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。+ K2 K% J- B$ h5 H
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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6 j# y9 Y& C$ v# [2 E9 r5 g# SAllied Deliberate attack
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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 = 1581
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; N1 M: z$ x  j) k' E' I) EAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 82 @4 z! Y# q8 d! M: }) T5 {8 Q4 {

/ w8 C# A% E: XAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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* g' Q8 H) p6 P- f$ L& EJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) 6 S2 O0 F0 K2 J% X6 p* i4 Q* M

( P& ]& N4 K% o) @  P& ~. J( S; G4 ICombat modifiers
5 I* G3 k' k9 ?$ f; s, h) oDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)8 K4 g1 ~* F; Y% t" y4 I: }# R! Z
Attacker: 9 I/ l% X) u0 o- o

, s3 l# y" t! E! eJapanese ground losses:
- d" W6 N3 s0 j' z1 s      3386 casualties reported
" e/ @: L4 w, D$ u  d         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
% A5 ?9 W, \3 D% d3 [3 S8 d" L9 M         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled/ Q6 g- @5 G/ P) E: i# S
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
; `, X- [$ \+ r9 G& Q      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
* f' D. c# Y" p1 J- X- m' w      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
1 `& b1 Q. b/ u% R/ k: J      Units destroyed 1
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0 ^6 B4 N9 t% i* s+ N+ z* r6 T/ fAllied ground losses:, K& z1 [1 d- ]" I+ Q
      5163 casualties reported  s4 E5 m" G8 _# Q! h* T8 t
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
; G; b( N/ f, F9 O3 q         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
8 [/ N: D) A9 j4 i( ]6 h* W  ]. i& x         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled) i7 f5 M( H9 r/ `$ s; P3 x& D
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)6 f9 c  o5 f$ k" z, X. F/ A7 G
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:, S  G3 a  e" A$ \/ B+ l) _
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
( h8 a9 r. L1 F8 k/ b6 [' w    710th Tank Battalion% r$ z3 H( P. |4 U/ s/ |: L
    6th Infantry Division
! t; M$ x9 i1 ^) r$ A    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
' o: E! Z( P- A! P    44th Tank Battalion2 I1 V* y" s6 ^+ h
    81st Infantry Division
/ c; ^/ N+ T$ A    762nd Tank Battalion/ i, r  N$ A7 W4 a$ e+ V( X- ^
    767th Tank Battalion* ], C0 A% v3 p( ]; A2 h2 p( v9 n/ T
    711th Tank Battalion$ ~$ p0 c/ p7 h6 r1 d5 B6 u* Y# {
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
  x+ K/ O* Z) m4 z# C    5th Marine Division
+ U; }7 W2 V2 [1 B7 J5 k' @    716th Tank Battalion3 q1 Y. k2 x0 V; ~9 |. I
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment; X( E* h% E- ~- z
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
) o  Y, P9 l6 c8 |/ h$ y    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
  P6 ?6 c* V) w% F    706th Tank Battalion2 U. o- d" A  X/ i
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment% X5 c. H$ u9 G' I3 w" N! z
    96th Infantry Division
1 I, G" |. M) q3 y    31st Infantry Regiment
& ]5 Y! E( b# C3 j% I5 I    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 e, j7 @# [+ x& h6 ]    I Corps Artillery ) r& ]+ t& d/ ^, X6 o. g  z
    12th Marine Defense Battalion! E! C# Y( ?: E; P& o, P# `& l' L
    1st USMC AA Battalion
5 z5 G* _3 p; V$ I    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion% \- w( `6 n" I* p3 I7 w8 K
    XIV US Corps
2 K; y+ D$ w( H' ]0 ~8 i    14th Marine Defense Battalion
6 f2 K% Q, l' S+ q4 [    5th USA Defense Battalion
5 O9 {* h& l' ?, E7 e4 {- r    8th Marine Defense Battalion( J0 @7 i8 d7 `3 r" U4 K
    738th Coast AA Regiment
( K6 d0 }' W, `; I4 Y( u$ f    X Corps Artillery
" U! z1 q, f- h5 l    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% M; h( p( T) H
    96th Coast AA Regiment
! R6 k% h1 |! K$ q9 F8 U/ O6 D& B+ r    4th USA Defense Battalion
; t6 s, }! r" [    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment% P: k# J! _% V
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 N( |( U2 _+ W& z! p2 w6 l" d( I
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Defending units:
) ?* k& l4 l/ I2 G( G2 y& C    Kure 7th SNLF  a" {7 ~  `5 i' o; l' b! W4 e5 ^
    81st/A Division
: k# U7 D' Z% d, t* q0 ?9 ?5 Q    Kure 3rd SNLF# `/ J1 x4 B2 Z% Y9 P2 L/ R
    33rd/B Division. |; N7 K, d) ~: f. `
    33rd/A Division
5 b- g5 a6 P9 a$ _" E2 s" O    81st/C Division: @3 b/ ^  t$ E5 ]3 t8 w
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
: P7 N. \. j# N' Y2 p2 z3 ~0 u    52nd Naval Guard Unit
, }+ l8 K# N" Y" i6 O    138th Infantry Regiment8 s+ N4 C3 w/ E2 Q4 f+ W
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
; {# |  q( U( R# I! \5 H7 J    144th Infantry Regiment4 p# @9 V0 E8 k7 M8 h  ]6 @
    81st/B Division
2 H( n  j' c/ ]+ {; c    33rd/C Division
$ Y- U. N  }0 d    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment( J2 d  @/ a9 o
    18th Army
5 ~' g  o0 e* x* ]$ e    60th Field AA Battalion  i; K6 B+ ~. a% I3 G
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co   Q$ u  Y, [! C
    Ponape Naval Fortress# q5 s- K- e3 x: }2 ?' {
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- @, E. T) [* K: f2 g/ t  S( y    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
0 j( i8 M4 ?0 n. x) a! k3 f8 i    53rd Construction Battalion- G( i: a4 L  l* q
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion. _1 L2 m/ F5 g, I2 \, _4 w
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion. O) s: g$ D$ e, h; {
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ) @0 K3 O5 a* U! n& N. r% n
    19th JAAF Base Force
4 x* A# P" d) t8 w. }/ X' Q- v* Y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 \' Y4 A3 ~( @6 J! W4 e6 _2 b
    14th Area Army /1" F, B1 I4 u: @% j: \4 |6 I
    63rd Field AA Battalion
  p" W* K' h* w% O) I# R    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
4 n" ^- ]! n3 d7 q  i! C' h    3rd Base Force
+ ~: I  i& K" B% B( H    12th Air Fleet; A; J4 x  k( P# n
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: t- L4 m3 v0 Y, B/ Q* X    61st Field AA Battalion
7 o( t( |7 d9 F& ]6 m! N9 w    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment# G6 X( i: ?7 n3 `
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
; f. b7 l- A$ q, ^6 Z    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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0 d  l, V: U( h$ N% g7 x( p同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761! `' n9 |( p: m/ K* F- }. b" \

) Q0 q8 f4 d4 J6 yDefending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 674 n0 w! O4 R1 p- T' L6 A( B

1 G( B1 _1 m0 oJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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, u$ e0 |( h+ N9 U1 [+ a- S  f4 pAllied adjusted defense: 10 % z7 _5 G5 E9 R' p$ s$ m. L% h
" ], s8 u2 j; @; q6 |6 m
Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1 ' X9 M" @4 Q" k; t2 ~, ~% b7 v/ }1 m4 f

( L0 i7 u/ r4 n$ n" p/ yCombat modifiers: ~" d  D( [, V! i0 Q( J& H; J
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
1 J& {5 R" B/ ]) h% PAttacker: shock(+)) s! Z3 s( S$ R) z

% Q# w; V! P$ X2 J6 TJapanese ground losses:
' `+ v& L" _/ r0 ^) h  K5 S6 Y' Z      530 casualties reported" W4 o0 ]8 U6 b- n  S
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled8 f6 ~7 O0 F6 p. t
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
# y: e1 h, A& I: U( Y+ C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
/ Z/ R* B6 z8 N0 h* r      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)  L8 U7 U$ O1 W! V

# t3 {8 [4 A4 E" oAllied ground losses:
. U8 D& m. z+ W' H+ o& L  W      891 casualties reported6 k  a* ~+ L( M( y0 J8 h
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled# T! I8 b: o+ l! ^& C
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled$ n. F! Z% |+ `. {  V$ M8 y. U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& \5 m3 ]# u, O8 ]9 i9 m3 f( c
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:# m7 i' |1 y' `/ y
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
, e$ \+ l' e8 h2 v    21st Division$ b5 T8 Z  ]: r& O
    4th Division- e: B, ]; z! t3 r. s# s) Y
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment+ c0 w  l/ n! U- W- K- \! o
    23rd Tank Regiment
. V" k* C: I* P6 d& }3 F' R    32nd Division
+ M3 \; q  C# B7 u: J1 {/ D" ^    Yokosuka 1st SNLF. M2 n. w* C% R7 [2 n8 E
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
4 n% n& H  R" }" l. h0 i5 b, _    6th Area Army
: s% W8 V+ ]6 w) A9 t3 O0 N    103rd AA Regiment' F$ S0 G$ t4 c1 H! j
    1st JNAF Coy
$ K( ~1 G. h4 b) V6 a  G; ]    13th Army* ~5 J+ `1 H8 L* L1 j
    141st AA Regiment8 d, `( J3 s% h" P) V3 Q! `
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:
$ C- O6 }# d, y. |. \    50th Indian Para Brigade$ ?( ?9 i4 c) A

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( \6 I+ \8 S/ Y. E, l0 [50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males 0 [2 ]$ N, D; i( U( R$ p& W
华安跑哪去了

lala23159

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

红叶

11月30日
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8 v- Z7 q! Y- J3 R+ ^9 Y, x盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113); d& N$ z( W$ U! {" k- B) g& F$ Y
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force2 z. p* N+ Z& S$ Q, h! I# W7 Y  T  E3 a7 R
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.1 c) x3 |2 M& s% i/ R  ^
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Allied Ships
* \2 ^% F: n1 e      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* U2 n1 Y5 F4 Q" n; }      LST-81
+ W3 x3 |- s: m# X8 o  w  E0 w      LST-74, Shell hits 3
. d: \- J8 W3 z/ i* V  h) b3 n      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage" G5 ~: y4 b* G/ n, Z* ^
      LST-78* g4 o8 {& y" S( g# `
      LST 209
. [# a2 ^, b0 f      LST-889
, b+ s0 l& T! l- K( [. {      LST-246
! b- a+ f$ t) M9 H; X. M      LST-240+ Q! D3 A4 i2 B
      LST-204
2 s$ ?# G7 j* u* Q) C6 n# u      LST-202# c, d. n$ U$ H& T- h1 n1 E
      LST-123
( ]- G2 b& d% c; \0 @: I9 A      LST-1219 \, ^4 i$ b6 R2 l* d
      LST-120) H/ l- ^, b" |
      LST-86
% [0 r+ V9 Z/ G: ]% Z! S8 r      LST-85& G: _3 c6 B$ y  ?0 {, Z
      LST-84
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
5 L! j; P  V$ b# k  u) p$ E4 `5 IDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force" z; X* p" P" a8 N
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.0 c, t9 x. ?0 k' p: k/ P& s
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Allied Ships0 i  d; z. H$ w
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! e; y  b& f6 `) X& F
      LST-83, Shell hits 37 h" ~3 _* V! H3 m" }8 Q
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
1 [& }; k' P3 L7 Q; h/ x      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire6 z( C& W  }* Z# W5 I( [3 e
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
0 `8 P3 s6 ^) K/ c: d      LST-87, Shell hits 6/ }2 R/ s! T" p! H6 l  `2 {* v
      LST 180
& {4 a  d4 v2 O, U# C7 a# {      LST 157% D$ _& C8 |8 R# E
      LST 2
; r& b4 n5 L7 }5 b4 I, i5 ]$ V      LST-884
* a& b* E) z, Z4 J3 D      LST-8824 r& p1 V- o7 J
      LST-397
$ m  ^' u: O/ T2 n9 ~# }/ u      LST-395
1 E- x. N) }# w      LST-274
- Y1 E; f' |6 L2 ^      LST-273
: Q5 K6 e# F( U# W( e' `      LST-246+ ]- E( u& P% b. O
      LST-244' D8 S/ l& q7 q! l5 ]
      LST-241  U! y7 [$ P& E  ^
      LST-218
5 k8 x) x% R/ l/ G# o7 ]      LST-2169 h1 z2 t/ K& M6 k! X. h+ l
      LST-202
# u0 z6 z  N% x      LST-171! [# _0 n+ ]; f4 W: R
      LST-166
7 T" j% E3 b3 Y1 V- ~6 L8 U      LST-124
. ~/ I, z7 a7 q4 D$ V      LST-121
, h% }! I* R) D+ ~, S, d( @$ i% ]      LST-88) U4 B1 L/ k0 N4 ~+ B% u- D
      LST-123
/ S& |, v" j+ ~8 A  U7 I8 L. R      LST-869 `3 M, z! d4 q
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力; H0 G/ c. a; \  I; c
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack+ `6 [& ?$ Q+ p6 m
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812' l3 `9 w* ]: V3 v

: @$ f/ z/ ~6 `6 nDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 13617 ]3 ~0 g  _9 h7 |7 Z
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Japanese ground losses:& a  B  }8 k8 N, O/ U. i5 u
      406 casualties reported) |& K/ h: ^: X3 V7 E; o. T
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
( I7 K' P) z3 w1 v         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled" b+ j3 f9 Q, p4 C
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled9 v. l+ ?% q2 R' _# h

/ \  e# Z% Y+ ~6 b# NAllied ground losses:
  E  W+ G, l* S+ G7 ~8 {      21 casualties reported; h6 i0 z( F, r9 U% f* c4 Y
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled/ }5 C9 H$ @9 Q- r' H# P
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
/ R+ D- m+ N' F8 Z  W; F. x         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% H; O/ L& F+ L) I9 n
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
! B/ G% P7 {5 A8 [      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)$ s0 a% @" e" x; H5 @  H7 P8 _

! ^% x. @+ o: @& R- XAssaulting units:; G2 f1 K/ F) H0 Z' Y3 u1 {# ?
    5th Marine/B Division
+ C# T) B+ P# k& ^" ^' O; a    81st Infantry/B Division
* J& G7 V! Z/ R' _# p8 x0 O$ }    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, [' d: U0 L# H* P- S* ?7 F    5th Marine/C Division) O3 ~6 @/ f9 g  ?! Y
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion: i- S0 b- k' ?0 T5 u# _% L
    6th Infantry/B Division" V6 U, f: t/ W
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment' t' t2 L4 M( c$ E2 ^
    716th Tank Battalion
2 W4 T( _6 g. K) L7 A9 w) T, i" b* g    81st Infantry/C Division# m4 s5 }, X6 E/ N7 E3 f" ]6 G
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion' e* n" ~4 F- c0 c7 A1 ~' T
    6th Infantry/C Division
* ?) v6 e. [9 B. Z! i4 ]+ T: M    5th Marine/A Division
6 K: {" o8 s9 p9 G    767th Tank Battalion
+ K$ V% W6 k$ n1 o+ i    96th Infantry/A Division
% S& S' V# U  W- F( T0 q6 ?- \    706th Tank Battalion
- U; ^$ [, L7 q    711th Tank Battalion
  p3 i; D: `  |* w    762nd Tank Battalion
9 j9 _, n/ w7 P( O0 @4 f  Y    96th Infantry/B Division
1 o, x/ F2 n: ]1 J6 G" [    81st Infantry/A Division, r$ [8 b* \- Y1 p! S' }
    44th Tank Battalion4 s8 N) I3 S) v0 {
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
  ]# R( O( F9 U( S, O    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
# _4 v: Y3 Q' ^5 d    31st Infantry Regiment
$ l2 t9 k$ d5 w9 f9 ?9 {    6th Infantry/A Division' Z$ x# Q& t2 e$ }$ W; W% R
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment$ z/ j) c. A. S0 @( U
    710th Tank Battalion
& M9 j" L9 }: f0 h    96th Infantry/C Division/ R2 c) W- Z" }8 V
    5th USA Defense Battalion& l5 Y  j" q$ g) @( h- D- r. x
    4th USA Defense Battalion& a% e! u& m& z. l9 l
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion% ^$ Z, t5 {: Y" L* n9 t$ H* j. B
    X Corps Artillery ' U) K0 u' t5 \% \7 j' h1 e0 y) I
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment4 [! S1 N5 `9 Q1 p0 b% j" E# R
    XIV US Corps
7 T) v7 r0 i6 ?  Z: z! p0 C- m" |    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) N) ^; ^3 K9 J  L1 W    8th Marine Defense Battalion0 W  p6 m: @6 H# R: a% ?
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
! W4 s* N+ f# j3 B/ L3 E, S    I Corps Artillery , R8 a. t; `9 o% D
    96th Coast AA Regiment+ R3 Y  i& M9 E( D: Y: G( r) a
    1st USMC AA Battalion  ]( ]+ ^6 H2 p  L/ }& l
    738th Coast AA Regiment
( k" k0 o% q1 x: `( |" q* {    12th Marine Defense Battalion
' M' ~  e; {4 B. A    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion9 t2 ^! ]$ ^( M) d0 x" z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 ?; d) n3 i# f$ E2 W
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Defending units:
$ E$ C  i7 F! T0 J% P    33rd/A Division1 X3 X& O0 N# {) N9 n0 B
    81st/B Division
4 U4 Z9 t4 j% I5 _    Sasebo 7th SNLF9 e% S! l- X+ V% c+ J
    81st/C Division
1 K5 ~& p( ~. N    138th Infantry Regiment
" s# e( H) u/ U. H- v    Kure 3rd SNLF
% N) \# H/ @4 D+ G. ^- G( d% p    6th Guards Inf. Regiment1 c% t# r" K: F  f7 Z. `
    144th Infantry Regiment
, u" a( s6 z' Q9 A% q- r6 @6 B    52nd Naval Guard Unit
$ D' _' g- w: h( p9 D3 D% j: y    33rd/B Division
% T5 Z" Y9 N+ z    81st/A Division
/ T* O2 a. _  R: y% i# O) d( c) H    33rd/C Division
3 C6 w7 `8 G% S. Y. w    3rd Base Force. I& R5 l0 j1 \4 O0 \4 f) @3 {0 m) Q
    19th JAAF Base Force; Y# @# C; J$ t! [0 y% V+ K; c
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1% c  r; S* O* I( j2 j9 d
    60th Field AA Battalion; R' ?. n# k; \5 H
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion0 W- o' u! ?4 ~* L3 M0 {( _1 v
    53rd Construction Battalion
/ v: ?$ ?7 l+ `5 V! C4 D0 \    Ponape Naval Fortress2 [2 E3 B  ~, h
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment( X$ F' z" ?/ l* F8 i
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) S9 b0 g- l7 E6 f) P4 ?
    12th Air Fleet
7 A% c5 B- G( U6 V, q    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
+ z9 f7 h0 B# f. U/ q    61st Field AA Battalion; Z3 |) s7 j# _( \8 }/ k
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co + K; t9 }* Y* p. }' t4 p
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
* d' d( h! ]' h" [* u' e& c/ T    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! D5 f/ ^* T% X) w% b" Q/ R( {    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1 i) z% a3 W3 c1 V    14th Area Army /1
+ O- J# @# n; _% f! j, o6 G    63rd Field AA Battalion; F8 |2 _: R* Q# P7 }) N% ]
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 4 |* a; ?$ ~) @
    Kure 7th SNLF/ E2 K# u, J. B5 x/ u1 X
    18th Army9 Y! L2 _2 C) J7 S
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
7 m1 G9 f. T/ r# `* |6 c+ B( D$ ^5 \    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3" ^7 t4 p5 T: \6 _9 ]  Q# {

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' o7 G0 t; P2 L4 H4 R, ~Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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& n& s# ?1 R$ Q, n' w6 K      E No.54
; p2 `' ~3 p0 ?9 R, g( z- Y. V      E No.50" z8 z- s! Z) m2 r. S
      E No.68
- _% t: r5 ~) A: g+ e3 W! o& W      E No.52
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7 z7 t9 T/ ^# p# K& ^" r( O8 v( WAllied Ships
) s# f7 s) d  p- S- I5 n. [      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk3 c+ W5 ^8 n9 R- F% t

+ S6 Y$ s* O: L4 H5 t9 S重创另一艘# o/ r: |# ?0 e0 s/ Z
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  e% q/ i4 ]- l' Q" A7 z$ r, s' LASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships
( F" l6 j* B3 P2 o3 C& \      E No.8* i; e" `% E& u9 `; k; L7 u
      E No.6! p  y% L  ^7 \9 }/ H
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" A3 u, Y3 h( A; v. |, @, ~( Y      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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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( ]; L- @4 v2 ?; s* o# Q# L
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; M# z! Q4 D, O1 E( |& RNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!- o, j- q) S* R5 A4 ^
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.) o1 q. Z& t4 v* L/ @
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Allied Ships
& }" L( Z1 D6 Y8 @6 q, B9 ^9 m9 M      CA Wichita$ Y. q5 t3 S7 Q" i$ O1 ]
      CA Vincennes
+ s6 ^3 ]6 p5 G1 ~3 ]2 @  |, y  c      CA Quincy  r0 g) t) y$ v! j: _0 U2 c$ o
      CA San Francisco; D+ m3 _9 P1 q
      CA Minneapolis
/ t7 A+ M% }) D( u- d2 M      CA Astoria2 ?5 P1 ]3 J" Q
      CA Chicago3 k& C& d+ ]7 V, b# Y, e
      CA Louisville  s& Z+ l0 d6 k- g
      CA Chester2 Y1 `- P( V# F; v8 _
      CA Northampton5 D! V( l% V) S
      CA Portland
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3 \0 A/ ]: i9 s- k; iJapanese ground losses:
3 W1 R+ Y3 ~: [; f, X; |5 Y9 B. m% Z      71 casualties reported6 a: H  O7 l/ B" a" ~
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
: T7 d& [0 k- s% W* R- F         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
: l0 U& ^. R) w' p( ]: r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled% z8 J0 i! q% K
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)& {3 o: G3 g2 r. R/ R

/ w" J! o5 j2 z0 c8 SAirbase hits 25 I7 ]; S3 `7 ?
Runway hits 10
; X8 o: l7 ]. N" X* l- z& ^Port hits 4! O' z* s* G. u& I2 I9 E+ ^

. i( p( t5 X! G/ c% wCA Wichita firing at Ponape   X5 V/ U# j: L, N
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
3 [1 ?! l! Q4 ^3 J! Q0 I$ nPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
5 i0 ^4 z" Z! W9 _: D  t+ ICA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
6 x/ O6 t, [. f3 @4 a' ]' WPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy. p: u3 p6 a4 V; I, H
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
5 l& }2 `1 s% `# J9 W2 iCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 |( p8 x0 I6 |8 L3 n& Q" j4 dPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria3 K7 B$ L& j; y! [4 t
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
# g3 Y! f6 ~- s& y1 @, O; f" oCA Chicago firing at Ponape 8 D/ K8 A( ^- n+ L3 ]
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
/ \# k, C4 q2 _OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
. S* S+ @* E) v* ?; c+ U' TCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress8 f. [3 X# X- ]& k+ v
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division+ ~0 x# y1 c: t) T
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
& y: o& N  @; w' W+ QCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment1 s5 H) V% Y& r' k
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships$ {: w' T; ]7 g% b/ s3 ?2 v3 t
      BB Alabama  z* j1 I* W6 |8 y5 @
      BB Massachusetts
  }0 T$ o# G- A& E: Z      BB Indiana
" L* u& c3 f& T/ ^- f/ t/ ~      BB South Dakota" q) E' K3 _' w) L/ T' H
      BB Washington
$ k7 `2 G! h3 l+ m      BB North Carolina+ o( F: R5 z0 Q3 H5 i4 H8 T
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Japanese ground losses:
7 i2 z7 K/ X8 {! W( l: `6 S      275 casualties reported
1 F8 e- J& u" C* {: S1 x# M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled' P  i3 v$ G( `# Y0 o! ]/ A0 D
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled* y6 \, _# {2 D4 R* T
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled; I- A0 r: L  o4 H5 {1 S
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled). N- ?. L# P8 r  E+ N7 }
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
' V( W# `. e7 d7 `7 W( o1 Z& DRunway hits 70 ^* d* h0 e5 l( Y) o# y6 S  c
Port hits 3
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: o) d, h. i% T% gBB Alabama firing at Ponape
' U, ^# g3 H0 _3 XBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
% r4 X# L5 w( h, @. u, u! dBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division0 V( s; g# ?1 }, V3 s, D3 a' C
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
& g& M: W! b1 ?2 q$ rBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
; H& H& Z5 j* d1 TBB Washington firing at Ponape
/ c& r; F9 C4 ~9 `BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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  l7 C2 Q0 O& u) H" d& [Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!" H/ f  w. R" `4 [. x

; ^3 Q; ?5 n. l% ?! n+ t13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.# w6 p, O2 @1 Q0 V' g

; v# v  [% m: }7 a/ B4 [8 l' g8 ZAllied Ships
5 u" H' ?1 K- G, p0 n! y      BB Queen Elizabeth2 r+ v3 M) \9 ]: h5 S  Y
      BB Valiant
* ^6 i6 _( c% C# J7 f4 L; K7 s      BB Mississippi2 y, n2 j4 J4 |# e# ^; @, h0 B9 Q
      BB New Mexico
, ]7 [; W9 U* O+ F7 o      BB Idaho
3 n4 r$ C7 F! {7 V, g      BB West Virginia
8 d6 h: q  I# Y+ z. C- S$ v  G      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:8 j! ~) Y5 I' e* T! n8 \
      117 casualties reported  Y/ K8 e3 t; O4 \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled  {2 [6 ]( b- S$ u/ S- h' q4 X
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 X: v% K" C- g5 A, n1 t         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: N+ c, G( G( T1 p" s' s( N
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)3 q0 [, \6 z9 K% m
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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9 X( C% O7 I# {  M4 B( j8 tAirbase hits 2
+ Q2 s7 A7 g$ I, e# {Runway hits 28 Y9 }8 V( F# G; a; z

: K3 d, }& C: h+ o: @+ W2 \7 iBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment+ G- _6 T; E( Z4 l1 t
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 H2 O7 ~* P- ~- B1 B7 NBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress5 O; M" n) n: Q- o* |$ U5 ~. Z/ a
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
* ^: [5 p5 p. j* o( j" BBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division) F$ l9 x* ^& j7 G: }4 @1 F! _+ b  d
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
0 U: e3 D7 ]) k# k5 b3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
/ |/ X3 |8 e/ m1 DBB West Virginia firing at Ponape + I4 q: ]: R  p
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
" u1 U4 n* T$ a+ Q3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado/ g8 c. W$ U, f+ v1 i- _' U, ~

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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1 C$ ~. K' Z- A, D2 |Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
- l+ I& `+ U" Y- x. HEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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5 Z) r1 M' H' @Allied aircraft
4 {0 M0 B2 G3 h% W  S      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462) q. N) }& s% z- X" ]* {: l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
- q- q& e" n1 f! E      TBM-1C Avenger x 2837 V3 x- w2 V$ [4 O1 f% O( j

, [5 X* ~- g8 R8 HAllied aircraft losses
  ~& l' f! G1 E" x5 S$ A      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged- @, `" J! v3 ~& ~
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
3 t. F% X; |- E. z4 D5 h: F4 E8 r$ b      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged3 s& F+ r$ P# g, w
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak# Z! ?3 [# j2 q: H$ B8 S" @) E

; m: W9 Z& x3 s! C7 x+ DJapanese ground losses:
9 o1 E  }. J8 G" `6 Z. X$ J      159 casualties reported
1 A. K7 S' E. L. f4 ]         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
% c7 y/ n; d' x' p         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
/ }# k; f: q! P. |, P% Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)8 P: c1 ?( p% u. f2 M
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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- r1 N9 J* G4 C# ~* iDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13448 G$ x) x' \3 _- U2 F
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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! B; R5 g* _0 L+ U7 u& J/ _" dJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 5 Q3 ]8 t) J/ k2 p2 G1 w
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Combat modifiers
" A, s3 n. l0 A# MDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)! n! o& ~7 q. z8 C
Attacker: ; ?- X/ q% X2 F' m
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Japanese ground losses:. e% O! _  o9 Q/ B4 X  y% \
      3539 casualties reported
  P1 w" m5 O' m- T, @9 r$ x7 M         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled4 g4 j7 ]% S$ _% h
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
: d2 T6 `- V7 B$ C         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
& m+ K" M  ]- P; y1 R7 C      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
2 a1 Y% o; Y& l& s- U* a      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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( i6 t: n- b$ F; t+ Z' [9 a+ bAllied ground losses:
0 g2 Q5 B8 a$ F' g9 q' ?      3552 casualties reported1 w6 F5 ^2 k. W, u, S0 r. u. {6 R
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
$ i9 l! d" l) p/ i         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
% G) ^+ o! |2 O3 w- d         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled  o( X9 h5 Y* s
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
6 W. M) `6 y5 c$ ^% ]# P) A      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
2 w, g+ w. K2 q) u      Units destroyed 1
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) ^" y7 e4 |* J: F1 B: XAssaulting units:
7 S; W7 a& i. B, t4 ]0 x    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion8 Z! e; B* {1 N; d& j6 d
    5th Marine Division9 x- a. O: H3 H- b! E2 ?" @9 j
    716th Tank Battalion
* ^& ~; p" ~5 m6 r/ C    706th Tank Battalion0 Y" _/ R2 x4 G, q! z( ?% Z, f
    762nd Tank Battalion
$ N3 W( H- N% b/ f: x$ C# k" n0 M' l    710th Tank Battalion3 P. v6 [( f4 ?& C
    767th Tank Battalion
) P* c5 O* b2 T1 n* r    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 w9 \* a5 r- |4 L3 v- \: M! S
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 b6 g5 G8 F- \4 \. D
    81st Infantry Division* j- g+ J6 a3 F; u5 w% n/ ?
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment. L" |; g- T" B
    96th Infantry Division
) W* l9 L* A) i    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# O8 @+ {' L* |
    711th Tank Battalion  ?" m/ I) l# g  q( R1 {- Q' R* F! c
    44th Tank Battalion( }+ V/ P( H3 g3 O
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
# W' A5 P! f2 A6 V7 a    6th Infantry Division
3 e- t, b; w* Y    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
) y, e8 Y' f% \) i' |- w. Y) X    31st Infantry Regiment
8 v& f) N# M7 e1 x    XIV US Corps( b4 F5 q  h% `/ g$ ?
    96th Coast AA Regiment
; N' x4 Y' l0 m    12th Marine Defense Battalion
7 s3 B. e# I( e& c    4th USA Defense Battalion
; `! E; V) [& u+ \- n3 y- w9 _9 t    14th Marine Defense Battalion, e9 `% ?" @0 A+ M. y1 |
    1st USMC AA Battalion4 A7 [, _) ~( t9 u/ w- W$ L
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 Q) y6 A3 A( Y% u' q/ X: g8 }
    5th USA Defense Battalion
& ~* B) |* k+ C0 W    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, \' b% N! j/ c0 ~
    738th Coast AA Regiment
$ H) y+ S; Q' _, n! b/ D. Z  W. F    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ l0 v, f# \5 E, t( A/ o+ K( C
    I Corps Artillery
  q& r) B3 g; T6 J    8th Marine Defense Battalion* {, T' m9 N1 K3 h- q/ Q8 y
    X Corps Artillery
/ w$ l8 }8 ~4 {7 z    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion0 c# e& K- @6 X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment! V* q) R% u" S" I2 o. g

/ X" d' J4 H8 b, t) L7 T5 z" _  ]( zDefending units:3 F! U" z9 H  E
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment$ x3 Z( e* ^( d4 ?; @+ o
    52nd Naval Guard Unit8 M6 W+ w3 X* \& \7 Z, i
    144th Infantry Regiment" b  K& K7 _( w' {0 \
    Kure 3rd SNLF5 C6 a8 f2 m* A7 T; G% {9 Z; U2 c
    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 |' u) N: E8 `0 J! f% D
    33rd/B Division# ^6 |: ^/ h* j8 [. W# `* _2 v* O( \- i
    81st/C Division
$ Z6 j8 D. A/ u* F    81st/A Division
8 _6 G( @* f, s$ G% h    81st/B Division4 p$ j" ?% d8 N/ F! j2 W* B' ]1 F/ w
    33rd/A Division8 r. Z5 z9 P: ~* H( w) Z: c) K
    138th Infantry Regiment+ T7 ]3 Y/ {+ `- W9 }2 a7 c
    33rd/C Division$ r/ i$ P# }2 _8 x6 [  T
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# g8 U  M( {" i    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
" w$ U- }3 D8 F    19th JAAF Base Force1 x2 ~7 p" b# d1 s' G/ b6 I0 f; b
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
7 F6 O! g( T; ]2 b& G    12th Air Fleet; ?2 x- {7 s, K- G/ X  O
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment8 @- z4 @* y+ a
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 4 a( b4 D' ?$ s1 `5 Q# t
    63rd Field AA Battalion
# p, h+ C! H/ K+ }0 d& G    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 V6 O, W# s: u* O
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
9 b& }* |6 i) C    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% I1 l: m( i; c" M4 V. w    Ponape Naval Fortress
. R7 {7 V6 ~2 G. l: Q. @& O/ r    61st Field AA Battalion' F. L  G5 E3 m9 @: D
    18th Army% s3 z9 M7 b1 f8 b
    14th Area Army /1
' K5 A- a3 }( X    60th Field AA Battalion
& ?5 E2 g4 U% v) z    53rd Construction Battalion
( A+ _% U1 l0 Z% p# h1 @2 z    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion. Y- z. y7 i' W* E* C$ I9 R
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- L9 [& |; w/ F( s
    Kure 7th SNLF
2 C* K+ w# E* f; {    3rd Base Force" w; Q+ |: D. i% k, ^7 g
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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/ e* R7 o& c/ }( j( b5 q6 w* C. OAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)- w/ U2 j% h# X7 q$ l4 X
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s0 O5 H* i1 }! k/ g/ e) l5 S) @
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes5 T: s( X( v2 X* j  _; d

2 ~  |8 b" l9 k  P7 BAllied aircraft
+ t. d, u/ P: x      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
; U& z$ C% t/ R0 W* c4 L8 D9 C7 n      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337  N+ c0 C# r0 X3 z2 M
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
4 K& Q' x' {7 v7 F( X) ~Allied aircraft losses
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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44" ]& Z+ Y& ^9 t" w

: g6 X- o( k5 X0 v" o( n* Y, [9 E9 e: ?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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5 `) _) s" ^1 iNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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. H7 D: f. W5 a' \( j( G3 CAllied Ships( L! r, r- l( X8 H+ l- ~
      CA Vincennes
  y+ H4 m( ?. n& L- O, B      CA Quincy
# `' @$ x& u7 i  A1 ^      CA San Francisco
0 E/ i! I; y6 `$ E' M2 G- T      CA Minneapolis
6 F8 M0 f! J- ^( y% T) m! {      CA Astoria
8 G& C. I7 ~" X  `      CA Chicago
. |  _' a" M. n- |6 q- r! N& P. J$ l      CA Louisville
2 f3 S; L& ~& w( K      CA Chester, y5 L) q0 A. k
      CA Northampton
: z8 ~: v6 ]2 [8 q" }7 H      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:. v5 N) N! {3 K3 J7 N5 T  Z
      112 casualties reported
( N! H, c7 `0 A$ m% n6 Y4 v  y+ m         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 D! W" U4 ~4 x1 M" A         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
3 P+ d" o' b& Z5 N+ F         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 5
" l% T7 b; `& z5 C. eAirbase supply hits 2
/ M3 `* F' ?) lRunway hits 21
: ~& D! [  x  Y' P* T1 }Port hits 79 b* E4 I( `6 W- u8 _

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' u. M7 W4 _1 ^# e& q# i: ^' o: oNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
6 ~3 o. b9 k7 g) ?& Z( G, U3 q      BB Alabama
! N3 U3 r& g8 @! o, b- Z. X) d      BB Massachusetts* F8 B; a! F, j
      BB Indiana
8 Y5 [; Q, J: r      BB South Dakota
9 D" l2 g% d) q4 H. T4 e$ \; N      BB Washington
8 s  D3 n7 ^. y7 k      BB North Carolina
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3 R# P" z7 C; y& y9 C  L- yJapanese ground losses:( }" Y* c0 b" ?
      398 casualties reported
. Z9 y. u) W1 S7 g         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
0 V9 ^0 O' E& {/ _$ R! C         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
: }& _1 S& ]; P* M) Y$ ^) \9 [; l, E1 @         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
, y  s3 r: S! ?, q9 j- p( ~      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)- ~( ~3 s# y  I* t% t$ H
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 F+ ~7 e2 g; D  n- d' ?. O5 R

1 l! }$ U, t  D9 [) ?Airbase hits 9
6 v! g6 @; C# Q' a& FRunway hits 95 \: m2 I( k: h0 L* ?2 W
Port hits 2" Z& u+ ~- R$ e0 F+ L5 C
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division5 c$ R/ J: p% m2 z: Q, E
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape & o/ {- z% U; k8 l4 B+ c9 L
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division0 c) W6 Z+ o: h: E$ V8 l
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
- H4 P4 g0 u) v- h  c% XBB Washington firing at Ponape
* y3 c, Z$ Z7 [8 ^# g" C' Y+ qBB North Carolina firing at Ponape & d. w" P8 W( e; ^' b
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" H3 i5 d/ `( M$ \+ tNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1130 C) w' |2 [0 D4 Y! O, X

3 L: M+ l7 _0 K. ]! x" H' FAllied Ships
: M  Q$ a0 ^- h% q, Q( \" R6 V0 y      BB Mississippi7 M6 p% F. X& T  `; E
      BB New Mexico
; D9 M: s- Q( [) o6 B% Y: F% W      BB Idaho% x' L' G6 Y1 k% K0 z8 G: R

/ R- `6 V% t2 A4 }Japanese ground losses:; i+ F# M3 q& J2 w
      195 casualties reported
2 V# l2 @/ q% P) ?* s; ?6 Q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
% W7 _  G0 ]6 _: \! J* w         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled0 @7 U+ G- k. O8 K
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled) |' l  B* _1 D# c
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)+ u6 F% L0 X( q& W& B- B( \* K' F) M$ q
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled), X) ?& F; V+ u) c8 Z
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Airbase hits 3
; y- `% y% }* I4 v+ d( HRunway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape + W$ E; A  T8 l% o  g0 G
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division$ M0 q. l( o9 m. X& P" v
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 5 \0 ^, h8 E& C  e
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)& K* b/ ~7 C$ B1 O. _7 h( J, k
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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! Y+ ^, d4 Z9 a" D& E, q: SRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.; J/ x* o8 C  l) ]8 @$ m
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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1 d& n; _/ `7 Z$ c9 d1 cAllied aircraft
) e! H) f8 r) ]  O1 C0 I( M$ s7 _      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462/ T8 l& \( C  h$ i6 c  y5 M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3332 a1 O. q' Y: E  e/ g% [) B  s  o
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
& I- [+ c, j7 m      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
& V& d2 |: L+ I      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak9 X) B7 P: D" V. N
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged# X2 @+ p# O& S1 K1 c
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Japanese ground losses:
& U+ s7 ?9 q6 Q/ c& j      121 casualties reported( M. Z) h- c4 j8 y# O* \/ D  l
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
) L6 W. C4 v. J( N4 V         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled' q' a, y8 [6 Y; {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# J7 g2 n+ \6 Z- `7 P
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7 g0 O. X* k. p% x, oGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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: r6 v# K+ a  m2 c# p) z( EDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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# ?, O1 M% j0 PAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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2 k4 a1 i5 O: }2 D% F% s4 sAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 ) T, j. L0 ]7 D$ v0 X
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) + t, Y4 a) Q! c. k

( W" e2 z& V7 v0 _- I/ j' \' OCombat modifiers' w6 z! @7 r! d/ H
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-): Q  t& p3 z# R% i  ?" L: G' s1 C* b% ~
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:% e3 E2 v0 j- M- D
      2305 casualties reported7 n1 @: H. G) Z! F; w
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
4 ?) d) L% b$ n; F9 `: j2 q( a         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
' J7 {7 R/ Q' z# t+ _, u         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled! U' N4 R2 c* S% V0 b# Y# L
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
& N/ Z( Z8 M  T# W      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)7 c0 }. g- X9 E/ Q9 ]

' M3 s& u! J" A; @$ |$ g- dAllied ground losses:+ Y! Z% e2 E) ]( w8 ~
      3064 casualties reported
' x( ~- D- V7 z* w; [+ A% ?         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
1 k# p+ p9 j0 a* I         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
7 p" K9 ^- t  @& X' f         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled# o- ^3 h4 F! g2 u
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
2 t2 ~4 ~; p6 U0 e0 w8 _      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)% d* N  q1 p) {+ a/ B9 U4 `& U4 s

, j; H- E) u" _" k5 Y! lAssaulting units:
, i" h! O" i1 h    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
/ @2 J/ I6 u7 A    711th Tank Battalion: |* m4 g/ {$ G- r
    716th Tank Battalion* {8 {) F  q$ f+ Z6 Q, a
    6th Infantry Division& f. r, ^2 e, D; P6 u- {
    44th Tank Battalion
! G( H" _: n3 b, n8 Y    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment: j$ ?1 z0 Y2 i7 [* I7 P
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
) C5 P& a9 K- L8 H  ?; |0 l" v) {4 |    81st Infantry Division/ U: _. H# C1 d. E# ]
    767th Tank Battalion
; q1 G. E" u- r1 W  e    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
* J& H2 V$ a& w$ X: A/ W    762nd Tank Battalion
, }% v; a- w0 }. Z    710th Tank Battalion/ t+ [8 n7 ]  B  b* w
    96th Infantry Division
& K. x6 g! ?& M& ^/ Z    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
+ u. z+ `8 Q* {! h: S* ?2 X    706th Tank Battalion& f2 ]8 L+ g" V5 d
    5th Marine Division
5 A2 a9 Y5 i& o$ W; ~    31st Infantry Regiment
# ~+ i( v1 R( M& m    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ s, W, ?& c  B* N/ a; `1 f. P    1st USMC AA Battalion
5 B2 }7 E& Z) y; H9 \! L( n    738th Coast AA Regiment3 c3 n9 n9 w: b, M
    96th Coast AA Regiment. `% n6 [& [8 r& v
    14th Marine Defense Battalion; _/ ], ^1 H$ P  ?3 R; i
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
; j0 i) u; {2 I/ o3 T    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 H  h" o( G" |4 R- N
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; W" @# V: |( ^
    XIV US Corps
$ Z  w4 P  ^% Z/ Y, j    X Corps Artillery * E0 P1 }1 @& `- C& Y
    5th USA Defense Battalion0 G9 @, F  s" `5 Z; ?4 S, Y
    4th USA Defense Battalion
; _5 b, T3 \# b3 f    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
8 o8 i% {- D8 [$ S; M. i) X8 |' i    I Corps Artillery
0 M  h. {2 i1 N* y& d% H% G0 o& v' r    8th Marine Defense Battalion
" ~6 R4 j- V! b" b    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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; G  V' z7 ^, w( L2 ^Defending units:
& p- j% \; d$ z, Z8 C; j6 Y) S: U: _0 Y    Ponape Naval Fortress
! I2 r- O1 A2 a  r, k    81st/C Division
4 e' }2 N1 f% L/ d7 S    52nd Naval Guard Unit% ^% ?9 x% o1 b; |' r% S
    138th Infantry Regiment
8 ]$ I7 V. E7 y, z, e    6th Guards Inf. Regiment% T1 w& ~0 n1 m, b: Z" Q
    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 H, |* V6 N+ }
    144th Infantry Regiment
( r. E! K5 w. C, f    81st/B Division# k! ]" y: l; T/ {/ v" U( Q8 J: s
    33rd/B Division
( Z! Q4 L, N0 F5 ~' y    33rd/A Division
' j) H4 G+ ?! o3 v- d5 y    81st/A Division/ I+ u) T, D2 f8 c4 U
    Kure 3rd SNLF
: ~2 @6 g6 C' }; _: h+ B: G- P" x7 e    33rd/C Division
! i: \% f" y# M9 C    53rd Construction Battalion0 c: X' y' M4 H; `) P3 @
    18th Army
' {* A; Q% ^1 m% N    14th Area Army /14 u. J; e9 k$ h% M- r9 ~1 J
    60th Field AA Battalion
6 d' Z, k" _. e9 \- g2 s    12th Air Fleet
& {( G8 T$ N4 [( t    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment0 P0 L' c0 b/ g; Z# ~2 R9 _
    63rd Field AA Battalion; N& S! h4 z; Y* L2 U: [6 ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment4 G% r8 S- j8 @- p
    3rd Base Force/ O+ f" n# k5 i8 `+ c
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
4 q4 \6 ?+ @; r7 ~    Kure 7th SNLF
- e8 H7 Y" d( W$ `5 @    19th JAAF Base Force
1 n* n' [; Y# i# k3 ?    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
# p/ j7 W( I2 w. ~5 a+ Y% @    61st Field AA Battalion& S7 _, I+ }* C+ D, g+ D
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
/ R, q8 R+ t. j2 }/ ?  w, A4 X    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 J: q. k5 X" t
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" @# k9 `4 I% f( o- V
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& X- Y% s6 ~5 {  ^/ T; J  u* l    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion  G: d/ |. @8 O3 y% W
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

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

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44' Z0 H8 z: ~& L! {% F6 v% S# r4 v
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
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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4 j$ x8 j- u& N2 D" @Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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1 \6 `) s% x* l4 x7 @; F) D# fWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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- {# ~! ~# T2 G, z2 |# I4 p" X6 RRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
" R, B6 g% f8 i, w: _# V- W+ `1 \Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft
( ~- i: E+ n4 r: W      P-38L Lightning x 23
6 c* u  ~# h" Q% n9 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
: L: n# T( e: ~- z      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
% W# n( o/ H1 |      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak, V) @9 n( a( L
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      DD Suruyame
3 l9 _1 \9 m* x# f      CL Ninaru
8 n8 O" H, m  d* W1 Q0 V$ C+ l9 C8 h      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: W1 l2 U) o! K& I, F$ D6 L      DD Yayoi! b$ S9 d, d1 k
      CA Kako
" i1 S4 G0 h) X      DD Asagiri6 ]2 }0 o; d! ^2 W+ C9 n
      DD Ayanami
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- g# [* v4 N# C5 W      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
' S  I, h! `; |8 q               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb' B% V! G' m4 d- }) d. K+ Q! E$ y
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'% X, n* Q: [# x- A4 v: \* A0 m  w" X, f
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 M7 k1 J$ q6 q
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'! ]) m# {; c( B% U9 l! }' \  U
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb0 t3 c6 U8 F% `5 x7 R

, g# X& U- w. z* n  e5 kMassive explosion on CL Tokachi3 s: P  Z) G7 D) h9 l2 [4 M
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi6 j: k; N  J# X& E5 i% a2 t( {

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  w  z% Q( v3 Y  i- J* i& \6 F3 _" VAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)$ f/ w6 u2 E; q, b6 w! y

4 G8 T" n& H1 q7 y5 @Weather in hex: Moderate rain4 g0 j; h. _4 _$ M

7 I4 [. N' a4 @9 ]* G, K- K) vRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.8 B3 F* }+ K" O: {" k
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes6 h5 x$ q2 H1 A! e; v/ x
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Allied aircraft( I4 @) @% j: r% R- ^$ f) k
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
( K; j5 \- U* ~( c; Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
  [' D" z* V" A) s  v      TBM-1C Avenger x 285' A5 @8 Y2 Z& m# \" B

) Q! O7 A9 H; o- fAllied aircraft losses4 u2 Q: n) f: K% c# x1 j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged; M7 ]) G, J+ J4 c/ O
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak; ^' h- }$ K) x6 Z
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged1 h0 L& w9 F8 I0 v

; N& k" B% Q3 |6 F4 ~Japanese ground losses:
- V+ n( C, W3 p8 j! O      276 casualties reported  ?: a' U& {1 C, K% \- L$ s
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
( a7 W7 [/ v, q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
. s0 B& d- Z0 [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: }( m9 F0 K7 [9 B9 L) ~5 k
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ P' E( I& g' D# D) G- Q

8 |, b9 ~, a) g; x1 }5 M7 A8 [* PAllied Bombardment attack
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7 O0 r1 P, d' w0 C& yAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263# F3 O  e2 h# K4 m7 |7 K

, }0 [) V, k2 M- pDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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( b: Z+ y- i8 x5 s3 s+ MJapanese ground losses:: j- l# |  T# F
      1082 casualties reported
! P, J: p  q% l5 |. t2 p9 d5 s$ H. c         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled) O# M+ [$ t: d  }
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
* y( Y# g; H- m( o4 X         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled2 H' J/ Z/ J' r0 N% [
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)2 q) m* ]6 O) b9 u+ D' t# X9 M6 m
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Allied ground losses:" g+ j8 X; Y/ o6 ?3 r$ a
      23 casualties reported
+ |- E/ e! A$ T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
; F* z# \* ^5 v8 \; [) Z0 w2 O& ]         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled+ P0 x/ Z; T2 ^$ b3 d, e+ u7 ]" x
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 y/ X% h9 `9 C  }$ s. b# ?
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
; \% F! w# |) l' p3 w+ H! o      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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$ X! B% R/ k7 r! |. \* T+ Z  c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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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。  c$ ^; k1 W: M! s/ t

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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113; y  u( w! v3 Z- I0 L
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9 G' L- }$ ]4 [' L# |      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk: f$ Q8 x7 \( A5 E  ?" s

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  S0 j8 T. |0 K) e+ |      CLAA Prince Robert
# ~& w+ ~; [" ^4 w+ {; c      DD Saumarez
5 @- s7 Y# z- n* v+ A) r      DD Nizam
! g6 D8 v& m* t1 y; ~      DD Ellet& q8 Y- o- ]5 [6 |5 M& p0 c$ p
      DD Waller! P' Q4 j8 v* c/ O% z/ L
      DD Walker
% B) Y3 S; u& M      DD Wadleigh) G( _- o+ o: e4 r" E$ Y7 U
      DD Uhlmann9 A& \( E3 E/ X$ u( ~
      DD Twining3 @: O/ P. `" ~3 F4 n( y
      DD Twiggs
: x0 d( |) H% W  L# T& v      DD David Taylor
9 d* V; ]4 d. I/ u, h% d      DD Strong8 F% Z  S2 u' b, p: x$ j+ w8 D
      DD Sproston" `+ I; o7 W3 [/ U
      DD Sigsbee
3 T" s: j+ }: y( ^3 Q      DD Sigourney, a0 j* a' q  v$ @
      DD Schroeder/ a$ K5 U6 q' V1 E' m& t
      DD Benham II
% y( P; `0 I* K" l. }9 u. ^; V) `      DD Cushing II$ j7 y3 q) m% }5 L2 J
      DD Urchin
$ |/ [5 s/ r' M. {6 S      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
" a% k$ a( A( P8 M9 b, h- zDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
; k; ?% L. Z( JDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
5 W/ Z5 {8 B3 Y: r. l, ~8 ~: jSS I-48 forced to surface!
9 ]$ f" Q- H) p  {6 o4 c4 |6 lDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
1 ~5 Y7 U& ?6 K5 l8 IDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....# ^7 w* u/ Q8 q! F% j) W, U
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
& g" [3 t% Q2 Y, h  `DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....4 [( ]" J) m+ k
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
2 _1 O2 Q  y' O* {$ P8 gSub slips beneath the waves
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, ?% F1 b3 ^8 n( p0 qNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards/ I; a! H  c0 _4 K

! N8 e% @* n! @# M, n/ ]9 t. ^Japanese aircraft
" R, u: `( W' f1 l      no flights2 s* ], u# h2 z, t4 J% ]5 g! B, n
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Japanese aircraft losses! k. h& r6 Q7 \9 i9 o
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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2 Y" {) H% a% e$ X  _' s$ HJapanese Ships
7 a* |% A' f6 ~- t' @9 X8 e      CL Agano5 I& n* ^1 a* ~4 w/ f( e& ^0 o
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 21 _  r0 e" [: x# S' K( ?4 d/ t, _
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 N9 ]* \" V7 d) D* P! R; `$ U+ v      DD Hibiki
& K8 r: ^' e! ^      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 12 o4 e% e8 j4 b7 k9 }, ^! e
      DD Shirakumo, W* y& u  w! ~  Z0 G2 @# q# k
      DD Isonami
% h! l: h1 ^& k# V0 P$ z, a. r      DD Murakumo: \, e9 ]- I, W' \/ A
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk8 T( Z4 I! Y) R' w3 n2 u9 ]
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Allied Ships+ ~; c( b( V. m9 N
      BB North Carolina
' h' J" J1 d& w) k      BB Washington
% M- g- G2 x; l7 i6 A      BB South Dakota/ o7 A9 z  v" k4 N! ]( ^  J
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1! b. `! c$ h8 Z3 i2 `7 l. l3 x
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2( i/ v: g! h  _. v/ b
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
7 l! Z7 O3 u4 a$ @+ A; }' z      DD Conner
3 ~& N! L$ j/ ?      DD Cotten+ z7 s! S' |( f0 a0 \( v# d: T
      DD Cowell0 R( W5 p; }3 Q
      DD Daly( E1 G1 ~7 J. L9 ^) w' y
      DD Eaton
0 ?3 }. k6 [8 r; b6 p      DD Heywood Edwards
! R4 a) Q6 p7 P: a3 L. G" L      DD Erben
& O+ Y+ k* V: o3 X1 M* K: j      DD Evans
3 j! P8 v( e0 r; B- F. P      DD Foote; H$ r! ]" X( f9 I- T; \
      DD Franks. ?* i: |( Q7 f& }7 A
      DD Fullam
# }1 g) |( ?( F      DD Gatling2 x( Z* q# N0 y& g+ p0 _
      DD Albert Grant
6 H4 l2 N2 _( r  j0 Y      DD Gregory
- t6 e7 ]# i3 B( A% C$ L      DD Guest4 j+ d( J2 g: h1 M$ k( S: P
      DMS Hamilton
' H: e7 Z5 E6 }1 j      DMS Forrest
7 r  f, O5 V3 t      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards+ O0 b  A6 Y, t3 \
Range closes to 28,000 yards...# f( I. o2 h4 n8 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
# I/ x6 _& D2 C) j* k8 ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
9 h/ `  p" p& g9 Y  {Range closes to 26,000 yards...2 U. z7 |# Q( o4 n1 s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
2 D/ g; u. K( l% ?5 D' k4 TRange closes to 24,000 yards...; W+ E' }2 F( r" j0 W1 m! D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
% ]8 L& q5 C, x6 G' @' {. gCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards1 _( O8 Z* _9 q$ Q+ B
Range closes to 22,000 yards...% G, t) C, B' u/ ^: n' |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards! j, H, e' s' y, k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards: ^  P9 c7 ^; L0 |9 j
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
# k' c6 T: H) _0 j/ C. [1 Y( O6 c: ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, g/ u4 R  B2 H; @! G9 C# V( f9 k
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 s  ?' e4 O: w& Y5 D" E5 z8 ?$ C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! y0 d1 F5 r- }+ SRange closes to 16,000 yards...; X5 V9 N2 a, z% R/ |5 C
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
, @- k% L( y7 s* f! g# O0 CRange closes to 14,000 yards...& B4 J0 ^  H1 v' t& G- w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
/ w( G* c, R. h" TRange closes to 12,000 yards...
# B1 H7 o* j. B" @* E8 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards- a( l9 ]5 T2 J! H, n2 T$ ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards' O  q0 I' g! N* @" i' \
Range closes to 11,000 yards..." A* M4 \, h1 Y* t% m6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
+ |9 b* g! u7 q$ r9 Z* ^CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards# p- ]5 k- G/ P, I9 C0 {5 y
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
' F0 {  ^& c# a" ?9 Y7 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards, H# _2 f  S4 |( Y& m
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
+ j9 K" g: [( |9 z* uCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards. g7 ~; X  z: G8 f, A, E( L. Q* s7 V
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
1 h+ e- k- @8 N/ ~5 DBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
# s$ l6 n4 e2 t* z4 N7 t" y! @2 q* \CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards4 I9 [. F# s* y
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
6 b( i+ n4 J2 h  _. G6 f; HBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards& _. M# z9 h! h, e' W' ^
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
( x/ Y- G9 x% ^+ g* TDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
- w3 _: b3 b2 `% RBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
) t0 F' [( b& Y/ n6 P* WDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
, T6 ?- p; n( f# k  rDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
- J- @* P/ M6 C6 {: MCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards( {7 v, h5 J( B; n/ V+ B
Range increases to 11,000 yards8 ]$ q/ [6 z+ C
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
: Y2 o; N; b* A4 Y; W" [$ c- IBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
, M) o0 a/ U) z. {CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
5 c$ A* [3 l1 Y" o5 r  ^6 r/ dDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
* q! E( J0 _/ FCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards0 @$ p: H- w3 o5 r% v/ p' v! y
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
8 X2 W. A" @4 b. TCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards( P8 l4 C/ m) p& J' x0 j  n
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
  p- I+ O1 [7 ~DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards$ N; E* K& o9 O! |, ^7 {
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards% p+ @; g" F' o! H' m# j+ ]+ I
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards. m4 b$ u( H0 j1 S6 b
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
' ]0 K( u4 W0 @DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
/ K/ V/ B+ H$ d( d& s- hDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
% U* |3 ^! }  ]3 J! `Range closes to 10,000 yards
8 s* R1 C7 F/ @% T* g9 kCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards" C8 }. Q" b; B% C; M8 Z4 }$ i
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
+ ?3 V% o0 L* v8 s( \1 }DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards$ `6 x# a8 k) ^
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards5 S8 f8 {% q: F, l: e0 m
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards/ v) c+ E1 F4 Z1 r; R' s, o( h
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
. c8 q8 r7 n2 Y( p0 u. t! qDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards5 ~" U+ C' ^( I# b5 ~  x9 x+ h
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
( l0 U% l) {, V- XCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
) d( }) f& B8 v0 }9 |7 fDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
! G3 D6 f* O6 c1 ^Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape+ |! p3 A# }& v) C! c
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2 l* r. }% I' j/ u7 wNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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; B; I7 ]  o7 j7 p- f' K- C6 a      DD Hikokaze
8 D6 E$ Z" R; w* s, K" L: m6 ]6 |      DD Ishikaze! N% F- ^: Y& S
      DD Tagokaze
  J9 n6 F% ?$ I& m      DD Takatakaze2 I' C+ M& f/ a& y! Z

7 E" z) _/ L) O; s% QAllied Ships
( D7 p# O8 K2 s( c! a9 @      BB North Carolina. b% |' `" l* Z0 `: {$ C# f& j
      BB Washington
* D( U2 L: q; y$ C      BB South Dakota7 h: t5 H% J* @' V- L1 n
      BB Indiana
, b$ d0 r. u4 C& N2 i2 D      BB Massachusetts2 o0 S+ O7 `5 Z: G
      BB Alabama. l3 \* n  U4 v. E$ @2 \
      DD Conner3 s. G- L' Y+ S
      DD Cotten9 `7 o' i' d- |
      DD Cowell" M0 _$ Q% c+ c3 y2 {
      DD Daly, ]& A+ x5 W; b* H7 b; |/ v
      DD Eaton
5 O# a& v( k7 M      DD Heywood Edwards
: u; n$ W. }+ M      DD Erben2 ~" D$ {- M/ w; p
      DD Evans
  j2 c  S9 S3 V      DD Foote
" x1 B2 n/ T' U' [      DD Franks
2 L6 J$ C' q1 u5 F+ |  V9 K% n      DD Fullam
0 Y/ U5 L0 q4 L$ E8 [) F" Q      DD Gatling: {2 {4 S  M' U0 g" n1 l. r
      DD Albert Grant
- @% V  K2 Z- P      DD Gregory
3 P, o' L4 X) M) s1 w! a      DD Guest8 P7 f2 k" c& ]
      DMS Hamilton
2 Z+ p) v0 X. H; E0 A& b      DMS Forrest; o+ {. X7 y8 A1 I1 g, e
      DMS Ellyson( Q" O# \) }5 h/ Y$ C0 \# m# D/ \

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9 u/ f, Y  ]5 A2 hMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards# n$ {8 f/ o; n/ l' R: r" a# u) h
Range closes to 28,000 yards..., {1 B+ w- u; r! \
Range closes to 26,000 yards..., }3 m; F# j  f( ?: {) k9 _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
. ~$ T( J! u; {2 z: e, s' R3 k; }8 l) jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards; S9 S7 m- s: K! q" S
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 Z$ k* t8 g5 O% b' @  S, S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards! r* l0 n3 w# w! N, w
Range closes to 22,000 yards...3 @6 d/ a( ^9 u: \
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 u& \" ?" R' r9 ^0 oRange closes to 18,000 yards...) O8 i  {- z! o% `/ b" c: s  r
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards& r% H4 V! x. ~5 i& ?4 s: H2 s
Range closes to 16,000 yards...: F; r+ c8 v0 P6 l+ c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards& z' n4 l" \; q" K. P9 K2 [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards: X! Y$ m* B# z6 w* x& r$ ~
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; N5 @! W+ n" V$ D  D- b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
5 }/ b" ^( E* B/ ~$ K/ ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
) J. o5 U, T3 aRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ X2 j# Q. t# b' _! z. X( RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 m( B- F% a1 q/ \/ e$ L3 g; `* PCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
# |7 o& U( ^5 i% O2 W% m  ?$ }Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 `/ s5 a( G7 y- DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards' w7 f& q) f9 J. ^8 C. N0 g
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 d. h0 m) D, j0 uCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards2 a; \  i" B1 y% v# b
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat# }: w: j% \# X  w- g  J
Range increases to 15,000 yards.../ G! H" h8 D+ z9 k. ^
Range increases to 20,000 yards...; D& l* i- [# P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
' E$ j* B! I5 ~+ e+ U$ w, \Range increases to 25,000 yards...3 k) i9 ]  Y& }* {3 Q0 N) k- f( R
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
# m9 y: \- Y) b  T9 P5 R4 }Range increases to 30,000 yards...0 E- `, r! r2 a5 |+ @/ ?
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat  O0 ^% y! b9 n

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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' ^( n3 ]1 O! P2 m" L. ]3 T; G      APD T-1. @) B8 |# R+ D: k
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
0 f& \) o. T. ~. q: h- x4 n      APD T-3, Shell hits 18 X5 w( B0 f9 t1 z* Q
      APD T-46 z0 O+ c) \: F6 g4 y. q, ^+ U
      APD T-5
$ W1 d) |, n* Q! `7 ~      APD T-6) [' d2 q1 h( u2 }  \0 i, T9 O
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) f( {4 z/ J- F" s; {, {      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
. N' {  [5 \; g) v, ]5 G( |# @      APD T-9
6 r5 E& Y$ l* }& Z$ E2 o      APD T-10
( O! f* I. v' |# z; f      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
- B" Q6 r# [+ M& J, V5 k      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage( ?7 H4 W! c. f( o: k8 A
      APD T-13, Shell hits 18 m7 \$ K% ^  r- ?( O
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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1 A( x# @2 b( O" g; gAllied Ships
  ^& u! d% g# ~0 |      BB North Carolina$ ?# C8 x, C8 Q, y( ?
      BB Washington. B6 G- \9 B8 T  a( Y( i4 I* u
      BB South Dakota
1 _4 w9 D: r+ p" }" O! k3 T& ^      BB Indiana4 G) i. F+ ^2 @5 S8 e
      BB Massachusetts
  Z3 P8 Z" v. i# E! ]3 J( J2 N2 B( x      BB Alabama
3 J! e7 ^$ `$ C7 ~6 v  Q: }      DD Conner. `+ g1 P" [5 l8 t  J% n9 L
      DD Cotten
  l2 a7 O! j2 v/ z      DD Cowell9 f& Z: x( g0 D: F) r; d: w, ~! K: }, h
      DD Daly
. P2 ]/ E+ r$ s: D4 J      DD Eaton
% w' m( y, g- b- M8 @, g/ ?) n      DD Heywood Edwards7 C4 s/ S+ _6 C/ u1 A1 I+ h& `4 @
      DD Erben7 N( @# U0 `, V) a1 B0 P
      DD Evans
) ?, u- v: \4 k      DD Foote
- Z+ J: S4 p+ D      DD Franks
& [5 I7 b- G4 m( O  R; z      DD Fullam, G3 Y( q* e- f
      DD Gatling) p! L; A0 V9 f: K) c3 s
      DD Albert Grant
. j- m% E/ {; k. r7 p. ]      DD Gregory
4 C! l  ~9 `0 q( U: F! o* C! g      DD Guest
) O% [" X6 K6 S. T) ~( L      DMS Hamilton
. Y9 a; W# a% a6 a$ ^/ E' h8 w      DMS Forrest
+ D' x- v; [/ R      DMS Ellyson) g0 W  Z" N  m" W! X8 a
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
, w3 J* A3 X2 O' k3 CRange closes to 28,000 yards...+ _! S0 z% y2 @$ u
Range closes to 26,000 yards...+ V  u8 P3 f& l7 X& T6 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
. J( u! G2 `2 K( wRange closes to 24,000 yards...
0 V! n- P" j# N" |+ NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
. e/ `; L- Q4 DRange closes to 22,000 yards...$ u* l' L& n5 u! a7 Q! V0 U4 A& u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards: Q* Y# K# R2 F& @" r1 S( e% v
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: S9 @/ W, e+ o' B& xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards7 w4 E. D8 _2 p8 _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* E7 m4 t/ X( x  J2 Y4 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards2 |4 P# }1 t2 c3 x& _( O
Range closes to 16,000 yards...* {& K: i4 _% s6 i6 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
8 y/ v: A  O0 _' \: m1 \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  [9 B! d1 `3 T# C7 L8 Y: A8 a* p& X2 @8 DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards/ b( f+ }; w- g
Range closes to 12,000 yards...4 X9 l& a" x& @/ \. b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
8 w( R0 V! R# {2 {8 u$ s! g* {: b- DRange closes to 11,000 yards...
! L4 e: l4 S, l/ Z9 k* WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# l8 V: p1 a0 U( WRange closes to 10,000 yards...+ U$ N1 ^  U" [3 P# _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 `5 [- d3 H* K7 e; k( Y
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
/ m- M1 d$ c% P- L) \BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
( E( a) q+ Y( }, O1 f4 u- C2 uBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards8 w4 m6 _" ~7 j3 q" f  T" }
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
& Y% F; V: n3 a+ g7 {/ \: aDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
" |8 j$ F' a6 C9 P, b& CDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards4 U) @% X, P; Y# P. k
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
5 }8 ?* a9 x, m& i( Z8 p. O  rAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
4 m3 \. B. }5 |* n' J/ @; ]BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
# V7 v: i2 X  Z% d8 ~- tBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
$ B% S5 P) J% D  h- Y7 s) p7 QDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards$ q: M, s, j3 f: N7 t
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards* G  z8 r2 O5 B
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards9 u( X, h, K3 Z; [+ G6 r
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
0 A8 w% H( ~3 [DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards+ s* [% ]; M: o5 V) E& s) A
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
3 X% |4 _# N' EDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) {" j9 j( X  L
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards5 h* q* x' I5 r7 x% W) P
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
. r; m% E* D2 D+ MDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards8 v6 v; j1 a8 ?
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. v/ x% X* _9 O' z, }2 }% m" VRange increases to 10,000 yards
  A( [: K' R* }9 p. J6 QBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards# X5 n: ^! y, g( s
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards6 v' l* x9 `0 j
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 o% a" z/ z; ~, X- Y8 E
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 ]8 \+ X, M& v/ {9 W9 m0 F/ ?# y
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
* d* e! A; j2 c" y) zDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 W" X* A: t0 L6 D: y1 hAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
; e$ A( k& g# ^; S; xDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
! h/ f& }: j$ ~* d- dDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ x* v5 Y+ `; ]( FDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards' {3 t& y) g) N$ R: o, m. L0 ]$ l( o
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 J" y9 C& j& |/ \" T3 l- `
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! h, w' M' [9 ?+ \& y) ~
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
6 q1 q: t! o% ]  R& FDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; d8 l! \. v( n$ v+ QDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards3 v; B' i/ v/ g, c4 [) {8 I* P
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, t0 O7 X8 ^: ]1 K) z3 C5 Q6 \Range increases to 11,000 yards) N; |  r9 v- a% C4 R
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
2 A3 E0 [2 R3 ?( _0 W$ t8 @APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
1 M7 D5 {: [8 ?1 I2 ]DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards; Q- {. P$ Z) W2 y6 z' \6 L
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards! l# ]6 e, Y- s$ n- K+ ^" n9 O5 u
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards# L8 y5 t9 k( A+ g! m& ~6 f, l
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
- |/ }- C5 s" Y* t& d3 DDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards2 V/ G+ c# B* u" e3 X; S
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards4 v  x1 R9 m8 d9 J4 B8 M4 U( T
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) q6 f" f5 \" U( g; ~0 t% i
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards! c; [6 k& u3 o; R) v. ^
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
6 C* W$ ?" F, E4 W& R  _  r1 VAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
0 w% k: t4 e4 O% }8 O0 ?4 ?  P2 |Range closes to 10,000 yards4 |; q; w$ t* E& i, p
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
$ ?$ ]( [' Q0 a2 o" d) Q8 B, r- WBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
) ?* p8 H6 w7 PBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" `9 ?/ T* `) A% ^3 NAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
  ~% D( u8 {* j/ x, o$ Y. q3 W9 }DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& v( K, q, A+ F, }$ P3 j
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
" v/ l8 u% _* m$ ~' Y1 f( v0 }DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' r9 H  ^$ c" a  G6 n: @* H" r
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& s4 H$ y2 m, W2 t# j
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards: z- g% D) L9 G* ]
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& P0 N4 R& d# P; S& Q
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, L& U" v8 L4 {" C3 {0 JDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards8 q/ Z+ z/ w5 X2 J0 W/ |
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
0 U1 q$ }9 K/ L" \, J$ T; MRange closes to 8,000 yards2 ^' q' s% I; x( p. d: X7 J
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards* h' r6 ?; B* h9 D  z( \2 x# h- Q3 Y& D
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards6 j1 N7 ]9 Y1 p0 O0 T4 K+ f- G
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
, n7 b7 c& ~9 U& \- h+ m* Z+ I$ h$ \BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards3 Y' X# G" _& y; _0 ~
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards& n' I5 p& p8 e, F% i4 [
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
6 ]+ b2 q+ y- t& eTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# x( _1 I: |- b0 U5 A

- a  F& D" h$ xJapanese Ships
1 `$ n/ ]- X  z3 y& H6 L8 |      APD T-1, Shell hits 1& }5 P$ B$ W; z4 m
      APD T-2' y" W* z/ }" G0 ?
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
1 y- T/ }+ c' X/ o6 [8 Y      APD T-4, Shell hits 1/ k: m  }2 o8 h
      APD T-5
0 [, y! g# D8 I7 Z( f, R      APD T-6/ s& p+ o& e: P& e/ b6 Q! c" U& S  ]
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
7 u% D( K& s% z, ^1 S8 x- S      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
/ e6 s! t& }. ?/ r  _; m4 d& |      APD T-10
8 _# t+ p; E5 Y( l      APD T-11,  on fire
$ M2 ?* A4 s/ R0 f/ j      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk) M! o% E6 V5 V  Q
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
. Y- O* g9 ?, L* w      APD T-14, and is sunk5 y( F- E" E0 z6 w$ C
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Allied Ships
" a3 F( S- L2 |9 E" D& t7 D      CA Portland0 o; H# e5 \( ~: f# K/ }
      CA Northampton
3 i! B; ~! e: W, o# \- Q4 E      CA Chester
* e" S) n, q1 U' N$ L      CA Louisville7 H) O2 ?& m" I( A- `
      CA Chicago" s2 ~6 J' [' u% e: [0 D0 L
      CA Astoria
% b& |1 r! D$ V! q' P; J" }      CA Minneapolis
5 _- R+ W5 [% c3 {$ W) y      CA San Francisco
9 y# U5 \7 q9 ~/ R      CA Quincy
) E3 `& ^9 h9 M# t      CA Vincennes# X) l: R! O2 C$ V( e1 n
      CA Wichita, O$ ^/ C0 j3 J% Q6 x* d
      DD Bennett
2 v5 N6 Y5 B1 Q9 L3 y, J      DD Bradford
' d5 W3 @- ?! L' i- {      DD Braine
. J; B( v1 U! ~6 @  y6 X5 X      DD Brownson. Z, {5 |- K9 |6 S! q- G
      DD Bryant
) {( A( q. |7 {" s2 Z7 v+ Q- d5 a6 F7 I      DD Bullard" ^4 d3 C4 s5 W2 f- w; o+ q8 }
      DD Burns
4 o3 P% {) Z( B4 s, M% G% q8 x      DD Callaghan
- S4 B2 H; B0 B+ q) V5 W4 R$ i      DD Caperton. [3 I( C3 V% ]# k1 Y0 ^2 F  h
      DD Capps
, k9 x. a, |- R6 Z9 t/ W4 Z      DMS Emmons( v. o1 j# k, k) o$ I& X0 i
      DMS Macomb9 }$ ?$ T) F/ z6 o6 g6 X7 T4 ]$ C
      DMS Rodman7 v6 s; V' }- @2 l" e1 y4 x# L
      DMS Gherardi$ {/ o( U. [+ L6 z, t2 c& ?

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
3 C5 t' o6 u; _+ F: B9 i+ \9 Q& Y$ rRange closes to 28,000 yards...1 B2 t- X1 Z2 X0 r+ q: f# P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  K& w- U8 `  n, H0 S7 p
Range closes to 26,000 yards...& r! E4 _7 j3 x: a3 n* ~' n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
/ I% ?* d3 d. d5 i2 z; f  F5 o8 R2 lRange closes to 24,000 yards...  ?" o) j1 G" l- D. ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards6 e' V) A) ?+ Y3 U, I7 W
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* k! x+ [  Q/ K# Q& H1 _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
8 d9 E3 O" r+ ^  {: S' FRange closes to 20,000 yards...
' e- G5 c5 {2 h! N- G( ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. o" x7 D7 f7 ]2 B' ?* c: Z2 J- dRange closes to 18,000 yards...( v7 U7 Y8 v# K4 T+ G: u; V6 r6 F4 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 V/ }2 k" H+ F: h/ d- |- N
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ s* G! z2 U. A1 H) \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
( ]! }: s% a* ~) b: D  ?# Y; w( SRange closes to 14,000 yards...  H/ J- [2 t4 ^4 k. `
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
- `/ E2 a2 m% lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
2 s6 ^& e  \$ SRange closes to 11,000 yards...
& m% r3 l9 A) n! J. s1 x, TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 p8 z" E4 @7 tRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 T  _. ^: H+ x4 ^2 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" j+ T  E" G6 A+ _1 T7 F
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 T* F( t4 N% m! x1 E- ]- G- w/ LDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ a' c$ D! z% T
Range increases to 11,000 yards. e/ L4 o7 S/ S$ ]) r# k
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
5 ?- x3 W2 x4 P3 x6 QCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
: Y% e% A; |# j1 k3 k8 K- M6 {8 rCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
/ A2 f3 z  s$ D4 y: b/ v; T8 wCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards1 o" G  f) q4 D# |$ O* N
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. V$ N: y3 d! h& l. T% u* z
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards. F+ w0 ]" g6 z/ S. Q3 T8 L5 O  p7 ?3 B
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# C5 Q% _" f' I4 C7 hCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  I; ~1 w; `  K1 o' f& w
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards% o9 ~6 O5 a; g' y/ Q; ?
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; I# T( h' ]8 SDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
( }0 I+ `8 `. k6 Q  [: B  {* PDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards) ]# V& U' j, N, ?
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ E# k: G' `5 _5 ]- z8 \
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
4 K8 N( Q* B) H  E+ t! O: VDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
$ b, }. i2 U, W+ t6 J% ~APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
: j% m+ `/ o0 X- G9 hAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
% J; }& g( ~6 i1 h8 @Range closes to 10,000 yards
5 ?" O# m9 ]( T2 G- X) w6 b0 y1 x' iDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards$ ~/ Y% X5 V% F# T0 F6 J+ z
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
4 j' G2 v* S4 _5 w+ D' lCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards2 X' @# u2 i0 f' y" P! H# s2 p3 j
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- V: P0 `+ O, s9 q- b! w7 R* n% jCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards' U( x& _% c# n/ e' g! g! M- E
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
! F/ q9 J% J( f( V( `DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards8 ?2 B3 v5 ?. x8 R5 n/ {
Range closes to 9,000 yards
6 L  w! S4 m" c+ k! R# bAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards( o6 n( |5 v' H- k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
4 p6 @, V8 ?4 o) ~CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! Y& M- M$ I7 o+ X
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards* d0 B# F% j. y+ k+ T( B7 ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# [* V/ Y/ I% i6 I  w
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
- \) Y4 U9 P  R" B7 hDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
& R! t6 U0 N) E6 e. b: ~Range increases to 10,000 yards: J& V8 w$ S7 t" u2 W7 h; s0 e
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
6 r& Z8 t6 g" Y3 jCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( c. [" r/ F) m7 a; \$ g& O0 x" WDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! r8 a$ L: f1 \  {. O
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
( ]+ N, l  n3 G3 s; ~$ LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 Y( Q( Y5 p; e! `+ FJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape- u( d; z8 p5 q0 u
Task forces break off...: P  N/ }( H: S8 {6 [: u8 r; y: V. w

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
$ D- L8 k1 R. C1 f      APD T-1
: H; p6 `, t9 E$ I) O& M6 w6 d& T/ @2 ^      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire* _/ F* K* o( `' F! L% z5 n
      APD T-35 C0 I4 R$ S3 R2 Z' M
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk% K; e" ]; @6 z# K' C; ]
      APD T-5) w" f4 X+ E, b# @1 a7 `( [6 y' u  S
      APD T-6  z  W9 L+ W- S- Y; \
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
. X2 L$ e2 ^) r/ K5 E      APD T-9
' X/ ~+ x: A0 D; b6 x. C      APD T-10
& v+ x4 e0 H- j/ U8 m      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire" G& b9 I% [8 H6 D3 k
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Allied Ships
/ Z; s) W. C' v' i/ K% i& ]5 p) \      CA Portland
8 w$ @' `4 N) l$ l      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
$ v2 F( w/ Q$ v% e1 h) g8 C      CA Chester2 ^6 P  n) R6 O
      CA Louisville8 T5 D& e3 d8 g% j
      CA Chicago
/ k4 J# f( r: @5 U, ^. k      CA Astoria
3 ]% w% o0 M! J      CA Minneapolis7 n! h! N$ |4 R- a# r8 b( W
      CA San Francisco
% g$ V* W- G7 p1 j) o      CA Quincy( T9 C$ g, w0 U
      CA Vincennes2 x& b6 g+ u- |7 x, W. K% L
      CA Wichita
( \. h" _* ]% [+ z. T, T      DD Bennett7 D) M  r! b# _, ?
      DD Bradford
7 T) P8 Z/ K! J" \! q  ]! h! V6 _1 p      DD Braine
8 g. r! j2 s- M      DD Brownson
% h6 ]/ w$ r  V  s/ D6 |$ ?$ o      DD Bryant* [/ }1 M8 ^& d$ y9 Y( k8 ]
      DD Bullard7 g1 ~; l) n+ d$ p* `! @, C
      DD Burns
! M: P& \1 n! W8 H8 a& i$ @      DD Callaghan
% I8 y5 w1 o8 l/ Z4 v6 D2 ]9 u      DD Caperton
5 i1 Z; V$ c; M# S      DD Capps( [) p6 U/ }  ]4 T$ k/ ^
      DMS Emmons  M0 _1 B0 S; ?! V6 ^4 j3 U7 p
      DMS Macomb
/ K1 c$ _% w& |' ^" b! `3 `2 {      DMS Rodman% T' y' `# \( B6 j! f
      DMS Gherardi0 ]( F0 L  H5 }3 P1 F$ u5 U
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% A4 m6 T" [" g" N  ~  o5 `Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 I& g2 y5 {. D. Y' g0 C
Range closes to 28,000 yards...( e% f" _) D- j" L- O$ e. O' L0 M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards7 ]* G) D! n8 m4 q
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
' j- c, W7 n% ^+ P5 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
* C" b( V( l. F0 m+ H4 `( v7 ]+ H8 yRange closes to 24,000 yards...( y/ t8 L/ X5 s. g- l
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. l: p9 |0 |1 P( \7 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards# T( N+ z* {5 N$ I
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 @( z, T9 v. U  @$ QRange closes to 18,000 yards...2 Z0 b  ]) ?7 x# d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! d5 A4 I! \$ g$ SRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 G( L6 @( k# r8 l& i* fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 J8 G9 R0 Z# j0 ~, J. e. \Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% {4 {4 _0 N* O% \7 D$ B. ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 G, z4 ~% W2 h9 H2 y, W( e8 `) `
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
6 l/ s; l- l- p# l! OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 Z: `- ^1 [# N6 w& Y) H; }Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 L* O0 u5 [4 A# V$ gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
' K/ K/ @- ^1 |: M% x/ o: P$ |) T% aRange closes to 10,000 yards...
" M+ y! z5 M5 |8 G! ~7 e0 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
: f" t: A9 g" b3 L% G, TCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards# D2 k' Q2 g3 R9 R
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards9 \7 e  m. C. f2 q* n4 _5 c
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
( M2 z# `& w" x- d- T4 `+ ^- G  i7 k, lRange increases to 12,000 yards
$ H5 m5 x) ~& O0 ~CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
( T; P0 X0 F( |, x7 z2 p3 gCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards1 m/ r* Q) E: T7 y" G
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
3 h* l6 E4 q) w; ?' ~$ Z& N9 OCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
) h, v& S5 G0 J+ {( @2 V# Q9 ?CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, ]5 a* u$ W' c2 Z( qCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
' K2 ^4 t% D5 X- jDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards5 l, y0 r" q9 p4 T- S  b) K& {* j6 m) _0 |
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 j! b" E; p. f8 C/ r
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
9 x& i& z, B! l5 P# kDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
' P) m0 h6 y6 p  _' C1 ~  h" PDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
3 Q# b8 k( Q% q5 A/ ~" k, D+ z  rAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
6 K7 R4 z9 S) W1 f& }% k3 v  f: VRange closes to 9,000 yards
0 d9 g, C! Y4 }) J7 O3 FCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards4 U9 |' g6 G' h- s
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards1 X1 G2 `9 {" B+ L, `" K4 U! j
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
! n1 I) {8 t7 qCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
# h- ~: v3 X; pCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
$ |( Y& }9 A+ |$ ]. ~0 ~CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards- t7 C9 [6 w; @2 }8 Q2 |- I
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
& a! P# T. k: g; [DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards- Q4 L7 b; L, W" G
Range closes to 7,000 yards/ V# N: L6 E% e( x
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
# ^: m2 A+ T/ g# VAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards! ]2 ?3 }: Z, \
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
2 @' f0 T' x9 h6 N' ?CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards! }/ @0 o- C7 y  J
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
8 v- l) `- O* v- ~* d% a7 w, MAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
* f8 |9 C% f1 d! ?: TCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
* t9 ^  q$ h$ G# J( k$ U/ Y7 JCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards" A% b$ n  D  S" i$ Z6 B  J
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards" l  w+ m  \; e4 D8 g$ m& o
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards1 H. U6 b. E, \& @
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
8 a$ V( y4 @& MRange increases to 10,000 yards
, k* `) f& c1 A/ }, \' C% LDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ d4 z) l/ v( ]6 H) Y  s  HCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. s4 K. _" @7 Q7 L# o
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
6 O: j" R2 ^! ^3 m9 C$ n, i7 F4 K* ATask forces break off...- m+ d. C% J/ x; h0 ?) A

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: ?& w5 ?3 p( `/ h" E8 R% {: r# r" s$ ^      APD T-1
8 _) t0 x3 g, a3 ^2 T1 `      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  g2 g  E) d0 b9 b$ ^- j3 g: m      APD T-3; [! v0 Y2 N( k* @) x4 W
      APD T-5
7 a9 n" u6 x" e/ V4 i      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 `$ S9 Z+ C6 w# _. \, `$ z      APD T-9
9 i8 I% F: P0 N% ]0 o. `      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 D0 s* K/ j2 M4 X      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk( f/ E7 X8 i& W+ {' M

% H. O, J# M, E# {Allied Ships
7 J. z) H* T8 x6 l2 E7 ]      CL Swiftsure
' c& g- g5 G4 M" ~: o5 r      CL St. Louis
! V- h8 j1 I1 v2 u0 J+ ]9 c      CL Phoenix
4 @' N+ L  U1 {1 R      CL Cleveland
; I6 u* Y& H) G0 J# ^  |      CL Montpelier
  Z* M5 K6 U0 L, V      CL Denver( e* g* c+ z3 Q; ]
      CL Santa Fe
  t/ I( Z1 [- a5 ~& r      CL Birmingham) B( ~; g* O0 t; o  u, S; E; H& s+ [
      CL Mobile' ^" O6 u* U- s. A+ q- K
      CL Biloxi+ C5 u0 g! d) l# A
      CL Miami
2 Z) a# m2 d' v5 O9 c& p      CL Pasadena
6 W0 U+ J' `2 f' k7 P+ ?, Y  V      DD Allen M. Sumner' h2 d' H. S4 k6 i9 e# W. C; {
      DD Ault
1 {& j) _6 p8 F6 x. K' K2 n      DD English! A/ P1 _! |: O2 a" ]
      DD Haynsworth& k. ^; ~8 o# p1 R7 x) k
      DD Maddox
9 t8 H1 C6 R# p* \8 M" d. z; ?      DD Mansfield
2 S: H* _  {" G4 c      DD Waldron
3 _" @3 }% t4 j4 ^1 z& b, L      DD Haggard' I) a  Y/ m8 e
      DD Hailey, `! I" ^: N5 l4 j  G" l
      DD Hale/ p; [1 ]) v% S
      CL Vincennes II( t. F) v8 r' c! |
      CL Houston II
9 c. j3 t5 P2 V. S5 ?      CL Astoria II* G. h5 l* k0 D/ I* S( V% q# R
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
: x8 o9 n- d& KRange closes to 28,000 yards...! }; v+ V. d1 @9 _- C1 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
0 i. J: H$ L# w6 A) IRange closes to 26,000 yards...7 I8 Z+ r+ R% b, c' Z; D
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ ~* y; S% G: ]  L4 x* A2 T# H4 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 O, @* q) ]' I' v% a( g7 G
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- {# n4 _, I- c' p! o1 ARange closes to 20,000 yards.../ C+ y/ h4 q" ]' Z; w, H- b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, M$ R/ D) V5 B2 {+ t' ^; m8 qRange closes to 18,000 yards...
1 f+ c6 u* L( }9 n. e* S' _5 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
4 H- q& ]. m7 j& y# wRange closes to 16,000 yards...5 [* g$ d# m6 o+ j0 o! V+ C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
% ~% c+ P6 a! _; z9 TRange closes to 14,000 yards...
/ A% r4 a  A/ {: b9 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards$ |7 h8 R* J4 W) W- ~1 U; g( M2 Y+ O
Range closes to 12,000 yards...4 J8 {! k& ~4 V- W+ Y0 g) @1 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
/ N# m) l0 b" R3 d6 ]7 JRange closes to 11,000 yards..., g) ~6 D4 q+ E4 m" m; B% Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards; I( H7 ~9 K, i; E) I
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ x1 Y5 m8 I5 r4 n6 {. w/ L; |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards% Z9 I7 a$ o- e6 U6 r" J4 H9 K- ^) a
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CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  B: r1 c1 @7 @( \
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
7 c, K3 h7 W. o/ D$ i. ?CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
/ O0 G3 j9 y: K* QCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  Z) b7 o: r# }9 w; r
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 A# v$ t+ O: m* g1 S# X! A/ m
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards4 `2 K* q! r7 r( i5 n
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards' j. y+ Z$ @! r# o% e
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
) @# `9 v( X. X  A0 j7 Q2 L1 ?Range increases to 11,000 yards3 A" N# J( J* d
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 S+ e7 w& g- X6 I# ^
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 L0 O! h* R7 F3 ~. ?
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards" I+ ~& }  f8 A) O+ p. U# p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
+ n" \$ X! I6 y. |CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards. A* }* V( B( c& E/ w2 \3 o) q
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
3 ?) q5 l5 @! w  dDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards9 }, c$ U/ K/ W! U: s8 U7 a
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
# `5 e' l- ?' w( tRange closes to 8,000 yards
3 k* W# K6 M% m# G* l8 v; GCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
# l$ \- y5 T, @3 l& \# kCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards, {( k! b3 ?( c2 t
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
8 J& b) Z% `. u! @  dAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards* A) S, a2 B4 o- L
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards4 o" e) U. q. `% o" B/ f' j% H0 g
Range closes to 7,000 yards
: n9 @1 b  s0 z$ m7 y* CCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards7 L+ V$ R8 j: e" J3 g& ?
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 N4 _3 `( N3 o9 s) v  z6 xCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) \4 @; `4 d2 j4 c1 ~CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; f* E7 S5 m' `1 [! F+ Q: W; p
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards/ o# u9 K6 n* P0 _( P6 @
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* v/ `8 n$ M* h. C8 M+ }  _CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 i! k% ]" t7 B  oCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  r, _% E  x6 t8 ODD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 ~) N$ |8 o1 ], N6 N' ]/ j: X
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards' d& R+ e* [+ X
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards; z0 v, o2 T9 F/ s, ~& C
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: b& V' q  u6 A
Range increases to 8,000 yards
& f3 A. `4 S* n5 x  d4 TCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
$ u5 z. Y/ g; Y" V0 d6 W7 mCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% f9 S, ^! a9 ?+ l" r9 \
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards% L, d& T0 o+ F" Y# k) _
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
  V4 i2 {0 e: S1 bTask forces break off...
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+ u& P. ]1 {# F9 z7 B: g0 }% YJapanese Ships6 z' Z6 ]: y" P4 o5 w4 T+ ?
      APD T-1
! X. I/ S& a6 m* K1 v) O. @) V      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk& B8 |# M' e" v) r5 Q/ y
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
3 F+ J7 b8 |2 J! D) R, M' I% P      APD T-58 D) g+ q# n, M- E5 h) e7 J, K
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
& m  @$ X# a8 ?9 V/ J& Z, D      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk& j* t& s2 }+ I6 D0 R5 G

& p( I6 P7 j( _* R: c' e) x+ G7 n- _& bAllied Ships3 v, i  K8 f' g5 F) N
      CA Portland7 j. I+ k; y9 O$ n8 o
      CA Northampton, o! |# P( @/ q' s$ y# |" _
      CA Chester
; l4 q: q) K2 ^" e4 j% D# \. C      CA Louisville
% {* o1 e/ j+ u7 P. l+ g4 L) b      CA Chicago
$ G2 n1 D7 @5 E      CA Astoria
3 y6 X! i( W( E      CA Minneapolis) v8 Z) Q0 o/ `3 W( S
      CA San Francisco
0 O. K+ W7 q& q* d8 V      CA Quincy! g$ H4 L8 J$ B, @* T
      CA Vincennes
" a; x. t6 J7 C/ [/ ]* u4 N      CA Wichita& A/ d; h0 r. [5 d
      DD Bennett0 J$ ~* m; h. q4 E
      DD Bradford
/ j$ i; @4 N8 U9 H- i/ F      DD Braine
4 M2 g: K, B* b" R8 a      DD Brownson. I: }8 u$ I4 k2 M6 f4 g2 h
      DD Bryant% x; F3 a" v1 T( t
      DD Bullard% Q5 E! x; S: @2 `7 x/ [; D
      DD Burns
8 m/ r( q: m* H4 ]( x9 C- r      DD Callaghan
, u( A9 m4 D3 d5 q  t      DD Caperton# V% v7 m% n) K# I
      DD Capps3 L9 |/ ?& ]8 s% A" L& F
      DMS Emmons2 {. h' y6 G' ]- e
      DMS Macomb
5 l, B% L$ w, Z4 q5 c# c" r. @" E      DMS Rodman
% ?7 f2 Q3 i" d& b" }      DMS Gherardi/ N& @, f$ ]! D8 g$ l

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ k1 h( N9 W" g# x' ]5 iRange closes to 28,000 yards...
8 W1 `! o6 r  |1 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards, s) Q3 b' t7 z6 J) v8 i1 a- ], ]: w% |3 [
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
7 w7 P( A, B; I! j$ g) J. L3 M4 u  \Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ z8 |$ K! M# X2 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" F1 Y3 V6 H, b) g, IRange closes to 22,000 yards...* u, @6 q" y3 f( o4 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards! P$ y8 O/ K; @) @! }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
1 u6 W$ i0 q9 O5 t% H/ ^' }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards( y3 E, B5 ^" U4 d* l0 A
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) o& [- R, W6 p, M* G, _7 t7 r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...1 {+ G1 ^# a! y8 j7 y$ i" z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
% E3 X8 i! f2 A3 m# F; g3 ARange closes to 14,000 yards...9 j) \2 F# c& F( w* w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...  H: |2 S: T1 D: b5 d, L
Range closes to 11,000 yards...$ ^2 O/ R8 @4 M! @2 w# W- ?0 I
Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 f+ i  R) ~3 v1 m. e3 G
Range closes to 9,000 yards...6 s8 J1 J7 M1 x: R
Range closes to 8,000 yards..." |# u& d) ~+ ?6 o# E: c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
# Y) F! j2 l2 S) F, eCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- o9 x; E) r' m5 o9 x3 ?2 A$ I! oCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
6 S3 z- B- S1 @" r- [CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ G; U* c5 [' j8 s( e. F
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 s9 g5 C9 p$ qAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
% E. a) B$ x% d% R" J/ qCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% W+ h, d, v5 y( @CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards6 p; R6 Y9 J2 x6 W1 A3 G' J* i
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, N4 w; F( A1 ~! X( A! s( _6 T. h/ P1 {CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards6 I3 w- _8 g0 t8 O1 v1 N  m; ?
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards  f. H  p; Y  J
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards: J# P* P5 [) |! R# z3 O& V
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards# c" C& B' f& `) k) ~. y3 X
Range closes to 5,000 yards
2 }( f5 k' y, J0 j2 q$ oDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
1 y& v; h! I* S0 SAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
( b. y5 F0 v/ x3 V9 c6 eCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards' e2 r3 Z) ^/ P; L1 i
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
5 M4 q* d( T  ^2 F  NDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards6 d6 I. @- F4 u, ~) H! |
Range closes to 2,000 yards- l+ o2 n: F, z7 Z* z1 x
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ I7 J! v" A: _6 M
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards8 ~) n; l9 w# g* b
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
$ U3 R& ^$ p! J& R  A* I" YAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards4 y! L1 M/ K* z# W
Range increases to 6,000 yards
. E2 O" c$ ^) R+ s  w3 r4 H# hCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards* s+ G/ W* U" n* R2 y" y$ X
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
/ H2 d0 i) I* _4 _' t) n3 T* v: g& N: PAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
' x# z) |$ h( yRange increases to 9,000 yards! y; ?* B; J. u6 M
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
4 ?1 {5 r8 N" g' x4 T! _CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
! R8 U; I9 f& e5 MCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; ~6 s! V( [3 ]/ |0 M9 aDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 x( f/ i5 ^) E2 G8 F% d# ?& h
Range increases to 13,000 yards7 F7 f# k3 R- u) V9 _. l* c
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards% \7 }/ R$ S! D: L
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards5 n8 B$ U/ W4 `. {
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 r4 G2 ~3 T8 y6 B1 I
Task forces break off...
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Japanese Ships2 r9 b2 m* z8 e8 K
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
. H* N" k5 [( B4 `* `% n- y      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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      BB North Carolina+ B  l# J9 G6 Q( \$ h0 P) q3 G
      BB Washington
' U0 ?# z, `8 x! o      BB South Dakota
! d) w6 V# w) C) k- {0 G      BB Indiana8 d. `1 ?1 h: N) _
      BB Massachusetts
  V# s! C: F/ S  V% I" i      BB Alabama
: H( `3 a! [- U/ F# t7 o      DD Conner
+ |1 U0 a+ }" i5 }/ n! l, f      DD Cotten  q9 z( I* k. m- q+ X, o
      DD Cowell6 d( R4 _7 F+ X4 P: N1 s: u3 Y
      DD Daly
  i( H9 n' e4 B      DD Eaton
: H) `7 ^2 h, F8 K      DD Heywood Edwards- e+ |' l/ n  B
      DD Erben
- u0 t* C4 @$ Y. i/ a4 q      DD Evans7 h: U" b5 X1 v% J9 t
      DD Foote1 q+ Z# o" L* Q. H9 q. l
      DD Franks2 k3 H+ Q* Q& {2 Q+ J
      DD Fullam
! {' d# T2 Y( Q( e5 F+ U      DD Gatling
3 E) D# E1 g0 E$ R      DD Albert Grant
' _! c; z" j# G4 a6 U2 W3 V# h      DD Gregory
* S  A% k, F  O. X3 L3 m      DD Guest
" h  q  [/ f6 k3 s8 j5 [6 P      DMS Hamilton! v  y, Q4 [+ L2 v) \# J5 t  {
      DMS Forrest
6 M4 p& [! X* b3 e5 G$ n0 p# h; M      DMS Ellyson- L* r6 E" r( g6 Z/ i1 N5 {

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
, e' U6 H# g, u/ x2 CRange closes to 28,000 yards...
0 p4 J7 f" k* u* W; JRange closes to 26,000 yards...
  W5 @: P7 p/ o: Z/ ~9 ~9 Z, h( ~& e& |Range closes to 24,000 yards...
5 y4 s& x. U; @$ CRange closes to 22,000 yards...
- ~2 Q" O9 a" H+ C9 ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: _: B" x: j  H; n) ~Range closes to 18,000 yards...
4 T6 D' y& D+ L6 g* d: `5 \Range closes to 16,000 yards...0 u! U8 k: @" U0 S
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 d2 |' p6 Q& W! g7 `+ L! ]! v
Range closes to 12,000 yards...) r5 V. Q3 `) ^  \3 p
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
3 L) K& d* X) t/ t3 L2 P. CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ E# G$ ?* ~2 Z( D* CRange closes to 10,000 yards...3 O( i2 F- b# l& M- p
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
' o) W. j! F. E: z3 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards/ M/ A6 F' I; q  n8 j, z6 J# J
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards9 R! z& S8 S& m7 q+ K
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
% T; R) _0 G" S/ CDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards- i4 k% M* P: C  y$ r( X/ C
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
: T9 l/ p* r# b) l: gDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) j$ d1 j( k( W2 q( d+ G( YRange closes to 5,000 yards* y: y" j. r9 v$ [/ z  B! p. Z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards# p, l' h% T; W: c+ X! A! v7 c
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards& @5 A- w/ ?1 P. B
Range closes to 3,000 yards4 [8 h; |( Q  d2 w5 q) a4 e, j
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards6 G1 A8 C" x2 ]/ s" b. s' {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ {$ |9 E& F" Z+ i! A
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
7 Z( k6 O" h, [. b$ V3 FDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
" j& Y+ `7 N: g1 E" X% a; `DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
* l+ n9 |0 o( u" V6 oAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
, b/ k5 R) i% a# I; ^BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
3 ]+ ~+ K0 X6 `9 A9 MDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# `" B# C% j+ y, p: s% R) PDD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards1 L2 W( W# I! x9 F! w
Range increases to 5,000 yards
5 S. I4 a7 i7 V3 F; D7 U% FBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
; ?; T4 `  P4 u, ?  nDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
  W, }2 v( g) m' {, n6 d( V, yRange increases to 7,000 yards
" W+ x; B+ f1 p( CDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards% Z7 }% B- _; X0 K
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
, Q  n, S' ]* p  o- VDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards! \1 [+ B$ ~' A) d
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards; W8 `# ?# @) K  N  e
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards$ p3 }4 }" J3 E' Q' R
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...