lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。8 g7 z4 C! Y" Y/ [! h8 o, G. U

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
1 U( S) U0 n8 R/ F : @5 f2 ]$ C6 B, S- b( g: e
Allied Deliberate attack
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, C1 W  ~! X4 j0 v2 RAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
2 D0 r: M$ f# x5 `' b) R, I . D0 E/ t( H- ?# e; R, Q6 |$ e! l' e
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8! W- p' n. }  z: R% [+ P
5 X: x* G8 l* z) F/ C* `! F
Allied adjusted assault: 3564 + e! R( w0 R) n: ^/ j6 @

8 H# v" M% F6 O2 oJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) * E1 z8 x: _6 K# q* B" l

' ^% ?4 \; {* BCombat modifiers
5 f- r/ C$ h! m+ YDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-); K9 }: `; V+ b; m5 G5 {
Attacker:
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6 q$ Y3 A9 V. CJapanese ground losses:
6 I7 H7 ]5 V+ x- J* f1 i6 S8 e      3386 casualties reported$ q$ w% k9 X8 f8 B% t
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
; Q( z# C4 o( _' j# j7 E( }4 I         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
; D! [. e- Q: l- R0 \0 O         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled- D+ L5 `- _, \0 U. c7 h: n* M
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
: w; P) s* I: j7 b. z/ K, ^      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)( g# N7 X9 W8 q
      Units destroyed 1
. x' M/ ]% A" S3 A! U. j2 H
7 `8 r+ O0 j) O" XAllied ground losses:/ S7 F; b+ a0 H/ g* K; E( h9 V, w: f
      5163 casualties reported# c% S9 h% t9 D5 S0 j
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled: U% q# ~6 o  d! A) q% Q4 t
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
/ f' L+ B) x; ]7 Q0 A         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
  M! |9 J* Q* g1 J      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)0 J- U% Z5 C; a3 w/ \0 ?; z
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)" T0 _5 ^# ~# F) T. w, Q7 c
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Assaulting units:* Y) m0 s  W+ s8 k" w
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion* E. ^9 `: ?2 [1 P: ?4 S% ?3 F0 x
    710th Tank Battalion
/ T- K5 I6 }3 {$ W    6th Infantry Division& i* r$ B! ?" Y. `4 B
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 I6 B. J; H' R. T0 |" i8 v$ n( F    44th Tank Battalion  m2 U" x) G# Q
    81st Infantry Division
5 k. a7 q4 o1 Z1 F% a# N" j% k5 A    762nd Tank Battalion+ a9 f9 e1 Z- B: u2 B8 B& m+ ~* E
    767th Tank Battalion* O+ x# e. w& Z+ a( [) L# K6 s
    711th Tank Battalion
+ Y6 s* T# ?& A1 j3 o    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
9 L6 O4 R# s5 r; D, H: i5 Z    5th Marine Division
- B2 n# J! r3 v: }2 ~' d7 [    716th Tank Battalion
: m. N$ Y; T! m    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
/ h( K5 c' S+ [) p" _7 F# a    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
( @# O4 }& ^2 W2 v    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment$ W4 x7 r, }0 i6 ^# V8 \
    706th Tank Battalion
1 I% M8 a! u; n. h    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 c$ l% H/ R4 Y/ `, s) m4 x    96th Infantry Division
& _- b) y# ]  g) b    31st Infantry Regiment" k- P4 x9 V9 {- N
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ g9 O. E) Z6 p# v( V  f' P    I Corps Artillery
3 M0 K* ?* D: P    12th Marine Defense Battalion6 J2 L) P$ Z- A2 x/ `6 b3 a
    1st USMC AA Battalion
) c  \$ r0 q# R! L" u1 `    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
% q3 z$ S( Y, t! A    XIV US Corps
2 N2 p7 F/ H  k7 ]- y* x; Q& u    14th Marine Defense Battalion" i5 Z! O7 E; K0 u# c
    5th USA Defense Battalion2 Z6 O% b3 O- v- l% t4 _6 C3 h% X
    8th Marine Defense Battalion( k0 e3 x7 g+ c" j4 y0 e) _
    738th Coast AA Regiment
( ~5 w4 a7 p* }% Y0 w* m7 p: \3 O    X Corps Artillery
# e& ]- W; k* W4 }  F    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment- x3 h2 D! P/ W  s: v
    96th Coast AA Regiment
# `( k+ Z6 j  q4 y    4th USA Defense Battalion9 t; a3 I! M% _- Z- ^
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 V7 \! n2 i: c4 e
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment0 N7 F+ @) r% E* A' \4 x

' x+ V' A6 x3 q4 E( wDefending units:
/ U4 @" B2 e. k1 K; H    Kure 7th SNLF
; f( Y& S  `2 r7 B! u( ?' e    81st/A Division
! P" L9 F* L  o. _0 `" o    Kure 3rd SNLF
9 r, u9 _, E* i4 Y& N8 N, s2 F    33rd/B Division* U  b8 ?/ v0 G4 P  x- Z
    33rd/A Division
" x6 j( \- G% s% d9 f, `- v# O8 T    81st/C Division2 u# O6 w2 O6 {3 u+ J+ `) p7 w* k& o
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment8 U  Z/ t- ~9 n
    52nd Naval Guard Unit# t* B2 U' a# e" p( b
    138th Infantry Regiment( [/ |& O7 |2 v5 y
    Sasebo 7th SNLF. T1 G; u% N) U% y7 ~2 r( V( p* v
    144th Infantry Regiment
: g: O* U/ K9 J8 Y( @- \+ O2 u4 }    81st/B Division
1 u8 f4 l. ]6 U, p* H, x  ^    33rd/C Division
; l, c6 y+ X$ x" v* Z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) E, l+ g% f# ]8 u
    18th Army8 C) r( k" h& A/ H: z4 |0 i' L+ ~
    60th Field AA Battalion
, x" r1 \. i, p$ x  w+ j    23rd Fld AA Gun Co . L$ u5 d9 Q, r! G: }$ z
    Ponape Naval Fortress
8 L9 ]7 X$ a$ Y    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment  `; L+ t+ B3 H% `, x' }; g
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
4 Y' n" o5 T& Y8 B# }) C6 i# ?* l    53rd Construction Battalion
0 k1 C/ \' ?, N    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion. E0 E- V3 F" R8 p) ^% z
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
1 c* z+ [, E4 H1 N7 }; u    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
! ^5 {6 ~8 x) Q7 A: d    19th JAAF Base Force
# y8 t/ o% g" h8 f7 R& w) p# Q/ l    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
1 \* d0 S$ }9 l+ H2 S    14th Area Army /1
9 ~6 i- U1 Z6 j) s) G! d    63rd Field AA Battalion
- C0 o4 n: X+ s: O5 K, I    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
% [7 s& \0 O# m+ J    3rd Base Force6 y, M4 M) {* F9 h
    12th Air Fleet% I# U6 D# Z) R7 C
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment( D* f: }( R3 f2 j) K' K
    61st Field AA Battalion
8 P: I0 N7 b6 y2 }+ a6 ^    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 W& Z# U! d5 s  K- R
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
2 y6 e$ R& t( |9 B7 X/ |  `) I4 o/ r    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /38 t; t: }. G& Z" v* x; @
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。, @) b" Q/ J) P+ d) w% K# q
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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: ]+ q" ^2 W/ _. H6 TJapanese Shock attack. K( `- N, n6 M! n2 Q* f

) v; [6 y! I  k+ P& \0 N+ Q7 wAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761# M+ S$ p' |7 k& J# ]4 j6 E" o5 G

6 L4 Z; ~) Z* t, pDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
0 z" I: D, }) q4 Z
  R$ g) G9 o% |6 xJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
: E7 `6 c+ l8 {: o& L5 K : W7 T1 c2 l; S; f; l+ ?
Allied adjusted defense: 10 : m" A: h, }4 |# U8 M, F

. i9 ]' ]- J8 S' Y* x, ~( g  cJapanese assault odds: 137 to 1 $ n- R6 s* {4 E1 B" z

, F6 b9 Y" T- q, O- X9 mCombat modifiers
4 f8 t5 K; R! }! v/ rDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)" |# B0 }$ n2 B3 [- S# F; V
Attacker: shock(+)
9 U6 B' D5 R8 G3 _: s3 w
! b1 x/ E5 r3 y; J( UJapanese ground losses:
0 ^- d" V7 t0 m0 q      530 casualties reported
* V( f; ?& `5 b. O. F         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled' J$ h0 \" S+ f- _* V
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
( t0 O6 p+ G# i# \- i& e6 x1 A2 d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled  o& j5 \) _) F. V& N
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
  f  B: ^: G7 p: h! P; Q& N8 W % {# x! D( g8 \" z- U
Allied ground losses:- S, K: q( e. A' `! O. ?- k# @' n
      891 casualties reported
; @& P0 a8 q8 V         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled8 i3 {; m2 `, I: \% Y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled3 \/ E+ ^9 G3 Q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! b2 [8 `/ q! Y- r6 i
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)+ m; q5 v' k1 G8 L3 S; F
5 q; w) g3 X5 F8 E6 l+ f/ [7 |
Assaulting units:* R' h: F% {$ S
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
! }1 t1 ]2 |' Y* y/ }7 r    21st Division
8 r0 |0 S1 F' K' \& o    4th Division5 X! ~6 L0 F% y$ u
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment# Q6 t5 \& M$ t- ~/ O. c/ `
    23rd Tank Regiment
- E# E, S, k+ H/ |# I* T+ K0 z2 b    32nd Division- h3 o7 L" ~. d3 R( F
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF1 }0 w/ D6 J8 I7 |# B
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion  x( q) U! ~0 L% O4 l
    6th Area Army7 v/ b3 I! a" Z9 V
    103rd AA Regiment
' f6 Y- J1 R! I& f: [    1st JNAF Coy 7 I& _0 C6 m( m6 `  E
    13th Army
& [8 q" J3 v4 _0 w8 Z* S6 m& I, D& A    141st AA Regiment
0 v! Z3 u" `( K1 w! m    4th Ind. AA Battalion
+ X; }2 X) ~( Z1 @* m ! M! J& D+ w( u5 `
Defending units:$ k; Q8 {+ p. {$ k. @
    50th Indian Para Brigade: F3 Y( s* N- z  v

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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males - \$ S) a& c* \, B
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日
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) k  A  O+ m( t. g7 M盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载% E3 j% e" _1 ?# O( i

' T: d1 W" }) {" l) k, T% j7 ~AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
# g/ E! A) X  i/ R; R2 S) BDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
$ o7 Q. o3 s/ x
) V: W7 m( W- O  K) }5 |* _Allied Ships7 x; J8 i8 |6 s8 _& |9 f+ \# Y
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) R6 M2 h* g, d  ~+ W" a5 m      LST-81- Y7 N. b# f; `0 O: F4 C1 n
      LST-74, Shell hits 3' ^7 l% j" F/ p# `& g5 T8 b6 V! m" W
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage- q4 G$ U4 B. V
      LST-78
7 o7 Y# m: n* H# d& H      LST 209( ]& S, @( [( Z: R
      LST-8893 N  P6 G" g0 p- f9 u4 U
      LST-246
; M  c8 A/ n/ P- D, \& ~2 J      LST-240
8 P( s# i- j9 b7 g1 ?" |8 Z      LST-2044 I5 L7 }; ?! W/ u3 s9 a% j
      LST-202
, ], s: G' C7 a( Y      LST-123/ U& o; q/ r" t  j/ ~  T
      LST-121' S, n2 S+ @4 J% ]; ?
      LST-1206 s4 v5 N9 S- V$ J
      LST-86
) B% h2 R6 U7 Q. }      LST-854 J; H5 V  U- C3 L
      LST-84  D0 ~7 t4 V9 Z4 b5 M
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)& O2 \  T7 k# @. ]% x
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
0 k+ \! L- d6 h' T$ _) C( Z ) M0 q3 f' p' ^9 `
Allied Ships, N# b$ z7 N8 K; P
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 z0 l5 A; w8 O2 X  h2 [9 V      LST-83, Shell hits 3
5 D8 A" k, X6 N( g' d! H+ Y% B0 @# k+ w/ G      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! f$ D+ `) G8 [* y) _
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire8 k3 z! N/ w$ P# q! }9 W
      LST-84, Shell hits 3& X6 O7 P6 I% e1 k' @
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
6 ~7 `- b+ @2 ]/ @$ X/ Y      LST 180
  m" F8 s5 `9 r      LST 157$ r: Q9 E* K5 ^" L: j* S
      LST 29 t# w9 G; U4 ?2 h
      LST-884, F! Z2 i4 u7 d) W
      LST-882
& t* l/ g  A# Z3 T7 z# C9 s2 V      LST-397
) a/ N/ c" W( f+ x0 ~, S      LST-395. Q; ]: p5 m6 |$ s- W
      LST-274
( j2 x; Z. b/ j$ D. A; N0 Q      LST-273
# A4 d' a' }8 k7 B3 B* a+ j      LST-246
0 p9 H+ a) n$ c5 j      LST-244
. u" |# ]0 e# x" n' L8 }1 ]      LST-241
* _  W" G. Z+ a      LST-2183 k! D9 R. Q( g- N9 m2 l1 s1 C
      LST-216& U2 K4 H+ s& ]& y
      LST-202& X" y  H' D/ t
      LST-171) i4 ?; T; H$ Z7 o) e; n2 h
      LST-166
" _* i4 }4 C/ n' w( I      LST-1245 z3 Y' D: y: |/ ]- f
      LST-121
( Z5 `" f: w* |& n) J* M      LST-88
  ~/ R1 p, V. e0 F6 ]% F      LST-123
; {: ~+ C/ \  V2 w& c' b4 Z$ y      LST-86
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力6 `! G) c; D8 v3 D
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. [4 j8 X' F; |Ground combat at Ponape (119,113); w6 h8 y( c1 B6 c4 K

9 {# y8 \$ |: p' w. tAllied Bombardment attack0 o4 j' R) }0 w0 \
$ h) S3 F2 ^& X. H; Z" D1 }
Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 28126 v+ E- F4 v8 H* H3 f
8 T& `5 n; {' P8 x. J0 y
Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361+ |3 X& y" @2 b' U

$ t* i6 a2 D% f, I: Z  xJapanese ground losses:
3 [% l# @- ~# i% T. s* P      406 casualties reported
, d' s% c5 X0 s$ ?! o/ A         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled! c, P0 z  n5 p
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled7 p% |- f0 g* y- o8 Q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 ^$ r/ h9 K# x1 y1 c# E5 Y: U$ ~3 R
, ?( g3 H' y9 P2 D+ ?  x
Allied ground losses:
. a; S* l  [$ B) r# m- n+ a      21 casualties reported  x* j0 b3 g6 y4 [5 q$ Z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
, P' [6 J7 h0 ^) _" c# S- @         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
- U5 t/ T6 {" R6 h  k. B# R         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 v$ x% |4 c3 x' r, t
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
7 H1 U% }5 J4 {* Y' s      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
9 h6 g5 H, Q: Y0 y! m
0 g8 Y. k% Q1 F$ e3 G! OAssaulting units:" ~9 E$ t7 u; N, C
    5th Marine/B Division, ]% ^& i: C1 ^5 W: B+ c# Q
    81st Infantry/B Division
5 e' f3 ?" w3 n    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
- |9 V/ |9 n# h    5th Marine/C Division
- |: J* i" ]6 O) V4 e6 f5 B# w& d    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion4 `( F0 H1 h: E$ E; Z9 [
    6th Infantry/B Division* ~6 }+ e4 F) g$ V  E: {
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
8 R  N; O5 O" |) Q8 @    716th Tank Battalion
' P. m' |( Q7 r% I! u+ y    81st Infantry/C Division1 @( r2 n: `3 O8 T
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 X8 f+ `0 M$ C  H9 V7 q: w, i- Q" i- p! h    6th Infantry/C Division0 o: Q  R3 m5 W  @
    5th Marine/A Division
4 k- t& Y3 q) v1 z9 ]2 ~1 m: m    767th Tank Battalion
  x7 e3 a# x: `9 y) T/ @    96th Infantry/A Division
3 N# \& p2 r! u5 z6 ]; M6 g  p    706th Tank Battalion
6 l8 B; o; a. t- q2 n6 y    711th Tank Battalion
; n: l* z4 G% @( E    762nd Tank Battalion
) B  T7 k1 N' ?0 |2 C! Z    96th Infantry/B Division
# V( e% T7 {& {: O* B+ h    81st Infantry/A Division2 t1 Z4 M/ B' p" e" t+ c
    44th Tank Battalion
7 T( i2 v2 @4 q, e! Y4 ]    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
; D- S) g  R1 E    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
" _% G6 d' O" c    31st Infantry Regiment
" _/ S' z* {/ I6 ~    6th Infantry/A Division  g, w" P; H# ?) I- n: M3 O
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
6 T9 Z- K, F4 t8 B( c& k    710th Tank Battalion; }' i2 y# C4 p4 n
    96th Infantry/C Division
( H0 q7 v6 t6 U4 x9 \+ R# U    5th USA Defense Battalion# f' A9 ]3 q* V
    4th USA Defense Battalion: O5 r. }- Q; x& Z/ v: c
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion* @8 M9 T$ i* M0 ?8 q* o
    X Corps Artillery
9 S7 x7 V1 i2 r    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* e; _2 e, R4 m- }    XIV US Corps: [& k) |. ]6 ~# L+ ~9 r8 X. V
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 Z  o- Z+ U" {$ K- }0 b2 z. f* B& D    8th Marine Defense Battalion! {  h  N' ^% Y7 S3 L  H
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. ]$ A: U/ l3 ?/ h! a    I Corps Artillery
; T8 R3 I* w$ `0 j3 w3 |    96th Coast AA Regiment8 v% Q) Y8 |& i0 ^8 {. v
    1st USMC AA Battalion# ]# Y8 T( ^4 g& t) j& E
    738th Coast AA Regiment
! H' _# h; y' ?    12th Marine Defense Battalion4 n: H* {9 [0 n9 b8 W
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion& ^1 m$ Z* u; h* y4 L
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
, g& Q1 ]5 H2 W/ G& I, G2 ?; ^    33rd/A Division+ _. R  J* o# A6 _2 F$ I$ e) y
    81st/B Division
+ f6 ?7 K7 ~* J* M! U& N    Sasebo 7th SNLF
" h1 q. b% G+ B4 [- E    81st/C Division
6 [# s1 B6 v3 y) I+ R- ^2 Z    138th Infantry Regiment
3 s7 q+ v6 u  e; p7 I* o2 {    Kure 3rd SNLF
9 O5 @( ~3 W  E  K) T- ?    6th Guards Inf. Regiment, T+ c' c+ c8 U9 ]6 Q
    144th Infantry Regiment
8 p. e( b- ^& O5 e  ~    52nd Naval Guard Unit
1 q# U. }* @# G: u. S, n2 x5 X    33rd/B Division
- o0 R- h) k8 j; n: s" h. q" q    81st/A Division  c  G+ w4 I0 R
    33rd/C Division
# W* u' s3 q. l4 J3 y    3rd Base Force
* x% T3 W5 \7 Q2 j- v: b    19th JAAF Base Force1 J+ @0 Y0 e( J- u! z
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /15 \+ ~1 J. t1 [; }
    60th Field AA Battalion
- A% p- A9 R2 v% m8 l0 |% y2 f    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* ]& q+ w! N1 I* p1 y& t5 h    53rd Construction Battalion
9 k- Z. u  E# z  U+ C. ^; k2 d    Ponape Naval Fortress
( A. @( [" i/ f$ _% `9 p    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment. c3 ?3 I* G5 k, I
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) z! q3 t9 ?/ l3 i1 f+ B
    12th Air Fleet
% \( j9 q9 k  R+ X+ _    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& A4 }- V) F& t) _! M
    61st Field AA Battalion* `7 i/ O8 y$ q1 ?/ u8 F+ q5 N! D
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
, Q1 E( e& p3 e. @3 [, t; g0 K    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
0 \1 A% J) L. e& c4 s    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
9 C% r8 m; e4 C0 n. r    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
! Y) M0 K1 s2 o0 z9 p2 Q    14th Area Army /16 u. j, B2 R; _. L  v) D
    63rd Field AA Battalion
6 U, w& Z9 y: Z/ f6 Q4 ?* w    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
+ Y# X: J- F' c$ V; b) z8 S6 S+ L4 T0 m    Kure 7th SNLF, Y) e: U* S' s8 p- e: B& _" C
    18th Army; V9 r6 C1 b! P2 f) s" ?  d2 _. G
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co $ J/ a0 m" c# W( s5 c3 H) F8 x
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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5 c3 ^( _! {$ v7 @日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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- I) r  B2 p% m2 TSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships
6 w7 H3 Q) t8 `- U4 a+ @      E No.54
# F6 W: l+ M0 L      E No.507 t1 A( W- M- O5 Y: h1 P
      E No.686 H: I4 R4 ^5 ^
      E No.52" b; ]3 d' U+ @9 Q2 a0 Y% x

5 s3 `& q0 j, V$ D  Y, F4 CAllied Ships
& K. v' p9 I6 A2 J6 U      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk' Z* z% u0 ?4 O0 m

8 u4 Z0 ]3 S( I3 `% [* A重创另一艘* b3 [* R- p- {

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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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, F* U: P! ]/ _8 M5 ]. vJapanese Ships! d0 [4 a8 f4 R  ~$ b- G
      E No.8
5 S0 U9 q8 g* a5 `3 j" f      E No.6
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, X* p+ V5 f4 A' Z( b7 K. ?9 MAllied Ships
( t& Y! N% y9 i1 i: M+ v      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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$ H9 C# c/ H) y- k! ]; {9 ~经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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& d. L5 Y" l) z+ J6 P6 H4 mNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
5 D8 J' z6 S* n! }5 S
0 g1 \( ^* d2 g* i# V62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
+ ?" L8 K/ M9 H" l! L2 w8 I5 H; |+ Z# a% G$ d' Y
Allied Ships
: B# @: Y: b" R9 u' \      CA Wichita9 X  Q* R6 [) r+ R2 y
      CA Vincennes- c8 i  z6 `# K
      CA Quincy
2 P* W) J  x( Q8 f      CA San Francisco
( B  P/ j6 L" t0 W      CA Minneapolis
. L6 B. ~( Y+ h' z, k3 Y- V      CA Astoria3 J, D0 u- m+ a( W/ B3 M6 c: X
      CA Chicago
% [" j: v6 L" I9 o      CA Louisville. m/ X5 Z' s6 A7 ?* E' m1 n
      CA Chester
8 M8 _( s& N7 y( V5 D      CA Northampton1 y/ h* h% ?$ k8 G% u' Q- q9 F
      CA Portland$ u  N( S! ?7 [* e5 e8 K
( N6 e6 `# ]8 U: |( w+ r$ k
Japanese ground losses:$ u8 B5 _0 p' i1 Q. C2 W1 ^1 s7 Y+ K4 W
      71 casualties reported& P9 V" Q* u! u# P/ Z
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled7 A& d) S) Y$ {  B9 j! C) F
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
; R) T  D! U2 W6 |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 h, ^# ^4 r7 }) w/ k( e2 K      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled); c, C  a  `2 t6 R
% K- @; g. e, K
Airbase hits 29 n5 `( h) A4 B& J& N
Runway hits 10! X0 m# _" ?* {+ Z: I
Port hits 40 c' l4 R2 D& g: Q  }; c6 ]
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape # Z- @  |6 d. N7 F$ q0 d1 j- m
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
  C8 r2 t, ^# x# v% P+ ^Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
. a" z" D% C* k( I3 R0 aCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* E! I+ x$ h+ C) B; d
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy; i8 g, O  M% i  |7 }% N
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
$ p& j* a( p" S- p3 d# yCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ ^5 b  G6 G( Y! N  [! K
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
, X: _6 ?% p/ ~) M. nCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 h1 |9 C8 G+ ECA Chicago firing at Ponape   y, u  L- m  H8 e
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force' o4 c% e3 U: @, q
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester/ g, n1 z+ C/ l) i# H7 U
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
; c) ?0 B. M6 n- D0 SCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
( r, n0 k0 Y, Q' lOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
# r. Q0 v0 W/ s# T$ [& W! U# y" F8 e. xCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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9 P0 J4 |. H4 b+ U  x
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) O) y' o; K- }( ^Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1138 F% u9 R3 ^6 t. {0 O& r, x

7 O0 d( [( ?" b# Y" O( wAllied Ships' B: S0 G! b$ J
      BB Alabama
' ]0 F4 g9 h0 T- P5 O0 V      BB Massachusetts' k. H3 i: _* o& w/ ^+ q- F6 A
      BB Indiana6 P% R/ c" n! f7 @$ L6 d3 l/ R$ h
      BB South Dakota, n2 r5 ~9 r# [# s+ o3 ?2 F/ t
      BB Washington( a2 b& e& v4 j
      BB North Carolina
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0 r' Y, }. s3 m. AJapanese ground losses:
& J; P  D; J9 `7 Z      275 casualties reported
# y9 b! [' h+ @- z$ r4 t( u3 P/ L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
& z* z$ X7 ^) t, r% \( i         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled6 L, S- x0 q( q
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled! x8 f3 H& W$ V; h+ d( l4 C
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
- I2 D* I( q6 Y. Z+ K0 |' Q1 Y      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)5 V8 y% W8 ~- Y; C# ~; S+ x$ i
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Airbase supply hits 1
# ~% E% h- w3 V) m6 WRunway hits 7
3 n8 m6 W' n% i' u0 YPort hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape
! q  L3 _1 A9 _1 r7 b  }4 e  yBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
, G. ^) j* |5 C6 NBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
0 R( E/ _) ]$ u# N% NOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota- f# ~5 Z8 ^  [3 Z% r  [; h
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape   v0 D+ }$ f" X! a  i5 p
BB Washington firing at Ponape 0 j6 v/ w7 b3 E, J- U, Y
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment  G6 A6 D2 t/ y- W+ s  e$ D
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7 t5 P7 W' y* o, R5 k: nNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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+ N7 E" h7 h. ?. g9 e  x4 iAllied Ships
$ P, I- F# w, ]* a6 J; j      BB Queen Elizabeth( {0 t  W/ @) V9 k0 B& x  r" X  S
      BB Valiant
. w, y2 `+ c: ~/ X4 I' ?      BB Mississippi  H9 P6 z+ |9 `/ L, }
      BB New Mexico+ z( H5 ^- w0 a2 f- P
      BB Idaho
! r7 E& Z3 j8 f: {- e. x0 E      BB West Virginia+ l! c' g" e: g
      BB Colorado
# n5 L' k8 |" y5 W  F0 K5 F* }% N. t; O; i' ~
Japanese ground losses:/ z& I; \/ s4 x, S; G
      117 casualties reported- j5 ?0 F' p& i& n' A
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled, g8 d$ }- R; ]. P! V& e; B4 s
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled; [# O6 g$ b5 v: Y, S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% M$ I$ R' m/ j+ ^! s      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
0 J/ g/ s2 H" e& h      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
9 J, N  o  \' ?; L, t( k2 R
% D: J) N, m7 M! g0 Q( oAirbase hits 2+ ]( F: @; D; b- ^9 X$ p
Runway hits 2" P6 Y4 D$ x" q, G0 l8 X
  _9 z- d% t: i; R% s( Z  i+ B
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 I5 g" h$ h2 I0 H( o$ {/ C7 E2 W
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 v6 D3 M& c" r9 n2 n
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. H" h: ^9 Z# J' c7 x  E7 q+ `
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
8 V2 J+ W' M* I0 R) S0 uBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
5 ]. A) Y7 S, w  OBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force3 Y1 x2 X$ H/ ]7 o
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho8 }8 }2 }5 g6 s" \' m! L7 m
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 9 E7 e' J4 R! ?7 @" [
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
" Y( x' E$ S. u3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado) P9 W! E( Z" H5 D* M$ q! C
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  W; n7 C4 x+ F& C
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- V5 |5 J( c$ w4 K1 s3 iAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 O# E* N! ]6 c, l2 m
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms, n/ a9 u& v7 B. ]* }

0 v6 g) t7 h  l5 V4 ^Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
  m+ l% i! ?* L' R. }. E3 n$ K1 C. lEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
( b" X$ H9 |: Q  y) }  C5 w5 f+ u% b" C+ E8 K% Q4 m
Allied aircraft
6 c0 A, D4 }/ X" B( x6 _      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462& [1 Z4 i; d. `3 ], G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
. b+ u% |- S8 S. T1 C( }7 K7 y      TBM-1C Avenger x 283) T. Q& g& r! h( p5 m" B7 L8 `2 u
$ J6 X3 q0 \. ]  F' v: i# E. e
Allied aircraft losses$ M& A! K' {/ D# k/ Q. e+ `' {
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged3 d; {3 J4 z9 q1 ^+ [. M" ~8 N. y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak! D5 q+ y) R: Z+ \: v6 Y5 G( _
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
3 `. H( D0 r9 V/ H6 Y      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak. B8 E8 ~$ S0 A: Q
8 R, @/ W0 H$ n" U6 `" a
Japanese ground losses:
$ ?3 a. T8 A6 J& J  D) p+ `' Z9 r      159 casualties reported  i+ l, r3 Y: f. e0 P8 z- b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
' j2 a3 I% k! n5 |; `9 d         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
, p- H, j. e; h4 Q0 H         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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' m, P/ s# S) x- u' dGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack- E! P% z  U; \& x( y
4 b9 d2 h- ?0 N( P7 _
Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13441 U6 Q3 l  A& G: ^. x8 R

3 u1 D0 E! ^4 F" O/ cAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
4 M2 L" d+ R6 t8 t( h+ o; w4 @' G+ U# B: |  c
Allied adjusted assault: 3406
, m. E* e' A. C4 V/ g; J% s# y7 k5 z7 ^. |, g0 y
Japanese adjusted defense: 8701
: k8 u  ^& l+ }7 N" Z+ P5 p6 f4 y8 q8 @* V
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 3 H" F0 m; }- m# k: ]- O+ i
2 \" @. J& i3 P; y4 j2 z
Combat modifiers
; D0 a' y' a) r! x# kDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-): `/ N' H2 G9 x. a- l( t
Attacker: / l, n# k- r5 ]% L4 {+ U5 T$ v
* T, b$ }+ m8 ]' C  P, J7 \
Japanese ground losses:
9 g! m+ B7 u! j5 G      3539 casualties reported
; L$ z* @' ]4 Q2 F         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
7 m% y" t6 {/ b+ l  i. X4 l# v         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled- k7 \) O, Q) h+ a$ b4 F
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
' b3 [7 q; {1 B$ |' f) e6 q      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)4 F% {$ w8 C0 J3 d: r" C
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
3 F8 E' h2 r' Y# h+ [+ X- p  K  F) i  B
Allied ground losses:+ j7 A2 C: H7 @8 q4 p% ], Y8 `
      3552 casualties reported: o3 s4 p  A0 I
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
1 y6 W9 J' L+ X/ R( V9 Y5 e         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
2 D6 I; p$ E; _( e         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
0 q- K" f5 y/ o8 O/ r4 e) y$ E      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
: {: A* ^$ s5 @) s" q# J* V      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled); G2 f; W/ ~6 j3 Q6 P
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
% R" |5 _3 A# X    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
% I- y! @1 M' U2 B* H/ x# L- H    5th Marine Division. |) W. I5 K2 e% t( N
    716th Tank Battalion4 B$ u' S% F$ L7 d9 X" m
    706th Tank Battalion
$ g  V3 ]' ]1 n1 p7 }! S    762nd Tank Battalion& `2 w" O2 K2 y8 ~' F/ F% g
    710th Tank Battalion" G$ D/ e, L4 c0 F" A( p5 u
    767th Tank Battalion4 Q1 W3 o7 j  C3 v4 A* }
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
$ {3 {: A( x& m, o1 u) w' t( O    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment9 X2 g) X) I( o, T) B7 U& |
    81st Infantry Division6 Q2 i- e1 U: `' k2 o3 o5 ]
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment, y8 R- s. W' k2 p" Z
    96th Infantry Division
" ]8 W. Y3 j" P0 @1 O- P3 q# @    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
5 t* h2 l3 T3 Y5 G  x    711th Tank Battalion
' P& ]. A& ?+ q& M! _9 u  e0 V    44th Tank Battalion7 c* d+ \8 R- E' S( a. V
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
0 u4 G7 a3 v) [7 R9 m' @4 U2 D    6th Infantry Division
$ p6 Y, R  Z# x9 m    1st Filipino Inf Regiment3 X# b7 y! u7 ~& C( S; ?; B
    31st Infantry Regiment  ]% s$ I; ^. z# z( X; p
    XIV US Corps
# m/ w+ G  g4 C; J; o: F    96th Coast AA Regiment
8 {  J$ ?" M! _  \    12th Marine Defense Battalion
! d( B/ U4 E, r4 J; f! @3 p( t/ x    4th USA Defense Battalion
- h# q5 X5 d- w6 E# G" b2 n    14th Marine Defense Battalion
5 `0 c6 Z& h/ H7 D7 d6 }1 _    1st USMC AA Battalion) K- c! x* D$ Y: ^
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ I: q" H) p, y# W    5th USA Defense Battalion! f4 `5 ]2 c& i& p6 Q; y/ i
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
- b- d4 n; f- m% J! a; l    738th Coast AA Regiment* E- l( q: H6 L/ z! |2 e# t
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
1 \6 P$ N, c- b; m/ R    I Corps Artillery
7 j* [; ^, e6 R: s    8th Marine Defense Battalion
. \4 z$ p4 G  A- T7 R( |    X Corps Artillery 6 [1 V7 Z. V3 Z
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion" q: h; g) T. Q! M& G$ w
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 F! S! W' H" V) S9 {

# d( K/ x3 X- JDefending units:) R  U8 c+ I  u: f7 M& l8 q
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment- g/ r6 R% [5 U& Q, {
    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 G$ y- @9 }& B6 I
    144th Infantry Regiment- r( r" y: X1 `5 N) J( x- ^
    Kure 3rd SNLF& y' v1 m7 \' w- d6 a4 s
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 n% h3 ]& S* O3 Z) [0 x    33rd/B Division
1 {3 B, h9 y" n% U) b9 T    81st/C Division3 q) C6 s1 |$ s& k2 q
    81st/A Division* G9 u3 g* x) G( R
    81st/B Division
) i6 F# D) M% U1 K$ _    33rd/A Division" o8 H5 Y( _9 v, }7 D: _3 Z
    138th Infantry Regiment
3 f- H2 p4 f+ w$ K! ?- L) ?) R' V    33rd/C Division  y) D2 A0 U. h4 j  Z' y2 Q
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 V8 K/ [9 n  d3 f& g% L# L. B9 a
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% b# }& [. E; ?4 B
    19th JAAF Base Force
( t8 ~$ W* K$ j- e/ G8 g    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ! d8 }# E# t* p- C% h( ^7 ^* Q
    12th Air Fleet
: c7 o$ _! e) ^2 R* j0 f/ N: _: _    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment; ?. Z0 L7 c6 u
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
# V: ]4 G# w+ `, ?+ ^! P, I! @* C    63rd Field AA Battalion
6 D8 w- j1 t3 ]1 j  [    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ I( A6 s! Q$ ^    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
+ _, z! f( K" G+ C" O5 W$ v+ p    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 l/ J6 l/ d8 ]8 H% o1 o- @: E4 z$ b% x3 |& D    Ponape Naval Fortress$ {; S2 R! t! v# A
    61st Field AA Battalion
2 _0 z: u% y: w7 z. R    18th Army5 g* ?2 ?+ w* ^
    14th Area Army /11 q8 Q' @! I. a; G
    60th Field AA Battalion3 t5 v/ E# R* ]- f
    53rd Construction Battalion
: {- _7 o5 {$ Y0 {$ H    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
4 G; I! B8 J4 D2 b# n    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1& N$ P# S. R% `& P1 f( P
    Kure 7th SNLF
- b- ?% b' M+ R& V* {+ R6 {, K. }    3rd Base Force
5 w9 T9 m- i) W2 Y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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8 X: F) e8 X! dAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
3 s$ |; d* V7 zWeather in hex: Thunderstorms; w9 t* _. e, `. d1 N# s3 {

0 \# J1 _7 v# @0 V' IRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s" C1 E" a5 F3 `
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes2 N8 {; e; A# F- j+ |0 E* `# m

% M; J# P$ A0 e, BAllied aircraft$ {* G1 Z& }* E* ]9 S
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4626 n& C" T0 V$ o  L0 B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3379 r6 A( L" k$ j# z) S( ?
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283* A: l- Q% U0 z
Allied aircraft losses/ {1 S7 Z5 S, F5 v  f; N

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% D) L9 d' {( O6 [+ {1 p协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44" X- Z2 ~, D4 n# G

! _' H4 t' M7 K# ~在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态( M2 u3 m5 k# |; b" K, u: j
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!% o* O$ p. V; C( S/ p$ g+ `
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Allied Ships% j. ]" a* _8 Q6 ]/ l
      CA Vincennes
7 N0 F( p' o5 T' G/ _      CA Quincy7 [/ g. O; f' A7 o- Z9 u
      CA San Francisco7 I% S! }" n- J* w* @, w; V+ u$ y
      CA Minneapolis
3 c+ |$ g5 ^5 I, _) f& W      CA Astoria0 V9 b/ H, w2 Y4 L
      CA Chicago
% `3 s8 d! w3 e: O      CA Louisville
* I$ r( r" I4 L9 V7 y6 s% I      CA Chester
# C/ J4 X( _/ l" u7 N. Y8 A9 q      CA Northampton/ q8 |# t6 N& Z& {$ |1 b; l
      CA Portland
9 m5 @; ?7 T* D% n' d
/ ~6 L3 p4 C* t! e5 h3 Q  uJapanese ground losses:" v8 }3 Z& @1 `/ l; ]% n7 {' u  d
      112 casualties reported! F0 V- i7 ?- U) [
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled& Q' h* |2 y" }  x  q4 t3 u
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled  V6 ^+ O& L+ X" N/ J' u! O
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled0 F+ \- m' v) v) b; y! j( Z1 B

1 G/ q- b) i! Q' WAirbase hits 5
+ t& C$ ?( u2 O, ?Airbase supply hits 2; R) Q# ^% P+ N( V9 q% Z; q! Y3 U9 A
Runway hits 21* B+ G! U  z& w7 t/ B' c
Port hits 7
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" C) O8 z4 O- o# `Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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* e8 @% k$ z% P; `* c' }' EAllied Ships. N3 w6 _# v1 G/ w* V
      BB Alabama
2 [1 w# k; H, j7 B6 O( {2 d      BB Massachusetts
8 c0 H% ]8 E2 F2 h      BB Indiana
$ r% R' R+ t  z* |, x* g" \( v      BB South Dakota: z" Q) y( O8 b  j5 u8 S
      BB Washington
/ @0 G- ?' v0 k2 N) O      BB North Carolina, S! f. B/ ~& W
% n" D3 ~: Q: ~+ r0 P3 @4 M8 A( z# j0 B- m
Japanese ground losses:
" k1 A# b9 F1 ?; r" b: l. k      398 casualties reported; a; O! U9 w* J* A. i- E
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
# q" ]4 l5 A7 {- `/ p4 Y2 F         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
: l$ c! R& w- f- A4 ?         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled0 H, Y, k  w- Q6 Q- z) ^  i; b
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
8 t) `( {$ F5 Q( b6 a& `      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
# l6 l& d2 s; Z6 t; z. ]& W8 y+ R. b
Airbase hits 9* F9 U% w2 k! S( D; ?
Runway hits 9/ s( w9 e* L) a, c4 T, e
Port hits 2
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6 U/ n4 |" f0 l4 }: j: N% C2 ]' ?BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
9 M5 {2 v3 X7 g, R  jBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
& c9 V7 l  k. J7 \  w5 @BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division$ w+ Z2 {+ `' X, Z2 L
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape . G8 q/ `3 P/ g2 N
BB Washington firing at Ponape
/ x" _: i) c+ v0 c2 Q6 @BB North Carolina firing at Ponape % s" s& P# q" F- G
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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$ h! Y! T+ i8 n/ S5 X5 IAllied Ships2 K$ J$ m6 _: ]2 A2 |# w
      BB Mississippi, X& g0 U. y) Q- c! u/ ]
      BB New Mexico
# g" I8 ?2 H" q, \* G7 H      BB Idaho
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+ A5 j% L+ |& Y$ t' b, A1 TJapanese ground losses:) c3 O" y+ t8 U$ b
      195 casualties reported/ }" S  F9 T6 W* {7 ^" S
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
& u% ?8 k. J; _+ s" L' z         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
  m4 L  b  d% l: b         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ x7 k. i: b0 C2 [$ A      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
3 m2 c0 I6 ~# M* y0 l, y( e      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)  D/ z! ^' k% k) R8 j; Y

0 n4 x7 W* ^. r; B! s, n' FAirbase hits 3
2 _" e, }5 j( FRunway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
' @# d+ Y% E: [5 p5 E1 m: HBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
1 l0 Q8 D- ~$ `BB Idaho firing at Ponape 9 f+ Z, c+ Q. M6 l8 u
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! }- }* u- q( T! W* \& d4 h# m

& _1 p, i4 J3 D0 ]Weather in hex: Severe storms+ ?4 b2 a9 l5 w- Q! x2 O% t  X6 i
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet./ W2 f) {% j# _# b( S; I& ]
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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4 b! \3 s+ p4 c7 f6 b3 ]! fAllied aircraft
4 T0 u7 ]1 @/ _7 }: c+ K      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4629 V  o  ?! |. p' i- F# o) B( j- n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3337 x! I* z# q# F
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
5 w1 z7 Q/ j, f1 b6 c4 [
; L; w, f! `. g8 y  E$ oAllied aircraft losses
8 h" a5 W0 _; F6 e+ \      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
, b! T$ A3 I$ D$ W. J      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
, R& y# ^- P/ @; ]: k0 U( q" H      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged& d9 C5 j2 F) F5 K* X$ I. y3 H3 P
1 O" b1 `, @1 E2 e' H
Japanese ground losses:; r2 x7 P1 W2 q
      121 casualties reported" l: I  a& A+ _
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
6 D6 z  T, w7 l. E         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled& O0 |  @$ _5 U( v# A# I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack  g$ ^! q. D4 X# F9 B

( C( K6 Y5 c# d! k! y4 X; c! xAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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) r% }. c+ S% A* ?! W& KAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 # t& U* B; g% j0 o+ T
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers6 V4 a2 |# L4 Z& v
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
& K. l5 t/ }8 kAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
3 {* e) U/ T( \( d3 s4 X      2305 casualties reported
1 F9 y& n. s1 D6 }* l         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
1 ^% N( J, ?, S3 X8 _! o         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled7 K6 C3 e) K6 l) B6 x( b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
% Z# {* u1 a! A6 {' w* M, ?8 z( W      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
9 }7 h7 [. x* S7 E& D; V4 J: q      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)8 ?7 [* ~- Z2 r; L0 j

4 |6 q  [% L" O0 J) }Allied ground losses:' ~  j' ]5 y; K$ ]) F# R
      3064 casualties reported3 \( {  ~# S  Q# Y. A
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled* T# D% G; P$ a  Y! X/ s
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled# e7 U4 Y: N: z; y" I0 Y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
; a- {8 I) }+ [- D3 R4 s      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
1 y' i% B+ K! e, T" |5 v, k      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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8 b) J0 ~+ _8 qAssaulting units:, i& D- m* F1 e* D8 r0 e
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment& I( E5 B: S7 G; m, R, G5 M
    711th Tank Battalion, C0 s* R& t8 Q: H  H
    716th Tank Battalion2 S, U3 u) x' k5 ^
    6th Infantry Division' L9 U  R" f* R" n- m
    44th Tank Battalion
8 w5 H4 h! d, L$ l2 L4 F! z2 d: Y    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment2 v! r% c3 y; S! z6 k- J/ l
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
' ?$ K3 d5 @7 V9 j: X- Y/ e6 M    81st Infantry Division
* R  O0 R" N* c    767th Tank Battalion" t% Y! `. ?3 x. S, Q0 H2 o" G
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 k# ]% y8 S6 ]0 W    762nd Tank Battalion
; X0 S2 C7 ~& M* B' A4 J    710th Tank Battalion
  [$ m1 {; B" z# C/ Y& o1 \    96th Infantry Division: c% `1 M$ G4 L0 Z2 _) E6 D
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
/ E5 ?. u2 B- A3 F- t! R    706th Tank Battalion( g4 Z3 v1 ?$ `, ^: ]$ j- [3 f
    5th Marine Division% Q8 L8 F& J- Q
    31st Infantry Regiment% m, C9 h1 c" c- j" o. q# }5 o( b
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' A. J- i5 S4 b    1st USMC AA Battalion. P! t7 i. n, E9 U9 R- t% v) t
    738th Coast AA Regiment
& @& h: y, f6 I8 D. S* \    96th Coast AA Regiment
& ^8 S+ K& U  ~/ L! K4 r    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ i  E3 n7 ^0 h0 ^  [    12th Marine Defense Battalion
3 x7 l4 C. f. `, y    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion( J! j- Y" u# C
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* _" q4 H4 m- X4 N( U
    XIV US Corps9 j. Y, L- N+ m; t* r- p3 Y  b! q
    X Corps Artillery
7 K3 ^5 C/ I" a1 v! d6 G: A    5th USA Defense Battalion
. h6 K+ t' B; Q& N- F$ O# ~    4th USA Defense Battalion
( `% w( t- L+ o- m1 T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment7 g( m6 V* P  E1 q: q$ F& S, f, q, c
    I Corps Artillery & Z2 l; p5 \) t! b
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
, B0 y0 P. G( g# H" @    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:* x/ I6 J% n+ V" M) y
    Ponape Naval Fortress
4 ^1 i& I3 V3 d3 @/ Q    81st/C Division
6 p/ e# m4 p3 N" @, v  {    52nd Naval Guard Unit: ^, b+ R; J; C7 ~( Q5 m/ E
    138th Infantry Regiment
8 _- M' u. d( j8 T    6th Guards Inf. Regiment* Z# Z5 D) I. a5 |# Z' G& h
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
. W9 o+ a( ]' \' p# x    144th Infantry Regiment1 K6 B6 f9 x' _* y8 u4 q4 [' @+ G
    81st/B Division
0 t8 t( }0 E' z+ ~$ f    33rd/B Division
2 Z* K0 T3 Y' W0 M  ]- h7 o    33rd/A Division7 E  p- c% s  [  ~3 l4 Q
    81st/A Division
% Q1 _3 f* d9 w9 Z    Kure 3rd SNLF! I  N, m/ M$ e4 v" [4 c4 L
    33rd/C Division
' e. w* t. O0 a) p* [    53rd Construction Battalion9 J: j2 M" L8 I7 r, T
    18th Army3 ]: K6 z$ Q: A) p0 I
    14th Area Army /1
- ]# s8 D2 V- M! c2 v! c    60th Field AA Battalion& {2 }3 y9 M$ o' E" [8 H: _' I- l9 B! Q6 F
    12th Air Fleet' @7 k4 m1 M0 A
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ }! |# R  Q+ l
    63rd Field AA Battalion5 F2 E' C3 ~6 i9 S$ T5 Y
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
1 S+ O" ^4 W' R) k    3rd Base Force
0 Q  _% K: D" `  L. A$ l7 m0 B    Wake Cst Gun Bn /10 b$ A& |/ r" a$ I2 |" F
    Kure 7th SNLF
& v# a2 ~8 k/ m$ D+ j    19th JAAF Base Force$ e6 `  [; K! _4 h, g5 ~
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
4 x; _9 F1 _2 H5 L    61st Field AA Battalion; M1 w/ Q8 p/ F, Y& Q( u
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
1 s3 T+ ~2 y6 @3 c) @$ R5 z2 c- A    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ A( f0 K& e' g9 X, ^    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) x; W5 E$ R" e/ |5 X: r1 G" f
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion" m( V5 J. C, J1 S2 Z1 c- D
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ s& a5 G8 m# \/ w    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 443 Q! i7 V! \9 }+ L# P
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜) q; e3 o+ o9 A8 F7 ~
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待4 Q) P$ Q  Z4 p, D
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,601 t  b# b' t! o3 x  H# R

# _- C' F8 R6 m' @% B/ b& aWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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/ }+ J0 w5 z7 vRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
+ a/ n* G/ v, B  s- p' b, T  N: sEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft
! [+ m  w7 z$ R+ G$ L) d9 w6 i3 x      P-38L Lightning x 23
  L) i% S' N" X% d% i$ H- o7 n1 k4 Y3 X) ]      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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4 u# D. `& ^$ _& |( }1 mAllied aircraft losses, W% {0 |. ~) ~$ f# v' r( \  ]/ J- h% t
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
6 J5 N  f: b9 i$ c( v* k! l      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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/ A# b2 o  `6 \  oJapanese Ships! A9 e+ y8 |& S1 \5 x' z/ X! |
      DD Suruyame
( M& R6 v6 d0 d* J      CL Ninaru3 W0 O' L  U- O7 Y
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- {, L2 b9 X7 P2 g8 M      DD Yayoi& B6 m0 A* g( @4 T: `, f
      CA Kako# B$ Z. n, s  a7 V5 o8 D
      DD Asagiri$ L2 V7 F; G, X! }
      DD Ayanami; P. `% V3 I$ w" d; E% C) \

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" o; G. Q; F7 G4 mAircraft Attacking:
) a) Q  U( q! @( \; i      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'$ C, p; D; Q3 F4 e. d# l
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
9 Z7 C3 V  P; f& S4 l4 h/ W  b* \       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
8 m# [7 h! t/ t2 x( }* k( X. ?# ?9 {. p! z               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb4 t/ U+ l) t5 P, |+ V( \
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
9 f- h# H  Q% g               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
3 r3 Z  E1 B( v7 ?Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)' D6 y0 P, b5 ~
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.  U- P. S5 Z6 u
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes9 s1 k3 M, ~- K, ]: C4 x
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Allied aircraft+ |$ R( A' n3 c, h% f
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462( b# r7 M! C. f: Q; ~' }' l/ b4 l8 n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3268 ]- F% X& a4 N/ t7 ~8 l% v
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285; E( y0 ~* T2 s# l+ V6 k

! O( d' u' Y3 @) f' AAllied aircraft losses/ Z0 N$ |. [1 f
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged. z4 q) [& l2 N! \. x# l" h
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
  g/ D' P% T, k8 t) v      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged% J. G1 }, h/ Q+ |- I1 X

- _, r- e+ r: k( n$ Z" AJapanese ground losses:
) q7 _1 v4 W+ S9 `1 k! V# l- ^      276 casualties reported
, O$ K  a: J; b. l, `         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled% i4 _: ^# V# X" V( D' G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
7 u8 f5 ?' r/ t( G4 V0 T/ S. S+ j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 c$ S3 K- i" M      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)8 t/ h% z( Q) _& N
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)  {; k% C. C: `, V

0 Z2 u( J2 K; e8 Y, P1 t& K/ z, eAllied Bombardment attack6 Q6 ^' G& r/ s* X2 C
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:
& t3 M( N7 S4 U" U      1082 casualties reported
% d% t2 c1 ^7 `! ?5 c! J+ }9 b         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled  p8 L% s% W/ Y% P3 u$ V: h
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
" `! {( x+ B( U  G% `$ m# l         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
% k# y4 U2 B% e5 X0 o! C      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)! b& K( C1 z" m3 @5 _
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Allied ground losses:
- i* U* k6 {; X! J      23 casualties reported8 R  A  {" F* C2 t2 L
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 X+ O  g' f# c8 i% ]
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 M/ s+ s. U) S( N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ r9 y1 v& R5 G. q
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)6 l: y% r( m0 @, m) k  e, e
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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8 K  d& B* U: M东京快车出轨3 M% E, F% q& N" C$ O5 H% D3 x
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' E) z  v0 V; t: d7 L6 _1 T2 u+ g  y" T日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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5 s( u* q& X3 [; j3 R3 C" ]/ \! V本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。8 P* l( z! k( O/ R
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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+ f3 T" y5 J. ]1 g0 NSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,1130 t/ A2 P3 P' p( }
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Japanese Ships! q9 u5 m' L. F+ r
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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$ ~0 Z3 f* Z$ P) k2 L      CLAA Prince Robert
3 Z( ]) d/ T" _! X5 `) C. J      DD Saumarez
6 u; k; w4 z* d      DD Nizam4 v! [+ d# P4 f! b0 q' Y: j/ G
      DD Ellet
0 `( B- B( q1 C7 I& w* U      DD Waller
8 c; `+ u2 u: w$ Y      DD Walker2 f3 R3 c- w% d( u) Y) y3 L. s+ o
      DD Wadleigh
3 l4 _9 j& W6 Y3 i% z7 Z! @      DD Uhlmann
* o& x9 C" j- Z. s  i0 p8 v      DD Twining
" W0 g6 r9 {* ^* Z  k7 J* q      DD Twiggs
8 y0 Y- G. \; A% ]- b      DD David Taylor  R' h( g! I* O" e! y
      DD Strong6 Z8 ~5 ^' j) v" J5 d& ]
      DD Sproston
  d6 F4 M/ _4 h' m) Q      DD Sigsbee
1 V0 U# _) B! F2 D. S2 `      DD Sigourney! ~, s+ x" k3 ^
      DD Schroeder5 Q' L! J6 Q6 W' U5 V4 {9 E+ X
      DD Benham II* R! @1 `+ f- ^; D& {
      DD Cushing II) F# A5 X; p/ O' S
      DD Urchin% d" `& T3 k7 U2 a# g/ z
      DD Urania
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# P1 K! U0 ?& H9 ^' O$ NSS I-48 is sighted by escort; d# D/ ]$ b$ `. U2 t  ]
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
3 L& B- R, D5 n" K2 `DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....( K! g+ R1 e) o9 y# L# c  J$ a/ V
SS I-48 forced to surface!) h0 O- k9 t- D+ g) J3 E' w$ d
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....# m5 B8 K6 o. P7 F
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
1 F; q$ Z+ c; S$ T& E: A4 LDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
( b+ s; J$ K9 o4 d9 {/ mDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
3 r9 G+ e, M( @/ V" \! S! j% m1 U2 {DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
: u4 d/ I: t) |( \. wSub slips beneath the waves
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" j% c" a9 S! Y1 d, A& k1 HNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards; |) \) G. Z5 j! ~0 C1 S

% ]9 I5 }5 e2 n/ b: e: WJapanese aircraft
# O* N2 }! y: X; x8 E      no flights+ U: _. Z. f! w6 M
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Japanese aircraft losses
- z: f3 J, @; H      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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) }6 `5 H/ W4 d. DJapanese Ships. [) K$ ^  Q; x: _
      CL Agano
3 s) @6 I: y8 i; d# i" t2 O6 F      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
8 v5 S0 Z* k. C" @$ W) e      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 J( l( D3 v3 {$ O, o7 ]      DD Hibiki
! K" I7 M6 f4 n6 p      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 18 O9 G, Y9 x4 D
      DD Shirakumo: G3 D% }- T& j5 M' t
      DD Isonami* X  {! X: K: U& c
      DD Murakumo+ `. u2 j2 k1 r7 {, V, Q
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk, ?1 ]( `  y, F' X( B

* p* p7 M8 \  [# w. T2 \9 c: @9 lAllied Ships
1 {5 E5 w0 w4 h/ X* Z2 {      BB North Carolina* {: f% `4 r' k6 [: ~: P* b, u7 U
      BB Washington
( S+ |0 A9 S! N& u      BB South Dakota
  t8 l+ |* s) c2 ?! P( |& r7 p* \      BB Indiana, Shell hits 12 k0 l4 T" Q1 l4 `/ ?4 e3 U
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
) f! t& L! f( H1 O: d      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2$ v, ?* U9 X' m
      DD Conner
$ b2 j+ B& B+ W# M/ C      DD Cotten
3 g  ?3 B2 p( H# D# j" y      DD Cowell
: _) z& H2 h) f' ~      DD Daly/ Q. K. j/ T# V
      DD Eaton
7 ]9 n: J( t2 H; ]( u" L2 l      DD Heywood Edwards
( a+ @, y. Z$ h  l% P& g      DD Erben1 g* U. p) G" {+ C5 j
      DD Evans5 X! R$ g' O" o8 @5 v6 @: d% ?
      DD Foote! ~3 @1 L5 a5 K, u& {
      DD Franks' w2 G& |6 a% D, R
      DD Fullam, l. s+ X0 o9 v- T( a
      DD Gatling5 \; M7 Z. [4 }9 i/ R. ?
      DD Albert Grant
  l7 y) V) B) D      DD Gregory& u6 ~# T/ O; D% A4 G
      DD Guest
2 e+ j) m+ b0 [) @+ A; d      DMS Hamilton
7 A* r4 |5 O+ D/ Y* M5 C& @, K      DMS Forrest
- ^7 z7 a- H% f/ X      DMS Ellyson3 c* B% b# ]. U

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 H/ V! H4 C& N3 r: ^/ {Range closes to 28,000 yards...5 E' X! ~8 v! p5 \2 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  ?. q2 |; c* Z: u3 t! b" @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
+ R6 l! V8 S; X( t1 V& t# aRange closes to 26,000 yards...: W3 n9 K* Q8 u. }, b0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 [, q& T3 I: k5 u! kRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 {" ^1 Q9 w6 X) j! n3 _! w! jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
1 e& |. E6 ^0 U* N( d# W- hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
* Q  P2 q; S8 {" D! RRange closes to 22,000 yards...
' |6 D0 D6 `5 t) PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards/ [8 @) [8 u. H9 B$ s$ ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards5 {0 @/ S: x( T' o0 h/ l6 `
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
) D+ N( q: X5 v  |8 s& n! G" ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards/ v! A( i& P; ?! O% D4 h: G, m. F
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
2 r& d0 w# g9 J8 u( L8 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
" ]1 {- S/ L6 P  v- f6 `Range closes to 16,000 yards...' p( g- J# q# C# p( H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards; v6 k+ ?. M' W6 G
Range closes to 14,000 yards...! C: T. t2 D: M; O
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
/ ]  [- F! @' `8 nRange closes to 12,000 yards...
/ C' M. v( _. @+ j$ oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
* s. f9 G/ S4 m2 sCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards# W! |$ l# s- |1 w  t
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
* I$ S8 v% G0 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" \" _! B# H/ _5 ^3 e- R5 w" @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards8 q/ w' i" K" k# }9 U7 |
Range closes to 10,000 yards...' b' y0 [1 p: ]+ s' g1 p+ H9 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards/ E( z% {7 O) z: f
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards/ Q! o: o" S" O' V3 d7 x6 o
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; m5 c" ^. z9 @
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
: h* _+ a5 j9 ]* NBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 L, l/ E1 l  o& a1 f0 H! r0 @1 T: e1 @CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards$ U+ S/ P" o! v/ y3 Z
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
& @% T7 L) W1 d! ZBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards' |" l; y) H2 v# M
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
+ h/ W6 a, }+ `( Z' k2 {6 N9 p4 MDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
: s# }5 S/ r8 S0 Z  S6 ^% BBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
" u( P/ j; t8 B4 \) D$ ?" A8 J* MDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards# A: H% g+ _. t# e, B" M
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards: |2 Q, q/ X0 E, k3 Y
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards$ Y. r7 p7 ^# s$ Y( \  o
Range increases to 11,000 yards
& |! I% ~4 e# ^+ t% _6 iCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
$ o. Q1 |- I1 e& ]BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
4 x1 x: s: \) |; T  @CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards0 h. ]9 @. H: @
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards5 X9 _+ U& m7 K9 W- ^7 P# K
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards* j6 Q- P) e& \2 K) s# ~. S! i# c
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
' o% F4 L' }9 M+ yCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
* K5 U1 T4 R  [5 X1 O  RBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards" E! o; j) Q" m, r  h( ]- Y* Q
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards2 `( n, z8 f! c  n$ F2 B
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
: @) i1 ^  h- [& f' Q& RDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards( M6 {+ e) p5 {
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards5 ]0 C& Z) \0 F1 P2 ~
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
$ a4 G$ `. d- T! M  lDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards- Z# K2 m' ^* |+ p) |
Range closes to 10,000 yards
$ a: k* w# @8 k" TCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
! v+ n7 v9 T7 O% YCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards/ A9 E  J& M7 J% w4 v& ]0 V+ `
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards2 Z9 E% y1 F  P, ~& q9 [" S
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards& f& a( j: @  [: v6 `
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
* f" s: L% v2 q- F! LDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
0 r/ O8 u* j% SDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ `7 E( ^* F0 g* e( D! e* J
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards+ z$ d( r# K5 C. \
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
! V' u/ o6 {' }) v1 v; {" \* QDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
! E4 Y6 h! b2 {! m: ?& `: ~/ uJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& `+ v: D+ F% F8 _. |Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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4 t+ h% g6 V1 f5 Y! ~Japanese Ships
7 j$ F$ k3 c! k( ?      DD Hikokaze4 H0 C- T) q, k- s
      DD Ishikaze
" D% d( X" t" s- Z  U! J7 e      DD Tagokaze8 U* Z: x2 d+ o. [" g
      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships
, E* A! R! ]8 c2 N0 U2 I# b5 \! {6 b9 i      BB North Carolina: R2 N+ G: D1 j+ {0 D
      BB Washington
; Y! m! L# G- D, W* o/ C      BB South Dakota
$ E% C8 \" J6 B0 h6 d5 b( j- r      BB Indiana
" A) E* X/ [) ]5 m4 g1 }1 x, k1 R      BB Massachusetts
/ H# G5 f# d; N      BB Alabama' N. r5 @- [& K, G; Q0 ~
      DD Conner+ @, d0 E% |; y9 ~: f8 u
      DD Cotten
0 b" X+ ~0 {; i* n, z2 {      DD Cowell
2 L* A6 w- M  \, n( E7 q' K      DD Daly
- o. z3 W# r/ h+ S      DD Eaton- ]" F! k7 ]+ J7 j' e$ c% p
      DD Heywood Edwards; L$ L* W" _/ T8 n* J3 |0 @% c# _
      DD Erben8 P8 v" `& E5 k4 h& M
      DD Evans
0 }8 p$ i/ U( a; T+ y: _& W5 B      DD Foote
: A4 D7 |$ s% f0 @      DD Franks4 L$ Y" S, J! Z
      DD Fullam
' @5 Y6 n3 v- P8 D      DD Gatling
. T- p/ p2 R" d( _# D/ I$ o, i      DD Albert Grant- O. J: J& j/ c5 z$ `
      DD Gregory# `( N; }. k' H6 e
      DD Guest( w' \. e, Y+ ?. @4 @
      DMS Hamilton( u* b6 K' K9 S; [
      DMS Forrest0 V: s: }7 d" r
      DMS Ellyson7 j- W# V9 V0 k; i% T
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( p- H. f( E; e# F: p3 r# zRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 B4 e2 g/ \7 _8 l
Range closes to 26,000 yards...% `' l# q1 o) W2 c9 ~4 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 L5 _3 J4 A* L: q+ j" O# H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
* U! q5 t' K2 R; [/ bRange closes to 24,000 yards...5 e6 H( D# e, D- V% j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
7 O8 `4 f* y  x9 ORange closes to 22,000 yards...& @' a* B$ u4 `9 R+ X( B
Range closes to 20,000 yards...# r3 d4 m) f2 N+ D7 g/ Q
Range closes to 18,000 yards...! p6 j# Q  o- A" [: w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
% r  J7 s+ h0 ~" S7 |Range closes to 16,000 yards...
& L5 V$ z# \. i3 \$ RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) R" O% A/ Q6 Z7 v( J+ Q& j8 aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards  x! l3 n2 |. {9 {% d2 ^4 v
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 X# s; e+ \! L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards; x. I; U7 S; p- |9 G: `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
+ w* \' U& v8 Q! X9 ?Range closes to 12,000 yards...
- c& W: Z. a" @, Q% [. R3 lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 _8 ]7 Y' Q9 X; D* G% f% JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards& O, ]) F6 D& V7 S( C0 I7 {9 M
Range closes to 11,000 yards..." l, R# g8 j. \6 }: P
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards9 j8 j7 c! D- [; m) b4 m! b
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& e/ w  }" m" R, d, K3 `CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards9 ]- e: ]- l( A/ f
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
( ^/ k" V, F7 Q2 i  c/ E! T7 D. ]Range increases to 15,000 yards...
' u; \' x& s9 b' ZRange increases to 20,000 yards...
6 N3 g. W% |% q$ b. e9 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
* \  y! n. G: m& X; DRange increases to 25,000 yards...
9 G3 D- V9 w" qRange increases to 30,000 yards...6 ]1 \# L' R$ ~4 p) G
Range increases to 30,000 yards...- O* i& N3 z% W3 i8 i6 r' @
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships4 e! s* Z: [2 P1 _( H
      APD T-1
, q( u2 O  v) {7 ]# ~; d# C4 R6 Z, E      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
) x4 e9 E2 w. _      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
0 ^3 [' l9 U0 W1 ?  P' @      APD T-40 F# p7 |4 O1 a/ W: D% r3 z
      APD T-5
/ t6 \% G5 {% h1 a9 k) Y      APD T-6: f% a: ?% I' H
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 W0 j& Z9 N! e. C      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire2 [: o4 }# H; R2 g
      APD T-9
# R) G( n# R$ i8 j( i- s) ]      APD T-10
, d- f, Z& H3 S( y4 z; R2 F      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire3 }- }* f" ~8 x' N- U
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
. _; S6 \' m! Z2 i3 g2 L% S      APD T-13, Shell hits 16 M* Q9 u2 T$ \
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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7 J" Y5 U% J4 q: K+ z3 iAllied Ships+ q; n6 T& I' t) J" J' {1 B
      BB North Carolina$ J' d! O8 P* ^, Y! e' J# h! f
      BB Washington
% s1 v' W6 n' \" l! W- T/ m      BB South Dakota
$ _5 Z# x0 s* G. N) h+ a      BB Indiana0 L6 I; H* C9 c; Y! W& [* F
      BB Massachusetts
$ _; D1 V" E0 Q      BB Alabama9 n6 z7 C5 q% W' I1 _1 a
      DD Conner
8 j2 K( d' e4 E  T. V$ z5 H7 [# ]      DD Cotten# Y7 P* C9 G/ h9 R8 S
      DD Cowell
. X+ y* W. o# J      DD Daly
, s1 Y, X; ~' `) h+ V" @" T      DD Eaton" O. w1 X$ n' f# [
      DD Heywood Edwards
. s4 Z+ N$ ]) {+ k; _      DD Erben; `% y7 `4 m  ?8 j- R
      DD Evans
! a& i9 V2 G# z      DD Foote  x, e# a) d% b
      DD Franks
" L9 q& d0 i; u1 z- W6 N      DD Fullam
0 G4 Q, s  y8 T1 u1 E8 D; N      DD Gatling
: F6 \1 J, U4 G      DD Albert Grant6 p& ]" {" L! [" N+ N! [
      DD Gregory% ]6 }* o* n; `$ r8 N+ Q
      DD Guest
: {6 g1 [4 Y3 }1 N" E) o6 R      DMS Hamilton
6 c" o! g; I$ O/ t% Q$ T$ h      DMS Forrest
* n. y" N& x' `$ q7 x# I' K      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 t! \- H1 `+ O5 o8 }
Range closes to 28,000 yards.... @8 R- Q9 G: M5 g* O" |. _. z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- |: C  ^+ W% M4 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards7 Y* B, [5 |+ n. ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...# s! E: i9 l$ u! M3 w1 Y7 P# C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 a; W9 V0 L/ `- @6 l
Range closes to 22,000 yards.... T6 z8 n- ~8 y3 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ E' e. N  d) q2 I
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 n8 Z0 R; ?# J7 |8 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
8 X* F1 K0 _0 W0 ^8 @Range closes to 18,000 yards...# W# S7 l3 I: d3 X/ K8 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
- x" i  ]3 `9 }' m" X7 r/ |Range closes to 16,000 yards...
2 _$ G9 f% B* [2 m5 p8 i! UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 U4 n+ V1 W6 d3 C1 u( z+ \Range closes to 14,000 yards...- d8 }0 G8 Y. \! k* C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
6 M% b3 X7 x1 S$ L$ x1 B& yRange closes to 12,000 yards...! @% L( X7 b% t3 B$ m. v( f4 X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards: r0 b* {4 |8 Q% \
Range closes to 11,000 yards...: ?- u. f9 B3 w9 o" I: K' d, h( p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
/ }$ N1 x/ f; Q& ^; aRange closes to 10,000 yards...
5 d+ y+ I9 F& }3 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
. K" j8 f% C4 ]2 g# xRange closes to 9,000 yards...
; o2 z! W8 k. [BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
6 }5 T& w5 Y' y& X& M4 bBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards3 g  {7 }5 ^+ O' u/ K( _% u, G& ~+ e
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards" A+ S+ X! w5 p7 b: r$ R/ |
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
  j+ B  W+ W. [5 u- i$ kDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards3 r/ j6 Q9 ^! K3 [  g+ A  ?
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards! Q: f3 f# A' ~* f
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
3 |! S  O7 ^; y5 `; j# [. C4 i  T, S3 oBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
# J1 T! W: `2 UBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
1 X5 J5 N; W7 X6 Q8 V; I8 t2 @DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
1 L/ w/ c- O% \) Z0 r& cDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards" x- x1 D* q# i. B, _
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards! n3 k7 z! U& g7 K* J% p" Q
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards7 V( U7 L, Y( o% f# j0 x8 A
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
  A3 v0 Y$ y: N7 GAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards8 m; q  r& M9 [+ u8 V
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
3 B: c# F4 f8 W5 w5 q3 kDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
& k' z8 }, K; d( S* N/ LDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards9 @3 E4 }9 l, F- }9 u) G* k) q
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 X% k. s6 g6 z( w& c8 @% G+ @* v
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
; d( q* O6 W$ r4 e! A; sRange increases to 10,000 yards$ P/ _$ V/ m) S6 `
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; x9 L+ `, h( ~3 j' O
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
! ?$ E  M( H+ e/ S4 UBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  J7 {* K( V) J
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 z" d0 Y! ~( N  M. W! {
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# Q- X2 Z1 v0 }8 \3 k5 P, EDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards: m! j8 h% I1 Z! X8 D, j. Q
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
; O. c0 M8 t. I& r% a) N+ M4 u( dDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards- A2 n$ \1 L7 K7 O
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 W. U) G: S3 Z2 u# [DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 C. t4 d: V& B) vDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; T3 [2 B% }5 l  ?% I& FDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
; H5 G  t% t8 i9 P& {DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
/ H  f" i  ~# V) YDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 P5 ]! S! q* t$ }& J  i0 \5 ]DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
8 p) t9 C6 y( @1 V: T: RDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 L- q  V- v1 c+ M) J4 q( p% tRange increases to 11,000 yards# \9 j, H7 D4 a+ r$ m
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
2 j+ m# d9 Q# _9 ]+ eAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards' d- g/ {) e5 B+ B% n( i
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
: l) L- k1 H* I9 s2 n; d: M" uAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
1 Z* e- R6 t: I) F3 vBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards) \0 c% w+ M. a, x
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards% W) n3 U, S( z; C# \8 |  K
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards2 ]& h, t- ~; z' ]& Q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards+ i+ ~8 E- \& J  L( I+ Q
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
" C. |  P3 e2 H9 O: x- `# d0 a$ e1 P1 RDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- A* r/ V! b: i2 u2 XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
. v0 `7 R& f: Y. D; _# \; L. y: Y2 \APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
+ i5 ~. e) _- |7 eRange closes to 10,000 yards
3 ^! d) J3 W8 e6 v2 N% W( y  }% ABB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ a6 ^' N4 h& m: y( b# \' D/ O2 WBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" [( z7 \1 e! KBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
& \4 c% z. }) b' j' W# M8 m! LAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
& O- t" N: J0 \. z2 P- M" g/ Z! lDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards6 k4 c3 u8 X# F# }0 z: g
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
" @0 H  d- Q% d& y/ iDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ h3 B0 u- o' l( G! P
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 u0 ^2 \& `& r
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards" U5 ]9 {* E  E: u/ _5 m8 [3 X
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- p( a  N/ \9 r0 |. sDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& |3 n; Q+ l# z  w8 `% H; [' gDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
0 Q9 C: V9 p: p. c2 k' cDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards- n  i/ b3 A0 t0 V& ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards. l# n. }8 [, X$ m1 c' \
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards% e9 w  d# j! \& W3 |/ Z3 y5 I
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards  c7 s4 S  ]6 V7 y
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
$ Z* u- x/ x6 S3 XBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
9 Q2 F- x+ I8 h% v" CAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
6 Z% C$ w; n4 O' r. z2 K+ AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& Z* \* l% g1 y3 QTask forces break off...& q& }5 t/ T# A2 V$ X% }
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ z. c3 X8 d8 a      APD T-1, Shell hits 1) S& x( [6 _$ F+ K# x4 A- u7 }. w& Z
      APD T-2
0 O$ o# ?, s; m% V: V      APD T-3, Shell hits 1$ x( H# b# t- w  B+ {
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
+ @. ~  Y( N2 V+ z      APD T-59 ]& l9 F% ]/ \% {5 v9 u+ S; Q% M4 v" C
      APD T-6: l" N: G& J3 w
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage* ]% v9 D# }) A: V( {
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1! \( c- n9 i3 a$ z: ?9 i* Z
      APD T-10
6 u% p- B- W0 ?4 s% ~# n* Z# ]      APD T-11,  on fire+ Q6 M. ?/ @- U7 X
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk8 ~* [/ T  y3 x! d8 G# C
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
! e2 S) n+ r7 R) M      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships2 Z- j7 }/ E; I0 G
      CA Portland6 b( L4 ]2 Q) L
      CA Northampton
0 r( d2 n+ R; g2 ^! k; ^  @5 k      CA Chester) s( i. T" I5 M0 u9 Z. H# B
      CA Louisville
$ A" `$ q7 k/ d! ^      CA Chicago
- i& w  K2 I5 \4 G      CA Astoria
7 ^  H2 `, e6 T$ z      CA Minneapolis6 L: N/ p' F; r6 J; a2 o, h
      CA San Francisco
7 f1 ]$ y" X  ~6 h4 V8 j: G      CA Quincy! _8 A2 t( E) a% \) d5 @' [; u
      CA Vincennes
# v. v+ B' q) {( d, w- I' C% K6 a      CA Wichita
! W- e/ a  `2 [3 o$ C2 }( c! ?      DD Bennett+ c. `+ G6 `0 O  N6 _4 d: ]6 j3 \, l
      DD Bradford
# @/ d' J7 B& ~+ t3 G+ |: B* f9 ^      DD Braine
* j' B* L3 ^5 |: Z$ {      DD Brownson5 R1 k7 w' K2 G0 \% h: l9 @
      DD Bryant
/ r& `8 j3 W1 i% \3 c  V& G) w      DD Bullard
) p* k+ a4 t( j      DD Burns
6 \4 g; M8 t( e5 H+ n7 [- M      DD Callaghan
" C- t( y) x- P: _3 I      DD Caperton1 W! Z  P9 Y" }7 E; q* ~& ^# G
      DD Capps
, ^6 B' m( k4 Q      DMS Emmons
9 N$ k/ w5 o0 Q1 \# P" F  x      DMS Macomb- U5 J# V1 [5 m2 o3 h
      DMS Rodman- l: m. S1 q' E, |2 O$ m
      DMS Gherardi
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, _4 |' d) w1 K( b" XMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
9 w8 E3 a2 A$ C; L. {% @" [. f) B6 mRange closes to 28,000 yards...$ Z  d8 v) M& H& \; v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 z* ~0 \9 n- ^% \3 M. T* dRange closes to 26,000 yards...7 s7 P9 p7 y4 N* J$ K% P2 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards2 ]) T& A9 A1 r+ n
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
# c. o# D% ?/ I9 W, m0 ], R. PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards, g' L; ^: S# S* O* q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ d& s, _. K/ g/ zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards% B0 j& r8 q; _# c  ~9 T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; G' ]3 L* F  @! pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
% X! ^$ ^1 P% L/ B1 a& mRange closes to 18,000 yards...' v( ?# O5 l' n0 q, V0 `( H3 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
7 T0 C, _, _9 X0 i( l# {" rRange closes to 16,000 yards...$ K8 k4 P0 u/ K- k/ f$ Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards; v) B  }' R& L2 }0 X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, ?1 j' @6 K8 j4 ?* IRange closes to 12,000 yards...
  A0 b8 w& L7 A+ ^1 c# qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% E+ Y: X# ~( \% \
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 A% G. h( f) T: b& C4 O. M) `2 v' O4 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: g% e" R( U: v- G' q& ~5 L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ ]! n: b- A' _3 Y, G1 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
/ e! |7 G4 c1 j) B7 T, N5 P4 lCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards9 g# `; B# R7 e" m; Z( }1 N. q
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards3 b5 [; K# @- Z3 d5 C" p+ Q
Range increases to 11,000 yards
% u/ P+ z5 p% \7 s; e: \APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards7 x2 N' H: z- z  M6 x# [; e0 j
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards: p' T9 ^& S) R) Q0 b" q" |
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards+ i* a) [' E+ M0 m8 H, k
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
1 d' Q% |) i# B7 R0 e( g" a9 b$ |CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; l+ @( w7 M: t9 D3 t
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards2 x& o2 H7 w0 S2 r3 X  ^
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
) y) W& r6 `, M) QCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! b& S0 q1 a7 O2 W
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards* E/ W; I4 M- R
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# U) T: h1 n. W( p( x8 R. N* p& vDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards! }* Y7 R2 c( p; M2 Y3 @- |
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards$ H& V/ v: b& B4 N
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ H/ E5 B  O% u$ C0 \DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
6 j( u) `9 i' y' S; ]: I+ NDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
3 ]! k! Y. ?9 c* p1 J3 EAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards% B: k; M0 A7 R: Y6 J3 t+ z1 a
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
) @: t7 q; c% ?% ~% H- jRange closes to 10,000 yards( e6 W: Z: O4 b4 T: R
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
! @6 A( {! ^8 j2 zCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
1 \4 {9 l  `7 ?8 |( d5 U; W5 [) `CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 |  ^8 t3 L4 h5 c' x* xCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards9 L* e# Z* k7 V' g3 H# P
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards7 j$ b+ ^/ X3 R2 h. l0 r. M
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
. `, m1 c+ H$ Y  xDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ ~  Q4 I2 i3 s$ R5 |" K, D7 _
Range closes to 9,000 yards
3 y8 `& u6 O9 {, ]APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards: K( T' r1 k! F8 x
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
! Z3 G$ i5 A. Z. U3 T# NCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ b7 |# i( }& f" A5 ]8 P
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 \7 P$ a! v: P$ @9 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards+ D; D8 n& \- N
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards: J( c; U7 `( a! y; P/ T- y: m9 `
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' w, _3 w* T- s: U# O. ]1 b6 _Range increases to 10,000 yards3 O, }: M. p7 c4 W0 P
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
: }% H) |' V  }; \CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# ^4 M: W0 b" o% g# q" n2 @5 o
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 m+ w$ F, b+ U3 f( DCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
+ l! {1 a6 S7 x9 D, f. tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 z: O, W  F$ V7 H: gJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape, f. d$ _$ ]& C" {
Task forces break off...
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0 [+ I; d0 i% R: W, [" A, g; SJapanese Ships
- J  C4 `$ z) {- u0 M% T1 }9 e3 d      APD T-1
# s  y( z* p: j      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire* b3 t5 y+ q8 y( Z5 L! q* ?
      APD T-3
& }. d- J  F( {! s0 o      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
8 Y9 v0 J# J' T) h7 e2 x      APD T-5; G( J; o2 G. d2 F  U' Q. A
      APD T-6
0 ~6 \* }+ U, H8 q: A. x, r+ w. h      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
4 z" K& l& n* R/ j# d      APD T-9! F: K/ Z& H/ C
      APD T-10* ]1 R7 w4 R& N3 w
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire  Z& p" H6 p; C5 l: Q  @0 [. ^
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Allied Ships
& y* p+ y" y/ E7 e* c      CA Portland3 b0 H( H% a' K8 s& N# y$ Y, c
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
/ I2 x' |, d6 a) B* K- t      CA Chester! I7 k8 ~- h; L& v* Z; B4 ]
      CA Louisville" e% C, E, X1 L! m$ R- Q0 L+ R. j
      CA Chicago
- C) m$ _! D* L* [  Y      CA Astoria) j% b" O; k* _% m
      CA Minneapolis9 x4 ^/ {; ?, J- j8 O7 I* @7 ~
      CA San Francisco
1 p$ U% j9 b5 u5 I      CA Quincy
0 ^5 [0 u9 E, }' M0 b# D" O: v+ `, i      CA Vincennes6 R5 @5 m8 N. V5 w4 R
      CA Wichita
/ b4 D1 {- H: q6 W( M! {: [" e      DD Bennett) R7 d% u" l8 t& W& Q- s. Q) ]
      DD Bradford
' r- p( V3 O& i  `' R      DD Braine5 K; n6 u& U; {2 N& A/ j% a
      DD Brownson: Y/ Y5 L6 E! D" O: w4 A
      DD Bryant
( \1 q; h7 X+ \) r3 `3 A      DD Bullard
6 I1 w  Q) z. {5 F+ u$ s      DD Burns
+ W% Q1 B' L: R5 G% ~8 T      DD Callaghan
# ~0 h3 d2 D: T% D      DD Caperton
2 a9 R! y- S4 I5 s# ~      DD Capps* W8 P6 q3 u7 m$ R
      DMS Emmons, G0 P- c- W$ _) C
      DMS Macomb
: |& i, O% t3 ?' i; U      DMS Rodman/ V# V, ?% [" r4 A! \  {' O
      DMS Gherardi! ?+ I0 c( o' `5 ~; F

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7 @9 Z& G; o  o9 s1 O4 r+ CMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards* I1 h$ i* W0 B7 O& l' X
Range closes to 28,000 yards...* n6 N% ~4 }  I1 Z2 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 Q9 j% P) k* N, O6 F3 B- N/ J
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
7 v/ A  H7 K6 I# `# D- `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards; N; y" \9 R. n* h! P. v
Range closes to 24,000 yards...4 ~9 v* e9 m6 R1 C
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: |7 \* O8 O* I- }" [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 K, G2 {9 S5 G6 Q+ Y2 L
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ v5 ?6 `$ x1 u) F  wRange closes to 18,000 yards...
# U( R0 v& P1 q  TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 E! y' M! C( i. d8 bRange closes to 16,000 yards...
9 R, K5 A2 A3 p: e5 v  w+ xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
3 P/ b+ x- U9 MRange closes to 14,000 yards...  d; g6 z& Q7 O6 T. a) U  T1 R( b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
0 [; \5 L& p* E) I2 RRange closes to 12,000 yards...
8 ]: w2 h+ J4 u3 ^: I7 a9 l' j6 z5 K& ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards( e7 |: `' V# Z  d# U, M
Range closes to 11,000 yards...9 w& W! {8 B% ^( E$ i, w9 T' z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 D( B' @; u4 ]6 Z1 q7 p8 C# ARange closes to 10,000 yards...1 r. d* x! v0 L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards7 f9 X4 ^6 K& b. N) m) z7 W2 ^4 v
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards8 i- u. ?2 m; l9 K% _6 J
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
1 z6 L3 \5 r9 E  |& U  CDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards1 i; S+ D& B* A* a3 a  Q
Range increases to 12,000 yards$ d1 W" g% l* E7 x- u
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards- f& f# @, @1 a  z# ~9 a; k: i
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards# T% S: E2 o1 A- A2 {' i
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards  t+ y8 N+ {5 ~% x2 a% v
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards- V0 a+ X. \$ v) X$ u/ J
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards4 a1 E5 F- J( g
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
' v( }3 v( A, p* O4 PDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
. F6 a5 S$ B2 R, C! nDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards) d6 v' d4 ?! @$ G8 t
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
0 U3 F; y: \' Z% k& [DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards; e9 b$ Y8 z; g  y! q
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
; \6 b, \2 q; [( U7 bAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
$ l- `4 O$ a3 S- m  E8 {; gRange closes to 9,000 yards
) C& a; o- N8 _, x# g1 |5 N" NCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
6 _3 Y; e: N8 C/ C" _- s6 s  ]& A  y% uAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
# U* R. S% d" f3 W- MCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
7 P1 q" s" W# m6 Y7 m! |4 vCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards4 C9 G: X' |& q& u8 n4 m
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
. H0 k6 J+ u  vCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
) ?$ _3 U* {1 m6 IAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
" b8 q6 [6 V5 s0 x( b7 x) sDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
# x( {& q6 S2 |, z" _* Q  z1 URange closes to 7,000 yards
# s! p5 B- L  N* f. y5 o9 e- V" sCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
8 P. _6 x2 m7 j2 f+ P7 i0 xAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards+ E/ z2 M4 N- G1 O1 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
8 f8 x3 N( {& U, O! r( ^% \# D& gCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards. D: H* y, m3 U* b6 ^. f" r
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards& y- G' X' c' w# l) ]/ W- k
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards" P! d/ A* b0 p5 m2 N
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
3 [8 ^; C6 m6 P' \! l0 Z  D; nCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: F  @4 K: H1 G2 L. I0 nCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards; R0 Y& _# M5 E1 ^
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
4 f' E  Y& Y8 ?6 g& n) ^DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards* f0 k+ J: K& g2 }( i
Range increases to 10,000 yards9 S% F8 Y+ o  k4 J. z) N4 R+ P
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards; F5 _4 |  M5 v2 x) _& C% H
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 P! E- X+ r- u+ s# F. y
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape3 E0 x/ q' V, Z- U0 Z/ @# O
Task forces break off...
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7 N3 @% E, G4 R6 j9 Z! q' X' p--------------------------------------------------------------------------------& U+ f; g2 C5 b  `" G8 v$ R
Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards6 C/ O8 f  p1 D4 w% q$ {

5 N. ]* q3 r, zJapanese Ships
8 ]; C! w/ v0 D      APD T-1
0 `# [7 m! J: G; S% ]; q& y      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, n( k* G9 @  j" e2 d% o( P" I# m
      APD T-3
- Z2 h7 i3 G! b# p6 h      APD T-55 g: h2 [9 p$ q3 Q1 Q" d  |
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( Z( a. X& f% M# O' n$ Z) Y
      APD T-9' a7 u8 ?& u, n) {8 j  y) i3 y& J
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  c# A/ F3 H: X& M) p: _
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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* }& W" a9 T3 Y% y" _Allied Ships
0 D- y+ B. _+ U      CL Swiftsure
% h# r) u0 O  c& e$ X      CL St. Louis+ }! \, C. R4 ?. A! v4 j0 q* p
      CL Phoenix
& p$ Q, Y+ |  Z( E1 A. G      CL Cleveland
4 N5 I1 R, B3 e8 r      CL Montpelier
3 p/ j8 K5 W' Q8 A3 [8 L+ U      CL Denver
5 j# k. _5 a- |* l$ e& S      CL Santa Fe
- a6 y: u3 T7 S0 _      CL Birmingham
- M# ]7 S) k! @7 n8 B, h      CL Mobile! x% e7 h, R7 Y( p/ ^  {
      CL Biloxi
# ~4 }* o/ [: y      CL Miami
5 I" ]5 x. h6 l! n6 ]: K      CL Pasadena' o. @) O8 ?' L  K. c: c0 k2 H! ]- w
      DD Allen M. Sumner
& Z" x' U$ N" d- V% j4 r& F9 u% H      DD Ault
* k! J. r/ V4 v7 A' X  o) J, W; Z  N- f      DD English6 b3 I  X7 b& N. M, {
      DD Haynsworth
2 K) _  w4 O8 b1 V      DD Maddox
- P: Q% _1 \, w4 h5 ?5 z& P7 P      DD Mansfield
. `1 H; Q5 I5 W; Q) W' h. @      DD Waldron
* \& c, F' L6 c  W) D' g      DD Haggard
) G9 a) D0 h5 p( A) \5 s3 |( Z      DD Hailey5 B6 Y6 @# a  E" Y: o, s9 `
      DD Hale' W  R" s8 ^* R5 y
      CL Vincennes II" A0 c$ k/ M" ]7 r+ N3 `5 k
      CL Houston II
& x, C/ U1 q1 ]- z' V5 ^4 ?      CL Astoria II/ ?! v( Z1 Y: _9 B6 `# f

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: {" e' @  A! `2 k0 l: a" j: P: gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" i1 j, M9 e# W: d$ B+ s$ m( wRange closes to 28,000 yards...
0 ^" c/ B2 U: n  r$ N1 ?) y3 ?1 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 r! n6 `# o. p0 I; e/ hRange closes to 26,000 yards...: ?  `2 J  [6 H
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 c5 ~5 @& O' y6 t& l. ]: PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
% a- l9 ?+ C, W  K3 w3 W7 A/ wRange closes to 22,000 yards...
2 X% p7 J' z, m% bRange closes to 20,000 yards...
9 f) X+ ]7 a+ s: @. cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
0 w% c$ @) o, H5 bRange closes to 18,000 yards...( y& G0 V$ k' a0 M5 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
8 Y0 ]3 i  V4 N3 `! b) b  SRange closes to 16,000 yards...7 |; Y/ T8 E2 d- v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! n7 V5 u% q. g; b, t. V& iRange closes to 14,000 yards...
6 H& o" X+ I% W6 |" v* Y9 R$ ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
1 Y! x9 i; ^; F/ o3 D% YRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 M7 }# o9 |: K" E2 ?, u6 a5 K  p. B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
/ V7 t$ Y+ A7 Q+ ?9 sRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 c  O' \8 D! {' a5 Y3 h& `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
5 x# u% ]2 c1 A% JRange closes to 10,000 yards...
+ m' g, \: a! C: j3 z7 ^( Y! HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards1 t# J( X. x! S* `! v- X: V5 W7 v  ?
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
( t+ k- x& |3 x# J% cCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# q0 F- R% A; S# gCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards% E; l' @7 |" R5 _- p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards! M' L; L, Z( J. T7 A" ~8 v# j
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 ~/ u" t% K' {4 A
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 j# w' |; `& @. K8 Q# K5 Q5 `/ j
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
* k; L9 J$ t' e* Z* B0 t% g$ WDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  N1 i: Z3 s2 X7 K7 S: ?DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
$ X' i3 T( p5 U7 a, wRange increases to 11,000 yards
" _, B# C. _  A5 m: _0 z9 l% q& fCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& H  a9 q6 d3 Q- g7 V# j
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 N2 M$ k7 N6 A1 ^2 Z# t
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards. F- s, e- z1 f. ?
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards. C- a. N1 x$ o; x' p: F: r$ `: e: \
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' Z, B3 l( Y$ R( U, K* C" U) @. A3 H
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
' |: r' K6 P# v" {* b# sDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards4 i# [% \6 E7 ~+ K3 _5 G) t
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards5 p  W  H3 }% H' }
Range closes to 8,000 yards
! B) Q0 U! H* E" BCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
& I  P; j9 W3 U6 T# T5 p* E& wCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards* B- O* ^0 @. L8 N3 \$ T% y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards% w/ ]' _0 f) `& }, A
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards4 l( ^7 x7 B" d; f0 W6 T% F. {* J
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards: A+ }# J- V3 Q
Range closes to 7,000 yards- C/ _  \5 Q# x/ r2 r2 ]
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ N2 C! Y4 J/ f
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  Q# z* r; e6 PCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 m" t1 f- V# {' R
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% R& t1 e/ a! BCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
. R: Q7 R0 ?! u* QCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ q. |" Y, K( B% a9 v4 e, S- n) ~8 K) z% s; \
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  e6 n& i. @" o: |CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* x, l# t' J/ {1 B) V7 N( aDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 M3 K2 Z" B( p6 S2 }
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards8 `; w% l$ v) ^' T; b
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
0 y& K2 }0 Y' f3 k5 L# FDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ T& \0 h1 R: w7 s$ U
Range increases to 8,000 yards- u* u; \+ e* e) Z1 i  H! A# d
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. D- A, V+ r# v3 E2 ~. B$ J
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" D5 T4 ^0 W1 V9 p0 YCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
4 K4 f/ c8 D$ w% \. o* VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 ^, Q; f6 K8 k5 |9 T. V! ZTask forces break off...: |2 Q4 Y; W/ s2 P3 ?* a

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards( a  Z! i  E9 w
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Japanese Ships
' f6 v6 C6 }" P4 N. x8 K: K6 E      APD T-18 ?& s5 m4 s0 f, }. R2 p
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
* ^8 ]+ K3 ~; n7 u- b1 x      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
  p: v2 p. }% b. H7 ~1 U, c, K      APD T-5
& j! s7 X1 X, V$ n      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
5 _5 d4 C' B' ~5 s      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk" q" C8 ?2 b9 {; v; @

  d4 p" H8 f3 W' `$ k( g8 KAllied Ships
6 ]  Z; u! C# ]7 ?      CA Portland
+ k8 D' Q6 y8 x2 E/ p2 Z6 Q# i      CA Northampton0 V$ x. g/ m& p: D1 e/ _
      CA Chester
3 }8 W' C1 q: z) k      CA Louisville3 n  g+ T/ N! J3 Z# u# ]
      CA Chicago/ E3 c3 F* B) H" W
      CA Astoria
2 s' g( p) _& B5 c% E; C/ q      CA Minneapolis* ^( n1 n/ _: @- {$ f. Z
      CA San Francisco
2 k7 A* A! V5 R; X, l      CA Quincy
) J9 Y8 W4 R+ }% S      CA Vincennes$ A& {  d7 v( v# W7 r# `
      CA Wichita
# Q' [7 o% w$ E$ x      DD Bennett1 i8 ?  E8 @5 ^- V  @
      DD Bradford
4 n6 x# ^0 K9 ?/ {! N# q5 t( r      DD Braine# X6 M0 [4 k! |2 U
      DD Brownson: @% V/ C4 d; s( k6 x% Q' I
      DD Bryant
5 C* T9 s" f9 h      DD Bullard
; o$ t) D: D: b: s$ ?$ T      DD Burns4 B, T0 }' b# R: M
      DD Callaghan6 @. }3 F7 h( I! b$ @4 ^$ c
      DD Caperton$ l9 v* a( h. S' h! J
      DD Capps( [9 u' m+ a3 M/ p! {% B
      DMS Emmons+ r  F$ D, s( `/ i9 m+ ]$ m
      DMS Macomb( T) y+ X! l  d- _
      DMS Rodman
$ z3 ~# A5 w" V1 Z( R      DMS Gherardi
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9 y" \, v+ y6 d% x" ?" O- U8 @Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 _7 h3 ~7 q. g& p
Range closes to 28,000 yards...+ V4 w+ ^) z6 A5 T  \0 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) f" Q  B9 Q! }* E8 ?$ JRange closes to 26,000 yards...% [& d& s. Z; ~: C
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' n# m) R' K& H' t& d0 uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
+ H8 y  o. X: W% yRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 e( A: t  R% f" x' NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards# ]1 t2 f! O* _# K3 B2 U. p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) D* Y0 O1 M) X4 \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
5 g; E4 h. o+ [, o( i4 hRange closes to 18,000 yards...
0 @) L) l" C0 R; Z- {3 i4 l' QRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: q6 s5 ^( D/ D0 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards* Q  s4 u$ _9 e  J& x
Range closes to 14,000 yards...( U  U% a' K0 e, R- j3 L$ O) k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...% f! m1 L  k8 M' m0 o9 [
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
) `5 K# u' I$ R. M4 H4 g, `7 PRange closes to 10,000 yards...
( B: [7 \/ u4 D6 @Range closes to 9,000 yards...' M% A0 p% M; h4 _8 ~* j# J8 l# W$ A
Range closes to 8,000 yards..." j. f( P4 t+ e8 N7 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
8 I- J- |8 {5 O$ ]/ GCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, {1 b" h& s5 rCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
. T( W. r+ h2 R' i0 s8 F& Y6 DCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' h3 P+ E5 O0 ~4 tDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards& A6 k2 ^& B$ v1 L1 k/ e
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
8 l  N# ]7 M9 C5 M: i& c! L# d' ECA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ G* W; f: F: M$ }
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
$ j! y/ _, }1 PCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
8 j+ f# _" v+ J9 SCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards/ }( v% ^8 b- j1 {2 {1 \; y; l
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) U& {/ P) ], uAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards* N) p1 J4 ^# z, L4 l1 H2 E* P7 m) E% a
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 c  V, j7 n$ z1 C! tRange closes to 5,000 yards; b- k. k' @5 {) E& Z
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
9 l  _: Z( K  }8 a6 ]APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
+ g# P. x/ f: y3 D9 D: x$ o- NCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
# s  ~1 x! m* YCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
5 J! c- {6 H. ^DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards7 n6 }* e4 U( m0 h
Range closes to 2,000 yards
+ Q" f  L0 |, y9 o( J' o$ VCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
4 T# d4 d" b2 p/ L( W$ e3 lCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards# E3 L& ]3 ^( e0 X0 ?* G4 D- ?
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
( _. n3 P( @! Y+ _: m6 r$ Z, ?APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
8 w+ @) i. [+ D( w1 k/ b7 B2 @+ a% kRange increases to 6,000 yards
" W$ b2 `) Y8 I5 wCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards) N$ c, B/ v; ?9 p. O
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
: [0 Z4 x/ Z/ d) O/ H# d' K. r9 IAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards0 G$ Z8 b* F2 {% O/ z4 Y+ U5 ~# B
Range increases to 9,000 yards! q  q6 x, O: P
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  w1 a+ ]# X  @  L& V) r1 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 g  b# {! _$ tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 h* P, b3 u' P0 M5 i6 j
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ ~6 K7 V8 I3 F6 G) c7 Z' \Range increases to 13,000 yards
+ c& m6 [( r6 {! V) Y# QCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards+ Q! [" z7 A: [9 t
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards7 C; j0 ~; U/ }2 d
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape, A( ~1 P4 q: J5 V1 v
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
3 m; M! [$ S. F; B0 u2 v; \4 M" n2 z      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk  x" r$ J( ^. ~$ w! N) X9 D
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Allied Ships
* {' q# O0 Q; B+ j& N      BB North Carolina
2 Z% [6 M: P2 o. h      BB Washington/ K9 c4 @4 L2 e+ z6 m. L
      BB South Dakota4 t; M. V7 i3 i4 U1 }) ]. y  J$ V
      BB Indiana$ g9 }4 [/ b# ^: M7 y- o8 L  j, o
      BB Massachusetts& ~0 [7 w* c, s
      BB Alabama8 v( h* q/ g) n  Y, y
      DD Conner( g1 e: z; F1 y) z
      DD Cotten
5 e$ T: I8 E% t! P6 P( B) J      DD Cowell
0 n& Z. J; _6 h( g      DD Daly
1 Y, z3 I  }% O3 H" r* p      DD Eaton$ T3 Z- u5 h; W: |% A
      DD Heywood Edwards0 s8 Y0 g0 L1 K. u( F) X& B
      DD Erben0 S4 d& l) e1 X+ O
      DD Evans
+ E1 l7 ]$ g4 R9 R      DD Foote7 C. c/ t- \, C/ e
      DD Franks
& X2 P4 c1 t8 W/ n1 G7 m4 A      DD Fullam6 f8 |" v8 a/ ^* N
      DD Gatling
; \6 U; |5 G2 [: B5 {! @      DD Albert Grant) f; U( J% F& o) X
      DD Gregory
9 a# L. G5 u/ B/ N      DD Guest
0 T0 k& X" B' I$ t3 R4 ?      DMS Hamilton8 {) a# i$ B, u+ {/ }( R! f4 W
      DMS Forrest
# b5 x0 a) D0 a7 G      DMS Ellyson% w! v3 |/ x$ P$ E" P5 [# x& r; _
0 s- G: Y' q& D9 T5 X
  C0 Z& }, S/ x5 @- w
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
3 @; ^; U; P- u, VRange closes to 28,000 yards...
, L3 b9 K2 }8 \0 [& d9 I  m8 v* zRange closes to 26,000 yards...7 c2 Z+ r# O( V* _% E+ Y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 I2 [& _- f( h6 O& S/ j$ z
Range closes to 22,000 yards.... z4 `4 m+ _2 \6 V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
3 p& O7 l& }6 q* P  }+ CRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 _1 N- L* p3 N" C4 l. k
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
3 x% y" x) U% |, _8 y9 U: wRange closes to 14,000 yards...  U; z8 K8 _5 t% i
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) x/ a; w* @1 ~" }! ARange closes to 11,000 yards...
$ s$ u3 P9 ~% M" V; I9 V# SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards) s# o- A/ n# n' z8 a
Range closes to 10,000 yards...7 }1 d6 U* n8 P: @
Range closes to 9,000 yards...$ G; m' `( o' [- i6 q; m" J5 v# E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
$ J9 f8 t- k" Y$ f3 Z- Q# a' dBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards! M% @# _* R8 Z& n9 ]7 L% R
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
7 U5 @& O7 ?; a( DDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
! e, V% T8 y6 ~0 ?DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
/ W! {6 z/ |: P/ l9 Q+ c5 A( I0 JDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
3 M( e" t; I1 ~1 N* T) u( mRange closes to 5,000 yards
5 a1 j, y* K' `DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards! m9 D4 l0 z% O8 z$ m2 V
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
6 Y' |8 j# Y+ ARange closes to 3,000 yards
8 u( i" z- I" f. x( I# IBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards! N4 g# [% h. h+ y$ |* l1 Y. `7 F4 W
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards3 p2 S- d/ r% @* N! H0 p7 T
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
3 Z7 e8 t  F8 y2 e3 M8 V, FDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 T/ q9 x* @6 [* a/ J
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards0 q2 R5 K$ K( C
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards# ^0 w2 C+ v! j7 L. z  e8 N. T
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards  z: b0 r1 s. m1 o+ F4 m* r# b
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" Y) j% V8 `2 [7 A3 Z: O
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards5 M; b" E* g! g3 |5 B: S
Range increases to 5,000 yards
! l2 l/ t, P6 |4 ?. lBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards1 e: ^- Q' D' w+ v
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
5 R0 s4 J7 s5 {! p4 T- P- tRange increases to 7,000 yards
, `  ^* l  D; k! ~5 }" lDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards$ C, d$ v# `5 g1 A  G
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 H1 e  h" n% d- Z) T$ U4 ]
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards) ]$ `. n  J% Q3 Z$ T. ?
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
' s/ A& f' _7 U+ \4 K# m! ?  P1 B" J- HAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards9 ]# Z/ a9 u1 v; _
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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鬼畜水面舰部队这划水划地也太不敬业了...