hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 442 t$ @& c0 U+ k! q: ^8 T
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经过几天的修整，并更换了部分部队的指挥官后，盟军在强大的海军和空军掩护下再次对波那佩日军发动攻击，这次的攻击毙伤了和第一次攻击差不多的鬼子，不过盟军的损失下降了不少，盟军和日军战斗力的对比应该进一步扩大了
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  a, P- R3 A+ [6 X" p% [Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!' j* {: w$ e0 q+ M
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.# ]+ p* E2 K" q2 N0 D
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Allied Ships! }7 K% r9 N9 A: M- p
      CA Wichita
5 X+ S+ w% d! q; E      CA Vincennes
! |/ \6 i8 A# d/ P5 W  [      CA Quincy7 s) `2 [# q7 E) A& _7 L, i
      CA San Francisco7 U, x9 L0 i/ Z# G% v1 n
      CA Minneapolis
( H) q5 d# s# |* ?4 J      CA Astoria
/ V3 H  \$ w  s6 B      CA Chicago
8 G* o2 b+ C6 B. Y5 |6 m1 f      CA Louisville
! X. [1 G  a* N5 |* q1 K5 @      CA Chester
7 i6 [: I6 ~4 l! _# J% F8 B      CA Northampton! W% \$ p5 P6 h# O" {1 D3 s9 O
      CA Portland( o- U* ~: u8 ?+ ^9 ]" |$ ~
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Japanese ground losses:
" ]0 g9 j3 @9 L% E" ]  U* o      71 casualties reported
2 A4 _+ ?; ^5 y8 c# x6 o  S$ r         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 m2 W6 ]: S" A' Z4 a         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled8 t$ r  ~3 M- A5 L, I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
( x3 j! X' J5 d* P      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)% n: o5 r9 T& V0 ?9 @* o

0 z2 ]& V$ m6 T" T2 V' V4 m- sAirbase hits 2
2 B1 a0 t3 E' o* l9 N) s  q, `' YRunway hits 10
* z, z$ x5 C1 L/ d. @, `* yPort hits 4& l1 D0 @4 z6 b8 V

5 r+ T# |6 a9 G/ [, X' ^( CCA Wichita firing at Ponape 5 ^- V: M& L2 a4 P% n3 f8 Y7 t. J! m# j
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
8 i+ v: l  `2 h: q( b# O- BPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
8 e# X6 m9 {! t+ C8 R! o+ BCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
+ }1 p5 f  g9 K- K, [% O: |  g( tPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy2 ~! K6 X- Z0 q- p9 \. U$ D7 h0 e
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division0 f; w- K! h+ H$ _
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment# c7 c+ `4 v& ^6 ]/ @
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria
) @( a7 a6 F# r% K0 H& \2 c; bCA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
  I) G& }4 x- Z9 e8 d9 ^, JCA Chicago firing at Ponape
- h# q6 d5 p+ U  U  o& ^CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force1 i8 i5 ^% E0 u4 A$ T' j* V
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
2 N: {- K! V; R+ B' T- D$ ACA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
9 }1 w- L2 `) W" D- ]$ bCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
) @( r+ o0 d0 }# _6 nOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland/ L0 z; I! \' j' i& i/ U8 R
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment% ]7 {% {; _* l' n# ~3 z1 B6 ^

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9 v1 N* a& q& t0 v$ E0 [! T4 _0 [1 V) |Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1131 ^/ k  I6 ~$ {4 ?- i' R
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Allied Ships
% V, s5 `, X$ V2 g# F8 `1 I      BB Alabama
+ y$ q* H% M) I+ A3 _      BB Massachusetts, r* i6 ]+ t5 M
      BB Indiana
5 k* @9 N) `# t0 S! U- }2 D      BB South Dakota
$ M! f, y7 j1 d5 B      BB Washington
1 f4 a4 A5 T2 _5 Y* O      BB North Carolina& ?1 k# r; |/ U  d! ?
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Japanese ground losses:3 v5 }( ]% \. `, _, Z0 X8 d
      275 casualties reported
7 g7 Z7 ~3 G6 N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled4 X8 Y7 Y. ^( h* m0 j. c
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled  D0 Q- a# U8 H4 k, G
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
- K) V' U# I! n9 w      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled), D1 e& k$ F/ Q' T* f  B
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ \1 P) r# y/ f# Y8 N

5 f( |0 x, k( C9 n  F: |Airbase supply hits 1: s( E; Y7 y0 v! p- C
Runway hits 7. Z! m: w$ {+ @# Z- ?/ F' @) D
Port hits 3
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BB Alabama firing at Ponape
$ @! X* x+ p$ P5 G8 U1 l1 _BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 9 w* f. H- E" Q7 U7 l* ^0 m
BB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
% y0 L: N( j" z' s" E% K0 GOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota& b1 h4 o' \& m* o% p% {" {
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
% I4 b* j% I' D# VBB Washington firing at Ponape
. G$ F6 {+ b# u2 C% Z9 ABB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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6 ]  y* \: _7 i% rNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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$ }7 @# E" O7 Q1 j3 B& `13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense." n+ u; B' y7 M% N2 C7 s- f9 W

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& T& D, K4 o+ {      BB Queen Elizabeth
# T% [* m; R* f4 @' R      BB Valiant$ i7 q7 X% O, _% [: q0 r' m
      BB Mississippi6 L' v0 |: d7 l& ^+ h6 A
      BB New Mexico
; ^* |( a: S6 f3 T! i3 q$ ^7 v9 T      BB Idaho
. c% Y5 X. p9 k6 i4 K6 D      BB West Virginia" x: Y. t/ a9 b0 D6 u" C$ R
      BB Colorado
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Japanese ground losses:' \$ j6 Y- k$ w1 ]8 a& n
      117 casualties reported' N, V0 A; L/ x; \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
, s- ]2 f& c6 o" r! x         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled3 R$ q4 p# b9 ]4 l5 V8 Y5 o' a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 G2 O. x5 A  ~- V) Q      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
# u% Z: f# R8 @' j1 Q  K& G$ N      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
8 c1 ^" [) v) QRunway hits 2( e2 l: i1 \' _1 q+ Q# c
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) [4 G* k/ I" H7 v9 _6 J3 W: e: W
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ W; I3 ]) j6 X7 d, w( C. _
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress7 s: [7 w8 S5 H. z9 o/ y3 I6 G
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
2 N( ?/ t0 A  N* ^BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
2 n2 n9 Y. c5 Z7 N5 i* F6 dBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
1 k* K6 x) V3 }# W3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho4 X# @! T% B) V- ]" ?+ v. U
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
+ `# {5 B. y% vBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
% b1 i, p/ X, p8 h6 {) s7 S3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)( Y# T& g2 Q0 ?& i% T8 I% N; s  W
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms7 [$ x6 I' k" t# |' r1 K

0 M; [' e1 E7 L; O. f- YRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.8 `3 K, ?/ u) @4 L1 p% D
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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% I; f; C4 p1 J& D4 z7 XAllied aircraft- k+ e  G0 i/ J
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 B- S3 d# X0 A0 b      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337. [+ `. x5 q0 h6 z- {$ u
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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7 k4 f/ r' g. O, W- C# m0 [Allied aircraft losses
* W7 d7 l0 x* z( \6 `6 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
9 v- k. F6 O; X# P: E7 y  q      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
7 T) P1 W" h; z2 d- }      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
/ [/ Z1 g/ `/ @1 S( F6 b. n      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak; O1 M' \( N* y& N+ F6 a

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$ ^4 a7 P7 \2 a& Z( Z' L& k% \      159 casualties reported$ U0 K* E0 ?+ Q4 x% V+ |
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled* K0 H  j: C' D7 q1 m! H' i- P
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
1 M; o) s+ z- l/ {! [; z& k  O4 s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 m% |* L. l5 Q* N$ I
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)9 i: |3 t! K# G7 C! ~! F

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" x! G) N( _  M: V+ I, \- t7 WAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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' y1 M0 q. c( Y' a, T8 aDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 13447 t2 f: e. b: @9 i
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7
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Allied adjusted assault: 3406
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Japanese adjusted defense: 8701 ' E/ g8 A( |6 J+ {+ E& {
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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% j0 ^% i! w* c: t8 qCombat modifiers
8 u# D- p) t# p' s5 k) r6 c% e8 K+ IDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
# y* [0 t. @7 J, l8 RAttacker:
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      3539 casualties reported
7 W( M; u5 D  _0 _% i         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled0 [9 a! Q7 b" B; j
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled
9 G8 O- A7 F+ c$ s$ [  w" B         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled  @4 @2 q7 o% ^3 u
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
2 k1 C6 h: h, l9 z) N      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)9 h5 d% ]& n1 f8 z) L3 \
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Allied ground losses:) f: Y, }& P4 A4 T# ?' z
      3552 casualties reported
: B0 u# c, L, Q0 ^3 ]         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
9 T0 P6 _2 h$ [# D7 T: I         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled0 z6 @) S7 Q& B1 V4 u
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled  v9 C- U% G) w+ H: b
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
' C) V! }! M0 ~      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
+ M4 U3 m$ m) D- Z6 K      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:
: v- I" Q/ ~) J2 Y2 @    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion1 x! H+ Y, |3 Y9 T
    5th Marine Division# V! ?8 D5 k2 D& w
    716th Tank Battalion
! w1 j$ v2 r5 [5 q& @    706th Tank Battalion" `7 o" t3 n8 n$ F* u
    762nd Tank Battalion
) C+ |* F' n  M. j    710th Tank Battalion( a* X0 v: c- [9 z1 `  y
    767th Tank Battalion
/ E# N# |* `( l/ M  t    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) Y/ y, y( B+ R
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 v3 A1 O0 u: e' S+ ^% X4 \
    81st Infantry Division/ o% m/ g' `7 J- \. \
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
5 M. U) U. A2 y! p" o    96th Infantry Division
1 j' B! S- D  M9 i    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment& f, s2 S. u: R
    711th Tank Battalion
( f5 Y; U1 Z  P4 U9 k. q    44th Tank Battalion
  t3 y- x& b6 p9 Q    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
5 }# D2 p+ h! i# E. n    6th Infantry Division
, N* ?$ _  P' W# C. K. ?8 a    1st Filipino Inf Regiment6 R  x0 B% }+ ]! c8 N  D
    31st Infantry Regiment
# X" i  w0 ~2 B' |/ x    XIV US Corps" c* @2 `- H. m$ I3 l
    96th Coast AA Regiment
( i' R) R$ L, |) x    12th Marine Defense Battalion' i' N& O) t+ J" Q+ Y
    4th USA Defense Battalion3 @$ Q6 M; w; n8 K
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
' E7 P3 p2 x) h, G    1st USMC AA Battalion" U- P; J' a+ f; G
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ }$ b. \8 Z) W6 C+ R. R) R    5th USA Defense Battalion' e: v( s5 b  B9 f( X
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; Z, u% j+ ]' A( f% `" \7 ^0 {    738th Coast AA Regiment
9 X/ u; \+ N- R5 _0 k3 t    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment( j) k% ~3 ], x4 i5 F
    I Corps Artillery
+ u+ }$ O/ w( R/ \* Y    8th Marine Defense Battalion9 ~  A. Q! ?& ~" ~' X
    X Corps Artillery
/ r* M2 Y& N" T    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion& f( ]7 i% Q( ^& w% Z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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8 H; k- ~2 Z1 o1 S6 h( O    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
/ w( B. m& P) ?0 _3 i: c. n    52nd Naval Guard Unit8 d& }: R3 Q# V2 p5 y
    144th Infantry Regiment% F; [6 ]  i7 V# R0 W7 I$ T
    Kure 3rd SNLF/ {" Z2 }/ ?7 j. m+ r  T; s
    Sasebo 7th SNLF6 ?& @6 ], `5 r0 U3 H
    33rd/B Division
: f6 T: n% X1 m' F, ~    81st/C Division6 V* Z5 D$ r/ y8 l$ v, j0 {; P
    81st/A Division
" d% H' D& {& T/ Z  _    81st/B Division( A+ n# k0 O9 [9 s5 A
    33rd/A Division
" B9 \- W7 A3 h, Z5 z    138th Infantry Regiment( f0 T2 U/ u" [% S0 t  T. h1 n
    33rd/C Division
2 g' o+ H3 g# v    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment; ^# x, Q% R- i/ m
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion- I1 J$ f& F/ j/ K9 f0 e4 ~  E) \) `  g
    19th JAAF Base Force
) p7 J( m4 B5 n    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
6 @1 Y2 f& h% \7 K" b+ k    12th Air Fleet- {+ U% c1 V: J  C$ W! V
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
- M) f5 X0 }7 v) W    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
5 w6 y5 @0 l4 I) o& p6 U/ s    63rd Field AA Battalion' Y: Q/ M; ~# l  ]6 w, A
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
  U$ P! E( p0 Q4 B* [( |    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
6 |3 j6 J( s6 b8 B! `& _6 |    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 n1 q) O4 |% G) q$ i
    Ponape Naval Fortress
! O1 ?: H/ R* c8 a. S+ G    61st Field AA Battalion
+ f: ~. m& ]9 x    18th Army
. c1 H8 G, H1 `1 r2 ^    14th Area Army /1, j: v( w; D4 u. z: u/ d/ |
    60th Field AA Battalion
$ a/ f, o- {$ d( F. E' h# o    53rd Construction Battalion1 }5 x6 ~6 G2 E% X! d/ u0 H
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion, {4 k9 m) k% r* p9 t. c! q
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
* j9 l8 b' u3 N: E0 x    Kure 7th SNLF
0 j1 B  ~( ?4 V; f* |/ v. N+ o! p    3rd Base Force
6 A4 N% s$ q7 M3 {% l3 C' [8 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* ~2 O! ]3 v) t2 j
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!$ Z+ e! u! |: [- X. ^
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Allied Ships
  Y8 H4 m  a) U! U- J      CA Vincennes
+ i/ z- F9 s: G1 f' d: p) k      CA Quincy
9 k# X  _0 O  J* z3 Y& @- D      CA San Francisco' s$ c5 S' B; c9 n  r
      CA Minneapolis
7 _! ~9 l6 r, Z. k& V5 I5 R' D      CA Astoria
$ W6 ^' g  W( N1 W      CA Chicago! q! j2 w& K6 N/ o( b" M1 u
      CA Louisville
3 `6 c- y* e1 K( B2 i4 {3 n      CA Chester, W, @6 {: S( M) h$ H1 F% ]1 d
      CA Northampton
6 e7 O* u8 w9 L+ A  _3 i      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:/ w8 }4 x: M: f( T6 ^: H6 C
      112 casualties reported0 J; T3 q0 T3 L4 K) F- {# |
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
1 x  l1 E$ j$ O) v0 v& o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
% E/ n" i# v) {# @/ G# l- i6 p2 M         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled' M. q* z! v; E2 T' F* j
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Airbase hits 5. X! u$ H% `: R- Z$ f
Airbase supply hits 28 x, @; X8 x. k9 W0 M, a
Runway hits 21
$ B  i' S" q  I& }: Z. E+ {Port hits 7
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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/ K; a5 \" R$ F8 e  z  Y. d: i) B4 o      BB Alabama2 C' T$ r0 M7 t$ Z- w2 x! h
      BB Massachusetts) Q9 e; k, s0 v' l) }
      BB Indiana, `. u/ J, U& y. L
      BB South Dakota- i4 x& b. Z% _* k) \* v( V
      BB Washington
; A7 `( q9 A. U+ M# M/ y      BB North Carolina; z$ Q0 t! l3 f+ s7 _
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Japanese ground losses:, k4 P$ t9 V& h& R- I
      398 casualties reported
5 D, i5 H4 v, K" J) ]7 |         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled# I" L4 k% @0 g* I. Q5 q
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
, o: E* Y8 {" `8 m4 K         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled; E" q1 S  i6 r" Q% K) V# `( i. e
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)9 R4 l+ k2 ]3 j+ G$ _# S+ O0 e3 B
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Airbase hits 90 T0 f) z, F8 U1 _( p8 J2 w  E
Runway hits 9
2 Z' Y) }1 o$ j' @3 S/ p3 E/ OPort hits 2
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, P+ g5 s! t# l; K. d. E/ xBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division+ A  g: G  N6 D' e# d9 g. S. I
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape : i/ T' z. i9 @" Z$ w, o6 B  |0 o
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
$ v$ h# `! T: f' M; I" M/ M3 i! sBB South Dakota firing at Ponape 6 Y; h* o- {+ `7 S/ ]* s
BB Washington firing at Ponape 8 b; @/ {5 N6 k# K5 z$ B4 R
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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( Z9 h* y& G2 z( ?4 INight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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& v! h- Z1 t! x# M; PAllied Ships
2 p& R' \) M9 e- u      BB Mississippi
: `% z0 \4 c) Z6 G( Y) P      BB New Mexico( ?$ b, G4 }- m
      BB Idaho& ^: t  d, A9 v0 i7 u. @

2 y0 F% q& W1 oJapanese ground losses:4 i6 K7 {) @/ H* C) J8 p5 ]: v
      195 casualties reported
4 B+ |/ A  m! q3 t% f         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled/ \; ^9 k3 ^& W# Z- e1 L! y
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled6 {( R+ y( c1 E/ J" Z
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled' T3 [) N; u: m) W) f4 x5 w( x. r
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)) Z5 Y: E- R# V6 J( D8 E1 X3 J
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)+ U; ]* h( E. a% Y& B
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Airbase hits 3
# Z: Z2 a  G6 r# M9 E) p" ]Runway hits 14" X" m7 t9 F/ Z

$ k" a, V+ H3 h8 h( FBB Mississippi firing at Ponape
7 v. S) ^5 V! T( O0 qBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division  P" U7 g6 S, W; u5 x5 @5 q
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 0 [4 X  K, H& _8 H0 h3 a! H0 g0 X( g) [

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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) }) e& Z8 ~/ |0 W! T  G% RWeather in hex: Severe storms
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& z: r- `& p" M9 {9 hRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
! V+ S+ y2 W& ~0 ]7 R' T* IEstimated time to target is 34 minutes; U( a! e- N( ?2 L. N  ~/ e3 V2 Y
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Allied aircraft
  C8 S  H) U9 E+ @4 v      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 ?' C$ j$ B: T7 x" S      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3338 s/ g6 n+ |8 W( j
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286+ G  l  ?9 U: V! E$ M
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Allied aircraft losses, U3 O8 z, I2 U4 a0 b
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged" s2 A/ a. N5 |; [8 f& B8 e4 }0 z& u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak/ m5 O* r5 @# N+ Q/ W
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged7 {" U$ Q$ h% I0 a& c) K

* c* o, c# {' K9 M! {% r! D; YJapanese ground losses:! C8 R4 O3 H# x9 T2 z
      121 casualties reported0 [: a; ~6 K8 z+ Z$ m+ W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
% j! n5 i4 w: n( k+ f2 a: P  n& F" x         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
" Z* I& M4 `4 p( t# o. b5 R) b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 F1 U) k- O6 y" f* B/ B
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)6 }0 I; I; i# N4 R' R' ]+ u- L
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Allied Deliberate attack
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5 G6 k. @- ]' H" cAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629# S! @+ @8 @* d  n" z* U% |( e
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121; o& {+ k8 x: H) C

* c# x/ S6 m2 h# a/ TAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 65 w- w+ A4 P# u& m  {8 b

* v, c" m- Q. t+ H) CAllied adjusted assault: 3228 % `' h+ c$ y; z4 L5 X1 ~  l
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085 ( |+ ^6 T3 V! o0 e$ v
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) : [$ r' q; ]7 s2 A1 m1 l! Z
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Combat modifiers
* }" B7 v# U# W4 Q: N; Q# uDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)3 s8 K8 |# ~$ e; B
Attacker:
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5 E$ }" q$ p4 p4 P) f6 c' V- rJapanese ground losses:
3 s# R3 e. n, c4 D      2305 casualties reported
3 s) o$ y- {. ~6 M$ e" k( G         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled3 B+ d' M. z/ y9 o% P
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
: w4 e. D6 R3 p+ t  @1 ?; X& `         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled8 b$ f' }: V1 X: r: \- O. P) [2 D
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)' P! j+ Y; u, a: u# d
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:0 j( T7 k6 q4 D7 V( r$ q
      3064 casualties reported
6 j# V3 Z$ h* z# x         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
3 M; F# d& ], S5 |  ~5 j         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled5 }4 _/ V) v0 V
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
! H; X- ?  u# Y8 b      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled); f( Q8 |6 m0 [+ v
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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# S* `9 X/ T" e/ u$ @; `6 |5 UAssaulting units:
# C# p* y1 x  V& F    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment* D* v0 O: Y  W' `
    711th Tank Battalion
. S4 c4 Y; W. h6 G6 k    716th Tank Battalion
1 a9 `0 r0 c2 A* N/ [7 q! t    6th Infantry Division+ Q& E/ J' o2 n! P* G
    44th Tank Battalion
5 ]/ C7 }: i9 m" I$ ^& c    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) N  q1 R, r1 v' v8 O. C
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment" P$ _5 k: F! ~- y
    81st Infantry Division( x* f' J$ ^+ ~6 P# x! R7 ?
    767th Tank Battalion
9 {1 D* W* h! V& r9 w    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2 n/ d0 c& f! ^* j1 i( c; D8 D    762nd Tank Battalion
- f1 u, T; M* H+ ~7 ^- s; D    710th Tank Battalion
* F. q) {) y% P; i2 x7 p, z/ [6 b9 i    96th Infantry Division
) {4 p. R! s9 b: V6 ^! D    1st Filipino Inf Regiment3 u: G0 M/ ^3 {* n; J
    706th Tank Battalion
1 y! Q' M5 P1 u' L! v; U$ a3 J: Y5 l    5th Marine Division" u. A/ s4 T& |" t
    31st Infantry Regiment
$ o, L# }5 b" L" E. K6 N    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& q: b  g+ X; s5 v1 ?! M! A: }    1st USMC AA Battalion; r! z7 b& ]$ V" i4 K+ ~7 P6 g
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 J8 x! h- M) c8 l* w8 M; R8 e2 x
    96th Coast AA Regiment
6 t4 \1 T9 N5 W9 i/ R$ _    14th Marine Defense Battalion
& R1 z- O. _4 x7 `% J$ N    12th Marine Defense Battalion/ s5 H0 x8 p  M. Q2 L$ s2 y
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion8 S7 S7 {. f# |
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment' K& y2 h0 [9 ]: I7 b& m
    XIV US Corps
) E4 m* u, _* w( V4 t    X Corps Artillery 8 h, d* s/ ~2 F
    5th USA Defense Battalion/ F  n  x9 t- U4 F
    4th USA Defense Battalion( V4 B% q$ y1 R; o* S5 K8 V
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ q( _  @. }2 \    I Corps Artillery
0 H( J0 L2 |* M, V! f    8th Marine Defense Battalion' C8 {& I3 X1 M9 |- z0 z! F
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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: R- f7 o0 ~, f& N/ p& _3 X9 XDefending units:0 q% u6 b9 S7 y1 O
    Ponape Naval Fortress% Q+ ?3 {- t$ b& U* }5 v! \  E
    81st/C Division3 \- k0 M5 o, w/ l- X4 W9 N
    52nd Naval Guard Unit! [; |; L# C3 G9 {! i
    138th Infantry Regiment3 t0 h* g/ k( a. O7 v' _/ Z' n
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
. ~  X* O( ^( ?6 D: c    Sasebo 7th SNLF
/ ^( R! L& e# {7 [1 y' G% J, [    144th Infantry Regiment: |9 Z% p: b! N4 Z8 e
    81st/B Division: o  h+ b; R4 I) u3 b' I2 J" A
    33rd/B Division; S- L  W5 E* M. R$ ?
    33rd/A Division% o+ D& e, I8 [* D9 L0 q2 P$ q
    81st/A Division
# r6 m* K5 }, b! A2 [    Kure 3rd SNLF* T* K; R1 r# I& c2 @0 u1 h
    33rd/C Division
2 v6 t( i# q$ B; D    53rd Construction Battalion
6 R, e5 M' ^- @+ i! c# w) h    18th Army. q) J0 [+ J; Z/ ^. H
    14th Area Army /1
7 R* Z, o1 {, i* p! X* u    60th Field AA Battalion
. [1 _3 W+ ^. G1 [    12th Air Fleet
0 M" Y* n# w: _! w3 J; \    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 ^" \' z( u5 z( D) j6 u3 T
    63rd Field AA Battalion
, I1 s7 X& W; D) z4 h3 R, X' a    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
& ?% W, Q3 u+ S) x    3rd Base Force
5 S) p1 h4 n" |, ?4 V2 J6 L; J& c    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
& {% B" q( _# P3 z    Kure 7th SNLF2 h$ y/ l# l4 M, W5 d/ B# ]
    19th JAAF Base Force
/ g8 B2 |, \9 B9 @! Q    18th Field AF Construction Battalion2 z' d1 m' ~- n9 i; c' \' K
    61st Field AA Battalion
! `4 J3 m* b4 g, F+ `    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
3 s9 V! G% V1 Q3 C" [% ]: \) |    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 n% B* ^! A8 F6 H* u    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) B  f& D8 W1 T6 p
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
# n( \; D7 e2 {    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
) X2 w/ c5 c7 r5 f0 t/ ~    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
' T; |( I# L1 b! {) z6 J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! m7 T! d. ?+ h7 \/ e
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当天盟军对波纳佩的空袭和炮击还打出了一个小暴击，有1000多日军在155榴的炮口下死伤，这是防御要崩盘的节奏么？大统领拭目以待+ ~; E1 Z2 A# J; q3 I0 J
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60! a& w# M# P! u4 M

0 c( G& _; i. KWeather in hex: Partial cloud( s1 @' C9 K% ?: d
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
5 Y" W  y( z2 x+ q  P' i( b, ~Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Allied aircraft" Z0 V* W0 a" a+ n8 g
      P-38L Lightning x 23# }; x: d! F% r# F8 V  p
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30' B% k  B- u7 p2 D* C
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Allied aircraft losses
( G& k3 @& F: k2 l5 \      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
# V+ X" O( o1 y7 ?. @, W      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
) m8 d% ]0 K* a4 M      DD Suruyame
+ ?! U4 n$ d- T      CL Ninaru. A) S1 B/ U+ v8 a' w5 E/ `' @
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 m: C6 z6 R# V6 |$ }% P      DD Yayoi  I; U7 T! i' b3 q( c. l
      CA Kako' V. ^, m, r$ T6 B9 K9 H+ ?+ p
      DD Asagiri
1 V4 {) F+ S. x) A' ^      DD Ayanami% i, e9 \3 ?% P' _& _3 E

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- q( ^0 F) r9 ?! E' HAircraft Attacking:) d# Y6 G' b/ g& y2 m+ a" A% M7 R
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'8 y+ A) ^4 g3 C1 d3 g
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
( a9 G5 F& Z& M2 C9 W$ A       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
2 C6 q8 a7 m: h3 J0 J2 D% i               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
" L  w, C# _+ ?       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'; T+ y9 Q5 C  `% T" {% @
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb& s: U& T% T% ~! Q( _
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi% O) Z9 L8 `' k3 B
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi' V5 m) W/ T8 u  ~1 [8 T

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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape), a! S3 i* @1 R

+ ~8 E% M# G* W* F. MWeather in hex: Moderate rain, q/ l; y. G. K% ?! y
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
! ~6 i' s& f" v# E# ?- W( XEstimated time to target is 34 minutes- J- W2 V, {" S4 E. ?4 e  _# f
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Allied aircraft
5 z, `( b. G$ k+ ^. U! Q* N      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
# J; ~$ a+ U4 b3 R% d  o# h      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3265 P+ J$ g; [0 j/ o" P
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses
! T2 B) N0 G$ ?, Z- F9 y  K      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
: A3 ^( b+ P. _) |/ ]& U      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
: g2 f5 M) I/ I' W" p      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged( i# f1 q6 a* h; A2 W3 q5 `

2 A/ l8 H7 s. f( o- JJapanese ground losses:
2 w& _  i+ ]0 p      276 casualties reported& z; ^* _! a+ z1 M" o7 d
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
) E% A+ k5 l  M/ j0 f- X         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
( p9 I9 H" s, _+ e$ v' M* d! b' [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 ^+ E: u' w4 v* _$ t, X: U
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)9 I% v; ?8 i" I; c

5 i5 i- Z4 m; K+ O/ Z9 MAllied Bombardment attack( a6 Z. ~3 w8 x% U# [8 H

) c' r7 P# O( U' x# h; l& GAttacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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1 y) k2 f, r) o0 g7 O5 z8 b+ lDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017- C  B' f5 p9 ?3 G7 r

+ \# l+ J$ u7 Z/ h) LJapanese ground losses:. E! _) ~( l7 c, ?0 M
      1082 casualties reported
" ]- F; k; k( b& D+ d) P. E         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled
; E- X/ W. C# C! {+ s; ~3 H2 q         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
. T% [0 z0 s7 o" ~# n* B7 w         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
" H0 U- P' a" [* h! x      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled); J& q0 o+ w( `" k, x- j

3 o% J+ u8 R! Z" Y$ D+ [Allied ground losses:
, Q' B; v( d5 r7 M0 M! A      23 casualties reported) ^% ]& |- a& W
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled2 U9 t% c6 v* f
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled" ^3 }2 |6 T4 x& L- g
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ Y/ P( `+ L3 C      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
1 f- f3 o7 Y$ x" Y- e: f5 j      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44, K; Z9 E/ v; G. x6 ?% P% d5 k
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东京快车出轨- a& y& h+ Q7 ^; d

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/ I* w. U' k5 l- o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。* ^5 q& @$ i, ^! s

6 G1 ~/ `. n" T. [$ M4 A. j/ J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。! b4 ?$ L  t; ^3 t6 \. x
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天亮之后，巡弋的波纳佩海域的58战斗机官兵惊喜的发现有几百架日军运输机排着整齐的队形向波纳佩飞来，准备强行空投补给。盟军指战员当然毫不客气照单全收，击落日本大艇和运输机200余架，大获全胜。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,1130 O2 S1 a  s7 `4 k5 Q

  C8 \, k0 d4 C. s! J# i" h/ NJapanese Ships
, ?2 f" x* A* ~5 |2 ]      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk( p+ y4 F& l4 |9 J
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Allied Ships
; D: d$ ]" ^4 w3 F" M      CLAA Prince Robert( a' Q, L3 G" m! X1 x5 ]! K
      DD Saumarez
" |! N; Z( b# p0 r% g      DD Nizam- v% x' N" }* k, L- g) {
      DD Ellet
5 h, A! y5 e( {0 x  g" \( e+ @' E      DD Waller
) ^' _/ u7 }8 L1 e, J      DD Walker3 p3 S' x/ b, w' \+ G' `8 u
      DD Wadleigh
6 d) K5 m( N) M. e9 R2 O% @      DD Uhlmann
0 r' g6 P$ g+ U      DD Twining
* w0 E. s# T+ Z0 {. T. G/ S' E      DD Twiggs+ y3 \( X8 X+ [) ?! [% d/ C0 }
      DD David Taylor
1 l+ F/ u9 j* `) N      DD Strong# F- C: k9 h  S, j; k$ |- ^7 h: b
      DD Sproston
( n0 X2 ~& \6 }1 t4 I9 D      DD Sigsbee
9 B, y. |' W$ |7 T" f5 f      DD Sigourney
7 f5 ?) H6 L- X      DD Schroeder" w$ y6 r/ q: f9 ?& u
      DD Benham II6 d8 v3 T5 G$ L; U% G3 J8 r
      DD Cushing II/ J1 Q3 U' Y' W
      DD Urchin
* r; X; ~: W2 ^- M1 l8 g. C, q( j- W& u      DD Urania& M* a8 |/ F# M  y" j# i+ H4 i: I
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort1 s* J& _# R; ^& u  [
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
. A1 F! S3 k5 v3 e" S, N8 Y& J4 t3 }DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....+ }1 \  t, G, N* T4 [. C5 a+ v: M( m/ s
SS I-48 forced to surface!
8 \5 y/ X7 J5 ADD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
) H! V9 P$ Q$ B2 G. WDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
# N& e8 _$ a, m* y- C: V$ u1 SDD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
7 Q/ `# g4 v4 X$ D( l! [2 g' X- oDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
" y! o/ S. B) u9 w$ j* ODD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
5 J( _+ t( X0 o" f+ t: I' r8 nSub slips beneath the waves! i' T1 {0 i8 G# I$ G; S1 S

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' r0 r3 Y% l) H! `4 `Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards3 I- F* u( d" U4 d6 f: S7 ?' f

' b; a' P: q/ O+ D6 L2 V8 [' cJapanese aircraft" v$ k: J6 A0 t. v% u" [/ Z  e
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses3 s6 o9 X2 u: F
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed- _/ \& W! z2 C4 P
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Japanese Ships
  y. P2 d# u  f. p5 K- T      CL Agano
2 z' H& C% d+ g6 I3 \$ K      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2- \* Y; v6 q7 Y! }8 [& E
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ Y: ]+ L5 Q" o% t# d; D
      DD Hibiki. g* k* [% E4 D: m4 L1 M( _
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1) @& @' l$ }1 Q0 A1 }
      DD Shirakumo
; o8 b+ v" c% i( q      DD Isonami' ~7 N, y8 L: H& o' i! T: y
      DD Murakumo
0 B1 y+ C5 L) C, m4 s" R      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* ?6 {( {+ S3 Q" G9 F, n
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Allied Ships
3 T/ P) W6 D/ ~* w) e      BB North Carolina& {) d4 K6 x& ~
      BB Washington
5 X+ }3 B' d8 T; N      BB South Dakota
9 l6 p1 H% h, c6 O/ T      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1, l3 {' u7 F, e8 ~" G" s
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
" D( z+ @; y# Q      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2: v# f* s. J% \3 P1 Q7 G7 H/ F
      DD Conner
( w4 Z& {7 g9 Y& D& S4 f6 c; V      DD Cotten  S' N) @7 c+ B: D
      DD Cowell2 ]4 U" u) _* F' c5 J7 F
      DD Daly0 ^: `$ S1 \, U/ \# J, r6 ^
      DD Eaton8 @0 R" h$ @% q# ^2 H& b" S
      DD Heywood Edwards
: t) K4 N! f+ v& e# C& y. s      DD Erben
( S2 e7 ~- o. Z; r# t% N      DD Evans& f, c' O+ v. c1 K
      DD Foote, l3 Z8 k1 E& b* T- P0 s4 G8 c
      DD Franks
' Q2 Z* Q- C8 D. }& l      DD Fullam
( l0 \) R+ q- m# o8 F      DD Gatling
7 {3 i1 _! b7 o& d. \2 J1 ~# ?      DD Albert Grant/ N, O. g3 Z7 i! _
      DD Gregory
3 J& f5 A' G; ^# x      DD Guest
* x2 _: @' v8 e3 P2 J1 |+ c2 u      DMS Hamilton
; b  s  Q$ z& V2 K" F7 c      DMS Forrest3 N6 C5 f5 Q9 L9 A3 D1 S/ y% E
      DMS Ellyson: q6 O8 e; S, m4 c; x

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5 o7 I' k- H5 }4 ], wMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards. B# ?, D0 B: e0 R
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 Q! S) o5 P0 j) N! ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
5 J6 A5 |; `' }. a* ~$ @CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards! w4 T) {5 d% m$ ^$ X! g' \# X
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
: N, P4 C6 r/ u, L3 W& p, MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards' W: [7 W4 o0 i9 D. s2 H
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
5 x! d- O0 u7 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
: S+ S& Y) Y: K# L7 ^0 cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
  }4 d+ z0 m" o$ bRange closes to 22,000 yards...
. x5 a. u' u3 t$ S( hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards, M7 }: k. ^2 |* E7 I# f  ^/ n
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
7 ^7 d& j% e: O% ^7 E# uRange closes to 20,000 yards...
: F+ U, ^; x# `4 j2 y6 n2 `, f6 [& l5 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
' M, y: A8 Q# [" A; T5 X  L/ z/ lRange closes to 18,000 yards...
: E# {2 Y0 u* Y2 ^& e- O7 c3 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards4 n! r- _* H$ k* F/ t# W
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
2 a2 \. I9 F- O1 zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards5 G/ G% L# a4 w6 H/ Z; U( w
Range closes to 14,000 yards.../ g$ G- @, C$ h) }" p5 A7 X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
# n$ R# v; c3 |( p" G) VRange closes to 12,000 yards...6 Y6 L- n1 f& h& V9 |. W) |# x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
  W1 b/ @( z2 G  V9 cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
) q& X! I( F8 L6 b4 aRange closes to 11,000 yards...7 l3 U# h' i; S" a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards- g& U" R& Y2 x) _# m
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
( L+ I8 T* e$ p" k/ }! X0 H% sRange closes to 10,000 yards..." E! }8 S1 q( Z/ N' \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards) w: y5 H4 H; B, i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
; S% f1 A8 @) s' q1 Q- Y9 {4 Y% Y9 zCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards+ X& f. k0 ^+ R/ p
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards
2 g0 K2 [8 u% m# Y% uBB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
6 _- {+ ?& L" W$ ~( B+ mCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
  |6 f' }: C! a, _BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
4 V% E) l' ^! d! i" N/ C/ t4 T. DBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards' A9 @+ P8 D$ H; A5 N+ Z, c
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
* K/ P! e7 S( S! l7 p5 }$ q7 FDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards5 w* ]& Z$ ^+ T& T$ Q* G) {. M1 |0 ?
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
/ v# s6 N7 l6 J" F& b% JDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards* N7 n2 ]% n# d) U7 a8 j
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards3 z2 e/ @( q# B  l3 o
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards' k6 U, t) z& W. l7 W* i
Range increases to 11,000 yards) X% r: [' r' n* `) I0 O
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards* I2 k6 H, _: I; i6 a, b
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
7 `1 m* L  @% A4 FCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
6 G5 F3 _: I* q# L7 \: T' HDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards! k: O) S2 p5 M. Z
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
+ D4 d2 R$ Y6 M- r* bDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards+ r1 o2 w+ Y, N" T
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
8 ?1 t, e& O4 MBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards: m/ C/ ^' _6 J! H: x) l: T/ a# b
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
& y7 D) r: ?* x/ UDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
% ]9 F9 |( D. d$ }. F: RDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards6 F; I, d. q, R5 \+ ^5 C% }- \3 H
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
+ W( B7 m6 |) c+ pDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
9 w6 Q# T- F: KDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
* h& j8 a! V$ s5 ^Range closes to 10,000 yards
5 F" {' s( a2 ~- g. g0 t# t; dCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards& V6 Y; g3 y! j& H6 @$ Y
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
1 c. N3 b5 y& g8 q- ^0 k; x& F/ QDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 A: U6 H  x$ t
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards) Y% J. [) v+ I. n2 j
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards/ [: p7 h* ]1 n& ^. @* |
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards% e+ C/ h$ y3 [7 K. R- }" H  S/ q
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 y; o" X! z9 M* F/ {/ fCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards" R4 S8 L# u; r8 I* [$ k
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards6 m% J0 Y0 i3 B8 s& [/ b4 I5 w
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
( c' d! R+ u& s; UJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape1 T$ g$ V7 o8 x1 @/ e  g
Task forces break off...! W. U7 R; F6 i/ K7 C0 u; E

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Japanese Ships
9 S) H/ a8 f2 ?; a' e1 }      DD Hikokaze
2 ~4 h/ O% _* e8 \      DD Ishikaze/ a* _& w6 m' o4 j2 z" f
      DD Tagokaze+ h$ `, d% G& j- ?6 k  W3 L
      DD Takatakaze
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) {$ O$ Y" D  q; s2 nAllied Ships2 o$ a8 l/ ]3 r4 ?+ P- R5 [, Q$ v
      BB North Carolina
. ^+ ?; V: |' ]. \7 ~2 n      BB Washington. ^! S# x1 _) x2 U# m3 m& u% O
      BB South Dakota' ^+ ]/ `: i  V
      BB Indiana: ?5 u+ q/ o3 W  E1 _
      BB Massachusetts& K3 f! Y9 D1 Q, _& ~1 k, x
      BB Alabama3 b. |3 u% W. }+ u4 j
      DD Conner6 |4 \" M4 |3 @  @
      DD Cotten( f+ l/ S  m- G* j! Z
      DD Cowell; h1 [. r3 c6 U# P) r
      DD Daly
% |4 d% a% @5 b      DD Eaton
* g. a* I6 Q5 P; [1 a9 N: D" U4 t      DD Heywood Edwards# B& C4 A3 h+ F9 f7 q# ~5 w
      DD Erben7 V+ R$ k( p. b) r: r! G
      DD Evans
3 s) p1 M  F% l, U5 W      DD Foote. I; z6 T" i7 s  M7 S; s2 B
      DD Franks
/ T5 h/ w) }, x3 n' x! ?      DD Fullam
' r( i2 P) Z6 Y- ^4 B9 V      DD Gatling
  _3 H1 |- K2 K' \' W5 o6 C) c      DD Albert Grant' O! k5 E1 f9 `/ Q& _  W  w& P, w
      DD Gregory5 a1 z, D) E) v* b0 G5 O, {: k1 S
      DD Guest: d7 \) {8 v$ P$ m8 _
      DMS Hamilton- Q, m. U; _: |) R% @% \6 o
      DMS Forrest6 z1 s7 u0 \6 T/ y7 ^# F
      DMS Ellyson
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6 w2 G2 K7 N- ~1 W! G! S* AMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
0 ?4 m8 F% F& n- L" n! ORange closes to 28,000 yards...0 D# s* p- V& Y9 K5 p3 o
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 S# \- V; d/ yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards  g9 D! u! y5 R2 C3 ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards: {6 s) S& p3 h2 ^& X3 g
Range closes to 24,000 yards...+ A- j3 T) |0 M) e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards* x' M' E: A5 l. J
Range closes to 22,000 yards.... E$ e1 R1 A4 \: N3 C
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 J9 O3 u. P& ^" lRange closes to 18,000 yards...4 S8 |* f: g3 v( k. F
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
% @7 }5 W; M, l, V) i& y5 R  gRange closes to 16,000 yards...0 Y- \% n! \0 K3 h" f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards) q, ~4 `  U4 x, S
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards6 J8 N$ k! v3 b
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 A& Q. Q7 J' j5 w1 d& X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ n+ D8 H4 j! J( I: u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards7 l4 ~9 b: O: I- }$ m; `
Range closes to 12,000 yards...7 E/ x, Z% a! y7 y7 ?& p( _" L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards! a5 F- n# y+ c$ h5 X, ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards7 u1 c/ ~4 N) Y2 R' ~2 U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...4 M% q3 E. F. g1 \, ?' g3 x0 u4 K
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards  O3 M, x  [& N2 Z! B
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 l# {1 g% {8 ]CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
4 C5 N: ~7 M% oJapanese TF attempts to evade combat( |3 ]2 h( a+ v: L& T
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
3 a6 r, S& ^" R( jRange increases to 20,000 yards...
, s3 K9 ?  Y) e' V) g2 @7 [* GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards1 k/ o1 s  U8 J5 T# u
Range increases to 25,000 yards...$ w* K2 H3 U& E- m6 K
Range increases to 30,000 yards...$ z- v" j. g2 r2 L4 Q
Range increases to 30,000 yards...! e5 P2 R" Q5 \# |* O& I  T; V1 R7 Q
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat$ D7 k+ c! A( K1 Q+ D
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1 ~; o* K7 s3 Y7 y- WJapanese Ships0 u; f4 l& w1 q$ b
      APD T-1
( o) O9 T- P- p' R      APD T-2, Shell hits 20 B4 v& y/ P3 l
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
7 U% ]2 p1 D; ~$ P) |! W      APD T-4! R1 F$ j4 ?5 S0 {9 n" g3 B; |
      APD T-55 X* R/ p5 A; W# h( A7 t8 g
      APD T-6
6 ^5 d' a7 N. J0 {      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 r  \2 A4 B, _* f  M
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
* W3 K2 C! c0 c: F5 ~5 j      APD T-9
. U/ Q/ h% ~: W3 c      APD T-10
: R' R4 w" A2 r      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire; L" V- @6 U/ z0 x( r. U* K" t) l
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage# L: a) i% R, h
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1& L% K% a% u( Y% `
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
( H- p! ]  n  m: [& S      BB North Carolina2 i* a6 ?: P: @) d2 b# w
      BB Washington
0 @) N. a7 l$ v1 V  ?# V# Z      BB South Dakota. h$ }0 S& R& S
      BB Indiana
& j9 K. P3 t6 n& c' V% q( x* H2 i      BB Massachusetts
) I' j" F' U# A      BB Alabama
3 a( s; z. U9 _9 f1 G/ q3 J      DD Conner5 ~) c7 D) p* |7 D
      DD Cotten) f( \" d- W/ ^5 l7 i7 @8 g7 f
      DD Cowell3 ?1 {1 [0 z# E+ ]# V
      DD Daly
/ Z) X; m  j! z$ _/ S      DD Eaton. t7 A; T5 y( V# t1 P9 Q
      DD Heywood Edwards7 v. C; j  _) x: B3 x' x$ w
      DD Erben
$ ?- d( \$ N7 K      DD Evans' W2 S' X  _0 n0 v( ^+ n
      DD Foote6 C( C) K8 B- y( R. F5 A
      DD Franks
2 F3 I' w+ J+ }: l      DD Fullam
2 I3 r1 b2 p' G      DD Gatling2 f2 a8 Z2 G0 u% T& z5 A
      DD Albert Grant
! Y6 ]7 r  k1 j9 ~      DD Gregory9 j) G; M+ ^0 |- `
      DD Guest0 U9 S! q- w  Q5 i% U
      DMS Hamilton3 o, U) s& F* \1 X
      DMS Forrest
, P  a2 }! ~# V( G# h      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
6 D( S4 O$ ^; O0 E0 @( wRange closes to 28,000 yards...  h7 z0 l' K- U0 ?9 P* S
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ D! p5 B& }% X2 R& B; x& h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
- w4 ]8 c* A# r" DRange closes to 24,000 yards...
: J' [, C- K* Q6 ^" h, mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
2 {6 e# ?! i: d  x3 l, SRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 Y4 e" A# ]* s9 @! |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
% s; }0 s' Z+ D& x. k# }$ mRange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 j. T! P! o% WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: V# V% I6 C  \$ d% U
Range closes to 18,000 yards...; h3 D+ w+ @4 Y: R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards* ~8 ?' {( P  Z- j  h' H  V; ]7 N
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
& z& T6 h# {+ ~% z, ~  Z: |' T* KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 b8 T/ o, B6 @- t" C) s2 r# k+ p
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ ~+ ^. S' p* H$ D% |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards6 ?2 L4 H- v1 {3 h# \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
# H& X# X$ D8 {$ W# B1 O7 d9 m8 P' L& VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
+ ~: Y6 w, H  {: A* SRange closes to 11,000 yards...- o4 [: @6 x. d+ Q4 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
2 H) k3 y3 H! \Range closes to 10,000 yards...
- S0 N& b. ]2 V5 H8 Z. S0 {8 v$ e5 L+ @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
. ~- O0 u) c8 i( d0 x9 h: p3 kRange closes to 9,000 yards...
% o6 f% S# z  I( d/ iBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 j8 q* Q- q; p9 p1 @# gBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards1 d; a, R+ x4 Q) l/ b. U3 C
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards7 L* z$ Q9 d  [  H
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
5 y/ N8 s3 R% Q5 m! MDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
0 K4 m' X/ y% Q0 j7 x" bDD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
3 |1 q; C2 m0 P! t( o  zAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards4 q2 A. B7 }1 Y. u% ]$ P/ u
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
( D1 W, h. f' B. X) oBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
, D% d: v  c% L/ {' n3 zDD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
3 G& P  y: T! W7 _DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards  D# n" e! Y, M7 z9 ]2 J
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
6 ^" D" ~0 o2 Y5 s( d* o/ LDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
4 a& X2 [  H" Z, z6 U/ ~DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards8 M3 z2 K' `) X/ P3 H, ^; J& g, J
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards) ~. V( |1 {: t( G) _
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
: q% ~& z. X% \! EDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' @' H. K8 R$ ODD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
3 M* s' O6 V: x' {. W! I! ~; C& V& @DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards8 t- I  s3 }8 O  e) m9 a+ |. W. c
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
' n) d& ]! ?9 P. \4 V  f9 _; GRange increases to 10,000 yards6 y% }+ _! `+ j- M* H
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards0 W& U  N8 _% Q6 Z
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards$ m+ o. v9 ]  c; ~
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards6 Q. L+ n  X7 H4 I( G2 M
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) C, R) b# c; B" t8 d" L  I
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" L2 i6 e# e9 e& T$ r- rDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards7 j! i3 O: D  V6 {+ E3 h, X5 Q0 p& V
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards. _0 y0 D3 [8 O1 a& q
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
. p0 |9 s$ f# Z& G* T" iDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" O0 M& `( O" X# P( |! ~9 H; Q9 iDD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
+ c) A; _% u# S" E' R. z/ LDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ D6 r" |# \& @7 [+ O
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards( m4 T3 u' `/ g( ^- q9 I2 V
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
1 O8 K! V, o7 f, ]6 J3 ?DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# a0 W) x1 |' b3 r
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards& s& d9 j3 K3 u7 m5 P' l/ B  s
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards) |) a. {- E' \1 p* U0 d5 y2 ]3 M6 Z: Y
Range increases to 11,000 yards
% q  _- v; i( V7 _4 _APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards' T: ~3 s; j5 M6 T1 g" _
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
9 C, ~& J& R2 xDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* x9 V; W; U$ l1 [' |" ^0 q; d
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards/ M, S. E2 ^) t9 q
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
4 S% h- c7 {& D8 zAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
5 o6 E& K  K( O9 U- uDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
' |6 d! N7 W% Y0 U# c$ VDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
4 g5 w% g$ i& C' [DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& k) [3 ~/ t: N" y( d1 K% b
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 o9 |" D/ u: Q* ~5 d  L9 xDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards7 ^3 _- ]' H6 o3 J- s0 B
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards, }- f3 }9 B4 c% R
Range closes to 10,000 yards
3 @- b' u4 }; o$ G$ x, c2 eBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
$ G" k! j0 D5 w7 W. {3 _BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
1 ?  W$ i" e& \, v+ U# }BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
2 h2 ^+ T# X% N4 o; t; L! {% RAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards+ a% |( y2 z  C" c/ t8 F
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( Z7 B, l+ d0 o2 d# SDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
: B. I+ t% W0 j/ pDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- G$ X6 U1 v) W. Z) O1 b7 uDD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
2 A+ s9 d/ `' V( p, VDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
. V5 u. d6 H: I: pDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
  P! ]. C0 p3 U: Z* n# }DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 y1 ?" M4 Z6 U4 n( d/ |( {0 E% J/ q7 fDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards0 ~1 C- e% h4 k: |3 H
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, K! E! p0 h( p0 i) q, x
Range closes to 8,000 yards8 J: ?! P: W+ y) p! e% V$ X/ x
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards$ r3 U+ u5 i3 o" L9 U7 ]2 x$ u
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
, U- j& R4 J$ `. QAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
3 m/ I3 l4 g7 f3 t, `$ vBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards3 f5 c6 R* o+ K) @1 W" K, S
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
& |+ C" h; P  {1 `: uJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 I- ~1 [4 b) _
Task forces break off...
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; \' W9 @; e* j# INight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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8 a) J/ z4 Q) o9 x! ZJapanese Ships
0 n6 c8 [+ H5 [4 n4 R  f      APD T-1, Shell hits 1: g- A, _! \( h3 _% o
      APD T-2
* z- R9 @- r8 s/ B( b% C( V6 x      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
5 Q& s+ r/ w6 ]  X" y) p/ ^      APD T-4, Shell hits 15 K, Z& T+ w) N" e. S7 @
      APD T-5
  |( x, q( }, I5 A8 s      APD T-6
- {8 g( V- B: Q( p5 c% {4 \' O      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 i+ T: S# }" k% J! z& ]( f      APD T-9, Shell hits 1
% L8 a- F- B( I/ M7 A      APD T-109 R3 D  ]4 D. u, H( S
      APD T-11,  on fire
5 F; |: B$ e3 j$ K1 y& E7 c1 z      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
. Y- d; O5 G/ d' p/ W      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk( |, ~% Y9 B9 ^" \5 n4 m# Z$ M! T* S
      APD T-14, and is sunk% v, \9 k0 H2 B$ r( }# S
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Allied Ships
, M+ \; \+ \' P7 ^5 e6 N6 P      CA Portland
# R$ l% U9 D7 t9 U* ]! S3 @8 Q* ~      CA Northampton
4 b2 [+ [9 }1 x4 p% U      CA Chester9 Y; d8 C! A' [$ b+ i% f8 I
      CA Louisville
# ]3 e3 C; m& P- X' C      CA Chicago: X2 w1 }: c& K+ C
      CA Astoria
& e. [) V! `9 n, B      CA Minneapolis
7 x+ l/ b1 C/ p3 }      CA San Francisco4 h2 \2 e3 X; w
      CA Quincy
7 I' x" F$ \" o+ Y" f      CA Vincennes4 C* U- p2 |. J- L
      CA Wichita
6 h2 j/ T( {9 ~0 P0 f      DD Bennett9 E! R* L' g! `# e; R( d" a6 C
      DD Bradford
/ _/ q3 U8 D& y! v# N$ z6 P1 I      DD Braine0 y& |; R  Z) `2 o
      DD Brownson4 I. w8 q) T* A# T
      DD Bryant: ~! k! _& g& f- y4 Y3 Y
      DD Bullard5 ]7 Z" v8 h$ i* d# u& V; f
      DD Burns
1 r9 S. m; N" _* _      DD Callaghan
0 z# o' B7 g* d2 h& _      DD Caperton- z4 \, [) f  |: d0 V; Y- i
      DD Capps  U9 e% _% V1 O' a9 }
      DMS Emmons
4 {) h; c% R' G) e      DMS Macomb0 J6 ^0 j/ G* v' _9 R
      DMS Rodman
6 \+ U0 b" Y8 ]& Z4 `  J9 J      DMS Gherardi  s1 ~6 ]2 n6 O# K  j
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
" t8 W# k, \: ]# x$ ~Range closes to 28,000 yards...
0 e. B4 I: f; N( sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! K% m5 n" p/ u' V
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
5 I& ^9 }9 R& v4 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards- r* i  a' M" F5 P( h' ~( v
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( Z- h- Y9 x; {1 ~' r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards5 G$ H6 A/ [' T
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
1 J2 x; }& m* y0 |5 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards0 Y, m5 r3 X- l9 u% K- V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...2 Q! B- I+ Z9 g. r' e; b. B7 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards* p  L5 K4 n/ Q* q$ L
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' v3 P4 Y  V+ Q' Z8 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: T& ]& C( H; D) R/ GRange closes to 16,000 yards...5 ~3 J% D: y, s8 a( |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ g2 p+ [. j' T9 yRange closes to 14,000 yards...! w6 [1 i' r1 {$ S; U9 e
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
  B$ B8 F1 i! ]) O% ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 ]( `9 D) G. ]9 H$ o( M6 B
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! p/ C( K& B& b8 P) R: |+ \: [- RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards  S  \7 h, y, Y: n$ O( N9 o
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 I4 M0 i" j5 ]( kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards5 m0 [& }1 Y4 X" d9 o0 q
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards. }2 z) h! F% t8 Q1 b! {1 H
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; y, A/ y1 {  D2 J8 _8 g
Range increases to 11,000 yards
( m1 U" n8 f+ k! Q) E/ y7 YAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards5 R4 i6 D# h+ K* T1 |( r
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards$ N3 B, d+ u* \1 a
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
& a: [1 n( F# T0 Q7 ~4 _" lCA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
/ L8 C; J" h4 pCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards8 z" y1 H% v4 S4 b- D
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
- |9 Q& {- p6 m- S- y, UCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards  G$ s' @  |" Q2 G3 j
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
6 H, d/ e; _* c  X! nCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
( F4 G$ I5 L) E; W  L9 D2 k5 R5 r3 sCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards( I& Q* q0 O3 S
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
8 `* n6 d0 T! D. b) E6 \DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards% G# h8 B3 ^$ s& ]2 G; o6 \
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
, W( l8 M& P' k* P- g) w: XDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
" l! }/ r' F  j7 {7 e, T8 }DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards. f: e- o% r  n7 }) U/ L
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
* J# C- s; U6 P8 j' wAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
( t3 E( w1 {1 O7 [! aRange closes to 10,000 yards
! `0 A, u: K; CDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
1 t8 ^. H; ^5 H( S; VCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards( {( K& k6 f, ~$ ^( |0 ~
CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards! g) w* t0 s! g2 y% k
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards# _$ \) V# I' p1 P
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards4 Q, ?. d3 h! x6 I" P# D! @8 E
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
9 w. e8 d$ {9 Z9 c" O3 h* H1 MDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! }" q7 I, @& q+ ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards% E1 V: d) P8 e9 |
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
" `# s- i0 ~7 k4 F9 lDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
4 R$ S4 j# M/ m/ `) d, F, bCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards( Y& W1 w/ J6 F9 a
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards5 M1 g# N) y$ L# e5 p, p
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
6 E9 I( S# q  R8 mDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards1 [7 _# c0 a0 a) b: A9 {0 K
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! y, M% b# g4 O# W0 I
Range increases to 10,000 yards! ?, c4 n; G1 C/ w5 v& o, ~5 }' L
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
0 P0 i: J2 {. UCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards0 T8 Z0 j+ |# v" d* Q
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
3 T  E. V$ C+ ~4 s9 {% R0 {" }* ECA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards0 C( A  K) c5 A0 P, P( ~
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 x0 y9 e- ~% U" D. o! tJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
- c3 q- r7 w" y1 STask forces break off...  s* P* f0 V' Q. P& f

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards7 R7 w" |$ B* Z6 g; j* K

2 |9 ^9 H7 u# U, g' ]5 G; rJapanese Ships
2 w8 r1 _' M" i3 t      APD T-1) d. g7 i( ]: v" N, z0 p$ Y, x! Q
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire6 |: g6 V% F6 `4 m  S. u
      APD T-30 B7 K7 K# l3 s
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
" l' z- s  i- U: B" P7 M$ X      APD T-5
' k# s4 o+ h( n; I  ^5 [      APD T-6
2 K9 t* q# {+ {  r      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
, O3 k) j% O, _. l8 K" k      APD T-9
3 [% y/ b8 p! z1 H, Y1 v      APD T-10
. i" r" ?2 w* k# A9 o/ Z2 Z: o      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire, E# j: n5 C/ i' A" @# k6 S; R

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  A8 _! D: t! c( D% z5 Z  c) u1 P      CA Portland' L9 |1 [" p, j1 n. u; g" }1 T
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
0 B6 M0 Z" `: V4 E      CA Chester" U# l0 b6 V) O+ v8 I
      CA Louisville
5 l& ?  P/ t( b/ V2 e% h      CA Chicago, S1 A: k* E. p/ p1 P
      CA Astoria
* d! O7 b& W5 n5 }6 o      CA Minneapolis
/ a+ x5 w# M. P) [) s( ?      CA San Francisco
$ r8 K: U2 O  v% g" f      CA Quincy
; l- g/ u; i% T" u' a* z; h      CA Vincennes
; K/ J% U2 e9 G! }2 x      CA Wichita6 W- k6 y' Y" h% I/ f+ ^8 Y6 y
      DD Bennett
: J1 U2 w7 o8 C8 I9 a- W      DD Bradford
4 G* P2 S4 a$ W  c6 a: B      DD Braine0 ?1 T) t# T! N; ]2 h
      DD Brownson: e; ^  j9 W9 k! p' x. y
      DD Bryant/ j; Z9 n$ O' _# U4 y
      DD Bullard) p8 v7 o. n3 y" Y+ r
      DD Burns# Q. {8 }$ {" x) q# p& j
      DD Callaghan
1 ]0 l; B4 @: z      DD Caperton
# h. J' [1 I) O! H      DD Capps# h/ U+ o: y- r3 h3 h
      DMS Emmons% c5 Z5 U7 F9 c# Y/ p& @3 E9 c
      DMS Macomb
2 K& n8 e, }" r# _! ?      DMS Rodman
4 v+ t0 V  l3 B  n. o. r      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
# p& C" {4 c, i: `- CRange closes to 28,000 yards...
9 I3 |$ p6 d/ j( [; P% W# H7 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards. o) h/ p5 `; i$ R
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
( ^/ S. X+ f& R7 o) pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% H& f  f- T$ RRange closes to 24,000 yards...3 i5 i3 f6 P  Y! p
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
1 c: l7 z1 u6 K5 b1 z2 sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ _) J$ [9 q/ e  K- F' H( xRange closes to 20,000 yards...0 r* Z' t# }) e, c* A
Range closes to 18,000 yards...: e6 i( [# F" X* K- o0 V5 S! h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards9 X; |# b2 t  i2 `8 L7 h; |( r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...5 i9 N6 x( \# U( _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: ^7 B! s6 l! b6 Z" I* @! Q4 K$ rRange closes to 14,000 yards...
1 _/ E. _" e" y4 ~' Q/ @- V9 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards5 ?- [& h0 j1 F8 Z4 {' ?
Range closes to 12,000 yards...+ b6 c% a% w: C0 n0 Q" b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards4 a( l) h# N9 _7 q) T
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
& u0 \5 H8 \/ ^1 f2 @4 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
8 C* }2 J1 Y# R8 bRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 B+ ~5 P$ [: B% ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards5 F$ U1 m% l  x, y6 K
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
$ o: {! U* ~: i4 @- TCA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards. E: @8 C" b; T/ y7 {: r( p
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
$ L8 ?: F% l) E2 hRange increases to 12,000 yards
" u6 {3 n) K! \  x. a! aCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
$ F9 P" @4 L: `; gCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
9 A$ }2 m4 ^/ n: [3 I* t7 _! \CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards; h0 ~& A3 n' j+ J/ N! n5 Y
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
9 t0 z+ t# A8 Z0 J. u- V. D7 \7 eCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
$ c9 N' a) v0 WCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards1 u) L, u- W7 C" P3 N0 }
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
5 t- b, K9 f+ i* A7 B- ^6 D7 uDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards+ s# t. \2 s! i! b# n# I
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards5 X( ^" }- }; ^& H" g: e
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards$ M( k0 G# d4 a" ~9 U% S4 S# K3 k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards8 Y$ x0 [: G' T! h3 ]
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
  u" o; h0 f. D5 N3 h( |8 RRange closes to 9,000 yards6 D2 I) M3 D, _9 v. k
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
3 u+ Z  e" C; a! Y" lAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards# y8 S- i. U7 ?" {/ y
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
0 }4 y, t0 @3 N9 q) Q8 eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
; b& y- z! G/ e7 K* WCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards2 n( k/ D  D' `) s9 \
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
& d+ Q: i- y7 E' F$ z. }9 E6 oAPD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
! g" ~( l8 p/ J. J) ~DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards8 ?8 f6 V# ~4 N- A$ C8 C* X
Range closes to 7,000 yards
; J5 n5 c' x7 y0 Y1 B2 D" X5 rCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards* ]$ b7 F- v3 R& @! n  o
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
- R. }9 \& w  |% |, A' c2 C3 {CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards( H8 Q8 r5 W: R6 q$ {4 d
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards% b% |2 B7 R3 k/ Q# a6 x. C
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards  v0 E# N& L: }5 ~; L
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards* O* s/ {, ?4 Z$ v
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards1 E$ ]6 b% q/ D* D# \# I, }
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards- `  w( U& b0 ?; e! k8 q
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards% A0 R. ]4 P; k2 l9 H: Q
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards
9 l+ m: C) z3 ]& kDMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
( ]0 H6 l7 W* [2 ]Range increases to 10,000 yards
  p6 `" ]0 n- T+ j+ G0 U  lDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards' e% a6 Q- X/ s& r& V/ |3 F* e! g
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 ?9 g' Y! T. {- V6 X+ }
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 Y: ?! u1 k+ w  U% ATask forces break off...
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7 N8 ~9 H- b7 y8 b9 M# m( V( w9 ^Japanese Ships: I2 u' u1 e4 a
      APD T-1/ j2 s6 }4 I; ]1 H) J4 L: L
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ N1 R6 s6 _' B$ n1 f& v8 b) w
      APD T-3; S0 {  B5 j- S. U# Z
      APD T-56 S( q' q( I4 i8 s5 o1 h% H7 j5 m
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 u. E/ [) N. f. A* p9 l% D      APD T-9) k7 S0 }; N. m4 \0 ], P+ E
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! I$ M7 ~$ g, g      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ \' W3 |6 W2 H  z  X- n      CL Swiftsure
# J! f9 L8 q; b' Q+ S& x- d6 Z      CL St. Louis
$ `  W8 r: Y. m/ P5 x+ E+ }* ]5 I      CL Phoenix+ G2 c1 W4 @, o6 j
      CL Cleveland4 r$ a% E  f4 ?, a0 C9 U- Y5 p% j; j
      CL Montpelier( d- A/ {" @4 S: E
      CL Denver  s/ M7 g# ]( N( h: c
      CL Santa Fe
& i/ `* G4 X9 Y/ C      CL Birmingham
9 k% D7 }' h* D! N# G5 p      CL Mobile
( [$ ~8 ?5 s$ Q2 X" Q# R" k6 q      CL Biloxi
1 e; h5 o, M7 S4 W4 A# B: w' k% ^" h      CL Miami
# B4 b* e, k" p& i$ }      CL Pasadena
+ O5 G+ c) H& Y      DD Allen M. Sumner
# F8 l# F; B  S0 q8 l4 T      DD Ault
8 Z1 @, N/ r( _( v      DD English
/ p1 _! X0 K, |5 Q  ]( S7 g      DD Haynsworth2 L" C9 Y1 Z: c+ w  e+ G5 t7 M0 W
      DD Maddox
4 r* n& N) i; j: x: b4 K7 N6 R, f      DD Mansfield
& K  O5 K) V7 A      DD Waldron' d) @# J2 B! G2 i
      DD Haggard
. t) T5 I$ x2 R0 K      DD Hailey
8 i- p1 B; ^7 I& h$ x      DD Hale/ F! l1 Y. ?7 Y- }! U
      CL Vincennes II
( z; f  B$ D, L# g. Y+ F" `- K; |      CL Houston II& O: V$ a" `: I* e0 x; U
      CL Astoria II
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards' i, I- F. U( U1 O
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 ]+ H  Z5 Q! G/ vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
) ]; _/ p; d6 M7 |- RRange closes to 26,000 yards...
" B1 A; P+ o2 s) h2 c9 U  c5 h" ZRange closes to 24,000 yards...
2 m1 g9 \. P2 f1 A* i- `- c' p/ {; H# |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards) O) D9 h  ^* c1 m7 m2 |6 P4 ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards...  S6 |" ^) H$ `4 w8 H9 K
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
' M$ f' a# s: H$ D$ kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 x+ W2 ~6 K/ D, vRange closes to 18,000 yards...
9 f2 q4 F& \) c3 ]/ xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) B; |* X5 K+ a! {* ^
Range closes to 16,000 yards...) ]4 w( H2 c5 p3 l# m0 Y2 I0 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
7 a3 Y8 V) F( R8 n6 j! ^Range closes to 14,000 yards...5 u% H2 y. K$ j# W$ i- `! h5 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
/ _0 K# W4 X" N) A$ T! O8 ERange closes to 12,000 yards...
& o. l) r. D- ^- G5 l- Q( I! ]& h' LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards. V0 t: E. a( F- A( u, p5 O
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 M: P3 S3 f: O( J( F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards7 |$ ~6 ]: r& {; p# Z3 p) C
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
' T5 j, r5 I! y- i" D8 O& kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
* R4 H& F& L$ `$ XWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'" b: I  X/ ]+ g6 ?
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
# r+ m* W" k& _CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
. T5 a; o1 m3 ~- n% c: CCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards! G: A1 a' p, q4 r' ]. V
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
+ \, @5 ?, w5 g9 P: a5 dDD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ C' Q, x, D5 D: t9 _5 e* ]DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
, o0 V4 T0 _$ o' a, H. JDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards2 [" q. }: n. i5 n1 e
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
8 c8 i* k. K- ^9 V& QRange increases to 11,000 yards5 {. R# U* x, f
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' X, L3 m6 V* w( d8 V3 ~
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ J1 Z" G$ {6 W- q* F0 |# V% oCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards, p, M! Z% e7 d1 E, e* p. x
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
/ @1 J5 \( Z8 S" L4 [, h- P1 {1 RCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards. y( Y, r% a4 ]2 Q( V! J3 N
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
, l9 F% W( S- }# l; M9 |DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards4 l- ~4 t4 B5 @1 |/ I! S
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
* T, p7 ^& H5 J6 PRange closes to 8,000 yards
5 Y% e$ K, J: L1 g" ICL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards. n% M; p3 H/ d. q# T4 M
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards3 Z$ w1 k8 z! R
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
, N' M) G9 b: }APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards5 d+ X0 N6 z% k
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards' l+ x' c* T1 S: Z4 f+ n' A
Range closes to 7,000 yards1 x$ U, f- ~) o5 Q* F, [
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* q0 r% Z  j* C; g% b( i0 JCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards5 @' ~' D4 j' b3 D
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ E( @. r2 _( M: h) E2 _( ?CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
4 W2 e9 h2 v  w4 }9 P3 d; D9 @CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
* R5 K. t. w1 D5 @CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards  m8 G/ ^- p, i$ z- ~) G
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% K9 x, {. s7 m  qCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
% @4 O- D# O3 k! yDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' g: H* {8 a! q0 g! j# ?$ k
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
+ Q0 g' I& W- Q9 AAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards& v; H% L7 {7 F( L- r8 B
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
# _5 g' r+ h6 X* i% Q7 e4 CRange increases to 8,000 yards
  A+ u/ K" f- _; @4 `CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
& O7 O# p: g0 \CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% z$ S! E, r$ o* C. R, F0 y# JCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards* f- ^- B0 j8 _3 T/ d) ^
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) A+ E" G) p: dTask forces break off...
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9 ~" H9 K+ G+ K9 qNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards' Z; p# F. ~- b$ A  Q  M& D; n5 c
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Japanese Ships8 R1 d6 e% [6 K  m- V0 A  Z
      APD T-1. y: {8 u+ m5 b9 K; s
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk0 ^. U6 k; Z: A% J7 o
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk! D+ ], N' q+ X
      APD T-5* s5 c8 @  Q( @' w
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk9 A" a; E& Q5 V8 ^8 y- `+ r, q
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk- z3 }* n3 \: ^5 [' e. ~. v
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Allied Ships
+ ^" m# p6 m6 F2 n" |+ P      CA Portland
6 n( `8 T- C# e* R      CA Northampton
& ]+ W7 c$ f* O0 t" T+ \      CA Chester
9 _* c. u9 a1 U5 }) [      CA Louisville
1 |' u& Q* C! @      CA Chicago
3 N# {4 K3 y* X& h' q" h      CA Astoria2 R+ d8 ^* k) p5 h' L
      CA Minneapolis
5 y" v: ?. K$ y8 z1 L      CA San Francisco
% `% x! E% e7 g3 l0 M# b5 F      CA Quincy
3 R4 m- j% K& @, m' ~      CA Vincennes
0 C5 g1 a9 p& a: ?# G& @      CA Wichita
( G+ f! Z8 j% G) M) E      DD Bennett( H, w" \  I8 t6 D- q: [$ K9 F* h
      DD Bradford
& C! l  u) j( n9 U      DD Braine
: X* x7 `; T# M! w4 h      DD Brownson) |2 z3 M9 d+ w" z8 w
      DD Bryant
4 Z3 `9 C% q6 H( E      DD Bullard
- O2 V0 q5 E$ q9 U+ y      DD Burns5 E4 S8 I$ f( M& f: F/ K" t% }, l
      DD Callaghan- N, T" G! K7 o; a- H; y* q
      DD Caperton
- F2 m* H/ E# p5 _: ]1 s2 M      DD Capps
+ |6 _" t$ G; g4 w' Z      DMS Emmons% v6 j+ I' h* p0 W
      DMS Macomb
9 ^8 l" r, P( y. s* A. \7 f) d8 J      DMS Rodman
0 R0 z  ?3 f* `0 h' `3 ]5 U6 K8 K      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 ]: P1 V$ ^9 X$ rRange closes to 28,000 yards...
, Z% ]6 H2 u+ c% N( f5 I; ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 z$ p! B0 m1 r
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
2 S. }; n/ u( RRange closes to 24,000 yards...( \/ m: K9 {! C
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
  e3 J1 X1 w! Z$ W- J+ v1 PRange closes to 22,000 yards...
! Z& Y. F& `4 L1 z+ I5 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
, i5 M1 H& a: PRange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 z; J; x6 t" v) q6 r1 {CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
" I3 G* |/ \' N0 T6 j6 ~' J3 H/ IRange closes to 18,000 yards...
# c  d( p! b) @) v5 F6 Q4 ORange closes to 16,000 yards...
" [% Z/ k9 t& n. l0 ?' i. LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 H! {/ G$ l, n/ W2 `0 s
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  I- w" e4 w2 S6 z# ERange closes to 12,000 yards...& z5 }6 J5 b, g" U: E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...  s1 ^* b! I' ]( }- d
Range closes to 10,000 yards...# `( f- C7 {/ p" O3 s. g. K) ]2 c# e2 ^3 G" `
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
- c9 M& d+ k9 X" O) A5 pRange closes to 8,000 yards...
  M& b: y6 ]1 t) uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards1 ?0 K: W+ f0 K
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& |+ F0 k" ?1 E' M) l7 e+ [
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
/ ^" H7 @4 r/ N7 S: X* U7 HCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
- I1 W; D' q3 o1 G6 aDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards6 w! a9 t& v; F0 w3 L
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards$ i* u$ R5 Y/ }! g, E4 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% [' d' u, k5 X. |3 _CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
, I; R" o; n3 uCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& f7 @/ N9 r5 X% v( E5 Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
' g# ?' J' f5 m( G" Y! `! vCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 j3 Z! I* c% q9 ~9 p, Z0 D
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
, }" a9 S. @9 \0 l/ yDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards, S  z& j! _7 I
Range closes to 5,000 yards( c$ ]" d6 P0 y/ W
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 ( K- v; k* S5 H. ^6 a% G
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
. j0 T3 k. @2 [4 J- z4 FCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
' N0 i- ?9 k3 UCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards- _5 C2 l) Z' G9 M+ d
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
9 z0 P* _8 u* y, SRange closes to 2,000 yards( [& n8 t7 |/ B) K7 j8 c% V
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
! M7 e$ T$ |" y; n) \' q* I" uCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
8 u! i* L, K1 w9 x6 R9 b, @CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
: P/ ]! K0 F$ [2 u: }1 _& F% TAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
1 l5 a) j0 I: R- c, s1 ]Range increases to 6,000 yards
0 k8 j2 O: R: ^( X& ACA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards, _8 T  l- j) }' r& V7 n& W
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
( \1 t3 C+ J3 y# V+ z1 V+ A/ L$ z' tAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards$ i2 l+ }! |8 }
Range increases to 9,000 yards2 ~0 Q" f3 D- ^  [0 L  l
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" T' P4 m' C: B7 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards& r' L9 Z% ^- q# b; w# @9 ~
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards& B1 s1 T0 `6 k) a8 t
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
& V1 f' \6 B. ~& E; A! R' kRange increases to 13,000 yards7 w/ y6 ~0 l; V' O/ d2 F4 d6 o( D
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
( b& Q1 s- S0 z. XAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards) H) f6 T- q, L
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
( w3 u8 R% q4 Q0 K. aTask forces break off...% |  _: ?0 h' N: c( V

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards. o. U; g2 N; l0 E1 b9 Y, _
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Japanese Ships
& k$ u- M* v! [( h% f      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
0 f  S* }$ B/ E+ [& u      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships5 l% c8 o  K; _" I2 m9 Z7 @( S; q4 V
      BB North Carolina
# N# q6 l2 A. L6 X      BB Washington# e. ]/ T, N+ n5 X9 `' ]
      BB South Dakota# Y) g, q. S7 [# j6 c9 v
      BB Indiana+ s1 g) x2 f% l; I* f' P- J/ C( _
      BB Massachusetts/ o5 U1 h# v- E3 A+ b
      BB Alabama
! }" W! B2 H5 D& T      DD Conner) ~( \. g6 O) I% Q3 o
      DD Cotten
' P- _  b% u% `& J0 F      DD Cowell9 O: T& I) M8 @1 S( L
      DD Daly
. Q5 D: A2 a8 Q& E      DD Eaton
3 [* I0 c' s: A  H      DD Heywood Edwards( X" s/ P$ q7 T% e0 G$ ~9 r
      DD Erben/ k7 \8 G' Y& N/ t' }! H5 ]
      DD Evans& n8 n% c, f: F( W0 ~8 h7 d; y
      DD Foote# u2 }/ K9 i/ P8 e) U
      DD Franks
8 `( K7 H5 w7 g/ C0 }      DD Fullam
# r) ^1 _  E) V$ ~      DD Gatling
+ G: t$ t( s. c; Q8 |4 q6 s      DD Albert Grant
2 m- K4 _' F, o2 @! z+ H% _      DD Gregory
8 f, x1 d6 R4 v9 ]3 M- f" Q' S5 H  p      DD Guest* i4 C% `9 I0 }
      DMS Hamilton
8 {5 X) y- `, g      DMS Forrest, L# a- V6 i, N  C
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
* m) G" G6 z7 d( r- bRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 U4 a7 \: t4 C4 d
Range closes to 26,000 yards...! H8 a) n% G0 X1 `) K% a3 N' R1 D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
3 F/ J& e! X3 X- n5 rRange closes to 22,000 yards...5 B* v" M  Y; l( r+ m5 F% ~: N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 {% l& G3 L7 ~5 M: I
Range closes to 18,000 yards...9 z" @7 T' c& d9 a  U* ?/ G/ a
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
! I$ o: p; g5 I# h! \; BRange closes to 14,000 yards...  M7 r9 L/ P$ J" o" \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
+ N+ u5 Z$ f2 T; A  `  ?Range closes to 11,000 yards...
% k( d: V! W( G2 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! f4 ~+ {3 w& H# q: L0 g. W, PRange closes to 10,000 yards...
1 G* t7 T+ X8 t6 [Range closes to 9,000 yards..." Z# }; z! f  E6 P" B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
/ |" p$ P& D& r4 i5 b* LBB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards, J" z/ H' E  ^  z
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards; s  D1 N% Z& y7 q, Q
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards# V1 v5 g! }* e9 x7 o
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
* E- T$ u& K: I# {% B7 }DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 {9 }2 z1 i/ k0 H* s% h3 Z
Range closes to 5,000 yards# G! ]" f9 S8 ]8 y0 F
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards* s. l' b3 ]7 ^$ A4 Y
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
. N0 m! W8 O! u! F: v$ W& yRange closes to 3,000 yards- r! k- H/ I; q# c" s. i8 x  j
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards) w& y! f* x) Z1 U: v* Y2 g+ t9 J
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 \% o+ r3 N  P( j2 k  t
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards# t: _0 G- a3 ^, p4 P( u
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
( g5 l  Q* n8 I, _0 PDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards! Z7 D9 j0 o! P: k
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards
3 q$ u9 ?: u5 T: A' V( MBB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
( U# M1 g- I0 x) x: z8 j* bDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
$ O$ ?3 @6 i7 g( N& i) q4 \DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards4 j' N4 \7 H9 t/ G
Range increases to 5,000 yards4 H$ \9 n/ \  m: D/ |
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
: w' ]8 ^3 ~& n) D$ ~- p; JDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards. j& k1 b1 h" w8 m& r
Range increases to 7,000 yards/ |4 q% ^) C- x0 q- @4 u6 ~
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
- T* |/ S6 u. Y; g1 S1 ^DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards, G/ v  }& e' l) K! d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
: V( w0 n- {  M+ u7 p" XAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards3 c; s0 O0 b7 L8 N8 y5 K
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards! o8 S' Y- p% f0 M$ R5 |' k& x
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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天蝗国庆放假出游，本档暂停了几天

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 44& g+ G% P% ~3 ]' s
盟军继续在岛上同日军打炮战，日军伤亡稳定增加2 p* K# X2 a& {3 d$ h% d! a
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" m, o' B  b8 {1 Z; [Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)0 y# X% f! p2 v# H: t! N

' D/ C9 P; B" b$ \Allied Bombardment attack; u+ W* g) V/ H: p2 O* ^6 x
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Attacking force 5327 troops, 333 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2444
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Defending force 45223 troops, 615 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000! B) W  r) a' r  H& H7 U

3 S$ v* r/ A+ l! I$ E2 TJapanese ground losses:
8 `3 \( F- E, P/ `1 L      834 casualties reported  J) O* L* k% o
         Squads: 33 destroyed, 19 disabled0 F  b, M* _* y5 \
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled' Y$ v5 {8 A+ N6 x* Y2 [9 f+ Z1 s
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled; Z2 u8 x% b" k8 s9 Z
      Guns lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
4 g: O7 P& `9 r% u. V( _! g      16 casualties reported# ]# |$ ?! y. ^1 \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
* X" L6 q. L7 X0 o" `! h         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# W3 g4 n  P2 ]/ M
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 09, 44  G5 ^" b1 e; G* F
盟军再次对波纳佩发动猛攻，日军疲态毕现，已不能持久. r* q' R; z( h% V7 l
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TF 195 encounters mine field at Ponape (119,113) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!5 n; S* s, D  d1 I; d4 N4 h

4 z" T( [3 f9 s4 K/ M7 {/ Z, Q100 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.& L, `2 n8 @4 @4 f- {; q- `! U

* c: _! T7 s2 T8 X+ Z& bAllied Ships7 D* }& _( e0 @( q7 a
      DMS Ellyson, Shell hits 1
% _+ A, d8 X- Q; S$ @      DMS Forrest
9 g" w) I2 x. V5 n' ?! |$ ?% `, S2 y      DMS Hamilton  j! N) |  O; L* L! X- Q# e- c
      DD Guest1 q. |$ K& M! X2 Q* P* ^& M& [
      DD Albert Grant/ P- I" C& h: n  E9 ~) b
      DD Daly
1 E5 s6 m+ {7 R# L$ K+ Q& i      DD Cowell+ X4 J3 W0 N$ d; H/ {
      DD Cotten
3 N$ z; A8 `& y      DD Foote, Mine hits 1,  heavy damage7 y  E$ H. d* T9 c+ ]& A% m
! O7 I3 a) Z8 w* G" B) j. J& g
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Ellyson, o5 \6 W, j8 A, z* E
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at DMS Forrest8 v3 K! n7 P1 B9 P3 x$ C
98 mines cleared
* y6 T- c4 ?% L* m9 m1 e
4 j% F+ g  `' Y
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113/ S2 J& ?- c+ O' n1 B$ y
& [6 g/ Y: F. ?4 {
Japanese Ships
! ^/ O3 d4 e7 b$ a/ |      ACM Wa 1, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 h) j' F( y, q- ?( @# w  c( P

5 X( k9 m1 t& A3 v2 j3 ~Allied Ships8 X$ T3 z; s! y. @) a3 k
      CA Wichita
0 i; V' Z0 G7 ~/ b5 t' t- G  x( w$ W      CA Vincennes
# \2 R% {' ^0 u( e. \0 _" v7 I2 P/ F      CA Quincy
& X& \- q: e  O  v: `. V      CA San Francisco
# Q, j! j* [* ^; P2 ~8 f      CA Minneapolis
6 R+ O! R4 l% {- f3 P2 s3 a      CA Astoria* v$ [9 h  ]; C+ J
      CA Chicago
7 U' `1 z, Y+ K" U$ r: }( z      CA Louisville  y) Y8 `$ u1 h* i$ m0 K( ^& n2 \
      CA Chester% }- n8 ^( _: l9 N* Y
      CA Northampton
2 R3 h3 t2 y  {( }1 s      CA Portland+ m8 w: A8 R5 r: a, ~1 t8 V

' O1 Y1 I" ?3 DJapanese ground losses:
6 e0 I: M3 X4 m  ]' `      54 casualties reported
- Q* r4 h$ y6 r5 r* O. P         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ {- X# y+ ^% n; {) H$ w         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
! z- h2 T7 C* X. ?$ \3 L8 R         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
: T- S! u+ _1 W& p) E      Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
; o/ t3 v& x9 m$ T- o      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
4 t; z: p7 K* v7 T/ _5 |8 c. A% G- l  c$ ]# B: W* Z
Airbase hits 13 s: P( @" G3 U# F. u
Runway hits 16
$ X' Z+ L& X2 v; Q2 w5 d- \# `4 W, w
1 |4 }1 R- r) U( b  O, E5 [
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# O1 j. f: S7 x/ [Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113# l/ b5 H) _2 [8 b2 c

: K8 ?& }2 N5 ZAllied Ships' s+ A$ z, E& n% Y" w/ f' h
      BB Alabama
" m+ w# w' `# ?) p* @* x- H' R      BB Massachusetts, g! }1 C  v6 E
      BB Indiana2 ]) U( p0 ^* L  @2 w, k  m
      BB South Dakota2 t- C4 _' _( i0 o6 h
      BB Washington- F( X3 z, k* z, L! v0 {$ e
      BB North Carolina
' I8 I' F! r4 L5 T
, {. [4 R* o) n. m( x) b3 MJapanese ground losses:$ d" H/ q' l9 P5 v; u, [7 B
      570 casualties reported+ {2 f& b& s& v$ \9 H% A8 D. W
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled  H: T, Y, @* X+ o' F9 i
         Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 25 disabled5 ]4 |! ?" @' Z7 e# P2 n
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled* W+ w: a% r5 j/ \5 e8 x/ l
      Guns lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)# G: U5 r5 J9 \# N9 X
      Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)7 a! a8 F$ u0 B2 X, I0 f

- Q* L% ?& j6 Z) }1 eAirbase hits 7
2 ~  L8 a6 D. m% \Airbase supply hits 1# G* N+ I) m) u7 _; Q! t
Runway hits 15/ n0 g4 U) W" j
Port hits 35 n3 ?, y) _3 ^/ T7 l. Z
Port supply hits 2
" A8 k1 s1 V1 W/ u3 r
+ l. Q1 F7 ^- N. i) F( U% [1 A+ y: \9 e8 G0 Z+ o1 {
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
2 Q. H5 m' I# l% H) A2 m
5 L' [8 D1 e" C4 d) [0 d3 JAllied Ships
4 W6 E- h+ t; e, f      BB Queen Elizabeth- v6 \; M6 D# G/ P" H7 `* k4 F8 g6 Y
      BB Valiant
# {/ H- v6 g9 C3 _( F2 N      BB Mississippi# q1 g! o1 j# w6 _1 Y* p
      BB New Mexico9 y& Z- y% B- W: ]
      BB Idaho) ]) ^/ c- g9 P& h
      BB West Virginia
" |8 M# a! {" S- S3 Y' {      BB Colorado
% K0 d! |& r3 J# G' a' o# e
4 V; V& \  N3 k2 L  V# BJapanese ground losses:
9 I0 P# R" L* C5 g3 Y) z! I      603 casualties reported
" Z" N! g- Q6 e2 Q7 z( R         Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled# p! W8 N. g0 H6 h5 M
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 40 disabled
/ @3 W8 v) U) w8 J# `. D         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled. T1 f3 `5 G( N% g$ o) r
      Guns lost 24 (8 destroyed, 16 disabled)
6 p2 Z  l( @  U      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
- H6 Y, j: M- N9 f6 w" u9 ]2 B7 U: p/ G4 V# D* `+ d
Airbase hits 5
: ^8 s" n& W( C' ]Airbase supply hits 2
1 D: H6 v( Q. z2 N) S! _" mRunway hits 75 ?# v) V; B7 y$ [" x
Port hits 1/ V/ @, n$ D- H+ v
, S4 ]5 u# Q9 Q* W% p( q
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ponape
$ ?$ d3 E. L8 I0 RWalrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant' E2 G  P  t) o# j
BB Valiant firing at 33rd/A Division, o/ D. n4 z1 u
BB Mississippi firing at 33rd/C Division. r0 c1 L) d% R( @
BB New Mexico firing at Ponape / M" j) J+ {% E3 e" U* A, l/ D: w, I
BB Idaho firing at Ponape . i3 e+ G7 A# G0 a- P
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
3 H: Q! }" M9 A% _/ T1 N3 N- lBB West Virginia firing at 81st/C Division4 A" M# U3 n0 v  M+ b+ i7 I' Z! ]
BB Colorado firing at Ponape ; x& ]4 U7 D( E$ B
5 I4 Q$ }+ b, \
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6 ~$ R" ~: A, ?8 I" p) nAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape). b* v0 }' y' W7 j/ ?
. M1 @: y4 n' J" M' \! s
Weather in hex: Light rain$ L9 g1 k# E( d! H

+ B! `  k0 R" l$ {# f' ^6 kRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
8 m  _. \. g7 O% ?6 v: yEstimated time to target is 34 minutes4 i6 l3 e2 n: w% H

7 }+ t5 Z- Z% K" KAllied aircraft
# J; {& A/ ~' j' u. F9 U6 R, v- R      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462- J- Y5 F* @* j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 314
) Y) g  |  @! r4 }0 X      TBM-1C Avenger x 274$ y  y% k4 \! P  g4 U

" J6 M1 j3 q; gAllied aircraft losses
( {  s, }9 J+ H: T8 @& b0 ?% E      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 52 damaged& I" p7 t( B. M7 H: S
      TBM-1C Avenger: 32 damaged
$ ~$ ]9 f3 ^+ n  R1 H. I9 z
9 Y& |: d4 A5 k' Q* MJapanese ground losses:
, x: r7 o. {, j# I: y( C4 p      529 casualties reported
) r6 u3 D1 [& O( \" c2 b8 Y         Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled  X) ?: [) z# ]* n# \
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
1 j' w2 I; L: D+ }         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
% L  z( a, H( b6 o      Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
$ [1 h9 R1 e& e; }7 w( o0 |! e6 ?/ E

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: y8 `7 }) d+ e3 R/ \) ^( C
; h% a2 C$ a8 _Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)1 c9 g3 I) L6 ]8 K& y
$ R" u" c# w. _; e4 W4 u! {
Allied Deliberate attack3 L( A, ]6 b; q" U

9 a7 C7 w' s& C% A% G( ^6 LAttacking force 71421 troops, 1323 guns, 2290 vehicles, Assault Value = 2496
) E4 P+ ]) ~7 U3 O7 r+ X5 s3 W5 @: A/ l8 M  j% y; [+ c/ i4 P. F( x
Defending force 43288 troops, 578 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 938  j- ?. O3 z( N; a3 M5 J+ y
% y% P4 Y) b: |: `
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
- l7 o8 V6 L" d) W+ M9 l0 r& w6 K- w8 S
Allied adjusted assault: 3029
1 ^8 I, Y; N3 L8 K6 H
8 i* r/ d) U0 j5 Y; w5 wJapanese adjusted defense: 3835
; r7 ]1 i, W+ f* U3 ]8 Z7 T5 P2 W! g6 o8 P+ {; X1 j  Z
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
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3 K$ C7 @2 j: X0 i5 S' ^. u- ~Combat modifiers* C+ p( D6 p4 O( Y  p2 P& M
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
" t( T, g; m: \1 }- Y+ pAttacker: & X0 L9 f: H8 O% L

5 N& D3 y9 G7 i6 O5 Q1 lJapanese ground losses:
  i, @: e, C7 D( w! A6 N) m      5869 casualties reported
+ X* W( }2 s4 F3 P, V         Squads: 179 destroyed, 64 disabled3 p7 m1 r( L& l) t
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 116 disabled5 H; g# m# ^' j: u& y2 S: l  O
         Engineers: 15 destroyed, 29 disabled) J6 c/ ]9 n3 e  q! p
      Guns lost 79 (38 destroyed, 41 disabled)
  \7 x1 Y8 Y& b5 |- I. R      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
3 O# p3 p7 U9 I4 r
5 x4 a6 D1 x# c5 P+ a' Q8 FAllied ground losses:
0 l. X! {: }* e( C7 \7 G# ]' ?- d      1488 casualties reported
* T7 s2 m' r. \3 \/ k4 Y8 X: b' i, }         Squads: 6 destroyed, 203 disabled5 l4 y4 @- [3 J! u3 f8 i+ n2 {
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 43 disabled1 S' u) E+ ^) x% ]4 U
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled' ^- K- ^& l1 H' U% k
      Guns lost 57 (4 destroyed, 53 disabled)
3 N; @' m! w7 S" ?+ \. P      Vehicles lost 67 (9 destroyed, 58 disabled), T4 j# ~) Q# F( X( U3 I
" L# L. F  u; u* m$ h( S# z5 t
Assaulting units:
" h. L& {. A& T# T    762nd Tank Battalion* d  U+ j1 t8 ]5 s
    710th Tank Battalion6 L% L( i: C% ^, ]5 t2 Y
    767th Tank Battalion
# x( c( k/ ?  A    44th Tank Battalion
9 C# l7 @- W% x7 J3 L4 \3 m    96th Infantry Division
% ]' @' @% @2 Q6 L# g( H( J    706th Tank Battalion
$ t) m) Q7 o5 N    81st Infantry Division4 B4 F1 k" {7 p2 k- Q
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 I2 D4 o3 D8 I3 ~) G( y
    5th Marine Division
; e% J# V7 R' O5 R    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) C/ P2 B" L7 Q/ h- j, w
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
: S6 F2 v" g* t5 m% H& o; f3 K    711th Tank Battalion
4 j7 _( G8 _  p& p/ g. M    716th Tank Battalion
1 A% {/ `2 U7 o/ X& {3 _4 ]    1st Filipino Inf Regiment- z& A( z* m  \* |% p
    6th Infantry Division* S) F2 r2 u7 N2 g
    31st Infantry Regiment0 Z" t' f9 i. D4 r
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
8 f( O9 a/ C% [$ d- _! ?8 s    4th USA Defense Battalion
$ U0 N0 Y4 D1 d) U: l! }0 x7 F    X Corps Artillery ( U8 ^$ x8 b9 W5 c/ l
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
5 o9 G% R! X# e5 T$ @    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion  i) B9 z, Q0 |" _0 b" x2 j0 m
    I Corps Artillery ' U& f7 A$ J& O- O; a0 t- |, y
    XIV US Corps
! t8 e% B! G6 ?- y  J# H  Y8 i) E    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, _5 i8 e- T- T. \: W& R    96th Coast AA Regiment
- q" E; r8 v+ }0 P    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment: q# q& f& s2 P* e, H# Z5 s' h
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 L1 C; _+ h. n    12th Marine Defense Battalion/ `0 B2 B, c* `* Y3 ^* O& D% c
    738th Coast AA Regiment* p' ~# O+ k" S
    1st USMC AA Battalion/ h* x8 c: |1 i# a9 u
    5th USA Defense Battalion- i% f8 d# z! z4 P3 @; j! ~
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 f- B5 k3 D" }# A; A! U9 Y, f! }
4 I( u8 x7 a, s) u! A- [
Defending units:
2 t$ t: D' b5 y2 s' I- x    144th Infantry Regiment
, A1 G0 ~1 C1 y6 d    81st/C Division/ s/ V0 K! r  p4 u2 k# r
    Kure 3rd SNLF. d6 c' B) [- h% D
    Sasebo 7th SNLF: j' p: Y* P! x0 Z/ i$ a) _- y  l
    81st/A Division
! _) I9 n/ j+ U5 O, l! E1 [$ k! @    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
( L! Z( f) \* A$ u# I) }! y3 J    33rd/B Division0 k* @) F1 F5 Z$ T2 l
    52nd Naval Guard Unit' {* P# A# L* [6 Z
    33rd/A Division
$ w/ ^& O4 G* f! ~( P$ n1 p; v    81st/B Division
/ T- s4 t8 G& H' k1 y) m    138th Infantry Regiment
2 B9 H. r( [) Q; F: a! N* e6 E' K    33rd/C Division% R  z% ?9 e' I# h; }
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion" m- A/ x1 M' J  G: u
    60th Field AA Battalion
" o7 E0 I& Q9 T& u$ d9 ~    53rd Construction Battalion
6 m. I6 n9 k( r$ S" S$ `    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment: y' A! r. g0 x9 l8 I; E
    14th Area Army /1# P. W6 B& u( W7 ^$ O* D7 h
    61st Field AA Battalion! m. T: Z+ V8 e* U/ e- h8 A
    18th Army/ M; {6 V$ q: b& H. G2 C; \
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment+ D2 \1 n5 y% C- M
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion3 [7 o2 E/ u1 |5 R* W6 w% x
    63rd Field AA Battalion
4 {  ?# R9 T" p& }3 i4 C    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, U6 K9 e, |6 W7 r    12th Air Fleet  I" v6 Q+ u2 f$ ~& d1 y  @/ `
    Kure 7th SNLF
3 i+ L7 f* a, B) b% K    Wake Cst Gun Bn /16 u0 F3 d' G9 _! y5 y! _- \: M0 t
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion; F+ h  E7 C: T
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment# p$ [8 ?9 B7 y
    19th JAAF Base Force
' _6 G3 I! }- h, W+ S    3rd Base Force4 z' `( T& r. f& x# G
    Ponape Naval Fortress
' h- ^: e8 ^1 w+ ~+ A8 B2 e    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
, @  h4 \7 U! l7 |1 ^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* E  S( o( u; P, J1 J. ~) s, B
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- t7 o1 g. }0 T5 w1 l; V. Y/ ZAfternoon Air attack on Ponape , at 119,113 9 Y4 X, {9 F; l8 S/ g5 ]

  ]( A( l) E% K1 TWeather in hex: Clear sky# s7 C* [3 F! X- Y% i
& a: s7 a0 I7 i: j9 q
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.$ t5 y  i( p6 c0 o( M
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes* F  Q. E  E6 {6 G
5 H# A) S# @' G* w5 U  i- |# V
Allied aircraft* [# w/ @3 ^/ l* C
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
9 g2 d" B& R: g: Q      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 327/ }/ E1 m: n5 r
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
0 @6 c0 P  y7 U
: @# V1 f) Z' L1 mAllied aircraft losses6 ~, w  x9 B5 m$ d
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 61 damaged
, f9 G+ k, i# R. \      TBM-1C Avenger: 47 damaged
* t1 A3 U" T& p3 u2 U) H      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak) |* L" Z+ K7 L. V; T

) o1 B' m! w- _! H* ~' L8 IJapanese ground losses:! U, ]2 i0 |& E2 T: V8 S
      17 casualties reported9 b* W7 G" h, n) c" V% {; f( _, s8 F
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  t: X+ f( b# Z9 B$ i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled6 s! `/ J( K# T. @) S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 f" z1 W: G/ M. ?6 y0 d
      Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
  a1 M2 X/ n1 V! \. N/ w$ A4 q1 _0 _$ H, Y) m$ R  C
Airbase hits 97
1 }+ R  c2 \: o0 y/ Y2 VAirbase supply hits 267 H2 \5 t; V2 |: ]( w; q" n- I
Runway hits 252
4 \6 K. l7 K. z- R
! i9 }0 |3 ?+ X6 {2 S, Z3 ]- N" C  G" X, M
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# ^7 @5 u8 t, s$ V( O% E& ]4 O" A4 q5 ?: r4 q
Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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6 ~2 s" M/ r0 N; VJapanese Bombardment attack
& n7 t) _2 v  z! E/ B; e
: n4 i& B, O3 J( j& T( n1 x% \4 S8 vAttacking force 25985 troops, 378 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 728. e5 h( u8 b$ r$ b& r- R
$ C. ?% B2 \/ P5 w) U
Defending force 78489 troops, 1559 guns, 2435 vehicles, Assault Value = 2493
$ j$ F0 G- m, P4 e8 }1 y2 G0 j4 A! C1 P
Japanese ground losses:
! ?6 x$ a. H* Y. o# W  u      736 casualties reported
# r% s0 ^1 W; P1 P2 h7 w* a, m4 n6 h         Squads: 22 destroyed, 33 disabled0 v/ J- ~5 @* |) M; E# M4 I, a- M
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
' C' J+ O' [' R         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled# ^' Z' o  H$ L: R2 e/ c
      Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
. X. s# w3 Q! ^& q      Units destroyed 1$ z9 T9 y% h  S% j# f& [0 l; N
& K6 g6 @. k9 G+ E6 e
Allied ground losses:
! _' Y; e- |: l9 M4 t. b      23 casualties reported
. ~$ S! D- \3 d3 F/ @( m! H6 g         Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
) ?6 {7 U' z/ e" o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 X: w/ R, U- H8 a" r+ X9 I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* i5 i5 `/ v) w2 h& b
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)) I% e9 u* f. v( L

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5 ~0 h* q. A, w& d2 T, K/ v
6 N( G2 n) k7 ~9 R9 p/ IGround combat at Ponape (119,113)9 o/ f7 `8 [; ~2 p+ u

  y$ s2 j: m2 y0 L8 hAllied Bombardment attack( F+ V! k3 f( c2 b

9 w8 D" q' j9 L$ r5 ]* l1 ^Attacking force 5458 troops, 335 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
3 {. V  d! |1 J
3 [' d* _8 F1 H/ v) pDefending force 37668 troops, 457 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 693) k- y' ?" W* }  \
+ x5 r6 o9 ~* G- N3 z; W
Japanese ground losses:/ Q/ _0 \5 R9 U0 o/ S. I( U
      698 casualties reported
% [. `! Q/ `/ }# x; n. V         Squads: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled; Q9 s  B6 y  a
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled/ I. m" U! _6 g) e, F( g6 w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
" z! c: S  d  ^! g4 A3 f5 U) L      Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 44/ w& I2 Z, v: p' N: \
岛上日军弹尽粮绝，崩溃在即
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
8 u" [! G: T) G7 s; i- V
+ |# b$ e0 c3 K. {Allied Ships2 M: D5 O1 ]( J; K1 l0 F
      CA Wichita9 k  R( t: n9 t7 V2 l
      CA Vincennes, E6 |: z7 P' y; ^0 c+ u
      CA Quincy
$ G2 u! W, z% K' t4 D$ ~0 P      CA San Francisco1 e) }, S4 N6 p9 a
      CA Minneapolis
4 ], o) L. c/ L5 g; O      CA Astoria
8 o5 {& u4 k  ~, z: l      CA Chicago
5 V3 [* Y7 i! ^, [5 T* U      CA Louisville
  W1 J4 h, X+ P- E; P9 p5 C- l      CA Chester
+ a# q! D0 Y* \: M      CA Northampton: e+ Z& H8 D/ t5 A! V; Q. ^$ ?: M
      CA Portland
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Japanese ground losses:
& x/ O3 G% Q: I5 t$ j      213 casualties reported
! m: F& V: n7 ?' H# F6 z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 O. d) T* x- B4 ~+ t         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled/ S; i8 [& O7 G. m2 x4 l" k3 }
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
# K; [* ~, O  k; j3 Q$ K$ r      Guns lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)( E, \- \2 a/ O

0 S3 b  c7 F$ j9 EAirbase hits 6
8 D( g9 ^. p6 `5 {* z# q4 BAirbase supply hits 1
  G7 w* o% F: G0 R6 v& lRunway hits 25
9 T$ i: |' s+ m: V* F2 VPort hits 5  o0 X0 r% B# f# O7 |
Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships7 |! B: A% S1 ~0 b5 c; v( @
      BB Alabama
: F- V% X0 V6 f8 {      BB Massachusetts3 D) Y& i3 I5 `7 b: K" r) T
      BB Indiana
$ o6 l1 {1 h. d- b      BB South Dakota0 F+ x% g+ O- b1 u4 ]
      BB Washington0 ~* H( o7 @, M3 r: I4 C+ ~
      BB North Carolina6 n6 y. i8 g( {' s1 ]$ G
  a  W. \' C3 L; [5 D1 _, T
Japanese ground losses:
- c9 m/ t/ P( y/ E# e) g      803 casualties reported. d8 e8 [! l7 F; T; a% f! O4 J
         Squads: 4 destroyed, 27 disabled: s. G% }9 s( o
         Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 40 disabled4 |6 J. d5 k& ?* X" V9 ~! {
         Engineers: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
( m( ^9 e3 X  N: |9 z; L      Guns lost 22 (5 destroyed, 17 disabled)& j2 {$ r( _" u5 `
      Vehicles lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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5 b/ \* t  Q$ E, v' }Airbase hits 2% U- N& b7 R' ^% P. {- f8 i* {
Runway hits 3! D3 e! d* k, \4 t1 V& y$ F* e, L3 F
Port hits 2, H5 Y1 B+ q. r0 N. Z
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% j- O7 q) r* GNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113% P5 p4 n6 x! W5 b
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Allied Ships( S! p  b. i; U3 r4 U) S
      BB Queen Elizabeth
* I7 H' j) Q- B# G      BB Valiant3 I, q4 r. Q7 \4 O% @
      BB Mississippi& y& T# Y! i. l- D1 a; t8 p; }
      BB New Mexico3 x7 h: r$ C0 e: Q, }
      BB Idaho* _* ~  |7 N9 z) ^* m. N- N
      BB West Virginia
6 S6 i5 \. I/ y1 y3 ^; Y      BB Colorado
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& I( |& }: P1 n( N: t: t3 [7 Y) AJapanese ground losses:
, a. Z) n4 o, c      710 casualties reported
  J( ]  c' Z# _' k4 x% X) r         Squads: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
% k2 y7 |2 @) @* g         Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled0 ~. H: U% \5 c/ s3 g
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled. d5 _2 |+ e) Z' i* s
      Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)% e4 p! h/ r' S' `% x. _) J8 M/ X3 x
      Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Airbase hits 1
& R; z/ ^# Y! M& ]8 sRunway hits 9
6 V: t7 y9 N* e& _$ A* yPort hits 19 W8 {* m: y5 r" s" @+ ]4 T$ d

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1 N# ]/ T1 V% F4 SAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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+ A; `! n( z  n7 g- c1 ?  oWeather in hex: Partial cloud
/ C  [7 x9 I5 Z- v- @, s: p3 x4 y1 A8 k8 K! K8 S  `' M; G
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
% J3 p- w6 d+ J. ]& E  B* R3 I% YEstimated time to target is 33 minutes
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Allied aircraft
7 D- \* [( ^4 G      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4627 l. ~' f3 s) I( y& l4 j" o3 S
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 325
8 R# e$ e* j& e6 i  M, s6 a      TBM-1C Avenger x 271: H+ c1 U* \+ s& N1 x- `7 ]
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Allied aircraft losses8 i2 E: G9 r1 K: W9 W# p7 s2 H
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 45 damaged
5 t: u7 o" C) G- [      TBM-1C Avenger: 33 damaged9 V/ F0 r1 c9 V& T& O; m

# P* L/ p* |) J; {4 b! SJapanese ground losses:+ M0 y- B1 R& r! M
      660 casualties reported/ N( a& w$ x% T" A' H9 o* q4 f& j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
) N& J2 Z3 y8 N$ u9 K         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 46 disabled
5 J/ P' j# p+ J; V1 u. D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: S, a5 P/ [% X+ [4 [
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)/ v7 Y; S. j* j/ Y) O; |

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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3 E3 m( J% X( g2 \/ RAttacking force 68346 troops, 1242 guns, 2203 vehicles, Assault Value = 2455) Q& i" S# ?# F6 I+ |
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Defending force 35744 troops, 441 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 601% ^- y1 T3 k4 B' [5 z: [0 h* h

- j5 v6 d+ I3 [: z1 }Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 43 I  h, p7 i* C  E) V8 H9 T# M
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Allied adjusted assault: 2943
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Japanese adjusted defense: 537
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: J( ?" a* B* Y9 q4 a, K- [- |Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4)
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) i# i/ G3 L4 K( z: c3 A; nAllied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
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Combat modifiers4 a4 w& Z& T  s3 f* i# N8 |% Q; `8 ]
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
; Y; V' |# b9 i9 N0 K0 ]Attacker:
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/ c8 i, ]4 e: y- I, }2 E  WJapanese ground losses:, p" s+ E' l6 D  z& o
      4555 casualties reported/ a; h. k/ h3 W) E( ]0 |
         Squads: 168 destroyed, 136 disabled% X' V; I- `/ u7 O# @+ j
         Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 108 disabled9 H. H* O- \) v- ]6 G$ c9 R* ?$ X
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled( w0 v, v$ b2 H1 r
      Guns lost 63 (26 destroyed, 37 disabled)
2 H( I( D: G4 P% I, M3 K& g      Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled)# d, h$ m1 K# M, |* a9 v0 K* F

9 _3 \' K# @! [" |; \4 S1 W0 ?- aAllied ground losses:
$ M: v, ?) d  q/ A' V0 E( W# m9 b      1283 casualties reported8 Q# A  ~; P8 C( s1 @+ k, |0 E
         Squads: 3 destroyed, 157 disabled
% O7 {: f5 u8 I) y+ S/ s/ S1 v. [! e$ V         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled
2 k# O. z! b+ p7 S3 C- N; N& i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
, }7 b0 }2 i3 ]* N6 |# o      Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
& J5 b$ ]' M* B      Vehicles lost 49 (2 destroyed, 47 disabled)
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" H  u; x9 [8 x# U1 w8 W' F! ?Assaulting units:$ o+ G/ L' D( @$ m. B  d
    716th Tank Battalion0 X3 b+ _$ o0 p" N) t- s9 Z7 v
    112th Cavalry Regiment/ x. p; S& \# `; w9 z% c
    44th Tank Battalion
( s. K- X4 p, b8 e+ ?9 f( Q6 {# l- Z    711th Tank Battalion# W( W8 h+ e  M# Y; n1 w
    6th Infantry Division* n& _5 g; [% g/ d7 T7 |" @, x
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment# K" B2 O. c5 B' k4 W3 F: y* \
    5th Marine Division( w' g' `: ^! ]: z
    706th Tank Battalion
; _" ~, v, `% o6 ~' A    710th Tank Battalion
8 q: ?* Q! {2 H3 y& b* l    81st Infantry Division
& J2 h' H( j* y    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
" H8 Y) U4 }1 t( j5 v4 |" t# i- E  h    767th Tank Battalion
. H7 t) U7 x; r7 s2 m    762nd Tank Battalion- G, H/ P* J* ~
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
# r1 ?% F6 K. N" `; u) F- s! k    96th Infantry Division( O! `& A' n& H: {/ a7 ?$ [4 F+ L1 N
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
  ?8 B5 e% L' L/ ^, }9 f    14th Marine Defense Battalion; O1 z: T% e. {+ |. ~
    1st USMC AA Battalion7 l: q1 y, w8 A/ N0 r0 B
    738th Coast AA Regiment
  y* H$ E. C8 n% |2 j5 z6 f    X Corps Artillery
$ [; y7 f/ Z* U: s& S    I Corps Artillery ; v# v* L" _! ~$ k7 s4 K( Q
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
0 ~. h4 P8 V/ k; z- A$ {% X5 p1 u    12th Marine Defense Battalion
9 S$ q/ }' a0 Y/ x    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
& x. F( s) A( V' q    XIV US Corps
, d2 @1 G+ l% I3 u3 c- G    4th USA Defense Battalion
9 [+ c2 A+ N- u! N, U) R    5th USA Defense Battalion: Y- q% p/ q/ W0 t- r
    8th Marine Defense Battalion$ H, w0 s) j1 i$ Z. m. v2 a5 J
    96th Coast AA Regiment
; X1 g& [% m0 h! \5 d" z: L    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9 Z. M# A7 @. D    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:9 F# ]! y8 J1 a$ W
    81st Division4 R8 `2 R+ g% G! ]( g0 ^# V' r
    33rd Division& |- N% X' H( L: V9 T; g
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
; l1 D0 b! r/ L; T* Y    Sasebo 7th SNLF
  G  }! w6 e' i  a7 m+ v1 ^* ]+ P* k    138th Infantry Regiment5 Z; }: Y# r( n
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1& h/ Y& ~+ v4 m* [
    3rd Base Force2 D7 k& Y8 A  D& z- o7 g# D
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
/ V1 A: @* J) S! `# b9 ]    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment9 A3 t( f% H6 a7 @' s1 W
    14th Area Army /1
3 H- t! E$ Z7 h9 y    144th Infantry Regiment& D6 c0 ^+ [5 s
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion: M! C5 x$ T! q+ [" {
    19th JAAF Base Force0 {1 b* ^+ q* F! @" E( ]. c2 a
    60th Field AA Battalion0 }  F9 e4 F' m7 N
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment* u- ?2 u0 x9 E+ |& d6 f6 w5 R
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment8 C: T/ ^; k$ O7 B9 H
    61st Field AA Battalion3 E. y; \- _9 E( k+ G5 o
    Kure 7th SNLF
5 J. w( ~! z* \6 w. u    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- c2 c. ~8 j9 e3 ?8 a. l, E: L3 S) H
    18th Army4 U5 n! d; |+ J4 O! t
    12th Air Fleet  ?# W# f3 g3 d' `0 p9 `
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  Q& N- X/ c6 J% d2 y) N. ~7 l. F    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
8 {' G! P% h& C: f9 [% z    Ponape Naval Fortress# O* J% |; t3 S; ~' D  s
    53rd Construction Battalion% R3 N8 b9 N! t2 }) L3 u- a
    63rd Field AA Battalion6 C* K& R% a2 u
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 44" K7 e! f- }' R0 E& J; T: u
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。  c, s- Z4 }8 H7 Y3 q
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日军18军主力覆灭，参与部队将在几天内被一一歼灭。2 g+ I" P3 n; A) W

8 Q! c- R% a$ {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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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Shock attack3 a6 a1 E2 N/ j7 _: D) U% m% Z, v
7 }. W; y* s2 _5 X$ v, k% v
Attacking force 67442 troops, 1240 guns, 2201 vehicles, Assault Value = 2338( E; u6 m1 E+ h5 q1 r2 n

/ W5 G! S: Z( C+ D$ ADefending force 28760 troops, 343 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 2482 \+ v9 ~& ?0 F, l0 Y3 O

: d7 b$ {% d/ }: G9 x  K, ~$ JAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 31 e' B6 [, E: w
3 U5 y5 i" x- f2 v# g+ U
Allied adjusted assault: 5312 ( d' `5 u7 P- P7 T' _, c

8 B) \0 {# s5 {  B3 L- `/ AJapanese adjusted defense: 163
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 3) 7 a, c& j1 y) f2 W

( m+ `# M4 s1 R9 o# V1 j2 WAllied forces CAPTURE Ponape !!!4 p4 C0 m# B" c" r. r% F) `, F% o% N
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Combat modifiers
* k' R" }& H# o7 s9 s2 R6 _Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)4 t) @3 X: o, i
Attacker: shock(+)/ M: f4 Y* M* A3 M5 p$ e8 E

, G$ B3 Y6 d, O* Y) O. EJapanese ground losses:3 t/ x8 c  O3 F, J/ g
      6464 casualties reported3 y1 L8 c9 M+ d- P; J& p
         Squads: 347 destroyed, 83 disabled
" q  T4 T+ h* ]         Non Combat: 197 destroyed, 213 disabled
( d. J& O2 c! ^, u$ x2 Q         Engineers: 196 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 G6 t! ?/ X6 W( |, `1 X      Guns lost 131 (125 destroyed, 6 disabled); \& I0 O% f$ {  Q. J
      Vehicles lost 160 (160 destroyed, 0 disabled)
+ t1 W7 C8 G% Q& C2 o- x      Units destroyed 1
6 Y( ]3 N$ W/ G! Z# y1 ?2 F
: E2 X% _' T, [8 b' k( zAllied ground losses:
. ~; F2 b1 D% e6 {) ^      700 casualties reported
/ |# b+ O% ?% R1 o& m1 |. _         Squads: 2 destroyed, 142 disabled
1 ~' `* R3 b; ^8 A: y: O         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled  s8 l% W% ^5 ^: e& e1 w2 {
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
8 M/ `( w9 E0 y2 S4 x9 l      Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)# y$ [3 P9 U, |+ _. a8 A* W
      Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled)
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: n7 e; n6 C  cAssaulting units:" D# P; p: P9 ]/ B2 t9 X1 B, G( I
    6th Infantry Division$ ]9 z- T) `$ b3 ^0 f
    706th Tank Battalion
  ?" U" w9 Z& c# M3 y5 N+ P    710th Tank Battalion
1 l/ L8 d4 U4 K0 x    716th Tank Battalion7 a/ f7 d, k6 u- N
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, {+ ]( G* c3 J( Z+ X  z2 W    1st Filipino Inf Regiment4 ]# o; O: R8 @/ n8 J9 D
    767th Tank Battalion
4 o9 {9 E' [& O' Z    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
* g0 l' j  w0 _0 \    711th Tank Battalion- y3 t. q/ o' O" F/ `# l
    762nd Tank Battalion5 ^7 v! l- |( p: v4 G& O# C. v0 u- Y) D
    81st Infantry Division' D2 m  J) F) Y3 y$ z
    5th Marine Division( b; m. s  ?; |9 e0 C5 r* x
    112th Cavalry Regiment
2 g! m, @3 t5 O' n. F  K    44th Tank Battalion8 q1 _% _9 X2 P0 V1 y' M
    96th Infantry Division
. q' f& A  N5 W! c! h# Y! n    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& M* k( a, R/ N: O6 \    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
$ I4 L: c+ r0 C- s$ J9 M5 Q. A0 t    4th USA Defense Battalion
9 Y* ]' D! l  d' T7 x6 i    5th USA Defense Battalion
5 H* i# [% i. h  y. n; L    12th Marine Defense Battalion2 M0 b" _: N4 Z' g
    1st USMC AA Battalion; `* N) N. `9 Z3 V' D* |) N- x: [5 d
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion5 Y5 _" r7 C8 R: u) n8 a
    XIV US Corps9 j- r! v' i7 U+ b: G  h
    I Corps Artillery + V" _8 I! `7 i# o, q( g
    8th Marine Defense Battalion# U- \  ?' G$ x3 H9 z* C. |9 m- \! ^
    738th Coast AA Regiment/ v4 W6 Z- k5 F4 r# M
    14th Marine Defense Battalion3 N* ^7 S: g7 A+ k
    X Corps Artillery
% U6 d$ J0 c7 Q0 a' y    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ g. \8 ]  z  i! q    96th Coast AA Regiment2 V; X5 ?* H' ~* D& P' A0 a
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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8 c( ~3 ^+ c" lDefending units:
) Y6 x6 W# W3 r; [2 K# F    81st Division" ^+ l. T! N9 Q# B$ U/ ?
    33rd Division# ?* `2 H+ W. }1 m
    138th Infantry Regiment
# x# Y; Z7 o$ D9 E; m6 z8 Q2 N    Sasebo 7th SNLF
9 j' B5 x* Z. |4 o" A9 \- x- e    Ponape Naval Fortress
/ a/ ~8 K& V2 R0 D! X* m$ ^    12th Air Fleet
* ^# z1 p& ]& ]    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion6 I3 {) Q9 |& v( c6 W7 j( B
    60th Field AA Battalion0 k( p6 @2 z1 R
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
9 Q; I3 i" x! V    53rd Construction Battalion' k7 [; W5 h) n9 e
    61st Field AA Battalion
9 ]% v4 o4 r$ @3 j" z    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1. ?* a" C; l/ z( v0 A( o4 O
    Kure 3rd SNLF /1
7 N1 }: e0 l  `( |    19th JAAF Base Force
7 f% g  F3 j' s- J3 q- v6 m    18th Army
1 t- P5 F3 s' `" s    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
% a- ~/ P  k  M9 e0 a    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
" v0 Y4 X1 a8 c4 ]    3rd Base Force+ {% J+ x& M8 {* |9 D+ q: g% P
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8 t& V, Z8 d3 X* c& q- M9 C) f    52nd Naval Guard Unit5 u3 i' m9 D- _3 k
    14th Area Army /1
" g& g% N3 k  ?4 g    Kure 7th SNLF
7 c" a; c' \4 q: h- [    144th Infantry Regiment. K0 P2 w! f( L1 R/ R7 L
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment+ R" A5 l) Y) E' s: K* F
    63rd Field AA Battalion+ d0 U1 D7 D; p9 w* S% J
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion9 ^3 G+ x7 v: u- ~3 q
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 44# M5 t# n" n- x) Y
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来的早不如来得巧，前来澳东汤斯维尔炮击的日本巡洋舰队撞上来刚好同时到达的盟军运输船队，一顿好打，造成的损失比8万日军在波纳佩对盟军的伤害都大。。。
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 8,000 Yards8 E& y. q: n* H) A; K" L; O
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Japanese Ships2 v* c* N- u/ |$ ~5 H# c
      DD Fujinami
6 f$ m& _% q! g. B+ O! V3 f      DD Kishinami, }0 s9 r# f7 |) F' a! U
      DD Kiyonami6 x+ C1 k+ d/ `. V
      DD Okinami+ ~8 E! O5 i4 j' _
      DD Hamanami
8 v" n' B' b* ~! g$ t      DD Asashimo
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Allied Ships
% t4 g- A+ n% D      xAP Golden Racer
# C5 D: `' S8 c% r& t7 G      xAP Mallory Lykes2 l+ ]9 f- s. a% K- j/ S
      xAP Abigail Adams
; b( @3 T9 A9 E% f2 ^      xAP Adoniram Judson
- [; r2 {! c2 @$ c      xAP Amos Kendall, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 K' U1 e$ w: X; u- ?
      xAP Andrew D. White
3 R( ~$ v7 t- B% {' z, V- q      xAP Andrew Furuseth6 E, a2 n- U! }9 C
      xAP Archbishop Lamy
. e/ C3 R1 e; r: j" @$ R6 b1 N" f2 z      xAP Arthur Riggs, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
' y' u5 K) o* ?5 S+ ]$ `      xAP B. F. Shaw/ A4 ~& m$ y2 b9 C
      xAP B. Livingston
/ T& z2 n' i" u" q; {; j9 l      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson
  w7 l$ O. a( u% t9 v      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler2 A' s! I+ \1 s( J; F
      xAP Benjamin Lundy
, A$ h2 X/ x6 H/ P" H) X      xAP Caleb Strong7 z1 d7 K. Y) ~( ~
      xAP Carlos Carrillo
/ `  ~, y) a# x7 ~9 M      xAP Charles H. Windham8 x5 G# ~% y* w$ O
      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
" E6 U5 J( l+ O0 S# p      xAP Chief Washakie
8 _7 v  B/ `/ m9 Z7 t0 R% C0 ?      xAP Daniel Drake
2 i& S7 [% X3 g5 g      xAP Daniel S. Lamont( A: P" q8 ^3 `9 G+ k6 n
      xAP David Dudley Field
* Z. X( p( L% V* {" H, [      xAP David Gaillard% m* W& E; {3 L
      xAP David J. Brewer
# O' s. `& [+ O% e7 j. q. |, u5 _      xAP Edmund Fanning3 ]/ L7 t9 x; p% u
      xAP Edmund Randolph
( F4 Z* m, w! N& T  j  M( P2 S      xAP Edward Livingston/ M. p. D7 K0 G, F+ d, \
      xAP Edwin Markham) |! ]! U# d$ A) |
      xAP Elihu Thomson& c1 O5 M( R) A5 @
      xAP Frances E. Willard+ f, @) ~& Z) @7 c! H9 B
      xAP Francis P. Blair
9 F2 _' H# q: A1 T/ ~( T7 a: C      xAP John H. Couch, Shell hits 1,  on fire
2 d, ]7 e' P4 i      xAP Leland Stanford
$ J* O) E) l8 y5 w      xAP Leslie M. Shaw
1 M* T1 d: X  y1 u      xAP Lew Wallace4 o* b; F% \4 F/ B. q2 Z
      xAP Lewis Cass
, T- w1 B8 S& P' Z      xAP Lydia M. Child9 s) j" r( W6 f" Y8 T* m! ^7 T
      xAP Samuel Gompers
% l3 ^# v1 ^7 V$ ?8 q6 M# C- T      xAP Stanley Matthews
* W" _1 I1 I+ p4 ^  w; p1 c      xAP Stephen J. Field& u, t6 \5 o0 m
      xAP Stephen M. White, Shell hits 1
4 s1 S" v, \$ `# X; K      xAP Thomas A. Edison
0 }' k/ u8 a7 c7 b      xAP Thomas Nast
$ `8 |* U6 @% O0 N) B      xAP Thomas Nelson6 _" O0 f; ^5 L5 |- J8 z
      xAP Vitus Bering
( S. V) h+ E: G/ A8 m      xAP Walter Colton
: F  Y; Z* @0 ]" L7 R      xAP William C. Claiborne. K2 q6 o. U4 a: R' T4 ~; E
      xAP William Dunbar
. Y6 }* j& w0 k* q" }      xAP William E. Channing* x+ f8 n& E' n% B6 d
      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2" G% g* M: ~7 G* v' m# G4 `$ D
      xAP William L. Garrison5 _2 ^( q$ w  K9 C" x
      xAP William M. Stewart
. M3 t0 M% k6 n7 ~      xAP William P. McArthur
* P" _& Q2 ^) P2 e8 x* a- ^: r) w      xAP William T. Sherman
; N6 u% T) _4 ^2 i" S      YMS-422, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
2 k" K2 A% h) m4 x5 _- ]      xAP Iron Prince, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' F8 U# O3 m4 ]& s! K1 c
      xAP Kota Tjandi, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
* l5 A- [& }) h- n, I; U& a; ~      xAP Kota Baroe, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' U: j1 e" K% D+ U, e! v3 a
      YMS-423, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 e/ S  c/ r, ^. T- z6 w0 @4 o0 j* N' V
      xAP Kota Pinang, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' n5 D1 T5 e, x3 h! O7 s' X) d      xAP Kota Gede, Shell hits 20,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. W/ d) k% Y8 E$ i% a3 s; Y6 D
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 2
# r9 N! b  A6 B2 A2 @      xAP Congella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk3 u8 ^$ u: w  g* S2 s9 K
      xAP Kota Agoeng, Shell hits 25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 D" F' b; Z9 `5 J( _( [. d6 `, f$ k
      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 15,  on fire
/ h/ {% V1 ?1 `4 Z# M      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 1- ]. n& o0 F. W0 \+ E) f  k: ~: O
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" Q) Y5 v3 \0 w      2171 casualties reported" U+ L9 z6 A  @- ]
         Squads: 142 destroyed, 61 disabled, O" o0 b! r: ]7 F
         Non Combat: 331 destroyed, 109 disabled
, C3 A: y' ^5 L& G         Engineers: 21 destroyed, 13 disabled
# |, y* G% t* A1 T      Guns lost 92 (82 destroyed, 10 disabled), z4 C) p4 d7 X/ M3 x  m
      Vehicles lost 269 (213 destroyed, 56 disabled)
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4 \1 u4 O; @% ?$ EDay Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 95,143, Range 22,000 Yards& ^. j  I* g, R# Q: I

1 s, ?* X5 r2 N% _Japanese Ships
1 W9 G1 M& k* n9 ^/ J      CA Tone$ }( e. ]: O' l. z8 @! c8 d
      CA Chikuma
. w! R; \' f/ G" q6 Y7 C. R4 k8 T  S      CA Mogami6 v- Z/ n8 |+ _) P3 K( T: w/ L
      CA Mikuma& J5 }4 `% \/ b9 u& K8 t
      CA Suzuya
/ b4 A* G3 n1 S4 K2 `7 c( y0 l& M      CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
3 B  D0 d: j. L      DD Haruzuki
3 O( X# B7 d9 N' Q( Y      DD Naganami; K# O. Z: B. `3 f% W& E9 l  d
      DD Myojinkaze
& z4 D$ E& v- j8 Y" i9 R8 t' [      DD Kosukaze
( W) f6 w, m. h/ r3 L      DD Yamanakaze
- R1 A" P- ~5 _& q) ]; u2 j      DD Urazuki8 x' d. Z7 }1 m1 O7 f' q
      DD Benigumo4 ?* D6 O4 G7 C, j( m8 C! p2 U

( k, m  L0 @, l) w1 }: K( F3 @3 j! YAllied Ships
. P6 E' k+ V6 P% P      xAP Golden Racer
- z3 D# M  ~* a/ L% F      xAP Mallory Lykes6 ]& I! Z, @* n8 S7 k
      xAP Abigail Adams
) S; Y* `2 N( c& s      xAP Adoniram Judson
. q( W/ ~( |% x, _* K      xAP Andrew D. White
$ p* T* O" V3 T. h      xAP Andrew Furuseth
" ?% ]( q$ p5 V; Q0 V$ s+ @/ S      xAP Archbishop Lamy7 w! x, X0 ^$ T
      xAP B. F. Shaw
: v6 s& O! \( G% l6 U7 a/ R      xAP B. Livingston
; N" w6 d/ H) l8 Z; P      xAP Benjamin H. Grierson, Shell hits 2# z6 e( i7 r5 g7 V& M  M
      xAP Benjamin Ide Wheeler: D2 z9 E7 k' u4 C
      xAP Benjamin Lundy+ l" T# ]: g( f/ l& x/ Q! j
      xAP Caleb Strong
' [% n- e9 R" e3 |, p      xAP Carlos Carrillo, m% e9 i, m/ F& r0 D
      xAP Charles H. Windham
9 B- V6 ?" O, t: q      xAP Charles P. Steinmetz
" B( k, k7 U$ h% v% D' ~" E# g9 i      xAP Chief Washakie, Shell hits 1
. j) w, j& W. U( K# P      xAP Daniel Drake
2 {- ^& ^; I8 z& y      xAP Daniel S. Lamont+ {/ A" b9 C7 Z5 ~
      xAP David Dudley Field
6 X  |; g. R& U% ?      xAP David Gaillard
! s; m2 I* R) J$ t5 J' G; c      xAP David J. Brewer
& {) B3 _% s$ ~2 k2 \      xAP Edmund Randolph, Shell hits 1,  on fire
! Y& r: Z  g$ K; V  d1 ?+ ]      xAP Edward Livingston
7 n9 m- U- R1 |7 r* K      xAP Edwin Markham, Shell hits 2
2 S" N& A- q+ D+ m) k2 }) D      xAP Elihu Thomson! o6 u( `9 A+ h
      xAP Frances E. Willard$ W( m2 t/ A% p* Z- X, D4 ~. X
      xAP Francis P. Blair" f4 {$ E0 u9 S2 s
      xAP Leland Stanford
  ^3 V2 U5 ^, j% V! Z      xAP Leslie M. Shaw* q5 h) H! o8 h. [% @3 P- g
      xAP Lew Wallace7 ^9 A4 b) z. r4 F+ d6 w" F/ L3 G
      xAP Lewis Cass+ n$ x7 Z7 \+ ~0 s  ?6 W
      xAP Lydia M. Child: R  h; ?4 A8 R
      xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& @% E" V# n- _$ R1 P' N      xAP Stanley Matthews  q0 T3 h7 B' n2 e% o" R' }
      xAP Stephen J. Field
- k( d9 h1 m6 f/ z# M8 Q& ?2 i' P( d      xAP Stephen M. White9 L7 Y+ n! p3 P% X" |6 U, _
      xAP Thomas A. Edison
% M) b1 |1 v2 j/ M! ]: j9 L      xAP Thomas Nelson, Shell hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage/ E  p4 `8 ~+ v. `2 B# {) H
      xAP Vitus Bering9 x8 W0 n* q0 K/ @" D
      xAP Walter Colton
- J) J' p2 `" w0 T7 R+ u      xAP William C. Claiborne% }7 A% w6 M- u' X# D
      xAP William Dunbar, Shell hits 1,  on fire
3 B' t" {: i  g0 g# y+ j- M      xAP William E. Channing
9 m5 A2 q( E6 {5 w' R! F      xAP William Kent, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
" `6 x8 P; \# Q# k7 G. ^9 s      xAP William L. Garrison, Shell hits 2,  on fire
2 ^8 T! B2 c0 e5 Z7 E* l% R; T- p' E      xAP William M. Stewart, Shell hits 2,  on fire' p: e" P, y9 i8 n4 f& k1 ~% B
      xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ Q6 X7 x. k. }$ Z+ q
      xAP Governor, Shell hits 12,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 u' x. G6 S& z" E# w3 ~% y
      xAP Clan Macfadyen, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
7 S0 b: Q- A0 H7 }  W6 T, t      xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* V9 o0 K$ t0 M9 k( o      xAP Glenstrae, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 z2 P! A6 `" ~' Y) t, I      xAP Dalgoma, Shell hits 15,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  e3 U- o9 o; t+ Z      xAP Clan Macnaughton, Shell hits 2
$ Y6 Q1 ^/ F$ ?* W      xAP Glenorchy, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 Q0 H6 V0 E& n6 g# z# ]
      xAP Harmonides, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 n& x: A8 ?4 G) g2 Z4 U
      xAP Neleus, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires: W' s0 H+ \4 y* k2 G: }
      xAP William Windom, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' E  \2 q4 j, o1 e* R- }) B9 @$ Y      xAP Waiotapu, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ x' _' p8 p5 T9 q) ?      xAP Clan Macneil, Shell hits 11,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
' V9 b3 S# |, n9 c" U      xAP Tanfield, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! [* L2 [4 s6 W3 K, H6 l) E$ \      xAP Benledi, Shell hits 9,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- J, q# U% o) q' N
      xAP Singu, Shell hits 3,  on fire
& \# Q# \+ x; Q/ S& z) ~/ `2 ^      xAP William P. McArthur, Shell hits 1,  on fire1 w2 I$ V5 B6 S2 w  l5 i4 e6 g' c
      xAP Varsova, Shell hits 6,  on fire
7 {( i2 ~2 r% H' \; ?2 z; n# r  d+ g      xAP William Williams, Shell hits 29, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 e' }3 ~+ @% J. K8 d& p      xAP Jalaputra, Shell hits 2,  on fire
' i, o) r3 {. m& J( C7 g      xAP William Vanderbilt, Shell hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 B9 V7 f& c# a; S
      xAP Alice Moller, Shell hits 2
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. V6 w) I4 w  _  DAllied ground losses:
6 c# D. |  h: x! u2 ~      1589 casualties reported
+ @5 T2 S. e: P# A2 U+ s% ~         Squads: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled7 I& X) i! O& V& y" u% b! w
         Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 329 disabled
/ K% u& \6 a9 c! F- Y  v4 E9 e         Engineers: 162 destroyed, 48 disabled+ B! P. B; v9 h: V- |& a4 n+ b
      Guns lost 119 (46 destroyed, 73 disabled)
! I0 P  x2 h6 z/ F" {9 \9 X      Vehicles lost 415 (218 destroyed, 197 disabled)9 z- ^% ?) s1 C4 ]
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同天盟军在波纳佩围剿残余日军，歼灭大批部队! m9 h4 U8 U3 }) E+ J
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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' {( s) }, l% i0 y" q) o. n1 PAttacking force 22781 troops, 390 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2237( G* Q6 m- k( i

' i, G9 Y; p+ A+ ]$ O, j1 q3 \Defending force 21755 troops, 176 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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Allied adjusted assault: 1865
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7 J* m9 H: T7 ~/ t/ `- ^. f$ XJapanese adjusted defense: 57
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Allied assault odds: 32 to 1 # z8 ?: b9 ~  R8 H3 B0 n& o

/ U: U" @! N; M5 t1 y, H! dCombat modifiers
* d# r+ ^% ]  e9 t) KDefender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)+ o5 s3 F4 _, K9 b
Attacker:
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+ ~( l6 S1 e" l2 e$ i$ ]: DJapanese ground losses:
8 m- ]( k6 @8 W2 d% [1 K/ Y      2583 casualties reported8 G; \1 V3 H7 V% L) w0 a4 n7 Z  X0 w
         Squads: 63 destroyed, 76 disabled+ G$ H* d2 Y7 m: N, Q
         Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 143 disabled
2 b9 G" z& i' C1 |  J         Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 E* L1 g3 s) `, t9 J" y      Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)- X8 N9 F% Q/ O
      Units destroyed 1
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Allied ground losses:1 _( V6 Y; \& Z$ q# K: R
      107 casualties reported
: A  w& O/ L8 s0 O$ m* D' _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. Y' R& H2 e2 e- y+ E, S# d6 X% A
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
. ]# L" L- q1 n7 f  {         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled# m6 X0 F9 C- ?/ x* x. l! D
      Vehicles lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)0 p- S! N. Y4 B2 N2 e7 {, R
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Assaulting units:
6 E4 ~1 k6 m2 Q; x" {: {0 s& j, d. k, B    6th Infantry Division0 m2 @2 j/ ~2 E) M! o3 n" |# y
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
. B3 y% U/ s2 J8 A8 F8 }; x- {    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
! C& n; b+ `$ `5 J    710th Tank Battalion
1 R+ ~. L0 ~- G, f( x( Q! ~    81st Infantry Division4 e2 s7 J# V# v4 e
    767th Tank Battalion
- t2 S/ |8 b% Q& t9 E    716th Tank Battalion
4 V% I$ O5 o0 E" K. {5 D    44th Tank Battalion$ h1 ?5 N  F0 \& W2 b: a3 ?
    711th Tank Battalion6 p( L3 k: [7 B& B5 |) ]0 {( ~. h5 T
    762nd Tank Battalion
8 I: u5 Z9 _7 ~) N: _- o    5th Marine Division6 |2 {. v- C+ a% A
    112th Cavalry Regiment
+ x9 T& V! \0 Q( C( f# T( f    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
. i  ~' H2 x  J/ J1 `+ G/ x    706th Tank Battalion
, F0 d/ `9 w. {, M: I: @    96th Infantry Division0 z4 d& i$ x# W, X- z$ A8 p
    XIV US Corps
! {* O8 F8 X: @2 X    4th USA Defense Battalion4 f/ M  B  L- y- N; u2 t
    X Corps Artillery   m) ?8 n6 R, P% g# }( b
    738th Coast AA Regiment
: j  M$ k7 W8 ^$ j% c  H% i    5th USA Defense Battalion6 i. I2 ~* b9 A) Y/ t! E
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
5 o$ i+ D% f0 g0 x7 O3 g) y) j, C    14th Marine Defense Battalion
/ V5 M3 \/ n9 l6 w! ~- {    I Corps Artillery
( X0 j  z, r4 \4 s1 T  S# O    12th Marine Defense Battalion' S$ O8 |7 T+ m" T( V  ^
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion! k% u+ ^6 r' j4 B! p+ U9 ]6 |
    1st USMC AA Battalion
/ A' H8 G2 i8 U& ^- a    35th Aviation Base Force
- J% l* r. R$ d; {+ u    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 U; w$ ~, C4 Z& `# U1 P    96th Coast AA Regiment) I2 \$ W1 O; ~" w  A
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
% I# b, A; d7 y: Q# }3 Q    8th Marine Defense Battalion
' y- w1 `% w4 _' f5 [- ^: N( t    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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    81st Division
+ b6 i3 T' ~4 i6 T, C3 r' q* X. |    33rd Division
, b7 Y9 H; W4 x    Sasebo 7th SNLF" w) A; @  b3 o6 T, {# k
    52nd Naval Guard Unit! e2 P' O2 v0 Y- w4 w
    Ponape Naval Fortress
! k/ @! m; c0 U# ~+ p    63rd Field AA Battalion
, \6 ^: C' r: i4 ?9 R) Z0 n/ a: H" Y    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
+ {3 ^$ s+ @4 e1 C' B    14th Area Army /1
0 W) d, V, K1 C" S9 A. Q6 W    61st Field AA Battalion9 H8 \4 w# b( A. B
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1( e3 s% S) S0 ?* l: x: K
    3rd Base Force
8 j8 F4 _4 A; \; y3 F( r9 C* a1 D; T    Kure 3rd SNLF /1. `0 [. ]' n8 V9 F+ A; S  l
    19th JAAF Base Force' Z  [, B: P/ [/ ?8 _, F# O. U. w
    53rd Construction Battalion" _4 [/ w1 O& ~. J; `
    12th Air Fleet
$ j( R: Z/ T: V    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
1 D2 N$ _7 Y: @& d0 P+ L    18th Field AF Construction Battalion" N; \- V4 r% H4 s
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
) F) [- G9 p- V# t9 g1 I! }    Kure 7th SNLF
0 b$ _6 f! P. P) W    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# I8 u+ k3 T5 L7 M$ z" W$ q    144th Infantry Regiment
; M! _1 z( S2 Q0 j    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment. j- u+ f8 q: v" n) ^$ g
    18th Army
9 R, m+ `2 u# O! |    138th Infantry Regiment. K. _4 P9 A/ `$ s2 b. Y+ C; `, m
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment# }; x" P9 b, H% H  k' l4 J3 W0 C
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!0 T( f6 `4 _7 d3 z* z1 }& q. U  B. V6 J

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4 D' p4 S. X3 r; n/ Q23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!' ?( P! S: T! k, B" _# ~

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20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!
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52nd Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ponape by attrition!!!" Z7 ^2 M2 ~( I1 Q" y* }

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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