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威克岛上盟军在压倒性的优势火力下稳步前进,地面上的帝国守军继续顽强奋战在越来越小的阵地上,当天再次以劣势的兵力抵挡住了盟军出尽全力的总攻。
5 ^" O5 C4 u3 {; ?! e" L. e2 tGround combat at Wake Island (136,98)# ^. p" k3 B" Z2 T- o
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Allied Shock attack/ B3 ~4 [4 Z, d1 N: {( ?
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Attacking force 9777 troops, 188 guns, 207 vehicles, Assault Value = 280# G3 r n5 y0 d! v( a3 R
+ |, b$ y( l; lDefending force 4037 troops, 91 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 93* Z6 c! B8 l6 |/ H8 O* ?+ R
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Allied adjusted assault: 21 7 p. m, A( e7 f6 _! m
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Japanese adjusted defense: 10 6 N Z2 A B. v: w* n& K
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Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
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Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0: ~2 E7 y' \6 Q2 v4 T( z3 v* \
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Combat modifiers
5 [6 v0 O0 ~. GDefender: disruption(-), experience(-)6 r4 B5 g0 Q M* _1 [& V
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)1 L- |8 u0 j# ^2 e
% }) `. }# I* r/ E& e: S. GJapanese ground losses:0 m. R: I$ C9 ~+ L. w6 j) Z5 w
1691 casualties reported. U* {6 m& a" m9 v; p$ h
Squads: 75 destroyed, 33 disabled) U. K6 d& f% C! X; R, K8 t
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled3 u$ Z# a9 I3 e- G7 M9 T7 F5 B
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 T, J; y5 ^5 S& B) i' Q. T! `7 I Guns lost 39 (19 destroyed, 20 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
2 ]2 X8 y9 u! |4 }) ] 599 casualties reported
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: e- v" {( s4 G* m" F Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled3 { T7 m0 W- y5 `$ [, ?
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled; P) Z; I5 I0 G, {+ Y" {1 k
Guns lost 16 (7 destroyed, 9 disabled)
; C, O* s; u( [, u. ~) u" v8 J3 k Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Assaulting units:, e" i- @/ |8 e. M0 Y0 H2 G
3rd Marine Division! N7 P( V: d6 G+ r* R3 m% W
2nd USMC Tank Battalion; _+ }+ {) d- Q% b
( g$ L$ o) U p, ]/ ?Defending units:
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Kure 3rd SNLF0 O3 J# b8 S: B& z0 }; @' P: Q
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
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Sasebo 7th SNLF /1
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