9月15日, m: |5 G+ o' w6 z
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 N( w# f8 R; A/ I2 ~Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)
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Allied Shock attack# I/ T& |1 V H
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Attacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 2801 O: N4 Z' n( B: \# _
D0 e% \+ k/ b8 t6 bDefending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 936 d/ t5 k9 B. }( K( v7 v6 D5 ?: p
! K3 y9 t2 Y6 \: v0 L# }) IAllied adjusted assault: 21 / O* {+ Z! A- M: s/ o6 u y! k
# `) o n# b& O/ s6 K$ z6 XJapanese adjusted defense: 10 # ?. K/ M+ O: y2 ]3 _
, D8 N0 l0 [& W5 wAllied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
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Combat modifiers
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Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
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Japanese ground losses:
$ O4 E# [& j$ ?, M% ? 1691 casualties reported
7 [; s5 R4 n% B Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled8 o& {$ d0 M( e
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled
0 n# W1 W! L+ K- e; j Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
, h; F; Y2 }8 E, l" U" l( I$ ~ Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled); B/ {! |# C1 b1 l/ f2 p
- T% F5 l ~* A& UAllied ground losses:
$ [/ V% ?& S& J8 z% | H5 x7 l 599 casualties reported( E. {' l$ Y: i& |8 f9 }) Y, D
Squads: 21 destroyed, 49 disabled
" c2 [/ {. @/ i; `1 w' t# v Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
^! j! L% f y- I( k 3rd Marine Division
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! Y, o0 i9 ` L: F; c6 HDefending units:
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Kure 3rd SNLF5 W2 K, S: d: }# R' @+ c
Maizuru 2nd SNLF2 J7 h, L# k* d, L- a! d
Yokosuka 7th SNLF. X- B3 ]3 J; @/ N5 g
Sasebo 7th SNLF /1
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