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。  c4 }7 U8 v- d
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)  L1 P; `5 P. N6 }
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336  _0 v6 D# `, o3 F

/ o  a& Z; X& ^4 wDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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3 U9 R( V2 v; y- g2 ZAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8( p* g1 h- }0 k' W6 v2 v! {

( P. p* x8 N5 ~+ V0 T; JAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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2 n, F) i$ O% ], ~0 J0 `Combat modifiers
# |& g0 {3 e' d  kDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)8 h5 ], I+ z0 M: h. X  p
Attacker: % \% e& O% c9 x0 D/ u1 l) ~# H; u1 \
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Japanese ground losses:7 S2 u" I/ H, `& L3 I4 c) `
      3386 casualties reported
1 v/ g  Z& ~, R6 J, i         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled- V, s( n& o" p
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled* ~5 r6 h7 m4 [  x
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
. D# _0 ~; E8 B) w) w      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)+ }4 @$ ]" {. ~( o. \
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)8 S+ L6 Q) t% R6 K: T7 L& }8 P$ d
      Units destroyed 1
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/ t) E3 }) q' r4 Z& J  nAllied ground losses:
! X3 t% v/ o) ]' b* y; D2 [, a      5163 casualties reported; X* W( E  `  s  d5 n
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
: r4 i* [( ^$ S* E" }$ T2 C         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled9 s) @" `# R% h
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled# V# Y% F) l+ }$ ]1 [" o+ j
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
  g2 d, z0 r' u- f! F" x" V1 M      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:" o9 N" P. p, {# A8 C8 `
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion  R( k8 L3 e1 R! }
    710th Tank Battalion
$ \  j& S0 J/ C8 [    6th Infantry Division2 v' x2 z" I( k' {: W; S
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
4 g8 y4 S$ ^) J7 D" Y" y    44th Tank Battalion
  a: ~$ j* o+ {9 K1 H( D0 l: k    81st Infantry Division
  q! s* F4 X  F& }  V    762nd Tank Battalion. ]: }7 P" S* n" G. c# B
    767th Tank Battalion
1 a! j3 O* X4 c    711th Tank Battalion4 S3 P) v, p3 M# L
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
5 z$ I4 A: [/ ~( m  |" x    5th Marine Division
% E' v, e" a8 H1 G. w, d. i4 T    716th Tank Battalion
7 `; x& p# y; s* i    1st Filipino Inf Regiment* G  q* J+ s7 b' A& h0 }
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 \# ?3 d1 ^, m2 M    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ M7 n% h3 q7 `' L    706th Tank Battalion  R2 g. x6 M$ G2 G4 }3 y
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
; [1 |0 F$ y0 z# J1 G2 i. @    96th Infantry Division4 w7 v8 Y6 D# |0 [" w. v
    31st Infantry Regiment
/ W! F: G: H4 n9 v5 L/ h" O. t& a0 y    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 g; e1 ^/ S( n( ?/ ^
    I Corps Artillery ( \) C1 a5 G% h; l, A  n% Q6 u: ?
    12th Marine Defense Battalion4 W' U+ v3 `+ {8 n
    1st USMC AA Battalion2 G6 J4 t  [" I- @
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 {+ P" B2 i3 z1 ~9 d; T    XIV US Corps, }  \) b4 R3 A0 _
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' T( y" @! h4 c
    5th USA Defense Battalion$ w7 z" a. t) |* R8 h7 T- z0 f
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
2 d; B* G* |; i$ W6 }4 r4 k, b    738th Coast AA Regiment; \# L. P& F) L. D
    X Corps Artillery ' Z/ M  g( x: I" N
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: H, w% I' d/ c& X    96th Coast AA Regiment
) T, ?) K/ C3 \    4th USA Defense Battalion5 H3 |) z3 y. _1 B
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! q! A0 J" ]: ~, z( ~: {* X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment: A9 t* J$ I* I* O1 Y, D

' T4 s: w5 E; ^, s) Z  \% CDefending units:! G4 e! [% Y. s4 q, ^
    Kure 7th SNLF6 t/ T7 M2 A2 M6 D8 ~7 Z
    81st/A Division
& z& m- U1 \+ I. L/ E    Kure 3rd SNLF
; Q0 c) D/ Z, o, w4 ~: z    33rd/B Division
. {9 F5 u2 M: z6 y6 B' @    33rd/A Division
2 a; J  {0 b% ~" ?5 n9 c( Q    81st/C Division% H' E! O- W4 y1 ^' o
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment: {: K+ D& y. `' B. Y
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
) K/ \* S. z3 n6 j8 @    138th Infantry Regiment
* x5 q# b) X& e+ b- h. _0 g    Sasebo 7th SNLF
' x) r+ m) l( j5 M3 n3 O    144th Infantry Regiment
9 x2 c& t/ X; d7 P5 v: ?    81st/B Division3 `1 C& i8 G1 u( h6 v5 P
    33rd/C Division
9 _) |( T# {3 Z2 d. M6 s, {5 Z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
$ n. g3 I8 M( _1 ]    18th Army) v! v! l6 x: T5 n
    60th Field AA Battalion+ d; \; m. `- y, m5 h1 H. \
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co . z; j; W. p8 v, c1 E
    Ponape Naval Fortress% K' W. e2 W0 I! `
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 r) g9 L( p5 s- B$ u1 L! F$ v; F
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& K2 E! V- W/ Q  Q5 A) o' b9 N    53rd Construction Battalion
: Y( ]& B! R, p& b( `; A4 E    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion) V# g5 E5 y2 J- ^8 t/ l
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ A3 \2 t) S) S8 |    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
& G% g  q- n; z5 Y' C    19th JAAF Base Force
+ D2 K* y$ ]4 |3 z( Q" b# B    Wake Cst Gun Bn /18 L2 l6 j! G$ y( L, A+ P" A
    14th Area Army /1
( p# Q* _" Q8 X) J& N. i+ O    63rd Field AA Battalion' b. I% e1 F$ ^* N0 i
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
1 N1 w4 D( o3 ^5 H$ _    3rd Base Force
. H. ~, C  [8 h& I4 i( w    12th Air Fleet4 U. M# N* Q& C5 I" ]* a" r
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
' b; q" a/ ^& N8 ]: C    61st Field AA Battalion6 z) Z3 ?# T% i3 B6 Y
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 ]5 T1 y  M5 a0 s    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co . X; s2 x# @$ z$ r3 w
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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! Z# @: X7 x' U2 ?( |* d/ K" P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。! }9 K7 o+ M9 r. c
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)1 T, h3 C% b0 ]  {7 T
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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& h+ W- S5 R  P& a; O7 P4 ^Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67) [8 m; g0 R' o# g  D

: h1 l) t5 d. \% ^8 `; qJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 % \6 \0 N* u* L- w7 N8 e
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 4 I. Z) J1 N( X7 Y1 y4 l- z

- }4 J% t* _' i/ E  C' ?8 `Combat modifiers6 x3 }% ?* p' r0 ~
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)4 |8 F& c# B. D! a; s
Attacker: shock(+)) k: ], z; C! g- X* r

. G( d# @- S% w2 b& ?$ RJapanese ground losses:, J/ [* y& C) I6 B% n( K, g
      530 casualties reported
) A! a! D2 K, {6 v# {         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
& y5 O, |0 v3 o# c% j         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled7 t3 ?( f; U) y4 Y3 F
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled; z, @2 x7 ]' L& l8 r( `' j
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:% t% o5 J) R+ A1 W
      891 casualties reported
" g! y: z. A  i* `' [# z( D         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
- s3 A5 C+ ]  [/ t7 ]         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled) c. P2 L* |# ^$ S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  \0 r7 m6 M% d2 l$ ?+ Z
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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  N& Z7 g3 V' |7 ]/ t" z+ NAssaulting units:
, X1 f8 e0 ], A6 d# n    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade/ D  I' A. d- \* H
    21st Division
' a$ W6 j. I1 ~$ _. ~6 a4 b# F    4th Division
! p' X( L% L/ J% ~: |" c) Y    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment: P% l& D: D* k8 U) A6 A/ w& E
    23rd Tank Regiment
6 P+ v; h5 C7 q# V/ W  s    32nd Division' p$ d2 {7 v. C& \/ y6 |
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
5 f, g& Z. v, P' r    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
3 \! A" y$ y; m8 c    6th Area Army/ q  U& o2 F- W9 D. p. H( w6 Y
    103rd AA Regiment
% |4 R$ G" K- [& I; C) g- o0 N4 S% x1 y    1st JNAF Coy , h" M; {4 u/ N1 z9 d* D
    13th Army/ E$ g- p# p; N7 x. |, ?
    141st AA Regiment) c3 V1 f  S6 k- h0 q% H5 F4 ]/ D
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:- s" t- }2 |6 ?9 [- E' j
    50th Indian Para Brigade' E$ s0 a* a. {$ ]- _1 m2 y
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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
4 L$ e+ Y# A  m1 l, Z* C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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$ q. j/ \3 J. R" N3 j) M盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载1 P9 H3 F9 h" D+ n! W
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
5 I1 I3 T/ ^' V1 T9 I& b8 Q$ ODefensive Guns engage approaching landing force. ]; z1 N6 {) ?' M
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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9 S; S3 ^3 V* }, H" b- b0 M, xAllied Ships6 A7 L/ V% K3 l  I, F6 x
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! p( X6 K' @2 w1 b4 X# {. ]) }
      LST-81
4 W3 |: g  q* j- y      LST-74, Shell hits 33 K; q: N/ F0 r* N6 _
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
3 J1 ]; b" X# m      LST-78
( S/ a7 F: t' R2 {9 x      LST 209
$ `3 Y" V5 d4 V0 a( w7 U      LST-889$ j: M% U5 b" g
      LST-246+ k9 q* Q4 K& R- H6 @. U7 Q
      LST-240
* x. g# T' v' i$ J( Y8 S/ d* X$ V      LST-204& Q$ u  [2 W: P4 V
      LST-202& S% v5 P& l- Z6 A
      LST-1230 q% a. F% I0 m! w1 b& c* F
      LST-121
4 i' ?8 y# x- d- `" K6 d) V      LST-120' Y5 P3 E- X1 R" ^7 S* h9 W
      LST-86, [+ |$ d; _) u( t* G9 O2 ^
      LST-85! V9 L! k+ g! P8 p  y
      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)4 s' a* k+ m: L6 _3 @( ?! E- M
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force' T: @  @$ J6 T( b/ ~* b
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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- A' d: ?$ l( I) W" h+ UAllied Ships
0 b! ~% E% h7 E* s      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 `! r" R6 H$ q# {
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
. @8 K0 z2 S# Z' a# @  m1 J      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" ~, F; C! I$ x% q% N5 ?; x      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire9 K1 ~+ d. J8 t' B0 f
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
5 T3 v# v. @# s4 x" ^- [      LST-87, Shell hits 6
6 @; I" v3 U! F      LST 1803 m# t. R7 G7 Q( z/ I; F9 P
      LST 157
3 I6 Z4 O( U$ ~& A  e" a      LST 2
5 t8 j+ l/ H+ U) J      LST-884
" R! J3 F- X3 t2 h7 L      LST-8823 D* |9 p' w* P7 X, [
      LST-397) B- E0 a: l1 |, C2 a. e- l7 S. A
      LST-395
9 D2 n8 J/ c( o: \+ S# J3 \, [1 v      LST-274
" x' \) N2 J+ S3 d* p9 P' |, {/ z      LST-273, J* ?+ u4 r+ z& c1 G  s7 H* e; e
      LST-246
3 I/ \3 B- k: X4 @# j. A      LST-244
/ `0 I! M! ?4 G, E5 [" F: ]" C9 X      LST-241, h4 \, p0 D& G; c, J+ U7 g
      LST-218- N% M% Q2 X) O/ `; I& a: \' J
      LST-216
: |: w7 f) Q- i  R      LST-202. ^' v( d. _2 Y7 v7 C2 z
      LST-171& }- B# ^7 ?; O9 A9 j$ I4 Z
      LST-166: ^( P% J, G9 }
      LST-124
6 \( C+ R. ^7 O  |1 ]      LST-121
  F" B/ j& }+ D* j" S% x      LST-88
5 u% C2 H& l6 b. ~  u! z  ^9 W- l      LST-123* n. j- P; ~$ T! J( o4 F
      LST-86! W6 t9 E1 V& c: ~- O8 c
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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
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8 w) j4 B- R" z3 i9 ~. Y) N2 j4 [Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack. ^# f" `9 b5 w* k+ _+ r% |

- a" Z8 [6 c5 j7 NAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13618 Z8 p2 {4 {) }
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Japanese ground losses:% x2 r  v, l2 \" ~# [8 N2 d+ ?
      406 casualties reported! i- y& L: ?8 i
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled1 T& `  f, N+ @. f! [
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
- N: z/ v  B) O8 A- L" [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled+ [- T; \% ~: D) y% E3 V" I) r: e% Y$ \% S

$ b+ c* `1 h4 ]0 z) O4 ?! S" aAllied ground losses:
) }* @0 |  u9 r5 {4 K      21 casualties reported1 a$ V% T$ V, n& V7 j7 K6 [+ D( f
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled7 [, k3 k" S3 F& h: m/ j% H
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
8 K; J6 g6 e( {2 }# p' n( L0 f8 g+ C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 E1 }+ v) l, R6 `
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
7 X5 P% s: Y0 Q      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:, q, |" H4 p, ], ?' H
    5th Marine/B Division
8 }# `# y) u% g; b/ {; F2 h    81st Infantry/B Division: f- [* V9 W6 ]/ w% M6 S
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment7 H1 c6 ^- D  f
    5th Marine/C Division
0 T$ E# u. V/ a% ^1 r  p6 m. ~    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
! x6 l% K8 O) I. m/ ~' f    6th Infantry/B Division
3 b9 n9 T' v8 B. H. W    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
( K, ~9 K7 U3 Q    716th Tank Battalion0 e4 k; c3 Z% ~8 f
    81st Infantry/C Division
6 ?0 t2 Z3 g/ l1 |0 d! l    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
) t: ~% v; Z! ^/ P    6th Infantry/C Division* d! g3 X. E, j0 j1 l
    5th Marine/A Division8 Z+ b/ ^0 M: b5 ]( R! A: J
    767th Tank Battalion
& X" c$ J0 {( h2 U/ d    96th Infantry/A Division( `1 A' k9 V5 G) s
    706th Tank Battalion
. G# J, Q4 ~5 v5 m# d0 R    711th Tank Battalion
2 t4 B8 Q" h8 w    762nd Tank Battalion
( H/ i# d# H) K! t    96th Infantry/B Division& S. G. r& L2 s
    81st Infantry/A Division  I- C0 _" c+ _
    44th Tank Battalion/ R3 ]0 }# b; w; M
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 p% N( a3 |! U4 D) ^
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment1 n$ L+ v4 {) i4 W1 _) J, E
    31st Infantry Regiment
5 p' T+ O# x2 V5 B" G    6th Infantry/A Division5 T7 }0 ^: k  g! D" e
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment1 w! c) v( o; y2 e3 `5 I) O( w
    710th Tank Battalion' ?; U% w1 K( g# v# Z
    96th Infantry/C Division$ a4 `( x. d3 P( V( s: }5 h
    5th USA Defense Battalion3 W0 L8 v) J2 Y' y; G& j
    4th USA Defense Battalion: [3 Z  q3 j! R. r: n$ i" X
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* X/ V! n1 O2 Q9 ]+ @0 y; E2 T    X Corps Artillery 1 I1 X; C3 y# ~9 K9 Q) u
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 n. r8 h8 |. R$ R5 i
    XIV US Corps
+ X, R# U; Y% ?& V6 f    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment3 h( Y0 X% C/ B7 @& a  R" V0 n
    8th Marine Defense Battalion& O# e- L! s& y7 {0 `
    14th Marine Defense Battalion9 o5 ~4 s5 a! `( C4 q; `" _
    I Corps Artillery
# Y# n) r' z6 l4 w* o    96th Coast AA Regiment! c0 z- {% Q' H$ |5 o$ [
    1st USMC AA Battalion2 U: L  Y$ J+ j5 n+ x
    738th Coast AA Regiment
# L" g* w/ r* {% \2 t/ ]    12th Marine Defense Battalion; A! x! M6 z9 Q1 K* j4 w7 @
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 i" \2 [* k- g) p9 u! k% W5 v  Y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ T4 F5 K  `; S2 l
8 |( |. o0 ~- E4 B  X- M
Defending units:
; O0 M/ T5 B+ ?- w+ t7 D7 X    33rd/A Division; V$ D7 I# J7 R2 m. c0 z
    81st/B Division# }- P2 _+ I* ^1 R/ U" U7 K" n
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
* S. D$ z4 F; Y5 b& y4 `, F    81st/C Division- m' }) r7 m! k, z9 _  K6 j% N
    138th Infantry Regiment
' Q# f# G. f) t* d    Kure 3rd SNLF
! l% ?2 h+ r; ~9 ^$ C    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
8 S; E) Y2 h; ^  ?    144th Infantry Regiment& H( a. s8 P) A; A9 U1 j" s
    52nd Naval Guard Unit/ g: e0 d. |, z' v% R/ ~
    33rd/B Division
% A9 G* ^7 a6 `    81st/A Division0 ?% U9 C3 w. y  c1 z: y* ]! P; q) C
    33rd/C Division# d- u4 |% B3 |& J6 ^7 I
    3rd Base Force' t2 ^- _5 K& E' Q0 u. K
    19th JAAF Base Force
. w0 Z1 w7 L5 H* s/ I    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1( M! B1 k9 ~2 {7 Q) {9 |
    60th Field AA Battalion
$ F/ y; e! T5 s; N4 d, u; @    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion5 C! A4 n3 D. f! J% m5 Y( E
    53rd Construction Battalion2 v' Q3 x7 D& b+ Z
    Ponape Naval Fortress
; r  m1 A; s! a4 F4 m, b    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. o3 G  L+ _; d) L9 ~    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment& N5 t- J/ C1 a. A0 D: R/ `
    12th Air Fleet, e; I" `1 b. S9 @' ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 @1 @4 q& N2 ~  B
    61st Field AA Battalion% o; d0 {! n' j3 D( w
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co & h; j. z& t9 K5 h5 j, ?
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
7 H% n/ m$ a+ u! ^9 ~0 H- R    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
$ p1 d) W. s$ a0 I1 f9 \    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- b# J! i/ l8 y% X) E0 K& d; k    14th Area Army /1
  Z9 B0 ]  y' O( `8 p; g    63rd Field AA Battalion
* C( V- m1 K9 z0 X3 N" {0 ~9 ^    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
7 n) L- N2 N' l2 |! D8 B* c/ L    Kure 7th SNLF! o2 z% N% S( ^0 P$ n
    18th Army
7 `6 R) P5 k. @. I+ ^4 v    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
( f4 E' k7 |" p/ {    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3& [& I9 q! b3 j* ^! n/ ]; n! m/ N
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" E$ ]" ]" B7 E! v日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘+ h' h7 z. N/ G$ \- S; y
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& k, W. t7 k9 p3 X+ G$ g$ vSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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      E No.542 l, }. F+ ^& X& ]0 s8 W
      E No.50& H5 |7 t$ O9 P# D% F6 `
      E No.68
! `8 G) ^, h- i8 Z6 e6 ~; {+ D      E No.52! u* b7 I' w" T: j$ d8 F. q1 z
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Allied Ships& V  @8 |' P6 J, m/ {
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk8 T  o: w/ a- G
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重创另一艘' ]7 A  B+ K2 B9 i! ]$ G

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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102, m. Z9 q; N* H9 w8 a! W
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      E No.8
7 g2 I) z- g) T) H      E No.6
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4 A/ X* d  b9 b5 N! v- K0 n" dAllied Ships
+ _/ D5 o. ~/ K6 e  G1 k      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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% E3 I" K8 c, @0 h8 E$ J% |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( v+ @1 ?1 j5 j: M. q

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4 ?& c& H1 R' ]5 O; J  ^4 y+ x1 k" rNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!0 P# [% A& o$ f! R  M
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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: O: u5 e  d  U- a3 ]Allied Ships; ^7 D3 X1 z- [3 }
      CA Wichita
4 u) }, }6 g$ y( [  ]. ]      CA Vincennes& }# [9 o4 d( \5 x" I
      CA Quincy: T+ z3 N( n- p# \1 B: T, ]0 n
      CA San Francisco+ p+ w  O) X" G% r# V0 e
      CA Minneapolis
% C( R$ }# ?9 ^, x      CA Astoria: D" o- t3 f: ^4 p7 Y$ _
      CA Chicago
* z; |3 Y9 ~* B$ s8 [      CA Louisville" u- _1 h5 j# M. j
      CA Chester
3 Z4 b% `# a1 y: x9 u7 A      CA Northampton
, J7 R: q# d/ U- F/ Y$ _6 _      CA Portland
9 r0 D) r* Z- H$ B" Q3 d( y6 V# l/ G4 Q5 ?4 J4 I( r
Japanese ground losses:/ v: T* ]2 O, Q# {/ @' \
      71 casualties reported
8 I" ?/ g. d! J$ u% P! k) l         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled3 K" z0 }' G5 J5 E2 `& H2 H
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled; C4 p! S  d" Q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
* I) X' F, d1 m+ @9 `9 S" u' T4 |      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)! S1 a2 N6 f3 f' J" W
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Airbase hits 2
( j) z3 V6 t. O/ b: \) hRunway hits 10- L; t2 |4 [- \8 b4 I! W. a
Port hits 40 e) v* M& n2 ?; U
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape 3 ]  d9 r% p  V( Z" U$ u
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 Z7 i6 [# q  H1 t9 ?$ c: V  WPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
( o. _$ J1 \! W; `CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress# y2 g6 W6 U$ y
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
2 a0 F- j7 q  C" V6 g6 KCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division- {' j8 o2 q' p. t2 G
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ j+ m+ w, B5 P* A: m# lPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria2 a; u' @, N1 W/ n' N5 v5 {: Y) \* Z2 z
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' y5 f  L1 ^4 w' u. b& W8 jCA Chicago firing at Ponape 5 C5 x1 L7 {$ h8 W( b1 f' d  s
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force+ @7 v; D/ W( z' |) w( l2 @
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
9 T% t8 G. O# D9 g' w' u2 ^6 j7 GCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' [$ U7 r! }) y) @) p4 aCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division$ u' S. ~& c, O1 s
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland' ^) i, T5 n- ?: T
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment- X. ~5 ~5 o7 |" b1 d
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113# U% h* X# J8 f4 n

( W/ q7 o8 i( [3 U( PAllied Ships) e: E7 K$ O! J0 k* ^% _5 L
      BB Alabama
4 D* \0 S$ z; e' @, ^0 l: \" X" [      BB Massachusetts
' ]1 X- m( x0 u2 O0 k* B      BB Indiana/ d/ J. T! g, ~/ T6 w4 N. C1 o
      BB South Dakota- k/ U- ]! p* }' k# G
      BB Washington% u1 ~" y7 C/ A/ ]" R
      BB North Carolina/ m. J5 v9 I* M& Q9 y8 l& k
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Japanese ground losses:! x% v, w( s# X0 ^7 G; ^& g
      275 casualties reported( o7 L% K) J" _: t8 g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
9 J0 W5 U& V, C" F0 p) k3 |         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
" _) e( x' e: D4 W) m5 B         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled1 ?8 a6 w- c7 a; e6 W
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
) I6 f  @/ d$ W2 _  x      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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! m, C0 v$ e) V. eAirbase supply hits 1
5 J: o; p; D7 W, I' W! BRunway hits 7
' n! e4 X2 E& n) [3 RPort hits 3
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1 l. E$ h5 c" fBB Alabama firing at Ponape 1 x+ Y% t: d& x$ u' f( f
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
; e4 ]. ]8 |. bBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division+ t+ I, S: a! Y3 k
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota. P0 w8 ~* m6 K3 c- Z8 \
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape . Y6 V8 J+ K) r  y3 g* e2 L+ X/ _/ {
BB Washington firing at Ponape
& d+ }5 r4 r( _BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% W, U9 c/ e: I, B' ]

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!% G3 [5 R/ A$ `. e
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.7 L' g! ?  |0 l- f' e/ V1 o% \# g3 w

6 h0 j! V* J6 c1 J; d( T, T$ QAllied Ships
/ u  o% o% i' q; c4 p0 d% N; I& C      BB Queen Elizabeth
* u4 k$ W/ I& ^. p! ]      BB Valiant+ |# K. b! Z& M
      BB Mississippi
6 A! U$ Z' i5 k! L2 ]      BB New Mexico
. `; m: s1 W$ R+ F8 w* v: f% G9 r, k      BB Idaho
2 @" R+ V! |* c) b. Q8 H      BB West Virginia" h3 F+ B; x% Q4 x
      BB Colorado
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( D# ^* H2 Z- P7 u( @Japanese ground losses:# |( S  [+ H) X# k
      117 casualties reported
7 A0 T4 |/ b- o3 i" ?         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled. ]) @8 P$ g. ^
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
1 x7 x! s# y5 P- c8 k. b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% }/ |* @7 }6 o9 F: {# R  L2 m      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled). L  n  z- t6 G* O
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 ]7 k1 t% t& y* E
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Airbase hits 2
4 [" l- }% B+ g- j. X: h0 O, qRunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ A3 \* O- ~6 B& }. x% B  mBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& f1 z! ~5 F$ ]& \# j7 G+ D1 n2 O
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 H2 @. ]1 x0 X  v; kPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi# \' l! \3 h. Q# j7 v5 o: \1 f
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division' X& ~- A0 h2 t
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
9 X' \7 J0 M% Q9 n3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
3 X3 I: [7 Y9 I/ D+ v7 vBB West Virginia firing at Ponape & ?# W2 w# ]/ l( v8 [  m: l
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
/ X7 j2 \# n6 h  ]* w3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado0 D0 X4 \+ y  n9 x0 }

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/ G3 y' s( I: o! cAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)& _6 R8 ^5 G' H7 C* k" I! }
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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" l1 s4 l4 o) m) x) Q3 `" rRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet./ |+ T% ]7 J. y& a: t# |  ~8 I
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes; L( @% m7 K+ [* P: d- \- |
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Allied aircraft0 ~1 b8 p# V! |+ @) g
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
2 g6 d) T  J  D% O6 l) G; u      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
4 g7 q, ~) p* {3 |1 T      TBM-1C Avenger x 283, j: G9 l$ o$ s9 h" j5 K+ j* C: [
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Allied aircraft losses$ ]' [* [( i. q) ]9 r: O+ Q# y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged- a* d2 B9 C8 z8 L7 Z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
3 V; k: p# d/ p      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
' I1 `4 w  u0 r3 r* z4 B' W$ q% y      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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0 H/ X2 U. s3 [! g2 C- b0 `Japanese ground losses:( i1 ~9 u: u8 f
      159 casualties reported/ _8 F& j1 B; p' o
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- {! c$ }; F8 S
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
6 C6 V1 V4 B2 E  F1 I! G+ e. V% A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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& C, H# i0 G, f! b; x7 {6 y( y# KGround combat at Ponape (119,113)( D: O8 p" B. h8 L7 O  D6 f3 \

3 {2 A: K! P9 b, @+ aAllied Deliberate attack
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2 N3 ?; f1 C% f$ i1 p9 XAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29318 Y& S& n* b8 N. A
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7, C- G3 x4 |% j/ M
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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' d: s! T# N. j( q% LJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 * k. X4 C% |; Y( V- @: k" s
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers
; y2 V- b2 G/ k2 K$ i9 P( e' p; GDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)6 P- D0 q( c5 F0 }0 U% ^
Attacker:
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2 X5 ]+ }- W) l6 VJapanese ground losses:1 O! L( I8 \8 Y% b; v
      3539 casualties reported0 u- n9 Y: t( U. v
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
6 x+ H- R1 h  C3 I/ l" N6 Z9 t         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled% A3 p8 N' x$ W9 W; ~
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled0 u  ^+ N* ?4 ?5 I) {' Z6 B
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled): N4 Y$ ^8 c4 _. w8 i
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:* b  B, {+ |: o( b7 L8 A2 |
      3552 casualties reported
3 j. e1 ]0 t! l5 S! g: q5 ?# o* E         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
% {) Z' \$ i8 L0 K$ {         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled2 s2 x0 [; v) Z  d1 T1 X3 m
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled
4 f5 d  I" X+ C( L; S1 N1 M' d- E      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
" D3 V0 w. V; c/ Z      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
! k' v+ J) S' e2 }* ~, @  ~+ C, d/ j% r      Units destroyed 13 j. [4 A& ?& ~! W/ ?
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Assaulting units:
( R# M2 @! w8 a( @    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
( v! @4 _0 u7 S- ]; |    5th Marine Division
; \2 A2 R! Y. V/ _    716th Tank Battalion
5 R6 p3 c4 R& U    706th Tank Battalion
7 B  g# t5 G( K& _    762nd Tank Battalion
0 H: h; q. I: ~' o3 H6 O    710th Tank Battalion
; y0 p, B, N+ R3 l$ `# d    767th Tank Battalion
# ^+ p" c8 }$ q" L8 _! N7 w7 j    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment7 l# c- I3 ^$ J( H3 ]- `
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
, N- ?- w3 M8 f8 b& W    81st Infantry Division3 o& a+ W# u+ ~
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
9 f6 e1 r0 ?7 x* ~    96th Infantry Division) K7 f* c& G3 A/ F  w0 _. ?( ]
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment3 |2 i. `  l/ U8 E9 ~2 a
    711th Tank Battalion
- s: M- Q# [' L& c    44th Tank Battalion
6 w2 c. {7 R9 O' n- m: z    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
+ H3 g3 }: ~7 A; b! ^1 e    6th Infantry Division& g& ?6 }' @+ a" ]0 @
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
! u2 }; f: Y9 N/ j    31st Infantry Regiment2 i3 S! L  C: ~6 G+ c/ r7 J. Y4 \
    XIV US Corps
/ ]1 P. s* y- @# z7 q6 C( k    96th Coast AA Regiment' g# v! o* x5 J* k9 t& i
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
5 W7 R9 B- V: X& {$ ~% d1 R    4th USA Defense Battalion' z' o4 o# _# O& F$ ?3 O9 Y0 F
    14th Marine Defense Battalion5 x' t% l: F/ p( Z. N; [/ U
    1st USMC AA Battalion' [' {. e/ Q% f5 Z6 a
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion. F7 |: u3 j. E$ V
    5th USA Defense Battalion3 U  j5 S/ W( a7 v1 X
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 k' l. \7 I' C" e    738th Coast AA Regiment$ O2 n' k* _8 a" s- q% H
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment% @  j: `% l5 V7 J  ]( K7 @
    I Corps Artillery
( O5 v6 u& z3 k* H$ r    8th Marine Defense Battalion. Z* W' O5 r/ [$ g1 i
    X Corps Artillery
5 R3 q7 A0 b- b2 j# {    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ K; l/ R8 O: v1 b    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment) g  {+ q+ e+ V6 ]

! R( Q  w- Q8 j2 \& T, |! pDefending units:& B$ `: V0 W$ T: Q. r' \
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment8 H! `+ b3 o9 J: G+ ~& E9 E) x
    52nd Naval Guard Unit8 x, f, ]9 n: v# z7 u
    144th Infantry Regiment7 p0 V/ D4 L- e
    Kure 3rd SNLF: Z$ w/ P$ a# D+ h9 z7 a* n  a" K
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
- L$ Q& D$ }) v    33rd/B Division
" W7 q$ ]* m& R9 G" K    81st/C Division( ?/ i4 ?' |8 Z5 s. M+ s  p
    81st/A Division
+ Y& F" Q' K: _% d, Z    81st/B Division
6 B) B2 ~# i8 M/ }5 c! }    33rd/A Division5 }; V& ~6 q7 Z1 p+ x
    138th Infantry Regiment
. Q" A$ m' C& M6 f' P) e! D    33rd/C Division- q! H! i. d. d. P, `
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment' O% O- i5 t& h! d! _% _
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion! X7 b& \- t3 I$ J/ h
    19th JAAF Base Force% d8 H5 N8 u7 {4 i8 n
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co * X; \: b! \+ S9 l* K& |% `
    12th Air Fleet( w- e( @0 k! k3 M: n7 j
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment% U; w  D, s* }
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co + b% a, X, w; u
    63rd Field AA Battalion9 A5 W) s& F" J: q" j1 k
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
7 A# F3 b# v" S0 J# N$ {( Z& s    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! D! }( X3 }% A) f    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
! T3 N* h0 {* A  n2 s0 n# F+ F    Ponape Naval Fortress& e* _+ A$ a2 n$ w+ ]/ }) O6 f. B/ f7 I
    61st Field AA Battalion$ v3 Z5 K. H8 T- }" u
    18th Army: @- d$ s; J1 M9 v# r
    14th Area Army /1
1 M' s6 R9 R$ s" v& O    60th Field AA Battalion3 b& V. O. U( ^) p5 I( Z6 ?+ E
    53rd Construction Battalion
: _" ]' }( D% c  R- J7 ^- r$ u( O    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* h' [- I6 ]& W1 Q    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
9 s8 S9 Q1 k. F+ _- D" ?7 F    Kure 7th SNLF
* B6 F" o% D1 c, ~1 h3 F    3rd Base Force
6 B- G0 C5 Z' [& Y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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) _" `& q, P4 E+ C5 d4 J& f- wAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)( P1 n  I- p6 g; I3 }; W4 @
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7 c0 m' t0 |( Z: m  _, M7 LRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
9 j% K  o* A' [5 lEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft2 G, @# ]4 E: C
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
- C4 Q+ L6 T: o6 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
$ c+ l# [* x" q! I) ]      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
# K2 A. ^9 o- P1 EAllied aircraft losses- Y0 _+ C+ s0 {8 S- r* X- c
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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
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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1 v8 f' @/ O5 p8 c0 W
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) @! ?9 S: G* g) I: V& A3 e$ c! CNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!0 _# m( Q3 [- `3 f- r! d
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Allied Ships
$ D6 `% B; l* n' v0 p4 l      CA Vincennes6 ]3 g: M& f2 ?- d+ _
      CA Quincy
" x5 g, r! i, P) }7 ~6 X. ^      CA San Francisco
& Z! L) ~' h; X      CA Minneapolis' E9 M% n5 ]# L+ i: ]2 d' }
      CA Astoria: X% {7 V9 x7 i: G8 V$ H
      CA Chicago, }% B- }! q; m( B% ?1 F
      CA Louisville
( H2 l7 d+ l# N" J( P5 |      CA Chester2 l8 ]2 B& ]4 J
      CA Northampton; \* A* }$ Y- S. g, y* p. d* ~
      CA Portland; D' s. k3 _8 T* W9 }
! v6 R5 s* E7 A" n. h4 P# Y
Japanese ground losses:
3 h) I+ `# v, h, @      112 casualties reported# ]% [/ O3 }5 \; l& N# r
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 A5 Y% P: ]/ n9 R1 t3 l$ T
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
. e3 R8 m' R. J. v  K$ M- z! n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled% \" ?, u, V8 @

/ b  N7 J' G* ^1 I2 |6 SAirbase hits 5- R' ~: @& F8 f/ A  h& Q& c
Airbase supply hits 22 [6 Z# @. J7 i: M0 R& S; E
Runway hits 215 q* W- d* P4 [/ r3 y
Port hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113, ]+ k* u: Z0 C, N! ^/ A4 ]! F
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Allied Ships! f: P& q2 [8 Z/ m8 z2 B) o. p* x
      BB Alabama9 `" B( L8 ?9 Y" m; ^: a
      BB Massachusetts$ L/ o4 M) ^6 r: L9 ^
      BB Indiana
5 F& m3 ~# g0 t' I3 t1 l; H$ O      BB South Dakota
, ]) Z5 ?$ ?+ ~2 Z6 A# R( |* O      BB Washington
/ s7 N! E2 ~9 N( a+ W" E9 x0 t      BB North Carolina2 z0 P- e; I) D

# d, m4 T% S( |. N5 m4 AJapanese ground losses:
5 [. \- c6 E7 W6 C3 ]1 X! |9 Z      398 casualties reported
3 d- x) w) `# ]+ i3 o# l! Z3 N         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled" f$ \4 t2 |' O& X$ ], H
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled  I& n3 |" E4 h3 f
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled$ U# q7 n* Q( q
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
' _* P# U" s: c      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled); c2 I! F. a3 F7 t7 M' U

! R+ }3 i7 Y/ [0 `7 s: G- p7 o3 P! KAirbase hits 9
* @1 R4 t) B& KRunway hits 9
  @. ~+ a- b4 oPort hits 2! |* t: f9 }# K0 X) {( t( M- l9 y
0 u8 q/ x$ w- d& w' s) `
BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division5 p2 a. C6 f& E+ j; x$ s
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
  U3 Z" [' I% k! X! E1 Z' KBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division" i" Z9 P2 n6 ^
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape " {0 ~/ {+ Z$ g# W" l1 `
BB Washington firing at Ponape
$ s3 |$ s. v2 A$ [. h! [! Q; N# CBB North Carolina firing at Ponape + Z1 A8 S- X  M4 d. B
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# k. G. ]9 |9 m& @( R( |Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 d3 ~8 d( z8 Q
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Allied Ships8 l& G$ f  `% z: g, n: L7 P3 K
      BB Mississippi
5 L/ i- v7 ~% B' G/ i3 v      BB New Mexico
; q( @- h) _# J4 J) k! t      BB Idaho8 N7 k1 ~( C6 L* G# V

! F3 g" f2 F# v4 U7 {' aJapanese ground losses:4 Z* k% M/ S+ i" V; G+ s9 b& U$ f
      195 casualties reported3 @+ |1 r5 J9 T7 N3 {5 }4 y
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 n: }( A: m8 v. T         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
/ Y2 f3 @$ G' I# E         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ ]6 ~: d) m) O8 g0 ]      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled); {1 p+ t6 i9 ~7 i) o; x
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled), e' Y4 Z) E+ M# t
$ |) y/ l6 O8 Q  N
Airbase hits 3
0 E: B6 M8 {" r' A# w# z4 BRunway hits 14* J$ {) a: i- G' [
4 K  Z( z' [1 q& ~8 e" V
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
' j' }( y2 |+ T" {6 A9 ]* mBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division) c8 T( r5 ~- p9 G6 b$ K  c! `# H
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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% n8 ~$ \  v- n6 B4 H0 R9 X* K& C1 ^4 zAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape), ]& `3 o5 ^) b% N: x5 j0 [: O

0 O; _/ e( s# _. {; \; EWeather in hex: Severe storms8 l' Y3 G" P2 E- `, U( P% z

/ g$ q& W) b# c( y3 m' \; N+ ^; H8 MRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
( O4 V0 r% |& y# aEstimated time to target is 34 minutes9 ^+ t- ?* o) b) m4 A. w/ J
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Allied aircraft. [$ ~  h. X  k8 _" G9 V. j, z
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4622 B! L2 p" U# ], G( g) I5 `, m" H
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3333 ^( I. m- n; O; R5 P, k' x
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
% w  b  K# Y" |0 D6 G7 s4 j! ~' }7 Z+ n
Allied aircraft losses
3 ?) c5 ?' c7 A8 y( o3 s) ?2 `      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
9 y* |9 s. u) B4 ?  o% h7 K7 v      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak& o, D4 y. {' L0 I" R
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
0 a0 }2 `1 j2 u, H6 X' ^  O# \( V  d3 n; i' e
Japanese ground losses:
. G+ z# I$ \( |; [3 U! o      121 casualties reported, q& r+ k1 b7 u  w3 w
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 j+ d% p1 K0 C; a& K
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled" I+ U# G. s. u; N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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* [, V- Q% [8 O6 A- kGround combat at Ponape (119,113)2 p* S( T8 p" F- c
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Allied Deliberate attack* d6 j: d$ @! U" {; `7 E

) J  |& U5 h# eAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629& I2 l+ \0 m( k  Z8 b

' W! ]( g7 W' R2 A: a5 ^- v. qDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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+ W) h$ i# S" LAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 " [. z! c( f& Z2 k

1 p, [* R$ P) R# RAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 3 h" t, [; e: l0 N9 V
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Combat modifiers% U, q! @* \8 H0 K! J; F9 h4 j
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
3 T- ~1 r3 U- n' ], _6 ^Attacker: $ X" p  |5 ~0 F, U

& G% b* u# w$ m, ]0 b6 ?+ QJapanese ground losses:
# ~* U1 b# u9 i' u, E      2305 casualties reported
* u0 ~! }0 T0 K9 ?         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled5 O* X6 c3 D; h* O0 H& e, M
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled. ~% c0 d1 v1 B. I6 g
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
  p5 ?* n8 Y6 Y- X2 ^# U, q      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
1 i* Q8 }2 A" C# `1 u( |      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)/ r2 f+ K6 C# u9 g" z2 W' H4 E

- G1 e) O. i+ b" }4 r. l# [/ ?Allied ground losses:4 S9 V9 ], ], J
      3064 casualties reported
0 \$ S; m. t$ P" L4 b$ y         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled* p. x* B( I/ r8 |/ w3 j$ ^
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
& U: A  [( D2 V3 q% S5 S         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
! A) s/ B6 a3 ~/ R4 G; k      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)9 K1 |- c. b* p; s3 j) f
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)2 h; q* L* E( Q* B

; W6 ]  B/ T+ J8 }Assaulting units:
* I7 ^/ `: s: F( Q$ o    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment8 i/ ]; x7 q8 h
    711th Tank Battalion
" `( d- {1 M) s    716th Tank Battalion
$ v/ `7 ~+ i* e2 J* g3 N+ E    6th Infantry Division/ d: S# k+ t; |/ h5 x$ G" ?- y
    44th Tank Battalion* |$ ?" U% G) T3 p* \- i
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
) s7 w! z5 C' N9 [* I7 O    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
  Y; Y2 d+ ~. r# Z7 L. r    81st Infantry Division
8 p, p; D4 I0 @" L    767th Tank Battalion
$ j3 u5 h/ j( l( S    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment) v- r  @( C* W* U1 ]2 o
    762nd Tank Battalion
% c% J6 O  [$ W4 ~2 Q1 }$ k    710th Tank Battalion$ u( l# n9 T# S0 d
    96th Infantry Division( I% _' K( ^' {2 g
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment* t) _9 e) n; @/ O" \3 {4 o
    706th Tank Battalion# m* }( O8 _3 ?/ b, H: }, l0 U
    5th Marine Division$ i- T1 p( M" g! @
    31st Infantry Regiment: J& k5 {+ e% Z) Z- |) F
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 S+ \5 y+ m- u8 {1 {& _7 Q- \) Q    1st USMC AA Battalion5 O" V0 z) f: D5 N4 ]
    738th Coast AA Regiment% K, g8 |% e: ]' M; g# J; d: S
    96th Coast AA Regiment; x7 {* j% S0 n
    14th Marine Defense Battalion0 W  o8 Q+ A" T* T( p1 Y  W6 a
    12th Marine Defense Battalion- {; B9 W7 G5 s% c
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 m" M/ b' U2 S8 v/ Y, E    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment# t" f- m4 o" \& u8 ~  o/ [
    XIV US Corps
0 e; p, {- e% X3 s1 x    X Corps Artillery 1 O! i: P" I$ B9 j! I2 ^# @3 x( d' [
    5th USA Defense Battalion# |9 ~) D  T; \- |9 J+ I, s( Z
    4th USA Defense Battalion! c+ D6 W0 P  g% g! w1 ]& n
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment- g( w8 L6 f4 [: z/ o+ x( y4 x
    I Corps Artillery 5 f- n0 B; ^  i; a6 T2 _1 U
    8th Marine Defense Battalion/ _/ v5 A/ b* V
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; ?1 Z+ i9 _: E6 S% k

0 z, F8 t9 Z; }( n8 dDefending units:
2 T$ K, i9 c2 F" H! z4 ~    Ponape Naval Fortress# u. G& M+ ]6 y/ Y# @( _5 n5 x; f
    81st/C Division: M; }# L: x( C# Q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit$ y" P8 g" D( O2 T0 ~% J: F
    138th Infantry Regiment; c& a- S8 p( J$ V
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
4 T4 h, e/ J4 r4 O    Sasebo 7th SNLF
. ]3 @- w5 h$ F/ z3 e2 x: z1 C/ a    144th Infantry Regiment
) O- I1 H* o# d. N    81st/B Division- Q' l0 |% l) ?( E9 g& W5 g+ h
    33rd/B Division3 B. P9 J5 u. _# s+ [2 {" [
    33rd/A Division
  y# U0 o* L! t: y7 s+ v( B; u- L    81st/A Division
' H& R' Y+ W6 n( a+ @1 Z    Kure 3rd SNLF% v  C0 O; ?. }4 T* C( ^3 K
    33rd/C Division
+ a& c. H( L5 K( z" P1 p8 x    53rd Construction Battalion
( A: ?" ]3 o+ _1 @' C    18th Army! G9 L: G* G* J9 P' Q
    14th Area Army /1- O* f$ q; i9 G' _
    60th Field AA Battalion
: S. y- b7 P8 \5 b+ t0 C% }    12th Air Fleet) l# G5 o; m2 v: E* y. F
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment! n8 h2 n+ D5 P2 _, o# E
    63rd Field AA Battalion
- L) K, c4 c2 W8 @: R  Q  r    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 S8 R9 m5 S5 F
    3rd Base Force
  X8 u" s# O  u/ W. q1 i+ v0 Q2 D    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- e( L1 u2 S7 G! k+ N
    Kure 7th SNLF, Z& ]5 R5 D" I
    19th JAAF Base Force
0 j& ]8 M5 J, Y; z6 X: ^  Y    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
8 b! {# B( j' h$ a- I; a- H) N    61st Field AA Battalion
* [/ o9 y& L2 h% d1 `' X    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 ]0 L& u- c& q
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment. B/ `) ^5 F2 d/ Y8 d# t$ E1 i
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
! |8 E; I# _; h4 a4 @4 o    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion. E) h/ F' l4 u5 @" ]
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
( a9 v3 V0 T/ Q- R( M: L    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, 44
9 X; X$ D; w& [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1 r) ~/ J' \( p( t! a; P- |
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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
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,606 S$ Z9 U$ S' b2 c' e

* a5 L- A% y  vWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.$ `- Y& B( Y7 F
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes/ Z5 l' K3 Z& f: R8 Q) c: I; G5 `3 h; V/ ^

0 T7 Q4 _$ |3 p/ l, h6 d, K. B; QAllied aircraft# Q5 g- T* N7 X8 m7 f, T
      P-38L Lightning x 23
8 f2 D$ ^6 |' ]8 ^% C7 C7 Z      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
0 l" M4 _) X0 k, I, X& G* P& c4 P9 O, p) s2 x2 w
Allied aircraft losses; S) V2 u2 G6 e! h# q' J
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
, W8 E9 ~9 i! Z) \7 ~: U" z      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak6 r% f6 S, n' b' I& `
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Japanese Ships
; w3 E# H# y# F: X      DD Suruyame
, ]4 P3 ]& ~( B% ?      CL Ninaru, b+ _; B; e- M6 v8 p+ H
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 {2 C4 d3 P" Q) u, d7 _8 C! ?& O7 E
      DD Yayoi
4 W4 A  z+ _+ {2 k& H      CA Kako
% ]$ k( D/ W2 T2 q4 o) O( y      DD Asagiri
! k) J" w  _% D) ~: I/ h      DD Ayanami
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4 f5 i9 C3 K$ G" A* G: C# I  Z2 xAircraft Attacking:
+ \& ^. l( C9 l5 u      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'- {( I: T- w8 G" u, r4 g1 K
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb8 E6 Z, _8 y* @% t  Y1 ^4 E
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'4 D0 Y5 z4 Q6 h# e9 S3 _9 |
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb0 H$ w/ E5 n, c- A) _/ i
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
1 ]  m  |6 b: ]# `, k- W               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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. D' G/ i3 B7 Q" V" GMassive explosion on CL Tokachi
' o$ w5 ^3 `) p8 p8 `1 i! cHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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& @; p& |3 W8 \% f) k# W: T, \& BAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)0 D* S% ?( [% a

5 |3 P7 Q' J3 R% z. Y, ?1 JWeather in hex: Moderate rain5 _- V  t; o6 u; P
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
6 v; l* i7 ^* l' `Estimated time to target is 34 minutes- \' Q/ f* b; q8 I
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Allied aircraft
/ \  l8 B. X' e/ H      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4624 l6 ~( i* @. k! d3 O
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
0 |. S1 ^* N; S) p      TBM-1C Avenger x 285, Y, U$ [9 o0 s% Q; {' I( w* Z9 F

: _* R# X+ e- }7 ?0 V) EAllied aircraft losses8 N' c+ }1 Y8 V
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
3 h7 t8 s1 A: t0 q3 `) [      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
  ~; D/ L, g; \$ c5 L% L1 S      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged9 u, [7 q* h9 v; _

/ b7 e/ e! k( r  }$ _: }Japanese ground losses:# c1 d, l# S5 G# L$ e
      276 casualties reported
# q! o3 V5 B$ s% i+ a         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled: l- H. d8 |0 K& K7 g! ~
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
9 S9 z/ \/ }6 {" L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. |( R7 a' r9 A# N
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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0 K& a% W1 x0 J! R! dGround combat at Ponape (119,113)/ C  e( N+ ]# N1 \$ _" I" l
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Allied Bombardment attack
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9 `; y) G0 w% i8 tAttacking 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& B2 F. O) S9 l5 c5 t* W5 M6 ]
6 O1 A3 @; k9 |) ]
Japanese ground losses:1 g  Z; ]/ Q" x
      1082 casualties reported2 y, ~) z4 y/ K
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
. ]' b8 v8 K* J/ q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled6 x( e8 v3 P, t  j9 p/ k/ n$ v, b
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
# O5 H" Z: P6 P4 }7 ], w$ k% M9 f      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
) n+ F/ _+ N- E. b      23 casualties reported) [/ f2 L! o% c2 D2 i, n6 J2 B' H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled  _5 ~$ J3 j' m. S, [
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled+ J- ~7 t  X# g9 A! R& f9 M
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 B9 C' _" n0 `      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
$ g; x' C' I6 n  U1 h) T& \      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44/ y; i  {& P) S5 |& L

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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。# @& d- j3 K. w  i
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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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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113( m1 `4 n& t2 m! j1 c

9 v2 Y8 v8 g7 {0 d& H3 M! VJapanese Ships. {/ ~5 ]$ {! U( {3 M1 s% ^
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
1 D3 N* `6 R8 u      CLAA Prince Robert( B& r7 k4 q9 p. p1 {; [) _8 @
      DD Saumarez# B9 ?, {; s" n6 k9 m6 Y
      DD Nizam) `8 d( J; K3 }3 W" C6 a
      DD Ellet
3 ]" s) L2 [$ x, [      DD Waller
( D) x( K+ ^* V1 z6 V' f      DD Walker
& n7 G! }- e- Q/ N      DD Wadleigh
# M$ @5 u6 N+ _3 u" h7 l( l      DD Uhlmann
) x! h1 O! w, m2 b      DD Twining) K  v- Z5 ]3 o, p
      DD Twiggs2 j' v8 u+ t# ~/ r
      DD David Taylor+ E  j* o! z. m
      DD Strong9 n0 D  O- k, s  l. w: o% q0 m; z
      DD Sproston& [! O! x2 Y" y+ v7 r) F/ ]' P" A
      DD Sigsbee
+ a9 ?1 c1 e: n/ Y6 f      DD Sigourney
8 @/ A" [- \' Y" q" z      DD Schroeder
2 D  I. G9 e" k) Z      DD Benham II2 b! i, V0 {6 f
      DD Cushing II$ A9 p8 x$ \. F* u( J. b; A
      DD Urchin! t6 f$ o, L2 ]: ^# w( |
      DD Urania
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; J4 K, u4 I; C. {1 Y' I$ C  e- XSS I-48 is sighted by escort% t7 Q' ^: n2 u
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search- L  w5 ?9 P$ c
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....  M; H/ W2 a# t9 |; H: \
SS I-48 forced to surface!
& s) |7 r) G, K6 ]! m, `! G( ~DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
8 o* I$ X9 A, E6 t0 f% t% \DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
9 t  w# w4 J( WDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....' T$ u4 k+ M- _: x6 u5 e! P4 l4 Y6 T- U6 b
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....5 v7 w# ?" X9 S7 g3 W' o
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
! ?  q( a# S- }' `6 xSub slips beneath the waves
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6 Y; y: ?  X" V; W4 d- u! vNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards) ?3 N; I2 K/ B7 N
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      no flights
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% r4 ?2 U7 G/ s# CJapanese aircraft losses
1 u( @1 z( F& O- L. @+ F      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed8 q: k/ d3 x3 W$ o
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Japanese Ships
* @7 r# q. T; }      CL Agano
1 \: R. N* U  K      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
$ h* K+ K/ j4 Q1 T! H2 H4 E( m      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk  G* j/ [6 _( z+ k% w
      DD Hibiki
& l4 R+ n( |( f      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1( v* ?! r2 q: i5 k, }
      DD Shirakumo
" c6 t* d7 k* C4 W% l! U      DD Isonami
. Z" ^9 H1 D0 }+ n! F2 O  G, m      DD Murakumo5 W# k( U' X# n
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
" G/ U" m& u; X2 }( B4 n      BB North Carolina) p- u( z+ n! a9 Y2 [* z9 W/ a
      BB Washington2 p, u0 C( f, b$ u. N
      BB South Dakota
3 V: u8 S, ?7 N2 d# X! m      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1, r& U' ]: q8 Y2 T4 D7 w
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
# W' l" Z* v, u0 h& U      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
8 q9 ^; D- f2 s" Z$ ^/ d% h      DD Conner- p, M9 f3 f& K" _+ d" m% t
      DD Cotten
! I) U" |$ z+ j+ T9 _      DD Cowell
# S. t3 M1 _/ ]      DD Daly
$ k: E1 A0 j6 o* _; Z      DD Eaton
) h5 r7 r# a. c3 J4 Q  r" B+ m      DD Heywood Edwards
) t5 R% D7 f6 w5 d      DD Erben8 ]- u3 T% K! r# j& V+ j
      DD Evans
) t5 U2 q0 [) U/ r  X" H+ r      DD Foote" A& O4 B/ g, y! g7 \8 y
      DD Franks! _. w' t* H" G7 i/ `4 h3 S0 F
      DD Fullam
' C/ J  q, R' _/ q, u5 y* b      DD Gatling
! O9 U. V/ T+ k7 C' z# G      DD Albert Grant1 w7 B0 D' a, b3 m7 ^* \2 [+ ?
      DD Gregory0 W2 F  ^3 I( F; A6 |" S5 M& \0 B
      DD Guest
5 L: H0 b+ w, N8 q  F      DMS Hamilton
2 W4 b  d9 |- N      DMS Forrest9 U5 r' m# w3 s2 [0 ?% t6 Y
      DMS Ellyson
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" S. v# W1 m( d4 G( N' t' IMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 s$ z' r8 `( J; F0 \7 w3 n" s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 A% V5 i5 l8 @" i0 v3 L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards8 `3 f6 E$ D# B- }; ]- I5 \, P: i4 |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
/ o0 L0 d( q% j* {; @% uRange closes to 26,000 yards...
' e$ r& z- A$ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 ?/ a% v& l& L& ]$ X& Z3 MRange closes to 24,000 yards...
* g% N3 B2 u5 z2 W4 h, {! W! QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; K0 A$ H& D+ U9 p! o* j
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
0 O( T+ J+ s. h( oRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 z5 |/ E6 @  E- n; dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
# [7 k% b) R4 k( PCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
6 [6 w" ?: _8 q& W$ l9 v+ gRange closes to 20,000 yards..." P! Y0 E* F  P$ Y& ?- \( f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; [( C6 N: x9 c6 v# P7 l  yRange closes to 18,000 yards...# p3 Q3 F) \0 K+ x+ a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards* _& Q) o8 L& X% V. C
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 }* c. O) X$ h/ ^3 yCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards) i+ {9 B3 b! R' I, _2 \' x3 ]
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ q% y+ I9 v& ^, l% ^. p
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
& O+ I" n% r% H8 k5 X( B  @0 T; D2 mRange closes to 12,000 yards...
2 o, w- E/ g* Q. R9 r# {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards# l6 x4 ?" J' P% _/ X4 ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards9 b$ [+ A, z/ y% D1 T
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 D6 B3 }1 L) ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# Z9 L0 m, s- C1 ?$ T( J; @( l3 GCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards+ g, s  q) i- W4 \% r) l) I
Range closes to 10,000 yards...0 ]1 n* V, K# o% a1 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
; }* s  s2 x* w* OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
; V9 }. i- m: f; v6 aCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards: H& d, b6 U. f! F
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards' `0 H: J7 D, H, ]0 d, K+ r* N
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
1 O' J$ H$ w& r& [+ BCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
6 `8 }& M; X& O/ s9 R  S; }BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
) S0 o) A; i. y, M8 I8 Y) hBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
; T5 z  U9 m( z+ [& ^3 _4 _DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
, W4 Y& F' A3 l2 E- a, a/ \DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
& G4 i8 W" r+ f+ x! Y! p7 L, a: aBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
/ x& K! C! O" z" M' W6 D, L( h: KDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
( J" s* f2 @* [0 D+ vDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards  q2 Z  d2 I( q; u
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards3 j% y: s! L( _! {6 a3 b7 ?( \
Range increases to 11,000 yards; z- c( h1 H& g8 K( s+ m' @
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
# |/ ]7 N. @5 X; aBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards# b/ e# G6 u4 y& s
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards. }1 y: ]1 ~: P. p. e9 k
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards3 L: N. v4 @' |
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
/ t, f  h* B" r& _9 ^7 r8 eDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards. i5 J7 z! ]8 E& p
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
5 k1 e/ u- m+ n$ s" j2 @BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
; m+ Y5 o0 A& X, y5 T8 uDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards4 \6 z3 K; E; r( p
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
& C- k6 }4 t0 B: e7 H+ zDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
  h. k4 E- C1 Y9 ^DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
$ P( h0 R% T$ y  n% C) aDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
$ f1 |) i7 W3 d9 H! L1 SDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards7 c% ]+ i/ l% L( s
Range closes to 10,000 yards  t5 o0 y% g) k6 y$ h: S1 j
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
9 B& K" S% m8 N; H- X3 ]CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards0 U/ w+ J* w8 }0 r1 t
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
. H6 I) F& `1 m! m9 ?DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
% }. @: ~* u7 x% k9 d$ @' LDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
" f  m4 s; l- g( LDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
+ |- O" o& @$ Z  Y8 h( `DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards8 G% q. X4 Z2 a6 i% O) P
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
) j' w- }: E8 ECL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
4 J, L) ~* G& j- N9 SDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards1 i! E3 r8 ^( n9 z: x' z$ ~) b
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
; [8 l* R  H7 I4 _+ y( V9 dTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards/ o2 P& H9 c8 i

7 u' g0 M# |  bJapanese Ships4 i; j! x3 O1 V2 G5 V4 ?7 o; Y
      DD Hikokaze
$ V$ q' l" \! x; O/ L0 y      DD Ishikaze+ o- V  z' u' Z) k2 `3 v- |
      DD Tagokaze  ?2 \/ |5 j3 D" i1 o
      DD Takatakaze7 V9 }+ O+ I5 o5 ^
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Allied Ships
2 p$ t; W* i0 w7 V      BB North Carolina
# A9 ~! x" S3 G# `  o% k& |      BB Washington9 A$ z, q% O: O- c  R4 R8 g
      BB South Dakota2 y, H  F4 T0 _5 o
      BB Indiana6 j# a) p. {" r) k8 P
      BB Massachusetts
/ T4 R2 |1 x8 v( F$ @      BB Alabama
7 Z- ?' k+ L" M. a      DD Conner$ y/ V) b0 |6 K; M
      DD Cotten
& G' U* r) D; C5 s      DD Cowell
5 x" g2 k# W2 a, S( C      DD Daly3 ^$ l+ O3 Y) P/ R3 g8 w; P
      DD Eaton" T- t9 X9 i, S' Q& E# m0 i  i
      DD Heywood Edwards
) |. d4 E5 ^8 P+ `      DD Erben
. b# x3 z' `4 |4 R6 {2 y! ?3 @# {( K( L      DD Evans' e' X. L8 w; S2 C( U7 \
      DD Foote
& k( b; C+ r/ t( b  N! c      DD Franks" f# S: y- W) }6 r
      DD Fullam
  b. V+ H* M- u, H8 {! c) n      DD Gatling
& a! [, A+ _1 z' A9 H- p      DD Albert Grant
4 K- x* k) a( W  t6 {. g+ u$ L      DD Gregory* B9 R1 W- p4 X8 s6 D1 P
      DD Guest2 I* q6 o% ?# l
      DMS Hamilton
" e; W* z; I) K3 [5 M7 H      DMS Forrest
+ N' _3 _7 n3 H, ]  E1 Y. l      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards( E5 Z$ p7 Y8 C, n0 @; o
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 d/ ?6 k" u- ^  q: n* M7 m( HRange closes to 26,000 yards...% U% T5 _* F, h) j" q( I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
" N+ ~- k4 N0 E6 [, h0 |CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards3 k! j4 T1 L( t2 L! o: q7 K! l
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
; T6 q' s1 }; w  _3 j. ]/ {) lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
/ I/ ^, }% C& t% _Range closes to 22,000 yards...  k3 L) F9 E9 u! ~
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 H; E. g, V- l8 r8 \Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* e) {  M1 K9 ~* R4 NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
, F( M/ k- S7 y+ ]Range closes to 16,000 yards...
3 B* K; R/ p8 Y* {  p6 B5 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
' O" g  C6 t9 @9 z4 GCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
. Y- l1 ?( }* n8 rRange closes to 14,000 yards...) W, Y' K" e& A1 E+ ~+ n# W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! @7 o# M6 P/ s+ g$ K3 B  M6 n+ d5 QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards! O7 M! w2 _" e+ H! s- _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...5 r% G) C& Q# L2 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards- @1 X9 O" K5 L, m  M/ v, q# `: U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards$ C; M& i4 a+ r
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 L$ S" z4 M  V8 V2 \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
, |* I) y7 x. [( dRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 u/ N! Y  P) [3 N5 s
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ S2 a. i! c7 r$ \1 x2 |. c4 n
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat# r2 n! W" y: \2 |: y) L
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
+ v. g6 P/ k% l9 g+ p, cRange increases to 20,000 yards...
0 A8 R9 S: M7 C, v8 ^% y+ @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards0 `% e7 G& L2 ^$ Q3 p; q
Range increases to 25,000 yards.../ i* [4 b0 g" W( r  `
Range increases to 30,000 yards...2 a6 @6 e% f" y6 r
Range increases to 30,000 yards...# e! Y1 ^+ L" ^' }7 Q6 r
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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+ Z7 a. K/ U; \8 G; c# n% k% `# ANight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards* A; x; v$ m% _( C% \( b

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      APD T-1, y, I1 G3 `: u7 ~& R
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2* e9 @$ J0 f6 r" }
      APD T-3, Shell hits 18 G. {9 D; `% V6 \, a9 w% b
      APD T-45 H' ]) X8 z* W, _
      APD T-5* Y2 Z* L. W0 `- w/ d0 @
      APD T-6
0 ?1 N! r/ R4 c6 f      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 [2 Y- F3 @) j+ d7 ^8 d' h, {
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
& o# K, b  Q1 P# [, L" ~6 @      APD T-9
. L9 |7 y9 w8 z1 I8 m5 [' X  [  S      APD T-10
3 i/ N* _5 K6 _  G- `4 e      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
4 ?# D: F4 _1 \- a# x      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
' D1 O: J% h7 F8 Q, X: x4 ~1 F      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
1 |2 B# }* K* S) @      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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! ^) \& q* l! T* y' S      BB North Carolina
, c# i& C* o' J/ m# M      BB Washington
( w5 N+ W; H9 Q; t" w9 J( \% x2 N      BB South Dakota" a1 Y9 m: G% h5 \/ ]
      BB Indiana
9 f0 r$ b# {( d% N" h1 A" ?9 x      BB Massachusetts" r/ X" r4 ^4 i) l% _
      BB Alabama
) s% {& f" a/ Q# |% f4 }7 {! |2 w. {      DD Conner
' L# ^/ ?* W, V# H' [      DD Cotten
8 q2 r  f! P7 V2 w) l9 w: X      DD Cowell
" k7 c9 R' O! Q- W3 }5 Y* l      DD Daly
. ]2 P1 P6 X) W5 p2 X1 h      DD Eaton
) V7 M- X$ L( h  N      DD Heywood Edwards5 X" K# r- r+ b$ K. f
      DD Erben
( D$ r6 b* j4 b5 d      DD Evans, Z8 G7 }! d/ ?) ], u: Y! o
      DD Foote- G! F% d+ o8 P- F
      DD Franks
' n/ z4 }6 Y6 a4 h0 Z) m; p      DD Fullam+ M( j8 b7 E" l. L8 V5 C
      DD Gatling$ p( [" A* `+ j8 s$ ]" w
      DD Albert Grant
2 f, j3 E* l0 C8 T( h      DD Gregory1 K4 H. N3 k1 K$ y
      DD Guest3 q4 @# N: e+ L. G9 _
      DMS Hamilton/ z# n' [6 X; P/ U$ E
      DMS Forrest
7 t7 Z3 x" F. p, X3 t) H      DMS Ellyson- |8 o0 d  D8 @) A" V, w
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( w+ y$ z4 W6 l0 [; j& Q/ p" wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards# @% e& X+ Q& Q& ]/ f0 u8 d% _
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 s/ n6 R7 m; R3 C9 t; L. yRange closes to 26,000 yards...: O+ n; k# ~4 j( F7 B! k# V3 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards5 H: w, H9 y" ^. ~' l" N; I
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: Z9 d2 j$ u2 v* p# p9 t( h* L* J! sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 h1 [, F5 A! ~9 q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
6 E& J( m, X: k9 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
, @# J  a. G# y3 f0 H3 S7 R. a7 jRange closes to 20,000 yards...
0 W8 T6 ?" U4 i& J5 A- S4 R" G  \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards% e- t3 r) ^% R7 ?# U+ O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...3 [# N" }, @# Q- D# M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
& \9 y3 t- h( o9 ]2 @2 ^" O' RRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 L# J% A3 [4 h  Q; h  l7 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) Y# D) T  v# W/ x. Y* y# ]7 xRange closes to 14,000 yards...8 L! _! [6 q! U$ r7 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
" {1 U9 S0 h- k- C' O. }6 pRange closes to 12,000 yards...
0 }" S2 Y5 f4 X) jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 P: t2 b0 `8 n* n
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- o; X( o5 a( Y" |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards1 Z( ^* ?/ S; h* B
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ `, D& ~9 F4 w( ?2 a0 {5 s* W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! L, @& w! O4 b+ v
Range closes to 9,000 yards...7 [+ r' j6 W$ Y- l6 {8 l0 g; c
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
: d  C2 h8 w2 R( Q5 I- \, o/ PBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
9 V5 \3 o8 _. p2 t( z+ vBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards. X8 b6 r0 |0 c
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards0 D* O, \% _, ~
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
# x0 y, G6 f4 @, _: K  y+ q, cDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
& Z* n! i0 _6 H! k* D  H8 {: }2 TAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
8 y7 D( [' W4 W! J0 L$ H% NBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards" i% W9 N- b! c
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards. O. j+ V0 u' K' @. M/ U
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
5 _5 x# V& T1 ]% V6 ]% z8 N# t. L# hDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
% _- a* [$ [# u$ cBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
% Y4 b$ u! }( W6 qDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( {  [" m* E% Z
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- A" y$ q2 ^! d# K" B
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
5 G0 N3 A! k8 R" K4 m( ^DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
, J  y" B; k+ b0 b4 M& TDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
" O: n! A# f( V5 ]5 Q" ?DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
, A7 C) H  a+ b4 I' cDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards$ k3 X1 w/ {7 {/ B) g
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
# q, y' ?* ]  U" ~5 IRange increases to 10,000 yards
. F, D( G2 G) B5 W, Z. oBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
/ w8 T3 e, c, ]/ M' x3 ^BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards2 N/ r  g" d' g4 s$ [
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards7 J2 ?) L8 Z1 M% _0 h2 g' s. ~
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ Y1 r. d' Y1 F% B! `9 n% ^BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards8 {) v4 g& H) m" F7 F  b" a
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ |$ ]9 A$ q; G4 x- X
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
6 r+ I7 r3 G5 R. c5 v/ V  a% YDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
, y8 A' d9 t6 G- eDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( X5 w, ?1 W: a. _! EDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) K3 i8 M* {& z& k6 _% x7 ^; D5 T! fDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 d3 q. M3 n' i2 L- v3 C' C. l8 p
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) f" |; q. Q9 K
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards+ G% O* d0 P! o+ s0 Q# e. `! j
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ b' q/ c% S$ @$ o9 n
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards5 F2 P: Y3 t6 ^3 n1 ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards% {9 _2 L6 u  f0 \) K( N& O+ H: a
Range increases to 11,000 yards
4 T9 V8 G& d; yAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards3 X) \( M. w; w! p" ^
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards2 b' t# T9 s1 C
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
3 e1 M1 h; x6 r  o2 j. j8 Y8 bAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
  X2 {2 t% [# j8 nBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards, G" i2 N1 X+ G, c. o6 U# e1 p
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
" a1 O  Q  S$ _- `$ l  Q# NDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
' n& J: s. A: _4 m( {% UDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
7 F& J0 f. y' M0 z6 }DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards/ y( n1 m+ b7 ?0 v- B6 t
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 p, t/ L% y; E3 O% l) k
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards$ o+ ~# k+ N( o9 V! d+ o7 c
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
' x( V6 ~5 i! P* o1 D3 ~. T2 I' SRange closes to 10,000 yards+ }3 i/ ?/ H0 f  g
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' \8 s2 V/ V3 m1 h7 G4 `BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
6 w% L+ s3 {) O! ?# t, q7 RBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards9 l& h, _% n' f- T
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards6 O# y+ I6 n+ L3 f) }( P# q8 x( s
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" B. R' v  b! V3 k- [DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards9 r1 {; T) O4 q
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
. A& M5 i& P8 Z4 Q/ jDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; D' e- `8 @4 }7 a. c0 ]$ X
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards3 @  {) u: e1 Z) k- i% k3 ]. ^
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
! R4 [; M! w& S4 B0 m- O0 fDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 I* p& x% R+ _( V, y2 R3 |DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards) g, t$ L( A2 R
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
2 B! l" ]1 ~+ R$ L% uRange closes to 8,000 yards
: K* M* C  ^1 JDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
* C& P1 u  X3 P* }7 ~' Q, @BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards) @0 b6 ]  b- I
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards( U' o% V  i. \/ ?3 w0 E. m
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
% o' x% d; V  {/ [3 w, w* PAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
% }8 J# Y$ I; n: ^  m! M, YJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape7 F3 `5 i7 c/ ~0 t4 D9 G0 k$ g: H8 b/ j
Task forces break off...
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: G: @, G- h/ H' u$ ]Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards: F: {* l2 Q3 A. f

6 q3 g5 c4 u% m4 y! O* AJapanese Ships
" D; J. w2 D% n& f3 B: f5 }      APD T-1, Shell hits 1" x% I5 z& X1 M, `5 x+ ~- Q# q
      APD T-2; z6 }( {5 L/ `! e
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
+ S: q8 S. M+ _6 [- |! f5 B: D      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
# w' L% u* K) Q5 Q0 |3 h+ f4 O      APD T-59 y' H. [* |1 h% n
      APD T-63 P' Q% [; b7 U) Q; G+ X
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
7 P& q/ j) a' E' v" _' n& J4 B" A0 ?      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
3 z+ c9 F& g0 X$ N1 b( t      APD T-10% I0 l; }7 m0 D7 p# U
      APD T-11,  on fire/ e5 z: Z7 v% W* T& x
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
: D4 E; A; a! B; @% }' @- d      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk5 ~: M- {- o5 J! p) t9 @" V8 q
      APD T-14, and is sunk2 ^" Y: ^+ P$ u6 z& T

1 T- i  l6 [) p2 T8 bAllied Ships
. J0 a  Q! O& q$ f. K$ ?- b      CA Portland  I3 X' H* ~# W8 [6 p) I8 c
      CA Northampton4 n5 \- U. Y7 G
      CA Chester
& f) E; K7 }. r* }      CA Louisville
7 \. m6 r- h' V9 h. T/ k4 y      CA Chicago
# J% M* i% C% T      CA Astoria4 a3 m! F! y$ P: w
      CA Minneapolis& N7 L7 B) j2 n1 C# _" y- x$ D$ z
      CA San Francisco
+ ]$ j/ I8 \$ Y' R; y. e      CA Quincy2 Z/ ], N! `& ~& b# [7 K# s
      CA Vincennes" g( F: Y  B3 G
      CA Wichita
1 e5 l: _* {1 [& Z      DD Bennett
' `6 [" Q6 y! Y1 @8 @6 r7 E% r      DD Bradford
( I% m1 V9 f& j, m      DD Braine9 b# \1 d, T& F0 y2 G' D9 V+ q
      DD Brownson2 {9 g/ G# ^) H* X! T; C8 K
      DD Bryant4 ~, Q! ^; D2 `- B
      DD Bullard
3 G5 f9 N. K8 n) I% J' ]. h) z      DD Burns$ |  L" b4 r8 |7 _
      DD Callaghan
8 T6 M1 F' d* S1 d, q      DD Caperton
) q7 M. g' h: [# K      DD Capps
1 |0 y% X4 }, y. ?/ t      DMS Emmons
$ ~$ x" q  Q1 D7 P5 \      DMS Macomb
4 T2 X2 v; R  B0 ]) I      DMS Rodman
( S1 H- h3 L- Z5 U; G. |2 p- A9 d5 b      DMS Gherardi* z8 x" a  _* X8 A* ^: I: S

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards' e$ Y5 A* |/ v+ |# {
Range closes to 28,000 yards...( x# p) C9 Z: ^" `8 h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 i* ^$ k1 x5 w9 \) p6 rRange closes to 26,000 yards...; P# j# H8 N% S6 C4 O: F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
) j# ~+ C. J1 U. B: X7 H3 ~. IRange closes to 24,000 yards...
, z0 e; z1 v/ R% y. X) s7 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards  y  V. a' J) n! G8 C
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
1 \* I9 O' J# h4 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards* F2 h4 \+ L1 a6 z
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) L: I1 q8 L1 s+ [4 B. p/ h( t5 O( |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; e* {  W$ v0 `+ jRange closes to 18,000 yards...! a" d3 o3 w. x/ v9 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
# D0 N, d1 U  _0 \3 [# f2 CRange closes to 16,000 yards...
1 b) |9 Z; D0 o, u0 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards" l5 k; [  i' k. m
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 P1 \$ z7 A" [4 Y. `# u0 f
Range closes to 12,000 yards...7 o4 X# K3 W# u' v6 ]  h- Z( x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards2 u3 X; d1 L% r- L" M
Range closes to 11,000 yards.... X; R$ r$ ]0 Y( h' J3 w: [, Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
3 R+ i) \5 Q! n. HRange closes to 10,000 yards...0 y) b5 ]- x% K8 E1 r/ e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% U( k9 U( Y# C8 S. H' J" S& l6 l- WCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* D! R3 s9 g9 s8 r. y" wDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards1 x# n. u+ [; L5 G. ]
Range increases to 11,000 yards
" H- D# H, r" d6 A  y4 BAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards8 w) i" q# `0 F
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards' Y- }4 E2 i3 `
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards* ~# i4 a; e/ l# l
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
  G: H# O+ N% Z9 V. RCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 R( h8 V% X7 J# j' B" h6 ODMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
0 e6 m1 d% S# c+ ?6 KCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( I( P. J6 t) u4 E! m# ]
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards4 B! @1 |/ i# |8 s0 r6 b
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
1 T$ ~) u4 R$ F+ E- ~, ?) xCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards4 F: j7 M( X# k8 u6 K0 v
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
; |* ~1 p% o, g$ B4 sDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
% y# g0 a0 X- F( eDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  N. X# X5 N) J: F
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
" ]2 M# J, J3 i: c' o* O  B. }DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards  U% T4 B0 p. i2 B; ?; r8 ]
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards$ s6 l9 m/ |3 j8 j* m3 q
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
9 ~8 H# F8 ]+ \, _Range closes to 10,000 yards7 X6 Z; X# p2 F
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards$ z# \& \- t$ M$ H
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
; k! }$ V4 ?3 VCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
; G: E% h' r0 V: j" t% rCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards" e' ~4 i: J1 g
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards0 u- ?- H* l  ^3 a& l& f
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
$ y2 T; @% k* Z+ D1 V% KDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" _5 n% h1 J7 g- o4 ^0 t/ R
Range closes to 9,000 yards# S) H" v  \" D2 O" ~3 U6 l* T2 u; @
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards4 q$ A! t! \' T+ ?
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards  N3 _$ Y* }8 Y+ B* n# `
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- x( ?. b: Q4 g) I0 s# [1 q- mCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
' v; ^' n% u8 `% zCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards$ j# f; Q. t+ r, _' V" O9 `
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! @3 r" S, x4 N3 m$ l3 w' ^
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
6 e. X8 G% R( f$ S6 y" ?: MRange increases to 10,000 yards/ P! q) _9 m5 l* ^
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
" T) o/ H+ T  `' [0 N& K& e' S( ^5 G! ZCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 ~3 g& s2 G4 y) L
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& X, a) {. Z0 p, PCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards( b- d7 X; i3 f/ {) m
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# g' S* p  u3 ]7 y. v3 N+ |Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. z9 W7 T2 N* a9 U, o" Z
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards. l5 z, R6 f8 ~: f' w: ?' t2 \

6 z; w+ T1 A9 r  s: a& u! p& g8 wJapanese Ships; d5 _( e. L$ D7 A( S5 {$ k  Q
      APD T-1
, m  _# X- O/ v, ?6 H) X" N      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire5 L0 h  g" n0 Y: |; W4 }8 ]
      APD T-3
0 Z! G3 n  X/ y! y! m5 W      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk' E" u6 w! `. S7 G9 A2 }; r* Y# S
      APD T-5! t6 K7 {! ]5 H& G7 e7 l
      APD T-6! N8 u" |9 P# |: f- W
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk: Q  e8 K5 K* e+ U
      APD T-9. ^- T, g3 R! R: u# L3 |3 i
      APD T-10, I" r2 ]& p" U1 \/ c% `
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships
/ f8 Q/ [" {/ u      CA Portland( v( I" j9 ]+ }) l( m. C6 I% Z
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1% P+ N! R+ l: s
      CA Chester
# B1 ]  M& Z/ T! G      CA Louisville4 a. y6 p/ n$ d4 k4 [4 a! m
      CA Chicago
3 Y1 U2 g8 A2 `6 X      CA Astoria
8 z1 z2 A: E$ t      CA Minneapolis
* H. r) r( \3 F* I4 y      CA San Francisco
1 j' d5 k) Q$ ^5 k, X      CA Quincy
, b. Y6 _7 r/ S# O* R6 K      CA Vincennes
" B& Z# d9 h& E0 i/ m9 b      CA Wichita8 P. }" _7 [1 G1 Y1 M8 W
      DD Bennett( f; e- ~3 i6 u9 x: n( A
      DD Bradford, Y0 i8 o  b' v' w0 h
      DD Braine0 a$ `+ B; w2 J
      DD Brownson
7 m6 U3 |' {2 }3 T( f( z. [8 R# N      DD Bryant  z: P, {# t. y! I. D) m
      DD Bullard& @+ B. E6 Y7 }
      DD Burns2 C( h$ x1 Z' {* q/ Z( ]
      DD Callaghan
6 x6 e: m5 K  x. Y8 l3 D      DD Caperton( C: \# @9 C. h+ @1 B5 U6 Q
      DD Capps
1 @" ?1 I2 H5 V7 s: e8 ]1 F' ]      DMS Emmons
  ?) U5 b& S# s$ G9 {      DMS Macomb
0 g3 w: x) I  p- t5 w" k      DMS Rodman
+ D  ]3 `9 r* `, v" W2 e4 Y      DMS Gherardi0 d  }0 y" t' c0 j# z! S7 L& r

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& L8 [* W- V: R6 m, r5 h
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' a# A7 I2 u/ ~' O- w# n8 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 u7 H1 O9 w) Z; m2 C& ^2 Y7 |. O0 Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...' F2 P3 N+ m' U9 l8 x  X! R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards! d/ Z& v; ~& R4 A5 N. z4 k  s# A
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 A5 l; _* \$ O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
+ s  L1 e6 p3 p, T% t# X8 oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
# Q9 y9 @- A, DRange closes to 20,000 yards...% P, a0 r# i. _6 r, K2 L
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
& U- I9 w6 Y# v- q5 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards; t  c' n0 J% l; D- n
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 K; w5 T: R$ n7 D0 ?$ bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 a! D" p7 Y7 z4 k) `* c5 m, p; sRange closes to 14,000 yards...  \7 ]6 Q- H2 R1 }7 C, }' X2 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
( v+ U1 O1 x% t. h- G- ~( T9 y4 WRange closes to 12,000 yards...
& l, q  H, X3 _# \5 w' NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. \5 n% ~& Z7 L: v  Q; p. BRange closes to 11,000 yards...) Q0 H2 M2 H: _+ v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( l* y- y" N) ^7 i7 q. x7 E, x) j6 i! q
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
+ F( R. \) ]+ P1 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
5 t& t$ }$ R; A' WCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
+ ?" |$ N. h( BCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards, {" \: }( ]; L
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
- L: x! A$ m2 v. w  X4 n/ XRange increases to 12,000 yards
% g* V+ h4 y+ V( XCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 v4 F$ z8 \1 g4 U; x$ g7 yCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards% v1 Q# j7 C& _& i' W
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
" o8 `- ~0 k# ]) WCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
  C% m! e! G0 E" Z) I7 oCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
7 x3 n" p3 ^% E3 A% N5 _CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
% @) Z- `5 H( s- p" g3 l. H, D5 uDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards6 v5 A& s  D1 E5 Q
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 A2 N* X. L- @5 Q. T* [DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards  p( }+ k6 G- z- \  C4 A4 h6 f6 K
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards7 b. M* w+ {& \2 z* l
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards6 M" r7 p; g$ a3 c3 D
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards% @2 m& u! X: A& ]8 ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards- J& z$ Q" @$ R7 r: ^' X
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards0 F6 j5 R9 P( w
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards8 V8 b' h' h' X5 p9 x
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards3 \4 w- s# D) s/ A% i% R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
- R& X: d$ k  {4 V! zCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ A/ b& A4 l! o, F! v. B0 GCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards% W* D" ^0 a9 ^: U# }
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards' z( |2 M+ d5 e! r# K; y
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards; m; V& s, \' B2 L
Range closes to 7,000 yards% H" @( Y' \- S0 z9 v1 l
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
" K1 S7 {4 Z/ qAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
2 k/ L: W6 G) l- V0 Y& u" D9 _, ?CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards* i. K3 w9 p) c# t% I
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
6 f5 z8 g8 d8 N* Q5 \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards/ J3 r' _6 F  C5 R$ v5 H
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards5 ?$ K% K5 G/ S# O" J' _0 d
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! }3 \( r4 u6 K/ kCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards# D: R: c( ?2 {+ u, N
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards" P" d1 e0 k4 }
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards  y* Q  ~5 e& A* O
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards8 ]" F* v7 M3 I2 i& @7 o
Range increases to 10,000 yards
3 U% Q% N2 q. T0 G# u& A/ G! V% I3 ADMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  O4 H/ L! A( A# G# D
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 Y' a/ Y8 d# nJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" U$ U" [9 }! c' p  q& `Task forces break off...' {- e" [5 A/ t! V

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
' E9 d+ I3 q0 [6 h# ~      APD T-1
/ i0 ~. t7 K' s8 y      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; S/ @6 Y& h" {1 ]5 H; [
      APD T-3
& A% {6 H# R' c  p  T# D8 X6 ~      APD T-5) e& u: f! q8 M2 C- \* W
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 e4 `4 L" P8 s7 y$ s8 V
      APD T-9
6 j; }* |$ u. q( V- T- V  ]      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
1 d0 h8 b" W, x! F9 e      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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; q; k6 f% W* @Allied Ships
# f# C4 R, p' N4 i      CL Swiftsure% a3 z4 g) c+ G% x9 |
      CL St. Louis
+ [0 a, m0 D* b  b& g2 p      CL Phoenix
. O; z* M0 ?8 I      CL Cleveland
+ k" O9 q& {. U* {, l8 o7 A      CL Montpelier% W, d: m& W5 y
      CL Denver
: t6 k5 d) |, Z1 S0 _( r( O      CL Santa Fe9 ~) w, u" A2 y
      CL Birmingham$ ~% V7 r$ x8 H2 ]
      CL Mobile* ~$ P, J* S# e% p
      CL Biloxi- i& d. g$ ^) n, u$ u
      CL Miami
/ a8 g( \' v4 {+ t. D. L) R      CL Pasadena. e) W) E5 `$ P  n& d* E
      DD Allen M. Sumner
7 n! C8 n  L9 D& |      DD Ault
& a8 d7 _+ P6 N* L* y" C. E      DD English! g+ Y" f' D: S
      DD Haynsworth0 @5 ]4 {* O0 I, y9 ?0 w
      DD Maddox
5 {9 W, C# E# P; B( a# f      DD Mansfield
' f0 \0 V5 f: e, B9 J6 S' l7 u      DD Waldron& U7 X9 [) e. \9 K' _
      DD Haggard% m* D6 D. |6 [! U
      DD Hailey
5 y( |: `5 K! o' Z, w6 ~      DD Hale* G) z" C. ?; t4 q( d: P1 r+ |
      CL Vincennes II
- Z: T5 d9 ?' O      CL Houston II$ j( I" m; ?0 |  S8 e# s
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards* K7 C7 Z/ C% T
Range closes to 28,000 yards...9 O. i; i* N( H! B5 u% F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards# j6 X2 _, L& N: p8 O5 F( W* r
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
4 I9 [9 I4 l1 `/ BRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 K# M) @: x) J' PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 S. A  G* w& U( C  N4 ~
Range closes to 22,000 yards...6 f2 n" ~; Y. A5 q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
  O7 ~$ f3 J0 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards8 D! {% g; r/ M+ e: k# r  n/ d
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
/ y& w# B7 `; O/ FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
/ m. F1 K# b( k& C/ s$ F. d2 @& jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
' |, a' A3 a8 {8 q5 F1 Z2 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
0 z* X( U: l8 tRange closes to 14,000 yards...% d5 O) f0 F0 z, q4 B+ [: V( C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
) \, ~' M0 @( z: Q% C' _; }! dRange closes to 12,000 yards...! i5 ~% G$ z: J8 e6 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 G6 n' G- {3 {" k: o. U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
% z5 f' V  E( g) N# j3 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards. W: a7 c3 [' O" W6 p
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
+ p( o4 i6 ?. Z  c7 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
* M! ?: |7 B( @0 u! D: o, O0 WWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'4 a( {2 C2 }) o0 A6 A% D
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ ]$ n+ t9 c/ Q- `CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards6 z: T" J6 x8 K& g* |  `
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards. S& [' ?# m# {
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ a  a# U  K0 N
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& h! N/ D8 B' C% Y7 y& E0 m
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
$ E/ q; g2 W' |DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards1 G7 @& v5 W/ i! q2 [+ F
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
2 h, n: s" N6 J. C$ ~Range increases to 11,000 yards
& Q8 U# i8 U5 z7 H: J0 K1 b* LCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 Y5 x! z, d4 c6 w' v( F
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ P3 r3 J7 ~4 y& e9 M3 `CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards4 P( d6 `2 ^. [
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards0 j1 t$ j4 @- N$ q1 v# L7 I+ [
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards7 P2 T) d: B2 m# ?0 U
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards9 F, g3 P! ]3 b) t1 \" m: g
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
. x5 n) `0 _% B5 ?! T% nDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
& H4 R6 U0 e6 W6 Q% K4 v1 @$ _Range closes to 8,000 yards! x# x7 o+ Y/ r# h* b5 ^) L. f9 B1 v
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
( }! Q) J' }1 X" O+ E5 [4 ACL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards  G6 ]" |' o2 {$ h6 C1 W
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards3 E8 g0 z! W6 U6 M2 \( X( Q2 c
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
6 `, v+ H( g, p4 `DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
8 F$ S: I1 f  T9 J& }( d& yRange closes to 7,000 yards6 g9 h/ F" i; l5 g( F
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& W2 T; n$ X, Q8 d$ k3 z: u3 w! v4 N, ~CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' d3 q( j/ E. b+ UCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards9 }" \7 M" z6 k" n5 X
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ _9 i8 M* q* h5 Z$ B$ I" X3 i; I
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards6 W- Y0 N* @4 c" U) [" _& c# t
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards% D7 D( L; M- d* b/ Q! }- l1 P4 x6 s
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* _! a% R' Q$ }- B
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) s5 P% p7 B1 V+ v2 s# y) sDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, o$ |% N* K% S, Z# L. s7 Y: SDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards+ I' J& o8 m# ]9 q
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
& |+ ^+ Q5 T1 G9 M$ M  C7 s& f* rDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) V8 R4 W+ Z8 i' K' V
Range increases to 8,000 yards. \1 S' ^' L0 g) ?
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 }9 x( M2 Z( W4 s
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% p4 S9 V0 O4 v( C. ~
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
  _7 f5 Z% ]* z$ ]9 \Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape7 r# u  z% g7 I$ a
Task forces break off...) T6 L3 T/ c* K# I/ p1 q  y) k  W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships# @% T! t+ y, ^4 T
      APD T-1
1 {, V- a" z- H# [, w. N) z      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk9 ]3 Q, ], E7 D5 I& F2 E
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
7 R* O% j$ r4 R* `      APD T-5
7 z6 f& v1 I; x! h; V/ Q      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
. n- Q* o1 R7 }- a      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk5 Q' d$ h' T9 @4 x* f: o' c! d2 F# |
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Allied Ships
4 O; j; I- l$ I      CA Portland
8 q, {1 K/ g% \6 K+ F  C) B      CA Northampton
- T' f2 Z$ h/ k      CA Chester: s8 k; W9 |6 f$ \) @/ w: t/ x
      CA Louisville4 k6 F4 G* F# X" R! U
      CA Chicago( B5 M! @$ I7 C$ }
      CA Astoria
+ y& @  n1 Z0 {% @- d' U+ C      CA Minneapolis0 w6 t1 ?9 H. Z$ _0 C
      CA San Francisco
& S* r5 o4 y5 F! R, [/ x) ~% ]      CA Quincy
( l8 M; F0 k7 S      CA Vincennes6 b; U" l+ g% \6 X" P' k+ h0 k+ c- [( V
      CA Wichita
+ e# S& {, v" |, G; \6 X$ ~( ]      DD Bennett
# n, S( C/ n9 u* E* n3 c* w6 H5 Y      DD Bradford
6 I$ w9 z. D# O5 u' P      DD Braine
0 T5 z5 t5 `+ ~' r6 r2 d* o      DD Brownson
0 _% ]' G: k6 b      DD Bryant
" |1 ^, X; h2 C  r/ G& n0 M      DD Bullard) v# F" L) e1 e6 `5 Y
      DD Burns# |- {% C9 J! l2 n! i2 u$ s
      DD Callaghan8 x! E: S. A5 a) Y
      DD Caperton
: h0 g" Q: }( o2 @+ A& o) b      DD Capps
) _8 S$ c: R- ]( H$ W+ O      DMS Emmons
8 R. h* D+ b+ F4 ~1 G. V8 Z      DMS Macomb
/ g5 L+ D9 z) ^9 d& y$ v      DMS Rodman
- ]+ n1 C: W) o6 l      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 H# ]$ W$ u0 b+ uRange closes to 28,000 yards...# r+ {$ }0 E; E4 i! E! U3 G. x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
% A9 l4 x1 W# e! ~* J! kRange closes to 26,000 yards...
) _! ^3 _# g' t- w* h& _Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 K0 D$ k9 t! O# b. N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- ?) u* n+ }. o0 I2 v5 D% L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 a% v; {. G1 e$ PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards" l0 c3 l+ K; C4 R. V6 _
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
$ \1 Y3 [5 w  D* f6 n: nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' N  y! O. u5 q2 f3 `
Range closes to 18,000 yards...8 A) u2 G1 q; V# {5 \3 X# ~* o
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
9 ^0 C5 O$ a1 Q6 c9 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards7 g* e7 D; g' e
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' Q; y# N  h$ O. [, ~* D+ y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( {3 v! {9 ?  W; R
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( h& u* w3 |+ Y! c3 JRange closes to 10,000 yards...
# j7 n( ?4 u/ L- n# V- W+ c$ Y, HRange closes to 9,000 yards...
1 J, u/ J5 m4 U& a! q/ x' {! pRange closes to 8,000 yards...3 d  l# d9 J; E7 G& k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
3 v6 W( b8 \2 f! [1 t+ @- c7 DCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 ^( q/ v: r/ R6 K5 F7 j
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
. ~) B" O# n2 f; @CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
8 o; }5 ~& v; C4 h0 iDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
( ~& k+ o) o# \! O# TAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
2 Q% [; m/ ]. S# FCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 P4 h% O+ l8 h9 w: i0 P. DCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards9 D, \; u+ R. o+ G. n
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards/ d% L" v# ~3 z% S
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards: g6 V4 f% o- J+ f
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
6 V2 T$ a- u( vAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
5 s0 H5 f8 D2 \  o3 h( HDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
9 b3 Y. R* G, A1 l; W6 eRange closes to 5,000 yards
. o$ a0 @& E/ A( S4 @& d& nDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
- ~" M8 n; x. X" \1 j2 GAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards" J8 C  a2 }% C1 b# R$ e* H
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
' ]; Y$ h' N* [5 M7 H' [CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
3 M+ N" ]# D6 p0 |; yDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
% n- j0 m7 @4 Y$ a) g, T- @! YRange closes to 2,000 yards
8 N' t$ v. o, O2 w% QCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
3 b& w: A; f: K; d4 bCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards% {' x: {9 {0 Q4 i! Z4 @2 a- c
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
8 y9 Y/ N1 e& x& ^& `/ IAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
# c! q) l; O( V3 MRange increases to 6,000 yards
+ T' ]( x" b4 C" x. n1 U% fCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
1 N  G1 F8 v- q0 ECA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards& }7 C2 k" H0 G
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
3 R8 P( [9 U/ c% ~9 |Range increases to 9,000 yards, S5 l5 H+ v4 D/ p1 j& _- _
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
! w9 U6 H; o& Q/ f$ ]* M5 qCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards- Y# b0 b! J( h* `& X5 m" i
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
+ J; J2 J9 _6 BDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards; A8 T! \2 e/ p0 ?+ K0 ^, T' }: q$ C
Range increases to 13,000 yards7 `$ R  Z" ^& t9 {/ k3 r; Z1 O, Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
9 D" P; G( {! J) p& |. k7 UAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards+ _2 P7 x; f" ]- [* S" m" S4 H
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape$ {6 r) e  c# B2 ]( p7 b
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* _. }! c' M$ h! xNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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9 d/ H9 c  U% GJapanese Ships- v+ P2 }9 f$ b3 b- g5 m
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
* E2 U0 l( w/ A+ x9 U8 p- Q/ n      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships8 E1 e% h' o" r2 @5 b7 N/ T
      BB North Carolina1 M5 J% r. F) ^2 \9 m  A9 i
      BB Washington
" D+ E3 K. B! j! ^, o8 \# F# c# b      BB South Dakota
) J& ]/ L. H% t      BB Indiana
! n4 }0 B; N% S1 K* l/ S2 R      BB Massachusetts
3 l) j8 s" A3 p$ {/ o      BB Alabama
+ u# a, `$ S+ c0 i5 E" _      DD Conner2 i0 w# B! ~" I$ d% U8 E
      DD Cotten$ s& d9 q, [1 o& |  t
      DD Cowell
3 V" ~- Z( u: L9 B/ l! {6 y      DD Daly' j3 [+ g+ w0 _# S; p9 I
      DD Eaton
3 k. c( ]% Z1 s* L$ q3 \% w8 A2 \      DD Heywood Edwards
" [. A. G0 j! x: S' D      DD Erben
- i8 ^% x4 {6 g; G: y* J: j      DD Evans
# @* b6 c' J+ {$ e      DD Foote& c& y+ E. `9 R
      DD Franks
. }$ C  r7 X3 R4 X) T3 }2 q      DD Fullam+ d( }$ Z. m% b
      DD Gatling
0 n; `2 C$ ^  t/ p4 P5 `! t      DD Albert Grant* \: W: y1 |* A+ l3 i+ L
      DD Gregory
, k/ C! f$ `& a4 T1 G) e      DD Guest
: K) I. D! A) b% V& j0 q* @8 ~      DMS Hamilton
2 |$ E9 n9 [+ H6 N' H: d1 _. g: l      DMS Forrest
3 g6 X6 p8 [6 Y' o; E6 X& Z+ U      DMS Ellyson
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& o( C5 u. T% P0 Q, D5 HMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards# R' s* N8 x. Y
Range closes to 28,000 yards...& ]$ r' y4 @% M
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: }' L* ]; ~) v0 o! N: r0 ~Range closes to 24,000 yards...
( w5 q/ Y; Y* Q2 tRange closes to 22,000 yards...; Q" ?: \) E) R
Range closes to 20,000 yards...: a) D  B: ^$ T  z" E4 o; e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' N  f* y! O; {2 q# dRange closes to 16,000 yards.../ u6 U" V) T% G
Range closes to 14,000 yards...- W! S2 b1 k/ q, Q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ u, X4 Q( I" M
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
4 N+ }* J9 ]# A, zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
2 \& x( S# e" xRange closes to 10,000 yards...
: F5 y' P9 w9 T0 `% s0 t3 lRange closes to 9,000 yards...
9 K- n' r' e. f; VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
- x! x+ j& k! F7 U3 O6 ^: h& ~BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' n4 O: Z) X# F# l  |- t
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
# K8 D8 @  a/ p' @$ m2 nDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 ], x+ O) O% L& \! a; P2 |8 UDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards8 C1 \: N* `* K5 Z- E3 Y# K/ |# }' L
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 w; S6 }( W0 B6 D7 ^Range closes to 5,000 yards+ W7 E" o" X4 s  ?& u
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards1 u6 T. P* K  w! r7 F# D2 Q! ]
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards8 D* l  H& ?% F8 h- P5 r2 q! [0 a1 U
Range closes to 3,000 yards  h/ D$ B" U+ c6 Q2 e
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
) C3 ~0 T' m' O, I5 p5 |3 N$ Z; ?DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; r7 ~( p9 O6 MDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards0 Q, w# o( Q- V" E! G
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 s' A% `9 M) H, ^* DDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 ^* @- \) K. X* c8 Z# xAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
& O0 H1 g/ w) P- g0 @+ ZBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
1 Q1 n9 k2 \2 [8 X$ zDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards8 J- I. y6 L- h/ ^2 F5 ]
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards: f+ l" C# _( V7 c: O5 ]  v, R1 {
Range increases to 5,000 yards0 @1 I" `& [# {
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
; g2 Q. r0 k1 B: }DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
6 P+ `' @: O7 n& MRange increases to 7,000 yards9 A9 f$ ~5 H3 S2 P: u0 [9 u, `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
+ h- D7 D% i1 A. RDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards0 E6 Q7 {6 v  G
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% l; x: n. }1 @( rAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
" m- L7 |. e3 c" |" b  |5 F9 }5 {9 x. iAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards7 d/ L6 L5 ]. j$ ]4 w, K: E4 |
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

腓特烈大帝

鬼畜水面舰部队这划水划地也太不敬业了...