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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5 m/ N5 j( [' |, JGround combat at Ponape (119,113)% ?. f  x; p2 ~1 E# L
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Allied Deliberate attack
7 D( g# J; \! c- g, [6 ?$ q
+ |; j- F+ [5 Z+ f# n) bAttacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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' B; {# ~. }7 e) |, P# h( @& kDefending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 15815 K, B+ M+ I2 c  j' O% a4 T
+ B% }* a, B4 ^" }; A7 t
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 86 Q) Z8 R( \9 X# E% C

+ i& A6 _7 J8 R" J* H& {/ nAllied adjusted assault: 3564 . Y5 V1 N# |- p0 @5 r

4 |! |$ i8 w4 W9 OJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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' L/ T1 k5 I. }# M! DAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
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5 Y( y' }( b% l" D& w; W! iCombat modifiers
$ {( B/ c) n, o3 ^Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)( e/ W% K' B) s9 {. l
Attacker: ! u, T" I0 J# q5 V5 n1 k
* p2 Z% A+ |; Z) K
Japanese ground losses:
) X: f% q. p+ I0 p1 b! z      3386 casualties reported3 E+ Q  c2 D) c
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled
+ h" r. \9 r/ F5 M# v& @         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled2 o& v: K( W) ~5 U: N- h! d0 h# M4 k
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled% u: P9 W! J+ m
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)
" _5 X3 S( R- I5 K) k* C      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
9 Y9 s/ r* i$ q9 H      Units destroyed 1( E) o* ?/ F  r; v5 s0 u

; ^0 R# C" L" Z5 Q4 dAllied ground losses:: X5 c8 @- z& l+ c
      5163 casualties reported7 f9 G, ?, h4 }/ x, S9 S0 t
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
& W' }* i/ P! }/ G# ^! G         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
; P" R0 d4 \' \. ^. Z4 r         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
2 v) `- D) ]# t2 i6 P. X      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)
3 K: w& V; I. f+ C6 V: W, U      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)6 a: L7 m% X; G9 k4 C3 N4 T

- p, `" s" j/ W- C  k+ r7 T9 `Assaulting units:
- L! w: E9 D& w/ ^( A( ]6 B    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion( H/ D/ S  x& p6 H3 n
    710th Tank Battalion: k- O% a1 U+ p/ U. B
    6th Infantry Division
8 j7 _# p4 u" B3 ^    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
: Z: K) M) f  j6 v: M: b    44th Tank Battalion0 x. V, |1 B: ?& s, v2 Q0 Q7 U
    81st Infantry Division
4 f& _4 c8 q7 w2 W7 I- M$ q    762nd Tank Battalion
( K1 n5 M; r( B$ h3 `' I5 S    767th Tank Battalion
9 v, ~+ e  y8 B" A$ c    711th Tank Battalion+ e. b5 [; S4 x9 [
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment: R$ s, [' @2 e  o- B
    5th Marine Division" @) G* z! Z* I$ k4 K2 V: H
    716th Tank Battalion
3 _; @  Z+ C1 n3 ]& d, k  ^    1st Filipino Inf Regiment, k; a5 N7 o" E9 t+ Q* J0 n+ J- O
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
5 q1 d0 G+ `; @" t6 b) J- l    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment$ A" g" o6 v( S' D8 t
    706th Tank Battalion+ Y9 ?0 S$ Z7 s
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
" L. c7 o# a$ k8 ~$ L* V' }    96th Infantry Division% y& i9 A. u5 b( m% K/ e
    31st Infantry Regiment
$ L( d6 n+ }3 \    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 F: C6 f3 y( P    I Corps Artillery
9 G; ~0 ?2 s9 u2 d/ f    12th Marine Defense Battalion8 V3 K2 R/ [9 t5 B) _
    1st USMC AA Battalion
$ B, Q% x# |1 ?( d  d# d1 u    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
7 H3 G7 Z) n# K% ]$ `, ]  k1 K/ J" f$ {- ]    XIV US Corps
* L, h* B/ f' x; N  r+ q    14th Marine Defense Battalion
% T/ K( `3 e% {" E2 [    5th USA Defense Battalion* q0 _7 x; L% Z  r1 l
    8th Marine Defense Battalion5 O; `  T- H4 R8 l8 V
    738th Coast AA Regiment
* {* u% G4 i8 j# [. ?    X Corps Artillery
) r5 U( t2 W9 T# E$ @. m    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment: o- N3 X- l" x7 k
    96th Coast AA Regiment
# }1 q- F7 }& n3 M- d' b, z    4th USA Defense Battalion
- H3 U/ j, d$ c    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment; ~- R& ], p$ C, R
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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# Y% C1 D3 @" |* fDefending units:
. R4 K- K& C; C! ~$ v+ Y    Kure 7th SNLF' l% T$ h  ]* H
    81st/A Division
* I# a. \- k( e( A6 v0 S    Kure 3rd SNLF. y6 |) {. n8 v& A' I
    33rd/B Division
6 h+ E8 d$ F4 ~9 l  u    33rd/A Division
6 U- ^0 g: f7 ^, k/ k' Y6 U) u    81st/C Division
/ P) t2 Y% e6 y  e    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
4 |* e9 J7 j8 x9 W9 r    52nd Naval Guard Unit3 g2 y. U' I: Z* T1 |3 T# B
    138th Infantry Regiment
8 E5 J( y& ^4 b! \- |    Sasebo 7th SNLF; ?, t0 K1 T: U
    144th Infantry Regiment
. {) @( p, @* f; C  P    81st/B Division
: a1 A  z) w5 S) ?8 E1 @7 N. d- s0 Q    33rd/C Division4 b* x" N" e1 |1 Q4 C, _( Q
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) U3 r( B/ P+ I! W4 E8 g& H' T( L
    18th Army
6 j  V4 a# v: r    60th Field AA Battalion$ ^7 j6 p9 I$ |0 x# x- t" _1 Y5 ~
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
( c0 s' c/ Y/ x    Ponape Naval Fortress1 u" C) W) T* G9 `1 G4 D! g
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) Q1 O2 e; s4 a3 c, a) z7 n3 L
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion0 ~& Y# o% D# Z; ?" g6 k. a
    53rd Construction Battalion
8 |! ~( t$ F4 f7 G    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion0 E7 _  {7 O- T/ S$ M3 e8 _5 l
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion  A2 m$ l& y) B! o
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co 5 \4 ^3 X: [4 b- i6 F
    19th JAAF Base Force
. _9 Z- M9 [4 J; e    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- i, V) X7 l/ O: Q3 r8 S$ m; O5 x    14th Area Army /1, T6 X5 _" Q, l8 |6 n4 v1 [
    63rd Field AA Battalion! F& B% _; ], f# v
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co * u% g& g1 n. i% v
    3rd Base Force4 ^7 B+ ^! Z* s' _
    12th Air Fleet
9 V+ M0 b" n. ?' x    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment5 D* J' o8 r' G
    61st Field AA Battalion( S* _  X  ~. N( K- Q
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 M( {, c# r5 H+ p
    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co ' L# t2 K( H4 v4 c8 S3 v! N# S
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /32 g; [9 h: a& Y9 o  y

1 o9 ?0 Y+ \2 t9 A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。
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Ground combat at Chiang Mai (58,53), k) K: p9 C0 b" s7 r% m/ h: D
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Japanese Shock attack# T, P( `2 l" Q

/ x) E3 j6 H1 d; K& c, x/ q1 WAttacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
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( K! ]- M$ B$ s+ C+ V8 J' Q% @Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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Japanese adjusted assault: 1373 ! N1 Z' q! b  a; Z( X: ^
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 / H& x. @! k2 Z2 Z' K- k
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers2 c; M; g& F) `
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
. U4 E' W$ U% d  ]* [/ ]8 t3 }Attacker: shock(+)9 o1 c, A" Q- q5 c, Y

7 Q+ a- l3 a$ A" w, m; O3 gJapanese ground losses:' Q) `& d0 I+ Q) ^9 Z: |
      530 casualties reported
, N1 j: r/ X: a& ]2 u7 r- |         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
+ @: Z4 d' W" s( F4 D7 v1 p9 ~         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
4 g* o  Z/ H) d# T5 s! w+ \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
- y9 C. J# z  v  S" u6 ?4 Y      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)9 l5 g! N$ f1 }" z
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Allied ground losses:
/ A2 Z9 r' Y% K( g2 K; w7 x5 ~      891 casualties reported+ h- P+ E4 `1 i. o0 ?
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled
9 _0 W. G3 X9 B         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled1 ^- Y8 k' S( U+ w5 @( _, D6 m
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 j4 v+ V. q/ d
      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)# X% g% v% w* z  I5 }; }, N

% ^+ X- w) J! _2 K% kAssaulting units:- U2 \& Z7 _, Q
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade8 q' {+ d+ x8 T1 I# X/ W/ F
    21st Division2 }  c6 v% `+ J
    4th Division8 {+ |  q) q, s, Q  ]
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment* b4 P5 m5 ?6 e0 v
    23rd Tank Regiment
/ Q+ y; F. W- ?- _    32nd Division
, @& W3 c2 @: c    Yokosuka 1st SNLF& J+ Z9 e* I9 q" G
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion/ K0 X! s) x, l$ n) m' v2 D3 E
    6th Area Army8 Y; c6 |4 _+ C, x  [6 \( U# H
    103rd AA Regiment: n1 E: b  `3 p& w; `  \
    1st JNAF Coy + K  z' \9 e& f- j
    13th Army
! `$ v: ^7 R& m$ \* D; `% G    141st AA Regiment/ r) e1 ?3 e8 x  k5 i" J
    4th Ind. AA Battalion* l) H! a. s1 T* W

3 X2 l- p' h. K  T7 R1 h/ H1 B" s: J2 tDefending units:6 Z. F. \: l: v0 [
    50th Indian Para Brigade' r9 R) |9 r: o
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3 L3 `2 Q$ Y( E% j. W9 v+ t50th 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

13# Males
% K$ }8 }  g8 L% o7 y' s' Y  I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" w% v: Q8 E! A1 v7 I( @$ L

4 c) u1 X3 ^  C4 \" p6 Z, g" ?$ M盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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0 i, y4 o4 v+ X. x+ t2 dAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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6 y) O' e# E7 R+ R' WInvasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
7 w, Z1 [; n* HDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force7 B$ Y- S$ J9 o/ {! y

! L. o: g" O4 {* _1 c" j89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships4 f8 Y5 _" M& @; @9 v
      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 s* F4 f  e! J. Z/ d
      LST-817 X4 Z% e/ t" H. P
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
  |/ W. j. f* n0 E- ~% t      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage+ t/ _0 C4 J8 H) V6 f: _
      LST-78
$ O$ t( @2 r3 `1 f1 V4 \# W      LST 209
9 B7 A+ ~0 p* h4 ]- c: B' r- P      LST-889
5 b  `; e* ]+ {9 p8 @      LST-2462 B1 r; f8 |! \0 Z! L
      LST-240: q0 W' X- o+ O
      LST-204* }5 z5 p! R* O9 Y
      LST-202
3 q2 x/ Y& h$ L5 S0 a      LST-1235 u0 S% Z" ?# c9 W0 m( w' C& X
      LST-121$ R+ A, o0 p$ g# i- q( \
      LST-120
3 ]/ M' f9 y, ^5 h4 d      LST-86
- b7 O! @+ o  C      LST-85- v4 v% o2 m8 t" O0 A2 \8 f7 ~
      LST-84  ?# ^! P4 ]. j% G. V

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: d1 `/ b& H* F; ~Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
% D6 @% Z  u' n. f7 J$ {/ {Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
7 k; O! M8 u/ F0 F! @      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 d; ^. G; X0 R, u
      LST-83, Shell hits 3
5 Q2 `2 e* {7 g+ `3 }      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 o! a+ U1 c. Z+ C; p1 N      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire; x- [; G' B  I; U9 \; Y) B
      LST-84, Shell hits 30 J/ i! E. `1 p/ K" B) X
      LST-87, Shell hits 6
$ |+ p2 E6 T4 D; |- H" \      LST 180
' F; {9 c' F  v7 d2 T1 V: ^  r8 O, l      LST 1579 B# I4 @" k' U7 b; q! ]# V
      LST 2
* a4 z" ]7 R; z# c1 I; _      LST-884( o% `, G+ r2 E7 R
      LST-882
/ {: U6 c9 K/ A; ~      LST-397' v. X  S% u0 G1 a
      LST-395& m2 v! ?2 [* d( p
      LST-274
1 n0 E& q. L, C0 u; K7 j      LST-2733 v; j/ B( E5 H5 s5 s
      LST-246
$ ~  Y/ j7 g! H$ K& v' T) }5 B      LST-2448 g8 V9 S% G! w5 z+ {
      LST-241+ z4 S7 {" C) @, k( L  S
      LST-218
( S, @4 C9 r$ q* y      LST-216
* E9 P/ Z/ w1 r( B. Z. c, g- o      LST-202
: A2 B; L6 E9 t( S7 F1 I9 c      LST-171
1 r2 b0 X2 w/ n: t  d      LST-166; O! b: P1 q6 e+ A% y
      LST-124
6 s$ Z) }  E0 q* L5 l      LST-121
, i+ }8 q6 ]% w$ O( A2 G. D" \      LST-88
5 ^1 {& j* d7 D      LST-123# i8 C+ V+ v* D
      LST-86( F6 ]5 ]' U( F# h7 L% `6 _) a) `

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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4 ^- l6 K0 n- K
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$ I3 ~" d! u8 S$ o& \8 H3 J: ]Ground combat at Ponape (119,113); i$ G/ G2 q8 s6 D

5 f$ b, F3 `% N% CAllied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812) ^* k  _. b4 o8 C  N  @9 x

: Y4 `' k% K) [! |5 zDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361" R, a7 s0 P+ v; Y$ h' D

( v5 ?, X* {' g, x8 u( o6 xJapanese ground losses:/ V" I7 A$ P5 u3 p
      406 casualties reported( l0 ~5 |" V9 b& U& I/ U8 `& z
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled4 e. [5 {3 N/ L0 B7 L: a* ]
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
! \  E' X3 c6 E2 v  F3 U$ b         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; _+ C9 U8 L! K5 N4 h% P/ `% P7 j

9 {% P6 D4 j" z( {* wAllied ground losses:4 {5 {  [% K* L) R. U" e7 C7 y2 t
      21 casualties reported# N( O' j# h/ G" Q  Z$ }2 g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
% m4 v' q- G3 a0 |% c# B* A; T- O         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
  A5 J. `5 v! K* `8 w7 Z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 [" E: \8 F+ ?+ ]
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
; L9 i( O) O0 m* n      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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0 L! M: U8 V6 c5 ?6 c; [3 vAssaulting units:
5 f6 U7 R2 [5 \: C/ p+ [- U% ], ~    5th Marine/B Division
' \' Y. N7 L) J' x  F  m* U3 V    81st Infantry/B Division# Z2 `; q, J# b: [
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
, }4 `$ i( }  S& G8 [# s: g    5th Marine/C Division
  v7 @; ?" W( c& I6 h- ^    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
- Z8 b0 j) q7 X    6th Infantry/B Division
- j# m- K  {7 t8 @8 r9 Y    1st Filipino Inf Regiment3 v# C/ d/ z4 H7 g3 T* N9 Q, ?. ^
    716th Tank Battalion
: _7 L6 A( ?, q    81st Infantry/C Division' \4 W. ~& |+ i! C; C( B; {9 O! _
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
  p5 _/ O7 H6 y2 H! Z1 _    6th Infantry/C Division
+ E7 k' x8 `. B) U0 g3 x. c    5th Marine/A Division
% A& |" e4 u5 X, D2 a& |    767th Tank Battalion1 [, p; s+ J1 p
    96th Infantry/A Division  S4 t3 g0 [; n( Y3 }
    706th Tank Battalion
# b# ]3 @. t% C% v8 s" f: c    711th Tank Battalion4 `: g/ a* Z9 p$ {0 i; w3 c  F
    762nd Tank Battalion
; x7 u( k. o! r: e6 C9 t    96th Infantry/B Division
/ W9 s, N8 ]+ m! [; O    81st Infantry/A Division
! q. R3 F, }' a* b! W1 W    44th Tank Battalion& t* c$ Y+ q6 u/ v( g4 N& P5 @* j
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
9 Z6 g$ E/ Z  {1 {. O. W    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
" C  X/ y0 \+ B    31st Infantry Regiment
# f" R3 t: J. S) H* }3 X8 o    6th Infantry/A Division
+ {: ^: z6 O  d6 W    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment5 q- _  m  {  F# i; e" @
    710th Tank Battalion
- j; G, i- B/ v+ P  H# k/ R    96th Infantry/C Division
: v; R8 r8 R" a: J% i: W) b7 w    5th USA Defense Battalion
4 P+ K2 Z. w; K1 b! b: Z0 Z    4th USA Defense Battalion
9 k% a3 F1 I3 A, @/ ]5 s( M" k. m    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion2 t4 s3 g/ q8 g. P/ h  U, @
    X Corps Artillery , p# c! n* ]" O# [" f  G+ o! ~& V9 B
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment! c/ [4 h( a) [( S; B& z
    XIV US Corps3 Z9 F/ B, e4 ]
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
* w$ I5 N# d% u7 t  r- u& V    8th Marine Defense Battalion4 {; v# Z( h6 K3 x
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
. n0 m6 E; K# D+ ^! Z    I Corps Artillery
- ^! {8 O5 u4 {; W' m3 c    96th Coast AA Regiment- ^3 k0 `1 \8 H# \  a4 g
    1st USMC AA Battalion
5 D" Q( S5 |" X8 m    738th Coast AA Regiment
. c# T3 W# y- n* d7 _& i    12th Marine Defense Battalion* ^4 I" T: |/ N  D7 [; [
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion& t3 w& O7 W. W/ T2 r
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment/ Q; q7 }1 {% t' z! y# ]
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Defending units:" F" J$ @4 ?* a: N, g) r
    33rd/A Division  x5 T, ^$ _  G. ?3 b( a$ r- f0 f/ l
    81st/B Division
% |2 n% F2 P7 c" G    Sasebo 7th SNLF* u' l- H9 ^& [) B' b
    81st/C Division( R# E7 C" p, A% v
    138th Infantry Regiment
+ l# v& L# F9 q0 l. G2 \    Kure 3rd SNLF$ ]6 D2 ~' {) Y" w; o
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment2 Z' a' }7 T" I1 R" {
    144th Infantry Regiment. K0 }" `4 r2 a$ H6 ]
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
% V$ u. j* I. X8 Q    33rd/B Division8 @+ q% m, f/ A& w1 r
    81st/A Division( H4 n6 D" M4 u' H' W
    33rd/C Division  u5 p! J. c8 r( P$ U. e  o
    3rd Base Force8 f- w  \9 j3 u/ M
    19th JAAF Base Force
, B: y' m! v4 u8 ?+ i: f0 S    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1- z5 \; q; Z9 Q& ]
    60th Field AA Battalion
- y& O! g4 F1 D7 g" l, Y/ o/ z    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 L" N( `/ g/ I  N
    53rd Construction Battalion, ^- ]+ d4 K( T( m& i* \
    Ponape Naval Fortress
! S+ B2 U7 s9 @) N6 E( m    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
" T2 C- E- v4 q  U' L0 j+ _    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 G1 |0 o( S  N. d# y
    12th Air Fleet  |" j7 \6 y, _
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
2 `3 n) o  K# N    61st Field AA Battalion9 I# \$ P6 \2 u' O  J0 d7 a
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co ! k, [2 Q1 ~$ _8 j& ]" J5 j: k
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
2 U6 k+ c" o$ P5 y    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion% W! v* E' d( Q6 y) `1 \2 m
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment* n  D4 h0 r5 _* B
    14th Area Army /18 u, N% C6 [+ @6 A
    63rd Field AA Battalion6 H/ [# \8 {  X) b# |
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
# R) s3 Y) x: D    Kure 7th SNLF
' Y$ q7 W8 _8 U) u  X' W# y    18th Army. v: e* x8 w- k! B; t
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 8 `6 F/ ?# I; @5 d+ F
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘& n% `! `, b* f6 X
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Submarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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6 v+ W; w$ S8 `6 Q. L/ j3 NJapanese Ships1 t  M8 u, _- |# a/ P4 T
      E No.54
5 D2 ~& _1 Q- M; n      E No.50- d" ~* a" U) w* P* }" p
      E No.68
: p9 ^1 B7 e" G      E No.52
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1 {4 n& P9 L, J+ O6 j$ ~& lAllied Ships
! r4 C* H- k, A5 }  o      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk0 Y* L2 Q: E2 r$ q+ \

$ T1 M. K& I' U/ E" d/ d7 z重创另一艘
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! T, a" U' ?, t4 hASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102' V4 N  }0 x/ f! c, F
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Japanese Ships
4 N  ]& ~. R$ x      E No.8
1 X. S6 a' o) q/ B% N( s8 V      E No.6, _  x& t! F( y' S. d/ D6 @3 [
) ~2 `% U$ B  W
Allied Ships
% F2 D7 v! k9 n& C8 x4 Z, ~8 K      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44
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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+ T% t$ }8 E" G. i% b: I

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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' G" \$ ]9 v( d; a( V9 E; _62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships3 o3 Q2 o& e5 ~' c3 G$ R. f
      CA Wichita0 u, X5 F' C; e( V
      CA Vincennes0 W! H( I  I+ z! f$ h4 R0 u) T! }
      CA Quincy
2 s- [9 G! D9 ^$ S) Z7 t      CA San Francisco& j& ]! V! h; t/ n
      CA Minneapolis
! ?# V- T, a% \+ A& n0 U3 ?- D! E      CA Astoria
" R% s& j, V5 F$ I% |- U( d0 t5 X      CA Chicago
. O. `5 _; ?6 |! g* E. ?, q! G, @      CA Louisville8 m' M9 e/ H- U4 |( o; b
      CA Chester; f+ f( g! K  f& n' N, n8 C
      CA Northampton( y) J1 S; b( x0 f  @: G
      CA Portland
4 o4 p! ~5 m/ y3 `! T! j1 s5 I1 E9 w! E0 h# w2 ]) [3 J& x8 r
Japanese ground losses:
6 \; y9 x2 O- V  |9 F' z      71 casualties reported
$ a& |$ V$ t( E5 B* F         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled/ \, y$ q  A# S# g* ~
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled1 r- z  m4 |7 i$ o4 F2 g% W0 B* B
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled; J  n: W9 Y7 r8 }
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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' J" e4 N. T" Q6 t3 O1 O4 kAirbase hits 27 |9 n# W2 x& [) d2 M: N9 b
Runway hits 10
9 ~) g2 x' f1 d% s, V, JPort hits 4
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. [. |7 x, @( R: }* B! zCA Wichita firing at Ponape 6 L0 h% u4 W- V6 m( `  W# ~6 l
CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress( r% y3 ?! ^' j/ M6 z7 H6 S6 Y% \
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes
/ W! F1 L, k2 X' O* M% iCA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress* _6 A/ g) t2 b  v' Y7 d. ~* V$ q
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy- Z3 g' `) |* {# ~/ D0 Q
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
9 V2 x1 H7 s0 i- i6 T% P9 ZCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ t  F) s2 `0 h: vPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria: B) J" A! U, i, P/ T
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress+ d( ~3 C% E% m. s" z
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
% z' A! T( d' tCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
9 r$ L1 T+ _9 L+ EOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester$ B. x9 B6 F8 R- K) M4 k; D; l
CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
' ?& V- c' y) O2 J9 s1 H2 hCA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division( z) \6 o% [* \. j- Z( ]
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland% L% `7 q$ C9 ?: b3 n& Z
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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5 q6 \8 C1 J) x0 T* m# w/ PAllied Ships, k3 o- b" I* j7 \
      BB Alabama
0 M+ _+ @& ?8 R. I! Z3 p      BB Massachusetts
1 n8 ^, v- M  b1 l      BB Indiana, M8 r" z  t" E" E: h/ _  _4 a
      BB South Dakota
; T5 n5 @, o0 _  P: `  I* p- v2 n) C. v      BB Washington
& P& V% o& P* ?5 b1 Z4 n3 n      BB North Carolina
8 J3 ?& z' h4 i& X; Z
) Z: L7 M( s- S# O" [+ ^4 m" ZJapanese ground losses:
& F' E& V6 J5 B      275 casualties reported
6 ?4 J. }' T) Z7 h( o         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
* d. }; ]0 o; V% V  Y# |' J         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled, \& o. ~6 V4 E2 g+ H: X
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled5 [9 T; X; O1 A5 r; h2 q5 Z6 ]& @
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)& W( K8 v+ H8 _7 k! t8 X- d
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)  g. D* |. G: @, j6 n) p

% u. F% x3 I7 E1 A# P1 JAirbase supply hits 15 @0 v# k3 {% y, v' n
Runway hits 7
, P, z- ~% h- }2 hPort hits 3
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' H0 w% w4 d8 S9 x" L% yBB Alabama firing at Ponape 3 E) r/ Q5 A) n6 K5 O
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
1 N. K3 q* b' x. \  m  eBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division* Y) n; |( r8 ?8 V4 x2 k4 ~, ]4 L
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota* s8 [5 w' Z( K2 e6 i# E% R: r
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
9 G, R5 s& f" e# r  r$ {. Y# rBB Washington firing at Ponape 3 u7 P$ w* Z. s" S" J3 x0 K  h0 `; U
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment) a! T. J; L' s2 L% r1 v& l1 F
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" K; ^' m6 w1 s; |. INight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!8 `% {2 e8 w0 l. O* ~" y: M

2 S) o2 O' a( {  b  a# C2 r13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.; _, F8 v# Y, h# j# V' `. p

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. x7 {: Y( z& e      BB Queen Elizabeth8 q. T5 K; z& e2 K
      BB Valiant- `/ q% I" L& g3 V
      BB Mississippi
: i# i& V  c, k; y& _5 n3 t      BB New Mexico
7 b* o1 v, N& B9 @0 }; A      BB Idaho& ~9 r! X6 A; X  e$ w! B- S
      BB West Virginia
! V% c6 Q/ O* ]& f/ d      BB Colorado
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6 O- @2 J' Y/ n: l6 BJapanese ground losses:
  ]' H8 q6 f$ }9 |      117 casualties reported* ^1 X+ e- s8 b6 G+ u, X- k
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled4 l# h+ W: B0 q/ D) _9 i+ |
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled7 m3 l7 c3 r! M9 _3 B+ {2 W
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled# }9 m- [5 ^- g! e4 h- A, v
      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)# j0 ]' O' ~) J: R4 [
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)2 V, Z8 ~: ~% P2 m; i/ ]. N; L

% y7 k% d1 |4 ^- U$ \: jAirbase hits 2- a) J" G0 t' S* a" v
Runway hits 2
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BB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
: X, P7 S3 V7 I: w/ F# _BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 o6 f' Q. W! y8 Y! L0 [2 E- jBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
% Z( F: ~; s. P9 C8 Q$ fPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi: K: g4 J  C$ P( T2 q2 o+ V
BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division
$ \' ~/ S% c0 P% R6 ?6 wBB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
! F- q" G6 T/ H- U; d/ S  e3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho
& S2 H! R) h1 s1 }BB West Virginia firing at Ponape
: k( G& ^1 a8 h0 G0 \# dBB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force7 f! ^* Y) N" E2 m& n% z0 U
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado9 |1 S3 J0 S3 y& W  x

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5 ]9 y& v1 g! P+ H) j$ D) dAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape), N, g2 u2 ?* V/ l% q
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.0 n$ z7 B( K% w% G
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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Allied aircraft
% G+ `& f8 ^  y8 f" D      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
/ `$ B# S' {, n0 s# B) h      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337% F% C. ]: W: d9 Y1 n9 e) k+ L
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2831 F& n  J4 m1 \2 {6 W
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Allied aircraft losses* T( O* q, n& o. A: q! o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged5 u0 k3 v- \; J& X" \3 |2 U
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
- b# r' w: M: d: a7 I/ s- K      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged* f% o7 y5 v: D4 ]
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
) `' u# u' ^! Z3 x7 u1 w      159 casualties reported
5 S3 \; K4 E6 A2 j+ l9 E" X         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled0 ^& `) ]5 T- l4 w) \, M$ X3 p" @
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled2 m7 z8 Y+ t. x" ~
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack( ^' l/ {) P6 N( p3 W$ _

/ L6 |! {2 P! q# S1 e4 WAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29317 @, u, x: t/ L9 ?& B
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Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
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+ w9 T( e3 c, l" Q* W, r1 |& H! o$ ~Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 78 Z' _. k6 p" c/ I1 G" O

4 x* y+ s8 @( c2 ?2 t6 aAllied adjusted assault: 3406 7 A) O9 Q+ B2 f' U! a4 O+ r

' g( c! n7 R: N5 R; k' J6 ^) L2 pJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) 7 x3 O, x# G* v2 x1 @
' ~8 \5 }3 r+ Y1 ?2 E8 b$ b
Combat modifiers. H/ h4 ^( n/ S. q5 A/ r
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-); h* ]8 D7 l, k* P% u
Attacker: 6 E0 l) N# I# X1 Y4 o5 b
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Japanese ground losses:" D$ F/ b" X) S% D. R
      3539 casualties reported4 G& s$ R9 V- x" Z; y: r
         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
6 D. i6 o4 b+ n0 a# ^9 E         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled$ q1 b% `: P+ g. l- ^, i
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled, @& W! Y4 K* X3 \7 D5 a
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
8 D+ K7 K. y1 N+ H      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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4 L1 ~3 @& D: jAllied ground losses:& Z8 o# \: {5 U5 h
      3552 casualties reported& {  y# T2 m8 D1 h  v( |  Z( |' \9 d
         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled0 b2 L8 \1 k* y7 |/ C) {  S! r
         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled% U% K5 y, _+ J: m0 C0 y
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled  g' @. T' |5 V* Y( v
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)
0 O/ W+ ]! I& V      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
0 [5 n$ Q) l9 \! n      Units destroyed 14 x- b8 ~! K, Q5 L
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Assaulting units:
9 K9 d; n& _8 O; I9 a" ^$ \$ Z    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
! Y1 E9 L* u' I    5th Marine Division
$ Y' ^! b9 o* S' I    716th Tank Battalion- I2 O8 H  i- ^! u
    706th Tank Battalion3 `( l( [% t1 M
    762nd Tank Battalion$ J) D* a# C$ \6 H6 O+ F$ V1 Y; v* P
    710th Tank Battalion
+ z% ~" r) W6 F" Z( F# D9 @    767th Tank Battalion+ `* |, g( D$ n- }  |: w
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
9 \$ `% O8 U4 w4 O1 {# Z% L. L    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment0 a7 W2 v% S: E% I, \1 m8 j
    81st Infantry Division
+ d& A8 g3 ]3 J+ ^! [    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
( ], c* u# f3 _( K6 o    96th Infantry Division
( \$ L9 ]8 V: S# v( E    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment) f2 D! U3 A# S
    711th Tank Battalion
& ~- ?- ^# W( |; v/ ^& e$ m! o    44th Tank Battalion" l; n  d  }6 J
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
) r. n$ A) F/ Z3 I    6th Infantry Division/ U; f7 O% _- T/ r5 w" J% V( B; e
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
9 G- M" @+ Q* v1 \. @6 Y  j6 \    31st Infantry Regiment
$ g( v$ D- y8 e" M& ?7 V    XIV US Corps: H7 |# D; k; d3 a
    96th Coast AA Regiment  ~1 U# B. C; W/ H& J/ R
    12th Marine Defense Battalion3 p* l( A( y, k( [# t
    4th USA Defense Battalion8 a1 h. _. M: g" s& `+ m! z
    14th Marine Defense Battalion' D  T$ Y: V: P  S: o/ M- ?2 V
    1st USMC AA Battalion
/ t7 c: M8 m" e1 L* H    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4 j. @- q) ~* Q1 Z$ c! M    5th USA Defense Battalion
: o1 E. V$ ?# v: P" \2 |    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
1 m( C6 i/ `8 G. b, @) l    738th Coast AA Regiment
0 E5 m0 b  i* u( k! h5 ^& i    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment, |7 R# `+ j) ]! K: j
    I Corps Artillery
" t: w( V- y( h. s: ?    8th Marine Defense Battalion
1 [: h& m- `' _    X Corps Artillery
$ h, M4 {8 q& w6 @' Q5 a    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
" |' ^& ~( L- j: N    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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    6th Guards Inf. Regiment0 P" a' e! [3 W  m
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
3 e" Z! S1 n+ k; ?* ~7 L. g; J    144th Infantry Regiment2 B- T4 O" \. h0 T9 s! |* n/ Y  s1 _
    Kure 3rd SNLF  k4 `/ R* h* J' x8 ]" |1 O8 b
    Sasebo 7th SNLF5 u) z7 ^$ [! c
    33rd/B Division; \  Z; d: |: ?" l1 M/ r/ F. S4 q' q) ?
    81st/C Division7 f6 n* R% q# `! n
    81st/A Division- J+ o5 V) [, \% U0 a
    81st/B Division8 f7 P. K1 G6 q6 A  A# c' d
    33rd/A Division4 F, v: o3 f0 _; o6 a
    138th Infantry Regiment# H" @9 F# k! q! [  Q/ ]2 M! }& _* H
    33rd/C Division
: d$ f0 [3 r6 r2 m/ s    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment/ g: ?7 G. O! d# O
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion0 R+ L7 \$ r- v7 p' v
    19th JAAF Base Force1 G& T9 _* ^7 ?7 y) [$ X
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
5 O4 W$ i4 ^3 P- T8 B    12th Air Fleet
9 U$ r/ I3 ^! b$ P    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment7 J4 h  a* [& |7 x- ^* z8 b4 ]: k
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
+ @6 y, E8 a$ w1 O4 V) L% @    63rd Field AA Battalion4 ~; D% x+ E$ r0 j
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
( c7 c: j7 y4 d9 T9 d7 Y    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
: P, W5 |. [& _; a- @    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment- w4 ]  y- s9 Y
    Ponape Naval Fortress( _# y" }! X" w4 y+ M0 A. v
    61st Field AA Battalion
9 B; U" N9 e7 ?9 a    18th Army$ h! Z% Z0 `" U, s* Q" n
    14th Area Army /1
2 _0 B% O! e7 k5 R8 i# t$ o    60th Field AA Battalion1 \8 }+ _: A- z9 D
    53rd Construction Battalion3 t# h4 h- M3 c, V  s- ~
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion9 w, g! f4 B' D1 F# U
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
, g' m, y6 [" b4 R. K    Kure 7th SNLF
$ v9 U& a- b) @    3rd Base Force( _$ \" r' a  O6 X- B9 d
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)# X  c3 S9 s2 X" n0 [# j  k
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
* L, p* @" u1 W" b; H1 oEstimated time to target is 34 minutes$ t- C5 x1 G8 U1 a
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Allied aircraft* n1 G9 {3 k) N4 B/ l
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& c0 c" c7 _/ F: m8 f      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337
7 }: b7 J5 g3 _) l  @      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
8 ]; U5 Y  v& {% QAllied aircraft losses; j4 r1 G4 j( [) g( u5 P( }

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9 D1 s; B) p. R( b* I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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& d8 o3 V- B. O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3 |# K6 d& f" Z) z
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0 t3 _2 p) m' S9 INight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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6 a4 i2 i' W* Z; n. kAllied Ships- s6 ]3 Y' a( q4 b; R8 C$ T6 U: z
      CA Vincennes+ O# {. c/ u- m. C
      CA Quincy6 y2 U% J; r- T6 E! H' `
      CA San Francisco  O$ f& L* Q6 d! j7 @. X5 x/ L- j
      CA Minneapolis1 t, }- H; d7 E; M0 I
      CA Astoria
! F4 a7 ?2 c2 n. X. U      CA Chicago8 V1 W3 M8 I* A
      CA Louisville
- A" u4 l" I4 G3 E+ Y      CA Chester
5 g+ L5 c5 Q; j# c8 R      CA Northampton
9 @. s5 x2 W1 O0 i* C6 t) S5 R      CA Portland0 S1 ?* G2 B  o% }2 E

! H6 q. _( X3 I$ tJapanese ground losses:
* i! T) Z2 J- F2 F8 g      112 casualties reported
5 Y9 V+ r( S+ N+ e, v2 g1 _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
, R$ u: Z( N: H. v% v5 D, n1 ?         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
$ m- F; t1 G/ S, Q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled4 A* h! B) ~* |
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Airbase hits 5' d0 P1 z8 C5 p. I; F
Airbase supply hits 2& a3 M2 w# y- u
Runway hits 21( y; T0 Z7 l8 Z( j0 I3 s; O
Port hits 79 D( c, ^, e* o8 N6 m/ J" ~1 |

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
( H* w8 R4 A/ l) B" Z' q3 l# Z/ ]1 w( F      BB Alabama
4 _0 G: ]& w* E* o& F      BB Massachusetts% D4 f+ `6 O. G  H4 f
      BB Indiana
  W4 l9 t; ?5 b8 n0 x3 b: _7 \' i      BB South Dakota) H8 w% z* ~* A
      BB Washington* q: y3 G: h3 p- W
      BB North Carolina3 D' o" U# U2 M  t7 P2 `/ P! B9 f
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Japanese ground losses:1 \: ~% a( t" P: R# g# Q
      398 casualties reported! }- {; x( X$ J
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled2 [7 E3 {: m% M9 @2 B8 K
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled
  J9 ^) M% L) X) e         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
: E4 r8 @; N3 U5 q$ T; V# [( A      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)  K& i( l! t' E3 a. y
      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)! H% `( E! h3 B2 Q8 O2 W
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Airbase hits 9
* @# x- @& N. G! i7 VRunway hits 9
8 i8 E+ |* I7 @2 d6 BPort hits 2$ z% J( N7 U, I

1 z! d& a3 r) _% U) g! E9 q8 ]# h# K' \BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division: M$ T- {0 H% ]* }$ d
BB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
  F) Y/ Z) J) M9 `7 ]. \. D) nBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division' q& x2 d5 E4 F: S1 j  k! i; q
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
' F6 P+ [% Z: p) ]3 v: \BB Washington firing at Ponape + p/ P. E5 N6 D9 h, @6 J: s2 Q' J
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1136 Z+ ~6 {. G0 Z1 u$ t

# Y* V, p) s! X- sAllied Ships7 @: \( b% ]0 }9 c9 Q% z9 L
      BB Mississippi' z' W: ?/ o* j3 L
      BB New Mexico" i0 m1 J  Y) }
      BB Idaho
2 C7 F6 `& @: N1 R5 @( ?
/ ^- |5 o+ W* O6 V+ bJapanese ground losses:
& ?  {. R+ i! r) j0 ~: W      195 casualties reported# y; ?% i( }0 A3 p  v
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
0 y, F8 M9 D7 n3 m) ~         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
8 y1 |: {* V9 p9 U" O         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled! l6 D) M$ A) v/ q, g, P
      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
; @4 a4 F7 B2 A5 }' k9 B3 d+ w      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)$ Z. b7 ?. P0 [! e4 c4 j
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Airbase hits 3( q% k; A. U2 {; G
Runway hits 14
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape $ K1 o4 Y6 u) X. O
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
+ O. z* ]# d2 f2 J4 F- kBB Idaho firing at Ponape 6 }7 |, Z" n4 B

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; }9 T( [5 l8 \0 t" dAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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# M( E+ q' z, }9 c) P0 c; L" WRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.' \2 f' b; f& Z# J1 E8 k* \, K& O
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes6 L7 l. c& k3 X1 ], {; K

$ `4 l- k, ~* ~  a; \- M/ t; eAllied aircraft- A. K6 E: ^. O. v6 O6 D2 S7 q
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462! x" ]5 e1 e7 C0 U, j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333# n1 U* B; u# E; C  G: M
      TBM-1C Avenger x 286+ F$ [2 v6 a7 h" v9 q$ u: d

1 W6 [! y6 |! S9 [Allied aircraft losses
1 U& i$ D0 N3 ~% h/ {2 M      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged3 W0 P8 {3 A3 g7 B9 f1 P# v" S7 g
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak2 `" \& k/ l9 w0 P( c
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged4 J% L* V# {( @$ {) O2 c2 Q

; n" `5 x+ Q* a; y' ~) zJapanese ground losses:* k- k+ \$ n' n2 X( b! t
      121 casualties reported3 v: d3 H( T* }3 Q: Y# }1 Z+ h
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled7 ]# E4 E7 R6 ?* W4 q
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled( g4 W+ |" t/ V# m7 X: D. y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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# X  M% ]' ^' s! n! g- JGround combat at Ponape (119,113)" d9 l) v  e: s6 S% F
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Allied Deliberate attack8 p( Y% ^5 Q# o# J. }

, _, k7 y( F; A3 bAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629) i" O" b. {/ {2 O: _+ `% k8 F
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 1121" R# Y; `9 w3 Q, _

  L+ v/ P7 t/ H+ G( k: DAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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2 z. r3 o4 |& G  l- ?) l; Y' u: ~Allied adjusted assault: 3228 2 k' z$ w5 g; s# @

+ ^  w% s; {  u& R8 [, {* V9 vJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 , s" h6 u5 l. m, u) X

; U/ \! C* ~! N1 jAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers
% y' S" e4 e) GDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)7 m( y! W5 H7 m' ]3 G& t0 _
Attacker:
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Japanese ground losses:
' H! c; u. R1 ?. M( K9 b      2305 casualties reported
7 O4 R; d; P7 q         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
. c+ n# @! v* \. d% W, l. u: E9 s         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
, m2 F2 q6 u4 Z9 f2 w! Z. z& o         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled. P8 j, z$ A& V" s/ E. d
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
0 X6 {2 S' N- J. [3 M4 {      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)+ r0 L3 A2 ]1 E
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Allied ground losses:; f: W  v) ^% `( L( o3 y- l7 e
      3064 casualties reported* _4 P: U+ K9 K
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled% {2 [( B9 s. T# Y
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled' o: X/ y7 X( l: v, E( g! w
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled: o' q+ i+ Y- j  f! W8 m1 D
      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)
7 D9 c( U' A( Q      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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Assaulting units:
( c7 h  ^- b' W* l* Q    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
8 P0 I1 y0 L' K  L- K    711th Tank Battalion
) R7 c) ~+ c0 o$ d1 T    716th Tank Battalion
( Z) p3 r, q  @% W( Z4 a6 i    6th Infantry Division
9 R# A) v! q+ o& e6 y5 S5 ?* i    44th Tank Battalion: J5 c) J0 ^" c$ @( }
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment1 j4 Q+ O( S1 q+ m$ G
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
) q6 [* K; p. r3 Y    81st Infantry Division
/ }" w  G* r  e+ N# u    767th Tank Battalion
8 \0 `  {& Z6 S8 n' E0 e" N    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 G5 I: Y+ y# s
    762nd Tank Battalion
' q7 K! r8 D# x2 x( o    710th Tank Battalion1 E- D6 J+ N9 K9 |% Q8 v4 R
    96th Infantry Division
9 E- u8 p- W* @    1st Filipino Inf Regiment. z1 v  [' [& m! _/ i' [
    706th Tank Battalion
" r% Q0 L7 x' t7 P2 h    5th Marine Division7 I2 C9 G( m1 P4 [/ ]
    31st Infantry Regiment! v9 A& |' V4 z8 B+ j/ ~
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion4 @/ J3 v6 T. H( B
    1st USMC AA Battalion
* d. l5 t2 L  W- i    738th Coast AA Regiment
! F% P- C; g: {2 q4 f$ v1 V! |    96th Coast AA Regiment7 o  h: P" {" r! Y  ~4 t2 x
    14th Marine Defense Battalion4 [, `2 P" ~5 U- f, r! \7 u6 B
    12th Marine Defense Battalion; z% H& K& S: d" o+ B
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 N9 [/ e" c4 D" J$ l6 \+ N! e    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment7 I; P- K% i; f# G& k% c& H$ ?( Q
    XIV US Corps5 s8 U3 f, U5 s1 I# D4 {5 ~1 k
    X Corps Artillery / w0 b2 G! `7 u, d2 y. n4 P
    5th USA Defense Battalion1 \. D  O6 P/ |1 ?
    4th USA Defense Battalion2 ?9 f7 [6 \% R  T7 Z' z9 F1 Y8 ^
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
0 ]8 R  J: Q  M/ ?1 P# b    I Corps Artillery 4 P  I5 o: m( m9 c  q
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
0 k: m* j$ V4 |/ q    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:& t/ S* m% P* R
    Ponape Naval Fortress
$ \& O  t1 G! L0 U6 _- @( S    81st/C Division9 \5 J+ h- [& V7 _0 i* O0 _! f( }
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
8 r  W0 g6 I4 M) }2 O$ _    138th Infantry Regiment% y. f& Q6 }+ y  G" ~* E! a
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment% T' s2 [: f" p8 \; ]: w" s) m; Z; D( B7 f
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
7 C) R' o% Q4 `7 G# O7 y    144th Infantry Regiment7 N. Z" ~$ y7 E3 I- p: i
    81st/B Division# d* K: V5 J) M2 v
    33rd/B Division9 T: T+ c2 L1 \- ^3 x
    33rd/A Division
0 t3 T8 Q6 O0 U& Z8 E    81st/A Division
* b/ l8 m8 I7 Z; z" R$ u/ Z* `* w    Kure 3rd SNLF: W- j3 E4 d) V( F8 w
    33rd/C Division
: t0 t& E, |3 S' A' ~    53rd Construction Battalion
# A* P3 D# \, s    18th Army" T0 z8 q$ C/ H" w( v; W8 ^3 M
    14th Area Army /1
% N' F& i- O3 z    60th Field AA Battalion" X! L& N1 S& G' D
    12th Air Fleet0 p) R! W6 h. n7 E. ?& d: H
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment2 e' z' T$ G$ O. e2 A: I9 o' L
    63rd Field AA Battalion6 R0 q7 [" e- @5 A
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- u+ o! x8 f" c1 d, Z$ \3 `$ E1 p    3rd Base Force
! H/ k2 b- I6 L  N# y    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
( g2 W) N* s# l, C    Kure 7th SNLF3 s8 y! @' t# a" D/ S3 V8 Q) N" [! @
    19th JAAF Base Force( Z9 }3 H) f$ v7 o8 ~
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
$ N5 s$ B8 z1 b, y  A' S9 ^    61st Field AA Battalion
1 c& a; p% T: z' h( c    23rd Fld AA Gun Co + ?# s) o6 `% B9 a
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  Y$ e! H+ |: m    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment/ T. `! \7 T) A8 n5 V$ V6 \6 O
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion5 R7 C* k8 l/ N8 S6 X. D
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
5 P- F: d7 y3 a    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) T; d/ E. V1 L! ?1 h" R
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8 X. F1 m# t* W8 e& D  m  S, J

- @! T3 u) z8 N7 n+ T7 ]; r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
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,608 A& V% L/ l% P$ l( l6 D
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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1 a# A" Y& L4 nRaid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.  @* Q7 L' K/ n
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes5 Q2 F3 P! r) m0 d

. h2 D2 `; S. |% YAllied aircraft
  R8 w6 Z% }% {: ]5 I" _      P-38L Lightning x 23" O" D7 G6 e! j8 {) j
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses3 |, n2 Z( \) J# ?0 X
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged  h% B4 m; v4 _) ?
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak, [0 `% Q- l0 Z+ i0 s- n! _0 A0 C
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Japanese Ships2 s" i% F- n$ S( e
      DD Suruyame
, E: q% O7 x/ u" k      CL Ninaru
" e% D' A1 T: Y0 |+ U4 A      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 R* b" L: s  U* |9 s
      DD Yayoi0 }' g( d- v. U9 t+ l) \0 F- G
      CA Kako/ P; S4 ]8 p6 i( c. v3 m
      DD Asagiri
5 B9 V; s" F% p% {" g" l, M" q      DD Ayanami. g* J4 C) H* `
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Aircraft Attacking:) T3 e" x2 k- C5 U3 C4 B8 v
      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'7 k" k0 G1 d$ J9 u' f- m
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb9 ^* f6 c0 A' k. }5 t& {$ d, @( ~
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'( Y7 C! c) V: v, C0 C3 f6 R$ i3 ?3 n
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
, q( Q- l1 h. J       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'/ J1 ]; S6 q$ O- y! X* G
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi4 {4 O& U0 ]/ t1 ~8 d5 Z" ^% s- _
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi& a0 x2 ]1 B" K
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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$ f6 _" e7 r4 c' E# J* `Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
5 ~. @- F( n  a- O. k; IEstimated time to target is 34 minutes9 @2 }( w6 S, M8 |! y6 n
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Allied aircraft
# A9 G' Q  f6 g0 J- V      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
" {  w) b4 F* R2 l      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326# D- e& w. i. y
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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Allied aircraft losses0 W; u0 j$ O, T% F  E
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged7 ^# [0 q& N9 _: O
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
+ v: P9 ^3 A: L/ G$ s      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged( S  H8 O$ }5 ^# [! y
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Japanese ground losses:8 C5 [$ B5 D8 {+ R  D% B
      276 casualties reported
& E6 j! t5 e9 i. I. w         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled; V5 ]* }; D" L
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
+ h3 e4 u0 }! H$ b, [! g( s5 r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" L2 h) {+ A$ l      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)+ t; p5 l, J* Y: k( E( ^

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: D" O' b! d8 S6 i% ^) fGround combat at Ponape (119,113); p' m+ j0 w% N
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Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 22630 m; Z8 s- R- \
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017! D  J8 t; Y$ K; ]* c
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Japanese ground losses:5 _) ?. G3 u8 n9 a
      1082 casualties reported
' h$ q9 l6 w6 D3 c' [' _         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled. `0 c: `% K8 c# u& T9 u* g9 ^2 t
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
" M; n$ |: c! Z0 _. M) _         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
8 o7 B4 ]: T8 L& G& v      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 b( U+ M" L8 ~, t+ h; Z; B( I

; \: I/ s1 R; J0 {Allied ground losses:
( ^! N& ~3 C# I$ M8 k; b5 T. h      23 casualties reported
& d( @% _. ?/ o, H  l7 ]/ o$ m         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 A$ _/ E; t+ T, j5 b- S; J" x
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
. H* p% b, E) {% [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 W, G2 ]2 o) O# e
      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
+ `! A# ]( Q" q/ k$ K( E      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 446 H7 d+ {! Z3 c  }
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东京快车出轨
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) X  B2 W) C/ u! q2 s1 r, x4 s" Y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 ~) b+ W  {! _1 }# a: R, m; q
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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。8 ^  ~% v% V0 v
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0 K2 k6 W1 m3 s3 v/ p% xSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113# F9 L5 d4 a' K  z8 `
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Japanese Ships) a& ]8 A  M+ u5 T
      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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% P; ~% }8 f) N2 t0 X      CLAA Prince Robert
% I" R! O+ s8 ~$ Y      DD Saumarez1 I9 I/ E) r6 m( J
      DD Nizam2 c; g# f) j; u! m( G: k
      DD Ellet
" p8 {* l/ O- T+ z! o2 I' t      DD Waller
" G* s  _* J) e      DD Walker
$ S( {5 p8 R1 a. _6 z7 U- Z( |1 ?3 y      DD Wadleigh- ?3 z/ s# G1 d' c, c
      DD Uhlmann3 k' |  O7 W4 V
      DD Twining4 {8 Y/ R* K; o8 i+ U* M
      DD Twiggs# l5 h" T- Z( q5 C
      DD David Taylor" H  M/ M# `! ^( e6 U2 V
      DD Strong# S$ j/ ~9 v2 r
      DD Sproston! P% Q: a1 u$ i, S' h
      DD Sigsbee3 v7 C7 o) L0 T. K
      DD Sigourney
# ?# }# l, X8 {) @# _      DD Schroeder
  X% v0 W# C. W6 ^3 q" _1 D( w5 l      DD Benham II1 R% t- m. `0 C; ?7 ]- ~
      DD Cushing II
; R2 Y( C6 j  C* M  U      DD Urchin
( u7 u0 S( t4 Z+ n& k. @4 b      DD Urania
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% t7 `' k8 T6 {2 T' A" J) [SS I-48 is sighted by escort
0 c' C9 E: a) V! x' PDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search
2 Z. f6 K% I& Y: x3 Y5 n& N, {, |DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....
# c7 n+ ~( c" o2 f" bSS I-48 forced to surface!( j/ g! N8 {! S$ A" O( ~/ I$ ^" r
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
# ?" _* [; [2 NDD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....
3 l% u  c' v2 B2 S5 Y9 O6 g, _2 {DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
9 ]( r8 x( Y  H# P8 K, r; tDD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
" i7 ~8 X' b7 hDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
: ~3 q: y& u: c; S7 x! a, [Sub slips beneath the waves& ?# P. A/ d! f# g5 m( m

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' A& P1 V) X5 _! a2 n. bNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
5 I% F; O: q! a/ A" ]& A# Y8 E/ o' |& a      no flights
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      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed! {  @: c- S) d2 M% R! l

3 Z/ y" Q' T8 t, |# d. w# wJapanese Ships; A* A' j0 }2 {  d: n, D
      CL Agano! V+ Q8 U( l/ l9 Z+ `# M5 n
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
8 ?6 |6 j2 X4 W$ Z+ u7 E2 p1 p1 E      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ [  {  j, N# e( c
      DD Hibiki" J- C1 D$ X. H3 P1 ^
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1# O7 }( \6 _. Z& ^
      DD Shirakumo
& R  X+ `& a2 K" |' G      DD Isonami
' @- G" L' v. Y8 Q9 L$ c      DD Murakumo
3 R0 R7 B% J" o, y$ Q      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk& b8 A, j( \9 B# S
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Allied Ships
' A1 _3 p" E8 L( `      BB North Carolina
% @8 o- X! e" q7 ~5 ]3 [/ Y- k      BB Washington
9 n& U5 m$ R, _( ^( R- t, b; Q      BB South Dakota
9 h  l: f0 L6 j8 {      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1. \5 L" J' F8 ^* A8 L) }0 v/ @
      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2
8 A7 G/ V, i$ j% V6 \      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
; E( N( S" N; o$ F+ Q. H6 k& T      DD Conner8 S3 g2 L/ \/ {- o2 W
      DD Cotten
% Q/ K5 Q# U6 @% }' ]% Z9 e      DD Cowell
; g0 K4 x6 j+ j! ~/ T9 q- }- y      DD Daly3 F( S( ~( M  {3 z0 F
      DD Eaton1 o5 |9 s1 [1 k, {
      DD Heywood Edwards
* g) Y& d3 |2 p% Q8 b. z) R  U      DD Erben6 o  h& ~, s) d4 |
      DD Evans
. A1 K0 b5 o- @/ V: W* W      DD Foote( I9 R/ ?( @; }
      DD Franks
/ }9 M6 n3 g! Y9 U# t' R      DD Fullam# e1 O: F* d8 n+ E
      DD Gatling5 d3 A8 [1 C( ~  K5 o! g
      DD Albert Grant, i' Z& p1 h& r  }
      DD Gregory' `; v& v' D7 p1 o' d8 b
      DD Guest
: @9 v5 V- Z4 Z7 V: r) l0 O% G5 n      DMS Hamilton/ r8 J) M: A' T5 D
      DMS Forrest0 T7 N8 F: Z9 X" B7 D' @
      DMS Ellyson
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1 O' m# |$ |$ S0 r; h( F2 a% WMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
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CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
- P# g8 @+ p/ F# L7 TCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
  B. i: @  _: d. J/ l3 zRange closes to 26,000 yards...( m6 E7 v) ]/ V0 G3 q1 t9 n- w- {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
6 k" j- Y; f9 Q4 Q9 }Range closes to 24,000 yards...
) o- y# ]- @8 s7 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 v* ^* o* H+ ?+ F9 G$ v5 h
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
( s9 S+ X6 ]) p# q, ?. p! C" P# `4 hRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 j: E" `+ c* j) c6 Y) E2 h! `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards3 g& o  v! n, _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards
! T5 b$ _' \' X6 ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% \7 p* s* v7 }; \6 N# p" a1 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards7 s' X* X' w+ \  d7 q7 S6 ]
Range closes to 18,000 yards.../ y7 B5 U9 k# T% ]' K3 u3 N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
. K6 `( F, t7 D2 @Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, Q' [0 b! R/ `# @% q  [, QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards1 n3 E3 Q' n, \& \0 j1 c
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
6 v# j$ B: U( W$ Y; iCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards3 E" y1 g6 T. ]- C! I  \
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 w4 k7 C5 ~5 R2 g4 ?1 |% b3 _1 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards! U7 X& |3 W  ]' P( `5 {! S
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards  Y) p+ M; @2 m, V# B/ _7 b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
( X) T7 h" o9 G9 L- fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards9 v) p& m7 C$ z. f) T5 {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
+ l+ R; S+ @/ R& w3 w$ YRange closes to 10,000 yards...: L* D7 J* C/ O1 O; Q4 F% d  e( J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" J. V! n& P* t; X% K2 y) e" V4 f: _
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ F' D0 D3 E9 I/ H0 j1 y
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards/ b5 v9 u5 M. U7 d  W0 t: E
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards' {7 l3 W( i+ d6 I- T
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
5 L; e* }1 A% s: [# c$ C, I% a1 sCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards" O: |4 G; {7 C( k/ H
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
3 y1 V# r2 r/ d$ `  |% x6 v9 ABB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
! h9 \. u9 C7 ^1 wDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards
7 M2 D0 L6 C* F& e1 S- O8 ?DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards/ y6 J9 V: A4 j7 R, b2 D
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards& i* O" f9 B  I8 x
DD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards
2 |3 t! b! j& Z% wDD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards! |: b8 ~1 P" e/ P. ]8 T; d2 s  _% [
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards: G! R( c( S1 Y; p
Range increases to 11,000 yards
8 H9 Z  A8 |, H8 zCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards& a# r: ~% L8 U* {$ M
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards+ I! |$ x8 P8 M; V$ _9 t
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards% s5 j, `- G5 P  }! ?$ Z! F! E
DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards( v# B8 \6 Y2 @; j6 P3 ~2 D% g
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
$ w* ?: z" u* {8 w7 R+ c, XDD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
& c: a. ^# E3 N. o: oCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
( N, [) [: y5 V! ]4 h. pBB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
6 f8 R, [* `7 O9 k' c8 wDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
/ g, a9 `1 A7 Z: W% jDD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
7 a4 j" ]7 x, m+ \DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
4 F& J$ N) E& B7 GDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards5 R! ?$ r# t5 k$ w1 J; Y3 g' u1 a
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
! m2 T+ C1 u. L. x* ], L' BDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
3 y/ R) A) K  ]* sRange closes to 10,000 yards
+ J6 M1 ]  Q9 }- oCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
3 ^0 z: S( U6 l  n0 `) R6 H, L6 V4 aCL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
6 v8 _/ h5 s8 P5 O0 n; GDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards4 l* z4 K% c$ g- n: ]8 S) Z6 Q
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
7 S" s8 S4 g/ t7 G( B  nDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards# S3 [( `  q$ o0 `6 D
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards1 o& E) w. p' ?" F5 ]
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
& H0 \6 s/ U5 {6 ACL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards+ V" n6 {( {# |/ i# D
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
/ }. }4 v& a, j' y6 A# |" K' qDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards/ h! M6 F+ W& w
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape- t5 f; Y4 ]7 A2 W' j# d& k! @
Task forces break off...1 K+ M6 a" e* e3 N

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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7 b2 ^: O0 q- d7 `Japanese Ships* X3 {2 B! E, c8 R( l$ P) W/ r
      DD Hikokaze
, ~: j7 O! x3 B      DD Ishikaze6 l- y3 n6 b5 _) T- L% o
      DD Tagokaze1 w$ I! Q" M5 v/ M8 U! Q& R; J
      DD Takatakaze
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$ K/ b" }3 F& K9 g: T( t% XAllied Ships
. j5 {' S! A' a      BB North Carolina
6 W2 T. r6 q8 o& H      BB Washington& v+ _; Z( J7 b/ I
      BB South Dakota
* l) y) x9 a( l' p      BB Indiana
; f$ L# p4 n$ B6 R' r4 {  y0 `      BB Massachusetts
+ j) Q! i8 T* n! m+ x3 T" L      BB Alabama
; ], |! a9 w- Y; U# M2 m# K1 S      DD Conner% q+ Y; P5 B- U* p
      DD Cotten( _6 Z1 J- Z% R# `6 b, Z2 s
      DD Cowell; s; f5 f# E  t, V( {" d. P  A
      DD Daly
8 i; p+ k# j- m* W1 J# W9 L      DD Eaton) e7 V  d$ f1 V/ {" {2 j9 _
      DD Heywood Edwards7 [& d& P8 U/ |; ]3 X( _/ K/ j
      DD Erben
. r" D6 j) L; @& U: G      DD Evans$ ~" S; s( s7 S/ ^
      DD Foote0 j& \$ T( V  ]: G6 z2 T% |5 v8 ]
      DD Franks
, `, J# F$ N* z/ F4 Z  @6 |      DD Fullam
2 Q9 G, |, b) k1 k* ?8 o+ t; ?      DD Gatling
+ P: w2 r) R6 m, K% X/ H      DD Albert Grant
& e2 A! `: C* K  K$ |. f      DD Gregory
' Z' W2 u  N7 I4 `9 Z      DD Guest
/ V1 P# c) d+ L) B( ?+ I% d      DMS Hamilton# F1 C4 [+ c% o) p3 {/ G
      DMS Forrest
" E: {( ?$ x  a/ z4 k      DMS Ellyson
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2 j2 E: R& `6 b8 t) W7 N6 Z8 E( ]: V$ BMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
2 ^/ l9 P) g! F  S5 b0 ]4 V+ ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...4 ^6 L0 ~, ^  ?8 i
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
2 w7 M2 @' B; vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards1 [8 O# [  `9 M! y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
- Z% A$ b- m* z, ?2 yRange closes to 24,000 yards...
+ R2 r" F2 s/ Z- x/ FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards+ l& V! a  y& D5 |$ `" e
Range closes to 22,000 yards...5 X8 J. ^- K. I" B
Range closes to 20,000 yards...8 H3 k. O/ p+ R
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." }' t! s1 f2 c* ]1 U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards4 U& P) ~0 S* ]% I
Range closes to 16,000 yards...5 l* P9 H6 Q/ O' M* t1 w2 b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
. Q$ x' X( Q* _. H) d% b6 {$ l7 QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
) R* w2 b7 T1 Z7 I  W3 LRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# b& d) a8 Z" u+ q. nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards+ A6 Z& J' |% P0 B
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
: N, R0 }, ^9 t- |" v, O' ]Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) q7 M" r- C- P9 [9 ~5 F/ LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
0 _1 l4 B$ A& ?, j9 ^& ]( SCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
* {/ a; @8 y3 C1 I5 bRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 R5 p8 h( N+ J
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards* v$ D1 t: d9 i+ X# a
Range closes to 10,000 yards...5 h* z4 j# V6 q% ?. e: w! `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards+ e6 G" n( V. B% _0 T
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
& \' e% f  d$ v3 T& C. g" [" JRange increases to 15,000 yards...- ~! ^6 n$ {5 x' Y4 Y
Range increases to 20,000 yards...; O) N$ l! E& g7 S* c( \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
, C  e+ M  f$ sRange increases to 25,000 yards...# c. s; J. |/ p5 u5 h( N
Range increases to 30,000 yards...9 I+ I, y, i$ l, ?1 E, D
Range increases to 30,000 yards..." U& p& M% B! P" e$ v( n
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat: a# g; Y" B( y& \$ {" p4 ?

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards
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+ m6 n% \' m6 m5 m; X5 w      APD T-1
1 T- S8 E% a9 c8 D4 Y3 q" n% B: I      APD T-2, Shell hits 2
2 j( _$ R5 l' l* c6 B3 [, D      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
$ X/ |$ n3 [  @. _/ q6 ?) T. @1 L      APD T-4- C- ?$ z/ A7 u: Z9 g4 a2 R
      APD T-50 d; K3 @2 j( W
      APD T-65 b) ]+ |# ^8 P9 |1 m$ H4 e
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ T* k) ~9 j) B$ p, b1 D+ D
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire" B7 E1 E" s' S; q/ o( D
      APD T-9
+ K2 G$ i3 }. g: P. A9 J      APD T-10  F: P8 w; r3 X( a) _
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire8 j5 W/ Q& m9 {" X# u5 Z9 L
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage8 g- ~* i  \# O# F' {3 f
      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
' G" }2 w7 V' p! B      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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5 C) O% \; Z- ^% Y2 {) {Allied Ships
$ k6 H  M: U$ H      BB North Carolina
5 L" r# L; c5 k0 V5 X4 }% s5 C      BB Washington
, J4 q- _" p- m2 i; e7 y3 _      BB South Dakota- i6 j/ }+ y4 U$ Q1 f
      BB Indiana# t& M( M0 i( T+ F5 a
      BB Massachusetts4 a, U' ~3 p0 W2 x) f* ~; |! \" j
      BB Alabama
/ l0 H& p$ h) \" h4 O+ k      DD Conner! d4 f! o' I; l
      DD Cotten% b5 Y" G$ i, i8 G' ?
      DD Cowell
* }; ^- e+ Q  z      DD Daly7 D8 X. V- f( }
      DD Eaton
$ S  b% a$ B* S/ ^. _      DD Heywood Edwards
! W6 T9 x! u( ]( }! p      DD Erben
4 S; Q+ ^7 M9 Z/ ^: J      DD Evans/ M# c5 u% d+ ?/ J1 x0 ?# e3 i
      DD Foote
8 i9 H4 o, `+ ~$ Y- s0 G      DD Franks* _* E; z  r$ C  Y& D; E) I
      DD Fullam3 \# I; i/ W+ T  u' U
      DD Gatling; y: N+ Z3 I8 h/ O( m) R4 u
      DD Albert Grant5 }3 p9 h% K5 E+ o# I  U& ]2 g) j
      DD Gregory! ~8 v3 t  D& L9 m8 ~) W6 j
      DD Guest
; a% ^8 \8 v8 w      DMS Hamilton+ N6 T0 D( M& E9 I% V& u
      DMS Forrest5 n! K3 S" f- A' L$ {% q
      DMS Ellyson
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" V' M6 A- U$ U) M+ mMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
/ w7 a; B' B5 |1 dRange closes to 28,000 yards...5 C" t2 B2 b0 |* L# o
Range closes to 26,000 yards...) y8 ?( t! M/ `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards$ O) K- n( l2 C( p: @; Y  e" Q3 i
Range closes to 24,000 yards...% ~( p5 t1 }2 f! v" [% T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
( C" E% B( u* G# zRange closes to 22,000 yards...6 s: M/ M: i9 {2 l" t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
( n' k* h* \' g+ f$ H2 yRange closes to 20,000 yards...1 `9 s% c* T% B( G) b( n$ g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! {2 j8 ?; n) Y- Z: rRange closes to 18,000 yards...7 g7 O2 h+ ~! u, I; i. g3 W8 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards$ J7 B% b, v+ Z- Y$ K  ^7 S/ M8 M9 r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, O) \: c& c; G5 m2 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
; N' c; }3 ?- Y5 B0 H1 {& k4 FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
+ k! m% e; U# H3 [1 j! S0 MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 ~. M! P; n5 V0 H( h: u
Range closes to 12,000 yards...# u; G+ `5 Z0 l5 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards' [% _, H: M5 z9 e4 C% s
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 W1 [! A( F7 h. x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards. y3 s0 w6 J  @; U
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% O1 F( v+ b1 u3 B& s' O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards; L$ s* x9 l# X% f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...) A. y& c& i. |# w4 h
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& g6 E- s" v8 L2 |% \
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards4 f7 k0 r) I  e" x8 K6 I, Q
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
* P% }2 r7 R8 v2 U; a3 D% r- U- c' g6 ZDD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards8 V1 v1 G5 S. X- ?/ l& l
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards2 L& D( V; J+ G/ l$ n
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards- n; I  w! P& T0 E/ W% S
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
, I' L* D- l7 y; \: W9 k+ D: \- fBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
9 \8 a; {0 L& I5 Z8 s- P* p) R. lBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards7 @2 H2 r- A% {, ]+ P, r
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
" k6 ]5 t. ~) p# T" P' E3 mDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards1 v0 U! r# w5 h0 L9 k& o" M& s6 b
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
  t: P& h3 w! V# z- ^DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
8 W- m6 r6 k4 y$ w/ m4 K. a% IDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards* e+ Q) r, c1 y5 J! @- q, t' u+ K
APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
5 H; m: @  |( \DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards# s: G% c( V# z0 X! f
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards- Z( d) G' I3 ~+ U. s# x
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards. l$ i: ^& k- v
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards) k7 k( N' p4 I% ]1 j3 @. U( T
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  r5 p4 _: Y% v/ G! ^: x1 @Range increases to 10,000 yards
! G8 L& I8 i! Q  o7 BBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, Y2 Z$ }+ S  o- VBB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
& i3 z7 B9 u0 m* M% yBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards, l, m8 j& w, L% N% g* v/ @( t
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
: k7 e4 ^+ ?5 r' K) }4 ]7 xBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
0 R4 [" p; ~8 Q; F3 v+ VDMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& k( w6 |. m. U. S- q$ lAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
' ?3 s" m( o  y- T0 @DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards# S1 D( ]8 d# r% v
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards+ s* y3 @9 ~4 {0 S
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
% n& a6 _, D0 X: F' e& HDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
2 ?) H4 r: ^6 \# l2 r4 mDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards) d) ?3 k2 U" e
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
8 Z& _6 F( `# ODD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
7 m9 G; B+ C  ~* d8 @' gDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards6 o% g% u3 y1 V$ p7 d
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 J- x& F& Q2 d$ z( xRange increases to 11,000 yards: i6 |0 c* m; K( g# R8 `- \) N
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
' D2 N, Q* `8 {1 H3 p! NAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
! p# U% c' r" pDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards+ {* Y4 U6 [4 b
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards( G, L4 E1 o/ x1 v5 b
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
' L: a: I, E" Z1 U. y$ `APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards$ u; A' b: i; `( T: J( O: G
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards) r# I9 l, ?3 J# I9 |+ v
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards9 B" Q. l0 ~. B; f& F
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* M* N, W* y3 ?  S, ?* F
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards( a. e. U. O9 t' F0 a2 S7 ~. `
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards: d2 Z, y8 |7 H, z
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
4 F7 @( d! _& Z# U& LRange closes to 10,000 yards
8 I) k, \2 ?- t: HBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
7 D. C9 o, H1 u) U) TBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) A0 ^. o  y0 f
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards5 ]5 w7 E3 y$ f5 y
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards. [6 G7 Y% K/ H; v
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards; m- I' q& i1 W, a2 s2 z
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
( L9 s' \% J6 rDD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 H  _! _1 X+ O% h( ~DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
/ U* @5 W7 Z* `1 z! I. Y2 gDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards+ W( Q6 ]" _8 n7 s  G2 D3 D. g
DD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards* \+ Y( m/ j; }1 W0 o
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 _/ {( O5 o' C" s" N3 K" ^DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
6 Z% F1 R/ s3 W% w% y, L4 h8 m+ ]( bDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards! n3 y( t( s6 s2 ?/ Z; h
Range closes to 8,000 yards/ |7 W4 U7 K, L
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards5 u, t6 A1 \6 }
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards
' {+ N: n. I8 w/ ^: K- C0 hAPD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
& T+ j4 B- k* b# C, Y3 A- GBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
' W6 r0 ?+ Q6 IAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards8 G& F8 y6 a+ {5 b4 T9 d
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape. R: r9 {' F& G& r! q# g
Task forces break off...( ]" @- q' ^  N8 r) @( p/ J% N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards/ `  @6 O; E" s, l( }$ z

/ e# w7 [1 u  _Japanese Ships! O- R: h' P* b* L% k
      APD T-1, Shell hits 12 z6 \/ f3 t3 q
      APD T-25 Z. `0 W( h2 I0 o- ]! s
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
+ m! A7 c& y5 G' \) V      APD T-4, Shell hits 1
8 O4 f  ]9 q# h  Q& ?. k      APD T-5
0 W+ V. W" j) K$ C      APD T-6
# j7 i1 G6 w/ f% N4 L, l      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage3 m; q6 k) _) j9 f" ~7 z( h( n
      APD T-9, Shell hits 14 ], k) P  n# b4 L+ t9 h8 h
      APD T-10
& z* |5 f- w& p: R( w. s7 k0 S      APD T-11,  on fire% w" }5 e( C( b+ ~; E9 C( k
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk/ m* q2 C$ u& h9 G% g
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
2 L. K6 q2 H9 P8 |* G      APD T-14, and is sunk
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) U& c. g; u" f. jAllied Ships
8 V  r8 N* ]( K, I* }0 [      CA Portland
% C- F0 a+ C0 M- _  W      CA Northampton
: r7 t' l; t; J, W$ M8 ]% i      CA Chester; m+ L: Y" H. [
      CA Louisville
4 R: m) c! d3 J* J: U: Y6 T      CA Chicago
! c% w9 d8 W/ c+ N2 g      CA Astoria
5 @: ]' G' M5 N* G. w      CA Minneapolis
) {9 D- Z+ i6 w; f/ p      CA San Francisco
4 y3 m8 F% \8 ^  j5 |7 E4 J/ _      CA Quincy
8 i: L+ q0 S% Z% L% J6 b0 M      CA Vincennes
$ Z% J/ b1 @- Z" f- G% }+ G7 l8 V      CA Wichita$ x! D+ o# U' ~/ \8 D" O
      DD Bennett" U1 B. ~# t1 N( M# U8 ~
      DD Bradford2 g3 q2 E1 e; C# I6 ^
      DD Braine
- F4 ^% W% \: y& U3 L& r7 z6 D$ `      DD Brownson5 ?  c5 _0 {4 c; b& Z/ U- _
      DD Bryant4 i: `$ t  v. w3 A& `, F
      DD Bullard- Q2 N( i) c& V, h1 S- h4 R
      DD Burns5 T2 T" f+ m, {; L
      DD Callaghan, E$ s' ?. ^* Q; v0 ~
      DD Caperton, Q; }( X5 p4 K& i& J5 D  c
      DD Capps- Q; C7 N, a- q# Q8 u
      DMS Emmons
5 _6 _/ O! {2 V. Q) }" b      DMS Macomb
( o1 u' K7 W7 `+ q  K5 N      DMS Rodman
. R" g6 c+ m: n2 U+ i7 q. @      DMS Gherardi5 k& H7 ^3 y7 [7 c. H; ~8 a

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# }, d/ n* d# R; ~Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
5 Q$ L7 n0 t4 ?4 c7 [Range closes to 28,000 yards...
. I- L0 b$ p4 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards( G$ S9 _% Z" k+ ]: y/ r
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 {, O0 O( n5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
4 n6 Z* i" n4 A9 zRange closes to 24,000 yards...
0 v2 U3 ^; @7 o8 h; @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; J0 H' d2 x# {8 c7 `1 h) t
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 t) {8 _9 g+ K  j% ]# _CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
2 x2 W3 s3 g8 a) ~* d0 _) g5 TRange closes to 20,000 yards...; c/ f# t, q0 [) @0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
. r) L$ E, y& Z+ @8 g6 N- fRange closes to 18,000 yards...
, N- O% \, P# X. I& e& R" uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
3 y0 a1 }( ~2 }8 ~+ m9 RRange closes to 16,000 yards...
/ C$ G. }; V9 y- C: rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards/ i* s' N; X( p+ b! h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
+ |  t: w9 p3 t( F' ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...8 M& H% H" G4 E3 j; M- E/ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
+ N& j4 s% P8 L2 ARange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ K; c9 Q3 e3 qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
4 `) |" `1 ?1 s( s+ w2 @( ~1 NRange closes to 10,000 yards...! n* \( i& o* h; ^4 D2 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
3 V$ f0 J2 I5 x! X- s6 D* H: U+ |CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! |1 v" B: D% b. S) q
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
% s: a7 n5 S3 j, U5 GRange increases to 11,000 yards
1 F2 l5 p2 |7 }9 E' B' ^  X6 NAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards' q' B2 r6 H7 W3 F' z
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
1 f! {# }, G3 x8 ?+ ]/ p5 sCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards1 R0 z  [  T' ]* S  Y: p
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards* P/ \1 M& z0 `
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards6 b  d& D) r4 |! _! d  ^
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards  n' j* C9 ]  K1 v% ~  c' a
CA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards) h- h- }! N3 O+ {8 |7 P. y
CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ r+ n. l' Q0 d6 [+ S) P
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
- e! O& X; o; i" uCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
2 {# V8 v) l, [7 H$ V" CDMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
  ^. ~8 L2 F9 _1 LDD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards' M- o! ]7 u5 t4 Q6 i4 Z1 `
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards2 O. @: S1 B. _- v/ Q8 m
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards# K1 |* `6 i0 I2 C9 O
DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
. n( v' K& M' ~" uAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards$ a. J& N" l/ F  M' r: K! B, l
APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards+ L! {. G6 p% d! r/ A4 [
Range closes to 10,000 yards
8 Z, {+ @' d5 w+ E+ J7 J! Y  kDMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards6 i$ v9 g7 d0 F3 I4 R& e7 Y- g
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
' j1 k3 j1 R: I$ X6 m" U7 a2 kCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
; j1 [* L6 p1 B2 qCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
+ t' _; Q9 N* ~CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
; b8 {1 [+ m4 C* G$ n1 o  Q+ BAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards) Z9 b( E; |0 G0 `, `
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  \; Y( k! _) i8 g
Range closes to 9,000 yards- m8 E& q4 D- m/ `- o% o
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
% j+ N! |; ~, Q9 f5 |' a" hDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards. T! \0 L$ F. B- B
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
5 x" l/ q' `% O) zCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards! ~8 p3 i( G7 x/ \$ y
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
+ m7 O+ |& _* I0 W' \6 q- F4 TDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards! w4 Y3 U% F* K4 e9 g/ Y# T6 |
DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
  ^# ^) @  ~$ N4 p% w8 @( D$ DRange increases to 10,000 yards1 y3 h* x- J3 m% _. q# R/ ~  u" \2 V% ?
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
8 t, B' {' _0 S! sCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards# [- \: ?, L5 I& f% C
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
7 X0 ^# k/ u% j7 W: S' QCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards/ h6 T" ~0 T1 c% g6 c
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards) r, }2 o$ w. Z( |2 f) D* h9 `
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape: T& o! Z4 X( E" h: X
Task forces break off...2 X3 J4 o7 u1 L7 {

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards" \) j: w5 @5 G( r. ~$ w) I( N

2 @! e" ~. W8 ~* v0 I  R' kJapanese Ships
% d8 v" e  {/ K: g! W      APD T-1
; P* P+ E* K2 h- ~. T3 P) U      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire- b1 M- Y4 j$ s, v$ A1 v- l6 T/ |
      APD T-3
5 n/ g+ f# C! W" ?$ d      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
- ^! q& e- W# N; J2 B      APD T-5
* R3 q5 G  _, V      APD T-6( r% \! \/ _1 `1 O. ]
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk8 e- T9 ?) J* I* X1 v3 d
      APD T-90 `6 S$ O! T3 k6 T5 C7 ~# s5 R6 X' Y
      APD T-106 j: F. q: i  P9 X, b
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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Allied Ships. A9 D+ V/ d  D1 @0 D
      CA Portland! D. T& P2 x: S* W- T/ q  F4 M
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
& v/ O" W6 N; X5 f+ G! A1 ^( F  [" E      CA Chester! i5 Q7 f# `. f, c/ T6 `) Y
      CA Louisville9 Y  u  A# l5 K
      CA Chicago$ a5 ~* a* E) s
      CA Astoria
' l. w$ D0 ~8 F: A      CA Minneapolis. k& f% @( d# V$ D
      CA San Francisco
  L& f- t9 v% a9 D      CA Quincy
* J! w8 ~2 H  y5 B/ S5 @      CA Vincennes/ f6 c! t* m* ]2 `/ |, q! v% Q
      CA Wichita
1 N" l- b4 V6 F      DD Bennett$ Z' @8 Z$ U! ~" `4 r3 R3 a
      DD Bradford1 j8 e: G- m# F5 w6 z
      DD Braine
' p6 ?: U3 o# Q) n" \3 q! K6 i, s- k0 x      DD Brownson
) Y9 L. h- q8 I' a8 q1 }      DD Bryant
1 ~4 b, @6 ^& ?' X) y6 b. n6 h      DD Bullard
2 b6 @0 g0 t, g8 D! \/ h0 J      DD Burns, r! |) n! c, o8 d6 b8 G
      DD Callaghan
  }  G0 y6 C; f# t  l7 h+ l      DD Caperton
# _  M' C7 D2 B. ~$ K, K      DD Capps
- _1 |9 a9 h  {, u      DMS Emmons
. q) W5 ]$ s" Q3 |3 H      DMS Macomb
- H- P& ~5 v3 P- k- n$ ?      DMS Rodman
) @5 @6 H0 ?3 V" L" L) i+ L      DMS Gherardi4 l1 G$ w  t+ m7 Z$ t: b

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 |1 o) X2 E2 I/ U$ }! |# D4 ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...3 A( S: C3 _% h! E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
/ |' ]! s4 G) a( n5 _' Q" |Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 ]8 U: N* c9 e/ @0 k+ ?
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
3 E+ o6 a  H7 w# tRange closes to 24,000 yards...1 a7 T8 O4 z6 U
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
$ w0 m* |7 P9 P% }' `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards5 ~* ~9 ]( R4 ~# j4 ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
* }0 l. n5 {1 H" L& v& ?2 HRange closes to 18,000 yards...
8 x% ^% k, G" \0 v8 {1 \# P1 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards) ^$ I1 m1 n* T9 r/ W. B/ y( m
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 M& h% T+ ^" E  W' m  t) |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
, P' o& y9 I" w: f; L! lRange closes to 14,000 yards...
3 }+ W! d. V* g; Q% k7 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards, E7 k# _6 x' a5 r$ T& g( k- O( Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
- z- x" L4 }( |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards; J3 Q2 @  r3 X
Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 j! Q% E) o% t+ Z$ r9 x* }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards( y6 ^- i2 E( G& K6 F: i
Range closes to 10,000 yards...' T# s' L! H' a8 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards$ C7 t0 q& x6 I/ H
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards& f- i# L+ x( c% `" T1 e
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards5 n4 Y- D5 A4 X
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
. b7 A6 y: ]; C9 i6 C2 mRange increases to 12,000 yards/ `: s$ Y' V/ `  L
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards, Q; Q* m/ V# ?* S, v7 t
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards, L2 I1 d; \' l  P
CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
$ I: q2 a0 @) E7 ~) ~$ xCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
1 n5 H- R2 U3 ^: K5 C  s. k  mCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
6 ~/ b$ S+ E' o7 X) g- d, G, {CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards" P* N6 L( S# A( C4 J# u7 I
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
& \9 i0 n( L6 T* |- X! HDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards2 }9 L3 Z9 i  @8 l7 u, c0 G$ M" H
DD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards( |% t- G/ ?$ o; E' R% |# n
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
" L; q" |6 H8 i5 cDMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
8 A$ p: k( {' z8 b8 hAPD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards3 |8 x% T3 K- E8 D" }: v
Range closes to 9,000 yards$ }  l- s2 O# t" G
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
, x- F4 U! Y5 h" X  ^APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards  }9 w# W! x) v( L0 \
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards4 t: I  M' ~' {$ e! l
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards. M7 x, C& c7 l
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
6 w8 g6 i  _/ T; y+ D% Y5 X2 k7 KCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
5 |0 s7 ~! f) g  _, L) ?' [APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards4 k) g% e' k8 C+ Q. I( T; n
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards/ E  `7 `! C$ `0 \6 u1 ?2 J
Range closes to 7,000 yards+ D6 `, i  H( r3 n, p6 Z
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
: c4 R( W) \8 S- ]7 m4 aAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards6 [! r" J, g/ X) U# N5 ]; a4 ^! i
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
9 D$ M4 W6 X0 p- m& KCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
4 I& `& F4 n2 hCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards( ]9 W  ~3 v. x, n& g- b' {
APD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards3 d! S7 d! j2 E% E1 F7 h
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ [2 n& U; N6 n; [  C8 d8 r. YCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards  m/ F* E9 u) ]; H  v8 z
CA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards7 e: a& ~( U! P# C) ~
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards6 F4 P  i( K! X2 v1 ~& X6 b' |
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards5 E" q1 e" V3 s6 e* v5 Q0 h+ x% B
Range increases to 10,000 yards/ p, o& y' A. n/ H
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 l8 M; e/ E% U6 h8 W  \1 {CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" h% [7 a: ^# N2 d: AJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
3 w4 b4 c( I- `; d1 {+ t9 NTask forces break off...$ {& T/ k* Z2 x6 S+ X
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Japanese Ships6 H8 v4 S) W# Y9 p0 D- g& s. L
      APD T-1
$ n8 u+ n: c- O  X& Q      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 ?, O+ r  W  u: A- S      APD T-32 E8 D6 u1 m8 [6 i" W) e% I
      APD T-5
! E( {+ q) H# N1 f* |, Y! F      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! T) O" k4 [, A+ K+ G6 H+ p
      APD T-9' j7 P/ X' V8 t* {- _) [3 h& M* y# ?6 H  ^
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" J  Y& {$ A; Y0 b
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
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: U" @. D8 J1 I$ l7 `' L% i9 YAllied Ships. `. l& ^" W; D9 N+ X/ a% T
      CL Swiftsure: C5 q4 ?5 a( j+ d
      CL St. Louis9 T6 F. g  L1 s& O
      CL Phoenix
; s4 u0 e; D7 X- T* y      CL Cleveland# j, X+ ~8 Z5 o/ ~
      CL Montpelier
* X. V/ ?: H# u% g: }% H      CL Denver
* a% J/ t3 o( ^) h      CL Santa Fe
+ e8 B; }& F4 K: W: q4 P; B      CL Birmingham' n/ K9 {0 P  ^. J& S. e
      CL Mobile
5 ^6 J3 u9 H: k$ Q! k( u7 T- n  _      CL Biloxi5 }. {. I, Z9 X" u
      CL Miami
. ]/ G2 \  r  C5 x+ h/ `. D      CL Pasadena
* t* M2 b2 C# {% d' S      DD Allen M. Sumner
4 c5 V9 C7 n- A      DD Ault
' I6 J- ~0 [+ x9 _0 l  Q      DD English* F& A( E& g+ x, C+ l$ F/ m% }7 h5 g6 q+ c
      DD Haynsworth0 \* l1 R6 H2 S
      DD Maddox2 n' Y$ ]2 B- p0 ~, f! W
      DD Mansfield+ R9 ]5 V2 n+ b4 d
      DD Waldron
( L& F) A# P! O, X& H0 d      DD Haggard4 Y2 S, }7 O4 _! L8 s& K& V) P
      DD Hailey7 A; T6 }+ {" |9 T9 \
      DD Hale& {& D- W, m# R
      CL Vincennes II
  _, N' M5 V! w/ W; v      CL Houston II
! S( J' @" z! B/ f      CL Astoria II
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& Y/ Q+ j0 B1 U7 ~, oMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards( T7 @# M- k2 O, [1 v' K! G$ `
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 V& k0 L  p) E' E# N; g2 `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
  }: p& c0 L( Y  t3 Z, q3 x* zRange closes to 26,000 yards...: ]1 j% @" H1 k7 T5 D
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
. w/ i/ f5 m/ h3 X1 J) i" q0 o2 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 ^# f, J+ ?5 i& lRange closes to 22,000 yards...  o) S3 u/ K. G1 C, F
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 {3 g0 ^* H3 X1 ]* {/ |; nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
! K& p/ E6 \% f; [1 |+ c9 O3 b% ARange closes to 18,000 yards...
# Y! O7 S. V) D' ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
1 ?: |8 s$ R1 ^+ _5 i8 u7 MRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: w8 F, C- s& Y( a- Z  i1 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
$ a0 w& |; o$ |3 S; o7 c+ _Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: U  f* S- S) U1 J9 nCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
6 k6 F1 a) O; tRange closes to 12,000 yards...
5 u7 a; o8 R1 [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards/ y0 L- Y9 V2 l1 F* i$ i: O2 }
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! B0 m+ w$ {5 FCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! x6 ~! B1 ~- @6 E8 Z9 I# \2 o* j, qRange closes to 10,000 yards...
# F. [# m: f9 i7 q& RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# c7 ?: S8 O3 fWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
: ]4 M3 g7 y0 E- x8 [3 sCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards8 ?9 U$ Q. ^7 S6 ^: G
CL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
/ _3 ?) O6 n; ^9 ZCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
4 [) g: O0 Z% A- V0 z2 F/ nCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 T5 Z' ?$ d* ]! V+ n
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( e- K  M! F4 t2 @DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
  G: h1 c7 A  ~! w7 ]DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 d" D" {+ F) O: @1 I" d
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards; f0 p! H; ]3 Z) r) l# d
Range increases to 11,000 yards. p" s8 z' m  G$ |
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
6 l/ }  m/ _6 ~8 O5 |  QCL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards% }9 i3 ^6 o# U/ d: ?1 ^
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards
6 a2 e. v+ i! U2 Y- }! O; B1 r7 jCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
# o+ g$ b- U  ^1 X6 z! }0 oCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
+ S  Y8 i8 P. p. D/ h$ ]5 k$ ^CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards& A/ L# H, V, a8 r, Y' _
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
( b/ W5 g! Y2 F" L7 S  w+ u( o# {DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
7 c# @0 y2 D8 G# c# z: rRange closes to 8,000 yards
( c+ I- j) t  wCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
# N7 ~2 h" I! w  c1 B/ |CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards& B6 S, w. ~, J
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
8 E& e3 |2 \4 j( sAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
% r& {  o, G  ]3 `) rDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards; n9 |* T" e- Q) p2 X
Range closes to 7,000 yards
* ]( E8 H0 F8 @2 w( P( m) ZCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 O; M/ m3 \( D5 X3 _
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: G$ _  U4 R  {CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards0 g" B) h% ~8 N; b
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards6 Z( U/ m, p4 g+ I
CL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards
1 Y; l. ?; e$ N( j  m% ]) z+ aCL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards* f5 x+ C1 y( e; z! _9 y
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards( W2 [1 ^4 G( T1 c
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
' K0 ~" M% x4 rDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards$ `, n5 c2 K( h. N/ _7 y" ~) \; a
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards& w6 `3 `; s0 `, y6 W" W
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
- b5 B+ A, ~( Q: GDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! Y, P0 b  H/ e  z2 C
Range increases to 8,000 yards1 E8 V( N4 f" D- X3 E" X
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
7 T1 D, w3 G3 OCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards. G* N9 W. J4 l% D  `" D( C
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
8 ~. O" l0 W& tJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape7 t: q9 A9 m) x, C
Task forces break off...
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Japanese Ships
% U1 E* U! M( z# n; Z5 i0 P      APD T-1( o! h3 h7 a: O) y* P, u6 A, ^
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk& a) B/ k% T1 |! x$ T
      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
% W+ k/ j6 _- j1 x) o      APD T-5
. j  x! c; x$ d7 d      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
' a; [1 T$ W! m  n2 G      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk' a6 H; F! }/ G) p' x* x

4 w/ n6 P0 R, l" x( [! l9 bAllied Ships
  |, d* @9 y  L  K0 m: d+ V      CA Portland) d( N. K  k% x+ |# C
      CA Northampton
( N8 `, I8 p( \1 G5 t4 e      CA Chester* X1 H, h  g$ N" x, x
      CA Louisville7 o( Z' ~1 B' p1 e+ ^+ S& r
      CA Chicago: D2 J3 ^# N% O$ `/ x0 {
      CA Astoria' X$ s( P$ d6 s6 E& F) {
      CA Minneapolis4 F8 P6 c' ]" Y6 I+ t( T
      CA San Francisco: |0 ^$ x, S* `; }# F6 b- l
      CA Quincy
/ m/ e# g# P! o; T- F% K% e. }      CA Vincennes
$ \+ T4 }  c( ?: m- J" c' I1 e      CA Wichita! f& l! ?% }' z
      DD Bennett
# I2 V5 `: N: [# k* u      DD Bradford9 Z2 u5 k! ^5 X) D3 l7 ~
      DD Braine7 ]0 C- N! }4 P; J# `" _: p+ B' w( j
      DD Brownson
) c. ]4 w. x; |3 ^: p6 _0 F& ^- p      DD Bryant1 r% B) V9 U0 e# R; t9 s" U
      DD Bullard
" H3 ], }+ U8 z/ P2 v( ]      DD Burns( `; J. h7 Q2 q7 @$ J/ E
      DD Callaghan
9 m, v6 ?7 E* P, k      DD Caperton
4 S; ?" u: Q) H9 v% V+ v& O8 D# R6 y# u      DD Capps
, F3 S7 X, I4 ^* y9 b0 a      DMS Emmons
* Y) o# R. e" S( @% c9 Y% {! G      DMS Macomb+ V1 E6 S5 Y, E: l
      DMS Rodman
$ @5 c, Q% O% w3 @8 T& L      DMS Gherardi
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$ G  ~6 I4 {* X* D: R/ yMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
7 n; y, [3 J2 V% K: VRange closes to 28,000 yards...
* G: }6 V8 ^6 z) GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
3 n5 o5 l5 A& B- {( Y$ r: o  rRange closes to 26,000 yards...
7 K% C5 f# r# {* P. {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
! P$ h( I) e( J5 Q4 C+ C* T" `, `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
1 X2 a5 O) a2 r; a9 h. U/ {! @$ t+ FRange closes to 22,000 yards...+ Y; d4 t- M. X1 j2 _
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards6 e6 D7 A9 N' s; \. q7 p* d, S7 @/ N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...4 m2 P, y$ X+ `7 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ ~2 V6 P8 d6 U) j7 O& I5 ERange closes to 18,000 yards...! c; D: s- d7 d- U0 r; q) `4 ]
Range closes to 16,000 yards...7 y/ f- t: B/ @7 e# ^& A$ W7 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
- Z# Y# \+ g; o* X7 b- Y( q) wRange closes to 14,000 yards...2 n9 A6 o) d& S) c2 m0 S, Y
Range closes to 12,000 yards...- X" _0 V) Y& I1 f
Range closes to 11,000 yards...! u- }6 Q' b, Z4 w
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& j) J2 t' Q! ]. m8 E# ?& oRange closes to 9,000 yards...6 G* {+ U2 ~5 |- V
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
+ |$ |9 G$ S' z' zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
! U. {+ ?1 C! cCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards5 b7 f  M- x9 I
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards- {* [9 J- @& s2 H, o0 U! \# T! N
CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ ~4 l( i; E4 @' z% B  LDD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards) t8 H" o! C9 f7 C) E, o
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards( l5 r5 B) D$ i
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
" ~7 y1 a2 c7 r4 n. p+ B7 F- j1 OCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards2 E+ a% F) i9 J0 R$ C
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
/ V8 I/ C0 ^8 g! v  k# RCA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards$ F+ g: {" {' p$ L
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 [% [0 O4 H; ?# M4 R& [$ `& C
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards2 b: ~& {- s3 _# |" ^2 ]# G. g9 P
DD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 c( a' ^1 ^+ f7 F$ t2 bRange closes to 5,000 yards$ ~1 d. p* v/ ?# ?2 C
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 # L! l# T* @7 [. _/ r' g4 X
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards8 e, V% W0 }1 m: \2 @' i
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
$ f2 s% r2 c3 R8 B. m! ACA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
( e2 k; l; a* N2 ~+ T; E6 KDD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards% E4 z/ O( @. J
Range closes to 2,000 yards2 O" r  Z6 t- f8 J" m1 f
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
, J* F* S- K5 q$ B% p6 R  FCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards7 j) R7 b5 U3 `& f; s
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards: `3 V0 @5 g" ^; S& o+ F
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards8 X5 c* E3 z" b3 [9 V
Range increases to 6,000 yards
2 W* o+ P; K' ?0 I" LCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards2 Y. z6 s$ V9 Y3 V
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
  B+ f: i: I4 v- d" Y; zAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards7 f" H7 C* z9 `+ F2 Z3 r6 S, K4 b8 J
Range increases to 9,000 yards
4 y* N& {) S: e1 n. s; v8 d* p1 YDMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
; A; g7 @1 J% YCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
5 Y4 ?9 @: m. Q9 k' U2 B/ kCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards: m, d9 w( d, h
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards8 r% m. |4 e# i7 J) L, u
Range increases to 13,000 yards5 C5 Z% E+ ~6 S* S6 _  q( M
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards& y2 ~. s4 O' v/ N
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards
) Z* U- i7 x( \, ?+ q2 S# C8 H0 `Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
& I4 R. |. r! c7 B4 ~, qTask forces break off...( g" L# ~: w' b3 Z* h- K
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# ~, l3 h1 e8 v! b0 S/ G! T" N& M  s8 MJapanese Ships
+ _: V8 k, S+ @2 @3 Q      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
  Y# p1 T, f# m/ X* A" r9 @' c! j      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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- h4 F+ \: t+ m7 H1 {% ~      BB North Carolina
: f8 {9 b. H) [; _  w9 H) D      BB Washington
. ?, g( W! a/ ], `      BB South Dakota
) V# O5 `3 Y# t: F/ f7 t; G      BB Indiana
9 I% K; x! S$ R) ]" L1 F$ M      BB Massachusetts
+ ~# U7 V% O+ n3 T- I3 Q" D  O- h      BB Alabama3 X0 V! n% n# B
      DD Conner
5 D6 s0 p6 f) K, f      DD Cotten! X2 Z0 ?# O; \' r
      DD Cowell
# N5 Y- s: y  a- l, {# w  E      DD Daly
# C2 j. v6 s4 [      DD Eaton
+ r5 k& G' \) f" _$ V' x# N      DD Heywood Edwards
( k9 @: u( f& u+ u$ n      DD Erben$ B* z+ g1 A% A8 S
      DD Evans
( b: p5 P5 C/ z- i3 ^2 n# L      DD Foote' }! w0 z5 x0 z% u/ b- N
      DD Franks, y6 ~2 e3 w7 U% F
      DD Fullam
# {' \. q4 x$ k+ A      DD Gatling
. m( o& ^. k$ n; K/ u9 E      DD Albert Grant' n- h1 a/ v% v$ i9 T# o; P
      DD Gregory- P" [8 U7 C) {6 B
      DD Guest
8 M* a0 [0 s3 {# T# z, I: v      DMS Hamilton
  N3 i3 j; R8 J0 D$ g      DMS Forrest2 z' U7 M; x- z! ]/ [+ N
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" l8 x5 _2 m* h
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 U# B" r0 i, |- g+ M! `1 j# ?Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, r1 B6 M6 _, `0 Z. p1 e0 ?Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 u' l) J2 l1 ]% Z, K: GRange closes to 22,000 yards...
# k! q; i# u, r3 Q2 {2 VRange closes to 20,000 yards...
* g" f$ G+ n) X9 D. E, cRange closes to 18,000 yards...: K* l: t$ F6 \3 c
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 u$ Y) y% R+ G, Q, A# w
Range closes to 14,000 yards...' y2 ?# Y( w0 l+ J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
5 K/ `6 Q/ h4 f* u, s6 hRange closes to 11,000 yards...5 t5 N7 f5 \* `, r8 j* ~4 H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
0 D( {7 o! M0 T: l- d+ ~' nRange closes to 10,000 yards...
6 C- p4 f' o; k  s; aRange closes to 9,000 yards...2 V6 ?+ u) N0 V" `* |% P2 e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards1 R3 @$ m- h' n3 Z) h
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards& v5 m0 d: b9 ?$ K% `/ S9 a
APD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards2 q9 J$ C9 v9 m- v3 F8 ?% i
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 X8 A# k. {# k" H' U8 c
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
1 Q/ Q  k9 V4 L; ?& NDD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
) i  }" z9 p6 B+ u( PRange closes to 5,000 yards
! Y( |! K$ R- s# u; q) ^0 A  u6 XDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' w- ?* T. w0 n  a! X  e! p3 P9 y8 p
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards; P) |; v0 M) a3 y
Range closes to 3,000 yards
, C- j- S8 j, ]; T1 n0 c  l, b. S. yBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
' P7 G5 Q) S* h1 l$ O% B/ FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards% |; S( i+ f5 f; g0 P
DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards) F" U4 p, s- }$ ^0 e- p
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
9 |6 B3 y2 h( w1 n( H# ODD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) c, T" [3 H! ]( E/ F- O* {APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards% a4 g  r- I+ w8 E+ y
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! q5 ?$ X% H1 }2 T. O8 Z& j; TDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards( X. E$ X3 }# \$ S
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
, \) B1 j8 @2 ]Range increases to 5,000 yards9 w1 B1 s4 ~6 q' |8 r" m( B
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
4 C, D* i/ m7 a5 ^- ~/ v& oDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards" K4 ~5 E4 l" g* ^8 y2 f
Range increases to 7,000 yards1 c1 c3 X- j( V7 Y7 {1 r  V' x: Z
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% w  ^1 R; s( L8 `( oDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
1 P7 E+ e4 @2 h9 E8 Z! FDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards8 L8 F# W. t9 d# R, V  y, Q
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
, [3 f0 ~' K& \, ]$ XAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards. y# e; w- Q9 F% N8 ]& a5 k$ G
Combat 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...