hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44  W4 f/ y( [$ Z5 y! }

  \2 q/ h3 Z$ V; x& g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6 d3 u: Q4 M: i6 a4 [; z) q

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!2 ~5 L) t0 Q  `0 L
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships* [  v1 f3 d, u4 c2 p
      CA Wichita
- D1 i5 g$ y5 Y0 v' E      CA Vincennes
4 m7 {0 n& D( O3 I- I+ j1 r. R      CA Quincy
8 b" c4 M) G; ~0 O$ t      CA San Francisco5 `5 F3 e3 X; D. I- D, _$ G
      CA Minneapolis
1 \/ c+ A# \$ W9 o* l9 E. ?      CA Astoria
- d* x) |' G+ I! U6 j      CA Chicago
+ x+ a  A6 v* G2 R- U( E7 |3 w3 c! ^      CA Louisville) Q) m$ Z3 U! J1 {6 e& D
      CA Chester# x2 U2 S. [6 F8 ]0 h' g# O- f: k
      CA Northampton  C5 F( q. h5 Y6 O+ _0 v
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
) r3 |7 N4 q0 y: Y' h/ M0 L$ Z      71 casualties reported
9 y7 j7 d/ H# `4 c1 }5 U$ E         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled& l* a* T9 w" ?
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
4 o& o9 g# Z/ [0 x         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 }) Y% u. _# t% B6 |      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)+ u: l: F" c. E% M* [7 y& Q/ l" ?
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Airbase hits 21 c- t2 O8 l+ ^- F5 |" U7 m
Runway hits 105 j! A. @2 ~8 d( B5 C8 m
Port hits 4
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CA Wichita firing at Ponape
: _9 u" V, ]) g$ UCA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* x' R2 `) h; T
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
5 o, y: M6 Q# v6 H7 PCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
4 [. N0 e* [% I* n$ g4 aPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy
2 }+ ?$ p: j% F; LCA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
$ O( I& i0 z9 I6 X8 H+ r0 @CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 L" u' k4 U) x. f/ u, CPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria! k) `0 m2 B4 ^8 q2 X" }: P
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress6 a* d( n0 I% ?5 ~# l2 P3 [/ v
CA Chicago firing at Ponape / W3 n6 R& e8 n" K5 Z7 Q0 c* [
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
) s5 U2 }8 H: pOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester+ I& {) u$ P. A6 X
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress, V6 O+ U* U  g& ]6 v
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division, W1 M" Q6 R* z# u# l) |
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland  J0 h4 F/ [( l% N2 E2 c# c
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 W- d$ B" I+ A2 r9 D& S8 G

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113% Q+ m4 ], d( r! V
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Allied Ships
6 D4 K3 `! s6 L7 |0 f8 x! o9 V      BB Alabama2 ~) H7 z/ c, s$ h4 z
      BB Massachusetts" S& c$ k( ~- U3 p8 _
      BB Indiana
  ?  z7 x+ [- ~. L      BB South Dakota
% n' R! V' R7 X      BB Washington
2 ~2 a4 O2 i' a& T/ t      BB North Carolina% p# T* O! C( ?. [0 L6 w

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! f5 a' ~7 ?. Y      275 casualties reported
3 a+ w: s7 N/ q* i7 M* Q* z% G         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 S8 d4 n3 e+ o; i% j& n
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled5 c4 P9 I: I+ l  w2 T$ o$ l) u
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 e$ \3 Z+ A' z1 I; S' s      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
" M. d& Y: ~. m1 }( ?      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)& ?; t& F7 f' E
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Airbase supply hits 12 N) m; |/ {  Y
Runway hits 7
/ y4 P1 d. [- s# r0 KPort hits 3: B2 Y  ]: I5 P& [: N5 k  k
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape 8 v/ h5 s/ P2 H
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
6 X& X% Y0 Y8 W! VBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
8 ]) z) X0 q6 |9 k% SOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
3 C8 P9 T" l4 p8 l0 U) G$ {0 BBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 9 n3 T- O+ S+ W, S! ]. o3 a+ l$ j
BB Washington firing at Ponape % U  Z* o, W, R, \
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment1 @& J- ^" l" W% d

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, _5 [: U; H& K3 X1 J; u, U3 P# P8 TNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!7 ?! P" }+ R7 B2 U. }

  ]1 D* n* i( |4 O( P$ `  ^3 V* Z13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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2 S. H1 b7 t; w+ P% e1 E      BB Queen Elizabeth5 {  m$ K# r2 }! f
      BB Valiant
. t8 }( C0 W9 X$ f$ d      BB Mississippi
# I# l7 S: W$ o3 L) D0 w( }      BB New Mexico
2 z+ G4 ]+ W" V. a0 U9 s' {# D      BB Idaho
. [+ k2 g4 z4 Y; v% n8 X4 a      BB West Virginia
* r; N! j2 m* Z% j6 ~/ \; e* y      BB Colorado
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! h: l* w# V" ]8 G) `& R) {+ U, ?      117 casualties reported
4 d6 [- b5 [# f0 L" U         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled  Z' u: ^( K! F2 B# G3 C7 {
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled: ^6 I, e) d' G# q
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
. z" `! @8 d6 @' E/ a; T" B      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
- E4 L5 p  ]5 W3 |8 N      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' x0 x; X) }( |" _9 N4 `, F# ?" X) C
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Airbase hits 2
0 Q" x% G! B6 F% Q! i. q: }6 i3 BRunway hits 23 h. W; t1 B2 s% H  Z0 M

0 _% c' a% h4 z& bBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment: L! p7 |0 }# {) T; D
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment, Z* T* k0 x0 b, G: t0 o
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress  u) g) p9 x0 Z; \8 M/ g2 F! s
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
) \* k( A9 U! a3 iBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
5 c4 a9 T+ A$ a- A) L% a. iBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
4 M3 z0 f4 \% ^+ l: \3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
: c' w1 A# P6 n$ cBB West Virginia firing at Ponape 8 U0 O( E- M& W) I, d0 b
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force2 s. ^% w$ B+ S' z, y
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado- Y! d% Z/ t# C! f. c

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. \" X: Q$ ?7 w, f) _7 uAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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: e) r4 m2 _/ w& B- mRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
4 w* s! A0 K2 Q* P8 EEstimated time to target is 34 minutes0 N* }9 M/ B, ]5 v; ]8 E2 y
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Allied aircraft( ?) G0 S; t, w% T+ N
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
: ^* ?+ X8 W  Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337$ b$ ~! U- w: z! p* h4 Y( v; m. W
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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) y, I1 ]' A3 D3 T9 A0 dAllied aircraft losses3 @4 q4 g$ V8 h5 k8 N
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged, p: U9 {6 J/ H  n1 k8 a$ K
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak) ?) p8 v7 C! K: g. q; Z2 R
      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
& O6 o8 J1 m4 R/ r7 k      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak' ]' J" J0 b3 Y9 S

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. m" F2 U2 Z6 Y6 p      159 casualties reported% X$ q# [; L& V4 c
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled6 Q. s' f9 b7 x* J, ?! D$ S0 ^
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled( v2 t! j* m. g9 c9 |
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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, v' d0 ^4 r. T5 z( f7 {Allied Deliberate attack
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4 W# {9 C/ g* z, K* k& MAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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' }/ K7 h" X. g+ }Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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" B/ ?0 m& B# }9 U7 UAllied adjusted assault: 3406 : e; V& `7 |2 e" [0 N4 a" F" B5 ~
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 * o7 D: l5 O* H( a

4 S& P2 Q5 Q0 A' CAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) - A* J: _$ v" {* p8 ]- Q, D5 Z

$ V2 m6 m3 ^$ ?9 }2 a! jCombat modifiers
' k) [& M) S0 {1 q0 [' EDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)3 [5 T  z& W' a! b/ A
Attacker: + P& [3 i) z2 r4 _- I' L

  X4 B' R3 J4 ]; I* |; u! X2 M! d& aJapanese ground losses:
& N" Q9 ?0 {- h# a9 Z$ V5 G      3539 casualties reported- J2 A+ Z6 o* h4 q. S$ X5 n1 p
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
% \! D- ?4 f6 }/ W$ B, }* N2 V         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
7 K, C+ W; l( u2 }         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
$ h" E/ L) o- u! r: q      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)5 m4 s4 h# X6 B/ a+ o
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)' D, p# V- k7 [! T4 {8 e4 H4 T

# I# o5 P! g! x: O7 OAllied ground losses:
2 F1 k! w) q7 ^0 J      3552 casualties reported
4 a' f9 T" O2 ]. l$ d5 A3 y9 p         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
2 q3 s+ S% ~7 C/ B- r         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled* x8 c  _1 q- ]2 o3 R
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled( O9 p) |7 z3 @6 B* P! ?3 L2 S  V9 e
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
0 l1 S5 i: T8 ^$ Z      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)" y' y3 B, H# g& M
      Units destroyed 1- f1 P' Y+ W. M) W; F
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Assaulting units:& |& T/ F  T' P( V; B- u& A3 H
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; o4 [; a! {! p5 v
    5th Marine Division
& T) j3 K7 p$ ], R    716th Tank Battalion# x5 F# V' N; O" {1 W7 x
    706th Tank Battalion' f: s5 U# j" M' e/ d2 r' N" y
    762nd Tank Battalion
- x  |0 T  T: Q. m8 r( B% k, L    710th Tank Battalion3 H2 O! W: [. L7 r' O- m
    767th Tank Battalion; [* ]) }. p  N* p/ J3 m$ F* _8 T. ]4 L
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment2 }, n$ V  d/ p3 z/ o! `9 L
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. E) t/ b- S* e+ r    81st Infantry Division
/ r/ I; s5 C% U. x3 D+ v    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment1 n" H1 S5 u& z. V
    96th Infantry Division
" X" |' R( \6 {* W    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment2 \' _- l  q+ U5 r
    711th Tank Battalion* ~! G4 `( B, X3 l. c9 j
    44th Tank Battalion
4 K0 {  `. x. p3 Q  }2 R    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion: y7 i5 v) @3 Z$ [
    6th Infantry Division
$ ^2 s2 P) F9 q$ f    1st Filipino Inf Regiment) o. T% k, m' ^" c8 U+ \4 A4 Q2 n* [
    31st Infantry Regiment
* B1 Z4 o& }! i% A8 ~    XIV US Corps- D, _; Z. D8 r) R1 l7 X: w
    96th Coast AA Regiment
0 `8 w8 n, r5 }8 `    12th Marine Defense Battalion' B0 ]$ e3 h& W
    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 b7 i+ w& C8 M, {! M    14th Marine Defense Battalion
& T- s8 k' `) Q2 Q8 I0 r    1st USMC AA Battalion
: P3 N4 W8 z5 e0 q$ W    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2 S1 @" D5 s! |$ D& d0 W# v+ z3 K    5th USA Defense Battalion+ L- m- r, {( o
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
' n  A# i0 ]9 j1 N2 d    738th Coast AA Regiment
6 \" Z  f+ H# k+ i) x1 E. H    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
1 I, k$ O3 j7 v9 L% F6 D    I Corps Artillery
( k$ H2 w7 |. J! A  L    8th Marine Defense Battalion6 j% o6 M1 j5 E
    X Corps Artillery
7 K! P0 F+ y- d8 E9 x    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3 B) z1 h+ u1 d" }+ W0 R2 C7 I. T    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment. U6 ^. g! o, v/ m1 Y, M

6 C: K. \# j$ {! YDefending units:5 c: n1 N+ C( C$ W% \' {+ n4 Y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
( E& T6 I' v0 a    52nd Naval Guard Unit
9 K9 c3 C- s6 z; R    144th Infantry Regiment
, T! K+ y- p4 r: B; x; N3 f2 \    Kure 3rd SNLF# W8 h6 K! {5 ]' L! Q8 Y
    Sasebo 7th SNLF- j0 H* L8 j& ~- d3 J
    33rd/B Division8 B" D" L$ R# {9 E4 P$ h! j
    81st/C Division6 Z8 N4 X: ~0 l8 Z2 ~3 W2 ~: G
    81st/A Division
& u* @" {1 n7 l5 B& Q4 {; N    81st/B Division
4 [/ U7 V3 [% l" O0 D4 b  W3 z    33rd/A Division/ B1 M7 K- u, v
    138th Infantry Regiment
3 |* L" y4 w6 K    33rd/C Division
$ |; ^5 f& [9 T8 _    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# |; I) @" u" {: m" G6 T7 X( b* m6 S    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 {! n( K# l0 v# F    19th JAAF Base Force
; l$ {/ P4 X8 s0 W6 D    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 3 e( g4 V/ n" P! X
    12th Air Fleet; P( Q* i; F5 K% l7 g
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
# L6 C8 w+ T8 y    23rd Fld AA Gun Co / x4 S# r4 ~1 E, V* s2 t1 \
    63rd Field AA Battalion
; `. H! |+ R# m9 R* x; C! Y    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( E& C4 q  J& |) M3 S    18th Field AF Construction Battalion/ U& Q& P  L7 a* S2 T  x% ^) c( ]
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 [1 v, i7 |. U2 U5 E1 ~' E+ Q
    Ponape Naval Fortress5 {! e4 g$ g5 U
    61st Field AA Battalion# Y# l' Z1 p- R3 N5 b. V! \
    18th Army
( N5 t" {. V5 x# _8 N+ ?1 l* i    14th Area Army /14 A9 t2 T) m9 \6 \3 b8 \
    60th Field AA Battalion
7 C# ^1 Q+ B% m* W" e7 e, }  i    53rd Construction Battalion
, Q& [; f+ {; n* M+ E! l& _    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion/ i1 W; R% u6 E
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1; B* x4 F9 E- s0 c& w
    Kure 7th SNLF
- x. V% u8 w+ x+ q! y1 g% T1 `    3rd Base Force
' m  R& m. V8 @! z* I% z" u    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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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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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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8 S8 }. c0 c# }' L2 ?; SAllied Ships
# Z* Y7 t5 r& f" B      CA Vincennes
! U) k$ o5 }  C- Z) K( Q& ~, q      CA Quincy; P1 N( i0 o1 U; q) |
      CA San Francisco
6 y0 R! f( e: [% ^) O8 a      CA Minneapolis
0 S+ I/ [5 J7 S: \# t( W      CA Astoria
# N) c$ ^! H6 m6 e' D      CA Chicago
2 h8 t. j0 ~( i* A* R5 T2 y      CA Louisville  i( o7 T# p1 H8 J! {
      CA Chester# v, `3 V4 x) u& p  h2 N. u9 f  X6 h
      CA Northampton1 w9 [" f, G; g' }0 l
      CA Portland
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5 S* k( E- U/ N  i8 n  K) S# c6 ]6 QJapanese ground losses:3 {5 D+ R: `" X- p1 M
      112 casualties reported+ [' k2 t# E- r$ N- A
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 A# x% @7 W, j         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled7 t" C: ]' p  a/ \7 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Airbase hits 5' {! d  Z( `( [4 L! y& B
Airbase supply hits 23 b0 {# k" c: P1 `
Runway hits 21
& k! [# ]" _2 tPort hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113" q2 l( a. w* q8 p

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0 H2 T! _! M4 Z. a      BB Alabama9 N* U( Z# U1 y  |4 z8 I; s
      BB Massachusetts
% u( y- t" m9 W      BB Indiana$ \7 l4 _- V7 v) e& M
      BB South Dakota- O4 z5 C5 B0 K- B
      BB Washington  q# |$ w+ F* X6 M3 C# K
      BB North Carolina( ~: y/ \# P; S% ]8 O) |1 ~
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Japanese ground losses:
: c+ Q7 x% h! r$ H      398 casualties reported& t" R+ b1 w( _$ d) n0 t3 C
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled: }; E4 s. C! @8 u, l  p$ c
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
6 n& B7 I+ A7 Z6 ~  c9 T; _         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
0 T" N# X/ X# r! M$ l6 A      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
' Z& A4 g' D! ~      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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' m! v* p2 _2 s5 F5 KAirbase hits 9
! N" p3 Y0 P" W2 g  e, P5 s' d. t3 DRunway hits 9  c& ?1 c) m& f6 d6 Z8 T; g
Port hits 2
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# c' @# e$ F! QBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division7 [9 E3 A, Q' ?7 S9 s1 m
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape " Y& Y* R4 w6 R9 \
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division! l8 m0 ^, O1 D% S
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 7 x# ?; ~" y1 f
BB Washington firing at Ponape ( o# f* ?6 B) a1 k! x% f
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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      BB Mississippi- V% b, ^% v% k5 B, J
      BB New Mexico
9 A1 B5 P. D. O# |8 Q( I      BB Idaho
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" ~$ z& i6 `+ E4 K( q( n3 ^3 H9 O5 PJapanese ground losses:
! p2 {, h* ]; ]+ E9 D      195 casualties reported
  v! e' s) u# ~" M& t         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled8 t* W4 T1 {4 o8 ^
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled3 F0 }+ H9 i  H6 Z% L
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
. g4 |5 z- Q. t) ?      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)9 _7 e) M: X) Y; f) [/ m( P, r
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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# X8 U6 p& k7 [! OAirbase hits 3& R3 M  O! D; d" J
Runway hits 14
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8 P; J# L: j: b+ t3 W0 _BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
/ P7 K& D- Q" j& z% vBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
5 r/ E- B/ I% d) Z5 z4 w/ T0 pBB Idaho firing at Ponape 1 y8 p, M! S. p3 ~3 t. g7 z

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms. r) I4 @- ?. I. z# g- \5 i9 S
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
! w: h& w/ e9 d; g0 `; ~; AEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
" z  S1 f2 `* V$ P8 V% k      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462; J2 a9 F6 S$ H2 ~" e* B% U
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
) J/ ]6 e# ]% E9 V5 K      TBM-1C Avenger x 2862 E& N- D' F* {

+ v: y( Y0 `1 w" x4 f4 @0 r, XAllied aircraft losses3 h. C: q  V: i% v
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
: S* f/ l8 w! i5 j      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak9 F5 K7 D. H. o" N: R
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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( S8 j: y0 {; T* p5 x* D  ~1 |Japanese ground losses:
1 u" z) @% ]. v6 p) n      121 casualties reported" Q$ u, N* M, `9 r; o, T
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
) W1 y5 G& y9 a- h; m! E, G; j         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
+ [# D4 E1 V- E( Z8 d         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 p5 p, b- g2 J* G8 ~3 U* S% l
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( y5 L% e8 r& R8 J' c* f/ x  F- CGround combat at Ponape (119,113)+ F/ s0 ?- O- t/ ^  Z1 g

3 @% f0 Z; q3 S# J% ^Allied Deliberate attack9 i6 z6 H0 b* n7 C- S0 @: J5 M
! ^1 @2 N, [% ^8 s! \5 [5 U
Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629+ M( I9 ]. A3 n9 `
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6% e' d( r, B/ q- ?5 x1 U

) T) v/ z3 C! X6 ]7 n7 p" {% N5 CAllied adjusted assault: 3228
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  B" a; C5 L+ h! b: xJapanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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7 P/ T! c3 x! W4 LCombat modifiers
7 Y; c6 {$ _/ B- {$ `Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)( c3 {. }# `* L
Attacker: - z6 @% H  h: x4 `
7 m# }8 T6 |1 J; y' t! [
Japanese ground losses:1 h3 ]3 o; E1 x# R. L! W' f/ N) j
      2305 casualties reported) p) M( i+ _! |$ O( E' E/ c) Q
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
% W/ x' ]- z3 k8 X         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled: b4 g0 q, [6 |5 A0 a
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled+ t, ^2 L# }- X( U1 p' {3 T) d! y; M
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)7 f/ _0 }- ^% Z/ i
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)" w) `. K3 {6 l) \8 w# p# Q, W
; X0 F( a0 f0 U+ H
Allied ground losses:& |2 O. O# R6 ~
      3064 casualties reported( Q4 X; y  @, ^
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled/ h6 N0 R6 k5 Y* @; V7 H4 Z( T
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
" x7 B6 V* R9 Q: u3 m         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
( c3 t: \5 q, I4 b" y4 M      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)) D) g9 I2 V2 d
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)* ~% U; g' V5 H8 G6 k  L9 n1 F
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Assaulting units:& ~: F3 _& G* G  }- D2 ^
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment/ @& y4 j) N- a- x' h2 K, k
    711th Tank Battalion
4 o7 ~; u4 ~4 c( w" \0 v    716th Tank Battalion* `1 J7 x/ X2 w* X$ W' a( ]- j  s1 J, F
    6th Infantry Division
, s" M* k2 u9 X, w1 b    44th Tank Battalion
0 g& i$ e6 D# d$ H% ?' K, Z/ R4 `1 m    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment% O4 P' E8 f5 I1 v
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment6 k: m/ _5 y4 O; d' `6 r
    81st Infantry Division. _- M, v! R+ Z
    767th Tank Battalion9 V2 C0 ]  @+ h
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& L- ^) X' \  u$ c    762nd Tank Battalion
) G$ Y" l' z% Y    710th Tank Battalion
7 j$ @- E: S1 z* x    96th Infantry Division
0 A/ o$ p. N1 {    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 M3 e; Z4 Q( p$ Y# e
    706th Tank Battalion5 C2 ^/ w5 p4 J! d
    5th Marine Division
4 q* j  Z# L2 P  G$ h    31st Infantry Regiment
, Z# @3 I; m3 s! a    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 M" _9 c( P4 v) T8 \/ h
    1st USMC AA Battalion5 C' ~3 \7 H1 D3 J
    738th Coast AA Regiment
/ e7 d( [/ N3 Y9 N    96th Coast AA Regiment
# g- O2 P& W# H0 K6 T' i4 s! H    14th Marine Defense Battalion
  V! V. B3 ]/ [. _' e* K* L    12th Marine Defense Battalion4 s& t; `6 F8 p/ \0 l5 u7 w& q
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion" n3 C7 y9 Q$ @; t! L3 s7 a+ s
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
: l( j0 I0 L8 G    XIV US Corps
( w$ E: }  D% k, _3 }( z5 c4 @" \' X    X Corps Artillery
! a1 l  D3 J2 w! I( F" S& `* i0 b    5th USA Defense Battalion$ ?# D# C: z3 @% W! M7 b) K5 f
    4th USA Defense Battalion5 d, M0 z, |5 e
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& z/ E6 k8 l7 R- U. {& f4 ?+ L    I Corps Artillery % t  z2 V( g6 [8 P  x5 a$ A
    8th Marine Defense Battalion% S9 a! S4 {8 q, m3 z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment3 ~) L' Z9 |) r; O" P( |

7 h; ]7 |  {4 f6 u, g' kDefending units:  y6 r! v9 R+ J* V
    Ponape Naval Fortress: U( i0 M$ w# B( J: X8 I2 C! B9 u
    81st/C Division  K3 N" s* \, e) U
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. ~( }& e, J5 f( x    138th Infantry Regiment
" t$ P7 d) p* |    6th Guards Inf. Regiment# `+ j/ `" g" L- B
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
  F8 w6 Z) j, `! J  T    144th Infantry Regiment
' t4 Y# D/ l' r  y1 ]+ O    81st/B Division# x3 H  C0 M- |# ]7 K
    33rd/B Division
' N3 {7 o7 L( E  j# _+ [3 {/ [    33rd/A Division# S3 v) G) g+ W
    81st/A Division: D% ]& P# I, `- l
    Kure 3rd SNLF
3 s9 t4 T1 F, @" n8 J/ q# v) S5 n    33rd/C Division0 b, r% _# Q& @. n  e7 K' l
    53rd Construction Battalion7 K* ~1 t) C+ G& E& W1 `# Y4 Q
    18th Army
( i7 O0 V; z* `, T    14th Area Army /13 ^4 T6 f- y4 O5 j
    60th Field AA Battalion) g% _5 @5 E: i# E
    12th Air Fleet
) S7 S( F/ N- O* {    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( v. \$ p% r1 Q' d  _    63rd Field AA Battalion
6 k/ f8 X$ Y8 |; r' D/ ]/ H    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
* j' T$ D6 H; B; B% I# B    3rd Base Force
. z) Q& A2 ~# T, D, v( `    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1; o; @# Y/ t3 n/ w, @
    Kure 7th SNLF! }) C3 ^2 `5 v% ^
    19th JAAF Base Force$ P. I: ?& H* Z: l
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
& |7 {2 t) {1 q4 C7 t    61st Field AA Battalion
7 F3 j) ?4 |4 s! g0 |    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
- F$ Q# b$ T  ~$ ~0 w: A0 M3 \, a    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 j  J6 M% x3 H& m6 N/ L  v# R
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment* h5 u7 g7 O; _) @9 f* S. l* @
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion9 e* C. [" Y$ n- f- I$ }" v9 s$ }/ N
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion1 ]7 t. R$ {- B4 c+ ~3 B( M
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
4 |6 k/ s2 W7 c: c7 T+ k妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜0 @" |" i4 t" E

6 L8 e" r* }; T( Z5 X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( r% J$ y* f5 x0 a$ F
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& u1 B1 }1 K6 UMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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. k5 \3 G. e, a4 WWeather in hex: Partial cloud, t  L5 \1 m* F) H+ t1 Y
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
" m5 q5 ]- ?: c5 iEstimated time to target is 28 minutes( x8 `( M& v$ b/ u- ?* J/ }2 O
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Allied aircraft! E/ S" x2 I4 \6 h& S* P
      P-38L Lightning x 23
! r2 Q! H0 m1 c; ~      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30: i" U; h  F7 f- x! x. ?
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Allied aircraft losses
8 h6 T0 A4 Q: A( c      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
% D/ D( l# K8 ?0 d      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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4 B# w5 G$ I* m# \Japanese Ships
; C8 C! L* p* R$ u      DD Suruyame. ?- x/ G4 x8 q" M- z  O
      CL Ninaru. e- z& |) {  `( L5 x
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 j8 F5 U& |4 w0 g! T+ t9 R' x      DD Yayoi$ T, f. H' d4 s. D2 U
      CA Kako3 \/ b: n. K3 L" I  `
      DD Asagiri
, }7 z8 D) V5 _8 k      DD Ayanami
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Aircraft Attacking:
  a: h& j( i' ~      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'9 ^& C* x" \5 Q
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb* C' v2 Y7 v+ b1 i" N5 I6 k
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
/ D3 F! \" Y/ p' R0 M) R( z               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb) a4 n$ D& {) V2 R2 p
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'4 y% F7 p5 h/ [; l
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi" |4 i1 J- `+ {! p* c, L1 r: G/ A
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi) m6 S3 Z1 p! n: E+ b% c4 ^7 X" y, g7 n

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)9 G. p7 S- m! @5 i- ]1 W9 f
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
  `, E- X" p8 o) p: |  n& mEstimated time to target is 34 minutes( h  ?( f1 _8 \* e
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Allied aircraft) D5 A: M  j& s+ U
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
! S  |0 z3 m2 ^0 t" q% _' U2 C  w      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
! [$ I9 I0 x  q" M6 n' I* V      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
5 x8 J4 O. ~# Y8 ?
2 H: a. f7 U, e5 G' V" y8 \Allied aircraft losses
' N5 N6 K* K, w. P! m. W0 R      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
6 Z7 S* l: }4 `# N! I( T      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak3 l8 q0 W0 ?4 ]
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged8 a# l: P6 W- P1 S1 q1 N

+ f" Y- e7 _) a7 r% e$ D( a8 dJapanese ground losses:! [2 K, v- b' h4 u
      276 casualties reported
1 x) D2 _7 e, @( q* R- x5 q: |% \         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
/ n: z6 p; V- }4 C6 J3 v         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled" F1 Q$ y( Z+ Y' V5 f2 S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- ~0 A& i& t2 q" V. T+ R
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)8 e. Q% Q9 @4 H0 ^3 W/ w
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% A' I# R3 V* o. A$ t: L$ X; u( G1 zGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack, q+ A& F) c2 W+ f; M
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263( N: F! [% L2 g. U% D

/ o. z! z! k: J( X* L; T" _: oDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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8 }* ~2 o5 ?# f% h/ eJapanese ground losses:
6 U2 M4 G" s) f# X  @8 r' ]6 p" R      1082 casualties reported
; h- Y6 y: j4 \$ f         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled, Q7 s6 H/ v% z  v
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled9 b5 e" d. F: J, i3 I6 R3 ^6 n- {" ~
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
1 [6 T; V' d2 I& g      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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, ~9 p& S, o. [! K, M0 F! L6 j% IAllied ground losses:
, y6 V; N' T3 h; m" f      23 casualties reported
" a7 b( ?/ w' }  Z- y! I, Q% A         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ J7 h4 f  l4 H0 j! z2 o         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 \  M6 z) O' M% \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# z3 q+ ^2 b+ A, o5 b# a" v
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
# A. T3 K+ w8 D: q7 x      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44( ?7 u9 ?* M0 ^

6 B: S; W, z% @: r东京快车出轨, z9 [4 Y- w# P, L

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日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。6 g( c1 b9 g# {7 d+ a

3 d! I1 K7 z  [! e" U% v0 ~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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# ?* f+ d  ^" W( M  _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。' G$ n! r5 [6 F) l( G# H# f: `. T
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk. f) d2 r, o$ K+ r3 i* g* s& q) O

6 |7 ]4 q6 g- N3 aAllied Ships
1 A$ P) S' p' p) X7 Y$ n- A      CLAA Prince Robert
. g* T: I) e2 j4 t: M5 B      DD Saumarez
5 E2 x7 i) g) Z- O- D/ Q      DD Nizam# H3 ~$ l7 ~; f" }
      DD Ellet
" D: \5 q1 a8 g% B0 ]$ O1 f" `9 M8 t2 S      DD Waller
( ]5 c& n& g, z      DD Walker2 K% y! k3 o  r0 Q- A1 `3 b
      DD Wadleigh1 \0 Y3 i) y+ U$ |% T
      DD Uhlmann
  g+ d( ~$ L6 @5 y      DD Twining
" ~! H/ `  S" h, I      DD Twiggs
* M2 T# |; v1 `- n/ v' M1 o      DD David Taylor
0 ]& Q" e" S; e( ^0 f' d1 `      DD Strong
  U8 M; r# \' n# X& h/ x* ~6 d      DD Sproston
# z1 v& J* t, S9 Z4 t* m+ o4 f- L      DD Sigsbee" a5 ]5 ~: Y# p4 U# j
      DD Sigourney8 f5 Q% S2 }/ W3 n( }# ~4 k" C& H
      DD Schroeder7 [' |" `5 G  f4 H
      DD Benham II3 b7 }/ U; O" S2 Q' r7 l! P( P, V7 b1 f
      DD Cushing II& x" a5 c; N/ `& O# v. c
      DD Urchin* A& M; ]* W4 r
      DD Urania
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5 E. @1 Z1 |, D4 iSS I-48 is sighted by escort* g. ]  E& Q( l; i
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search% `, s8 C" Y: I" V, a1 D5 R
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
) ^3 Q: L  w8 BSS I-48 forced to surface!: ?: Y+ M$ P, m( G  ?
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....# C; g8 o8 t  s1 W
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....6 N- k7 `" `" u5 T* t
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
, L, U/ f1 C# P- }DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
3 p% z. g; [4 R  ?7 V' J; dDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
3 ?5 _* w2 E+ Z6 x  n& iSub slips beneath the waves+ D! s, U- t- {% H4 S/ \$ [8 Q: B
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft# n4 `9 |+ u& P; G
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
' u2 c. U# y  b) B      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed1 ]/ T/ D% X! _' ^0 A+ c6 E0 j4 M4 G

5 k+ K# d- d8 PJapanese Ships5 N8 J) u( O1 H- j6 Y, r& {- x! u& T
      CL Agano
! d4 |1 c  ?$ L3 M. |' Z3 C$ v      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
: |' `7 a9 R8 T8 D1 F      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 x4 S. E& m6 W. o4 |
      DD Hibiki+ T: p2 O0 u" i) S6 ]4 w2 Z5 ]% U
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 17 V9 j0 G; h. \4 p% C
      DD Shirakumo
, g; Z& {: Z5 s$ y% D  ]  H1 p, `      DD Isonami3 f, S! A2 e# i
      DD Murakumo
2 z% M0 p, a- K/ ~4 p      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk5 m% {# q# [; g  V
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Allied Ships
/ N/ Y4 R9 I+ K. A) p- Z9 T      BB North Carolina
5 o9 n. F4 @6 j! ?  P' @" m3 m      BB Washington7 @  T. S5 E* l) ]8 o0 V" \
      BB South Dakota
$ i- j3 L# Q# y" h/ _& U      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
9 \% M# Z; Q* ~2 ~2 g( _      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
' @, [+ D6 c8 j5 Q* }: R' L      BB Alabama, Shell hits 29 V* j8 n6 a% i8 M/ w! i% h$ I
      DD Conner
; [% N% L$ b' O: D  _$ U2 M. F' o      DD Cotten7 u6 v, @/ g+ I) Q& u% s
      DD Cowell% v0 U6 {! x' c7 _
      DD Daly& k$ [- y) Q# q; k4 x3 I* h
      DD Eaton; H6 F8 `# {9 \/ K+ J. \8 W2 {7 p
      DD Heywood Edwards( r# e- y/ N8 }! G) ]! z
      DD Erben; o& D9 w8 @8 i! v  y" w
      DD Evans
1 z0 I  D$ F: L5 Q      DD Foote* u  F6 t( H' d" T5 B
      DD Franks' V0 c! a9 U. N8 \3 _3 R& Z1 [
      DD Fullam. J) G* R  b. b! ~2 P; Q3 c$ T
      DD Gatling
; Q& u- j0 \! k8 v      DD Albert Grant
4 e5 E. Q3 P. x; Y- z+ O# X5 l      DD Gregory% A& o9 w" }5 V, E% \. F' K% X
      DD Guest
( i$ _5 w. O) V      DMS Hamilton
  h5 D, p' m' o+ [" O5 I  b9 e      DMS Forrest
1 O7 ]0 v4 a, K3 r1 s6 G# o; ?      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
% ^, {; Q% m7 ARange closes to 28,000 yards...! j* Y( u- J$ P6 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  E' }- M5 K* z& ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards3 i: e' S  x, B8 f) x# H! a. d! a
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: I/ {6 |) N% [; w- VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards; |+ o* K+ t* {+ G4 y5 x, H
Range closes to 24,000 yards...5 `, U3 r+ d$ P* W4 t5 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards, ?  p. w) ~0 L, ]
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
! m( K8 B( ~5 z6 `# }1 Q9 MRange closes to 22,000 yards...
+ r. X& ]# |7 _" y  U- q) kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
* [% V' O5 R6 O6 T! l2 [) f& vCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards, ?4 H7 Q9 G% ]( N2 I: o/ h9 G
Range closes to 20,000 yards...  h' Z( t2 u9 T! i+ r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards$ h3 a4 a9 A6 b/ E9 W  t0 @- O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...6 j: [4 M+ p$ P& [3 |7 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards/ W- B7 z* i, o! P: H
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
1 f3 X. i$ {- OCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
: d& b+ v. P# J! M  d+ JRange closes to 14,000 yards...
% C5 m! f0 K8 T' v0 G5 F5 I  }CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards4 O& G5 I6 g% r0 d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
+ T5 I. S% Q# y$ w$ Q9 I( o! [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards1 S! D' y0 z' Q8 X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
% Y' [& F. C: }( S: O) p' h8 L8 [Range closes to 11,000 yards...
; j+ ]# O( B( l. eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
; E9 P" n) K- }; F( P- sCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
6 v  o1 n3 k; V+ `( eRange closes to 10,000 yards...1 o0 f: y1 F& V2 q  L8 V: a9 G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
5 ~) e9 r' o  q! Q. G, CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
4 N- D) @# V6 I, dCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards5 r. H& P5 e* s! n
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
* [% Y4 \  O/ g/ J# [: PBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
. B& g! r" p8 o/ [  vCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards% |% w* P! O+ z' B! K" y) i
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards/ y- Z4 c3 I8 ]+ `! k- ]  ?2 U
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards% T  ]4 k3 j7 m3 R: W, A% g  P
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards* X7 q  a- s2 J; Y. Q7 u, g
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
, U3 l- ?) r  I: [! JBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards0 w4 d9 P( X' Y0 f8 N
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
* p6 f2 ^) W  l% L. [' jDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 G7 [9 k) _" A* x
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards) |3 g4 Y* t8 e! M6 c' v
Range increases to 11,000 yards
/ K1 P; m: ^( n* K( N4 B, KCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
) T4 \9 m3 u" y1 v6 H1 f0 xBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards' a, C% Z" F9 R
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
& D( D: q8 y4 A  G0 D9 w6 JDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
- H% r, c( C( l7 H- D% h& ^4 kCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards  d' s! k2 O2 \! }, o
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards- H+ e+ h4 P( L, u
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards4 [! {$ U3 Z0 q; d; o0 {1 G" x
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
5 Z6 l6 o' H2 k6 b9 B6 h& rDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards  ?4 k# M/ U  T1 s  |
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards, E+ n+ E& |' ^& |: I$ D
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards* b8 j' c6 B: O- `' N" k
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards' t, ^+ ]. q. t% ]; L
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards) D3 _, Z' s* H2 h
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
8 t6 _( @- |  \+ x. LRange closes to 10,000 yards; z; B. s4 a0 @3 _& Q* ~
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards2 T4 Q0 E6 P+ L: G" u5 d* T# l2 O
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards2 s" `) n/ y. ?- q: Z4 Z( H, a
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards/ N8 p3 v% s4 b4 H" ]5 {
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
! r8 L* P4 N" j2 `2 M( ^, hDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards  I7 _1 x1 q* F0 Z: b
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
: N  ^  A- V/ i- eDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards0 M% G0 t2 B7 {6 T( I0 T
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards" o3 o! P( y/ E6 p9 `! ^
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards+ d( S( h/ J# v6 F/ Q* W
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
0 ~- @, w/ N0 v6 R! fJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape* ]5 A8 P2 C6 y) _6 V8 I
Task forces break off...
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( b* N% h! n6 D8 I/ fNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( g. p$ T$ Y4 W0 r, J, w/ E& S- w! l
      DD Hikokaze
" T5 T" p& c  |6 O! T0 W/ K      DD Ishikaze
( y# l2 u9 v0 s3 m2 y. ~      DD Tagokaze# K7 l. U: k( J5 ], @; n+ U+ {! n
      DD Takatakaze7 N! B) S% a1 `$ \
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Allied Ships( a2 A# ~& j7 Y* a
      BB North Carolina
% S3 w! Z8 K0 ~9 A6 @: q5 K: s      BB Washington+ S: j5 B' S: a, }' Y: u
      BB South Dakota
) @& @, D% A1 @% x9 N      BB Indiana8 n2 ~3 U- P# ^) z6 P% {% V
      BB Massachusetts
. T1 C3 J0 M2 k9 I      BB Alabama* y, T# K* l% `4 \
      DD Conner8 V: F% Y- m+ x; Y
      DD Cotten
) o8 W* l6 @5 Y4 t6 x1 e$ J      DD Cowell
6 Y6 o. c. m6 ^* \  ~* P      DD Daly
" B: S& y  Q1 X* ]5 t      DD Eaton' ?" r2 r3 G7 M" }" ~! u) [6 {
      DD Heywood Edwards
0 p2 f: b$ C" N+ T, I# _6 u2 b      DD Erben+ O) d+ {6 p# v
      DD Evans
9 v, e0 Y  S9 ^( _5 H3 \5 l      DD Foote) k- e) q4 d- N# h
      DD Franks( @( |7 d/ g+ j
      DD Fullam
' r0 j+ `9 p" s/ l" o/ {, s      DD Gatling
9 O, w& O0 a) Z0 N3 A: f      DD Albert Grant
* D+ F" O7 r5 V4 n1 ?4 j* L, U$ \) B0 u      DD Gregory+ ?$ E8 A* U: [# e3 a7 u, b5 D
      DD Guest
' s. l3 k" P$ f1 m      DMS Hamilton
, k1 s, I7 j' H5 J  g      DMS Forrest
. w! I5 k' }3 T- M/ a" {: F      DMS Ellyson  ?) R) k/ }. P* g' B5 i
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# M1 k( n, G8 aRange closes to 28,000 yards...
+ p  p" O, p, y2 [& W. ]# XRange closes to 26,000 yards...
) i2 I- L% N; N8 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards% `% t) e; x1 O* {) t' M, |# ^. R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
9 t9 P( u+ r8 \0 I6 u, ]7 G. }: PRange closes to 24,000 yards...4 e) z3 z- E5 ?0 g; m/ Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards: ~0 k# a7 @* J7 {. |+ @9 a3 p2 l
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
3 u& s; T/ E# J4 e8 v7 _Range closes to 20,000 yards...& I0 h& Y( K5 ?. Z, `* s
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
( ]% ]: Z' M. f- Z9 bCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards. Q+ G4 J7 X% g: E2 q
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
0 i% D% P# X/ w( n" h5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. u, D2 }9 y) O6 M  a" I8 KCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
3 P* g$ N0 N! x# qRange closes to 14,000 yards...4 P4 H! O: m" Z, S+ q" \3 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards, U+ M# o# D' a$ ~+ v2 _* l
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
# W0 K: f2 N2 ?# A! w+ ]7 J8 TRange closes to 12,000 yards...
. A9 D# s: {- }4 Z7 D) pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards, h$ r# W0 C; t" V# a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
8 w) ~! y" ]9 m. u) mRange closes to 11,000 yards...
' C# U+ K& \+ _6 J+ cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards0 Z1 e6 e! `& i+ Y1 H1 v' W7 Q* g: S
Range closes to 10,000 yards...8 r6 K' ?# n6 ?; a0 u6 r
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
' t9 a% o" {3 KJapanese TF attempts to evade combat
- m- C: k( @8 _4 ZRange increases to 15,000 yards...
* R2 z7 l4 c) }3 dRange increases to 20,000 yards...8 v0 }5 }5 E( I& ]. F! Y9 r0 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards3 H7 c; Q9 W4 x* R/ ]
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
$ b* r% e# T$ M6 d$ F( J( V6 N& |Range increases to 30,000 yards...5 f' z( v( q4 u+ Y6 h2 \* r
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
$ y/ e6 b7 L  F& mJapanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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3 }( B& x4 n% y: L4 a5 b      APD T-18 g& u0 g8 N4 [' y3 V
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
2 o) Q/ c. L/ x9 l      APD T-3, Shell hits 15 j, l3 J6 l+ n! ]) r) Z
      APD T-4% R8 Z: d6 ~: _! R
      APD T-5
! n$ \" N) g' @! {& `& T      APD T-6( t' Q; {. _# `& n9 V
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; F# M+ j8 n1 J" W7 N  N6 @
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
  T" Z' p8 U) I+ d1 z      APD T-9
5 [' y, r; `- h0 ^      APD T-10
1 m7 C  C, X5 r; x# B) L7 X1 L( k      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire: E8 c$ J. c+ D- B- ]: {2 C
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage; S, L6 j. n* u4 z! Z
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
# B, m$ M' D) \      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
; ~& \( b0 {, T5 C8 X9 H  x- K  I" v      BB North Carolina
1 Y4 B/ d' h. W- I# ]      BB Washington
* L2 C7 J/ F+ q* g$ b; {( l      BB South Dakota+ _; o- R3 g) l" G2 n8 ]! H" B
      BB Indiana* f/ v' {  Z! N
      BB Massachusetts# f& L$ z! D4 K7 g
      BB Alabama
# l' {" P# h  J6 S4 ~' g# U/ B      DD Conner! m2 c  s  j4 R% w( g7 A9 ^  k
      DD Cotten
% |  y$ b* C: U* z5 N4 ?      DD Cowell" }' B# c% B# _6 G8 Y, A4 G6 l" V
      DD Daly0 a# C1 o! h0 q9 G  T
      DD Eaton
1 z! [# C4 i- z% r; `' \      DD Heywood Edwards* O- D. y0 ~$ i& T
      DD Erben( Q4 e4 ?( H) p5 [: \
      DD Evans5 ~4 r. a9 E& o7 ~/ @2 y
      DD Foote3 \2 \1 N; O5 S) p
      DD Franks
1 W" G) w8 u/ s, s7 V      DD Fullam
: x. ~, y# i% H) \& _      DD Gatling; N+ G$ Y* K0 h" `
      DD Albert Grant6 Z: O+ Z! T  s$ [' s0 e+ Y9 l
      DD Gregory
) H6 J- M8 |4 m      DD Guest2 e$ }2 s( p4 p2 }8 g  I# g7 \: P
      DMS Hamilton/ p- G& F2 j+ }6 v0 _4 M$ t
      DMS Forrest7 h, N5 A; i0 F
      DMS Ellyson( q- a. p3 B" D, B( |3 G

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9 d: _3 p  E, Y" ~3 B; \Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards. G+ a7 b' t* q9 f2 V
Range closes to 28,000 yards...  R5 G3 {- c+ i# y0 L; u, Y* _1 H5 [
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
9 `  r. Q9 {% s9 K. M% MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards, q  S! b0 T9 ~! ~+ v
Range closes to 24,000 yards...+ |% w. q/ \7 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
+ o9 X6 P: Q$ I6 R. lRange closes to 22,000 yards...
+ h' t! @( a, d3 S' {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards: v9 L0 g: L+ S3 n+ Z: B* l
Range closes to 20,000 yards...! z- y; p- \; O4 P5 Z- W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards3 w1 A8 s5 p5 N! I' M, Q
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 B& x; n9 d; `, |* qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
4 A8 N" g, R) x" _1 wRange closes to 16,000 yards..." e# y, b7 d% F- {+ J, n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards9 |$ U; k% R& q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...2 \' R2 `6 A$ b8 F( t; v  j- R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
; c! U0 M7 q( B3 J2 ^1 y! @Range closes to 12,000 yards...2 C) l: \% j7 q2 j/ Z1 k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
: X# O' I/ j$ e* q* vRange closes to 11,000 yards...
( i  m6 K  W/ ?0 `4 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards, I( U; V& f3 v  U, A3 k; H7 F7 O
Range closes to 10,000 yards...! k) g  D- K( x' ]9 B! ?, p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards2 c7 \, O4 o8 O" R6 D
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
- g! g  s' V$ ~: QBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards/ M  F! n' Q, x" ^2 A% u
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
4 S3 i! k2 J' o1 [  LBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards; [& y  I7 n, ?9 a: V6 j
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards& t2 o( r' s3 O) {: y' Z8 c
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards) C5 \5 r& G5 D* z
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards% J, n; T2 v/ Q
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
/ X  E4 r; ]% V, aBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
2 i0 H! c* r! e3 f, \" [" @4 T4 oBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards  o" e  \; c, U
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards! w2 g+ {3 G% h" v( S7 T; h- U' K
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards+ c$ ~% o# I3 G) g/ L+ O
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
: k9 x: `5 _$ A  JDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
3 L4 X+ Q/ `* c9 f2 FDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! r3 t# n8 `% v; O
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
$ E, z+ S3 r4 x6 s) C: EDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
/ c2 q& e  ?4 Z- ?: I! eDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards' s* E+ g8 M- p7 t& y/ k
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
! T* Q/ g, m" L# r6 FDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
, m0 B$ H6 ?" a  m+ Z& XDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards4 K& t9 y! d: Z( }+ H7 F( p
Range increases to 10,000 yards. \% r0 F' @& o2 R
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ b! H, {  F: Z/ U: s9 @% S+ W' RBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards& Z( t  M) ?; x  P! N1 }" p
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
' N) Q0 C! O) f' o6 cDMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
, l. N. M! }8 nBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( f: j" _8 B" @: dDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
% X; f4 C/ X/ J  u1 gAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards8 m/ _/ [5 c& c5 c- f* [) d8 b
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
2 T9 K6 n+ F+ `& b9 w( I& ODD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ r+ l# Z# h8 g2 j9 L# g* q
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ r+ K% q5 ]) m6 {
DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% w" w" G4 t" G8 o2 W; H
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
/ c9 i# ~) Z" f# S/ o! n6 }8 [; eDD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards3 o; h, }0 Z9 @9 L# s* {3 f5 a
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 _) i5 n6 P3 k2 l# @1 ~
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
& j* a' a& ~7 q5 o. h& L# mDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
4 W6 f# p1 M- O3 nRange increases to 11,000 yards- N( I& i4 f1 a- p. d# {6 t
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
' Z0 J# A: R8 o. D3 [- K/ h. OAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
! A- ^, V% y* XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards3 ~, ~+ A1 h" f1 c- R
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards3 |7 U; j9 v6 F8 i! r
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
; \2 a- w8 c9 q6 DAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
; ]- {0 a2 R, U; ?" m  XDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards8 u3 |4 ?. O. U0 z1 Z1 O/ M
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
7 D! h, `# V2 u5 ]; ?: pDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
: x0 Y) ]& y$ m& e  dDD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards$ \7 F; i' Q+ t8 t5 ?- {) e
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards- m& n3 f7 I" p& K% b
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
9 H' d3 G1 z, Z0 `' ^. jRange closes to 10,000 yards5 k3 ?, S4 [3 l5 U
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards3 H6 o' p" b2 @6 H
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards* h6 k2 _/ U7 ~( N! ]) c( G/ Z0 `
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
% {4 ]$ }3 |* Y& E! ^- k, ?9 HAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
* a0 N7 V$ O( l. mDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
8 z) `3 c0 a( `  p/ QDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
* l& M/ [/ `- h$ W6 U: JDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: t3 U- H3 `7 M& ?DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  O8 c/ {5 a, ]: t0 o9 `; L* @
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
1 n' M% |/ L2 C6 gDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) B$ I% z4 O! \3 n/ w% B7 m# a
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards4 u- L9 h- S4 C9 c9 A$ L. U# D6 U- w' z
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards. c' C% K& d) a1 r: C7 M! j8 P+ [# F
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
" U* u( E  p5 z9 A; A6 Z1 J. pRange closes to 8,000 yards# Y) c! D5 e, a( O) S. I6 x# U
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards6 t1 i0 g/ @. w5 N- H
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
, w; V- a& r% N  ?, N" K) sAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards( k! C/ o) B8 l+ L) c
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards" {# U$ s6 b5 n: J
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
! |9 j; H& t8 @# z# c" @; {Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
$ v( I6 q3 B* E! f7 ETask forces break off...0 v' ~9 f$ M% J" e
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards, v  U+ v: _/ j

9 Y5 `2 q7 p1 v) k8 G& G. BJapanese Ships4 M, Y/ S& p. I* Y  W# c5 M5 Y$ H
      APD T-1, Shell hits 1$ I) ]3 O/ n& [" g  L
      APD T-2
- ~- ?6 h8 `/ {  J1 |6 i' ^$ q$ w      APD T-3, Shell hits 18 z" y- x! x: O5 w. p, T- l
      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
$ o' P1 N, F# o. u7 m: B2 Y& h      APD T-5- X0 n% c  k9 G  O' u
      APD T-60 i* R, P/ K/ t' h2 y, E& A
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage2 [) y8 Y3 d* B$ ?$ ^) A7 h5 y
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1) K  F$ R  o3 u! p
      APD T-10
) x+ r2 A1 I( W) E7 R      APD T-11,  on fire
. ~0 x. @# A8 T$ q, U! {      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
3 K# v) w: }' N, {  X+ k: ?9 M7 z) R      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk( x: A6 w# [' w
      APD T-14, and is sunk- r& _9 Q9 x. F3 h
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Allied Ships* X3 K2 V4 [8 f0 g4 x' K! {
      CA Portland
, a/ K0 Y; g+ Q+ g/ C: [8 x3 P' D. W      CA Northampton+ z- u: l: y4 [" c/ H8 }
      CA Chester
& `9 u4 I: E. v8 R; @* X/ _3 z      CA Louisville! V. K* @1 Q! w% |( G) t6 {, d) o
      CA Chicago! z2 N( C5 d+ ?: u
      CA Astoria+ N$ l- T1 J% U4 l
      CA Minneapolis
4 x1 Y) j1 L9 s; ?( |2 J" f% t& @      CA San Francisco
' V( K2 s# T5 S      CA Quincy
: E$ g) [" q8 Q; G, [5 b7 ^      CA Vincennes7 V- w" I/ e4 t# s- \1 i0 B
      CA Wichita4 C( Z' K& S! z, c& M5 R: y
      DD Bennett
! [$ [3 ]6 D8 [0 u4 e6 R7 J9 g" M! f; i; O      DD Bradford
, w7 Z) q( H$ [2 E      DD Braine" C0 c; D, F% s' x: n
      DD Brownson
/ I# ~# D$ L9 S; `6 k; b      DD Bryant, f7 C5 G, t1 _5 Q6 n; c$ N$ U' a
      DD Bullard# S" H+ Y9 L5 ~, [6 r# e
      DD Burns
5 c- r7 H8 k0 ]/ ?      DD Callaghan
4 c# x' a6 b7 l" q1 E( P      DD Caperton, k4 U1 F7 Y" X0 N8 ^
      DD Capps
) m- m/ F1 J$ h# N6 l. N      DMS Emmons
$ t6 B+ _, z6 s2 W- a6 a      DMS Macomb& {8 |7 O/ e3 }3 ^8 d0 h& W
      DMS Rodman4 @% J# L$ z! V  f& V+ N
      DMS Gherardi9 t# e  h7 R- |4 ?4 w2 y$ W

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% x  H2 G: _& B" v  ~5 z& gMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
& L" q3 I( n6 `' g+ E( b* ORange closes to 28,000 yards...
0 Y+ E% ?$ h. R5 s3 h- FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! B. m6 w" |' L7 B7 U
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
) e2 A" A- W* ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards% T$ s  i  h# B: U! |! a
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
- p4 F, g: S: H1 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' |7 v6 z0 Y2 BRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* ~8 O3 ]( x: N1 w' JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards$ j; X4 D# g3 l: V" ]# r& o
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 Z- Y( X0 j! N" z/ BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; c5 r6 ?- P0 x$ K  KRange closes to 18,000 yards...* A% g2 l6 v/ p- D5 @- u, g- ]; g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
% T5 a" h# ]" W8 N, g8 G9 s( aRange closes to 16,000 yards...6 \' a! p, N9 h5 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) \! b0 l/ @7 v" URange closes to 14,000 yards...
" D7 l. }( R" q5 g: o! vRange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ `% Z) c) R% s: ^0 X  T' w+ H% VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
' n+ N0 _0 \2 ^) a' K8 GRange closes to 11,000 yards...+ D3 `8 B9 q8 ]1 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards: i, N9 N# v0 b& a/ x
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& a8 ^* i( F- H* k+ mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
4 d& G, Y( e1 s5 n, jCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards% d8 P+ h4 V7 d. _: X* ~! P8 U
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: L  L" x2 E1 S! q! y2 l0 fRange increases to 11,000 yards8 [6 c# M+ R& K% z+ Y6 J
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
0 g4 W6 M; V  ACA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards1 f1 B' Y' T! C! ]* a/ \1 ?* L
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards5 P- Y# Q& l$ q& M. A9 X( I3 R& n
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
$ p/ T" Y1 O( ?CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 k4 U7 C' G! z3 _DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
7 r. i3 j9 V' G, x1 N- zCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
+ Y  S% K4 b4 K' A7 Z, bCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' C+ _$ a4 n5 y. F% M
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards5 m; A/ X* E" i7 x8 M8 y( t( v& B
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  L# C" B, J4 U( {, H# T) @
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
4 [0 R6 @# O7 SDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards) I+ R7 b8 }; Z
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( G' ?' I/ {8 J- V( L  x% A
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
! \- d9 o* S- v1 o/ a8 ~DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
7 U. F- W, J) T' @# x6 ^APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards, U8 @6 O! ?* T* t0 A
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards, E+ g1 A0 C, C1 d9 S$ d5 T
Range closes to 10,000 yards5 B" v0 U3 m' Z0 b$ z1 p: z
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
% [( t9 K/ P. RCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards8 C0 W: y& j4 U1 S& c" _
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards, l9 l( O, K  K: [; s- [9 W  f0 l$ D
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
0 v' E6 s& P: O1 t6 \  |& aCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards8 ~& E& S: s* \9 ]# o2 ?0 t
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards8 J. h/ @& X- z% z2 ~; _# w" i* F
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards/ n" M+ a  A. Y
Range closes to 9,000 yards: L4 F1 X' P6 F3 j- v
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
6 ]/ T, E( R2 N+ E+ Q: C: yDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards& f+ i' I2 A" u! D4 R. K! B' D% k
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
$ f- }  q+ o0 I7 u$ f! JCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 W. V( e4 ^. x+ U6 d, t5 i0 dCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards3 y# t9 o, _* N+ o
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
# `# D/ ~! I3 u2 w. P3 |1 K' g: C$ ~* iDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards/ O& z6 c: o7 X1 n) Y2 e
Range increases to 10,000 yards
% O+ [* X6 f- Q9 ^$ ]( IAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
( g; A5 ~, S9 K2 C1 sCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) y9 Y2 w: Q: ]% \! |$ V' A8 x7 ~
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
6 J# J2 B1 {: Q! u4 zCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards' ~' i6 \3 L7 \% j- |
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 t' o% ^  K; H0 e) c3 P
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape' `0 b3 c' B0 e! M
Task forces break off..., O! q( E: {! e* Z+ u9 Y3 U
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards: @; ^: Y" o; n% {! u( {$ x
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Japanese Ships6 }$ K, |( u7 o3 {8 ]7 w
      APD T-1
/ Z9 D3 x. l7 M- P8 [# f      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire
" D! }( Y* K* p' ?6 _      APD T-3# e+ d& p/ r$ G3 J' N
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk4 S- w9 V$ G( |! k
      APD T-5) w7 R! L! M6 p, A2 c
      APD T-6% H$ `& E2 P! j$ H; i2 I/ D
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
1 Y4 N& S* I1 J) A$ @: u  [      APD T-9- Y! k# t6 s- _  h( t
      APD T-10+ C. s, J7 x' a" ]( E
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire0 B4 g7 A* T: x5 r9 f5 f! \! ~: `
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Allied Ships
* X* o9 o: X" ]8 G- a* o  k+ |      CA Portland
, p$ G( f) L$ h9 I      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1* i: ?: ~2 I2 n$ T' p1 C. ?
      CA Chester
. x  ~8 b* H8 C2 l. I      CA Louisville( U! z4 Y, @2 X0 P: t
      CA Chicago4 _0 v- w$ ~0 x8 f9 \- @: q
      CA Astoria7 ^+ g; T0 M* h" X9 q
      CA Minneapolis
6 G& R% ?( L5 n5 U4 E, K      CA San Francisco+ q' x/ t* Q7 N% ?: H
      CA Quincy( `2 H2 Q& M0 U
      CA Vincennes
- r, I1 C# _8 H0 J      CA Wichita
' \8 c( h3 M, m& r- z/ c' l% t      DD Bennett
0 M8 p& E  }7 B" f. n, p      DD Bradford* b; u/ f1 `' b. [2 i5 j; _
      DD Braine
7 ]# R0 z9 O& h" Y' V      DD Brownson7 v, `, R2 r: J1 Y$ H
      DD Bryant1 v+ p6 U) Z+ ^- H9 O
      DD Bullard
2 h5 S8 K" q$ r      DD Burns
8 v" j$ N( s7 V2 r9 b) g      DD Callaghan
0 ~) l% u6 {4 l6 \& i% F: |      DD Caperton! p$ G0 A; f3 o7 Q0 \3 q
      DD Capps$ i) W* R: W8 q( F1 A
      DMS Emmons
( a' E3 O8 e) B3 E8 m# s      DMS Macomb4 r1 G) h2 ~% s/ W6 w, f4 l/ z
      DMS Rodman  f2 P& i' i% J
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards4 ^+ q8 f5 I' j7 R/ m- i# z3 ]& `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- K$ Y2 q+ [' @1 f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards9 |! q" r( G, {6 T
Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 z" C8 S7 \2 F% m( W: Q) O3 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards8 c; F8 A$ Z, H/ i$ w7 @4 L- Q4 y0 l& y% l
Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 J5 ^9 z& H2 w8 m. F9 Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
0 o3 m2 S1 `) V/ z# ?- C4 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 b! t) z* g  o" B( K; L8 K2 `" g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
" E, \" u  E6 V0 a8 d" w7 m) g2 ERange closes to 18,000 yards...
+ @1 S  }- P; K1 c! h$ l( LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
  V" I- I. f: A3 c- M; SRange closes to 16,000 yards...
. W3 P. ^6 ?  w! tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 V7 b+ @  T. y/ h$ a/ k) _; c7 kRange closes to 14,000 yards...: d' S( _1 E+ J' f) O! H( g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ N( ]7 }& p: r2 A- i! e; CRange closes to 12,000 yards...
  W3 ]+ s' @' w7 i4 TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
: z5 H3 d9 T- S: F% p* w. TRange closes to 11,000 yards...
9 D: l) }: m) gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
, d6 A) k1 l, I6 K3 W! u" B# ARange closes to 10,000 yards...4 h8 _/ E. G  z9 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
- z" J" R& z; BCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards9 T0 C, v2 z9 o6 _  Y# l
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards: x1 n7 k/ D( g+ e$ H4 r& S
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
6 |9 E9 z3 f; u2 G7 X9 _Range increases to 12,000 yards3 ]9 T& `  r5 |3 i: X, G' p
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
/ z% D  f2 h+ w+ r1 k0 i& y' {CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
" s+ y( c4 M9 Z9 `  m4 b; B% ~CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards8 s" ]; B6 J. @. Z+ S2 Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
) p; M% r7 I, K7 ]4 o, [CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" u, f2 ^( K- q$ \
CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 s6 W$ `3 Z8 F, a9 tDD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
" X# ^8 q: a7 f4 j% U5 sDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
9 I/ B( r4 _7 j7 n9 w. c( l8 DDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
5 f+ P' v2 K4 ?8 `5 e$ j7 H) c0 DDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards. f) V+ P& }+ ^2 ~
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' y3 g  y, B& s6 F* k" a- ^APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards' O' T2 s+ g% X& e6 H; _% ?5 t
Range closes to 9,000 yards
1 @% d& E) A4 K8 G! f/ n0 `! RCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
- K3 S& \5 B6 w7 p7 `: iAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards$ F% ]  U3 @" T1 A$ j
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
' ^' E: l8 [6 p. l* TCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards( e7 W# K8 a) V- y9 \% d
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards! X/ j5 _! G  C: ~4 K8 B1 S# c
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
& u  p- v" `" j2 ^, EAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
, q0 m/ l, n( E/ ]' QDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
6 E2 J$ N6 g7 q1 DRange closes to 7,000 yards
. j1 q2 ^$ k0 G  HCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
2 y2 f( A2 Z( N3 LAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 a3 w% h2 l; S' U7 S
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
3 N/ D! [# B$ r7 J9 P5 wCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards3 ^. S" r8 E2 q3 C6 S" a/ c7 A' U
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( Q. `& k: g+ Q$ i" f& y" M& z
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards  p5 {$ N' o1 S; Q* I
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
2 Z% l2 z% q- S5 t5 OCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
( g6 |4 d. \! z! u- @& z9 ACA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
4 U# w& W0 R/ n3 P4 V+ mDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
# h7 B9 F& ^6 Z4 x4 XDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards" |# e( P1 g& b& y2 h' i
Range increases to 10,000 yards
% L- a/ _$ M( N0 o, t$ R8 N; x$ mDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ _7 [+ e9 j3 S) u+ a" c: [5 iCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
! S% ~) P8 k" i2 K) cJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape2 e6 `7 n7 O8 h+ |# F. B3 O
Task forces break off...' q4 P! l9 e1 E. q% j: Z+ {$ i

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Japanese Ships
6 R7 p, {; r0 s. A! a" g      APD T-1
0 i2 N( U6 o' L) y# G      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 p% }/ i! `8 G0 i. h
      APD T-3
& R$ r# e" W, B  }) Z) P8 H2 e5 P      APD T-5
1 U) {) l- g' l      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 u  f: |% W7 d4 @      APD T-9# G- R% p' Y: l, n$ D8 X+ |1 a4 J% L1 I
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& {6 J1 K4 v# |: D+ v! k  W8 \, b      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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; k5 f/ ]2 O3 K0 n7 e% e3 d7 oAllied Ships
9 b8 j. T6 I) a) n9 A3 |6 {      CL Swiftsure
- B5 H& r$ g. |5 s0 R      CL St. Louis
; _+ b* |: R0 c: F% z1 W      CL Phoenix& A( h$ k8 }, V" ]
      CL Cleveland
! S# v/ H6 b) T2 I  I      CL Montpelier
0 t/ [, ]5 P7 B! i3 y      CL Denver% ~9 a: A6 y9 j- ^$ e' ]* ~8 D
      CL Santa Fe
7 z) z+ g5 p5 C) i) M. n, {& J  x      CL Birmingham* n% n  w! Y: r6 t! U
      CL Mobile6 O: t/ N1 Z( K" ^, ~0 _5 M  r1 v
      CL Biloxi1 T8 n" [5 Z" p- y3 u
      CL Miami  P" f- @/ e6 p$ l& v% Y
      CL Pasadena, A! T& O6 Y& D& b, j8 }
      DD Allen M. Sumner
" D3 d% G; `5 T$ m5 r! j      DD Ault; l7 C: Q! J% y4 T( {
      DD English( N8 m2 e- p4 j. A
      DD Haynsworth
8 _, K2 s8 |) m      DD Maddox1 |  ]1 W4 C  p+ |
      DD Mansfield
& K$ W/ s; A7 f  a+ N9 P6 }7 c      DD Waldron8 O; [7 S8 r6 b8 B3 E3 ^7 L6 r% y( J
      DD Haggard$ r- Y: [, @+ M1 A: y2 K
      DD Hailey$ R/ |  B6 {+ F4 V2 z2 |
      DD Hale/ G: o9 c1 z- _9 d2 L
      CL Vincennes II
$ ?$ v, h* S, h% Q6 v      CL Houston II4 U) b& v% i# x, ~4 N# p
      CL Astoria II
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7 N2 o$ {* Y$ o  FMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 {/ n( y7 |5 C3 n) c" fRange closes to 28,000 yards...' g( J8 ^" a" t' `, F' H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 a7 T  O3 |6 u/ ]* L  t, T
Range closes to 26,000 yards...4 A! r. I, Z8 g% \9 Y9 ~
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! I8 f. K3 V7 [& H/ q; ~: @, V& X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
. u- H0 a9 F1 {# F6 SRange closes to 22,000 yards...$ M& P: v3 z: Q: L6 g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
# c. Q! |& @$ N$ ~, MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards5 o. V' r% w4 ]! E
Range closes to 18,000 yards...6 W3 B" N) U5 g2 x7 C. w9 p- `" O1 L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards* m: U! \4 E( v& E9 @
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* h8 z# U9 y  h1 UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards; s& N, S) r* {) M  h/ d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( ^9 l- O6 r. a7 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
* @3 |8 T: d' J5 {$ k" m2 I1 ARange closes to 12,000 yards...0 E& f% @5 T; n0 R0 U/ H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 \8 `2 O. x; S# f( A, d" _/ H
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
9 O+ c* m# k7 N% \" k" ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
% k$ e2 N5 W% \1 D5 sRange closes to 10,000 yards...; s* ?/ d0 w8 p  E6 ~9 \: y; p3 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! w- d1 O1 a6 K. c
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
1 ~" G. h3 S' j# `& k: o9 U' C* qCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# E( y: T: J, n- R! v' t
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
9 Y- b5 o, r8 v# _" @4 L6 |& P* ]CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
( z$ V! X* Z9 J1 h1 OCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards/ {+ T# P, V4 p# `
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
; a( ~5 a& Y: W6 ~& [DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards8 I4 ^$ v; ~: B5 U( O- k) {
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 q- c3 B: Z! f; C5 L0 \
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
% |7 ^0 f* j* q7 ]9 d7 N) URange increases to 11,000 yards
# z6 x1 \' l8 z' a) m7 x* xCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 L" y: t: ~- ^$ U% D4 OCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
8 e: f  a8 w+ f4 I% h4 }9 HCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
7 @! p. T4 r6 w. O' bCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 H. Q. r2 m. c3 bCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards4 s. V4 k" G  {
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
$ X9 B' u+ k4 Y) ^4 {DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards$ d; A" X) K; X8 K1 U/ S2 ]+ f
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards1 Z0 _* |: E" E; A0 A1 F# j: ]
Range closes to 8,000 yards
7 ~, m: N0 C! T% O5 dCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards" J" s5 o4 }5 l" |6 h* D( `3 H  e8 z
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards/ G, B5 S; \; f1 {. J$ \
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards! u$ p" o, p0 B1 u
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards( I5 G7 _1 l; \; z
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards8 D+ ]" q) A: }1 t) n$ e
Range closes to 7,000 yards
7 `2 `6 I  G* h1 G- gCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 W0 Z/ l% Y4 ~( i1 k& M) M
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 g. u+ P) d/ }9 c9 O4 i1 V9 d! B* D& S
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ @" B8 \# n0 p; hCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards/ `; j# h+ b, E- @, F- _8 H1 E1 i
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards2 h2 I1 n" d6 I7 V" S8 f( c
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
) k/ m$ h5 E9 w4 }2 b# k2 B& l6 w7 lCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
  x& q# ]; z. Y9 X( T3 C" iCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
. i1 F  o! y& Y! J8 t$ v. x5 CDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
, W! P" y# r( j- v% Z6 \: _DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
/ l* e- T0 S: e) Q& l9 s' EAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
$ S: L6 o2 c8 _DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' d# {! K2 Z8 L+ VRange increases to 8,000 yards' t( K7 T6 a! @! t, \
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 ^) I! X0 M8 C( f% p- \9 A5 l
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards8 \! l7 k9 y  `! h6 a
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards% C  Y$ v. c5 g$ x% R
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
8 N1 o, a+ G1 @, z& STask forces break off...  }: w1 c2 A- I1 B1 X  w

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards! ?5 F, p8 `5 n8 |* ?% ]

4 U* a0 K1 t: v' c$ O1 b+ fJapanese Ships* L( U, z( Z2 v/ U, r
      APD T-1/ S1 s- {& w4 Q4 c
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
* q$ R8 u8 {" G  {% I2 V      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
3 C& f  i1 Z" v" c) M2 w3 @+ D- P      APD T-5) N9 e0 u' v/ d& O0 [9 u
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk9 s- N8 f& G6 J) X; b8 r
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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, S( Q: k% L6 MAllied Ships
  ]" Z7 S3 d3 G# J0 n. R7 g7 q      CA Portland
+ O2 m" b7 ^, E      CA Northampton
! ?" W: H4 C0 m! q; G6 F      CA Chester
; G% J' j; n( ]      CA Louisville
1 i- M3 B, E& P      CA Chicago, y1 W) N. W( J1 @/ ~# p2 I- u
      CA Astoria) h* ^5 }6 T0 Q+ Y; c* n0 P
      CA Minneapolis0 l+ o) h) y6 S& T
      CA San Francisco  m8 k* K: ^8 p
      CA Quincy
( _2 u0 O2 b0 {+ h      CA Vincennes
! S- O: Q5 d- B: D+ M' g  @      CA Wichita
# N+ p) ^* q+ K8 ^1 @/ B0 ~# N      DD Bennett- z9 n/ m. \9 r
      DD Bradford/ W! s6 V& z5 p# \
      DD Braine7 B# q8 T9 d9 \
      DD Brownson
9 v& W" `! T3 j% u      DD Bryant7 C& y/ ]$ o; U: s2 n
      DD Bullard* D+ t( C. x, H) U  k6 g- t1 ]% V9 P
      DD Burns
0 F' X7 ]" j5 `3 ^" ~8 f& G      DD Callaghan+ ~4 k  T! I" ^; ^) _4 T7 c/ |
      DD Caperton/ U2 i8 J, B2 D
      DD Capps
' y3 C' F4 ?( k! Y: q      DMS Emmons
/ q8 K. L$ ]  c  V& |6 d7 U      DMS Macomb+ ^9 C' S; @7 X* S: L
      DMS Rodman% t. w% Z* \2 H3 Q: Q
      DMS Gherardi5 l! i4 U, w  a6 z* `; {
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1 V8 |3 Y3 g0 z1 o. F# Z0 K9 }2 [Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards0 ], ?4 N- W& M! }
Range closes to 28,000 yards...2 z1 v- l* ?  V4 J  I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards$ s" E: T, s& K, d" K1 E  @: H
Range closes to 26,000 yards...4 i) S2 @# ]4 k' g4 K4 \/ j
Range closes to 24,000 yards...* z' J* P  u5 _1 c4 m8 w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards. y6 Q' s( ?& P4 @/ k1 F: W
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
6 c! O' q  q( t" `% N9 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards' g7 s$ C/ G; U! t# i' }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...- q+ B1 S/ D, x0 x+ n9 [. w
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards3 A  q. j, F3 G1 S$ T3 q
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
! Y2 b0 M$ ^  \: m' ~' IRange closes to 16,000 yards...& v) ~$ u4 m% e) Y# E" {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards2 u# b8 |0 l0 D; [# W" F2 m, g" ]9 f* k
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( U2 b* B, v4 X' y, uRange closes to 12,000 yards...) k" V2 S' B2 V3 ?+ F
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 S8 f, ^) e; R& Q! ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...; ^6 s0 H% Z9 Q2 w
Range closes to 9,000 yards.... ~, _/ M5 V4 f, F8 v- `3 Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...$ p$ }9 }" }5 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
" `7 F! H' q0 f5 s2 ~9 T& eCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards/ v% \, a( h- J3 I6 K
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
# J5 l; t, Q/ q% e' A" w2 c. D4 H6 dCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
7 ]! g. x& ]: q: KDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
$ v4 Y- Q! z: [  ~APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards! [' G; R6 z, L8 H5 F" L
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
9 r7 C: k4 H. ACA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
- s8 ]( \& F' X& `" w  m2 `+ eCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
6 n; b" u: f' }' [! BCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
- k) S( A' V! K* \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 |  V' R9 a: m
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
# j" B/ e, S0 |% rDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards0 P1 g# L& w! L1 K7 ~
Range closes to 5,000 yards
* F' k( w  y7 e8 p+ f5 k8 i  l% w0 LDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 : {- z: B7 C1 f. d. ]) r
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards+ b0 \0 Z5 I6 O3 Z
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards* b0 H% v# w8 }; b5 _- R1 L1 d  ]  _
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards4 Q! Y* r# S' K/ |5 D7 ?3 G* |7 H) t
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
$ z. x- A# J+ Q' f: A; TRange closes to 2,000 yards
: M* R: h% q4 \. W  u4 RCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
% T9 y& I3 N' fCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards* |# z" c! Y* {% ~; P2 k
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
' F# j6 E6 b! pAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
# C. p7 Q& z2 S& n# E, b( _Range increases to 6,000 yards2 i1 a* g" m+ B) E6 r! t: \7 y
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
8 f& U4 E2 b& s0 `" sCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
3 _' b, ^! \, R9 HAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards* v' `* I' E; B8 u
Range increases to 9,000 yards3 ?) p+ R2 S% d  @$ n; J, V" ^
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
9 ]4 n0 N+ f8 DCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 h; ]8 f% e7 R
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
  }6 |+ D- Q  ]( J8 s1 [+ L8 EDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards8 ]) Z$ d7 R/ |2 Q
Range increases to 13,000 yards' J. U; R7 f: {% ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
" [5 \& C- k$ q4 y1 Q3 jAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
. J2 V9 f+ `. C+ Q' ?. TJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 h6 Y1 [7 V8 Q( x( T: }2 iTask forces break off..." P6 E% x7 a- v- I# p( R
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! P. M- x4 q  ~" U1 dJapanese Ships
5 x7 T* K( _) k+ X' V+ E      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
) Y0 _. G5 _4 m) i0 _      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk& @  N# X" w" ^* g2 m3 g
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Allied Ships4 z0 U: L4 p# ~  A% g
      BB North Carolina8 Y5 N0 r  S9 Q+ c: X' S
      BB Washington
& U1 i) K& k# x" ~( _" ^      BB South Dakota
1 w9 t: k: x9 i$ _9 l! W& \      BB Indiana: q* Z6 |6 D# V# ~# b
      BB Massachusetts0 p$ h3 G. n  x
      BB Alabama  f: H1 t; k8 r( f# U* K. |
      DD Conner4 t) v2 l  ?( w$ f
      DD Cotten
: i8 ^7 h! C) j! [4 K) ^2 e      DD Cowell
: ~- u$ J9 B, b* W/ s      DD Daly" Y. a# t8 K0 d
      DD Eaton
( n3 `3 R  I- L+ `. K      DD Heywood Edwards) p2 ]- X' a7 G4 Y
      DD Erben
+ A2 D0 C* o0 k8 Q" S0 J! V- g      DD Evans1 R  B' R. A2 v# G  Z# y( [2 D
      DD Foote
+ z9 z2 c) `4 G- |: Z      DD Franks2 M6 x5 V# R& m: @' V9 O' T' _/ V
      DD Fullam
0 C" p) }: P' f5 Q/ H, e% [      DD Gatling
* O8 U% R. |7 Y0 F      DD Albert Grant
; j% w8 [, L; i4 b$ F      DD Gregory1 _/ @5 s* }- m3 L/ |( x
      DD Guest
9 q9 L$ z# a0 X  O1 R' ~      DMS Hamilton
8 t& P8 r# c: @( z; C" Z, \% X      DMS Forrest0 X3 Z2 g/ ^: H0 G% g- \# {5 ~# ?
      DMS Ellyson6 s$ O3 u5 D$ K; m' s
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards$ s+ P/ C7 X7 b/ p9 A. B' M
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
4 X3 M, Y: A/ p9 a; w. lRange closes to 26,000 yards...
: p5 ?5 M/ P' K9 kRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 r1 c1 c% e; L9 H9 qRange closes to 22,000 yards...
% X% D$ y5 @3 q1 yRange closes to 20,000 yards...
! w; H7 u3 p7 T1 n( cRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 v7 _6 g( u# }8 a0 q# O
Range closes to 16,000 yards...5 W' C8 t5 i- n
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& ~1 Q/ {8 T" w" C- tRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 r2 \) C# q4 ^- T# ^* z! u
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 Y" t4 m: `( J+ Z# {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards5 i9 L" V4 y; E! W2 m1 }% ~
Range closes to 10,000 yards...* S5 ~1 }1 z" r" q1 l" S  C
Range closes to 9,000 yards...' N$ t; x" _/ F7 C+ G/ f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards- g3 H# i" p6 R6 ^* b; Z
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
1 r3 T& U7 N( H! \5 mAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards9 e$ H" \3 I$ O! b4 [- t
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) Y* p5 R" ?, C9 @5 y6 i8 Y- RDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 g6 ]4 u0 q* ]DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards) E# d- m$ ~( Q
Range closes to 5,000 yards4 s0 X4 j/ ]6 L3 g4 o
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
3 N4 Z5 V* L. X3 o( RBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards( v2 Q' b1 j5 t" c/ _' G
Range closes to 3,000 yards
! p0 H- j+ U1 J- h1 L- t' BBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards; w& H: Z# N: ^( Y6 p& q) I
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
4 c+ V6 Y2 x$ B2 DDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards) E( W' X4 O0 z' P% u& j
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 X" W  X) B0 ^. p( I  N4 _DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 P$ C; u' P2 _3 S3 T$ `2 X2 g
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
* a! j& u: y  y: pBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# H3 Z, V3 `' f0 x7 ]; FDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards+ `/ s) U$ u8 T* T# [
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
8 A. {* D$ P0 w, _, w  fRange increases to 5,000 yards: {% o* G, K/ v0 ~; p  a
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
, n. p0 t' g) V/ y9 `( i3 UDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards) b2 y' `8 Q% C3 m0 t! }# B% `0 M
Range increases to 7,000 yards
* f" y: B( K, ^5 MDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
2 M) c. F5 Z% Z2 D& f, A( d8 @DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards6 ^' y/ ^  m( o! v, h& P2 ^
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards% K( g, D8 l4 u$ |) e# L9 D
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards$ F9 T6 b& Q1 h( n2 P* g
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards" \  O1 a" |- T; P) x/ L3 \
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, 448 Y5 q3 u7 z4 R2 ]9 z; e& T0 b' a
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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' `- p6 T1 n; U8 q# RAllied Bombardment attack8 m$ [$ \+ n7 T" Y. m

; a+ _6 Y) ~( z( T9 P. PAttacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24445 t+ z' d) o- g' a) }" G

; a- H- D; l/ ~1 n8 G. kDefending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000. s' l) }- q6 r, a" B, p8 `" e$ `5 v; E) m

  t$ v& i0 R* d4 s+ A) yJapanese ground losses:& P  p0 f" y# e; v; h
      834 casualties reported
, [2 q$ F) z6 \9 \; D         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled0 c' F; u( d. @
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled- P4 O9 n9 e9 H* r8 R6 B. ^1 d
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
* L& c. P, ~0 A* P" c      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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2 q# x) {" z- d+ A5 |" ~Allied ground losses:
9 @! c# f) X* }8 g/ r      16 casualties reported9 n" W0 a: I% l1 [0 |
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
8 K+ ], L6 c/ f9 V# ^         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 B1 J! E9 G' A& A7 E; Y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44
6 b! o$ v0 \( s* F盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久5 M- y! h  u9 C) z: Q
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# _8 x: X8 t6 a6 _- _' vTF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!9 }8 J! S6 B. h5 R, K
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100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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( {) q3 e3 \( G8 `4 l: q, c" S3 QAllied Ships1 }* i6 z) u5 Q
      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1* W+ S9 i3 {6 X" N9 e. ^7 t) |2 E
      DMS Forrest
7 U1 V2 N# t& J, b      DMS Hamilton/ ]8 q. x3 M) t2 q8 F" u
      DD Guest
  Z9 r: G8 m; v. l7 R7 O      DD Albert Grant
6 V  O1 ^8 |5 q4 K; |' c. C- O5 }      DD Daly
8 Y* L# X0 d' C3 a      DD Cowell( C6 d) o4 l) I! F6 x8 F$ i* \/ H
      DD Cotten
1 U4 O; ?" j. N% ]: U2 [4 B      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage
; B- C  w' U  T6 x3 `% X. I. P5 i, s4 ?/ g9 j
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson1 i6 \+ {2 i7 I- c! y  N% l5 W* K
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest7 k* Y6 d0 c- u7 m
98 mines cleared
$ ^4 H& e0 z$ T6 r) {$ J" i2 f& f
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 h/ M2 {7 N0 Q8 L7 i

# e9 b8 }9 I  G5 L  q* OJapanese Ships
5 b0 M  \3 K8 @1 x      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- W- u& Y9 [$ B: ~( @  m% z) c# B7 x" c( W" ?
Allied Ships- G' @% S* i, b, n
      CA Wichita" F# a9 B' ^( P# \
      CA Vincennes
) f& o0 a0 I+ D. E6 @3 m      CA Quincy
1 r* |7 K' \- i# J; J. F      CA San Francisco% u" Y$ y) u7 I. `/ `! ^
      CA Minneapolis
  M  S* \8 o) l+ M, F- G      CA Astoria' v& Y4 p0 B9 V" }- V% s
      CA Chicago! S, q. u$ C  T( E/ X
      CA Louisville
, U1 I7 R! }) h$ t      CA Chester
( v- Z: |, _3 |+ H" F% p      CA Northampton
. s! G% C  f3 @$ i4 n( ]7 P      CA Portland
$ e- D! J- N% D: _
( M4 G5 u& a4 d% h' w* CJapanese ground losses:2 F) d! F+ l* D. v/ A8 S9 h
      54 casualties reported  x; H9 G/ ^4 ^' X8 q: X+ P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 A( r; P6 B0 K         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled: O  c! m3 F( W$ P. A0 E) ?, C7 Z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
- G8 }+ o+ P7 C% x3 J1 r% v" H      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
$ u0 e/ Z5 p& j( l8 q      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)/ h+ n: q" r7 U; f# F
+ C, J$ g* E5 C9 z
Airbase hits 1, X% p$ _& P" r1 ~2 {  }( x+ W
Runway hits 16
( K$ e5 r8 R( ^, O/ u; U( a! M, I* f$ T. g" Q4 n5 p4 {* P

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* T' S) Y4 l+ m5 ]) F1 bNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
7 ]: O, h; u. J% @! X
; p: t+ E5 }/ S" E' W3 ^Allied Ships4 \" A" J7 p8 s- A2 F$ m
      BB Alabama8 d) }5 r8 }# C# J4 ?8 `5 ]! i% x$ ], Q
      BB Massachusetts4 U% r7 H2 t0 v5 ?
      BB Indiana: R5 u% w( I0 e+ \, D" ?
      BB South Dakota( H& s) X6 m+ ]6 Y7 z$ H
      BB Washington; N0 n$ K& T  R! H- R- w
      BB North Carolina
- s: C: h+ z2 r1 m& b0 f: v
) c& i* n$ A/ W/ G: UJapanese ground losses:
! Z& E9 |: W! ^+ U* O      570 casualties reported
- P' f1 n; ?6 O! m! Y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 S& J: A8 j0 X- _9 d- f         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled
1 d3 d; X) X: n& s         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 T% R; a0 t6 p0 O      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
6 {- E  U# x* q      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled); ^2 {) l. H4 W3 u- K4 ~
: S# h& r) _- ]! W7 U5 _
Airbase hits 7
. @0 R" E5 A6 j; u  `6 \' GAirbase supply hits 1" a* I3 O' h- X
Runway hits 15+ a9 y; g) C. a) Z( `2 }# A! o
Port hits 33 Q* I7 h; Y) Y7 H4 `8 E
Port supply hits 2
( @* _  j- s9 O) O8 i
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 z! T0 l; ]5 M% B; Q; O, C3 x( A! g

5 m" n, z6 b( X8 t3 ~; ~& M1 ?! ZAllied Ships
2 N9 J% R: c8 \0 ~$ G$ @5 x3 X; h      BB Queen Elizabeth
) s( b' j3 z$ X7 x: d      BB Valiant
0 l) n# c1 ], O8 U8 [9 J      BB Mississippi
0 C$ B0 l' l, K" j      BB New Mexico
/ f$ K! N3 F1 T8 [      BB Idaho
9 D9 B* f& R/ K      BB West Virginia
  t2 V9 p3 P8 h) I3 Z      BB Colorado
( Q7 X5 \, }' c
1 `6 d- S/ G. N4 @" a  s% }: q* ]Japanese ground losses:3 k# _6 g: p# b1 j$ J
      603 casualties reported% m3 D0 U, U' t8 G2 O) f- j
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled% }" j* |* W1 o; m# r
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
6 u# A2 J/ Q8 J         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled- \  y' f0 x( |6 \9 q8 S
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)3 r! Z% D9 u' w* N$ n
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
) Y  V  K; V' g( h/ S2 g6 Q
( R  |( x& t4 YAirbase hits 5; D% u* R2 N* p% O2 X# r% @( e7 J4 h
Airbase supply hits 2
$ t, ^3 x2 v4 H* o' l) e! SRunway hits 7
2 h: e7 L% V( s. U9 t( B7 s" HPort hits 1
4 ]0 ~# v. \# e! f! W! C0 E# Z/ u1 i5 N4 {. X& r
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape % ^7 k3 K8 K+ z+ |6 r- r5 _
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant
; q1 B& G$ H" U5 z' wBB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division: G- s7 Q- A/ s6 N" o: B
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division0 e9 Q6 S; o; C/ ]# u/ o& C3 B5 T; m
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape
/ F: {8 P; q2 ~4 j/ ZBB Idaho firing at Ponape 0 ~4 m& s, D+ [( }1 F
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia% Z- S9 Z. H, V
BB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division
* I) N1 t/ V, o  b' M1 n. Q' eBB Colorado firing at Ponape
( Q( X3 y# @3 f/ Y) ~* U+ `* x4 D+ |2 B# F' b! c& m3 `2 W! |, O
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! p9 y  P1 a% vAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape): N4 D, E, c4 I( k/ f4 j
" B8 r' o, Y0 U  f
Weather in hex: Light rain/ k, ]2 a$ X2 |- t; l
- i  G, S8 @; Y% a5 r, e
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
0 Z; v# a9 W& r8 [, b$ jEstimated time to target is 34 minutes. b4 v: F* }6 L, e5 G
$ A# v( T, H: n, H, B  Q
Allied aircraft
6 f+ g7 l$ V2 f) ?! E' {      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
8 s( d+ a2 B/ b( E+ U3 a) Z' N      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
9 a6 G1 k1 p1 _4 n/ ?3 c$ A* G      TBM-1C Avenger x 274. w& o7 F9 G9 a# `8 |
) P# D9 F3 l- ~$ q
Allied aircraft losses4 X. o2 `, d4 E, G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged% c: g) r3 a( Y3 Z9 b' h2 F
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged
. c* P, j- l4 ~9 ]$ F
) ?4 v. s2 _! o7 A, nJapanese ground losses:5 h. {+ f/ H7 J; F
      529 casualties reported; ?1 l. ]$ [; I+ m
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled3 v  D, X5 B* P$ V! k
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
- g  @0 i+ a. {* V- G# \' N! O. T         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 A9 N8 ~; h; ]      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
& H+ A: n0 ]+ G3 T% U
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/ i+ a# _* {/ AGround combat at Ponape (119,113)* d4 q# P1 ~9 b$ ~) N- i

. o! I+ D! L- ]  k+ _. |Allied Deliberate attack
0 B0 C" k% V, ~. D+ }+ r$ d4 k+ }* H. {9 v
Attacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
" D: p0 l1 J5 [. W! }$ }6 J0 y3 m& ?! E- T
Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
/ c% p. c# C& h
& J& u+ N0 ^1 \* ?9 j5 M# SAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
. i' D$ `7 c- C/ |/ a
2 a6 s  z9 e# N" O5 B4 AAllied adjusted assault: 3029
1 [8 H' q! h$ _2 i. J6 r( _
! g  L! L$ ~8 Q* `4 @Japanese adjusted defense: 3835
7 ]5 `3 h9 J$ l4 a/ w4 _# E8 h5 O+ b
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5) ; @8 y( }" l' `: _" l

9 T7 [: I" p5 m* c2 k$ M; tCombat modifiers
' y/ q2 C2 P1 XDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
" N" D! f' W6 ]0 G; ~Attacker:
8 A" W6 i% `  N. a" G
& q  D; T9 H8 kJapanese ground losses:$ P; q6 `, t/ |0 a
      5869 casualties reported8 Q! A% C, i8 O- `
         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled& R5 N0 @! R. Y" H5 y. A$ O
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled
, O8 d( r" l6 e( M* a0 s         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled; X: r- s' J( A( Q8 A  s4 k- h1 k+ r* L
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)
4 [  S6 q- P  G9 p. I      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 L8 P* X! Y$ J7 h1 Q
# @4 i: _, W1 U! d/ v# |
Allied ground losses:
$ ?2 F( i+ ~! r# S, ]) `: O      1488 casualties reported
  A. [+ m  R( m5 x         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled& s' I6 `6 ?" B: ]( x+ P
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled
$ E" T& |' ?1 H6 _- ~' [         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled1 K" J# y4 T. p+ g; e# o8 X' }
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)- H& ^9 H6 V; }9 J
      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled)
4 T) o* \, x( U4 X
+ r# G# N  c" d, pAssaulting units:% ]* G: t) M5 B0 a
    762nd Tank Battalion4 w% z/ r% H9 Y* G9 j
    710th Tank Battalion
: f$ v4 G/ O, d! L1 {8 |$ A7 W3 ?    767th Tank Battalion
' [9 f  f& a( y' I! }5 `    44th Tank Battalion4 z# \: _3 @: Q
    96th Infantry Division8 ]/ l0 p6 }& i' U7 k6 Y
    706th Tank Battalion9 K" M% ^7 _% A+ `8 u, ]
    81st Infantry Division
4 z/ A; T' Q" X2 ?7 S& ]1 \  i$ A    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment: S9 S" Q- ?/ M) h" [0 o9 `
    5th Marine Division2 |, W$ F/ f! e, v& I( g/ m
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* _& U; p  z4 g+ x6 b
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment+ z! j# [4 l. c
    711th Tank Battalion, d: D% \/ D. y$ s& h
    716th Tank Battalion
/ O+ a" S* u* N% N8 Z- E    1st Filipino Inf Regiment/ u9 {/ @6 S7 f+ q
    6th Infantry Division
1 d' j0 _3 |" W    31st Infantry Regiment5 v) s) L6 W) K" ?6 L
    8th Marine Defense Battalion3 N4 S% }8 a8 \# b7 @
    4th USA Defense Battalion; G( ?7 R0 |& X. L  ]/ f, D
    X Corps Artillery
# n2 b1 _3 V9 t6 Y8 r+ q    14th Marine Defense Battalion6 ]. q0 M5 J# O/ Y9 `3 f
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion' e2 W* m) w- ^; P- v$ [
    I Corps Artillery
3 t, \$ |2 x$ i# I6 M0 W9 \) Q- j    XIV US Corps/ H( I6 \6 k. x' d& O
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion, q) d1 N* L) W+ S1 R" v
    96th Coast AA Regiment
3 V7 U5 ]* r6 u) [    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
1 U$ v+ q  h7 K3 G6 b+ t- W    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment" n. C. j) N& u( {
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
0 O8 Y/ T7 u9 Q0 |7 p    738th Coast AA Regiment6 R2 H9 y/ F& n- A
    1st USMC AA Battalion
. E2 b8 s3 I- y% E" ?% n- w4 O# [    5th USA Defense Battalion
& t- s) V+ U5 w/ C! x) u* y    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 b* V* P1 Z* E" q3 e

. _; ]; V( D) y! J8 uDefending units:$ \2 I8 w: D2 S+ B; X3 Q
    144th Infantry Regiment0 M+ ?! n$ V0 k8 D& L; }  B
    81st/C Division9 E9 P: N( F8 J/ O
    Kure 3rd SNLF- I1 u2 Q; J8 J7 m8 O4 i3 x+ l& j
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ g: C- ~' ]" J+ _7 B    81st/A Division
& c/ n6 }& Z' d. v. e    6th Guards Inf. Regiment; t( O+ v3 ]5 ^
    33rd/B Division
+ E& D1 P7 z. s9 L- A+ P" q2 g    52nd Naval Guard Unit
" B. f& r6 D' F    33rd/A Division
3 S; M" l& W, G# s* Y, T1 L5 ?    81st/B Division8 a4 I7 f  g4 Z" k4 z, ]/ W$ j; z0 L
    138th Infantry Regiment
% P( y2 a0 p, V    33rd/C Division
  [7 U7 w" [3 h' S& B1 Y- V    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion6 ]1 F* x2 l! z% Z7 K
    60th Field AA Battalion/ D/ Y0 T: `, S& @, S& N
    53rd Construction Battalion
2 G. }( ~4 N& V! I+ B' j2 c% o0 ~    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 R2 L8 p8 L6 ?4 L! d9 N( C% h
    14th Area Army /1
- s8 p$ _9 ?# W( [( e! D, s( l    61st Field AA Battalion
& a+ v3 m) E+ }. k  t2 |/ w# }* T8 M    18th Army
& y1 }4 ?: `. D" E4 S    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment0 v; U, n- N" f+ R9 g$ s
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
' Q1 f3 }5 V6 H* ~% T    63rd Field AA Battalion! v4 \' a7 p8 C  c
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
& D" R8 M% \0 I) b    12th Air Fleet
2 v( o. d8 k0 S. T9 U    Kure 7th SNLF  |7 M& m1 u( `4 b8 z5 J
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- s  E2 F5 X  M' b: ^3 c  N; O    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion' M& i% \/ Q+ F
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment' _! U8 @0 f9 ~! _& {" p% Y) o3 d; }! i
    19th JAAF Base Force
+ `8 B+ W- ?+ k) k! G6 t/ E    3rd Base Force
* U  N% Q9 H- m; ?$ p: W- e    Ponape Naval Fortress
8 y6 `! S6 C' Z, W+ ~% U    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

要不要眼含热泪这么夸张啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 12, 44
1 \/ t5 O3 p1 M% w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  I$ O; t* V, M2 t* G
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( F- t$ ?* e9 {Afternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 0 v" V; U5 J8 J' R& g1 h+ g! {5 B
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Weather in hex: Clear sky! y: C, q8 l& O; d! p
; k$ j: g# F* V0 P. X, A2 C: W) O
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
2 A! U% ^! z0 U9 v  x/ NEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
9 B  x* K% K. t4 L9 ~; w9 j; ~
/ C7 {* {+ r4 zAllied aircraft
. t. m  {/ [: S; ~: z4 X      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
. T5 s# K# d( {; T% i      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327$ ]* B2 r8 \9 Z7 v
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283( F( M2 F- L- Q

' D" G# c& m( j$ B+ LAllied aircraft losses9 P  `/ {% L  }8 B* ]! E" m  ]) [  Q
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged
9 d9 T3 c, L0 m* l4 |- e+ F      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged
3 `# `% T  J# C% j      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak4 \6 w/ `9 M" R, h6 v" l% E
$ F9 u0 y5 }8 Y# n
Japanese ground losses:
+ ]# c. O% i8 m* C7 @( \! b- Q      17 casualties reported
/ B5 a7 l5 i; X( x+ {, {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" b4 a" k) Y3 \' b1 F4 ^( Q  l         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled, T2 ~- \) G7 q# Z8 r% o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: a7 r% Y, L$ d      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)' q1 M0 o# ^3 L7 f7 c

4 d/ m$ G7 \# G! i$ {& U% JAirbase hits 97
6 I# \8 A$ [, y- N) @& ^1 U5 e7 rAirbase supply hits 26
+ r, Q; S& a/ e% r+ eRunway hits 252
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2 d; N3 \% r5 o3 s( m' M6 q5 V+ c% ]; Y
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113), E  H1 c8 W8 f" s- K2 W

( c4 m2 _: p0 J0 `2 FJapanese Bombardment attack
+ Z2 S: ^; i9 Z5 B$ J, }  ?1 |* {5 g
Attacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728& O. ]3 s3 W0 X7 `
. q' x& @8 k! v. ?5 B0 ]5 j' r& V
Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
6 `& A1 a7 x7 S; F" N" G* S  s" ^/ w, P/ m$ c: K6 F! U8 D1 u
Japanese ground losses:( k! ?" w4 @7 q$ O  K7 K# `7 r9 m; \
      736 casualties reported8 ~+ F; j& L% G9 m, X# g
         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled+ V' Y4 h" {" y1 o
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled# n4 w5 S; ^: N% q- n( ^5 \5 O
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled$ b6 e& U1 I2 D' l8 h. B
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)+ C; V9 Y- u/ l' ?- E4 ~1 n# z
      Units destroyed 12 d! }( W1 M! }& w% ]* {$ {3 M0 t
9 M: S- v: `- B( Q* E/ j" m
Allied ground losses:
6 ^  n( f! P& g+ [/ D! u      23 casualties reported
7 v/ _, k  O) F, V         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled' {4 r( P4 e+ {) k0 J1 Y+ a
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 R6 ?6 Y1 k; Q2 V: N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 v7 e" F( d+ e# [) v7 t2 [      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
$ _4 m3 `7 `1 E8 T0 f% k; ?
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9 p+ x% r) B) {3 @& h% G$ ZGround combat at Ponape (119,113)$ z( V- a2 v% U' M

% A3 B# u3 r% _! X+ @' KAllied Bombardment attack
! {6 ?$ }8 F' o! V1 O9 t& s
6 Q/ d" E1 z8 c; I: _& I: `Attacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 24884 f0 G7 Z3 @; [  y6 q; e' B: ]

0 Y* U% Q7 M: u2 ^7 {Defending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693
) @) i6 A% p- T- @8 R7 Z1 [- m* w5 T" @4 f- j# s
Japanese ground losses:
6 Q4 S- I! ?4 g5 y5 ]      698 casualties reported
5 w: _7 j+ E1 n  n         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled9 u( _7 G/ [8 {1 a0 ?- ?, E
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
# z5 S# p) Y$ ]1 x  K0 E         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled$ P& S3 v0 G6 E
      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44
! k* v) k; i! R9 s1 O9 ~岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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' c" F  A# C2 d$ u% h' e7 NNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
2 G3 e5 a) D+ c* o5 p6 R% F; \1 [, r- T1 f$ I
Allied Ships
; ~6 |) S! G$ Q: E8 ?      CA Wichita
8 n5 Q" i7 ?4 n( n      CA Vincennes
4 g4 f5 U7 b% j7 i" `      CA Quincy
3 V- y; G% M5 t6 T, R* D      CA San Francisco9 P( A7 }, H, x% C6 c' }) ~7 b
      CA Minneapolis
/ ?/ r% j1 `& [      CA Astoria
+ P( E- M0 N* I& W, R- M, z      CA Chicago5 U5 O+ S3 c3 c' x% H
      CA Louisville
9 G$ @6 b" y) m      CA Chester
( e; C( W" H% R; |- z/ ?. j! ?      CA Northampton1 T( g/ w9 U& f- U
      CA Portland
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: K4 l1 N5 T' J0 _$ E+ yJapanese ground losses:0 N- a* `3 w/ M) a+ a' I
      213 casualties reported- w; v) G9 d6 p5 n% Y5 d
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  D! x3 j5 O* b/ \         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
* Y  _6 R# @8 E% [' t2 _         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" s, F) \+ a$ O( }) z9 Y      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled), C0 @4 j) n+ X, \# `' I# A2 V6 P
9 @. G. ^1 e+ E/ j6 I
Airbase hits 6$ Q4 h, O7 I0 D- l% I; l
Airbase supply hits 14 N- o, Q- f. r8 H: P& Y1 Z
Runway hits 25
* q3 x4 ]( \* F+ dPort hits 5
+ p+ E: w) `+ c: y, TPort supply hits 1
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2 D) |0 b0 o& O: VNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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- T7 c$ ?* V4 a4 W0 z8 m9 s5 M) S5 ^Allied Ships. g2 S' i2 H! V  `/ B" u; z
      BB Alabama
- w$ c& C9 g7 b4 d/ X2 J: \: E      BB Massachusetts4 x. c0 s+ G' I! y
      BB Indiana0 K, @' x) \' I6 n7 o
      BB South Dakota
. w' Z' F% q: Z: J' P) g      BB Washington
" k' }! G6 r( ?  K/ m      BB North Carolina* j' b+ o: M0 g5 b

1 w2 c: K3 j5 T# ?" s) Y4 z' bJapanese ground losses:
+ |0 s; B+ b: |      803 casualties reported2 ?+ }/ {8 R5 r# m
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled% r3 b* b$ W7 C8 h6 p: l
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled6 a/ ^: j6 Y& A+ o+ p4 x
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
! G8 U" z  T3 P2 Q% w      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)
* x- i/ X' j2 \. f1 M      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)2 ~0 R) C+ R3 }; Y% ]4 w% i

8 p; K+ c; u8 K$ [" RAirbase hits 2
; g, G/ B& Y5 o; aRunway hits 3& y, F$ ~* e5 d
Port hits 2
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/ h  x) ~7 S, `7 f3 S( ONight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113& L8 x$ W2 X. a- J( u* x) B8 V
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Allied Ships* g% x1 |1 E3 s0 a
      BB Queen Elizabeth3 e9 F! P6 }) W' p" z
      BB Valiant
; ], }/ y1 c" Y$ s      BB Mississippi5 k% _4 ^9 s* p$ w
      BB New Mexico" X2 F7 v  t9 B7 g3 y' K
      BB Idaho
( [( ^; s- ^7 {: j      BB West Virginia
) q) ]/ @+ H6 C+ v      BB Colorado/ R! B5 h! T4 \5 R
" h- m" E; V, J. H7 B
Japanese ground losses:
4 N0 Q6 z1 E& x5 v. `      710 casualties reported
* q! x, i; ?& ], [! v& X% d         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
% g0 j: \! ?3 K: T         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
* Z/ R5 H$ |( }3 ], ^         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled8 `7 Y# G+ C3 Y0 A8 k
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
* c* d& f" `( P( @$ |3 q      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
8 H" k9 G- E" W. k; g4 D7 T/ b6 g9 `4 I- J% K* s
Airbase hits 1
) J5 @3 |/ K+ k! a7 ?Runway hits 9
( V& C2 L9 n% }. ?3 d6 VPort hits 1' }# h" c" Y) C0 }! t% w9 @' i7 T

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6 M, D, \6 I# [2 jAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)4 S5 y0 F1 A/ ~  j/ q# c" v) A! k
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud) q% {! m2 q! v7 t; ~
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Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
! A% e% l. R$ F8 @Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
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Allied aircraft
! i3 M/ x& \# ~. ^6 `6 c2 b      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
8 u8 B2 ]/ F* Z# ^      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
2 o* s" ?) H+ \6 [      TBM-1C Avenger x 271
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! s' V% S! G2 D, v4 X* x/ o+ }6 M% hAllied aircraft losses
; T+ j( a8 [7 `1 p4 Y8 ^2 D      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
" U% J' b" Y. f& F6 M0 w5 ^      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged7 W: v$ C) y4 N/ N8 {

2 S0 T  z7 T/ u- ~& M1 {Japanese ground losses:" R! S0 }5 M9 o7 i7 w9 Q/ S( |
      660 casualties reported
3 q% _! F6 f) _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled8 h* c% a) _0 i3 }8 K
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled  p' `5 t/ a) w3 v' R1 j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 x) v5 V0 i2 D7 z: Y      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
  O/ F; t" o1 R- O* d3 i. }4 _. j5 B, }3 h. r6 V0 S

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" u% ~% F% r1 _8 P5 b1 D9 j8 S" k* P/ q) p1 S1 `
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)$ [3 v4 E# o- p4 N) S" w

4 ?: p9 T! {$ H0 OAllied Deliberate attack8 N4 x& h+ l1 o/ o; P

5 S! @. b9 \% ]Attacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455
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- b) V% k4 X0 e7 pDefending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601
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* K7 W) U7 i  m, @Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4( }# {0 e2 X& T: z" }  p' v

5 n$ c$ R' J/ n9 R3 E3 YAllied adjusted assault: 2943
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  r1 k& t) s# l( c( H# ?& o1 W, bJapanese adjusted defense: 537
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Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)
  }7 u# r) y+ q% C1 }( I. `; @. K
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
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Combat modifiers# Z5 ?+ X' m: a- g- |' D; J
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)4 p1 j9 ~0 b4 b1 n$ @9 v
Attacker: 8 S( j9 k( M2 m6 N( c- t  x. ^, t) S
5 c  {& n: ?* M- V
Japanese ground losses:
" F( r; L9 M' y) o      4555 casualties reported9 Z- G/ z7 r  O- G9 H# G$ K$ |
         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled
- F3 d' ~5 ?2 n) b: h         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled# H0 |9 c9 ~* Q7 ]$ i
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled; b- v. a: i, v# t! B2 Q5 _
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
- `+ R3 f1 J" d4 H: [      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)$ Z3 w4 J9 c: l& K7 W! m

3 z6 x& s- {3 }' bAllied ground losses:. ~& q8 Z& F8 O* H$ K/ Z* v" h
      1283 casualties reported7 _& U4 l) n  W! O
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
  ]4 Y3 F% \5 X4 _         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled! ^/ W/ z7 k2 e* `3 {
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
7 d% W2 V/ M, N" o: P      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled). m' D; R) z) B5 |; G  ^2 [: I
      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
3 u# S$ @- H2 d, v( B    716th Tank Battalion
7 A8 ]: s" \4 t! L5 |    112th Cavalry Regiment
  |" o/ w$ S2 B- ?6 c    44th Tank Battalion' L5 i( f* r7 B3 j
    711th Tank Battalion
# V3 y, W: N# s    6th Infantry Division
, h9 J8 r$ R6 h4 T2 l    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment4 C! J1 {3 ]2 m) _( H2 ?
    5th Marine Division+ `- y9 A# s4 V) n' L- A
    706th Tank Battalion( F6 T( ]& ]! T! F% y) _) E
    710th Tank Battalion% e9 F5 a( [  S
    81st Infantry Division+ w% N2 H% O/ \
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
, M% i* d7 h3 b) w1 B, H1 O    767th Tank Battalion* a7 k8 O2 x3 m6 v1 ]' ^/ s6 }
    762nd Tank Battalion
9 U9 ~  }. p0 q; k, d0 Q* K! p    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 ]+ s& e) f' |  K' c7 s    96th Infantry Division( h. |; ^" V2 O: n) v
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ b( m. y; P# D
    14th Marine Defense Battalion0 H8 l4 E# P7 x, t- k" {9 @
    1st USMC AA Battalion
  L+ M2 z0 \: B! Z/ V: t8 E7 e    738th Coast AA Regiment: N( _- h. r9 _, h3 Q
    X Corps Artillery
  E# l  a2 j1 r- q0 Y    I Corps Artillery
- R5 [' |$ c' U  I    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
) D$ f: ~4 @* `6 J! E' c" B    12th Marine Defense Battalion
1 ]$ p$ k; N5 ~/ F) F    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
0 P1 h3 v* z/ {0 K: W    XIV US Corps3 O$ D0 W/ K! p3 R" U+ A
    4th USA Defense Battalion
* b3 ?* p5 f0 v# t0 D( J) E, o    5th USA Defense Battalion3 a- J) e1 G% J4 \( q
    8th Marine Defense Battalion  g; ]5 ~; ?( b$ E8 R5 y
    96th Coast AA Regiment
3 S  Q: J+ _' f    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 ]4 D' W+ G( s3 k! r7 H+ {% b  m4 f/ k. D
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
* f7 ~! |' d5 s" `) [7 v9 e, J$ [" q2 C: {" C: G
Defending units:  e: _- \. m& N7 g3 w
    81st Division2 P4 E+ e0 h' Z( D; d  L
    33rd Division/ t( @8 [! W8 Z* c( J" [
    52nd Naval Guard Unit; [9 C5 ^% B7 Z0 Q  f
    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 g5 b+ d  C3 G' I0 A9 J+ Y/ d% }
    138th Infantry Regiment2 s+ k  H* v4 y0 J% `8 ?
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1# g6 R  w! }' J: J' _
    3rd Base Force  H! m- P0 H3 T) ]  u  \! V
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
" h% G. a( N1 q( S2 |; ~    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
: x, K# V' W; T5 }- z    14th Area Army /1+ h6 U2 O% p$ l3 {0 p" F0 E$ P5 Q. @4 m
    144th Infantry Regiment, U) s" e3 c- t4 E# d3 M
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
4 ?4 n; g; P, |) X8 Z$ |    19th JAAF Base Force3 X% c$ x- T* R0 S
    60th Field AA Battalion/ y: O& `" @$ j% P# h
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment9 A' y: }# x* g1 j% q/ n3 c
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% w5 p  ?0 a5 V% j+ N* l; q" W    61st Field AA Battalion+ \' [& U7 b/ l, p
    Kure 7th SNLF5 c, h' O3 n& i$ V4 q0 d1 V! @
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /14 Q0 U3 A. w4 M2 p% ~' ?0 q' s
    18th Army4 K$ V/ d$ C, h! a+ ]& g
    12th Air Fleet
* X& Q8 g3 ?5 d- q- X    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 Y: t# v9 T* X( B* L' z
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
6 V1 d9 H  c% l- A    Ponape Naval Fortress  v  |  ]* b: a! y
    53rd Construction Battalion
9 [$ ]- l8 Z/ p# j+ L    63rd Field AA Battalion
' }( n: q6 O* r3 i    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44
+ c2 @7 g1 n* M( l经过20天的苦战，盟军终于拿下了有3个师团8万日军据守的9级防御的波纳佩。
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0 `! W% [( g" D6 s9 L4 ?1 H& I日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。# Z6 `1 H- B, E4 v4 H! v* A

! [! R" l& u' Q1 ~9 f: C此役为盟军硫磺岛惨败后立刻发动的攻坚战，意在检验45年盟军的攻坚能力，也测验日军重点把守据点的防御能力。实验证明在断绝外援的情况下，日军据点虽然坚强，但并非不可攻破，实乃鼓舞士气振奋人心的一战。
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% m6 d1 W  b$ `- U- w! T3 x7 E# yGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Shock attack  u: B8 ]1 j/ u) l0 r1 ^

( Y$ F& R( p9 f) k; VAttacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338
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Defending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
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5 V0 d# [7 K0 ^Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3% o: M! q: X3 M/ p) @) _5 R! D4 p

4 ]& O, E2 \1 @+ H+ @) M$ QAllied adjusted assault: 5312 * M+ z1 [* g9 g6 H9 T3 G
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Japanese adjusted defense: 163
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3) 1 e6 C' m3 j9 S8 N+ e9 m

/ `% j- y7 W. g" UAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!( j/ F5 Y0 \, Z$ S* Q5 v1 R

& r/ P. l3 z4 \! DCombat modifiers
9 y- f2 Z# B; v( ]! IDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
# D5 K7 I! M" g9 tAttacker: shock(+)
5 b! l9 P# u) C/ W# f  q) j9 g+ M# O8 d. P" |( l, O9 i, F6 K8 b
Japanese ground losses:! S" Y/ L) h% B6 i: H
      6464 casualties reported- e. X+ _: w! p: [" X$ L/ E: O
         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled
: R( t  v  r- N6 u2 }         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
- M: g! @$ A  ~$ W) V/ v/ q* k         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled3 `+ [* l1 L' l2 b0 H6 U
      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled): o% c9 u1 A9 U: b2 e8 s
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)
  _7 A5 y* v9 c& D      Units destroyed 1. `9 B3 f1 k) T6 A
$ T1 @! Z  K4 w7 B' D0 D
Allied ground losses:
) ^4 _' p& d) {# n% Z% e      700 casualties reported6 j8 s0 P- \8 O) T- r" l
         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled" G% e, S+ {+ p! k4 c/ F& ~# [; ^4 {' s
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
! t* ~" f1 W' o         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled# ?7 Y3 R, i! s0 J0 o
      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)2 |2 R+ D! d! C+ z+ i
      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)$ i4 M9 D' b7 {/ u

* {8 a* L1 }2 z! ^% M+ EAssaulting units:
9 ~. R3 y! X8 }, J! Z+ T0 A3 ^& _    6th Infantry Division
( M  v1 Q0 l- T    706th Tank Battalion
: [& F' ^/ V2 f; D3 U: w    710th Tank Battalion
6 {8 F8 }3 x5 @7 L    716th Tank Battalion
- |3 P" `$ D# i    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment" J& T7 d; g9 V% B0 q* G. \
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
; b; [: W# R( G9 u% v0 K' D    767th Tank Battalion0 G0 y9 c, U( \& b% c1 k$ h
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
! q3 }2 Q; D; ~, ^' T! H    711th Tank Battalion
5 g) b6 d- P4 u1 P6 P) ^- {; ~: ~8 a: u    762nd Tank Battalion
" y6 }% v, _, E! t8 ~( {8 r    81st Infantry Division
+ r. U, h6 y' [) t    5th Marine Division( c5 u% ~4 v2 k2 O2 T
    112th Cavalry Regiment7 X: n! T# }) y% ~- l
    44th Tank Battalion
0 c# W& z0 P9 m. H    96th Infantry Division
8 _$ b- M0 c9 l* ]    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment7 b3 M$ N# u' J1 m9 g; Y
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment* T/ I6 o# @) l$ z) ?
    4th USA Defense Battalion
; \# t' @. h  E, g7 C    5th USA Defense Battalion
* u) `1 N& X% N3 t0 R    12th Marine Defense Battalion  `: T/ r2 D' `$ q- i" H3 g
    1st USMC AA Battalion
+ N' F3 T9 o# q2 A7 V' k& a    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
: Q& X! s/ o& S" B# d7 ~    XIV US Corps
, E2 G6 S# d% X% V$ O, V1 M    I Corps Artillery
. I: ^. V9 k/ u! M! h    8th Marine Defense Battalion' n; Q' ?% ]6 W' q  C0 N
    738th Coast AA Regiment) O) S! {# l5 U8 {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion3 l, C7 f# K4 p1 X  a/ i
    X Corps Artillery
" z" E* q2 P2 d6 B2 n' q% ]- B0 U    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
# g: Z% O# m+ |6 \) o    96th Coast AA Regiment  m3 }1 V1 B. o0 v+ E' K) Z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment8 Y% q+ c6 |6 A& }6 l# I" s
4 O  m( L$ F6 ], Y
Defending units:8 }) p( T1 d+ l0 U. J1 f* {
    81st Division
1 H: i: l" B+ ]- E1 w    33rd Division* p5 _' y2 U0 N9 a
    138th Infantry Regiment5 F6 p8 K# c6 J1 ]" K5 [; B
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
' Y1 t/ R+ ^' w% S    Ponape Naval Fortress: J( f- z$ @- ]5 C1 K1 v9 q" P! s/ b
    12th Air Fleet
( }+ H! j2 V$ s4 {6 ^    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
) {5 @( o! |" u4 M& ]) O( u    60th Field AA Battalion" C$ v- p& T- `1 B& p5 E
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment6 b) s9 I# Z0 E& T/ g
    53rd Construction Battalion4 @1 F0 a& Z" g0 O
    61st Field AA Battalion
1 C2 I1 s( x0 ]) b    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  q) ]* J; _8 w* `
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
- t% g3 S. u4 B; B    19th JAAF Base Force
, |/ q. O( `: f    18th Army
; R- l8 Z/ s2 k7 F3 W. W( }    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 o8 c# A, n6 Z7 B. n& E. G, C& I    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 G: Y+ I" W1 [$ J
    3rd Base Force
: g2 J# B7 ?; x4 B. J. @' T* m    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
$ I4 E7 E; |6 R7 K# k. h  r    52nd Naval Guard Unit7 m  S) x, o" @' }0 f: D7 H; Z
    14th Area Army /1% X4 @+ G) V1 [3 f3 W/ F6 i
    Kure 7th SNLF
' @" H2 ^' [7 \  }& h% V    144th Infantry Regiment
/ q- C# \/ x) a" l; L/ ]    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
, |. R- V4 D" }2 \/ B    63rd Field AA Battalion
* a# \( s; [" T    18th Field AF Construction Battalion+ ^, y* h! z8 I; g% c  L( [
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44
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- b/ G& t, H& O2 _, \% j. H来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。
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) z1 U  w) g% `& t5 J7 J, Y- ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards1 w# u9 G# y& t+ e- c
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Japanese Ships, @  J/ K& S9 w5 R3 {: m& z
      DD Fujinami
# Z. x! B2 J8 U      DD Kishinami
' Y- p! @9 Y# e5 v6 ~      DD Kiyonami
3 W$ D* E3 }/ V- G. C0 z- z      DD Okinami
9 m: [! a+ V* U4 N( {      DD Hamanami5 i4 v) ?& q1 w1 C0 n. N& W6 |
      DD Asashimo. c. j4 i8 j& o, _! |$ Q8 m
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Allied Ships
5 n0 U1 l: f1 t, b( L      xAP Golden Racer
+ n( x/ v5 m0 p% X8 e      xAP Mallory Lykes
, W# Y. Q7 V/ d2 U, o6 M" w      xAP Abigail Adams
" x7 E, P. C  f! x      xAP Adoniram Judson+ z, a9 T) C" b' ~% o8 Y3 H0 o
      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
  W% j. |  [& c6 U* ]$ G& e      xAP Andrew D. White
( Q- ^+ D2 T: N1 S; L- X      xAP Andrew Furuseth# H  Y- K: h. r/ Q# I" l$ n0 x# V
      xAP Archbishop Lamy' S, `# a5 c" q
      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
& E% K2 }/ V( t& f. I8 J  {      xAP B. F. Shaw4 _- ?% l* L! R% J' t
      xAP B. Livingston9 I" {, R' K( a& U# L+ k2 {$ F8 H
      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson
: c# y5 o, j# g7 L      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler! B. D4 V9 N, V5 I' {0 [
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
4 ?" a, @7 A! v% J      xAP Caleb Strong
( V7 `* C6 m; n' ?! L% m, |/ s      xAP Carlos Carrillo) O3 w& u" D% B! [* T
      xAP Charles H. Windham
0 @+ U, q" t: P      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz" z- s: |; y7 k* A6 Q
      xAP Chief Washakie3 |- g$ K- ~0 V# X+ }8 I8 m4 l
      xAP Daniel Drake8 A8 B  N4 ^# J) j
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont
/ T; E1 p6 N+ Q* Y& \. S      xAP David Dudley Field3 G6 I9 u, [- ~& o% n! D
      xAP David Gaillard
& X4 q) M; [6 _      xAP David J. Brewer
& C" _# x6 L5 Z      xAP Edmund Fanning3 T. I2 C: Y) ^" s2 S$ m1 c
      xAP Edmund Randolph' a0 [% c0 ?1 C/ O
      xAP Edward Livingston! F7 H$ ?9 H2 B2 K; H9 |( K" v
      xAP Edwin Markham
$ C) I( y/ p2 Q      xAP Elihu Thomson. K# r: C8 z3 N
      xAP Frances E. Willard
5 e2 _" t& |+ c5 n$ R+ r( V3 _      xAP Francis P. Blair1 B& h, k9 |6 v( _3 P# }
      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire$ U- \7 [) V" f  ^3 U; K
      xAP Leland Stanford
& @4 k3 s" U: v% i' L$ R6 C& a7 I      xAP Leslie M. Shaw, K% [7 j) |7 Y
      xAP Lew Wallace+ G/ i3 G, h( R
      xAP Lewis Cass$ o6 Q" ]7 K' f$ E/ Z
      xAP Lydia M. Child
" s/ j/ E4 v+ g      xAP Samuel Gompers
! \0 j$ O8 s5 F% S. h      xAP Stanley Matthews: D( u; t/ ^& d- V; G
      xAP Stephen J. Field* M) @9 b( ]+ @# S
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1! C- e) u  |* {* ^# f& r! J) i
      xAP Thomas A. Edison4 {) [4 o( R! o3 B" C: `( Y4 T
      xAP Thomas Nast( x5 u! W- A. c  o" r
      xAP Thomas Nelson
3 }$ ]% i: x3 B9 M+ [      xAP Vitus Bering, y6 p( k/ L# r& y4 J! E4 ?
      xAP Walter Colton2 J+ |, c, v; b0 y/ [+ O) t. h
      xAP William C. Claiborne8 m& j' S3 h2 j- w( Z" D( b% }
      xAP William Dunbar
5 [* K+ ?) n- u1 |9 e' \      xAP William E. Channing) V# S% {7 a) i7 ^( a
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2
+ c! Q/ e6 b8 \1 ^5 @* ~      xAP William L. Garrison8 s9 W. h! q' G  w, U1 |" q7 E7 d
      xAP William M. Stewart
7 X2 j" U6 k' X1 R      xAP William P. McArthur5 x$ y, U( L4 p6 r& e* l8 R" _
      xAP William T. Sherman
% P5 c& o% J. n4 O$ O7 [      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 N0 a% i0 `$ J: R1 j3 x  \% \
      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% {: t+ `6 e1 l, f- x
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
5 ?# V, O+ ~4 X, x      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: D' z3 a0 k: E" O
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# i; M5 S" a7 d$ S9 F3 \) L
      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 l9 S5 ?" z7 J8 ?# J; n/ u) W$ P7 G      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 G8 [9 Z6 @" k) h8 T
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 28 ?" a3 Q* ~8 r. f% G& T- J
      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
4 k9 Q- J% J0 _- P3 x, S! h- D6 ^      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* S4 ?( C5 s7 h: N! N/ y      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire) q8 r) o  r+ v
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1& s! e' b! ^1 w4 h4 _# Q

; e6 m: D$ S9 }9 @" t' k( VAllied ground losses:1 W5 }+ K, z# {2 W# C8 Z% {2 x: d: o/ n6 w
      2171 casualties reported
  c1 N) n( v/ t" e/ Q         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled7 a  A; Y- @8 f% t% O( j
         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
5 U! F# O0 A  x         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled( {3 ?4 z5 L4 I1 Q* k
      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled)
. W9 u; h8 ?& [, d; g  c      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled), H) K' b* k2 W) e+ X

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* K6 M# N! o7 K( j% D- LDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards
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2 y# j( o7 K, o4 M8 x% t8 A3 jJapanese Ships
* \3 y5 r+ r! k; o+ m4 x. H      CA Tone6 O1 @, ~# n- v
      CA Chikuma7 K) K' \6 F) ?; E+ T3 ]
      CA Mogami: ?% S2 T6 X( M4 @0 `& {9 m
      CA Mikuma$ d1 K! t* K6 a' A$ l/ f  ~, N% \( L# j
      CA Suzuya
% z# P5 D  N) m# B      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
; b+ F8 ?: C/ ^0 c' N7 G9 k      DD Haruzuki
' }( C4 V- ]; N      DD Naganami
& B9 x/ ]9 A  l4 {) b      DD Myojinkaze
, K# `/ H" X" \' p" p' b; r      DD Kosukaze
  [1 t: f, O  F2 D- h6 o4 ?+ w      DD Yamanakaze+ z4 n% D( d( u0 a% j- q
      DD Urazuki
. O' v. [( {3 e6 a$ o      DD Benigumo2 H3 y6 R' P' ^; o4 f% C
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Allied Ships
1 a0 U$ l% }# q5 \  z4 u0 Y      xAP Golden Racer% t5 ]& u& ]" l" N! X, p
      xAP Mallory Lykes
  R  R9 Q" ]" {& R: l+ R3 @      xAP Abigail Adams2 m4 q0 |/ s, D" S" L3 Z
      xAP Adoniram Judson
5 N) D. `& [' y0 ^& }      xAP Andrew D. White
  g( E1 f3 u$ e# q      xAP Andrew Furuseth
# P; R7 i* \9 S% e      xAP Archbishop Lamy' r1 G- \  c! e0 W, a# f& Z' ]
      xAP B. F. Shaw/ a1 I! b+ \; g) W
      xAP B. Livingston
2 l: d) N0 }. {; c" N* q1 r1 Z  z      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2
0 p' y1 y0 \/ Y3 d* E* {6 F      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler9 W5 X: T1 ^/ x7 F' `( E1 l9 s( r
      xAP Benjamin Lundy; M: N5 E( ]' A4 m# c
      xAP Caleb Strong
6 v* A% n* _+ s6 S      xAP Carlos Carrillo
$ p8 F% A1 }8 E      xAP Charles H. Windham- b! o* \6 S0 Q4 @! C& k
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz0 v) `9 K, t7 ~( g1 N
      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1- m3 a( r) f. R) U  Q% ]
      xAP Daniel Drake5 q: i$ f* w9 R) e: _
      xAP Daniel S. Lamont) d. N% e) D: J3 c4 A; l" m& `
      xAP David Dudley Field
$ J8 ~  f- S2 N5 g, ~0 V1 V      xAP David Gaillard
3 i) W2 X5 N% @      xAP David J. Brewer- `; O9 B7 L( X: h; f2 T7 K
      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire' w, |* T. e. p6 n& y+ t
      xAP Edward Livingston  C9 r# n1 R& R$ I" S
      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2+ [6 A6 M. r* q. H, i+ V+ G0 w: J
      xAP Elihu Thomson7 W, M0 z4 Z% E5 m: H: V' I* U
      xAP Frances E. Willard
& F! x" C' J0 V% H* g# A: V* H      xAP Francis P. Blair
$ U" s6 D) q- U/ h1 H, {  M6 k      xAP Leland Stanford
$ w! @, E. U) ?) D1 a3 X0 R2 O, e7 y      xAP Leslie M. Shaw, @3 w: W& B) L+ J6 H7 q# u' }( }
      xAP Lew Wallace
! S9 F! ~- b4 n3 K# w% z      xAP Lewis Cass
. x9 @/ B  E: T; Y      xAP Lydia M. Child1 G! r' ~  L9 }: u* j
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 g7 M% m' ?& [; S* A( Q* q, p- m' I
      xAP Stanley Matthews4 d' {& R! M, ]8 k7 O: Y7 u2 k
      xAP Stephen J. Field/ U; ?6 m6 O( S, \* j; A
      xAP Stephen M. White1 h2 u$ ]! u9 r8 H
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
3 A5 r# j9 f6 Q) \      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage* o! g+ l) ~5 Y
      xAP Vitus Bering( X3 s/ k) C% ]1 S7 E* L: y
      xAP Walter Colton) |6 M$ J+ Q5 {+ S9 g* d: |
      xAP William C. Claiborne5 T# k8 q0 K* w
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
6 B' h1 r) Y6 N) m5 f      xAP William E. Channing
- p1 ?' W* Q( k5 N( W7 \      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
1 N! S. N) I! b6 v2 B9 d. J. G      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
4 d; G. ^! E2 F) j      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire
# p# G6 {4 D% h" W      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 x& }1 Q3 u- I! W4 [      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 A, L' O3 P: \) j9 ]$ q" ~! R+ T      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 ?* n- |; g$ _: v
      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 r  G' D2 B& r9 `) {% ^* o( u
      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 Q$ ~/ Q- |: h1 p2 {% g$ K      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& o; i1 W9 P: [% q' K0 f
      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
6 }. l# m( r% l6 n      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. U) S% m7 i7 |6 g( N* X7 V" o( [5 c      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
7 |) n3 b8 p, T9 u2 U      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
4 I) Y3 U$ `1 ^) W/ `9 I      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. w* v! Z5 f& {; u
      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage( j* x! X8 G5 J
      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* Y% X/ H' `+ R6 i& E8 g      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ l; y* C! ~: w" @! g; @, t& a! y      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" i: N9 E3 U' a- t      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire  o2 ?7 a, N  \5 A9 X
      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire
/ U9 h  Q. R, S  |: n$ V! {      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire0 i- h) `  d( p" ^3 ?
      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# d+ T& }7 X; O8 r0 F6 ]0 G
      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire
# Y3 ]# L8 W# c" O$ R4 P* @+ N      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) c2 h  e, H' Q  S0 O* F$ {      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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Allied ground losses:1 F8 G$ }4 J: c: B/ A/ W3 R
      1589 casualties reported) l! h' l: N) o; l
         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
" W, G# Z6 o% n; W' g3 _         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled) \9 d4 I# c- h+ ?
         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled' y9 {# {+ k7 g# `( ^
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
/ T' m0 R! p' O% t      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)2 e: X1 Z$ k4 ^+ N7 @; s
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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0 W+ L/ u! M  s) W3 A4 iAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237
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Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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Allied adjusted assault: 1865
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Japanese adjusted defense: 57
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 0 w0 }! E, H$ H6 w
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Combat modifiers
7 B6 t, H* X( b+ |$ Z! IDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)) z$ }% B" ~8 G! w2 J' z
Attacker: . {& q2 d/ {  Q' L6 v# [5 v+ P( w
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Japanese ground losses:, f" \* g( B; y
      2583 casualties reported' \( {  }  c5 S% k
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled! P+ O8 I3 c3 K5 w$ u8 ?% n
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
2 r1 |7 K/ H: X+ }) F         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 n' e/ s# v* P6 i- A      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
: W8 w+ U$ e, \4 A      Units destroyed 1" Q, y( G2 @- s3 F* K, l

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      107 casualties reported
7 T3 [* O0 N" n9 y' p( Y9 i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled$ J# ~0 E: S3 n; _1 J, ?. i
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled2 P+ V9 C5 V% c: Y6 n7 f$ ~; M7 m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
' E2 f# n3 I% D& [$ O! X      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
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Assaulting units:1 ?0 A# _0 Q1 G: D& e
    6th Infantry Division, V0 }6 g2 R5 J8 e  m8 |
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment! k7 `- H, {& n
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment& D2 {: l+ j/ m# ?+ P- t( {' _
    710th Tank Battalion0 v7 C( o9 J: z% \, ~
    81st Infantry Division
3 ?5 M6 j! o- y. }6 h    767th Tank Battalion+ P7 @0 v+ o" H0 |+ N
    716th Tank Battalion
  a- ^+ [5 ~5 n. E- b    44th Tank Battalion
4 `1 q# f& r# L    711th Tank Battalion. M( i0 {# B1 V, B8 _, T+ K
    762nd Tank Battalion
' Q  @3 ]8 o! I1 H9 l$ }# ~    5th Marine Division
* ?2 }& X8 f- F) U7 w, f    112th Cavalry Regiment1 v* F9 d0 Q. p: [- z5 Q
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment. M1 u4 R" s+ T) _+ Z0 O
    706th Tank Battalion# \9 }7 T. @6 H% k$ `5 D# a- [! c
    96th Infantry Division% O: s( B- L( s
    XIV US Corps
1 |% Q% n2 l8 `4 m    4th USA Defense Battalion
3 E) A; _" \& p6 r    X Corps Artillery
" k; h: c# [( u! u' V; G: m: n    738th Coast AA Regiment" i9 T3 I5 E& q* A" x1 N2 h5 c
    5th USA Defense Battalion/ ?' c# d3 R3 R$ N
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
3 l- c* E' ?0 z5 W# ~" c    14th Marine Defense Battalion6 R. [! r* G% }& j
    I Corps Artillery
* R8 _: M9 O9 q+ B    12th Marine Defense Battalion
) z0 `& L5 S8 N    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion$ u1 s9 g) y9 s. \
    1st USMC AA Battalion% H2 x- _/ @1 X7 I( }( J# g4 V
    35th Aviation Base Force
& M' S4 O$ A1 v  d9 _- x+ X    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 B  n9 \3 N3 l4 K2 I# h( }
    96th Coast AA Regiment0 ]4 r3 t* n/ F9 J6 r
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ s1 @4 n8 E3 b2 y) |  X+ H    8th Marine Defense Battalion  f, V& ?5 ~1 i5 j& M
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment' V+ |; c9 ^3 x% [: x  Q

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    81st Division
! P5 J% [7 L6 H/ A- I4 W4 L+ D    33rd Division
) Z( a9 [' L( G1 V- k8 w& x6 L    Sasebo 7th SNLF
/ D: A- c9 X3 Z9 V1 S    52nd Naval Guard Unit
! J1 n( M6 \$ ]6 b" E" U9 D    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 r+ S' l6 ^& K4 i: ]9 O    63rd Field AA Battalion
3 g# P# z* D, i; l8 l' d! u: [    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
0 @4 N7 u4 s+ I, S    14th Area Army /1
9 ~+ B5 I9 [; g' Q% V    61st Field AA Battalion
* ?) ]& P  P, e' T, a8 f' R7 D- @0 f    Wake Cst Gun Bn /13 Q' m3 i9 V/ j4 J2 e0 {
    3rd Base Force  s+ f4 h: ?+ o3 [! j' w
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
: d* w. i& E) ]  v0 t) S; C    19th JAAF Base Force
& ^4 X# o' p$ s  Z, A. I    53rd Construction Battalion
! ~6 i7 [4 k5 q0 U  O8 F    12th Air Fleet, L, A: R+ s- z) b' C
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
" N! C: P. B# I6 |    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
# ], M! v( Q( y5 b. o    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion) c. i6 E9 Z! ^
    Kure 7th SNLF7 |& I6 ?4 U, b3 N
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment  I0 H- z" E6 o' m$ o# C8 X
    144th Infantry Regiment+ m: I7 p% i2 R6 H/ I
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, k4 i2 f$ S* k    18th Army9 N( A5 K8 h4 U  K+ F6 \
    138th Infantry Regiment
8 c5 K: r+ B- Q* E    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment5 A8 R- e/ W: y! c  p
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!: x  R6 A, A4 J+ h7 n* ?- y3 w
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14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!! M/ I- v" M& T2 M, R$ |

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61st Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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- |: X; P4 B4 F2 ?52nd 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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38th Ind. Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!  Q/ V, R$ B/ r2 o. u4 X0 p, V6 G3 o2 Y2 o

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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