41年12月17日,联合舰队仍在PH附近转悠,盟军抗议和谴责然后再抗议然后再强烈谴责后,实在忍不住,派出未受创的战舰突击联合舰队,可惜大部分战舰与KB擦肩而过,只有1小队DD与KB交火。3 ]+ `1 g8 ~4 C- h$ S. W
) A2 J- y) \5 c8 {( kNight Time Surface Combat, near Hilo at 182,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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CV Kaga* s1 ?( a+ k9 z3 q% x/ P
CV Hiryu
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CV Shokaku9 o3 x* d. I& i
CV Zuikaku6 g* C4 | N( f3 K. a6 v
CV Akagi, Shell hits 1
, ^0 O8 c$ D8 g+ L5 @2 e BB Hiei
. ^5 O6 n( O1 N4 z k: v& A BB Kirishima) [* Y* x1 k; j7 A7 F6 X) o7 m
CA Tone, ^1 X$ N2 J1 J
CA Chikuma
: C3 k' _4 T6 _ CL Abukuma
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DD Kagero
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DD Shiranui
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DD Hamakaze
% r x, f* ^; ? DD Tanikaze. P2 I5 T* Z. Y# d2 {. b
DD Arare" f% l: R1 C7 L$ ]
DD Kasumi
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DD Selfridge, Shell hits 1, on fire
. h9 f: d& c3 y' K+ X DD Farragut ^4 P4 l$ i5 r9 Z
DD Dewey
5 C5 ^4 c1 ?5 ^( d. ] DD Hull, Shell hits 1
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight$ @4 v" ^" ~' x, m: l
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 0% moonlight: 11,000 yards. e2 G/ b) P* z( H2 z
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" |0 X6 y: u8 ?; eRange closes to 10,000 yards...
3 }3 W' T; m; y- V! v+ A% E3 f# }CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards( g# x: S4 q0 @3 y2 i, n- |$ o: |
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
- m2 d, D. R' m+ GDD Selfridge engages CV Akagi at 10,000 yards
' ^* k# T, Z K0 [DD Isokaze engages DD Selfridge at 10,000 yards
" D- r6 D8 h& [) V. z" U' mBB Hiei engages DD Selfridge at 10,000 yards, b; K5 P! Z# A( |) o; P# X
DD Dewey engages DD Arare at 10,000 yards
6 f7 M: S; A% o! bRange increases to 11,000 yards: D4 s% X# c! Q: ~ N- i6 ^) }& B
DD Selfridge engages DD Arare at 11,000 yards. C* j7 a& `0 i
DD Shiranui engages DD Dewey at 11,000 yards
6 Q( ^+ Q# }' ]/ w/ ?7 ]Range increases to 12,000 yards
7 F* ~; t3 U5 ~$ ^3 v/ cDD Selfridge engages CV Akagi at 12,000 yards
( B* H6 y6 A3 KDD Isokaze engages DD Dewey at 12,000 yards/ ^5 R! W% k% S' ^
BB Hiei engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards
4 S* [7 q* Q' }# l! N/ M3 }+ nDD Selfridge engages CV Akagi at 12,000 yards" x( M6 t7 L( N( G, Q
DD Isokaze engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards, J1 ^" ?5 Q4 p) D( N8 f
DD Isokaze engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards6 ?% s# t: u" l9 {4 I
CV Akagi , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
! {$ u6 S( k, ?& L2 E; B5 ? CV Soryu , CV Hiryu , CV Kaga screened from combat+ L. W' G; g& A, T# Q6 q! \
- escorted by DD Kasumi , DD Arare , DD Tanikaze ,
$ U# N7 N/ B; n$ [( I DD Kagero8 b5 H$ {, P- p% S
DD Hull engages DD Isokaze at 12,000 yards# a& O. ~9 q3 r; X$ C1 {& \
BB Hiei engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards0 {7 m7 G, X! j. v) ?2 o6 M
DD Isokaze engages DD Farragut at 12,000 yards! _# V* G; L; V* p: o
CA Tone engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards
, V$ N$ u2 [6 K3 L- bRange closes to 11,000 yards
w# C, L5 X( i0 f$ j( XCV Akagi , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
; P) Z& {- r- g, O CV Soryu , CV Hiryu , CV Kaga screened from combat
( z. w8 ?0 d" s q% P& |* \- escorted by DD Tanikaze , DD Urakaze , DD Shiranui , S3 u% A, k% p- Z
DD Isokaze
1 n& G" F4 Q7 A! D% J: F& |BB Kirishima engages DD Selfridge at 11,000 yards
6 d" E w8 ^. c; I4 T, UDD Arare engages DD Dewey at 11,000 yards
- `) p4 s( i9 D: n# RCA Chikuma engages DD Selfridge at 11,000 yards1 T x3 w3 ^# Q& M9 w
DD Selfridge engages DD Arare at 11,000 yards8 r# s& I0 ~/ T
DD Kagero engages DD Farragut at 11,000 yards$ Y8 u# Y. _" L6 f
DD Akigumo engages DD Hull at 11,000 yards
; B/ L; s3 b2 v% K( u, _1 sRange closes to 9,000 yards/ k9 o! w' l* Q. z3 y6 X" F
CV Akagi , CV Zuikaku , CV Shokaku ,
* f$ E) D5 S% w" V! l9 y$ J3 O CV Soryu , CV Hiryu screened from combat+ [$ t% l s0 E: K6 A1 z. p
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DD Selfridge engages CV Kaga at 9,000 yards& K% t; w* ?$ U5 N, [; e: B! A) X& y2 t
BB Kirishima engages DD Selfridge at 9,000 yards" ?6 I# { Y7 l5 q, a
BB Hiei engages DD Farragut at 9,000 yards' n: \$ X5 k& z4 C& u* ~
DD Selfridge engages DD Arare at 9,000 yards$ U" V+ X9 J, y8 Q2 a! O( H6 ~
DD Hull engages DD Urakaze at 9,000 yards, p+ ]& C5 b, K, {% {% A/ N
DD Akigumo engages DD Hull at 9,000 yards
5 j" J' y$ \. Q. T( XRange increases to 12,000 yards
, ?2 D7 S% t8 }" P' ^$ MDD Hull engages DD Kagero at 12,000 yards
" K& t3 s9 L+ w! W8 O/ F1 ODD Selfridge engages CV Zuikaku at 12,000 yards
+ v9 ]6 q8 { Q8 m/ E/ i* ~DD Farragut engages DD Arare at 12,000 yards
, [5 C$ I3 _' o, ~+ C# yDD Kagero engages DD Selfridge at 12,000 yards
5 B( s# ^4 d. e# Z% Q5 n) tDD Dewey engages DD Akigumo at 12,000 yards
6 e7 L- C: \9 P/ p' ~2 Y( xJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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1 Q5 B8 M- J# ADay Time Surface Combat, near Kona at 182,112, Range 20,000 Yards* [1 \7 o; N' e, c
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Japanese Ships
r( a9 P, e# f. y5 L i CV Kaga
! [% a# X' C7 l; N2 C6 J8 B CV Hiryu$ ?; U( n: i3 E! y7 I2 @7 z2 F8 I
CV Soryu% y% W' l- `0 Y9 f
CV Shokaku
% Z# d& `- I, l# o CV Zuikaku
, I3 D2 c( \0 \' D1 ]0 _ CV Akagi. \ s2 s! Q$ ~5 ` x0 a s1 x
BB Hiei
* b2 [, `: r. R: {3 B }9 H BB Kirishima, Shell hits 2! p" l }; x. E" F/ M, l: I
CA Tone, Shell hits 1
. O% w& l% a/ s7 `% p CA Chikuma/ {& [* Q7 g9 _9 x
CL Abukuma$ b* i, }3 o/ B6 K' [+ e+ a& [& M
DD Akigumo
# N* Z3 r% L5 j4 p( y+ m DD Kagero
0 [3 T5 f- h/ ^. j: G6 Q DD Isokaze
* I! D% d, t7 C8 F: J- N, _: P DD Shiranui" O/ j( F+ V6 j: m
DD Urakaze0 B* i4 j# Q8 ~
DD Hamakaze# D, o A9 e4 U% q
DD Tanikaze
1 j) i% N& }9 D7 y3 a' D# i3 l( s DD Arare' u: O# o3 R1 T/ o. C) n# `$ S1 B
DD Kasumi
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Allied Ships' Q( h# P' n* y
DD Selfridge, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
, p4 ?. o# G# M' r0 O8 i DD Farragut, Shell hits 1
8 a* ~9 {1 J# O8 s) [- o DD Dewey
9 K6 Q( [# h0 X! P4 _" _ DD Hull( D9 C2 Z+ R0 P* I# y; U
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PH战机已经损毁殆尽,被KB裸奔轰炸。6 s! q6 d( J( `' t
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Morning Air attack on Molokai , at 181,108 & f& e0 q' c7 Z! j8 I+ j
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.& t/ U2 [9 y. {
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes$ A6 J: _4 j w7 }, L( h
- ~! ^$ I# |8 R* d( r2 U" i) {Japanese aircraft
- E1 B: P4 u( v4 e- t( i B5N2 Kate x 25$ E* M& q1 C9 f/ C2 L5 P
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B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
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" ~# r/ M8 G3 n6 vAllied Ships
6 N. ^$ k n+ F3 x3 P* T9 {, U. F' Z BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage- `7 c1 k7 M9 g; G; ~: h& w+ f
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
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$ j- D q: f5 v5 Y. p" RPort hits 72 w3 z b- ^9 V: g$ n3 d8 Z1 @! Z
Port supply hits 1) Y- [: A8 R/ Z7 I
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, U0 t2 \* {3 ?Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 + z/ T4 M8 ~9 Z2 Q
O; S! r5 X. ZWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
$ T3 ?/ y) @+ YEstimated time to target is 25 minutes- T3 L, b3 N0 j4 s- S
" b8 t1 v$ v5 e" i! ]6 s6 p. F6 f0 i. BJapanese aircraft$ \/ \# R! ?7 y, s+ k: O: s6 D
A6M2 Zero x 176 F. y; }- z; s8 R8 B& @2 y
B5N2 Kate x 19
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B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged2 [" E, j& R! `$ A2 q# u. }
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xAK Florence D., Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
2 G% |6 E9 | c. E0 ^$ s BB Maryland, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
% F, c! G, e% z6 h9 Y DD Allen, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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国军收复信阳,但日军从汉口调集了1300战力已经到达信阳左下方。
& O J& k+ b( Q1 |9 o- L) ^Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 19525 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 626/ K/ M4 L) Y4 v1 D* K
l. D2 A* l1 c4 f/ O+ f( x* y8 mDefending force 3580 troops, 28 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 141( }0 ]' M9 O5 k0 l+ k. T
1 [* A- D) _' L+ B% MAllied adjusted assault: 751
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Japanese adjusted defense: 41
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Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 4)
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Allied forces CAPTURE Sinyang !!!/ N: P/ E5 d7 d8 d3 N% ? U
# T7 R; {9 q, a8 vCombat modifiers
% I+ \. p/ W5 n% W0 ^& q( TDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), morale(-)' K: T& r2 x* D8 Y
experience(-)
' W6 a a( e/ e3 I) {4 A3 Y" w8 eAttacker: shock(+)+ S( s% R2 j' n& V! \; x
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Japanese ground losses:
, e3 b: w5 j: R1 f7 b$ k 1686 casualties reported- M$ ?3 X( C2 A; F# y, o0 B
Squads: 40 destroyed, 13 disabled
* R0 \3 \; q- J3 N. T) ` Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 1 disabled
7 f( G! s0 f4 U8 s5 ` Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
# u, s H. a0 `# E. s. q( D" H$ u$ N" k Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)
- n5 ^) _0 C$ l3 T Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
3 e, D4 ^) A! C& F# b1 Y2 }9 f Units retreated 5
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) T) @7 ~. T* Q% }2 W; C2 z1 m3 FAllied ground losses:+ p+ d% `- y8 h( S' o; ?
406 casualties reported( s2 q) D3 `2 _9 H
Squads: 0 destroyed, 62 disabled. x+ V0 a) V0 j7 y$ t
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 t* y, V5 T* Y! Y4 S Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 H; z6 Y: F7 s6 M; T- B
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Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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( A9 g, n" n0 F. j+ M, ^* \Assaulting units:
) b2 Q- n8 U4 j! {9 x* m$ P 12th Chinese Corps& K, f9 f" O, Q
29th Chinese Corps J; U% _* G$ y: h) O
85th Chinese Corps
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3rd Group Army5 f: D3 S' v: S5 T* C+ E! D* }
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12th RGC Temp. Division
( K! @( r0 E: }; e 14th RGC Temp. Division
! V- A0 e1 Z9 N( P+ u% K8 `' I- i 18th RGC Temp. Division
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! `0 G. R/ k8 S5 d: y- X4 e/ O 67th JAAF AF Coy $ U& i6 M; u* N' x
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国军突击南昌,虽被打退,但日军面对优势敌军,已无战意,开始撤退。7 @9 z* c/ M( \- w5 \+ |
Ground combat at Nanchang (85,54)6 n) ?; }4 D. m; F6 W$ ?
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Allied Shock attack
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Attacking force 39510 troops, 302 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1612' o6 v( \; ]: E- f/ M
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Defending force 11531 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 392
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Allied adjusted assault: 1301 8 _" f' f& K3 [" i! @' ]
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Japanese adjusted defense: 401
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2 A' z z" i) I( h; F2 pAllied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4) 3 N% H& J7 ]9 r6 ?
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 15 q, t+ ~1 g5 J$ ~
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Combat modifiers
( V( V, F( X5 E% @7 Z( TDefender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-)8 R* L# l, j) E5 w: c! E' C3 [" }
experience(-)7 A0 {) N5 a7 U6 A+ ~; R1 @! w
Attacker: shock(+)
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8 s; I& t* _: KJapanese ground losses:
, s% r& P* g% C- [ 518 casualties reported
0 X& {4 I" }' b Squads: 1 destroyed, 73 disabled# y/ g4 }: c, p4 v. N8 z
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled4 w$ w& o; P" Q4 B' w& _- z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled. N- ]4 I' M: l# `& v5 a9 h6 F7 V
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2941 casualties reported4 ^. \* x6 x; w. G+ h! O; X3 Z& U
Squads: 16 destroyed, 376 disabled0 K# ]: X* m4 C w9 k5 l) T( U( E
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled. ?1 f9 y% ]0 m
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
5 B$ f6 v/ i6 }* l1 _& _ Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
; K! o3 a8 H1 H) C- W# x: o, ], q6 v+ F 86th Chinese Corps* {( z1 b0 }& b
50th Chinese Corps, H' M/ K* u& z u5 x
70th Chinese Corps
) l- s* p2 a0 O 49th Chinese Corps
" y6 k& U! C8 a l+ e; F! J3 H- I# ^ 28th Chinese Corps
, Z0 u! \- W3 L+ a* J 21st Chinese Corps
! C( V+ \. L; v( ^; C0 `' s 78th Chinese Corps
8 B' @$ S/ ~3 M' g 3rd New Chinese Corps
/ t# k* B! o, Q2 v 23rd Group Army
1 K4 s6 ^" O+ l9 d' U 30th Group Army; p% `# o6 W. I0 J
32nd Group Army
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11th Ind.Mixed Brigade0 l" G: d) i4 l$ `$ P
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