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威克岛成为菜花天蝗的瓜岛战役,三个梯队轮番上阵,岛上的日军每日绝望地数炮弹" h- ?9 F" h: r1 w: \! D
日军的补给编队被痛扁,盟军的炮火连大统领都看着咋舌. L6 ~/ p( }/ {4 \, m
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wake Island at 136,98, Range 12,000 Yards0 p/ _. a0 n/ T3 X1 h3 M7 f# D* [
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Japanese Ships
* H3 g. n- z8 t$ {% ^# f3 ]" G PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage, I& ]4 T3 n0 Q9 O+ A; W, C' B! G
PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 1
. B# ]" k- [7 t PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
. n- Y$ m1 i0 O3 P PB Sonan Maru #5, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
( m/ ^5 {# T: X1 X, J4 j xAK Tsukuba Maru7 [% z+ a4 O' y6 D! j6 ~5 @, P4 \
xAK Meiyo Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
( `% J7 d( [& f xAK Hakonesan Maru: N% z+ I/ w2 M( M8 {- }4 O8 Q
xAK Yamayuri Maru, Shell hits 1
i7 ]9 ]7 p8 ], c8 y3 T$ A xAK Heian Maru5 a1 f+ E* _# {* A# M
xAK Saiho Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, `7 `) x$ e4 E" s PB Yahada Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage" z4 y7 t S [5 O ~0 u+ L
PB Sureboko Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Allied Ships
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DD Sims, Shell hits 11 o' v0 S+ t# N! n J5 f- p
DD Hughes
5 Q% z; C. R" a* S9 U/ j% I3 H" U; y DD Anderson
& X! I/ ?, C+ ?$ N* f DD Mugford, Shell hits 1
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! E: P- R0 a4 ZGround combat at Wake Island (136,98)
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6 a+ N7 M% s7 O4 ?4 y+ C ~" AAllied Bombardment attack
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' Z1 z" G4 w1 q& B+ q( `Attacking force 1405 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 w0 r5 F! a6 D+ T
* Y% L# J' X# ?, m& y0 UDefending force 4937 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82% }5 b$ x" I' P7 ^! v) ~# G* x
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Japanese ground losses:9 \" R* T2 M/ l; E7 f
560 casualties reported$ y" `; ~3 v E9 v* v1 I/ h1 |
Squads: 34 destroyed, 7 disabled
/ \$ x7 h# K4 ]; W$ G1 a( W+ Y9 Q Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled3 H6 j% R% @' \( w! Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 B1 _% g9 x" I5 Q8 Q6 l
) `/ h: j3 U0 |; x1 eAssaulting units:
2 y* j8 C, J9 H) D, Y& f 1st Marine Defense Battalion7 {7 ?! x$ }$ L7 `1 S+ M
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4 O {3 G8 Y. a: m 6th Marine Defense Battalion
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3 ?2 g. F% N- |7 D3 U. U7 {- j& }Defending units:
0 P3 y4 b; r( j. R' A! C( D% L 144th Infantry Regiment
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