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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44* F, K5 ], E9 ], d1 U

1 X+ o2 I( I/ J3 B1 U# u0 z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1 s3 X3 g" e! _, q& W3 @

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!1 o: \% |) {; N. G: x8 R. _1 \6 a( @
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.1 ~( S" Z& {4 n4 w: M3 o

9 R+ q, ?/ K: M% C: NAllied Ships# P9 q% b/ h7 v7 w/ \' \3 J1 x- J/ U& p
      CA Wichita
9 k4 M0 c, `8 h/ B  v" ?      CA Vincennes3 G% B$ _3 Q% y! V; |) h
      CA Quincy; A, `4 I: z/ V5 W' u% S
      CA San Francisco$ r, B# ?& [3 X- b
      CA Minneapolis" ?0 m6 |: r2 D6 l
      CA Astoria7 ]2 ^4 w4 J9 z2 Y- v/ h
      CA Chicago
+ M/ ?' G- R3 [* @0 C8 e3 o7 R      CA Louisville! D. \( K6 @3 i: m; y
      CA Chester
5 g  _. R; F  o, t7 Q$ {+ Q5 ]      CA Northampton
* o1 U. ^$ z' @0 y& A3 z      CA Portland
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# ?: q% I' t6 y) ?# T/ qJapanese ground losses:: P( B3 D# z: Y, M5 O# t$ ?
      71 casualties reported
* ]6 U9 e2 w) {- _" j0 }         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled/ O4 k$ E/ {9 S  G* R# @  |
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled7 q/ D, ^5 x  g# m% B
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
# m; T2 {  {8 \& |1 N! A      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2- A9 w( \3 B; X/ p
Runway hits 10* I) [7 Z5 Q  l5 ^) p4 J0 W
Port hits 4
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, [  R& l6 i# z2 y3 ~0 ?5 o; dCA Wichita firing at Ponape
: B7 @; ]* Q1 ~& C2 P) n0 hCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
& k7 N+ r0 s2 m9 g( o5 ]Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
0 b: f* s: B$ ^" _& l* qCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
. c+ ?2 t# {$ d1 [+ f4 _* sPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy3 o) a. N! E' l4 b( q5 V
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division% S: k  `) a, T) J. Q
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
! D# M- V0 x6 N4 j2 YPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria. A# L8 O7 J( N* G
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
0 r% {/ J# E, h+ kCA Chicago firing at Ponape ( T3 n9 u- `: }
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force. j4 ]! M5 u$ V( e
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester' S8 I2 y! }; v, A' D2 v
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress- F" @) J  W$ O
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division& w, G9 e( g1 R
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
& F( [4 e+ v2 oCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, q. G) |& z8 T: P

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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$ ?2 w# G" f7 y  ~- w* F) dAllied Ships" m' Q" J' |' h
      BB Alabama
% N6 B3 g( s( C; {5 X      BB Massachusetts& v# Z# Q8 S3 @6 C3 h
      BB Indiana4 s' G& W; |" w0 X
      BB South Dakota
3 l* G& R# @7 I8 b1 S+ D1 U      BB Washington
9 ?  y" e5 }# w  K      BB North Carolina$ O' s- ~! H' E7 X* Z1 |4 y7 j
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Japanese ground losses:+ p$ B" N8 }3 y' F, ]% x( H
      275 casualties reported
3 ]$ T  b: j0 b+ ?' f4 u         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: F! N; y' x9 a         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled2 K. Z7 l% Q, r4 F" Z' E2 l; }, H
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled3 N  O/ c0 K8 J4 H- |( j5 K, q
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)% K! u. `! K, l* x2 h# d& G
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ e5 v3 r4 s6 w7 |

9 U. E  d9 u, R+ Y3 f9 d4 A0 }Airbase supply hits 1
2 p$ T2 B8 D% n! L  F& K! IRunway hits 7
+ b  c1 R* {! ?# E' Z2 GPort hits 3& n$ Z3 T( g. o( e
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape
( x& b, h+ S1 Q% E- _BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 6 Z3 {& O: L# U& {6 K; _% {  Z
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division0 |3 D; S. l, T) U
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota! T, t8 k; r1 ?; ]9 ~) e$ K
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 9 n/ l) p# r8 f7 a
BB Washington firing at Ponape / d$ B* ~. S/ |" O) ^+ @9 C. v
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment/ X* |  h( C: S8 e% ^- z2 ^' H6 j

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+ C5 ^/ n/ y! J# x9 V. X- J2 ZNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!  v3 b0 z: t- H% x/ S9 \

! v2 J, n  u6 I+ t% b13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense./ ]; z8 _7 G4 e1 s' u- `% n

; p3 z; [4 c5 l" M5 ^' vAllied Ships! K4 n1 l1 c- t* M
      BB Queen Elizabeth
! S6 t% W  j7 `' _6 j" d1 S      BB Valiant
! R  e6 G, X/ u/ Q. P# O' q      BB Mississippi! {+ R2 R1 K4 v% U' h# U0 \- }8 G
      BB New Mexico6 S/ a! r( k+ b
      BB Idaho3 `  o5 v2 c* Y* k, g( B- V: x
      BB West Virginia
' F( l( o3 j; O! ^      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:
7 O4 q/ r: M: X      117 casualties reported& z$ ^+ G) Y0 W# l
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
! H3 {( Z5 O9 }4 i7 b         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 @) ]! l" w2 h) B# p         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled% t; Q1 o3 a% e8 `
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled): E$ `  i1 ^! W8 J
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)2 z! V& V7 J+ i2 q4 w& {, ]1 V

) n& m) H$ D+ k/ i) p8 dAirbase hits 2
5 ~: l/ J3 U0 C0 q7 P& @Runway hits 2
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3 t, D' J+ P, @/ G  H, v: b, W/ Q" Y$ EBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
: N3 T( a1 G3 }8 [  C6 y0 _; GBB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 s: e& t4 ^) V& z* ABB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
* C6 m" h1 Y, D2 r$ y; i/ w6 A$ Y9 qPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi3 P6 z) M; m$ K9 a# K8 n: a
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
' T& f  ]2 }5 j+ s8 T0 |7 X1 rBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force% d7 o7 y4 a2 s( z9 ^& E- g
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
4 p6 ?+ N8 ?4 z  o3 ~BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
  C2 L8 y4 h8 _  }. N" qBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
/ J) Z- ~8 H8 N+ B* {$ T3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado, S! M/ L/ N/ P) T- k, R, N

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( _, Y8 ~8 G5 ]$ xAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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, u, X# x2 d+ x4 ?* lWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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5 I" j* g- `' b' `/ U5 NRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
: D% i, z' \' ]$ u1 R0 r( ]. LEstimated time to target is 34 minutes. t; u3 S0 }" y7 N

: h  @2 |" A- Q0 q- D& S2 fAllied aircraft5 G5 N6 l# t' ?- j. ?
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
, {& y6 f) M; H. P& x9 N' a! R      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337' |# c5 G2 r9 I1 N# E
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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Allied aircraft losses' \! p* G$ s1 Z( U
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged0 K; |1 l; W) M5 G* Y! T
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak7 t7 ~9 N2 I# F$ A5 ^5 D3 Z. G
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged. ~& A% r- u5 v+ b7 m# a8 P: m2 r
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
; v+ ?: W9 `' g; t0 a      159 casualties reported( k1 Z$ d* D" d  w4 F. C8 Q3 c
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
2 p! e. x9 {* F& _; ]% h         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
6 s! s& O6 C) o, `) t! h' L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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( r- A" W9 c, {7 R4 x3 Z5 QAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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7 R: I0 b' n# RDefending 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 9 L8 E& D8 u8 f) Y% _

, }7 Q+ G$ h4 _0 I& _( YJapanese adjusted defense: 8701 " S& [& N! r+ O. H, ?' _% A

7 f- B$ u" ~  e0 o" W4 W& g" F- yAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 9 l. B, L' g& ^9 E  \+ ]

, s2 i% }, D1 J" V) y: bCombat modifiers  `0 \& n. v8 v; F- d6 z# f
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)+ ^! q5 @7 }. L# f; p" ?
Attacker:
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9 x) J2 X# v- a7 Z; t. XJapanese ground losses:- j0 P" M8 [" s* a1 i9 w
      3539 casualties reported; u+ j% N  c* V! w9 i
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled3 _" a! X/ Z+ L" [: t% `2 a6 a
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
4 @3 G6 ~, H+ M; A( \         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled4 I$ Q* W3 f* c6 G) V
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)9 n( m" u3 ?+ m/ ^
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
+ t: k8 `1 f6 y- f( o      3552 casualties reported
8 J/ p7 @5 P! M' ]         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled# w- e: c$ q0 `6 q2 I5 n
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
- {8 o7 \% {- q0 g% M9 b8 J         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled% I. K! \- n* [. S9 \' @3 g
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)8 Q0 I& t+ I' I* @# U
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)6 D  V. Y: R& j  p. J4 O8 M, g
      Units destroyed 1: l, A' k( L& P: W% i, I8 F

& z  u, y; M: A0 m8 p& N4 aAssaulting units:/ X& w/ X1 m2 p  o  J
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
7 ~: l% T7 z" ]8 l; P/ r    5th Marine Division
, M" v, i! x3 \9 V    716th Tank Battalion
# h6 B& {+ U3 g    706th Tank Battalion
, H; l# o3 ?0 Q" \" X* M    762nd Tank Battalion
6 r' M$ ^1 c8 F  R  E$ o    710th Tank Battalion
: Z% S  p6 Q8 V3 m+ C$ n. [: Z    767th Tank Battalion5 ~+ b$ b& N2 N$ y5 e7 E/ S. n6 L
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
% f; h2 f. ~# f3 ^" K) q    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment) d. `5 W: q& M
    81st Infantry Division
0 Y6 i# u% ~  u1 b, W    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
" `' d9 m6 d4 Y1 m& r' K3 q    96th Infantry Division2 z7 V6 D. o: r  S
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment% y' }+ m; T1 Y7 Y% ~
    711th Tank Battalion- q. _4 c& d( r; Z6 w) y+ j+ C
    44th Tank Battalion2 n2 [: N2 [- b( e
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
# ?+ F' _% e, }8 T. H  Z6 j    6th Infantry Division0 E; h- U( w3 h! ^) _
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
" l% J, H' T7 l; `; t. a: ~    31st Infantry Regiment5 f6 b, n$ |8 c) I
    XIV US Corps
. B8 a. u* k1 m3 L6 v. i    96th Coast AA Regiment
1 t% C1 X! X1 w    12th Marine Defense Battalion, t# @) d2 J- w8 v+ O, m& _
    4th USA Defense Battalion9 `- @. ~4 `) G9 O# u3 L; H
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' n, a. b. @" o" L# N1 i6 ?) i. ?% d
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. k* D. {  @6 J) Q7 ]  x    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 g* O! \8 A% X9 ~) ~( r    5th USA Defense Battalion  ]: z( Z3 E& ?, A% _7 R# x
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' [; t" t$ F# _* J4 B9 @    738th Coast AA Regiment8 U1 P/ [  t" p( @/ O1 x
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment4 u: J" N; }3 O, N
    I Corps Artillery
, h3 [: T9 L: z2 ~. K1 Z" [$ o    8th Marine Defense Battalion
  A7 {" E, h, c+ t" _2 a; a    X Corps Artillery 6 ^& j: c- ]: V% X6 j
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# j/ x% k# L. j+ D/ K' {( [    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:, B* k5 H/ M& z7 x
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment. A" |  s5 g; |8 Y9 ~1 j( f
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
' ~; Y9 z$ t: f7 C5 X" v5 y    144th Infantry Regiment
" y- F9 r, _- v& ^; X    Kure 3rd SNLF
4 C1 P" D! P3 J/ l    Sasebo 7th SNLF' w$ ]9 ?' T% n. `/ P- e% z  V* e
    33rd/B Division1 c* b7 s5 @* P: A1 u5 c& Q+ w
    81st/C Division
! ~' T6 R' X4 h+ C* @0 P, v- y    81st/A Division
4 e4 u6 o; `& `' s/ U; b% O% e    81st/B Division
: B5 N5 C" k& [3 j& Z2 Y    33rd/A Division
  A, I  q0 Y7 M4 E; X+ b/ X    138th Infantry Regiment
4 L/ p% T7 W2 q    33rd/C Division2 R: ~2 R" F- N2 W& u- |( j
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment# `: C3 ]/ A& E, a: w. C
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
" \* z$ D. z: N  x( w) G2 `    19th JAAF Base Force
8 r: }' D( h% T# M, B    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 4 F7 k' h1 l4 |8 d; g* b
    12th Air Fleet
7 ], O+ i7 u" e, L    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment# B* Z5 {# a$ L8 F
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
. h5 W7 E. ~- g* o! H    63rd Field AA Battalion( C% O5 Z5 r+ x1 e& o! N
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
) f0 @' Q8 v% t2 l1 Z" T9 X    18th Field AF Construction Battalion( k+ c( u& L6 \" Q5 z8 |
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment; C  G, c9 @! H% Q0 l
    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ c  M1 z2 C1 ]- S9 K! J% }+ [. R0 j: w    61st Field AA Battalion
' K1 b% F5 @6 `! U    18th Army
) N7 f: z/ Y3 s- _/ S    14th Area Army /1* F. x" V# c; _3 L2 p/ j9 h* e
    60th Field AA Battalion
5 a0 ^0 E- x7 u$ \    53rd Construction Battalion; }1 j4 P- e5 s- Z
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ m& X& J5 a; S  _2 {, g    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
8 k7 T  Q  Y( X2 ^    Kure 7th SNLF
( l- C: G9 C% t/ j" p    3rd Base Force( R" z6 ~7 d: ^  F' X. ~& N
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44, n' a0 P& J& \8 J
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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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; I$ `: [& e* H  X6 ~4 ?, ~Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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      CA Vincennes
" F; I1 Q9 Y1 B8 ?      CA Quincy
7 G" J7 f+ j, B$ ]% m1 z      CA San Francisco
$ O* n5 J: ?4 y! [* k      CA Minneapolis+ r/ h/ s& [2 B4 N) S+ _
      CA Astoria: G; E8 z6 o3 F9 Z9 _" U
      CA Chicago
& G4 t! {5 H+ a% f      CA Louisville
- w& D" l3 N1 a) t      CA Chester0 o/ q, T1 A7 U, y4 v+ l$ v( |- W
      CA Northampton
1 q/ t7 F' W) Y& _  B      CA Portland  u" ^/ V8 Q) U+ I. a% S9 \

) T& b- l  J5 v8 C3 x6 _Japanese ground losses:
) o0 N' c" S5 U  k6 e4 z- O      112 casualties reported
; E* A4 z, [6 I4 f" W) i. x/ h         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. S7 [  a$ h# o& h! `         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
3 {% v+ T4 @& P6 F         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled" Q: ?3 m; ~. z- F' e7 Z% v
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Airbase hits 5
( g, g! f5 w# M% B2 ]8 SAirbase supply hits 2
. w" z0 D2 B( yRunway hits 21
) h" a7 E" j7 Y+ ?6 N# ^& v8 iPort hits 7
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1 g" [1 ]- t2 u: i$ ~( F% {Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships% `- E! y8 T: h
      BB Alabama
! l& m2 r$ C" T) H      BB Massachusetts
' E* t6 Q4 W' g/ G/ T/ c      BB Indiana0 q. {: P/ A; I
      BB South Dakota& O+ q. t( H( N( k/ \: K3 ?# U
      BB Washington
" H1 X! w1 ]5 W' w3 R0 ?; O      BB North Carolina
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$ Q3 j4 \' N' X( [) x; kJapanese ground losses:/ D4 W9 J3 B5 A8 B+ b9 a
      398 casualties reported
1 z$ A& B( @! J5 ~) d         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled, R' C( C  r% [' X; O
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
+ D- f3 z% K# n0 |         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
, p0 o' i: H% O/ |/ Z0 ^      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)# Q4 f/ v$ ]7 d3 m% m
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled): ~. B9 o+ w' \$ c) s+ ~7 G1 \' c' I

$ I4 I" w3 Q- Y- n* g0 T# p1 e8 nAirbase hits 9" f% l! h. d3 w. n. f, |0 X% X, T# n4 F
Runway hits 9
$ _8 _" O8 T( W: _* O: r5 c5 lPort hits 2: ]; i1 E: D6 ^5 d) k1 a

, u, z# i* E9 L* k. R( V8 |! T. DBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division  O, p9 r& d& ?
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 6 V2 }9 J" N; R9 ^: \
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division! {: ^" K  Z# V$ s& k  a1 Y) l0 H
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
( T, L- u# H! `; k- KBB Washington firing at Ponape
5 s2 G0 }5 A$ m' {3 yBB North Carolina firing at Ponape # ?( Y. H  J0 M: {# d: B
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113: Y; W2 v$ w3 I/ Q& \6 v/ o; d1 W

: W& o: N* X5 ~( r! u# R% c+ HAllied Ships; ^) O4 z, @; Y. X) j+ a
      BB Mississippi( I8 K4 ^9 n4 |+ e0 Q
      BB New Mexico+ `8 L; g- N/ y; {
      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:
9 C: \5 c% A! p7 Q& n      195 casualties reported
- V, ?. w/ k, n, b- @! m         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled' b$ n* N0 z9 ?$ L' H
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled& _6 ]: h( K7 ^4 A, W8 y4 z
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled+ v, R- j1 Z, |7 c  Q1 b
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
9 W2 J' _1 V( \0 r      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 39 z" J( g( F& U  Z4 t/ o' j
Runway hits 14/ V4 ^+ U+ l, P' j
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape " ~% q+ ]3 Z, W+ [# _- N0 S% G# F9 Z
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division) c* l0 Q; ^- N0 v2 i
BB Idaho firing at Ponape
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6 ^3 k( K0 _8 z7 p% VAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape). \7 y  r; a: J' d8 l

# y/ _7 m5 E2 r) C/ g! u5 F, eWeather in hex: Severe storms$ t) U! D1 v% ~. i# b, h  y" S
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.. c7 O3 _; o% i. x: ~% M& G
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft& W, l2 g! e$ s
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
. S5 x* v; f" h) S3 g+ E% u      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
5 b" N' [6 e( n+ g  ~) u      TBM-1C Avenger x 286: O4 Z9 a! a3 R; |9 s# t3 I

) o' L. {" W$ x) bAllied aircraft losses& R  C* N& O" t2 M9 Z
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged9 @1 X/ E# c& M: G& H& n4 s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak1 |$ w4 Y/ |+ `
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged& ~$ W" D" L2 ~) ?! y

, n# w2 }* p9 S# R' HJapanese ground losses:: y- {. @( E' Y
      121 casualties reported
  W5 `- ]. j: h, ?# _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
( T3 U$ W3 r) I  Z& l3 Q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled( r( \: ~* d6 U2 i* W" d
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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: U' B9 E6 @6 S: }1 V# u, H- NGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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5 [. y, s: Y! Z0 U: t5 H7 t6 }0 YAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 26291 I6 x# c; P: X2 T6 A& L4 x
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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5 F# u, ~; r% g% R4 d7 oAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6: y7 w8 ]4 I. O+ {/ P" F3 w$ U. ?
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) 4 {# ~0 G" b4 ~" {& y2 ^1 {
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Combat modifiers
, I  h& c1 h+ Y1 g$ a' ^/ fDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)+ P) }  A0 m5 r4 `5 X
Attacker: # c' Y5 F# I  n; u6 ?/ P3 Q7 I
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Japanese ground losses:
. [" y' t4 Y, ^  ^8 e6 t      2305 casualties reported
* i! D) g( n$ o8 C6 M% q& ^         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled& E+ b3 R( ]+ J$ _* r
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
' A- k5 P) q& c# H- }         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
/ T! r% T( ]5 c1 ~5 x      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)4 h# D3 l) S' B/ h1 H7 \
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)1 p, G7 n$ m; j0 }& G7 s' o# N* [
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Allied ground losses:
) L4 C& h4 M. O( P      3064 casualties reported
0 T, j- W4 q7 _& j6 |9 ], B6 B         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
4 L; U$ W5 y$ h5 J         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
3 a- N+ Y1 q# ?8 x5 L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled& a' o$ H: h% C
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)2 i9 ^" V; J9 T9 P5 M% H4 e4 X8 V, ^" v
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)9 o# r* @3 G6 f+ w+ F7 V5 Q4 h# s

) x3 V! N, C6 ?, o: I8 O1 VAssaulting units:
+ U5 J6 k. J/ l% Z; B4 K& N8 T    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 ~" P* P; z! @5 C2 g+ z
    711th Tank Battalion
! p  `3 H* v3 x; [1 i2 S* ]8 d2 m7 Q5 B    716th Tank Battalion: C7 c" O) X" p7 ]) X, y; K
    6th Infantry Division3 {; J. z7 M: D' M
    44th Tank Battalion, r& q$ y7 s$ r
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 I3 w/ a: H, A" Z    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. W# r: \  `/ p4 Z& [, N. f& L( G    81st Infantry Division' h  h3 y( F+ Y7 F, X0 [% ]
    767th Tank Battalion
7 n( v6 |/ ]" v7 v& T) B    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment/ |5 m! `) D5 p5 c
    762nd Tank Battalion
6 O# V5 P$ z$ b    710th Tank Battalion
$ A2 R- \: t7 I    96th Infantry Division! k! z' K- N3 w' i9 b
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
% T2 B0 X! M* B! Z" m    706th Tank Battalion
/ U; ~' W# b" b3 r3 \2 t/ l6 _  T    5th Marine Division& a" I& U- H' \
    31st Infantry Regiment
6 _! Q1 v( L8 ~0 _& [    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion6 {% r: c! Z" ?/ v" Z& j( X" k8 Q
    1st USMC AA Battalion
6 X0 M9 d# A/ C& L" n% M0 y    738th Coast AA Regiment: ^% q& x* q; {" d4 Q2 M3 Q
    96th Coast AA Regiment! h3 X1 y2 [1 f8 g0 {% Z" ?
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
% [2 u5 O5 H3 s2 @2 C) k% G# r. g8 @    12th Marine Defense Battalion! y( g, o- Q0 ~1 x
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, b# v3 }$ d- y; ^9 u& d9 B    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
+ K/ \& }8 e; |4 H! ~! v- U; W& q    XIV US Corps
( w7 i5 q/ U* M# L) `. X, \5 K    X Corps Artillery
% V! |6 f2 h+ E9 Q5 S    5th USA Defense Battalion4 h; {  W  g5 L
    4th USA Defense Battalion% i$ a3 x5 B4 ?3 z  X8 s/ _5 v% J
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  [: ^; K$ I& z3 }0 v; H
    I Corps Artillery 7 ]2 V( |) d4 V4 p: e
    8th Marine Defense Battalion/ [: N+ Z2 e% O* W& c* Z$ j
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 z" f' ?" {: V* X5 Z) b! h: E
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Defending units:
- f2 R' w6 A( q% r, h- U    Ponape Naval Fortress; t0 d0 u  `; [7 q6 N
    81st/C Division
! h! y$ ]3 q, z6 O    52nd Naval Guard Unit
) V3 a9 q& `$ |' [3 C    138th Infantry Regiment* ~- r+ i1 f, O5 t) s/ b$ A
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment+ A' v9 |0 F3 k# R/ G
    Sasebo 7th SNLF7 N6 f' V# I6 A
    144th Infantry Regiment
6 T0 y: ?* l& y+ M* ?, g, o    81st/B Division
0 u. v9 Q2 O' w' c' _) u    33rd/B Division
( Z( T( l6 }) a; Q% m, K) t    33rd/A Division
# O/ g8 y+ v- a$ L3 _6 ?* V    81st/A Division
$ w) Y: _1 M: |& O% e1 L8 u- G" {    Kure 3rd SNLF
# p% d  u+ K# U  ~( |: T, p    33rd/C Division
+ }3 F7 X3 P& Y: s% Y$ s/ W    53rd Construction Battalion2 N9 [+ q2 {( y9 w+ U
    18th Army! R! Z* t# R' c6 ]7 c
    14th Area Army /19 q7 H1 j/ s- ?1 f
    60th Field AA Battalion
# B6 y- h" J: |" E0 v    12th Air Fleet- T$ J8 g$ m. s, C0 X  @) k
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
; @+ ^3 ^" m$ R$ k: S    63rd Field AA Battalion0 k- @# U7 r, }; L
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
: ~( K* k: c4 f- R; J# f: }* x; \2 l  `    3rd Base Force. s8 i& n% g( O
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
: g9 r8 E! m' T4 ^/ O4 Y    Kure 7th SNLF
+ C$ @( Z: }3 [! J* _1 d3 [    19th JAAF Base Force
" i, {* j. t) f/ B. A) K    18th Field AF Construction Battalion( a7 p5 R8 X+ X
    61st Field AA Battalion% X# h+ Q: F: b, W
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co $ W8 W3 ?( D$ W& P( s
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment, [% N% N; D7 \5 ]: \5 v4 |
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 a5 Z3 R% K! y; e% E
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion. I- E$ p9 v8 D8 w
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
# X3 K- [+ @  h2 I& V* s  {    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44( X8 w# C4 ?* B! m' K, B
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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: S% G# i" \; j- |3 f! u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 54,60
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- D" \) |& Q' w& bWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 D  l0 j: [( O8 ~9 s: Q, R* CRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.8 @. Z( A2 c$ V5 V, z, |+ }
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes# y0 H- l2 q' q$ c. [1 A: [

5 T. n, E/ |/ F& P7 M$ @Allied aircraft
: m4 b$ H/ W- X% N      P-38L Lightning x 23
' ?5 O$ Q8 u( S! ]- R' v8 f# b      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
# q+ p+ q0 g4 ~- k$ q! d& ^      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged$ Q* R. ^6 J) R" `4 A" o3 y. f! p
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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      DD Suruyame
) d5 S' R6 D) N) r$ P; A9 T# B" Q      CL Ninaru
. B; u7 {' W3 d5 j: G5 a1 A- J      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# P3 N  r) [- T- J
      DD Yayoi
. j$ `$ W+ {6 V; l$ C% ?6 G1 I      CA Kako
6 U' g' e4 ^9 x4 d: f. C      DD Asagiri0 ^+ z- z8 x3 {, w+ U# g9 E
      DD Ayanami! ~5 X8 }5 Z4 I
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Aircraft Attacking:
, O+ X  g7 h* @8 C8 m, S  q/ O      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
- }* K3 x: o( i: d2 t# J               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
+ a( H; _& E( t+ g4 s) [       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000': y8 A/ t6 w" a0 y; X4 |
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb1 p& I& n( l+ U$ g& O* r; t
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
( R- e7 `; I: q5 ^) v5 J& ~               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi/ A; p4 s! K# A
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi* u6 d. w, i% c) j: V
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape). o' O" X6 L( C, k+ h% j0 X8 B

9 E, g# l  Z5 m# ^$ U: SWeather in hex: Moderate rain& A3 W7 _" `" v/ E3 J) ^
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.9 s5 a5 Y' i  E' v# n4 ~
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft4 B# `1 @1 B$ ]$ h8 Z3 M' Z) D# e/ r
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462- ]1 B) }& M5 F4 s" m3 J1 k9 j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3266 z4 N" N$ P' ^$ \4 H
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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4 V. X/ p/ O, hAllied aircraft losses
& u! m" _4 [% z! C      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged9 f( a2 f( i# D5 I( P2 r
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
7 W0 C. P3 \# ]1 p      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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) Y" F3 V4 @& d3 BJapanese ground losses:
+ D; b8 ]* P2 k      276 casualties reported4 g* W- E6 b! |2 o* G
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
# S' E( @  s' m& b- ?         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
" N6 Z8 u$ t( c& v+ y. B         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& l* @  m. _0 e      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)) i& ?$ p" @6 t) b! Y0 ?" `; a1 V9 K

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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( W. y0 U. b; d+ m% L3 \. q; ZAllied Bombardment attack
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# u" P" V  {, Z2 r" zAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22636 I/ X3 E0 K# W7 _+ Q7 a
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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9 y7 f; O$ u: J8 ?& pJapanese ground losses:0 |1 H; f/ @) y9 b$ C0 r$ I" }
      1082 casualties reported, E: f' u" i6 [/ O( A2 ?
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
0 S6 L2 l- q; K+ y  b( \         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
- q4 X# p- A9 Z) U' Z) v6 `- P, t9 m         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled1 q' ?' \. y% \( }) I9 a0 S- P
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)3 ?" d% {! y0 D0 Q

4 o1 B) ]  x: JAllied ground losses:" f% g. F% }& [2 x
      23 casualties reported; P: D0 L4 {( i( M. I9 |, W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
, H8 o9 i+ C. l' H6 w  k         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled" m9 \, U  Q$ o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- `/ \% v) e/ W( Q5 K7 H2 S% R      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)/ c' t, D- Z7 s- [+ d' x3 |
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44+ s( ^, p9 N) c1 W/ v5 F* Y1 G4 r) f

  N  V5 |( w7 @$ ^2 L* B" _$ u( w东京快车出轨
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# E  K1 P0 k. I日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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/ ^5 Y6 D+ N. d% A本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。/ q& [5 A2 K4 h0 v' x  g
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113: Y0 l/ ^- X# S/ E# ?" [" B

- }/ ~7 e; u3 i- wJapanese Ships0 d9 p5 K5 D+ Q! }9 B- C# L
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk7 x9 t* A; c. E1 G

+ P1 X3 Z# c4 t; G% sAllied Ships
" o. c" w' K4 {- \9 j      CLAA Prince Robert
5 X  G. D5 p2 [. G, u      DD Saumarez5 J0 k' ^- Q& R0 A# w
      DD Nizam
' i) ]8 s/ h  A+ H1 G      DD Ellet: q4 h8 ?/ A5 U  C+ w* b
      DD Waller
6 {( y) V- K: i- G      DD Walker& I0 n/ O: j$ ?* U. T
      DD Wadleigh- i' O2 e2 q. y, @  N$ [/ ]* N8 K
      DD Uhlmann
: j7 W! e3 b$ c  e2 ?      DD Twining
! R' Y+ `2 g. |7 h/ i  w8 I      DD Twiggs, g. K3 v  k- o: b1 o- v
      DD David Taylor+ i7 [  f/ r; R% p6 ~+ }
      DD Strong% P9 z! ]' }4 z8 U0 {& z
      DD Sproston% e) u6 C% v8 A, ?4 ]  V
      DD Sigsbee* P# F2 T/ x9 z- z) j; g
      DD Sigourney* Z1 a1 t, B) ~1 R# ?
      DD Schroeder
0 `& \' E% R2 s  |5 l3 C- s* i      DD Benham II
) p2 {( w' W0 @6 ]2 A# u      DD Cushing II
$ {/ O; T7 k- F  L, o" U* M! `      DD Urchin6 J) s5 d8 ^! }( D) [1 P
      DD Urania  d( _: `" C; S* F8 b1 Z; f

# ?/ J9 ~+ {' C7 m! e0 ]: XSS I-48 is sighted by escort$ s: j0 k) y$ |9 z8 S5 T  o
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
1 u) X3 M' a$ F& G: ]DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ..../ Q5 Z/ z3 S# r: g7 W4 i
SS I-48 forced to surface!
: W( @( b: G4 D2 ?% A* T/ cDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
8 \. x$ w* I& J- l7 jDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....% i- M. D$ ~0 O/ z  I0 G* H
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
; P1 W5 R- o3 FDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....9 P6 d8 P1 H0 z* e6 E" {
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
4 L3 ]+ ?; M( F- }+ z/ c9 xSub slips beneath the waves
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6 w2 l% b5 W2 X( A$ `; ENight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards5 W$ u5 y8 e( |" q7 x9 T

& P7 R) l% k# R) M: U7 ^7 [Japanese aircraft
7 ^# m  M0 |; [. U9 J/ i  n      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses9 F) ^6 J5 X/ l4 k
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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3 o6 Q7 E3 n/ x( ~+ D8 IJapanese Ships- h1 W- [) E( |- M' s
      CL Agano
+ v5 Q+ n# {' E/ {' D      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2, ]' A5 T) d( R4 C- p- {
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& X6 M* f! n; k4 S  I
      DD Hibiki
$ ]5 V  D. D9 U- X      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1/ A  a& J& z+ O7 X; j
      DD Shirakumo* l4 X  O4 Q- s5 Q# S4 e
      DD Isonami
+ R! N7 }+ a3 \5 M; _+ k) k1 {      DD Murakumo
; F+ \6 B$ _7 p      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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Allied Ships/ ~* Z$ A) ^& w
      BB North Carolina' w' a4 x9 N$ k5 c8 q# z
      BB Washington
. K9 C1 R; [# z- t7 ^7 p: t( E      BB South Dakota
; ^8 S, e$ R, M0 O6 \      BB Indiana, Shell hits 13 g: G* g# B# w5 T
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2$ j$ h5 E& v2 r0 p  N
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2$ V& d$ j  R, S+ j- Q# x+ L
      DD Conner% T- ^" W+ x7 t- P# Z
      DD Cotten
+ \! b: ]" x9 ?' I. a1 E      DD Cowell
1 _: ^  L* a* z6 i) _, X      DD Daly
. E( S  k8 ]- {+ y# [  Z      DD Eaton% b  {+ Y' f5 l
      DD Heywood Edwards  ]) p& F$ w" A5 R. {
      DD Erben
" Q- ]: M* g9 _& _. |      DD Evans
) c: ]9 r, _% |% P+ F, `7 _$ x      DD Foote
: N* \" u$ l+ B; k      DD Franks
2 ]2 w* U& J0 ^0 P' z* Q3 K      DD Fullam. u/ F* I+ Y8 E2 X2 z) x
      DD Gatling0 T  e- P7 n) ?7 }4 [* c
      DD Albert Grant
; n' P5 \- ^/ Q. X7 I6 Z      DD Gregory
( G( b! B4 x1 K& w; h      DD Guest3 `9 a# P4 m0 h( y$ J- C( j/ q) s
      DMS Hamilton2 K- r. u. }' \/ H, P0 G( e, L
      DMS Forrest" s3 x# ]: H$ }0 i; N6 T
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 ~7 C+ q. g5 aRange closes to 28,000 yards...3 d% g0 l* d) p) l7 v$ K3 U6 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
1 R: b% x0 A* ~! q5 p" w% w$ F% nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards- f: Z- f/ J; v# p- ]
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 ?: M6 S& j: w# h8 ]3 V  }6 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
6 O+ ~  m$ J. p3 z* l: C$ q# y  O  d& J6 Z/ sRange closes to 24,000 yards...7 C* J$ Q7 M3 b1 A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) I* [4 h$ Q( v- u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
$ r5 ~) k8 ?& H: g# H! p& |( Q- SRange closes to 22,000 yards...5 A  |3 \: I* n$ F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 F6 `1 x" ^2 g# H4 o+ R0 z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards5 ]- M4 J0 l6 ^& c; L
Range closes to 20,000 yards...( L$ t. z, [  X9 |4 H. j  |9 w# X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards; Z  B- Z: n4 O2 F/ r; Z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 c  X2 l# k# a) D
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards6 s" W+ }5 S1 F8 t
Range closes to 16,000 yards...6 W+ h- r2 g: x* Q
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards. y4 ?* Z3 E: D
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
" I! g, E1 A! d, r( M6 cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards( {# B% @; @7 ~0 K  e, o- W% {
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
" I7 R7 \  K* l$ ]$ l) {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
' i& R7 l) \2 l, @7 |! n' nCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards7 \0 u0 ]6 H! `2 v
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
8 Q7 W( y- }4 j: D1 t: M& ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
6 i4 U; U% X9 ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
( Y  d  H4 w- ?' Y" KRange closes to 10,000 yards...
6 W! j9 K% k% G7 f; x' @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 O! ^! }- Z& R" L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
& u1 l& Z- |; e2 G7 J8 eCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
& ~2 \8 `1 d: f3 m: VBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards9 U; G% r+ _9 p/ G2 _) ]6 M/ r
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
# {% h& z8 ]2 S3 ^+ LCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
% n# S  r* p. m! f; O, i7 a( v" X1 {BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards+ U) i- Q+ ^( m8 n' j& U* Y/ K2 _* E4 B
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
8 o/ t5 ?/ `! l  L8 N7 L* wDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards" t5 k8 W" ^$ \
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
! g' q2 C. U3 XBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
: k7 k: X- ]$ J# v% L% e# G+ I( MDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
; _  m& L) H  q' V: uDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards6 X  F) i; n% o9 O+ O% R0 i
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
3 t% R1 a# v# u- {6 M0 d( ~Range increases to 11,000 yards" o( G7 {1 k- w; c
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
4 m! c; ]# J3 P  X4 P, h/ a& {BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
; r- d6 U+ {, N1 a! E; hCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards, d( ]  I, |: ^0 t+ |: }
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
5 X6 @* N6 j8 `CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards+ P5 A$ s. x: `' S
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
0 F: n  J- D5 b" m& \CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
) f4 z6 E7 w- QBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards% `8 x' y" D$ ]- C, M0 O1 Y5 e
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards( X+ }0 _' s; A' `
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
) D8 ^" v( z+ S9 B" G# ]DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
4 K: h( P% Y" ?7 }) IDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
7 \( ]& ]3 s) f2 f. e3 k. X% K: aDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards. v  k) \7 P( z/ }3 S
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
! S6 y9 |1 D* i8 j4 ]% n6 I! h( kRange closes to 10,000 yards, Q9 o( P( L  p1 z0 _! B5 d
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards6 L- n2 R" g  F: t) c* w1 \. p
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards  ~( |3 B+ S1 X+ }5 w) K
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
- ]1 Y4 r- ~. a5 U4 T0 |$ eDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards7 w' a3 L* G2 {
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards
7 ^: k5 a5 F+ T  n6 ?0 I- yDD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards* W4 ~/ z; r0 E0 s3 m
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards+ M; e5 u3 A! L+ X1 w; _" d; ~8 k
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
! d  E+ w1 p2 F" ~* vCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
* J9 k8 o: _4 G! p  u8 T$ qDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
' Y; e- t! u4 v$ }( @+ c' PJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# d* N) X7 @4 C* w$ ~/ fTask forces break off...% G! N" m7 ?( O- I8 O# w

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards$ J& p! v/ w4 Q+ y) L1 a( s$ ^

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      DD Hikokaze7 D$ H6 Y' g2 `' `$ ^) |
      DD Ishikaze
" g% L: c. O6 [. ^/ S      DD Tagokaze
4 u+ k  Z% g9 n      DD Takatakaze
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Allied Ships
9 {4 ]+ O8 D9 q' L      BB North Carolina3 [! V: e* s  R- Y
      BB Washington( b  B4 V) l: A- q( a
      BB South Dakota
% Z" B) ]7 w/ F/ i7 `/ i( p$ J6 k      BB Indiana% b% f$ O! @7 ^
      BB Massachusetts* y+ K' k  b6 j, L) O: R- v+ t
      BB Alabama' P2 E$ x4 X' q2 {2 z
      DD Conner+ @4 m$ ]3 p/ a% N
      DD Cotten
7 z( u5 M4 D5 [8 f# t" W1 f: t      DD Cowell( w4 C, t% Q9 T: {/ ?- Z
      DD Daly
0 o% D; r; G0 a+ r      DD Eaton
2 B& A6 s1 @* w% u      DD Heywood Edwards& {" y% p! F/ p/ F
      DD Erben
& _; u. y& r8 g0 |      DD Evans
  ~# T2 N/ i7 j. R( m# u      DD Foote
2 O' C3 x) N9 W      DD Franks
# ~6 X, q! Q# J+ ~" b; e      DD Fullam
" C& v8 W8 \. ]9 I; n      DD Gatling4 \( ^! s/ w7 Y, H9 Y! U8 D# R
      DD Albert Grant
% N0 H. ~; X% A- g8 H. P3 _      DD Gregory
% s0 I5 h7 P9 J$ f      DD Guest
6 _& Z4 C3 Y( I: Q3 T      DMS Hamilton8 j( j  u8 k3 t" P* ~$ Q
      DMS Forrest) H. K. \1 v6 K( T2 `- [
      DMS Ellyson
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: F1 t, p  Y5 KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards; W. v9 r2 L" v2 i) b$ }7 o
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
: t# ~. x% s& Q' l' h2 YRange closes to 26,000 yards...& Y: A! b% l' y- v! \) k: D! o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
1 D% ~( l) p6 s$ n; Y/ @& U/ DCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
; {' \6 w3 l: ?! S  [Range closes to 24,000 yards...! Z! m$ r; Q; \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards- g. F( }$ s) U/ l5 W! v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...7 A! y3 L& X* M! M2 X% g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...* W/ K5 D" z* r, i3 n' e4 v" V6 Y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' h6 \; B9 N- ]) BCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
& J# A0 x9 r9 w2 X8 h) xRange closes to 16,000 yards...
' e' t$ l' H* W) ^  A  \1 E: j7 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards, p' X" o( v* e$ W
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards! _2 z* u4 ~! p  m! ?8 D
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
* J( N/ L3 ^0 V, v  F& |  r7 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
1 [# R; \* B( s3 {CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards) P0 A2 h& I$ Z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...; s; M2 ~7 ]0 Q6 p2 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards3 e* D" u& e) e& ~& M# \
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
+ G1 U7 N6 C5 p# e/ |Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 _0 J/ H7 f; r$ \5 b5 @  l9 Z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
! S# n5 V3 H% a+ A! a3 URange closes to 10,000 yards...
- U2 V. y' f: u1 t: ZCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
# ~3 A1 ]( a6 j9 G2 ]Japanese TF attempts to evade combat3 c) o1 l5 E7 n4 x* o) n5 Z/ a. P0 `
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
- B8 D; y7 \# r6 |9 ?' SRange increases to 20,000 yards...# J( i0 U) d/ Z  F0 c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards) e3 O7 D% U9 _! c9 m1 S0 a& a" v
Range increases to 25,000 yards.../ ~" J1 a# Z4 S/ V1 v
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
3 @( {8 @' W/ i* k5 RRange increases to 30,000 yards...- S. V8 `4 p0 L& |: i6 N
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat+ M7 Z- d: o& o$ ^

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships2 g  J) n, l6 R' c7 g0 K
      APD T-1
0 h+ J$ _4 W- Z- I& o      APD T-2, Shell hits 2$ x8 Z" E3 ~' L
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1  z9 ]- N+ @9 B" u% q
      APD T-4
+ X: J" T9 o4 t& Z+ w+ v6 [- K! r      APD T-5
1 A, C/ g' T' o- g  ^      APD T-6) b% `. o) U! Y3 M
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ u5 M- |) m% W3 f6 p- t      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire# `( w, L- u* W1 H3 ^' M
      APD T-9* }2 u# s" o+ Z5 Y3 j
      APD T-10% F1 N; B& q% C. W
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire. b: s( l% H* G
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage, f; a" s+ n, d7 a5 a* A& D
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1) t' t1 r$ q4 x
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 Y- i4 h6 e' P% i, B" d* d, N1 ^1 L
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Allied Ships
  T( r9 Y/ w2 T      BB North Carolina- o2 d3 c, i& R% {
      BB Washington
; z$ P! _; @3 I. w; X* ]: c. b7 O      BB South Dakota. @6 F8 U6 \" [" o' e' Y2 m( b, f
      BB Indiana
) w/ l8 @- @1 c. O      BB Massachusetts
2 a# d0 `: w( E  d% r- |      BB Alabama) ~) V, h2 z4 q
      DD Conner; b# w# X- w) R8 }
      DD Cotten% d# Z+ q& p6 K
      DD Cowell+ U8 p: o  T  ?/ x8 Q2 g
      DD Daly
  ]  Z2 [! t4 u! ?- |/ S8 C$ G      DD Eaton
' q( b& J" \1 [* `( A: {+ D      DD Heywood Edwards
! a( b$ Y8 c5 W8 O) y      DD Erben: ^5 I5 [! i6 U& h- I
      DD Evans
8 I; r  S8 B5 Y- h* `      DD Foote9 \! w2 ~7 H0 N, C  n, R% U+ U
      DD Franks' ?1 t" f  ?- j8 [! ~* c% |
      DD Fullam
5 l* ~. a! I, F9 F/ b      DD Gatling: v5 M1 M& v% [& ]% v
      DD Albert Grant
5 E  N5 b* V/ D! V8 `! u4 W" b- b      DD Gregory
. \( c. }+ i3 K4 ]8 g      DD Guest
7 @6 m3 d, K1 ?$ _      DMS Hamilton
; [6 o3 ?/ W  [5 _9 }) W$ K      DMS Forrest, c9 w0 t0 h. `4 B
      DMS Ellyson
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" a7 N: Q: f0 _5 Q$ ]Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards* y+ S& q8 X- Y3 v
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 e/ f/ O1 B; x( ERange closes to 26,000 yards...
: @% e! w1 x; X4 \  ~' h0 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
, S' G. z/ N, d* P4 s6 b9 k! NRange closes to 24,000 yards...5 p8 b2 V  W6 Z1 @/ v. L! \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
/ v. u& {) T% t2 ^- u. |Range closes to 22,000 yards...
5 A) q( ?* S8 Y. g% q! M/ PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
- J  o. w! s; ^Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 G# L5 r* o1 f5 N# ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 k. D" A3 _8 q; `; E1 }Range closes to 18,000 yards...
( }9 L8 w& l0 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
( v' s. M: {9 B2 Y* ~: f& e! Y; vRange closes to 16,000 yards...
. C1 o( p. P* M1 J( rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards: c2 C; O& C' Q3 G; F; H- U7 v" h7 u
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
* x% ^# ?# \2 B8 N/ _0 t2 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards* ^! S, y1 T5 o6 k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
: s6 J9 V  X) k' l" PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards: y' t7 M) Z6 {
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
$ }6 ^' c$ R1 U; G5 uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( q% l: p$ ?9 G" x. C
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
6 X$ `5 Q/ Y8 t  l. j8 }" `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 ?4 s- O- {8 F/ T
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ P- x6 G/ r4 e5 N3 _/ GBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards, q/ `8 S. d& ^( z- V  N
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 t2 A7 m+ c$ U6 x; {! @BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards4 B& D* j. O1 L* y
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
6 [0 L5 b% h5 G& F) ]DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards) q/ ^) y1 R9 k$ J3 z  O; G) d8 u
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
# ~, ~, P+ o3 s% U" JAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
# z0 r" |5 [7 ^, `: t2 wBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
* J5 U' `9 o& `  X4 O4 PBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards. t. @. `0 x8 q; s2 ^* y5 r+ \% Z
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
. ~1 _" F; z/ }% @DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards0 {1 H7 c) H- C" h
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards# r5 Y$ l9 n; g0 n, ?" V/ b- p% f( D
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards% q' X# s; O: ^& _7 k
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
$ K4 @& I6 ?) J5 b# s! B, L( ^APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
( x$ p& Q2 h; Y$ p4 [DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards; @: P- R" S! A  r( w# |. n) v) w& ]
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
7 V( U$ |" v6 x& lDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 D; U% t, k" H1 s6 L
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards0 y# r0 E: l+ G' H3 z
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
: |/ U5 C+ `- d& yRange increases to 10,000 yards
0 e! y" z, w2 G% l/ J& BBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 P6 A- j! T! y* e2 X, dBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards  Z) @5 P7 \8 P; O6 C8 z
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards1 F% ~, f, I) L6 }( `% {" J3 q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
$ Y6 w7 @; w6 @7 E& FBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards; J5 g" I- q1 Y
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 L  \& E3 }8 C" bAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
) t3 y0 q. {/ J& f- r% H2 P7 T& d4 p* CDD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards2 V  z% f5 @7 U! d& k# U2 d
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. V3 V/ R+ i( y  |0 W( \
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, ~  H3 W* C) ^( jDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
& b1 M* y5 Q  k4 W8 J4 EDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards5 H- Q6 j2 c, W2 ~
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards8 Y5 o5 P; p$ Y+ J' h
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) b/ v/ Q/ l% F0 I& S! v2 Q, v
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards5 j+ [2 i% S% D1 e- y
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
. _' Q( E( L& n. ARange increases to 11,000 yards, s1 X0 a6 [- o7 D+ Y/ z
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
- d; }* I% R+ V  X9 L3 b. W3 @APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards) u) `/ D* O0 ]/ n# w' Z  t! b
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
) O7 ?6 K$ X8 L/ g! k% D) pAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards, t- Z( Q9 B3 |( c) U- L7 ~
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards! C  @$ I4 }) }6 J% `& L
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
9 V/ k$ R4 U# g& A. I- WDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards) W2 m8 F" N% x6 W, S5 o, X0 ^
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards/ @, G2 r2 {0 j% X# W6 T: A
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards0 {  ?4 _# J& q& w
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
) e. ^0 O. o8 m: @" rDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards  L" ?; c4 L: z& a: a! A
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards0 s* L1 V- j; q2 S, Q/ M$ g: x
Range closes to 10,000 yards6 l; _8 P) x9 i
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ Z& ]( q/ V; F. g9 [+ N
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ Z$ h" `7 a: k1 XBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards7 k4 L6 i/ Z% i3 n# V
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards# l, o8 k2 m9 c% |/ ?
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards$ e' Y7 Q- W4 ~# u$ Z
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 ~7 J# J- h  X; A  R6 {3 I! gDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 G/ R- M- ~) x# R( TDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& O+ T, n. V* h* p. r8 t& ~
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards( }6 ?+ P2 ~/ l# T
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards2 N( D' n' w* L$ A
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# Z: D6 U8 d1 S0 X
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
1 R/ ?, R3 O' q. x$ N. nDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; `2 c2 g6 K( ^
Range closes to 8,000 yards* j5 O  O1 T! {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
0 f3 h+ ^3 F2 S4 {( @BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards( W* c5 x, J; T
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards( \$ s5 y% [5 U1 z$ D( l( C
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards: B& ]4 f+ y) `* l2 q4 D, z4 C5 M! N
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
# A8 }! u7 D+ `. k, I$ k* s0 MJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape) H1 z) f* c" ?& M' O9 j
Task forces break off...
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( O: M; s" g- z- ?, Y9 H7 t5 G3 eNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards3 v" m9 ?* r0 A6 V0 i! w& s
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Japanese Ships
' r- S5 R/ Z2 k# z      APD T-1, Shell hits 1* T/ |* |5 [9 m8 Y" `2 s, @( U
      APD T-2/ @& h8 l( `+ ^) k: @! j$ m
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
% B. H- i( q! Y1 j+ K7 I      APD T-4, Shell hits 1# x9 S8 `3 I# d& I; H4 e' }6 C9 M
      APD T-5& I( U: ]" f6 n) m* c1 j  r/ z
      APD T-61 O/ s- b) R3 L8 @- y$ J6 p/ @' x
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage2 B$ z' b# b  B: j  a
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1. {0 o( n! R8 R# R  i% ~+ d
      APD T-10
5 d- C  j% H1 ?6 E      APD T-11,  on fire8 d/ e9 G+ m) G- r9 u
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk$ j8 W. @0 C7 Y$ t
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk; h$ x$ a; O# S- o, ], ^
      APD T-14, and is sunk0 S, D9 ?- q, @- R7 t

7 Z( ^+ D( `* f8 `/ l& T5 x; XAllied Ships
- q8 e. w9 a! Z: X& o$ Z' b      CA Portland
" n+ u9 O7 E$ @, H5 |* H8 h. O- y1 ^/ V4 ]      CA Northampton
& ~/ s: z6 J( b) V9 ^      CA Chester* U/ h# P6 }  g3 M+ ~
      CA Louisville
' o2 P& J' B9 Q* V0 i9 ]      CA Chicago
1 |# k- n5 a; o; A% Q) ]& f) V! c      CA Astoria2 p! j1 c/ T$ @& S  J8 O  F
      CA Minneapolis
2 Y4 {0 E5 L$ L8 e) e* Z8 c      CA San Francisco
9 `% b3 w6 q1 {+ O6 F( H+ T5 i      CA Quincy
  {$ [( p& V! A" f      CA Vincennes
1 _+ v7 }. l% s8 n# W8 a      CA Wichita5 j; n& a- |) B+ _: Y9 M/ @
      DD Bennett
/ `% n0 k0 o, ]7 O      DD Bradford
  z" c* y5 m) _6 C- h5 W) E      DD Braine
' w8 \$ B' Q" n4 l6 H. M      DD Brownson8 L) S+ ~+ G- J1 ~, Q
      DD Bryant8 z, a) y  e/ N) [2 e, ?/ A
      DD Bullard
( [6 `( A$ z# Z3 y+ d      DD Burns6 Z& A( l( T, H9 C' y& H9 v
      DD Callaghan* R9 B* l, }& y/ y
      DD Caperton; V2 p: ?  `% m4 C( J% Y
      DD Capps
, d( {- V1 Y( q9 M6 S0 q( r      DMS Emmons
: M& r) f( T/ V- F% X; [1 j      DMS Macomb
9 N2 h- m$ G9 P      DMS Rodman8 X$ J1 b2 y) S5 G1 F6 {
      DMS Gherardi2 y& v8 f. c4 ?. F* |

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
) e2 D& B; W2 Z4 V; @& NRange closes to 28,000 yards...$ D; @" k3 X- n6 m. i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
9 \; H9 {) \( b/ Y, e( z. F3 oRange closes to 26,000 yards...
% _3 @: y6 S  P3 C5 B- lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards* z* _0 j) a) f3 M0 V: D2 X) F
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
# L5 Y9 D/ o. pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" E$ k2 g; M( F0 U9 D9 v( yRange closes to 22,000 yards...
' y% n# o+ @- I/ b. o6 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards% U/ R- s  W2 [0 ~/ O
Range closes to 20,000 yards...  O" J" M9 O* F' i9 R$ p9 z1 o: m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards! T6 F! x9 m" U2 B/ m: I
Range closes to 18,000 yards...% T* L/ P8 t$ [( ~3 `. C0 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards' v3 e! ~$ E- b" K  L/ Z$ i
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
' b# ~/ }8 ^6 w( |: G. PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards/ n6 S9 |5 b5 ~8 b7 c3 I% s
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
1 C% U6 y% Z* F* O3 `Range closes to 12,000 yards...
; e: G! x/ p) f, C) xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
. V4 Q' ^7 I  oRange closes to 11,000 yards...# G% B' e" T* {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
# J; C% ~* g# a. Y# xRange closes to 10,000 yards...
) S+ t  [0 }* zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards3 q, Q7 K4 T5 `% v8 }
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( e/ s* f2 M3 U) ODD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards8 S( F" R; g7 W% l- O
Range increases to 11,000 yards" e' m+ m) {* L
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
) p% y. Y: |3 U3 rCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
6 c: `, R, I4 _& w9 c2 c0 fCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
; b3 v9 c) K. g5 W% n: Y7 g9 ECA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards8 m4 \9 z' `* D$ o$ f
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! Y6 ^4 `4 b5 v/ DDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards$ _. i- g$ h* N5 H- W5 s
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
. f" f4 t. D7 U4 N4 s3 A( f, ^CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; x1 `; z  r, }& T0 z
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards/ s: V; o$ g, O, E$ ?! o
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
$ J4 J+ ?( m) m9 C" |DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
: {8 P; {+ @1 l. XDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
, _7 D0 s8 \9 C; U  ^  Q  [; BDD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  d% z0 e: ?3 e9 d- ]  \$ {
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
' u9 G" @' X" U* a- b* U( bDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards" s* `# n$ P6 v+ e
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards2 W% I+ Y& ^8 d0 G
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
) g  y# `! Q, \! wRange closes to 10,000 yards1 N9 O' T8 m* _0 M4 {- w
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
4 T( N6 y) R3 L- \CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
6 s4 V5 `, S3 uCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
/ ?+ b' E4 M* M9 P; FCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards" D3 p( j8 e  C3 t; v
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards; i. e7 }2 O* G7 ~$ d
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
( p  ^8 R2 M1 F, L* VDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ D9 _" A. `( \! `( H0 i# Z6 `Range closes to 9,000 yards7 J1 x) S$ ?; |  V2 y
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards  B( d. d- \3 B  Y! O+ Z3 R
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
: h1 K' A$ Y$ C: ]* G( aCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
7 |4 I) Y: u" Q( B; f  FCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards, Z0 Q) P" P( R. N# W" I
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 M5 D  t# r% l' j+ JDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards; Z/ M$ S4 x; S4 O0 E' v# w* w! l
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards6 i. b6 r3 Z% ]
Range increases to 10,000 yards2 i2 @. U/ ]9 Z' G& I
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
& _9 z9 O  O( y/ GCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 |, F3 v3 B! K
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
* q  q5 h. D4 _0 fCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards/ z! ?9 m# p% m. ]! H  l' u
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. J0 k6 ?$ A  D$ ?" P4 r
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape" O: j% f% p3 |! c% \
Task forces break off...; I8 \+ v  g5 }1 d  R5 p, M

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' d; w, l8 j5 M/ G+ Q( uNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships7 F" ^6 D; }! x" i( p
      APD T-1
7 N- k# D0 b( R% y. ^  O      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
& n6 w; r3 D; P2 R: ^- p' Q6 ]! _      APD T-36 c( |# ~4 v( y& y3 [4 Y( W
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk' V0 m8 b4 V. m1 a
      APD T-5
$ d9 ]. K( q5 x      APD T-6: \! S  e. q* P- R/ {  @
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk+ h3 G1 a! j: L0 f9 v
      APD T-9
3 m- ]# h& X; y& B, x& }4 K  Z' B3 e      APD T-10
, Y( H8 Q# ^/ l; _2 H+ d' Z      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire) l5 F7 g7 [0 }5 a4 X/ d/ z7 f

6 l3 G+ H4 u' V* }$ C$ l% {. @Allied Ships- {7 ?, }) v, L7 \# D: @8 R, F% C
      CA Portland; b8 y; p* k1 f8 o
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1& g- q2 j$ i* Z8 E& k
      CA Chester+ a( ~9 Q$ R' g' b! C
      CA Louisville* W9 X8 m) o1 l
      CA Chicago, @2 F0 u' a9 m3 V
      CA Astoria
5 Q% P& A  r- L: ~6 _      CA Minneapolis
  ]0 c* p  D5 F& ^2 X; h) |      CA San Francisco1 D7 ?% U5 Y+ r% M
      CA Quincy
, Q9 a: a% ^; p4 I      CA Vincennes
" P: U0 U) ]+ Z1 Q" y5 B      CA Wichita
) }9 T: Z% n2 p5 c6 }& N' N      DD Bennett
4 c: Z: U+ Y  U% Q  C/ Y      DD Bradford2 C) |( M9 `/ L' Y$ w6 |$ \2 E
      DD Braine
- F4 y2 x1 }2 t- o% O, ~$ q      DD Brownson8 m& J2 ^) U3 k( f6 v3 ^- H- j
      DD Bryant
" ~9 `% t8 i% A% }- r+ W. E      DD Bullard5 y8 E! ~6 i' O" j- \% m' n
      DD Burns. A2 W/ I, g( D  V& Q" H
      DD Callaghan
" _$ @. e! I4 w: Z* X. V! l      DD Caperton  T- o+ N; m. v  \$ P; A
      DD Capps
! G6 `% l/ T7 [* E; h% }( z      DMS Emmons& J& U  P! C& J- R% T' e; D# E. y
      DMS Macomb4 Y/ Y3 z2 d- c9 t; @' d* p+ _
      DMS Rodman* w- `; m7 ~/ `$ Q0 }2 ?: K
      DMS Gherardi7 D: G# N7 y: ?  E3 o- `

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards/ N$ H5 _3 l, N, h6 y5 H' `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
, }8 {3 O* o) {/ V4 D0 t! oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) ]/ X8 @9 Q. s, iRange closes to 26,000 yards...) A9 S' `/ K9 b  V! {% P% P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 R6 V- b0 I4 j4 r2 F$ ~. Z
Range closes to 24,000 yards...  b3 ^, l# A8 N- P- d
Range closes to 22,000 yards...; G5 v# [; B2 L# Z- W$ a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
9 q8 b+ A' s8 @3 y0 H  pRange closes to 20,000 yards...
6 z  B$ T  e5 F7 m9 S0 YRange closes to 18,000 yards...
# x: \2 u4 L, \0 j1 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
6 n9 w& X* _) j- k8 x5 [, B" L8 _Range closes to 16,000 yards...
/ w3 T  q7 k7 x8 b/ }& ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards( w) {* `/ ?0 _
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ a- @" Z  V% l( f' gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
, }, Z5 \; i" @- ]( j2 H0 SRange closes to 12,000 yards.... s1 k/ \9 s! x$ N  D- Z9 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards& _. l. \  M4 g$ o- x6 s2 w
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 H6 E: P6 T, d6 ?, ~# |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
3 B3 u  h  [3 t9 o3 o" o  ?* MRange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 f; u" p: m; Q' sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards; K$ h0 t3 O! [: @
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards% {3 _8 z  m2 {# h( b5 _& g
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards* ~' G' w/ T* I; K9 @% Z
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards- A$ f% N5 x; C6 [, y8 A
Range increases to 12,000 yards
! j7 Q& F9 B  {# K8 s) LCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
8 p- U/ |  a0 N& U+ I+ z( }2 vCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
" k$ i5 X$ Q, q' t' _& D6 C6 |CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
, T1 z! \7 x/ L/ D% K4 k8 t: I  MCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
. g5 X+ y& D1 HCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
% c% [) Z% K$ bCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 s- F' p  F' }# U0 R. l# q4 k1 S( [DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards  i( t8 n0 X3 W( a
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards0 y2 P, L6 D3 ]  ]% ]! j$ `7 |/ o
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' F* h' }# T3 J0 uDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards/ N+ T9 Q9 ^' d9 k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( n  @  c& B+ k! z1 Z: l! a- G2 e
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards; r5 B% M! o4 D7 R& ]1 J+ H; u; m
Range closes to 9,000 yards
1 o2 [' r' e" ]CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards+ I! C& |7 y5 L2 \2 K
APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards( R+ W  O+ X+ ~
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards' w+ \& T1 H( K/ l( u5 x
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards& |) B# j6 M, }" U; E$ S5 k% j
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
( x+ p/ [% A+ _4 l- H% h+ P# QCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards5 l' Y: t* q! S) S' _, m
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards. a3 Y+ _: O9 G
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
* n3 o( l1 }9 ^Range closes to 7,000 yards5 Z& ~5 H+ W+ u3 O& \
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards; C  N; {, Z, c9 |/ F/ q$ N8 H
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards$ b* {; I3 ^# s2 v/ `$ m' V
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards0 b8 Y# O3 x4 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards# M8 I3 k+ j9 Z3 \2 L( h4 c* x
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
; H# B2 a3 D8 O9 k# WAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
; I) h- b$ \& `. Z& r: H1 x8 oCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards% J* \# |3 x) O3 }1 [" a, n
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
( j  Z1 t" O2 c( D! n  rCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
" c; Q2 i) \  o; U( |* d* p1 |DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards1 ^5 V4 _: G) R1 I4 |* h
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards% [/ X9 n# g; j" B' i8 D
Range increases to 10,000 yards7 ?" R7 a. {; x: v% q+ i- m4 P0 v
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards! V7 _1 j$ R+ Y1 A' x
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 b! N2 z$ R) a
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
  u$ h/ H# b2 k5 h+ @Task forces break off...5 D, O$ A% m( [6 M$ Z+ o

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$ h: {( c" t1 i5 q8 ONight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
5 F2 [0 @; r9 x% n  Z      APD T-1
! I7 {/ x6 L" [% I      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! F! j8 J- t6 Q* ]- W* I% d
      APD T-3% T" n# L9 ^1 R, T5 y' a+ R5 q" b7 e
      APD T-5
( ?  b- y; N+ a, k, o" y# }      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" b' U9 c% ?( t8 J* W      APD T-9, M: |. _6 b2 T2 l4 G! Y, q
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% k' \, d3 W4 M+ i# O) N
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk- z8 U# T# L- N. C( U& e
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Allied Ships
9 h% _- N/ s2 r, b. l* u; V      CL Swiftsure
+ N2 m' y& k0 D! z9 e) I* A' t$ L  g      CL St. Louis* _$ ^$ H( v5 `
      CL Phoenix7 K* R+ Z! G3 h- j
      CL Cleveland( C, P& J* i) x) \2 Q
      CL Montpelier( X) Z9 |) K+ g4 M% m1 |. o
      CL Denver7 E3 s2 B4 c) L# ]. I2 q
      CL Santa Fe
/ F7 n/ H; o% G0 d      CL Birmingham' V: J, W8 l5 p& T: M9 G
      CL Mobile( g* z7 O4 l; p% z
      CL Biloxi
: A1 p1 x+ U0 o: k5 M      CL Miami) ~& l6 l& Q9 t1 e+ s
      CL Pasadena
& T: {7 _% \+ A5 s      DD Allen M. Sumner7 Z3 [! O  |4 ~
      DD Ault3 d$ {' X+ P% R( p
      DD English% S- D7 u. S1 ]) h
      DD Haynsworth0 @; B0 T/ ?5 b9 R
      DD Maddox( z: @' C! h& Q. x
      DD Mansfield% A  o1 Z5 c2 B- p5 ?8 K) v, |( W* P) {
      DD Waldron$ _# d- H8 Z8 Y' c+ k% R0 `* Q
      DD Haggard$ I% p# L% u# ~/ s' o
      DD Hailey
% Z+ y( ?7 e! C9 ?  F      DD Hale
+ @' ]/ }! y& O, Z  c3 z      CL Vincennes II2 {) c3 u. q/ B2 J  [
      CL Houston II
# D9 V0 W5 J  X& ~0 V8 Z. j4 u# U      CL Astoria II) |! [( `# `. i, W& G
% o) }' T0 V6 a

- m2 ]# |4 [) LMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
! z$ x# p1 h4 P: o; D! Y* S3 Z2 hRange closes to 28,000 yards.../ t+ G% [8 n8 C. t2 A2 y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
. r2 B5 W2 Y1 e: ORange closes to 26,000 yards.... j3 E; N! v. O* ?+ j
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
1 Q8 K* f9 q( v2 n8 V3 T5 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 J' e  a: V8 r: g  g  iRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 W; [  {1 D# x0 T" d" E+ GRange closes to 20,000 yards...# x. \5 Z5 f( {' S  h9 D+ @2 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards  r# \( }6 w4 Y& o
Range closes to 18,000 yards.... E' ^2 F6 |7 m2 Q9 Y' q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
0 v* W. i" R& Y: Q5 \Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, t  e! @. B/ n6 L+ t5 r; @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
# K$ s  ^5 R# c9 r; o6 m; D; [  {Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% B$ U9 m% s- V& A& }% YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
% t$ _! J$ D1 O+ D( ?' V8 I- \, CRange closes to 12,000 yards...# |" m2 V; g' E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, n+ d4 L  ^* ^
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) a* Z" H  i0 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' d3 w* Z( z; l. s
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
+ B+ t3 k5 k$ B  t8 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards) R6 n7 {5 n3 {/ K4 s8 V# B! d4 ~' h
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'2 {1 z- B: E% G: E3 }1 P
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 _+ s  z9 P9 h6 z; ]
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards) X* y8 X9 m; C: i( x
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards; w# F3 `; T$ [3 ^  C
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, O7 X9 p# g. j3 W6 o  j
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: D; Z3 c* V  l, ~' U
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards# B( |+ n8 A( ~4 V5 q
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
( ~: B0 o8 h- Q- Y$ V( f0 m5 I) @DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards% Z3 U9 |; E/ T9 U
Range increases to 11,000 yards8 h8 A5 J$ b% y. g2 b7 b6 r+ r  B
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& ?. `: \# S9 v
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 y" [9 z. L5 x/ v& q0 J1 vCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards7 [. k" t! a" Q8 V/ y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards1 x) h, J/ V( B+ M, r4 ^
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- N$ I7 |$ W- m/ Q
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
- a  M0 Q& Y' S% TDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards) |0 `; p4 J* |5 v
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards9 ]# H  ?+ N( J$ i2 O
Range closes to 8,000 yards" `& K1 Y2 @. |( W) N  `. c; D
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards9 [2 t2 @$ a3 [# l' \1 f
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 O- y! b9 \  I& L8 g3 }/ B4 [5 Z+ vCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
. s  T6 @, o; uAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards* _* ~0 {; p6 G/ _9 R. o) n" l
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
! c8 `0 A' m2 U* Q/ c2 IRange closes to 7,000 yards* K; E3 \- T3 z9 M
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' }% A+ b: Q% c
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  j) q; H' P# R4 OCL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ `) d$ f; i; [7 z
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* E) _7 R8 ~' O- }# [# y8 vCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards9 H2 p. Y* Y" J  P8 [
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
& ]: L" U' T6 f" n6 m! wCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards# X; D- p7 U/ w: A
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) H- p" B$ V- u2 @% d5 s
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  B. b9 }( S. UDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
# R2 L1 j7 z9 z" x/ AAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
. E% m* y6 `# D; QDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' E, s2 ~$ u. G' [0 z- ~Range increases to 8,000 yards
$ S1 \& H# Z! d' W1 GCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 U5 b5 `; X  _& c: W+ ECL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 s, e; g- w3 F
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards5 |: P& c2 u0 B% Q% D/ V# u
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: `+ W$ C! [: r3 V
Task forces break off.../ d+ {& ]  z& k! d0 @* c

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/ e- N3 g, ]  ^) s: I* MNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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' L2 P! i6 [. O- ~8 |1 w3 QJapanese Ships1 z$ T. K  ]8 J1 Z
      APD T-1' r7 S$ z5 _% q1 O
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk% Y' e+ P0 V, d) H  v
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk+ c; _# H2 J$ G
      APD T-5
9 Y  _! z' u0 Z' J$ p2 ^      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
/ Z% \0 p( l1 d% K: d% m' Z& e      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships9 U# R- @3 F  w& Y1 e1 O+ |
      CA Portland
$ }! l1 v' j# O9 t" n$ t% @      CA Northampton8 d2 D# Z) ]; Y" k5 m+ D: A9 |
      CA Chester
  F$ p! s" l7 }/ J% F      CA Louisville2 r: K9 Y4 F2 e2 J, M# u) d
      CA Chicago" L8 Q2 ^+ E- k- p- k1 d+ F
      CA Astoria1 R: t4 K4 G: |5 B0 V1 Z/ Z7 S
      CA Minneapolis, \; d! _( V- [" z
      CA San Francisco7 R5 p5 K" _3 n" n. l
      CA Quincy) y; G, G, @. h4 q
      CA Vincennes0 H' @& ^, v" G# c7 E  {: n) x
      CA Wichita
0 D6 Z- a1 |. ?  ~# P# M6 k: i      DD Bennett: X# l  d' a6 [+ P5 P
      DD Bradford5 V* ?% ]  X1 T1 Q/ X
      DD Braine
, X' m: `, b/ u; p      DD Brownson
" G- U1 }! G/ D4 b* v% {5 D, Y, J      DD Bryant. q  w$ q6 Z6 c0 w/ v( Z; `  I
      DD Bullard- U% e; S# A% |" f8 b
      DD Burns
  _3 r4 g1 O& J      DD Callaghan$ d' O& M# f2 x8 ?
      DD Caperton
7 v( n2 \9 b# W' H: s& @, i      DD Capps
% i" _# g& S9 n: B      DMS Emmons8 b* t% h, d+ V
      DMS Macomb
7 ]" E' O) X, J0 T+ o      DMS Rodman  @/ u- f. y8 k( N) Y
      DMS Gherardi7 T7 D4 {% W$ l/ V$ V$ y
% Y2 ^5 T: d! \+ k
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards. @* G: w3 r! }8 h+ a6 U& h$ `6 @- J
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
' W2 |5 X9 d0 b/ X" DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ X. |( L3 {3 _. A$ ARange closes to 26,000 yards...' H* m8 ^  L6 Z; Y: S
Range closes to 24,000 yards..." M3 x5 d3 p4 n# j) A1 ]+ T( l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 B. t% ]' L# K1 u, l
Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ E) J% e+ A# A0 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards( F& I9 N0 k& t1 R
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* h3 [, ?; V; A+ X( [# zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ `' [0 n) z+ x9 `: j8 QRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; d, v. W- x. P, |+ p  @5 @  pRange closes to 16,000 yards...
$ i. d- E! w3 _0 R5 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 P& I0 I9 W$ o+ R9 J+ dRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) ]2 |: k( P+ c6 N& z% S5 l$ Y3 u+ e4 PRange closes to 12,000 yards...
. y# o/ p7 r7 G( o) W+ ZRange closes to 11,000 yards...) y1 M. h5 X" ]5 }8 Z5 |
Range closes to 10,000 yards...( b5 r+ j: G9 ?
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
' L$ o' v) e. o6 B* R: }$ k! hRange closes to 8,000 yards...4 O, m, ?8 h' Z* V3 k- k" Y1 n' Z6 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards3 M! W4 @4 @9 b' F3 {
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
! Z: R- Q, O5 \- mCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
6 d8 a  ^7 L+ K5 uCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
2 y) [" N& D7 Y& S# `9 gDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
% b4 B3 q0 A$ y- O4 b$ v' V. iAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards$ O( ^4 E; K0 b! U6 }
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
1 H2 s, h6 D  N& L  S6 S6 ~5 mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards" ?5 F5 I. f% m$ ?1 Q
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards% d9 G8 ?8 d. D7 W8 Y- c% U
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards  f* V) d1 R( {" [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, U* ^( e, @- x" UAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards7 y& O9 {; o2 {8 Y; v
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
' x, b1 n: \: i+ D% k: iRange closes to 5,000 yards% i& `/ ^+ u# l, F0 W) V2 ^
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
; u, \" X& a+ b! {/ v6 Y3 w4 {, a0 WAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards) \1 @* X# d! F, h( s
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
- n: ?" e- o) j$ g; p8 ^CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards5 y+ @7 G8 b. \0 k# G7 _
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
. `3 v% y: V' g" w/ c: _Range closes to 2,000 yards
2 l" a! y5 O- c: ECA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
3 [/ q% h4 B8 V6 cCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards, N* }3 ]6 u& \" q
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards$ Z& d+ U8 G9 ]7 J. l
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards$ k! K2 n2 g; {+ x
Range increases to 6,000 yards) Y4 f& o0 B. o6 F8 z+ Q" w
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards: Z2 i" Y6 C$ I( j* O
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
. t% P0 I! M- y3 f+ W  H) LAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
) w% l8 v% ]9 ORange increases to 9,000 yards
. |# F/ c; s0 y2 b8 P" R: ZDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards' M' \1 B$ j$ {4 w( ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 ~4 K: I0 B# {& Z
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards0 n* M1 c% i+ y! j  R$ }6 b( X
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
1 n& T: r) Z7 W& y" u$ nRange increases to 13,000 yards
- d; ?) W$ X2 ~; }# ^, oCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards3 G4 B, H+ H! ]. _4 ?: s6 S, \6 w
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards$ T: k% y% O2 U, v6 I- N
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 ^8 _& `9 J9 o7 xTask forces break off..., c3 K4 e8 K" E- [, J
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( ~) `+ F9 D2 X& G& h- `Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ h' |+ w; r9 u: L0 Y' X2 P
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk0 \; d! m. B# w1 S7 o
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk8 o- v3 [; w$ h) a+ e' g  n

# D$ J8 o+ C# S$ v3 z. h. e5 ~Allied Ships
* {' Q2 Z+ L& E" i0 r4 c6 f2 O      BB North Carolina
: L/ M/ G0 L) {2 I' @      BB Washington
! q: Y4 Z& V) X# z. V  p9 b6 H      BB South Dakota2 Q3 C8 v# X/ h, c# y, F( [: `* C
      BB Indiana
+ i% c+ s& I- B0 _: r' `6 q& Z      BB Massachusetts( ?8 G4 D' l1 `
      BB Alabama1 Y9 V& A4 s% a6 Y  ^
      DD Conner) z4 r; j' |! |( f) W
      DD Cotten. [& i8 l; h: d- {) j5 ]( t
      DD Cowell" ~2 L8 @6 F* L" r' K8 j0 c9 R
      DD Daly
' H' s: o; ?4 o, b+ n- l5 Q/ l      DD Eaton7 z8 {+ h' Z0 K1 y8 E
      DD Heywood Edwards9 w. K) j7 p+ {3 I/ {& J
      DD Erben
  W3 ~- g5 ~9 q, h      DD Evans
2 V% g* a+ z1 x* Y! ~      DD Foote- i- \# c/ |' U$ y: k
      DD Franks& A( R4 R% q9 C+ A+ }1 {1 U
      DD Fullam& l+ ^# K3 ~  H" N$ l8 q( D
      DD Gatling* Q- H2 a9 ?2 ?; y8 J, y
      DD Albert Grant  ?  F0 w9 @2 q- V6 s
      DD Gregory
3 @, k0 G1 @& w      DD Guest
, T& |' s7 }7 f2 ~      DMS Hamilton
2 a& T# X- j* w+ G% S4 C4 ~      DMS Forrest* W: o- K" _0 o+ d# N
      DMS Ellyson5 A& |7 }$ k6 I$ @$ y3 C+ ^
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards: U0 @& I. `+ c: p
Range closes to 28,000 yards...; K  {' H7 U6 e8 ]" t
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
+ y( Y7 B0 E' J* H" _Range closes to 24,000 yards...
6 V" O* X9 p) q- m8 G) h" YRange closes to 22,000 yards...% k5 D! \6 _* s( X5 }
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." r3 T" ^- I- S3 Z$ G4 O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
1 }2 a) n/ O/ jRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 j" n! E7 e' R- P" sRange closes to 14,000 yards...
( y1 ~. ?. \, t+ y# c4 NRange closes to 12,000 yards...
( P7 A6 W& u$ {' J* B6 cRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 ?5 }+ W' w7 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% a: y9 X* l% |/ o: X% N" \; d% wRange closes to 10,000 yards...
$ S4 y- v9 ?* y1 z6 ~  R. JRange closes to 9,000 yards...
  n/ e3 M- L" L. [# ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards4 ?: {) Z* q; i. F7 c
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
% u) d& H/ s1 K% e# w1 g6 Y! xAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards6 |9 K. c0 Y3 ]6 l& z
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
3 B+ ?- @7 M4 i: ZDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# t* y3 L! c4 x; |2 F- U
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards6 g- v/ E1 A; l# U; s( {
Range closes to 5,000 yards0 M2 [; {& G# K* h! _
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' F# P$ R1 c4 S* D
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards' {6 {/ [- R0 m% e
Range closes to 3,000 yards8 i6 @- |& f4 o9 `- i, a
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards* L- x% u7 |5 H
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
; G# I6 j/ v6 E6 ^DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards- E+ f' V( p# `, L- J- p
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) }, H& ]& }6 p3 R, @DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
% ~" `5 [$ [- FAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
5 o; d" f0 ^1 l3 oBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards; \' L$ M2 T. _3 d% c! D
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards$ T8 h# t* k( [* x* T) l: p# s  r
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
" L( r- k$ h: R7 u  z' kRange increases to 5,000 yards4 n" e: E4 x& Y$ A& Q8 P; |
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
" E% X9 k8 u; T4 N! H5 Q5 T. s+ V, LDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards, r0 X6 _+ g. b1 Z4 ^# x
Range increases to 7,000 yards
' p& d4 ?1 e4 o& \: g$ T  k8 hDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
" {0 n. c  S& ~) {DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards8 Q# q  Q1 J4 R+ Q; i8 A4 L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards2 E  j& ^9 f0 x- \8 c
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
( b" K1 n5 e+ X8 TAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards  K4 _& k+ W4 w" C
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44. `8 R0 e4 [$ b; v, Y, T4 B
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加9 `3 p+ j! c6 M! h0 N
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5 b5 g7 G8 d. t+ F( a8 RGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack) p8 B% M# P. F. h! u/ Y

1 O, [- c7 i) i, y# ^9 [0 wAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444* y* C( X7 M  h4 E- l: u

' e4 s: N6 M8 i, A  F1 a$ Y6 ]Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000% g% q) {8 h+ S5 f! _3 j: A

& e3 I8 [. Q( T  wJapanese ground losses:
+ q# V  L! G# D  S( I8 @      834 casualties reported8 Y. N# A4 J6 R9 i7 y3 N! B
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled. @1 o. H6 g! H, p( F) K
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled8 e1 o) h& r+ M9 \4 D
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
# l: ~; P% o4 d8 Z5 ~' {      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)( q0 A/ N+ p+ `+ ]- S, [( \
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Allied ground losses:
/ Q% k6 F5 M: a, `2 u/ `7 H! j      16 casualties reported( B- c. I& E: Z/ Q3 W# ^
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
- }! f3 \; r# C4 C0 l& P         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 k: N( U4 f, S2 r1 `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44$ u9 L9 o" G( D
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久& G: t5 [6 N9 h
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( {: I2 T$ }8 `6 D6 K7 eTF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!% h* G* K8 {! V/ ^1 K) g
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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- A1 p/ m1 O0 M" }- C/ _  Q3 B8 V  QAllied Ships
/ J! G1 {0 ?6 e) |      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
  ]6 `# M7 K( x$ @& y+ k- [/ ~9 b      DMS Forrest
) ~7 n$ O7 V" U* P7 O      DMS Hamilton: G# a' b/ [3 j$ `8 u
      DD Guest
) U$ ?# i* B8 ?$ P, s      DD Albert Grant* U" E3 O/ P) U; L# u; }
      DD Daly
2 |( s0 @- H$ s( b      DD Cowell0 X0 P9 X" @! b  L/ g; A6 k
      DD Cotten2 L. d5 ~* v/ ]: Y
      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
- e  `6 T" B- V
% K  o( p' w  _& fPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson
) i1 D0 X" C0 [  X; ^" N/ SPonape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest, V9 s7 Z; ?# ?( U  P
98 mines cleared( L; N" Q. s, S5 W' l# E, K+ o+ M" N
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% D! z* P% i8 Y% {/ ^) V: uNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113' ^9 i8 f$ C- y7 J8 Q$ ?
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Japanese Ships( G% k/ E+ x5 e- A' H! F. r$ Y
      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; L6 I( ?; N/ e3 O
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Allied Ships0 {: N! x# F, J; p/ ^6 X; t$ b
      CA Wichita, }4 J) H  @8 R3 r1 G  E0 K
      CA Vincennes
- f/ S3 q# l) k* @& n. }" f5 v6 D      CA Quincy
# K  g, d1 k6 R. @# l' K      CA San Francisco
% U# P, W  L7 \) U2 C# F, V      CA Minneapolis
5 u" w+ U  Y! s8 P; I      CA Astoria" C9 K! \2 p* e8 K+ d* q
      CA Chicago. i, m  J$ d% c! c. F, @/ r7 D
      CA Louisville$ G( M4 n, T! K! Q
      CA Chester
) G) M( P6 D" \; q      CA Northampton
3 u3 G+ V0 u. n, o2 t! I1 [      CA Portland
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3 ?! v% E5 j" A* C6 yJapanese ground losses:/ e9 o" v1 I; v
      54 casualties reported$ y' D- e& m' q5 a
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled, U9 s* ^: E8 \4 C
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
4 v. s; N/ N4 ?- e) q$ Z& C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled% w! S5 p8 [: j
      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)" W" B  p) z& n! m
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)" T7 J9 k( x# q- T# Z9 Z
- _# w9 m* C, d2 R/ Y
Airbase hits 1
; o6 O* }, ?) I5 o( yRunway hits 160 @% a! h( V5 V( J. c2 r2 `
( X: [% M& Y: X, v: `9 Y5 s* W& o
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113# K, o2 }0 C. G$ }& W9 }/ R, a
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Allied Ships
3 s1 E+ _# \/ o4 `& [) e) G! s      BB Alabama* K/ c0 t$ h* r1 e$ q- _/ L" D0 ^7 }
      BB Massachusetts
; N& q" {7 c$ T+ P! w      BB Indiana
" ]! J4 u) \- D9 ~* Q" v! p      BB South Dakota
1 T: v- X$ M/ s      BB Washington
3 f2 [, G5 d2 \9 Q      BB North Carolina( }9 _; `$ G! \6 }1 L
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Japanese ground losses:2 _4 x9 E2 C  @
      570 casualties reported" @1 [) X" H3 c. V4 i6 [
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled& b! p9 H. v, g" U, Y, T" G- M. [
         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled- i9 E& Q% ^9 j9 s" {  m
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
' ^% j& `  ?( s1 a      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)' `  T* c" L0 @. j& k0 y1 @5 q1 I
      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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& l5 n, ?0 X0 p) t% T' Y! K6 XAirbase hits 7
$ v' ]' \: H3 P4 \% L8 fAirbase supply hits 16 |! m! o9 z8 O) ~
Runway hits 159 v& `8 D! n4 u( B" C; H; {5 `2 @
Port hits 3
6 K& [- _) @: ^Port supply hits 2
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0 A4 c$ C3 [3 [% `& |5 Z; ]4 N# CNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships( y0 [: m& o; M0 p4 O$ a. g9 c
      BB Queen Elizabeth1 W% j" b+ G0 ~- ~1 F$ ]9 l
      BB Valiant) c' T/ x  G- b8 @$ L/ z5 p
      BB Mississippi
4 O/ j4 }! p, _8 |; }& a' p& U, X      BB New Mexico& `4 _8 D# ]( v! {# T  F
      BB Idaho
( N3 J/ V  M% A2 C4 y2 {% P. ~7 a      BB West Virginia
8 ]2 A6 N1 w; `# i' y. I/ y      BB Colorado5 l  e3 b# @* m1 M' E
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Japanese ground losses:% E* l! @7 G7 J. R) c2 Q( ]
      603 casualties reported+ y8 C! O: }- B  v$ N3 X+ F& F
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled: p6 _2 h( b1 ~/ h% o. O
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
& Y/ `% f4 i3 T         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled( q8 G9 F4 q" t  c: u( B2 s" l
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)# e6 M* H7 S. c1 E' u- n: _
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)0 L! s# c1 G" X; n
9 h+ Q7 g- {7 V
Airbase hits 5
9 V# m* \1 V' O5 L6 V8 N3 }; l& aAirbase supply hits 2
/ l+ ]% ]* ?1 xRunway hits 7' M! m4 p+ H/ }
Port hits 14 ~7 ^4 ^. `+ Q6 d0 ~
% I* K  N! q; _) m
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape 3 N6 x8 g& B8 O" l' S  @
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant! k3 ?. c: I9 \" i
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division
2 w, }1 p2 i+ d1 W0 [! h3 d; yBB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division5 o5 }& l9 l+ E6 k& [
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape
& m! U% d. Z! o. Z; gBB Idaho firing at Ponape
, J. ]6 r3 _8 j, D! W( e' aOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
2 }8 Y9 U4 B. U/ I# @. \BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division
/ C0 ]1 O& J! q$ |, y# ?6 NBB Colorado firing at Ponape
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' y( R! w3 h4 y' {: P7 ZAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)( [. ?0 ]. t3 B# a: L
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
. _) K% t* `) H% H2 D  @Estimated time to target is 34 minutes- _5 K7 M; J5 S: w! S6 K* L

4 T, d6 O$ c' K8 n+ I- Y8 cAllied aircraft
/ ^& D6 W1 z3 ]0 T) V4 H0 J/ K  l      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4625 k4 d! j" T: O% H8 E+ U
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314& W/ F3 g/ q3 e- D& e
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2744 ?* J' [5 }6 s, o
( ]( s  _0 u( l8 B
Allied aircraft losses
2 a  P& V# X5 d" [      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged
7 L: @5 [; j# M; L7 R" Z% ~      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged9 w# D: {7 G/ P+ `3 V3 S# o% z4 |7 J

* p6 ?! w! x& |8 y0 ~/ {2 NJapanese ground losses:% ^$ V0 M2 S7 r3 a1 _6 ^6 U4 Z
      529 casualties reported1 A/ f4 Z3 q% B! ?/ ?2 i5 m' q
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled, D1 ~  G4 Y2 [# ]( V, H% f
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
. K. p" L! q4 B' t, ~         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
( |3 n. k$ p* S+ Q      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)% k/ I. w$ C, w9 D0 ^) Z4 x7 s1 `

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8 o! i! w( d/ `( T9 L( d+ f1 jGround combat at Ponape (119,113); M! p0 q: |( v5 A9 p# I

; F* M, n6 O+ t8 B" XAllied Deliberate attack
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$ W, E4 s, T# o2 _* V+ G8 DAttacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
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Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
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0 `3 f. d' y/ @3 r% o; g0 `" JAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
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) r/ w: r8 c+ A" q+ sAllied adjusted assault: 3029
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& Z- P8 Z  m7 R( y, [Japanese adjusted defense: 3835
! P8 _, b* m# i" j1 ?6 m* ?" \+ d5 D: \4 K5 }- g2 k
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) % T! j6 S  I- l( g7 _1 [

4 c) _' |$ P3 n  k6 Y+ u$ d& \Combat modifiers
1 r4 {- z: i( ^& {, a* J4 c/ T- [; E, ]Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
: f- ?5 `1 ?# y" m' B, T5 t( IAttacker:
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2 ^" u7 Q& t+ _3 y# z, D: vJapanese ground losses:
0 E) p+ o+ ^# Z6 O      5869 casualties reported. b( f$ x- M% o# j( O
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled
/ k; q$ o9 S' r+ Z1 U* j4 ]+ K         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled* ?: E& _0 q2 W* E( n6 r% e6 p7 M
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled# V' M7 ]/ n) H: }6 B$ M6 R! \
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)  Q- t% E7 R9 k0 ?" \2 M
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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) F* `7 z% J' Y2 ^- s. kAllied ground losses:
, v/ ]0 Y9 c1 B4 ~3 u8 x  x& H7 B      1488 casualties reported
; {- O/ L0 r9 }9 ~- Z) m# u         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled( c$ x8 i0 ?" T# E
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
; ^9 n7 i% F+ A* R4 G. V' V         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled  u* t& c/ z) M. q
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled), {& l1 [1 b2 C+ |; x7 }" X3 s+ Z
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
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1 ^& `' x5 X/ L* y9 e5 C3 uAssaulting units:
/ Y/ e6 I, [% Q    762nd Tank Battalion
. W3 V+ t( N: L    710th Tank Battalion7 K9 z6 h, M7 C
    767th Tank Battalion
- d  E9 E0 H4 r    44th Tank Battalion
1 |9 Z/ {3 ?3 a9 E2 O& o+ B$ K    96th Infantry Division( Y) I3 I5 Z7 H5 w* Z1 i
    706th Tank Battalion7 n4 p9 ]  D9 u! `+ `$ L# I! z
    81st Infantry Division5 G3 f3 H6 ?5 h! M5 w) N3 P
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
  _1 S& O# U2 L9 i3 X6 o8 G    5th Marine Division  U& v* }( B6 Q) M, t( M! i
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
7 A3 j7 _+ j- P. U+ C. t    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 r& w: p. b! M; G/ M    711th Tank Battalion% {: ?  u: `4 [) f# N! I
    716th Tank Battalion8 f# g8 Q9 e* _5 {9 l
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment! W4 Q" R8 c0 N! h# N
    6th Infantry Division' r' \' I( P1 M, I9 k& S
    31st Infantry Regiment
$ Z( M& o* u1 s1 B    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 F( ~2 Z3 V/ ~% B' u    4th USA Defense Battalion/ f4 E: `/ j  Q5 t+ g7 G, G
    X Corps Artillery 2 y1 o6 i1 Y& X4 N5 X- X& c
    14th Marine Defense Battalion7 Y- T( |% B, _3 [7 u
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- T- r; k8 n. K    I Corps Artillery 0 b" r' L1 N* R/ Y' N& d6 Q* k
    XIV US Corps/ ?& t5 b8 A$ B/ `9 Z" A( e$ H  O- @' _
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 \! V9 f; b' L    96th Coast AA Regiment8 Y6 k+ g/ v$ H2 e
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ k1 S% R5 N7 w) |$ R5 u    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
% ?$ e7 k' i  \- A9 U4 M8 Q; d    12th Marine Defense Battalion
9 ^& b5 X0 G, k0 ~! e: ^    738th Coast AA Regiment
3 w& o3 {$ A' [4 b/ @2 D' }    1st USMC AA Battalion
' D0 l, u0 ?; s! Z3 n9 k- ]7 f+ G# ?    5th USA Defense Battalion
# W) j( e+ z  ^, S/ h    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment: z* W8 U1 D" q2 v0 L& F& I

5 Z/ _* b0 u) i2 T* PDefending units:
5 B: q& i& V5 c  G  m7 y4 j    144th Infantry Regiment
" |: l* A5 \( M' H) h    81st/C Division
# \0 K; D" V& |    Kure 3rd SNLF
: q2 ~6 s' C0 Y( r    Sasebo 7th SNLF
& b# k4 i2 E: ~5 y4 O$ u" p    81st/A Division4 L) J5 R& p; D& T# q* [
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
0 ?) A0 ^' M2 L    33rd/B Division9 ^; u0 d+ {% ~8 U- w# T
    52nd Naval Guard Unit) t! l2 N0 n  m4 o5 @2 y  a+ `
    33rd/A Division3 O6 B9 E0 Y3 }1 X  S! S4 R
    81st/B Division
% v$ ]2 j( v' t+ E. u    138th Infantry Regiment, s! w( C8 R+ }! P
    33rd/C Division7 E& j/ P" ]; ~& U/ T1 Q" Q* e, f
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion8 J& i) d% _# y
    60th Field AA Battalion
, R( K. Z' L  N( m$ A3 ?) O3 y    53rd Construction Battalion
3 e5 f0 u2 P6 [6 z* b    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment& u2 `; s1 {5 @, w0 x: x# `
    14th Area Army /1" W  Q2 c2 a1 `+ h
    61st Field AA Battalion
1 K$ O3 h. r$ n$ Y, l. |    18th Army
) Q* f) @) E$ q    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 [9 Z4 P4 m1 d5 q$ X# C# Z    18th Field AF Construction Battalion. E/ y1 m0 t! c8 P+ R
    63rd Field AA Battalion% r( V) ]9 V$ I* T* G
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- J, g) Z/ O1 i' l    12th Air Fleet
- V7 \$ \; J4 p6 a* l- v- Y* W: d0 H    Kure 7th SNLF
' v; A- B* k5 Q" \; D    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, \" B2 W( B1 P" i1 m    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
! D) p0 p. [2 u    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% n/ Z8 j) C8 p    19th JAAF Base Force% S* q; A6 o, t9 E  v& K
    3rd Base Force/ a$ F. k: Q' A. J
    Ponape Naval Fortress
, n8 o* e0 n5 ?" P2 `; 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
/ b8 [0 R6 K9 n7 M# B! r& c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. |/ g0 R" K" ]
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Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 & u% ]: \0 @1 Z, D+ n

2 J* o: R* {6 Q- n3 G1 qWeather in hex: Clear sky. a% F+ c1 K, w  ~* D
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.' }, v! t* O% @
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft  w) h, X5 m1 v
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
4 r; P% N7 N% x0 f& A" W      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3270 y  E3 g+ Z) C
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283: H% ^2 @1 @& [) E2 L9 d3 Z# {
& ~% X; l0 q7 e, R$ T  {" m
Allied aircraft losses2 _' b5 t( F5 }% J0 I
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged' j2 Q3 T$ N2 C. H3 I/ Q8 p
      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged
, \# f0 j4 j3 x: |' w$ i' J: M      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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5 i1 A. c  w) {: ~, o+ W( MJapanese ground losses:
% p4 W& I* R% W/ S& L      17 casualties reported% J5 f- w' k9 a) U$ O' y" ?$ p9 i4 R
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 R* ^/ K/ V6 y0 R         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled. S) ~+ M! d3 F8 a& h1 E
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* V5 j  X; I: d+ G6 r) H( p7 ]      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)+ A2 s, }2 S1 h9 o! ?

( E$ T: y6 M3 V& L& X# h1 z& ?Airbase hits 971 T- D7 |7 {6 a" f
Airbase supply hits 26/ X/ S+ O( w: D
Runway hits 252
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; n9 [/ f0 n; C9 R+ AGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728" I% S2 n1 u7 w6 }9 m

: h: l2 |/ Q+ r- K6 d" I7 p0 PDefending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
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Japanese ground losses:4 s! N7 ]) X. `1 O! T: b: ?
      736 casualties reported- @# J, j0 i. q9 A8 u* P" V
         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled
  W; K) k0 i" j+ Q6 o* X         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
5 K% }6 j& t# s: C         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled/ s" R% n* r" P8 i
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
: c% {7 ~/ `4 N# C      Units destroyed 1. s+ _4 f. O) d$ F# ?
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Allied ground losses:
& P! Q. ^8 W# p1 v* ]      23 casualties reported+ W  T. q4 `" U9 \* k) |; M3 Q
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 @4 y& p1 T* O8 s+ Y* v; _" u
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 r& ^0 a  }9 P5 M! a# f/ ^         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" Q/ b, B# ]' S0 P" }
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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3 B6 C  W( `: b3 l5 YGround combat at Ponape (119,113)* p, X* L& x3 D2 M9 Z5 @

) f9 |- T! M0 w& `. ]: ^Allied Bombardment attack
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7 e2 S( f; ?  RAttacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488# D  P" }" [: o' T' X

) s3 X2 Q/ Z/ H: Z8 C0 B, _) I* YDefending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
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Japanese ground losses:+ C+ A3 q# s1 q* j
      698 casualties reported
0 Q" K  e3 I' k  v8 p. @         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled8 e  I4 \4 j5 A# y' @2 H5 `
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
; T+ I; A' Y7 q1 S, O         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
+ H+ ~$ O* R( P$ e! p      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 449 }. y. I- I8 e) q  m
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113& u$ D3 i' r+ J$ U, [
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Allied Ships; q0 V6 \$ t( h7 e/ d
      CA Wichita
9 s* r4 U) j( q( n1 \0 g% R  T      CA Vincennes
* k9 w4 C, `- l" i      CA Quincy' i0 x; c6 }7 n
      CA San Francisco
5 ?- o& S6 K8 F1 U      CA Minneapolis
0 a* a: Y8 D, y# ]( ]; E4 O      CA Astoria
& Z7 t' h9 Q1 C- d: N      CA Chicago# p" n; x& o8 b& c. ~4 X: |4 P& o
      CA Louisville
. Y& b: J/ L) Y5 W, s  i' k3 r      CA Chester4 [! B6 l, U3 A8 P! U5 r+ n+ @
      CA Northampton
% o0 U, i5 B, L3 i2 {  D      CA Portland7 }! \  {" B! n7 j

, H$ l2 z+ g4 r# A9 PJapanese ground losses:! G+ H# V6 c+ i/ U
      213 casualties reported
% W) D/ d4 f  D7 V3 H         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 ~/ K# [  ?& K6 s2 A+ [9 {% T2 y( S         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled6 F( r) a6 T6 [& k7 `" E9 [9 [3 j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled$ x# g, G6 g- Z5 O. A4 X# @" k9 ^! t
      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
1 }! n7 }; A. M. l. Y: C
7 B4 O% `& _4 b7 }Airbase hits 64 ^# ]% l% w4 x( y, P) W8 k. U
Airbase supply hits 1
. n3 h" n6 O( h# C7 V) lRunway hits 25
9 _. _+ d; t- J8 nPort hits 58 l3 ^* Y5 [8 \3 U0 P5 s$ K% I' s
Port supply hits 1
- |! v5 O- v) ^
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1137 j  r  W$ D0 o) y% _# t+ @
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Allied Ships
7 E" ^' ~8 \3 G      BB Alabama4 P5 d* z) ^, a3 b: [" w  t
      BB Massachusetts
! k* ]1 ^1 E6 L      BB Indiana2 I4 B" [8 p6 K; y  e' J. Y' e
      BB South Dakota
# j# K! T$ f- Y  E7 V* z      BB Washington3 x3 r9 ?6 D8 S5 f! O- B
      BB North Carolina) Z  @2 u, F$ F

+ V* ^% f% F1 [1 `Japanese ground losses:
) ?) D- Y6 ^$ ?' o  r5 y: A' Z( `/ f      803 casualties reported
  h) X8 Y' L4 s" i0 b5 B' A$ }9 n         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled
! J5 C. I4 E; A, j2 ^# ^$ Q/ p         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled
% f  q- U6 K, Q2 t. ]/ k         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled+ Z3 n1 Q" J  t& K- o9 h& V9 z% z
      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
3 p: R3 r! ?) @! a" p7 k      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
  b% j2 e- y* l, q* q
  R4 |& C" O7 O" Y" dAirbase hits 2/ Z* e2 R: M9 v; c4 T+ `# j) p( C
Runway hits 3, H, W: `7 G; `" `$ K
Port hits 2' A4 D- p$ }# W3 u6 c
9 E# j) _: D8 U2 d

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113' {) Z$ c$ S5 J9 D' D

( V3 J- T- S! CAllied Ships
4 ?1 F' w  z1 L      BB Queen Elizabeth
+ e% p0 U# ~: Y% Q/ B8 h. {# \      BB Valiant" C0 c1 W7 f5 B2 r
      BB Mississippi, V/ Z1 U+ d9 n
      BB New Mexico
4 w) q. a$ p9 {! K) B      BB Idaho
5 ?% H: w* o4 m* k      BB West Virginia
$ F2 V% k" v2 [6 ^      BB Colorado
" N7 H1 C; u- B& u1 M8 _  n2 h" }( }: h9 J# S% ]) H) O  G1 t" Y
Japanese ground losses:4 x, m0 s/ v% ^9 f
      710 casualties reported9 f: a$ c+ I, [+ O6 g& v6 T
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled, u& c( p& N) P2 P' v0 ?
         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
0 z7 k8 i% Q! _4 L+ }6 k         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
! {5 u9 |4 L2 N& S* s      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)7 V: U+ r5 w3 n& U$ Y" d
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
/ I: _# L7 K3 W. b9 |! W3 s7 q& x6 X
Airbase hits 18 H3 w, P+ X9 G
Runway hits 9
- c7 \0 f1 C7 L- v. p' l1 iPort hits 1: C9 N9 z" `2 J& I
* `2 h- q& d. [2 Y& X1 }9 t
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/ i: f- p6 l" e. FAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
( T  G9 _0 G: r
( |$ d1 X0 Q% y/ EWeather in hex: Partial cloud5 B% U0 x2 @  k, ~' w( T' |( t- [$ P4 s
; X( j# U% r6 N% P2 N
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
- I9 G) F& r, C! yEstimated time to target is 33 minutes
6 O0 d0 G2 `5 g9 ]% }" }3 E
8 {" G/ d3 ^4 p1 T! [: MAllied aircraft+ J! ^& {2 t" b& n) U
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462/ `3 W& k5 x: o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
4 b0 |# Q, {/ V- ^+ `/ N      TBM-1C Avenger x 2713 S$ Y- I1 ~- J. o2 ^

7 w0 e' s: @6 A/ q" \Allied aircraft losses0 q! ]- @( C# G1 t7 k8 D6 D
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged9 j) k) ~! P' P+ O' o7 l* G8 Y
      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged1 [$ p( {, c# `/ P* p

: z4 N, o( e. q/ Y9 m; CJapanese ground losses:
5 T1 K$ }! g+ _9 p% B: b& M* Q      660 casualties reported9 S1 W; J! N  p1 B' L# i% F$ [
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled! m+ F9 s- H5 G7 K4 Y
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled6 ]' ]4 r4 \- q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 H- T4 n- f; ^% M0 j. l% @, u
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)9 Q" Y8 `" k1 A1 _. S& h
: ~1 B3 B# v# K% f" z2 M
1 ?) ?1 J/ n2 F) q; n1 K+ p

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- v+ N. `5 P' IGround combat at Ponape (119,113)& z2 a6 e; j4 o

( k0 [1 X, m2 A7 \Allied Deliberate attack
- I7 H1 w. `! U' T  Z
2 ^* i  E5 t" C* eAttacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455- Q7 B' ~3 U8 J, S/ I

5 E0 B) A! y, n1 s2 }# O/ KDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601) X$ x. Q6 B' e' P
$ x& y( d5 G7 b  t) C  i
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4% O8 o5 x2 [6 G# S) F$ m; ^: {1 o: u

4 Q* F8 v7 u; d  mAllied adjusted assault: 2943 3 i) ^, P- `" F( w8 y

' T5 `5 v2 x$ oJapanese adjusted defense: 537 ! T: M) Q: d% {! m  h% t

& A5 _1 A& h! S: @Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)   ^* D% ?% p7 j4 H  [$ t- M4 I
" K" x- V8 W( x7 j& F1 u( T
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 45 x2 K1 J2 Y: m4 X3 |# h, `
7 y8 m7 {3 H4 I! c8 \
Combat modifiers) o& k& n1 i6 ]: s2 [# a7 h: l
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)) D6 k$ @2 d) e
Attacker:
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' T% d  ~. ^) T1 W8 DJapanese ground losses:# l7 O& [7 ^8 y$ t2 p4 w. D/ ]
      4555 casualties reported
) `0 ?. C6 J2 f" Z, d         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled8 j  o/ L6 R! T2 U$ L6 E  }
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled
* A* ]1 b8 P% F1 J8 l1 l, b1 X         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled) ~6 H* T' F' O6 m- y
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)" `; Y$ H: X- ?8 s" O
      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)
/ S0 t+ }0 [; h! j& C7 Y. }1 ]8 ^* h: d
Allied ground losses:( x; }( d) B+ g* n0 [9 e
      1283 casualties reported
* U- }0 E: b8 q8 `# M# l2 G         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled1 o4 n! G) _7 [/ P
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled2 \. z$ _  @- ?. N8 W8 ]* n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
% S) z* q$ p& I" ]      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)  _4 }0 y# Q5 X
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)% N2 B3 c" ]+ v  o4 U6 Z/ {
  a( A% W2 j4 S) \; p, `
Assaulting units:
* |7 z) i2 J- B* h    716th Tank Battalion. U$ f; R. W5 C3 K% w
    112th Cavalry Regiment
! E' s7 G/ q9 n+ {$ S8 D    44th Tank Battalion# m4 N) B# n! ?' M6 N" f( E3 Q
    711th Tank Battalion
8 ^6 @6 Z! d  M    6th Infantry Division  |* P9 K0 _) t8 }+ f: n# G
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 P( Z  f: B  m$ G! R9 S' C    5th Marine Division7 v$ p' [0 Q: ?/ C( l
    706th Tank Battalion
* `& i9 r2 ~# g$ {9 G/ n/ Q0 Q4 Q    710th Tank Battalion
& B+ Q* c+ c+ [) }    81st Infantry Division6 {: S) o2 V/ u% x7 _2 w1 J
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment% M6 t& K8 q1 q1 Z) L
    767th Tank Battalion0 }1 _8 [, I1 M
    762nd Tank Battalion
  b3 E: l* C; G+ \) O* U0 v: W4 T    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment, Q3 ?, W7 Z9 ^  I. _
    96th Infantry Division
9 s% I9 V. q6 T% t( m! {, m1 R    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* o3 [8 M+ _, S; p0 J. @
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. d& _  H. H4 ]3 U    1st USMC AA Battalion8 t! @/ o8 |7 U+ I1 Q, c. w" @0 B6 }! P
    738th Coast AA Regiment
: u/ {: A; n' w5 {" B2 X( Z    X Corps Artillery   Y  s5 ~3 q! i4 x- P! t
    I Corps Artillery : M4 e+ l- [; J% J/ w
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 w% h1 H; R0 u6 w0 e    12th Marine Defense Battalion- h' \2 w( @- B
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion3 Q3 l4 N) _3 f* O$ c) v* x  Y
    XIV US Corps9 q/ b' c- x8 C" E$ y9 t
    4th USA Defense Battalion, E: n' R* u& w& g' U, G( h
    5th USA Defense Battalion
1 q3 j! P" I3 Y5 L; [2 A" M( l$ q    8th Marine Defense Battalion
6 M( u1 I: Q! f! T- ^/ b; x    96th Coast AA Regiment
$ Z8 V* y+ K& U    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 n$ ]- S0 l6 }: ]% T' Y7 I$ G; Q    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 z0 i% A3 u! }  H

' \9 p& ^( i$ XDefending units:" Y3 w' u6 P3 I" o1 G. `' u0 D
    81st Division# c. l' o7 j' p0 f
    33rd Division) F0 G! ]. y, x1 h0 {; x
    52nd Naval Guard Unit# u+ Y( Y3 l9 W$ O) B0 h/ m
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
4 _8 i. \1 @) Y% r9 u    138th Infantry Regiment9 S  a3 \8 E/ {; n; m
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1& m$ V: [4 S6 V% J8 c4 V
    3rd Base Force1 \) j5 ]( @" J1 B9 R
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion7 Y/ V4 n: ?0 L8 z& W
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" u( x( U( b2 s. E& F0 x
    14th Area Army /1
# `: a% F" Q  d9 {    144th Infantry Regiment
2 |1 Y+ _4 J4 r  B    18th Field AF Construction Battalion% `, B0 N$ X/ }7 ~; t; i! j2 [6 a* B
    19th JAAF Base Force
6 L3 v$ _& `: z5 s" M" p    60th Field AA Battalion
, y3 C1 t1 j5 J6 c8 Q3 c    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 F, N" J- b& q& m. ?    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6 T& ]9 T2 Y1 p$ r    61st Field AA Battalion) g' k/ g" w( S8 I( z& v
    Kure 7th SNLF+ c: W5 }' Q- F9 @0 Q; `2 O
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ n/ E4 j. R$ |9 J3 f- x
    18th Army
2 m0 R, U4 S$ s" \/ `    12th Air Fleet" l) i2 o, ?7 C! r) @* s3 o
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment1 S" w( l0 n* p6 }. o; b
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion# ]+ r! E9 ]/ y8 n# J+ {  L
    Ponape Naval Fortress
  H7 s. b. W; a) y    53rd Construction Battalion: z1 b4 Z! C1 x1 x& I
    63rd Field AA Battalion
0 t0 k" s0 E$ D- ]7 \/ V    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44; [/ I' V) ?5 F& y3 b3 n7 \
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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+ D. i1 H9 s# c日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。9 Q5 N' `9 K4 J' z5 Y: N' ]# t

3 _+ j$ s; M, ?8 @此役为盟军硫磺岛惨败后立刻发动的攻坚战，意在检验45年盟军的攻坚能力，也测验日军重点把守据点的防御能力。实验证明在断绝外援的情况下，日军据点虽然坚强，但并非不可攻破，实乃鼓舞士气振奋人心的一战。
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6 l4 \  r: x) p0 C, H* lGround combat at Ponape (119,113)0 B; ?" [" D, k( G7 F0 }

; e0 p% j. p* T! f" \7 QAllied Shock attack
+ |; y1 N. `  y4 a& @) }
- f6 K+ n/ D9 b3 W: @. E& d+ ?" AAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338) J) h" Q* ~3 I$ Q0 ]

9 T5 M* m, |$ n: k, CDefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 2487 F- {( K! n( I, |1 T& j6 Z

, w( S9 F% t  y- D0 i( kAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
! g& E7 g7 k- l2 r) k. b2 M5 Z, S$ V# Y9 z5 y! l1 Q$ y
Allied adjusted assault: 5312 ; O% U/ ^) X' J
+ i6 ~& G% [) O# k6 d: K
Japanese adjusted defense: 163 3 v) A: i- B5 _/ |/ V

$ u) V% _* U8 d9 x5 kAllied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3) . o6 H3 V' x1 W5 K

: Z# A3 }3 A* ^1 I& M* A" l8 lAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!
$ B' H2 S$ D1 S0 N! q" B" w3 @/ @+ _. B/ B
Combat modifiers3 {' L# y+ l( ^; k7 _9 H( q3 C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
  ?! k* Y" ?, T( r. {, oAttacker: shock(+)
2 B- |5 J$ U  q+ a- @! J* h% a
  d9 M4 S/ C: B' D1 t* P3 HJapanese ground losses:' [4 M+ j0 r: `$ p
      6464 casualties reported
- |. t. z9 v( W: S5 n         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled
) q( P2 o* _% w+ t         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
/ g! z) {3 U. e4 D* t, _% T         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled/ D0 x& T2 a9 @( o
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled)9 m# w; w, D: C5 Q2 S! [, @4 A3 f
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)* ~" \3 O7 }  P
      Units destroyed 1
7 m0 Q) Z+ b7 i; Y: m0 e( W% f% C5 m- ~  f) e" Y
Allied ground losses:
" \5 N2 U8 T6 W3 G      700 casualties reported+ }  c, I8 ^' [" |0 `3 n0 x
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled2 v' z% ^- K% v3 m& h9 a
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled% S; ]& k  y( a- X5 [
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
5 d7 d) s4 L& i      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
% r9 Y# {2 L* B. {  m) T      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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' j: P/ P9 D1 V; rAssaulting units:. {6 j  I( @. X; S, l
    6th Infantry Division( ?+ K1 P. ?+ h, t& n
    706th Tank Battalion
0 N; b# i3 y; R5 q+ g6 i: ~4 j    710th Tank Battalion
! C3 t: O+ u3 w# T5 ?& d& I4 z    716th Tank Battalion9 ?* {& d' a4 k8 Z) e
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
# x- B5 |$ C( h1 F2 Y5 L( P    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
/ l  T: @' D; U2 K    767th Tank Battalion2 `% n1 \/ R0 q: a& j  q5 [
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
( K5 v  g; c8 W4 w. b, F2 Q: G    711th Tank Battalion
; c7 a1 e2 B: \    762nd Tank Battalion
' L6 `# ]2 h% x' d) p: x( \3 U    81st Infantry Division
8 y4 k0 d! v+ z: M% S    5th Marine Division* F6 a" u) q0 t( u% |  U
    112th Cavalry Regiment% K) c5 k$ \2 K; _
    44th Tank Battalion
6 w/ v- S- z  I3 u  S  g    96th Infantry Division* c9 a' h5 s+ [1 c
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ l% [. p+ t4 {' q+ L1 j) @) V. _    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment! a& Y, t) n. G: I  s" e9 r
    4th USA Defense Battalion
6 c$ w: L3 L1 c+ K& |6 V4 I& c. C    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 b8 V1 p( i; V4 G) o% J    12th Marine Defense Battalion: |/ ~5 p: ]3 z- [
    1st USMC AA Battalion
, E* q' d0 a) ?/ y1 o8 o    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
. n+ g" x* a. a, P$ r& J% g! q    XIV US Corps
" g. |% ?5 D5 N    I Corps Artillery * t; d9 v1 Q, s4 m& p
    8th Marine Defense Battalion9 x6 [' n% U& I) g- ~  s- u0 k
    738th Coast AA Regiment
0 q  h2 s( B+ W" A7 y+ A' \    14th Marine Defense Battalion
0 r0 r7 o1 M2 F) o7 @% L" @' z    X Corps Artillery 0 L7 X) O( k. r0 ]8 S# u& Y) D
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
$ A, a2 a5 e; ^, Z1 h! h' z$ \, o    96th Coast AA Regiment7 _8 G2 P* G7 @2 @! w
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment2 c3 P- P7 q$ F1 t! Y6 N! q

. i  F, T% c7 H, W6 yDefending units:, n. F6 a/ }$ }! z, |% H, h
    81st Division* @2 s$ O' n$ c2 N  d# c8 S
    33rd Division
6 v4 Z5 m0 F- E8 B- i    138th Infantry Regiment2 ]5 Z7 `& b- u" L( k
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
+ n- I6 k6 d. X9 u    Ponape Naval Fortress
" L0 V/ J8 j5 C& r; h- Y2 P    12th Air Fleet/ a. L# ^1 P! @! I$ ?0 B1 c
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 h$ d6 |4 b- G: G8 w9 L
    60th Field AA Battalion; }. L  `$ r7 ~* M* `2 C
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
* \5 y. t3 r) R$ l; J$ {    53rd Construction Battalion
: r9 N" ]1 j. S) B    61st Field AA Battalion% O  N1 I, [4 r4 d0 g) P
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, b8 T. r7 q4 [3 X- z  e    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
5 A: D: f4 e2 z  V  l' `. P7 a- O+ `    19th JAAF Base Force
8 _: R  w2 P- c, y/ r" O! [    18th Army; J' b7 g" `( V5 h
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( N. A( D1 [- x, W    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 C0 i1 s2 Y  k
    3rd Base Force
* n) K7 o! [, a    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion. Z# m2 |# E. Q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
7 a9 r# s& w) K6 n  f8 ^    14th Area Army /16 B; m  i+ B" Q* D. c9 m0 H
    Kure 7th SNLF
+ U5 O& q) v' \0 `    144th Infantry Regiment. b2 |8 F" k: }& x' m
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment8 N( }/ X* W3 {
    63rd Field AA Battalion
; V8 j% q" T5 u$ s3 b% k8 f    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
# |$ m3 Q$ H  Z7 ]. {. Y% C    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 447 F: F$ _# C) x0 z* W, ~4 i8 E$ F
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来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。' N7 S9 o6 A" w4 I1 M/ F4 H& U* r) P
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. ^( f7 U- ]4 t* _& k# XNight Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards; E3 m' g  x, @3 c( w
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Japanese Ships
+ i; R* _6 k2 Z% D* Q1 {  q: ~; Q2 W      DD Fujinami
0 E1 U% A4 ^& W3 h/ _5 k      DD Kishinami1 S" f9 b& |' q8 ^
      DD Kiyonami
/ O# b2 `( N! v2 c: s" }  ?      DD Okinami) I7 l3 u3 s  R
      DD Hamanami. [( ^  |0 Z$ P: g# G7 V
      DD Asashimo# h: G- L# B9 g+ U

" T" a/ X. F* kAllied Ships# i4 n+ X) q# X4 u! @1 F  _+ I+ X( I
      xAP Golden Racer
* `5 Z3 {2 O( O* G; K& h      xAP Mallory Lykes
7 \3 S5 w' U' h0 M  u2 P' ^4 p! D      xAP Abigail Adams
% N: g% Q  U. L! ~      xAP Adoniram Judson) C4 Y& V4 J5 v
      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 [3 W5 X9 H" V) l1 D4 m
      xAP Andrew D. White
( C- ~, r! K5 E0 i      xAP Andrew Furuseth8 j1 v4 u6 l/ m! W
      xAP Archbishop Lamy! s* j8 ~7 y& g& ?
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
! e# r" d1 V6 o      xAP B. F. Shaw* p5 H8 U- c( f; i% V
      xAP B. Livingston4 @& ~( m; Y% R7 s5 ^3 Q. R
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson
+ K1 }1 `* X; g3 f      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
: d% l' Z$ }' J6 p! P& n7 d      xAP Benjamin Lundy
9 Z' H2 m) z! ^: }, Y      xAP Caleb Strong. }7 J! F; W/ p, a& z7 A7 G
      xAP Carlos Carrillo
3 [, i7 H- T9 Z1 |      xAP Charles H. Windham
) g1 h: s6 S) k. R& O      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
. K  j0 e" R* V5 [5 z& S: i      xAP Chief Washakie# b* C# d7 p: N4 a) a1 Q% E' {3 A' z
      xAP Daniel Drake
% Q" V$ I; H, v* |: T      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
' p6 n0 L; k& R# ^0 O- n      xAP David Dudley Field
% m4 p7 C% X0 Y+ {# n! R! _9 c      xAP David Gaillard
+ \/ I* L. m4 h6 n# l/ M/ C- F      xAP David J. Brewer" p3 U0 Q3 R/ k+ g; {4 d% D
      xAP Edmund Fanning
1 V) W! i# c! N" w      xAP Edmund Randolph
+ j0 h7 ^/ x. B% ?' s      xAP Edward Livingston
0 n5 r$ f0 d/ Z  {6 d1 H      xAP Edwin Markham* K7 `4 S3 d/ v3 @! h
      xAP Elihu Thomson/ `% V9 C6 I; ^( {0 n
      xAP Frances E. Willard
7 l! e" t# F. M4 l4 Z5 d+ n      xAP Francis P. Blair2 [/ C# x$ ~4 O/ Y
      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire8 _+ k/ I3 c- X7 q
      xAP Leland Stanford
% @, |6 O% s; r/ p4 H, w5 Z& f) t      xAP Leslie M. Shaw% r7 M9 K* e9 G( r1 _8 y
      xAP Lew Wallace$ @+ h" k0 z' N$ q1 E- A8 [% K
      xAP Lewis Cass/ r, `; Q1 L3 I8 M, \; u  j# l
      xAP Lydia M. Child
- [  `5 P6 ]. W5 a9 ^% d      xAP Samuel Gompers
7 n! o, e7 W. \& z) j8 @      xAP Stanley Matthews: `+ m/ n" |9 ~; w8 r! r5 B
      xAP Stephen J. Field
# s% M- y3 `4 o9 t" G; b1 x/ O      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 12 S: k; U6 [8 r, \" t
      xAP Thomas A. Edison' Y$ V% a6 H7 z
      xAP Thomas Nast
, o0 F% {" b0 e- C- o# C( @      xAP Thomas Nelson1 x5 v$ [$ H2 l( i% r
      xAP Vitus Bering2 ~- F: j) |" t0 R! }+ W. ?
      xAP Walter Colton
2 v- Z% B5 x9 W! ^& J; g      xAP William C. Claiborne3 j* n* [  l" m. G
      xAP William Dunbar9 p8 R1 E9 T9 z1 W3 P# m" F
      xAP William E. Channing
$ r" k  P7 W! X$ g' e: z      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2" ?/ C! T3 {+ }1 O
      xAP William L. Garrison8 o7 f- y% Z- t$ h6 t2 j) g! ?- y% C% p
      xAP William M. Stewart1 H4 b7 x0 Z7 E2 B
      xAP William P. McArthur
- U" g$ J1 d' O; k9 P3 `# q      xAP William T. Sherman/ f2 e% H: B( ?+ J- m! ?$ k1 F
      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
* p, ?" r2 b& v7 e& T( _      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  ?7 K( ~* T* I$ g+ l
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk, ~- ~7 N  j- H) M. }. I
      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 g1 Z; r- K# o# z+ w' u1 u. b/ F      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
# @! d! H) W& l# |; k" j# n8 w  a) ~/ Z      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ P) O: Z6 X3 \4 H$ V" k1 ~, q
      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' ]3 x9 g) q7 e      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
! ^5 i, ?0 l- H+ q      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk  e' X6 @4 b' p) V1 [6 @6 p
      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* u7 z% N8 |3 x# G0 n: _/ J
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire% Y" K+ j( n# `
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1: Q/ c9 S5 S; j9 f* O0 O" T- M. x' @

3 o8 X2 @/ B8 O- z; T8 y) ~& HAllied ground losses:
" S& k: V/ |( P' \" R% |      2171 casualties reported+ A4 e! F6 K! C! J, ^
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled
3 ?' }. U' m3 A0 q$ V8 G         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
- W/ k& C$ g3 O; P* W; }         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
2 Z+ h7 m; a2 w1 l      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)0 Q8 O2 K1 ^8 S7 h- u
      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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4 S" N& H9 O5 S' hJapanese Ships
0 A% s8 t0 ^) _  X0 k      CA Tone
% G3 g/ k0 s: J% w9 X      CA Chikuma. |2 I8 T2 i4 J, A; e! _# e; _, h
      CA Mogami; o0 i& E+ ?2 I5 S
      CA Mikuma7 O7 ?# J  s+ p9 w% {& {
      CA Suzuya) R2 q9 Y' ?) A
      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1+ J4 S# {8 @- d1 N
      DD Haruzuki7 H2 E, O9 p6 m* V$ Z3 K
      DD Naganami
7 ]. O/ q8 Y3 v      DD Myojinkaze' M$ U5 r4 I) o+ R
      DD Kosukaze
( Z  T' Y* w# T* m' f; W      DD Yamanakaze0 {0 {1 u/ U% R  m! a" j
      DD Urazuki
) ?) j  e: ^; `4 {* b: P      DD Benigumo
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) W5 f( J) w! p' eAllied Ships! a+ n# S6 B! `8 G1 d
      xAP Golden Racer
+ E& j) u, L- i  f$ W7 J7 I      xAP Mallory Lykes
) |+ X! A( c$ F0 u      xAP Abigail Adams5 g% n, U5 p. S- R
      xAP Adoniram Judson
# E2 Z$ H' q& F3 b8 X3 |3 k1 G9 g/ P      xAP Andrew D. White
7 V' V% y2 P$ \7 h9 D* |$ _5 F; y      xAP Andrew Furuseth
2 F0 e; `% f" X2 G      xAP Archbishop Lamy1 ^9 [; r9 p9 q' I% Z4 ]$ M, P
      xAP B. F. Shaw
& H. ?: D* B6 d      xAP B. Livingston
/ l+ R0 `" r8 S) Q      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
  b: N3 t8 P/ i. |8 @- G      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler
7 q8 f# [3 Q1 g2 f. p: \. q      xAP Benjamin Lundy8 _6 [: E+ |6 e4 R% s" c1 _  E5 C
      xAP Caleb Strong
. u9 }& l3 k9 p% v* a, l' |$ T      xAP Carlos Carrillo
: _; T' m# N0 j, H      xAP Charles H. Windham7 R' U: k. M9 \) W5 T: C
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
/ h+ q/ t5 h; i8 ~% q1 A* \      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
* u  H& y/ L" h/ Y- E/ P      xAP Daniel Drake
  s/ {: y( ~, J0 e1 A      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
% r. y: \4 T/ _. l9 |      xAP David Dudley Field
$ p5 u9 P8 M8 ?, Y& @% @      xAP David Gaillard
3 L) ~* h# {+ b, |8 e5 X0 f      xAP David J. Brewer
; E& e9 \1 c) l* C, b      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 y7 C" n0 x* F: t, ]+ I
      xAP Edward Livingston' p) L9 D1 S" ?
      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2
% w/ V/ k+ X/ W      xAP Elihu Thomson+ b+ x5 ^3 w( I* C+ E4 Q
      xAP Frances E. Willard% N6 h) N6 ~2 v% r/ Y" S
      xAP Francis P. Blair
  H0 I9 O. A* p2 u      xAP Leland Stanford' e  w) Z# a: o+ L& L1 t$ y
      xAP Leslie M. Shaw- D: |+ S% f/ _! W2 \
      xAP Lew Wallace4 H* i5 A- S- Y3 v2 n$ j
      xAP Lewis Cass
6 m. \# T* {! X      xAP Lydia M. Child. w5 G6 {# `1 q) _
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) d# k0 ?5 E" e      xAP Stanley Matthews( p8 E1 A: w' _) h" X" b
      xAP Stephen J. Field3 F, |$ ^; u% q2 K2 E- B' w
      xAP Stephen M. White
1 q) z- A# r4 T      xAP Thomas A. Edison
! q/ i) o: S" y, O  {  U/ z, B/ O      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage5 }# L) V/ Q4 D3 N$ R
      xAP Vitus Bering! b1 X8 b% a  Z" C% ]: M/ _
      xAP Walter Colton) R1 l7 Q% {6 O( n+ j+ r
      xAP William C. Claiborne4 e) P7 l% j: ~. n
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
" O' W' k# G3 B/ {( @      xAP William E. Channing* h' s! \) X9 M2 M
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
. J" a( E" M' L      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire- C7 `+ r8 l1 a" D0 Z
      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire' |  c( M. c+ y9 b6 B6 V
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: t) w: W9 P# O
      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- D% Y; v% [4 O; `
      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" [  K6 V9 c& P2 f      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! x4 f9 p8 R7 D. c
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ q2 w2 q+ ]+ C) g% L! N$ ~2 H      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ f, u! r1 t& ?/ e4 W# X/ E
      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2$ u4 t7 N, s+ c4 x5 Q# I5 S+ n
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! N/ d& e# r. a) B" ~8 Y. y      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 B) B  r& p+ P" g
      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
* R  D2 Z% s8 }; G+ m/ n      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- e. w  z0 r  X- l" T# \/ J      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# J0 k( P7 F$ p# ?% J; r
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ Y' t% e/ [, A1 p3 S
      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- M! b5 m  y, x( z- k
      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ d* D* ~; U7 G8 K3 U0 b& S, e
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire* o4 m( B+ M/ [* |4 V2 h0 F
      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
: {# \/ T& G2 T7 l; ~# g      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire2 o4 e' X' H/ U) k
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 b5 X  N. ?1 j7 q, J6 b3 N      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire5 W6 j' L2 _4 {! E3 Y
      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% w) ]; d8 X* Q4 _- ~, x
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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Allied ground losses:: `! d6 g7 x$ N
      1589 casualties reported* y1 @/ h2 n9 P/ H. ^. H
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled6 u9 L! d: K3 o$ m6 u, q# v
         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled
# s5 }! z5 c5 y7 ^) u         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled9 s) h2 z7 [. `
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)! Q! p1 E8 R+ @2 A2 \
      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)! o) g* A- u9 Q2 M4 [+ X& @( o; c; s

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/ V9 e4 }0 C7 G8 FGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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, W% F7 O6 F3 WAllied Deliberate attack9 W9 C' y. j! {2 a
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Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125% j& O. d/ {+ Z, H" {: r( f

* X5 b) [' e" ]. H3 E; t- NAllied adjusted assault: 1865   s# R  Q3 b2 |$ a& u

% c, U9 `# X4 P2 M$ TJapanese adjusted defense: 57 % n, g* l. ?( u6 }7 d0 I
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1
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Combat modifiers
& K0 J0 v* r' T: d5 ]" TDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)& Y7 d1 C: ?: n+ J) s
Attacker: $ T7 {- `& e! Z0 A! Z, c

* M; \2 t5 k0 M- ?1 zJapanese ground losses:
8 Z9 b- U( E+ U) W2 m1 s4 H      2583 casualties reported  ?# m: E% J. U. V
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled
3 [8 W4 Y3 j# [% B  ?# w# `: K         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
; Y  z: m8 V1 D8 b         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
4 d$ L% \- e' ]  c5 V      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
/ R+ n7 `5 ~8 j) B      Units destroyed 1
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4 k1 A( q& x6 G  g4 h" o$ |Allied ground losses:' s9 x1 D+ H& y2 c* U
      107 casualties reported1 K! V3 H8 k3 v5 |3 |2 f4 H5 R' ?. g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled! m/ t; q! L0 K
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
% t: b; [2 Q9 [5 ^( d2 h/ S* d2 Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
1 x, e" j( ~' b# W      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)- z. J' @  X: r2 b) N
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Assaulting units:
: I8 {, q) {8 L1 l/ N    6th Infantry Division7 \. S) t5 T7 @
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* e5 \' K5 P& E2 x8 f
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
7 y' l" ^. P" s: k1 f8 B  G    710th Tank Battalion
; I2 R# R" G+ B: t    81st Infantry Division
2 C4 u! n5 V7 p/ U6 k0 r    767th Tank Battalion1 ]5 [/ U  v. J! a9 Y- v" Z$ r
    716th Tank Battalion" V- k4 n) y7 c0 n
    44th Tank Battalion; E* o2 C1 ~' q, t/ Q) Z" `
    711th Tank Battalion
. S& |8 Q) F: G$ ^7 [2 ~    762nd Tank Battalion# i' B% k# S- j# ]/ R! T/ k9 ]$ }
    5th Marine Division, W. Z( f& t7 B, p& X
    112th Cavalry Regiment0 `) q  u' V: v; S. L$ `
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment9 n( }( l8 X: |9 u, l9 D
    706th Tank Battalion" d- O8 E' C1 o2 x4 G
    96th Infantry Division9 e$ v0 V/ b% E' C
    XIV US Corps
8 A6 n, H& `3 [9 G: e* Z& d0 g    4th USA Defense Battalion) x3 [3 p* l6 j, l/ ]! e
    X Corps Artillery
6 ^! Y& d" R6 v, g    738th Coast AA Regiment' e" R2 w' U) c
    5th USA Defense Battalion
8 {) n* W& O! g0 [    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
! O" r! c' N* t8 I* v& Q4 j    14th Marine Defense Battalion4 ]2 ]- |$ t% A& a4 D, G
    I Corps Artillery
; v  Q: u* A: O    12th Marine Defense Battalion2 W+ h, ~5 r: h/ m0 O$ Q
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion( T( _6 ^5 ?* M! ~# M  J
    1st USMC AA Battalion
( A8 @0 B3 x/ r9 l! Y    35th Aviation Base Force; L4 U( n7 x, }3 t; C3 @( Q: c
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment" y4 m4 ?. _+ V2 M) F6 r+ R
    96th Coast AA Regiment6 s7 J* C0 c' |( X) t" A; S
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion: K+ Y; }$ O) w) D, u
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 M2 X# _$ E8 u# ]9 u4 x4 S    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment4 t+ ?) e0 x4 L5 T1 G

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    81st Division, C+ H& L( `/ _0 l: U' q. k' E4 z
    33rd Division
' j' c4 b' v/ h* a# I: D. s    Sasebo 7th SNLF! E0 j( L7 Q  E# }; _+ a+ K- |8 i
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
: z. l$ e: l: T; I    Ponape Naval Fortress
0 z/ Q$ U0 C2 {5 k: b7 \7 m    63rd Field AA Battalion
+ ~9 l4 q& c- u    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5 z" J/ v5 k0 {1 H  H2 A% Z    14th Area Army /1
0 T& H' k2 P1 y3 r    61st Field AA Battalion
6 D4 G0 O$ j6 Y$ L; {    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- \: D9 U1 v3 S! R
    3rd Base Force3 L9 {& \7 j5 V5 u: ]- D
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
7 N) B$ x. t5 o' x1 h2 ]+ R    19th JAAF Base Force
0 `+ p: [( L* c2 g    53rd Construction Battalion
: e2 w/ h' L7 @& \, h- R  ^    12th Air Fleet
/ `$ z0 i' B# B    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
3 J7 j" N; E4 A. d    18th Field AF Construction Battalion7 Q2 Z' C1 l: k- m. r* b7 U6 H
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
. m2 g' V- D7 r+ U, w    Kure 7th SNLF% y4 K6 D( Y  _+ L
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
. I( Y8 b8 y  J% U$ j5 o    144th Infantry Regiment5 k1 T9 x/ O/ C8 b
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment" r& \7 j* {1 [+ h/ n' m
    18th Army
$ {8 g2 g& y9 t4 |; C- n1 k; a  p    138th Infantry Regiment' d% `0 ^! G1 O7 r8 L( U
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, J$ t0 f- k  a: U+ J
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /37 B0 U* ~5 B  m9 S( v% T
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1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!4 Z$ v, C7 F9 V: L1 y: `
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* L1 P# u- x# q23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!7 ?9 X  Q. [* ]
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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!' H9 w* O% e1 T+ i; q
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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!( r$ ~/ e  D8 `& O( K2 ^/ g/ T# o
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6 }8 h! ]. X7 ~& B, M" ^# J$ B" l61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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# H& o6 r- O3 e) i52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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53rd Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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& `0 |) p/ Z' O6 l18th Field AF Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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Ponape Naval Fortress Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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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