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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44; m4 S' E2 u" n* ?

- ~6 Z6 G! t' ^7 w1 i! H经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了4 h+ O+ F6 U* g, B
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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/ m8 g: @6 X3 i8 q62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense., L  A; ~# W. V; h9 ^' v2 r3 b
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Allied Ships+ {% I- }; ?( I# e
      CA Wichita: C# ]  P! z) `: O2 u
      CA Vincennes) T) P+ S1 S6 f# g
      CA Quincy
( D8 Q4 G  Y' [% q: F; c6 F! x      CA San Francisco
# `" e" w% \2 N. D      CA Minneapolis
! J6 W, n4 m, K$ O/ Z3 ]# M" I2 M4 _      CA Astoria
" t$ N7 [7 W! K& `2 b. @      CA Chicago
$ m, y/ J; e' f0 J      CA Louisville/ y- E$ ~1 m; x: p& H4 v# k
      CA Chester2 y. f8 s8 }. P) e
      CA Northampton9 p+ q. k7 V: o# h/ B2 `6 N
      CA Portland; M1 K$ f/ n! ?$ u( |6 V0 A
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Japanese ground losses:
5 H! K+ o2 g7 g      71 casualties reported' W5 j/ A6 T1 A- W
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 L, f& I4 m  L; t         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
; y, C2 a* D6 k4 M6 t         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 F6 D2 t3 K: P  X8 n  B      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 Q0 i0 F0 u$ ]5 j; P  ?; k
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Airbase hits 2' R$ r; g- R5 P$ Z2 G  e( `
Runway hits 10, f% X, R. G  t: D& d( S1 }/ m$ S/ i
Port hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
9 P7 W! r% K8 G, N9 UCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% ?8 G; z4 f+ a6 l
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
* n5 r. d* K/ nCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% C( S, y# P) T
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy# U' v' u/ C% Y8 v/ Q
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
. T# a( y8 }/ W: B0 z( xCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment- q7 A7 G& u7 b+ |9 q
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria5 G0 N( ^( _' a5 x
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress5 w  r; q1 b* m, h
CA Chicago firing at Ponape 8 k& [. W+ s) V2 Y. H2 s/ m
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
; d+ J2 S3 I: x$ jOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
, i1 O7 y: b  ], [CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress0 W; e3 _) T0 x8 o
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division$ k; S1 V9 f& p" v: h4 E
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
, @: D- ?) t* @1 u4 O: R# Z1 FCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment/ k5 ?4 Z1 _. G0 j' x5 m0 c
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships, k, T$ ]4 D4 ?: `! ]8 S/ J7 Y
      BB Alabama& }+ d/ h; F( L; A
      BB Massachusetts; b! ~, p2 i4 p3 ]' U7 [! B
      BB Indiana; _% t$ Z* ^( D6 `
      BB South Dakota  o6 R: c" U2 x# }6 b
      BB Washington
, y2 s# O* [; V2 |8 b+ g& P      BB North Carolina, U. {- J$ q& N2 u1 r, r5 }0 {

: x1 t6 \" U& `6 W' Z: P% wJapanese ground losses:
' M0 D: G* K0 G/ d4 `6 D! |      275 casualties reported+ w6 O- Y/ O+ a0 i% E4 t8 H" X+ A8 o. j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled- a; Q6 z: m: h, I1 I9 W
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
1 C# X" g9 Y9 s8 k: L& I" D) n. J) v         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled1 \  ]1 ~' j4 }
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)3 N4 M' \4 a8 ^8 l! g! C! z
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)8 f+ H: A* d) c& s; J% N; O7 O: I

& [; ]$ t& E, l! o- n* _3 N) QAirbase supply hits 1$ Y. l' M' s% V
Runway hits 7
  `, g6 z) e7 {( Y' F, c& HPort hits 33 ]. Y: ~: Q! }' N. [7 k, a" j
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape * H& G0 t' [! O
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
/ ]/ i  z8 p4 E  I8 e0 GBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
2 d7 k6 A0 F! l0 C. p! YOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota; R; C. \& N& f+ r. t2 }  |# A
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
' w8 D# r3 h" T" g9 IBB Washington firing at Ponape 3 d9 m& V" X/ N0 ?
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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3 Y9 G( u! U# J4 c2 _; E4 |Night 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 Ships
  e* o4 A. e4 g* v  M+ y      BB Queen Elizabeth  B' U# v- b7 h/ ?
      BB Valiant
, u. X, T6 b& A$ p4 F9 k      BB Mississippi
* R  D5 n8 x2 B/ C4 _8 ~5 _  p  E      BB New Mexico
( r3 K+ Y7 c' z# x# `+ m2 S      BB Idaho3 ?! z3 b# F1 I- Z, G4 q
      BB West Virginia
; u/ U) {- i) E6 F- Y      BB Colorado2 H8 ^+ x! V) L) F- J& E

$ c2 _% }2 ?1 C0 HJapanese ground losses:
" o0 B$ ~& @+ r. m0 j0 K      117 casualties reported
$ P* h3 a4 ~" m( w         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
- m+ w( n9 o+ f, [( w4 u         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled! k- Q' y4 Y9 T  u$ n- ~/ c0 p
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 M% X/ E6 I% B' G$ l' u" F9 N7 w      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
% S! u! k% g, X( R      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 23 Y! L1 t; r5 I7 U/ w1 z. y( D1 U
Runway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
2 f+ P1 S8 t, M; ZBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
$ I" Z5 X  H! t( \7 w, RBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress% m, x/ ^9 O9 n
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
% {7 w: |$ L  P$ Z7 o2 N1 LBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division# C( x8 S: f3 v' S1 a* ?4 a3 l
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
+ s7 y9 c% w1 O2 E3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
0 `: q  v; ^, b. \BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
( Q! s2 B8 r- Y9 ?  _8 n* HBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force! k6 E7 ], W( u( m
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms( }- ^/ v" y# M3 f% s

, g, n3 L; q, W: |! r. z9 RRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.; z$ m: X! D  ~  ~0 K' j
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft7 ^/ ]9 J7 j$ K) u
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462, I. y+ ?3 [, E7 i4 Z; n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337/ L$ R& w4 u/ ]" L
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2835 a0 n% r  t, P' x
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Allied aircraft losses. N3 o. I. @- v- O  n3 h
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
( N; a5 m+ W+ M7 T5 v; w5 b      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak  Q3 b' _. a% C- a( k
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged7 ?% K! O, c. z
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak( R, s* ?' p& V4 q# L5 c

* J- C. f1 L, n: f7 }- iJapanese ground losses:
# A3 R, v' z* S      159 casualties reported
. z2 d& ^' p9 N3 a2 V         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
  v- ~, @. H1 e# k  r         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
- c! C6 h: W5 ^" Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) |  L& J! [  Y1 p: B
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113). t, G! Y% b: F) a

6 M$ e. b7 V2 [! i. OAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931( L, J) _0 V7 b# @# D! g

. R) {9 m* i1 `* @: ^Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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+ a. Y5 C+ @/ _2 U; qAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 76 `! E4 u% H( L( I6 Y; J" Z" W- `
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406 * \! V: _9 k9 n2 ~& r

& v8 J7 U$ z4 Q3 z; ?Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 6 A7 |4 K4 l2 n& M! g9 ]* x

' b6 O& B! y8 Z$ wAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers
) X9 S- Z. ^. r8 D# K' NDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)( Q; M0 Y9 u& v3 }
Attacker: 1 H% g9 [5 b- G, `" B9 t' F+ ^

7 @) q) W3 B; f9 D" N0 ?Japanese ground losses:
% b$ A3 J# Y8 h/ W" t; U% L6 ]' V      3539 casualties reported
% q+ C- I5 o* r5 @         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled2 U) p$ L0 w% _) g; k8 I$ O
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
' g7 \6 b! z  z) p  L1 Z         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
9 w! f- P2 }& G) `+ h7 {      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
9 u4 T0 `! Y+ C$ j9 p      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:3 z% v8 b0 ]# r
      3552 casualties reported
% _" e6 @8 D( j4 a6 X         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
$ T7 }: D! D3 S         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
" h' B& O- [! m; J4 u. K: x+ b         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled3 N0 i- N9 `, C3 x' g- @
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)% s5 @3 \+ z& C. l; {3 k
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
4 g' J/ q5 T( k) N4 N: r2 d5 |      Units destroyed 17 ?1 J+ g4 t1 r# p: z( u+ L
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Assaulting units:
% \% m( F. P  y0 L% u    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
( @2 v% x1 g1 L$ E+ o5 V    5th Marine Division
: j- ]1 Y. P! K    716th Tank Battalion
; o1 k. W. H, A    706th Tank Battalion- g" e, g$ k0 h+ M9 U! o! c2 P
    762nd Tank Battalion
) B& a. @; i! ]0 Q    710th Tank Battalion
" H- ]1 X5 |( ]0 F; w; h    767th Tank Battalion
7 v/ i8 ^% J0 X# @3 ?    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment; d, x  S8 u' M# S
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
& }1 o) v0 B$ B    81st Infantry Division& l' B0 S2 u4 ~7 S+ y
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment2 h7 ~* H/ M& }" D( j/ x9 _" O9 l
    96th Infantry Division
3 X- u; _  C& |. v: F! L    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
* B8 O& Z; b! D5 Y) A% F" s    711th Tank Battalion- m; l, |7 W9 q) c$ k. R3 W
    44th Tank Battalion. u* s7 X2 r' n+ K+ }4 R: m8 `# y
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion! L0 o7 X' t. W0 k3 [
    6th Infantry Division
  ^/ q% e, x1 `% c: u' ^    1st Filipino Inf Regiment, H. W( S& z6 s3 x7 V. }1 |
    31st Infantry Regiment
: g/ P; D( Y! R, n    XIV US Corps$ m6 f, [% z+ u# C
    96th Coast AA Regiment/ a  F# Z) U1 c/ j: Q  e% T! A
    12th Marine Defense Battalion. @& u+ c  s/ B& H8 S' S' \7 S( e
    4th USA Defense Battalion/ a/ s( G0 X9 H+ L; Q3 b; T
    14th Marine Defense Battalion5 a5 e& E! l; G% U9 v% t; u! l- J
    1st USMC AA Battalion
9 z6 D( _5 \2 Y( ?, o    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 m! h- C9 I5 @, b& b/ D0 ?' m    5th USA Defense Battalion! _2 I; I! V0 a9 ~7 _+ E. W& w0 A
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 C/ J0 \, W3 ~7 I' l9 m# |
    738th Coast AA Regiment
) j: g. F/ H6 d! I  o4 Q0 L, O    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment) L. Y8 }2 I) s- ~& ^' x- x
    I Corps Artillery ; W- \4 K2 o% e* f
    8th Marine Defense Battalion! [/ {1 O0 ]- \% @5 C5 ]8 k' `+ |& ~/ Q
    X Corps Artillery 8 Q% X& v7 O3 y7 n. ]
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* G* J( [3 \! q$ ^" u7 o. _: G    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
0 u1 ]/ U) d- P! _& J- |    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
& N. O3 i# n7 ]2 S& g( N    52nd Naval Guard Unit5 B5 D3 b& @! T* I$ s: {9 V
    144th Infantry Regiment
; }4 w6 y1 y2 _, T    Kure 3rd SNLF( x/ U. s; I; F9 y# I5 L" k
    Sasebo 7th SNLF1 T! w. V$ r) o( f+ r/ J
    33rd/B Division
- p! g2 L3 S  Q& I! Q+ t: G- R    81st/C Division
, X0 T- }& J0 @3 Z1 @    81st/A Division6 b8 A& ]2 _" A, @% ]3 d! V$ H
    81st/B Division
8 @; {4 J  z# j4 H# @  _7 [    33rd/A Division4 U$ F5 l* d  U6 D' [
    138th Infantry Regiment
. f: Q5 y& v* f' R: s! R    33rd/C Division
2 z8 P% D7 `3 y" f# \    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment' N+ x& w' Y7 z" R( [( O
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion# Q* J( v3 S: b$ ?) B3 |
    19th JAAF Base Force( o6 R- t! l% ]* o$ T# W
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co , v1 Q8 t3 R0 g3 `/ y& I8 A
    12th Air Fleet
  Q' o: R' o. m5 r3 `& U2 O; z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
' R* |' M! B& K) b/ Q; f    23rd Fld AA Gun Co . ?. K* S6 x! ~1 `3 U2 h
    63rd Field AA Battalion# l9 U- |6 g0 X& H- U, `
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment+ o0 y9 G2 i$ m) e9 B8 Q; y
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion( _6 G3 U: f2 U5 z3 }% I/ u
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment, e/ j0 k5 u- @+ n# s
    Ponape Naval Fortress
; _# A. @, S: y. v  Z. Y8 g    61st Field AA Battalion" v' {' o) C- {
    18th Army/ e- _# t* |! c$ p
    14th Area Army /1
) L, I! `# i" ~' Y& p    60th Field AA Battalion
1 |: [5 M* [8 R, k. H    53rd Construction Battalion
7 M& |% Z9 D; G, l    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# L6 F$ O4 x( d- o" B" q; @! ~
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1; Y0 b7 d' Z- S5 G5 H7 h* X; ~) T$ s
    Kure 7th SNLF
! D! c, H; }0 m8 _9 s8 }3 Q6 A    3rd Base Force
) c  T6 g: e4 `; W: x! `2 b    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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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

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 441 e5 P( L, H8 u* b3 l* a

+ X6 Y( R) N' v( v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. D3 X9 X5 j3 u4 \7 b* f
      CA Vincennes
/ ]+ N9 j* u6 d2 X/ s; Y      CA Quincy
1 o% C8 t' @3 V8 v% R9 s      CA San Francisco
# B& s1 h5 v: l6 S& v5 |      CA Minneapolis
: f: ]& i* X" I* g( X      CA Astoria
& @" Q0 X: G+ T- w# X; c# r' Y  W0 I      CA Chicago9 s3 ~0 ]0 J5 `* b+ C7 E# }" `
      CA Louisville
; l/ R+ I6 X3 k0 W& \      CA Chester
. g6 E% G1 U  @/ ^      CA Northampton' I) k" v$ t- q% _  V; G
      CA Portland+ m8 A/ j1 U; I

7 M4 I/ y/ Z% U! Z9 YJapanese ground losses:
8 T. d6 T( C. N, H: n6 c6 Z      112 casualties reported: Y' E0 U, H% l* m( l, z+ E% R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled; ^( p; m; Y7 P' w5 l
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
5 e5 b4 s" S# v" e' z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled1 S: A$ y* q" t) T

% z; m; G7 J& Y" zAirbase hits 5
( s, x/ V5 ^9 g; NAirbase supply hits 2) {) ~- W3 m+ H+ p' Y
Runway hits 21
) b; C6 C2 G/ bPort hits 7) x0 @: P5 y( W" g2 ^' a, d" t  w
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! T& N/ i# y, W8 E7 }Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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( n* N" D- i& V* qAllied Ships5 \0 @* t+ R; V/ d, @9 \8 y
      BB Alabama
# }5 g. R; |0 W; P2 z* Y9 r      BB Massachusetts9 V7 ^: H, G& m+ r
      BB Indiana
. _( _8 g# [6 O; C* X  m      BB South Dakota
8 F! ]0 k+ F* g1 C! p2 J( ], t( a& {      BB Washington2 D# ~$ ~: f4 I' x
      BB North Carolina8 L. `5 h9 I6 P
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Japanese ground losses:
' z7 i* g7 w+ F0 N      398 casualties reported
$ m% q3 ^- M5 i, H4 E         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled0 t$ ^: n) u8 G$ c4 |' C* ?
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled! i4 \, E' i* }  j9 E
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
, w( t5 y  h, ^7 ^4 {& w0 ]' S  a      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
( o. K2 M& b$ l' X  x2 m/ |      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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. R2 P4 X2 t" x; O8 l' P' a- jAirbase hits 9
! O$ e7 A4 u& M: tRunway hits 9  K% B5 a  Z1 [8 A" X+ c
Port hits 2. N1 O4 D$ F1 L

  j4 m; U% V$ ^4 |  o( NBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
1 x! A; z% `! B6 l/ I; {& }BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape : |6 O" i7 C) p; t4 a1 o- c3 T# _
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
# Y! o  W$ E8 P6 jBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
! z" K7 J9 T9 `* n2 IBB Washington firing at Ponape 1 v: j' c- H* ~- t* J# t. v# y
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape * x2 ~+ O* q6 q1 _

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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- Y! |- y4 {1 }8 s- NAllied Ships4 o/ B6 d+ E2 G7 q+ u3 r
      BB Mississippi
( F6 ]3 @7 j& {      BB New Mexico" f) q, u4 s; [/ E0 l% Z3 L1 Y
      BB Idaho
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6 }  R1 }3 T. d# u% z  yJapanese ground losses:
8 K& n( n( N# X6 x4 [      195 casualties reported7 v" F, H: B" k3 ?1 |- m
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled, Y. O; D  N4 M  ~2 k2 J& f+ l
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
+ l9 o  B: z) G- E* l' j. J2 c4 p/ E8 H         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
, S, f! Y* Q  U      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)% D1 j, ^/ M1 x$ f8 [, n
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
" l: k5 g5 K% `) x, Y! m" ZRunway hits 14! P9 P, J  a6 B4 K9 K$ ?" [* y& Q
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
8 C& I' F. C. i7 e( f$ X; WBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division: e4 }5 I" B0 H% P6 K
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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+ _8 O: M8 w: D1 B7 p. N3 AAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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3 O, r/ N6 e) ?2 ~4 z$ fWeather in hex: Severe storms1 F/ c. s3 J! m% h0 E) o

7 k( S: `7 z5 K" v! H' v$ j5 kRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.0 ~; U$ g- K& R
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes5 L* q8 n/ X- k, H5 C/ l: L: W' d
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Allied aircraft
' T9 G" x: m% n( u. b      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
! x" Q, [2 r- z# A% `: L( P$ {      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
; l. J: g; [: f" h& g  `* Q$ _# {1 c      TBM-1C Avenger x 286( _. i% b0 ^) t5 d5 R( n0 x$ `
6 i  k" ~8 l1 G- _' w3 D( q
Allied aircraft losses
# Y0 z2 }- z+ \( g      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged6 W. B2 l' m3 ]' s" g# V
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak# `) _1 r" h3 }
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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% e9 d1 a0 ~  h1 F, BJapanese ground losses:
. U0 e- ]# `5 |& y4 g/ {% Z" l% r      121 casualties reported9 D- Q9 T3 D& O2 B( D! N' p4 a" p
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled% k2 O* T( d0 Y! O! ?4 U
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled& {+ S7 Q5 n" Y( n7 r* ], l5 \
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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& R8 H7 X9 G" ?3 XGround combat at Ponape (119,113)7 k9 M* l3 K" ~$ J# J

( n: D+ m. j5 eAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11216 n/ }$ P. p) ~- {+ t5 [! [( c
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228 ' S/ M1 D$ H- A2 }! ]# r
  e4 Z2 l3 l4 J0 {+ o- u& p
Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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3 c7 q& H. [; z7 r  w2 ^3 iAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers4 G! ]: f' \4 k, y" I. ~" f, Q
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)8 W* V1 {5 e4 e  k$ ?1 W; S
Attacker: 6 V! Z: {/ H8 ~; R! Q
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Japanese ground losses:
* e' h( I, U' E      2305 casualties reported
% G  G- O3 b$ x1 c+ v! x9 {8 o" |  r         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled3 J# l9 i, |+ {( T
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
& Z) Z3 v7 E2 N         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled0 S% S8 P1 K9 v
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
# S, w. k% r* |1 g3 K2 P      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:; m. [0 ~5 W' [( T  p3 O6 l4 R& v
      3064 casualties reported. z. j, }9 J) x' I3 M
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
" w; n) ?3 L; _1 M4 _' l' n         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled. P% |# a( Q3 \3 B' ~  k* V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
4 O, N8 p$ X- s7 t      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
. L6 u' Z  v* |" j8 k      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)! M$ b, H, V3 |: ^7 ~

* `0 M% [5 y: o5 mAssaulting units:
* [( G* F. c* X8 Y. }/ ?    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 ~" D, \5 K% u' N8 C" N
    711th Tank Battalion: I4 P- m' q& h, [
    716th Tank Battalion* f& ~& d# j& B7 k1 M$ N
    6th Infantry Division
+ {- A) y8 |: e    44th Tank Battalion
* w  I8 C% j% c; _    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
  _! e- c! A4 ^. W! j' G1 r    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 z/ S! U6 J( B" c( G! t    81st Infantry Division
4 B! B2 T( w  C3 j$ _' ~+ Q' E' K    767th Tank Battalion
2 D' J$ y; i8 J8 D  p6 u, l  c    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment( q, f1 X& ^5 A# a9 U  v6 ]' |
    762nd Tank Battalion
" }; m' v) W2 X1 P$ R& O5 P    710th Tank Battalion
3 e3 e& B6 w+ l7 t3 J# [    96th Infantry Division
6 C& t! E/ v6 a- [1 r) c. {% U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 M- n: i8 f" S' r  [  r
    706th Tank Battalion" y1 p4 a# v- ~. }/ j5 x
    5th Marine Division( |6 a9 s& z7 g- N9 C
    31st Infantry Regiment
, n2 y  b3 I+ j    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 ~2 @! l, E9 T* i  S8 u/ r
    1st USMC AA Battalion
* U5 Y5 b6 S+ H    738th Coast AA Regiment
( s5 ~3 r. p2 j3 K, f    96th Coast AA Regiment
: L; C+ z2 i0 O1 W9 ^    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. Q2 G) u! r. p! }+ K1 K0 u    12th Marine Defense Battalion" i- l, s0 ~: t- O+ k
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion. i" Z% ~; H% I6 C  }  y$ J
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! w! y* B( t) S
    XIV US Corps
; k: _. w; d" ^3 L    X Corps Artillery ; `9 T( c0 u7 w
    5th USA Defense Battalion
0 r+ a1 j6 S9 w7 |! ?: m, O- d) ~' ?    4th USA Defense Battalion! s# ]3 ^& {0 o4 _  Y0 g& g
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ G+ N9 Y+ W6 H% n$ ]" Y8 ^7 |2 Z9 [
    I Corps Artillery 4 {& ?) H( a) `9 N- T$ A
    8th Marine Defense Battalion7 f6 s1 a( y% D8 P8 z1 ~
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 n+ D! H5 G; m9 M
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Defending units:
7 S# g  A' m8 a' k, g7 B6 z7 K, j    Ponape Naval Fortress6 s0 T. I, k, u+ r  u# X1 |
    81st/C Division  g+ M" e, e5 g; F% g; p$ t5 X
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
4 F9 R/ k, @2 K1 d% x    138th Infantry Regiment& b. f; i* f3 k: n  X2 Z5 [
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. k3 U! r+ l( S0 R+ v+ n
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ m+ k7 A3 d/ Z& c3 x* r& ~. ]' d, T/ d    144th Infantry Regiment* y! J& ^) D9 [( |" L( C
    81st/B Division* A0 t- \3 [* @/ r6 d) b! O
    33rd/B Division
6 u- q8 m! _, a, W3 O8 z    33rd/A Division
. e, ?+ {; e3 q5 V    81st/A Division0 N+ V) J0 c1 `' `5 J' m( w7 I
    Kure 3rd SNLF* U3 L. W8 D* X% g5 N% y
    33rd/C Division7 e3 Y$ R1 m2 Z. @' `
    53rd Construction Battalion
9 ]1 ^3 ]6 O  |: z0 X    18th Army
' ^- ]* x9 o, v# N5 z    14th Area Army /1
8 p9 M6 C! t9 W' V    60th Field AA Battalion
+ G( `) @: M$ w$ E    12th Air Fleet2 {) _0 E# k4 e6 L" n4 s$ i, W4 B
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment$ j: X! {- @# M" J8 `! I) Z
    63rd Field AA Battalion
  M9 x) s$ `+ M3 z" M8 M    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment7 j4 }# L5 S- M5 K
    3rd Base Force$ }$ I5 y6 u! U$ s( U2 H  B0 _
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1: F# W, X5 ~# l3 H
    Kure 7th SNLF: v! b3 P* c7 e! W, M% s7 L
    19th JAAF Base Force
  W4 v, t" p6 n/ W2 x    18th Field AF Construction Battalion' h' M3 O$ u$ {* {* S
    61st Field AA Battalion5 ^  z9 J! k0 w( l% N! W+ V
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
/ D/ T0 S9 R! x0 o- S    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment( x* v' P5 a" r- u
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1 h, y# a! ^$ [2 p    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion' t# I1 A5 y. b5 @
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion% U: m8 C: Y9 ]' S2 w8 j
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 446 L, T! C+ {: X
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, \; \: z4 y4 U) w! n- n# z9 Y
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待
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6 X" W: R( M, u5 I# R0 ?Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud: M' i  |& L8 J

8 ?" Y- X7 ^0 e$ oRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.; ]3 n% z) ?6 i; l# Q$ C( ]
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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5 ~' O# V+ r: ?3 O, lAllied aircraft; Q/ G5 b) r6 d/ R  j, i: J+ W" k% H
      P-38L Lightning x 23! ?: l! ~, ^1 S. P0 o+ g$ \
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 303 l) {% N: s2 ?& L& U: q  i4 B& m1 w

- _0 Y" x. V( T2 Y8 s0 u4 W! l0 U7 zAllied aircraft losses- u. ~+ _: ]0 M+ B) y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged6 f. V- Y2 w5 E) Y$ S: r9 s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak  O& e% _: m/ G0 }8 D4 b! u( Z
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Japanese Ships" b2 Y% }. V$ O6 N/ B8 Q" p
      DD Suruyame/ d$ d9 `; c5 a4 B- j1 P, \# @
      CL Ninaru: K8 _! ?' i+ o! N
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" S. i" D' j# o8 J  h# ~1 [      DD Yayoi- I4 D  p7 P1 b+ S" Q+ r
      CA Kako
) t6 ^- \3 g) ]1 s. R# l$ z      DD Asagiri
2 |6 M, r7 Z% Q$ v2 n      DD Ayanami% u2 a7 s: n' L2 m0 ?$ F
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) N- P1 g# ]3 m& Z8 D. ZAircraft Attacking:
- c: ]9 n+ g* c& H, J$ ~      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
( Z& d2 u# |3 T6 P9 o               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb3 U4 x$ R2 u, P
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'2 u* E5 p4 Z/ b
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
2 y4 b1 b% \  H* `$ r4 D       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'* ]) k$ Z9 Q5 A, ?& z# G
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
7 l/ A, u  X1 GHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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+ m; {, O/ E+ m+ e' X6 SAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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- w& F/ u; n# TWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.' V' ?- U- Z7 H7 L3 |' v* V+ ?: b
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes0 X+ G% i: F  g6 Z! o! v  Z

% K2 u5 e/ R8 P) c) y; bAllied aircraft2 E5 R* X" ~" G  G8 A' T- W
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462# r' h1 ~" d3 J. I, u9 x
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
" M8 s2 u. ?) o$ v      TBM-1C Avenger x 285- M# N1 ?  \( Y6 [5 V/ |3 O

0 X! f$ A% U3 |: U2 i/ OAllied aircraft losses
! O5 t" ~) W. d4 N' }( y& P      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged2 z# ~% G$ P/ m# ~& Z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak/ F; `' a+ p1 {7 U3 h  f2 `
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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8 E* l3 ~8 i3 u/ }  m8 XJapanese ground losses:5 ~8 @! o3 J& N' ?
      276 casualties reported5 l8 t- y/ @6 T
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled+ O" l# U( u& X% x9 R/ D' {
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled) P" U, b3 s: u# Q0 O" T4 w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 f; M- C9 A" N9 k( ?# H
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled): g5 J; J+ D5 T4 S# Q' b: h! m( r
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$ o6 r& C2 |7 J* m2 AGround combat at Ponape (119,113)0 F7 E8 v; t# J" W- |) S+ I! i
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Allied Bombardment attack" X( z+ R0 q" B7 K4 B+ J
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263( @, w0 |) x. n# e# E) O
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:2 Z7 T1 N8 Z# o* [  t
      1082 casualties reported* i, ]" q1 Q; j; Y2 B2 f5 k# F! k+ F
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
) d* X$ U, P+ r7 N9 d         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled2 E6 e( H8 B' v; h
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
% E: {$ g7 d* d6 h7 s# B: D( h0 h      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
: o4 _! g+ A7 e1 @9 j8 a4 z+ _      23 casualties reported- V+ {5 a$ ]6 y9 q& S, @) d
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 c; w1 Q1 t% S, Z: E7 x! S+ \4 E. P
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ f& U. E) B+ b. s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  O$ O6 n! F6 [& i+ H' k( w7 |! @% Y      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
6 o/ ]0 x: ~* Q+ k# M- C$ _/ B      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44/ G& n$ ]$ ~& ?9 D: p% }0 \  e2 `8 ^

- F1 m: }) x' ^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。, I; ]! o6 d9 D. Z% w- P$ ]8 E
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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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 119,1130 g; x1 B6 Z0 \8 w& f, ?6 T
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Japanese Ships
1 B. P* E7 P; g, v2 U- U! M      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk  R; |) |; T/ ?+ K- ?
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Allied Ships" P: R8 ?! {' _4 u) ?  e
      CLAA Prince Robert$ W3 M+ R8 \& Y
      DD Saumarez
: p0 U  |. m1 |* m0 d3 _- E      DD Nizam! }6 d2 g* [. m: M, W5 N5 f1 d" y
      DD Ellet
0 {8 g: r8 |/ A      DD Waller1 ~6 m+ X, B4 {# c3 I) n
      DD Walker9 r- |* q" {. p: a4 D5 B8 g" Y
      DD Wadleigh) c( p& c& N' b! Q; }' Q" c) b
      DD Uhlmann" ^/ D3 Z7 B4 e# P( W  S3 P' a1 ~0 I
      DD Twining
$ d7 B5 g  `- x3 I      DD Twiggs
8 F7 m* L# g  f$ D& G      DD David Taylor
9 d. V: B6 c* A! v# d      DD Strong! C; [. Z& N( }
      DD Sproston% {. G) r' i* x  X
      DD Sigsbee
1 h' p0 u9 x/ ^+ O/ R2 |" Q) R      DD Sigourney  C/ Q  o- D: K) g' W( N/ v: p0 _
      DD Schroeder
* P5 i7 e* C6 a. {0 H      DD Benham II9 n9 e# u) Y% l$ y5 }" q3 V' I4 a
      DD Cushing II2 R% \$ i3 q# r( _( P/ C( k" [3 f
      DD Urchin# |# f; v8 p5 D; f" k" @) T
      DD Urania! x2 `5 p6 i8 Z# R

( L% V  b$ @: e  x3 m; o4 DSS I-48 is sighted by escort/ x3 F* y3 ]1 q6 n2 u: h
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
0 _! v) j% I  r0 \DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
' i5 |. `$ a% c0 kSS I-48 forced to surface!! a* e8 ?( v1 D6 b, H" x
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....4 ]$ R  E) D( Y; `4 S! W% q
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
5 u& T% T1 Z  p" A5 g" tDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
9 b$ G6 J* B2 X; SDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
5 ^* S. B5 D  cDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
* m6 P0 \' l: b; `- w1 CSub slips beneath the waves
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Japanese aircraft  g" f- y# k) i4 m8 G/ F' Y
      no flights7 v* _# s; |* Y% a( x; }; T
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Japanese aircraft losses
& t7 I1 g: P- \" J$ E      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed. ~  w/ ~: z/ B, g% Y: D

( e) q. w" e; ?. YJapanese Ships
7 O4 X1 A# [4 V, y0 ]      CL Agano8 X4 T8 a/ d3 F5 F9 U4 a. G
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2# `( \9 m* m/ r
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- \) _9 L  p- I' D3 R
      DD Hibiki4 v+ E3 H7 G( j3 k4 h
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
7 o. X2 s" C9 r: {- ?8 d7 s      DD Shirakumo: n4 s" i* \9 H( w- X1 F$ L2 w
      DD Isonami( j/ t5 [0 i+ d7 Z; Q
      DD Murakumo
, A7 ^4 p7 [2 G* e. w: e      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk5 Q% E4 D  e7 s) [8 R- Z& B
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Allied Ships
* E5 L, A1 ]  p+ x6 Z  O      BB North Carolina% A' {9 K9 ?, _" H
      BB Washington- z& b' A$ m0 S5 W
      BB South Dakota# d4 I2 }: J; c% q% g
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
3 Z* i( U' _6 L      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
. X6 b1 y; M; {* W      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
$ O6 T. s/ A, p1 D9 U# ^      DD Conner; O) O, [8 w% [
      DD Cotten
7 L) }8 d: I( @+ h8 s7 l" R      DD Cowell8 @% m$ V4 |) q  W
      DD Daly
* J; F, ?( o. D! b, K2 d% ]      DD Eaton
* t5 k2 ~) r  I! m0 a6 k" ~. f      DD Heywood Edwards1 ^  }6 s- a: q6 U3 ?% L
      DD Erben
+ V, ^  e+ x- _) c+ X      DD Evans
7 Y# @, ~( O8 d3 D- l      DD Foote* }2 R& p0 R, g  g0 p
      DD Franks$ u1 y4 Z+ H8 I
      DD Fullam
; q5 a9 _+ y8 W; h4 ?9 X* L      DD Gatling
; E9 @2 J) o. A. W- g1 l  P      DD Albert Grant
: E, {; Y+ _+ z      DD Gregory
5 z; [  B8 l2 N2 r6 [      DD Guest
# ^8 k- h4 s# Q2 j: P      DMS Hamilton! u$ m+ a& d9 o" K& q
      DMS Forrest; {+ g+ f( f8 X4 E/ j1 ~
      DMS Ellyson  x5 r, @! R4 w) n, \

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; ~+ h- V& g! Y% M8 f& t! M5 C7 i4 n  CRange closes to 28,000 yards...
4 g6 x3 H1 o  \. T5 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
" @+ a1 s* b$ JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards, ^* N% W( l1 T+ R8 M3 g! G* V2 x( Q
Range closes to 26,000 yards...$ m1 D: a$ R6 s$ E! m2 P& P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
# v- ?( N9 ?6 g% k% gRange closes to 24,000 yards...
. v6 U3 P8 Q6 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards4 D$ A$ W' Z- R. |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards) f9 r- S4 H1 b) ?3 h7 c5 m
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. M& y4 v/ N1 q5 R. A! V$ dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
, A/ j* U% H9 S. WCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
5 U% Y! n5 z4 ]  {0 I, xRange closes to 20,000 yards...
9 M& x$ O' M5 P  B+ U( t' SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; v; i' {! y3 I& H! x, qRange closes to 18,000 yards...& j% p7 \/ u8 o# E* A# b) b4 D, P& @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards* T8 O: w/ H/ `, z# A
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
3 C* c. `0 q0 {0 Y  K" OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
0 t: W" r! O4 t4 F8 ^0 R+ }' LRange closes to 14,000 yards...5 {9 U5 g; D% B  w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
) D" R* Q0 i) x6 cRange closes to 12,000 yards...
/ o! F3 f$ }' I: P! d0 d; BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
' c, H0 j4 m* o. B6 VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards% n; N# V3 K/ m8 T
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( ]. i( H: n8 o2 G0 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: ]. }! \4 D/ f4 M" m
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards$ ]0 b. j8 ]" R" X: y# |
Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 |, }: i/ U/ T8 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
$ ?( p$ G8 t8 b6 M- k3 S- ]6 k% qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
5 e: F1 t# P! J$ tCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
* z4 U& Z! b1 F1 H  q8 n3 u$ dBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards( e8 R; l) p% f- [& P
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards; t4 Z: s) X+ R" D0 b
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards- B2 r/ p6 U$ I+ D  q2 I4 \
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
' t! K2 n9 t8 i. I2 e3 cBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 e; c4 f) P! _8 XDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards! m  |' L9 ~) A) U8 d& {4 L
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards, B! s- \! S' y
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
; f. A# s- h3 {0 w" yDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
$ v+ e; w; {5 N6 |! G' {; J, pDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards% N+ \4 u) [) @( r, O. W
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards. Q! _# l3 ~8 P* [
Range increases to 11,000 yards9 o( K/ C9 u6 H
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
5 u4 ]& w+ ~. b! |- j/ kBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards" `$ Y% w2 i1 m$ W3 y5 ?" S
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
% Q! Y; W9 U6 X  rDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards1 |# u' h$ Z% K) g5 N9 [& K- E  p
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
& F8 S7 ]1 |9 NDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards+ u5 s$ t. z' O; r3 A$ l/ e
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; l1 X# V2 _) dBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
: W' R1 n. B  q* W* NDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards! X! z+ {5 ?- z! O
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
$ _9 b5 C, p- B8 rDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards* }: F" m2 q# m8 w6 U3 k
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards5 T' G4 o; |, F( E- v9 r4 G
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards! R- s- k1 l: F- B
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
3 p0 @. X- T1 z# \3 R, }' X' R; vRange closes to 10,000 yards
$ W/ g; V1 c1 y  ]# S5 O) vCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards  B$ D7 Q  t: O2 R; K
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards5 E3 g+ ]0 V7 A2 X& C! d" ^
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards7 \+ q  ?8 ]% O
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards/ K1 C/ c' b7 B3 T/ I
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards( @- e' s# B1 L& R& ~: R/ \- g
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
8 U5 a. v. s/ ?6 n8 KDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
8 m" t0 i" p& j( A9 d* xCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards! I) D! k+ \% \. ?( B. Z
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
8 @& I% _  P1 m$ A' kDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
9 g1 f6 I) T9 q  j5 `) NJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& \8 O1 q; h! R4 H& |; FTask forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
1 T& ^: f& [& l) m) g! ]      DD Hikokaze* h3 b6 o8 K  H$ M$ M! G
      DD Ishikaze
' ?$ h5 ?2 Q/ W# e      DD Tagokaze
9 X: p$ t$ n2 k% a( x- K  y. ^8 Y; N& J      DD Takatakaze7 F; [. L$ q* W' @5 e; Z* J
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Allied Ships& h/ i1 p8 V$ p7 N
      BB North Carolina3 B( q* n% [, j2 B! i
      BB Washington
! h& N7 I4 {1 l" Y( _) A: m5 i" J; X      BB South Dakota
# t2 K$ E6 R" {, `( d      BB Indiana
/ H& n+ b4 ^5 l3 S& V: M) \      BB Massachusetts7 W' U- D; v! R' [+ F1 d
      BB Alabama
) k! \* n, Q* W8 y3 v7 G      DD Conner
( V4 L2 o5 ^4 \$ @& p- P  @8 k      DD Cotten
2 p0 L- ^, l: e6 Y6 ]0 w2 Z$ \      DD Cowell2 b$ j8 D! u& v! {
      DD Daly/ _' {  r7 ?) O) O
      DD Eaton! I& |+ W' m9 z8 u5 a1 e* {
      DD Heywood Edwards& ^, i$ Q" |) j
      DD Erben
, S/ E- t, Q" m% ?5 r- H. \' r      DD Evans! B1 k2 G7 Z0 `: m( ?+ [" a
      DD Foote3 J+ r5 k0 n6 \9 l
      DD Franks
" z+ Y8 r" L* V+ n* n      DD Fullam9 r# y& _0 W5 R0 w  [
      DD Gatling* E  ?6 t: a+ _
      DD Albert Grant$ z& e! \7 g! w5 g9 d
      DD Gregory
/ E7 n* i) _4 x7 [/ k. n      DD Guest5 I7 l) |# Y, l; D1 D6 S, r
      DMS Hamilton
. }: a- O7 x8 \7 T      DMS Forrest" @5 l0 ]5 J! M; B, {
      DMS Ellyson4 E1 C6 J1 t! M) S$ ]( P) W) W! G
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5 \& ~2 M# V; `& s" n" vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
9 h3 ]6 s: ]; w3 URange closes to 28,000 yards...
# ~5 F, @7 Z0 p" \Range closes to 26,000 yards..." `" b! y9 M& v1 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 E% [! p) G! X: A4 e
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards) G) C: J1 @& ^% \; d  C
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 j7 M4 z4 F: t+ v. f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards  c  S8 m, ]  X6 u/ X7 W
Range closes to 22,000 yards...- M! {; j0 w7 i8 C. {, \& J( h- f
Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ d, ]5 @- D: R
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
9 l* b+ L& i6 N+ T6 nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards. \5 \* J  Z& X% S  g6 q- _% }4 Z
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" m# c. m1 r1 ]% C8 g. F( XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards  n9 x1 j: Y; l4 A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards" K9 z4 G0 Y7 u, q) \8 `
Range closes to 14,000 yards...; M" }+ ]! k- i, P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
' y0 k6 n' Y/ z" i5 p4 k, Z3 M& MCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards  b3 B6 w# ?$ S6 v9 w7 i* {$ O
Range closes to 12,000 yards.... e" m: s/ p6 k& U" x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
" I9 v: e5 e5 |4 E- \9 VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
- W; t, Q! |$ a6 tRange closes to 11,000 yards...: g6 \7 y+ d  _0 c3 E' i+ }
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards) C6 B5 ?5 U  U: C) |1 Z$ ^
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
. t0 i, w" ]0 ^8 {& ^  rCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards4 G- a; z' B4 H; z
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat( q, P! ?. }8 I6 ?
Range increases to 15,000 yards...6 K1 r: r( Z- u0 D
Range increases to 20,000 yards...8 ~) z- z7 p9 r  C* ], d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards. [# I$ r, ]/ X
Range increases to 25,000 yards...; F/ ~' g/ m" D/ U
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
( d$ Z# h$ l% P3 ~* m; JRange increases to 30,000 yards...
: L1 o4 y1 z3 ]: yJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat2 E9 H& G- \: q5 ~" b7 ?

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4 S6 P! X4 I  o- K2 }  Q/ ZJapanese Ships
( U6 S( s$ _0 w1 C; ^6 S# N      APD T-13 t$ H& Z3 W7 n, ~7 s
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
+ q3 e% A9 s& ?2 |8 _) L9 u& M/ b      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
% b2 E3 ]' \; H      APD T-4
+ H6 j- Y  Q9 \. W- B; I      APD T-5
) ~. j6 a; p/ B- ~6 @: [' {      APD T-6
6 I. _8 Q" |* S* A! }      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ S" f; T, _& N3 F- k- ]
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire* c7 m7 H% j3 d$ g7 ~1 h
      APD T-9
) _) {2 t0 N9 U$ f) Y1 ]. z      APD T-10
- Q* M1 }7 e! A- @3 O      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
; R. T" s6 Z% g( I1 W0 D& }& p: }" v      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage' o% K% b! d5 `! I* i
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
, f8 X) ?0 ?/ ]0 O" A      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# J% N. V1 j5 o( \( Q5 Y- X

+ `8 y  @# |8 N6 w1 I( p+ \Allied Ships
# c. a  B$ {6 N% M6 t% ?( t! \      BB North Carolina8 C9 j$ ^; [5 o" n) E' t* }# D# ]
      BB Washington7 A6 g1 _. L& Y, x$ F
      BB South Dakota9 U/ [. Y/ G; i9 N  s& x5 X$ b3 {
      BB Indiana% ]8 O: v$ |( `6 i& ~
      BB Massachusetts! ]; x. e5 e2 Q; A3 N
      BB Alabama
  W( a8 b% p5 ^( X# Y) n      DD Conner& R  S; j9 o- X. F5 u7 {
      DD Cotten2 l. P! c* b4 J
      DD Cowell! ]) D7 ?. n: F5 _2 W
      DD Daly
$ h  y* a7 f8 j      DD Eaton
* U( s  \% N; L8 g2 L      DD Heywood Edwards
4 d. o. Z, B; L- S      DD Erben5 c( Y" w3 |9 R2 K, _
      DD Evans4 G4 D1 k* |( d  @! f
      DD Foote
1 L  Q! E/ o) [5 [( S. q9 p1 n8 H      DD Franks
, \6 q  r4 O1 E$ ]9 E  d      DD Fullam
8 m( S- G% y# r" `      DD Gatling" \8 \& a- W! k+ {7 Z% l* d3 J; _) q
      DD Albert Grant  q; [( \' s2 I5 v4 |& k* R
      DD Gregory
/ _2 P( G9 K8 Z. R& J      DD Guest: l, y5 X' g$ u) Z4 p) a$ h
      DMS Hamilton
. N9 W5 `. r% r7 ?2 u& r9 I      DMS Forrest' k, p# Y; p+ f9 ?3 t
      DMS Ellyson4 }7 E4 j' x- k* d, v

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& a7 n7 ]+ ?( k7 G3 }. n: f: DRange closes to 28,000 yards...
4 n  X. P7 B- u8 [Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: a8 l- h( v- GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards# D0 `* r4 q( V4 T+ h
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! a1 h, y. l4 ?/ _8 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) E4 H+ \; s2 {* k1 G% Q
Range closes to 22,000 yards...( w/ R6 [/ T2 b" p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards5 X/ @/ m3 Z& z1 l, B) D, w
Range closes to 20,000 yards...6 r; h# a; ~5 O' X2 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
3 I: x: }2 e2 g2 V& [! H; U0 P5 ]Range closes to 18,000 yards...' t5 W' t6 |* b  c) z" _5 y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: g/ a9 d+ g- v; h9 s. jRange closes to 16,000 yards..., ^& J* P" Y9 U" q0 {2 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
" X- q1 ]; ?" JRange closes to 14,000 yards...
! j8 m$ X' }" m# a+ {  X/ y' CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
4 v( s: s. M' c8 v5 N, l, ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...8 I, }. J% p& }6 `6 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
% H) V" f1 o+ Q! y- F/ @0 G, y; ARange closes to 11,000 yards...
8 N2 k2 z% e* X9 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards* y, a4 t( ~' U( h
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# r3 X" m- J) Y6 ~  e& bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 W) i, y3 r* }6 n0 s( G+ M8 fRange closes to 9,000 yards...$ g; X% p+ P) L  H5 J
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
3 a5 z0 k2 k6 F$ t5 ?( ?1 hBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  E# H" ~0 t' \3 m! R: c' mBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
: @1 |* d0 q8 i' FDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards6 Z$ M. o. h# _6 L% X/ H3 d1 t
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 \* i5 X% U( ]6 XDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards3 e) \. ~! L# o+ Z
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
) g# Q* M7 |, zBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards" l7 V4 t" N3 [! f
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards: @7 `, E7 ]3 T7 u3 u9 R' X
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
: V6 d  s# ~' U# S, FDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards0 M% k3 p# h" C- `) F
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards9 J" B3 R% L  @% b4 Y7 F) ~" y" l
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
7 ]9 m5 k3 N0 u  _DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards7 K: c5 _1 `" p$ Z
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
2 A, h' g2 V. G4 Z: aDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
' |, V" f: U8 IDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards$ C* t$ d8 ]2 N! G0 L1 m: G
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
1 O: P% m/ ^/ Y5 PDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* M6 W4 o% D; Z9 d4 |  U
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards9 ^: I# F3 k$ o' j
Range increases to 10,000 yards
% ?. ~  t  s# d" ZBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards8 R, ]+ V8 B- Y) n& V4 m2 u- t( A1 Y) a
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. s3 q5 i& e! G; {% iBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards8 R7 ^+ \0 X$ w7 {) D$ m
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' ?5 N: a# R2 _
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
$ O# G! e; L5 `, U. yDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* D4 A  z1 a. B+ C( x4 OAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards% u% I  g3 O0 _1 K5 d: c# X' b
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
: }; P" m9 `" q: c0 z0 NDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; f( Y, E5 A8 i4 ^: c" jDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: T' V+ ~1 T+ B. c: a. _DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, t' P" [, L6 I4 n) U5 L
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 c; n4 q  F. N1 T* J
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards4 Q& d  s; k7 k; U( O( {5 r
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards- w% p6 ^( C. v- O2 r8 o
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards+ Z$ v( ]* W* J( f. z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
5 {  y+ X) A; y# n# ^  r8 MRange increases to 11,000 yards" b. @8 \7 \% Q# O; `, a! u
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards2 f* B, _4 s( V( \
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
& C0 j7 ~* S: U  z+ x) k4 MDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards1 `! n2 [3 f3 c9 H4 W/ o" V
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards  j9 L  }" |7 r! ^7 R
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards$ H6 r+ L* \# g0 H* d# L
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards$ \7 R9 I9 a, d: g6 J2 B
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
& Z) h8 U2 r, j5 E- _1 j8 kDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards, @8 T9 Z% z& I; M- j3 J! Z
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards; u- I# c7 U1 z8 Z: b. W
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
& `; H5 K7 y& ~: r1 WDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
; x5 M" R, }" n2 [0 a( z) W5 GAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
% H; o0 t$ m; l. \Range closes to 10,000 yards
6 A) ?( p# O. g: s( K0 _% }, y! ABB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: F* U* g( y3 e) HBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards" o! l( e) H5 Y/ H% T1 D
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: A. k4 q3 w5 v8 e$ ]APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards' L0 N$ O1 @' i8 M( l' X& g+ D% {0 S
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards* ?5 h7 J6 b6 K/ a3 f7 [8 R* Q
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 B  `8 j& m, w
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 p$ @+ |$ x  m* @$ ]8 c9 S8 k
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards2 I( ^0 M- e  d2 L5 y. @  c* k
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
2 r* ?8 l+ N/ g! W( }& EDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 ~7 @, J% q: W9 D1 q
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* N0 Y2 G& k# D9 N) xDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# M7 a8 e/ F$ b0 f8 A$ M( C. E
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
3 L0 V6 I' O' g$ V1 I5 `: T; w: I- yRange closes to 8,000 yards
7 J! P' {* e. M9 h: cDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards% {) f/ H9 w& n9 u% m
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
; W2 e4 z, H3 H( H: bAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
' {$ H) X6 V9 l( N( B5 ^0 _% JBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
/ C7 U3 s$ N) o/ yAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards' {) f# ~/ j/ a/ y# [: ]6 L$ O$ ~
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards! B  `1 s4 P# _( o
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Japanese Ships
* |$ Y3 E2 T" p4 x. g1 w' D      APD T-1, Shell hits 1$ O* |. j& L) E2 Y! y
      APD T-2
. ]3 _7 P$ _( f" F2 P$ b" N      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
9 |9 x; [! H* h9 s      APD T-4, Shell hits 13 L& C! ~- M3 ~1 k
      APD T-5
% t$ L( j( y) Q, B! h+ q      APD T-63 h+ W, S! m6 u; C8 l3 m
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage- j( ]( i/ G$ p" m
      APD T-9, Shell hits 17 T+ _: m3 k) D: ]+ Y
      APD T-10+ O! p! x! v, ]8 h( D' j& {
      APD T-11,  on fire
- R9 p" m1 K( F$ Q6 W      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk$ f' x2 x* h) ~/ E' ?/ g
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
  X7 ^; q4 @# _' [4 n, J      APD T-14, and is sunk
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6 m$ D7 z9 y$ zAllied Ships
. m3 Q. h: ^1 d" e* I      CA Portland  |0 G- V' p( o; x6 X/ L
      CA Northampton
" d8 ]3 y. ^" Y6 O      CA Chester
$ |% @! X& a) q      CA Louisville, E: p0 b. D- Y$ t' _$ s4 p2 s/ F
      CA Chicago
) t" R: n# k* B5 K7 R( k9 Q' X3 t: U      CA Astoria
' Q8 F7 [) X2 e0 @( m% P0 v      CA Minneapolis
/ P$ y5 A( [2 y* U& {7 |3 `      CA San Francisco- u) M4 z6 Q% k
      CA Quincy) T7 e* |  f* f/ l* P( q
      CA Vincennes& D+ Q2 [$ O. `8 p4 f# f$ v7 ?
      CA Wichita
7 ]* B' |' ^6 f6 I) i  {$ b      DD Bennett* u2 y- q, e$ r4 e& h& K( m2 }! R
      DD Bradford+ ~2 y/ I$ r, I2 p. @) q
      DD Braine$ x( T$ \+ Y' E8 \9 H. W- L
      DD Brownson- X! o1 j# c8 m, C# m1 G0 A; ?& x
      DD Bryant4 C9 N8 u2 \9 u  [8 Q% x2 h' ~9 B
      DD Bullard
! I* |/ j5 ~, c1 u: j% ]      DD Burns' U" ^. @( w( _1 E% p
      DD Callaghan
! `* K( A9 s6 i1 t- m* N7 k      DD Caperton  t# w0 q; |$ p) S* c) m
      DD Capps# Z8 V" l1 D2 J  ^& T4 I
      DMS Emmons
1 k7 d1 p' b( A      DMS Macomb
/ \/ B& g5 C8 w2 P% x      DMS Rodman4 Q8 r9 X' `% w/ z# y( e
      DMS Gherardi, E# q1 ^: T) [6 H, L# Q

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/ M+ k4 ]* y4 ~, `. RMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards! F! y& `, `( B  M3 \/ P) y: L
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 t5 X3 y6 u! J. c0 Y6 o  A6 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
. q+ ]- u1 c- |# A: LRange closes to 26,000 yards...
0 k$ w* }# }! [6 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards+ c, ?8 F8 v' Q% n1 Q$ i. y
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( E' D: z( v$ a  C+ ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; F$ ^7 k- _' @. g
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 c# q7 v) S6 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
  `) e& d) a* b. q7 l3 l5 X+ @Range closes to 20,000 yards...6 F9 i* z2 {5 Y: A9 z( Z+ E3 E( _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
) w9 ^5 C& M# B% i* I$ d7 jRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- A5 N$ m( Q4 P, H7 ]$ uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
* P% n! J/ o  P4 X* zRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 o1 L, j- Q% q) g7 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards$ q7 E% M7 Q3 P
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' u  \8 q  n2 W. J! @  ARange closes to 12,000 yards...
8 Z0 @! H' x4 M9 L6 h, z- I8 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
* t8 G. g5 T& u  v+ Q9 GRange closes to 11,000 yards...# x9 ^# ~7 Y0 h- z9 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards* ~; w# C& t8 Q, k  Y4 O9 l
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& q* \5 z  ^4 b1 u! ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  P( [: e$ {" e
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& f. C% v) Y: O, i. ]
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
' M- G5 l5 j, i) C* S; @8 j" p/ [Range increases to 11,000 yards4 G- M" z5 P3 d6 F# C
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
2 g7 n* z( g$ q$ nCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
/ _( V- M8 F# c- M, sCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
5 Y" m7 k. [/ S2 XCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards& n( _/ ]' m" B6 q5 q1 x
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards7 P  |4 [5 [; S5 p8 j
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
) v: n4 H5 e$ a2 K% lCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards0 l3 D8 Z7 X6 t. Q; q& Y7 \
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards! F/ j, k# n) R, m0 q
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards6 Y" Y- x: r1 [6 F4 I
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 P# u/ a& t$ G& u4 ~8 s6 N+ `0 BDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
! X# h7 V% Z/ U* c0 [5 NDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards' p, E3 k* [5 ^% i
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; b. [# G: P; S: h0 lDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
7 `& ~6 R2 ]- |DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards2 Y7 s. F1 ?6 J8 U# x6 d* B+ t
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards3 F. G8 O5 m3 A
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards$ _$ _! @9 r1 G! Q
Range closes to 10,000 yards
: H, w- a8 v( tDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards: X4 L2 g: R3 [0 h: e
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 |7 B4 @" y$ H! w! wCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards0 ]4 M) ~8 L* ~: v
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
2 \0 Z7 h  Y8 P& Z; xCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
2 s8 K( _# V, \) c! H; f% aAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
1 U. X! P) a* c8 w$ P0 a" SDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
# \. {; M1 p0 B, j* O( E8 R/ m+ P9 RRange closes to 9,000 yards& U8 v7 I5 e: M9 ]3 M, M0 R9 J% u
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards% A; \# e  f' k: S3 M# B6 x( c
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards3 V1 r) C/ X2 ?9 I/ W
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
: u6 i* k' O% r: l7 v' [6 Z4 QCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 @# @# e( \. m+ ?. f! n7 wCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards! r4 V5 U# c4 h. `
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
4 q; L/ v  @& V# G: o5 N) aDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards3 a; @! s% `. ^8 ^
Range increases to 10,000 yards( Y4 X% u! ]9 |' J3 D( {
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
# W! c4 S' u8 N$ b' SCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) V& }# W! T3 f# k  K& n! y. f9 ^7 |DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
$ E" h1 {; _( v$ n5 lCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
0 k4 e3 u+ N; i% E  {" D: kCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 y- i2 X; I( ]4 m9 S& S$ R# M4 AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
: Z: _7 @& q6 b! [  \7 z7 RTask forces break off...
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1 k) m' M+ e+ N- w; ZJapanese Ships
3 O  O1 \' w% v' _* Q8 F      APD T-1$ u; C) A; C# V: A0 S
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
, K7 F: I; d! u& b      APD T-3- ]( k$ ~6 ]8 q, O4 a1 e
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
# T/ t- _5 i. H& Q      APD T-5
2 i$ S. [$ @; {+ \6 T1 ~4 B4 d      APD T-6
& I* N! _. j, M$ K5 W& t      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk8 g5 V$ e/ D& Z% }9 q$ w, U
      APD T-9
* r* q! A- W8 |  j      APD T-10% J8 q. b1 z* X7 y( {# M
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire! ~2 W$ O) [0 a# H6 i  N: E4 K

1 g6 i; e2 m5 o- s: G/ MAllied Ships
  \1 h' ^  R7 L+ f* O6 ^4 D      CA Portland* a7 r9 X3 A$ W5 a
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
1 q: g8 m  g, R# G      CA Chester+ n% {" B5 |6 q. t
      CA Louisville
0 b* H1 s6 J" B; ]; @) `      CA Chicago5 f, ^' l5 a; w. k
      CA Astoria
6 v9 l+ T4 q4 y2 w- a      CA Minneapolis
: S/ b/ B0 j. g0 Q6 T. J5 X, D8 w& P      CA San Francisco
* w" ]6 a! a% k+ f0 H% Y      CA Quincy( c, {( D# n) s) t4 R0 C1 q) c: l
      CA Vincennes
# L3 }9 n& |) h" \      CA Wichita
2 ^# K9 X5 ~! N3 [& i, [      DD Bennett
3 w. {7 p; r/ L/ x, T4 Z" d4 X      DD Bradford
3 i- D4 v1 f/ o+ c! p      DD Braine
+ \8 _3 U# p/ K2 ^      DD Brownson6 z7 F6 [$ m+ w/ {5 O: C
      DD Bryant
  n4 B( i+ m% e& E9 E: _( q: D- y      DD Bullard
7 G: m6 t; w7 f% B9 D$ D2 C      DD Burns
* N9 u- O" l: e      DD Callaghan, L) H: J* `5 a, W
      DD Caperton2 q1 j0 X3 q! j6 ^9 X
      DD Capps
- V9 b  X4 D- b# E, I0 M      DMS Emmons3 z$ i6 U+ ?5 v, P$ ~
      DMS Macomb0 C# I; X9 }6 ?. A3 {1 U0 p: P: |4 g
      DMS Rodman4 f+ X) u0 `+ K" `. {5 `' J
      DMS Gherardi
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6 c3 l% ^- i, \0 m7 i- }Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
4 w1 X" D! z* `& r* L+ X2 z4 f+ URange closes to 28,000 yards...
) ]* D/ Q6 ^/ |; [/ }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 ?/ D. H0 S9 o( ]
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- s' K9 M5 J3 vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards' Y2 v/ a/ G$ k/ }9 _
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' h- s  r6 `4 r% gRange closes to 22,000 yards...% x6 h! @' }) G4 J+ _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards" R/ }# A: w! x' |0 Y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...2 p" T0 W8 V' [
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 v5 R/ @: r6 x; b* l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( \+ A: V5 \( K4 ]Range closes to 16,000 yards...9 O6 u. W$ D' a5 P+ {- E; H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, F/ Z, p0 P4 W: rRange closes to 14,000 yards...7 o$ g" u9 h( ~; ^) T+ ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
" X$ b1 f; K9 U9 C2 q$ u0 `Range closes to 12,000 yards...
/ A" R5 q; u3 `8 p) [1 w  W: k: ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. s- d- i$ l7 n$ ZRange closes to 11,000 yards...$ C( N8 N+ X8 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
7 Z" I) W9 y/ y# ?/ W8 u! YRange closes to 10,000 yards..., y2 Z9 m9 x* t% A8 ^5 ]; `" ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
1 a# I/ y8 I7 n! YCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
  b8 c1 Y* b  x) QCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards0 h* v" D9 H: s- o$ H3 ]7 @. T
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
, W: z. a9 i- A8 K% FRange increases to 12,000 yards$ ~  k5 k$ M" ~3 i% N( ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
9 d" k( X$ W; @  U7 i( a% oCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards$ g9 X" t. t8 x1 z1 U( I2 g
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
1 {. R, P: @" U7 r- dCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
, U! ]$ g, r" t3 ~  F4 @CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 c, {0 v% V; I# Q# BCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
; s1 T, [, Y* V* K2 C6 Y/ s' W/ {4 cDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards+ q* J3 k4 ~$ C! X9 l7 C8 y$ w
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards, b  t$ X+ t  D% F4 f
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards! l0 K: ~$ y/ W% ^1 v+ v
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 g, Y2 Y. f/ q7 V
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
! v% x* e2 G3 d( G9 H" yAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards( ~' R+ e+ I' D8 q$ ~$ ]
Range closes to 9,000 yards3 z' s7 c% ?2 m% c  i- ]: x! B
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
* [# K6 X0 }, OAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards5 m0 B4 t, I% ]+ B, l0 n; ^
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards  l5 [7 q7 {6 w8 \$ u
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards* v; l+ d9 ^& Y. p2 v( N
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
' {; _9 s9 I9 b- Q6 C' V3 j) @CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
+ t2 n* E* N. t: ]1 AAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
- U  n1 u5 \1 n' QDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
$ b/ m9 x- B+ h! l5 ORange closes to 7,000 yards/ q0 s# {& l& p- @" D
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards3 a3 r- E# ]- l3 R
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
7 x. c# I6 u- l& M9 t8 b6 \/ {3 \CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards/ N: E2 F5 y" B/ g( ^5 u
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
6 [7 R5 o8 n/ r- H! tCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
. V' i; o& D4 ]$ S, C: sAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
! b) l- T" Y8 V+ F" t/ x! DCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards# V' H- j; R' N7 N/ V
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
& k/ p2 p) p& D$ D7 {CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards) a) p5 w6 B$ h# |$ E- O5 h" ?
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards) p5 Z7 U4 \3 O6 v" [/ Y
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
2 x5 f$ i' k" t$ w8 eRange increases to 10,000 yards$ f6 F9 b* y2 V% a+ A  _& U
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 r) C# G# D' |* n9 c' VCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( [3 I( f  l3 z0 C" U
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
3 J5 r& t8 J5 a8 V$ rTask forces break off...
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$ C6 p: A9 Q9 ~* q3 _+ O$ UNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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      APD T-1/ R/ b" F1 H+ N" h  Q8 V6 d; r6 A
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. n2 d$ m3 l% ~9 _( Z( f: p9 B0 W/ n      APD T-3
4 O( ^1 h! j# R7 Z: x- _" I      APD T-5
/ |0 g7 Y' [( d6 \6 n6 d0 |$ b      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! z& I$ m, l' [5 g  a$ W      APD T-9
- r8 l" @! R8 Q7 Q1 t      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ ?# D( p; D- a4 T" Y; ?% r
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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' j# H3 `7 ]6 x/ a6 BAllied Ships2 b9 V) U4 M) G
      CL Swiftsure: t, a7 ^4 G  T8 u  `
      CL St. Louis8 J/ x* _. O0 ]) @: n* W6 k
      CL Phoenix
& k$ J. i) _) }( k# |: ]! _      CL Cleveland0 |2 ]" T6 Y; c$ x5 s
      CL Montpelier4 J9 G4 P* k) ?8 F: F* }
      CL Denver
8 m, J+ c. ?% v( _5 R2 p      CL Santa Fe
, y: u$ Y7 l2 [$ l( U4 x      CL Birmingham9 t4 ^: L0 b5 u8 |, k/ \
      CL Mobile& v- b( B1 ]; d& \7 K
      CL Biloxi4 y$ w8 p* j3 u
      CL Miami* c. H4 ?( F" @0 ^' k% {- i
      CL Pasadena0 U& F6 e1 i+ {! U- ]  W9 S
      DD Allen M. Sumner
& W% L4 F! y: ^6 [0 {2 l( ]1 q      DD Ault& Y; e: F  d6 \4 T+ O
      DD English  I2 o  z  a3 Z- i) @
      DD Haynsworth
; d* ]. S* {6 `# |1 r6 E      DD Maddox: C+ {2 N1 x. y8 {+ D8 O5 |
      DD Mansfield
3 u/ O# F: T7 Q* q  c% ~# H; n8 k      DD Waldron
$ H) k6 P3 i5 c/ N+ X, w# b1 h0 t      DD Haggard
  t9 F, n" ^3 ]      DD Hailey
- D8 S' h4 f, T" z$ w      DD Hale
1 T- p! f, C  `: w1 ~" m  k5 \      CL Vincennes II
  E! ^5 Z3 i- G' T      CL Houston II
% t$ j7 N3 N" ^! n      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ Y. I( t4 ]+ K" C2 [% d3 \( TRange closes to 28,000 yards...
  k( T7 T, Q$ E& o: e* dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards& s1 N4 m- g+ n6 l6 A4 q
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
& h6 S, a, G2 w: q  n$ vRange closes to 24,000 yards..." a  p- ~; A% K5 L: v& V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards! @1 _( H. C. ~! B+ [' g, I
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
0 ^( G% x8 H% H# p# Z( xRange closes to 20,000 yards.../ P( q& o* R( r2 {4 I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
4 h1 |0 A9 c% ~; jRange closes to 18,000 yards.... G1 b3 _9 O' ^# u$ I) ?7 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards" x3 P+ o& [: o; ^. F/ w
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 w' A% d8 y  ~) a7 s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( |8 L! G; o6 G5 u+ O3 J* R9 Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ Z% G) H" ~% N  F# `' ?# x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ S6 B8 E$ t' z8 ]( D% |Range closes to 12,000 yards..., N6 u- f2 |# [9 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards  J$ H9 z$ _/ |2 c$ P; M. d* G& s
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, g& N+ h! A! S1 X1 M6 Z- q" nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards. A% v0 \9 a2 C. X
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
. s5 A. U! g+ e( C/ H) q! {: TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards. ]( H) j4 i5 L/ W# f; h' ~0 H6 d
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'" i9 C$ B- Y+ R9 e) b
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 x' f4 p3 J8 ?
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
/ l, G, o' s; p8 ~& GCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
3 s' t5 v7 s- W$ BCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ f* a" @- M# s" a- N
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ }1 |& `8 {: V* u0 f+ I! WDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards, T) {' b, B; Z5 s6 l. Q9 K0 y7 S0 t6 S
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards# P' v$ f1 I, R! X, |( o+ j# N4 @
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards0 i% o3 T2 Z6 n3 l
Range increases to 11,000 yards
( d4 |6 S& }3 L0 |3 B" aCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
  E. ?. u! B" j! w! HCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- o+ e$ M; u8 aCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
% e* _5 S  q5 G; X. \  \. f2 hCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
5 L+ P& W$ s7 d. p3 ?CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 \# g/ O& L' r' x" b( S: g5 T7 w
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
! r) }0 C. s5 U. W: q% f' m6 dDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
0 J6 a- r: B; n( G* d; ]DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
3 v. Z9 x6 }+ K  y/ c& i  ARange closes to 8,000 yards6 q# y8 y! B8 T  z% v9 V9 _4 I4 t
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards5 |) m  T& @3 n& a- }
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& Z! q8 o: h4 o) t2 i- {- e
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards! ~2 @( V, y; }  a3 R
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
4 X& _5 `( ?% a7 J* |DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
" B# r- }. a3 D/ _/ u9 lRange closes to 7,000 yards
/ l. z. M1 e2 d) y2 ACL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. o- c: a7 L# _1 ^; J4 u
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& s0 y9 W/ l/ ]) O* U0 ]% \CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
- T5 ]7 ]5 w7 m6 TCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. B/ R" v$ i0 E) v$ w6 U: |
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards& a5 `- I% q* N% E2 ?- `
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
3 {0 h5 r& i8 F0 b, J* mCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! B9 V( x" c& u9 q& D0 v
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
3 q% i, b, S. O$ `  C8 ~. yDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards4 [) N& w5 C  S) j8 Y9 e
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
! b# u" m" V- W+ |0 a+ UAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
* s2 X, |4 D" }5 g9 iDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; w6 e& F) M& f
Range increases to 8,000 yards
. G3 [6 @( N3 F+ W+ s9 Z: N, fCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards) m( X/ F0 o* ], K4 U3 o1 E
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% E! N8 j2 F2 a* g: H& ~9 D$ Y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards7 O' t4 ~% g+ ~# \) i$ c
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape9 g3 L( Q, C7 }( X' X
Task forces break off...- s1 i6 n* o& `2 S' [! b6 ]' j
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards: K/ ^% A6 m! X
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Japanese Ships) ~9 V0 s9 a/ _8 `' c* z
      APD T-1+ R. v. k5 Y* n. Y
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk2 Z3 |6 S. W( X  v7 i: p: Y/ K
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
; K! g% `$ W0 ~5 N0 E  ]4 G2 e      APD T-55 C  y- o, b# S# Z$ j! M. x" T5 q# S
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk6 ^) [8 ?. _5 ~' y
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk9 \( A6 V* `; i" B
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Allied Ships( a, P" v7 _9 A+ S: i
      CA Portland
% w- @" X  h+ v+ ~      CA Northampton
0 t$ e+ G! i6 H3 q' ~+ U% l8 b      CA Chester2 s; E+ ]- v$ H3 `& L* K* A3 K+ D/ S
      CA Louisville0 }* ]+ T1 S9 c
      CA Chicago
5 d5 G7 K: Q& L: E' Z+ U      CA Astoria1 J& b# ^, S- k6 @7 `6 b
      CA Minneapolis
, d' F2 s: V( Z; ?      CA San Francisco
/ y3 `; O1 H' K      CA Quincy7 `/ A. D( M5 X5 o
      CA Vincennes. X, ^" r3 _2 Z7 d% I
      CA Wichita
' Q+ ?3 e9 Q: ^0 S  _, z      DD Bennett
+ S- Q+ D5 g5 f2 r3 P      DD Bradford
% W+ `1 C, e% E8 d- h* [: C( \      DD Braine
0 p* A2 s0 Z! X$ p! E+ y      DD Brownson0 B4 p1 l! M- |* p  Q3 Y' s
      DD Bryant
! T, ]/ @" }( _      DD Bullard
( e+ B3 k+ u- P1 b# Q) i      DD Burns0 ?: N& G9 x7 |! C8 ~7 {
      DD Callaghan  o4 ^" F. U0 x9 Y& ]7 b  S; c
      DD Caperton" y- @( {6 n% D6 K1 @
      DD Capps7 s" ~7 s6 L$ [1 Z- r/ u( ]' d
      DMS Emmons: d3 ?+ o/ M& t+ P
      DMS Macomb
# ?6 j' T% x! ?      DMS Rodman
+ L4 h# a- P( ?- Q/ q- E      DMS Gherardi3 s# l! f4 q3 \* }1 u) a$ D

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
: V, m' |. m6 G9 h5 s& nRange closes to 28,000 yards...
! K* ~5 @7 x, @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards# Q, _* D$ R6 e- J1 z( l& `+ I
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
. k" o; u# }9 L' H* w2 c( m' ]9 c3 r; jRange closes to 24,000 yards...
9 X# ^6 g. V0 ~# I2 H  QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
, \/ ]: K) @3 Z+ pRange closes to 22,000 yards...$ o  ]/ _: _' U. [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
2 F: O! s6 P, g  a: _Range closes to 20,000 yards...
' I. B! g6 h9 F+ r0 O7 L5 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: h7 p( T& F& H+ a3 V+ h) v
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
" R; z; B5 g7 ]. P- F' A) d! qRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: ~0 i- r; k0 q. \4 m6 h7 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 K$ Z  Q  H7 \8 k
Range closes to 14,000 yards...8 v& m/ k: k/ T3 S
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
, e6 l' ^3 v7 G  @Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 B7 @8 `; ^$ O+ ]( DRange closes to 10,000 yards...7 W9 p$ N" w. {) z$ H! H  \8 E
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
; s& I6 u/ o$ R& z7 v9 ?Range closes to 8,000 yards...
# Q) k4 g6 Q% [3 q/ f' v1 M- E1 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards( ?+ F1 b+ I$ `0 r2 w! F
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
. ^+ U' m; }) Y  ]CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards2 U! n, \! Q  S$ [' G/ h
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 r9 U8 R" V2 k; V. L' hDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
, m  w4 |6 V7 n* s9 l5 q! dAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards) {5 ?5 O, r7 u8 A+ s& t
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 r0 h% |) f& J* D
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
: Q" q. G8 U: a, v% KCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
) x4 l" i( T6 z9 HCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
  s* U0 Z+ m6 h* V! |CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% {, w( I1 b, A) [$ Z9 r1 B* J
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
1 u5 Y) j, K0 L2 g0 FDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
# w8 ]# \( i9 y: _Range closes to 5,000 yards7 K# j2 Q& Q1 |0 @# R) h
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
8 ?+ u* }6 @' _  n8 M; YAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
  ^# M9 g$ i; j6 d" a+ [6 a- aCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
) S4 v; j  r8 WCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
9 @; c) V% I/ s/ a( ODD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
8 w+ T& v7 U0 HRange closes to 2,000 yards: [7 ]% F# I0 l% V: U: Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
' i& `9 t  S2 G7 s8 |CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: e" ]0 V0 @. a: xCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
3 M8 V( P4 l9 R9 a) dAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
$ N% }; h: k( h% LRange increases to 6,000 yards8 o, Q% g/ k  ^1 Z1 B8 D
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
" k4 y, Q, m- p+ `  U% {CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards; w4 c- D0 P& g
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards8 x4 |  o$ ~# W9 l
Range increases to 9,000 yards& K7 i4 ^) n6 L% o6 F; p4 S8 M$ g
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards+ b0 K. [! T$ C1 ~0 i. o
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards' A1 l' B2 p# ~0 a# ^/ P& Z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards) r" ]; }& n# f0 z  ?7 V2 T
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
: V$ Z& s9 j% Y" ]) pRange increases to 13,000 yards3 [* m7 }# h; O/ n
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
' G9 _! z( Z& uAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards( M' C; q% t! r+ e' N+ L  F
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
, T3 c, H" Y& Y% T8 nTask forces break off...3 P* ]$ G9 f) q$ ?( h9 o; y6 `

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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7 Z# Y. A* {' F5 S; C% h. OJapanese Ships6 C0 i: e; n7 e. n. }
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk* g$ ]9 L% ]1 ?+ ]2 c
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships; V' G) H! w5 `4 Q: B8 T0 R
      BB North Carolina
8 i2 h, \* G5 k# r+ K1 K, \      BB Washington! m4 M& U1 x; F; e' i& d" s& L1 a
      BB South Dakota. i  b+ x1 t* K
      BB Indiana
5 G) o/ m& j/ s0 E, I      BB Massachusetts5 b/ D& Z$ k4 E8 T% q( j0 q, n
      BB Alabama% |3 F8 R( |" x# K$ v% H+ t
      DD Conner
3 {2 v# K, h0 g      DD Cotten4 Y# g. O% q9 p( S' W/ N5 B+ k6 [
      DD Cowell
- q7 h3 R% C5 a  d1 e+ |      DD Daly
8 B, T: I- w" B1 N0 K% B# J6 N      DD Eaton
. V  q4 R2 Z# w      DD Heywood Edwards2 w5 o; }. `4 i$ d8 f3 R
      DD Erben
- l4 t0 j" p7 V: R  a      DD Evans
0 r7 F; H/ y8 }9 F. Q# j/ B      DD Foote& F0 Z6 b; f7 j1 r) L6 |
      DD Franks2 {. n: F, f' w* [
      DD Fullam. n) v  y' j+ G% I+ R; w
      DD Gatling
4 g) ^+ I' y8 d- A      DD Albert Grant
$ [1 J: q& Y& E, f: }& x7 L' C) q6 D      DD Gregory
' T: l  t4 _5 N* b2 o0 F7 s: F      DD Guest3 ]6 c3 _' S( M
      DMS Hamilton
6 f3 }) @" ^# o      DMS Forrest
, F% d2 f$ t: ?! K      DMS Ellyson/ v8 t" e6 k+ W2 v

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
$ b' T, i) z% w) |. ERange closes to 28,000 yards...2 L* T1 J# x2 B, g
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
- d$ `) Y( ]" `, o# }  s% v) [& ^Range closes to 24,000 yards...) K( ?0 N3 _5 X! ?- U7 O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 W  I( e$ ]5 }Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 r5 }6 M% d0 K; a( uRange closes to 18,000 yards...6 F) \, M$ Q7 A; z* P0 X  Y
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
+ w* H  F; o& X, j2 kRange closes to 14,000 yards...* U; v" N$ c, A. Z$ e( q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) i4 p7 }4 v2 _8 @) Y) m+ eRange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ x* V# I8 }" Y3 I! {. B; H/ `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards  _% w8 N8 ?- U/ V4 R' w! y
Range closes to 10,000 yards...' Q5 T7 z4 c3 r
Range closes to 9,000 yards...% ?* l" j0 P+ G& x# O. J% b  U; [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards3 t: h. v  `' S+ L( O- R
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
4 k4 }1 A" ~! j  gAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
2 {6 z! T5 C2 _+ g+ d+ lDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards" Y* {8 ^  ^* J
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
9 p  K9 D7 _# Q* F$ C1 d) k; e- [DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
0 U, G5 \+ K- L' S. B* |3 xRange closes to 5,000 yards5 ^; O/ `' E) M# \* \8 I; l
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards% _; P  ^2 z; w( h
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards- ?* F' K. t7 l1 v4 n# S
Range closes to 3,000 yards$ |$ v# X- L+ {" @# M1 A3 m1 ?
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards7 p! a2 L" t* p9 L- i0 E+ T2 o
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
2 {" t2 Y* M, T9 W3 P7 xDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards/ f+ K) h3 f5 m, ~9 K( o
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
% }" J* y7 A5 z+ _6 V  J5 U9 p6 \& hDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# \" r, m3 D/ N* a2 x5 V
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
* S2 k* ^- o. @. Q3 QBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; V/ Q* g8 q' I7 ?! Y; W' l6 f( C$ E- KDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards; s, `  D- ]) v) E& ~
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards. `' c/ X5 Q. J  D
Range increases to 5,000 yards
- _  S& y! N: e" {% A: g: B1 pBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
" v, m% ]5 H7 {$ F9 u) c: f$ JDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
5 J# z& G: f; c4 D$ E7 S( ERange increases to 7,000 yards
! ]  o( r8 P! j' `0 \. w% L2 LDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards, D& I0 y* B" x! J
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
' k/ s4 Y! J* a/ g- f4 T, L/ {# ADMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards; q8 @" `/ _# ~$ h7 m
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards3 U" c8 n7 j5 A/ @1 q' q) s
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
# d$ Y$ @% M2 B& ^- [2 yCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44, s3 F' [) c1 d2 T- r- S, @
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加
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0 _9 T$ I+ }, G3 x( ?( l$ S3 bGround combat at Ponape (119,113)2 [" ]$ x( h3 n5 o; N" z- z/ r
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Allied Bombardment attack
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! Q9 {  M" ]/ v) {: r* }% [1 ^Attacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000
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Japanese ground losses:
; @* _" B9 h1 J* W/ v/ L      834 casualties reported
8 V8 G, R" c: ^" A         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled
/ t* [+ M$ W) s( s- a/ @         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
3 h  ?/ T& J5 A. u) A7 H         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 _, J  I- t1 m/ i$ Z      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)6 F0 Q( D7 x7 M  F
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Allied ground losses:
+ \* [* k8 N) [9 O+ j4 e      16 casualties reported
1 A! b% p; |8 m; V" \         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled' `( X; ?8 F8 U' I. U2 n) ~
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled  _% |% E( C4 D# h* q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44% q- i3 Z, y7 f
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久  g  B  D; ^9 Q0 V1 n2 S3 e. o
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TF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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2 z" [& [1 V& B9 |* W0 _6 ~100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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8 \4 E: t# g* R9 n, o! OAllied Ships
. w0 z) m( ^! w) j' z# h      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1; ^: B$ J9 A& O- {
      DMS Forrest/ Z6 l! t! ?7 G8 [- N& g- G
      DMS Hamilton% n6 _, j5 T3 s' K/ O, W
      DD Guest
. X% }, U( M. T; R: o9 Q9 t2 f      DD Albert Grant1 @8 o. h6 ^  \4 Q# K" ~
      DD Daly
3 v& r9 u* A: H) n6 s+ ?      DD Cowell1 M% F" i. T  i9 f7 m( j
      DD Cotten
( ]6 p0 u. m# t- t3 d      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
  w: ^2 [, R* Y
9 {2 `) Z) e6 ~Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson
7 k" L) c- ^* h+ y( u5 XPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest
# r3 E# c0 [, `# P8 ?1 J$ ~9 B98 mines cleared
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
$ P  c$ f2 e7 ~      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# f3 T: ~( q1 I" @  D/ u/ y/ v
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Allied Ships
  i0 r6 i0 B- P8 N      CA Wichita& C5 M) S! u( E4 m1 \- s; _& J. _7 p
      CA Vincennes2 k7 G& N" w: y8 l
      CA Quincy5 ^  B) T  |( |9 t7 V
      CA San Francisco
, ?* T' ^- V7 F8 s* h3 V# d      CA Minneapolis
6 P. `( M' j5 |9 v( V/ D0 N      CA Astoria
5 \8 m9 N5 a) y( ?2 M      CA Chicago
1 u' Q- ^+ K* `9 _6 n* @* S      CA Louisville
& w6 c, z; t4 |2 [; g# e      CA Chester
) [. F* j+ i' W) Y3 U      CA Northampton
. _/ S) t4 k, k) w' ^5 @      CA Portland
  I, z) b! X2 |( O) S9 t$ c$ j
6 c6 f6 U8 B6 ?: ~) D. rJapanese ground losses:
, t8 l" R4 l5 b' ~4 c" n$ w      54 casualties reported2 u+ Y$ u9 S7 s6 F6 K) s1 I! E! b) s
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' ?8 r; s7 \4 |         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled2 }9 e) P' G) z) E4 y' P4 L0 o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
" f) f; Z3 d+ [! _      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled). p8 R( I" J) [. a9 W4 w
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
0 i; X4 p3 d2 y( l9 T& s& m! P, m8 E3 Y
Airbase hits 1
* t+ {5 o% o; i' C7 \Runway hits 16
- U7 v  t* K$ |3 B+ F# I5 p2 C+ y4 _# k; y) [/ N
5 `- y& N8 K+ `
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! |1 ]' I; [9 H8 h: NAllied Ships2 ]5 w1 }( h3 I
      BB Alabama
$ N; P& Z) S1 T/ i      BB Massachusetts* z' V+ q, X. _$ T) M
      BB Indiana
9 H) f, o3 ^2 T      BB South Dakota; J7 Q+ q, }) V0 f2 a
      BB Washington
2 l  S1 ~* @* V# U) M' Z4 S! u      BB North Carolina
. K; l! l* C1 `7 E$ l0 y
: q, e4 V. z! W1 x  ?6 \: ~& q. yJapanese ground losses:
( c' J, r$ f4 \      570 casualties reported
0 ^7 M. O- c2 N3 n# X) I6 S         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
% c2 q8 G! t. ]9 W7 B+ y! s         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled) {% q; G5 j9 Q( s
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled: P' f+ V2 C7 k5 c+ _7 R
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
% R6 p: g. L3 I9 e      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
% q  r4 q" m% n5 u+ U
: d, J4 w) i, T5 i/ TAirbase hits 7
/ ?% D% `+ d9 a* e% M# g# g: yAirbase supply hits 1
6 q) d4 c& r7 V9 u, bRunway hits 15/ N) ^- c4 T: w3 Y
Port hits 3$ N- t" K7 ]8 o5 I
Port supply hits 2
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3 B% Q# [5 J$ [' V9 l6 ~Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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4 e1 M# P7 U; S5 b" A% GAllied Ships/ s* G2 s5 u! M6 b3 e7 r
      BB Queen Elizabeth
* r) N' l" E. W5 h      BB Valiant
# d7 T9 X  b) ^+ `; p      BB Mississippi
: |: _$ ^' D+ a# t6 Z: e      BB New Mexico$ r1 M& @6 h6 p; o; J- J
      BB Idaho" z1 a$ s2 f" k/ O, A( y; T
      BB West Virginia) P: |' W: ~3 y8 h$ B' I# ~, o
      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:0 p  Z$ x; u% [7 L* [6 N
      603 casualties reported5 A: g" I- b) k9 M8 h6 y) y  \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
) x7 H: V' f& F  C0 f' l$ s4 ]         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
  ~+ X- c* D* Q3 e3 ^! b" A         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled& d, G" L' u2 |! r2 @7 ?! x
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)( C; z% Y2 m5 t7 C/ Z
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
" A7 n, n# g  d9 C- X$ f. ^4 M( F/ s. a* U- h; R& V5 W
Airbase hits 5
- c5 O' v1 A/ m) W3 p" P1 tAirbase supply hits 2* b! r+ C/ ^6 M) J
Runway hits 7
2 o4 Y3 D# J0 H7 J8 APort hits 18 i" C+ n' i0 g7 P. v' b0 @
3 k) J% h' D- U$ B- J5 m) d
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape # _- {: U& @# ^
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
! f7 n9 [5 T/ `/ i1 T+ F  }BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division
4 m6 h+ K  Q8 S/ ~1 K+ w; Y& fBB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division" s; j  P' L2 E" m
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape 4 j4 s* A9 Y; ~% a( [
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
1 `4 v, X: G( q9 X; Y' N$ ]OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
, O$ X( M8 T7 N! ], ?# VBB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division
. D, o# V9 T, G$ ?BB Colorado firing at Ponape   J8 D% y/ m: m- Z9 y
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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% d8 K! L: t. _4 B3 ~0 lRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.  {5 D+ F6 _8 W" ^
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes# i9 K  J, p0 C% j# u* I
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Allied aircraft
8 {1 ?' ]0 b" r! p" }& `: ^5 t% n      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4620 K9 }2 |7 G0 A2 q: S
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
) G1 Z" k3 O4 n; |5 |      TBM-1C Avenger x 274' x1 q$ m2 R+ ?2 V
5 A  ?. y) c# s8 a4 @
Allied aircraft losses) Q2 b: D" k9 M- {+ M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged4 [6 v; e' J: \2 t" [
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged- X7 _. t" K  }3 I. \7 ^& W9 L
, z/ [4 k3 G+ d5 P- e
Japanese ground losses:+ c5 g! ^  u8 v; a
      529 casualties reported
. P: p2 d$ E$ I. D         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
. g3 q; R9 E7 J# r5 n         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled! N" J6 D! Y# Q& {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 X1 ~* N! g( X
      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)) z% @% ?; V7 G0 Q' k% b. ?

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)$ _5 D8 y3 L3 p) D! [5 X

. b1 R" m2 U/ B+ [8 sAllied Deliberate attack
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" `2 K% w3 B9 Q; n( A- e: j% Y9 pAttacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
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Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938. o. G1 U; ?/ p5 i! K# m" K

! w" h1 N2 C9 {# K- @5 X( [# LAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
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Allied adjusted assault: 3029   m" n; ~( K1 p  m" J, D% y/ b

: m6 p0 G1 Z- F/ w8 j, aJapanese adjusted defense: 3835 & i, ?$ ?5 c7 W) W2 f. x

$ C8 F* n( B% q/ j9 CAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) % f5 C% k" U7 j6 y2 X) J9 h7 S
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Combat modifiers9 J: A) z8 \0 u3 N2 N
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
; x+ Y; _! f% v# a  Z8 j5 K; DAttacker:
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/ k* g# |: @% g3 jJapanese ground losses:
, f& T3 }7 k' a$ ]! l- X3 p( x. `      5869 casualties reported0 z( q& B: x* x
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
- z5 N" e2 m4 ?         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled
3 L6 j# \' {- ~. m' ?& K         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled; y3 R. D7 G; m1 Z
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)5 \" H7 B! I8 P( a  K3 A8 _
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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2 V7 n3 [' G0 ^9 qAllied ground losses:
+ S$ E3 y5 K; f/ T8 G7 x( ]      1488 casualties reported7 N& p( P- Y- ~' r0 X
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled
! b. N% Y% H" m' T& L         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled& c! k3 T% m4 R  Q/ F- r
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
8 b2 u$ _6 ~/ O2 i      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
6 E# h5 H9 P/ [+ c      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
! k- K  S2 x5 @! w. l    762nd Tank Battalion" a# c3 s. u+ o" o0 u: r
    710th Tank Battalion! U0 j$ Y1 }% `" ]6 j7 B! O* n! |
    767th Tank Battalion
  ]; x- L& D& w# O; S: w    44th Tank Battalion) I( @6 c  Q$ `
    96th Infantry Division
3 N$ g' R0 R+ j$ Q( `- A; |6 Z    706th Tank Battalion
; ]& ~! E9 F" b9 p7 \    81st Infantry Division+ [. G; N/ W+ Z/ q
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
1 n6 P6 K8 `$ W1 E- L# ^: A) ?    5th Marine Division8 j& Z! f9 g: b; i3 K* p2 |8 {
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment  P# X: t0 w7 P
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment: t, w4 S3 ~. i2 ~% R
    711th Tank Battalion2 Z/ Z' X5 W$ q7 ?; L6 ~
    716th Tank Battalion, j# r! z5 a3 _' B, `
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
" s# v  M* M" }/ z/ g$ `4 d! r    6th Infantry Division7 {( h6 X& e6 @4 C' B" B- k
    31st Infantry Regiment
( _9 L( ~- ?" l    8th Marine Defense Battalion5 M7 o' F( U& h
    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 @! ?7 K1 G( B& s( h    X Corps Artillery 7 w; Z% [4 U/ B$ x7 O. ?
    14th Marine Defense Battalion. ?6 b) l0 N/ b
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 _0 I% O, U! W' p- \    I Corps Artillery % x9 W, n6 x$ F3 j1 m
    XIV US Corps. a* {0 b, Z* `" B
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, A  H' T6 E+ Y5 W/ _/ ]    96th Coast AA Regiment
; \! e% i3 ~; Q+ j    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; k( ^1 f) C$ [7 H; u& m) k
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 q/ {0 I& H  _* ^& W3 C: }    12th Marine Defense Battalion
" D8 d* ?( N5 \- F( u" V, |/ F    738th Coast AA Regiment0 o6 F& B4 X1 p! J% l
    1st USMC AA Battalion
5 [+ G' d& m5 h: Q1 c8 X    5th USA Defense Battalion
9 ]: C) ~  P+ d% X8 Z) x9 B    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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( `( P5 k2 P8 s2 N* s* a- kDefending units:' [$ x3 I5 e) K; V: e" i9 A6 i
    144th Infantry Regiment# Y! |# g* x1 y  D, A
    81st/C Division! W/ o# c1 e; K* o2 ^
    Kure 3rd SNLF8 @) t) z& ^2 h, [* Z. C
    Sasebo 7th SNLF* [  }9 u* [: p8 D1 O: G1 T) N
    81st/A Division& g. ]5 M. _1 H! U% P- ]
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 H# s/ L& b: Z1 ^% _1 {- S' R    33rd/B Division; T- |) R$ F; |9 q/ x
    52nd Naval Guard Unit+ U1 i0 [& `1 q7 C
    33rd/A Division6 C" N/ ^) e0 x) U2 `! @
    81st/B Division, k' d" \% a3 r/ E
    138th Infantry Regiment* g, `2 t6 L; p
    33rd/C Division
: \( g3 B  F8 c+ o    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion3 V! A6 Y3 H, Y
    60th Field AA Battalion1 K6 s9 n$ e! T5 K' m* j
    53rd Construction Battalion
/ A  L  L" d6 ~( A' f  @8 T    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 n" y+ G8 A( a7 V' c4 s" Q& W
    14th Area Army /1
7 Y+ H5 ]2 P& B    61st Field AA Battalion- o$ n  N7 P- `9 l* _! A
    18th Army
9 E/ r# w2 ]; H& b    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment/ m* ~8 x$ f3 Q6 V9 c
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# x& e; S( H; f' l; G8 s" m
    63rd Field AA Battalion
! Y2 c' s: n& s& x% _4 R    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 S  v8 b& k5 W. a- ^4 G, n
    12th Air Fleet* ?0 R7 S0 O/ L0 [
    Kure 7th SNLF
# f2 h' Q- E. R- B    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
3 _" {9 `) T: J7 D' m4 G    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) v0 o3 U0 d) y* k3 T, Q- U    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
* U# g* C0 y8 @# a7 T3 b    19th JAAF Base Force0 I: R. a2 k/ u7 T" V% a0 w1 |
    3rd Base Force* }" t, f8 A* E4 l
    Ponape Naval Fortress, U- D. t; }0 `9 o  U
    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' f+ p* T4 E* E6 o# J
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; d" P$ M! }+ R( Q# l* K  V
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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* r  C1 d% O+ \Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.& r) J& h5 g3 v$ r( _/ J
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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. L& C' b5 q& c0 uAllied aircraft, a/ ^. S  M6 j$ q
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4629 ^- I- ]4 Q" X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327
2 |) H( A2 L# v& t& H      TBM-1C Avenger x 2831 U9 F, k" m7 d& @$ }

; a* @( h1 A- f; MAllied aircraft losses5 q' `; N# n; Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged# H) z! k$ H# E  v# }- e
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged9 N7 }9 n  w8 K! a, b
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak# ~# L! K* x# G+ t

6 ~2 V9 I0 Q. L- O, F2 EJapanese ground losses:
! m" M0 b. n5 k9 _( p6 {, X! r      17 casualties reported
2 _0 R1 K9 {/ h         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' g  z% x3 y) {5 `' b$ Q
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled) I- t. j" Q3 T+ o  y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! b$ T! B' q9 \# x' `' I) A
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
9 M- L9 m7 a6 k4 u/ S7 Y( K- f4 o! G+ Z5 |, z
Airbase hits 97
2 Y3 o# y$ ^  l7 [! q2 _" zAirbase supply hits 269 i! _& ~% R( G9 c: i
Runway hits 252
* ]9 G5 M7 ^; W) @5 P  S
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9 h  D! S0 X, K3 l! t% JGround combat at Ponape (119,113)( N. c( d, s# T: r

( }7 B# v2 B) T4 B  m' H7 lJapanese Bombardment attack
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' E7 a: @/ U. _5 u) c# f; f8 jAttacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 7287 g# D% A- s# q8 O5 C9 {0 U
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Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
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Japanese ground losses:
) l6 V! h! X9 z* u7 R  H      736 casualties reported
0 X1 K: }1 |1 [3 Q. ]         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled! O9 I& a) k/ W# `
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
$ k! h! _$ ^: f         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled: |' d% I" j% \' ?+ ^6 w
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
8 u9 }9 A& Q: H& U      Units destroyed 1& B8 |' _5 v6 f  B, {3 U' y
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Allied ground losses:
. h% n+ T! ~7 P  B7 I      23 casualties reported. U) s5 u, ^2 p0 r  S
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled! b0 b8 H$ Y6 I  N+ s8 O
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 K3 Y1 ^4 h) C6 L) x         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  A0 ^  U7 _1 ^  t9 C, X      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)) z% P1 q0 P, ?2 _
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1 x  r0 `; K( i0 h: O' n, ]Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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( J' L( o0 M; D6 k0 Z( YAllied Bombardment attack
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4 f% S. B  {& h7 X7 TAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24883 m% h6 u6 d( P2 ?; B. N8 T
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Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
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* p3 X+ l1 g* kJapanese ground losses:
3 y3 X/ l& q3 N- v( [$ B% y      698 casualties reported
% }$ _& x/ Y( M6 `: F( k8 g7 X         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled/ ^# v4 h4 ~' S
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled  N3 V) [" i% L5 A' c9 `
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled. i* @2 q1 B  S# o. I1 y3 g1 m
      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44% t7 Z' J0 |. i
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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  j3 {6 _( ]- z/ B5 E" i6 ^Allied Ships
; B+ l! V' m$ V; ]5 Y/ M      CA Wichita
7 x. T( r- I- r, w- B8 d2 F      CA Vincennes
3 p/ m0 X: E0 W9 l" R5 H( s. K* }      CA Quincy
2 ^+ ~3 x7 X' q$ P& Z9 q: ?" L* g) \      CA San Francisco- l1 N0 t) H( G$ O6 a
      CA Minneapolis
6 T( z, T) i' i2 s0 B7 v      CA Astoria# f9 T1 @+ C4 f& e# a
      CA Chicago
' p; f# d$ X( Y& C) {      CA Louisville& c  {3 y! ]' }  B$ s
      CA Chester
, M3 h. ]1 p. f. r: n$ p1 }      CA Northampton# d) a7 Q$ a, T8 o
      CA Portland/ D: t& [2 i" o1 Y/ [1 k

9 g* T4 H  L4 N3 u2 z4 b1 kJapanese ground losses:
7 _1 H5 y0 u3 E) O$ w      213 casualties reported
* c( B: _1 c% v  `# F* L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: A$ \3 ^  m/ \
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled! T. V8 E) ~2 p8 r, Y" {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
# L" ^3 N  d% V! Z0 }; g# k      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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3 t- P& A! y2 yAirbase hits 6% Q! F) h7 V, L# P4 l6 G9 [- _
Airbase supply hits 1
0 e9 g4 o# K5 a1 WRunway hits 25
$ P. l4 E* z: W* x/ ^" hPort hits 5
. a- ?# ^+ J; k+ _# {9 J/ z* ~Port supply hits 1% T# B4 \5 |. N' I4 @: ?+ e, ~: @

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1137 E' @4 w3 i; Q6 V8 ?# I
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Allied Ships  S- J, t. @; Y& W* a8 k0 J: c& Y
      BB Alabama
0 c4 c! g% K' w" V$ d, }8 `2 O      BB Massachusetts4 @8 w. M4 g6 B/ w
      BB Indiana
/ D2 Y& Z( _- A  X0 U3 B% N      BB South Dakota
5 _* k3 g7 d" Y$ n      BB Washington
! K# N9 A# a2 U6 f3 V5 g' K      BB North Carolina' F( p2 b( t0 `
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Japanese ground losses:6 k, y5 m5 \! t+ R' ?
      803 casualties reported
# X$ r* Z$ s( m) q9 [$ W         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled& k/ b. }+ G6 f$ q6 _
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
$ U  J. t, ^3 T. O1 N         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ c' [: |: J% L5 H: \; p8 L      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
' r" o( P6 t* t3 H6 U# v8 H, \( k      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)) Z* x. W) M& a9 T4 o$ Q8 s

6 Q& U9 F1 q/ K- }( D9 }Airbase hits 2
. e5 |. g4 O0 X: HRunway hits 3/ b% \, a& @* m, J1 e8 ?% u
Port hits 27 a+ N, [- b, U6 C
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113/ Z+ Y# ^# \2 z$ ?$ i9 ]1 X5 t
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Allied Ships
) a- x1 ^7 c9 `; }% {, p      BB Queen Elizabeth, U1 Y- e( R8 V  Z% S7 {
      BB Valiant* Z& Z3 F6 X" L3 e& l& ^8 x
      BB Mississippi
- ~0 l6 ?3 Y9 X1 {* I' K$ l      BB New Mexico
7 L, B3 n& @8 J: y, c, ~1 c4 d+ R      BB Idaho
. s1 X: a% {' M% G: h" w6 o      BB West Virginia
2 i" e4 u1 x7 s/ m* n      BB Colorado7 ^% \1 [3 c, k) }2 a8 M2 B. K/ S
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Japanese ground losses:
7 d: W% G, q: I      710 casualties reported( u4 H7 K3 ~: x- x
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled5 c8 C3 K3 l' L' T5 w
         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
  Y1 s/ X- ?  _         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
7 F6 W/ \1 O6 Q  m: Q1 x      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled); w7 ]$ {# }. d# N) D$ o
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)( ]+ P& ]) N, i3 a* @+ P
9 P, I1 G2 D2 E2 F; Q/ m" ]
Airbase hits 1
3 P5 S; F, U* u1 S3 N1 T  l" aRunway hits 9
6 i& g) q* B' ZPort hits 1, z/ A; S, ?1 ~

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# e) e# N/ |/ M- t; i9 X" ?9 X1 bAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)9 s+ G" R$ o( F4 @9 n
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.; B/ |, j9 @1 c0 R: B. T
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes+ {5 W' ~& C# X$ P

% L5 O) Z% K5 C2 m0 P( gAllied aircraft8 c1 K# z+ o( b+ r* O4 ^; G+ x
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
: V' ~% p0 K% _      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3250 I# x' t' l% K! n$ g; G1 i
      TBM-1C Avenger x 271
+ `+ R9 Y% B7 O7 e
7 S3 l3 B# g; X5 u0 k' kAllied aircraft losses/ z$ c7 w8 K1 h# C# g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged  ~6 l, C! \$ M+ f7 c# |
      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged, ]8 [' y: K5 M& P8 B* y( M

- ?* P/ L7 ?# K& ]% b& @; l/ r$ qJapanese ground losses:
, S4 h5 T0 u; P+ U8 N- r      660 casualties reported
7 r3 _& R8 E& f5 D5 Y# H) ~; d         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled* E& |/ J2 ]- F$ K& r* U/ I' G
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
+ N# N4 i$ p9 o* ^         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' E9 C% A( H: I  C; c
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)2 X, }# u1 Q& \6 s8 N# H( k
2 X& |% T/ B4 T* v  I8 h  n6 w
3 a$ Y' h8 N! v% j" z) [/ b
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ U7 w5 l9 e4 d7 a6 z
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455
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# B9 {- p$ _3 ?& xDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
; a7 w' d6 }' W* s) {6 f: d9 `4 T4 ?, s. R
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
6 J9 {8 }+ X7 A. R2 f4 o
7 i2 q( E# @  Y4 N* w1 YAllied adjusted assault: 2943 $ [6 C- p# ^4 _/ q. ]1 [6 ?, ^

9 t/ @5 W$ K; n0 mJapanese adjusted defense: 537
# `8 Q8 C6 F, I2 @8 Q7 r9 |, A- G% P% ~( v) g$ r4 Y4 C, _0 }
Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) 5 N$ v% S. R- |3 e' P$ n0 e
6 H* Z1 C; y4 ^; I% b
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 41 ^6 f% L( _% P/ w9 D% g) x+ g1 k

/ Z- v4 v! N$ w. y6 `Combat modifiers; j: k9 [, M0 D/ ^! E
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-): d' D9 D2 E/ F
Attacker: $ {! `9 L* R" w1 @5 ]8 {* A" T# {* ]8 V
* X7 `$ ^- B- ]' W! v/ H# _0 R+ r+ R
Japanese ground losses:1 g) ~0 T) q# a! ~; R) H; G5 W. X
      4555 casualties reported
9 A4 |' u3 g) l9 P9 X         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled
6 q4 c1 e. j$ |# }" U. _, e4 R. x         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled5 C- x+ J7 ~" t4 t7 g
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
2 I" l' o" J) k1 g% a( Z      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
  S2 t# l) O* K5 N: e* S      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
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( k) R; F# x( _8 g) q, x' [' YAllied ground losses:
; R% ~& G& x0 i+ Y: E! h      1283 casualties reported5 Y# I7 E6 z* V1 w/ x9 y/ Y
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
* B5 }3 P, z) d8 w! H( _4 f) i         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled8 ?( I; B9 k) w- i
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled/ S( E# w' J5 T* D& Q
      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled), K; N/ @: b8 o3 l& _. l- P) @. [
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)3 N1 R& J3 B* r' l' K

5 q" L0 X3 K/ {+ MAssaulting units:: R8 h: _2 a1 l  y" C! ?
    716th Tank Battalion( V6 X" x+ O" L" E! e9 L5 {. R3 L' z
    112th Cavalry Regiment
1 `( p) m/ k( ?( Y5 A7 ]$ J; H    44th Tank Battalion5 \( V9 L) @8 h" `. e8 e/ T
    711th Tank Battalion
2 \2 B" L7 ^% P6 N5 y    6th Infantry Division
  u9 a" \; a. |: l, f* u, O0 t    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
2 }. W! l) c% C( h( f    5th Marine Division8 e. }, \) K! [$ N
    706th Tank Battalion
) O  E# l# e4 O    710th Tank Battalion
: J- _7 t  C' [* n' N  G" Z* @    81st Infantry Division5 \6 l& r# _; I5 v/ c* ]
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& ]- M( s9 s, W$ @- Y( i: j    767th Tank Battalion
, Q. o+ `8 m7 O% a9 d8 k5 F    762nd Tank Battalion
, X: S1 a% |3 j; g- u3 s$ y    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment# L& |3 f/ ?: b' q
    96th Infantry Division3 C0 B4 B  ]7 v0 T% V! P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 h: H, T1 K8 x$ Q2 i1 P& p
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
! b, i- }7 v$ M! h    1st USMC AA Battalion5 O  D$ W) R( O& o8 m/ C
    738th Coast AA Regiment$ T7 w  o0 t# a* L# j
    X Corps Artillery
) y( F3 j  a5 B: t; r3 b    I Corps Artillery
/ n: {+ h: k8 u& P  u    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" I8 n1 M3 e& u. y    12th Marine Defense Battalion' w$ @; R4 r6 t! M( a6 U
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. O$ o0 h3 Q% S& A    XIV US Corps
7 a6 K1 M4 L5 |& Z/ v3 Q    4th USA Defense Battalion: f; l2 s8 C8 j. u1 Y0 u# _
    5th USA Defense Battalion8 ]4 D7 K1 W& l6 |
    8th Marine Defense Battalion6 I9 L$ {4 L" d4 o* }8 z4 o
    96th Coast AA Regiment! E: p& n4 n" g) i, S2 |& T" ~
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
: D$ m& ^; J' c+ z    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:& N& d4 H/ F8 u6 h5 h
    81st Division
3 {5 [. w/ J6 {# F    33rd Division
' i/ w9 P. D2 ^% C6 y2 {# z    52nd Naval Guard Unit# I/ O  F7 u+ s0 _- G, @9 m0 e
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
; \( ~& c* j/ P    138th Infantry Regiment
8 p2 J) @! \3 x3 ?5 u! u& n/ d    Kure 3rd SNLF /1: K! @. C7 ~! p5 P; B6 M# W
    3rd Base Force
6 e" `/ j. h* p    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
+ Q/ f6 B6 @1 n: I) j    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
& \# f9 H. z5 h4 l& w: L. C) ?( w    14th Area Army /1
7 O6 \" j1 z2 S; N2 r    144th Infantry Regiment
: n6 |; Q8 K+ }0 P4 M    18th Field AF Construction Battalion/ R+ s* U. K" _' J
    19th JAAF Base Force7 O4 i- v% ?, w; x
    60th Field AA Battalion
+ M: I* V: m9 K    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( J- X) t. I6 Q    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ J* R6 _4 }& \6 R6 z) c    61st Field AA Battalion; o% C+ i' [+ q2 o- B
    Kure 7th SNLF
; ^  T! K4 j$ Q( E    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 q: \% |& ]9 u3 W( A
    18th Army
' Z& v3 t9 ^2 q! r: T# u    12th Air Fleet
: C$ y$ X2 D8 \& Y    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5 P, B. z/ k- C: i    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
5 V7 G2 U, q3 c- X) ?9 j0 O    Ponape Naval Fortress
: C& B- ]0 F4 M( G    53rd Construction Battalion0 u' Y! W+ W+ A% f
    63rd Field AA Battalion, b* N9 f+ V) W2 \
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44
3 |. n! {% z. F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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日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。
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# a( J- R% [, @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。# N0 h( S3 t  J) z% i; `/ B
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5 S2 f' p3 U4 t( v9 d6 ^# gGround combat at Ponape (119,113)4 v) S5 {% r) ]( w4 H/ R
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Allied Shock attack
# J- ?* y& l/ o3 D1 d% C: B
8 s3 O' |3 v+ B! Z& H; F% hAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
8 Q8 j5 j8 {1 {" z( V
6 @/ K6 D$ M* r% x/ X$ KDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
5 \8 e5 v; g* _4 [$ |  `  M. I- `3 s! q% t) K
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
8 e' Q# o- }* `4 [1 F
# l* m* o# F3 j! N, q! B4 \Allied adjusted assault: 5312 $ t- ]5 j2 v4 ?8 z8 i! a

* i8 a' k7 F" ^8 KJapanese adjusted defense: 163
$ \) ^& G/ X' h1 @) T- S+ O3 W4 L7 ?  {
Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)
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8 q% a# @7 u2 S* YAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
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8 ^4 @$ W& P. T- U1 t; jCombat modifiers
( }; R3 d* Q  }( {( c' L% LDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)  ~2 ?4 i, }" ]0 N( ?
Attacker: shock(+): V& `. w- G# m5 J- ~. ^1 _

# B9 {, I7 c- @9 [Japanese ground losses:& J) O) E! Q7 ?; m6 e3 P
      6464 casualties reported0 X, f/ N# b' f5 j+ F' k" r
         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled9 P. A3 _3 H  ^
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled: Y' P/ i' a' t: H9 c8 n3 Y
         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled+ V- M7 M! U4 c6 ]5 R+ r# M$ M( j
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)" h$ `8 v4 E( l0 _5 u
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)6 s6 ~! j4 Z! y0 S, h, ^* D0 u
      Units destroyed 1- z* I+ e. K4 x, O

) g( a! Q5 A( v7 AAllied ground losses:
/ G) t2 L$ a) e+ n7 H+ `      700 casualties reported
. V* }6 R7 d8 x         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled
: h. e: F  p, v, W, f, I7 [         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled# q' u2 t) V" A0 O/ b9 p
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
& l* C5 M: r* x      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
3 s* D5 L6 @4 ?/ b* t5 f# ~      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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Assaulting units:' k  L# D9 X3 A# X5 i
    6th Infantry Division5 J8 b6 w& Q7 t( u
    706th Tank Battalion
& a3 ~5 y- e4 M8 g/ X2 D- v4 S( I    710th Tank Battalion6 P  s8 v7 J+ a0 c' }( Y) T+ V. @
    716th Tank Battalion
; \/ }* {, H5 ^) H* R- ~9 R9 F' \    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment; B; X, h7 h. C5 u" Z: f7 S
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment$ m0 {/ F* j& D9 h5 b4 j9 \
    767th Tank Battalion
3 V5 p  e2 _1 X    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
" x0 m& f4 Z" l% D* ?! ~3 v    711th Tank Battalion
$ _8 i( L- ^8 J, w, P0 v, L6 L' K    762nd Tank Battalion0 C! `- p) s$ n
    81st Infantry Division- G. X0 f* ]& ~+ s
    5th Marine Division, B. M/ k/ f) [( `/ W
    112th Cavalry Regiment. \% |* O8 h) A8 s1 Y
    44th Tank Battalion
0 T5 r9 E0 d. N& ]. w# ~* A3 a( C    96th Infantry Division( m  \5 {9 E5 E- {2 p2 L9 D
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* A2 F" p1 N$ z0 V! }    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 K/ b/ [1 k0 y/ ^0 ^( ^. T9 w    4th USA Defense Battalion
5 t3 s+ J' Z  P$ S    5th USA Defense Battalion4 y' u) w5 ]; x' @5 V% i# i
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
1 Y2 d# y2 ^6 [5 a4 D: x/ \    1st USMC AA Battalion# q1 c: r* Z, s; M) z
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion( J: z/ V, c+ ~, k" H$ z9 z
    XIV US Corps2 k; W8 s3 \4 b+ S+ |  {7 }
    I Corps Artillery . s( Z0 b) I1 ^' s0 W
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
, _7 B0 u. _6 O& D- F1 ^" p1 H& Z    738th Coast AA Regiment0 M3 u( B8 A$ c1 k& C- B2 f  q
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
" N" J" q. P8 T" }1 q% Z% E) [6 [    X Corps Artillery
# c8 X- z; ^2 Y    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 a4 e( s3 Y2 W. a$ M    96th Coast AA Regiment- s8 w; z: T2 X
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; N0 t( [' o4 w' [4 b

# |6 t* o/ W: i1 qDefending units:% A, ^  R3 L3 R3 q% }
    81st Division
$ R9 T- s9 B9 y8 C' @* _    33rd Division! l" {* _5 U% G2 f/ t
    138th Infantry Regiment& i& |7 H9 o( }& ^1 F6 X, ~/ ^, Y% G
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
3 f; s8 [7 w4 |. G    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ R. J7 O( ]8 x+ _1 \6 L8 U    12th Air Fleet
( j. A' a8 U. ]  F; u1 U    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion6 k1 q% a2 N2 i) b- x) k: a
    60th Field AA Battalion" ]: |( k2 r! h; v/ [6 O" i' F
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
! T9 ]1 M0 _& s* B# l8 W    53rd Construction Battalion0 r9 U0 l' Y0 O2 g( k* h3 u$ ?
    61st Field AA Battalion' ~* _8 n/ O7 M
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
+ m3 |. L( v5 r8 Z    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
" L% c6 |3 D& U* c( i    19th JAAF Base Force
& J0 |/ F. d; X2 M1 x7 I! E    18th Army
7 ~' K( A0 w( b1 k% P    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment. P( H8 N' e% O3 E+ l
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  i" E! I& m# o8 A2 M0 q    3rd Base Force
0 m8 @. \/ i& j; E    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3 [# \3 n8 x- T! O    52nd Naval Guard Unit
0 i8 D+ i$ Y4 ^* Y* d6 Z% N    14th Area Army /1
4 ?1 s* T. E: \9 d+ p' z/ A. p    Kure 7th SNLF6 A/ L& N* S+ y  J) E- {) t
    144th Infantry Regiment7 v9 f" D6 ]* c6 T
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
5 _/ V; |- s- M3 n- d8 o3 \3 g    63rd Field AA Battalion
, O9 z/ Y' |* Z* R+ `$ K' r    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
& O! M% F1 K( D) ]% Q( V: I9 d- E; }    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44
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; X  X/ q% M5 m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。。。0 p5 q9 ?" N: Z0 s) @& `+ z
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ r1 c" _, t: A6 D* m5 r      DD Fujinami2 F. [9 @  A* c9 N% A0 `. J
      DD Kishinami
# m( l. {/ T" n( q  C  }      DD Kiyonami' B% K" R. T  e4 W# D! J% l
      DD Okinami& D( p4 d9 q$ m
      DD Hamanami4 d) X4 ~1 \3 d$ h- `& c
      DD Asashimo3 O- a* W9 J& C' U% e' u
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      xAP Golden Racer  u& o/ [" _# Q4 a7 Y
      xAP Mallory Lykes
% m: r) Q$ h! P$ d* w( V/ R      xAP Abigail Adams
5 c5 W! c, f, z1 T2 O. \( v5 @      xAP Adoniram Judson
: I! i0 Z5 E2 h/ _      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( C( N" Z, I: N' r% W
      xAP Andrew D. White! c$ T  a8 Y# ~) t
      xAP Andrew Furuseth
, M/ E  e$ x+ _      xAP Archbishop Lamy7 w, H4 ^# _) u' o& n
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
7 C+ N0 l% c9 g      xAP B. F. Shaw
# H4 x. D* h) }. ^6 V* m      xAP B. Livingston
1 L8 k! u6 X' x6 d, j1 o4 Y      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson! v" F; k8 L8 K5 T( \0 V
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler+ h3 ^% o3 S6 I, d
      xAP Benjamin Lundy8 P6 u, D1 k  @' s5 D
      xAP Caleb Strong
( e& Y4 T7 x4 U  Y      xAP Carlos Carrillo4 f0 |7 }2 V$ k9 A
      xAP Charles H. Windham& v5 s' R* X/ `% u" R
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
" g  _( n  ?' t& K6 S8 j      xAP Chief Washakie$ i. K3 h! i4 H5 v2 Z& F2 p
      xAP Daniel Drake, O6 o; H9 n4 ~, E3 |% i  `4 T" k
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont: J4 c. s" C3 c1 I6 \
      xAP David Dudley Field
0 a8 F" K) _* u* y) X      xAP David Gaillard4 j$ B  m8 M4 S) @
      xAP David J. Brewer
! @: ?, W3 Z$ K. U; ?7 i      xAP Edmund Fanning3 F% a+ x9 g, }2 z/ R* |+ [2 ]. a
      xAP Edmund Randolph
( a4 j! E! n$ t% R" _" z' O. X8 r      xAP Edward Livingston
- t* ?( F- w- ~) l      xAP Edwin Markham6 |! p* ~8 v2 T4 ~1 z
      xAP Elihu Thomson
" q" ^' X4 |% O  L      xAP Frances E. Willard/ c! R6 N% L9 X+ p8 @) r' t
      xAP Francis P. Blair
' Y4 G% v$ \: |  \* z/ ^# J9 w6 A' [      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire- s6 z* H9 t+ m! Q# }9 E
      xAP Leland Stanford
( i, |2 ^4 D8 e" W% l6 r      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
5 z6 M2 U( D9 a+ b0 m      xAP Lew Wallace
* {* U+ F0 {4 z/ l# `# J      xAP Lewis Cass
: {1 d6 t" B* u: l/ q" A* r7 x9 m" ~+ t      xAP Lydia M. Child
$ a* |! n  s+ @! c: r4 ]      xAP Samuel Gompers
1 B4 b' [. F6 c  V3 h; F3 M, k/ m      xAP Stanley Matthews
8 r8 i- s( j3 s( C. E3 M      xAP Stephen J. Field7 k: c/ J2 ?8 L1 U0 G  P
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
1 {+ ]% w: {; H" g' F      xAP Thomas A. Edison
( F4 S9 t* G3 m7 c  @7 x      xAP Thomas Nast2 n4 F3 \8 p1 w! ?
      xAP Thomas Nelson
3 m% z* F2 D; Z* D7 S& I- b      xAP Vitus Bering
" O" z2 a7 p+ M- E4 P5 C  K      xAP Walter Colton
( X9 P) f4 m- O$ Y3 _      xAP William C. Claiborne4 n: ~! M6 s& V
      xAP William Dunbar
4 n% Q1 `0 \/ i) J  L      xAP William E. Channing
: L. h" _6 `5 T7 F& C      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2
$ y4 b% x! j  t' v& o      xAP William L. Garrison9 y" a! L' y( X5 L5 s& `, f; p
      xAP William M. Stewart
, E0 U! t; B% S  D- y3 V1 ?& ~      xAP William P. McArthur
- Z; d& m, ^8 @: @- h) g. x! ~      xAP William T. Sherman* ~+ h" ^3 Z. o% H% m/ z8 y
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk$ O! M# P( ~! E" F( h. _3 a4 y
      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. z9 }+ Y4 J% w* r7 B9 B0 {      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
) s* y3 J( A3 z+ Z& {3 V      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 z4 \9 p# s* }9 C0 ~: t4 A" t4 [      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
: E+ \$ a  f9 t! U      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 G9 T8 E( Y/ z+ A2 _( S1 J8 s; d      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 t: I9 |  t. T6 C- ^      xAP Singu, Shell hits 27 `! g" G7 X4 y: Q
      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
- N7 o) E5 j: G2 a2 C' z- @      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% P% V7 l" E( J( h. a# W! {$ \, b0 V      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire/ }& r. w" r! E) |
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1( M8 M& c/ T5 x2 \/ ?# I9 z
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      2171 casualties reported- x; ^. \1 q- x. `9 I" \3 ~
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
+ C. k& t5 @  s5 y% d         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled/ F+ d( Y$ O/ v5 N4 X' u
         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled1 v1 z- Y0 a8 J. w0 o( p' Q: X: A# S
      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
1 W% x# D4 H3 n. `% n      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)/ V# H6 ~9 Y- Q, L$ H+ n. B
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0 ]7 X! t, Q5 ^9 M# kDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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      CA Tone
8 M! P% {8 C# p' q; A! U+ H      CA Chikuma
. J) z* S% H0 g4 ^      CA Mogami5 f/ o3 Y! |% Q( y* X
      CA Mikuma7 r; O  d% N5 e7 R' S- \6 x
      CA Suzuya' G3 d+ q0 {- i0 v0 M- K
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
8 Z$ m& Q0 g8 g/ o1 g9 d      DD Haruzuki# B+ m  N4 h0 B9 B$ k
      DD Naganami" m# {! a8 g* s) W7 `
      DD Myojinkaze. b0 c6 ^) Q: `  P" B3 s. O
      DD Kosukaze) c: o9 R7 M0 o" `: d
      DD Yamanakaze% i. _, ]0 E& T+ C$ I  {) `& i
      DD Urazuki
7 t- ?4 K( m/ o2 y% ]! ^      DD Benigumo" g+ O' J! S$ z- x

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6 J1 v2 X! v7 y7 w0 K0 T( a      xAP Golden Racer1 e' V+ ^  Z# Q7 k" T0 X% H7 |* Z
      xAP Mallory Lykes
$ y  N3 M+ e( i+ L      xAP Abigail Adams' j1 C3 B% ^0 b! _( N3 S3 I
      xAP Adoniram Judson2 {* d* M9 F4 @
      xAP Andrew D. White
4 z. @! V/ M; T5 F0 i" v      xAP Andrew Furuseth2 R: {8 n4 s4 z3 A/ @
      xAP Archbishop Lamy+ r' V/ |0 m; l4 x8 l! d
      xAP B. F. Shaw
6 v- S% G. l3 l6 H* Y! S      xAP B. Livingston
; p/ H0 k' o0 h9 E      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
( L$ q. m9 ~8 s$ R      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
( E3 i1 t% k! z' Q% o      xAP Benjamin Lundy
# E* [) }5 G" b7 y' }- w( m% _      xAP Caleb Strong+ H5 H: @! n9 o8 @# _$ Y" j( t
      xAP Carlos Carrillo
5 x7 M- ~5 b. l# K) n+ B      xAP Charles H. Windham0 |5 Y  c: H( f0 g" y/ j# H
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
& a# g  w$ x& P/ u7 H4 C5 t      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1" ~( A( ^2 e9 L5 I2 v- g2 j8 j
      xAP Daniel Drake$ C* B4 p; L- a( R& k
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont* Z* \8 B% ]) r: p! P5 X
      xAP David Dudley Field
, |% s' t' D( `3 \      xAP David Gaillard/ o3 F  C9 ]- n4 u: O+ `  r1 b
      xAP David J. Brewer
2 l2 A5 g- ~  x      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 B, u* ?1 n1 E' J0 ^. ?( t1 V
      xAP Edward Livingston
: Y1 X/ z5 V2 ~7 G! V) z      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2! g! M" d3 n% [# \0 f4 d
      xAP Elihu Thomson) i7 |) J3 O( L1 S+ `
      xAP Frances E. Willard
9 m. o8 Q3 D3 f* `2 k5 |      xAP Francis P. Blair4 R; F' K( ~9 D8 y! ?
      xAP Leland Stanford: G8 ~3 d+ u; Z( d+ R
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw7 I# T$ i9 Z1 b
      xAP Lew Wallace) E, ~* z5 `' o! k" t: J
      xAP Lewis Cass* w1 a0 f4 E* N0 h+ P
      xAP Lydia M. Child$ V+ V: ]& I. a% N  O/ l
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! |  H3 k0 E% h      xAP Stanley Matthews
9 [  _: ], U: }( e4 Z' j      xAP Stephen J. Field
% ^. b( g! j1 d% ^, B2 l* ~      xAP Stephen M. White3 Q+ N1 m+ J4 V7 _+ S
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
  S9 h& O+ m2 z& }3 J      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ t: j) q% Y3 [      xAP Vitus Bering
! i! P3 r- H% S& F8 b3 {+ }  K& `      xAP Walter Colton
" z2 \6 P- C/ V& n+ c4 u      xAP William C. Claiborne" Z7 `/ ]5 u* a0 O. M  q
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire5 t8 A8 u4 s4 t' j3 U
      xAP William E. Channing
0 u% a* m( ]' b      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage& J0 y6 A$ a' m  T! L3 D
      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire$ L# {/ ~6 ]# B: z) ?; q7 f
      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire
4 G# n/ N! k$ ~4 l      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" y# }9 g# |3 _  Z
      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 Y8 C' v- E+ W2 n) d1 \4 w/ P+ I2 W      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* i2 p8 ~2 b! k( V2 P      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% z6 C4 d  l; U% A      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" `' \' B4 Q+ c2 ?7 w5 j( w5 }      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" \! _7 z* n1 i+ C      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
# `" q) H1 ]- b$ g; P+ P      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
  ?3 j4 w: h, `" g7 H& [4 ?7 ~      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ w3 C( ]" c6 B" P# c/ V      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires, _% Q  ~7 q: H  U+ ^* i
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, R& h  j4 L  n* e2 y% z. q' F% n      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 p& |6 P3 b3 ]
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
+ Y/ g1 I8 G3 U! _      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 L  {; j4 \7 ^! p  H+ B/ k
      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% p( I% e! q2 a# L
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire1 J0 W% t  D' C' N
      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
& C. u$ E! e5 @, H( H# b/ i) k0 `      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire
1 p& N, z# z$ e# ?  j      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, z/ P1 S/ T+ ]) ]. m
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire8 j9 A" c. y* B
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, U' K7 B! P  W' n% C% m
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 29 d8 M6 J1 Z5 k

0 d7 M5 u, }8 c! FAllied ground losses:% M7 H1 B2 Y# z5 R
      1589 casualties reported
4 x$ [0 z4 E& }! V         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
- e& v4 Y& G1 Y, D& [         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled
+ c% i4 P0 s) O% C3 [1 _  G  Q         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled. i+ {+ M& Z4 U7 c& B4 b# E" K
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
0 m: |/ n. i, {      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队
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: J/ |  P- H! Z6 ]Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)% Q  L4 P1 L- J% ^7 M$ |
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, }, U" |, o' m$ e9 G* u2 \) yAttacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237$ G. ^$ i7 w0 ^: b: }& h& n- I
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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/ i' m+ k0 i) ^2 T2 W: m; VAllied adjusted assault: 1865 ) x2 R0 K$ U5 s5 j3 d8 w( b4 F

; _7 s8 B" \5 `: p8 [Japanese adjusted defense: 57 5 r3 C( U6 s/ T$ D- S) D  N' j

% z) X' K) d3 p) xAllied assault odds: 32 to 1
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& k( E; P8 o# r6 ?8 M, s+ pCombat modifiers
. ^( o/ ?# \- ?8 `/ q6 [6 r" zDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
; V5 P" |( N- e' ]. E5 H, h: WAttacker:
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9 Z' K  p' _  O1 J& iJapanese ground losses:4 ~  R6 R9 k" \
      2583 casualties reported  w; f; t. H# @  x+ M/ f
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled
6 t9 X. D3 f5 H3 p8 d         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
) h( ?. w1 H6 n% A$ i& o! Y         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled( u8 }$ j9 y) R- I
      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
. C# _/ R; }$ D  Z( P      Units destroyed 1
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$ m. K5 I5 L5 x5 r8 m- Q$ ?! _: |- aAllied ground losses:
4 r, s5 z! e! z! j% B5 g7 c: I      107 casualties reported+ _& M+ Z. H( Y6 j) T, }0 z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
5 Q* h' A& O+ l/ p6 S         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
* }" C/ `/ [2 c( c6 {; A$ q: h         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled8 v. I9 K0 E' e& Y1 _% y
      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
/ R1 `3 p6 J, X7 O" E9 l1 H' {    6th Infantry Division
0 g, ^' B8 Q( S' m6 H8 L# ^' p( A7 e    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment( V8 K$ e) j* U, w0 y1 A' ]% @
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
1 K% p9 R! a5 V+ ]0 Y( S5 _. O    710th Tank Battalion9 K; x( C% y& d2 Z0 a
    81st Infantry Division
' s; g6 u' c0 c' ]    767th Tank Battalion. i* r; c" S* }2 b
    716th Tank Battalion
" j; m( N  d  K: v; N    44th Tank Battalion
+ D( d4 y4 f5 Z$ q# N7 q# l$ I4 Y    711th Tank Battalion
6 {% K6 @- @" u" m; `    762nd Tank Battalion( b; E: k4 z. P1 Z$ j5 N
    5th Marine Division
& r! W. K/ d" a( C9 p    112th Cavalry Regiment
, f; F& p3 h4 `4 C& `7 H0 ^    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment8 q1 c& a4 V% E6 I
    706th Tank Battalion
2 i1 }/ M6 U' r/ T    96th Infantry Division
2 T  \4 c; O1 i1 }6 l( Q; s    XIV US Corps
$ r' ]% I+ B9 q8 H0 X    4th USA Defense Battalion
: y/ U$ E' K) p& h  |# p2 K    X Corps Artillery # v3 w. ~; w5 ]$ ?: S
    738th Coast AA Regiment
, A3 ~3 G2 x! B1 V    5th USA Defense Battalion
$ Y7 _( V- J! V2 e" q6 D    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 @6 V5 u% q7 H/ L$ U/ B% g! J    14th Marine Defense Battalion4 r# S$ E" S& ~# }
    I Corps Artillery - r9 v7 r0 s- t" [' T- e4 D
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
, [1 P! t) G( q! _5 j& k  v    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ g+ Z  i  {* j. U    1st USMC AA Battalion5 w2 w/ B/ f+ `/ M6 Z5 m
    35th Aviation Base Force! O6 a. D8 e% S, v  ^; C
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
9 f; J; C- Y7 n! t3 S) P0 U    96th Coast AA Regiment# E, t, d1 R6 c. w; w! P
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 h# G' s" U  F4 i* A* O: R) {0 v    8th Marine Defense Battalion
) a8 O* m4 S$ e) I  J    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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    81st Division
( P) D3 p5 ?5 U7 q2 F9 F    33rd Division
; Q" ]) r+ k4 A$ k  k1 o    Sasebo 7th SNLF
- G  R( r1 M$ E    52nd Naval Guard Unit
8 X9 g6 E& T/ M; W% S    Ponape Naval Fortress+ Y! x5 _* `6 a5 M% e
    63rd Field AA Battalion' A% t4 k5 t& n7 ?
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
/ s- t. w9 s$ Z6 f7 b8 {0 w    14th Area Army /1
( |+ \7 R' V8 o8 D& v5 a0 p    61st Field AA Battalion: w0 H& }3 u8 ~- ~+ S
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 b1 _+ o- l' ~% @2 e) }1 M
    3rd Base Force8 @* Z' N6 G$ }6 I" c; @
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
9 \2 q; X/ @( h: k8 q/ _# C    19th JAAF Base Force
, @( I1 n9 w' f  q    53rd Construction Battalion
8 m4 o- K$ O( d. Z  E: L+ N    12th Air Fleet
9 t- }2 A, N+ N) l  p( @) h+ \    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
4 F( ?9 s- v& H) q1 V1 P% y2 E1 q' x    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
0 v- D% l/ q& Y0 R6 N- F    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! U! D7 l& M5 U1 H    Kure 7th SNLF5 F2 [- o8 {- K5 d1 t. ^
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
: \$ m2 u. x/ }) }7 L$ x    144th Infantry Regiment1 H' b6 y/ B1 O, w+ a
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ f3 X7 ~! R( K* Z    18th Army
! H3 }; v' _' ~, V- K% @5 s: C    138th Infantry Regiment9 @& N& B' \2 v, |3 y: S
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, y% Y" t0 _" ^- Q0 f" ?$ z
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /32 a9 z' Z4 K+ v$ c; Y& G  A

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1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!% e; V! x2 |: y% t; {: j+ G

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23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!* P2 a+ n0 J7 j( }
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7 H( {% k' W8 L9 [; C5 u20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!6 Z3 F" F( X5 G$ w4 `4 J

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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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38th Ind. Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Ponape Naval Fortress Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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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