hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 440 X( \* A( F) U6 C* ]. V
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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7 s  D4 r( h$ ]* V. L
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5 ?) g. X! [5 z6 W$ ?; \& WNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.' K' k/ V" P- P7 |8 }# S
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Allied Ships
1 ~8 E  Z/ N0 f( r) L      CA Wichita
0 e0 p. t: J8 D( V3 ^      CA Vincennes
# ?) @- B( n0 c9 ^: O      CA Quincy
1 w( K* G2 V; c* u; v  p      CA San Francisco
% {( ?: t1 E+ z. {      CA Minneapolis3 b3 D6 T9 _( K, `5 p- Z) Z8 v  d
      CA Astoria+ ]9 z* w( \/ g6 T& C6 H
      CA Chicago7 _8 I2 t/ G$ M( d
      CA Louisville# n0 P& F+ G+ ?8 j6 C
      CA Chester
9 ]( T/ c5 g. s; q      CA Northampton
4 M, {$ ?$ Q/ a/ M5 `% I7 W      CA Portland5 f9 p; a6 v$ r( W3 b
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Japanese ground losses:
5 n& p( L. c3 O2 e      71 casualties reported
* p5 z) H: r: W- e4 m; R$ N; A         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
* p- `. B. P* Y$ w6 W         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled% d+ t$ y! C. W) x# J
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
0 @) ]4 a3 I& g9 X) K3 S# N      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)  {6 \) ?' \, H# S' |1 M  D

) w1 d7 m2 ]6 B) kAirbase hits 2
' Q7 `: L4 j. W/ H' w* hRunway hits 10
& V2 Y/ K8 ^) o5 E& ^: QPort hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
9 ~6 ~" Q* G$ F8 x: D7 \CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% W5 u) Y+ E6 v8 h
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes, l0 C- {+ v5 S
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
- ^8 N6 J/ m9 w! n" P" @Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy% i, H  C5 J5 ?) M) ~3 J+ d7 T- e
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
, ~. W2 h% H% I( u" cCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
" r. C  H3 U' O+ vPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria6 E' l9 ^" n. r& j* X- E. a
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 x4 F4 p! @7 RCA Chicago firing at Ponape $ _& Z0 K! X! ]9 P. V. E
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
$ o9 r* c6 x6 DOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
! Y1 _/ q3 X. mCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress5 A9 W& x4 l2 [4 R5 ~. O- N) J
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division0 c  ]$ m1 v. d+ K# L4 Y+ E
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
' u7 g. u+ X* u# g/ B2 y3 a2 uCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 K0 \8 P6 H1 w! W8 H) U& Q

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      BB Alabama
. }' i. q2 `* l4 A6 u      BB Massachusetts8 P9 @' R% b) T& f
      BB Indiana! w4 [, Z8 Y6 }# q
      BB South Dakota
$ a2 V3 \) K2 A/ z+ d      BB Washington
$ l# G: j9 Z: {2 F( ^! U, Q0 i      BB North Carolina, h, k+ }! r3 X" F0 c8 @" k
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Japanese ground losses:/ k6 p, h$ L0 f; v2 ^6 k
      275 casualties reported$ C' ~# ^8 G7 s4 O( M. o- G
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled9 t  E4 N1 t9 A1 q5 F7 I
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
) o  ~' L2 w- N         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
( P0 O8 `. D7 ?2 V      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
2 y+ i0 e' L8 c% P" I      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ X4 {4 E. o/ P1 y3 f0 ~/ R

, l6 e# \, h- C4 o' b* D9 v$ |+ H  SAirbase supply hits 1
. L8 c9 a+ \5 p. t8 H! Z: }* I6 QRunway hits 7
& X* D0 |" O. x, i2 q% pPort hits 3
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4 r% o8 E; i. ?* `3 X4 B! `  e8 eBB Alabama firing at Ponape " D! B$ ^- H  ^1 `4 h9 }, J. z
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape . [3 _& P, D2 n0 V8 R
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division$ n5 C+ e7 F8 f+ u
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
* B0 M  V4 Z0 X) A$ g$ u3 N) PBB South Dakota firing at Ponape ) k; Y6 a& _4 P4 _
BB Washington firing at Ponape
' s2 \& J/ O1 z* O$ i4 U) e' I' fBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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, g! ?4 w1 f; _1 o% j# ENight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships1 S+ j) _+ X7 f# X) K+ |
      BB Queen Elizabeth/ S" v7 g+ {: W3 [4 X. m
      BB Valiant
' f, a2 I/ T0 q" T      BB Mississippi+ K/ \/ o, n- h6 a0 \
      BB New Mexico
; F1 i1 z  J% y; N3 d, `) c      BB Idaho
- M! d2 N/ S8 d. ^6 E; h  ]- `      BB West Virginia. G. c% \2 i. O9 H- z4 o
      BB Colorado3 F: l9 C. i+ {% L: R  {

! t, z; B  f2 w' T9 H% P4 f; v. bJapanese ground losses:1 ]0 t% b1 c2 f: `, n
      117 casualties reported
# z6 V6 Q$ I* V# U2 E) X1 Z         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled" P3 c' h( A% F/ h! K8 S' u  d
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 v( P& i3 F8 w2 F' @& ~1 d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ l7 i+ c( s3 X4 @4 G( c" O# p6 ^7 q      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
) q3 r! d, t$ a; o) i9 I      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
  T" K( @9 O( Y* |, [( vRunway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; {- z- g) C6 s+ f) E
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 J! P& s9 q5 t0 F6 w1 i# EBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress7 T) P! I" K; v
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
) ?& R9 M- O0 V; ^BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division$ L% s% B* t! ~' J5 ?( e! K
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
- }% v6 I* @# l; ?, B, I3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho9 v9 ^" Y% B1 [4 T- W! d: r
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 6 `+ D3 E: a. U, S6 ~
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force. D: S0 n* o$ v! u+ Q
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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1 Z( }6 ~, g2 V! _% @Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)0 R2 u: L3 x. b

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; f& f. H$ u, aRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
9 {2 n$ Y. p6 XEstimated time to target is 34 minutes( R4 u1 @9 ~4 F

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  ?6 B7 c3 C" d# u( r" U      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
" P' E4 [5 O8 q. ~2 a1 R% q$ Z% h+ M      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
& m2 {2 q) Y' m9 J% a5 }6 o, h      TBM-1C Avenger x 283, ^! n6 Z: \, Z% @8 V. ~/ U
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Allied aircraft losses* w: J6 E' m' f. R$ n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
- ~- x2 y( P, v! P% R! C      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak* U9 m; f( [+ t6 Z# g
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged# U! v1 o# P. q' d/ N3 T
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:. K8 W' w( t2 B7 `* B0 E# o
      159 casualties reported. p1 ~% a5 m) d
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled& L% h- B; a( y1 F, P) @' w/ M
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled$ q9 I+ u0 e% x6 d0 U
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ Y- N1 W' ~( E8 j
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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9 b# b. {8 p: N: CAllied Deliberate attack/ E. L5 g; e  O9 q% C+ H
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931/ F* a0 R+ F# N& y0 x2 {

5 D+ d; ~. _' z0 |2 k0 P* m# `2 iDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 79 u9 D+ {, a# Q
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406 1 @" X  @: z& ?- F+ c
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 ' S7 \) u: ]8 i7 J
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 3 A" s4 x! C% a, F; S) Q! `

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$ _0 ^% F/ ~; gDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)& K1 e3 s- o; K8 p
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
. B+ O7 e' Q  \      3539 casualties reported
1 @$ _7 [: v( ]6 [         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled. M( m+ j" b' x: A! H
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
( F9 I5 H+ [, F8 [* H6 r0 R3 C         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled6 _4 p; N1 X( N3 l* |
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)/ B/ p9 E) R( R  y3 U
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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5 f% v+ G* m1 J4 s  d+ ZAllied ground losses:
  M" W5 a* Y) V( ?' o. v      3552 casualties reported& u; l8 ]8 s! r& Y+ O6 G8 i
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled2 l6 U* A% T: B5 V: w; ?6 M/ s7 {; M
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled' J, C5 p( V* p$ j
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled, }) P, c! D/ f( f! b+ G
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)' s, M! A" V6 m6 p" a
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
1 T$ Y5 B1 a6 G% a5 Z3 s$ j      Units destroyed 1/ Y) [" t8 I8 [$ q: U
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Assaulting units:6 s' }# o# X1 P
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
8 J, u$ ]2 D: x9 L- `! V+ r' r    5th Marine Division6 v& f7 V7 J, {6 ~' K
    716th Tank Battalion
8 j4 V8 c, _' F    706th Tank Battalion
$ @5 q4 G0 J8 c, ?/ Z    762nd Tank Battalion2 c" i2 y0 T6 N" c' x9 y! w
    710th Tank Battalion, z5 v1 }( o6 \& Z2 E9 |1 {  D
    767th Tank Battalion
% [. Z! I. A8 C4 \    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
+ n* u6 u' p7 s2 `. \" u    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
& y: F6 t) _: M    81st Infantry Division
# ?1 E. v/ R* w# ]% v    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment0 j% g3 N! x8 n7 }# i- g3 l
    96th Infantry Division
% R9 N8 d- {; m8 _9 n+ U6 b! n, V    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment& z' ?- v6 ]: R+ O% T" D, A$ D9 f
    711th Tank Battalion- n0 h- M5 ~* i3 @' y" V
    44th Tank Battalion
- z! b( {0 x7 V) t- t    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
' s, h. r; ]. t$ J    6th Infantry Division2 |9 D5 i- `: o6 {$ _+ t6 b
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
6 q( l* q& |* S% ~3 x8 q    31st Infantry Regiment/ q: j# i, q( T7 a" g2 K% V5 n
    XIV US Corps$ K' N; ]: W" L! S6 r0 h, F
    96th Coast AA Regiment; _( |5 z' o- O' {# K4 L
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
- i9 f8 b5 T( b+ [' e    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 `# |1 q5 q7 v/ }& n3 h    14th Marine Defense Battalion6 d4 d7 w3 N! }% v' u+ g/ w
    1st USMC AA Battalion) g5 q4 S! \8 n$ h( o/ T8 K5 |) e
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 v/ F+ ]( N. T& }    5th USA Defense Battalion
  f: ?7 d, M  O( `) e* }) a" [6 h$ Q    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& i5 \" k+ n1 T    738th Coast AA Regiment
8 P. r3 W+ [- ?: s    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
% I5 X% ]+ x: }) f. S$ Q    I Corps Artillery " f* k  a( X% z; i
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
9 `( \7 Y- w' W& g  b% ~6 r    X Corps Artillery 5 T0 P- t: c& P# L+ s& f( l
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 {) i- S3 f5 k; R1 b, I4 p
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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% Q& e* y1 F8 ?+ Q. K7 qDefending units:
+ g0 k6 l" O, U' c4 [    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
8 ^8 E& ~' q7 H) p    52nd Naval Guard Unit5 |- r1 C. @* G0 U! D
    144th Infantry Regiment
% j5 J' h5 m: \2 Q$ K& l4 s; o    Kure 3rd SNLF+ ~* T+ p: F+ H
    Sasebo 7th SNLF9 ?2 Z4 i; U, t. c4 \) p% T+ j
    33rd/B Division( Z0 |: B! h' Z9 P- j' T
    81st/C Division( I& F1 j! q- q6 b1 N
    81st/A Division: n6 c4 Z' c8 h, Y/ B) D
    81st/B Division3 e2 J. C3 X6 n
    33rd/A Division' o7 z& z& x  e" Y' V/ g
    138th Infantry Regiment) i2 U9 k7 A- f, D& M5 o; F
    33rd/C Division
5 c' C, J0 v9 f0 n0 M    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  V$ g+ B7 s  x    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion2 |- x' I2 x$ G3 F& d9 n8 i
    19th JAAF Base Force
2 `& h4 s! U+ U6 A1 w    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
6 [1 Y9 E6 L3 d* i& x7 O" i    12th Air Fleet
* A% b. E" T* j/ Z0 l' v    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. w1 Q3 A& J% x! Z" c4 S% t    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
6 ?! L( B, m5 R5 u    63rd Field AA Battalion9 y' j+ a9 @! c
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ H% p, l8 T# p! g( m7 {+ c+ b- p    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
1 W  F* m4 ^3 H3 ~    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: ^1 e+ Q( Z7 {  q/ K3 M    Ponape Naval Fortress' L7 `; @9 M, @- R* W; [
    61st Field AA Battalion
. n" i  ]% @6 U* p) @    18th Army
; z- e# o4 i8 z7 F4 o    14th Area Army /1
9 H% q. X: Z7 W( J3 [" W    60th Field AA Battalion
+ u/ u9 Z# h- [- ^    53rd Construction Battalion+ P, N! }) L* ?+ p; b' ?
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# k1 p6 w' W9 |* B
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1: d; s6 m  ]9 O" R
    Kure 7th SNLF; t/ s, P$ [) k4 ^5 C
    3rd Base Force
# y) c; t& m( x( _# p3 v    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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, x2 N! g) k4 \9 Q

! N+ P0 U$ s5 x* K6 x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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Allied Ships
8 k; U) m6 L( D/ b      CA Vincennes3 T5 e' v7 d/ f' y
      CA Quincy* I5 L" u" T* W. y# F1 d. C
      CA San Francisco( J. n: G' q# T) n5 s: B- }
      CA Minneapolis
) I4 m3 v. Z, H5 j/ K      CA Astoria
6 z/ ~0 n& f! I! d      CA Chicago
" g# `+ H. E/ t" G3 _/ B" B+ h4 v+ M      CA Louisville
% @+ e( S. S9 W, A      CA Chester8 s" O6 ]8 i: b2 P3 B# U
      CA Northampton
* m. S9 V4 Q; A. Q      CA Portland1 h7 D4 m& c* A( M! S
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Japanese ground losses:2 F' q$ b- C6 u6 X) W
      112 casualties reported
( P* [2 h, K" F6 s         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled% C0 R6 Q5 V5 E6 p' W
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
1 C9 \7 _1 q7 R7 D. r# g. A9 }         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled2 M5 y% ^5 T; b4 ?, a8 V# c% @: ]
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Airbase hits 57 y# z0 x9 @6 m
Airbase supply hits 2
/ d1 O4 H- a/ _( I+ r0 l, zRunway hits 21$ g7 y* e! ?3 B6 e5 \! a5 G3 ]
Port hits 7
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4 d4 W- n! c; Y" j# WNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113. H! z7 T; f4 B# U2 ~

0 n; }  n9 U5 i4 \! j% gAllied Ships- ^2 r& i! M. i' Z1 _4 w
      BB Alabama
- P/ u' S0 F0 ^8 r6 c/ |      BB Massachusetts+ U& c; V/ h' n0 K& r! w
      BB Indiana
6 D  K& @* Y9 d; n      BB South Dakota
( Q6 H- v. x. @; Y% T5 g+ W      BB Washington
% |, W0 ^! o2 Q& _0 Z6 S, E      BB North Carolina6 |6 R1 x5 l; O( A

8 }4 @3 [9 _! w% B. tJapanese ground losses:
3 ]' m. L( E* H, x/ N! O      398 casualties reported
* P9 l3 y; |( i/ t         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled7 i/ W0 e2 j2 L8 H6 I9 M# J
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
& T& Q* c- Y. w8 X4 s! B% N* @         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
, B9 Q# Y3 ^, ^# h      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)' B) E; y$ I2 ?' [# [1 f
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)% V' y7 S9 ^3 @3 S& F

' \1 J9 T$ W$ j, f+ }& f! HAirbase hits 9  }* d+ k  P# g8 H% w2 q8 |
Runway hits 9
) O$ @9 j% |$ ]# a, m- mPort hits 2
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6 d, h% c! k+ Q6 `1 u, ]$ b$ `BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
) d8 o& Y0 f+ ~2 I9 DBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 9 T7 p. O( y# j2 i1 D( i& R
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division5 }( t& T5 }: [( R5 w. ?: @# L
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape ! s: g9 M) W6 y" v# c
BB Washington firing at Ponape
* M. p" B# K. M5 \BB North Carolina firing at Ponape ' B) |" w% k- ^7 P: f) u# n$ w! X7 H
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. ~4 u3 y, \# j* f: G- xNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1136 ^4 A# k. W  B/ Q5 q
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Allied Ships
0 A5 O" I6 b( E0 O6 F* \$ E+ m% I$ y      BB Mississippi" w; I" N2 b# W8 e
      BB New Mexico. t- e8 W: j7 i* g! M/ D9 D5 i# k
      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:& e1 X6 q; y- p& ~$ M
      195 casualties reported
8 D; R$ E6 M. b) T         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled8 W1 C. X: S: O$ _$ ~! ?& X' R2 G
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
6 [& ~1 e4 p. r. W0 |         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 }0 L$ Y4 E3 w/ `2 |0 z      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)1 @; s/ E) H$ U% R6 X
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)/ r; [  z3 o$ [) g7 q

2 f1 {0 p+ j7 R0 X; rAirbase hits 30 Z. t5 q3 `2 ]) S% c( b
Runway hits 14
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$ T4 ~; ~3 H6 h! x  hBB Mississippi firing at Ponape
% p6 ~7 `8 {) i  Z$ f3 S) j+ ZBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
4 E  d8 n/ h4 k5 y9 R0 ^BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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% |. q% f3 b2 ^+ a1 j8 ~Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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2 n+ z/ x7 O' C* k. Y" k' ]Weather in hex: Severe storms
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1 n+ D9 y  U( E  [1 g! E) @Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
: w7 ?3 U- ?7 [! f7 a( sEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
% c- n' @: G& u/ d% G/ F# `      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462* b6 j$ H, n( z% x. f+ i$ c
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3332 ]7 k8 ^+ w& I5 u+ T
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
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Allied aircraft losses
; K; Y) v! x. E$ I; d- z      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged$ k! J8 ^" A7 ], w3 O7 P' G( r0 u* I& b
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak0 X) D  j/ w) x& v4 J0 X
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:/ h! `7 _8 \$ d- i7 V0 V- s
      121 casualties reported
+ h1 d# n0 R% A! N  g7 }1 V5 z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled( E$ }, H' v: l
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled7 @8 V( ]% `  K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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+ ]. T+ Q2 j' A- _3 Z4 B7 F1 s9 L% mGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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- {( O" S  u+ U* VAllied Deliberate attack1 r) w& F4 ~8 Z- s

( Q2 K; [2 F: ^  I8 h" b$ U5 E% I- ~Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629$ a6 L, x/ K: ]. g. N

4 E% c; A4 F7 S$ g4 A4 ]: I: s' ?2 N+ RDefending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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  b5 ]( e( x5 h0 ^: W; o3 u. FAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 68 c0 `, Y# U- B" t/ h

; M, S: @0 m% V! p0 YAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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- a" \( M) U6 t  }, \  [Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers
5 ~! D8 X/ X" i7 `! @/ r4 l1 dDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
, `0 {* H' J4 Y* t! [2 D3 M0 i3 z* LAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
! m  h' i4 z8 j5 E5 [. W% f6 I      2305 casualties reported# u9 L/ L( x, N: [$ @7 h; _( c8 H
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled; t* v5 R# j1 E, v4 }2 J
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
' L7 E5 ?" r- \, x! q) h1 q. O         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
  x. j6 W/ ?& M8 A+ J& _+ y      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
* T8 l2 }  A$ V9 p8 V  S- m& j      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:( D) Q- p0 O- |/ v
      3064 casualties reported9 v# P% K. z/ u
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled1 R, u( k: Q, X% e! o
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled# v& D, U0 N7 m# d/ s- m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled& P* Z; U! `; t6 c0 I. v
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)3 {, r3 G4 A8 K6 y
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
, ^, ?4 o: P$ |" p3 q    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment# v. p# @( c5 u/ A) `/ Q: ^
    711th Tank Battalion, ?# q1 u* K1 r2 }$ F
    716th Tank Battalion
! Q, W& [" J- M# d4 o8 r    6th Infantry Division
4 u; U3 B/ z1 h3 p    44th Tank Battalion9 V+ w; d/ F7 ]  y7 }1 P
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment3 H2 i5 u. }9 F- e+ x
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. X0 K/ h) G0 A; L    81st Infantry Division
  p; f: Z3 j* q+ A4 v# j% J    767th Tank Battalion
! F( z3 m. n+ f4 J) T1 ?0 B1 `    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment8 K% w5 O1 @8 a& t1 Q9 e
    762nd Tank Battalion* p6 v' w4 L; T
    710th Tank Battalion
) R2 _9 r# t3 W    96th Infantry Division2 m4 K/ V1 W" s; B5 W" J" C
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
7 d6 R* z  F3 ]' ^( G! l    706th Tank Battalion
2 u7 _- Q6 S' k    5th Marine Division
6 G/ ^* L8 _$ y$ D( s: l5 u    31st Infantry Regiment0 w7 K9 o! b5 @! U7 b, H3 k% b% Q! g
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
% `% y4 E. @, ?  {* r0 O    1st USMC AA Battalion9 w+ I( C: d) I, T0 Q, S( ?
    738th Coast AA Regiment, X5 e5 h. a) k$ _
    96th Coast AA Regiment+ }6 f8 l" e$ ~2 k! w
    14th Marine Defense Battalion2 [7 ~2 W  t0 q
    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 a) q/ v4 [0 b  X8 B0 I
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 e+ j9 c  x  E" f9 F4 x* O1 _/ [    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ {! O# ]8 p- j# l    XIV US Corps
) E6 R# K" K! l8 V    X Corps Artillery
& r* W! d) y7 O    5th USA Defense Battalion% J5 J3 k- @" b" j1 _" Z! p2 L
    4th USA Defense Battalion# x0 F- ~: J1 U9 f: I; Y
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment* {0 S/ i6 }' q8 I  G7 Z1 D
    I Corps Artillery
( ]$ m% F5 d! |8 \6 p- B    8th Marine Defense Battalion) L, i7 e: Z3 q' i5 _. v
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment6 M& ^) d( i% n- V4 N3 u

# U- E' L: |% B( `# D4 q- l9 ZDefending units:/ J/ @) A9 }& S+ F* j- R4 b7 Z
    Ponape Naval Fortress6 e: H, m3 F. q% E
    81st/C Division9 f8 Y, P0 W& Q% o- m9 w' _: [
    52nd Naval Guard Unit) Q1 ]4 I+ t+ H. K! G
    138th Infantry Regiment1 t$ C9 s. E* T; w+ \2 V% J
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment  F. b8 q. U6 `2 @9 n- v
    Sasebo 7th SNLF& k7 x7 f' N% z/ O  J( h7 ]1 X; y
    144th Infantry Regiment6 x6 ]: k) s0 K. p. u* a: W3 p9 [
    81st/B Division1 y) K7 k5 ~( Y! T; X$ B2 V
    33rd/B Division
' g) x8 y4 B( T* M    33rd/A Division
, W8 ?& P' Y. l9 `    81st/A Division
) j; z% h/ e# ^. h    Kure 3rd SNLF8 e( |  e( H8 }( j5 [; z& u1 ~2 W
    33rd/C Division
+ K( C! r: O. B4 P! ]1 A$ C( Y    53rd Construction Battalion
4 j# ]3 L% z" [$ N' e0 D% d! L    18th Army& v/ M( T: D5 Z( T5 _+ `
    14th Area Army /1
% Z+ Y; {* @; t* q2 t: D: Y    60th Field AA Battalion
3 s' Q4 H- t1 n$ Z/ f2 d    12th Air Fleet
& e4 {9 D- N7 h, b/ G1 I    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% T: a5 f+ E+ M* v    63rd Field AA Battalion9 d, V  F8 c4 X6 X. x7 v: q
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, g' Y# w) A3 N, D& m4 S5 ?# N
    3rd Base Force1 ?5 p' y7 {/ P+ e7 r; x, c
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
8 C4 j9 s" E. m6 d; p. s    Kure 7th SNLF
9 z/ E% }9 |6 o. f3 c  n    19th JAAF Base Force( ?7 N% I! p9 D$ X9 X# r5 I
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion8 ~- k: f/ I: h; W' A9 e6 F+ F
    61st Field AA Battalion) A3 o1 B2 h  ]8 v7 j
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co & r* m. g  E1 P4 X
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 o2 _) r0 m+ Y" M( u    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
8 K( `- x* P. l* h) F, n" _    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
$ ]0 V) {- a: i9 N* \5 \    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
" u! U1 v; h7 L9 X    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44+ M/ r4 a' _, ^" 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8 k/ Y, m6 S9 y  w$ a
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待& T9 @2 A' c2 ?8 Z3 [6 O% Z& ^% u4 K
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% z( }8 X7 u! Y( X
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& ^  U; |! q; m: A/ {
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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* M: q4 _5 a6 @" bAllied aircraft( R8 Y5 G: n  N2 K0 }
      P-38L Lightning x 23
; o: d6 G& l, ~# b, I5 ^; \      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30- C# X% t& h6 @  i. x( z+ [: {

0 t5 }" e3 H9 lAllied aircraft losses
, [# a; e" @- z4 h      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
5 w  _& j) `% s" _; E/ \. I% v; q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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" k, z. w% g1 m6 XJapanese Ships0 e+ x" H$ j: P3 p% ], ^  b
      DD Suruyame' ?4 d+ p4 M& H
      CL Ninaru) `4 q7 N$ k/ ?6 }$ a& ~1 R! v: _
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& Y( C2 I% W* H* D& ^- J, L      DD Yayoi
6 q' g* m- ~9 a3 |. @% W      CA Kako4 C2 G, ^* x2 f$ s4 d5 d& _. y
      DD Asagiri
9 J4 W9 q1 k; E% p. p" Q9 U      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:
$ r/ ^) c! g2 ~# q5 i& V* d3 T      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
' [' l4 N' c5 F! Q& s: J               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 G9 R1 n) U) E0 ^* j+ v* X& \       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'4 Q! s9 X; A- p- ]
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 p1 O4 L4 D* _. w/ P$ v       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
' Q' Y3 s3 \$ D               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
& W7 }9 d) p0 u) h2 D8 yHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi) E3 d/ r4 M; H* ?/ R9 F' q
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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1 i3 s# C! P* v+ fWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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( q. a: X* ^: r! v* I5 @Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
1 |2 x: L1 i# q, T" w* j7 oEstimated time to target is 34 minutes7 J: q2 V, q& a1 @

# Q/ ]1 z) ]1 W2 p( s* \  z% d% IAllied aircraft  }8 F) [! l6 Q
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462# E7 a! T: F, F4 ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
9 ~1 T3 c9 i# Q$ _; |1 x      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses2 q, r+ ?4 Q- U% @) {1 K8 h1 N; ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
7 c6 z9 D7 {) D      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak5 f  g1 u+ I; c* Q- o. c1 ^. q3 Q
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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$ K8 ]6 n2 _, P3 i+ ~0 e5 ~Japanese ground losses:
6 S5 G5 Q3 V# S8 e: y: q/ x      276 casualties reported* Y6 H3 y" o& ~: Z5 p5 h
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
- D* n" K, h) w         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled( F) U( A; E! p- b7 |" W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% S) R- M9 @  J) G
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)8 y; K! W8 C. {, K  V+ N
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)0 `" W/ e' E, [

6 G7 a7 J' o' \4 B6 Y* @* EAllied Bombardment attack5 F; H% C" V5 n' ?7 q
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22630 t% x* v! R% a
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017: y8 ^% c% N1 S5 V# K
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Japanese ground losses:
$ Y# Q" p; F8 F8 B; V+ F! X      1082 casualties reported% V) A) L/ j6 R3 Z
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
3 v% H( F& [1 ^) @6 w         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
- u, j* P4 u" n& e5 y         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
% |8 r$ r* e* U' L      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)% n" z# e' S/ @% u) N- o

' X2 q- n% L- }Allied ground losses:
0 U( H, N; y+ ^      23 casualties reported+ v. n) I" B1 s7 J2 r- z5 m% v
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled( s+ K8 d1 {9 }" ?# Q# O( f" G
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled7 E  ?2 d; C* ~/ I: L! T3 e. C* \
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- J0 a8 s3 M+ l! N+ V- o
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
8 u) C+ F* D* V0 }! z      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 440 V3 s, ^1 k, B# j% ~

3 Y. V( B6 N6 g$ G& V. |; ~东京快车出轨
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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。& a6 N- X6 A) D9 @. P: M* r

9 _" a( \0 |8 A" y. x0 j8 ]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。2 V0 s3 E$ |3 V$ I3 U
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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+ V  b/ i7 q- M      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk# [+ o- n4 B* ~0 t
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Allied Ships, a( X0 E& A* g4 {  _1 _
      CLAA Prince Robert2 d6 `" H% l7 c0 i0 k& z
      DD Saumarez
$ q  T6 c  [6 P# A" f; j      DD Nizam
: ~: B1 e2 K4 m      DD Ellet
, q$ {& I- `% H0 J      DD Waller& g$ ^' F, e; W6 h% j3 v
      DD Walker
5 X. ~* f+ N3 X5 ^  W      DD Wadleigh
( m  t- N- d1 w# q5 S6 M8 Q8 o- p      DD Uhlmann- z8 G! H+ k/ c# o2 C. V
      DD Twining4 |3 P! T/ ?+ ^" E2 \- F
      DD Twiggs7 F. @1 a5 E' K5 m" C
      DD David Taylor, W  ?# V! h/ W9 f2 X% Y
      DD Strong8 O' V& u( j/ ~
      DD Sproston7 ]- H' U" ~/ w% c5 O3 y- y
      DD Sigsbee
, Z) y  z5 H- z' @( B' p& Z9 R      DD Sigourney
' i2 Y' N2 h6 R# |$ i& J9 m      DD Schroeder: H% ]- V9 m/ ^
      DD Benham II
4 Y8 P) X4 N9 A9 r" S$ z5 T: Z      DD Cushing II/ j; P6 G: f! w8 m. R# I1 m
      DD Urchin
, d2 \8 U& H- `9 m) A) k      DD Urania
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort& C% ?& x. r& ?6 n# ?5 e
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search% Y2 ~$ h6 w) Y' t
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
" F; k: v$ X( u& A, C. ~SS I-48 forced to surface!- C" k/ f  h7 N4 c3 K3 R" R' _
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....! i. C/ Y  t( m9 a/ Z  a4 N
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
/ K9 v2 v+ {0 ^* W  L1 |8 N' JDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
  K& O0 R$ k2 P, I* N; G5 _DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....3 ?  b- c  e1 L# G
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....6 U! `) l0 T  P7 n
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards$ V% h$ P- A* m. ~

! Q+ J/ H2 s/ J& t8 P# EJapanese aircraft
, u) @* @+ D2 r$ F      no flights' b- \; i* R2 M& X2 g, Z0 G

; ~- U. g, N9 Z: ]Japanese aircraft losses
% \3 ~9 l+ R( h& i$ l# V      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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8 B. t9 z$ Y$ L1 `4 U& w3 t5 VJapanese Ships
4 L! p" U# J/ i% b/ n! N1 ]      CL Agano
' k7 I9 |: U1 g( b* f4 U3 D      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 24 B* m# `2 E. d  V5 \6 j
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 C# z3 T0 E( t. V- ~' K, M9 E      DD Hibiki& b" d/ G! C6 u" J) V
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
4 {7 m1 L* |5 n) j3 S. V      DD Shirakumo
0 o0 f( S8 M* u8 @. D      DD Isonami
$ C0 |& N1 \  F3 D      DD Murakumo
- S9 H2 L5 m( O4 W* K* E2 U2 ^  P      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk0 r0 H4 w* V9 x1 k. `
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Allied Ships; }7 m4 J* B3 }& ?) d2 [: S7 C
      BB North Carolina7 s8 @' k5 E( y$ V0 |/ g9 ^
      BB Washington) W0 r# N5 M( a! f4 h
      BB South Dakota2 }& c$ _) B: Z) d  i
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
6 ^' Q3 a5 G( ~  m4 r      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 24 D3 x2 W0 c, ~
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
. W  n, s: }/ p8 ^3 w9 R      DD Conner0 W0 s3 L5 V- w1 j" v9 A
      DD Cotten/ b+ W& o2 k6 z2 X
      DD Cowell4 _5 g" K" Y! H6 ^
      DD Daly6 `' r2 |1 v3 s
      DD Eaton
4 }( n. X4 o1 |; l      DD Heywood Edwards  K. U8 u- k2 s7 l. r
      DD Erben: z: v) I/ H' @1 I4 C
      DD Evans- S. W% {0 f" M; }- [
      DD Foote
: |. w0 d  E- Q      DD Franks' S+ ?+ q3 J5 o
      DD Fullam
( N2 f" X1 C3 n+ E; ^  N( v) _      DD Gatling
9 z/ r" E( W/ R4 T; v1 D      DD Albert Grant
: B, c  h2 S' {      DD Gregory
2 ~$ s! c+ X& ^4 B& k# E      DD Guest6 f3 n6 w5 _2 S1 R
      DMS Hamilton3 u* o+ q# d+ O
      DMS Forrest% J% D* Q  \; q1 [! x0 D7 a5 F
      DMS Ellyson
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: |  x! g' o2 v$ W& c+ _/ r+ FMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( s2 N: ?' i4 _Range closes to 28,000 yards...3 z! M- R$ w2 F! [9 [3 f' u3 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
: F: M- [7 C8 d" N4 [0 LCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards9 x" C4 D- k5 [' L& M! S9 e
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( t0 L( C" B3 l2 J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
3 o  V9 N$ m- Y$ \) m2 CRange closes to 24,000 yards...
/ e8 Q" C* M& ?. @* h: n) rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 Y. ]2 F  Z' q. y# r9 F8 d% WCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
0 ^% ?" Z. P9 s" hRange closes to 22,000 yards...8 O; X/ _3 P1 B5 ]& g: u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards6 r' O% Q! a& E- @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards8 H0 }4 l+ ^/ S  }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; @4 W5 [; ~- T4 r' H8 xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards( f. `0 ]) r9 \) l) ~
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 S8 t: m+ v4 Z# J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
8 a: g$ e9 \! `# E9 R# y$ rRange closes to 16,000 yards...
  L; G9 e. k9 m  l- OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards4 w6 f* S" U" s6 s
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ N9 ?# p" l( L" L1 t: j) |CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards* k  ]( k7 t# L- ]
Range closes to 12,000 yards..., O6 q: V" b8 b0 U8 P) s: b4 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
+ B6 |' W, C) p$ k) fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
& Z' v. u3 ?, _Range closes to 11,000 yards...& j7 v. ?4 u0 c- e: m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 D1 Y- s6 D& ]8 lCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
5 q9 E" G( a2 P" @( L6 ?& H+ T4 @0 v$ cRange closes to 10,000 yards...
! s. b5 ~6 z: Z* m" f* n6 k. jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
7 B3 r: m5 {. P+ ^' mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards0 g! o' v+ t8 X2 b2 h) h: B
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
( B, Q0 J$ I0 nBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
0 k3 f) F! T# H% y0 W5 TBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
. j5 C% x; d8 R- m& G4 ECL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
# Q6 W+ k3 |5 k+ O$ C6 g- ?! d% vBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards3 @4 F" Y6 K' n' N
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards" O) O8 C* h1 ]. {8 V- w
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
5 e6 n$ x) o2 L1 K9 r# p2 Y1 KDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
! k; w+ _4 H* iBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
; ~& b3 ]3 [/ o" }# _3 CDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards; D+ c& E+ T8 S3 V9 r
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
+ j( F6 Q# Y/ s$ O2 o$ l8 gCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
8 |4 ^1 V& [* XRange increases to 11,000 yards8 ]# U0 f3 @7 c% C: b+ Q+ e
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards: c' n1 @9 R4 W: [
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards1 Q  `5 o, V* t3 Z
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
3 ^# ^9 |+ D5 t% c9 r  DDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
9 k" U# p/ J. QCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards2 N$ G. J! H) l  Z3 O$ y
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards& m/ \6 @; z  ~' e5 p) U1 ~
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
1 c" @) K5 N  |4 w8 N0 eBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
8 F5 Q4 G  E) ~5 T; k4 A( xDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards7 j) Z: [- N" `
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards8 L7 \9 h! Q: x+ C
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
9 V( U( i' L) T) U/ ~: ]! J; {DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards5 m6 r; z& g, y5 Z% a3 l7 ?
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
' n" _" r, S7 U" n7 i4 f5 c. VDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards  @7 f0 ]" c/ K5 j5 s% i
Range closes to 10,000 yards
) r1 o+ I; p5 \. u$ H+ d5 vCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards4 d- t# Y" Z8 H7 \& S
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
: N4 \0 m& C  w3 s/ q* [: N$ gDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards" [# _1 X/ j( l* o. |. f' ]
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 A2 W, j" j- i  W( V9 wDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
( I9 b0 D; |4 w. a+ P5 xDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
/ `3 U, P! a7 V& dDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards& k0 w2 B: u% k2 C/ }
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
$ u* I8 F: T7 h) ACL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
0 P" n9 T7 Z+ P' T8 J2 q1 @6 M0 T, YDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards' [0 S6 \) E+ y2 b8 |# D
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape! E% M$ M/ x0 T, S4 j
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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3 {: z) [0 y3 Y" w; m0 O. u& NJapanese Ships/ D- @# u% P* X1 U4 z% `- Y8 t
      DD Hikokaze7 V! Y) P" `( v% n9 B' @
      DD Ishikaze1 M$ U1 J- Z% ^  P
      DD Tagokaze
, w  Y0 N7 e7 a. C" }3 A      DD Takatakaze# |* B+ Q4 k0 z4 f- e9 e  d3 D

; P% O2 N* F$ mAllied Ships
$ U, {7 H0 H' A9 \      BB North Carolina
$ B0 e" b' X0 X& w- Q' F3 |. G      BB Washington
/ V7 z1 R' b7 n& K      BB South Dakota
) H5 L3 c0 ^; A! R: d$ v      BB Indiana
& [; |: }: R: S& E6 [; l      BB Massachusetts
* y" v% H4 u+ m7 k      BB Alabama. ]; [3 E) n, ?3 p2 G
      DD Conner2 F8 f; d+ J; n$ i
      DD Cotten, ^6 C# ~; b/ ~& G5 y7 e2 h  T
      DD Cowell+ N- {/ X1 M0 a% i1 f2 b* j
      DD Daly, C  y( l8 h, Q9 G) U; [
      DD Eaton8 Y2 N* h. |9 X  @3 u
      DD Heywood Edwards. j5 {( @# v( a* e/ @* q
      DD Erben9 j% i7 Q* U6 u& i2 Y
      DD Evans
: [  \) N/ ^  }/ Q' m      DD Foote
. G  H# x! T) L* F  m% t      DD Franks
% m( n# a2 w1 Y( T1 G) c5 C9 m2 H      DD Fullam# G6 G; H+ [* H& _. `# Y% G
      DD Gatling$ g: D. d4 T3 m/ e5 g
      DD Albert Grant
/ P; Y% U& ^: j8 P% F      DD Gregory
/ D' ]4 b  d' @, T      DD Guest2 F6 h% N6 l# ^
      DMS Hamilton/ q7 B( x5 m0 T8 A
      DMS Forrest0 O9 \( H* D( y% y) d0 P6 q/ K
      DMS Ellyson" o& j/ S5 @, P$ t1 E/ i" S* F

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards3 b3 ]+ N- A0 K
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
! Y6 s; H  m8 m5 ^$ P/ k1 |% SRange closes to 26,000 yards...
4 a0 f4 P. S9 h+ p3 D, yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
9 X9 r+ z2 t, `$ G) C: Z: w$ RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards# U' c4 W# e& ^0 z8 L+ Q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
3 ]- w* G! u6 n. _" X+ j8 r2 t2 F0 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
1 ^& V5 c8 ^: \4 m3 ]3 B6 uRange closes to 22,000 yards...* t0 _" m% I5 C  D6 O$ L
Range closes to 20,000 yards...6 v& u/ l5 f0 ^/ q
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." ~( [: w8 m" c) x* T0 }. n
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
$ n( l/ l, N  uRange closes to 16,000 yards...+ n3 s  b. r9 m  N3 C8 y9 {5 p' a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
3 @$ G2 ]7 w6 c: E6 E( a- wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards0 ^3 e# I. h$ l: g1 P# d
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." |0 N- T- v; h3 T, ^( x8 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
( N" Y0 W& H, v3 {3 k8 Y' ]' jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
2 O% l& V: ^' Y3 n8 v8 h! \Range closes to 12,000 yards...& E+ F+ Q& M3 p7 G4 L2 e7 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
5 {# h* E' u6 r; u, HCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards. C% p* B5 O, y0 ^8 ]& {* H
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 Z, P( _( S0 d6 y( v8 mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards0 B, O; q: I2 z; n/ @
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 H+ N) G: @: a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
* ?9 B0 u+ E% d3 F; eJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
3 t; U0 K6 r2 KRange increases to 15,000 yards...0 g/ z$ `  e% ~# Q+ {& {. Z
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
5 N% z' q2 j0 Y0 C) k% ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) }& s2 m; g% ]9 [- h7 I* N- YRange increases to 25,000 yards...
5 O, e- T, s4 ]; {9 o* C5 rRange increases to 30,000 yards...
6 a( L8 f. U( `- E, k6 TRange increases to 30,000 yards...- h- P. T- Z6 H7 M2 f
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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8 {2 |" S, ?0 X$ NJapanese Ships( M* F: W2 h3 L# _- y3 ?
      APD T-1
6 W$ c- }0 T' R! z4 h: w6 |      APD T-2, Shell hits 2+ A. C, N( V. r2 r
      APD T-3, Shell hits 12 n0 ~. {+ Z) |! ?/ z4 w
      APD T-42 ?; C0 z0 I5 S* \* Z9 h8 o
      APD T-5( L6 F  h$ {$ p8 H
      APD T-6* n3 ^8 x8 z* K" t8 b/ S
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( T% C; D% z8 i
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire: U$ i2 A% l0 ]
      APD T-9/ [7 \: t7 ~% W" g- ~
      APD T-10
: Q) ^  M" v: D9 }% a% W6 ~      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
5 G2 W7 v* G5 j& F! ]/ H      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
+ K1 |* ^& Z3 {0 b& K1 A+ ~      APD T-13, Shell hits 17 W6 t2 X) U: R6 M
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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! `/ d% O0 ~, TAllied Ships
* W% j9 P& X- D2 z2 r7 ^      BB North Carolina
0 ~" a; V9 O% {, a      BB Washington
4 u/ @$ |0 V: Q7 w% C( X) {! ?      BB South Dakota8 Z9 S( D2 U' `1 X
      BB Indiana
8 Q7 }7 p, `3 g) }, U0 N) I      BB Massachusetts: S! l& H3 C- W9 n- Z! D
      BB Alabama) B% _# i# f( ?9 c5 Z  ~' {
      DD Conner
8 ?4 i* g5 [0 [3 k      DD Cotten2 K" e) s3 R# ]) D4 G2 U. k
      DD Cowell- z& G1 f& e) @. J( X/ s- r2 b0 u
      DD Daly% `# J% N! W2 ]4 e8 j
      DD Eaton
4 K3 q7 Q" r+ [8 U* _1 q      DD Heywood Edwards8 B) e+ p( D& U
      DD Erben) r! ]7 }2 s# d
      DD Evans8 x7 q0 C" K+ K4 b/ o
      DD Foote
6 T3 F9 o; C( Y( O9 J' R6 J- N      DD Franks7 n8 M9 ^/ g# T8 u% r
      DD Fullam0 q. d  n! O$ w' ^8 n, @- v
      DD Gatling5 |8 t) |9 m0 F" I) j- U
      DD Albert Grant
; u! L( n/ u  D# Q: R$ F: h$ h0 N      DD Gregory
, W4 M( `+ L9 H$ f      DD Guest1 w% ]& B* s' r6 c  s
      DMS Hamilton
% G- O8 S: Z4 b3 }$ _      DMS Forrest6 E8 v3 o! q/ }. V, K0 X# ?/ y& i' a4 V
      DMS Ellyson
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5 _4 ?. `" a! J/ q/ f! _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! a7 {- f  \5 d  O  p* ZRange closes to 28,000 yards...
8 P/ @0 O6 R4 Z; O) H- WRange closes to 26,000 yards...
% W* _# m1 ]8 h/ fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
3 k; F; u9 l6 @8 z# wRange closes to 24,000 yards...
- ]! O& M; [5 }2 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards0 q: h8 J  \# o. ?& {: F8 C
Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 v; n( ?! k+ d" F: M- d. u# E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
. t$ B; j+ f0 P9 YRange closes to 20,000 yards...5 b# E6 ]# H7 d  o% Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards- H7 m8 I$ H8 |3 V* i3 A
Range closes to 18,000 yards...1 @# f1 `  j  y' Z  F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: ?3 H& r" G; s; wRange closes to 16,000 yards...3 Y3 e$ b9 N# Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
* h, b" C: I; x, x, ZRange closes to 14,000 yards...# O* \: }1 t9 k# |8 u. l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
2 K' q, k; R, A1 YRange closes to 12,000 yards...
8 `4 i) P" m& d: YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
3 g7 Y6 H6 e# b2 |* g+ W1 M' ZRange closes to 11,000 yards...
3 x6 n/ Y5 n( X8 g3 z9 K1 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
) C5 C- f8 Y2 E0 R7 `Range closes to 10,000 yards...
$ Y5 F7 w: J9 ?0 ]+ q2 G; `: @6 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  t' g4 `* c1 R! R3 q) m3 w# y
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
0 k5 ?% W: w$ _! @BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ a; J. j( ^1 h% ^9 F2 kBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
/ R! {. b' E6 q4 S! k- IBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
) `( c4 C) T' G; {3 C8 r" v+ cDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 {4 C4 p8 p$ p, V5 QDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
% s5 S4 W) B' a! MDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
4 L1 s: [- h7 `1 DAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
3 x! y+ t9 `, b* ^- K; c$ t, qBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
$ y" k; X( `  y  s' oBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. j4 y. I& R* F" Z/ f1 DDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards% O, R- I4 M  c. D  p
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
4 U' i: `) y" ?BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards: B; j+ V% M& ~# T- s# t
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards$ j6 j) e' {% @8 g
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
) j% ]7 ?8 [( T  T  _APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards3 N; G/ a  P9 M5 q1 H' s9 I
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- ?! H7 U1 w& ^$ g! N4 S) F8 b
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
1 g* H" s" x1 i; U: @DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
/ s. `% P5 V" }DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards; K! G0 ?$ @1 e( I
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
+ M! ?+ ]* J: l4 {& [Range increases to 10,000 yards
, X6 ]3 v( L* \+ `. [3 l# q& s; uBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
8 L& d* I) b; L- U+ R- y3 x/ ?& QBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; K* L% r; D8 B, I2 x8 c8 w7 ZBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
7 x4 J* @+ ^* O5 }2 U# _DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 N8 }2 y4 Y  h
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& H9 X$ |; _  y1 [5 K" u9 v
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* w% ?' z6 k/ |1 O9 I% W: c6 w" RAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards" f, f! }( D+ W
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
4 M  F/ r3 \, }DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
' U1 \& e- H6 G- s% ]DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( @) _8 h% Y+ p) r) y/ P6 TDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ r* X3 _! H6 s) lDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 ~" p+ s- B7 M) T/ nDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
8 b, Y4 W! r  @4 l: n0 ?/ F! G# @1 dDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 h2 O- r. j+ pDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards+ J" F: I1 M, B9 S' q
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 ]" @/ }: T5 K- WRange increases to 11,000 yards/ N; S! d' \- |; |' e0 U
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards: {) m6 }: l5 `: X( _
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards5 g: v1 \4 K  y" p$ n' e. n9 t
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ p( S; I9 }( aAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards: |3 |2 o. u* Q* e$ i- W
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards4 H; P  ?& F1 G: j# F, d, l, T) B
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
5 T1 a# |6 D5 ^* h7 a9 D& QDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
4 V% d$ j1 r3 {6 gDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
- ^; C* m$ f( E# U4 \+ rDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards$ V3 R+ N* H* H( S4 }1 B
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
% @1 N+ ]2 [& k: J/ R; H9 k- C/ e5 tDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards+ N( h: z$ m" H8 X( E
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards+ Y2 c& A0 T1 m# Y0 x" I- D
Range closes to 10,000 yards
3 m( p" z$ [8 ~! uBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ @8 y+ f  K  S/ ^+ Q3 E
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards0 M* p& E6 N& k* ^. e
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ N! u; k2 L1 C2 [1 i) p8 A7 LAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards' Q9 h" ]* T* B9 |$ T( _
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
+ @# p1 a9 H3 A- d" y; lDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards' ^4 L' g% O) `& f$ r1 |# K( j* x
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 c$ E; G$ o: O
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& W( y6 C. t$ D
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
: e* w( B+ ?  e- j/ t3 o/ KDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
. G7 V0 K6 c2 p* Q1 kDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! T1 s" ]( L* M+ J7 z6 s
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
/ u! P0 Y7 O2 @DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 x% I/ N* z7 N  ^# N/ G
Range closes to 8,000 yards
! b6 w# b; |* HDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
4 j9 I1 ~8 H  A  q1 o! n  kBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards" p1 x0 d, O3 X5 r  J  J2 d# C
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
3 x+ x: z: O# M6 l6 oBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards, ]/ q1 L- i3 V1 p0 ?
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards' Y7 }5 o9 T# _2 P  A- A) f3 g
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape% J3 V) z5 L! i+ C2 F8 [: U
Task forces break off...
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5 d! C; x8 f! N- r* e( @  fJapanese Ships
) a' q9 S2 F, L( f( d* G0 z3 l# l      APD T-1, Shell hits 1& X. g+ @7 Q3 v+ E2 @4 [+ R
      APD T-2( @8 ?. u5 B- {
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
; d. C" b% Q7 I4 _9 c, N, [7 K0 p      APD T-4, Shell hits 1! v6 b4 z4 L: u. S8 n
      APD T-58 \- f$ G$ S/ V2 [) J- R1 u
      APD T-65 S9 A# f" D0 s  i% `& A' J
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
1 X& T9 W1 M( G( k      APD T-9, Shell hits 1: ^" q  A' h1 a. b
      APD T-10: h: ]" F1 e$ t$ M3 z2 x* C
      APD T-11,  on fire4 I) w" B, z  ~' \' |. s$ g
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
' s6 s7 Y) s' L  ]8 t+ L7 {( L      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk+ n* B8 l' O5 k4 ?! ^1 O! R, `
      APD T-14, and is sunk4 H$ d* c3 l9 j3 i
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Allied Ships/ T- Q; e9 H: X$ j: K0 ?0 h
      CA Portland
- ~8 h) d$ c% h      CA Northampton5 q" Y+ V8 C. C5 q7 `
      CA Chester2 z1 `+ Z: U% `9 {9 Q2 Y: ~! H2 n
      CA Louisville
' m( Q. r  Z# I" w& b9 ~      CA Chicago
& J2 c1 d4 @& o3 ]' V8 q$ X      CA Astoria/ z) ^% f( f  O& I! @6 X
      CA Minneapolis& I$ e5 Y. s! w: ?
      CA San Francisco
" {  Z* t/ O* m& N! c      CA Quincy/ o0 a9 x8 b* O! T3 [
      CA Vincennes
5 ]4 g9 E$ N# G" C; B- d& R# b, T6 P      CA Wichita
( k. j. {( c- Y$ t, b      DD Bennett! v( x& t, ~! v7 Y& Y  ?
      DD Bradford
8 r7 _+ {8 K6 r3 }# I% m5 r, G      DD Braine
5 b4 s1 k2 A7 p' B  P      DD Brownson% ?; }/ [6 X0 X  P$ E; O
      DD Bryant
% C9 m/ w$ u. Q7 p$ m. v7 w      DD Bullard2 E4 H  y6 |) j
      DD Burns
5 ]; @8 q0 p& q) [      DD Callaghan
3 }: C# Q1 B; u3 D" k8 k      DD Caperton9 |3 k+ o2 X5 z
      DD Capps% C8 v0 C8 i. b+ Z* B
      DMS Emmons, j- N7 \8 \. c/ @/ X
      DMS Macomb
, h( ^. B/ b- r      DMS Rodman+ ~% E" f% `, T: ~6 ^
      DMS Gherardi
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9 M5 d! X/ }' A+ e3 rMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards- E9 q+ ?& h3 @  X6 r3 X
Range closes to 28,000 yards...+ e; X7 n* r& e6 n: }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ A3 v0 u3 f0 Q) `8 Y- Y% F# M# G; \Range closes to 26,000 yards...
1 \! K! h) R  q8 i8 r  k/ fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' f% C: k4 M( _2 b+ z% ]/ ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
  _# E) z" T' v3 x. ?% XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 o4 @$ f8 U0 {' \; L
Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ J8 Y0 c8 `+ s! ^, F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
% ^4 M! r2 B( y: \+ Z1 R% R' MRange closes to 20,000 yards...
- \/ C( d+ o6 ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; Q4 i1 ]; K  c- B
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
9 [; r/ x" |1 g; `5 h) E. W  BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards1 x  q8 a" P5 {
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
3 }% G: S$ V, q' W4 ^' l" jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
- F$ [* ?% z) X$ jRange closes to 14,000 yards...
6 B" f/ L2 a. w. t  eRange closes to 12,000 yards...* \# A  X+ Y4 J% K0 }2 |8 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards2 W# K6 w, G. J5 o2 v( u
Range closes to 11,000 yards...; d$ r/ _/ n0 r( |, j7 U0 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: T: h- H0 E! B2 s
Range closes to 10,000 yards...7 N) s; A: H% q. w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  s! W  N6 }: T+ S* l9 G
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 c( f! Y% `/ J: F! rDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ ]! @7 i2 A2 t3 \, ?/ wRange increases to 11,000 yards; x0 ?) e& Y2 {
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
* O5 `" w8 v! K9 N7 `CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards# M$ w+ t1 g5 o+ U5 T
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 ?/ z# d$ b' a( w/ r) z+ N; e
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
# L" Q' m2 K  ?) oCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ n7 r% c5 A' S
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
% t2 U. E% i( N; z# i5 }/ HCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards2 ?& e. U& a! |$ ]# b
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" V2 j1 x& _, \# c& o
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards- S+ {8 C4 D& [# q* ^5 U; t' N, l4 ]' \
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
1 q3 }+ F2 m2 Q& V/ r4 [  }DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
6 D. f5 M: i% j3 Z6 s; EDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
% F$ A$ r7 f! T2 \0 i  ?DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ a. q) Y! L. i  y1 c+ qDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
* G2 p4 }) t2 E+ qDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards. r7 Y9 ?3 R# w; I- }; S/ S
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards& u! ?% L' [9 }" N" M' ^
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
, J3 G( E- d; Z0 N& n( C! ZRange closes to 10,000 yards
+ }: [. n4 ~. K$ z' n7 ADMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards2 w; u0 q) ~; g/ c
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
! {. ^$ M! e3 ?- E- J" vCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards0 v1 T) `2 j) h) l8 K
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards$ F4 r- ], F& e- B* y- Z% K+ J
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
9 d9 a- e+ U/ ^: q0 [APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards1 J" V% o, S1 W5 _, F! i- M+ y
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& g) b) w: q% b- V0 w, s
Range closes to 9,000 yards
: p, l8 q! Q& V4 m: w6 }APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards* V, z4 _& ?: j" K4 Y
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
% d! H  J; Q: u. b! N( _CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards- A; |: Y. F! s" H+ k4 Q3 D
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards( ~% W# I5 g, j1 m* O( m2 G: H0 x
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards* o2 o& c! r! L# B* [( C
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards0 a8 i% l" N2 M
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
: D# q! r9 J* Y- D3 ^Range increases to 10,000 yards
" v6 h( O* R) M' ]& r! ?! \# t% \APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards. {7 i/ B. M- Q& y9 k  x
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ m$ p- s8 T0 C5 `' p8 V! EDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( d) _. |5 }9 E9 A! f
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards3 j$ U7 g, m& K. [9 c
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
% O- `! f% o& w8 DJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 A) `5 \# P' J% p7 c
Task forces break off...+ Q- e! q+ l6 `* W
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Japanese Ships% x/ X- }# l' p  o% P
      APD T-1. s2 F$ }7 ]/ ^% l# x. }# l
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire# D3 \1 o# }# c
      APD T-3, \. I8 r; i3 N) l
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk3 ~8 P4 y4 r7 U+ l; s$ X& W
      APD T-5
& `8 `, ~) a* k$ Y; L+ l4 E% _      APD T-6
% A0 _  G* I& D+ f% k$ k- y# n- _, O      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
/ y. }0 z. X  J! K      APD T-9
: \/ E, R2 z: Q/ m% y      APD T-101 \! S9 V7 d- q2 V( y
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire( P& N9 _6 G9 R& v0 c* H# O

# D! ~. P1 _0 d% h0 `! H+ P7 BAllied Ships
: I( Z0 N& {+ r      CA Portland; I+ m% t+ E5 }. m4 o
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
$ ]5 o! U. b8 k; D& _% {* o      CA Chester" _' \" _. Y  `5 k
      CA Louisville1 s: h1 g2 u* m0 N+ W
      CA Chicago
1 W1 I* q# o7 Y4 P      CA Astoria! E: o  _" \  {; [
      CA Minneapolis
9 }, U, ?6 p! b; z3 r; I      CA San Francisco8 b7 N, K7 V8 s6 `! Y6 `
      CA Quincy
  G8 _/ i) F4 T% |0 L      CA Vincennes) U  a5 ]; N4 d
      CA Wichita
% g# _0 A6 l& a* {* U      DD Bennett
, P3 R: P9 M% u$ [4 s* T# [      DD Bradford
0 O% c9 Q9 Y0 C. [& }      DD Braine
2 D+ T+ V' p+ q1 `" ^      DD Brownson0 J5 `% l& n% v
      DD Bryant/ `6 x3 t% e3 S! s9 n% y$ p
      DD Bullard, e8 W! \8 ]- p, M$ E7 s1 d
      DD Burns
' P( \( l' I7 S9 S' x4 y4 V  g1 S7 Z4 I      DD Callaghan
' U( [$ |# z8 _. L      DD Caperton/ ^8 h" b" G/ N) ~8 z4 q
      DD Capps
4 V# |/ `) ^0 I* `# U: a- }      DMS Emmons. G( {  Q1 j' `6 g/ V1 R3 Z+ J7 @5 g! y
      DMS Macomb5 j7 A2 G6 O/ y- V
      DMS Rodman. f( L7 \3 p- N* W0 j# S3 b
      DMS Gherardi
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. P8 H: i+ {. H/ zMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; m9 J' |3 ?; c4 u- `4 C/ ~% W3 ~Range closes to 28,000 yards...! ^4 |' k3 ]) N; H- \; F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
( ?- S6 L: A. }/ S' H3 d  \9 c9 |Range closes to 26,000 yards...
+ I+ w/ ]  ?1 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards$ H: Z( }) @# w6 m1 \6 X5 N* N
Range closes to 24,000 yards.../ g# X; W6 X% m7 q1 _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...: Q4 @8 W4 Y4 Z5 E3 k; J; h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards, ?! X7 v  r$ r# N  ]
Range closes to 20,000 yards...6 K- O$ Q  ?5 e( t
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
8 B# u3 F( C: h+ SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( c# @1 @- C% H- {Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 J" I$ r6 t5 a  ^/ v0 z! v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
# l$ E* H% q+ p( @Range closes to 14,000 yards...' _* I8 U  i) f, \' A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards( r! c! Y' N2 I
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
+ m% p/ {$ A- U+ v( bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 P( V+ m3 \( T2 m% ]
Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ N* y) ]) X: u( A- _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 s+ [& a9 n8 |Range closes to 10,000 yards...8 {8 v% q/ `) U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
, W3 g8 Q+ {" @- ^' W1 ~) w1 {CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
" I8 q7 k% @) x  r  o# L' [  [CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards* V5 ]! S( E3 M6 r6 F5 z
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards' j3 k+ W7 a9 v: \% f9 R
Range increases to 12,000 yards6 @: S! q1 I: O) B2 }. z* |
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
4 A# d% _1 x" }4 J2 w0 B  X" O  hCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
  X' r4 y, P  Z: c! i& {& W* TCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards# d/ ^* g% K6 i# B- q
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
9 S5 ]! G/ A: a8 \  _CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards7 \  D0 e: w+ ]( e/ I
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, d1 |+ k$ [: d0 O/ a6 EDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards: \* z2 ?- ?% e+ v  R7 g$ g
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
3 ?& Q3 T. T. ADD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 [! o) n$ I; D+ p" i" ]DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
1 k3 Y! W5 k+ \% w2 _: aDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards0 V' \8 r8 L( y, l/ N" M' ~" I4 k) n
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards/ A3 q5 G  c% V* \
Range closes to 9,000 yards
/ E2 m- B$ l$ M& R6 t. DCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
3 M1 k* i# c  Y( F. x3 F% s$ c% q; [APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards: {, ]$ k2 C! O  M+ l, u
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; C/ Y5 s) g" X) Z' a
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards, a8 E# Z" b% X  W1 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
) E& g) b( ]: E% LCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
% @" z( A3 x6 U5 C4 B' GAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards2 K4 l1 i+ L. S3 j5 v3 }' A
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
' C3 x3 j6 ~1 {$ `6 D9 n, ?0 n" FRange closes to 7,000 yards
; h+ p: z( i: M  [# E6 ECA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
( v3 l3 H4 L/ p: W: BAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards" @$ v) y% L( u" L$ [6 o, R
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards! V# C- ?5 h+ e; I) H; j
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards6 h3 x8 ^7 g: K  a
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 y. S! T+ b$ U/ }* r2 `
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards- C, ~3 y+ I9 u+ h. w/ s
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards) Q5 m% t# d7 C7 d* J# f
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards1 d2 @; ?1 J' Z3 [. l
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
# K; f6 `4 o* xDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards- J* E  f# X) K9 M" c$ _
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards, i% O" B) s3 R/ j  B
Range increases to 10,000 yards# R4 u$ G2 l& c  z7 D! J) T, Y
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- Y& V) a* M8 P  y6 @* `8 W# {$ Q
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% Z9 u3 P* g0 u; q: o8 x' C9 {
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape! x0 ?# i, h7 |. f( ~
Task forces break off...& Y/ \& ~0 H" w

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      APD T-1
$ R8 ~* C  x. G4 y/ L: |# t" @8 o      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ q# b) N- P9 x. H/ Z, _
      APD T-35 T4 t, n2 L. l9 o7 r5 W9 `- Y
      APD T-5
% S" i. o/ K, y# y      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 N& u+ p& z; N7 a      APD T-9
8 |* @6 O. q$ L4 a      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage( G( ]6 h% @; O/ V
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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' @2 u! H: Y6 A0 o+ fAllied Ships
5 P+ s- D. g% ?      CL Swiftsure$ j* M' Y. |: r3 P
      CL St. Louis
% c1 i- |/ X/ i- e+ T, b      CL Phoenix0 b1 E3 w/ D3 e5 A
      CL Cleveland8 T. K' c$ {4 T, X3 a
      CL Montpelier
( M; G2 ?( |* X) s      CL Denver2 C6 b: }" {8 Q1 g1 V9 k
      CL Santa Fe
. Y  X3 E  {+ {# V  ~# p5 n      CL Birmingham
5 Y, i3 W9 C3 _" l% c9 `8 X. l      CL Mobile
1 z" ~! V; V) ]( l- |      CL Biloxi
: y5 {2 ?3 }6 |6 x/ K" P+ ^( H      CL Miami
+ W' A: F* m3 V. Z. g. F      CL Pasadena0 v8 O6 o7 A' g# O6 v* }* m. l
      DD Allen M. Sumner
$ m. a1 I- R# W      DD Ault1 G- [( E: I! y  r
      DD English% {& E: v- q; z
      DD Haynsworth* e8 G7 {  ]/ H2 n
      DD Maddox/ ^+ r( {! D* r! @% S' K: \6 w
      DD Mansfield$ V5 P! J9 Y' J5 a
      DD Waldron
! Y* E8 ^' h- F$ ]      DD Haggard, t* O9 ?; F# G" S9 Y7 r# C, \
      DD Hailey& m2 |+ Y0 x% K9 I) ^' T
      DD Hale
8 G# F7 i( }3 x9 T" ?# B& f      CL Vincennes II
! B2 \1 v7 K9 E3 x      CL Houston II
" h9 T: S' d, D, L$ o8 P      CL Astoria II& p8 a2 w$ w$ H
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- s: I" W5 y9 `4 r* K; VMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards. \2 M2 M5 W% c2 ?/ _" |1 {: A& t. ?
Range closes to 28,000 yards...$ O& X3 I: `4 W0 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
0 i/ ?  C5 u- m/ URange closes to 26,000 yards...
3 X& L! A9 Z  b1 T& R! iRange closes to 24,000 yards...
% A( u. Y- U3 S# c( U6 y" Z0 M3 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
& m% j* v& e* Z1 I" ZRange closes to 22,000 yards..." k: ^' m3 Z3 T4 W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...0 l  V) H* R( u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
: J# r" ], V' S% HRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 q( Y! W% t& _2 V# c' _; J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
! G' @) \9 j& D, ^1 g: u; pRange closes to 16,000 yards...
% r1 {4 q$ x9 s: l: p# [2 }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
5 F4 U( E0 O, w! G  YRange closes to 14,000 yards...! N  n0 H8 _; V/ |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
: y& s2 B2 u! `Range closes to 12,000 yards...
( V/ s$ _0 o9 S5 k% c# {% y+ ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards7 `- m- w3 _2 Z9 t
Range closes to 11,000 yards..." u) z) C3 s! W1 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
, x$ }% {* V+ g( i) cRange closes to 10,000 yards...
% b# D% [* L" a( X/ JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards6 f: Y* {8 X  k, Y$ K2 R7 e. B1 |5 A9 ~1 {
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'5 V; p' g. \- t) D# B# w
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 K; \# Z& D/ r* X) X9 A. _9 ?CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards" I( N$ a! J/ [2 i6 J
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
; q& U* Y& g* YCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ n; E; ]# Q! m% K) B) `  H5 z
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 F& K4 f: U* _% B$ n0 G8 HDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
* c7 }. S) L- j% @% c) R( XDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards, L$ }5 B6 g3 C  }0 f3 a
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
0 w" r5 r4 l4 C, f3 Y& DRange increases to 11,000 yards
( }8 B! W* J; Y2 ~( T) x# t0 |% G- @CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards) E# ^( E" K  y+ z
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" O) b6 y" v; q) q" `! e. T+ q6 E
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards# Q& u, U; K' g. w' X
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
; C7 s* |9 F" @CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% K! T& e, Q& G( v% ]5 s! p
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
# p# Y, n2 h& ]7 E$ M. f' ^: e/ jDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards" M( g+ ^5 i/ L* k) a( O
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
% P4 W5 F& P# JRange closes to 8,000 yards6 I6 f. |# n4 o0 n% H
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards$ |) L1 b2 N  ~8 i- k7 e& S
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards8 ~# k  H2 B/ I* l
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards5 T: |; c  X& B0 h" H
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
& `0 E1 K5 R8 FDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards1 B' |1 i9 f( Y* G8 ~
Range closes to 7,000 yards
* W5 |+ C$ g( [- [  rCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
8 F7 W9 w; `- NCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; l5 y5 g9 c+ d/ O( H) b* T& k6 tCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
5 W6 Q7 P2 c: h) g  U4 qCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 k9 h+ Y& u) h9 J& T
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards0 ?4 A! Q  }  W% G/ m
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 T) X1 a- F. R' A$ i  u' ?: `7 ]# J% z
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 N- h7 f! K) q$ U) O" |* ]
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( U0 n' k; Y& X1 P0 BDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. r/ w* A5 t5 L/ O! Y3 t: tDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
8 ^( d9 ^2 M& }' u9 S: d2 Q1 rAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
6 g4 n4 M% R2 m9 G* v3 Q  dDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
3 F4 @: c: a' [; n5 O9 v1 nRange increases to 8,000 yards
: ~; r- j0 G2 g0 wCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 C6 h0 W8 `$ z( G% y- X9 b6 rCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards" E1 L' ?8 S: @7 `& ]7 O
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
& ?- ?! W0 u# N4 ^4 hJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape0 j' |% }/ u, z/ ~
Task forces break off.... w. f3 F, Z! M8 o. s4 w
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( s  S3 l) z) x1 Q8 ]
      APD T-10 H  k' t( |) f" i/ X
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk3 a; ^( e+ s% x# P
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk2 i6 C* m  i3 S9 H& s
      APD T-5  ~3 @2 W& i5 F
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk$ h' t* |/ I. }3 J6 p
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
7 v  q1 {; S" D1 l      CA Portland" O( D4 |: T$ m
      CA Northampton5 r6 w" r3 |' I
      CA Chester
. {# d& b; {( ], d      CA Louisville
" v6 R- R- z0 R. u6 l& b3 }      CA Chicago' w- q2 F1 o& v8 z' E
      CA Astoria; }$ |# s6 o8 i) h
      CA Minneapolis& X6 p  K; p5 v: I9 ?/ H5 t6 Y+ B
      CA San Francisco" Q! d1 v( q. h! `4 T& U  D7 h0 o
      CA Quincy* o  S' P" m; `  j, j( V) ~1 v
      CA Vincennes6 M7 ~0 k' Z9 q7 {. x
      CA Wichita( l8 c- N! Q; {8 U# g% f8 A$ f( A
      DD Bennett
- C: C* j! b. H$ c& f      DD Bradford1 g, H! A* i0 u' a* V
      DD Braine
& y. S( ^+ d) J7 w. Y/ ]2 s      DD Brownson
8 T' Q) |+ l, q$ X/ h1 i& v      DD Bryant
2 Q- a& W! t9 x# H4 H  X" t      DD Bullard
! }* p$ {1 h0 \, ]      DD Burns$ w) ~% K  M8 ?7 \
      DD Callaghan
+ f9 q  _* m1 E' r8 p8 p4 Q      DD Caperton0 C( r( S5 M; A  o- A
      DD Capps
+ F9 ~( a1 Y: K- Y% i# Y( t      DMS Emmons
- @7 j6 A, N  K, g5 r      DMS Macomb* d% |9 ]0 `) n) L* M
      DMS Rodman
" `' D+ U/ r+ O4 j: ]9 V- R9 t      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
* x1 j; ~2 @2 d  JRange closes to 28,000 yards.... h# A0 ~9 Y5 U4 a1 f6 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards1 ?) T) O) X& |) w3 Y' P
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( Q& E  }$ T/ {Range closes to 24,000 yards...' v" j* H/ [3 |8 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards1 t# i5 X0 H! K0 E( p# @
Range closes to 22,000 yards...# t: e0 L' z" `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards1 {' v1 G7 T) X
Range closes to 20,000 yards.... _8 D( y0 A# s5 P5 U) e! _6 O( t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
- v2 @& Z  }! i! a5 a$ ZRange closes to 18,000 yards...
5 G6 ?4 A+ ]+ x: f2 V0 c" ?. u- QRange closes to 16,000 yards...
& V  l. A7 T6 I6 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ W) e: T1 Y' ]Range closes to 14,000 yards...) ~4 d4 `, U: l3 C2 Z$ C- P
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
7 z3 i& c# j8 C+ i: @+ r! `Range closes to 11,000 yards...' v; C4 ^3 [4 x, H$ D4 Q6 G+ J
Range closes to 10,000 yards...: ]6 A# O! p  i, n; ]) s( E5 E
Range closes to 9,000 yards...! \. [. \, t. `7 Y, d* j8 }! `" C
Range closes to 8,000 yards...0 b/ m; q; z  _3 X$ F7 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
% ~9 ~, A/ @# S! k1 z' {# }CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards; _6 j6 q- ]  x' ?# j
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards$ ?, d, I4 H: S7 M( a
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) s: m% B5 L9 D2 r( q' ~DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
& p' X  u& I5 d6 Q0 n) k& rAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards" Z4 i* a! U4 i+ @+ h& D
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ e8 b" u) b0 g' _
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
) Z$ b$ x  }2 d' C0 a" h& E: PCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 M& x$ r+ f0 ]/ NCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
& n3 e) G+ P6 X8 \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ C9 _$ i& C4 v# w* Y0 UAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards* z8 Q$ r4 S/ `9 Y3 F$ D' T1 _+ `. S6 [
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
  r* D  `9 P! \) Z" X/ `& U1 fRange closes to 5,000 yards
) ]0 b- @( ?3 q7 {  ~; FDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
5 L) p: b0 @; y$ ^2 d2 ~9 J1 c' ?' i/ eAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards+ s: P$ T! M. {
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
# k% T  a5 p* P  q& a; [* Y* uCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards2 ~$ n6 Y) o" O% f
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
! n9 V1 A' G0 G* ^; V9 NRange closes to 2,000 yards; f0 _" u5 b0 t5 ~# q* {/ ^0 I
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: S) w. ]3 R; w% Z" C$ \8 ~CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: q* Y; P+ \; j" W4 XCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards  L: p: C& h4 t2 t5 I
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards- Y$ l" c( H; C0 r
Range increases to 6,000 yards
; E5 F! t1 ]! k* ^" y0 VCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards2 a: ]' K& m2 L5 i6 i+ l
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
, C- A- k' F, z# f+ J2 a7 OAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
0 L9 [: ?3 J3 J6 ?6 s2 m  VRange increases to 9,000 yards, k; S4 x4 r- G/ k( Q# g2 _# J
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 f5 \- A$ G! i0 y6 x5 J% P) R# l
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards5 h) }7 H) h: G" S% t
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 U, Z" p( _: s; N2 h+ C' U9 y9 O3 |  m
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
3 Q+ ~- N+ D" B0 JRange increases to 13,000 yards
' \: {9 c7 G& S2 d$ x, }+ _CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards; x' V) b9 y3 `3 h0 H# i
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
2 n3 Y% K! b- u  ~! {# oJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
. H. L1 B, u( o: Y5 s% qTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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% n6 P( @1 r. w! X8 t, OJapanese Ships
# A3 M" ^7 L% Z' p: m$ N5 w      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
* [" F! `6 T/ `+ F      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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7 K- ^9 i7 g. p# {! }5 E4 bAllied Ships
  l+ B% t& n& ~9 V+ K      BB North Carolina
7 l) y6 l) F) v% o      BB Washington& u, I4 \% }2 T, b' s
      BB South Dakota
" I7 V+ ~2 U' @! A' J7 I* @* w      BB Indiana
3 }: Q3 ?/ q) w" M% V. `      BB Massachusetts0 n) ~' U; d2 E+ |8 d
      BB Alabama/ i2 e0 w, _  a$ e3 i( s$ g
      DD Conner& t" p, B. y6 J) M- `
      DD Cotten3 |5 M* g, W# \3 q0 x7 M
      DD Cowell) C% M9 [* c: {
      DD Daly+ n- I3 X- F- a1 E7 U* h
      DD Eaton
! g4 O7 b' r, q0 d- d      DD Heywood Edwards# f; k& ]2 L: y" J# Z& Z/ H
      DD Erben
8 j: A2 {4 p* j% O. k' g      DD Evans
4 O: B  e9 B8 l' D      DD Foote
7 K) c7 P! l& F4 s1 w6 x      DD Franks
7 v3 K  I2 h( g1 p: G, ]2 S( I      DD Fullam/ c4 W8 u7 |: X) T1 m4 R. [' O
      DD Gatling5 |. @, R& A; S* a
      DD Albert Grant4 N0 k" a, P- O, a* l; p( X, p" g
      DD Gregory( q( E! c/ S1 ]
      DD Guest+ n0 [+ D, q' B7 O5 g7 Q: k
      DMS Hamilton
8 h; r* }/ s/ A4 C6 B) z/ j( o      DMS Forrest
3 n* |+ ~; N  s      DMS Ellyson
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3 X9 f# x, j  t/ SMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards, n/ W" A; R" `8 k7 l$ M/ F! E) K
Range closes to 28,000 yards.... H% W! I5 Q0 R# ^7 y( k. k# Z& O
Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 A0 ]* o+ c/ D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...2 ]3 J- y/ w8 ]7 Q# ^( _  \- o
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
, K* G% x3 b6 r$ F) m$ wRange closes to 20,000 yards...5 [' ?( U+ A( C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* ^7 a) T3 W+ Z/ A! C- R
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" n7 b! A2 H- w2 N! q8 ^: ERange closes to 14,000 yards...
* c8 k* t5 }1 d. \! ^2 ]Range closes to 12,000 yards...& f* X9 Y" U2 Y& n' b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
- S* T& X* @$ k8 ^$ zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
7 }. H  Z5 n. vRange closes to 10,000 yards...; O. Y; l8 V3 {# F* R# n: K
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
/ p$ w# V2 A) a! b( kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards1 I" a6 j3 P" k3 e) y
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
# B& s9 n% A5 T! f0 P0 i9 EAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards% N5 A$ Y0 g- q
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
1 f& z0 R3 v4 dDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards+ q% B0 p( y: N/ X# y/ v1 X
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 g0 P; x2 |3 ?% h! b; k$ M% V  D0 GRange closes to 5,000 yards% @* R* n5 x& |$ ?
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards# a& Z; A7 K9 q4 ~9 L4 |0 I
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
9 R, H. p. A/ m5 ^Range closes to 3,000 yards
( ?6 @# W5 d/ y% O8 i; ?' IBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards6 A  L' a  c& {9 C% L$ x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards1 I- L; n) G, u+ [3 p; c8 H
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
4 L9 X3 j9 F2 g. SDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 h4 c6 X4 F1 I; d3 q! ?, |0 i  @
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) H9 z4 q) j# c3 ^7 j% zAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
$ T1 j* ]( N* w' _BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards. ^- R. `/ ]* c1 O6 L5 U' k0 ?
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards( c! {. J9 F$ `# ], ~# Q
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
- c7 h" @( W0 s. qRange increases to 5,000 yards
9 Z" W/ R4 ~% q. a+ j" V' y3 ZBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
" `" @0 ^. z4 L# pDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards+ ~; r6 I9 H0 U7 R0 I
Range increases to 7,000 yards% b1 f$ _" ?6 r+ [
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
3 |. \' j" h3 ]% W( WDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards/ X" Y& x8 y( }
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
9 H: J: ~8 A9 B! j! A8 F: L( O  ?( cAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards7 H, _* C9 R9 n4 ]* }, d
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
+ T7 d8 o" F4 Q1 s" H+ @Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 448 U& ?, U, j, Q8 S* j+ q9 T
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加& y$ H: n4 ?# |
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+ e3 @! O& P' R, J; y" m$ SGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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; S) @, v5 D  cAllied Bombardment attack
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4 P% d1 I& e* L, n2 H# hAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444: {3 e2 o: c  @9 S

. a1 e0 C/ K; o( F) q( O" CDefending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000& x- I4 \3 }9 ]$ W6 z3 F
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Japanese ground losses:  c8 z7 p. B) K- S3 f' L& n) a& A
      834 casualties reported
6 v- V2 V& }# m# u& ]3 W' v( W         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
7 `8 ?: X' w7 d         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
$ Y- d9 @7 l9 g& w         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
- K! B9 K% ?" w6 k8 K      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)  n" z) s: o/ ^/ I
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Allied ground losses:$ j* }1 f: P1 b6 z' {8 |$ ]! f
      16 casualties reported& l$ _( h2 q% N4 K- q6 _% }/ g
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled7 l+ |' X. J5 y
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
) T' d; s& q9 I% v         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44
7 }4 X7 U& O5 M% \1 e: {盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久
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) K& a. m2 |6 N" r# q# pTF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!* s2 l. ]! y" V) t
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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1 D8 I. ]- @5 r$ X3 hAllied Ships
, ]' R1 N) F. H' G7 \      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
4 M) U. d. y2 X2 L      DMS Forrest+ Z# a3 n1 c" P0 A) d
      DMS Hamilton' z9 H3 F2 f9 K( _/ Y, X  v& I
      DD Guest# `  Q5 d, {: t' [
      DD Albert Grant6 o6 {2 X( t% f; c5 `
      DD Daly* p5 D! z8 c8 Q- ^6 w" x
      DD Cowell
( x! S/ w3 n/ G9 o$ r7 E" `4 r" P, i      DD Cotten
0 i+ F( R! e8 }" V* n, X      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson3 t1 c! @9 f- ]7 _
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest
  A' p, X9 u: R: M* g98 mines cleared
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1132 o" x" e) c" m$ }( v" r

) l# U% L/ H% a7 [% ^) \, jJapanese Ships; \' E# O3 k! u' j+ J6 u
      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# Z8 P( J4 k( w: r

1 J' ~8 G0 Y/ M& v, m$ YAllied Ships
' i, A5 N% G$ J% ?) p! J      CA Wichita
. w6 _8 q* h* s# `1 ?      CA Vincennes. ~2 R' A* b7 Y5 I/ \) i
      CA Quincy
- ?8 J% T7 |! G      CA San Francisco
9 S( W/ i! F# ~, U6 D      CA Minneapolis7 u8 i/ K0 f/ m$ ]! K9 _
      CA Astoria
2 G  n7 }; c$ ]7 _+ ~8 f! g! n3 j# f      CA Chicago
# i3 i% ], U$ x5 B# j      CA Louisville
: M; |# o3 j( ?/ H& W6 B4 i% M6 B) A      CA Chester
" m3 t6 J' ?2 W0 j" `2 U% t      CA Northampton* j  c1 Z! q, E( j
      CA Portland
0 B- x, U8 N% b$ T
: v3 m# h( I1 Z& K% J/ c8 V  s9 bJapanese ground losses:
7 o' ]8 p$ [' V  \      54 casualties reported
% B- j3 c6 Z; K4 o$ F1 M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled) K! ^; h# x1 {9 n" H9 x. ~! P, M
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled- y$ L8 W4 l: J+ q8 ~3 Y0 H
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' ?7 J/ C) u9 m% `7 G0 b; L      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)7 F/ s* K( V* P; S+ T) n
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ Z, ?3 V! I* N5 Q1 \
& z$ k. r* K& E+ m
Airbase hits 1
- c! e1 X' J) q) B+ WRunway hits 167 z' Z' B4 p: n6 D3 d, i

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% Y4 Y% D) i; M1 LNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 M- F4 {5 X  i% P

4 C5 Z+ f4 w. I5 V" M$ QAllied Ships
, M) z/ h( J' G6 g      BB Alabama
: T( |: d, j7 j1 W1 ^4 [      BB Massachusetts* r( b: j4 ?7 ]8 a9 Z
      BB Indiana- f/ I' y; F6 z" X
      BB South Dakota, @, h" o$ e( Y2 N- F7 ^
      BB Washington
  T4 d7 R; \- l" P2 w# o      BB North Carolina
2 n# O. \$ ~$ \7 h( E0 Z+ e. ^- _9 l
/ }9 Z4 N6 |+ ?. x$ }Japanese ground losses:, L- e/ @1 T$ M; x- X. O) L
      570 casualties reported
& F" m: j0 n9 r+ J' t1 y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ y+ ^: Z1 s6 H& X         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled
' c+ m  W9 ]+ _0 `         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled# O& h4 }" ]6 a" `( A
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)5 ~8 i  b0 _5 A7 e% J$ Q  Q
      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
. M2 e. _. X' C. Y! l+ g! B0 j4 O4 U' s. q7 U9 ~
Airbase hits 7
, }" @0 f$ V: N- F( bAirbase supply hits 1# v" v4 _" S9 c& ^, `$ Y3 u7 q
Runway hits 15
0 H4 a6 Q, r, o$ e6 n% C+ y8 nPort hits 33 D4 R& H( R9 Y+ N; F
Port supply hits 2
' f2 D, j7 r' l0 b. C7 ^
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113: `4 c& x- E% z) f% R

9 e2 d! N1 F( e- T" eAllied Ships# A. {" Z" t/ C# [) t" a
      BB Queen Elizabeth3 v. B. K: o1 ^
      BB Valiant& D$ X: R5 X# N1 p2 t
      BB Mississippi' b- A# s, J' ^7 O! |( S* O
      BB New Mexico1 @* H2 K8 T6 `8 s! `- h
      BB Idaho
* `& y3 K+ N% A/ v: F' `4 |; t      BB West Virginia5 U0 e+ Q4 j4 w+ s
      BB Colorado
  P7 D! O! T2 r7 H: [& m. ]; U: D1 p1 d2 p
Japanese ground losses:. q, V; d7 o$ E$ g
      603 casualties reported
! j6 c% V8 F7 J' p! z9 F0 Y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled) r- l) A/ B" u' j+ t
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
/ ?9 W; Q0 a" D) ?: @$ ?  l. V         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled& a, O3 m% Q2 p8 f& F8 O  G
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled); I% }! o1 J$ q; W# g7 m$ D
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled); t9 \  D: K5 R9 L, h9 X+ N, P

, `" m9 g) i8 ]& k+ N, {& b7 ]+ R5 GAirbase hits 5
8 H( G# \+ |: N+ f) D, \; QAirbase supply hits 2, q+ X( X0 [0 M2 @; F
Runway hits 77 U: x  M1 o, ~  j
Port hits 1
/ X' e; u/ A3 d
+ X0 h, y3 D- E7 K% \BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape
* H& a2 [2 Z; c- _( H6 G. rWalrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant2 G9 j7 s  c1 d/ A) a* d
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division& {9 ^: w' s' q9 J! e6 v
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division
& V  o3 d4 f( @1 z& m) bBB New Mexico firing at Ponape
& U# _; ^3 p9 F1 C, i1 [* k9 sBB Idaho firing at Ponape
1 ^$ ^' h3 k# j8 cOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia! h5 M. \5 K5 |( Y3 @. i
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division& k' `2 y/ B3 i
BB Colorado firing at Ponape ; g, [$ S) H7 W+ n, c% z8 z
8 V% Z" y1 k" G3 x

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)- M6 x/ s+ T8 N( g: L! _" o! k, u
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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' x2 C) x. g. L4 p! bRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet./ S, U4 U( R# O& d  I
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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# j4 [' N, y1 W2 C, r, R! bAllied aircraft/ r0 ]5 \! u" h- C( y' }0 W* Y/ ?
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462* X& l# r, D9 I2 g+ X7 b* w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
2 q8 f% Y0 _: T( H4 C4 b, d      TBM-1C Avenger x 274
- @& W" E" C, e! T
4 M( Q) }6 v$ fAllied aircraft losses
; L2 {5 ~6 R1 u" v* a4 C1 i      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged* P2 j1 x2 w( i3 A
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged4 C" D2 T$ t2 X5 I, ^
( I$ z7 c0 U( S( \7 a
Japanese ground losses:( y+ c- b- C# E
      529 casualties reported* u, [& y0 z8 |8 X
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
, X3 c0 Q  {' L7 h) ~7 F; R         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
% x) V% l4 h: E! g& S, T         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* w0 S: _7 s7 D% H% J+ r" C; \- V
      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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' `& O5 J: P; j$ JAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496- M$ t* L9 a1 m7 T

# |+ d6 ~2 t  p7 ~0 m4 ZDefending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
8 @, h* @- X5 v  M6 k
7 n% v, f1 c8 u  r$ R0 Q7 EAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5" U" l/ v5 z, z
  V  \' [, J' N0 J
Allied adjusted assault: 3029
  A* |( t' n( f1 _( x, w) Z. z( o) {% F7 _: z! u
Japanese adjusted defense: 3835 $ I  L; u7 [8 Q- p5 i) ~# ?
4 d% G- S! v/ M
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) 8 `' X  d1 c( J  L
" d# y6 J% r+ @& a$ Z
Combat modifiers4 e4 c% g0 f! w
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
. n& a. m: _: `) F, a& G: e6 JAttacker: 3 I3 u& {2 f7 F
2 R' n1 W/ P/ z
Japanese ground losses:* l7 |+ Y# b( _# c& ~8 T) P
      5869 casualties reported
& H6 \! z% X5 D# l: N. q( t% a         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
" c, U. h' l/ I         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled4 _- V# T/ o0 F9 h& L/ _" H' R8 v& w
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled1 ^7 f: d. c7 H7 [% C
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)' f/ Z! ]$ v5 u! e% o$ Y
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled). {2 s& O! B5 n1 f. C! |; [) S, P

  h) N1 h( Y" z& p" t+ v3 D) UAllied ground losses:
  E+ `, R; ]/ _, ~* o      1488 casualties reported+ {" s/ H* X  o2 r4 G
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled2 L* \1 I$ |- i8 m: b
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled- z1 t7 K/ }! d
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled6 \3 p% \5 t, z' l8 F8 k( c
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)' H$ @/ w  R5 E8 o
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)# D& |1 {, x& V! x/ M8 a; d
4 {% }) ]4 V+ l3 y3 Q0 D
Assaulting units:
* ?: e9 n' ~( ^$ }9 K- e9 ?    762nd Tank Battalion! p6 l  i0 m0 n
    710th Tank Battalion4 Y, @/ I$ h" G5 D* [9 ^/ W
    767th Tank Battalion
4 C3 e* [! B# U; Q8 e/ T% L    44th Tank Battalion
  H$ [" R0 l5 c, a) w9 ~    96th Infantry Division
. D' T+ e! z* D( E9 |; t/ F    706th Tank Battalion
9 S) L  Q( p! t/ V( ~: H5 Z8 i3 T    81st Infantry Division
& N2 h$ ^& F; {' P, ^; [( E) e7 M$ g    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment. m, A( \- R  U5 v
    5th Marine Division8 W- d7 n8 E: {/ O+ d' f* c1 I: L
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment; v6 b+ ~  }! z" S9 E1 Z3 V
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 w8 J  y6 m5 P. ^6 w9 k5 y* ^5 s8 l
    711th Tank Battalion
! x% X- t& T+ ?# k    716th Tank Battalion2 Z; L9 _, B0 e: v' Q) w% c
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
- y& a. y- Q% t8 }1 f    6th Infantry Division$ C# W- `, R& z6 [& T
    31st Infantry Regiment% ~$ E+ I6 ]6 V5 [: d; C
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
& W2 }6 T* W# y' K* G, c) A    4th USA Defense Battalion
  R% u7 ~, V5 ?" J; M* ^, H, k    X Corps Artillery + Y. [$ ^1 K4 ]' ^7 I5 n
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
3 h- Z" }7 b- E0 R$ W0 B0 z8 O    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 q( l* z3 L: K' U" h/ E0 F. I" o
    I Corps Artillery
5 R7 @( B& o, u- y. Z9 Z    XIV US Corps; J' ]. R7 J% b% z% f5 \
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- B' Y3 l$ ~* n2 [# T: Y    96th Coast AA Regiment
; ^2 u6 j& \  F, D: P, A    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment. T/ ~4 o5 X2 z- P/ }
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 Z2 o% O: O- W% D9 u4 I
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
0 l4 d. c- ]" P; r: W    738th Coast AA Regiment7 e4 l5 G8 {' e" U
    1st USMC AA Battalion
* a+ Y/ B* D. Q: h1 ^5 a, C) _    5th USA Defense Battalion2 k3 o6 p. ]' r1 e
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment% v: _5 Y' X8 a6 l6 u+ I

% i: g) s8 Q+ N$ e$ d% {Defending units:
0 n% G0 z5 V% p  Q6 e$ ^    144th Infantry Regiment
0 p9 f; `' n2 Q# H    81st/C Division1 ^  ?7 d2 H% d+ Q
    Kure 3rd SNLF9 J# ?( [% Q0 w9 \- K  k) j
    Sasebo 7th SNLF* Z$ O+ _7 B5 C7 Q8 Q0 Y
    81st/A Division1 ?" H$ t4 w* q
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment6 Y, \; c1 e' G( _; }8 U
    33rd/B Division# P6 y' ^' P3 r
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
+ R; P6 ~+ c2 B& p. B6 b    33rd/A Division, a$ W3 L1 c2 i& b+ \& C5 D
    81st/B Division
) ?/ u6 k" v5 R- }- n    138th Infantry Regiment
3 A/ R! }. g1 G6 q/ E' u) [1 b    33rd/C Division
! ?! h- K, O$ w# J5 M    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion; I! t8 j  G* T- ]; u) L0 f" k
    60th Field AA Battalion
/ j) v; B, E0 j. k) p; ^- x$ ^    53rd Construction Battalion9 N% H. N+ N+ E
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 o4 ?/ N3 v; U9 x5 f# {) L% [! C$ }' {
    14th Area Army /1
6 h& H* U* A% t! x8 v) k2 h* F    61st Field AA Battalion( E; s/ c+ t8 ^$ h
    18th Army/ c* C( r; ?- w0 r% x
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 {. N9 {( K  h# e* ~& A; Z
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
. z$ _) l( D& M* a    63rd Field AA Battalion( f5 ^& y$ i" ?5 U0 N
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment" ~% {: q* E) m  `+ ]
    12th Air Fleet, R4 s/ u4 B4 z+ c
    Kure 7th SNLF7 j3 F# A4 ]3 n
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- x* o! s/ s- v0 Z; M/ s
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion4 B/ t  x5 K  _  Y& v
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ ^5 X  x4 `! \2 o' ^+ N
    19th JAAF Base Force
; D- \) `4 ~1 L8 z+ y1 H7 ~4 x6 {    3rd Base Force
/ _( ~8 O9 x9 w* ?; X8 e    Ponape Naval Fortress
1 G, e( D9 N- k7 k/ u3 n* [    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

要不要眼含热泪这么夸张啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 44
8 W- S: O% \! |0 g) g盟军向波纳佩投送了一个骑兵团和大量补给，并与日军展开了2轮炮战，日军火力已被明显压制，显然最后时刻即将到来
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113
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: J4 q; ^3 w1 qWeather in hex: Clear sky, ~" Y% Y+ ~  F6 L

6 r2 [8 K. t3 P8 m8 RRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
- z. H" e  ^+ y: LEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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, K4 U, V% f  j& q  s. ?& x" mAllied aircraft) A5 l8 J6 U/ n7 a. F  _) {: j
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462- V. g  l9 R5 i. g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327
# Y4 Q9 [/ S3 X/ |  Z! I( F      TBM-1C Avenger x 283; s9 N( B1 }0 T0 |

( s1 O2 t. x# Y2 R1 G4 NAllied aircraft losses4 F9 U. m0 a- C: \: y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged
. R( s2 C- g" |4 U' d6 E  |6 R      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged' L. \3 O% Z% S: M: A  A8 ]; \8 O
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak/ W' G+ q* i0 d0 g7 i0 c
( A. f3 t; r0 x: W
Japanese ground losses:
$ I- V9 y3 Q1 h4 {- [- ~$ X      17 casualties reported
' `7 B7 O% |5 n3 H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 I, G# A7 f0 E, Z; A" `" q
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled" e" u- w1 o6 [. q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* e3 g" v  p2 H1 U
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
4 ~1 e* G; Y& m, x1 n" J* E$ c, v
Airbase hits 97
& ^) F$ F* g/ F& V( c" h) hAirbase supply hits 26
8 \7 d6 _" \. m: G2 a) N& I/ {& wRunway hits 252
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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" ^, p6 j: E; `7 d* B8 R. C4 [Japanese Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 7281 i9 q  u9 g; S, d
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Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
; [4 L2 a" T- |3 a& c# q% k) ?6 R9 a
Japanese ground losses:
7 W, m) O0 A* l' L! {! `6 Y. c      736 casualties reported
7 c; m) w8 X# G9 o! O0 U         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled' @7 e) v: }& ]: h9 d# e
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled5 r# A3 A$ e5 u( y# D1 v
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled3 i" X, c. M, `! O1 {
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
; C4 r, c) R9 ~. h1 P" ]* M      Units destroyed 1  {# H/ M: s, R
1 Q  y! E2 V5 t  i
Allied ground losses:
8 Y# ~, ^" l+ ~2 N      23 casualties reported
9 a4 P8 [) _- u& E- k2 I8 \         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled; N5 u0 V% B, X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 T) M5 |: W6 N) o5 c
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 k8 i- D; w: Z# I  b$ S      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled): u7 R- ]8 [" W

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4 [) w% q  O3 U4 I! BGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack" M0 O2 A$ i$ u9 ^
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Attacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
  S8 {8 g; r+ O$ G0 Q2 Q. M( _* z! \" h
Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 6933 q  k0 c8 {& m6 H: e5 ~: }: ~; F& o

; z8 ]. H) L0 T. m# `5 }. ^& WJapanese ground losses:, c4 ^2 t$ g* a6 C3 l4 {: ^
      698 casualties reported; X4 K6 ?) F- q( P; Z6 q
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled/ k& x  s/ v  P/ o. l
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled* C- l' h' F# S& k; Y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled9 y' a* _2 M' @# w
      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44
& V1 f: M$ M8 J% n. m岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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- z9 ?  N1 t" XNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113: `9 a9 C) D$ G. d2 q$ t8 [
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Allied Ships2 W* j1 q% ^: I" M* _0 E: X
      CA Wichita* x1 K# q( G: @& V$ C  I
      CA Vincennes2 s8 r# W* |4 m: b: x
      CA Quincy, L+ P( S. \8 n* p
      CA San Francisco
; g. C# M: X& H4 J      CA Minneapolis0 B8 ?8 y- r' q1 U
      CA Astoria4 O' b* \7 _( l3 P
      CA Chicago
$ `" |5 R; P7 H9 y$ ^      CA Louisville6 \3 E6 N2 M9 ~$ M' a% l% m2 D
      CA Chester
7 k$ T. T( |% h. l0 g      CA Northampton3 z8 T$ b) P/ b8 T; ]
      CA Portland8 _! l# @3 D& `$ a

. P) z5 @5 D+ M& v$ NJapanese ground losses:. r0 b, v, D3 u% f  N! H5 R
      213 casualties reported4 `. [& Z* U" M/ e: F
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 K2 M) ]* L, S& t2 [. R0 x; n8 q         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
, ~1 o! k5 p$ e& k; @  C; s4 a         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ y/ I' O$ m; K: M      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)+ @& q( {# Z9 B

7 Z6 g0 ]7 {) e! P- L" ]& qAirbase hits 6
( R3 A/ b2 a- `: ?Airbase supply hits 1
3 w" N8 i8 q8 k, ERunway hits 25
* E$ y3 J% H- x  H! BPort hits 5
' \2 d! Q, q+ H+ O1 N! _Port supply hits 1* c5 H6 e3 r/ [6 `7 j

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113) O; B4 w/ ^/ Z8 ^$ x
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Allied Ships3 Q9 J/ J: [5 z7 B
      BB Alabama4 h% f/ w; P, Y% M/ |' |& p
      BB Massachusetts
  W/ l6 |; w( B, I      BB Indiana0 l  X# s- w" t
      BB South Dakota
# g3 e; G3 {. J$ j( D, _      BB Washington7 k3 }4 |6 @) `( M4 ^& L! i
      BB North Carolina; U3 G. m4 G- U1 |8 o

7 d9 p; E+ I+ Z6 d$ ^! u, jJapanese ground losses:# g. k  W' o- q5 F
      803 casualties reported! |% u7 G2 U9 j
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled+ C1 r! j" d* Q/ N* }9 i9 `
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
/ Z/ M/ D, N6 D% U/ O6 v3 L) a         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled7 _' H: w  ^; K7 X: Q- U9 o
      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
5 Z& n9 T6 h7 O4 n6 P) b6 P3 p2 r. u: I      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2/ d- l/ P! f+ S0 K) @2 N  i
Runway hits 3
( x" s+ W5 t/ e9 o# B: VPort hits 2
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 M+ F* ~' \  Q) }) V' o* l
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Allied Ships
" @0 I2 w0 y1 `' M  f6 M$ b% d3 q      BB Queen Elizabeth; b1 J5 c7 A& @0 Q1 q2 k- N' i8 b* Y
      BB Valiant
) N% r/ {9 R1 Y  z$ [/ l% a      BB Mississippi
$ O$ c  d6 H- v2 C/ L+ B      BB New Mexico
3 D6 W4 j$ p2 {& E8 I" Z      BB Idaho& P: c4 a3 B8 T3 ^9 t9 P& t
      BB West Virginia
+ s, i3 Z9 v' P" L# b      BB Colorado+ O- \6 l+ q% W4 o/ V* w' V5 m$ k) c

+ `7 x# D2 l  A6 V1 f6 ]Japanese ground losses:
6 Y4 J' v- i/ H$ H/ Z2 ^      710 casualties reported) K9 S$ I; k+ O0 G9 |7 R3 N0 e
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
9 q7 M; H; s; H( V         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled4 S2 b# N( g+ V
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
! |( |' V. o' M      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
* L$ V  _# |1 t0 t      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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! b$ K* w8 x3 E5 R7 Z& e6 Y8 bAirbase hits 15 F  w8 _; L0 w3 ]
Runway hits 9
9 t3 @8 a  `( z, q6 }& rPort hits 1: b8 \8 u0 `* d6 V

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6 N: k1 {4 |4 A, @2 yAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 J6 E8 e# Z7 E( o+ S
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' D. R) q; F9 q

; N8 ]7 u/ e1 t; h6 bRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
( h& _" |5 }- f8 a; REstimated time to target is 33 minutes' a6 V: f! J( n% q9 C

7 m0 |( r, F" t6 {0 }Allied aircraft
3 s0 q+ ~5 {/ f5 G' U* ]      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462% `0 j$ t; N# M4 p) q# w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325: p6 m3 z+ f, z' F
      TBM-1C Avenger x 271
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1 `$ o0 C/ I% `0 rAllied aircraft losses
' }! U/ U/ Z! t7 O2 _" M5 {. c      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
& K) Z2 Z- C: X( s/ g/ D      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged! Y7 _; i' [% e$ }1 Q) i% e' Z/ C

/ d+ J7 m! `5 E. e* PJapanese ground losses:
* Z0 U! ]- g& a9 Z3 F. H      660 casualties reported
- m. R6 [8 D0 E0 f) \$ {4 A         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
% v! n, i8 D0 Z- v         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled! j0 ]0 }0 m# Z& i% s9 d! \- I# l
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ }9 p& I* [6 n7 v8 R8 Y* O      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)) y* u- G9 y7 E

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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1 |8 e" r( k" k9 \Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455% O# f4 K# h; Z( E% ~

  z! F2 n6 l  T- k# f) @' yDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4, h/ w: k0 w, Z4 e: f

( o( r* x. D; t/ [0 pAllied adjusted assault: 2943
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Japanese adjusted defense: 537
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)
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- J& y0 K& _. A, rAllied Assault reduces fortifications to 4+ p, d& ]+ w) z9 F, U* ?
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Combat modifiers
8 M4 P4 l( a% K6 JDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
$ Q# y" G1 ^' Q$ w) w0 EAttacker:
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& K2 ?) p3 q* T2 PJapanese ground losses:, ]" _! a8 ~! X; Y6 W4 K3 i' Q
      4555 casualties reported
7 g6 a* g" h) }: l. H' n- q5 D         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled# \5 s2 U: _" V5 ?  V
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled
$ K6 G0 ?( p4 j9 d1 Y         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
8 a7 k4 |- e/ y/ |8 ^      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)  X6 Y6 L, X3 u4 y0 x% M& v/ A
      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
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; j4 B" F5 J3 p  I' BAllied ground losses:
2 e) R6 y; y  f" r      1283 casualties reported# W7 a! a- |" j
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
% l7 F" H, Y9 b. T3 V) l         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
2 z: Z5 B9 o9 Z3 S8 j: i1 G) t         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
# u; K! O- D! S      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)  @+ n; Z1 O" p! ^' M! F9 x
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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Assaulting units:; ~! C! ?8 _4 g+ P3 ?4 R) E
    716th Tank Battalion
- s' j& ?( r/ d( P* @    112th Cavalry Regiment
. C' Q, ?8 p- ^: |2 m' `    44th Tank Battalion
& B! z7 G* E  I" s    711th Tank Battalion
6 |1 H, e) n) z* }; |$ D' s, c4 T    6th Infantry Division
6 }6 f) ?( }$ C" x) o$ R4 \    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
1 P: ^0 f7 a( {6 p6 h    5th Marine Division
5 i+ I* D6 T) D3 n* ~    706th Tank Battalion
1 z/ P1 V8 M/ y" ^( x    710th Tank Battalion) f8 O0 B1 V9 K* ]
    81st Infantry Division
$ W' h6 S: i+ o3 `* `! l; U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment( ]) M8 Z/ M6 j! b: Z7 x
    767th Tank Battalion* A7 w: i0 m3 H
    762nd Tank Battalion) b# P& R. T& f5 d' |( Q! u
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment, V" H" ]2 w: Y  j7 }
    96th Infantry Division; l  _6 `& n; q. F6 z
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 D6 P' f5 p3 D" o    14th Marine Defense Battalion+ ~+ [7 U% v% g1 ]. c
    1st USMC AA Battalion- j/ B# X  a5 `
    738th Coast AA Regiment. z! D' Z. S7 a/ I/ f* `
    X Corps Artillery
3 U& M- j' j4 ~( U) T    I Corps Artillery
9 `$ H' n" o9 c! B& r1 k- E    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment5 H* Z6 l& B+ Q( |
    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 j; G# B+ Q" M5 b+ N! b, J9 [( _0 Z
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  d/ e& x+ W/ J! ]) a! t' U. q; v    XIV US Corps
% y5 }+ s0 c1 E8 d    4th USA Defense Battalion
6 l: Y+ c1 _( S' v    5th USA Defense Battalion, A8 H8 K2 F9 r& x  D4 |  s
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
! N/ Q6 x' D0 z) S9 d    96th Coast AA Regiment
4 u9 V/ f2 v: f. ]' i    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
0 S$ D/ H7 A/ M- ?/ c5 F7 X    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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3 q8 [, m. D% j' W& M# ODefending units:# D# A7 [3 J% G
    81st Division3 \! {: O- n& o! l! _/ ^, t1 Y
    33rd Division/ x( z$ L* N9 h8 E, Y1 H3 N. j* x1 F
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
, V$ n3 X) w& l. N0 \' ?    Sasebo 7th SNLF5 T7 [' K  g; T
    138th Infantry Regiment
) ]8 n0 _1 J& M) _# a    Kure 3rd SNLF /18 V# u, E% u) M% u' }7 Q
    3rd Base Force, {8 l% C) Y/ d1 l! L
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion" n' P2 ^: ^; S. m
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment# ~+ j" ^. I6 m, Y
    14th Area Army /1
6 B& I* Q7 {* e" l    144th Infantry Regiment+ X' ~, [/ r% _
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
+ R$ L+ S* f7 o' l7 H5 y    19th JAAF Base Force+ B1 j7 ]  }8 P) e1 |! Y' M1 t
    60th Field AA Battalion
0 B  @8 r+ Q3 y/ s% M9 N+ ^/ @3 k5 S% d    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; ~; X1 a+ z5 i4 y# h/ i' Q    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 D; r/ N  z* p1 f    61st Field AA Battalion# K4 i+ O; m( s6 L, I) y
    Kure 7th SNLF
8 h, Y* s+ T+ x# |0 N! X    Wake Cst Gun Bn /17 L2 U9 W9 n) u  s& q
    18th Army
3 `9 k' X. c9 Z) K    12th Air Fleet
# K0 j$ w6 P9 p. c$ N. }    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment: L3 U& r+ q2 G* c& v6 X+ I1 |1 S
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ v  H4 K7 a, L+ u    Ponape Naval Fortress* E7 j3 c/ I9 y. _
    53rd Construction Battalion
+ Y% a4 J, N0 `- g/ b    63rd Field AA Battalion- L( c, h; o: g) U  ]7 B
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 446 X2 Q2 F( G8 E0 l
经过20天的苦战，盟军终于拿下了有3个师团8万日军据守的9级防御的波纳佩。
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, b1 h- ]* u3 P0 z& `: \( m* c此役为盟军硫磺岛惨败后立刻发动的攻坚战，意在检验45年盟军的攻坚能力，也测验日军重点把守据点的防御能力。实验证明在断绝外援的情况下，日军据点虽然坚强，但并非不可攻破，实乃鼓舞士气振奋人心的一战。
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8 `: a! B) w  U( x6 o! M' C0 mGround combat at Ponape (119,113)1 O1 e: K8 V. u7 c4 V

  i* X8 E; f4 I/ H( ]9 hAllied Shock attack
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/ d2 \5 p8 O  b7 {, pAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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Defending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
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Allied adjusted assault: 5312
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6 s" W/ Z' o, X: ?# f& aJapanese adjusted defense: 163
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! z, q# J8 ^3 J& G. EAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)
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$ J2 x8 W) {# k4 L! yAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
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! ^5 q7 R! [5 KCombat modifiers
2 t; b/ O" ?2 n* H& p0 NDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
7 I. ?) i7 m  \$ a2 p6 cAttacker: shock(+)' L& h) y6 r7 ~) H, s: [/ n

$ X2 W* k4 o. c; x2 |" vJapanese ground losses:
; \7 x1 O: w+ R- @: V" P7 z8 R      6464 casualties reported
! k; r% F" w% e         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled
6 O( _( N) o( f! W+ k" o         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled4 a# y1 R' H5 ]; |
         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled3 H- H. t. {' B' f: q
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)
, Z* N6 y3 D; S$ F3 w/ A      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)
* l8 M$ o" K; X! ]      Units destroyed 1
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# ]6 Y: `  U; W1 A  k% R/ T# LAllied ground losses:( ^5 C) ?* T, f/ R* R
      700 casualties reported
' D5 `+ L- x9 G$ o2 z6 f         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled/ q; F1 z* ]8 P: T  }. e' _
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled# p. D! [/ f! \6 s2 K% B# X
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled. x% a7 Q% Y( d8 _' e  j
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled); [9 g' w) W/ N- P& O
      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
1 h" x) ]; t6 F2 I& x    6th Infantry Division
" a9 n9 x/ [$ p7 ]8 T/ R    706th Tank Battalion
# M/ N; l. f0 U    710th Tank Battalion
8 Y1 Q' I* ^, D5 j, W: Y& [! D( P# i1 t    716th Tank Battalion
! z* ]7 Y/ ?- Q5 Y    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment/ J  J7 C4 r" |3 m9 l
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment, c( O3 v8 C3 }0 C' P- g, C
    767th Tank Battalion
9 \. U) a* D3 f+ j: b7 `    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment5 s/ n  ?9 F: H& T. U3 L( r# @
    711th Tank Battalion
% Y: x7 o; z: L, v" G    762nd Tank Battalion
7 }0 s$ m3 }0 K% F/ W: \" I) @    81st Infantry Division7 t7 W. s0 y) R( z( j
    5th Marine Division/ Z* j# m) `  q1 Q/ L
    112th Cavalry Regiment
4 e/ O; W8 d/ ]6 i    44th Tank Battalion6 D" K7 W/ d, _' a8 w2 @; L6 H
    96th Infantry Division3 y- v% U3 q: D) u  }0 Q5 A" W' K
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
2 q! \) }# f. ~    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) s7 g  r4 l) N  A    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 u7 `- v8 s$ J+ G. `: N    5th USA Defense Battalion
. }" r4 {+ x4 d9 m) w    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. \$ @7 M/ y. E    1st USMC AA Battalion
0 ?, k$ D+ D1 O7 T6 P    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. I' t; w! v! s- l, ^5 [2 I$ n0 E  U    XIV US Corps5 `, W3 v, q/ S* v, Y
    I Corps Artillery # j  a4 w5 ~( E# A* O7 }7 G/ J
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
* @" D& z5 A/ |' S9 _6 W9 h! `    738th Coast AA Regiment9 J6 H! r+ W( V0 z7 {2 l: X
    14th Marine Defense Battalion( I7 Q  Q, Q) p9 o" G
    X Corps Artillery
, A+ m% N' k* X. {+ [    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# b  G: W& `: E    96th Coast AA Regiment
, j% C1 h* ^# V& `/ c1 P. l& E( F    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment+ F5 b. g% z* P( w- U: l
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Defending units:: ~0 u/ N# e6 c4 E; T) U# q
    81st Division+ `2 a- J: Y, y  Q3 P5 {8 \
    33rd Division
/ |# y! D  p, v( O0 k    138th Infantry Regiment- d. Z( ]" V: B0 h; u
    Sasebo 7th SNLF. F+ o: c8 j6 ]0 I, d- [$ {
    Ponape Naval Fortress  ?1 y9 b# K* L
    12th Air Fleet
, o0 m1 V) k! X( t    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion: z2 L2 \+ [. t: T+ ?0 n; t9 J
    60th Field AA Battalion
; J9 v* `. {+ |# b; v  p! b  z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 L; G- e; A# D( `5 r
    53rd Construction Battalion
) r6 n$ N; l# l4 g' |! {    61st Field AA Battalion- q6 Q2 n9 _2 t) Q8 }6 L
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- y( Q* h5 t/ O    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
6 c) }9 ^. h1 G    19th JAAF Base Force
" i9 W. L+ V# x( E" {% e- h    18th Army
# k/ t4 K+ @# X* v$ o8 \9 e    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4 p3 @% \/ d5 e  ?# x& F' v& N    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 K+ |6 Y' J1 D7 a( Z    3rd Base Force* _! M- z2 K0 D4 W* p' O, }' r
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
6 B" z3 H! V; V    52nd Naval Guard Unit
  t% K0 U2 c) d    14th Area Army /10 n7 n) f6 P  g6 |* `" v
    Kure 7th SNLF
; g. O6 J' _6 b# |% N- U6 S    144th Infantry Regiment9 B! v  h7 R* {* B: J; M( j9 R; h3 x
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* z3 S* I& B& a- s% [7 E! C& i. V
    63rd Field AA Battalion
, d1 i! G0 U& z- M1 c    18th Field AF Construction Battalion+ G# Z# ?8 i5 I2 ^. e. U2 m3 l
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44$ ~! r5 d3 B, N5 G& C
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来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。
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+ Q$ ^2 ?7 X5 z9 `( Q* DNight Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards
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. V: x8 g: t/ [$ w% eJapanese Ships8 |1 d, e- o9 _4 ?5 j
      DD Fujinami( G4 a% I7 M. Z4 i' D8 g' Y. E4 e
      DD Kishinami( R8 l- V  d# W
      DD Kiyonami
' ^0 e$ O& ^% J3 ]      DD Okinami
1 U: b+ o/ c7 ^% W- s      DD Hamanami- n6 f% T! q8 Z# I" M/ i" {1 S
      DD Asashimo& v; @. i) W" W. v  e

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  ^- \' }: J- t( `6 Z- k  U5 W      xAP Golden Racer
6 K. C2 ~: s$ ?; T/ E  q& \      xAP Mallory Lykes
2 t% [' i4 X$ L. p3 Z3 g- t      xAP Abigail Adams
% A+ E8 X7 ^) U  ^      xAP Adoniram Judson
: f. v  f0 i5 K! C! S      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ Y7 K# e# A1 o$ a
      xAP Andrew D. White
" l$ p: ^; L7 v0 n' a      xAP Andrew Furuseth8 T5 a8 [; E, d) O7 o
      xAP Archbishop Lamy2 x3 J7 g6 _  z* A
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires; G+ M/ E* q2 a% ^
      xAP B. F. Shaw9 a; I" U) Z% V% S. m2 A# X* D1 A
      xAP B. Livingston
& ?! ^8 |; ~: F      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson# R, \- }+ I3 |: ]( C! T6 p
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
* [9 s  f: P9 F) K      xAP Benjamin Lundy' y. n+ P- y5 q
      xAP Caleb Strong, |6 p3 a) \$ Z
      xAP Carlos Carrillo+ H- }! R* k! F( c- h
      xAP Charles H. Windham
, E% o! z' R; h  ~7 V      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
! P! c2 o$ F6 l) s. n8 f      xAP Chief Washakie
- B* Q8 G& B& j" b* A: M4 ^$ g7 M" E      xAP Daniel Drake
7 \: E6 F7 t- ?% P5 s' i% M, W  K      xAP Daniel S. Lamont# N+ F' H1 N& N; s7 Y
      xAP David Dudley Field! F, \3 |! F  f5 T" l& \
      xAP David Gaillard
+ w- J* {  X# W! Y. q      xAP David J. Brewer$ }$ D( _2 S+ K+ @. w3 m( g0 b3 @
      xAP Edmund Fanning
! M( x3 q+ ?! e0 U* c) Q( Q) h6 V- D1 F      xAP Edmund Randolph
% F2 n/ ?2 F. z1 V* e5 `3 w      xAP Edward Livingston5 w" G$ `* o% g
      xAP Edwin Markham
$ L3 O( \5 H3 ~) @1 X. V      xAP Elihu Thomson2 \1 J( Z' N6 c( {
      xAP Frances E. Willard, A' L$ m( e- L6 {7 E, Z2 D
      xAP Francis P. Blair
& t; Z5 t# [/ d5 y      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire
* K) K: q0 c1 \; f& s      xAP Leland Stanford7 E, z9 s* \, G. k8 m0 e
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw' z$ ], d" _7 a5 b2 D2 |
      xAP Lew Wallace
* @3 P8 `+ G0 t. [1 i. L/ g2 o2 g      xAP Lewis Cass7 m5 n2 B* j2 ], p% T$ `% A
      xAP Lydia M. Child
& e' r% e& `% }3 M' ]      xAP Samuel Gompers$ w( H0 p& y  j  @" }
      xAP Stanley Matthews7 k1 }( U7 ], p' T# u- M
      xAP Stephen J. Field
. i4 e: ~& t7 y% p9 j: @      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
, R- \8 u; n4 S* E8 ^4 D. J7 y, f/ I      xAP Thomas A. Edison, T! K' T. h/ O3 ^
      xAP Thomas Nast
8 C* X5 {& e" T      xAP Thomas Nelson
" e1 w7 E( L- {# m4 G1 q" [( ]      xAP Vitus Bering9 w! S5 B5 V( D4 N. k5 J
      xAP Walter Colton
3 [6 F3 C, ~- b. x  u      xAP William C. Claiborne: c/ `9 `( q( o: I) v+ v
      xAP William Dunbar8 v9 E# L( `' X1 Q9 J
      xAP William E. Channing0 ], p5 Z9 U$ W9 ^) I9 R
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 20 W( C8 l5 M% V, r. c8 l8 e8 b
      xAP William L. Garrison3 K' I# E: O6 x2 B" \0 m
      xAP William M. Stewart. Z8 M8 g9 N" T* i9 k4 f
      xAP William P. McArthur& i$ {& [. s& g3 X$ n1 s
      xAP William T. Sherman( I% `$ O  l& @/ u: C
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
7 H: f# c; p: D( Y9 D/ X, C  [# m      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 r) q! `( |( s) T+ \& ~' ~
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
$ k2 U7 O* \. C% d      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. v" x6 w$ L* _, J6 {, J. F5 [  Z5 \" o
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk% i8 X5 X" S+ U5 |1 r' x% ^
      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" [: F. w6 A% F% G$ X0 `- E% l1 X: l      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  O# }. R6 _7 b3 {
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
4 g* x6 `" O7 Z* p      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
$ ?* s% ?# r3 R: E6 F. ^      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ ?: d4 \* o' A, F$ a
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
  Q2 U% k6 N& x  }2 I      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1
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Allied ground losses:
/ d6 w+ \' W: s0 \1 K% W2 ]8 g      2171 casualties reported
# u4 p3 ~0 u6 ]) [3 }         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled- j9 S5 K, P- L! f
         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled" Q8 V( {" _2 k/ Q% x
         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
7 w4 o% `( i7 [, d  {      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
: g- b: W/ J1 a1 w      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards. d: e$ y0 r, L: N  i2 ^
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Japanese Ships/ @2 J$ H, c: o! k% N1 H
      CA Tone% z- V* I8 z6 s+ Z
      CA Chikuma
- D# D0 M4 j( p' s. B6 W7 d3 b      CA Mogami. `+ h8 L" k" y& \$ k2 ^
      CA Mikuma
" p0 V, s9 J) c5 o1 k. i8 A( [      CA Suzuya
3 Q$ O5 l1 m" m& `7 n( T' L6 i/ i      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
& P1 ~6 x5 x3 u6 R8 J9 d3 g      DD Haruzuki- D( A5 G* I6 L5 B$ c
      DD Naganami
' P, d. I7 F, F7 `' [      DD Myojinkaze" o1 Q3 v" ]8 Q: _( A5 C- D. g- M$ I
      DD Kosukaze
* h8 W( @7 E  }( W& v( M) x' N      DD Yamanakaze: ]7 x, ]( v: e
      DD Urazuki
: C& D2 F7 I+ p$ W& f0 p) ~      DD Benigumo
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Allied Ships
) x7 W7 f  f. n- j      xAP Golden Racer2 s8 X1 }" D. [: m' S, j
      xAP Mallory Lykes& E% s: ?7 v  H# ]" I, u# D
      xAP Abigail Adams; n6 S8 y5 t$ l# L2 Z- s! y
      xAP Adoniram Judson
. ~! _4 u9 F) |' @      xAP Andrew D. White% q4 u( \5 R: q) H
      xAP Andrew Furuseth
2 j8 ]( v8 u2 D0 L8 T9 l* f      xAP Archbishop Lamy- ?/ r: R. U3 u
      xAP B. F. Shaw
2 a, j$ v8 o1 P5 H      xAP B. Livingston
) |8 p1 w- c1 F! G; d' [3 i      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2( b% c. b, s0 _2 l4 i( b9 \5 v5 @
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
! B5 K$ B: B8 t0 m) y( ?+ ?! w      xAP Benjamin Lundy& s7 U6 A* h" V' B* |' v& E
      xAP Caleb Strong
8 O* i6 M+ x. V& r: S7 _      xAP Carlos Carrillo
" S3 J; }0 i/ V. A+ e0 D5 V9 b      xAP Charles H. Windham0 X; T6 m" ~- k* Y8 K2 T, E4 @
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz* }/ J+ z! }) J1 u* q
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1: {7 C: d! u9 W! W
      xAP Daniel Drake
+ M4 X" s) q9 K2 i      xAP Daniel S. Lamont- g0 K% Z$ \( g/ {. f
      xAP David Dudley Field9 U# N2 z9 C9 G" k6 H/ A: H
      xAP David Gaillard) ?# ^( `& e+ y/ ]' x+ u
      xAP David J. Brewer
3 F* ]" v9 u) }      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire7 N* Y1 v! n  J4 q% Z
      xAP Edward Livingston
" w/ F0 X$ L6 F" j+ [" Y- n2 Q      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2) u6 W! X& ]  w! e9 f
      xAP Elihu Thomson
; b; I0 x: \& q7 E" _1 u      xAP Frances E. Willard$ D; ^% _  d  a
      xAP Francis P. Blair
) @3 L2 a. M7 {; x% J) P0 L      xAP Leland Stanford
: @4 E5 Z, b; B" A7 x* A& K      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
4 r# s7 ]- \9 X      xAP Lew Wallace
8 Y& d- f5 V* e+ v1 R3 B3 j8 l      xAP Lewis Cass, i" e- z, i9 g2 t8 d' }6 z
      xAP Lydia M. Child- N% E: l5 `9 V6 U, u. |
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 U; Y  K2 D5 O+ L  q/ v) C6 c5 F3 w/ K
      xAP Stanley Matthews6 B, _  U/ p# X  ^. {9 s5 M
      xAP Stephen J. Field
! T' G9 t! [0 X4 J3 m      xAP Stephen M. White$ C- ]0 R+ B9 A/ c2 d' w+ ^* b) s1 ]
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
8 {; H6 Z& n& Z      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage1 y- `7 ]4 Z1 [# L/ n9 Y& G7 F" g4 _
      xAP Vitus Bering
3 ], Z. X% J7 c      xAP Walter Colton
! z& {% o1 J4 G      xAP William C. Claiborne( ]) m0 e1 k  I" Q/ ^( a# M' t
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ E$ L: h# E1 ?) t  k3 n
      xAP William E. Channing
( J# u" Y7 w1 M: ]. q      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
; u& u8 j% q8 I4 w: ]      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
( J, m" q+ A% Z4 D      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire3 E, L" I$ l4 @$ S. S0 S/ |0 J
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 b2 k) R& U2 w  u      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  m3 b4 Z8 i/ d# E' e% Z
      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& g& G2 `) O. K. q# U9 S      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% v$ @$ m% e6 U& ~; E2 j, t      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& K5 j0 G6 }8 Y      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- z: r% T3 N1 }9 b2 Y' S% R      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
% }* f! ~& L. u. Q+ P      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' X4 G  b+ d3 ~3 w
      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* z6 C" m+ F0 j& D3 U      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires: \  [3 h$ X5 u/ G
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 l# a# Y) u+ v: U
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) i- z" a1 t+ {) a6 k
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 Z, ]/ E) r6 v; P2 Z9 p0 H/ A( h) E6 s      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 ^! ~3 J" u, R, j. l  n      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  z. \  i3 |, U4 q- o      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
8 {5 ^9 s% A0 X0 l7 b6 J      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
9 ]! v  a5 N; f3 D8 y6 I8 j      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire
3 C/ e2 m' }+ i" |      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 w0 Z2 j$ |" W4 R6 y! U( M
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire
9 ^# ^$ P# E- l8 ]9 O      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage( k: l* K: ~$ o2 |
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2! D3 r- ~) t3 b) P& A* c

4 C! m) d% {1 Q* H$ XAllied ground losses:6 M# }* w3 h# Z8 S- c5 T
      1589 casualties reported
  V' c! X3 @5 W; u) E" V7 @         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
( i. i8 p# s4 P, M# ~  M( y         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled& S9 a5 C6 Q6 ?0 \2 B1 r
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled
; z5 o  X) ~) l) H      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
! {( N9 s* N, R! Q# u! ?5 `      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)3 B) W; J  L! V- }6 A8 T
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) L5 m5 _/ x2 v% i* U' z% \Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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! e- G* u8 N! j4 V# _Allied Deliberate attack- Z& j0 Y, C( T3 k- Q' ~
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Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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Allied adjusted assault: 1865 % Y0 @0 b: L0 z# Z  }

# w# i5 L3 I% P7 K/ wJapanese adjusted defense: 57 0 z' B* i* W  X1 G0 d+ ]

8 u& x1 b* p  C9 cAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 * x2 r0 ?; R9 C

# c# V4 R" }9 s, ^Combat modifiers0 M2 }4 y- w% j# p3 q+ U2 g% O
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
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4 t6 a" }* h$ I, `5 dJapanese ground losses:* u! M% A) x5 _$ J
      2583 casualties reported
, K( j) [& f7 L+ c$ A5 @6 q7 S         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled) q) B7 g" B3 \7 S4 @3 S2 P7 G
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
! g- ]* w: A# B4 ~0 \$ `8 `( J         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled. @1 H2 X6 w% d/ N9 X$ }3 {1 _
      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)  X4 p$ z4 P1 ^  }' c0 a
      Units destroyed 1
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5 p4 y) |  b- J, I" N! FAllied ground losses:& Q$ j7 i; r: _. Z* R
      107 casualties reported
8 N4 G, g' b. {( l" `! Z' ^6 {$ ~  |         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
+ o" _: q7 o+ N$ R+ }4 k         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
" n: |/ S) ^% R7 N# j5 U( ~4 s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
2 U/ y* w- d9 r# N5 v      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)$ B) `4 Y2 l% _/ Z8 m- E3 ^

. H; E. X2 k- I7 `Assaulting units:: W; K9 e2 }+ Q) ?% M) i
    6th Infantry Division, Q: {% j6 v8 m2 R% @1 e! o
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
" F2 T' G7 w# A0 J9 }1 X3 t! f$ x    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
6 @9 F6 G3 w- b4 e( c    710th Tank Battalion5 B1 I$ z4 ^1 i0 H/ g3 Z
    81st Infantry Division$ t3 ]: i% m+ ^. |: S
    767th Tank Battalion
& {! ^' m3 @. l( S9 H    716th Tank Battalion3 x% R9 ^1 E) N* _+ C8 U; y! b
    44th Tank Battalion6 t, I6 |& a0 b: S* O  Q! `7 n
    711th Tank Battalion$ `9 @/ I7 a9 N8 K4 G) c+ a8 [+ S
    762nd Tank Battalion. l1 }: x# _% @. M' d9 m
    5th Marine Division
1 J  E- G% ~1 Y! ?, q( B9 C    112th Cavalry Regiment
& t2 ^* V4 S9 C# L1 d    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 r4 \  m% n. d8 e- ]3 G    706th Tank Battalion& W, X5 q3 Z/ T7 `
    96th Infantry Division/ ^9 }. m5 e1 l7 U2 U; }
    XIV US Corps
  A8 Q. ~" `9 y9 k    4th USA Defense Battalion
' \% h& U/ i0 L% Z9 }* \0 J7 X/ [3 E+ w    X Corps Artillery 9 Z2 K5 O% I( r8 A: j
    738th Coast AA Regiment
- B" @0 F/ d  _7 F8 b    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 {1 Q; `8 T( A5 P    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 k1 q" Y# G" \$ K( P/ p1 O$ j    14th Marine Defense Battalion& b1 p8 o' @# @
    I Corps Artillery $ J( j$ o. R; Q6 w7 O. [: O+ D
    12th Marine Defense Battalion7 j0 H, ~0 I7 t$ Q  X
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion: e" f, G7 a; S, o
    1st USMC AA Battalion) t# A9 [# H6 N1 ?2 k
    35th Aviation Base Force8 m! ~* V( M' \/ L2 @* f
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment, Y( [. I5 J, t* X- W  u
    96th Coast AA Regiment! A: h6 [; w# d" Z+ U* m8 k# L
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ u1 k- k2 }0 P3 u0 n/ y2 M
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
! v6 o6 N0 n5 O1 w/ S    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment% }& {3 t, I4 _$ s( x
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Defending units:
1 l; P" M$ w- c3 o* g7 t3 N# W    81st Division* {" @, @! g& }" i
    33rd Division
' O; y/ S. |' v% f    Sasebo 7th SNLF
. V1 p. h6 N9 Z+ |; h    52nd Naval Guard Unit, a4 R2 O* ]  y, h
    Ponape Naval Fortress# Y, T, N/ k. ~0 m1 u
    63rd Field AA Battalion' [3 U7 P& A; \) m/ U- D
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment0 K% c+ `7 D8 t  v
    14th Area Army /1
* p, @/ M' T( j% {% b; ~    61st Field AA Battalion* [: g6 j. u2 q
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ u* L1 V( ?1 s- g$ h" z; }
    3rd Base Force8 N3 t) G& t8 R5 `
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
$ i0 j$ t  u" Y4 y3 ]    19th JAAF Base Force
" T5 @* \1 o5 h! Y$ x! P% x, ~    53rd Construction Battalion
$ N7 R6 y, Y; K4 U    12th Air Fleet
1 y' g& C* j" \: h. h/ d) Q6 m    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
- B" W/ P9 _8 {0 d3 p5 j    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
, a3 [0 @2 }$ t4 q7 {    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
  [* N% i! y. C* ?8 f3 U    Kure 7th SNLF
0 ?: \. }% _" E% D) d. S    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment. I" O& P5 v2 I# B1 o
    144th Infantry Regiment. j( H( R5 L3 {9 S# i# F
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: i' o$ G+ S* g- ], _* ?    18th Army
/ q; t3 w" T5 f- c* ?8 _    138th Infantry Regiment. q& @9 r. }+ {4 e' G0 f
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 Z2 p. H/ Q* s! p3 S
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /37 L; C4 p: M, T* I9 V1 e& e( i1 L5 F
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1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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) W4 }/ |- |2 l3 C) W' }23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!5 g! P# x. }0 j# W& b5 C4 O

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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!" a, A3 _' b' S- g* P2 w7 C# `
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61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Kure 7th SNLF Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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4 \/ K8 W( `# H, m' d52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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8 Q1 C+ y) s4 A8 g. z4 {& J, g% s7 t53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!7 ]2 @6 j$ |& D9 m, |6 s$ v
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hades1001

这里离前线实在是有点远了，护航兵力也安排不过来，水机也不多，给日军钻了空子，大统领表示要检讨

hades1001

第二天晚上日军杀个回马枪是可以预料的，不过那些受伤的船只跑不快被击沉也是意料之中的事，这些损失大统领只能默默的记在小本子上，等着向天蝗十倍讨回了