8月8日,在经过连续1个多星期的炮击和轰炸下,增援的帝国61师团联合4个海警部队第二次攻击总算将坎墩岛攻克。这次坎墩的攻略堪称艰难,帝国付出了10多艘AK,AP沉没的代价,外加30多驾轰炸机,以及伤亡上万人。。。在登陆加成过后,日军的岛屿进攻确实艰难,但帝国总算完成了目标,构建了完整的太平洋防线!!
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Ground combat at Canton Island (153,143)4 ~* E5 l! M3 B0 W
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Japanese Shock attack [( \6 I# [3 r' ^, _8 Q& J
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Attacking force 14232 troops, 163 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 523
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4 t4 O; J7 g( Q; ZDefending force 2424 troops, 103 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 70% |4 j4 I+ V2 R; ?0 O' h( b
3 z6 K1 i4 X3 q" H3 uJapanese adjusted assault: 56
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Allied adjusted defense: 3
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; C: v D" E! x' T; w( tJapanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 3)
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Japanese forces CAPTURE Canton Island !!!
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Combat modifiers1 |, \1 p. y1 R5 c4 b8 g; d8 }0 t% p
Defender: disruption(-)' ?/ X0 f/ m: Z; `% |4 R1 i' L
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
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9 d; T n$ |: j, L$ n# ^3 S5 JJapanese ground losses:& t) X5 ~: V- @) [
4744 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 22 disabled
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5 f) x9 v0 v" z8 t! _7 Q Guns lost 28 (19 destroyed, 9 disabled)
* E6 z+ M6 ~% N$ d% U! C Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) v% I& K" w! S( R* l0 ^6 J9 \
2 F2 V7 h; q$ t1 ~/ H% P, vAllied ground losses:
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S% r3 y" l0 t Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled, U% x y! H( {$ ^) O0 U
Non Combat: 254 destroyed, 0 disabled# k4 U( Y' I. a. x; w% s6 D
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
. i# E* @& c% [2 _ Guns lost 104 (104 destroyed, 0 disabled)4 [7 E5 O7 G* R2 B& U
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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c! \7 y3 O$ \8 p1 AAssaulting units:+ t' I/ ^/ d+ y0 J$ W$ _
61st Naval Guard Unit6 [" F0 f+ }8 T2 e" k6 e
52nd Naval Guard Unit& e, V+ d7 e2 \! n: a- j) i% }
52nd Division
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24th Nav Gsn Unit ; `5 a6 V9 S$ @
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Defending units:
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, P' W6 _4 A! G( } 297th Infantry/ 1st Bn /1
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4th Marine Defense Battalion' Y4 t) b0 q9 W6 F1 m
1st USMC AA Battalion8 R" Z+ [# W y2 h! X9 r
34th Combat Engr Rgt /17 Z! B6 C) {% G
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另一方面,骑士桑对于旧金山的袭击耿耿于怀,纠结20多万的大军反击印度的吉大港。。平原地形遭到轰炸的5个泰国师陷入了危险的境界!! |