lhdblys

两只小白鼠近来很活跃，渐入佳境，本猫馋了

godkiller

按纸面兵力，这要僵持了啊

红叶

波纳佩首日，盟军进攻相当犀利，以较微弱的损失攻破日军一层外围防御。
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack2 m3 J  d; n1 @* a- x
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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8 X' L, N8 l4 u- Q! lAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8$ O" z4 A2 [5 M, _' @) r
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564 ( w( m& @7 d6 s3 o' j0 N

/ D4 I/ c' F# ~- DJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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9 Y- E( `. W8 c2 x; HAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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% x) E# K5 S* }3 q# E  {Combat modifiers9 w: b% ^, l! `) T5 F" Q4 k( v% Z
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
1 a$ M2 C8 V9 GAttacker: , [& }! K! h+ q2 c

8 i# f% l+ ?  N( pJapanese ground losses:
) _- r. {4 r0 l3 s7 h# O      3386 casualties reported- W. j) P0 ^% w; w
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
( }6 K  I8 V5 K* M* ]         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled0 r% t# d4 I2 s  P( p1 x
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
5 y- v! m- q/ g- s$ Q" C2 ?      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
% w9 i1 y2 S: O1 C: p7 E4 c      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)  i/ p( S6 k; K. u$ W
      Units destroyed 1. g$ n' q/ i+ x" F' C6 i+ i, F

4 ?& n; A5 J* J) c- fAllied ground losses:
* }# v2 z! W$ B: W2 p+ Z6 x) b" F( t      5163 casualties reported/ R; D" `% @9 O4 [
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled9 n7 @" O: `% ~# C/ `9 N4 H
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
$ {2 ^7 M( u$ Y0 T' F/ t         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled; k/ N' H) S* G# i7 j
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
( ?$ @: ^9 ]5 y8 Y8 t! e! ^$ o! i& b      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)7 R) k5 r, D& j# p. w

" n' X1 p- ^! Q6 m4 j1 ZAssaulting units:
$ d% B) s  V; E& X0 @    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
' J0 x* f7 J5 V4 _    710th Tank Battalion
( P7 A' y  d! M! m$ K6 ^  ?8 S    6th Infantry Division
- u. d* q. q1 K6 h- z& U1 l    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
6 a' d, q: m: q5 W" P1 W    44th Tank Battalion8 X0 V' W" V% g: x
    81st Infantry Division, E" G/ Y, _: M
    762nd Tank Battalion* c4 n8 P% M3 u/ D9 L
    767th Tank Battalion; _4 c, p! F$ a
    711th Tank Battalion
- m, ~* S" a% x    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
4 X# n& V, Q- z( Z    5th Marine Division
/ b: G% k4 F) _7 R8 v: S3 j    716th Tank Battalion$ Z0 w0 E7 v$ u4 Q* n/ S+ |: O! [8 O
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
: o. w5 S4 O2 r    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion; J( \- P( B& a8 M4 d# J$ K
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 F" V( z* M! v' p) G6 X
    706th Tank Battalion( ~! K  J9 \  X- d/ n" q
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment% ^* n7 O0 H* D/ s! w7 {
    96th Infantry Division
: j  Q: n/ ]+ N* j4 n    31st Infantry Regiment  D" b. q$ v2 h& I, V  M" o  o
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
- t- `% _$ K' k9 l' R0 ^    I Corps Artillery
8 X  ]  G# n. |+ f, @  e( Y! t: S    12th Marine Defense Battalion
2 {5 ~7 g' L- s7 C    1st USMC AA Battalion
) b8 S0 b. n  o) y    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion; x+ b" E5 H; ]
    XIV US Corps
' T% g# _1 U( `& M' {2 H& {    14th Marine Defense Battalion
, ]' A7 C# ~! Q) B    5th USA Defense Battalion+ {+ d( M: B7 G/ J6 z% u
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
' S' R" Y, c0 |4 R$ w    738th Coast AA Regiment
- d; m* P3 Y4 B9 D& \$ M1 [% g3 s    X Corps Artillery " ^" V$ S! ?" n
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment  {) w: I* q( p6 |
    96th Coast AA Regiment
/ g* @. S  R9 r, U2 I    4th USA Defense Battalion( _" H  X2 |7 ]- i, Z
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! C: L' P  q! H2 o  `
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment: ]2 @' H* q# b- }

* D5 b9 \' ^1 e$ K$ e/ f, TDefending units:* W+ `9 L* z# K1 D! |" d- b' T- @* W
    Kure 7th SNLF, n) t& l' Y! v" i
    81st/A Division
0 I& w* u" N" R  o- W    Kure 3rd SNLF9 j+ `6 s& M8 d5 j" H- m1 W
    33rd/B Division
0 L; Y& |2 W5 S6 e6 j# o    33rd/A Division4 y/ V! X3 Q- }) E; |" P/ q0 Z
    81st/C Division
5 [. u2 q7 c; b2 r    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
. w4 t! j: k( V1 Q* W' q+ w    52nd Naval Guard Unit
* Z* i* K( `$ T( l. o  O% B6 h, C    138th Infantry Regiment
+ I9 ^$ B/ X. l3 K( \  E- @9 n: K6 @    Sasebo 7th SNLF# T( b# |% M$ J- W8 a
    144th Infantry Regiment: p! ]4 U# i, B1 V6 ?4 P8 j* e: c4 X
    81st/B Division8 L2 }: T7 L1 t3 f0 e3 y! q) B4 m
    33rd/C Division3 A# u1 f9 g5 ~, Z$ c" `8 v) ^
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
. j- I, E" M, h    18th Army
2 C$ K; A" Y4 O    60th Field AA Battalion
/ W- o2 i) c# h: X    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 0 ^7 f% i$ J* i/ [
    Ponape Naval Fortress8 K4 J! O; Y% N/ a$ d& k6 \* u
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
% g: I/ k7 a0 c  L9 |; ]- W    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion' D: k. N7 ]6 m
    53rd Construction Battalion( f1 q( D) b7 S" w, I
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ a9 \8 V9 X" J2 [2 F( m& s& I    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
& I# {' C4 u! B, D( \" d6 r    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 4 M( l& |  ^3 r2 v8 ^$ D" W2 @
    19th JAAF Base Force; N$ Q) V. [- ~
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
. d- N1 e1 ?+ Q! y" p+ H  v    14th Area Army /17 @' R" b% V( @5 H7 R
    63rd Field AA Battalion7 u% |4 n6 a2 f$ t( Y
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co : I# b0 c: s( ^& ]$ P) f  C& V6 K. I8 w
    3rd Base Force. }; t: z0 @, [0 T* r; [
    12th Air Fleet
! w. ], u, i1 x; F- t; \    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
! C( V( b0 c9 f6 V" D    61st Field AA Battalion
  Y+ L( W. G) {2 [; F% F    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
0 h/ l: ]  z3 f9 H. p    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co ) Z* K7 V* X) p
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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9 f" O; H7 w# R0 h; k同日，在泰国清迈被包围的盟军第50印度伞兵旅被日军增援部队消灭。5 d7 m! `0 |7 V; f- g! q& P* ]
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)! _4 d/ b! m. O# @  @- e

* D" x' y" W$ F/ b) f) jJapanese Shock attack
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9 v6 z3 J% V9 P( t. UAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 17610 j9 ?- ?; ]3 W2 K8 u4 I
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 + x& Q- t) Y- N8 `! u  k/ H

1 W  R& E% {5 |- E# d' CAllied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers. f$ S  N! {, S. c  M
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
' }$ N) K: F; [( o7 t1 F+ }4 |Attacker: shock(+)
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Japanese ground losses:+ _" k# {! O! i& }) m/ O/ `' P
      530 casualties reported
8 t4 e2 A( G* _& c         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
: H- Y) T- p$ U/ j7 Y9 Y         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
; d8 @3 M' c4 S1 I8 M, x, A' A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
# L, v8 x& U0 a% z" s+ M      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)2 s1 G4 k& L5 _0 u) x; F

) j2 X+ X) F) |- hAllied ground losses:
3 p: P+ o3 J: u5 k7 Q+ b1 R      891 casualties reported3 Q! R8 t5 @& H) G* S6 [9 c( j
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
2 r/ Y3 ]" q) _; t7 @         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled  ]- [+ `; H: k+ C& I: @2 o
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 a  _. W, b$ y, @0 y
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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) N0 m1 o1 F! l2 q7 ^, i. r# qAssaulting units:
: U6 z# g, b9 E* @$ d0 i    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade: s# A# ]) e: \9 A4 H/ }! X
    21st Division+ |% z8 Q) e8 P( p0 h6 o% y5 p7 V# I
    4th Division
, `% S$ ~+ K  K/ i4 w# [    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment- c& e. W( o! L  h* K
    23rd Tank Regiment
) `3 T) j/ n" ?) X+ a: L2 Z    32nd Division1 O" f, W. Q& A% T% W* o9 m8 j
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
/ g5 v$ u8 M2 F5 R6 \# T1 \    3rd Ind. AA Battalion: H0 u6 q/ P- [3 F
    6th Area Army
9 m+ z* [6 q4 O2 r    103rd AA Regiment7 {5 w$ E. v: n5 G2 Y: ^" }
    1st JNAF Coy
- r( O# g/ R- S  a% [; m9 E    13th Army$ K7 A2 Z* j: _
    141st AA Regiment
& u; D5 I4 Z) H+ R- U# x    4th Ind. AA Battalion) p% @2 @  m& y, s& N8 }$ g
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Defending units:
) d5 s4 P+ t3 m# J( ?( D# y; b7 ^6 \    50th Indian Para Brigade
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8 V  n$ U" ]3 o+ h8 I50th Indian Para Brigade Wiped Out at Chiang Mai by attrition!!!

wangqifeng

看起来，波纳佩不保了。AE里水雷是杠杠的，可是产量就。。。

lala23159

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华安跑哪去了

lala23159

水雷的作用是因为不许野地登陆而显得很有用， 不知道目标港口的水雷阵，会损失惨重，

红叶

11月30日/ u4 i3 x' B; g
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盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载7 q. K. v% Z8 H7 z; i9 o

, O) Y2 [. h9 }; M( p; nAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
( Q5 b* A. @1 p! F. XDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force$ y) Q  F! X% U7 x1 w+ x) `
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
  Y  A+ a( w" ]. L# c+ @4 q      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
3 H6 y) ?* f( ]: p/ K" N( R: `: ]7 v      LST-811 b) G  e$ ?8 O' s$ `) k
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
( Y5 O0 R1 [: g: K% k/ P      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage# {, W8 g' U& O6 e
      LST-78
3 c+ h2 B1 S' _9 ?+ u' y0 G% v, c      LST 209+ J" |! U5 d" k" @$ a
      LST-889
7 S- L4 c* }9 s2 l! M& \: H( W      LST-246
4 O) |' X0 W- p* D9 K  K8 f      LST-240: S! P; [1 z& L$ b5 G1 [. }$ N; J, S- u
      LST-204+ @1 `# o" F! T4 k
      LST-202
  A0 p; u# N" {      LST-123& _, G( F8 O8 B9 I( D% [
      LST-121
. c/ R5 u# M7 x: d8 p- M$ c      LST-120
% U7 v, F5 R6 n7 r3 W      LST-867 ?3 \" R* g2 V3 s$ |8 r( e+ s7 F# [
      LST-856 T; i8 a3 R: `! |# {4 c; x  A5 v
      LST-84
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7 |  A: ~) ^( |2 xInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
, t! y  Z% t0 D$ w# {& B5 _" j, z" TDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force* b( C8 T5 W- \1 {, ?- s1 W

' d. P/ \) m0 L0 r: ]% a1 K130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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3 Q" ~. m. T  cAllied Ships
& r/ r$ N" B  Q! `% ~, }2 A3 F      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 S; ^' b9 T. S- R# W
      LST-83, Shell hits 35 v6 u' ]% ?+ t
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* F. z) b* v) }% _2 S- S      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire
8 n8 j; V" `' E+ a7 i  ?4 i: J0 O      LST-84, Shell hits 35 i% X9 L" T. b* w
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
& ]1 ]9 P+ V* j; D' w# R      LST 180
5 f4 D. r* r" }/ G1 Z      LST 157
) f( \* H! C6 I7 J) I+ C- ?      LST 2
/ @7 I" P4 v% E  P" j      LST-884! z& P7 M3 C3 M7 f1 n
      LST-882
, g4 \% I: _! q* l% e      LST-397; H: i5 K8 B' ?2 P, I
      LST-395
5 Y- h1 Q/ d( H2 t" `. V/ i      LST-274$ Z* K/ w6 b$ {+ ?! R0 ?7 u
      LST-273
9 F/ w; w: @4 _$ B) F5 N9 a: O, d      LST-246- C4 X# W) H/ d0 u7 G, J
      LST-244
8 g  m: Q. g! P5 `      LST-241: ^9 ~) X% y7 t( t& x
      LST-2181 J# e& v! o5 R# E! Z4 m
      LST-216) K: G0 @& O' S6 k; `
      LST-202
& O% N( W+ m5 Y6 }4 ~      LST-1712 G: ]# _' k0 `$ X
      LST-166
/ Y' u5 `4 F7 k- V( ~      LST-124
- J+ L1 C- ~5 H% @      LST-121$ c. @% _, x/ r# D& G! }: E
      LST-88
! A% z: J! g# v+ q, \      LST-123- U6 b' n0 w+ t# T/ }
      LST-866 `" R/ Z+ Y7 X1 X8 o6 y3 m+ B

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在当天盟军地面部队继续炮击压制日军，航空压制也保持着压力7 {' h- @0 ?9 I: y, v
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)! z: i* I  ~: a: I" Y6 i2 B
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Allied Bombardment attack
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& ^3 t4 S8 c3 o. E  PAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812) L0 u7 c& r1 j( L1 C+ X

8 m( Y  ~$ V1 v0 n; B, qDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361$ c3 m7 B' N$ U0 z

, A" J% n9 F. l( O7 V& }% NJapanese ground losses:
7 R1 q1 X: A( }# d0 P8 l      406 casualties reported3 V2 r6 N) W' s( {  N# p; ]
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
3 n8 l$ M6 i& M9 u: N0 A. a5 y         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
& G2 B) M3 u7 T; X% r& l         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Allied ground losses:
0 `" _1 k2 f7 B& H3 h& x# R7 g' @      21 casualties reported
! f4 _8 n( q) B& C         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 p! n1 g" c  G- i         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
" m9 N% X; x3 `8 c9 L7 `! L         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- `' g7 P: F6 ^. t; \( {      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)+ O; R; t* G5 Y4 l6 H1 x
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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4 q+ v7 \' k  f) ?Assaulting units:3 R/ [3 t/ V( z  ~9 J
    5th Marine/B Division
, V/ y' _* D7 n4 `* ^5 o5 U    81st Infantry/B Division
( W# d! |# H% H0 p7 b, U6 _    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment5 O9 \/ H% A9 j2 U
    5th Marine/C Division5 f( B$ k6 q$ I. p
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
" ^' e  R' v+ C" U& P. E4 E    6th Infantry/B Division% I: L( g6 a2 J# u
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment3 r5 Z8 x3 |* Y! T
    716th Tank Battalion, a% G* C5 D1 W+ ]* C9 w. `
    81st Infantry/C Division8 I- W& {: E. J& A7 q3 c2 C
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion% l6 G& w2 {) V6 E" {* P' c; C
    6th Infantry/C Division/ i' F* _( @9 c5 D/ G2 R
    5th Marine/A Division7 K/ Z+ h& d, r" B$ Y
    767th Tank Battalion
7 s0 q7 f! w' M# x0 C. `5 U9 L7 P    96th Infantry/A Division
5 F4 k( ]( [0 j! Q! }, R' h    706th Tank Battalion
; R" {1 G; H% ?    711th Tank Battalion+ b8 I' j: a3 J
    762nd Tank Battalion9 f8 M! Y6 K; k
    96th Infantry/B Division
* o8 c" X: M, c2 p2 i! o    81st Infantry/A Division8 @& v; P2 _# L$ R! v
    44th Tank Battalion
0 }( z+ X" e; C9 f    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
0 l5 o  P1 C4 f* c3 ~4 `3 E    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
1 T7 o- g  l4 I8 z% Q    31st Infantry Regiment
" m0 Z4 H+ n  x4 K7 F    6th Infantry/A Division! R" \8 e5 u. l8 N1 s
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment/ y* S" R5 T) x' \
    710th Tank Battalion
4 ]: M+ E  V3 E- h1 f    96th Infantry/C Division/ z. R8 B& r6 b$ t
    5th USA Defense Battalion9 m7 g9 x% ?+ l- _
    4th USA Defense Battalion
7 z; N( m2 a0 _' G4 S, `    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion- S- x& M8 @' c; i4 [; T
    X Corps Artillery - M3 e, N1 G# \9 ?* p
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment. F0 _9 k" R" y/ c
    XIV US Corps
7 e+ p/ ]5 F% J9 M" h    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
/ }, z- A' J/ s1 |    8th Marine Defense Battalion: X7 f4 e( x9 }5 o% c* @
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
  Z' n7 Y8 y6 k8 f7 C* F$ o' X, E' \    I Corps Artillery 9 M) i# J  G4 w; P
    96th Coast AA Regiment3 f& n- N. O4 O
    1st USMC AA Battalion
! M9 m1 ]% `% M: ~    738th Coast AA Regiment/ E' U' U8 w) \  H3 \! n& e
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. f9 k% E! t( s! L    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
/ R: U& R" H" h2 q- e( B    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment* k5 Y9 b) f1 R* h+ a: g1 ~- r
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Defending units:
' N/ A7 t; q! n" L    33rd/A Division- z# w5 m; C# A( i8 q
    81st/B Division, g( t/ Y- g6 S% L& _. G4 S
    Sasebo 7th SNLF  [% G+ H  O- B$ m) x( [( \: D
    81st/C Division2 o$ ?9 j( q; B
    138th Infantry Regiment
; C$ e, G3 _/ [; i* I# J    Kure 3rd SNLF
' ]! Q. \  f" J3 J' S6 B# K    6th Guards Inf. Regiment! @% b* Z0 q3 ~& {/ j$ w* y
    144th Infantry Regiment6 c4 i( c( b# h# \8 g
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
. u' }& d# H/ [( V    33rd/B Division  B; g+ T* r; |5 ^2 d' s
    81st/A Division
, o- M1 _! i9 y' I0 a    33rd/C Division
% |: J& b% F6 r2 V0 n5 `    3rd Base Force1 q. {' r: y/ _1 C  w& O
    19th JAAF Base Force
# n# }' j* U* V    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1) C4 A! ?- x, |+ G, j
    60th Field AA Battalion2 L4 ~8 |2 ^/ C$ i
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
! T+ i  \) ~( F" b    53rd Construction Battalion& h  ?6 c# y; S1 ~) \  x. v
    Ponape Naval Fortress# D1 ^. f+ L9 O( h- a9 G8 ^7 |( |  ]
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment4 |: H  o" G3 b* ]! {
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
, Y2 z: \* u, B! O    12th Air Fleet
2 t& ?* B" R( m    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( t- i( t0 ?3 f% V! {    61st Field AA Battalion
- E- y) B# g3 W$ m0 I, i. \    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
% @3 J7 p) a+ K  J: Q! }- Z    18th Field AF Construction Battalion" l, n! ]. c2 u+ ?: s7 {9 ~
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
7 Y8 s1 ^8 ?" j: e9 U    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment: m# a! {0 u, @) C' Y
    14th Area Army /1
$ w2 b/ w3 s9 z8 M    63rd Field AA Battalion
  E% p+ i; d$ Y. X6 [; X$ N    31st Ind.AA Gun Co # y9 f0 f+ Z! R/ R! V
    Kure 7th SNLF
- ~& F) R4 a" L, \  }    18th Army- o2 W9 E" G* @( c, Q7 E
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
. e; d1 V0 o- L3 p& ^- L    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3+ ?/ Y' \+ W' V- B" W5 d
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  f0 v* L- ?+ F/ W! q日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘: v* V; ^/ z- W7 d; p) k
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! J  S  l, ~, n& i# G: Y/ ASubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106* G+ L' W3 Q% S- O$ a
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Japanese Ships
, V; s( N) _% F8 k- m# V% X      E No.54
9 L5 P7 Y( u. z9 ?7 |      E No.50. ~5 H: g. c( f1 A: o8 l
      E No.686 V" o' T$ y# C: C5 V
      E No.52' v1 a- r1 @% ?
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Allied Ships
  j( b0 R- ?3 C$ m      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk) w, `+ N6 q% s! ~# s( v& I
% T7 w9 V" v1 i! Y& \
重创另一艘0 x3 w4 e3 P- J; s0 w$ x  X* e8 m
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: E0 J4 a) R2 Y: S2 OASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
: W4 |) N/ T/ z$ |7 a, \4 l
1 }( A" W8 j8 V1 q* uJapanese Ships
  o2 ~& c7 E( ]8 f1 i4 j9 N$ n! Q      E No.8! p, G8 a5 c0 C! O
      E No.62 Z% P1 ^/ q1 ?
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Allied Ships  n8 u9 h1 R0 S
      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 441 O* s( G& [% z& }/ k  f
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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, Q" c2 t& m4 g% W: U9 c

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: t' y2 P1 r( y3 }; gNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
" D  o4 p0 o7 z# G- {  b' i5 h) a* z, d; V9 c9 R& I; Q
Allied Ships9 k, m" M7 N3 W  M- Q) R
      CA Wichita
5 v; E9 S4 q. w2 ?      CA Vincennes, z$ \2 G# q/ u! v# g
      CA Quincy6 L) W9 f6 Z" J5 }7 X- @* Y+ K
      CA San Francisco# P. r0 e# q+ g. `+ _. e
      CA Minneapolis7 \+ f. N$ F, {3 x; T3 t
      CA Astoria
! ^5 S. q6 Q$ @8 q  p6 ]      CA Chicago. ^' T+ c. R9 t/ u8 x
      CA Louisville  g& a/ ^5 t! q; ?: \0 Y) {! a* t" F2 t
      CA Chester- s" c& \2 h9 D! }1 ?0 a* y
      CA Northampton9 R4 W1 D9 Q. F, D& K3 u
      CA Portland
- W3 J4 n) G9 A" d. j2 x7 {$ S1 A& P. N' v
Japanese ground losses:; R+ |6 V1 {, O8 n
      71 casualties reported
$ F. p2 P; w/ f0 q, S" f* p2 c7 f         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled7 m9 V; p' n2 P1 ^  N0 C0 s
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
( H' C8 b/ M! G( V* v9 Y8 G         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled! |% b1 T9 z. d. {8 F) x
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)' h! v% R7 d% s4 t8 U& y
6 C6 M- C7 o; e9 i
Airbase hits 2
4 h. ~6 X1 s* T7 Q4 n! ]4 W/ z& \9 ]Runway hits 10
; J+ J5 u; J- L% yPort hits 4
) o4 i; V7 P9 e
8 X. {5 Z7 |/ ECA Wichita firing at Ponape # U) P( E. W# D
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
$ ~0 D6 k; k4 l7 s( R1 d0 rPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes9 z' {0 r% h6 S3 Y- q$ w+ g
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' u/ l$ j+ G- e- U, w- tPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy; F/ H7 @7 T6 U8 [" r
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division$ P! q% ]9 s" ?" [9 d
CA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
, E9 k/ V+ R. ]  [- x# ^/ iPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria8 o' V# ~8 j! K& b- r2 H! {8 z
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress0 Q3 H  b# y! ~* D8 D* X
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
$ ~0 A$ k5 C6 ?: _5 L. B% sCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force7 W$ J5 }8 V6 l
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
. P% h8 {  R# S. e" bCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress' Y$ ?6 G" ]0 b& ~- O' e
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
6 z/ a' F0 p+ u* aOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland, W. H$ P% X5 v
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( q% X  k) p$ J* O+ Q2 i8 b

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1136 }$ Z3 h$ u1 Q5 [
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Allied Ships9 n" U: h9 b/ S( `
      BB Alabama( c$ I# d$ ?$ S$ K( s. s
      BB Massachusetts
& I1 I! S$ l# {* w, M" g      BB Indiana7 t4 \; U8 H6 ]- ^& v# m
      BB South Dakota
5 C) c' D9 Y1 K5 Q4 N      BB Washington
1 z' b( l/ j7 I: @      BB North Carolina6 B, o1 b' T/ j1 j. R* e$ d% O+ j( P
0 ^* g$ J1 L! W' C+ M! p4 A8 K
Japanese ground losses:, q' T8 N- P% V; ]; M
      275 casualties reported( s( J; l+ _5 }) g& d" r3 D
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled2 w1 Z7 k7 v! M* Q3 c7 @8 Z/ w
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled4 e& }5 J" L5 y! I% D
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled; X8 t* L/ J! ]
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
/ `1 o* d/ x7 Z, V8 x( p# ?' K3 M      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)+ i. u' K; `  C* K
4 L5 ?; Q( s" e  U
Airbase supply hits 1
% j' D! d! M# o4 CRunway hits 7
9 t+ g$ ^0 O5 PPort hits 3/ l9 E( r8 D: ]
5 O0 s; Z1 S  w# l
BB Alabama firing at Ponape
, T' f4 L3 m5 t* p4 JBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
2 \' K! K. F" o+ R% b/ jBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
9 v+ j4 k. L' L! d( J7 p$ T0 z) \OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota0 B5 r; t! l  V
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape " w; T5 M' N- k7 D5 n2 {7 s2 o
BB Washington firing at Ponape
+ h4 c% i6 J- B' F" M/ f! U' hBB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment3 S% V  ~& t! Z; G: u% }* d
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0 }9 M9 D* ^" D" M- `( V2 [: mNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.# d- w+ P) @! [$ D

2 T& G( s( p! e* m5 xAllied Ships" I3 O7 ~) k: x% m& \2 a
      BB Queen Elizabeth" t2 Z$ ]5 V% Z9 D0 z# X. D
      BB Valiant# v* V$ d2 s8 v
      BB Mississippi
( m0 P5 K: S, r9 e- z      BB New Mexico
1 g4 X7 [: E" B9 l; L% f/ \      BB Idaho
/ ?6 k5 N) u' q+ C( E( K      BB West Virginia
. s& |  s2 `% r) T1 q- q      BB Colorado
  B: t* |* w& h( u
/ B, D; \, d! b7 g# ZJapanese ground losses:
; T1 i3 a+ R' O8 K      117 casualties reported
# d  x5 S7 q" S7 |: \: c1 N2 K         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled4 Y" P$ a! u( D2 r5 O
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
! ]' J5 }' v9 I% K         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 V, t8 G2 o: ]# @      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)' a, ^+ y" A/ F: }7 h
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)+ S+ d$ \# l: A; E4 B& T6 s

# _' ~+ j4 O7 qAirbase hits 26 ]) w: y( C+ \0 S) }
Runway hits 21 r6 B: l$ @/ n9 u& f9 V
, n+ v$ A' e' v
BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment( ]% v* X5 |& W/ R+ M
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment$ g/ S7 `' A4 i! }) @( p
BB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* f8 }5 e* }# }9 g$ C; X% @+ S
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi9 r2 t  T" D. ^6 D7 g: {
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division2 K8 S3 }9 P: Z( {
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force1 V& R  w: c& P% l; @
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho# e* J  L. B9 `2 b, J7 W
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
3 {' P, F! F" q2 VBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
% s% V" @5 p7 C5 Y# O. F3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado" ]! D& B7 i6 a" `
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( a1 v, J5 ]7 a) a( l9 YAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)" Y" S8 M- d; Y! ^# |0 y
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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/ k- I0 S* N& I+ k1 i) ?Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
- I; S* v% s* m; E9 f+ ^Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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! k4 L& ?1 ?' A) l  s* V" xAllied aircraft2 [' i+ V9 F( i4 B% Q* V
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
0 q* `% a# c0 \- ^" E2 g6 [4 S      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
+ o7 X* z1 E- {; S      TBM-1C Avenger x 283/ L" P& e# C  F6 w, O4 ]

0 u& u& x9 f* v- K% |% kAllied aircraft losses7 `/ z: I  n( f6 u
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged4 B, o3 {/ Z2 x; R5 T! I6 G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
- y3 }6 x6 l6 L/ O      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged
9 U. |. C8 ~5 ], G$ v; M5 K* j; A5 b! X      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak7 n; O5 s, R  a' h9 \
  F" `/ d" \! r$ u/ _9 x
Japanese ground losses:" S: f9 k! _5 h: h8 R
      159 casualties reported
' U# ~7 v0 V4 q1 v4 E6 s4 l9 i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
* m4 f. D1 T% |2 H  s, w) g: ^6 R         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled, l" G7 o/ v/ W. U" B- f; u
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ Z/ [1 ]2 [, `) A$ x7 b; G

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0 m9 j9 }7 F- O4 x4 ~Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)7 n7 L8 w% u/ }8 ]6 G# l* C* I

7 M% X/ P  i" ^, q8 q6 l" Q5 jAllied Deliberate attack9 \0 X/ v+ D& x% h2 @  \( E# ~
6 T( K% P5 |% A  \9 m( V
Attacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931; {& i' \/ J8 m
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344" [+ t: `) U9 [+ x, D; O' \8 c) w7 B
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Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 7/ M3 z5 [* M5 M2 n( G$ K& a" X

7 U- Q" V5 @9 r" ]1 u) d& WAllied adjusted assault: 3406
3 l3 z& D! O# `* h
! m& {2 f: ~' F, w( O% T% iJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
- H1 |2 E5 [7 l; I3 l
! h$ f) Z6 W# n, ~* tAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
$ s# v2 t) ?1 Z: y
' |9 h: G2 u1 s5 [Combat modifiers* A0 W/ R/ R4 v: C
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)# v* I7 i% _) _8 P, b
Attacker: 7 H, x% K; I: [
: ?2 a  _; }7 h; ]6 F$ s
Japanese ground losses:
% D, V1 Q; W9 d. s$ B      3539 casualties reported
9 d9 d( y) k+ z7 D! |, U/ l7 Y( P4 D  J         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled+ {3 d0 w! }+ h" M
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled! V  R2 ^7 n& D) s) d/ w
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled( x" p" Q) H9 W3 ~  I) N4 U
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
$ C% U' h7 `- P- l3 A" \4 ]      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
2 x4 A3 [. `% b# M
5 G5 h- {  A2 H0 X. O1 U! TAllied ground losses:
9 I* U) Q$ E( @1 l: ]! t8 v7 `      3552 casualties reported
5 B$ N& o0 Q4 \' Q$ g! }% {         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled; F; s; \0 p! p2 t( h" F5 S
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled& w2 w6 F2 g# R! u
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled% s9 d& i1 {9 M$ b
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)5 f/ P- n$ h5 ~, E6 g( y# E! }: A
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)  \) q) \' J" A& z
      Units destroyed 1
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7 M# l9 a0 g* s* a9 ]/ Q/ hAssaulting units:' c5 m" O. G3 e0 ]
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
# m5 t$ J1 ?9 _7 O    5th Marine Division
6 A, [, l4 w7 ^0 {    716th Tank Battalion
3 R. n0 P' t% P1 H    706th Tank Battalion
; D2 G, b" m0 C* P. U% ^, \2 s$ N    762nd Tank Battalion
2 d  Y  I* \- Q/ S- ]' O5 d: U3 n/ j: v    710th Tank Battalion
1 E, O; f8 j+ d1 G    767th Tank Battalion
; L6 L+ ]( v! _4 |3 T/ J* k7 K, d    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment& G% D2 m6 b- o- }6 Z
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment% S* \5 u# A- E4 v2 C3 {, Z% k
    81st Infantry Division) A0 z) ^! f4 N$ z
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
. }2 b! a, b# G; {    96th Infantry Division! P: v) r: E- U8 d4 g4 O% V1 {) m
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
: ]% b5 M7 F1 @    711th Tank Battalion
9 O' s3 @$ @& _    44th Tank Battalion
! M7 S* f" Z8 D( g- E    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
# c" {* C+ ^" Y5 G- q    6th Infantry Division
9 b% V; `( ^) Q* Z  F    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
: y6 H( P* L) I7 @    31st Infantry Regiment
6 f* ^8 ^  F& n8 Y. g8 T) z    XIV US Corps; Q* q0 p4 b7 c2 X8 i8 P( ^
    96th Coast AA Regiment
2 ]6 ^, I  b1 B: s    12th Marine Defense Battalion
+ `; f; H5 q+ C* n  O& y& k    4th USA Defense Battalion& v8 e6 @: l$ g/ E5 l0 T) F
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
) [6 o4 T/ G8 [1 E# q! ~* I    1st USMC AA Battalion
4 |5 ^; O+ e. G. m$ B    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion1 J4 Y9 A9 C$ ]  \- [, I8 U" a
    5th USA Defense Battalion
* B7 O8 w% o$ T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment* G6 O: S+ v% f, ^7 X" p
    738th Coast AA Regiment+ Y- Q1 a: n0 H
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* U% E5 s7 t2 R; r
    I Corps Artillery
* x# C2 s# S- G" m    8th Marine Defense Battalion) `3 g- [7 M+ G$ j) a& l
    X Corps Artillery ( \: E' N+ V0 C+ \( z& p
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion" q2 ?4 @* V* ^/ ~& d# C( ~$ l8 A7 D8 T
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment( N8 K+ H5 C/ `! [8 T5 n- [
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Defending units:4 ~% E+ @) V3 Q: x6 ~( R5 [. s; y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment: [3 l* R  O5 I
    52nd Naval Guard Unit, k  I) P& P# Q0 r1 x$ D
    144th Infantry Regiment9 M3 f4 b7 T/ O1 k* [+ Z
    Kure 3rd SNLF+ W- W. J0 x3 Q- p/ a" G5 S& f  h
    Sasebo 7th SNLF) m: \% T! Z* N8 p* c
    33rd/B Division, `* \- t4 M+ }
    81st/C Division$ K- N/ a" N6 L, A* E7 p
    81st/A Division4 t% z, l3 E3 f4 c. p
    81st/B Division- Z( I& K+ M, {. v) G
    33rd/A Division* Y# O: G+ U' B( j- p% e
    138th Infantry Regiment8 b4 Y  n8 y3 w- T- ]+ K
    33rd/C Division
& _" ~/ q/ p; v% s, g    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
- k' J6 W2 @* X# \3 f    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion# i3 @* ~! c; n! m. J) P. r4 v
    19th JAAF Base Force
* @1 n/ |8 i" t: a* L    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# H- \8 l& Y1 x) q5 M* S& }% k* R! Z" q    12th Air Fleet
( x' ]) E; z; y7 J3 D    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment7 g5 h& N( s1 Y' M, H0 w4 x, A: n
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
) h# _; j6 ?, c    63rd Field AA Battalion- R8 z+ x$ u( f8 U$ N- M
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment; a! I9 r) f4 H+ H3 P" [
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
. Y9 Z. X- h* s" q8 _& t. a    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment" x: P5 p, ]6 ^+ S
    Ponape Naval Fortress9 ~4 l. W. N8 J: _+ V7 C
    61st Field AA Battalion. X& d! |. ~( H( }# D8 a4 s, [
    18th Army' o4 m6 U$ p. [8 b- W
    14th Area Army /1+ i0 _/ c9 G* ^: X0 Q' H$ s; |
    60th Field AA Battalion
; _: ~6 k- |" M4 @9 Q    53rd Construction Battalion
, D) R6 j$ y0 p) r- I7 p* m5 E2 I% J    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion8 l0 Y# u' w, `% W6 N' J. Z
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /10 X( @8 p. Q  `
    Kure 7th SNLF
+ K0 v9 b) c0 g" a) j    3rd Base Force
8 k' P) m4 g" `, u. z5 \    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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9 W1 \3 y# M3 S& YAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)* l1 c/ z- i$ s4 x
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2 y, F! \5 E- _1 {0 nRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s7 P" o# F* n# _3 L! R5 T; W4 m
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes7 J, B5 l8 w: k: J" c

! M5 J! _" {4 F' n2 ?5 J: X6 _Allied aircraft5 N2 X* Y  K$ ]! m3 I5 t& X5 |/ V. s
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
6 n# p* V. ^# ?; |& V      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
7 X: y; c$ j. w6 y7 U! F  P      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
0 c4 s. e* @8 DAllied aircraft losses- g: q: j6 J( b5 X" i0 t

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协同很给力！

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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/ N5 D  u* G# K/ q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
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships
  j, i4 S4 h4 _% C4 I- h      CA Vincennes( {! p! q) Q) \1 g9 \% k* M
      CA Quincy
7 }) A; M7 c* I% P* X2 E      CA San Francisco
( ~+ H7 u: Z5 u# A) v      CA Minneapolis% \- U' R/ s: F3 Q* C
      CA Astoria" ^& C2 Y/ c' I9 p% h5 D0 V
      CA Chicago
3 M9 w# s! v4 k  |5 ?, ~      CA Louisville
- \$ q. \' F( Q7 k! m      CA Chester! ~" b! ~4 A! O
      CA Northampton  A8 g* f1 x; l- ?
      CA Portland
* a9 f/ P* y! e1 j& I2 I  ~+ r' H8 G" j4 V9 W' _% _1 I% l5 v; F, Y
Japanese ground losses:
/ h/ h  k! K' k+ B! \3 x3 y) N      112 casualties reported
  I5 A4 q5 f) C5 n         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
; Y  J; d# H. @         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
5 i% F6 d% ]6 B- w; |1 i8 R         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled0 s: Q* M& \! h

+ C: |7 S. C0 OAirbase hits 5
/ e4 f4 F: H3 g; n  BAirbase supply hits 2
# C6 [$ }8 j# o% jRunway hits 21/ x( O; f' h1 h
Port hits 7
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+ i' H* t, K; z6 ?) wNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113! T4 Z+ J$ u1 o9 `+ D
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Allied Ships9 f, G3 S+ S+ Z: [: K( \
      BB Alabama
1 T* V5 @6 Q& ~/ \) B      BB Massachusetts% x4 g# u5 D/ _6 s! [) K
      BB Indiana
# P, `: y; n: m; J      BB South Dakota# F+ T' e7 e1 C/ h, o7 A% l
      BB Washington9 p% O( W- S& ~. ?4 g+ j( H
      BB North Carolina
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Japanese ground losses:5 w; j! Q* v" a4 e8 W8 r1 |! ]
      398 casualties reported& H: r7 Y- o8 T& w3 \
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
5 q! x2 h5 m( X         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled4 ]. B7 M" V" n3 `) ~& A8 _
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled- l2 `4 U1 y4 I+ l
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
: w% S, H2 s' U! \6 T) X      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)/ \7 S; s; n- r9 p/ v& {
8 n, l8 X( l4 D
Airbase hits 9
7 E7 p6 Z; t: u  ^Runway hits 9% s8 h: [- V. O3 W, l  C
Port hits 2
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- o# c" |% A# s( lBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
0 Q0 L6 E5 r& d4 {( ]+ \BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape , r  C; g8 ]3 o* t" a
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
/ [. d( w* X$ S5 R6 [) S1 N7 v$ r# NBB South Dakota firing at Ponape
5 z& s* ^9 w1 \3 D8 [: K. X1 MBB Washington firing at Ponape
% e, T0 d4 w  d6 ABB North Carolina firing at Ponape . J6 r" R1 T7 k8 i
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' h! Y) A3 z, M! _Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1139 Z2 T% s# V- [9 N
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Allied Ships: X. I# n) N( x% m) \* ~5 t
      BB Mississippi9 Q5 _# c9 b( V) x  Y- c$ @: w, P1 K
      BB New Mexico
' j: i, P( `4 u4 i: ]; b9 Z      BB Idaho
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( e% O/ i8 K6 @1 p* p( ]8 CJapanese ground losses:
+ T; ]# Y; d9 G5 F8 Y      195 casualties reported
- @9 s7 b# b+ |3 t* q. Z- x) E5 q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 w+ ?" T! J$ G  k) L; b         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
& O- K7 ?  a( Q* d& z2 L  M         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
# b& |3 W5 r" [$ }. T6 @; |      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
" b' p; R, |* I: t7 u! R      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)! S0 W2 Z& {' y" }: n' `0 x7 Z7 ^

) t! f3 C3 C, e) ^3 qAirbase hits 3: T8 ]) Y* _1 O; ~/ {+ i# S' ~; l
Runway hits 14
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% H+ C: w7 n+ B* q# f5 G" p& ]BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
" K# E. _* ?: p2 p- t# Z6 qBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division. {  ]+ |; i! X/ F+ s
BB Idaho firing at Ponape , \# b4 D% D( X5 ]
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)2 Q( b' i# U1 x$ d6 X! L5 w
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Weather in hex: Severe storms, a" H# N8 z' g! F
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
0 c4 o0 l" a" p. @3 bEstimated time to target is 34 minutes/ \7 x! a' u' s4 |! A# y
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Allied aircraft
4 v+ y& C  t0 K6 L# h      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462! T$ }/ T9 ], Q/ i# w) Q6 |
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
# s4 U: s! R) m9 m8 w      TBM-1C Avenger x 286/ [; d- k6 d; p  Q' J6 T5 |

3 i3 M6 S5 d4 f( x( h# IAllied aircraft losses
: q2 M, r4 y8 e4 i4 a$ m7 }      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged) j( d; Y5 ~; W/ y8 R3 G
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak  N, Q' j5 \7 C; r4 r+ E2 G; R$ ?
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged
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* `6 Y" M& N/ u; J: y6 `3 \3 QJapanese ground losses:
/ e$ r- y' V/ G4 @; q% w, b7 N/ [) d  m      121 casualties reported3 a& Y2 ~- O6 r# q" D+ A# H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled  S" e6 S% |) l4 ~0 H% ~: k
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
. i6 b: f" a1 y# [+ h' D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)  u- J% Y8 V/ i% I2 f

5 Y2 q$ W* N1 X1 pAllied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629. T: J, Z2 F" F" Y
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11218 I& H& R7 \( s. C6 _

9 n% s$ C( g1 ]' n* V8 l5 Z2 NAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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4 C! }" p, b" b8 I& f7 RAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6) ! x4 F0 Q0 ]6 y$ ~: S
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Combat modifiers
; H6 x, ?! Z' cDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
* ]1 p& N: I* X; p  w- qAttacker: + c! G: j6 l* c
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Japanese ground losses:& m* j# _- X7 ^! M6 h
      2305 casualties reported
' S7 E7 L* v. M0 R         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled- N6 c4 s( @6 H
         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled2 ?8 J/ E2 ^3 u; m  M
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled5 D( a1 E& b/ f2 ~; E# |
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)$ V$ q1 u/ H  R5 l0 d$ h: f
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:* \9 T5 G% b8 i& y7 ~
      3064 casualties reported9 b  F+ q4 m; G& e3 ~
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled5 g/ I4 c+ Y$ S3 x) X; [( P
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
' b8 L9 B! {. _( j  U% i1 |         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled4 a) O3 H, W0 \9 D2 q+ K
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
. _/ c2 ^+ H3 w! z$ M4 M$ F      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)3 t8 ^+ a1 V- k3 [8 }

* L8 m5 c1 A2 g; GAssaulting units:& u8 g, Z, f  S% r5 z9 A* C! O$ Q
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment) }0 ?) K0 g% s0 F' V
    711th Tank Battalion
8 D* a+ s" ~! i0 f6 R' S    716th Tank Battalion2 v4 g4 R5 g+ \+ w1 F# c  i
    6th Infantry Division: p  H" T+ O: D+ v  m1 Y6 _
    44th Tank Battalion
0 U5 U$ \) `# ?- h# E    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment9 Y, K/ d4 F/ _8 r8 X5 T% N% D4 s
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
; J" @/ Y( J% v7 J4 v0 r2 ?    81st Infantry Division
0 w# K5 D5 K# w2 q" F    767th Tank Battalion$ J$ D! E$ O2 B) N, ]* j. i
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment" j$ g$ X) n6 i1 S8 A
    762nd Tank Battalion
4 w% x6 o$ g. n) N# f    710th Tank Battalion7 V4 C9 k- u0 S5 K+ M
    96th Infantry Division  \* K+ I" I$ Q- |+ w; v5 ~, P% a# k
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment1 D& r% O* \" k- A6 {6 R6 l" G& y
    706th Tank Battalion' ], o6 s: {& P2 Q+ Z2 L) N
    5th Marine Division
% w. R3 A8 |! y" E/ {    31st Infantry Regiment  G9 k- Q, d+ \5 T( [' L0 Q; J
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
; D8 ~' {5 m# Z1 q' [* ^    1st USMC AA Battalion& [* {7 l- I$ K' ?8 ?  S- N  j: g- _! J
    738th Coast AA Regiment% [: S- C# Z; r  H7 h
    96th Coast AA Regiment. V) l3 g/ P7 G4 S- o; P
    14th Marine Defense Battalion+ }8 F) Z* H0 D  H& c1 z
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
: I* k, a5 H+ ^2 u    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 `0 |4 R7 x( E5 R3 N% F) F$ {
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 V6 y% M  f7 T2 c9 g$ I; S# p) Y+ h
    XIV US Corps
; I( k& a) T/ w4 c6 y! C    X Corps Artillery 0 m: f% c: @1 L- F0 F* ?
    5th USA Defense Battalion7 g4 S- O; i1 y* N4 d0 e
    4th USA Defense Battalion) @' x. x' W' C" T. |4 I; h5 s
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
- x' k$ V( F; a* A  L    I Corps Artillery , K8 k/ |3 E+ h' P% S: `& w
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
1 s% _# L- n1 l2 O    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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# _  a7 l: ^7 k! }4 EDefending units:
+ q7 A1 p3 x& D& y9 _! `    Ponape Naval Fortress
) A/ x7 b% F7 ^4 r    81st/C Division
9 v1 n! t5 a& J" f# ~5 I    52nd Naval Guard Unit) I# \. h; k! Y' x; n% m; c
    138th Infantry Regiment
+ s2 T$ v  Y4 p- d0 |    6th Guards Inf. Regiment# h) f( D/ x% W, I6 {& b. X9 V
    Sasebo 7th SNLF8 d6 h1 i) J+ l+ |1 T" ]
    144th Infantry Regiment
4 K+ d8 c" N& f- t: r0 z    81st/B Division
8 N' [2 ~" J% V    33rd/B Division7 K+ \. R7 _, f$ n5 V5 q
    33rd/A Division# }3 p' h! a* H$ v  p: X' z
    81st/A Division" g8 `3 K1 I/ V( u
    Kure 3rd SNLF! u0 o8 z  s" D2 s. i
    33rd/C Division2 P9 D& \7 P8 C; ^) k
    53rd Construction Battalion" A, R3 V  Q( Y. s1 C# X0 e
    18th Army
8 d* {+ _, _+ |1 e5 E    14th Area Army /1$ e! @# Y# w  `/ Y- S
    60th Field AA Battalion
( }/ |4 E7 y& [' {. H0 J/ C    12th Air Fleet' A" U4 X. a# u* s0 G# E# u' J
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
; O2 b4 D4 d: h8 P- t    63rd Field AA Battalion
7 g5 ~" L. n) h0 N9 Y& `4 F1 ^    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
# C$ d8 a/ d: ~* p/ w( J    3rd Base Force  S( S# g+ H" p" u  z& T
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
1 `8 D: n6 e0 T% S/ Y$ k+ J; _    Kure 7th SNLF
3 b% j5 ~  _, I4 D* M2 s    19th JAAF Base Force
* D# Z% k: B6 o" v. g, f0 v    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
" {1 {! o% x7 D$ o) E; j( }9 p    61st Field AA Battalion% r8 K; Q7 n  D6 R# K* M
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
/ F9 c4 G# J% R7 z: r    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment" A" C4 i# {1 i0 w. \
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3 f, `$ R8 B8 M    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
7 Y% b2 h4 W8 H6 S    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 L2 |: {* t3 {' T
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

xubin0892

波纳佩不是决战的好战场，不能上联合舰队血拼，百年国运在你手中！大将要沉住气啊

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 44
4 C7 r2 u& U# J4 K6 E( X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
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! z( T- j1 r# y6 G; b3 I5 k3 L' V% w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# Q5 ?. g* f- y, y: `  c, @$ t0 a
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7 o; R) N9 f( ]$ Z5 |3 J$ FMorning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 ~0 M% W/ K: I+ C2 r1 J- V) b

0 I" O8 |( U" j4 t3 r/ \" _* \/ i+ H- @Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
7 j9 b$ i$ J8 D, cEstimated time to target is 28 minutes( x1 |7 B* {5 v+ k: M
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Allied aircraft
. }$ v; I% l# ~9 b, E      P-38L Lightning x 23
; ^4 o, i! e3 ~/ |6 g/ R5 Z0 A      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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" a1 U6 l+ k) w: WAllied aircraft losses1 X/ N" c9 N4 E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged6 U) z0 n, I1 H. m" d
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak* x6 L( {  p6 V: h
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Japanese Ships0 f8 f8 t+ ]1 q) G
      DD Suruyame7 K3 O7 l6 b* _% ^. Q
      CL Ninaru* `( [, Q0 S$ @: A
      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) N& d' V+ v- @' M  O) b  Q
      DD Yayoi/ h6 Y' C' g6 A# [3 b
      CA Kako- ~& y* N6 n7 e0 E6 A
      DD Asagiri
' u7 W) |- m6 }' ~4 S9 M      DD Ayanami8 D# A0 [5 a; d; R0 ?

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8 J8 \: |  G. E1 q4 CAircraft Attacking:
+ I3 v1 l- ~  K! o5 R7 l; n      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
" S0 S# t8 ^% P" D* n) [9 z% v/ ?               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
! ]. f0 L) S% r5 h( B- Z       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
, n& F( x9 r" j# e( n5 _9 V$ D               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
/ E- Q; @3 i1 h7 Z: R2 Y# f& s' O       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'  [# a9 R2 c* w8 G+ X/ c
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb+ Z4 Y  ]4 m: A- j# I+ e
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi7 g7 H0 H- B  g# }' T0 ~
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi  A  m* b: o1 i: {  p( `- ^

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2 J7 x) E, ~- h2 K  j, ^% }/ qAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)9 w' q' u6 N# b. p4 n4 I

0 |( e% h9 r0 z+ b& T' WWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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5 o& _  |. ]. F: KRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.+ M& h7 H- ]+ @6 _
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes. v+ s" x/ L5 h0 k/ @8 @2 d
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Allied aircraft
) v0 Y2 X6 ~9 Z& L9 ^" p) E, Y      F6F-5 Hellcat x 4626 \# y7 z- N) C% l* M5 v8 ~6 ^! J: k
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3261 X0 r) u' o) e/ L! E* \( j% f! f
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses+ V# N' t4 j/ j/ l
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged
, ~- x, T- p* H$ `      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak! I- \8 E7 u8 B( d/ O3 J6 p
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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& X# g. r. v1 ~- q' [  {8 zJapanese ground losses:* K7 d/ }; M8 |" A! l$ V
      276 casualties reported. _% y% h1 U6 e/ s' Y/ n
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled" G; z4 P) R& a
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled8 u' a/ O3 F6 X9 O
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  X6 X; g5 W" _; w- @      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)8 g, @9 k4 e, Q) i
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263& d) N( d( g9 r0 ]+ p" `" I
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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% C7 [; s3 f5 k) w2 Q7 DJapanese ground losses:
6 [  n* F& H$ a4 i      1082 casualties reported# P* ^2 q1 k+ U  y
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled6 P; l" P2 w6 k# T% N
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
! I5 y$ i9 ~. w# s* \) ~         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
" I* Q% ~1 H1 B      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)1 F# E; R% h8 X

3 g" L0 R$ I; f6 [# s- y6 Q) ?+ |" EAllied ground losses:2 T. b+ @; A. [6 |% W1 a1 T
      23 casualties reported
+ G  M! d* ^' k. z& E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled6 m0 k. i' l: `+ }- m
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled( u: k7 P* |5 D4 N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) v9 T$ M3 ?: Z$ X8 m8 e% S" d. R      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)' P: d: s" ?" G3 |9 v
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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+ V: T2 B8 [/ F1 \; a* j; z$ c. l东京快车出轨' Y& ], Y7 \' u5 G# S1 H; C
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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。6 W! Z5 Z, I8 A5 ^+ F. T0 w* d

) j# L" `9 ?' S% N$ ^4 L" i: s. [6 Z8 G! l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。
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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。% \7 o! M, |" z& B1 U6 u; `
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; l  f' u0 Z/ V7 A' g" ASubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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3 |$ Q. j# N- q8 S' ?5 Q      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk! g7 B# w5 f9 V3 T$ g
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Allied Ships
! j7 D( X0 V1 _      CLAA Prince Robert7 C$ G" H; Y. U5 [. q" b$ v
      DD Saumarez  m  B& R3 ]& s+ d
      DD Nizam
8 w7 a. @% F5 n* M4 `      DD Ellet
9 I$ ]2 X! k0 D8 Z      DD Waller+ R5 F7 s. {. f2 y# {' ^; `. _- m
      DD Walker$ ^2 P$ x2 e1 ^
      DD Wadleigh
6 f9 U3 @6 U) }      DD Uhlmann
6 c: p  A2 O. f1 b, v! Q- o      DD Twining
0 i3 j& u/ a# h/ j+ h. G      DD Twiggs9 t8 w% [9 E0 r4 ^# c: ?. ]
      DD David Taylor' r# a& l' d' f9 Y$ t
      DD Strong5 V* ]1 U/ b: ?+ v2 U
      DD Sproston5 k% Q8 a# d% G& W+ @
      DD Sigsbee
, L. v1 r, ~2 ]; v      DD Sigourney
6 P. s5 u9 {, `5 l# s+ l      DD Schroeder
" |8 k8 N$ G9 X# M# p+ q( i: @! `0 {      DD Benham II
) Z: ]+ H5 t9 ~! x* S# ^      DD Cushing II
# d, _+ m5 y4 Y  Q1 o      DD Urchin
4 C' W; ?' ]7 _8 F+ S      DD Urania8 S8 \0 O* r; m: R- a( j7 F

2 x% D& w2 g# }5 H5 L. nSS I-48 is sighted by escort' v. {# ~9 V  ~4 N! M
DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search# y: [9 S# \! \" P
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....# P& y- i0 C, C& P6 k* D, z+ u
SS I-48 forced to surface!3 }5 _- l; p4 }
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
2 C0 `, Y/ V1 v& f# U, D- ODD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....5 j, ]$ E# F4 @! y+ A/ g9 y
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
' c& O: ]: Z$ g% y& qDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
; w; Q# O8 ]' E' ?9 B% h+ w- a. KDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
1 G* B3 h& G8 E1 ~' Y3 xSub slips beneath the waves
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1 Z+ K' R8 }! `+ {, JNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards: l/ e8 C& L& s/ i5 T
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Japanese aircraft" ~! V/ \- u: u; [8 o4 H2 a
      no flights# ]% n# I$ A; Z2 ^+ d) j
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Japanese aircraft losses
% g" M# `9 E* M+ c" J( z# _0 W/ E      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed, X+ Y- B1 a% [$ S5 ~/ n

( \8 r! D# R5 c9 s% R8 M% L# \Japanese Ships7 q$ `4 A0 |5 ]0 c3 i' J8 |6 B- [
      CL Agano; E" y. m% T; ]1 ]) D
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 27 A+ O5 s% O2 ?# \
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 g; c8 _& D1 e  C& l8 v0 t      DD Hibiki$ I0 x/ l, f* C0 N( e) i
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
0 Y5 W/ j: L* |) U/ V/ h      DD Shirakumo
7 T( k5 J* Q6 F0 r) Y+ T) {# \2 G* `) A2 x      DD Isonami3 u- \; d2 ~6 ?4 N
      DD Murakumo. ?6 k! P0 D- X2 R" a- a/ ^
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk* g  H5 O9 z; [# g" h! D0 X
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Allied Ships4 r* W% r: |- l2 T2 ~7 U0 T$ j
      BB North Carolina
8 h8 E* |: B. N      BB Washington* [' F7 G1 z2 o
      BB South Dakota6 X( }! f6 V. R: `. x7 ?
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
2 X% C# B8 s5 H- |% [) O      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
  t3 v/ B3 \/ ^      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
" z  S1 F) H( N  i      DD Conner
9 j* Q5 S! C' [& r$ z      DD Cotten
+ u% D# [3 K+ s6 T      DD Cowell: H) H  [/ J& h& D8 g9 j3 V
      DD Daly3 Y; F7 ^# u$ i
      DD Eaton
) m4 j: P7 [3 z% T$ X% m      DD Heywood Edwards
9 l2 i; i- M/ D. ^( N/ M      DD Erben& _3 A, J5 z7 x) g9 ^4 D
      DD Evans3 y. S' E9 d6 [( s1 K- V! I
      DD Foote/ L0 P# ~/ Z6 a- f% ~
      DD Franks
4 {" w! Q  Z3 q5 d6 p      DD Fullam* j7 M" ?1 z- J7 O- |0 U3 i
      DD Gatling
+ R2 I' P# ?5 J7 O      DD Albert Grant( d& ]; `# \) ]$ C
      DD Gregory0 N6 ~" u( j" |! s) I# K
      DD Guest! s2 ?+ b- c3 u1 g% T- ~& [7 o
      DMS Hamilton5 u. U, a" n6 }* u) N: c+ d
      DMS Forrest  N1 i  ~6 {  o/ o
      DMS Ellyson
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0 C; N+ Z  p) F5 x$ KMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; k  ^; T$ p) Z. y' ]Range closes to 28,000 yards...
% S2 [/ C" R3 g5 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards6 H. C! H$ k  I) n$ ?9 E' ?
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards/ n( X- P( c: @$ ~# X& @4 M. K
Range closes to 26,000 yards...+ f1 [; d3 @  w; D3 `0 y+ ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards- @! W) `$ |. B/ f9 T: L
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 a* T+ B6 I2 C1 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
2 u1 Y/ Q5 C$ ]9 o4 VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
' p8 a& p5 E5 a! i9 nRange closes to 22,000 yards...
( s9 f- n. p% _: H  WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards+ w" c7 }/ Q( l, v, z+ y) g3 R" O% F
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards$ @9 B- I( I. }+ U2 `
Range closes to 20,000 yards...1 u! C& F2 w1 e! e2 c' I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
6 J+ i3 j& A* G- K# G4 }% kRange closes to 18,000 yards...' \3 U& v6 o  y  o0 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. g2 C5 E; F6 J6 d: n! JRange closes to 16,000 yards...7 f. ^; N( I6 l
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
4 g. Z( J+ s8 t7 \Range closes to 14,000 yards...' t, O' b$ F4 i: r  D: _* I
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards7 V' E& t0 Z3 E3 j( C
Range closes to 12,000 yards...! C  Y2 S( |* L0 x7 S/ x: g( E  |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 Y1 g9 X/ |  |* @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards4 ~2 t9 q* _* }1 A) p; j4 w
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
1 R; C% _& f$ i5 X! {% dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
4 L& o5 \& G. j5 q+ _! m& \. F$ kCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards7 k- Z: p1 J, J# J- _4 J+ S
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
. S8 C$ m% Y5 r) t, YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
5 w7 G2 i: `( ^! K( _) qCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
7 _+ c5 r9 M* e+ p& v5 w* a' Z2 BCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards% e$ |- B' e& t5 \; t4 e
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards6 C" c8 }7 k7 R: b/ `) k6 `
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
( D8 [) T5 @" x: S% p6 e7 P/ ?1 [CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards9 f  M. X5 h# d0 w) k7 w
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards& K- N; `. h- C8 r. u6 d
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
& _  V. c5 N# o) _1 F( |DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
: Q# S8 }- @/ r& o# b/ J6 E, g" g  V8 Y* _: RDD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards9 A3 }4 z1 l" Y4 o3 c4 H
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
$ F& v7 F! |" }+ p! T/ m' ~DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
  K' }1 c: Z& O0 g$ \! v) TDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
$ C' ]- R& _, m2 I9 n& D: r: S* d; sCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards3 t/ i) \& `3 y+ c. ]- B/ _
Range increases to 11,000 yards
- S! P5 R, H5 A1 ]& E" E7 S+ p  sCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
6 q$ b" w7 \( [% E. g0 R3 \3 ^* yBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards
; |$ |4 V/ ?' k9 i5 x9 dCL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
* z% D/ K' \; NDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards
) Q; z% z# U) w: R) rCL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards9 ]5 J& {# v( _, u2 Q
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards! l8 ]  [4 W) W/ c; {, {5 ^6 b
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards5 {5 b! Y' y# [
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards7 k, Q* D+ `2 M$ D# m7 z- i/ r* j5 p4 E
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards+ A" U. {. m9 U4 e/ N
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards4 U/ p9 ?& J6 m9 ?1 h  |
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
) r9 z% O! y7 Q7 l( XDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
( R. q& l, g: U7 E& i+ p/ EDD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
' C# r' t4 G9 Q2 CDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
1 H9 S8 b# u' N+ }1 }9 m  TRange closes to 10,000 yards9 s# e, \- ^4 Q4 \# B
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
5 D) R3 v, P+ W  {CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
2 ^& w+ c! k2 ]/ I% _9 dDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards; m3 `; _' N4 P, _( S9 T
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards3 {7 F  Z- N; d! t) R
DD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards8 T  ?' |# Z' D2 p* c  o' I
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards& u: v8 _$ w: U6 c; X# M6 \: t
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
3 Q6 z6 A1 R9 ?- sCL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
  G1 s0 H# V; ^5 yCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
: W+ S0 u5 x8 TDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
7 q5 u( W$ J3 l3 nJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape8 v) x; j5 l8 l' [( Q0 Z7 c
Task forces break off...9 z; }; c& p2 M0 c
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards- l! E3 }: k. k$ _- R
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Japanese Ships+ Q* g( w  Z4 r6 w& A  y
      DD Hikokaze5 `2 c9 {5 ]* M) Z: ~
      DD Ishikaze
+ Y4 d( c1 t+ I' P      DD Tagokaze
9 f8 r& m$ @5 D" n6 U6 S# `# `      DD Takatakaze
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1 d, P3 G- X: u8 h7 v  [Allied Ships0 p" h4 f* {" }+ s2 e/ c
      BB North Carolina
% o8 O& t) Y" u- \' E! c$ l0 p      BB Washington4 r" K+ t1 V9 o- z! }) N
      BB South Dakota+ |- n! }0 d! q) @) I! z
      BB Indiana! w" z: w, _$ J; D6 T# G
      BB Massachusetts
8 G+ i# ~7 K* v9 b; a( o6 r0 o      BB Alabama0 E/ h. \3 ^& _( @" {( `9 [* x/ h
      DD Conner: Y$ Z# P3 i8 O) g) h' M6 J5 q
      DD Cotten
' ^) g/ W& t( R      DD Cowell
) w, h% [  X* O( F" w      DD Daly
* K0 u) z! p$ D1 t1 {      DD Eaton
0 E0 b+ ^# N  D) B+ N1 ~      DD Heywood Edwards; J; I, o9 N! O& g
      DD Erben0 [+ T* k  q  E3 t. ~/ S
      DD Evans% w8 \& |0 ~! Q# i
      DD Foote# Y" d' m3 R6 g  Y  j8 j: c+ u
      DD Franks
2 b+ J) L1 C! T3 D2 y  f. T( K4 u; P      DD Fullam
  c/ ?) j7 ?7 B: c7 p7 s      DD Gatling
4 \$ _( w: b) `# K4 w5 Y      DD Albert Grant
" X1 `( V, p' C3 X! y7 A; j* q% t6 a      DD Gregory0 C/ K, h4 v0 v) j
      DD Guest. @3 e/ _4 h- O2 `
      DMS Hamilton
8 k/ {% H/ T" V: f+ t0 `& N/ I      DMS Forrest
: M& t1 F' h4 `( a( r+ P- m0 A& G      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
0 x" w8 a+ p2 s3 P1 y- |Range closes to 28,000 yards...
, _8 F! p- E" y7 Y/ J2 v8 L( o0 sRange closes to 26,000 yards...5 B% A0 J6 W. Y. Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards: ?- C2 U- U! C5 q8 v% U, o+ _: U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
. N0 t6 [  G$ ]  QRange closes to 24,000 yards...% H( a0 @6 R8 f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards0 Q: n' |  }+ O# m' C
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
0 ]+ @$ @# g. H5 O0 o+ o: {2 A5 `Range closes to 20,000 yards...
6 p  d5 C9 {; z( x2 aRange closes to 18,000 yards..., d$ w" E3 I0 B+ s# Y, @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
; X8 [* j. S" U. ^2 T8 oRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 W7 Y- T/ B9 z% UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 T5 Z9 Z4 _& Z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards* L6 z9 k+ @# W% B, }! H( Z& X
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' O& K: m0 G3 |6 ^% MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
$ B6 @" v; s: \* F1 i: \CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards5 C% B! u/ R8 K" n) }- P1 l- [) h$ V: d
Range closes to 12,000 yards...% ]! {6 I; G( _: M3 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) [4 f' a& |  z5 G# |- @$ {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
, y* P: x8 h0 K1 {7 a$ e, |Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ V$ w* X3 z6 q/ ?3 |7 m
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
! [5 P2 v" h5 z% o* @Range closes to 10,000 yards...+ M. A5 P0 c  G* J
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards5 H, r4 W* u, ~2 N
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat* l" g" A5 g9 h' _/ O
Range increases to 15,000 yards...
! {; F& F, i* t/ p8 gRange increases to 20,000 yards...3 d! N/ S2 L' B+ ]! o8 A  y* I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, D0 Q3 v) W' T: K- o% D6 W
Range increases to 25,000 yards...+ F0 S1 X" X9 {# P4 R) M: ~' `
Range increases to 30,000 yards...( T; ~1 B( `: `1 G+ ^9 O! Y) A
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
. O, ?6 N1 ^; A& r" \9 e% T7 \Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards5 G6 ]& ?+ A2 Q& Z  Q
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      APD T-1
- c, m! Q' O( B& b      APD T-2, Shell hits 28 v/ j3 [# R; U3 ~0 C- v% M( k
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
, i. w. S3 x; k) Q( V# ^- o7 Z  E      APD T-41 ^' l0 v0 M+ J, u: j
      APD T-5% {7 U, a- E8 p' j% F1 o9 U5 h
      APD T-6  v3 V: m- C! ^
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 L& J; V3 @0 C, v; q& j
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire
+ N" m$ H& l& y* f" B      APD T-9
+ P9 X4 [! o6 q0 t: `/ `+ |% o      APD T-10+ t6 H3 |2 ^) J% ^( v
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
% w1 g; ]# c7 p# |3 R) a+ v      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
1 z% @8 J3 h2 ?+ M+ [1 F4 O      APD T-13, Shell hits 1) Z1 ]3 S# T$ `" w4 r
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" v5 F% @  [* m/ b
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Allied Ships
1 j% g3 @9 F/ `% S' ?      BB North Carolina
$ Q6 d. [9 _0 ]& a9 w4 W' Z! |5 R. n      BB Washington6 ~/ [. X/ L+ g
      BB South Dakota# C9 j5 r0 y1 Z7 b
      BB Indiana: ~1 m5 {, p* \0 G- c; x# g
      BB Massachusetts
+ g1 _, }$ l; X2 C  C& t/ @      BB Alabama; k  X( S# M# _; F) Q
      DD Conner! w0 m! P! g, h/ s
      DD Cotten
! x$ F0 `' f$ l" z. _5 Q0 V3 ~$ b4 |      DD Cowell
1 A- ]1 ]! v2 c" D5 o      DD Daly
" `+ F& h1 K/ }/ ~4 H      DD Eaton
( |, T" P: t6 J; B' H3 a      DD Heywood Edwards" m) Q+ ^# L( V  Z8 @
      DD Erben
8 q, f7 A/ ^7 L" ^6 I: a2 y  e; Z- n# Z      DD Evans, \: r/ h$ \! K* j
      DD Foote
/ D+ k8 g2 k+ |5 G. U      DD Franks8 Y, G8 a& W; m" Y4 z
      DD Fullam7 k/ D: u7 D8 f+ g# M9 m" P
      DD Gatling' y& j$ O9 d( V9 F+ m' j0 i1 r, G3 ]
      DD Albert Grant/ Z+ P& D6 U, P& ], i8 V/ ?# w# T
      DD Gregory* B2 t" `% A- w
      DD Guest
" K! n4 V. J: K' a      DMS Hamilton
  a, s' H/ W$ T: h      DMS Forrest0 [/ I+ R" }; ^6 x- C" h0 m. c
      DMS Ellyson
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5 W7 W% v+ R) v' C1 C- OMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards# A# E  m  k8 c/ u
Range closes to 28,000 yards...4 H) H; U; [1 Q( a9 q2 Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 P4 p3 }  e! @! i  a0 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
% r; S; t) L% G1 a* WRange closes to 24,000 yards...
2 \# U$ f5 f( iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ e1 o6 F4 l" L5 D. n* U2 M
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
; I0 f$ I& R8 D" y3 I) ~# N  ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards9 u# x7 v9 T* I1 H! F. ?
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
& @4 W9 B# n7 S/ B1 Z1 I+ X/ H: e" P8 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
; t) w! y# `/ _. ]Range closes to 18,000 yards...4 h% r3 x+ C1 {' u2 _6 P7 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
, \( }( E& z& U# s9 CRange closes to 16,000 yards...+ u6 C, N5 U( c; ?; P# e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
0 t7 {0 ?6 d7 b8 |" SRange closes to 14,000 yards...
/ G0 F- w) ^8 F, y: k% `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards! w; k- S% d$ ^( l8 F+ x
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
0 L6 b& \* O  Y- d1 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards% K. e- Q2 l& r$ A+ o, t/ [
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 q& [# `7 E5 A3 ^1 T! vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
) k" G: P" D& i& M, s9 kRange closes to 10,000 yards...
. i) p% E1 r& r' }  r4 q7 E, TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
+ z/ h* _* M  c6 v2 A! y0 GRange closes to 9,000 yards...* c8 H; T. o5 O. c3 V
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards9 J1 h1 a' Q1 c: z: h1 i
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards5 ?, }% a+ b' j4 L" w3 B: G6 e
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards! U0 c" b: W! M) ~% z$ {1 Q
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 Q$ P* r  h& R' j% kDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards' H4 n$ v$ Z: ^  V7 ?* x
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
" S2 |8 \) U( k9 S# f2 PAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards: O$ ~! D( N$ f& X
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards. c7 F% m; E& q* \- x: ~/ S
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards! p9 x' d" k$ Y, o$ U: p
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 J. Q2 d( _; B" D! _6 D, J2 r
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards% f, G2 O7 k6 Y
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
# ~7 C" y0 [# F8 `) X0 b0 ~0 o8 fDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards, n/ p9 r+ K. I+ f, G, x
DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* D5 e, U, P3 e7 \( E* V
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
/ K2 t5 E2 f( j: W3 uDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
/ p3 I- }. k& Y1 b, G) P0 GDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards" b! q# v+ I1 r6 F8 X# r
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
+ o5 `2 H; P+ f+ P. {) z4 hDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* e8 n" \: W: s+ G4 L
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards8 m. H, \8 Q' v9 n- K7 O& j
Range increases to 10,000 yards1 c. W- `+ C$ O) v3 |" n1 @2 w$ v
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ M, s  L; r& i2 V
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards3 v; I# d" m$ v8 W2 D
BB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
& C: G' c" }6 ?' P3 ~DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 J- u1 J# r: k  j; ^8 w% @, M
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
; e6 ^' D2 V& r; yDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards' E4 H2 h, Z4 }5 n, E* X/ j
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards1 p4 h& T& V* m! C# p
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards9 O, a) [* Z+ b8 b  V7 c6 q3 I
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards; q# E" t# Q( G
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' R8 [3 ?* e  W9 I- s5 E# rDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
0 f* t! h& O! W! [' x. ?/ ~DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards7 _; O. N- ]1 j
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; K0 n$ [3 Z4 mDD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards% f7 ^! W% }5 G2 W
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
0 W7 D# L/ O; G6 m, XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
( M. \* o$ D' H. Y( G, E: Q8 CRange increases to 11,000 yards- {5 ]' @& d$ l) [' K( r
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
7 F: |, l+ K& U* u4 L; v. j" iAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
$ g. |1 n! d* {8 m3 eDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 ]+ s- U8 p3 j( g3 yAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards7 H% Z9 b- f9 {6 h2 X
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards* C+ h( i, I0 V7 a8 l+ c
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
$ S1 ]) ?* ?+ ]$ j2 dDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
- K  P. e7 e! R7 m% z- xDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards9 W2 {; y& c  ~- `0 u
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards# |% s7 q5 O+ o  \3 Y0 N* C' W, _
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards+ `; t/ w! Q0 B0 j/ {$ d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards8 e, h5 n6 y; J5 i
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
. X1 x' F, g) J" [' m) C8 sRange closes to 10,000 yards; r+ n5 X& N+ L! s
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
$ A  l! u' S6 g4 z5 Q4 ~, KBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
5 \, ~: Z( [0 `BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
' a7 n- \6 |  D8 w% }+ e! ^5 U5 TAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards) o* v! w: s% u# I; R% s' H6 C
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
( \: V$ l+ X4 r6 UDD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
- i9 S1 {$ q- E* q, EDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards, q* v6 N) @" i" K% \9 s! q5 u- v
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards5 Y4 N4 }! b1 f1 x4 D6 j
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
, d7 g( C: Q: S' p3 UDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  \9 ?% [1 t2 U/ W
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards  W4 J, z& {/ z' E8 a
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards8 Y; y9 e4 a0 m6 N. ?
DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; F+ Y6 \# _1 m( |5 Q$ q
Range closes to 8,000 yards
# F, @" k* T& x/ f+ FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards+ U6 f9 {. K+ A# r% I. D1 T% {; C
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards, ^9 l. H( H2 ~! i) |2 V
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
5 L4 ?  s# u! a% J- x* `5 oBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards6 s* ^% h' I& H6 g: G+ J
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
2 @* o7 d9 O( }8 E" FJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& r) w7 t" M6 N1 u" \$ sTask forces break off...
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9 r: `, [% V# y; u( QNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 _( Y; p6 H. P& ?. b( d
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Japanese Ships
, O9 \5 o( e; a2 F      APD T-1, Shell hits 11 k4 d  D+ P" j8 ^- ?4 Q8 j
      APD T-2
* P; C/ I; p% Z9 N1 {2 J      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
* O. \  k2 @2 e! G9 @      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
' `  A! x. [! n+ `$ ~$ A      APD T-5
$ V1 T9 |9 X  {* H/ r) N4 t3 |      APD T-6; N' {% G$ k& j8 f( u# A4 K$ g" D; _
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
* ?+ V+ F& C2 ]/ T6 t" M      APD T-9, Shell hits 14 \  n9 \; W+ R- n( [* U) e" r
      APD T-10
0 k$ q9 x5 O8 j: P7 \  C      APD T-11,  on fire
& n( r1 s" [3 V* L1 Y      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
& I& L- L, {4 v- u1 s5 B      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk1 @( I5 G# d* M$ ?7 i$ \
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
5 M; e4 w6 B, P5 ^0 k/ Q* l      CA Portland
  p7 ~3 B7 m  E8 c      CA Northampton
. i+ e" @6 }" l" [8 V3 o      CA Chester" r& ~* O* Q( D3 `. M, I8 S
      CA Louisville
- L7 e8 z3 d3 ?9 h& A6 {      CA Chicago# Y1 U+ ]" \+ O( X. y
      CA Astoria
1 _; B+ q: X$ R: M      CA Minneapolis
* r! R0 b6 l. Q6 x: c      CA San Francisco8 \3 y9 n- z  o' s8 T8 f
      CA Quincy
: k; H0 I+ n3 b5 e: S" Z* V      CA Vincennes& a; {. c: Y0 x/ r& {+ n( ~9 X! ~
      CA Wichita5 P+ t" E* d- K; J( L
      DD Bennett' P' M. N6 h; s+ p  m5 O
      DD Bradford
  n) Z* l7 G+ i" Z" y      DD Braine
% t7 _( L* p! f& X- V      DD Brownson% h: C" z3 I$ C; ]  u5 l6 g) K
      DD Bryant) w$ n, Q' z" I  V3 Y2 c7 c
      DD Bullard# n; m! Z9 f/ o
      DD Burns  h5 g2 D1 B3 K& Z% T" V
      DD Callaghan
* e2 V, z3 k- R% _& |      DD Caperton
& ^; \  R* q- ^' t0 w      DD Capps' t& _8 q! k* }3 [: P& X6 k+ k$ b
      DMS Emmons% n3 w: W5 f4 r; D1 e# w
      DMS Macomb
% h/ E( k( o$ C, D. H" n      DMS Rodman7 g# N3 _; \0 ]+ j
      DMS Gherardi% ]' J: c, ~0 D6 l/ R
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7 w1 r1 ~! F( E' @3 pMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
( \4 K" W$ |9 }; D: ?$ ?: t* cRange closes to 28,000 yards...
+ i" _- t2 {; e" T$ MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
4 r2 x1 S* q7 v( o6 BRange closes to 26,000 yards...
0 I' X1 O  I5 ^) d- @+ @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards6 ^& C! ?/ N$ P2 [  o
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 L" T& y* O0 A% U: DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards! {; X& A4 f  L' w' ^  _
Range closes to 22,000 yards...5 [4 [/ U3 m" p5 Z9 z3 E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards4 i/ H: V% _0 o4 H2 T# d, @0 j
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
/ n& g! I! ]2 dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
* ^$ r, N6 [2 P2 C/ S0 U2 ARange closes to 18,000 yards...5 v: d& ^' j% j( F2 }- J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 i5 c+ M8 m) E5 A4 ZRange closes to 16,000 yards...
4 G; ?$ V/ ?' y9 J0 h! j) pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards5 g+ j8 z2 ~5 {" x1 p& S0 {/ C
Range closes to 14,000 yards...+ a/ ~9 z& j& D2 F
Range closes to 12,000 yards...2 k5 i7 W2 y: O  _; Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards9 e1 a$ @* I% X3 J7 F
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
6 {$ S- N* Q& M: ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
$ y3 ?+ Y. {' mRange closes to 10,000 yards...
; c7 e! }1 i9 w0 f8 b* ?9 Q6 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards5 f1 V1 s# j. q0 I+ L' V3 f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 r6 A2 u% ~: r1 iDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& w, \% C, m2 \. Y+ ]& E
Range increases to 11,000 yards
( C: j& t& f) B9 c3 bAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
2 {  \4 ?! L0 |2 A& e& }CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
0 g5 u  Y, O9 h: D* b2 dCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards% }, a$ }% v$ Z- v% U2 l; b3 J
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
3 v6 c( p: U" ZCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards7 U+ C6 V9 b3 Q) G. e
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
5 q, y) ~) R9 H1 j) PCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards' ~( f. j5 R5 [/ u$ I
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards: c1 o- \) o& S8 f' N1 }7 x2 `
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards- c0 u/ Q' J: a* x& R
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
3 M, p  p7 w, ^$ j& ~$ nDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
' r5 ~9 K3 }7 s2 S9 hDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards3 m) C. o8 V; V* s7 m
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
, ]& T& w( W% aDD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
1 H$ b' {0 V+ E5 SDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
+ z. K9 K/ R( L3 f* I; ~APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards! {! ~8 x3 ]. J# t# o: c
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards- L5 m$ W: e1 t& \' Y
Range closes to 10,000 yards$ ?6 e" }: |8 n) o/ c. ~
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards/ U7 X' W' g' [- p" @0 P% l
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
) C+ t5 j! ]+ e- Z# zCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( i+ ^/ p) w' Z5 H; s2 N8 c+ OCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
" F* C4 Q1 D3 @1 {! W& v8 a/ aCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards) G8 }5 M5 V" j3 B' E3 Y  D! |" q
APD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards3 p1 U5 X3 m$ a- c; V/ _
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
9 _: p& `2 e: FRange closes to 9,000 yards
$ w: Y+ L( Q3 \; ^# r6 o* b* tAPD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards7 y! ?& S: Z# y* b! |7 R' M/ ?; U
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
% B% @: q6 Q' b+ fCA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* f6 p+ Z  C% p' i2 l! J, _5 E7 T
CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards3 G: o/ a, p# P7 ^" a& w
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
4 i: ~# E7 u1 I) ~! K6 ~" h; ODD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
: n  C7 ~7 ~* x2 h# r" zDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards  b: V2 ~" S( n9 Q& |9 a8 }. h
Range increases to 10,000 yards
" e/ V% T& @- T& p1 ZAPD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
- e. W" V7 y( ~( {CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  G$ I6 v; i. D+ C1 |! w9 tDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
" d! O! U/ _, A& f: \/ F& vCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards8 w" m6 ?; M# h( R2 r5 }1 d! S
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 K8 X0 a* Z2 h9 Z( s! B/ U' b
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
) J7 I: g7 i, c4 v4 {Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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      APD T-19 o( x+ {$ U; \
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire; E5 n) n: u- |. p9 I' U
      APD T-3  J/ r6 N! R5 D& v) s& l
      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk% e$ Y& A4 \9 f: t% Y  o. o% d
      APD T-5/ E) f: y- F; b: s
      APD T-6
0 n# Y: s" t. U% j1 U      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
: h, b/ S: L6 r" Y1 \+ g! i# {      APD T-9
- |6 z. w/ n/ P' J" \      APD T-10
5 F6 T+ Z: g5 Z& @; k      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships( R6 @; I& y: e4 B% y$ m8 z
      CA Portland9 U" c4 J: y/ V, {* E# O6 t
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1% f$ P1 A2 L; c: E
      CA Chester
2 w% K2 Y4 L) G2 d      CA Louisville7 `9 E( ~7 U9 I8 {/ L% D4 v
      CA Chicago
# n0 i4 t7 K, `1 I% c5 f: S      CA Astoria. `1 F. Q2 M/ i$ W2 Z, b. M
      CA Minneapolis( O, Z* N& M. ]5 L2 v
      CA San Francisco* S# m" e8 L7 f+ S! i7 A
      CA Quincy
0 Q/ @) S2 N! V( f1 [! Z      CA Vincennes. N) |4 P# q- d: T; }
      CA Wichita; N; {% b2 A& k" t9 d
      DD Bennett) X. f3 N  Q5 n" P# G% e7 V' }& X
      DD Bradford
3 c% \# Z( d- P; i      DD Braine
9 d8 b0 e9 j4 v/ u      DD Brownson
* t+ n' |, v% V: g2 ?$ ~      DD Bryant% E1 ~1 S& w. `6 x
      DD Bullard$ w1 @) c: _- `: w2 E
      DD Burns
! j1 B% @6 f9 _, u      DD Callaghan
9 w  Y4 f  O  X. G" E      DD Caperton
$ v" N$ ?4 w2 x) `      DD Capps% N# R( z1 m2 X+ E6 o: q
      DMS Emmons$ R! w+ Y. I% p  A! _
      DMS Macomb7 ]! r# ]( p% c+ }/ B$ S! O
      DMS Rodman* l( [  G0 R5 @8 B
      DMS Gherardi
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0 k0 `9 {" e' _- _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards$ {6 Z- r. L( f, C0 K
Range closes to 28,000 yards...* p  P% z- j, B$ Q8 i1 `0 A2 j/ p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
9 n# `, _; M. c/ Y- aRange closes to 26,000 yards..., c6 m' F1 K$ V9 S. q- i2 W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
6 l5 g. C9 R! JRange closes to 24,000 yards...
) u5 D9 n$ M+ n( @+ b7 PRange closes to 22,000 yards...
6 R& j; J: ?- O, r( Y' |8 Z4 GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards+ m4 _& N3 J3 W' O  l+ x% F' @
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
4 T. n1 I8 q5 h. a$ O; o# cRange closes to 18,000 yards...
3 Y5 @/ r3 h7 ^* v, p/ R( ~  j' M, W0 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards' Z0 L; }' @0 _7 u+ v, d
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
9 Z+ W- F9 b1 k8 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards8 ]/ s; M9 S6 b/ [# H
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  q- N) |& Y: k1 w  m" C' r. u" H1 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ b+ i, |4 Q! ?' y' A- F
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) b7 F- D' u/ ^, t, `% W9 gCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
6 D4 I* ~' n4 H, N2 v/ DRange closes to 11,000 yards...
0 x1 A2 W6 L1 R% kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards; z1 o3 t# I) `7 a' b$ X, z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
- \4 B: b0 n7 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
4 `; q6 n( n* @3 ?0 A# xCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards7 v: U# v& Q0 ~& W( H
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards) K! [- ?" M, T% `& `
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
2 f% N5 p2 Q6 g8 U( q3 _* XRange increases to 12,000 yards
, ^( D3 Y  l" S* T8 q( e( c5 aCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
3 O# [* ^3 o# [7 d0 A& nCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
8 g( \( H7 }! @  C- H+ ^5 ~CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
+ P+ Q9 J! i' h( [' W8 R" gCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards8 F6 k8 M0 i% l( y, K; R7 A/ [3 ^
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 e" p0 B% w* E* g1 j7 G; `7 Y* SCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
8 q9 x2 R( ~9 A1 }) ADD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards" Q# v# D3 f: }" F+ z
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards3 X# z2 X1 p6 i1 s8 ?( L
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
0 j; Z7 B( j- }+ o( \% |' oDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards6 g" d/ W  N# z9 J
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards+ q+ X( m1 W5 B, b  p! ]' x6 T" E
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards4 q& r- j) z' t9 _7 H2 X; r( N
Range closes to 9,000 yards7 e0 h% s2 a8 v
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
& }5 P& X+ Q# `# @4 GAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards' e$ J1 ~% [1 L5 _) N4 g
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; z  e# M  K0 c6 Z2 H4 ?
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
. K8 O5 r8 M" Y9 \CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards( v) c3 F8 X$ g7 ^9 v0 V5 S- x
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards5 a4 [' h! m" \* T8 v. ?! W
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards
  j; U- ~7 G. Q5 x$ p+ f$ mDD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards+ i1 o/ B$ q4 R
Range closes to 7,000 yards. T. f7 U) M* v( ~0 J
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards# |2 M9 ]9 r4 ~$ y' t2 y
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards5 r1 T; k! _1 C6 p6 c7 [
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
  }7 D8 N; ]% Q9 x) x/ |CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
, Q) n7 w, H! \CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
7 ^/ R! M* `2 Y. }APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards4 }5 y# M* v: `0 k6 ]7 {: J8 T# p# }8 q
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards. b* J" B& m; w+ D( B9 [- a2 T
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards  \4 X4 ~/ Q; k2 j( r5 y  {8 f
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 m' B* M) I8 l3 A* W. [) N. c
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards2 h) B! N. c2 ?9 W  _
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
3 w2 M4 N# Z5 D& j3 b' gRange increases to 10,000 yards
0 \3 P$ l6 [* x$ T. ?4 E; f# ?DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards; o6 \9 z* m* H3 h; [
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 E4 k2 v8 ]7 SJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
9 b$ l- p$ Q) N: v9 H% yTask forces break off...
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      APD T-1* X2 C0 s1 f& P
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 a, g1 d3 n/ Y+ w" {      APD T-3
8 R0 C0 b1 _' ~* c- W      APD T-52 \6 z0 J8 b) x! ]
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& u2 q. @! J$ y( q5 r      APD T-94 {( D: I) u! H! t5 h2 x  I
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* x9 r& O* z& u1 t9 m3 b      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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7 \+ J) F- R4 A2 QAllied Ships9 |7 T4 W1 G: K; M3 r
      CL Swiftsure* g: d# G% B% V5 }/ R: J
      CL St. Louis& K, L) A8 q! Z8 n( N) R1 k
      CL Phoenix
/ A) d" k# e- d" B: T/ \- |      CL Cleveland
! W1 Z2 c9 K5 }0 {4 u      CL Montpelier
, G' o9 w; w/ O$ Q$ f2 a! f      CL Denver
2 b1 l9 n; j- S2 A9 B; t* D+ B      CL Santa Fe# }5 _5 J# i  B
      CL Birmingham
& G* N( J4 l) B/ Z% m6 r* d      CL Mobile
) l3 K( |9 U9 ^5 Z& u4 f, x& L      CL Biloxi+ N! M2 D" w, m! h( ~3 g! g% J! k  m
      CL Miami
, r1 @4 \3 @) V, x% P      CL Pasadena
9 u! ?% K4 R, c* I      DD Allen M. Sumner
6 g9 v$ A: O5 r  X) M! D% v. T) B      DD Ault$ i! B: h# k9 t- X' W
      DD English
5 V1 }3 D/ I1 }$ j      DD Haynsworth
- _% a% w2 a; [; t* k! \      DD Maddox
) L4 Y* n' _9 F% Q      DD Mansfield
6 U  Y1 P3 I. a6 W8 F      DD Waldron
, ^* p6 B* M' k2 a      DD Haggard9 a8 s7 P# \4 E! I
      DD Hailey
" ?7 u& O/ @3 G# v      DD Hale! e9 w& g% J$ `/ ]0 p; D
      CL Vincennes II
6 [( l1 ]/ `9 m1 P; g: U      CL Houston II6 g( V1 Q% ]7 a6 j7 d" s6 R4 P+ @
      CL Astoria II
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& [" f# z+ l% T7 J7 A2 MMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards) g9 o3 d+ Y7 ^! G8 [$ k  n
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( D2 y3 i6 z+ O9 Z  BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
: Y* o3 h0 O/ M0 a3 URange closes to 26,000 yards...( }6 T3 }: V% x4 v) X4 _. Y4 _; ?( n3 x5 j
Range closes to 24,000 yards...) W2 U% h1 D% ?; m/ c6 F
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
1 X. W+ k* A, [  N: g. l  s; c# Q1 bRange closes to 22,000 yards...# x  Q2 z4 A6 b( z; z# |: y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...( }9 o9 ^& W* j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ I6 Y. {3 F2 l4 d+ `  _, f- SRange closes to 18,000 yards...
( L* h8 P4 [. N6 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards0 Y5 k9 y, ~6 C2 T7 W
Range closes to 16,000 yards.../ y# I/ V) F+ D( a0 Y; V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
2 N% S% y  c! \& l* y6 E- X' SRange closes to 14,000 yards...
& D8 M# Y* `5 ^0 k4 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
! _" K$ b( q3 h4 [9 W/ m% E) _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
" h4 V; ]7 x! FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards& [: ^4 a) K2 G( C( `
Range closes to 11,000 yards.... F% A* _7 O1 d' q2 K9 y+ {; G% j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
( \4 X9 Z0 g' G+ \Range closes to 10,000 yards...
( Q( ~, ^+ y# Z2 n( ?$ U1 N: WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards/ F$ c- q$ A4 r: r3 }
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
" J, U; c: E" g- oCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
- R" a0 t! D1 `0 Y+ w0 c* GCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards/ L8 t, k9 J) L6 a
CL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards% s( M/ K& B4 m* d+ @  o9 w
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards3 h; ?* t0 J. A
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
* i0 H. b2 r* Z7 s; ADD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards6 E  h! \4 X/ D& |' q
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards& x7 }3 ^) v. e; `
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards( Q# o0 w4 c5 o0 Y# P! {
Range increases to 11,000 yards
9 G/ Q% c9 N4 i6 b. tCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ a) |" U6 S$ e" s8 ]6 `CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
0 m7 a2 I* {3 A4 C: Y3 dCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards- T- |; I1 l- e6 o
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards  e1 z( S- _, B9 X9 I
CL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
7 W+ b! C1 i& D+ N8 X  t! OCL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
2 p# ]$ ^) e0 PDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards5 m+ f& m4 P. C8 C7 G1 ?3 ^
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
, k: g6 y( L  \  b& O& C! TRange closes to 8,000 yards
* M( j5 Y, h0 Q6 KCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards! O. V0 a# G$ a4 q# I$ ~2 U
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
% m# I* E# v! s8 W+ {CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
% _' p5 {( g6 L  M4 RAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
; Z# F! ?( d! y2 E5 ]7 T% x; p2 wDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
1 ^2 u; o- G% N6 kRange closes to 7,000 yards
9 y* u# ~8 U, |  x# q: f" lCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
+ a! F9 g" F' s$ a" _1 }CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' l2 `, I6 X/ ?2 G
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ S( V2 y( O) cCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
$ B- D/ ]) g- {; X5 l* L1 jCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards/ R4 D$ I6 n: ?$ Z; ?+ \
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards3 S  w! E2 M/ w! {0 z
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards9 F+ _8 c4 s2 r9 ^7 n/ y: ?
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
$ D; f3 B8 F, C8 C! Y: Z+ |DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; r; }  v0 t2 Q9 n8 H% y% l) tDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
# C1 f" R! l9 ^# F9 ZAPD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
; }; O# g4 r( f$ ]% m1 z' y( S$ WDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
* m; T$ M7 B8 |, kRange increases to 8,000 yards" n' Y# V, b; \3 ]1 b
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
5 f4 T3 \- \9 s+ T5 K& ~* s* _CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
$ Y* z; e! [# Q- m2 gCL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
; q( L' w0 @, X( _  o" PJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
4 F' S9 M9 _  j; RTask forces break off...% T. U/ Y7 K6 U7 F" g
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1 f5 Z* v+ w- l& iNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards, K* u5 v0 q# G, j" b7 d

/ }9 r  k' f# J$ j3 Z' JJapanese Ships3 G3 p6 [' {' _, {& }& k# f  C7 ?
      APD T-1- s+ `/ t8 U. {. b7 S' M% g) |1 r
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk# h3 f' {5 M" K/ k  m
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
5 [8 i( R$ ^* S- v8 g      APD T-5
. P1 }" B* N/ j7 F2 P      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk: L; L: v/ K: H) R; A
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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5 ?% x; ^6 g# k# W+ q) g" O- F3 wAllied Ships, C0 Z9 Z3 V1 F9 M
      CA Portland
! P& O& c' l* m4 t# B/ I1 W2 [      CA Northampton3 T" f6 j7 d1 d' R
      CA Chester6 q$ u) {  d( D- o. K
      CA Louisville% X, N4 S$ B7 e0 [
      CA Chicago
9 _# l; x7 b1 y/ O      CA Astoria% N$ ], a, o6 i. f" \
      CA Minneapolis  F  f: e0 L, \3 U
      CA San Francisco
3 a. Z: |+ i1 E. d      CA Quincy
9 t1 g6 U# X+ m  N      CA Vincennes! b7 t# o. _1 ]. {8 M) U' [
      CA Wichita
! Q* T6 H% V$ E: z( F. V+ R      DD Bennett, u: b! Q/ ?3 C2 ?
      DD Bradford
2 T" q7 W- x* ^4 q# Q! P" o      DD Braine! B2 z3 N8 F) k5 p
      DD Brownson
+ p5 F/ H8 {. i; X2 L. H* q      DD Bryant! m+ }& T& }  F0 Q
      DD Bullard, j+ ~$ U# Q# Z; r6 q6 q
      DD Burns
% h0 W# z6 f9 u      DD Callaghan
& u. ~4 [5 x# R, B, R      DD Caperton
7 p  p" U! z+ u      DD Capps
7 v+ M* X9 Q! j' i+ R: w      DMS Emmons+ t! Q$ p% s0 ^% d/ }; m& ?
      DMS Macomb
: x1 K/ X# F% x* d0 D/ f      DMS Rodman
* [4 x! \! L& Z, p! a5 f9 N      DMS Gherardi
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, @2 u+ Z- x$ |, M- Y7 K9 eMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" k+ `0 w) _# a& ?1 B* L
Range closes to 28,000 yards...- \! Q; m0 [$ s; A0 H3 l+ P9 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 J) j  Y' o2 _3 g
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
. b' `/ @, k: o- G9 pRange closes to 24,000 yards...
. ]# d4 C/ t/ C) K0 bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards  f4 j0 v. E2 X7 R  f( \
Range closes to 22,000 yards...# g$ Z* R1 v' ]3 A/ x  B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards4 ^/ ^. k5 p# J4 ^% |" a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; i# S/ ?: ~1 ~( ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
5 ~+ ~) p% G5 \8 k! QRange closes to 18,000 yards...0 _& c3 K! G% H' p
Range closes to 16,000 yards...9 r6 }6 C0 M" k  t0 n. W1 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards3 z, p9 {" W6 N1 }6 i0 M3 \( n- @
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
3 d" d5 M: O, J( q4 y; ZRange closes to 12,000 yards...
- v/ w. h  h! f1 FRange closes to 11,000 yards...
0 P- H" d% k1 w2 c# D# `Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ E4 z( M% m0 u1 p. J, B: ]# Z
Range closes to 9,000 yards...; b( j$ r+ x8 y
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 {" D( I, _1 P* rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards* e( P3 g( {6 D6 x" g! L
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
3 q3 I2 I. n$ J0 r: ?$ GCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
4 ^1 }  K* v( t2 {4 KCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards$ {* l7 [$ @0 P& I
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
: e7 U4 y4 _% e2 }1 B- OAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards2 H5 s0 R/ M) Q$ T5 l9 ^  W. j
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 H2 {2 n# ?1 R
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
6 ]# f% F  @, HCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards- Y% e& L1 j. P7 Y) ~+ ]
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards" r1 g5 h! V4 |% w4 r  J5 |, ?# k/ ^
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 X$ L' B0 G4 d+ N$ i' P
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
6 ?  ?+ E1 q0 w: z0 S( gDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 i* B% ~: U4 [Range closes to 5,000 yards
/ x  }# W: P& [- M" JDD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
5 A) M- u$ V7 cAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards  y. U* E$ P7 d% V) v- P
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
' o& r# b5 C/ V) lCA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
' _  s1 _% Z" K& w( A1 o' |DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards* z5 K: X9 E- ~' n  i$ i
Range closes to 2,000 yards
4 |& |6 G$ }' RCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
6 W+ M2 V: U, n# K5 K5 XCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
9 |. f1 g, b, w' cCA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
. _- {  \& _( m. @1 N$ LAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
8 H7 N; {  C% }' k/ XRange increases to 6,000 yards
1 O: h+ q, S2 u  a( d1 kCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
0 F% G2 ?) \# @, f1 JCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards6 }, K3 R3 H0 y8 ?9 G4 m+ D8 W- B
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards) n# E, s: L! {6 l! K' @
Range increases to 9,000 yards
0 w: j) n! w4 ~/ TDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards& E, @' c5 @! L7 a, `* G7 T2 {7 r
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards% W7 v& I' w: y! y5 }6 q
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
8 I0 v! H# @: k6 ?' nDD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
5 ~6 d# u+ ?4 ]9 r% R4 }Range increases to 13,000 yards* s) m0 m# U% ?; \6 p, Z1 U
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
  x: v! B% A0 S/ _APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
( l. p  c6 r" }  m$ VJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& G- a5 U# l' {: X$ {" P* wTask forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
9 s. W# H6 U6 D5 c      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
: b4 r0 p- K% C- Z# p2 K  C      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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0 y6 _% ?0 Z5 }* w  Y7 ]* C+ g      BB North Carolina; u* U- F: F) ~
      BB Washington
* Q$ q9 s* ~2 o- S5 h* q: v      BB South Dakota
; u: n& Q+ L+ ]# H2 B5 @1 G# s      BB Indiana* W9 G. p. E$ r! e1 G$ l
      BB Massachusetts; w: d; S4 z; ~6 W* q  R1 W* c$ X! V
      BB Alabama
- T. i  ?7 c( D$ p      DD Conner
9 W  u# F6 i- h+ j      DD Cotten
$ f4 A6 ]! g; e; W* {, M      DD Cowell
1 a( k! e. v! R      DD Daly3 O( H, t: U* [: d: O
      DD Eaton* C0 [8 B  e4 i  t! n, ^
      DD Heywood Edwards: h7 R; [7 z& ?
      DD Erben
: H2 Q2 D/ u% ?# z* u. ], N      DD Evans
0 |& i1 r; @7 a% v1 B5 c9 P1 r- e      DD Foote( `9 a8 h5 ~, i, }# S
      DD Franks
) l$ Z5 C* ^8 h# R# B8 I" r      DD Fullam
7 ?7 I9 S& ?' f- x/ C      DD Gatling- v: i1 v: t6 ?
      DD Albert Grant# |7 I! U1 b7 g# F7 K
      DD Gregory
1 }: h+ p; k* m' [/ F      DD Guest* G( }( x' k7 k& ^
      DMS Hamilton9 g# \) t, F  x" F
      DMS Forrest
! m9 X0 `6 r0 [' a0 p      DMS Ellyson
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4 A3 H& i& v" a  y( z1 l$ U+ g! nMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards6 X2 B8 G% R9 Y3 A7 O3 a
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
  F* h7 G+ e* i( a; l! lRange closes to 26,000 yards...
& b. h6 R' E: K, oRange closes to 24,000 yards...% H, H' x5 u4 q* u, Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...! ?8 V1 [! R, V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: p+ Q; S5 o  O& c  [! O, TRange closes to 18,000 yards...0 \' h7 Y8 x8 b$ N# `% D
Range closes to 16,000 yards...  Q2 w3 L) k3 Q/ {
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
( m: j2 q) L7 @Range closes to 12,000 yards...
/ g7 p- B6 W  x- H6 F0 g/ \' g6 j9 uRange closes to 11,000 yards...
8 Q- t7 l+ i' bCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
. V4 Y8 v0 ~$ {+ L+ VRange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 y. w. R1 J. cRange closes to 9,000 yards...
8 T/ n, l3 h; k  b+ `4 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards! C" p6 b0 y: \6 j3 U6 U
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards% z- W  y/ ]8 }* e! s4 O/ R
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards
3 m: G/ `1 {! TDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
0 [. K. C# p& i5 q: C" aDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
- ?% r7 R3 A( [( n( C, t+ L  ODD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards2 y. E5 H. {& n# I
Range closes to 5,000 yards
9 U; J. u) J6 QDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
8 ]( Z7 R: |. R+ Z# g/ j4 Z# X" IBB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards3 l* Z5 J. _( x5 D
Range closes to 3,000 yards2 H" \( u, _8 X7 O3 i
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
- t% {* I1 ?% w' c* ^DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# T& W" [8 o6 l" N, nDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards4 `/ P( W5 w: ]. H4 d0 U
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards5 B* ^8 v/ _: R* i* \
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards1 l7 j3 k7 f/ |& m" a
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards: S' Y: z$ S4 B! J
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards2 w  g' z. E3 G3 J" @, g
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
- h# p* v/ U, o6 A6 f- @DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
# O5 G0 o* f. n. TRange increases to 5,000 yards
" T9 R+ X6 P; v" [BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards2 T, \8 m9 H0 f
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards2 O) X8 u) I$ k# H* w# n3 C/ w
Range increases to 7,000 yards5 n, u# H5 q9 h+ h4 b
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
8 S- R) _# Y- L" m1 QDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards3 ~' d2 Z* H+ a8 T# {
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
! a2 E" ^( n, G* e+ p* \1 l8 e2 xAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards) v0 @/ p* ~9 ^2 e2 f7 k. o2 k
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
4 S6 Y1 B$ ~- C: e) TCombat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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鬼畜水面舰部队这划水划地也太不敬业了...