1943年12月6日
9 d( \6 H1 N, S& {帝国苏瓦守军在经过了多日激战后已经丧失了有组织的抵抗,全军被赶至最后的一小块阵地中,准备玉碎& H3 O1 c/ j6 t9 Y3 r* Y
Ground combat at Suva (132,160) ?6 y6 N5 j8 l2 z4 J
1 k0 I# K7 Y4 ~ t% K6 y, e; SAllied Shock attack
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5 s# v% s# Y" o/ lAttacking force 78944 troops, 1592 guns, 2590 vehicles, Assault Value = 3118: \' Y) S% r1 {# W$ X
6 I8 L# E E& e9 `Defending force 23035 troops, 228 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 157
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Allied adjusted assault: 2475
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# Y* n- L2 h. t8 B: _; aJapanese adjusted defense: 295 8 O% H( @* e2 c/ \( b( s" L5 D1 b& {
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Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4)
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( c5 ^1 }: ~3 N/ oAllied forces CAPTURE Suva !!!
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5 X- K0 f3 U! R; {: q4 GCombat modifiers4 I: ^6 H0 b5 x6 R4 C7 @
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)& u# f7 y# e+ Z- ?4 d( V( z( B
Attacker: shock(+)6 H: w" N D7 C! ?9 U
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Japanese ground losses:# ?7 a) d3 `4 ]/ J
5690 casualties reported
* u* L F$ U3 D$ l9 G! | Squads: 99 destroyed, 69 disabled0 e" _! b# \; ~7 ?, Z; z
Non Combat: 355 destroyed, 175 disabled
. `1 n1 B$ ~4 G5 o Engineers: 255 destroyed, 26 disabled
* y |% L1 C+ ^2 p2 |$ ]4 | Guns lost 160 (115 destroyed, 45 disabled)
7 ^3 I x( B% ?8 H$ U, s) S Vehicles lost 122 (120 destroyed, 2 disabled)
7 H6 @3 p6 d/ G8 t5 A9 L7 M Units destroyed 12 E4 L; B9 X4 }+ M
! j. i/ N8 w2 Q U* W% S# T) AAllied ground losses:5 }2 J/ E# P1 q! H* `0 \
1050 casualties reported8 N- [+ g6 z$ R% j( k p0 ]7 Y$ s, [
Squads: 2 destroyed, 95 disabled/ G: j) G$ {! G- x' _
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled, v6 v- e9 i* q# r+ w6 i( s
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled1 a( Q! x" v5 D+ u4 \
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Assaulting units:) j# R# e7 q4 J: ]& Y2 V
33rd Infantry Division
J. }3 |' } X. ]' { 2nd NZ Division' T W: d- R' C2 a
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Q) J+ n0 R/ B. {& r
131st Combat Engineer Regiment( R$ b( [- p& h
3rd Carabiniers Regiment+ K' C4 C- n4 l8 n5 I1 ]
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
* f; _# L- k. g! P( c 150th RAC Regiment# A8 }/ f, F6 s# q7 q
50th Tank Brigade3 X# f5 g1 j" u! l
24th Infantry Division3 u' N @% e, ^8 @$ i
255th Armoured Brigade* n" y% l2 t3 t! C+ b; r9 s
2nd Marine Division7 k9 d0 y: r2 e( T
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division3 w& f; g$ x! g3 J
1st USMC Amphb Tank Battalion8 W* l% N: s/ q0 [/ E
10th Indian Division
( S' C+ c- \3 ]& v+ Z9 h/ o 20th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 Z- Z# Q7 W8 T! P7 Q$ c
XXXIII Indian Corps
1 H6 ^+ C; E3 T3 z+ K- K2 g; l 226th Field Artillery Battalion9 w) p1 i( L, }, s. a: a* U- V8 R6 A8 R
South Pacific
8 }) u- G( A* V+ X9 n% o5 D' U* P 23rd USN Naval Construction Regiment. |3 g: r8 p" i
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Defending units:# T) v* Y& ~0 \
16th Garrison Unit
$ f6 Z t6 q0 k! S1 U$ K Kure 5th SNLF
, b& X7 Q. x1 z% l" v \0 @ 87th Naval Guard Unit
& G% L5 g9 g% a1 L 10th JNAF AF Unit . y0 Y# u0 d) P
Southeast Area Fleet2 ?: _) d H) M
24th Air Defense AA Regiment% \! t/ {( Z# a$ A3 Z
6th Naval Construction Battalion
5 G. v8 M# ?4 n# B 105th JAAF AF Bn
. x6 `" D/ O( O% W8 f8 P+ y6 \! g 13th JAAF AF Bn N1 O' ~1 L& d8 Q* e
4th Fleet3 F" Y# R# m2 E9 Z+ y7 H" r
26th Air Defense AA Regiment+ _+ f0 `3 E8 |$ W& t6 W- w" f9 F9 q) a
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment, d( l* W, a, [4 A! A7 a
4th Field AF Construction Battalion9 d0 B% T- Q: C: l. }1 z! E! G0 L
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
2 y) B! c4 Q! C2 T 49th JNAF AF Unit
) {' |7 }5 O' ^, ^ 1st Air Army
9 }. u# T1 p, _ ^- R 111th Naval Construction Battalion
, U8 g* y3 z ]% B1 Z 39th Field AA Machinecannon Company
8 i+ S/ n! |+ h1 D 15th JNAF AF Unit
" p7 K# Q& _3 R# B' h4 X 2nd JAAF Base Force7 [7 q1 m* p# z6 c# [) x
52nd JNAF AF Unit % j9 [+ Z1 I" k& T! F5 `9 j- F
28th JNAF AF Unit ) ?' R. c* ?# t/ O
2nd Provisional Base Force, W+ i3 ]. ~8 W
18th JAAF Base Force /6 |