- FAttacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 280: ^, Y/ n4 ^, W# i& \- U
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Defending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 93) R5 w1 P" S& F$ n9 F
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Allied adjusted assault: 21 8 R0 V6 l! a/ X% i& ]
# _* A6 }" A9 J5 x- I/ JJapanese adjusted defense: 10 6 T a$ R* H, K9 R" F
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Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) 0 f( H/ Z0 Q/ m/ {2 \! [) ^+ o
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
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Combat modifiers. G( Y4 V" ~1 Y0 n( _8 }4 ]. g6 H; K
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
# b+ o' q, i/ b% LAttacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:' t" |$ K) A u9 A) g
1691 casualties reported
- l: Z* ^3 q% A; ?6 S Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled
% h( q" T- n/ |# U( \4 L, `# T3 o$ ? Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled
+ \* a- L( h$ w O8 t G/ N Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled( U; B) ?+ N ^- N0 F
Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)! U9 {4 H& u% O9 r0 T
8 b$ P( g! g- g% W% {9 M4 ^Allied ground losses:
( j) V8 I3 ~* ]6 I) z" F9 j3 R 599 casualties reported
* v. ?/ V% P8 @( P' a9 T* |9 |: v Squads: 21 destroyed, 49 disabled+ N' |& s0 u+ P/ ~
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
" \4 f) e p% Q7 H+ C Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled1 [( B) m7 p0 h: x
Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)9 J! h3 M* M6 C9 n: H1 ]3 c5 F
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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6 c3 ]8 e, R$ O$ XAssaulting units:
* ^& J0 q) W5 N% j9 N7 r! g 3rd Marine Division
0 v0 [9 k& ]* a$ l 2nd USMC Tank Battalion
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( b9 S1 ]4 S$ z* `! M+ \. |* ZDefending units:, s! [% r, C, Q8 F: V
53rd Naval Guard Unit
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Maizuru 2nd SNLF
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Sasebo 7th SNLF /1
# q) z8 _, ?/ T' k! e* R) Q 34th JNAF AF Unit |