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。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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' P+ N; t, D  C9 z. vAllied Deliberate attack# d# a0 h- r, @4 r- W' k7 k- V
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15814 l$ |: h- ]8 Q, ?
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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& e& b, w4 o. S$ Y6 f  oAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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% u+ \' c4 G- `Japanese adjusted defense: 5583
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1 A7 V  V7 v2 z, G9 j; Z  H$ eAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) # Z8 `3 {  O. x

9 ?* M, Z. H9 `8 p2 lCombat modifiers1 I0 w3 Z+ x0 c  Q6 Q7 R
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)9 ]% z0 b8 Z6 M5 u
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:: U- F4 b, R# {5 r
      3386 casualties reported
( \6 v& P9 Q; l7 f- x         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled- ], \! B! |5 o
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
) [6 T& F/ Z/ e% }2 m3 e         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
1 N2 u; X: H/ I8 K. y      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
8 ?3 b% W4 |( B  p. g: P      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)" j. ]4 J7 Z- d. E; i) S3 b
      Units destroyed 18 b# d$ ]" \' D: C; c% U; |- f
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Allied ground losses:
4 ^2 x/ z( ]; @. U3 ]      5163 casualties reported
" T& I3 A6 {. A3 d         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
- o5 @3 \3 g2 ]. a         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
6 q5 e7 K6 _  N         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled. P# j- ]9 v/ w7 ^
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)1 R7 a7 ^+ X( U# S4 M' I
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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3 z; o* K  \# h2 CAssaulting units:
7 T/ b) N6 {2 G" V, ~2 X: }% {    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion+ S3 K" x7 y. C, I8 H- |/ R1 n
    710th Tank Battalion
$ `8 b) O" K0 p4 [; B8 \! ~    6th Infantry Division
9 R* c/ i/ O6 t. O; D    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment- J- T7 G8 \+ k9 O: }! B+ ?
    44th Tank Battalion
1 q; |1 t# W* ~8 B3 K: u    81st Infantry Division
5 n5 G. E! a" Q5 h* ]    762nd Tank Battalion
# F+ {( g8 j8 ^9 L    767th Tank Battalion
/ p7 G# }8 s" J7 {, T0 u    711th Tank Battalion/ E* r4 t0 U* ~
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
$ V# m' E9 t& K/ o2 M- \6 U* W    5th Marine Division% C5 \" G+ z/ W; m2 i
    716th Tank Battalion
0 h" L! ?. Z4 C3 r    1st Filipino Inf Regiment  X/ n/ y. x. J+ u) ^
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
; m# k: ?5 a5 K, D7 N  J+ S    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
- h6 u' @5 J! c+ R) {2 J    706th Tank Battalion9 v' \% K% v" d2 ?. Q( j) B
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
# A: ^& y6 b! T! T; |9 Z) t! E    96th Infantry Division" f' S# H8 M) `8 O! v# m! J
    31st Infantry Regiment
5 C; ?" U- O3 V5 X7 K    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion) F2 S. P8 N  f9 b
    I Corps Artillery
$ L  e9 _: @0 w% n9 x. w' [, \: t    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 [" p  i. X1 ^) R
    1st USMC AA Battalion# X" z1 r  B6 ]5 d/ A0 P$ U$ t
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion& Q5 \) I9 {+ l( Z1 r2 t
    XIV US Corps2 ]9 a1 l4 i( t6 H" L( T. x. }3 `: D' G
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
- e4 I7 \( h9 A; x/ T. O" Z( I1 z4 w    5th USA Defense Battalion
7 @! D1 F3 t) p' n9 j    8th Marine Defense Battalion: r, I( d2 P- a: f3 V" `: F6 D$ H
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 x5 n0 \5 z8 W$ e( Z
    X Corps Artillery
9 n& _$ J1 X1 P( E5 r; k) w& J" }    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
# v  T8 P* G/ \& y6 G# ^    96th Coast AA Regiment
" _! L5 H" }" I' ?    4th USA Defense Battalion
# i: u3 B; ~0 x/ ?$ n+ w" G6 `0 ]. k    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" p3 c* W. Z, p3 k" ?1 C    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
! f. a3 v8 a9 T' v    Kure 7th SNLF
1 L, i- s1 h" s& J( C  H    81st/A Division
. }1 h1 f' o! ]  t) T1 @+ `    Kure 3rd SNLF, H* ^* s6 y! x# \/ \  [8 I" z' x
    33rd/B Division
( g7 j/ x0 S6 {5 h4 H    33rd/A Division
8 J$ g9 ^* }1 n# ]    81st/C Division  O, ]& e8 _/ {9 H- y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
# j. {, ]% X; m/ F& ]1 Z1 c* P$ |    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 V  g! A1 D# L) r" u  v6 c3 O! y
    138th Infantry Regiment! p: Z3 D9 m! _. n  x
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 ?) \% q  t7 e# B0 D    144th Infantry Regiment
" f+ E) l6 j5 [" l$ x! H    81st/B Division& b2 T+ Z7 B" r
    33rd/C Division* p* @+ Q2 @1 _5 n- G' `$ r) g
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& `6 u' B+ K; o    18th Army
4 ^' E6 f, `! t$ _    60th Field AA Battalion
4 }4 q" j+ V) V! U7 G+ [7 O    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 b* |& s3 @& F7 H! i/ x' I
    Ponape Naval Fortress
# ^  I  y% I, @; j8 W! C( r    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& u( ~2 Z2 r. K" M
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# F$ t1 @- A; z* l' J, q    53rd Construction Battalion4 H- U* T4 N( r" a& m
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
# j0 C: w$ N3 ?7 K1 U; S0 K& K    18th Field AF Construction Battalion' X4 h, F4 G$ w, d
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
- ~$ Q7 \) S! v1 |) B6 f    19th JAAF Base Force
: I3 D% I! d$ ]9 f    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
; j1 e% O1 J6 U/ [3 c    14th Area Army /1# O  |1 `9 R- W4 o0 J
    63rd Field AA Battalion
: R/ T8 ^: ^; r" y3 V    11th Ind.AA Gun Co - D9 O! p- O7 @: y
    3rd Base Force
! R, N4 w! z. P( J/ i# ^) F    12th Air Fleet$ w; m- E" u# N. g+ c: D# e# _- f5 D3 e
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ Y5 i! Y. R% o- S7 W8 w
    61st Field AA Battalion+ o1 E% \8 a; p1 p2 ]1 v. C
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment. m- ~8 @: s& v8 d* }* g8 {& s
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
" i# L% \" c/ y    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3# y9 o+ G$ O% I: {
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同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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& M7 R, {9 x& P& O! R; H/ EGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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, i. I; v; v) R, }Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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4 N3 k7 j  G% v7 }/ ^: P" e) yJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 7 \9 [2 p6 p9 Q; M  N
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Allied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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! S" C0 C( v: H9 ?; A) d9 hCombat modifiers0 D% r' l- S& G5 ~
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
) Y: J  _" P* m2 N% ?! s& L. M- KAttacker: shock(+)! L4 Y+ r1 y9 K5 @

; f+ a  L. c  }" `Japanese ground losses:
' B& D7 b- M6 `8 C7 }      530 casualties reported
% H  V" L9 x0 U) L4 _' M         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled1 [2 p) \7 C( W7 j7 s/ n
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
* `4 d8 n5 }3 H% G5 r/ k0 U         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled* F4 x4 s' E1 h
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)4 [2 Y' P8 z/ s/ l6 ^  c

) e" q. q% c' o- ^Allied ground losses:& c  Y, e3 A. N& d$ P& M2 ]5 [
      891 casualties reported! T- u/ b3 K3 m6 U' v& N7 b% ^+ D1 B9 t
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled+ J) O+ i& b+ K% n- Z2 r
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
5 b3 m0 i0 o7 h2 h6 j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# l# F  A( M5 E# e# U  |" `/ k      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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1 K4 L) H, S4 H4 ]: s% vAssaulting units:, o0 {5 b0 f& T8 x
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade5 q  q, F- h2 i" P
    21st Division8 @' ^  C) e; z8 |$ Z+ H1 }
    4th Division
7 ~6 P/ h* _* M. o& `, w    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment+ o/ N% d" g4 t; D+ k& O- q
    23rd Tank Regiment
3 I1 O  f# T+ c2 V& c) @8 ?, A    32nd Division
3 m! Z2 E$ g9 ^    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
- }4 i! |0 L5 ?  p+ l    3rd Ind. AA Battalion; i8 j6 O/ R7 _7 }- d1 V* V
    6th Area Army
) N- @2 t0 |; z& S    103rd AA Regiment
. K$ p* ~% R+ k$ R% G5 C    1st JNAF Coy
  l6 |9 y% ~& W( ?    13th Army; l5 l4 c2 H7 {( B  _4 \
    141st AA Regiment
  U5 \/ `3 I; a: U9 u    4th Ind. AA Battalion. E. J" Y& M0 W4 I7 _
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Defending units:$ ]( i) Y% c( y& {: c
    50th Indian Para Brigade
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% D8 I: N/ [) e" L7 Y50th 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
: z  f' x! ^) \0 U2 `8 o" W: k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% t. i( a* R! L* R9 D7 |6 c+ F' @3 Q+ S
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载% K- f+ B7 G( Q. H0 f  M/ m

1 `" `2 X/ h$ S2 Z$ j9 {" V5 D3 TAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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% m- A% A: Q( N" M2 QInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
* {6 f) D& O9 _8 D9 f% ?- q2 BDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense./ R$ F# T2 Z+ w; N" W9 p* o3 B

- s9 A  m# w8 F( T2 a. XAllied Ships" U: K: `% r5 I  f' Z3 [
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- l) _7 ^8 _( r2 Y' e- u
      LST-81, ?# i5 r7 M3 X+ I
      LST-74, Shell hits 35 G3 \3 N# j# T; r+ h
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
  v5 ^. ?$ J0 b  D/ J      LST-78
& R$ l. I. U7 d6 d4 V5 m1 R      LST 209. x/ L4 b, B  j2 |! E3 u
      LST-889
/ K7 ~) F6 A& C' g1 Y9 Q      LST-246/ F3 m4 m1 n# M9 l
      LST-240- I3 E! |' G* M! y9 ?/ q# B+ O" G
      LST-204# k. `8 Y7 h& K2 O6 R4 a$ z! }
      LST-2026 R8 p( `  n6 L$ h3 w' R0 O5 C; P) N
      LST-123' {! \# G0 i/ e5 e) F9 l
      LST-1215 x2 U' ^( ~# T6 L6 w; w  l
      LST-120
7 u4 N! @, c9 l$ ~, Z# ^' U      LST-86
  g9 s% R! `1 p4 l; R3 x      LST-853 H! t. j% @( K3 d5 y
      LST-84% \0 I- j+ z0 e0 Q  s% N" I

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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)1 f( ?/ ~6 h* h+ X1 u/ H& N5 f
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
2 |! B& @! n( b" J0 x% q# a+ c
& E/ x% J3 S/ L8 g9 g/ FAllied Ships
( y; R# N& e. c      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" D$ \7 c& b- Q      LST-83, Shell hits 3
) Q0 L; v4 X6 }1 ~) J) [      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! R8 _' ?- e1 L: g- n5 p
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire/ z2 d' w9 A7 t+ N5 n2 r( a
      LST-84, Shell hits 3! c/ q7 _' ?8 A$ P5 Z$ U
      LST-87, Shell hits 6% G$ ^& q0 u3 s' u% {4 J" Y0 Y
      LST 180
+ O  n& C5 q8 Y0 J& G0 y- _      LST 157
" V4 }# o( ?, K4 ^: v      LST 2
$ |- E1 D0 T2 `8 i+ x      LST-884
) n( `8 O# f9 b" A8 O+ a      LST-882
& W  L2 F0 T! f' I$ W      LST-397
& U, k7 O3 A# l      LST-3951 B' c; y, U: L
      LST-274
# J6 S) F( o7 A' j; K$ H, y' k$ R      LST-2739 g3 w+ W; T1 F& i- o/ C
      LST-2469 D3 |4 P1 I8 v2 p
      LST-244
" x- C9 B1 Q. h  E3 ?9 M: R+ l% s      LST-241
8 g4 f+ J, `! L6 E6 w; c      LST-218
5 Y* R2 t. G! R8 R      LST-216" c  P5 I  J! f
      LST-202
4 l7 l! Z( J* x5 c. k3 m      LST-171
5 F: u& h0 r0 |4 w      LST-166( t. u5 V! S6 o
      LST-124
/ a3 q" M7 E5 E. e8 J      LST-121+ T* t" V7 \8 K- f" n* q7 t6 J
      LST-88/ T- s9 j* n8 c1 K3 l+ z
      LST-123
9 {! c$ h5 E5 E; [+ v      LST-86
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) a1 M& g: W0 M# Z: d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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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack
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4 X5 B$ W* F$ a8 A. {5 \9 F+ zAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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, f. m5 ?" `7 _& y. @2 ODefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361: B& m7 }, z1 T4 x1 n& ^0 h
! L$ t! J# z: s9 v
Japanese ground losses:
/ T' o1 _; {& F: o7 t0 e8 R      406 casualties reported$ v+ q1 i+ y9 j
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
+ Y7 R0 D2 A/ h. T) v) u& _         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
5 \5 Z2 W2 i* T3 a         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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: p: Q+ o* t( I. q' O) Z" UAllied ground losses:* t& z+ `9 T1 a; Z7 |7 F
      21 casualties reported9 {4 E1 f  w; n% p; G& Q/ j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
- H( p+ n+ w" q6 C9 d         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled) K7 X$ U8 y" W5 {3 }% U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% P1 r+ g; I( a
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
5 U+ P3 U3 R$ S      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)0 `4 \' B+ b( K8 \& ]- l
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Assaulting units:
2 z2 q) Z1 D( e. c    5th Marine/B Division
# t7 L  T: Y2 A- z    81st Infantry/B Division
0 {  X! |3 x2 P( _    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment' F. ~, l) l7 m' [5 E
    5th Marine/C Division- n2 t4 u/ H, Z; o6 S2 |0 I
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion6 ^; s3 S( F; W0 |& h
    6th Infantry/B Division. L) R; k$ k" v1 {' ]
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment+ a' _3 X1 \& ^4 o, u9 t" R% u3 u
    716th Tank Battalion
% `+ I* Y/ H- z/ ?+ V; U    81st Infantry/C Division
( }5 M! k- h3 t# i# v+ r; v8 @    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
6 N6 q8 T9 R, V" Q/ D3 ?    6th Infantry/C Division% q' o6 Z% k, u" `  ?9 `; U" c+ r
    5th Marine/A Division+ S, t) O5 C- j( a0 C" k
    767th Tank Battalion
( F8 m2 P2 I5 W- y0 _  p, _    96th Infantry/A Division$ V( ~* i8 p6 O
    706th Tank Battalion
: u: _$ X1 D2 ?0 w1 F! `1 T    711th Tank Battalion7 o5 p" H9 D! w, }7 K7 {
    762nd Tank Battalion& O: R# a% Z8 \( w+ M
    96th Infantry/B Division) M5 J4 a# l2 G
    81st Infantry/A Division: d( ^& D. Y8 n9 L# b' P, s
    44th Tank Battalion
8 e9 W+ }& P* ]& o/ Q( Y    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
7 g5 B$ N& n, f% H  b    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
" V& V) z/ B# d% X3 {+ l    31st Infantry Regiment6 Q: Z+ o' r# t3 D
    6th Infantry/A Division
) L+ l1 P& r5 @4 e    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
; L( N% [: y: i% K    710th Tank Battalion
0 X& T) c, g9 h+ m3 g9 Y; W, z* r, c2 N    96th Infantry/C Division% j! k1 Z) P) a. L" \9 I
    5th USA Defense Battalion
( C* \" e7 ]$ G: l; A+ R    4th USA Defense Battalion, Y- b' _" g- b+ a- F
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ z+ k6 S5 P: o7 b    X Corps Artillery : x9 i9 R$ b4 S" n+ D( e8 l
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ L7 R- s9 `& r& j
    XIV US Corps1 A+ c+ {* e& f- U2 W
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! ?' z# f6 b1 ~8 W
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  S" z* c0 P" U7 S    14th Marine Defense Battalion
8 k- f' G: u" A7 b5 h) s    I Corps Artillery
7 o' Q# j# f; ?: c    96th Coast AA Regiment* \0 b" d6 i$ S1 o0 }$ I
    1st USMC AA Battalion
2 e: ]% y& n3 b' F/ s    738th Coast AA Regiment% c/ a+ `. W+ I4 T% n- K
    12th Marine Defense Battalion" W- h' ~* @5 j! J6 C
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 g- _9 A5 R. T  p( y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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% k, d0 P. b7 m9 s2 l1 I; B0 EDefending units:
# `2 g! |# @# Q1 U0 P/ Y    33rd/A Division+ n( n# T. t2 i+ C# O( A( E3 N
    81st/B Division
* B$ M6 a( y$ T5 L8 R    Sasebo 7th SNLF  ^% ?$ x, X, R2 P2 @$ L7 u' U! q
    81st/C Division
( b/ i/ I" q% r) J, ^2 Z9 Y- `    138th Infantry Regiment6 V) b$ m- f# [& t; `8 E
    Kure 3rd SNLF
) S8 }% z. o/ S/ ^' }3 U  X* L9 Z1 w! ~    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
( P) A4 A5 T9 }+ h2 R  O5 J    144th Infantry Regiment
/ R# w1 v/ Y! y" E" W$ \' R    52nd Naval Guard Unit$ I! n) X6 b! b- T' A* Y7 s5 D) {
    33rd/B Division$ |/ A: [8 M4 R" z5 N4 ^4 ?
    81st/A Division
- t! x9 e9 A- K8 f1 E    33rd/C Division
0 S6 a; S" H1 t% n    3rd Base Force( ~& s2 a) f8 ?4 h( B$ R
    19th JAAF Base Force
' K: |3 H& S/ U# c+ G2 F. j  K    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1( \$ Q5 X$ ~) u' K6 u8 g) ?
    60th Field AA Battalion
$ H/ H( e9 P% z    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* G+ A* V6 V: F% }    53rd Construction Battalion, l9 @! \  `0 O2 X
    Ponape Naval Fortress, j0 g  s) A! I$ R7 \$ R- D; V
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 p: Z/ U+ W0 \% G
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( G7 ^) d- F8 {    12th Air Fleet; N9 O: @0 Q5 l; g9 k( x
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 p. n1 P0 g: j: [0 ~5 X
    61st Field AA Battalion
6 d$ u" Q0 |9 h- b2 R" N    11th Ind.AA Gun Co + N9 U, m# ?- {+ _3 v
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
: N# O# U* H( C. Z) ?2 q    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
: k8 f' _* _2 j) I2 J) @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment+ C$ H. e: j' K3 U* P2 S
    14th Area Army /1
) d7 P, [, p& [6 y/ z  k    63rd Field AA Battalion' j- i& h& r& i! i, O
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# L: ?; v* o5 a: n. E; I    Kure 7th SNLF
' K9 j, g' c4 O1 n6 K* E    18th Army8 P* L$ m! ^$ j5 o+ S
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 3 U9 D& k3 U& H7 j3 _+ h' z  v
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3- a# L$ g& N$ g1 ]
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( Y% R  `/ j1 b- L" {日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘6 |; Q5 C" B9 g1 J
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106  d. a& h# ?( e* U" F4 K
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Japanese Ships
3 h) v& I3 U6 Z9 h6 n/ T. G) \4 f      E No.54) \6 X% D8 v4 b% P& ^7 O/ O
      E No.50+ p+ C* d3 m" B0 Y
      E No.68
! R; u) q& R0 M* Z! x$ B      E No.52) ?& D( t7 F& b3 q: m$ B) \* n2 k
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Allied Ships
- Y4 A9 S$ Y3 d0 `- V      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
3 @2 Z  L* V! H5 ?% Z( j3 E7 t6 t) H" d1 |  Q
重创另一艘& `1 o( U/ a# b: {( Y$ c

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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102' m. p0 a8 |9 ?( P

1 g) N+ c8 a6 v" hJapanese Ships
( M% L4 B% K  [5 Y: P      E No.8
3 \9 v0 o2 S$ ~6 H& ^! U      E No.6
2 _' S8 J: u; v 6 g6 a; y$ G6 j+ z. v# @# ]+ M
Allied Ships8 Z5 Q) P/ c' j7 F  _- v
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44# m& k4 _9 d  j/ z9 H

9 `* R; x  F# _0 O" H% `经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!# g) W( \- `0 W% g* j5 W

; P! Y1 v  W8 M% ?5 W" y2 k/ `62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.* r6 i- d% M) _" M7 {. m1 K- B
/ ^$ r7 @* Z1 t) _' ^& ]9 h1 h0 V
Allied Ships
( a: i- t+ x! P1 R" N% z* l! y, {0 _( K      CA Wichita
9 S$ I5 L  X( D8 E* {1 o      CA Vincennes' T( z: ~! p$ R$ {% [
      CA Quincy
' z5 m1 Z- M: B0 P- ^; A5 U  |2 h      CA San Francisco2 O# w/ y* m+ E: X) T+ f" E9 D
      CA Minneapolis
! D3 R8 f1 m; ~+ c      CA Astoria6 g- z! c+ t, ]
      CA Chicago/ K: q# _( I4 {# a" H: d' w0 T
      CA Louisville2 W7 [7 j7 Q3 w, E! W, C
      CA Chester
0 t1 \! k6 \$ O" y1 {# _& j      CA Northampton5 k/ N4 Y+ h7 q1 \0 U
      CA Portland2 A8 `- z6 ]! J

* D. O; a+ `( k7 }Japanese ground losses:
. @" g7 N# g$ x) p- \& X$ V      71 casualties reported' f1 T1 o1 G6 V7 k& v
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled7 {: D. `/ L8 [* G
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled; T& g4 k2 ~, m4 |" W5 r1 c( h* Y. P
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
  Q# K( t+ n' t: f      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
! s) g+ W/ H" o1 m" R# }# k$ R' bRunway hits 10$ S/ B* I$ f1 ]% v: G
Port hits 4
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# g8 K5 N; M# GCA Wichita firing at Ponape
$ F# M/ p+ }3 p1 m0 U3 CCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
, E3 J4 g/ |, O9 e1 k; \- vPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
" k( v; o; s/ f5 Y4 d: a- BCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
4 P" H3 z4 Y1 ]5 Q0 q5 [7 \Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
$ r5 \! Y; f# O9 ICA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
* w# Y9 r  `  H# a; j; lCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 s$ s& a9 G% I, c! y5 m$ G" S) ePonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
# t5 p# J) A5 W; A- OCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. B5 u3 O- X) |
CA Chicago firing at Ponape 7 M- H0 }4 Q3 ~- _) p, J4 P+ Z
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
! }' ]& L& Z( H, R! N: ]5 q; GOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
6 b) Z: C4 ~0 I: k& M$ K; z) C6 fCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* j' U- N: C- M2 o/ v  Y: t
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division; o0 J7 W0 N0 j9 {( v% z
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland0 @5 [; M) j" r7 b% p
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 I; c7 w& _; n, G. c- V1 J+ f3 A

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% r1 L5 u4 x) L0 ~6 r7 {Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
: M9 D# G# {. _      BB Alabama
# _1 u4 G; q# z/ t) |      BB Massachusetts! [. X* m" i7 X+ Y! r4 ]
      BB Indiana# z! `  O1 j5 N- ?2 V: U# b; O% `
      BB South Dakota
* z4 E( J, l" K1 g3 |      BB Washington
/ x$ [  r1 g' j$ `' v5 B1 @      BB North Carolina
% w% H1 P2 J6 Z3 L5 r) ~$ n5 p2 Y1 S  ], @8 \
Japanese ground losses:
* J  Q' f3 x6 L' B( @$ q. m      275 casualties reported
( o: R4 e2 u# `         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: o6 s! D- b* f! D         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled  X0 m# k: d) ?6 o& H6 M7 }( X
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled/ P$ d$ E7 G! a# W8 C# p: y' z
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)8 {' F8 b/ |  P" P
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
. k  @, Z; R' s3 k9 \5 uRunway hits 7
4 P: |; t$ [; J" b; @3 }7 i5 R1 YPort hits 3- P1 |( H; K! o' Y+ _# y
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape $ S0 B6 G6 h) z, K3 A) L8 y
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
: I+ V, l* x5 ~2 K# B& {BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
/ {# u: V) n; T! J& T( LOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota6 J5 ~- `% x5 D$ n: c
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 7 n) U. ^# e' u5 E& Y1 I. W# @# n
BB Washington firing at Ponape
% }# L# \( m- I, V* q0 ~& l8 W  c( rBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 I, E( X& D2 n1 P: _

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2 e! H3 S7 s; Z0 m. \Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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8 i. g7 S0 C0 v; p13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
9 D2 D2 m/ j! D1 ~      BB Queen Elizabeth% _; g3 y$ h* V
      BB Valiant
, W- o; n0 C+ h$ y1 C; \      BB Mississippi" y4 L& b; g; ~: R7 U4 B
      BB New Mexico
7 r) V1 \6 u& k0 A2 h7 L4 L- R8 m# V      BB Idaho
6 \1 N- H9 {  K( {' C7 t      BB West Virginia
8 E; P6 M# C/ ^  {" ?      BB Colorado; l% w- o( g" x' b
4 E# ]5 B" F) O2 Z1 G% o3 x4 Q
Japanese ground losses:7 N4 e) r- \0 E9 R
      117 casualties reported
5 q& S! H* L0 }" r4 ]8 _- }4 C3 }         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
" t' Q; _' E. m$ X* M% ^4 t         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled5 W. z' E, y. V* ~0 W4 ?: ~
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 v( ~; s% e2 K. w, P- p% k* I0 ~      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
/ w7 {  c% E. ?      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
* N8 P: W- z$ o2 {+ W% lRunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 E4 F6 L  z- ]) @. r9 b; Q
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 P& e. B: `. ?* [4 j( B. ]3 U
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
$ p; z; g* A, P( n! t: b, _Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi1 n  w- A, @' \' U$ q+ h
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
0 O8 n! R( c& M* E# u$ dBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force& u4 b9 T9 \" V! H1 o7 `  [
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
$ s( o& V+ Y  [& E! |  Y6 PBB West Virginia firing at Ponape 2 B) @8 }5 h( s7 ~
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
+ }" o& d' K7 G3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado, j! U- i2 q. j8 |6 w+ G( e
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1 Q# P( b9 J, h8 R# DAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)! }* Q+ ^' A1 _. m
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms1 S1 f- y% ?+ N
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.) |+ G- V. y* R% K9 w; @4 r
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes1 g& S; _) |% m: ]- v' N% n; f% [

$ P# S, _' n5 y8 J) e: bAllied aircraft+ j8 a& j; S; H; M; c( x4 `* M/ ~
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
  o. X! ?# y4 h* n      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337% Z- Y: t1 z: V5 w. h# Z
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283! K3 v" ]' ^/ F& u9 {1 Z
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Allied aircraft losses
' h* h0 @0 ^7 J5 y      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
. I9 {# S% l. _; q9 d8 s# {" r      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak& q+ \6 T8 D9 s+ W! c8 g, v
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
0 b8 B4 w; T( t      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
9 R0 Y. C( Q: Y5 g- x: j0 W* n, m2 f' B
Japanese ground losses:0 F$ j# z- B# X( @2 p7 j" C% f4 W
      159 casualties reported6 I% f0 J# i1 K8 K( \, L1 I/ G
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
$ L# `0 x2 l, G         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
8 @$ [0 F( I  u3 ~/ Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 ], T/ m2 g" Z$ U. R

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  ?! c. T5 w5 W4 ?1 N" m7 iGround combat at Ponape (119,113)- M; s( V0 [1 {" }
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Allied Deliberate attack" `( [$ t3 {- o2 z( W

2 C$ @6 ?- K6 V5 H# kAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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( K+ q6 w0 H4 o  D$ T/ B! oAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 70 ?9 L; O) T6 e  g
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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4 V. c8 E$ l! Q" @8 c4 g5 VJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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' X3 \* u; K$ [1 k2 tAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ) ~" r6 s( A3 H

' a- b9 Z) d. k  @1 [! a" `" TCombat modifiers
; _2 s$ B  Y5 V! ]Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)0 w( `+ I$ m0 N. i0 J5 T( ^
Attacker:
! N9 Q5 N) M0 K' {3 H6 I, n4 g+ c( h$ V- E# x  V! Y: K
Japanese ground losses:
! r. V- `. j) F+ r: u      3539 casualties reported
1 B% R; W5 }  w0 i5 f; T         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
4 y! Y& a/ p3 ]         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
3 z" P& ?+ ]* s/ |! ~* l         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
2 ]1 E% K0 G. H9 s6 k9 b, o: Z! k7 y. I      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled). z6 A4 m! f) g$ z9 G
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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2 s8 b" ]2 c9 ?5 D4 O) CAllied ground losses:
, D5 t9 Y1 C) A5 A      3552 casualties reported. b$ }( H; B- w" s2 `. j
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled( ^9 j6 F( J  {
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
+ S3 u+ Y2 A2 T5 h         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled6 Q, x* M" f# y* F$ g1 T' c& i$ \
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)) A, J0 @0 r- Q8 U. R
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
0 J' h5 k. V0 F! V8 z      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
; u. l! W% i" l1 b    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion8 o( K# Y% u$ n; ^0 R' s2 Y
    5th Marine Division. E+ F  A3 a1 b4 g% s& q
    716th Tank Battalion
* O2 y: w% g% X% I    706th Tank Battalion. ^* R  v& k& D! _: O+ D& B/ t
    762nd Tank Battalion
/ v: v: Q2 s- a1 t3 D+ p8 ?    710th Tank Battalion
; j# I, k" i2 ?' k. d8 S( `! a    767th Tank Battalion9 d# e: U5 ~2 M$ l0 E- D/ i" J+ x. P
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment: o8 J% f2 C) v) V6 _" \0 R+ l6 X
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 ^- h& m4 q+ B5 t    81st Infantry Division
* Y0 Y, ]; d% ^2 W: o- m    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
- g4 U2 R( R" J) S% B  _    96th Infantry Division
4 ^6 ^* R) y6 c! k4 S! |2 P, [    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
; r/ j; I: l9 l) B: _    711th Tank Battalion; E/ E6 z* B- x& F2 d* b* @
    44th Tank Battalion
4 ~: l  M& g# D    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion6 {  N' p* e) e# s3 v6 D* b
    6th Infantry Division/ v* w- @  b8 v5 c: L& F
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
2 v# G5 `2 W* m    31st Infantry Regiment
9 {8 N- R3 B$ X: I) J* s    XIV US Corps
4 b9 R8 ^! z6 k( _( }. n; q0 a    96th Coast AA Regiment! a) `$ j1 M  n
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  r: O! K0 [4 A) ~* K    4th USA Defense Battalion
3 J0 P: D" d2 {- v' P" w" w    14th Marine Defense Battalion, e5 n& v# r: j2 g2 ]# W
    1st USMC AA Battalion
6 Q$ s1 j4 E- t/ L8 i- p6 Z    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" a* U: m1 [! h. Y2 O7 f    5th USA Defense Battalion
2 I  T, d- W- j2 |, [; n* c    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment' `) Z. g6 n/ c  p
    738th Coast AA Regiment4 `2 Y$ J1 L+ n
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! M6 {4 B! u% F+ u
    I Corps Artillery " N; r& B5 ]; o& B- b% Z
    8th Marine Defense Battalion$ C8 i* ^  V5 O% e. R
    X Corps Artillery
2 w: V" P, c# K  c# V    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& C9 g6 i7 W6 C    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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5 C; z8 u! ~1 N* m( E1 q# R0 VDefending units:
8 Z5 T$ j0 I6 h; z# P" ^7 z    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
+ \- j' @+ R" V* Z    52nd Naval Guard Unit+ ]. X& q# [) P9 R) t. Q3 R8 w
    144th Infantry Regiment2 F5 X2 n; K3 h3 i2 i
    Kure 3rd SNLF0 E. q/ f8 g& T1 _6 y; B
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
8 [2 ?% }: H0 R3 b& f2 C    33rd/B Division
9 M7 H1 h3 w  t% i    81st/C Division
2 O* b0 P5 T. }0 L* O; p% ?    81st/A Division5 J9 c# ?1 I4 A7 V- H: L' H
    81st/B Division
) ^: h9 @! X+ ?& l    33rd/A Division. T+ i6 D: u, V
    138th Infantry Regiment6 c- [8 _- ]# u; ^7 Q) V3 U
    33rd/C Division6 }, c) w7 h, Z
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment( A! N/ u, H: {& G+ Z" j
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# V  t" r* `. O" f; O! ]) `    19th JAAF Base Force
" _1 U$ l4 N( T" ?3 k% a  X1 ^    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
& u- R# T* l" M& w( r5 ^9 P# }& D. `% i    12th Air Fleet
+ O) i0 j! Q$ a6 ^" e( N0 O0 M    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
# D9 }8 g6 X' N. J; t! m: I% c    23rd Fld AA Gun Co / H$ O/ t" |) R
    63rd Field AA Battalion
' c: O% j2 T! f    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment# y9 z; s0 y8 p8 G. R8 ?
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# K4 P" ]& A$ b) }: U
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 G+ a/ \+ z1 q+ X
    Ponape Naval Fortress5 n; r  B/ p6 s  {0 K
    61st Field AA Battalion; H" ~! X. S% @4 k
    18th Army
. a2 M+ s: Y1 |8 `6 A    14th Area Army /1
6 ^& t2 u  m2 ^1 R( [6 [    60th Field AA Battalion
& G% a, l6 b* ?: c+ R9 p, e: l    53rd Construction Battalion, s6 V7 O3 m! X, o
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion& A% I4 f; {1 t% v$ d1 C
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ i. a/ s( p. q! i( A7 T1 I
    Kure 7th SNLF9 l. i( _# c% i( Z# s' t
    3rd Base Force$ k5 Y9 a% k% a$ _3 H
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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( s) i. R8 L8 C' J6 `- n& QAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape). e9 I8 |/ E7 {0 L3 [. w
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms# ~* O, y  Y- j9 [
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
% |$ O2 ?) v9 o$ @Estimated time to target is 34 minutes* V3 o& F, L2 ?, D/ N

( X) t5 ^: Z1 y: K7 ?3 v/ B+ |Allied aircraft, j( }# A2 t. m$ m
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
+ X4 p* `. i, g; p) s! u      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
8 ]3 [! F) ]& p      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
; l; O' {, c& t5 h* OAllied aircraft losses; G" \% L- \$ J
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/ g) Y) _4 r$ L% ]) V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" B6 D2 S- O/ I* d: o( J( q

0 q# _1 [0 y2 L/ a# T" q8 H# W/ b" H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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!; }2 ^* H. a( [+ a
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Allied Ships7 O2 }% ]- {2 C: B7 v, p
      CA Vincennes  X& x/ C/ |- T
      CA Quincy
6 D: F- u3 C* ]      CA San Francisco2 g" m0 O7 o  ~+ x( M& Z
      CA Minneapolis- u3 O, H% Q0 @& D' K# \7 _4 }1 Q
      CA Astoria
% `8 k0 n, R: |: K0 _      CA Chicago9 ?' F5 r7 ~  S% |7 H3 ~: n4 S
      CA Louisville
3 S; S: g/ l5 ?9 Z; |0 J& I      CA Chester8 f$ |/ l# w$ I1 i' {# W" C
      CA Northampton
. g" Y7 F' l- s& i- N      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
6 ^- }- w9 ]6 l0 m/ g/ {      112 casualties reported& ^! A& O# q  s! @6 D9 ~' S, J
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled. K+ A9 s$ [& X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled: _) i  C& E% k
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
+ ^* [; i+ ]% U) p/ l  ]
4 X! ?, [+ D+ oAirbase hits 5! z* {7 V; ?( e. v0 N. ~6 b( i
Airbase supply hits 20 [. \/ s' t# x8 K" E
Runway hits 21
% u3 T2 k3 y8 M  o. aPort hits 76 s, F* R' S# h

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* `& `: ?3 t: T& Z% y9 F/ R3 [6 k- |Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1130 H7 G8 ~& I& p. E, b4 E; b
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Allied Ships' t1 m2 X9 ?/ ]3 {
      BB Alabama( U' J9 i- d! [: T0 {, y
      BB Massachusetts) l; b7 m4 o! C3 G% a: J
      BB Indiana- |. q* K! F% B% l' K% k
      BB South Dakota
  {" B6 b+ e# U4 F      BB Washington
" p) F+ H$ D0 T2 q& i( `( H      BB North Carolina
& I& r9 n' `+ d; g# K
5 K4 p8 }8 H- X- j4 EJapanese ground losses:
/ J& f  F2 Z# s      398 casualties reported
" u+ f% P9 M1 @1 M, S0 i! u         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
! z; f6 f( c' V- b9 Q# h         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled9 {# {) A5 x4 q0 E/ Q1 J2 Z
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled# e$ b% j3 r# @
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)6 Q, v+ B' P- K  [8 \! D6 E
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
! v' `7 s* G) e0 I  o
' Y- t) F7 V0 n# FAirbase hits 9
) c2 G. v6 e( mRunway hits 9
/ u9 M( T, M/ C! [+ D0 @8 QPort hits 2/ i; s7 p/ J: T* H' O# }

/ [3 w+ }, w# F4 KBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division3 k6 J: O6 c9 t/ K# L/ q
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
+ o4 i# N2 r( |BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division" ]; y( {0 P2 f
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 3 P; m7 L% a& v- c) S3 }
BB Washington firing at Ponape 6 |0 e+ G% L; a/ x# U
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape # `+ H; \, }+ v% C
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8 `5 x' {( N1 zNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 C0 x- y6 N! z% M$ [+ m4 B
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Allied Ships1 [' _: D. @+ {& i; t, ^
      BB Mississippi8 E0 Y# O8 n5 R( o! I7 C3 x: j& B9 E/ {
      BB New Mexico) z* L1 u! ?6 F5 i! R
      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:# j: ?5 h' [6 A; L/ W% V
      195 casualties reported
1 c  [& u0 I5 i9 ?5 V         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
6 d0 d5 U3 C. n/ x$ L/ \$ ^         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled  U, A# k" V, W# Z7 ~+ W5 G. N% z
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled6 q6 E0 y& J# P: d* a
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)2 ^$ G8 Q! Q; ]% e* `0 E
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
0 h7 b* U+ N% b; j- [! x; Q2 XRunway hits 14$ j$ V1 r  i/ y* b# E
- @* d0 C0 G! A2 k
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
. _: h* y" r% I: t; C- SBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division( f, j' a4 r4 f. |6 B0 C2 J2 `
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 2 g* L/ D& t( U; }5 W

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! a; h1 `1 O, LAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.4 W) P4 [$ q5 @8 X- C
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes9 ?. y, }9 j5 }" L7 B

# M7 O% p# y* iAllied aircraft! h* a! S. J) y: Q, R& ]' {
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) B* ]  w5 c! H# K4 x( Z/ F
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333; v2 x& @4 ?/ X/ `) j
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2869 ]& A, A2 W( i5 t
- ?# Y( ~: S5 L7 R- c7 v8 j, u# A3 e
Allied aircraft losses
* N6 A$ s2 L# o8 H) V      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged6 `! \, w7 x9 E! S9 ]2 m" Z7 e/ x- [
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
# I4 l4 T5 q6 Q      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
- H* O2 E: x' ~5 @- U8 S9 B9 t. N2 T* Z+ ?
Japanese ground losses:: m1 D. h) F% [5 g5 t/ Y
      121 casualties reported
' h$ K  ]" @0 J5 G         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
# p3 R- u+ j, T* f9 j         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled5 h$ V" s& J* V* A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 {" f6 h' H1 d

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7 n/ n8 Q+ M/ }4 t/ {Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)3 y$ `6 t+ ]6 x6 Q7 l" m4 e+ V

: U; a/ H* [+ q  H0 A: d. WAllied Deliberate attack8 _' `) @! _3 {% W, D( e3 e/ M" v* g
- O* V- {" o4 t0 o, `
Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 60 X2 ^( g& u, B! A+ C4 a6 K5 E" o: @
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228 ; p8 ]  M. d2 L1 x9 I: X# J
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 9 F% D$ _2 `! f( F
% {1 F, g$ ]; ?3 m9 _
Combat modifiers
- i$ \* O5 K6 x8 ~) P; v; L; \Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
3 T6 w4 M+ H5 q6 Z- jAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:) y* b, c: W" R3 J3 |
      2305 casualties reported! }2 o. a0 C! v
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
+ f! ^% N1 F& K) X! y+ U         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
* ^- @& T( z+ s/ ~' j! i         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled' g+ S% G; A- ?9 i2 [
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)9 T, @, x9 ~. C# C: N/ N8 ]. p" {! h
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)6 U# ?  n9 Q& G; h+ v6 i
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Allied ground losses:, z, W9 A' `$ T
      3064 casualties reported
- n; a8 o: [# J' H) `/ o         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled$ v- ]; O* D+ p- q, A) V
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
: W- Z9 _+ ?+ Y% Y# [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled: [: H. C) E$ M) u
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
  R, C* a* e4 b1 k      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
6 a  q1 d# m4 E- P/ h    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment) V6 N& t  f! ~% j
    711th Tank Battalion% B, U4 }, i$ \! a( `
    716th Tank Battalion  `: E0 O1 _& s. c8 M
    6th Infantry Division7 d; N% e5 G" G8 N$ P7 }  l4 D
    44th Tank Battalion
3 t" y4 J4 d, z* m' Z( U8 u5 r. \    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment% |6 T) F+ o9 d9 J2 ]- s. c
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
7 n6 `, S! l2 @; H) ~# p0 L9 @    81st Infantry Division' t: z1 Q+ O: C  u7 i8 h
    767th Tank Battalion4 S9 D3 t, l2 ?. Y
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
8 q: M% ]4 a/ Z* ~    762nd Tank Battalion/ \  Q5 i$ |! J8 o3 }8 X
    710th Tank Battalion
! \2 d/ t' C. X' m9 ~0 s9 u    96th Infantry Division
. [- B; l  g" f9 U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment( V/ R0 K7 s9 r. \/ @4 @: m
    706th Tank Battalion
- }( g+ ?& o* _/ \' H% P    5th Marine Division
4 B$ `9 U. h3 x- X9 T    31st Infantry Regiment4 H3 W. S7 |( a# g6 M
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion- ^& p/ }1 e$ b: ~! ]
    1st USMC AA Battalion; u) @, y6 }; L7 A7 D8 q0 x+ X
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 N: |6 @) X  d
    96th Coast AA Regiment
: T% W' {6 H) Z  U    14th Marine Defense Battalion! i8 y, H9 H" l9 D
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) y5 G- ^/ N! J2 T+ E  {9 g- P' a    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 B0 @# T: Y7 H7 Q" I, [
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 Q$ e: q5 E1 J9 s" H9 S    XIV US Corps" @6 a7 M  N1 ?$ i& e
    X Corps Artillery 6 w4 A" ?6 F1 l8 b+ y! u; q0 L6 B7 ~
    5th USA Defense Battalion- T( I1 n0 Y4 W$ o! Q1 h3 L0 E
    4th USA Defense Battalion7 L$ ]8 z1 w6 o8 M) ]0 j5 ]& F
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; y* V6 R* u' ^# Q% N% e/ P2 ~    I Corps Artillery
  w9 I# w) z% w% Q0 ?9 A    8th Marine Defense Battalion
; T1 H  f/ Z( N9 Y6 b( r" [, s    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment# ?& M) @5 u2 Y6 [/ L7 w
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Defending units:
5 i/ g0 ~' r2 ?' B3 J/ c6 H2 h    Ponape Naval Fortress
1 P) J! }$ q; o' B/ D7 l" q    81st/C Division: X  z( I$ H% p/ u" g2 s
    52nd Naval Guard Unit9 U3 T8 D" Z9 v. q; ^
    138th Infantry Regiment' o1 R/ ?. \8 k9 D  }( s  {# s
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
  \3 d# H) y4 \, F1 R8 C# z    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 p, [: F6 ^  ~- h: @0 R1 Z
    144th Infantry Regiment
1 N1 D4 {, i8 t) X$ C" G    81st/B Division1 b' g# w! y$ B# Q8 j
    33rd/B Division
8 D  r3 G3 t8 m$ H! i    33rd/A Division/ U! b# C2 W9 m( W
    81st/A Division
4 t, x! ?& Q- V6 C9 _    Kure 3rd SNLF  g) o$ c6 z0 @1 n" u+ y
    33rd/C Division( ^' u1 K& v* z% H% u5 B9 E- m
    53rd Construction Battalion
$ B  l- ]3 u9 ~. o+ C) l+ _    18th Army, l4 c' t( X/ P6 T# |" a
    14th Area Army /1
  F- B5 Z* x- L; ]* S! ^" f( W    60th Field AA Battalion
5 K, C5 _8 J, Y* |    12th Air Fleet" M' L" K8 [" @; j9 W* E& U: B2 @  o
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment' y3 s9 X" Y' u* T- Z  Z& k7 a; s
    63rd Field AA Battalion1 U& H) H  }0 v6 h; t" h+ k
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
& v3 @8 }8 b$ }' M    3rd Base Force& s- G  T. S& k  u/ |$ M: q, a
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 F* J9 c/ X. G+ F* v% l
    Kure 7th SNLF9 y7 I5 v2 G  H5 C
    19th JAAF Base Force
; l# _6 E; h7 V2 K$ L$ ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion, k- M- ~! G3 I) x, U
    61st Field AA Battalion
* B/ @" O% e8 Q    23rd Fld AA Gun Co * ^) @+ G' m+ R( _9 X' ~
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 r6 c. y" M) o$ N! z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ z3 K  ^7 m7 I    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
0 F1 t; k0 Y0 B, h7 c    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion1 T  Q: i! y/ ~$ F' I5 {
    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
1 F9 ^* g4 ~0 e9 M' b4 ?- R  [  ?% z; y# j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  K* l8 d/ T7 Y8 l4 Y/ j; ~
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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2 u  T! S4 L) ?. \: C  g* e& o
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7 ~$ j- R' a; CMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60& T/ i8 ?- c4 j+ \

& r" z8 {0 |& W; v0 ?8 _2 AWeather in hex: Partial cloud& P! [9 z4 Y: l9 Y: t) l8 e  ?
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 x1 u9 M9 x$ ]6 w
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft  Y/ G& {4 Q5 P4 O) j- j) w: Z
      P-38L Lightning x 23
' `% e* k3 B- H& b! O1 B      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30" t: f0 K: K- f" f2 S" t  Y; U
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Allied aircraft losses. W/ @" l5 T+ `* F& d/ ~/ u1 M; t+ w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged1 k+ [6 s- Z. ?1 l% _
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
! l/ R2 Y. z* C- Y. U      DD Suruyame( w# J' n1 M. n9 z4 D! g, Z$ t! L
      CL Ninaru7 ?6 X: n5 A' ^9 C
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 t1 y# R3 h" O
      DD Yayoi
6 k8 N% E$ m. k      CA Kako/ E/ Q# a8 n: C" f0 P" ]9 f4 N
      DD Asagiri  _' y$ X- \$ R- k9 f8 x6 m/ W
      DD Ayanami
! U7 @5 G1 j5 c4 G8 @3 d7 B5 f3 P) Q* X3 V% H- w

" z3 G6 R1 V1 SAircraft Attacking:# Y0 Z# n2 O' `! \
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
9 h& r7 v8 `0 H3 [               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb. d) d$ O. ?) b# d2 |- o: J2 _
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'- C# W8 ?7 l# V! w" i; Q* g
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb: N1 n$ k3 s8 y) W2 j% c% h
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'4 y( G' i! s% b, }; F
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 P/ J% [1 ~# _7 u8 e% |! s/ `7 L* ^
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi! w" l% B# y9 V4 I& h
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape): D4 y9 H3 I- l) ^& v& H0 o
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain$ b& t' i1 {% _' a% L' E

9 e, q/ x& M" x% m6 O' A6 JRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
) g3 [* h; r' o1 g# l& @. f- b/ @Estimated time to target is 34 minutes. d8 ^; g5 V" {  ]

. L. d! M; X" i$ k) {* m3 |8 jAllied aircraft0 w8 J2 k% w9 o( i0 r
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462+ ^2 a! {. H& ?2 l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3262 t$ ^; e- }0 q& U
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
4 v) o- O1 z9 |& _1 ~7 n* L( u+ F, z# ~! v
Allied aircraft losses
4 Y" ^# ?5 o. F  H      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
' }8 A$ S; M) R- x0 X) F      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak% L  F/ C( n. |! C; X' x! `
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged+ _; b; {* j& E8 [) [/ o# F

5 v$ k' K) L; A) DJapanese ground losses:
6 Z9 y# U9 w* u      276 casualties reported! P+ j+ }  j( F+ K/ F2 a1 P  B
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled8 T& |# m' K2 s7 A: X0 `
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
# K! y% M" e0 a, ?$ b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& U, X! ~, T# i
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
2 c$ ^$ [8 A+ k0 ^) ]# l1 c" q5 B2 F2 ^  k. z; E" g0 S

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$ |/ Y+ q5 z+ r2 u' f3 Z1 ?Ground combat at Ponape (119,113), @1 p8 ^2 s0 Q. y; j/ ], e  i

. j" [0 w' t  j3 }Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:
! D2 I6 N, \4 e1 k% i      1082 casualties reported
: L  k2 ^1 Z7 d/ w: J. B6 l' s2 h         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
+ {9 H' ~7 b9 X3 p2 l( }         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
- X6 Z  V% g* A! v. B4 E         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled1 w& n% h5 P4 C/ P% y
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
8 s. m' j5 p0 c! }/ x
% |4 H* X6 U  S+ o2 O, X' FAllied ground losses:" @3 u6 e& g8 [+ ^, l! }0 T7 Z; V
      23 casualties reported/ b4 m  i3 d. t* P7 ^
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% ~' g! g2 N/ M3 @& C         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled- M, K  [/ N2 x8 z6 [; h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 A$ N0 Q6 ^1 T" |( p& p0 L7 I2 {
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
. W+ t9 Z7 a! G+ s% J      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44% H. t" `) }3 U! P! q$ z9 P

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# _# C- [2 _; {2 a日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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8 C  G/ `) j" b. u/ j9 JSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113; W. m- W3 C# ?& B

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' C, D' r! O) }8 V2 r5 |- y      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk! j$ v9 c/ P9 `. Z: M4 w

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6 s  @3 i! s  X  W0 Z      CLAA Prince Robert
0 \% Q; J1 E5 j, f      DD Saumarez
; J% U& S! e' m4 }. A/ G! W      DD Nizam
3 j+ }% z6 |+ G3 ~      DD Ellet" ~1 e$ x' o8 }
      DD Waller
3 h3 w  j. ^! n+ E6 s      DD Walker4 O, L* B) w4 O1 e2 Q
      DD Wadleigh0 |2 u$ t+ L9 Y: W' J' C7 Z4 l" n5 g( c
      DD Uhlmann
  v5 W) M3 e) Y7 t      DD Twining
2 V2 O# i) v% L7 O7 U  H      DD Twiggs. v$ s5 M" a$ P5 G  J0 V& V, r
      DD David Taylor; J) G( P# E& `4 _
      DD Strong# P. ^* H+ f9 z
      DD Sproston
/ |* N, Q3 P$ u7 g% ~      DD Sigsbee
9 g) j+ v# {, H( z3 t- g6 z      DD Sigourney
* s9 Q" E! K& [- q7 K. Z      DD Schroeder' E: K) |$ r4 [% N" \
      DD Benham II/ |: t" V4 }- e6 W$ `0 X9 X) h
      DD Cushing II
) `6 ~4 o9 j* ]8 G* o      DD Urchin! w6 W, L8 Z9 y: X) o
      DD Urania& r& k, C- R6 f! F
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort; ~* }) Q* m1 P9 }* C6 g
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
! ~4 w0 X* M" vDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
1 v! W, f5 z7 hSS I-48 forced to surface!
% x$ g# [: E0 f; `/ _+ YDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....9 m# _0 l& {- P: K6 [
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....) D" e# ?, }( E
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
; \3 Z* i7 Q7 K8 QDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....; G2 y( p2 }& `8 z
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....3 m$ ?9 U* J/ f/ @$ ?
Sub slips beneath the waves' K" C* S2 t# F' x3 G

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards) f. g! m0 w* c1 c) d8 |
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Japanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
" F$ h- {3 p8 a2 I4 w2 a      CL Agano- @/ s  E: T. j$ e1 i8 T
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2; |$ w, }/ l: c) U, l' m
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! [+ l- }: y; m! F. {4 B( d      DD Hibiki$ }( m  V$ z; v+ j) }" c
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
+ b; M* S0 v- V; Q      DD Shirakumo
/ P- F8 Y* [1 h: N      DD Isonami4 a# X8 s0 A' e! m$ I
      DD Murakumo
$ Q2 |* I- I$ @      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ U8 @9 ~: u( C      BB North Carolina
. E3 K0 K/ |2 ?      BB Washington
5 _. C- A; m" H' s0 Q& L& e      BB South Dakota
1 ?' @8 z+ g: Y. M" Y; R' P, p      BB Indiana, Shell hits 14 t' P& @8 y- v/ ]- x& M
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2* k0 Q: b  L7 [) z; x; I
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2+ f: w: H9 @! e
      DD Conner1 {) {! T+ I9 u. u
      DD Cotten6 _$ c! H0 w0 @% v5 |
      DD Cowell1 p. O( _- b& _0 J5 Y8 \
      DD Daly
4 c: n4 Q3 R: O. M      DD Eaton
' O9 h" p9 d6 J9 i4 Y# w& x1 U' n7 ~0 J      DD Heywood Edwards6 m" a1 L. g* }% z; T
      DD Erben' x5 c0 ]  X; Y+ ^
      DD Evans
  G9 \! a& F2 d$ g0 q; Q4 Z) U      DD Foote8 w. k8 a  r: S5 A# K8 F
      DD Franks( k( X! T! L: m
      DD Fullam
+ `& p( i! [& h      DD Gatling2 ]) |* h7 e9 x
      DD Albert Grant1 h) V" h/ |* s0 K0 F! j
      DD Gregory3 y3 s6 L! v3 V8 K, G
      DD Guest
7 m: K+ z& e2 l( ?2 r* @      DMS Hamilton
* h* C+ t  Y: E1 n* R( ~, a      DMS Forrest
, q4 Q9 _. c* y* T- x/ W& {9 `      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 F' B9 @. y! o8 L# F0 yRange closes to 28,000 yards...
" D( r& a! o+ M  x; d8 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
1 f+ \* s9 s7 E1 BCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
- J& v% j$ K; \8 A* z! `7 A/ E6 |Range closes to 26,000 yards..." M' ~% b! L9 U' `  T, a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; V8 W% y! V& ]* [0 z2 h* J1 M& vRange closes to 24,000 yards...0 v" w/ T8 r% \4 u! ]# }# A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
2 n1 j. u% X! ]# G0 Q$ F# fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
3 U4 b, T- ]& K+ K, F! x$ z# FRange closes to 22,000 yards...( U% ~( Y9 y6 x2 v6 A5 Y6 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards2 }  O: M) k7 W# _; @& f6 N9 w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards" I- O# ~. f/ \* ?. [$ j
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." b# R: Z8 a3 ]; P  z$ i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
- P# t, e/ X$ H$ H) Y; \; dRange closes to 18,000 yards.../ G: x- x% b9 }' n5 b+ D4 \' S5 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards2 C% t7 i1 Z& v5 ^' Q% v
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
$ q( \! @8 p% u/ ?$ ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
7 {' @' o3 `/ x5 T: f9 `/ w, N& QRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# s( y; h2 x' R9 }CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
% W& F' W. E: Z4 T2 _5 l: dRange closes to 12,000 yards...
) W* g& f2 j, p4 @4 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 g0 U" H6 x* e
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards% v, M* F: X6 y5 j( s# E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...+ i6 e) P" V- N2 s+ H; D  q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards5 J9 I3 t$ T+ }0 B  i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
5 ^, S* u, X7 [+ X1 b' \4 KRange closes to 10,000 yards...
; ?+ d+ S! z6 t0 i! dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
' S5 o8 \5 a9 m! O6 E: E* iCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards" Y9 Y) n! i* h2 V
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards* }1 Y7 v2 B( n1 k
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
: g8 L+ V& s/ hBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
: }$ m2 L0 j8 r% bCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
& D. T3 O1 H! }- E, |+ OBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
+ u; w0 C# F. R. A6 w7 y  m: V4 E+ bBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
7 z5 |* U* i9 O" x( }  ~+ m9 C! }) ?DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards+ V; `5 z* m; M5 z& Z1 L  t
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
, o3 d* g% m% ]' I: H+ }1 wBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
1 A9 b/ N; w# |( a' k# ADD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards# {4 }3 h' K* N% Q! R5 W& `- X* U
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
) w' a; ^. S$ P. P  Q, fCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards# m, t& w6 I5 m& j6 u' T9 X0 b
Range increases to 11,000 yards, x7 F3 G  ]: |/ |# n+ B, T
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
1 }( C  Q& n- r" {; v" zBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
6 R) M4 Z( p' |0 HCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards" E! X* X. r: \  \* b
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
$ k, Y" h) F+ d3 }- C$ L8 E1 bCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
! r5 ^5 V% [$ r% ~$ @DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
7 k7 b  G5 Y, h7 H8 R; b9 wCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards; X% v8 E% b4 d7 g
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
, x. w3 h( d: V) S" TDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
! d+ g' N+ X- G  fDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards  C- u0 |+ ]! n# B: q6 {
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards2 K7 V6 P7 E2 u2 M
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
7 O- S( l2 E4 ?: u% }5 G" Z' CDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
1 r. K/ E3 n8 J! c3 y$ L5 n0 FDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards+ z/ ~3 p: [1 j, M4 b
Range closes to 10,000 yards% }" i, @) C, ?2 n) t
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
# C6 R9 w% u1 X( G1 pCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
4 ]) G  M( D  }# d6 ADD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
0 k6 d6 q  p6 ODD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
+ ~4 H/ P) L: u; Z" P! ^DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards4 z; j9 P- N3 d! u
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
) E( m+ E! ?2 T- L9 M% i  ?& S8 eDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards1 B6 K; d6 I0 J- _: C
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
) Q/ B" {8 K3 m% X8 p1 mCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
/ H' r% Y( h+ x" [5 sDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards5 \3 R* V' i9 w8 v% o. E
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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! C2 ?% ~* P3 Y6 {8 wNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards9 a7 ?1 R* ]/ \  T8 ~5 N8 L

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& P8 |1 _" {0 S      DD Hikokaze5 M1 v; [2 o: Q
      DD Ishikaze
0 D: ~- j* \+ |3 J      DD Tagokaze1 Z0 I+ ^3 Q5 _1 Q; c$ x
      DD Takatakaze: G6 A9 C! C( i6 n. g" V
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Allied Ships
# H* S. H; S  j2 Y      BB North Carolina' {8 z! b: A& r5 g0 p. A
      BB Washington- r8 D: X$ r) J
      BB South Dakota
, U6 Q6 O( K) u9 }1 n: c4 C      BB Indiana
+ ]- O" f4 u4 c' l      BB Massachusetts. m$ j) E) R) X6 u( E% ~6 {# j; ]
      BB Alabama
/ \5 a% l5 Z8 x      DD Conner
8 m4 N* T5 W( q% p: x; c5 j; z      DD Cotten
' j. U. E2 e. U9 d      DD Cowell
2 b# t& n2 [; E; b      DD Daly- i7 m! [6 V, A& }8 T8 W5 Q
      DD Eaton, P9 S8 T2 {# O) p  K
      DD Heywood Edwards7 V5 W! u- F9 x9 m) E, R* j# p+ Z, W
      DD Erben
2 n! J: Z; x0 t9 s/ m/ r7 M8 B      DD Evans
& F/ N8 t- t2 y: J9 M' E) D+ P9 Y      DD Foote
9 S) f1 N6 `- y, I" W0 p7 Q5 B% D      DD Franks1 F* m* g7 D- V2 M
      DD Fullam. }1 a! ?9 y* G, b* G, e
      DD Gatling
7 ^' d/ X: K3 m  a- S      DD Albert Grant
* L; W( \& R6 _      DD Gregory
2 C: t, h# V7 ~      DD Guest
( ]% N) X0 B) A( H- t      DMS Hamilton
" o5 `$ D: V. `) i' ?+ [# }5 p      DMS Forrest  B1 e, k" \2 r+ q; F* T: h
      DMS Ellyson
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...( O/ S6 a6 T9 J: O& c4 V
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
/ v# |5 p7 z: k4 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
) b. \. V8 a+ E! f# L4 ?8 w8 ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards3 d0 C. M4 y* b' z1 B0 {; K+ ]
Range closes to 24,000 yards...1 d& x, M$ \6 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards" d& H# }" Z2 Y4 G
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
; G9 e/ o0 B! ORange closes to 20,000 yards...
" m% Z6 `6 j$ p+ C" a7 S5 ORange closes to 18,000 yards...! G$ `! j7 Y$ h( i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
: N4 W" Q" ^& p8 U" jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
* L! c! F: a. T# {8 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 U) p& K, b5 MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards5 ?; w/ R- [5 X! u7 V! r
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% e( W# }9 J9 m7 p# r4 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards! H# ^8 P! {+ I& y! i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards1 }* z4 l9 T3 L3 A% e2 N1 A5 P
Range closes to 12,000 yards...6 f' I) C* v6 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards( J+ b* j7 n# l" Y4 H6 y( ]0 c
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards; t) C5 s: {! \  D# @; {- N  x9 R/ t
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
: e8 d3 ]- P; [3 I! x( i+ P; zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards  U- P) x0 {* {5 m! s
Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 w; |4 P/ y. T. Y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
2 W  g' p# b+ OJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
( e4 B' c% U" I, u% ~7 I) t2 MRange increases to 15,000 yards...' K9 j& l, v7 u. K1 r
Range increases to 20,000 yards...( ^" k* Y5 x# A/ u2 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
9 a, l* A( ]" rRange increases to 25,000 yards...( T0 P. m- `2 Q# m( x
Range increases to 30,000 yards.... a% \1 B( ^& S- T
Range increases to 30,000 yards...* U4 H8 k2 r* K2 ]" I8 A
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards" ?( G/ x% c3 H% C7 ]
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Japanese Ships
/ g9 w4 v+ k6 R0 H$ n3 C      APD T-1* F; g3 q, y- J+ J
      APD T-2, Shell hits 25 j% i/ w* V# c6 g
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
- F" a9 R( k, ], ], G+ [      APD T-4
' @& s* b6 h1 l/ x      APD T-5+ f! v9 L+ P5 ~7 s+ P
      APD T-6
$ D6 ?6 x8 {$ w6 E6 I3 _      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 i4 y/ B) O+ g/ [      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
1 k  W6 E3 V/ r$ Y0 v      APD T-9
3 j2 G& A( u0 W  B5 a! S      APD T-10) }: {) \4 ]; L: I5 W- B
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire+ k- m3 ^) Y  M4 n3 N
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
) ]  I6 ^" s. ]% L4 Z: z" K3 v      APD T-13, Shell hits 1- N6 \1 m! ^' Q# ?* U" h
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' Z3 m- a0 J' M, t" D" O: k

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, O9 j* E$ C8 b5 U* M; I      BB North Carolina6 `8 Z4 s( n7 O
      BB Washington
+ D4 D% P. v# i. j      BB South Dakota) M2 N9 r" [8 P1 U
      BB Indiana
; G0 u6 z  c- F      BB Massachusetts
# F4 `7 |) k$ I% w- x' I      BB Alabama
; g. P5 y% q$ T( a, H      DD Conner9 A' P" x$ G: R% s4 f
      DD Cotten
! q& ?  R, @$ Y4 f7 O# _8 G# j      DD Cowell
8 S- _5 R+ O+ d1 e6 ?. G      DD Daly4 G4 P( Q( r( Q4 J1 L% c) p
      DD Eaton& N2 p( s: e2 H3 N' |
      DD Heywood Edwards
# l: l7 q/ r& w! n- `6 [* z      DD Erben/ b- Q+ `4 [% u7 C
      DD Evans+ n! R+ G! Z- e
      DD Foote
4 u0 R+ n$ V9 N! W& y5 K      DD Franks, C# g' [( @& j% ~
      DD Fullam" Y. X/ {7 l0 A7 K' G
      DD Gatling6 K, v6 @' X' n; ^
      DD Albert Grant
3 Q- W* R& [% ~2 Z' r0 u8 L      DD Gregory: R$ J, o; e% a" |/ D. S5 D2 ?
      DD Guest
+ I/ S5 {8 E: Q      DMS Hamilton
' i% i- R/ J* B8 y# C      DMS Forrest
# w" @& g% S# _+ A3 t  h) w      DMS Ellyson; A3 U7 e6 C5 `3 B# S

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Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' V- s) I: y, I# M; TRange closes to 26,000 yards...
9 ^' c* _4 b; r! |. yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; ^: Y' m1 ?4 Z; [Range closes to 24,000 yards...
- y- @! i$ k, @4 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
. R. I2 J8 d& U$ LRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 c1 \2 n9 G3 X4 L+ o9 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
  I  W8 Z4 I$ j) ]7 ~5 MRange closes to 20,000 yards...+ ?  O: V  _4 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' G7 e8 o/ X5 F' z: y3 |, F
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' D2 D; @/ J. n  W; i9 V( WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
9 o' ?* J( |' }; N# TRange closes to 16,000 yards...
; \+ B0 L$ y0 H" d1 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards  H2 Q' i- R$ J, F" B
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 p/ r9 g( v, s  }+ ]$ LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
8 A. B; ?  O3 D' \0 C4 _! f* mRange closes to 12,000 yards...* B/ y% a' L, @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# c2 L; i4 o, LRange closes to 11,000 yards...
0 T( N) }; g% Y% a& E* j9 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards! B) G/ p! a0 y: O" `; }1 \
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ m* C! O/ E9 h* D% A% K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. c$ R) ], H& a2 U8 Z6 [% Y
Range closes to 9,000 yards...2 `1 d% q, m3 d3 }7 _  C
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ c! `! e3 x) c5 q+ @/ [6 MBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
6 W" z) R5 l' ~$ S4 d3 eBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards" k$ T$ L: j% w# [5 d, ^/ D2 U
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards9 q& i2 `; M8 Y& T6 p. z# n
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 X& [/ g. x+ j) ~2 T8 nDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards9 L# C; J/ c" l) z5 f
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards% i  h7 J, L& R% a
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
  H: J, N+ x4 \% T& _. r& m4 yBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards/ }: Y! u' g, N1 b6 g. o8 f
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards, i( r, l1 E/ k; @; g
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards, s$ G1 d! A& b% \: v5 N2 }3 k
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards- Y5 e! v6 H1 ?# \
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards7 V4 j  D% Q& `  A7 a
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards( u* ?4 _1 m; n: y2 L
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
6 ^/ y  R: s' d% I& iDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards3 l9 ^" s; e) x, a
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards6 b; n& Z4 M  A* p0 }8 Y& K
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
8 G* T1 A$ O% e* M2 d6 vDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
: G  z) O9 H- K1 i. lDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
; _9 p' c, p1 Q5 NRange increases to 10,000 yards* \6 A3 ~2 J4 q" O: e1 B
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) ?8 b) Z0 i/ g- oBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, a6 {. B, ]; ~$ U$ p5 \. I! |1 y, KBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( @7 C; X7 S) }$ C- n. ~% C; NDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 @6 _9 b2 s+ ~6 hBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
/ D! `0 L! H, E: E7 N$ o- ~& e/ d: WDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 l* [/ d9 k1 f' C; D- O/ {: Z) `, G/ vAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards/ v1 h2 v2 q" v) c6 C
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards" R1 O6 B6 D: ]$ q; M0 N" p
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 C2 e4 ?, }/ |. sDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) a6 I1 j0 U6 N7 W  ?: R
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: O: @# _! R7 j
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards" P7 ]( j: O  V* W& y1 T
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards) S, K: I( I, e8 \% `$ N7 Q
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& c' |: M% b- h( lDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards, H7 `/ e7 t  ]" t4 l: F# B* G. R
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
) D; r! L9 k' m7 V: l# \* H2 cRange increases to 11,000 yards3 M2 D0 }: Y8 _7 m
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
& M3 r- B. ~+ f+ Y% }APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
. _# ~4 X7 Z( F9 Z6 uDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- l; }( A8 h- N7 M' U8 EAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards8 p/ f6 B6 W  ^) L
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
8 ?+ b. l9 ?- Y9 N$ ]5 x8 SAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 W: v) T4 @0 k+ }  b
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards# G, N- d' k9 S* n
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards: x; E, l. C9 F% @; L9 E6 E
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards8 R% z6 U& W& {
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
/ V+ B- I, |- i2 j  R5 nDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards; ~/ a! k1 z- ?$ {$ O
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
* w, ?% K, B( u8 |: c" u1 {7 C+ |& MRange closes to 10,000 yards
% t1 y: f0 G, K8 w! ?2 _: E0 ]BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: Z# v. Z/ M0 t0 B- J$ A9 vBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards2 }& w1 m# P" t" E& J
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
- r! o4 r( X0 h, {% xAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards* n( D2 B8 ~5 I1 S
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards7 c7 E5 G& U: x1 F# @" D
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards4 n! W; N* Y" a/ i
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- B8 b4 ^' H1 C3 x% o  q2 d  oDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 J# o, w$ k* x: j7 T, q( ZDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
3 J! E  q1 ~. j: B) z+ ?DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 ^3 [. r- R7 A6 x" V& y# CDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 r8 e* A4 R/ f3 L- V, l  Z
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
3 F: K1 h! `3 F* BDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
1 A/ q% |& q' VRange closes to 8,000 yards7 [/ Y4 F3 `9 W: p$ r% {. p: f
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards8 }2 ^! A, U: `( L
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards! Z2 s. z2 j+ B1 g4 k
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards- g$ u, W$ _; I
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
" L2 W* c3 r5 k3 R+ u. D; @$ nAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
$ {. _" i! F% V" W# z, R1 F9 O& MJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape  i, b4 z9 o5 W3 ^8 s( C/ c
Task forces break off...+ `; E8 ~7 k. v0 y6 N7 J! b2 S

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9 G$ O% G/ k4 l$ Y9 ]: ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# i  _# T- S7 R+ J/ {- N
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Japanese Ships3 d# x" _8 m, `% |& E
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1: g7 C! L, Z  F+ \/ t3 E
      APD T-23 u3 Y' r) ]7 X& `. t
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1; ]' G  C* m9 D+ s
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12 ~' r9 K8 G3 W) _" X
      APD T-5/ x. c! t1 ~0 ]& K" l! c
      APD T-6
; _% y  E& S/ a* K0 N) i      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage4 P/ Y( @: }6 U3 W2 b- w
      APD T-9, Shell hits 15 \/ p$ u3 k: q+ b1 r
      APD T-10  h1 \# u$ D( F
      APD T-11,  on fire* R# e. v" S4 O  [% g0 t4 {/ I
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
0 A8 K3 d7 ?( o+ `3 X1 z      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
; {! O" h* s6 C5 i" u      APD T-14, and is sunk
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5 Z4 G+ j4 u) X; ^Allied Ships
+ J% i# F* g! x. V0 f; `5 `/ j      CA Portland( w% |: V$ S. `7 n& l
      CA Northampton- g* s5 u1 M3 P
      CA Chester+ A3 o6 {5 Y, |3 c6 v5 W. g
      CA Louisville8 O- T. G# b0 S
      CA Chicago
0 B' M3 u9 L) U" J      CA Astoria1 \9 m1 @/ M3 x# `; O2 H
      CA Minneapolis. \; \1 t3 K, v( Z" t$ k) w
      CA San Francisco7 t3 @3 U' I0 u6 ^" D' ]1 c
      CA Quincy4 ]/ G# h: }3 d5 T! @7 a0 f
      CA Vincennes9 g7 L& C. i  A
      CA Wichita0 y. t' [$ ^' U, ^
      DD Bennett
- [, P  q: C1 H- y8 L: v      DD Bradford+ e/ S% {. \; O9 g# @( w" a" g6 a
      DD Braine0 L; u: h+ F' f! L1 M7 Z- u
      DD Brownson$ L. \' y0 a) W9 r: Z$ W
      DD Bryant& e. l0 w' I5 Q# K- h. E+ z$ [4 w& N! c
      DD Bullard1 C+ [/ v6 ^& U  y3 H8 u
      DD Burns* q  O8 r! t) ]& j- X
      DD Callaghan3 y# \4 L0 @+ n3 r, T
      DD Caperton
* w5 h) N/ V6 e8 V" K      DD Capps* a8 q7 T0 n1 y& C' q' _
      DMS Emmons  S! Z6 `2 ]. v* [
      DMS Macomb
$ u. W1 @! I8 q4 ~5 T( H0 ~      DMS Rodman5 _9 _1 C: W7 n
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 I: K. i: ]& b
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
+ W& u) s( Y: k9 U; E- v  m% m6 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ y) s& A5 p! G  B3 K$ k/ eRange closes to 26,000 yards...
! W8 B" p: D: g' ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
9 O6 w1 s5 P7 V* \2 {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
( _! I( [0 L; k. k/ y; S1 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& |* b% x7 D5 C4 |) l  X, L' ?6 gRange closes to 22,000 yards...
& B4 U& `/ b; o5 J6 q0 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
9 F$ c1 u0 t; [# R* z9 c  [2 URange closes to 20,000 yards...( ^; z# Y- y* }4 `+ C1 a' F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
" p$ }$ W6 n: p: SRange closes to 18,000 yards...8 ^0 U7 U' B9 E; q$ }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards# o# E$ T" S9 w& M
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ y$ m' V9 U7 {+ U8 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( w' U; J! q; Q: v' O) rRange closes to 14,000 yards...2 c8 b  J' p% K7 Z( c- R
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
$ f+ U, U: v1 M% b0 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
& o4 J( X8 ?' WRange closes to 11,000 yards...
- _- N2 C0 r+ o( V5 @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
( Z# [8 S3 \- S2 nRange closes to 10,000 yards...) ]  S0 W9 O+ b- ^9 ?' Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
+ D7 L9 O; F1 C4 G. U) _CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
; _' J& ?# k' b. i0 XDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! _" n. I6 D+ m& G, t
Range increases to 11,000 yards
3 R( c5 I! [0 z- ~. G1 UAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
0 ~9 _7 ?; N1 ~CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards/ q6 x6 b6 |( v, x2 X4 ]. M
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% t: q3 T0 H- U4 a- M% s8 HCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards$ t0 g6 g3 o7 R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards2 k# T; ?! M& j7 S
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
2 N3 H' q  |8 ^! r! LCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 B3 j+ B$ o" V
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! |/ U. W/ y9 ]; u$ s* }" }/ lCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards0 N6 u5 ^9 W! G2 y; f- e. \; s- G
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards- R" r. k+ H  a, N0 B
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
* P: W1 S# z6 W' U  hDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards. |% p0 E: H& F8 Q' M
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; ~% ?: c$ A* R) n( d
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards3 s& E. y4 D: }$ X1 h5 g* Q
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
0 U9 q) l# X* T1 L5 e+ I1 FAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards6 G3 ]6 H1 ]6 f" T' P
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
$ ^; R5 q" ?$ _6 NRange closes to 10,000 yards' S8 S1 \  d0 ?% K6 u2 L
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( ]: W! B% E  U5 T, [' o$ E/ NCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards4 m' n- k' O/ r) H% g
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards- P) U% N7 b; x% x( f; W# c- ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
5 Z+ a& G, I2 h* a: s! nCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards: c* c" ?% ^) R
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards( C) Y6 ^" C0 Z4 \# {0 J7 L
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards( b; {+ m% P% O  u) y6 ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards
, L% }$ I3 c. v: N! R' ^! |3 K8 t+ qAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards9 ]: }/ u: U" J- h% D# C
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. W. f+ j8 K+ t( G/ \2 I$ {
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
; \' e' j7 `" f8 t; \0 jCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards9 r7 p5 p, Z4 J7 k% U
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: ^0 T8 A1 T8 C. l4 m0 [0 EDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards6 I( a- _' z! L/ L# p2 h
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards+ W2 t2 ^6 G' z1 D# I+ @
Range increases to 10,000 yards
8 B% N& t# G/ o+ T5 FAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards# @" u+ ?2 \: b# `) A
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
9 P/ K' E  M% o1 a+ p. ODMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( u! j7 e( c' H) `3 e
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards  R3 p) y) |! g/ X. D: O3 B! \
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, X5 I# C& c& S6 @( N6 ?5 AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape5 ^8 S; X: w+ J; T3 X. `! b
Task forces break off...
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$ |* v, D# U1 a/ l# ~# ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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" c1 h; V) V4 m# eJapanese Ships5 W/ ]" G/ I; R& D, k5 Z7 ~
      APD T-1$ _8 s$ E2 i( P" V8 Q! U
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
4 l# c* @8 c$ _3 z0 K      APD T-3! @* L3 E* C; D! x0 F
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
5 Y$ U! W9 x6 Z3 q. q* h6 j" I5 ]      APD T-5
" Q1 F- y$ b7 R" z      APD T-6
% T( M# X, {* K- k      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk# j( R% C* e& `" H  n- Z8 N
      APD T-98 H) o8 v6 X- q) U, e) [
      APD T-109 Y6 x  G0 t  }( e( ~- ?
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire% [$ y' ?1 K" i& g0 E2 s

. X; j2 S9 O( M+ E: EAllied Ships( G$ r) o- l, K$ Z
      CA Portland3 g9 M$ i/ i. C* Y5 o8 M0 r  D
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
; o$ ]6 G, ]2 F# h9 o      CA Chester6 g4 L4 u8 ?5 x. }3 D
      CA Louisville
: E- O4 a! q. X- p- i% C" {1 @      CA Chicago
) U. I  n7 ]7 C% H. A      CA Astoria1 U, j  f# ?" @/ `; g; h3 B+ [
      CA Minneapolis% h! x( E: ]$ u/ }: L5 E
      CA San Francisco
6 ^* @, x3 w9 n8 g9 w      CA Quincy. l9 L/ c4 K2 k8 h1 g+ w: S
      CA Vincennes) q9 [8 l4 p9 e9 r/ b
      CA Wichita
+ u, S: ~$ N3 l* T      DD Bennett
+ t- g1 h. C( Y5 e) G      DD Bradford
+ R" F& q9 T2 T! ]      DD Braine* v) P/ C# L9 J* \1 Q4 B
      DD Brownson5 b8 ~5 z& b2 p. c% ^" ?1 @! I
      DD Bryant) ?$ W7 A- m5 w( L
      DD Bullard: j  w7 ^8 U: @1 B; o
      DD Burns
) S! K4 N  P5 h* d3 J/ ?      DD Callaghan" y5 N5 R% \1 Y! c6 M0 d1 s/ t
      DD Caperton1 t5 ^& t. f7 w5 L% B" t, a
      DD Capps, w; _1 }% N1 Q: V3 ?
      DMS Emmons" W, z( {1 ?$ r& J0 E9 b
      DMS Macomb/ N8 D- b( e7 d1 A2 [1 j) K
      DMS Rodman
. Q9 ?; v, s+ y8 k9 D5 T+ c( `% l      DMS Gherardi
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. N' }* w) m6 z, U$ n% rMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards# c8 M4 B7 Z: c: A" ?8 L
Range closes to 28,000 yards...  |$ g# W" V( L& V" O# S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards" u8 s  b& }$ _$ r0 R  d/ Y
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, ]8 S3 ^2 K% u" ^8 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards" z3 Q/ h3 ]* ~. ^2 y' i% g4 M$ C
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
/ [  k+ T0 @; qRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* O; s) n: J0 z% w( y) {* |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards% I& ~; X4 _0 m1 c) I8 S
Range closes to 20,000 yards...* N5 ^& T2 K+ b4 L1 B3 |2 \
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: ~$ \+ O+ G+ SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
/ x1 @) N% G% ^3 cRange closes to 16,000 yards...
0 U: y2 E% g+ o2 j6 V' o! F- `( xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 N$ @% }+ m5 O! j0 k& v  q5 {, f
Range closes to 14,000 yards...6 ~+ f8 j0 e1 m+ R% f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
5 @4 f3 z0 h& q4 T3 \Range closes to 12,000 yards...
$ E1 J1 C. j: T# _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards$ ~3 U, q! z% y9 u
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
/ L0 a9 y( l, j4 dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
& Y; A0 ^" G4 S2 k5 j3 {) tRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 l4 k, H4 _2 N! cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards* i" y" i% f/ X3 R/ n0 v
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards1 F" X/ }; x2 C4 _" l( K9 K
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
  @- x+ @, o$ l( g) S( z+ E3 FDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards: H/ Y% c! C. Y: S5 }2 L( E
Range increases to 12,000 yards
" ?) v4 d, e/ |4 MCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards2 h) F& z5 [6 e  e
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
9 _( K) c1 h% _" B$ \# `CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
: m  m5 ^0 B) k4 iCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards/ n" u/ X# o& q" L  \
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" Z  |) o6 p# X+ _* ]CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards- Z, o4 w  C. z( r* c, l! w0 B
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 |! r+ d1 }4 w1 B8 Z* G
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
$ M% T5 X( Y7 g2 }8 c; @0 F$ J" cDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards* j2 K- C' i- W
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards( Y( k/ V2 o) M' B# w
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
# M' i4 I  |9 \3 D2 cAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards( u' b( d) L2 b
Range closes to 9,000 yards
, T$ g7 l9 I. o/ A1 SCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. E. G: M* u8 P/ ?( w: S% l0 BAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
% n, U1 Y1 U* DCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
6 T9 e/ g5 Q+ ~2 I. g: ZCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards( _2 ]8 \% y5 S5 j7 u7 ^- `+ `
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
8 |4 f5 W& P+ |9 h2 CCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards8 p# P+ W! d1 e6 _
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards' r4 z) W- B$ x$ u* L
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards0 z4 a% S" p! c
Range closes to 7,000 yards
! M+ [* ^- D% z" V  D/ oCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
. N4 `) ~" \1 p' x9 g3 DAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards" e/ H. s$ q+ v" M. h% z
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards  A  H4 \8 @- l7 p! b
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
& D1 S+ I. W! U& ^1 _7 {0 X6 qCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 s, _% n0 m- O
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards# j1 k0 q' N! }  I4 f+ }
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( s( Y0 U$ ~+ d$ Z/ s
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: d) e) S1 [1 c6 \CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards: p0 S4 F; w" _- J3 g% l( |
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
. M2 v( v7 N- `8 a9 @5 q+ RDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
: }" k- T7 [0 f; R9 B& n' T# ERange increases to 10,000 yards
* v) k0 r6 y- m4 g3 V" K: cDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) T5 c4 q6 y! E5 F( o5 xCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards& \+ l5 ]5 c+ n2 m& L0 ]: Y: q9 q% B
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 l) A& r1 T$ i; uTask forces break off...) T4 k  D. ~7 [' m, B5 |8 J
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships% I0 H. I  U* C2 K2 _/ X
      APD T-1
2 E& T3 O$ J. a# U. B- Y2 B      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' a2 L$ z' A6 f/ V( ~& X! E  I
      APD T-34 d9 k3 {: f+ F' Y
      APD T-5
" Z7 p6 `( K; ^0 k( M& q      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( b1 U) q2 k+ }
      APD T-90 Q8 \5 m& m* J# f9 Z6 a" {9 M
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) @8 Z' l8 A3 ^4 o& Y* U$ a0 y      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk  Y' e0 k- i3 ?( @% |! j
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Allied Ships
5 k* r1 U; J. v& e      CL Swiftsure* L" q, `1 H8 G  _
      CL St. Louis
: k2 D+ q. u% \7 |$ Y: r. y      CL Phoenix
! u  v3 D) l" }; i- F/ `3 a9 F      CL Cleveland
8 s& u& z' K/ |      CL Montpelier
" r& g* g! O% c9 `5 x! J* H      CL Denver; n' ]1 j" Z7 J  N* U% B
      CL Santa Fe
4 `5 @5 b  Y' }; f4 P- K      CL Birmingham
, s9 M% @8 h1 u      CL Mobile
& m. C' W( H8 w      CL Biloxi
2 w9 c, j+ E' }      CL Miami" N8 N0 O. n+ E2 x) k
      CL Pasadena
5 @. h; j4 O1 |; u& ?9 t      DD Allen M. Sumner9 U% L( K, z3 i" L& U/ F& C
      DD Ault' k3 k; a. [/ d( q$ [6 {& D: i
      DD English2 R- v* c# [5 h! i+ g
      DD Haynsworth
  b  ^: \5 M0 P. l% j1 I7 ^* }      DD Maddox
# _7 S/ K2 L. B0 {8 y. z      DD Mansfield# a) ~# V/ v5 V1 k
      DD Waldron
% ]9 N% y$ r+ q      DD Haggard
, {& |. P) J7 x3 l* r      DD Hailey
( b! u4 ], t! n3 K, O: @3 A      DD Hale
8 M& U/ c$ M. d& ?      CL Vincennes II$ V1 @# C* q+ |! y
      CL Houston II: }. s6 @" S) U) z
      CL Astoria II- P. M! O; @0 Q; g# D! ^
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ o9 G. r2 A0 W, z- {Range closes to 28,000 yards...
% w4 b4 u  H8 H% K- P  q4 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 ^& x) |4 p) o$ r2 R0 N* _Range closes to 26,000 yards...9 E$ A, J( ^& T) ]! e! N! F8 s/ N
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 f/ |% ~$ f/ B6 o8 i% lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards: v& a% j& t. ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 B, {6 f% i- I. u2 Z( i! }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 ^0 i" g8 B/ x8 ~3 e5 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards* ^5 l0 m3 d8 E! B6 @
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' t4 _3 |; _$ a- ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards% U6 `; P8 a7 R
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
4 e1 O8 q4 }/ b$ _/ u2 RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 y5 `$ o3 R# d- _3 Y# uRange closes to 14,000 yards...: T% S$ b# y$ K+ K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards& L* H/ ?; ?7 T6 o1 R: E" E
Range closes to 12,000 yards...$ g: D, Z# c% H$ @" S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
- B2 {* C% C$ r& _Range closes to 11,000 yards...% h% l3 ]) C; o6 N7 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards- |3 @8 T% J) L4 M, l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
  t6 a/ l, x+ j5 `  b4 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards+ o; N0 W+ p' o0 G9 p
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
7 Q5 j( p# X  ~$ R: R% sCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  z# l& u5 f( w& c7 r  G5 H
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
' _( ?( B. V  r) @* U# w& Z, @CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards, W7 u, _& w% K- c
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 [) M; t: y, l; E( ^& N: rDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 R) u% N( L7 x: F5 X" d; o. RDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
7 f( g/ `$ Y. ?. _DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& H0 {9 A- }* c6 m& Z! l
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards, J. c2 A+ }8 d7 j$ g
Range increases to 11,000 yards0 r; S/ p7 K" c- X
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* K! g1 [' N1 _8 {% C
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards  v: U* _6 Q5 Q- U6 M
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards  u. q0 _" ^9 Y# p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards* b# _- L* b7 O4 B' P
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( E$ X9 B' `$ x6 X
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& n- \9 C7 G# c& T
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards1 D: k* R( R3 \+ J
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards. Q+ J  M5 V" H; Z  S0 A
Range closes to 8,000 yards
0 ?, D2 }1 \1 j& b4 ~8 M* tCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
/ R& c# ~, Q+ sCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards, j7 R* N  R/ F1 n
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards# M% q7 R1 e! n' Y! m3 h/ ?) e( {" S
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
$ F+ H+ l5 _1 R3 b- w7 `- v9 h9 ^, xDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards# m8 y4 d" }, D. w$ J% G
Range closes to 7,000 yards5 ~. q% ?8 z+ U% m$ j
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 O8 K' a7 F3 Z: s. y) g8 ?CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% U, e+ B& |  W5 kCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: t' H7 f- o1 A- ?8 O
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- D$ m3 Q  `1 U6 h! i0 Q' x4 oCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
, B- y* G/ i& O' U/ I! vCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( e: v9 |5 H' ], q$ p- XCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 {) G& E" G% H7 \, lCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# i6 H- K8 ^* gDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. k' A  `7 S& E, t) e
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards2 w! p6 o2 x! k9 E; @' ^9 m. c
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards* n1 w. A' x9 I  N2 L6 `" A
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* x. ^- m7 ~6 o8 [7 ?* I) V* T
Range increases to 8,000 yards% j9 c( x: \! Y9 p5 W  z
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- e- u* f' z% Z( q! ~5 K" a, {! z
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- y8 F" v( n$ q3 U% c  h  t5 y  CCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards, W! u$ u7 {5 A5 H1 S7 R
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 H0 p4 s) m0 c# V3 oTask forces break off...& O: Z( j( Q, w$ Y1 v3 f

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3 c# ?9 @! n- j( PNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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! ^$ F9 l7 X# X      APD T-1! V1 z$ f0 _3 K* w& D# n& Q
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# w( X" Q1 h  P7 p& _  x* |
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
: f7 M. Q7 R, u1 a      APD T-5
/ Y* j/ }  O$ f( V      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk' K5 g/ M& b3 p7 ^
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk7 L, V+ D% ]5 N" G7 H

' p# J# b4 ?" F1 q3 B( rAllied Ships
/ A# |) Y: F, e* [) }! ?" Q      CA Portland& b& ]4 S3 }: D: q+ h
      CA Northampton
9 U/ _; E8 _8 g3 m      CA Chester
& u, _& U& w' b! e. @      CA Louisville/ J# [6 i+ x( p3 f; q
      CA Chicago  g: b2 I, n2 P; j$ u; {
      CA Astoria5 X8 V' O3 y  ~
      CA Minneapolis- y( X4 @$ L6 B8 H. p# K
      CA San Francisco
. F6 x0 \3 R+ V2 T+ h  s      CA Quincy
+ O! ~; R( J! C( j      CA Vincennes
5 z1 ^; ~" l! Z' a! a      CA Wichita
' Q8 ~1 V9 J+ F) ^% X& x% G      DD Bennett
+ u3 i' A: \/ ~' j      DD Bradford" `" x6 `! I) C5 x
      DD Braine
4 ]6 j9 Y' H. {+ S      DD Brownson) T4 \" y6 c8 q9 t* ~, S2 l
      DD Bryant1 ^3 V: T; V- I2 n8 ^8 t4 h
      DD Bullard
3 o# i2 w8 {/ V& e& A9 `# T+ d      DD Burns
0 |5 ]7 D) i" d      DD Callaghan
# X" f* A: {6 B9 L' a      DD Caperton5 g) l" N% n1 O& ~. R- Q
      DD Capps
! G3 K" o5 L4 o5 x; T      DMS Emmons
/ p0 }. f3 S- F, Y$ d/ b      DMS Macomb; n  Q( ?. N( A( U* ^
      DMS Rodman! j. G: l: W/ z  b: }) h& V
      DMS Gherardi
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" Q  ]. k) S/ l' y5 o/ n& CMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards% V- y+ o5 A4 J" K7 k0 k6 j
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' B+ D1 }" a2 [% H6 WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards& X. n7 k" L& l
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( ~) d" Y! g8 |" X2 ?$ y3 G! PRange closes to 24,000 yards...
+ q& @8 }9 A# [& ~( U0 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards& ^: t9 a2 g4 A. s1 P
Range closes to 22,000 yards...! @, J) x$ ^9 x+ @& v9 h3 {" }8 n+ O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
9 A3 l( ?, w( H, r6 |1 a4 O/ SRange closes to 20,000 yards...  L2 w) y% A+ P; y: i6 r! A( N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards1 m; ~7 C2 h4 u2 T1 Y# U# C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...% V% B! i) C" _# e7 W( s; T, V/ W& r1 P
Range closes to 16,000 yards...: _" w1 ~) i+ z; A, r' p' J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards- I# R8 D3 s+ i( E
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 ?# U. V) C# Z+ H# lRange closes to 12,000 yards...
  u5 z5 B" a2 m# f7 bRange closes to 11,000 yards..." K, \; J6 g& H! J. K) L
Range closes to 10,000 yards...* m0 Q: g2 ]3 x  b
Range closes to 9,000 yards...- z- N! P  p" W
Range closes to 8,000 yards...8 F$ b& x4 _& [% P& J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
  c* L* W) ]# ~9 A& NCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: G6 [: F" F7 M; z2 Z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards( C5 ]6 |0 b: ?2 o5 Z* T
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- z: t! h+ O5 y/ p. M
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
- `: ~; V  A8 j% SAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
- s2 R  l8 o1 I' r# \# O6 |. iCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 U: d/ N; L0 L
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards9 P6 u/ I( M, _
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! G6 X4 [4 i! f& g( lCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards/ G, x, _+ ~6 p1 u, ~( \7 R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 F9 E3 I3 @- e  l
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards; S" g0 J! T; M% L7 k% a, K9 O; w
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards5 J" n) @! G) i" D* B
Range closes to 5,000 yards
9 \% F9 t$ ?. l2 [DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 7 q, T1 n) I, [
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards) A9 A( F; B% ^( S+ R
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
9 @/ k, B  \! A9 HCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
" C9 J- p9 I3 q& |. VDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
9 a, t8 _8 ?0 D% ^; n  oRange closes to 2,000 yards
7 O+ c, ]' X, U9 i+ O2 oCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards6 ]; i. ]" J# x" G0 W' J' O6 C8 x
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 E% O6 Z$ S  d. ]# \" _7 H3 c& Z& ]CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 k2 ~3 y1 m$ _1 r/ N* `- w7 _/ qAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
$ @. R$ ]. t$ p9 mRange increases to 6,000 yards
) M& J9 P0 t- w; [4 E, V0 F5 ]CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
# _4 J7 N. B2 oCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards$ j% h9 z4 {- _/ n3 H
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
% S' J7 Z- `  R" E& U/ ]Range increases to 9,000 yards: S0 c' L" P2 Q' C  L) H
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards% l  a5 }' t: F# e4 \
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
1 b# ^& f8 x7 r: u9 o3 @; wCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
' [# D% j+ l% QDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: q7 [: E* ?5 U
Range increases to 13,000 yards5 H. o& T. r: p, G
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards1 |: n, F; W) O2 T+ {: y
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards: {1 S5 ~8 x$ o/ j: n
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, D) [  G" q- PTask forces break off...8 T4 a$ y: g7 L( O- ^
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' j& d. ?4 p7 Q3 K* R- JNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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' W& x2 r# n: k; w$ p      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk; [- X. b- J" r. r6 l
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk# [1 R" ^7 r2 o6 v+ m) [3 A

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/ X) l: k! |. J6 u: `; \/ B) i      BB North Carolina
/ ?  Q$ J& q# e+ G8 N7 G( U% l      BB Washington
/ L# J$ l& ^2 h      BB South Dakota2 t5 Q7 s1 D% n% M
      BB Indiana/ {$ a/ I3 `7 R6 i6 @
      BB Massachusetts
& ]. o# p  v. n. a  |      BB Alabama
9 f! p& z; f& s: }      DD Conner
0 J2 S/ K, g: L8 F, P' T/ c; |      DD Cotten; O+ H# A0 T6 Z( l
      DD Cowell
* y% N# S4 u2 e* s      DD Daly, Y1 Q+ i7 L9 A8 h/ ]2 d
      DD Eaton- I6 f7 r; S* z7 l: J) J
      DD Heywood Edwards$ }, J8 Z6 {8 B
      DD Erben9 d1 F+ B- `' N6 g
      DD Evans
% I  y5 ?9 ~( s, Y      DD Foote
$ D7 s- r- Q# E! O2 I- [2 c) C; }      DD Franks0 I; D7 M0 C4 l+ d( O/ T' o1 p
      DD Fullam
6 Y2 w3 b' @( @, N! N      DD Gatling
6 i& ?$ f; ^1 z( ^2 o4 R      DD Albert Grant( R4 D# C. L7 D
      DD Gregory) B; W3 W  ?  T. y8 e$ b# f
      DD Guest
! O8 z5 M& g/ r7 a      DMS Hamilton
( e, F0 h$ v6 [' T: k$ b2 P- I" M      DMS Forrest) R4 [3 H6 c1 M7 L/ j. \+ R
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards7 |9 W9 V  c$ l$ ]
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 a) y' L4 b, r) F5 b6 K
Range closes to 26,000 yards...1 b1 k+ h) j( O6 c) I2 p. s
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 z7 b8 v5 g$ v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...' _, |' D0 _( A, d/ W0 h
Range closes to 20,000 yards...  m, r7 T, V0 G1 y+ v9 `
Range closes to 18,000 yards...% v% p% G. E& x7 }
Range closes to 16,000 yards...+ `. ^/ c* q' D, H0 B5 Q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...7 K: \/ a5 ]+ _8 q* y' J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...- S: h. ~0 ]% i/ l' X4 U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  J+ _* S/ L& C* H! c6 m  c4 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( I* j6 q6 G  h# N4 C
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: |& e+ u3 O# n6 Z2 G
Range closes to 9,000 yards...+ S3 z8 v9 o: u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
+ a5 K6 |' H$ N3 {$ m/ dBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
/ F9 {+ |/ J$ c* gAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards" f% S5 f( w/ m0 w; E
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards( @: Q4 z' w7 s3 g) A# R
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards" g0 S# r2 \3 g' n: b4 A
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards1 S! d* E' q2 L
Range closes to 5,000 yards" A6 q4 F, r; M9 P
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards6 O! I0 |$ [; N# ?
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards+ z4 e/ A" |3 g$ g2 d6 M7 m
Range closes to 3,000 yards
* s( [" @0 M* H0 {. L/ J1 s, fBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
- j  W: V$ m4 E, w6 DDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
* z: p$ d% O2 ^7 b. U' [7 cDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
. {4 w* N$ @- Z, aDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards7 i3 m! D7 j" ?
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 a9 T. C& l# TAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
. h1 U% P7 {; m4 E. L6 ^% hBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' b7 `3 g* L7 M: W: w5 V
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, |0 n/ u' e5 R1 j" c! cDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 R- `( ^$ ?: H8 ]Range increases to 5,000 yards
. k8 j( Q, ~0 ~/ ^1 ]- [3 z# kBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards1 r8 ~) l: ?5 B  x( z1 e' T" U
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
# c; H% I; b( ]' y) CRange increases to 7,000 yards( G# f& M4 D2 z# |: z. A
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards5 z3 @1 ]* W1 b4 ~
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards3 f2 y3 D3 v  N; W. s
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
9 ~( }  B: a8 h, N1 PAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards  U0 x9 s' f0 p, `
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
$ @! u0 ^2 P* r( t8 \Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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鬼畜水面舰部队这划水划地也太不敬业了...