hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44/ m  u" q! L- u9 _% M

6 u. ?: e8 u/ J) o经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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+ t  m6 K& {$ [% `62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships8 A1 Q0 d: Q7 `, t2 k" Q% I4 ]
      CA Wichita
/ G2 \# X) w7 X- ]3 {% F      CA Vincennes
* ?+ n7 g4 x7 @* J, o8 _: t2 @. H- D" q. M      CA Quincy  p9 a6 o  e9 i! d, `" x3 C
      CA San Francisco
3 D1 W( F0 Z0 ^      CA Minneapolis
, V! S0 r  E( ^1 l4 w9 i: t      CA Astoria& a) m% a7 M* c7 S: |3 ?
      CA Chicago
; O0 K. C& {0 ~5 z8 N      CA Louisville
/ F1 `. v$ U1 N/ u& L3 t* Q6 d) K      CA Chester
. ?$ W: e  \& m      CA Northampton; N& q" R! Q0 ^7 b5 c- w
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:! P2 {# I! }1 _# t! T0 I
      71 casualties reported5 N% x" V; K4 m
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
, E( \: N  `$ ~* m1 j' W+ V: d* x! Q         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled- `" @0 A$ R. ~* C. \2 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
0 x1 S$ n. ^1 V      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
& J7 N7 t8 j  X" |' j$ o+ R% f  hRunway hits 108 s6 ?6 ^5 ]+ \( Y
Port hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape : A+ F( [1 l0 ^$ I- O' e2 i( `5 j
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
7 f1 A2 u1 x# R7 e* NPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes* U7 J9 M+ F! M  P2 T
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
. c8 G: q4 O1 PPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
5 s' X( H! `! p) G; w) nCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
" z7 s' n2 |9 a" D; P- r/ qCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ E& c* h# U! v: Y/ k9 M
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria, W+ h1 X7 j$ ~4 V# k
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
& s. P, E* A" [9 ]* JCA Chicago firing at Ponape
+ }* @( {5 X! s: R2 n" q6 xCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force" k8 u5 H$ d0 T' a- Z. W9 Z
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester  Y7 @& g5 ?2 F; l$ T1 O7 S
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 X3 a! G: E0 A; b7 W" ^! [
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
& Q+ X; ?& f4 `8 _$ dOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland$ ^! ^" j5 G7 S7 B
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 J3 {: v; v2 w3 q

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0 S4 J! s/ `5 U6 TNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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  H$ c1 a" O7 @( c1 K      BB Alabama% U5 |! j/ E: V0 r) D
      BB Massachusetts
+ n! H6 ~8 V% `' N9 Z  H0 l( I      BB Indiana
2 z$ K' ]0 g4 i6 S- a! D1 Q( b      BB South Dakota5 K; v- w( H3 K$ |9 c. K
      BB Washington
- }5 t1 h2 [: U& C      BB North Carolina; V" O2 B: m+ a4 B" ]1 \$ i2 c

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; c  _' u5 a1 Z, }" e) P6 w& @      275 casualties reported' v4 k8 ]1 C& y8 ~8 r* ^2 P7 l0 Z6 X
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
1 K( p: N8 G2 e         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled
1 I# i$ }) {2 J. A/ w         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ O2 T, r6 w; F. D1 |      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
; Q# u  W+ q& x5 j" W' o      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 1
2 c3 t9 x( @; ~Runway hits 7
2 }4 e! t2 `4 ^3 U; B' j2 G% H( bPort hits 3& ^& ]9 E) c, I8 i# ~
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape   W9 r/ u# t3 P1 K) b( J
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape $ u# Q3 }: \1 r
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division( X' W: @$ v# k# g
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota& q1 [7 u" e' K8 V# f. N: r
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
: v- Y% T8 Q2 d% f+ U! c# xBB Washington firing at Ponape 4 b0 k% B+ u) j9 T
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!; z+ _; S, d/ U# l8 ^
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
% @% N' J6 G; x) E! Z7 ^      BB Queen Elizabeth
6 r+ d7 x1 i$ r      BB Valiant
% Q- V2 {: X: \$ b' [5 D/ m      BB Mississippi! _  G% \$ E8 j5 w5 W* h
      BB New Mexico5 M+ e! h4 @* w
      BB Idaho
! G1 j+ J0 R9 N      BB West Virginia' |+ I5 k- N. k  _  M
      BB Colorado; ]/ T# N& t$ L- s

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3 r  b, _. j3 Q8 M9 q/ Y      117 casualties reported
- s7 {4 q- l1 V" T- y3 K9 A8 @         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled- |  E0 b8 Z+ {8 @" }3 Z: f) U- q
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
- y! k1 Q, ?/ s. g9 G# s, [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 L: `* S2 I4 ^& B      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
+ w/ F( F4 N" f, ~# C2 X      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 q) B, h/ g! _
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Airbase hits 2; e' w7 [0 E; D9 s/ o
Runway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% u* v5 O+ m' X4 f9 Y
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 n: X8 x. a( H" \) y+ y
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 x! T4 F, c4 V3 f; n9 A1 {& FPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
5 B% L" R9 d& N& G9 U6 {BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division. b# D3 }8 g9 V0 P0 G8 L
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
% F( W, R. a, u& B1 N. g4 g. L8 V3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho" y$ X4 G$ s( ]9 A
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape 5 e2 ]+ \0 e# F& c) ]" h+ L
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
2 K4 t$ i% d* D/ F! w2 {0 [( C1 @% E* F3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)) H# r7 K/ @: U# V: Q

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# e  E1 W& L. G5 gRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 j  J* Y2 U- C" O" Q
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes# Q6 L9 f) q* H1 C$ R. h' ^: w

$ }7 I# J/ ?. H6 m, W7 w" {Allied aircraft6 H* S0 }" `, f8 g. x
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
( R$ h* H3 u+ ]  A      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337! U. F$ k+ y+ H# E+ @8 T
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283/ [7 p9 Z" s- j& a
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Allied aircraft losses
; d+ p2 C% J7 a& A2 ^      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
+ g5 f. d5 g( R) W9 O      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak8 @, a" m# ^6 G5 @& a
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
* {$ F$ T2 p8 e( {      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak) U! H; F+ o" p) W2 [" o$ d
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Japanese ground losses:2 L& E9 t: Y. T, `; O2 N; a$ J2 A
      159 casualties reported  x+ O: e9 L9 Q8 e* W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled: P/ E$ V2 H7 X# e! b
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled- q4 v. p7 [# h  y0 m) M9 G
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 Y, n( {6 b+ N( F0 y
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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' k! B" w" h: sAllied Deliberate attack
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: j7 ~! g* d) J' f# H9 P3 xAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29317 O5 Q, J5 O" l) E# F6 O

8 u" x9 y  e4 X6 l4 g+ w  kDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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- I1 ?# M9 }2 Y- d& N$ {" TJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 * {* x6 W; X* Y- M2 u' K

% `# ^7 S0 r) `2 f% f. `/ U5 |8 yAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) ) _' ^% _' `+ j$ K/ S& l( l
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Combat modifiers7 U7 Z. V, q: x+ v8 S, g% k  c, ~
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)! F  I1 i% Q. j0 Y9 V
Attacker:
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3 H2 |* X: V: U4 F+ D* U; OJapanese ground losses:
( b3 V# ]  A. I7 m% ?      3539 casualties reported
. t; F  V8 r+ l         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled1 F0 a4 a; @) o, l) u4 k
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled' w* w! z, v6 }9 J. v+ F
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
* l. u) k; N+ R# J3 {) \      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
+ h) V( U$ }, i, |+ Y5 @) H      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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      3552 casualties reported& E% u, C% p7 Q6 z6 D3 v' [5 G/ H
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled$ e) ]+ z9 L: x1 k, y$ j/ _
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
$ Z3 C/ v8 R- f3 Z) B9 _) v         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled+ p, m9 x2 r; F: p1 r5 B
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)) |1 l' M! s+ y4 h
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
" p$ O' l5 o: a      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:3 U; E4 a0 ]7 U" ?1 A( w0 G6 t
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
  p7 G" I! S( ]* P; b    5th Marine Division
3 S2 R. V1 D, B7 @( m2 \( B    716th Tank Battalion4 P. k$ `& T4 g5 Y, J) R
    706th Tank Battalion, H0 U& e, o# J
    762nd Tank Battalion
$ C: a( \+ K5 t; G7 I8 Y# g8 D    710th Tank Battalion# p3 d' p" {1 x! \$ \6 }: N
    767th Tank Battalion
" y! |+ H! l8 v" H# e! w. |    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment/ V+ B/ r- b, w! r
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
" V& Y: K  W) x! U6 O# ^& d3 g    81st Infantry Division9 ~  k* F) K4 H2 [
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
: @8 y% r5 K: e( j    96th Infantry Division
, B# n9 d3 e1 O7 C$ o$ a    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 g6 o$ o) f; t" a" n
    711th Tank Battalion
2 e8 o' }3 H( n. }4 T9 b9 a    44th Tank Battalion8 M9 X8 n; V- i+ n% s4 D
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion- k2 A% Y' ~$ u5 d; }+ s8 x4 d
    6th Infantry Division+ {3 Q. `4 J  q! g& x
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3 V- L6 D5 U/ o    31st Infantry Regiment
2 w: ]/ ]  c. T( B8 Q! z/ V. B    XIV US Corps- C) F: J2 \& j" Q2 m
    96th Coast AA Regiment
% Z; H/ R( w( A5 r8 X    12th Marine Defense Battalion5 {5 T0 K; s. ~$ N
    4th USA Defense Battalion' I) I  k. E# ^
    14th Marine Defense Battalion- Z- e) @4 B, S! `0 ?
    1st USMC AA Battalion2 p1 _; d# j3 S# V% n. C
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
* f* X8 W5 v1 T1 v# m    5th USA Defense Battalion/ I$ d. g& W7 S/ G
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
( |9 d: G: q: K! B& S4 d3 Z    738th Coast AA Regiment( w+ b& `0 r. }
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ c/ i; ]& G' H8 ^    I Corps Artillery
9 B2 Z. ?" z3 ?! |# F+ `8 U    8th Marine Defense Battalion) k, B5 L+ e. D# S
    X Corps Artillery 7 j8 [2 r+ s3 E; K# a0 H& ?
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
; s  a: o# X4 C    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 @1 R, t/ w' @# C3 T5 F
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Defending units:
  [8 X  `2 A. l. c" @8 W    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
3 e- u7 B0 B2 u* T4 W    52nd Naval Guard Unit
5 q6 S( G  Y1 h% o5 j7 E4 D    144th Infantry Regiment
6 }. C1 a0 o$ g# l  K2 u6 z3 z    Kure 3rd SNLF* {8 ~- v0 N) |
    Sasebo 7th SNLF) E+ O% ^' c# N# S7 N$ g3 h  k
    33rd/B Division
. l: f) S) e  k0 _    81st/C Division
4 U  o+ q2 R1 u7 u% L$ f    81st/A Division
* r3 _% J5 O$ u. c    81st/B Division' F* c* o; \# V1 W! q
    33rd/A Division" G0 C- B+ y+ q7 F/ ?1 D5 N0 V
    138th Infantry Regiment
7 Z& ~/ m: e8 M4 A) D. r    33rd/C Division
+ O# A; F* o4 p1 Y6 L    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 Q" {6 H  D8 x) z. c5 M* ^% D5 \
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
& L, l5 e( K% k& E& n8 q    19th JAAF Base Force
) V2 {+ `& ~) i9 ]; x' q) n    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
) W9 E% }" h1 p; \) _    12th Air Fleet
$ a& q, J9 g- k3 j7 a* q    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2 H- p7 H- u0 X0 V6 r5 d" P8 M    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
% L1 p% F: |4 O- `' [2 `1 f    63rd Field AA Battalion2 t5 [0 I! P# b2 U5 X  k
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 Q! M% l8 M5 ~; `
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion  z. [5 I) `; C* K0 w* }
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% I1 Q! ^5 s' _5 {2 a    Ponape Naval Fortress6 @. r; J5 Z7 e  _( A* w
    61st Field AA Battalion% C+ G* U/ `% Q5 n! i6 q
    18th Army
, Z0 j' O4 h: n    14th Area Army /1
: f% R  W5 _, h! t: s* Y    60th Field AA Battalion+ ^- y$ z1 O" {% ]* P! M9 j
    53rd Construction Battalion
+ r6 S7 ~8 H( B- j6 h( @    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* A/ u+ R: q3 r5 a4 n    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
/ X4 g. U1 B2 b, j0 R- a    Kure 7th SNLF* n4 t" ^; D3 ^8 S
    3rd Base Force
; q) m: V$ s# d6 P" b6 N    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44+ `# X4 v1 c* Y8 _6 t0 b

- q; U" T" C1 f$ H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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0 @& ~" G2 p% p: U8 L0 jAllied Ships: [) V3 K- G- _6 h
      CA Vincennes
- f. W" ]9 S! l' L! @( G/ C2 k      CA Quincy9 q" Q: ^+ _: J! M* F/ M: Y* Z
      CA San Francisco
/ _1 [3 R4 k3 V# m1 E5 F- }& |7 z      CA Minneapolis
! {/ r/ c. Z4 R) V  [      CA Astoria$ @$ M" [! w  I* I& Z
      CA Chicago% [/ z6 h8 T& d) s. A) V
      CA Louisville4 h3 n! n! i! }2 ^6 `( Z
      CA Chester
; o1 O+ t3 w- f      CA Northampton5 \) G8 T; f; q2 m; N
      CA Portland0 h8 a/ ^' M  w) X6 k0 [
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Japanese ground losses:
9 D# G6 {- V' c2 f      112 casualties reported2 ?5 P( H. {; w( f
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 c0 J% l$ Y- h* d( W# ^! z, ?/ W         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled# U0 \7 d" j4 w: f) Y& R# Q7 ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled3 }' q2 {5 F8 w" `9 S7 ?! j2 |

# A$ Y$ b$ ]% U8 g2 }! K3 tAirbase hits 5: z3 P8 U% J3 ~0 n4 a- F: B, C  g/ Y
Airbase supply hits 21 {0 t! C* M! g  m7 \2 l
Runway hits 21
: J5 \- G# {4 ~) jPort hits 7/ a, _; z( x& L% ]3 l
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1135 _& [3 i2 G- j& X1 p9 b- |4 V

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1 [6 `  M& F2 v: |! S      BB Alabama* w4 O# m. ?4 l# @1 Z
      BB Massachusetts5 V8 _3 b3 F. M+ ^
      BB Indiana' M- ?5 L4 n1 |2 h( t0 J: |
      BB South Dakota. |) }& Q" u6 @. v. {& h
      BB Washington" q" h0 |) `, B& h# _8 A
      BB North Carolina
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6 ]! }' ?5 A0 N, N: P! b  jJapanese ground losses:, A& m( R0 v) @) E
      398 casualties reported
9 m2 j( h/ D  a& N" y% ^         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
2 z0 l4 s0 c" z         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
% ^, e$ q' I' Z5 u" s4 J8 h         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled5 t/ D9 m8 }9 `7 t
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
4 U, H& t  D0 A! l  h. U      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 9
$ H& ?! u- G0 r  S# IRunway hits 9
4 d/ c2 P+ ~8 W( o9 a- m6 _5 PPort hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
8 r* ?2 D$ @. rBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
9 c' |3 W" o% e' N6 MBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
" H! Q; Y9 h7 q% b( RBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
: o6 W* {* u1 _' d5 F+ aBB Washington firing at Ponape 3 o! |- ?' M" K" N' y
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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      BB Mississippi5 q" W1 v" q- o0 g
      BB New Mexico
& A: j* E4 t7 D/ B      BB Idaho; |9 ], s1 e) g( [
9 x6 n% S+ @+ L/ r
Japanese ground losses:! A' K  f. d" m! `0 j
      195 casualties reported, G" m- c$ A' g; u* \
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
7 e2 K: T3 g8 _: o( d) \         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
8 N: `( v9 l& _: l         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 _- _% P5 U3 `* l. r. T- h: i5 E      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)3 `8 T& n. u# D* b
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)0 S* n1 A; C9 h) i+ ]' I6 w6 _

5 Q4 W% b5 F$ Q& h% }Airbase hits 3- }' K) z& {3 e
Runway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape ' l) I2 v, S; v/ O# l- Q! \/ W
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
+ T& m% O; `$ ~  J, y3 WBB Idaho firing at Ponape / i4 f, L+ |: [% @
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)" z+ r6 t, L6 {5 \/ f' j1 A
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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& ?* ^5 L0 J  a- T: R# g; _5 ORaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
- E8 Y" q  O( {! o" Y# QEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
7 I, B5 j# G, W/ ~! x) [, E# P
- F' l, z7 ]. C& N) _! pAllied aircraft% q( Y  X0 z7 X4 h3 H
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 T  F! Q0 C) l( q. p% U, `% O      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3337 K) N  |: l+ y2 K0 g
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286. _' y" F7 w2 D% A
: I" b0 T2 i8 Q4 }$ o2 o' Q! G2 e
Allied aircraft losses! m! ~, C6 b: l: X! G! @
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged. A% v; a5 f$ b
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
; s+ p1 q" I  B- }' e( S- D, H      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
: T7 H* N! |! Z, K" D1 P$ s% e8 p4 k0 h
Japanese ground losses:
) H8 f+ G" \7 D/ l0 a) h3 A, x      121 casualties reported
" y5 A; ]% S$ L" C  T2 o! r         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
6 i; ?. n/ l7 ~5 R" n6 y4 C  G; j         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
7 {% g. u6 k" A) h8 h5 a' x. f         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ r5 d* n. Q* b) M

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  P4 b. u2 D% _& _Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)- T# d" c' a  N* g
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Allied Deliberate attack
3 N1 o6 U9 X$ W  ]. f- `
- n. X% t) i  E$ EAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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  w/ A9 F4 T9 i& R6 b" {Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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1 O* z5 m+ ]8 a+ C4 tAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 68 o; \& m- o2 w: o- M; }" l% F
5 |+ U6 y# G' L
Allied adjusted assault: 3228 2 L# f7 c4 h4 b& c4 k

  s) \- }- f$ GJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 * q! g3 s. b! I* o

/ y* v  `/ i4 U& t$ M2 ZAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers) p, {$ ]9 e! X2 Y. ?' }" l0 D. P
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
, k: V8 w  U1 R( Q0 s) Z5 ?; }Attacker:
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- T0 X; P' \1 g+ TJapanese ground losses:
+ m" X/ w; y9 K  [; v      2305 casualties reported6 E5 T+ a$ a& u0 h1 a
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled6 J5 J8 s/ O) m% r( Q, p, J9 j2 [/ X0 g
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
/ ~5 W4 h- J8 U, F' Z) X         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
) T, G0 ~) f3 v$ {5 `# [0 n      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
: N1 B! U( Y) G# f- k. O0 M      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)5 S1 w3 y1 a* ]/ z  U, ?! @6 u2 K

2 X9 K3 M) \* d3 A; |Allied ground losses:" R7 O) G; n0 v: Y& c  w9 e1 m8 Q
      3064 casualties reported" }9 w1 B6 b) ]: `, g
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled% o9 D' p$ A% j: a, w) J" y
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled3 b/ T9 P# t4 r0 ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled" E0 s% j! g* R8 V
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)' l) |1 u, U, t! ~& o( v) s
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
: ?' X1 Y# q2 x9 T% w" ~6 L    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment5 S9 @' _/ q, N$ t3 [9 V) Q! m3 A
    711th Tank Battalion* H" _$ z" @6 i. E( @4 P% c1 E5 |
    716th Tank Battalion8 E, ^6 h7 U9 o) ~1 X( V
    6th Infantry Division
( V9 M1 ^+ r& o1 Q3 [4 a    44th Tank Battalion
4 u* q4 U7 p8 W    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
7 h  h( h" D6 y/ J8 ^8 V+ C    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
+ c) D, j/ t' c# U# y5 f: N    81st Infantry Division% {6 d0 b6 J0 p2 k" t. f  ^; Y$ j
    767th Tank Battalion
- h7 r! c" J" q& c    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 N- F7 S; I, d' Y+ y2 s    762nd Tank Battalion
% D7 L; M- A0 G; r" C2 }5 R5 I; {    710th Tank Battalion
* Y1 S6 z7 U( O" U4 L8 X/ T    96th Infantry Division
8 o% ?  i- |, s( O    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
5 }  G8 U; d& A3 y- q! M! H. |, y9 Q    706th Tank Battalion
3 b, V1 f3 k7 f% X    5th Marine Division
. y  l+ k1 C" z* c    31st Infantry Regiment
+ G6 V0 ^# \4 B8 P# H  X6 d    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 r( C3 b$ z* n! y$ l( t1 {
    1st USMC AA Battalion
, i3 M0 P1 N1 o% G    738th Coast AA Regiment
% X( ]" ^; P: S( U) S# ^8 m    96th Coast AA Regiment
! q. ]: d# M+ }' j/ R. ~$ p1 h    14th Marine Defense Battalion
6 q0 B& }1 ]2 q. F& v    12th Marine Defense Battalion
2 c* g3 S) ^- l& K    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion% |0 Y6 q; j7 ]3 P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment) p  G2 y* B( \; U0 L
    XIV US Corps
( y3 X0 ~6 W, g" O  t    X Corps Artillery . T% e. M  P& L9 K; W
    5th USA Defense Battalion
) `  \3 P2 E0 [* o+ J    4th USA Defense Battalion% L1 G  N" h( C1 l
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! v- d! s' I$ S2 w  q/ y) K    I Corps Artillery
- L3 a" L4 p; }: k! B7 s2 }  W    8th Marine Defense Battalion: u$ z8 B+ Q% J+ T  }
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment2 z: M2 D: H  D; }, a

" t5 Z6 U; O: s6 e# w5 yDefending units:. b- r8 H5 u* w, e+ @# L" C7 \& ]
    Ponape Naval Fortress9 m$ z! o5 H/ g* E4 X7 J2 W
    81st/C Division
! t& s, b: J1 d- D    52nd Naval Guard Unit
3 M- u) b* p+ K7 ]$ w# Q( a% ]. x    138th Infantry Regiment
* `- X) w* c' x9 B* ^: [0 _* L    6th Guards Inf. Regiment: X2 F3 p! ]! g& g! @
    Sasebo 7th SNLF" N; z3 ?' n; y7 ^, S
    144th Infantry Regiment
/ o' _# H. x. Q    81st/B Division4 x3 I. Y: P1 y) Z1 l7 s' z
    33rd/B Division
; C( M+ l+ w& [. z    33rd/A Division4 O+ x, l( t- [5 t$ b2 K4 G, N
    81st/A Division
* b, O) u$ Y  ?0 v    Kure 3rd SNLF
, q* l" {$ K2 x4 r' _    33rd/C Division* z- ]$ Z) ?+ g6 T# u0 ?
    53rd Construction Battalion7 t7 ~( |1 O: q/ Y# f7 F- y
    18th Army" t" p+ N+ M" b1 ^9 o. c4 M0 E
    14th Area Army /1
8 }+ P: H. h& |    60th Field AA Battalion
8 l, @: M( ?: D  i    12th Air Fleet7 c" F. R: b; e/ E# R$ c9 o: r
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment4 {0 n( \" b3 X9 m% H
    63rd Field AA Battalion# U( L4 Q1 m' r: K8 v$ ]
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ V6 x+ E7 G$ A+ i) {. ]( a    3rd Base Force! b4 Z% B- S0 n8 L  I) T
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /18 ?! C( d" p( X$ m
    Kure 7th SNLF: C% d; A" H! ]: H7 m! x
    19th JAAF Base Force
6 y7 M( O% B# ]7 e" ^    18th Field AF Construction Battalion+ r+ \8 d# V9 A0 n5 q/ _
    61st Field AA Battalion
; {' G; r% T8 F) m7 D( B. i    23rd Fld AA Gun Co * s5 {  ]: |$ A0 a" T( x
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment, z6 a' W$ u; {' O
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) m3 u3 A6 P% Q/ E, Q" p
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
/ q" y8 t) z" U& f% y    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# D9 q! v8 `9 p" {
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
9 L* U8 S5 y0 j+ Y+ a. ]# k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& e* {* F" S4 \3 W+ u8 x

. d* [2 Z/ r# }! I& C+ o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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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,601 o' Y5 P3 W9 P, G' m* e- t0 d
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud; B$ c9 A+ s- B# n1 G+ q* `) U( V
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
. z7 C6 n0 c5 K" n: vEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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& y+ [3 Y' w+ i6 W, LAllied aircraft" M' S# {* C0 f0 B0 t5 H) E
      P-38L Lightning x 23+ k& m- ?1 I& @) ]2 _4 R" g% Y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
  D. ^( l7 H+ y
3 A/ c  ?/ P( M/ x& r; A" ^Allied aircraft losses
, O7 I* H/ B3 o9 C* s      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged# l" X6 j' J: k  L% k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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( D* ]* A4 |- D: i8 p4 ]$ wJapanese Ships# R, p7 D- b0 r$ G9 o1 B" w
      DD Suruyame
3 w8 ]  f: l2 \2 u  k, C      CL Ninaru
) n( j5 t2 \. L      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* z. v# b3 ?9 [5 d4 g8 |1 t6 T      DD Yayoi
" i5 U; z5 ^, I      CA Kako
; P& x; H9 t- L! t; R& ?* j& h      DD Asagiri! L- E+ P4 g: K6 T# {$ r; H5 N
      DD Ayanami* D4 o. i1 J6 Q0 f
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; e9 t: c- `6 O5 uAircraft Attacking:8 y- S. |8 o6 b' e$ n$ J) z2 p" [
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'1 l  n* {% ^! f
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb. ^: _5 S: N; v: U
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'  [5 }4 E0 }3 b* Q) E+ d# f) J$ W
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb+ Z! v8 k+ H- ]7 I+ F8 y
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
" ^) j: i  G6 Q# M% \( N, x5 L$ _               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi
6 X$ }6 D7 q  i9 r! O2 n, `- R0 |0 SHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi7 ?. u) B; P1 m' r- F4 |8 f! \
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6 y6 X+ _+ [9 k! ~9 JAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain6 [- ~0 l6 |3 K- Q5 t0 g" f+ @5 R
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.* X4 D( w. C6 @  P' ?6 Q
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes" k$ N( [" _$ w  d5 x

7 f2 J  J! i1 T$ V# V/ \9 V4 ~8 g' JAllied aircraft
( r0 `, M% y, l8 n) N; }      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4625 |' I. c# \. k& ^6 ~0 v: V7 }
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
; L& R9 K0 ]8 J3 {& O. D; p      TBM-1C Avenger x 2858 {9 ~  S( T% G5 E
$ s; o, F$ Y( D9 h; @- U- k7 V. m$ z
Allied aircraft losses
3 X. C) @0 U# X# j0 s      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged- Z  R% }4 t  h) a' d2 Q. W" e
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak% S% V# Q4 j( e
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged3 \9 @/ x3 C& J; ]3 a

4 a" ]6 W8 R4 x4 VJapanese ground losses:
$ |+ M3 i1 [$ ~      276 casualties reported
8 o1 j7 C1 w9 G7 H1 S         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled( u7 C3 R8 W- r: a
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
/ N4 w5 e3 E! ?6 e! J- P9 n         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- s1 i7 Z) m' V      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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8 w7 K4 R$ ^! x) qGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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/ D. o& L6 c; `2 T6 z2 \1 `4 OAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22635 F0 i7 C9 I$ n. g# `/ `

! v9 f0 L. X- W7 G: J. \( F6 KDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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8 S( n  S0 j$ r: ^Japanese ground losses:' u5 I- E$ E5 b* x3 P0 p: x
      1082 casualties reported  B, @' [! s# T/ l6 P& z
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
6 t# X+ |, x$ D% z& `         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
- u) Q; d4 q& ~$ F, u% [+ |         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled2 o$ \9 Z, A2 O% d+ D7 r
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled); {, n5 S  B4 {% R) H2 O

' q' R+ S0 Y0 z  u2 AAllied ground losses:: D! v; K9 W0 ~3 R" q
      23 casualties reported
6 B! ?' p0 L- \! k4 n) e         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 z8 C# O/ n: {+ T* {& n) }& \! E         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
9 P* j0 K7 r0 R, |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( Q3 `" T4 o( q6 \( M
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)7 m- T7 C/ d% V* z' c* y- w
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44" ~$ ], B" s4 ?6 N. S; ~- P& O5 O

- o1 s6 o1 R6 B' ~5 e东京快车出轨
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! e  r) v7 i, ~6 ]5 E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。! |: s6 l" r9 W/ [2 F1 @* ?
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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。$ A& d: [( Z/ Y9 R2 k
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, v, k3 F# u9 `. v4 y, }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。1 g# v  x2 w" |+ T
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,1132 q8 i* n; S( g, [+ W
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Japanese Ships6 w3 A( m; _4 w1 ~  Z
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
: V- H% b: Y- d      CLAA Prince Robert; f: P! q9 v" I% A% h. T5 S
      DD Saumarez
! ^( F8 I1 z2 u# G- u      DD Nizam
5 h/ I* E/ v1 b. T2 F- M6 k      DD Ellet
3 C) _6 v" x% p( q8 K% @      DD Waller
6 j' F* Q5 e2 N6 g1 u. v      DD Walker
. p3 t$ a* ]# m$ ?/ F; g      DD Wadleigh* c, B( T; T3 `, M' B" l8 u
      DD Uhlmann
. N0 b+ g* A7 ?! g4 K& @      DD Twining
3 O2 S( y" m3 \% n      DD Twiggs6 A# \" A% R1 B2 q4 H. \
      DD David Taylor" z5 t, V; S" ^& v4 J/ Q
      DD Strong
8 R: Y8 a5 r8 b6 ]" V& O      DD Sproston( r: l$ u- d* u
      DD Sigsbee  j& U$ ~8 J* T) k( W3 [
      DD Sigourney# M% |0 q, f/ P* S7 l
      DD Schroeder5 n- U" z0 I1 R3 S
      DD Benham II
# Q2 X1 V8 k8 I8 n      DD Cushing II5 j3 |+ T2 n( u* _
      DD Urchin& x9 S& I/ T$ D# U
      DD Urania5 Y% n* G% ~% I3 |5 e0 k/ v, S
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
& `4 m2 y0 t: Y/ oDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
, t3 t# Y% x1 \# ~+ rDD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
- d! v) _( K4 LSS I-48 forced to surface!
. `+ s  ~# ^/ m# eDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ...., x2 F/ Y$ ]( N; J. _6 Q% E
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....9 C  |) a- O8 f) }' S
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....- k( a7 Z. x/ L& w. y, @7 f
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
; v+ |$ s" |* i: ?DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
/ N; l  _. t$ @9 p+ [Sub slips beneath the waves! ^( j. M: G% Z2 O6 u5 w

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, l- o) _; w" C1 K! HNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
6 H3 ^/ W- R0 v! X9 v# z' ?) N
! x% I( Y: W  u' c( KJapanese aircraft% h1 u2 G: f, H9 {  u0 h
      no flights
3 n/ f8 @3 `+ I' X2 T
. A$ G+ s4 W" M0 AJapanese aircraft losses
" m/ `" v  T3 ^: {! g      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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* \9 o3 F2 W+ \. Z6 \5 NJapanese Ships; M5 b5 z3 @% I9 K9 g! ]" @/ `  v
      CL Agano2 }4 E5 l5 t8 [7 ~& m# N1 L
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2; O" J5 `5 k7 ]" R5 i
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 ?  I5 k, z$ e& M1 W, G      DD Hibiki
& ~6 Q" }* t3 I  ?) W; }9 K      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
# U7 B; ~3 z" O4 ^9 T, B      DD Shirakumo
& ?; M- e7 @3 y      DD Isonami
6 l. O6 S, G" P      DD Murakumo
5 @+ o- m' [9 A      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk8 F, l( M: M$ J7 X1 R# m6 p) k/ U

( ?* l! I# p3 F: VAllied Ships5 w3 k% P# ~4 `  o7 m
      BB North Carolina8 B( g: g$ s& D7 A
      BB Washington& w" p2 k2 q3 T! t% J4 f
      BB South Dakota# m% U' h5 O2 H) m0 ~7 w' W4 b
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1! O" K3 k- ]" W# b* [
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
. o4 U+ Z; [* c      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2/ L& I' U4 u& {4 V; l: k; Z9 U
      DD Conner% I5 Y; W" F9 f' W
      DD Cotten( K7 ]* o, x, k, {
      DD Cowell
+ L/ k; r0 y+ ?/ I0 ?; E, k      DD Daly
/ M& i! A' e8 z6 Q' B. R      DD Eaton7 ?/ I, v* \  n0 ]! P2 T1 g$ \
      DD Heywood Edwards
7 U& M2 Y! ]3 o1 i9 k* K( h# Y      DD Erben/ L* F4 O/ b; R! r4 n5 z) U; Z. f
      DD Evans
/ o% _# ?1 ^& c' @( `      DD Foote9 F1 V9 ~+ f5 W: X* j6 X
      DD Franks3 Z0 L% N' G8 y+ J3 h& C/ O: M
      DD Fullam
; z/ V3 W: C& g( O      DD Gatling  s' v5 Z7 W( y6 R3 `
      DD Albert Grant
* |. o0 F8 b- i6 I" J' A4 ^8 q5 S      DD Gregory
4 h6 j; \2 ]' q1 t6 |      DD Guest* d/ ^! W' D0 y0 i8 x
      DMS Hamilton: N4 E& K3 R) y  x7 [
      DMS Forrest; \5 Y1 h2 M$ \6 F" m" H- n5 J
      DMS Ellyson
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( {/ N8 H& M7 j' g( uMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards2 f/ X9 d5 n3 I8 \' a
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( H7 r% J& j0 ?& ^' |9 Z- sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
: \& Y3 z* d. K  qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards  y6 u3 h: x2 y, w! T/ F0 ?
Range closes to 26,000 yards...* y9 h/ b3 C; n, `" ~* }  [# L6 }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
; X+ C& E' a1 r3 I( ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...7 z/ p, \  D, O8 f* S0 o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
$ Z: M7 y+ H! uCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards* g! ~$ t7 Q. w  R) y$ d
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
0 ]8 v7 v& K6 \/ tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards9 q+ C8 m8 Y5 ?% Y' [- r1 ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards9 j+ E6 S% H# M( c3 ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." O$ L) p' A; X% m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards% |) ?2 |3 l% s5 a5 }- {6 x
Range closes to 18,000 yards...8 \9 O5 H% M8 I/ K' p$ g, ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards! G0 a/ ~( p1 }2 j, ^+ \- _" S
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 O2 n- _" K# R" ?& a5 I
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
/ V# f8 p3 W* u. i; x! FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
2 ?  D+ h( X9 r9 f7 eCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
! v3 o- A5 O6 M# x$ s# _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
2 w  W9 \) g; c2 L1 e: zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, g1 y; \3 }' f( |& J7 Q6 z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards. N. {; {5 c! e. ^5 Z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) V  `6 D$ A  |. x1 P. H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( g2 Z* X% T% N
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
# A9 _' s0 }% K* m: H2 ]# [Range closes to 10,000 yards...2 V& U' q! Z5 s: q! D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
" {6 H# N# V- M7 m7 i! ~) m: A( BCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards5 T2 t2 U/ m0 m2 Q! `1 N  o
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
" F3 P5 u, C; G" gBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
  \+ U+ V, L4 R  B0 D8 V# jBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
: I2 }3 o) {9 |% zCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards5 ?- B, f$ s- ]! |% ?
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
$ ^! F% l3 |* _! }* o) TBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards7 C. h( G' c, C
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards4 M( f7 M3 X  x! {
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 e7 y& b; h2 k! OBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
7 F. R7 E! v1 ~2 Q1 `DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
% G! u, M& L( j0 A' a  A4 ?DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 _/ J8 D; n  C5 U
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards" E2 Z2 U9 z. h4 r
Range increases to 11,000 yards! R# W: r( a0 K( d4 c
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards! ^" y! Z6 Y  t& v( Q6 V, h
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
  r! ]3 Q& w: `3 Q: R) j: h6 jCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards; t# S2 E8 y5 w% }! E9 o! x8 k
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
% m2 W; p& M& mCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards, Q* d6 d# I8 y2 ?! X: o; \
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards0 ]* l8 p, _  N. _4 M$ [
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards: ~3 b  K4 m2 A: `5 U0 F6 e" v
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
  d, Q0 z6 K/ hDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards; ]( j8 Z# }) F0 J/ d! E  Y
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
" Q) `$ U" L& r; z: w/ e3 wDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards4 ]2 U' o, d4 O6 P! J, u
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards4 f) K1 ~% v. ]1 g6 q& G3 y7 J" w# H
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards# ^# c9 N2 z, d+ @: \* o* t
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
- _) s3 P- o9 k" ^! J1 M3 P9 i* lRange closes to 10,000 yards
; a7 H& A$ L) Z# m1 ^CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
# G0 s4 B, N% K1 \& QCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
, N  _2 |- ]$ d. e- NDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards. x! ~: H* I$ Q# _& ^. t
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards+ Q. a3 p- g& o& R0 Z4 o
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards5 b4 x6 u+ F( q0 i
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards3 t3 X: g$ C7 g
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards. k3 ?) Y* A4 B3 f
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards" N: v, O9 U: F5 b/ q
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
. |; |4 `& p$ x8 V1 c# GDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
- F5 [6 Y+ M1 v' E+ {1 u" Y5 |Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape% B! P7 y  b" |7 @7 j: V% w* P
Task forces break off...% P4 U" S% N5 c9 n

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2 e8 @/ D+ u' N3 L3 @7 UNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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7 ^# p* ]2 N9 G; tJapanese Ships
7 v  L" c/ M! E2 m6 w7 }      DD Hikokaze
" n6 q5 o/ M8 P/ x+ p      DD Ishikaze3 \, M* r4 h4 Q8 l
      DD Tagokaze7 u) u" }7 s7 ^8 Z& z4 T5 C/ }
      DD Takatakaze% ?* l* ?2 ?: n9 `
5 S) k) E/ t  v9 t% L4 T* z  D+ Q7 q
Allied Ships  ]# k" X4 l! \8 c, y
      BB North Carolina1 h8 n4 i9 ]* w0 l$ y- T
      BB Washington
* W" l2 y3 s' t1 ?  [. s      BB South Dakota% S" U1 ]1 t8 I$ {/ r  G; s# L: H) c
      BB Indiana1 t. {; w- Y( j, \& \) h
      BB Massachusetts$ y1 z7 d+ o; U
      BB Alabama' z7 `# v; u, p& f& v- P1 f/ `
      DD Conner, O2 P3 V7 F% @
      DD Cotten
% D  O6 b" }! {8 N- J( ~, M0 ]5 W      DD Cowell1 B7 l- M' A( e: Y- a
      DD Daly( o2 x3 l3 t% o- N
      DD Eaton2 i% v  B( p# Q
      DD Heywood Edwards$ E7 T5 [! m# g3 i5 {$ \
      DD Erben( W; p; P; u; d5 J; @
      DD Evans- o0 f# _; x& T& U" {# l
      DD Foote% G8 H1 y! p: k. H" B1 I. J0 \0 b
      DD Franks( L2 T6 ~7 _# R& S
      DD Fullam
9 [+ R3 Q  x" K. s$ W1 o  [      DD Gatling  s2 C  R! B0 u
      DD Albert Grant( \2 q* h6 d; Y& k# \2 u- ]9 Q
      DD Gregory. }4 H, e0 y! a% [
      DD Guest( r. f4 c* ~! ]$ n9 A2 g9 T
      DMS Hamilton
- A# v/ Y' P7 _      DMS Forrest
- M  [0 o( |* M( i2 r      DMS Ellyson  Q2 ]4 ]" `2 I
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# E2 ?" n2 E$ m2 Y" b; mRange closes to 28,000 yards...
: R" C+ Q0 \# E9 x& n6 WRange closes to 26,000 yards...
- F9 p, q6 W, b0 Y" ~; v1 g; Z+ h8 T9 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
' Y9 ^3 H5 N! f* k- R5 l) c$ aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
9 z/ |) x- U8 `5 I- f$ w) Z! cRange closes to 24,000 yards...
" }3 h8 [, e( [0 vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
! K5 n# y8 t' O6 {( c0 kRange closes to 22,000 yards...
$ w$ b' C5 [/ l- a* GRange closes to 20,000 yards...8 `% M- O9 l9 z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) b% i6 ^' u6 \( Y  v; P, RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards: ~$ ?9 q5 o* g5 ~/ }" Y8 f+ t  I) M
Range closes to 16,000 yards...; M0 W1 r2 B: k6 ~+ N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
; M7 o0 |/ E! I" F9 G8 l8 rCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
& ?4 q; Z$ Y% T4 ?- [Range closes to 14,000 yards...
! l8 k: r! X  t0 w0 T/ FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards! |- d$ N. ^0 l/ ]; d4 \
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
7 M* M1 J7 r5 h+ v& L' Y7 aRange closes to 12,000 yards...
' x" N0 A% Z) [6 d5 [, O, dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards$ q- j$ ^7 n8 l/ \% X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
+ k  D! B9 m! y+ jRange closes to 11,000 yards...  h/ N( R* o+ ^6 W8 l5 i* y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
* l4 k8 z1 H6 V# K8 J3 E- X2 uRange closes to 10,000 yards...2 I! M; _5 V2 F- }7 n  b
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards4 x; j- j$ L' X. _; W+ q% D
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat$ N, c" o3 f$ ?2 Q
Range increases to 15,000 yards...: v2 g5 z: q$ r6 X% }" J" W+ p" s
Range increases to 20,000 yards...
7 L# S5 n2 v& z2 q6 t: I9 [" uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards# K3 {/ m7 c. t, o
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
; e6 e1 J# h8 H  LRange increases to 30,000 yards...1 T$ N5 m8 O3 o- K* E
Range increases to 30,000 yards...9 @4 O( n7 z& }& Y9 {" u0 m# k
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards2 U' D1 E$ e4 s# f, N  ~+ f9 z

/ \, {  T) C$ K/ s- hJapanese Ships8 i5 ]$ @& t  }- E0 ^. y0 l; a" T* S0 a
      APD T-1+ o6 [" A0 D3 r- n1 f" v
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
. c+ t. ?# s, h      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
6 c( |2 @1 g0 m: K      APD T-46 S- A( x( g# {0 T/ C0 @5 o" R
      APD T-5
  W, d& N# c  Q. V7 u      APD T-6
+ m; N) A( x' D& `; E, r      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ \3 B$ G9 c+ N& R" S( U/ z, l, Z) Z      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
% P  E* F# C  ~+ u      APD T-95 w0 T! C6 E0 O& ]( {
      APD T-10" v- T" j9 g2 T5 _
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
' [; l4 l: h$ j( ~6 t8 U- j& B      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
5 ~6 R1 C5 ]# |      APD T-13, Shell hits 1" S& `% b" E3 g
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships' {  Q0 L" ^/ F! R0 Q
      BB North Carolina
# @* y' P# q8 u( e+ s      BB Washington* }7 O" K! l( F6 V5 B- M. e
      BB South Dakota
) E! R! I/ G1 C8 z      BB Indiana
/ J% {& G. C1 V! R) ^5 ^+ a+ p      BB Massachusetts8 J# A! u- T4 \: I3 \0 h7 U
      BB Alabama
8 a" p* {& ]% x5 g- |; D+ G      DD Conner
) q) }# t# z# [2 `      DD Cotten$ A. I& `4 Z/ J4 N; \' F
      DD Cowell: S# u" W* P6 d2 R4 @
      DD Daly, _4 h0 \3 i# h' n3 t
      DD Eaton
0 j2 _& E4 s5 p; U$ F% x" u0 a      DD Heywood Edwards
- a% [  j2 s, v' L& y. h      DD Erben
& `; ?' J1 D/ B7 V0 r' e% ?9 S      DD Evans! ]5 w1 r9 \7 V, L; i; e+ J
      DD Foote1 s; B$ _; `$ E4 i+ k0 N
      DD Franks0 p( U( c" ^( x5 q- ?
      DD Fullam
8 w0 y  s7 s1 Z      DD Gatling  J9 _, q/ ^. ?( W( r
      DD Albert Grant
& C1 I& j6 v, K8 Q      DD Gregory
0 I& F6 s* w8 I# S+ Y0 ]0 u+ g" d      DD Guest
+ s" u+ T# t0 d+ u' i* ]6 `7 I      DMS Hamilton  d% T' C% o8 V, A+ N
      DMS Forrest
3 ?" ?, r) E2 i4 Y, D7 B      DMS Ellyson, b, \3 f4 t' c1 N) ~* r
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, c5 c8 t3 ~/ S; X" f+ uMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards8 ?+ z3 n  H$ Q& B' r( z4 e
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' [6 k3 ?9 O1 y5 k: TRange closes to 26,000 yards...+ O/ |  `# z" A$ D, o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
* V$ J& `: O2 c' A. b/ [+ xRange closes to 24,000 yards...+ f2 @) E, A5 m$ S0 t$ O2 p6 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; e1 w, `( j2 h! h. g
Range closes to 22,000 yards...9 c- H1 {# \" K9 M" p0 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards1 M8 n  m* B$ j% W
Range closes to 20,000 yards.../ d+ Y- c& X9 c/ @6 G/ n: q: y( \( j9 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards+ @/ C+ C; p+ `& e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...* T9 O+ Y6 P# c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards7 f; l2 y) v- |( d" w. \9 k
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
: B' a% J* y; J5 V9 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! W8 ], v4 Y8 hRange closes to 14,000 yards...
" A1 J1 ]) V3 y2 P& ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
: R3 V/ M# d! FRange closes to 12,000 yards...$ H) i4 K7 N& x9 E% H- m2 z! i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
1 M4 [( l- r9 K1 ^+ W5 ]( mRange closes to 11,000 yards.... x1 ~9 @" I. N" @5 r: P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! l6 ^% s, d! K9 U8 LRange closes to 10,000 yards...
+ I: J3 |0 b5 V& s; Y' B7 ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards6 X5 v% I; P0 r4 f# S
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
- i; k; Z+ y9 m0 {8 u! [+ {8 kBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards3 L/ B- r6 j, e* X0 e0 Y6 c) l7 j
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards$ Q: N# D# g* G* q7 i1 X; I
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
7 N/ b* g" z/ o3 O; w7 Q& wDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 L8 f4 @' _5 O6 [; C
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards6 ~6 q: m% e9 S: G8 U& R) K- C+ V
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards% R% u4 I1 B8 q) [
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
8 o2 m) a8 W* m4 lBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
. D' A# U, O0 G) [7 u' Q3 |, XBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. F, t4 `6 R4 q/ N% `DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards3 q( m& m# f3 N; {, T9 c
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards# N- ]. ]+ }0 d: N. Z! a) }
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards8 M9 x' T, g  K' r$ U  H2 I
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
& D8 O) ]0 Y: K" [& v5 ^" n- _# [DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
' i; v" e1 d% J, t! lAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards! ?& b9 l: _1 ?& K9 d2 S' m5 ?
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards: o$ {) d( {1 }7 `' T' m+ h
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards& V% i- r+ z; ?+ P5 L( b
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards' P6 r: |$ B  b& K
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards6 k. @! O. n2 j: \! h
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
. K* W" ]$ d6 QRange increases to 10,000 yards) J5 d' B  [  J
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
# G" h8 k2 @3 N# B% Z# J0 eBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards1 q1 X  H! _3 w% V7 s/ {" O9 v
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 y6 f: _: q* X  y9 a
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  q9 c3 x8 I% a) m( B3 mBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards, O$ t( p; V8 Q$ b' v& g, O
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& l; E! T/ F" |' nAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
0 e7 R5 m3 W$ ~/ B& nDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
" Q2 ]1 L, M; k; x1 j6 _! SDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards( b2 |: q8 o: p8 W- u( \
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ {9 h& s% @) o2 CDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  z6 K! k) V0 K1 t7 \2 l) PDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards6 y( N  h2 l' ]  y- U
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# f' [, _4 d0 _7 X3 ?2 f9 B) M
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 q- O- z7 m" c2 M' b8 o
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
7 N! j7 a) x* ~  eDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
2 L" P4 [( X- {1 W' aRange increases to 11,000 yards
4 w' r, y' D2 G! `( d5 c7 v7 eAPD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards/ B( D6 K$ ^: b4 r$ G
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
/ ^# o0 @9 `# d( @) Z3 ^" C: dDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
, X# ?5 |2 C/ Q- b$ \& C% ]APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards
; p- d1 [; l  ^3 y0 Y" Q3 X% jBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
: v1 J/ N" O3 p0 g1 Y- EAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
* d- `8 c) B7 q( `7 I: g% H' eDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards4 b* u" q  ~# r, ~* A
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards4 F( E/ E7 k  E. ^: J
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( }* E4 h% \' ^, l# q0 k% v
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 K5 C" P! k. Z' D$ L6 S3 PDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
5 X. [, z! I: sAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards- D6 q& c  c3 S. F" j9 R
Range closes to 10,000 yards
$ J) M4 n& H3 [- u9 t/ VBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards: }# E* K6 w5 Z- X' L  C. f
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! p' C; I+ r6 F, G$ e
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& {1 V+ a4 q& x: }
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
7 H/ g: b9 ]+ u% y* CDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
2 o  @' W" |( R; H" Y/ R: ODD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 s: ^1 l8 [: n4 `
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; V& x! m2 B6 j# |DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 s( U8 Z# _+ A7 K  _6 N' J/ V( jDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
5 H6 ]/ \" Y- a# D9 b0 n+ A5 {DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
5 U% M! v$ i, o" S) N) q7 O% BDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 W2 l: `$ K" N9 m
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards6 y  t2 \8 i5 D/ ^
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
1 ^2 k! z. ~5 T9 q7 k4 }7 jRange closes to 8,000 yards
% t; T: K& _" b/ Z$ ^DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
/ ]# s! E0 Y1 q3 z) Q7 ~/ NBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards9 o- E9 m- n# X: [4 `) w6 T# X/ g
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards% ^& S' @0 K$ b! p3 Y0 ?8 l6 p/ w& T
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards+ S- y/ M: f1 e" W% V' U
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
' n" X1 n4 A* K* lJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) j9 |! J1 W+ Z3 wTask forces break off...
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3 J4 u6 H( p, L. T! H- CJapanese Ships
; M0 g( R- t  ~; \" }      APD T-1, Shell hits 1: I1 K5 y) Z' H* V. U+ E& ]
      APD T-2
; d" m) ]: D# m  N/ t      APD T-3, Shell hits 15 c% e* |/ ~% O1 {
      APD T-4, Shell hits 18 m! d# ]9 a) K) ^' B# R
      APD T-5
2 U& J; q- L" ?( b+ K1 U& t      APD T-6
5 a9 J, ~, p$ [      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage* B3 Q) M$ H# ?4 w6 ?
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
% H0 `5 Y" }/ e: q* M! z      APD T-10* n; V' w8 `' m3 O
      APD T-11,  on fire) |# x' O( t; F* c6 B
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk. h1 c9 g% `; E6 ~1 S4 m$ X* f
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
. V* B8 C5 ~! P( n: S" i      APD T-14, and is sunk+ m1 [" Z: T# V- g& M
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Allied Ships$ l) S- F% \8 s) q& [+ m
      CA Portland
" b  E3 O/ z& f$ {      CA Northampton
6 C% D4 u; X$ G& V/ g4 O: F( I      CA Chester4 \, T* ?, C! `. g" e* x
      CA Louisville
) r1 ]0 g7 U- m4 S' ^; l5 N# G      CA Chicago
4 j' A0 }6 Y5 O' \6 M      CA Astoria
. M! t$ E' i4 v      CA Minneapolis2 Y& \6 B- P$ F* m) Y
      CA San Francisco
: Y; P# g( q& H: T: l7 K9 [      CA Quincy
4 _$ F5 ^" A3 c: H/ U& W      CA Vincennes
0 @- B4 N+ G8 j      CA Wichita0 S9 k# N3 E+ Q3 \
      DD Bennett$ m5 z6 |3 ~+ I! Q' Y4 j5 ?2 d- p
      DD Bradford, a5 ?+ W6 `& B( a0 e
      DD Braine
, R# J! v- T% D  r+ }      DD Brownson
0 D1 r" ~8 T4 D$ {      DD Bryant6 g0 S: r) d; F# y5 \6 ^6 h
      DD Bullard
0 H/ I, T4 T% ]4 [/ ~/ ]% }% F      DD Burns
8 G% a4 V/ c! l. h7 Q# O7 X; M+ J+ W      DD Callaghan6 b* @+ x  I3 y2 i, c
      DD Caperton; v+ B, G& C" Q* v( x4 P0 w
      DD Capps
) v8 C/ d1 }% a) d9 ~; {4 B      DMS Emmons
- |8 e5 D6 E0 L* e; \      DMS Macomb
# Q1 r3 c$ h$ ?! U6 ], x1 t      DMS Rodman% w# ~3 x. O% L! s! ^$ f
      DMS Gherardi$ w" Z! p4 I+ l7 ^, ]0 J0 Y
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
' ]6 N+ Y5 N. L* n+ n# ?" R3 vRange closes to 28,000 yards...
( C5 J% o( o" QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
  _' H, K$ u) t3 l2 e! ]5 p. w$ ~7 \Range closes to 26,000 yards...* r  B  B& A" y6 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
( C1 J3 w9 X& }8 n# nRange closes to 24,000 yards...
! c/ r% I" d- ]" `1 u! PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; G9 F1 N0 C' b) R
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 K4 `& D: N$ {, f# }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
0 {: [1 q% b% M  uRange closes to 20,000 yards...* O1 Z! E/ W/ `; u0 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
4 e* L  `9 d7 T# q& W2 ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
& F8 f0 ^7 a( N. JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards3 {9 _! L5 c5 q$ x
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
) g2 f8 I! @. c( `3 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, v4 }% \  j. Q" Z: J& [9 |$ `! q& o9 gRange closes to 14,000 yards...+ d# D5 D- o% {1 K( n* \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...4 G  w6 U# J/ Z/ K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; F% C% g5 E' \
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 h( x) Q/ x9 N( QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards. p/ Y: [& t7 j3 ^( O
Range closes to 10,000 yards..." P! f- e- T" X1 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% e7 Z% `4 e# ]# sCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards4 R+ x! S1 k" V" y; H: Y! O
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, o5 J: l- X1 ^
Range increases to 11,000 yards3 r( [9 N; |7 U+ Z  {" N
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
+ \2 }* B1 {5 c* g' JCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards) k" f0 M  ]$ g4 |0 a# s8 k$ ?
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( M! G6 I: O% k: F' R+ `, w
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
& Y4 F+ w) C# HCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! H% E7 f4 u3 H% y" ]0 s- z7 \3 MDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards* a, R2 ?7 l1 E' \( R
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
) `4 u" L/ i9 s/ e/ a- g7 tCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" k7 N; D5 g8 D/ d7 M- N
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
  M2 J6 P4 Z  T, l, d" z% G+ mCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 m& X* n0 S9 b/ p. R; R1 J1 `
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards% i1 H  A* k  e) D) ?
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
5 ^3 ~( y+ j4 O' ?; BDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  W; l1 W9 Y0 y) e
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards3 H  @* s. P2 a$ ?
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards6 u0 u, V: b# T8 ?& S# F, B" L
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
5 U& a0 T% |# u# ZAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
; y% k& u% q7 t: y/ {1 [Range closes to 10,000 yards
1 D9 Q; d8 ]. t. ?% q2 ^& N- q' H, P- `DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
/ c! m" w! B  z2 H- LCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards$ P8 W% c% I* C4 Q; N4 ~  }
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
1 y5 r1 e+ D) {% `  g1 j' L/ s5 xCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards. p6 m+ ?* n; Q
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards1 ^# L/ u) P* x
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards0 I8 j0 F! C* S* Y4 n: O
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( n, _8 c7 O/ X1 e, S8 [Range closes to 9,000 yards4 @% j* @7 X) P/ p8 c8 V5 u) w
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
6 W' @1 r- B' w' C& vDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
; e3 \8 _* g$ K0 e1 h& aCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
" s7 O' k, G0 X1 _4 A3 t" @% BCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 S! O8 Y! `4 A: P# h
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
- b$ A! B& _; i" a: r" ^DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
* Z/ w+ W  ?* t7 }$ eDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards4 \7 J4 N. m7 f4 L+ T4 s, n
Range increases to 10,000 yards
3 u) C' _$ Q3 F% bAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards7 J: x8 }* u5 X4 p* }: w
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, s' s3 u  g: h6 ^2 C
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 N/ T- Y4 ?2 m/ N
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards2 b1 ?" y, L& z$ b0 M" J5 g. p1 w
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, U+ U, K, y- k: i# d
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
' D# D9 c" C- C$ o- B3 A0 ~* c* M! BTask forces break off...0 `0 r. F6 b, i) c5 V/ N

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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. ]0 K  T7 _$ v1 N: wJapanese Ships
' j6 C- q# z5 }& S      APD T-1  U% k7 c& P3 h+ F! m& ^+ c" \
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire# F6 p/ ]! s: n7 O7 C8 I9 L6 e2 ^
      APD T-3
" Y; g/ s* @  y' f# r! e# G4 I      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk+ h% L5 @# y# Q
      APD T-5
3 {# U0 ~. T* w& i& z' _# i0 }      APD T-6( M  \$ Z3 {# M% q
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk  V, N- ]- o5 d9 L0 H7 `& h' B- L
      APD T-9$ |- H6 Z5 Y/ [# P, R
      APD T-10  z& y( ?. q0 p3 S9 o" V
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire1 @- _+ @6 v* b6 y: F7 Z

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7 \5 t, \  U( T. N7 h      CA Portland- x6 e8 [" @# }
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1& ]2 }' r6 J, Z6 f) v
      CA Chester) X) `, A/ U; P; l* R" X' N
      CA Louisville
" H: S" C' D6 a      CA Chicago0 b+ I0 }+ k7 y% h
      CA Astoria
" f4 Y; _7 j, a# f  d6 s+ A. ^% D      CA Minneapolis( W6 \. y! A" e0 v8 {5 |
      CA San Francisco
) w; @* O6 z0 G8 e! A  J$ W      CA Quincy; ^7 S" P$ \& N* `7 @+ G8 F5 n
      CA Vincennes( l& z" E8 F$ i0 {& l4 H& c/ r
      CA Wichita
" G! u* i" g' X* @( u      DD Bennett
# w1 x* o" ^0 v! q7 Y: |' P      DD Bradford3 w. C, y0 D2 a5 Y- q% n- j; y5 }
      DD Braine
! O7 O+ _0 x# X% C( R4 d  m      DD Brownson
" M; K" M* I9 n      DD Bryant3 b3 \" \$ D) n  \) h
      DD Bullard; ~4 J: v8 o1 l1 m6 B" R5 ?. {
      DD Burns
& m; }1 @9 m* p      DD Callaghan
" X- D% I5 K  F! J7 a* N7 y$ w; b; w      DD Caperton) H1 \: C9 I& I# \9 y8 x
      DD Capps1 G4 _7 O) e; l; t7 c2 A
      DMS Emmons
- y/ I+ w7 a& G+ W' q* n      DMS Macomb- `, P; |, e$ d3 G
      DMS Rodman9 x5 F+ L/ C2 m/ D0 a) z2 m& q
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! a3 h8 h" o4 b4 E4 B' cRange closes to 28,000 yards...* m8 ?0 Y  @3 B: D# ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! \4 S1 S2 g1 l& W; v& N: }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...( i$ G( G7 U2 k; h; K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 C& h; j( |" v) Z/ C& h3 KRange closes to 24,000 yards...
5 h  N( G, O* G1 X- DRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 ]* P/ R0 G: u% K; j; u. }% zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards! P8 w- w0 E! y  J3 F
Range closes to 20,000 yards...- _% K! K" b9 ?, ^9 ^) T
Range closes to 18,000 yards...- b0 l% E/ a, q9 R" y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards1 q* _2 `5 {% r  [; n' A% }
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
9 M, W0 A' T! w6 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards) B, l+ d9 M3 o7 r
Range closes to 14,000 yards...4 [! x+ [) m+ h. F* R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
' T6 S( J2 m% ]/ p( E6 KRange closes to 12,000 yards...
; A4 Z+ ?7 n4 j+ TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
4 N; s  {% W/ H" n# g8 d3 P5 y6 yRange closes to 11,000 yards...: H5 i' `8 b/ M2 C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 o# y0 f3 w7 V5 T% Q6 B# J- `) \
Range closes to 10,000 yards...# y7 i- A6 {( _. x* ], H9 v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# c7 \& A3 W$ C  X* t" r  U  x0 c, yCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
, N1 X/ Z; l% d; h  F8 Q5 u! p/ o2 m. ]CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
# C9 j" N* ?3 Y1 x0 @0 ]  o0 KDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
7 s( v, j; j8 M+ h. dRange increases to 12,000 yards, T4 B. s# j0 F+ L+ A. S! n, t
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" d2 U0 F+ r! m6 B
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
9 O  H6 d" a5 |1 g- g1 y( K# d# BCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards- S# H; B* W) X' M7 z1 Z9 Q9 c: Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
" ?6 ^3 ^1 f+ H! ?/ UCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 X" O! R( H; Z+ ]CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 v" R2 s" I/ T- oDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 ^7 k. k$ M# n5 S" F( Z  @
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
* R! g! n# \0 M% R: v' \DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards* G4 |4 h7 F  M  d& X& k  A) k4 ~6 k
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, S8 ?8 `9 k/ Y, b& r* p1 yDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
" B2 Y& q' S: TAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
3 q7 u4 y! }" o5 S' gRange closes to 9,000 yards
9 y6 e$ u3 {) R* F7 B- |CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards' j/ X% y2 n' K$ ~- J( [
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards2 b3 {9 I. s$ ?# Z
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
0 L7 L8 ]0 d9 b- ]7 HCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
3 m6 L( b; L- mCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 ]2 q. B9 r* I
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
% }7 L4 @5 i) N0 [* y- E2 ~APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards- e3 H# K5 |8 F+ }& d
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
* n3 O5 j+ l% F& C1 R/ ?0 iRange closes to 7,000 yards
* B9 P0 L5 w3 T; p4 t8 u% s  BCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
& l/ K! i9 i5 U9 K! [/ D# ?, nAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 a4 X# T0 r/ f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards$ ^- N5 `  |$ M
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
. K5 f5 @* ^+ q8 y" r* u5 XCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
2 L  r; L4 P' N* R$ ^APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
8 o  |& D' V4 j/ {/ o( h$ oCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ G( M+ ~1 F2 U& ]CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
# t5 }& f) @+ v0 q( GCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards3 u4 }8 v/ ~' |0 E+ \
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
7 |0 q5 @, Z  f0 _% uDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards/ E- W* p3 R/ _6 u. h: l# f5 V
Range increases to 10,000 yards
8 o% c; w( R* s2 h$ g% X3 XDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 k/ i* \5 R" Y- q/ t+ Q* SCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 N! D3 F5 {. OJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape! N  F0 V: ]3 S; A+ d9 O
Task forces break off...
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- ^8 e  q" g) P      APD T-1
4 g" y! q* d$ ]6 i; _) G& T/ r      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 U# F( ^; l& X. ?: A      APD T-3
2 h1 E) t" P. I      APD T-5
' r2 }) z+ Q) `3 Q0 b1 C      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% {; B  }9 u* {! s) |5 `
      APD T-9
. p1 h0 I) z6 J. V      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage6 ]1 ], s! c9 d9 I* }: U- |
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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- _9 H& ]( T2 Y( HAllied Ships6 L+ q. J6 v5 y3 I2 u
      CL Swiftsure
2 z& q7 ?* ?# W      CL St. Louis
7 A- K' s8 G, n1 c      CL Phoenix
. H7 S9 P3 `# [* q. D8 ~      CL Cleveland
, b9 G$ i5 F0 H/ ]6 x' @      CL Montpelier
9 z( s5 M  c+ L' z      CL Denver! d9 b3 A, g4 P% b9 T
      CL Santa Fe, p. H2 v4 b$ C5 y/ I% }& k
      CL Birmingham, }9 b! J* ~( @# @* `- Q$ q: q
      CL Mobile+ M9 A3 Q  `( [! U
      CL Biloxi2 J: ~' ]( n1 N0 [$ E8 I8 p7 t- z
      CL Miami- q. \, `  g& [5 F
      CL Pasadena7 s9 O' f& o& n. a7 }* E
      DD Allen M. Sumner* B3 r3 ^- h8 }0 H
      DD Ault
1 v* K! x( ?! z8 _* Y( q  D      DD English) J* P, P  f& N8 f4 `( l: h9 _9 r  m
      DD Haynsworth
8 X/ X' N8 _. g; Y      DD Maddox
$ S! |6 o" ]8 F+ ]' q: f      DD Mansfield
4 p% i% i2 N4 j      DD Waldron
7 T; D7 Y1 k# \: z7 V      DD Haggard
& t+ H3 O) t3 ~2 H+ N) p0 F  B9 W      DD Hailey
5 Y& u3 v- e1 F8 y      DD Hale
. a- K0 d4 g0 g! @7 N      CL Vincennes II
# u9 }5 f" \# F# N, S9 |      CL Houston II
& {1 _+ Q( R% x0 C      CL Astoria II1 ]+ L; O  k* K
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3 a; i* ]6 P  R+ |! ?9 ^Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; m3 t/ c$ q/ xRange closes to 28,000 yards...1 O2 w& S- V' H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
2 R7 ^; w- ?+ }' ]4 Y7 [: QRange closes to 26,000 yards...3 \& D5 l$ M$ J8 j, u! F! e$ A) F
Range closes to 24,000 yards...; P% @+ U" ]/ B0 K5 n' I; y- y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 ^3 M) q. B: \$ C+ w+ tRange closes to 22,000 yards...
! L. `: i/ b$ J& V6 RRange closes to 20,000 yards...7 R! _4 `% u6 x* K, |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
1 {7 J( ~, g6 @8 }# v2 ]5 D% gRange closes to 18,000 yards...
- F# k' R6 u$ R* r6 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
1 X6 j" s1 u+ w9 z+ o/ iRange closes to 16,000 yards...
+ u) z  ?/ v/ B2 V$ w$ C( N1 \; `* uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards0 ?8 C2 D8 }$ K& S. p
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ ]5 d* M- H7 g/ ?' K+ A3 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 M4 }5 ?$ y# V6 f( g
Range closes to 12,000 yards...6 @# `8 V1 b9 b' [5 ^$ Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) g( x& y3 [. F7 u7 T( s% O
Range closes to 11,000 yards...9 c2 ^- W! A0 G  X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards$ [3 [' Q6 P1 {
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 X+ g2 R& ~2 G- rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards  ]4 y7 I( L" e3 y- M' H
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T': S7 s0 v( ?/ ~" P! F+ u
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 j! l! h6 ?2 E  [7 C# I
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
# s9 T, }& f1 v0 ]6 B! x' f# ?2 X4 ECL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards1 L6 l$ P8 S) P) w
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 K5 ?4 b7 k0 S+ J" B4 G" D6 L6 F
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  Z; T4 |/ t* l
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
+ c0 M& B0 n) f+ gDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
- G+ A2 F1 p0 v7 b0 g1 ADD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards# Q. B+ L- K( i9 D3 s
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- [  j7 _1 l' q" |, _0 Z9 k- OCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- e) T; P9 W' T" V/ O; ?
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards9 k% Y6 ?( w2 c7 S$ a
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
+ B: |+ q, d3 g/ a, c" aCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards+ ^+ o. Z/ |* l! b" l& Z. n/ q
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
4 }0 T" o" Z/ h( I7 x+ nCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards8 v0 m2 r* ?, ~% y' U
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards! @# Q$ A* v& r, P- K
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
" \4 G+ K' U4 U- L: \$ \7 ARange closes to 8,000 yards
' d) }+ N, g+ rCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
. \  ^2 ?/ B- b/ W* Z/ X0 pCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* h/ H% ]( H: h  H1 k' FCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
* P; F0 \4 S. M) f3 e& I( W% C: q, `APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
/ I- o7 r& m8 f* yDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
! y% s# g" Q6 u4 M& F( u5 lRange closes to 7,000 yards
3 c- t( j+ O/ d2 H7 d. r( g; hCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' c% ~( x, b8 V; O1 r( D$ h: V1 vCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 A& }; s9 M, _! m
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards& o/ N; v" P/ X4 D  K4 G
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, ~7 y! g$ D9 k. C8 Y3 h) \CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
0 q5 p' F5 u0 r3 iCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
2 `1 s% w, G; i  t# M0 T1 \1 t! rCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 `) k* y7 }: V6 b# B. u- q" K: SCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) Q9 ~9 o0 |; Q. E
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: \& s5 l' V; b4 y# D3 DDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards8 [& X2 t- ~( K$ k% L; F8 V
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards1 }9 Y+ L; |% v4 U2 v9 b; C
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards- i3 I' c+ _. X; o( n
Range increases to 8,000 yards
' |! d0 e* z! ^- p$ l0 iCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards2 r3 \) l' z+ j% b
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& W3 a- P- Y) h  f$ K
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards1 R; ]/ s- S3 }' z% l! E
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
$ M7 U  G3 L5 N/ r' h9 fTask forces break off...
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% o+ @9 b# ]5 K" o, u* _Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
( {" H3 ^! V! f" T; D! |% }      APD T-1: A% B" m; B- Q  h+ G* f. S1 L
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
9 c, E, a  s% [- G( i' f$ j      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
: p3 w! _% L7 M( F      APD T-5
/ b6 R0 X2 I* h      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
% `. E8 |) X4 C0 J      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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0 M/ W- m! r3 M9 pAllied Ships/ z3 a/ W% q/ I. L9 `) T
      CA Portland
/ o& ~, v4 B* f3 _      CA Northampton
6 D, {( z9 n; W9 g      CA Chester
8 j' M" e- _$ E1 J7 G; j      CA Louisville, O, G8 z7 o  n( i; w' O8 M; _
      CA Chicago
8 B' `* P. e0 [  L      CA Astoria1 ]% N% B) J9 ]0 ]
      CA Minneapolis) E( O, b, S( ]; \1 I4 ?# R$ C
      CA San Francisco
% Q* j" T% A  {, X) V1 g5 N5 D) K4 J      CA Quincy
& l8 z; l( K# U+ ]$ x* |      CA Vincennes
, G( X. c8 v1 q. G6 v      CA Wichita
& ~& K8 _2 `4 e0 M      DD Bennett1 C) ^, `8 T4 e3 ?0 i" A+ t8 b% R
      DD Bradford
' ~, y1 y& J8 p& m      DD Braine' x7 \4 t) w* x5 Z  o( X- C
      DD Brownson
, b3 j3 ]2 g! D6 ^; ?$ W6 _5 w: z. K      DD Bryant
& v+ I1 N# r, k: Q0 |, e      DD Bullard
4 q# Q8 @  G- Y' _% I8 q/ q      DD Burns
( J7 n9 K1 a4 d. n      DD Callaghan
, W: q8 _) W  e      DD Caperton$ Y0 E9 J7 ]( u
      DD Capps1 w4 b" z* n* [; }# M3 o0 R
      DMS Emmons  M. U1 P" x0 y
      DMS Macomb
9 z6 n; G/ H/ x3 Z! w4 t      DMS Rodman
% d) b3 C* p2 K! f, \3 s      DMS Gherardi
3 _6 h# C6 ~7 N  S& y3 ~  M2 p9 U5 K& a+ K5 H: w$ L

) |) q5 ?/ p# i; T' c: k: zMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" u6 w6 N" ]& Z- q+ H) s  {: ERange closes to 28,000 yards...+ q5 X, c' D$ \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards2 `6 S7 Q- }& t; B( w% W# ^
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
  L) K7 R5 b) I* @& M; cRange closes to 24,000 yards...' P1 X. \$ I1 d9 \& n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards3 E" M  {, T. Q! ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. i9 ^# y! k. e3 R8 L+ qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards" H7 R% [4 _+ F1 d
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
! a7 n6 ?7 t  H  G0 S& bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
* j* \/ n/ v9 h0 X4 q- }Range closes to 18,000 yards...& S* v. ^! t+ k* E
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
+ z  P/ Y- L# L% j, W* _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( u: `3 q$ p/ G2 E
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ R+ K/ N+ r9 \* E& _: L
Range closes to 12,000 yards...! o1 x0 x9 U1 ]+ q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
, q& W" {) N2 z/ Y; Z' eRange closes to 10,000 yards...
2 ?' j4 j$ a! _. F+ pRange closes to 9,000 yards...
1 Z5 M! k5 p' s3 X! u5 P0 b' \- tRange closes to 8,000 yards...7 w" ]2 T1 {$ b8 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards5 u$ G" B$ u# t9 M
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
1 ^! ~0 O* e2 ]" s5 T% m2 JCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
# y/ ~% H: }, \/ Y, BCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ C8 d2 D; ]  _; B& G& `DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
; R8 U/ L% I7 r" T( nAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
0 H% t: f; P: kCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ W4 ?6 y: A+ f! r9 y1 PCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards6 \1 g. d( q7 V2 T0 w+ h* x! v
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. _" S1 ~- R- ]* m# G
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
* z+ v% [0 S0 r) cCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! L$ z, M: ]4 _8 w
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
8 X  ?5 ^; H' h+ H1 Y9 p, j4 M$ gDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards( _' x1 C$ O* b% k: i6 K/ `) ~
Range closes to 5,000 yards
5 j! u+ ~8 ]4 k6 ?% e1 g7 }DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 1 r8 G' D7 {/ a# s4 O
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards+ O1 x- s+ |1 j/ o% G2 u- V
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards, n, N( y  M/ e3 U9 p: H; D
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards# A8 b! h0 r* Y) M
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
, k( w" g7 S/ R! W0 QRange closes to 2,000 yards( d( B* |  Z% M# E; H
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards+ s- B: H% h  i) T! a5 d9 \
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards" p2 W: s" @8 |0 r6 }& x; ]
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards7 m& u. P0 l. p  g7 j; e
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
6 M, h% A1 F0 {Range increases to 6,000 yards0 D! P" c( a+ v- w
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
8 L2 [) C* [9 RCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
& K& ^% o  W+ cAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
  u$ P" {3 B4 x% q' `Range increases to 9,000 yards% m* Y) O  z1 `% o: N/ L
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards6 O1 W: e" ~& b9 y/ n
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ q7 b7 N/ M: z1 Q* E% `CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
0 N3 a" v2 @) K! K! A- k& ADD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" S+ I. z) _5 L
Range increases to 13,000 yards
' R3 C# V" n: A0 R+ i% f- KCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards) [! _* Y/ Y' e( r4 ~/ n2 I
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
  w. ]4 _% R0 o' P& C/ _Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 _% O% x4 O2 @; }* {Task forces break off...+ \* x- C* M9 ~% ^( l$ ]2 |5 L# @
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9 S$ @( F  w% MNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards+ @0 v1 c% x, Z" R6 P$ J) u

3 `& Y' W  R1 \7 AJapanese Ships+ i" B2 K! H. b) I# S; T
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
0 X# |- r) I' q2 e: a) v  X' {      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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; W( R, H' c; v/ i" X! X  UAllied Ships
) L: {) S# W% o7 }% Y      BB North Carolina
1 C1 w8 m# n/ E" p) r      BB Washington. E3 U& E: k& i, |
      BB South Dakota
  h) a9 Q6 f1 y/ e      BB Indiana2 M! A& a* _/ b. K4 i
      BB Massachusetts3 ?+ x% B. R0 g/ L2 T% q- o
      BB Alabama+ x8 w; |! |! E; W# C2 S
      DD Conner* H, a% I: H& Y' u+ n9 B0 u
      DD Cotten- {& T: H: ~( y" S, m  {. M: ?) f
      DD Cowell4 _% t1 A/ Z& J
      DD Daly
0 c2 _% f4 T- r! t( q      DD Eaton
8 y! f$ ]( b- r% i# x: P5 I' U/ K3 ?      DD Heywood Edwards
# m3 O$ L5 s* F. i/ o      DD Erben$ y: z3 I7 {2 L) _" {" `7 r
      DD Evans7 n4 t- A1 I4 t; X- ~% [* e0 B
      DD Foote1 T. x. Y. f" l2 N5 s* A6 X* e! r1 g
      DD Franks
. ^4 c- Q% b" c      DD Fullam/ x/ ?7 T# f% G1 L7 ?# {; X
      DD Gatling6 \* R4 d# `4 X( _& j
      DD Albert Grant
2 o3 t9 q5 {) n3 P6 V      DD Gregory
6 Q" f4 J6 _) {      DD Guest* n! O) H3 }7 o4 s; I
      DMS Hamilton2 q" H, x# ^/ C' W: w" C& e  e
      DMS Forrest
0 J2 W6 T' a( x$ Q7 e' Y% ~( [: C      DMS Ellyson7 S( s6 G! O5 U1 l7 Z7 Z6 k( n

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
% n- N  C7 p1 L1 q5 C* g* u7 kRange closes to 28,000 yards...( z" R3 H6 T5 U$ J  X
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
9 R- Z" i! o0 y1 ZRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 G7 R0 N" |: T+ d; M( o3 d9 RRange closes to 22,000 yards...
3 S  v8 C; }' ~, ?8 U- G. A' L  n; DRange closes to 20,000 yards...
' {2 k9 u- Z& yRange closes to 18,000 yards...
* V+ `7 k- Y6 X% y3 l' F+ ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, s5 g. w3 s4 ]- Q4 S% N6 iRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# F- A6 O9 W# y- cRange closes to 12,000 yards...% D& I: z+ d$ s: E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
  G; J" m0 h8 l- F, k4 D; {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: r3 s' f7 @4 Q* G9 p/ F# V$ E3 @
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 x. v: k! J( m0 P7 C; d2 ~Range closes to 9,000 yards...
! p1 [9 P6 T8 F2 ~( N$ H7 WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
5 i% \/ R. v, v+ F* |BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
* H! e- s' C* b: Y" eAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards: ^  u! e  f0 c% _$ f
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards- d* q- [/ O5 {
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards0 z# i" `8 b4 g& B# A" g
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
# N1 N: p7 E" O# r* _Range closes to 5,000 yards
- Z* h' `4 r0 f5 ?2 a5 YDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' z9 J' t# d8 f/ o9 Y# c
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards6 {% L% o2 B, R+ V  P
Range closes to 3,000 yards* x; `+ B" _6 w( Y) P+ W2 b) F
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
. }5 x: _- S* [4 {  h) E& BDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards7 P, y8 g% R& B  H$ s
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards5 q1 p: A) ~) r
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards1 S1 E" U! w2 L  e: m1 J
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
0 r( b3 u$ ?5 w# ^; KAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards" K1 k. s! x/ O- @3 L' v
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards, e4 u% a* `4 u$ L! y4 _
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
8 R% F0 D& H) j% `DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards9 k6 `$ y: j) ^" w( [( S
Range increases to 5,000 yards
* ]- y" W* l6 v8 EBB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
$ a4 }% W& j* y$ Z; s3 yDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
) g3 ^3 L1 V3 \; }$ ^* Y5 x+ QRange increases to 7,000 yards& ^) ~; K+ B" N! g: N
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
) y% L+ Z9 H! a- \* k+ t  nDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards- _% @! w/ V* G& }: Z% E7 ]
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards+ C9 D% D, K8 e# ?$ _/ R) a
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards% o. k9 X* C" v8 x, N  ]& Z% \- c
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
# r$ Y+ Z: f- Z7 W  {# JCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44
, e5 @! `4 `1 X2 O2 n7 P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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' @) e# u# o, q: j: W+ X: d( bGround combat at Ponape (119,113)4 x- d& `* t4 W- Z
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Allied Bombardment attack/ H6 Y2 `4 L7 B) \7 f
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Attacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444
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( k- _5 F# Q3 `3 ADefending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000
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" \( a# T$ k& U) o) z) Q, VJapanese ground losses:# m% V$ v9 P1 r/ {) |& p. H+ R
      834 casualties reported
; k0 w9 R7 k  V8 [4 W8 Q         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled! l( w& Y- ]" v% w6 p/ V
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled- X$ U9 c' g1 {/ e3 |6 @3 i
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled. o: H) ]7 u% [) c* c7 \
      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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; D$ ^8 |( U- f9 O+ ~" n9 N      16 casualties reported
' R! `$ M/ F8 |) q( C8 r" e         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 r' ?0 a$ s" S9 j+ m" q, r$ s& f# n         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled2 f0 b$ Z3 M$ R0 V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44
" k! M4 ?, I  t* C- G3 _6 \盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久
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3 {" y- c7 ^$ O* |! E; ], ATF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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: i) \$ E  ~' f, d6 J100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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. W0 Y2 a8 g5 M) A# q  S( X% }Allied Ships
+ S) W8 {9 |' ?1 g      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
  ~8 Z5 A9 M, T! S      DMS Forrest
: P' H% ?3 I4 U* F1 |      DMS Hamilton9 V1 s2 R" T" m: N
      DD Guest
) @; ~) O, {5 f" Y3 R      DD Albert Grant/ C8 Z. x& ^- ^- e, q4 e& s
      DD Daly1 E. H3 B4 r1 @9 @3 o
      DD Cowell) b8 f/ t/ u) s2 C1 @, J+ Z
      DD Cotten
8 O1 o0 S8 l9 `: C      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
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- X. A1 U; ~. b+ w. g( X/ F3 V2 WPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson, [2 R3 e  T: x4 V
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest6 m, a8 `- g' J+ j' N' b! @5 y4 N3 s
98 mines cleared# I5 e' n$ S  \% r8 v
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
) t) h% \$ W1 ~4 J# V      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 q: t  ^0 u' K$ m/ J7 O( T, H/ p

; R6 d0 U: D0 e7 y9 i/ g* jAllied Ships7 d- `- z0 A) b5 O+ G
      CA Wichita
( h+ o' c7 g3 I  ?+ G9 N      CA Vincennes3 X0 ~& [6 p, m
      CA Quincy- L4 i* p) f. C6 ^
      CA San Francisco, ^) U4 f& a% {) m- y# X/ n
      CA Minneapolis9 @  z& D! C3 [+ _# Y
      CA Astoria1 u6 G; E  J2 |( v9 m0 C$ f! }- c
      CA Chicago! c1 ]+ t, C, [0 B1 s( s
      CA Louisville
# B+ ]( Z" j1 ?# s- t0 W7 }      CA Chester
4 u/ V9 Z+ K& d% ]/ T3 w      CA Northampton) n5 @$ @, H4 }. n, v% r2 W
      CA Portland0 N) r2 p* E/ h4 ^0 P1 u1 ]( Y

; k- b$ e6 y, W: k# s) n, u+ ~/ lJapanese ground losses:( r# E8 H, b2 y( A6 E5 q
      54 casualties reported/ N$ m+ j7 [$ w  K6 N% Y6 r
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
- m4 @, D1 m6 Q7 E( t8 Y: i- s         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
1 U6 h7 J. f) O2 w; [8 M1 Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 I- i7 p' W1 b  O" s5 L      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)# x" F  Y0 \( c. Z, C3 V
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)- g* d3 V! w# ~3 f* F* T  \

: e  {3 O6 X9 N$ O' PAirbase hits 1
# n3 w, e4 \* i% T" T" eRunway hits 16
+ C1 o* w4 {6 y& n. {# U/ E. n# e# F. T* G' g4 X6 a% h

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
  |6 Q( Y6 K- l) e' }: ]1 n" z/ F* u' z# ^
Allied Ships
8 c& {3 c! \/ n8 \+ M" h) b( S) M      BB Alabama9 U% X* h. f6 }& f
      BB Massachusetts' L* m3 S8 [5 n2 n; k
      BB Indiana
/ |+ i# S8 @9 \4 b      BB South Dakota  G/ a% k5 J" c9 D
      BB Washington" S9 U0 J/ [7 F' n' ~2 g" ]
      BB North Carolina8 O% `4 ?5 h; a: d3 v, j4 t
4 K$ R1 H8 X  w& H9 _
Japanese ground losses:8 g7 S* X4 X2 Q$ d9 F
      570 casualties reported
6 B! n( r8 D. ~; Z; \         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
# z2 F1 z' K: V6 D. ^4 `         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled# H1 t# B" h% h
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled6 q1 P% E" J6 ]+ I& U
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)! S# c. r! R. p! p2 k: b/ {
      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
9 [2 z1 M7 k# |# V  g; h2 D; i: i; E& I) {0 J. X
Airbase hits 74 Z1 E- U1 v" R3 q
Airbase supply hits 14 ~: A, Q  G- y3 h. s$ d. T( P
Runway hits 15
8 Z4 ~: k8 E" p1 e" X8 R4 qPort hits 3
, U9 p- P6 ?8 }1 r6 M/ j# KPort supply hits 2
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) ^* h8 X; j% o- V, U* SNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 T; X1 Q' i# m5 @  O7 U
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Allied Ships+ E, l+ d; l) b( X! i
      BB Queen Elizabeth. x4 L1 I) s: s  I* ]+ s
      BB Valiant
- Q* _& E& j( m  o( z  \      BB Mississippi  r3 q( C9 E& w+ W! N
      BB New Mexico' z9 c2 }4 ^" s# ^9 P
      BB Idaho4 e, F3 u& X: V5 }7 N0 E
      BB West Virginia
$ D. J( T* _% b2 r7 x2 n# n7 N      BB Colorado+ q9 M* T0 J* p
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Japanese ground losses:! d8 m) {+ ?) e+ z. K
      603 casualties reported& J8 C7 p( q5 M
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
( G! ^$ w" f% n& g  `& q         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
. a- K/ A# W' s1 C, A         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled% S+ |7 ]& _# a. G4 P
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
; W+ b2 a5 W7 s" E7 |) ?      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
. u: _! q# u+ w$ |0 d7 K2 P/ o" U5 F& v; }& r0 \6 h2 Z+ m, a: J
Airbase hits 5
$ T9 ]6 R/ K5 h9 t2 n9 {! ?+ B& bAirbase supply hits 2, H+ V. g5 J/ @0 b3 O6 V- Q
Runway hits 7
: L0 i- i# b6 M3 DPort hits 1
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1 D  ?- e9 O: A% Y; o; dBB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape & g' R* d- J& n" B3 m* {! o
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
" }9 j; `- k+ TBB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division
) c# ]) f& z, L" ?4 ?' ?BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division9 L) q7 i5 V% b& p7 ~: R
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape . ]: ^8 p# Z0 s9 o4 P5 m
BB Idaho firing at Ponape , g' S: R  y+ `
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
. @7 w" i+ F: o1 ~5 r. RBB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division
7 H0 J9 [/ @0 L. y" J4 D3 DBB Colorado firing at Ponape
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- }$ `" f( O/ `( G3 ?2 u/ O: uAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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* `0 E- B. ]; Y4 C3 i/ }* GWeather in hex: Light rain4 k' E% Q1 V5 _% {( E7 ~9 c
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.' P2 R. V3 @6 A$ \( u1 @0 Y$ Z: w- G
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes1 a$ U0 I- G3 ]& J( B7 v
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Allied aircraft
- H8 g" L/ H! ^2 l      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4626 Y  G0 b" H5 S* ~: k; E% c
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
! N2 z/ @' P! s: z      TBM-1C Avenger x 274
/ k9 G9 {6 j& Q' o9 q9 [' z; y% A) n8 L+ Y0 j( ?3 J* V
Allied aircraft losses
: _/ L9 e/ _+ H0 O; w      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged0 X3 E* S* J% I3 H- j2 L' e+ a
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged" _* X+ Q3 D* o5 D
: p- h  Y" A+ _/ L" G
Japanese ground losses:
) E* D' d+ [& U( e9 y& X      529 casualties reported1 L9 b5 y) V+ M9 K! Q
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
9 L. }% s! I/ p0 Z- [+ s         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled  r3 W. U; @/ ]( ?1 ?
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
& e6 n0 Q. S) d7 [7 a; c      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)% F. o' I5 w8 a1 E% f) h' S0 o. _

3 d8 U8 k& ~( R6 q0 T$ Q) M& yAllied Deliberate attack. x* I. x  O. ~+ w  J% L8 n
6 B1 w8 E2 S8 i$ v& ?
Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
9 [8 A4 A4 L! `, m9 O+ P0 E9 k4 u4 h$ d# P' p; U5 P& r
Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938! z" H: u4 \, l% w/ i3 q$ N0 i, q

8 e  p8 b; S$ ?. f) h2 a6 _Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
1 o3 m# d5 N4 O0 F$ a; q$ _% s0 ?& c! j! O! \
Allied adjusted assault: 3029 5 S# ?$ K% Z! |/ Y: b/ r) e# T
2 h5 ~6 k9 a5 C- G
Japanese adjusted defense: 3835
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) # q* s! O+ Q5 I1 c# W, V

8 M/ {/ q/ T6 A1 D% b* @2 [1 O5 ACombat modifiers
' _& t8 Q! K1 r' z. Q0 h4 f. |Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
1 `5 Y9 h% F6 ~  d, ]/ ]Attacker:
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, c! R& f8 n  j  QJapanese ground losses:
$ u- Q5 O$ t( N$ L: H- a8 j& a      5869 casualties reported
! @& w  p  i5 V5 F         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
! n4 y8 w. L% J3 K         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled! B! p$ v/ X2 y* b9 M) R
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled
' m  I! o! y% z0 `+ ?      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)# ?3 i4 r0 w8 s' @9 F+ c" Y
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
5 a3 N% P) o! u& W6 ?- J
: q  I2 S$ L! b' g. k  M& h: I: AAllied ground losses:8 m4 w+ F4 f! M& ^6 o! |/ ~
      1488 casualties reported
- r- W+ {, R4 j1 j         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled
9 }) e! J) I1 r5 F0 r2 m7 G         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled4 t! p( D& \2 R/ `
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled* v6 P2 r* K2 D. m3 g2 f
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)0 s  G5 C. e9 Y% f/ g
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
- x: @: l$ K0 x" c( i5 Y    762nd Tank Battalion1 ?" @/ ~# n/ v+ U4 X6 n4 K
    710th Tank Battalion
) B$ m9 t8 W1 D1 |% ^$ x# h# c    767th Tank Battalion5 {4 C! y  ]2 W/ V- e
    44th Tank Battalion) f7 s+ {4 t# V9 W# f
    96th Infantry Division9 ]+ O8 W3 @! S) r
    706th Tank Battalion
% b$ ^: d8 t- u9 T/ K    81st Infantry Division
! S% b8 q( M* l* D2 Y, F( H    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
7 @3 ~3 W/ ?+ A/ ]    5th Marine Division
' @. D8 B& c( P    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3 Z3 R: P* _2 N- m) s    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment" {3 n# p: N' S* U4 L
    711th Tank Battalion
) V/ S& [; v9 _; }4 B2 }; o    716th Tank Battalion
5 O0 i8 Q: |7 F8 L+ B- E5 h    1st Filipino Inf Regiment  h1 g0 L4 f; A9 \5 r+ C; c
    6th Infantry Division
3 ], s- B' l/ Z7 m0 ^" e    31st Infantry Regiment8 D" {. y! E9 j( O0 t
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
3 D( X$ a+ R- [/ N: x' _    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 i) \5 b) G5 C    X Corps Artillery ( z" o/ A, d: l. i; g! s* _, C
    14th Marine Defense Battalion/ Q+ \/ F- I6 l8 y3 @
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ l+ R$ F5 r* R
    I Corps Artillery % `+ s" T# {" f9 y' t* q, N
    XIV US Corps3 H) a6 c$ L' f* U
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ `9 k3 L3 u1 \
    96th Coast AA Regiment
  g; P. M( l/ O/ [" a    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* h1 h% f3 b, b) }/ [5 s    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! {+ A! D2 m$ M7 [) E- y    12th Marine Defense Battalion
- Q& c3 \- q& O$ \( M/ [' D) K    738th Coast AA Regiment
5 z( o5 F' [9 j# t) c4 s: c    1st USMC AA Battalion
+ e8 ?+ y4 X5 x# g6 m# p    5th USA Defense Battalion$ C" ?/ B) H! |- l3 u
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment; x3 k7 u3 U- ?* Q- v5 }; @
6 X) K( I: W, \7 l
Defending units:
7 l9 v7 A6 `: _+ v  j# q1 }9 P" c! J    144th Infantry Regiment. }% n  }' N% p5 {5 X! D$ S7 e
    81st/C Division; w* a8 G( v8 P% v5 h$ }. q
    Kure 3rd SNLF- y3 D+ u7 C3 @: y# M. g+ C
    Sasebo 7th SNLF( h0 s9 t3 @$ s- |
    81st/A Division. X' R) Z/ r+ g# a( b) L* I2 S3 N
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. g  f8 t7 v# ~0 i9 X
    33rd/B Division
1 g$ d' ^4 T' \4 }: q* p5 a    52nd Naval Guard Unit1 J6 y9 |9 Q/ Z" f) B. A
    33rd/A Division2 p! Z! L# _0 v( T6 c
    81st/B Division
4 c$ s4 `1 p, e7 N# \8 I    138th Infantry Regiment
* n5 n; r4 S' W% ~    33rd/C Division0 r% c# q1 B  V. P- u& M
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
* C, J" K4 Q. Q  M$ P9 `    60th Field AA Battalion" q9 k/ Y% c1 B( D) E8 h
    53rd Construction Battalion% ~5 ~, |5 ~" p9 l
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 G0 p% o5 b, l1 m! T4 y5 S3 Q
    14th Area Army /1
! H* o! i' |. K; X1 c$ C# B  u    61st Field AA Battalion. ]# w! L  {, N  X
    18th Army1 z) ]: s) d- Y
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ \) x4 P8 t. ~9 C% `- N& c1 @% J* R    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
0 E. ]- g# I  }    63rd Field AA Battalion
+ ?5 j/ z# I* g5 F: n    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
+ a0 O/ n3 Q; Z    12th Air Fleet$ ~  E" |% a$ G' O
    Kure 7th SNLF# f# g* A: l0 @/ ^) l: h! p+ d
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1: _" @" A, }% P# h& b" v" R
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) U" d3 d& Z2 k( B3 ^; U5 H- @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# l9 F; L) }$ U0 w# {* R    19th JAAF Base Force
1 ?5 f' Z  S+ E  D' M2 D6 o: s    3rd Base Force  P2 G0 V. N1 i9 S3 V
    Ponape Naval Fortress- b( D# H1 B, N
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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要不要眼含热泪这么夸张啊

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 44' ]* [+ c" Y& [$ S
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& J- `; d7 [6 a: n4 C& X' 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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6 Q6 m# V. f  {8 a3 h4 E* nRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.% p5 I/ t: s/ @2 f( v+ r
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
8 b) T( X2 t8 b5 `+ K  _      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462' k* H& N$ Z* _+ b3 I
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327
! l2 V5 x: _# ?      TBM-1C Avenger x 283( w8 N) Y  K9 b$ T. ]. n

" c( d0 D! F% y, L2 n4 MAllied aircraft losses* O/ Y" M4 D+ f: X& H6 k- o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged
; }) I( Z" {6 W7 V3 R      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged3 U  Z. M9 q$ P9 _
      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak$ @/ z& m$ P5 t( c3 ]4 |

$ {6 b& C+ Z6 y& u: H* u  eJapanese ground losses:; Q$ B9 m; w* E8 C! |2 X
      17 casualties reported
+ `/ {% O. G1 ]& F0 R* P3 E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ W7 k- M# B! i) C9 [3 O' Z+ i         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled* [% ~8 N; I# `$ L/ {( D! R6 g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( t4 g6 v$ Y+ U' N      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
. h+ W8 r9 p2 J1 j3 \7 B
' F- Z  E+ o& T1 C6 @Airbase hits 97
7 f' S& `5 S7 o" W) B- {+ Y  c" zAirbase supply hits 26. K. P+ X8 u* t+ n2 ^3 e: i: N
Runway hits 252( q% N" g5 V, k! A1 f

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)1 ~, T. x# u$ j5 }- V: l

3 F, F( m5 M7 HJapanese Bombardment attack4 Y. K; F, J: q, R
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728$ P" J- B' I3 d
& w0 l: q/ _) Z5 a4 `1 a
Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493/ ^& w. `' w& U' Z& Q8 T. u

/ ]- l$ ~0 C% _5 VJapanese ground losses:; e, G6 p- l/ f  ?* [* K
      736 casualties reported* m- G" e, w+ [$ p1 o# G4 H% r# D
         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled6 N" t5 Y: S+ W' c) }
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled  r9 U: x! W6 T9 v) b6 e6 v
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 F* |# X- F- j. _" u      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
' Z. C( z$ `- F6 O9 ?, E1 p      Units destroyed 1
; M) L- C* i( [) w
% |+ l7 T2 D( E9 x: u9 ]9 iAllied ground losses:- f/ i7 A2 E9 \, d$ |. K
      23 casualties reported- S: f7 m" U! i/ q0 C
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
) e0 a6 ]8 `. j' M- M1 M$ F6 Q         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( P$ ]5 N! L' h4 J         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 p; j4 d( k7 {' g2 h4 T0 P. L      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)5 ]9 @3 x" z, w% O. t
9 j0 ?8 v% P1 S. k/ m. P

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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+ O3 ], _! g; r( Y- |1 r: [Allied Bombardment attack! J9 H' T0 b. L5 s6 E

3 e7 h) R9 g! ^# P$ zAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24883 o) d+ ^: n/ Z
# N5 j7 j3 L# S& F1 u8 H
Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
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Japanese ground losses:
; j, {( ?9 {# `# W      698 casualties reported+ S8 z, b0 l3 ]% K9 P1 [
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled4 @6 j$ b; l! Z! l6 J
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
' o, X' U# J# m6 I. ^1 l         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
! R  v! f* Z. Y7 [6 U      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44' O3 w  Q8 ]# U& @# ?' V& C
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即/ ~/ V) z$ A' P
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" V2 _( k$ M: C* m8 q* _' }Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1133 f0 X* w9 K/ q" Q' B$ I; W" K6 d
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Allied Ships* b/ d. t. o, j  R
      CA Wichita
" [  v$ i( E; J5 _, V      CA Vincennes
+ {6 ]: C6 k" o+ m      CA Quincy
3 o9 {3 {4 m  L5 m) c" @      CA San Francisco
% f. g+ R7 J) J0 W      CA Minneapolis# \3 @) k# {6 |" s: T5 C- ~
      CA Astoria0 o3 ?, T8 ^- ~
      CA Chicago& R1 U. O) w8 w$ x) Y" F* f/ d
      CA Louisville
8 I4 n3 Q5 K2 O! X  i' ?; Y      CA Chester. M( e* U% ]- P' `
      CA Northampton$ f$ P" f: c: M. S# Y% [1 g
      CA Portland
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4 ], E* h2 w* FJapanese ground losses:) X) H- \$ K3 k2 m
      213 casualties reported* U7 f4 b3 G$ D" h2 d) A
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 H' h- M8 x2 R/ F6 p6 p$ V* k) R
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
; x% u. C6 y) ]5 E& x* v3 K( z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled0 i: F# R7 ^/ L5 T# r  y
      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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. w, [& A9 @; z. [3 l8 }) o3 k6 A# RAirbase hits 6) O  G$ H9 G+ C2 u) Y' w! s
Airbase supply hits 1  N% o3 U" u. Z6 o1 q
Runway hits 25& H. |! }! y: @: y7 s6 G
Port hits 5
& b9 j' h! {. i0 H, W* G1 h( lPort supply hits 1$ m) y: m+ X5 j3 H. _& `
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& _5 N. A" d( n7 i, I0 q( ANight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113/ k. Z9 V& t! X  i
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Allied Ships
. D1 |/ l4 [" H: J      BB Alabama
  Z5 y+ J( c; E, Y8 C- i9 D      BB Massachusetts
4 `. c# ~: K2 s# e      BB Indiana
1 L, R: X" M: G9 P* ]      BB South Dakota
, E/ w8 j0 a- w& i- g7 F! _      BB Washington. {0 K3 D5 Q( `; D8 F, G  Y
      BB North Carolina' p' `# b0 |: h+ N- `1 U

2 _8 j4 b5 k0 `( |# [7 m! W! PJapanese ground losses:
$ _4 C1 [3 ^' K      803 casualties reported5 X5 {5 p" O% f0 |! O% T
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
3 }" n, C' v/ [6 w" `         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled1 o3 X& t- O; C. X* _3 _' V* H
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled+ i; E& ~; ~4 S8 S4 L  M$ A- h7 K
      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)( c" @4 B! {; g) C* ~' i- N& ]- x
      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2( L! Q6 u2 x3 g* C* H6 L
Runway hits 3
: ?3 L+ U6 C& e; {- m. fPort hits 2
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$ e& R0 L' c1 L4 @Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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" m- R2 R! X7 c/ L: kAllied Ships
& @' a. y) v! N. ^: W4 T. y      BB Queen Elizabeth
6 |0 C( K5 R+ f; I& Q. t+ q& h      BB Valiant' I2 x8 t% j, c# F! y& |. ?( O
      BB Mississippi
) Z% P; |2 L5 @/ J8 K& ~+ R, _      BB New Mexico
/ \; ?1 A* F! a; V- q( Z8 y      BB Idaho
; R0 y" g4 h  h. x) E# j+ r2 S      BB West Virginia
  x! I, x# h1 D1 J& M1 A      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:4 A% T+ `+ _) R# r# t3 W  d7 r
      710 casualties reported
! A( w% m- Z* |* s7 D* I         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
2 W$ @3 T/ t7 R; p- ^7 K         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
/ W; w: W3 `$ X3 O( s# @4 W) [         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled$ Y1 b; z, I  q/ `( s- ~, I; b
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)4 e  D9 \# u7 C! V) S
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)% K: O  |8 h( z. N( D/ N8 l3 x
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Airbase hits 1
" f. q. I% ~1 X! b1 B( Z8 d( pRunway hits 9
9 O8 |2 r. f$ APort hits 16 Z. [# S" l' [# m

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 r3 t, w/ x3 }1 r
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Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.2 H( R; |. ^" m& b% k" R$ L. F
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
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Allied aircraft
7 h- P$ O0 A$ X! z7 ^5 D) D/ A      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
2 f' z& }) |5 a      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
/ _$ i! l8 q& Z- Y  C      TBM-1C Avenger x 271
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Allied aircraft losses- v2 a4 {: G+ k4 y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
! {4 I0 E/ Q( H: j% |      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged# t2 D( x4 I1 S8 H2 G6 @1 x. _

3 A( [# J# x- z, ~2 rJapanese ground losses:% n4 Q# ]* c! H/ Q% ]7 P
      660 casualties reported
7 a4 j' n7 z7 j/ O2 D* o) O         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
# Z! ]2 g9 ]0 I- [" x2 P: R) J; R         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled7 @' _9 B! x- v% B) Q' W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' C6 e- M0 j5 }
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)4 |7 ]6 e% ]1 ?5 k" x2 d. G
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: b. W9 ~9 c! S0 N0 `Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)/ m* W& k5 e& v2 v6 Q
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Allied Deliberate attack
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1 V9 s! n1 i" ]: h: R* \2 m. T/ {Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 24552 C& U8 b# W7 k' y4 T0 E1 U1 L' [7 _

, P5 W, d0 H. D" X0 K" k) Y' K0 w) xDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 6017 G* }4 P: `( m6 }. x! [
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
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Allied adjusted assault: 2943
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7 X0 U; S" d+ j8 ?0 KJapanese adjusted defense: 537 * b4 |0 C3 ~7 i8 L! p) O0 G

# ]% z7 h  A0 x0 @, P( S6 {Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) 5 ^/ n$ i6 C( ~1 ]# n' a

) F3 s! [  [+ R& r% [; QAllied Assault reduces fortifications to 4; \( k& F$ ]  X6 k0 A) J3 P/ I
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Combat modifiers
6 @, y& {  ?3 [# y2 V0 cDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)3 \: x. U' N( i1 Z8 U. a& `
Attacker: $ Y! `0 s0 v5 F

3 z% E4 g4 q8 R' p! |7 H: x: WJapanese ground losses:# y& q; S0 k  }
      4555 casualties reported. ?6 K' e; K, N. N3 @# X
         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled+ C% b: F0 J: i' K
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled- f1 N4 K% V: n
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled
0 J/ P' c" v& e1 b3 n      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
3 p7 C, g( M6 R6 P; Q, B      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
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) G- n: q- m/ j8 E/ X* cAllied ground losses:
) L' y! `1 s4 v7 G: }& u/ W: h      1283 casualties reported9 S: M0 S4 p+ D9 @4 J8 h
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
5 C7 @5 j$ }/ f$ l$ m2 s1 ^# D  f( g         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
2 R4 K. @; G, h2 c9 ~         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled: i$ D6 R& K" S* G+ V) P5 o
      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
/ Z: ], j, s& Y, t- ^      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)5 ^2 W: B' z3 s; d2 K

1 m  R% @( M5 |; RAssaulting units:4 f, \4 |5 \# N$ _
    716th Tank Battalion7 L, T$ r" U3 B, @% m- }, l3 s
    112th Cavalry Regiment9 M& `% {, P) y2 {9 R0 \) i
    44th Tank Battalion6 m! B+ {: ?2 n" l" F# s/ b
    711th Tank Battalion& @/ H' }/ A1 ?1 t7 R+ v  F  E4 X- I
    6th Infantry Division
0 G) T3 G* R/ _, T  y& h) c& o    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 B& a9 K  n4 S+ r+ v
    5th Marine Division5 f2 f% p+ m+ s/ W: a9 d# _
    706th Tank Battalion
7 t7 y8 e% S! [( v7 l6 k( P( l    710th Tank Battalion
0 S  p% X1 \! v6 R    81st Infantry Division9 E' V5 s0 m; ?) D; r+ y  o
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment7 U2 q3 b2 ~' U  z% K* @
    767th Tank Battalion
- Y9 w5 W) A" l% b; c$ t    762nd Tank Battalion5 v4 d7 G6 E$ ^# f; s& `) y
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment( r' P7 y- v- v
    96th Infantry Division
" O$ C( q+ x. ?# }+ l: F- n/ f    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; B% W1 L* E7 X3 Z2 X2 x$ z& ]! e    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. s; @2 n1 S! y6 R4 f. A  D    1st USMC AA Battalion
- C2 n  h2 }$ Q9 m    738th Coast AA Regiment( m/ O' N& e& j: c
    X Corps Artillery - ^+ v& c: b% O1 u$ Y
    I Corps Artillery   u1 s& A" k. |' m0 D
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 x/ f6 V9 ~' T- s* @    12th Marine Defense Battalion! \% Q  g- e/ v5 Z: K. Q1 d9 N
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 I7 E5 B$ E0 n: ]5 u" L    XIV US Corps+ n+ J; ^/ C, X' m% m1 {2 Z6 n( x
    4th USA Defense Battalion
7 W) t9 e, L' t  h9 ]    5th USA Defense Battalion# \, H+ x* K( h
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
7 B5 \+ g  C" ~* |7 }7 T& v    96th Coast AA Regiment# n: r5 a: Y' h6 d
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' k- f, N. @7 ~! X    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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$ u0 `, ]6 _& D% {5 oDefending units:
: e- L" h# J$ b  _. i    81st Division. d4 P7 i! d* U6 K) C5 ~
    33rd Division2 p  }: \$ x8 ]. F9 A/ q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
  M8 i6 s( K9 o2 l) M    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 Z. _0 O+ A3 ]6 L1 P/ `( \
    138th Infantry Regiment
. e2 j% W8 C& i% Q% x2 ?/ @$ b    Kure 3rd SNLF /1) q+ |. A( L+ ^3 x
    3rd Base Force: s- J7 ^, j' l+ k, ~8 S
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% n" q9 a" H5 |$ T# N0 ]
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment0 w' b& R$ e% E
    14th Area Army /1& {' E! B8 W2 H  s$ m
    144th Infantry Regiment% ]0 x$ Z- }8 M/ w7 n5 ~( \# o
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
8 p5 O2 p! [/ ~4 R- u    19th JAAF Base Force$ ]9 ~+ k, @, e
    60th Field AA Battalion
# b; u+ a0 g& q4 A5 ~1 w, t) T    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
' V" H5 y$ k& S: K1 B8 p9 z    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
$ J) s$ j9 Z0 v& y! M; e  }    61st Field AA Battalion, |9 y, C+ q- P
    Kure 7th SNLF
1 b; _- N2 F( ]$ b  V  m    Wake Cst Gun Bn /12 ?. ~" Z: q3 ?3 v/ `) G
    18th Army5 Q% j0 `  L: e8 c
    12th Air Fleet
3 v" G6 p4 p* u) j. ^    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" P  n+ Z, d8 z: ?7 X2 X- F    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
9 X! K* Z1 G- ?& M* @! e    Ponape Naval Fortress
1 I0 O) V* B& I$ H2 _: _    53rd Construction Battalion/ q9 W  S0 i" ?' L9 q' D( ~% ^
    63rd Field AA Battalion
( D1 L  W7 G$ R2 K, D( u' m! }    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44! w( F9 T% F2 w7 C+ o! h% M
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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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。0 |$ s# S0 ^$ o7 z/ v7 U; D3 f2 x/ j
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Shock attack
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* X( u' f7 g# r* K, T. b& j  xAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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+ B. B4 u4 p8 @* [, WDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
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& u2 I# Q4 w+ m# {4 tAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
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Allied adjusted assault: 5312
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Japanese adjusted defense: 163
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$ ]( o: G" _/ x2 V4 W$ KAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!/ n- J+ U5 t& b; V3 k4 C

0 Y/ p2 u; b! j0 DCombat modifiers
: B- X1 l' i0 {' ^7 H# v5 h7 {3 ]Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
1 Q* C, `+ W3 |- D8 A. H* {& b; mAttacker: shock(+)& X. r, ]& X$ w9 @" s9 d

' D% f: v' e; t: X% l+ Q+ D  PJapanese ground losses:
2 U8 v: b8 K, H% u8 w& i      6464 casualties reported; q  @, T6 a8 x/ X7 c9 Q4 x
         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled4 o$ B( L# Y* n& J# Y
         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
' k1 l$ ?  \# ^% }' \$ }8 n         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled
* O5 ]- i2 S/ d- Y' T2 W0 @      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)
7 D" t8 P  {- P. ?% w+ _      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)% W& a- ^$ J& i% i) n$ d* W7 @
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:" G2 X# t; ?; u. i: B3 O
      700 casualties reported
8 ^7 X" p0 X( X; C. f( j         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled
" X$ O) p( w" P% [9 a         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
0 r" a/ k7 j8 z+ m  V         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
8 U; {1 u; f+ h      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
# R/ C2 y  P4 H9 D7 _, V9 F      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)$ n; w7 K. I1 o0 o

' u, m& r; z# k% n  xAssaulting units:
# ^% L0 Q3 Y  v  d  `    6th Infantry Division5 G& \' |8 r& |% Q+ a
    706th Tank Battalion) N% _. C( T3 ^
    710th Tank Battalion
6 p1 Y6 {$ o, y$ j7 P    716th Tank Battalion
7 v% g4 c( R8 w6 u* @- N) S    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
  Y8 z8 g5 }( h( q, f' U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
& s5 D8 D) I8 w& E+ v2 D    767th Tank Battalion! k" L% |7 t6 Z) X' X7 m
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
) {2 A' P- {. u  X5 {    711th Tank Battalion
' Z( @+ V' U& C" k. Z# K# \+ G2 X5 ^    762nd Tank Battalion
2 U/ |  W6 x* h7 N5 N& x2 D    81st Infantry Division; ^; Q& D$ k0 j
    5th Marine Division3 w: z! a# B& H" C
    112th Cavalry Regiment
( @/ Q6 U& [: c/ V) X    44th Tank Battalion
  o8 W! [9 e. V' e    96th Infantry Division( m' o1 x( [$ n7 @
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' R$ C" j* k4 M" F8 H8 p) G" {    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
" B2 N9 L6 x3 e" e" w    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 z7 o2 H8 b; F: _9 v! m% J: ]( P; \    5th USA Defense Battalion- A  N1 `/ q" J- y# Y
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
# G& [/ w; y# R) A9 y9 {    1st USMC AA Battalion* i1 [# r  L( b% W
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# f5 T0 J0 r4 K$ H) f( u! Y$ [    XIV US Corps: l( C/ [$ x1 |" J2 S; F+ t1 X
    I Corps Artillery
1 u& Z5 Q# k7 }6 R4 x3 j: Z    8th Marine Defense Battalion: b, C6 i% h4 y& E3 n
    738th Coast AA Regiment2 ~# N. l/ z: m- h
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' J: f) C; S  o6 P& O8 i  F
    X Corps Artillery + Q$ ]5 T$ q$ K  K
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 v$ {( y$ G( W( e    96th Coast AA Regiment% s& I9 r" g9 w
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
0 _1 \1 ^" J7 j2 r1 ~3 Q5 b1 @    81st Division
/ o4 h7 B0 L0 {: h+ ~    33rd Division) j. c" z/ y5 `3 Q0 c" @1 [9 a4 Y
    138th Infantry Regiment
0 d! i6 b4 a- W- j9 Z# @/ ?    Sasebo 7th SNLF
3 c, X0 }0 D) U. U9 L; o% |    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ _% b3 |7 q+ t7 L7 r    12th Air Fleet% g% d+ e$ _: r, ^- P' b- k, v
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion1 p- j+ h4 T+ M
    60th Field AA Battalion
% Y- x) @* Y* u$ D: H4 f; X% ]) m    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment- Z. ]- W5 |* A+ O* L  o
    53rd Construction Battalion  R" }& t0 v, F3 ~1 F
    61st Field AA Battalion
7 |; E2 y. `) ~    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1' P/ e1 F- t& V! ]* R
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
1 _3 F: b5 R7 v7 L% F    19th JAAF Base Force% v: Q+ d1 C+ Y7 w
    18th Army
# L# @) w, K8 }* e2 w# [+ z9 D6 C    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 Z* n7 U* s: M5 X7 y4 l    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 l* L0 Z' j  N, z: E
    3rd Base Force
. z7 T; w) c" c' \+ u* k    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion( i3 L1 w+ p( ^
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
& P5 V4 y" E0 ~3 Y% U8 i" Y    14th Area Army /1$ |9 c/ Q5 \1 c
    Kure 7th SNLF
0 l/ J5 w- n) ]% m6 ?2 |    144th Infantry Regiment
! D. s8 v0 ]3 ]: {4 E; ]" m    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 J- i1 c. M2 J% d' \2 y    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 K6 ?4 Q9 ~% P    18th Field AF Construction Battalion2 U4 K, d* g+ W4 v! n
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44
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, d5 j9 I2 p" I' i% Y: Y/ t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。。。- N, m3 i  O: W# b$ y' J
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" U* M$ _8 }5 {" n  B8 N0 M2 L. z      DD Fujinami: Y4 t! \4 u! S" Q4 W% }3 _
      DD Kishinami
: K0 z% L- S; R" X      DD Kiyonami2 ?& y2 L4 n! o) M  c! Q' s3 U
      DD Okinami
" l8 e3 S( V; B# g6 x, \3 ~6 T      DD Hamanami
) [$ w0 ?2 `0 f  ]* v6 m1 O      DD Asashimo
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Allied Ships
: N  [0 \& J# p( ]* {      xAP Golden Racer
) H8 v9 Y) S6 w# e      xAP Mallory Lykes
2 v$ l' I; ~: `, C8 x( k      xAP Abigail Adams
9 W4 N: w1 y3 K- I7 n2 k      xAP Adoniram Judson
6 G8 {& {+ f4 M8 |- H      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! J: C$ v1 W: v+ M# e: K) r      xAP Andrew D. White: y0 T5 Z1 c2 G
      xAP Andrew Furuseth
6 o5 R( y3 [  O, _. B      xAP Archbishop Lamy
+ d5 M  y+ Y7 F# m* Q      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
1 G! w, ^3 }3 h) I2 @      xAP B. F. Shaw. f5 Q+ ]* u& o! n2 s
      xAP B. Livingston
. N! y- G% M* x1 ]      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson5 k, v1 j4 M2 s* d, v, `% V
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler( ?  ~4 x7 W/ d* C4 o
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
. a8 f' J" {+ o$ S$ @      xAP Caleb Strong
/ g2 o( l+ s7 f! V4 }2 _9 ~      xAP Carlos Carrillo( p% x2 K* ~9 A8 a4 W! p0 b8 G
      xAP Charles H. Windham2 i! r; K. I/ U% n  T$ ^
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
$ P$ q0 j' [4 T      xAP Chief Washakie# j1 J7 f: I3 m3 w$ m; t. ^% Z1 g
      xAP Daniel Drake7 U6 Y% U" H# B5 o! {
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
! I0 i# @) Y5 n      xAP David Dudley Field* F- _: e, T" ]8 f; R
      xAP David Gaillard# G' D3 l. g/ T% C# S' t
      xAP David J. Brewer
; K0 v4 w1 v" e8 V  `) J# Z2 w      xAP Edmund Fanning
5 `: \" y! y# a) z0 R# E      xAP Edmund Randolph6 _- R& Z% a) z0 ~) [' B
      xAP Edward Livingston
! ]4 K6 y1 O1 f4 p3 J      xAP Edwin Markham
4 Q0 B, |" r& `3 b4 K+ c      xAP Elihu Thomson& y; U  c9 Y- m- o) G* b3 d4 R- {6 [
      xAP Frances E. Willard# {. S( R4 C  W4 f9 t: W' a. K
      xAP Francis P. Blair
/ Y! F1 A$ n2 S+ {. O! S      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ _8 e- N7 Z7 ~! [
      xAP Leland Stanford1 k$ @1 M. c- V. M! s
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
1 {6 @6 ]) {' r" E      xAP Lew Wallace0 m; B- ]: L. P( m1 C- `
      xAP Lewis Cass
# O3 W, m) j) d0 W( r      xAP Lydia M. Child
) u% ]1 ?4 n- R5 h; _' g      xAP Samuel Gompers. v( S" r' s5 P- J6 A
      xAP Stanley Matthews
0 {  u- V% U9 k, N( q4 F- n      xAP Stephen J. Field
3 s' j5 ?( ?  G7 h      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
1 ?/ l4 X% @5 r( b      xAP Thomas A. Edison: ?8 Y  G  A6 @
      xAP Thomas Nast* D' h2 g- i& Z; @; q
      xAP Thomas Nelson  z2 ?6 G$ l; V7 j# z4 f* p! p
      xAP Vitus Bering
4 T0 ?$ K, L. ?# t9 \, f      xAP Walter Colton: |% q3 D2 a/ p& p$ E+ i
      xAP William C. Claiborne
% T: ~4 W2 [0 ~$ A' _      xAP William Dunbar
. l4 e: T! l& Y8 B* B      xAP William E. Channing/ y, M$ l- a& N
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2
, H2 r- k& R) U5 |- i; G      xAP William L. Garrison
" r) y( {$ k' N# W, ]( ?      xAP William M. Stewart
) R* x9 W9 D- i      xAP William P. McArthur+ ]& k; W0 X  i5 C+ i8 H
      xAP William T. Sherman& B* ?" `, X2 u( }0 Q8 ^/ c
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
6 \/ v# F8 i2 o" u" A  d      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- G6 F( W# u: }
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
- ]* U2 e, O7 V1 T      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ z6 |) e+ y$ I0 ^9 J6 y
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
# d' Q5 J  C6 H2 k* W: i/ A- y  b      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' X+ i" u; z) E      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- q% z( d$ H( v! t      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
7 E7 W5 @1 N7 i+ h+ q- \0 _      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
8 H/ m1 U5 ?$ q% l" D: J; _6 H      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ d! \' v% f: g& @+ w      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
& Z2 Z5 R3 N& y8 b( H      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1, f( ^' V- y5 \1 _6 v- T
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Allied ground losses:1 \  `2 a0 b, Y" b5 F
      2171 casualties reported0 H$ M" s0 q/ I5 |
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
/ _( O0 P: g& H. u# U         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled4 |. Z2 v4 F5 U8 w
         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
. V' Q) b8 _8 h      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
+ x  a8 I+ _% v5 w+ c8 T% |      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships; e8 N- S: \0 t) y, r" e8 I
      CA Tone! O# ^* D4 }. `/ Z% ]
      CA Chikuma
/ j# e7 x& i7 _  n      CA Mogami
4 M4 h* _) H1 J/ X/ U* l      CA Mikuma
- p& \. w4 w' B- g' x      CA Suzuya1 E0 |5 k" q" ]1 h5 A
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1" r, K' W- A( D) O
      DD Haruzuki% h0 F% r& H/ a4 m2 L& U) n  x
      DD Naganami
" ]! a& Y+ L$ W) J/ v/ A9 l      DD Myojinkaze
% x2 J- _1 @  P4 I      DD Kosukaze
6 l. I% u5 X! E      DD Yamanakaze
( d- t. K4 Z% a. s$ W      DD Urazuki+ h- r$ r3 A3 x( C
      DD Benigumo
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Allied Ships
5 W4 `: T7 `& `# w) i) C) m      xAP Golden Racer
5 W6 C0 q) U$ ]- D1 W  J2 r; j      xAP Mallory Lykes7 w2 T0 B0 p8 T3 c: t
      xAP Abigail Adams' D3 j. [! j. I3 ^) }
      xAP Adoniram Judson# I! h% r- ]8 @8 a
      xAP Andrew D. White4 ^7 ~* f  u0 f
      xAP Andrew Furuseth3 L4 E. l/ b0 m% y3 {" e+ j% \
      xAP Archbishop Lamy! C# a& h/ H) A. @9 A% m
      xAP B. F. Shaw7 u4 U3 _5 ^, H. p
      xAP B. Livingston8 ]. @/ X- s. U9 E5 B7 C3 u: Y
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2& f! _; C% x2 P4 u( ~
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler* d) y/ Y0 q6 Q' V3 M
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
( \; z/ u# ]7 F# ?8 v2 J  x  }      xAP Caleb Strong
* x- V5 {/ ^8 I7 ^, m4 G6 u      xAP Carlos Carrillo
& T$ q- w7 ^2 ?7 W      xAP Charles H. Windham
( C, f, |+ I; G. c      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz1 a; P  D3 G0 n: ?7 Q- j% h
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
8 n4 a& A  w2 U  Q$ o' V+ q: X3 r      xAP Daniel Drake
! D, }* ~  x' r; q/ T* y# S      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
( q5 H2 X4 g* u! N- ]# C      xAP David Dudley Field/ l- w8 g/ M& `, V$ K" B! x
      xAP David Gaillard
3 P$ c0 p  X+ J9 z7 @/ ~9 r: L+ H      xAP David J. Brewer
2 S2 y/ P+ ~$ q; x0 x      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire- |1 i0 b2 U7 _
      xAP Edward Livingston
2 f5 o6 x( T% ~. b# }      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2
& k1 X5 Y& N2 q- w( p+ d3 E' @      xAP Elihu Thomson) w' t" M$ s% G9 C: P. ]
      xAP Frances E. Willard$ a  v; r" ~% w& C6 w* X
      xAP Francis P. Blair
9 G1 {! x' a* Q      xAP Leland Stanford
$ \% _) @, b/ U      xAP Leslie M. Shaw2 z/ ^+ d9 d5 U& `2 r
      xAP Lew Wallace  ]: r# f4 d3 d! f# P% ^
      xAP Lewis Cass
+ {# H9 I2 N0 G; J/ t      xAP Lydia M. Child7 e6 \8 ]( M2 Y2 a# I
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( ^' s4 s  V1 F3 A      xAP Stanley Matthews
; d& n6 {  U  V4 e      xAP Stephen J. Field* F2 t2 h% a! a( ?
      xAP Stephen M. White
1 Z5 |3 j$ Y7 F$ _      xAP Thomas A. Edison/ I! z1 m- `1 [$ x3 s; t6 h
      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
6 a; L0 i6 ], V  I4 A6 X3 X      xAP Vitus Bering
" n2 a) K/ e. N3 F) J% u      xAP Walter Colton
! |$ s- m( x$ m      xAP William C. Claiborne' M- }  f8 q% {8 h' l
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
+ P9 D) X& S7 ^& I2 z+ ?3 I, _      xAP William E. Channing# L" d$ V! R& c* c1 h) _3 h2 `2 I
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
$ ?9 l8 I9 ^6 k8 B6 S0 k7 v+ T      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
' A/ K9 h1 O* B0 V      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire+ z8 q  O6 F7 U+ g6 }3 g4 c/ X8 C
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 w. @. O( g( o5 J$ T
      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 `  h/ S/ Y9 {" {- ^! P      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ a5 G' L5 l' D$ B1 k$ h/ `( |8 g6 ~
      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ m+ `# O. W9 W  l6 j      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 [. Z* W* B0 m/ C; p0 `      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, ~  \! p0 }0 t# _9 o
      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2/ f2 e% q$ H9 o& ~7 s
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ O! U6 `  P* O9 c. e+ S& j+ B      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 ~- f7 g0 }* a5 |8 s* _( Y8 A
      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
/ _2 Q3 y6 H- y* l0 l& J7 s      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 m( f1 X! ~+ ?9 L/ g      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: r. }0 m. d" U" f1 z
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* p' V8 m; Y0 a, q' L. ^; S      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; O# e& ~+ G, s3 A- x      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! t7 g) e; w: p; e3 X$ @/ l
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire2 d8 Q, ~* f- R9 ]- o" K
      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire4 u: k+ y8 m* b0 W4 h1 ~  s5 d
      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire
% g* b7 b8 X' e4 e      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; c" b) F$ W6 a: ^# ~4 h
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire
# k; b' e7 H% B% B5 p      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
( ?% t3 }' E  I      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 24 r7 o4 H' O, Q8 q3 ]
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Allied ground losses:' v# i6 d$ _4 N; a' T9 n$ \
      1589 casualties reported  t; y2 i8 C# f6 j
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled- x% t+ |" i" g& U
         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled- K) h1 @7 A* G( G8 V" {
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled: \% q) y3 b) q
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
9 L% ?+ k' F* l% R7 `      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)" h9 D+ `: N5 N) z0 Q. p2 |6 U
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队$ G0 C+ E3 R% I% k9 ]
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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: M6 [& W+ e" o) `& @$ VAllied Deliberate attack
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  o! D0 j2 r3 t: k9 hAttacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237& ]! n1 V  e, a- C; q/ B* m

" p4 n: y8 n/ r$ v/ lDefending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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' G& C. Q+ S* L. P, |Allied adjusted assault: 1865
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. U& q0 L3 ^% B* {: R2 ?Japanese adjusted defense: 57
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 $ s( |7 k% t3 b9 n* C1 Z  y
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Combat modifiers
" q6 x) y6 @7 j( ~% mDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
* c5 T6 @" E* W! }4 O" GAttacker: 3 H  t  `3 k+ [$ f

, F0 {7 w$ O2 I4 N/ gJapanese ground losses:
; d* C9 @( ^( U! \0 F      2583 casualties reported' t) v3 J8 ^. x: B" t7 F; H7 T
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled
3 E' u# x6 C5 B  E8 {         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
% N3 F+ [% ]5 Q) `4 o         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
& j& g7 o+ y. p1 u. @      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)- J/ I, ~) C/ r; I) X$ C
      Units destroyed 1  }% u+ W# Y6 u# n6 P7 h+ J- G

( I& q& b# D4 oAllied ground losses:
! A3 V9 y! m# r/ }5 Y: B8 D      107 casualties reported) U' [0 _2 z5 P' W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled5 e7 Z0 u6 c' \8 J
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
2 F/ K7 Y* T# u  ]  H, b+ B1 Y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
) Z) }' ]5 @* e# l0 ?: C& q      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled): F. Z' |: }- G  f% A0 \+ ^
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Assaulting units:
8 A% I# g( c5 _) ?. M6 F% Y9 S- d    6th Infantry Division
9 I& F& f8 R& H- A( H8 z7 X  M    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
9 R% N; J1 m. j. X/ P: p    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
" I$ t$ q2 r2 d( g. c    710th Tank Battalion7 b/ N0 s9 D; N9 C9 o, @  K2 ^
    81st Infantry Division
; [0 M$ E9 V  i    767th Tank Battalion
- m# M  _- z. o4 v* m2 z    716th Tank Battalion
1 P. T# C! i% T; k, l7 u2 b( V  B    44th Tank Battalion% Z: O0 j8 R  A) S
    711th Tank Battalion0 M1 Z- i; f1 P6 w) ~4 ?
    762nd Tank Battalion
7 j) U3 k4 a6 e% C, w, I5 l    5th Marine Division
' h, e) |6 v4 G: `2 `- S2 d7 Q    112th Cavalry Regiment
; ^! k$ p. q9 g, G    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment3 C" k6 Z& `$ Y; g  Z+ a
    706th Tank Battalion
4 I7 a1 a7 y1 M! S    96th Infantry Division
( e/ M6 H* E0 r/ T# m" Z/ y6 S    XIV US Corps$ }7 W$ X2 V  ?+ \( e! K' e/ O. |
    4th USA Defense Battalion$ u) d) m) P. X/ J
    X Corps Artillery 0 _2 C2 b% m+ B  ~/ K. }9 T/ N; r* y
    738th Coast AA Regiment3 v0 }$ o% t1 g) O9 r6 J, D& [
    5th USA Defense Battalion
% ]) D8 }" j/ Q! s' E    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment5 t" {+ y) i; ^# l$ b
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ a. y  S$ ?) \4 c    I Corps Artillery
% c! c( }* u2 `$ s: D% S# [, U. {    12th Marine Defense Battalion$ o% F5 h: c/ l  ?/ ?0 C& J
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
! W8 I, W8 W: J1 w    1st USMC AA Battalion6 X- ]1 m" E* R8 ]
    35th Aviation Base Force+ u' [. j+ ^/ t& q
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ t8 S9 u3 U8 a! O- `    96th Coast AA Regiment) m7 j! n5 x) I5 r  M. k+ n
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ y, u$ U8 s; Y2 C/ z6 s
    8th Marine Defense Battalion; P& v) t% ?6 z9 o! B
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:$ R. ~/ h% N/ A( H+ b! s
    81st Division- e. e; ?$ n4 ^: J
    33rd Division& H% z. l0 _8 j4 X2 r  A
    Sasebo 7th SNLF; b! k+ c4 N0 h, _; H: E
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
7 A# ~, d: o( W: c9 q7 y    Ponape Naval Fortress
( h0 @* G$ [+ K# |! p    63rd Field AA Battalion& @4 Z3 K" @- }# G" q0 J0 q% V
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment- C& {8 P% B/ A& B$ }
    14th Area Army /1
5 F( w2 C! ?1 `& J: P    61st Field AA Battalion
9 L8 Q$ [1 N/ \4 D' }  U% u    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  E' d  t. k: L6 B1 [% v
    3rd Base Force$ `+ f. {  n. n* U
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1  Q" z/ F/ }2 [, ^6 K" a
    19th JAAF Base Force  j! X; t7 A% [* V" Y% U0 I- w4 C
    53rd Construction Battalion
# u* c# M& V6 L1 f, X+ I    12th Air Fleet
& O+ g6 W- `; o: a2 Y+ ^    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion: o* h7 V8 B0 a* S- R3 u
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# s, `( B2 R  |, z  P
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion/ w* y4 B& o! M* V' y4 r
    Kure 7th SNLF
* F4 _- ^+ T. U& K! N+ {0 V" _    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment) F0 V8 j& |" w1 L' V1 K
    144th Infantry Regiment- U6 s7 z! @; @2 r+ E
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment: ^# Y; S0 @( }' S: S! j0 ]0 n5 M
    18th Army
& x3 i9 J2 X0 ^) {/ i9 V9 F/ E    138th Infantry Regiment
# U. E- M- Q' Q: v( f/ `    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! c0 W7 p& K7 Z/ E; e
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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5 Y. q- v- C  q1 I5 `23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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( R; m$ p7 z% U) |5 Q9 X7 A+ X14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!( d- N5 y4 ^0 m8 W7 ]
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8 W; z2 a6 [9 k% T61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!/ ^" u9 m; x9 |% a' B
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38th Ind. Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!$ ]5 x2 O# {8 K9 L6 M2 [- _
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+ o/ G( u& }# {/ e18th Field AF Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Ponape
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Japanese Unit(s) Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!

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