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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。
, F$ v" j4 i# N1 TGround combat at Wake Island (136,98); s, A4 _7 w9 s
1 Y" x7 P. d2 G! T# h+ f( FAllied Shock attack
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! l4 H) g3 R( m( ^2 HAttacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2805 ]! x8 K0 r# K9 ~! x* A
' {- P. j7 |; Z, c) t+ _5 xDefending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 A9 x6 W9 W$ u% \! h l) F; v+ Y
! F1 N9 q4 L* z: a+ w( C) v% V$ Z EAllied adjusted assault: 21 + t2 i6 \9 q3 }5 Z2 @
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Japanese adjusted defense: 10
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Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) % C3 {9 j8 L( C6 o, v
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0( f5 {* v6 L/ B) _
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Combat modifiers
4 E) C4 t1 C6 b0 ]# g4 h% VDefender: disruption(-), experience(-)7 M& [. e7 I- V' l
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)0 x0 Q# g5 _" T- \* w
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Japanese ground losses:
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8 @( O8 j5 }) e4 s Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled' f, D0 ?3 d# C+ r
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled4 B9 i$ ~ t8 l$ b" u+ B! F& H6 H
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled* k& c/ ^/ I* i0 T0 k, U
Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)7 Z9 U1 D) a0 w
; Z; t; @4 p$ Q% e8 T3 wAllied ground losses:
* _( A( k$ }0 W# L$ } 599 casualties reported% G& @! T5 u/ X+ I# v8 x( |
Squads: 21 destroyed, 49 disabled
; z0 d* s* ]6 C6 F+ z+ C' f Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled o; F; O- H4 {9 v3 l" X
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
! ]0 g K, v5 O7 B( ?6 i Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)% \( I( M N% E$ G. B
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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" K1 L4 _8 c/ v( f* X1 q0 tAssaulting units:
; X# C& Y9 i, J" K, k( u" v 3rd Marine Division
8 ?. U( L, a6 W 2nd USMC Tank Battalion
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53rd Naval Guard Unit
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Maizuru 2nd SNLF
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Sasebo 7th SNLF /1
- I) a/ ~. ~/ o4 L 34th JNAF AF Unit |