lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)) @2 S. U5 p6 Z) t0 p

  D# b7 U2 h: R0 A3 CAllied Deliberate attack. o/ E8 A7 [$ w2 s+ f3 \1 E/ d% w( I

$ w- N# \: a4 `8 {4 o3 |Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336; F2 R0 [, L2 R; ^2 j/ N

2 a+ j$ j: @& h. s  w! z+ \9 nDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 8/ F. j. ]# }. a9 t, `

6 @0 U- z' U) s6 }( j% v' QAllied adjusted assault: 3564
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Japanese adjusted defense: 5583 - t: ]5 n, a5 j( O
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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. l% R8 F+ y# n2 J5 M; hCombat modifiers
" |8 i" x( c3 ^/ f+ @* I- P6 {$ iDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)* [6 o7 ?5 B$ a. u
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
. ?" J4 k! J: ~      3386 casualties reported
2 r! J- O6 O  P, l) E$ [9 @         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
3 f) R+ _: O9 V6 R4 f         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
$ g. Q9 L! D) S$ b  w+ l         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
3 a. V% ~2 i+ I: S" U0 r% Z5 B      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)! T" J* Y7 E8 [: f
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)0 z7 t' b# }/ D: C6 k! H
      Units destroyed 11 s" X& \1 q( e8 |6 F

1 x  O6 h1 ~& m2 I& [Allied ground losses:
0 F- H! P0 r7 x      5163 casualties reported
/ n' g/ E! U9 O: e         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled* p8 p3 j# B8 e6 L# K1 q
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled1 C- Q- V& r( a* k5 P* n* @& P0 d7 d, O
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled! Z- F5 T2 C( _$ s& Y
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)) z: f: |1 a) U' R& [0 i8 r
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
- B- Q5 I' T) ~5 G) k1 D) o1 h    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion. ]9 S4 |. B: u! L5 H
    710th Tank Battalion
( _/ z2 Z" I* I* k" Y- w    6th Infantry Division0 h/ ^- |- n" g4 b, n
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
8 U8 u2 S5 p4 C3 x; v' `8 B    44th Tank Battalion" p, R& X/ _! V$ ]: H. @, F% u4 r
    81st Infantry Division
& x+ L* `; O1 G  e    762nd Tank Battalion/ {" n" |( [4 W# R2 R' B" `
    767th Tank Battalion4 N( o% f- h- v0 P2 C# ^5 E
    711th Tank Battalion
6 m( H) p6 @" j$ d' c    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment8 ~# f2 D1 Q7 ^; x: ?6 Z3 ^5 `
    5th Marine Division( h3 z1 l! ]. }- U( j  o! O
    716th Tank Battalion/ ?5 b" d% u. B! {0 E  A5 [9 _+ t
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
, V! P, K2 T  M: ?' y2 `    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion. {/ ]$ I4 L8 I) J! v1 K- v
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment, o. A* ?# h  a. Q! p8 y
    706th Tank Battalion
: E3 O" t$ j" W) i; x3 E    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
  ~& T2 v+ g, X2 r# i  y4 {) P& \0 L    96th Infantry Division% J6 G* Z) I" I- O
    31st Infantry Regiment
& {2 f7 z, L- {9 S2 j$ L! f# i    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion! c3 G9 F# b6 |; j1 O
    I Corps Artillery 2 R! }9 d, G' \. \
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. H  r6 }4 U4 o" g% P& \$ Z' _2 R    1st USMC AA Battalion5 @, o# J" N# y% M
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
) ], o8 M! A$ ^! H    XIV US Corps
( N5 \) g3 ~; v3 }  T. N    14th Marine Defense Battalion* \4 {+ H+ z/ m! P7 `7 R9 T6 v' S
    5th USA Defense Battalion
% T2 L7 A& s  U    8th Marine Defense Battalion& G/ f. p& p+ k& K: D5 _4 u8 x# e
    738th Coast AA Regiment0 R3 E7 b  z2 Q3 |( I
    X Corps Artillery
0 ?/ p% J# L  L" [  S8 S    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment3 \2 [! n. E  x0 n  s% M3 J2 {
    96th Coast AA Regiment7 ?" W$ F" Z2 t+ u- P
    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 y0 w& r0 r$ p    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* |' [$ R; L4 i
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:9 O8 _$ g% z7 S8 c$ N% B
    Kure 7th SNLF$ S( R! W: Y5 x* d0 }2 y! m) H" U
    81st/A Division
  t8 a% t: \; h8 Y) K    Kure 3rd SNLF/ L; M' I. H) J* K% f, W
    33rd/B Division( Q5 T+ e# G# _, H( Q
    33rd/A Division: u! w# T, }- q' v
    81st/C Division
, B9 K5 p6 ^. E    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
" \: h4 i0 {1 o0 f8 ]    52nd Naval Guard Unit* j( J6 s# R. s! Z
    138th Infantry Regiment
, d# d( g/ [4 }* o- h    Sasebo 7th SNLF
& A" B( S" s0 }( q. P    144th Infantry Regiment4 V. W% H- P( M& y3 S7 i/ h
    81st/B Division
5 q: R: d  X) F, ?# _" w    33rd/C Division7 M7 Y0 v3 q- \; b7 y$ A) t( p
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 p: ~4 o( r3 |$ I    18th Army
# C( g" l' X0 V. D2 Y* `( s- L+ @# U    60th Field AA Battalion
4 ]. G7 f; e" o( [) L" }+ j: b3 o    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 T1 b5 U. j- o$ F+ m" a- ~. x5 T
    Ponape Naval Fortress' \7 a0 w, s5 h: E, v" d
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; c( S4 H5 O4 o" p+ n    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion* z( n4 a7 e0 R) y  t
    53rd Construction Battalion
( K8 V: L" F) N) [' N& |: R    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
: P" V2 ]$ J+ v    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
! Z, P, r  O" b5 D7 \    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
6 f2 y9 g, `- x' K. P( g1 o    19th JAAF Base Force7 S- r7 ?; Y% W  v3 n" O# ]
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /11 C9 D) [# _3 ]* _$ `
    14th Area Army /1
/ h) E  n! S3 C( A+ V    63rd Field AA Battalion
1 K2 J# y, s+ L: `% [1 j. _9 r# t    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
$ V4 M; e4 T6 q$ u( c    3rd Base Force4 M) y2 O6 h* Y
    12th Air Fleet2 i8 J& @( |! L7 i" `
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
) n" N! q( D+ W; D/ R; w- U    61st Field AA Battalion/ k$ s: K9 g% w8 a9 n9 ~- J' j# O
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment% X$ s8 a+ S/ T- I+ @/ ^7 M
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
, \8 ~+ m( p7 f8 N. O. l* B    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /30 Q. a  r7 P) ]+ o) L2 H

7 ?$ x# M1 E( B& P! d/ d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。; ^4 f# Z8 I' J
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/ \% J5 @, ^/ HGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)7 |! a9 p) D5 k1 A! l
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Japanese Shock attack0 d$ H# W) p- J4 ^4 Z

4 v- `& Y: T  z. D3 k7 nAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17615 C3 _, ?1 R4 U& ?& z' w
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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( G. \5 d3 T6 GAllied adjusted defense: 10
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# \0 n- |7 A1 A+ {0 L& @Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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/ e3 v9 U8 j/ Q6 t5 `Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
. h# ]: J( h+ p# g5 GAttacker: shock(+); o0 X, A, q6 M1 Y% V# C2 P

- d* G, Y6 M, b1 S- |Japanese ground losses:
4 j* I/ }) p: u& |% U      530 casualties reported# E0 [- s  @1 }
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled/ A7 H( ^/ n/ U+ w% Q
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled+ ^( A" Y  V, s
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. a2 n2 u  N$ k$ z! v, X' m: N. I% H  }
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:% N. E1 O' j) t  B8 f/ x- V
      891 casualties reported  @. c7 S# [' u# t8 O
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
# G$ @: o  V. ~5 L) C# ~; g. A1 u         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled3 w# D( K8 ~2 \$ t) S- s7 p0 X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: I" ]6 ~* j  F8 I9 N
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Assaulting units:8 h' P" N- z) z/ I$ @5 j  b6 {
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade+ X4 H- m7 @% j  A4 C
    21st Division
6 ~- }, {. O0 F/ o    4th Division" D4 Q! w% h! F8 F. z( g
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
, w5 @- r/ Q! g    23rd Tank Regiment
% v  w$ N- s2 x7 C. o* y( C    32nd Division
4 \3 E0 C: x1 g, p( U+ U- E    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
/ B. N% j5 k, ~5 S& {: Z" @9 R    3rd Ind. AA Battalion' `- N# T2 x: _
    6th Area Army
# ~/ U4 j2 F0 V" y    103rd AA Regiment, n+ R0 o' }) `# ]1 W
    1st JNAF Coy 3 [) y4 P6 i; E( I
    13th Army
6 Y2 A. k/ X1 K( @7 e, h    141st AA Regiment' \) E8 z% ]4 w$ Q
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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9 W+ k! K' S! BDefending units:+ n# P0 r8 S* j" V' _+ D7 b
    50th Indian Para Brigade! `% ]/ b+ G0 t! k
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50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

13# Males
" A- {. ]% P8 ~# q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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/ u8 _6 V7 O/ {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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) r, y. T# ~9 D) }  j2 JInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
3 E5 n( ~  N) F9 ]) SDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force; }" N/ `$ y5 B2 _7 n, k: j6 R

2 @( }/ _6 I) A: X89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.6 M3 v, Y4 H( v2 q2 ?
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Allied Ships% j! L) I/ ^* g: N$ C& F2 e1 P, m
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  o7 k  y& x% R  [" P# f: Q
      LST-812 e7 V, k; j$ l6 O% ^5 r  g, f
      LST-74, Shell hits 39 E$ U- @5 J: u' F
      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage9 e  L3 q7 y" y: A# R0 D0 C
      LST-780 H) _; G9 ^# f# [6 E$ w
      LST 2097 `& k/ V4 W5 C& d
      LST-8890 i% L+ X7 M8 J% ~; n
      LST-2462 _# {* d: |, p1 B) T
      LST-2407 d2 H0 d, `$ {6 @5 l
      LST-2044 E1 V9 B- ~, a( l; I7 o
      LST-2021 d5 ]  {9 K" Q, r% J5 v
      LST-123* b9 o  @3 I2 R. b
      LST-121+ r4 U  s3 I7 {. i$ }
      LST-120) T5 e; f& Z. k! t, D
      LST-86+ R+ Z7 M  W+ |
      LST-85  Z. @1 a  @3 A! w; ^5 G! l. b
      LST-84
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' B6 d* P  x% x; B* WInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
! S* P1 t5 J) j# QDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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8 F; i' F: g3 `) y, ~  h) Q130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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1 m* Q3 u1 C  x! iAllied Ships
. q$ V% ^' q5 O* G. M      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 j) |' Q+ x0 ^6 Z9 s- j' d      LST-83, Shell hits 3
2 T5 r* ?  `# X4 e- J      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% Q9 M/ \  q; h      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
8 f; R. E: q- S" H- K/ d9 ]      LST-84, Shell hits 3
; l, H+ m. O" L6 Q, {      LST-87, Shell hits 6* X  Z! R; C3 ^# g8 q
      LST 1808 I2 _5 _, W% k& C% u8 q2 W
      LST 157* M8 W. a8 X+ D: A
      LST 2
; m" j3 u  d( Z" u      LST-8844 M9 @* h% p& A& c& G
      LST-8820 U3 D6 L, Y; v. y0 j5 D& |
      LST-397$ G/ P9 R: k5 |- Q( U
      LST-395. C" `$ R/ w1 U: S: E6 Z
      LST-274" z! ?+ X# x: v* Z7 l7 j& }1 Z) y
      LST-273
. d4 x3 g- p( \      LST-2461 P! E. R; @7 A5 L' I& J
      LST-244
* o& X9 M& d+ `1 z  o1 N& P      LST-241
! ]' c5 D* Y2 K* z$ i; a8 {/ M3 O      LST-2185 p9 u7 g1 o1 D* ~- p, _; ^
      LST-216) O' w; P4 N, w9 T! ?( {
      LST-202! Z: v; @* |4 z) w. t
      LST-171
5 y6 N1 D" G( p, z9 t- ~" y      LST-166
. C& X" F+ H% r( C# U9 ~      LST-124
; R% _  [( z6 O5 V6 a) h* q! K      LST-121, D( o- ^4 U4 ^9 h7 w/ u/ M
      LST-88
$ E( e! c2 m0 R/ _, F$ T7 e      LST-123
! `- I6 ]7 X& `; ~* n& Y7 W) z      LST-86+ \# ]: `" p) F& `; N$ \
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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力
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0 I1 n6 b. c! kGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack5 r# F$ N0 h  G! Q2 p
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
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Japanese ground losses:
/ B/ F( m/ P4 m) R) H: W      406 casualties reported" u. R- Z* P1 V1 \' W" z4 T
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled$ Q' s7 S% e* S' u  n* M1 j9 Y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
% ^  x- G6 C( S5 w         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled& F" f& |# [+ e7 f
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Allied ground losses:8 d* W, T" a4 K
      21 casualties reported
# I9 p5 R: d5 Q3 x         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled8 v* G2 @/ m( o0 u2 X( _
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
( W0 y, c" ?) ^2 f; \8 i8 o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 R3 Z) f& @6 l; Q& S  |- z      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
/ M# X( Q7 W% u* r9 h      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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Assaulting units:4 n/ g9 j, H+ ^3 }6 C. V, k
    5th Marine/B Division
( B; n) j( H$ y    81st Infantry/B Division
8 R0 z7 o7 p+ K  w    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 w( X) F. V2 U5 O. _" V    5th Marine/C Division8 H- x. }, K; z; M* m
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
" E# z4 w( [: `    6th Infantry/B Division" r1 O5 I4 R3 `# g
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment# \9 S# u; `, q# i
    716th Tank Battalion
8 s3 t4 }; j/ S: ~. h    81st Infantry/C Division
3 z$ L0 n9 K+ _  Y+ t* Q" h    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion7 E2 Z( V" D; l3 x1 X8 i9 W
    6th Infantry/C Division) A& e: i7 n7 n/ Q* C% v$ f1 M3 y* T
    5th Marine/A Division4 X: y. w6 a7 }& I$ r  z7 I7 P8 c9 a+ j
    767th Tank Battalion
3 b- t* \1 V3 S5 m    96th Infantry/A Division
! |% s1 C9 u$ W    706th Tank Battalion
" h& D( s$ c( m% L: l, v8 Q    711th Tank Battalion" q6 B2 k  U2 s% b# F  J' Y
    762nd Tank Battalion4 {) e. m' j! e' _
    96th Infantry/B Division/ k1 F7 R- e6 x+ K* w4 @) D/ e
    81st Infantry/A Division
6 p% W- G7 c1 i+ @* ~, b* T    44th Tank Battalion, Z( Z" B  O! a
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment; W) {  q. B6 G5 o8 U6 x. j! G
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment9 Y7 b: B' D1 W8 F2 o! _7 Q
    31st Infantry Regiment) R1 S. b3 o4 f- a
    6th Infantry/A Division* o! ]/ f% u/ Z; [& ~: W+ [
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment2 `5 G4 D5 I4 o
    710th Tank Battalion7 }9 u- R9 Y4 X9 Z8 d" I/ H
    96th Infantry/C Division. ]* w) f+ P, |* J9 K
    5th USA Defense Battalion
6 z! Z5 ~5 X$ I+ ]8 D    4th USA Defense Battalion, P6 h7 p4 U. F1 b
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  C# J( s- l! X    X Corps Artillery
& }4 \% |7 x" |+ J    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment4 D- f0 k7 @/ E4 E( p' P
    XIV US Corps* U! }4 ]5 @6 ^3 k5 s6 \8 d
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  Q  I2 L, w  i% k2 V1 s4 Y
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
) `/ @/ y; h; m3 g: U    14th Marine Defense Battalion
3 [3 s- ]# x$ x7 |    I Corps Artillery 4 o7 E) _9 J" x* ]7 Q: Z
    96th Coast AA Regiment, z1 g0 N/ Q' x) _' \" ^4 g4 F
    1st USMC AA Battalion
& h3 d1 q1 w. e8 Q* x' b    738th Coast AA Regiment
: n3 i# @. ]1 \6 D! g6 q0 x3 O9 X    12th Marine Defense Battalion
* \7 ?. z! M$ @3 [! ~    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8 v) H( d& ?, B. h0 o5 f" y( E" @    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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" D* P, W2 f! {* ODefending units:: |# c: U. B) W- O
    33rd/A Division
( K5 o% c. R4 t) n) a# V* b( G    81st/B Division
# @1 Q0 _2 t4 O' J7 L1 o8 z! P" J    Sasebo 7th SNLF
; K1 I9 a" D1 e9 T7 u    81st/C Division  u) N1 q) F* T/ N" |2 t3 m$ Q
    138th Infantry Regiment
" R4 ]+ a2 J4 u3 Q( Y, Y# r    Kure 3rd SNLF' K7 u* G" N  ?
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment2 ?4 _) @* O6 z. U, o+ ^$ S# M
    144th Infantry Regiment
* \3 K* i8 h8 @8 K    52nd Naval Guard Unit
( {; T# ^) U: R$ P  a3 ^" c5 b6 F    33rd/B Division
  [9 J0 B3 f% C+ \. n! I  ?+ m: M5 n    81st/A Division4 I" ^  \; O6 f( N' B
    33rd/C Division
+ Y! q+ p/ r: Y0 Z* [    3rd Base Force) N9 A: `0 n& M* m2 q+ P5 d
    19th JAAF Base Force' {6 \4 p" v8 z; o/ C! K) b
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1! a( W2 T6 F. U$ |2 c  F+ g6 I
    60th Field AA Battalion, s3 K1 U3 I/ v9 u" y0 k
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion& w: h0 n% D* f( g0 t
    53rd Construction Battalion
7 l! `. V# I& W8 k: ^8 I. A& u5 \. k, y    Ponape Naval Fortress3 R# k5 ^6 Z& V- Y& u" |" \
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment7 H0 S- T4 o5 i" F/ q5 m
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment# q" p( U$ e1 x3 z. R( b
    12th Air Fleet
* e: x: J  P+ K6 c; W    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 W4 |' l0 u5 `
    61st Field AA Battalion; s( j/ ^- b  a& q) m% W6 I
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 3 ^6 N4 ?7 M6 T; w4 K) `
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion  M$ k" J3 Z( |2 b% U" _
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
$ [  }& i$ q4 D0 ?& M* w    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment- q8 l. D& [0 D0 J  E+ x) K  N
    14th Area Army /1
, `1 a( R; N! G' \# M: h0 j5 V    63rd Field AA Battalion! l6 E/ V1 B0 b& f
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 5 x. O% H' t. p6 _
    Kure 7th SNLF6 A. s  Y. c9 q( a$ v
    18th Army
  n- B7 {/ P2 c" t: `. \( o# [    23rd Fld AA Gun Co , F6 R6 p- ^4 R! C
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3* U4 ^, M! G) F4 _- c0 F7 e
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: W7 \# v: r3 oSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106* L. e1 `+ X/ w$ h" g

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      E No.54
" x0 j. B8 m. v! o# N5 k      E No.50
! o, Z! m. y- b( t: M8 N! W      E No.68
: a2 W5 c0 |5 ]- [" s      E No.52) ]9 v3 z& n& M5 Y
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Allied Ships
  u$ ?# L8 P: {& n2 f% e; b      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk
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6 i  O. F  d2 [+ |) m! R1 K重创另一艘
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& l3 ^( W1 I9 C) YASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships
1 ]( H- C& o; i7 O) \; [      E No.8$ i; g2 l4 b; T+ n6 e7 i1 ~! o
      E No.6
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      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ Q  c- g! \: z" A& j: A

; N' @* R3 n4 z3 U. \9 l& `62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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* {( p, ]# f- R; @, DAllied Ships% E6 V: O3 q' i0 U8 i$ H; g: a
      CA Wichita7 B$ ^# U% {* X, F1 m
      CA Vincennes
2 l8 R4 _0 D9 x9 t      CA Quincy0 s. q2 a2 X2 ]3 m% x+ Y
      CA San Francisco
; }% s9 B: I" E2 ~3 P- N8 D& x      CA Minneapolis
6 V1 ~3 A% F5 {0 F; x! A      CA Astoria
0 z8 i" w* D: W. n4 W+ j6 |      CA Chicago
7 O- S0 t, {; t, R      CA Louisville
- D/ u/ E& s1 a' B6 o      CA Chester
0 y' H$ y1 S. {* l( n7 S7 J      CA Northampton+ f7 q: n/ d, `, x8 Q) e+ z
      CA Portland& f/ A* d! R2 o1 r6 |8 M

4 Y; U6 g1 `0 R. e$ C; V& m4 [. rJapanese ground losses:
( }8 n- E9 A/ ~" n$ n! V      71 casualties reported
7 w5 U. {' w2 {0 @0 q' R         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled3 [  h: E0 u' z2 ~
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled' j& T  O' ?9 W. D
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled( P7 K) e. C2 z$ T
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
3 b  w2 ^- ~" H9 I, u& a1 ?; {8 [+ L, x3 Z4 k! g
Airbase hits 28 x' O2 s8 z) R0 I8 o
Runway hits 10) z* J0 G8 P0 s8 {
Port hits 45 N! X. N4 B7 P
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
: p! z0 F- Q. W8 q: t/ ACA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( `2 [0 w# }! R5 \. J, R/ [Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
( j# W/ H/ K' r( S; j( f- BCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 s) }  h5 ]" F8 tPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
7 d2 L4 H) i0 [0 cCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
' Z' p# o: J* z7 B; n& M7 M& ~CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; S3 i9 ?' D6 P5 K8 F! T$ IPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
( |3 O- p$ Z5 L  o+ J" u" XCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
& ^$ u  ~8 }' _; c# {1 y8 c* VCA Chicago firing at Ponape
" g0 G$ M6 `1 ]! U' vCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force9 O. M0 H6 C& {# R7 `* ^
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester( ?# m9 ]  Z+ Z, V/ M/ v
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( {3 J) w8 \. o2 x' J" cCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
+ j' h$ a, b/ k) L: l+ I: hOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
% m1 `) z% Y: O# T# H# E! A, SCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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9 }* V3 t9 Y' y      BB Alabama) b5 J1 g& K  D- n' {# k# a3 W& K
      BB Massachusetts
* w7 ?  Z0 G8 }$ W  [      BB Indiana3 V) S# w! a0 _" m) h- e
      BB South Dakota2 u  g) A7 R3 _
      BB Washington
& w+ B1 ~- S. \1 G7 X+ C- I; t: V% G      BB North Carolina1 k  ~9 k3 M1 |7 J- ~- b

; b% |7 f+ n) m# ]Japanese ground losses:, }9 B( u( C5 y& \; E9 E9 a
      275 casualties reported
8 a2 O* k/ U# w3 P% p, {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
, S/ j; w6 o! f" a         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
( g6 t( I) g4 R$ C' p4 n' l         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 D  u  G+ z, A8 m# e; s1 ]8 v4 d3 l6 n      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled); B8 l1 V* d0 Q
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
6 o+ i' O$ Z1 \6 O, FRunway hits 71 W2 L! s( L4 m# U8 N* q3 O
Port hits 3; ~% H; ?6 X. G) N! b& ?- K

+ I( F) {3 L  d* KBB Alabama firing at Ponape 0 p+ _5 I) p$ N# K6 Q/ O
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 7 J( p$ U2 t3 f( h
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
) Z7 \0 e% A7 H, b0 x2 @OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
* ?: O' D0 H" n3 FBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 6 T* P' q( d( Z& e
BB Washington firing at Ponape
, X. Q3 }( O& \9 V9 |7 E" hBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ K- X( ], K8 c; R

. h, `3 ]6 F* K& _# C13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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( k* X7 n2 h: y! i      BB Queen Elizabeth
- r  m; f& q& Z+ |& a9 d      BB Valiant
6 D$ |5 M8 L4 _5 G3 \& ~      BB Mississippi( [2 G4 z8 f  O, N
      BB New Mexico5 t* o4 B/ S$ G% W' ~$ o3 r4 B
      BB Idaho
5 Q. L1 D& ^* o4 [& c      BB West Virginia& L2 D& P4 p. ?" t1 O) |2 d( P
      BB Colorado
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; o, z9 ?7 N7 N# _  {. x6 MJapanese ground losses:
  Z6 b1 L" ?% ]( A. y0 U; Z8 p, ?      117 casualties reported
5 T  K' s0 _# |& x         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
2 m& S5 F6 n  U3 ~' ?         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled/ j. J) }! K: j8 s. {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 c9 V' [" ?- F/ p7 v      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
. a( H' _3 p! q  a% f. Q      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
, s- r0 o& d9 R/ URunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' G  l# R) Q! M' o
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 ]7 H" y* V/ i6 h
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress4 d5 D9 n, e% j: W2 |- a! l% a
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi6 x0 @) ?2 B; Y! \# I
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
) `+ q$ N4 V8 MBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
* o" a4 ^0 X; {; e+ K( M4 T/ q3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho  X- F5 [* m9 u; R
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 3 y" d/ d5 q  ~0 w3 E3 l" N$ `
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
1 U2 h$ _2 g1 b* N3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado& x- W% N4 ?/ f( S
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5 U8 k; U4 u: ^& D9 O- ]+ ?Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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# \; Y3 I4 n( y" W/ B% q4 zRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.5 S, J: k( V/ W3 L3 g& E
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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! R" l& _6 P  o( M7 _Allied aircraft
. D% L7 E8 }- f2 q      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462+ i* o4 M& x0 [  ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
) Z. ?3 o4 a. z2 g      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses
4 Z1 N* @; U- t' v      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
- ^( p3 r, k; T/ l. h      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak* k, g) V) g0 ~( j4 Q+ c
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
% @3 l- f7 E* a5 _- z1 \$ h      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:+ g6 V2 }$ ]$ s0 r- |! b/ o0 ]* O
      159 casualties reported
% R0 N# M, j9 b. E. p1 Y         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled+ u5 c  T! }9 B
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled1 l  R" O+ M5 ^5 E4 D
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 d$ D; A! I! d( x6 P. L8 _" D+ H
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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2 w, `* L1 ?3 N) M; j! @. ^Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931, J- F3 C! e8 g7 }9 d  w

3 t$ }7 d0 Y' g& i6 u  NDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344* ?* A: a( J! S! k9 P) K

$ z1 ^6 {7 c# T) {+ R! DAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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: Y3 y4 c% D& d. T2 A0 {Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 5 H; q5 F) |( y" z

8 ?* b2 g# C) k! n7 `Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) " f6 j5 _* a( I

3 o' A: B7 B; O% r( oCombat modifiers
+ f, g2 ?9 g  s1 d2 tDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-): h1 H% E! p( H4 ?' T- ^: c9 B
Attacker: ' h7 \) E9 R9 y/ w  t2 v
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Japanese ground losses:
8 Y4 ]1 ?  x7 a6 w- s* `, c      3539 casualties reported
+ s5 H- _- N2 l' e9 T2 i! E6 C         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
9 q4 f% q. W! e$ r% D, R8 ^5 Y         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled5 h2 r2 n- O! E% a. F0 l
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
" y  V+ R7 Y) O3 X, h/ k' f: L      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)( }0 i, R7 s& E, `% H1 B6 u5 U
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
- S( i; p! ~; \0 w& d8 ~# {      3552 casualties reported/ p8 N5 X6 O5 @. L
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled8 w( U/ {4 f9 ^8 @' K1 q1 i6 G
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled) h" r$ {% Z6 h8 s3 l5 l
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled+ f1 F# Y7 M* U) z! U- x
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)6 m: A# y/ `. ]  n
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
  B$ W% J. h( h( P8 C* G# W3 M/ c      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
6 }! Q+ c# f/ p9 ~5 j- h8 \2 t    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion' E' C6 X4 J4 |4 }
    5th Marine Division
  L6 X$ c/ U1 M' N8 P! C    716th Tank Battalion
3 i( J: O, c! q1 I( a3 W    706th Tank Battalion
" _7 }* H9 l# j/ E    762nd Tank Battalion
& R+ ~8 }2 Z; f2 O1 p" A    710th Tank Battalion& L7 M9 F5 N6 e. U1 |1 x2 o
    767th Tank Battalion5 x3 ]/ P% M+ w, s
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
9 b/ q# [1 g; @8 d- c* L" f    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 d; @4 E. z1 K6 g! ]    81st Infantry Division
- C1 F* x& L' V2 O2 f- K    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment( ~1 J0 o9 `' u0 m5 y! [1 N
    96th Infantry Division
& h2 A) }. U4 W+ D2 q    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
4 i( s3 k4 t, B$ K& {+ T    711th Tank Battalion- I# |. e1 K$ t
    44th Tank Battalion
. J( E2 x3 y8 z    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion) o4 v/ j  a3 l/ R1 E: f. {0 ?
    6th Infantry Division2 w1 K( n% k& \! n8 N5 [- [
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment* E, L. V' R: v, l
    31st Infantry Regiment! B0 U& _- `: p: t. e* B- l5 L
    XIV US Corps
, H  K# A+ Q: A    96th Coast AA Regiment
+ t- l6 z2 Q$ o! P) Q2 X4 s7 a  A7 e    12th Marine Defense Battalion/ V9 F; J7 J4 L
    4th USA Defense Battalion
# c0 M& d- Z1 C  z  u2 `! e    14th Marine Defense Battalion- F' p3 ~4 O4 _: c. Z! C, [1 Q
    1st USMC AA Battalion
" v  _( [" \) w% y    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion0 r* Z' |& ~4 f1 \& _
    5th USA Defense Battalion+ T/ h& ?/ V/ K' G! Y/ ]. ^4 x
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 t. j8 b. u, g0 D1 j( I$ \    738th Coast AA Regiment
+ v) W+ f9 S& d$ `* m: c4 E' d& ]1 n    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment) i2 v; H3 A; h
    I Corps Artillery
, v1 E! K7 m! x, J6 g; D    8th Marine Defense Battalion
0 X2 j& [2 ]" Y2 m1 l. A7 F    X Corps Artillery
* h. ^4 V4 P0 F* U7 }4 J3 H5 f5 t2 A    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 j8 U* R3 ?6 C+ V& o
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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9 X5 O5 T* o; S# [: q% VDefending units:+ }; h; d9 b/ `7 R9 D- u( B
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 Z' h  ]2 E4 L3 Y& x. ?    52nd Naval Guard Unit. z0 J+ f3 t4 u2 t5 I) u
    144th Infantry Regiment: `) _/ K6 g; \9 M  T0 |
    Kure 3rd SNLF4 Q7 y$ M1 e5 ^. R7 t
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
/ S8 F7 H' C6 m  C    33rd/B Division- U0 v- z- {  g, y8 G" D2 I& W
    81st/C Division% X' `7 D9 b& R
    81st/A Division
( F* H8 w$ z+ \, c% @6 ]    81st/B Division6 N- y6 L; a7 t) V7 a5 Y+ q
    33rd/A Division& G# A" n+ g% I3 v) Y
    138th Infantry Regiment2 [' s7 f, t) u
    33rd/C Division
' E9 V, H6 c9 H: y! m/ U2 X# d1 Q    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment- R: K0 t7 @( m4 P% o
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# Q: E, ?9 H' q! @1 ~    19th JAAF Base Force) ?) d3 h. @# O0 i* U- C; K! J( A
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
/ j" z5 u/ V  k6 p( R    12th Air Fleet
# T0 f% u3 X1 J    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- r" z- [1 Y7 b' r7 x! d" c# b    23rd Fld AA Gun Co & u) |) o  }5 Z, B3 {
    63rd Field AA Battalion: r) Z% l* p9 `9 k7 l' k
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& h2 u4 c* @) [0 o, n
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
" |: \& B+ O' H, j7 C+ |, J    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment( J, S: l& [$ Q% h! z0 c
    Ponape Naval Fortress' @3 \  G8 J% ]  }
    61st Field AA Battalion9 ~9 q; ^) u. `6 R2 k  ~  u6 q
    18th Army
8 A: a6 U# u7 C8 C    14th Area Army /1
, @7 Q( m+ Y: j    60th Field AA Battalion7 @2 f' `+ _' s2 u8 R
    53rd Construction Battalion3 C. m5 H! i* o5 l
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion' B$ k2 I# M3 Y7 i0 E: a- ~. S
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  r$ u# g$ Q* `5 {+ c
    Kure 7th SNLF+ m& F, m! A. [! c
    3rd Base Force3 l; M8 O6 r' Y. h1 c5 K" g
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape); ?8 w0 S8 X" B8 p. l- r( r
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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9 Z1 _# I% |& J* m, v; }Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
* z/ H% O5 H- E. i0 c* J  N, q3 yEstimated time to target is 34 minutes2 m+ |' B9 n9 g
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Allied aircraft/ K/ D7 V% C# L0 X7 C. b
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462' Y* D* ?6 B' M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3376 T9 m0 c7 \, z6 y1 L
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
* \3 q2 h# _9 ~; NAllied aircraft losses, |0 ~$ c3 S! u3 ]& B% D

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) Q. m7 L% U/ g协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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& D3 ~# Z9 p9 z  d4 U, c在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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/ Z7 m+ A# \( T' c5 CAllied Ships1 u1 }  y2 `1 R( m$ u. n" e5 m# X
      CA Vincennes7 C$ g% E9 {6 x  a/ N! `. ^
      CA Quincy. G  U( s* a% L$ O# v) c4 Y
      CA San Francisco
1 E5 c9 Q6 l; }* R* n! ~$ v      CA Minneapolis. G. p6 @7 {  T  T- [" ~4 O: M
      CA Astoria( Z3 ?  ]( r9 C3 E+ O
      CA Chicago
2 e5 g& I; P. U' _  v! H      CA Louisville3 y- D' t( y3 v9 |7 J+ G0 J
      CA Chester
% ^- W7 Y8 m! X* A6 I: \      CA Northampton* @, \- x6 a+ N* |
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
0 D2 @3 W: q0 q3 X      112 casualties reported
, r: K! X5 e% m& j5 u  H# F5 A7 W         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  I0 I  }- U& z+ H. d/ k# B         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
; i! d5 E# d  `3 k3 p8 u5 i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled: d  K2 \* N, p. {
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Airbase hits 5/ F& F( r6 s+ k0 D8 e0 b$ ]
Airbase supply hits 2
% d$ v7 }4 {! n: H+ C; y/ x6 zRunway hits 21; D* Y) a' ~, A# H9 p) a2 ?
Port hits 7
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+ p9 ]# d( k! bNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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4 b8 s4 K: P, w' G" L+ dAllied Ships
) s: H6 Q9 M) H% `0 |3 ]% n      BB Alabama8 R0 F1 M% s& l" C! g8 L! S6 g
      BB Massachusetts
8 R( f* g. |" z6 g4 L3 I* W      BB Indiana; @8 Y2 h9 @) D5 S8 z; [& s
      BB South Dakota& T* [& r3 ^; Y
      BB Washington
6 G% v* g, j" g8 u0 E+ ]) P  ~      BB North Carolina! }4 x6 a3 k9 M6 F8 D2 v& F

7 K% T9 d5 c1 Z- kJapanese ground losses:) A! a4 Y# V; l, q# X3 ^
      398 casualties reported
9 j2 t" `" h' r& f         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled. u. L: [7 T0 P$ d
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled* O; D& y! @6 I" @9 T  S
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
4 F4 j: t. s: j      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
( K& a! h" m* N/ H" U4 e4 E      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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% K$ [% H( M& r' W0 U( gAirbase hits 96 W& r! F' n! x: V" V% G3 T. Z
Runway hits 94 R" {9 K5 k# T; e1 L- Q
Port hits 2
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- Y. a" E3 l2 R0 g2 h6 GBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
/ q2 m( d& }. A4 z; q5 g( zBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape ' w6 U' @, l& C" @
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
/ i% X; h+ \- x6 k% i* f6 ^! bBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
9 c# c4 V, u" f* F8 B% v6 FBB Washington firing at Ponape ' R5 R5 v+ k% k2 C) u! b' Z8 o
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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4 ?& e7 B7 M+ iNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113; I; u3 L0 f' n; y% W! X
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Allied Ships9 A4 ]; c+ \3 b
      BB Mississippi1 }3 g. ~8 F/ n: ~0 \; c8 d/ f
      BB New Mexico
0 ?0 ?1 x8 l# z# \2 j      BB Idaho% ?; _, O! u! ]5 k  |5 w, W- ^

  t- [3 T2 H& n% e3 {! e. EJapanese ground losses:
' g: G8 d8 n/ k, ]      195 casualties reported
9 k; H! H4 w; U# }8 @         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled2 o; b" T4 _1 |* f
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled- i: p  f3 l/ h1 F2 F8 X8 y6 _
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled8 C7 i, s$ J! P' J$ ~6 s. X( B
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)' [6 L0 J) K' T$ E
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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" q( H! q5 `: x1 WAirbase hits 3
, X% {7 j8 t# u3 s1 fRunway hits 149 X" n& u+ v) w. G( R7 S8 C
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape + R" d0 \* s" L* n
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division& ~  H5 b5 }0 b; h$ e8 [) i# s
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 t( o7 ]% U! W) i, X6 f6 I

1 c6 A& h, _: Z5 J* m3 @, n' W  ~Weather in hex: Severe storms
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& h# ]7 z' b7 I# s0 E, A( h+ BRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.4 X0 N! k' W9 h, Y- N4 p0 v% j
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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6 b1 H6 f3 w8 W: A' w$ zAllied aircraft
, h, U. F& ]! c, Q3 m& k      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
- e2 E4 _5 d9 P6 f' }; w6 v3 T/ z4 v  y      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
6 }0 x( V' f. _" j7 k. @, f      TBM-1C Avenger x 286$ m4 O) b9 D1 B. }0 o/ g
1 O, G9 y% l0 {, B
Allied aircraft losses% }7 ]; G8 j  e0 B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged, n0 c; ?: M( R( d+ N! F, @
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak+ {' o7 l+ T5 p  O9 z1 \! ?+ G
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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1 s% z; O5 b8 O1 T/ m! x% C6 @Japanese ground losses:
' m, t( w8 h5 N; Y& i6 _+ y6 @2 c3 ~      121 casualties reported5 w( e" B2 @: F- W  ]1 I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- c; a. g$ z1 s+ A! `
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
6 U1 N* s/ i( R2 ]         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& U. {- [( y3 ?1 s+ U) }' P

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3 o; O* ~8 x% e- Q$ c- h0 jGround 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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- L8 b3 [4 w6 V: I; m! S! [; \8 xDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228 ) v. `/ L& o: v) E7 x( N

% @3 X# o5 S1 a3 O# _: yJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 : u/ \5 \7 f! m/ |
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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/ w& \$ B* e/ \+ G0 f$ H, nCombat modifiers3 }( d3 E1 @7 q! {! y% }2 L
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)6 I2 t! s1 `) @3 u$ B
Attacker: , ?: B  h* M  V; H: h
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Japanese ground losses:5 t* N7 m, z4 {# T
      2305 casualties reported6 y; \3 V9 V. l1 s$ O
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled+ S( @4 K' S! m; }
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
2 Y2 P4 ?' A3 v" a0 a         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
4 j! [3 T+ X7 y( S      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
  b( \) v( r8 h+ l6 A% `" {" F      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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. s* S. c1 k' J9 h  ^! OAllied ground losses:
# `) `' I7 }( C* w      3064 casualties reported
+ L/ L! y9 I4 Y* A8 ?" N+ @! E         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
6 n' o. l8 L! }1 S4 [# W  E         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
! {3 D. h$ v1 k% i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
/ @/ W5 b- K. N5 C) M      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled). Y5 A: u" W( e: s1 a: r7 E
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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8 n5 R  \1 p8 ?5 a4 `5 vAssaulting units:: y' v- P  d6 I( s, F
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment. O) U% M3 o1 p9 S1 H' ]
    711th Tank Battalion1 h+ o4 k  V$ C) S# W. k
    716th Tank Battalion! V0 C, V' U2 Z" k' q
    6th Infantry Division: {" T- V& E7 l5 T8 T4 A( v
    44th Tank Battalion
, g( F# ~2 U% O    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* b3 [# `! M3 C* R& x# H& M) a
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) A, W# b$ \& [2 p
    81st Infantry Division3 g% k5 i, P, s1 {) r6 Y7 Q
    767th Tank Battalion
/ X' q7 R9 d" ~    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
' D& F, `" j" `/ A7 O' K  F    762nd Tank Battalion
. s$ `' Q( [6 x  [5 V4 |" U    710th Tank Battalion: i& x, i8 c, b
    96th Infantry Division
  I* M! B$ W; h9 x9 ~+ ]) d9 B( B    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& H8 A5 v  ^7 v6 D3 }+ V( S: {) j    706th Tank Battalion; v1 E# ?& f' y
    5th Marine Division' B6 Z5 d' \; r
    31st Infantry Regiment. o+ {5 F8 Z* j0 U; z8 G
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ y- W& O' h( n. Z    1st USMC AA Battalion
4 c/ j& Q! N7 q+ P    738th Coast AA Regiment) M) C/ b& q# v! I6 v( H% ^0 k8 T4 V
    96th Coast AA Regiment
. k! X' M1 `; H1 H5 s    14th Marine Defense Battalion, F3 i: c2 r  ~, `% ]1 `& f$ M! a
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
: [" n# I/ [! n8 h    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion+ R# V4 ?  p. _" u# j
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
% ^' o& D, e+ I    XIV US Corps
4 h& b3 h/ y6 m! W1 H    X Corps Artillery : w' r6 }0 _. ]& |
    5th USA Defense Battalion% u) h" A. A3 X
    4th USA Defense Battalion
, y! c; r; y4 L  M    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ L7 X# a/ G% L* Z# ?3 D1 E    I Corps Artillery - \8 ]& p" L3 z& e3 p2 _3 [+ a
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
0 b- P4 C! x6 M! D/ P9 f( R    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment" u# L8 H# l' P4 ?& u% W

% I7 D, n  `2 X! k3 U  W9 [; EDefending units:
9 Z4 i4 r3 o- q6 V5 a2 k" O* b    Ponape Naval Fortress
" E9 K5 Z# e# c9 ]$ W, Q2 ^& @    81st/C Division$ A% Y9 z. V9 n6 j" U
    52nd Naval Guard Unit. m/ c% s  i! b9 l$ ?- I
    138th Infantry Regiment
- \) `7 |; @; |% Q3 I    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 H! ^8 I) z1 @, u    Sasebo 7th SNLF. i. `( n* V5 s# P# Z
    144th Infantry Regiment
: v" s3 l4 k5 k7 P! g) @    81st/B Division
/ V0 F$ o6 N- ]* t    33rd/B Division
1 P$ h5 f/ ]: a/ Z% v5 K    33rd/A Division( g2 L* q  s! h* |- y. P5 ^7 p( s
    81st/A Division
- W% n; E1 R3 b( I) P! J    Kure 3rd SNLF( R& j" Z, f5 b/ F
    33rd/C Division
& K* x+ `1 m" i6 f/ W    53rd Construction Battalion
7 r2 i8 a- x) c+ ~    18th Army
7 K; Q$ {4 d, \1 x1 x    14th Area Army /1' Z: Z; ]7 |, m
    60th Field AA Battalion" _  h; K9 o- Q
    12th Air Fleet$ Z( k) t( ]( t8 S# {( W: x
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 R0 G7 j7 F& ^/ R& [    63rd Field AA Battalion, A( G% x4 E) v1 i
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment' y; s8 |( k6 ^6 z0 u
    3rd Base Force
: F) j+ Z& i" Z, b# {- Q    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
9 X2 J' I7 }/ Q# \    Kure 7th SNLF
. \  G8 {- }4 Z4 `    19th JAAF Base Force. T/ U( y- M0 F: q9 A) l: }
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
& L- T. Y" B+ r! ~- P2 s    61st Field AA Battalion
4 \# x4 @8 n) Y    23rd Fld AA Gun Co ( \4 q; N4 o7 m1 f
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment# I- b3 Z: F) W/ e& O- R
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
* H+ M. D6 d8 H4 I- K; z    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
7 C5 i9 l+ d5 }/ A/ X1 e3 r9 Y    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* f; }# [* _$ {    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
/ T( j, f% s- f9 y4 H6 ]1 g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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5 p: B9 z9 N: a9 s. M/ F' E7 T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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7 i4 P+ E2 A4 SMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,608 {  X% B1 Z/ ]1 N* G8 Z
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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8 N/ ?9 M  g! }8 D" @Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet." c3 y& s, J7 |8 q- C# W0 Q0 n# M
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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# o4 m% s' c. j( b* ?$ A9 s8 OAllied aircraft
/ B* T* t$ ], e2 Q! j      P-38L Lightning x 23
6 h8 X7 W% C% ?0 e      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 304 `/ W" V% U7 f* T. o( r
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Allied aircraft losses6 [5 E: |+ P0 ~8 B; j$ b% l7 F
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged: v, W  z. {( R: E) g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships4 T- s- I0 L$ s+ c1 ^
      DD Suruyame4 a3 H  h$ R4 j6 l
      CL Ninaru- u1 ?) `: }4 i0 O1 G- h
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
3 @& i, t1 b& _: t; I/ U      DD Yayoi
: L# U: `, d% z6 R7 e( G      CA Kako
! t3 `5 F! v5 p3 l/ J      DD Asagiri
; H1 f# J0 w# N1 F) a      DD Ayanami
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0 _- N6 o5 Y. Y$ J9 ]Aircraft Attacking:
6 O. d, T, }# F) L      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
4 I1 H1 i/ t4 X, I$ w" A( N               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb% [2 U8 N9 V7 N$ ^" O
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'$ G7 }* m* f; s; |  [
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb7 Z% y4 `) s  O% m! `! c
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'0 y7 T, T; E! e" @. g
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb2 L$ h: @) D+ C1 d
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
  i% V6 ]6 N9 P% H1 X! U! rHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi2 P3 }; |2 f9 o( K

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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( N- ]( F% n4 N& l3 q$ \, fWeather in hex: Moderate rain) l# Q0 y4 M2 b/ Y" r

' l# [# |: H) n9 C! `' W1 ARaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet./ L" r2 z2 P, E1 C1 ]6 D& l0 M
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
, l" w% v4 s  D, m      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462( }( M- L. ]9 ]7 X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326' Y. C. s. F5 @! p8 J8 T& K
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2850 l% n# Q5 [/ m' p! c1 R0 N
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Allied aircraft losses
, [# p$ s/ C& i, h# x1 W. Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged5 e, i$ U7 D% B
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
1 V* e, U6 ?: B( u- ?0 Y      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged' t) s9 |0 O6 E% V, H# I
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Japanese ground losses:
* L: Q- d! V8 ]/ {% m3 k      276 casualties reported
1 R$ n. x, ?7 \/ F( @1 r% A         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled" y" Y; M7 A' F  E* J3 ]
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled, b" g& K: P. P1 A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# n8 s/ ?2 l; m- J" f
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)  S4 o! Z; q) l
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Allied Bombardment attack
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) ^" |! S& _& L9 J* {Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263: e7 _0 J2 W% S, \& m6 E( M
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 10170 M$ c! V5 c& Q' V4 q' N

/ o; z4 p1 j7 `0 B( a+ AJapanese ground losses:
1 \( b( ?2 ]( {+ n' s6 m      1082 casualties reported! h$ D- k" _* r% u# Y
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled8 Y" T; g: O/ s
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
4 _! a& b/ _1 N         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
6 f0 v/ }$ o$ ?4 [' S% f      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:9 w5 u3 R1 H. v7 ~3 ]: P6 x* L& F
      23 casualties reported
  K! G9 @0 [4 p( f  \3 D         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% p/ ~+ a4 \- [* s         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled* V+ ~- i2 t6 M0 D: n  j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! ~" k2 l# G6 o  B) d" C0 ]: I
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 N8 `$ m3 L8 P7 Z0 Y+ G
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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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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0 W. T$ U  {; b9 }  X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。6 H9 Y* }0 S9 j

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! m# o& @. T4 \# F) B4 o$ h8 U* U天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。3 C! Y" b: c9 r6 O! T& P
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0 ]0 Q; {3 w) cSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships, N( G' g0 M" N9 {
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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" J; l- ?0 W$ [4 p- MAllied Ships
( J2 G  C5 z5 |0 ^      CLAA Prince Robert0 ^; l0 H& o& S3 D
      DD Saumarez; z$ M6 H- r4 m* Y+ \
      DD Nizam
% ~6 f/ J7 T: U0 j0 H% l+ |% J      DD Ellet
9 l9 q# F) k, K; Z/ U      DD Waller
/ m! X* c; \- J' s% M' S      DD Walker& R( _7 R5 {+ g
      DD Wadleigh8 \8 p* {" K, Z# d3 Z
      DD Uhlmann; I( Q# M3 X# f  {* N) E# ]. P
      DD Twining
* f% o: a3 _- D# v      DD Twiggs
: g; _0 b; l: }, G$ o8 v8 @( k      DD David Taylor
1 ]6 `- q8 V5 [      DD Strong
+ ~4 H* ]+ o9 `/ A" |6 I; |      DD Sproston
, j. e. a6 d2 h% m" e6 g) y' m      DD Sigsbee; x- b( |1 d; V1 c( l) m. _5 I. K
      DD Sigourney
! w$ @8 l  R, M6 u      DD Schroeder
, v# B8 k. U8 ?1 N8 X+ Y4 X5 I      DD Benham II3 ~" ?/ J% K+ @& O) C5 W
      DD Cushing II1 O' n( ]7 ]* f, J* W9 n
      DD Urchin
- ^5 f6 Z- h1 L4 H& I% V( G      DD Urania! q9 G7 g4 _9 ^- }6 U, C9 |

1 D: O1 s! l3 e! O' f4 GSS I-48 is sighted by escort% O' }, R, f5 o& @; T5 B2 m) O
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
: m, n  a- S* m! Q2 qDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....  Y2 ~, v: B$ o+ |9 l7 I9 u
SS I-48 forced to surface!: e$ ^6 a& E% D; |5 y4 I( u! ]( E
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
/ Z7 S2 W8 G& c  f$ m9 b3 N4 FDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....+ L$ Z0 X( `% y) _- `! R: O8 a
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....' z% {* _! h, e( |
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
2 E: ~& v/ ]  u7 gDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
5 g4 B% y4 M0 a0 b! z: kSub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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: f2 W+ ?# g; y4 a6 WJapanese aircraft" k! E6 f" r* |$ U% \/ A
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 k$ |; Q) {( G$ o9 @      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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7 C# E$ C1 y* Q. P: r& }Japanese Ships/ W  o) h$ ?+ o7 O( V
      CL Agano/ T- m1 d9 t/ h
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2. n* ^' }4 ~9 h; U; ]* O" z  A
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 p2 X+ J* I. V$ d( h" R" I+ e
      DD Hibiki
7 Y% K( m; V3 w- v+ @# [, l' S0 s      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
; S( n+ C  N6 h" p2 p      DD Shirakumo6 G, Q% X- x9 H6 Z
      DD Isonami  {0 z" n7 A3 d; [8 Y' s9 ?
      DD Murakumo
! L* t% u! O) w# T8 L      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
5 H& c# s  s3 Q+ J. u% C      BB North Carolina
6 e6 _/ r( O+ @% L      BB Washington
2 t% Z/ c3 S$ C6 }) f1 o5 @# z      BB South Dakota
, W, W/ s; X) {      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1- f- ~; f3 u1 W! z+ s
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2) l- S+ z: K4 E6 @, L4 ^
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2% y6 ?6 a( L2 B/ m1 \+ h. G7 k
      DD Conner
: e4 N  M5 S, D, `, g      DD Cotten& o, Y" ~, ]; |1 p& L
      DD Cowell8 k* Z8 G- G! v! X! {/ D
      DD Daly
+ R9 Y9 u* ?: s4 z2 W      DD Eaton
6 u& _: ~8 `3 P  S  O      DD Heywood Edwards
0 s* Z6 Y/ d/ \3 k+ V$ w      DD Erben
0 r' l4 s" @5 n! Y6 V8 ^      DD Evans
. f/ z8 @( ^8 X- J2 p! k      DD Foote7 \7 n, f' z7 r. j4 Z
      DD Franks
9 L5 i" A0 j- y6 o      DD Fullam
; q  K' p3 V5 {/ |      DD Gatling- D+ s, p* P) ^3 n7 D
      DD Albert Grant( v/ G2 a4 f+ p
      DD Gregory
; O0 @, s8 }3 n4 d      DD Guest
- F: C9 M  ~. s+ ~  Y* l      DMS Hamilton
8 V- X( i* S5 e: O' p4 _$ x      DMS Forrest. p7 R' Z& `2 v# o7 U; @
      DMS Ellyson9 Y( G  h' P/ ]. s3 m1 [4 x) X
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# c* M& t  N( H4 R$ i. RRange closes to 28,000 yards...
/ U0 R/ B  k. u! l- E, c3 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
: p- s. ~- a1 xCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards( _- U3 G8 R! i9 \% K3 S
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
' k2 m: J1 j3 F% t3 P# ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' _* }" D! D. O' O9 [, d5 B; mRange closes to 24,000 yards...( E, j& t$ g$ p6 `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards" l5 x$ R: @3 n* {' y+ @* R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards! h+ G8 R  S0 r: P  e: `
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
  b% T$ |( `- [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards" F9 F# ?( k- ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
& D8 b7 ?' ]# i* z( Q, ~Range closes to 20,000 yards...) I: p# b# r, _- M) u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
% S0 X% F& H9 x* U% n5 eRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 W( H+ p" d+ J: P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards( l& i7 a3 W: H* u1 w# N5 Q4 @( |
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" \; v2 v* K8 c+ ~1 J3 tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards5 w: O$ J- G9 }) o& f* d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! O6 z/ a. i. u  oCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
6 T7 d+ H5 ]( yRange closes to 12,000 yards...2 S  ^# ^2 }4 W0 P: y9 C: s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
7 C% N1 |+ H: S; c- v6 d; TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
2 p. K; l$ L9 pRange closes to 11,000 yards...* b0 k% y- c+ {" b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards7 {; O1 _; }: [4 o" V: Z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards- b6 C4 Y! \! Q. H# W/ [
Range closes to 10,000 yards.... O$ Y  U, p1 J6 |3 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% O* C6 x, z3 \& \$ WCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
! D, V' c* i, dCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards3 B# Y# C: s' A
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards: b2 b% ?: \! S: ?" I+ O
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
! b7 {8 ~2 U8 G3 J: `3 JCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards9 l; z. M! a% V+ n& d* [
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards/ j; A- {! G5 g6 B( c9 b+ J
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 y" F/ e) \8 n2 o8 [DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
* ^  |+ Z5 I/ d% T! Y( X# BDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
. d1 E' h; Y( d. i# zBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards. B; i+ Y- {! E3 j' Q, j  y
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards; M9 I1 [8 {* i2 o& K, g- y6 D
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards1 K, I9 P- m0 s! t; Z& T# A
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards; ]3 |+ x- w* _. r3 ]
Range increases to 11,000 yards/ F2 c- {1 [9 y
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
  g. \9 S" ~, V: a. p0 N! WBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
$ L' o3 B' m; f' Z: `, D0 J3 s) Y9 jCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards; o3 ~, d3 y: D3 B* z) `2 C
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
/ t& T4 T+ v, \9 ~5 OCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards8 A) C4 n* n3 {/ a' w; E  o
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
+ Y6 K6 }) B$ O; v4 A% }" rCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
/ p1 z3 |3 r* E. I, G8 \' p( W8 CBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
2 P! x" j. H# j% D: pDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards" r8 t! \) D% h. L
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
0 l0 T+ \; x, `. O: FDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
. v8 f+ b- U# l4 P  r5 o) ]4 WDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
' X8 ^6 f/ b: \0 t* _DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
: K2 j6 J  z. s# W" j! ?5 F9 XDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
# d9 p5 `% }. t* ?) k9 lRange closes to 10,000 yards
9 D( F" g* N9 o) o# v0 j5 I7 \- fCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards1 T4 e( A/ G2 A2 k
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
( e6 }5 p$ b8 e; R  @8 |DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards# W" U& N: j. A9 s
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
1 [, U+ a% r6 f+ \4 O3 F0 v8 hDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards( \. h4 o) @5 z. b
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards$ a5 c  Q% K* b. e2 H# Q
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards( O) F# r2 `4 s, ^
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
1 c  e3 a: O$ Z6 DCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
/ q* D1 c( D* E7 ]: ]# sDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
( V( A+ W7 W& ?% \% u! I8 Z, JJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
5 V( P5 M0 _7 q/ J2 YTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships& D* `. d- v" _
      DD Hikokaze
: Q2 B! W" `9 d" B& T      DD Ishikaze9 `4 m9 O! g1 x8 s
      DD Tagokaze. s8 J" ]4 [2 C. {( e  b
      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships
' c1 n% e& `" n6 J; R      BB North Carolina
- N% s& q" t- F6 u      BB Washington
. Y- p# X7 a5 e      BB South Dakota
4 k' E) }8 @- R, _! T      BB Indiana
$ |& K5 n) w$ [- G      BB Massachusetts' ?+ e+ C% f& Y1 Q
      BB Alabama+ C, b& x9 v& A$ e/ J9 s8 N- `
      DD Conner; R  x. N9 P+ w  \& s
      DD Cotten
' J6 N6 U0 o( E+ _      DD Cowell9 I1 l6 L2 D% L, n% ]$ Z
      DD Daly
$ v* ]0 s- l- `8 m7 O      DD Eaton
1 ]% d) [) ]% c" n8 R7 t      DD Heywood Edwards
% }5 b1 ]6 o  Q' c/ x      DD Erben
) }: q3 v$ f( t9 I7 _- T      DD Evans# f- }* M- P% H
      DD Foote
. n% f9 j$ ~% Z3 d, j% Y" u      DD Franks  [6 O, p4 l+ J
      DD Fullam
. C5 x% o% n- C      DD Gatling8 B9 ^8 [4 V# X- {' J& O! P; X
      DD Albert Grant( V$ K' ^  ?# G- C5 l, S1 ~
      DD Gregory) m$ X. x" n* [' o. I3 N
      DD Guest
9 m  G0 T- l+ y% q      DMS Hamilton
3 o" V9 W/ N3 O      DMS Forrest
. V* H7 q8 x0 J$ \# y& E2 s      DMS Ellyson( @* o/ k, h9 {, n

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; I: E; f- L5 F( w. @( |2 AMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards' \, W3 G9 J' y
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 C) I" A1 G$ [% C1 L5 n& jRange closes to 26,000 yards...
, ~5 k5 A$ S/ ^, I$ W4 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards/ A2 V0 z' ]: X% S* F  I( j
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
9 N6 W$ S6 ~% y7 C) Q8 N: @0 C- c1 n8 {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! ]6 |' V; P$ ]8 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
9 @! P% Y; G4 l1 y" D2 B+ CRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 i( m7 ]( w  ^% K4 b3 i4 ~
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; }' K" ?- \0 W: ]
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ _8 t7 r( Y2 m5 R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
1 r$ y5 o7 \) u" rRange closes to 16,000 yards...6 ?" L) |" p' N$ O5 N0 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
0 Q& z) [, M) `7 aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards6 [( x/ g  P( g3 g; {; {
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( P# {* }1 |8 z7 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards& g: y5 X: V6 h
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards4 L8 O( g4 k- d7 A+ M: q. h0 w
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ |' M  E0 k" n  E; j2 v3 M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
5 |! Z7 k7 r1 y; ^" dCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
4 g& G. t1 Z; E' XRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 c: g0 q) b/ S2 R7 tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
/ F0 }& Z& E, C2 Q' u1 E% `3 f) PRange closes to 10,000 yards...5 l3 a. ?0 H5 z8 ~# r8 ]
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards# l: b5 K" ?4 q# r- d  ^
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
# e$ F- _$ u- D1 kRange increases to 15,000 yards...! C! }/ u# K( ~( F
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
0 L0 X8 ~! m% V* H/ B) r  uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: h# b$ @) B/ v8 A' C, B
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
. b# \! E; k9 k4 ^$ LRange increases to 30,000 yards...
  ]) |8 N$ u: K) i9 X/ j1 WRange increases to 30,000 yards...7 K& F+ D3 y! X: i) n! i4 v
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat" K( n9 U5 n/ u; `6 m, k0 S
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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      APD T-1; t' n! q! h' K$ w5 d  X
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
+ F. n/ C: I3 L1 y2 |' [      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
, {% J' S7 H' p% @' E7 b      APD T-4" l9 z6 C+ P0 H3 M+ _( c+ C
      APD T-5$ `: f8 K: a) j1 U$ c9 P
      APD T-6
) [; I& l. Y& `8 E2 n* o$ s- r      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 O) v' b; I/ X$ M& n      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire" L# A; C4 Q1 r& B0 n6 U
      APD T-9; p  T& a! W# N3 l, U: I9 K
      APD T-10
$ A" I, K: x) G" Z! Z      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire/ {: `' l2 _5 s7 {' S* `
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 s; k1 R+ \9 Y1 l* \      APD T-13, Shell hits 1$ W5 |5 P' ~5 h) T9 v; |1 i
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage( r$ B5 M8 r9 k) e# x4 I$ b. @
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Allied Ships
% ?1 F1 z) {3 H# F. O  G! C3 w      BB North Carolina% P3 D  F3 F5 A6 y, T$ L
      BB Washington
( c8 Q5 K! B3 ^; H* s! z1 j      BB South Dakota
% g0 B9 a4 T3 w: P      BB Indiana: ?$ G& @/ u0 ^/ t: v
      BB Massachusetts! b; {! `( Y2 a: H4 ~
      BB Alabama
/ y5 l' P* X- g7 E# ^      DD Conner
$ f$ X# F. B/ a% R+ }! G      DD Cotten
- Z0 e! a1 i. c3 |' a      DD Cowell: ^* A. m2 M4 I
      DD Daly) K- D' c6 n' j  H4 K
      DD Eaton
) q* E  }5 d+ c; ?. w8 I1 q      DD Heywood Edwards
8 S' T- h5 k: ^5 D  a; u0 v      DD Erben( J+ m8 S& S, c! e: c
      DD Evans% B/ ?8 W5 l- t& P0 ^& |  G
      DD Foote
! i% R, q5 S6 s5 _1 T5 S      DD Franks8 Z) ?6 W% m/ _# B6 f
      DD Fullam6 ?: d7 R* t# d# ]/ O0 X6 G
      DD Gatling6 \6 @* W$ ]' N! h
      DD Albert Grant5 z7 k0 s* ~: j, y; J* o" {
      DD Gregory
, W3 j( |  t" a, L# @  B      DD Guest# C2 s2 @" F6 {
      DMS Hamilton
5 k) A2 \* M$ i3 J+ w; t9 E      DMS Forrest
/ y" X8 W3 K6 q1 o( P7 q# f      DMS Ellyson4 ~0 W" {# o5 W4 t* G
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4 ]. U: ]0 Y' K! N' U3 ~% _& i4 pMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
* d' _' K: S8 v! G, \Range closes to 28,000 yards...
) W/ y4 t; v6 ~. y% bRange closes to 26,000 yards...
3 F( h8 E1 l: k$ `/ k  eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 E+ z, q) r* ~/ P9 m( G
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." {. f! a9 v5 n- A  g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards  C8 ?- }0 W0 Y6 I
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
+ z+ T" Q# H6 M2 O  a# ?9 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
* A; U" R5 U, @! a( j& k5 d0 uRange closes to 20,000 yards...# b4 I# J) \1 E6 M4 ]/ [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; G' ]/ K2 {' y: S
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
8 `  B, }+ i! E2 g/ u) L! G+ W, p) SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards7 h" P, O+ t! S
Range closes to 16,000 yards...$ Q8 \, B1 L' H5 q1 i& k+ z# H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
6 Q4 O5 I& G* z- G- BRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# ^/ w' W& Q9 Z  o. W8 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards# }$ \# o& t+ G) y+ Y. T
Range closes to 12,000 yards...1 k' W( [' r- k) {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards4 y. N) Y7 W! W2 Y4 n+ ~2 `
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 j8 F% z& x; g  ?* \' s  g* V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards& L+ b. K6 e( A/ W
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 u+ n( I# h) y) a6 j% iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# S5 n) Q) [! \* m1 PRange closes to 9,000 yards...
) b+ W7 H. l3 t4 N2 S* bBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
- `( e. ~, t; e3 b/ A% _+ x* ~$ KBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
" I% N( B  C$ E4 VBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards/ A& s! h5 e4 i
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards) e6 z$ A+ i9 p3 c! C: R1 f
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
" T& r6 D3 h. K; d+ p0 xDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
1 M& t: |  g) Z! j( f2 a  I9 c( qAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards( @/ Y3 j! `0 l! s7 a' J! N: k( ~
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards$ v, n. G8 A/ O8 r1 s: W
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards- G' S4 f' w, R3 g* N
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards6 L% y, [# a. W$ ~4 E
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
8 E* v- F) H9 r* ]  PBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
2 z- n! q" F# C; T- _( w. PDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards  B. _; B, L1 A; z6 A
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
7 @$ r" E2 E4 v2 S3 e( |% j6 |, ~) CAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards& X3 g& d( [' i. \8 l& A
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! Z3 k. ]- R4 U" X0 `4 X6 k
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards  b+ e, e$ d5 I/ [( I/ S) W! ?, b! h/ q
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards; O$ X7 M( }9 E: {8 u
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
( x9 C6 r4 O3 Q4 V/ G9 {8 YDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
& X0 W( O" }' E3 Y: A: @Range increases to 10,000 yards
+ }% l1 S1 \. p6 X9 ?3 c0 MBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards" S: t$ h* O/ ~1 e" o& J
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 r; U( L" b# d! c( dBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
  c# k: T- \2 `2 X  ]DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% G' w* p' r$ G; z5 }' n1 A
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
6 d4 A# i7 M' vDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
4 g. T+ ?# G7 n8 ~$ i  @APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards* z9 M! k. ]9 e2 s8 t& }
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards0 o9 G) W  U) E) K! B2 ?1 I. n
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, O$ |6 ]9 U& N( S3 J
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards# G- h/ I3 ^% h6 [2 q$ X
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( K+ C9 f0 U5 S
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! y2 l4 |9 E4 k( k) s$ U
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
. a. T/ u# Q/ X$ e3 e; g* rDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: Q5 _: z8 i' }4 O, z' w6 jDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards7 T$ a! }1 K/ y7 [% }( N4 \
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& [+ e  H1 m& \5 m; o5 o/ o# N, k
Range increases to 11,000 yards, A9 G2 c# ]! k$ M! W
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards" r5 g& G: `  X5 B* `6 h6 {
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards1 y0 _, D2 ?% `$ H, ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
. I/ ^" P* J2 x- w" fAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
! c8 U% b, @  V2 ~2 {% iBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards; o! p) r! \- a0 Y" A& ^8 D
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards* c& Y/ q! r% G# `
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
6 w4 `) {$ ^2 P7 l! Q( QDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards& P1 X$ v  D! j
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 G3 Z+ `) B' K) lDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards2 P1 b6 o& j. E( b% w
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
% G% F+ d7 W; R. n) A# n1 b9 {APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards1 z( J" q6 M# m
Range closes to 10,000 yards5 N- h1 I* x6 K8 z  J( U; w
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& [1 U- U; ~" c- d. x7 g- J) v/ A
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
4 j6 z* I% R/ X' |/ ^BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( U. D3 {/ o  H- H. e' e- R# h+ OAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
. H" v" ^! A& D6 N8 ODD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
$ @+ M; r- J9 g2 T) aDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 R: ~8 {) L7 |+ BDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ e3 H/ o4 w0 U0 u% sDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; D' E3 E6 o& E' h  c* X8 S7 l
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
- o2 v+ v; x$ e1 v) yDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards; T2 X" `" Q+ _
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 X6 [: e" P: l' a( Z
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 p- J4 M7 y# Y7 S' w5 U; W2 O
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
1 X2 e; u6 y) H7 T$ G# J& p! ^Range closes to 8,000 yards
) {1 H& X- s7 ^DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
* G4 u) O) M; H- h! _& p# t4 F4 fBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards/ @" {# R, Q0 n1 A
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
) ^. X  s5 `4 Q" K2 h1 pBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards. \! P  O  |) ~' O# |% a* H2 i
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards5 Y: s7 K, H* [4 f. Y5 }
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
$ o# l8 c+ M. M" w# k& P7 YTask forces break off...6 k$ W% H2 N  m6 T3 \; L

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- ^& k( \- L+ lNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" G! d, g' j2 c( v: d      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
# K  T& U, a- _  Y9 h0 L& `9 [      APD T-20 N  j8 t% K8 }0 s! T5 b0 W
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
: p% |: U! g0 a. C( k1 H( q# |      APD T-4, Shell hits 1% F0 }2 D7 V; J& j/ k8 Q& N
      APD T-5% T! z0 K' X7 l2 Q
      APD T-6. p5 K* A6 R0 K4 R% ^1 _+ W+ G. N( B1 v
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ ?. U" {# z, a4 I- i      APD T-9, Shell hits 15 H5 [) U: F& G
      APD T-10- {5 |2 g  Y7 y0 C3 U1 t: H
      APD T-11,  on fire: b5 U% [" E; z4 V9 K
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
* b1 B$ y: Z# ^* t6 O( }7 u      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
3 X) W, v+ L( k, \4 D      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships" b9 r$ y( {8 ^( d8 v3 |) e) `
      CA Portland
, I) M) G. Q4 \* V* F# y9 _( w( c      CA Northampton/ o* \* V" n, l4 V
      CA Chester) d9 Q+ m% q% B5 h9 Y
      CA Louisville
3 L. K8 l# ]5 [% B4 U4 E! Z      CA Chicago
% \& W* {& @) b& a- D- T7 U$ D      CA Astoria
; x. E& {2 b! G* e1 E8 }; P& _0 {      CA Minneapolis6 O  [2 ^1 a4 u1 H2 L/ u
      CA San Francisco
  o& f! ]/ Y. Y+ `( d1 r3 I      CA Quincy
$ R; }' Z+ Q( l9 B7 I/ d$ M$ @      CA Vincennes
" u$ k$ A: z, ]. n3 D      CA Wichita
/ A. J. S  n4 l. Q9 Y* e- [6 t' j      DD Bennett! A2 P; b" O# U& Q* U( F2 t
      DD Bradford
6 T, H6 D2 u# u* M$ `( @      DD Braine
9 f- Y+ Y2 z$ C      DD Brownson' d5 e3 n! w$ K
      DD Bryant
% q% B% B% I: W: k1 x      DD Bullard
! b3 `7 g, L" j+ k! M% I6 C      DD Burns: `+ y- s3 W/ M1 i
      DD Callaghan
6 n8 q, H% w4 c% P      DD Caperton7 z2 p) b7 A6 U) O' d! u- u
      DD Capps
& \3 w  V) H; R$ p- |8 @      DMS Emmons+ n0 {# r' V' {; c1 h) A
      DMS Macomb' F, t. o0 M! \" i# t! W" D
      DMS Rodman! N% C, N. @2 _
      DMS Gherardi
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: i; b3 y: @; [0 ]" I9 J' YMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# N; L1 c# O& U5 C( PRange closes to 28,000 yards...: Y1 P( f/ P* j, `3 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
. @$ {9 s* N# l1 ?3 h. IRange closes to 26,000 yards...) x% g' _/ @9 J3 n0 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards7 A# E+ I( M$ Y; m3 l; m( T# h/ y/ U
Range closes to 24,000 yards...3 [$ W& Y% C- Q1 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards! @$ x( X6 K5 X
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 @3 C* |& \3 @- e( a, DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards9 u! Z4 e+ f7 A" x  e
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) F; R8 n4 J2 H. w3 u$ `& o4 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
0 O) P& P; p3 {/ WRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; f! G, A3 F% Z0 a. d/ I4 G) gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards5 h* b5 H' u* u# B: ?
Range closes to 16,000 yards...% `4 y; @3 ?! w- C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards/ y  }+ ~$ |. T6 g& \
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
. T' W( r" a- C1 v+ `% S( ]% tRange closes to 12,000 yards...8 ~7 n; A- D$ G( B7 \8 N4 W; A, L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
- a: b6 K3 M- V/ `% fRange closes to 11,000 yards...
% s' o7 E5 g2 |7 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
" m& G- B( N& F! GRange closes to 10,000 yards...
4 a, R0 M0 f( O6 N6 u* I  B) MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards% X2 q  Q& `. @/ c
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
, Z6 S% N! D7 V8 ^- GDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
7 l! h. @3 l* Z9 z8 {Range increases to 11,000 yards; b: T0 v/ ^& c6 V" z5 d$ o0 M
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
% H5 j- o$ }% tCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
4 x* o, a% G! z$ V5 @, g4 xCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
% `. a1 t! s" Q# a3 G) _CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
  n& c$ ~+ R# hCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards& n& e+ M& x+ e  q
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
  M% a1 G) E) P( b, R' HCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 K( H* L2 |8 e
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
# |# r- W3 y6 @/ f6 P) X$ D$ M2 WCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
0 [, s8 ~( c3 e* R: oCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
3 x) A1 E- G* A2 KDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
4 p7 N1 q, U$ _, W1 qDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
  H2 |0 M: x6 ^! {4 mDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
( Q5 Q) o% k5 Q, J. RDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards. I/ V; Q. E  D1 L8 |  `! [6 A
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
1 Y0 T" L( C* s+ [APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
. Z! e, [$ d; f) x( IAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards$ U/ B$ F, n6 b( i1 ]' b3 h
Range closes to 10,000 yards
" x1 O( {3 v6 U  [: c9 CDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards2 T+ P: [4 Y, ^4 B+ l7 R6 r, A/ G
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
! K- N6 A+ \$ S$ x; ?8 A: h7 OCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
0 s0 O+ }+ J" ~# q  }1 M8 h6 tCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 H! |! p" b* A: _" ]CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
6 \3 F4 f! a, p+ M0 f3 ?APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
$ W1 ~9 Y1 O6 W* vDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) X  u) j4 S+ z: W& C2 ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards/ d* w- `) ~" G
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
- O8 N- X- i1 ADMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards0 l4 B, _% w( g# a1 P/ T5 Y0 Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards2 v& s" \1 @, G% p5 E+ Z! g, V
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards1 {9 E( J  K- K8 c
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards* r8 I# B9 _$ W' n% c% \9 l
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
6 R) a) m& o; O/ jDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards0 n+ O# Z9 l- _, {$ w. k2 c8 C
Range increases to 10,000 yards
9 R$ O  h1 F! ~& V6 \) n/ KAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards# Z- B, o6 C4 K# ^3 p  ~2 F
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, M& i! U) |& E" X. B) T. [DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
9 S3 j8 O8 f1 w( N& i* [' RCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards% A! d3 o4 Y( D7 m& w
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 H0 C7 ~. V5 {& c
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 }0 Q- d4 {0 B; V9 c
Task forces break off.../ b' O# Q0 v' p5 a2 W$ I* X

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  W) i3 z6 k" m3 [$ PJapanese Ships* W) Y; y. D1 Z! x$ f2 V
      APD T-1
: z# U1 b/ Z  G. U      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
$ y! t  u8 |! C) L, n. _      APD T-30 g' [8 f$ C. ~8 |8 t% Z
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk$ E" T* _. o% @; U- C4 X
      APD T-5
. \; t- e$ ~% [) D      APD T-63 O/ d' P9 `2 E/ B) h+ N3 [; s) ~
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk) P$ @0 P8 r- b9 k+ W
      APD T-9$ b# R  \" t/ s9 Q# a9 L  K' {* t
      APD T-10
- H; w8 {, j9 p- y      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships
+ _2 @* I/ v0 Q. {6 v: i* v) R      CA Portland
6 w5 U$ G/ G* k9 a; \! i! C& o2 b      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
8 n' W; P) Q' n7 w1 W/ {      CA Chester
0 h6 b) r% N/ k0 |! N% F      CA Louisville
& H/ J+ o! P: l6 }      CA Chicago
" W& [; B) `' v% D6 I9 B      CA Astoria, H$ o! V. `$ I2 y0 G& ~0 e
      CA Minneapolis4 v* Y9 O$ \/ |$ A
      CA San Francisco
. D5 o* W4 Z4 {& E2 d      CA Quincy* l4 y5 V& Q5 V8 c
      CA Vincennes
8 h/ u0 W! `3 E6 N6 D      CA Wichita
! K0 G) B# E$ a2 p3 R) L$ j% i      DD Bennett- x4 y) Q% P6 L+ H1 Q8 M0 S$ I
      DD Bradford- ?# W9 n9 s/ t
      DD Braine9 p' J( i7 V4 V2 t4 P
      DD Brownson0 S1 @; {7 F5 v+ n
      DD Bryant
' i' G( R' ]& P  X( N# M/ Q9 H8 i      DD Bullard) ]/ S' i& B% z+ T" f
      DD Burns8 q; X" e3 V( H! @9 w, X& x! I
      DD Callaghan! N' o; T1 f% h; \3 A
      DD Caperton) V4 o- R6 \* R# ^: U
      DD Capps4 B  M* p4 Z3 S4 {/ f$ t$ ^( |
      DMS Emmons" A: i8 z3 E& _8 m
      DMS Macomb3 W3 ]6 v5 s9 Q! Q( I- A' f
      DMS Rodman
6 ?7 m) l: y: y7 |- Z      DMS Gherardi: _# S5 ?5 c5 r0 o: q
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...
- j+ F' g) O& W' @3 o; hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards( x! J& ?; p6 ?: c' H0 D2 p# \
Range closes to 26,000 yards...4 A& \% E" r6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% I+ J9 [5 q2 j. A% ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 _- y8 a, k2 k3 hRange closes to 22,000 yards...0 L% }0 O  S; R1 v  M9 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
, u) |7 s: h+ k. T( x1 dRange closes to 20,000 yards...4 U& F9 R8 ~$ |* p3 R7 N
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
- ~; p4 s5 I* F. f; B( F6 ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards0 B8 Y! g( Z2 T4 d' }6 Q
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
$ d$ |; l( s- W# ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards. S5 d( O" t* n6 d: t
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 Y1 u& o/ H2 T! B- |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards: t) s' K1 U7 `
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., P9 }! c  a* d0 a3 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 X' b+ m: }9 ]& f/ ^Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 L9 V; R) n. k: \% FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
. ?' B. S6 m- d" d) _Range closes to 10,000 yards..., W/ v6 F) ^( {% s# t' D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards, y# t" x- k2 T% _1 h% j& f/ V% B
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards6 f& O2 p+ A* _5 b; e: R0 V6 p
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards4 |, }1 Z2 G: V9 C0 D
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
6 F2 Y9 [- X5 V& Z- J& qRange increases to 12,000 yards
+ N; Z5 `# ^4 w; R! i$ ^CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" h. M6 e: o' g* [( yCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
( c; s/ }6 Y: l  }( HCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( p$ L- |2 ]0 ^
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
! c: \: B  g4 _% S6 Q5 {5 |; SCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
  i: Q3 k% Z, R. g) x3 s  jCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards, p  c6 \* _6 H& i) Y
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards# h. L( ]- Q* T6 H
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards& y$ v1 Y3 b" @" G" Q7 q
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
" N. Y1 j- e' q3 iDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 A2 z8 y7 s% q# K
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
# Y2 W9 Y. A7 y3 t: e! Q0 ^APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards' L0 t- J6 |! n4 F
Range closes to 9,000 yards" v' B# b  e) p2 h% G- ]
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
  b3 a/ M& D/ E4 j; k- G6 G4 G0 r% X" uAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards
9 ?" [9 a* F0 x: m/ g4 DCA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards( a* E" V  x8 U9 _' \0 g& r, ?
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards7 t$ y1 m- {$ p& d- A/ X
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: n5 f  S( ^8 G! g! n# Z
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
7 O* v* I, O  e7 _; IAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
( G) i7 d& K( u  }8 qDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
8 n& J8 v" p2 E6 K; b: m' WRange closes to 7,000 yards8 h5 t- b' h0 [; {8 V
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
9 V, {6 O5 E+ oAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards! S# s( @6 D; u7 d) |5 j
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards7 F* i7 Y* k8 |
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards" ~, w2 q1 M! z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
/ U% I) [2 U$ N( hAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
5 v. W! }% L7 M/ l3 \CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
" }: Z: y- h) Y0 C' v: qCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
# b# d/ v# u1 U3 U- C0 L9 s* nCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
% f3 {( ^8 F, l6 K( F3 c- aDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
" P4 j! k5 R4 q6 J# [DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards$ |! H& Q/ }$ \. l7 s2 T
Range increases to 10,000 yards) a6 ?" I8 l  S& A/ C& Y
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' Y8 M7 U/ q; R# n4 r9 i: aCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards1 n% i, Z/ {, i+ p( B: F
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape* x" c& H$ v1 i. ]( ~8 e
Task forces break off...: ~4 M- ?9 ~% l, e
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards& n3 Z! j& \2 r. N4 E, Z

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) y8 \: O, |: v% `7 b1 r      APD T-13 Y' W% D4 o6 v. ^" ~
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 a3 R* y4 H9 p/ U$ U2 q      APD T-3. {9 M' U$ Q% p7 f0 X& [2 t
      APD T-5. C' ~1 _, n, ~1 K% N1 M) Y$ I2 e2 X
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; p% U* k9 K# C" ^      APD T-9+ F. r) O, B9 t: Q3 B
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 U4 ?  s4 M% j( x      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk0 N" B6 J0 j3 D1 y) b# Z# {

9 @) ^8 k; s& W! E: @' R* wAllied Ships3 r3 N' I/ }8 e
      CL Swiftsure
" f9 m! `  z+ Q, [5 j9 v1 _      CL St. Louis
  d2 w8 V2 v* [6 K) Y5 D      CL Phoenix5 }( q5 E9 Z# f4 d  ^5 h
      CL Cleveland
& V  g/ i8 @* t5 K1 m      CL Montpelier2 _7 s, L' \  }
      CL Denver
; h& Q  X  ^/ D" n      CL Santa Fe
% K4 t, L$ C2 _- G$ R      CL Birmingham2 p$ c" r* L% b: ?
      CL Mobile
+ W3 i* `/ t4 c      CL Biloxi
% @- l: W  f# Q' A6 n) ^3 h      CL Miami
+ n# {5 _& U# l5 [      CL Pasadena( C: m* p' C* V/ ~  l4 A, x% P% B& i
      DD Allen M. Sumner; {/ `4 \# M* M  A
      DD Ault5 G  H4 L5 g6 P% I, v
      DD English# t: Q: p1 v% C9 Y" }# \/ Y: x4 r
      DD Haynsworth
, O* D9 P+ a% d  ?! ^8 d6 ?      DD Maddox
9 x: Y' B; ~- z2 O( q      DD Mansfield3 g: O, f! U, s8 T: G/ E% N( h
      DD Waldron
- h- B1 b7 C/ t; e      DD Haggard
; Z0 D7 Z( n$ ~      DD Hailey
& h" j7 B1 D, L      DD Hale& r+ V! p" ~# r7 q
      CL Vincennes II
  R5 a! ^; C0 i8 H      CL Houston II, [1 h/ |9 a; w; L$ J: R( B
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards9 [  r/ [6 ?8 ~/ w" c) c
Range closes to 28,000 yards...9 c& M9 S! U8 u- s* Q& R+ s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards- g8 y* E4 H; Q
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, D! H/ `1 j2 B5 k  ~Range closes to 24,000 yards...
5 o4 T" x  E. Y; UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' T0 @! n  a) d( N! M' H5 X  ?Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 N1 U6 v( U/ I
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
% v6 c; G4 L/ p* pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
  S* H3 p7 x; W, o* Z& p0 z. \Range closes to 18,000 yards...
2 k: B% c. H1 G+ Y3 `6 T1 ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( }1 @/ l5 I( o* a2 IRange closes to 16,000 yards.../ a: K9 e; @4 J* \4 y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards. j4 d& T9 W, J/ t$ }
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% N' d4 y! n- o) u5 Z! L& g- cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
9 @6 Z4 e$ b5 P; D6 gRange closes to 12,000 yards...
; z% L2 F7 S9 J8 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 ?2 u$ Z" @; E8 B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...! F( F2 R- `% d2 K" l! i/ z  \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards; h5 U, O4 D% r
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
) c+ Y" l' ?8 ]4 M& T$ D2 j2 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 d$ K8 `/ e6 ?7 C* g
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T', W/ H" l7 p: [$ ]
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) t" Z# n/ z% A4 |# n
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
) X5 M- L5 f3 a  l  z/ ^- q% yCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards4 k7 p8 k2 ?) q+ n, {
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: g/ l4 W9 G4 kDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 w' n. o0 T* K* Y
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
+ c' p. A5 b" X; R" A+ u8 j* FDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
" |+ A. Y9 q$ n# FDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
4 k) |2 ~1 u! ~) ?- z* O5 \, `Range increases to 11,000 yards
1 V& F2 Z! _6 m, o* NCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards  m& {3 s0 Z8 P" m( j
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' w4 E8 {3 s9 J, W
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards( A2 i4 t9 h' {$ `  R
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards( m% D+ }7 T2 c+ n, @
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 |0 @) W/ c+ w) qCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
% `" X" _, j7 w1 jDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards4 i  p. ~2 X' h5 b. Q% `
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
! C& I6 t3 B' h+ z) TRange closes to 8,000 yards
8 k2 t( @( J4 K+ g: N  ^! MCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards% u: |8 g. |9 P
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% p7 u9 h5 L0 g
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards) n( y# o% s+ M3 h
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
6 l/ M. L- m4 FDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards$ V2 w+ ?7 V5 V0 ]/ b* U; F
Range closes to 7,000 yards. h- [7 s- X: ]+ q) q
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. w+ g: z+ L2 ^* Q$ V$ VCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards& K8 `1 E$ G4 l# P8 _% U9 i; E
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. M9 Y) K1 l, {) t# `7 b6 g$ |CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) [0 C' J+ X% t. R
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
4 E$ r; H# A, A, D7 g* c; C  Z' hCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards8 T) ~& |$ b: e5 {- P
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# L1 J- @# J: w; @CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards: g) w, d! T- k/ I# |5 c
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards( \8 l* G0 C: T: W, ^, c
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
. Q; |( }3 w8 R# l; JAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
6 W" Q: R, }8 L6 h7 j# S$ ]DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards  [" P7 r- @' ]- p, h
Range increases to 8,000 yards" c& \" u5 ?; V4 ~& U' V/ h: Z7 B
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards+ m/ w' B0 N% P. w4 B3 ]$ Y
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
' T7 g/ k/ ?; k/ \& }2 w, B6 iCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
$ U4 f0 `  R& j8 b5 oJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 V' ?& k& O% t4 ZTask forces break off...+ P& P' U/ y/ h1 `, t. z, F& p/ L
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# z1 j) @) g& W$ v5 t" x. s( P. hNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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' H: w( x2 r- h' P* N! X" ]      APD T-1
" a. ^0 x! H8 s; {5 {      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
) T6 Z/ d0 g* L1 T9 p& C      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
8 H' w  S- U: {1 p      APD T-5
0 }6 A& Y1 [5 u' ]) R      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk% C. y+ r$ v! c( H9 J+ R: Z' T1 P9 N
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk% e+ u; L2 l# n" S9 Z& s

* g4 t8 P, d( b- x/ jAllied Ships/ \9 A& W7 @1 L8 n8 w
      CA Portland9 M2 E% @6 {: ]  _6 y
      CA Northampton0 O7 m4 N1 [4 N: J7 [
      CA Chester
' Z& ^; G  T: j+ v- k      CA Louisville* w" P0 ?7 K! V) Y: q! }6 n
      CA Chicago
* j2 M7 q  e* \4 `0 X) z5 r! e      CA Astoria
1 P  [, }; b0 ~' E  t+ }      CA Minneapolis8 B+ P4 o% X' h
      CA San Francisco
6 E9 A  e! p% T3 g) X      CA Quincy( p. n( T2 e4 k/ a7 }
      CA Vincennes, \3 r6 I% H# h6 U" |2 B, D
      CA Wichita2 X- U- K" Y( d5 e) l
      DD Bennett
) m' u8 @: W# ]. H      DD Bradford
7 C- w: b% _! Z/ X6 G      DD Braine
1 j0 c+ f: h6 h; \      DD Brownson: r7 {' C& B8 S$ k/ |
      DD Bryant
$ x4 a9 w2 I# [. O      DD Bullard
% J0 K- V* [6 Y6 K$ C0 a% x1 N: z      DD Burns/ u# D# n' R1 K5 J- o
      DD Callaghan
% I+ D0 A7 G+ V. C8 h      DD Caperton
+ l* f4 `/ u9 \' D; \) j      DD Capps$ r( j+ W8 w' S) V* @. t
      DMS Emmons! v1 G1 K3 M5 Z1 u$ Z: @, H8 _
      DMS Macomb& @! g2 @# i2 I3 l* G5 @6 X' M( n
      DMS Rodman- [" h7 q" N% K0 L1 \  ?* j3 h) W
      DMS Gherardi- N, `# S' t* ~4 [! g, v

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
* ?( v' ~& z0 QRange closes to 28,000 yards...: a" `! s% w! Y4 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards8 a5 K# c' G6 G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...) \7 B) ?- }9 D7 }$ G
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." R9 M* _7 `" F6 _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
* u; ^5 W" C  T% P% sRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* C( G( h# h- J! \+ aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
0 O4 k( ?/ Z9 h! s" [% [Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 e% `% }' m' E% L$ R3 |4 M1 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
5 y; M7 k  d4 S7 U, X, yRange closes to 18,000 yards...
1 A' v* z( e. u% k3 eRange closes to 16,000 yards...  b5 d. s0 k) ^0 M/ a% h! m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
" T4 g# p* s3 e. J4 R7 _9 j$ @) DRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) h4 e- K$ U' }( ~; `6 mRange closes to 12,000 yards...
2 x* L- J7 x0 Q8 YRange closes to 11,000 yards...! Y, [( {1 ?) _& U
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
  N# q4 s! F/ `# W: v3 sRange closes to 9,000 yards...
" s& ?0 N( |. {" j2 Z6 [Range closes to 8,000 yards...
. y  L& p5 _7 f- j! j3 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards  P% S0 N4 S( m% @
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards* l! ]3 P6 A3 z3 V2 u/ S1 f
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
$ A. N4 @2 O, e7 oCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) Z3 b) Q# K# r: Z, m& k0 g$ {DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
4 c. s' W. G5 [/ B* TAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards" K2 n+ D2 S; M/ C1 ~8 j4 L7 {
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards, I: h, z$ [' c9 q
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
' L! l6 Q8 C1 {3 _3 t6 ^$ FCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
$ D3 }5 ~, W- R, n& @/ oCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards% U* F  O2 J. b) I+ T  H
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. R( Q/ Y( H. D& A
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
6 }; p8 {5 G. E. U, eDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards$ F  e' X7 h1 D9 ?2 ~( d1 ~$ e2 N
Range closes to 5,000 yards( {' f. U7 e) y8 ~5 H0 c
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 3 ?, m1 P) E3 N5 E  j
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
* i. e7 _( Y9 {3 N- b: TCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards& l# [6 g! G0 k
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
/ w0 Y3 L! a) N6 Q* ~DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
" v3 f% n5 F! _% N) _; ZRange closes to 2,000 yards: x3 n0 A1 q. Q9 P! c* E  ]
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
- c; O$ ~/ k* XCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
' R, X+ ]6 P  @$ ^CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards% W3 v7 Q6 G5 r2 j% o; ?" h- W
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards# x4 }1 L8 {4 n# W5 Q" e9 n7 N" g
Range increases to 6,000 yards/ D9 P3 A6 X( e; @
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards1 {" t+ A6 G* S7 U
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
1 T- l  w% y' G3 MAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
+ v1 Q% _6 |1 U6 k% c" F7 `+ p9 mRange increases to 9,000 yards: a1 s8 ?# j! |4 E6 B) H9 Q2 }
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards) _/ b' N5 L' q7 S3 b6 g
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 H5 e1 {% ^8 Q) g- _8 p7 @CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
# Q. ^+ T( A( P& B1 D/ F& T- s5 u/ JDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards( C! ^7 I5 K* N1 z* }/ ^% y
Range increases to 13,000 yards6 s: e/ v9 s( Q+ }
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards8 k4 c  L* D( N: \1 e* M
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
3 a: i0 F( B2 N5 Z8 I; l9 M# QJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape6 |  L4 v  z( C
Task forces break off...# ~: W8 B# [" C

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards% {7 m8 I5 U( }: }
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
- s, Z, w8 c, W6 O      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk$ M" l+ m5 E$ Z! y7 S# G6 G" K
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Allied Ships
  g" h" B' H/ j. }8 E: N" A: y4 c# n      BB North Carolina" {- V' S% d0 M5 B8 I
      BB Washington
+ c/ s6 h. N3 n1 r0 Z      BB South Dakota* m( y* y3 R/ L' k7 ?) i
      BB Indiana. Y2 y. d) b9 i
      BB Massachusetts
) J7 C: j' ?/ d( z0 R6 A* R8 j      BB Alabama* W) R) W$ I: N$ ?* f# i1 T; c
      DD Conner$ X- Y, n0 s/ d) j% I6 }. @/ I
      DD Cotten; X: K3 S9 M% ?) k/ D
      DD Cowell
0 D! r/ r2 C. r, ?      DD Daly0 K+ |* v! ^5 q& ?( E# @
      DD Eaton
; b5 O: k  D- b( y6 o# d      DD Heywood Edwards
: Y& `3 m6 W  \8 o/ X5 U      DD Erben5 c& P7 m3 l% w5 ]8 b
      DD Evans
$ X: o$ k1 ~; X      DD Foote
9 |6 s% j5 G. E7 M& e3 @. ?6 l      DD Franks
' T- G0 Z  R9 v' m      DD Fullam
, F3 Q/ w& w: `' `8 L      DD Gatling
$ f9 y- p9 d  Q7 ~: Z8 P$ b  [$ |      DD Albert Grant6 X2 O$ o+ w4 O5 }4 g" P: Z3 n
      DD Gregory/ r" m9 \* ~  R# C8 r4 I) |
      DD Guest! i6 P7 P  m3 b$ G" ?
      DMS Hamilton
9 }2 y* d3 B. `( Q      DMS Forrest' L' C7 f. ?- G$ O% [
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards& ]: S4 {4 W& |( L* \
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
4 K" g2 m3 _6 u) ?0 y# DRange closes to 26,000 yards...$ o: o+ O; J9 y* f0 y' n
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
, q4 w3 F6 N$ gRange closes to 22,000 yards...: S$ E: T* G2 z$ V  s, P
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
, Z4 I, O4 G. A& L$ J1 z5 GRange closes to 18,000 yards...
5 h  C2 }4 E0 yRange closes to 16,000 yards...
* P9 k3 X0 T, e& |' f$ ~Range closes to 14,000 yards...' l2 i% F/ j) W6 k# C0 a
Range closes to 12,000 yards.../ h  S# m1 c- {. q3 _6 Z8 Y
Range closes to 11,000 yards..., [) O5 ?  X# J2 i- g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards" c+ H$ R! W4 D" _# P
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
/ {. W4 z2 }9 X* A& n0 `4 QRange closes to 9,000 yards...% |3 H8 }; ?0 s( C8 s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards* c% {/ V8 g3 C3 ?0 ]
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' ?7 L* \( y4 v6 t; q7 A
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards* [! o; s& u& r4 h
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards% w0 d8 X: N3 V; s5 G: {: Y
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
0 ^3 @8 |! C) E* ^, |; m/ QDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 G  o0 \% S+ @  |6 E% ?6 j
Range closes to 5,000 yards
+ e& t" L  d- d) r4 ^" `: N; ADMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards7 X1 X* c* U" D% G$ G4 L2 h
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards  G. X" i, Y- G6 D$ y
Range closes to 3,000 yards! K, p. e$ _" y: ~! \
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
. {8 \8 K. G; ]" p" \7 H9 z) @DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards& n9 e6 K6 S, v
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
3 c2 G2 @' B3 \. V# r$ ^* Q; DDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ d' K9 k: t) c3 ]  h
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards; q  r1 _) B/ n" p; ~
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
, S8 Y' O& Q4 g: vBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards6 ?% _1 Q. |$ C
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards' _6 ]+ ]  d/ I' t* B
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
( y  v/ \* ~2 g& M6 n, xRange increases to 5,000 yards% S3 Q( h, U1 \$ ~! L- B5 I# F, _
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
& d; w! I" P5 R5 f/ e5 Q! v" h1 WDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards: x( Y3 s4 z& E: k, Q. a
Range increases to 7,000 yards
" T3 E* A- k) b" ^, rDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
; V- ~, x$ i# a8 S- n6 B5 }  xDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
7 [- `2 R+ F1 v7 R5 [; h( ~DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
3 o. x' m4 _1 @1 G. D9 Z; nAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
' j, v8 l2 I7 x& _: J9 VAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards% }9 m( I/ t: E+ o) K8 Q$ h7 y+ w
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...