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。7 `6 [) u; V  Y+ v% K

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/ T% }% F, i3 W3 n& RGround combat at Ponape (119,113)7 N& h) j) ^6 p& J- P
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Allied Deliberate attack
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Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 3336
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6 D0 J, u* v3 h4 ]Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581
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" R, Z3 t+ U7 c4 W3 S+ UAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Allied adjusted assault: 3564
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- X8 y7 u9 @1 U0 u. b- r+ x' o# jJapanese adjusted defense: 5583
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) & m2 l) X# F& D# Q: C- `) r
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Combat modifiers
$ P+ N: ^, s- q: P# F% Q: \. e; tDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)! v7 U( k2 \% w  L
Attacker:
8 _% t1 V" A( p1 ` + W/ Y, }* v# k4 g2 G2 u
Japanese ground losses:# U2 C0 k5 G, G: d+ F; z/ }
      3386 casualties reported
2 P0 ^2 s0 g  V: g         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled& k; j8 G3 _4 h7 y( X3 ^# D: ~
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled: D- g) D( J+ @4 M, R
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled! l( c# Q* t3 L5 j; m4 [, G% O7 p
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled). D( l4 ?9 f* u0 B) I2 y7 i
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)9 \  \( u" `  C4 \2 k- e2 b
      Units destroyed 17 j+ Q  t: o: E

( O1 H) n! u# MAllied ground losses:1 w0 l: }5 u/ j0 `5 J0 V+ W
      5163 casualties reported
9 `) g* ^9 g0 I         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled# b0 \( ]2 b+ ]) ]
         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
. c9 k' y" S* M- ]% h* H, q         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled2 N" }( R* f; X% T7 J  `8 e
      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)  w% E+ s9 L/ L3 r# R8 x. a# T
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)) i: }7 [. C8 ?! @! Q3 J4 ]

) N* _0 O. p7 b7 x& Y, a# nAssaulting units:9 K0 _3 ^# ]3 w7 R, h! w
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion5 j; l" C# j" C1 j: a$ o" C/ F5 A& C
    710th Tank Battalion7 x. I- L  ], c: T
    6th Infantry Division7 i8 @7 L8 o5 }+ @% q0 v
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment) K0 L. J. ]  V6 C2 g5 y$ V/ m$ t& z
    44th Tank Battalion8 G  g9 p6 ]% i2 J7 K
    81st Infantry Division  [' l2 B7 U3 c+ S& |5 Y
    762nd Tank Battalion
" M( r/ }& e* L$ m    767th Tank Battalion
- t6 _8 L1 A6 F3 c  V- G' ^6 N, P4 y3 I    711th Tank Battalion+ I% T5 t6 m$ e' [
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 W7 l- W* c; B4 h' O! Z$ X    5th Marine Division
# [* ^' T6 A2 M2 f    716th Tank Battalion
) H$ e: u/ Y) b" V7 _' S5 ^7 a    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
" C/ f! Q* o$ e& L2 o/ G    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion4 e7 ^2 B) w" X( X- p" U
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment* q) a! p2 ]. V$ _2 G  [
    706th Tank Battalion
+ I: z! ^) N$ |5 ?! ^    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment; @2 Y; M4 x) Q0 F5 |, p6 M
    96th Infantry Division' ^1 F6 J8 D* y9 a' e# F  R7 U
    31st Infantry Regiment5 {- ]' u$ j0 g7 O# j/ ^
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
5 Z% J: c0 |. |# ^    I Corps Artillery : ]0 ~! Z9 i6 G* F/ ~
    12th Marine Defense Battalion/ [+ u- w: z' f5 b& k3 W
    1st USMC AA Battalion0 W- p+ f' o$ y8 @' O7 {2 P
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion: l7 m8 q$ d$ c3 E) N  j
    XIV US Corps
+ c' G4 L7 B% _& ]" J0 T    14th Marine Defense Battalion
& C# C6 \" {) O5 I+ }- ~5 ?; ?/ r- _    5th USA Defense Battalion
- Z! T4 E! y; Q! `6 l4 I7 {9 C    8th Marine Defense Battalion8 b/ _/ u0 B$ F: l' E
    738th Coast AA Regiment4 F5 }4 _& T& O% H- i; c4 N  q
    X Corps Artillery
! C% Z3 o% F) T8 A: T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
& m: E9 ?' j  ]) l  ~    96th Coast AA Regiment8 d$ F- d6 R; r) ^, j3 p1 H
    4th USA Defense Battalion' G6 @; U2 C# n( p
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment$ z/ j& P7 a7 b) D" k  T8 w3 S
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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( H& T; _: ]" s% B2 I: r" q8 B6 wDefending units:! f" U+ q# B: J5 R4 ?  `
    Kure 7th SNLF/ f/ N: I  V* d7 _7 R
    81st/A Division4 I/ I$ j5 d+ T0 k/ D
    Kure 3rd SNLF
' A8 X. I) X% I9 j    33rd/B Division, @+ y. v/ R1 u; V& ?5 ]! V/ o5 l* s
    33rd/A Division+ Z' Q* X; P) }6 A
    81st/C Division# Z( ]2 x0 X* P/ ^' U9 a
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment) I% j8 h# o- b1 t
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
5 j6 S# ]3 T+ }5 B1 ~1 j- V7 V2 r    138th Infantry Regiment! H: X  J1 h& S
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ @& T! X% z8 b3 G    144th Infantry Regiment
# c5 \' N# G, J0 A" E" `2 @7 I    81st/B Division
9 H) ?4 r# c. g' a# s$ E* L: s9 n1 @    33rd/C Division' Y5 w7 f$ v  j/ }! F
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment" w9 m( o1 d5 |/ v' V
    18th Army* ]# u6 Q2 l" |7 Z2 u7 k
    60th Field AA Battalion  P, R# w0 p! B
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 6 ^* X2 j% _' K4 t2 s
    Ponape Naval Fortress
6 |7 M( Q, h8 W% c    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 [* r" o5 y) ^' ]/ s    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
+ i5 X/ e4 l3 Z) Z6 n; Z' Y    53rd Construction Battalion
( ]* B4 ]% Y8 U: L5 }    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion( y6 t$ e4 n% [; C9 r1 E3 x. `
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
/ e, V1 C: h2 P) f+ N    31st Ind.AA Gun Co : V" \6 c5 C- V% e
    19th JAAF Base Force
- ^3 j& m- ]: W6 I0 V+ H" @3 d    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1! F5 s$ W( U1 i0 K% [2 ~! q& M
    14th Area Army /1
/ u' T2 [, _. l' s, m: j    63rd Field AA Battalion
2 r) }/ A& u5 H$ a; f3 u" g    11th Ind.AA Gun Co 7 x2 W+ P# L  K
    3rd Base Force" X  |/ Q' m$ z
    12th Air Fleet; t9 @3 _9 ]1 n; b  M
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment, L, E5 g- V5 f, M
    61st Field AA Battalion) d! x4 x, z$ d# e
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
* p5 E; w4 U8 n, d) h    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co 4 X& u. W$ Y; O. k9 k( a) N2 i
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3& h, o+ b, b# d( }9 w, n6 i

& N. F/ i5 g3 `4 N% i1 X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。# F7 d7 u) D: G- e$ p- ]" w
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9 F9 Q& Q/ y; q. b' OGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761$ c6 h3 h1 }) e9 v3 u) n. S. v/ `
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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* W8 {5 \) B" x3 TJapanese adjusted assault: 1373 & T0 b: s9 \( R& ~7 l
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Allied adjusted defense: 10 ! J* a: ?: P" V, Y, o0 O/ P, O
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers
" r  ^& Z- b4 [' S$ GDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)5 K* G5 P$ ~. }% O& A
Attacker: shock(+)# i- [$ ]- y. v$ H. l8 r+ n; c

: O6 J* d( b) ~Japanese ground losses:! ?2 b7 i; g0 E1 K
      530 casualties reported
4 C; H6 z5 N$ `* F2 d3 q, ]         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
; @( y3 X5 u! b3 l8 X         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 K& _( r# F8 j+ }5 q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled$ s! o6 r# b, L6 z% O" D- R* R
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' ^4 j4 Q: ~4 o+ A: F2 k0 g5 e

# ^2 J0 D3 L6 U7 I! b3 t5 n1 o, q* VAllied ground losses:
+ K$ ^( h. u6 q% }      891 casualties reported; o$ I3 P! f5 S% `% P( o$ |
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled7 d4 [5 a5 s. L% G" M+ s3 o
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled. J% ~/ Y0 q7 n- t' o1 d
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ y8 b" g8 H, b: W; S      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
8 @9 r0 i7 B& ~/ |  y& v   e+ {& |, }$ j+ Y! @3 B5 v+ @
Assaulting units:" p, w2 X4 \2 W
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade# {% y7 H  @. k
    21st Division9 Q, ]" C% ^/ C) L* C" }3 C
    4th Division$ L' i% B3 J/ R
    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
& {2 R. a' d7 H& E% ^# c7 Y    23rd Tank Regiment& O# U% v6 ]! v6 Q  `+ V6 d" M2 R/ m
    32nd Division* a, i% f, [/ A6 Q  ]# D! L
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF  b& |9 n& f: f6 R% U
    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
, \# o! M0 u# o6 w4 z: N. I+ ~    6th Area Army0 {" h# g$ R$ ], R2 X$ P, ~, ~
    103rd AA Regiment
9 j0 m2 e8 _8 l% v+ k2 J& s    1st JNAF Coy 8 z5 r! A) T5 e1 I2 N, M
    13th Army
. d- Z/ g" l4 I& O- L' F; C" Y    141st AA Regiment- X3 N& w4 e7 U) H; i2 J
    4th Ind. AA Battalion
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Defending units:( B: I& Q# e$ L" |! n
    50th Indian Para Brigade
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( f9 f0 s' p8 o+ R0 w% A! K9 s, N0 r50th 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
5 [: h% j& N+ M0 M2 M& V$ x% ~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0 y  m  ]9 ~% l

5 |& h/ v4 `. s  V盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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: J% ?+ D8 r+ ?9 Q$ _; OAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 44
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
. [* h  F# v9 u1 PDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.1 G9 y  x5 t" L# O# V

1 D$ H) q$ M. t" q, DAllied Ships
7 Y* {# I4 s) u, J: i      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 ]+ u( P" f8 N# O- H      LST-815 e' b. t, e$ K- [
      LST-74, Shell hits 3
# z) m; y: _3 y5 C      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage* \( F. g  D/ Y0 Y: U
      LST-78, d  a& }3 q5 u& M* T
      LST 209
. X5 l8 f  B# n3 D      LST-889
" k, m2 r& C2 L& ~$ i7 f      LST-246
5 K& a. Q) }5 z; Y      LST-240
6 l; O: X% i1 m6 U: R      LST-2046 Z) u! P& Y7 U2 H1 {3 }
      LST-202+ V9 B* p* _/ m  X, W) Z
      LST-123. Q. V5 t- L5 r3 B+ ~7 s
      LST-121
) g* n8 @! W: m! L      LST-120
* c4 I6 ~9 _2 J, l! G      LST-860 t7 q3 f1 Q+ U/ h! p
      LST-85
% M) d* e; E* i5 _      LST-842 T. Z4 J9 x2 f9 V1 I- Y

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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)
) S0 O( X4 y% {% k; EDefensive Guns engage approaching landing force5 j+ R3 q% l- D9 _3 ~

. J' T0 X4 }/ k9 M0 O! }130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
1 F' Y; ~, ]% x; ]0 O3 T9 F
4 J. u# S3 g9 B6 ?Allied Ships- D, v' f, v! d
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 J$ i* u, Y3 @, ?
      LST-83, Shell hits 3& e3 F. e2 Z! \7 ?9 h
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; Y, X/ E) U3 O
      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire" f& t5 b( {1 O) m
      LST-84, Shell hits 3$ L: J+ V( F) P: e& K+ `" F
      LST-87, Shell hits 62 Y- v. q; [- t
      LST 180
3 s; G# }9 T4 n7 [, K      LST 157
. W( e7 H: Z5 I" f9 h  V: K" r      LST 2
7 w9 R! a9 B" T. C" Y+ M+ i, h  i      LST-884
% t* ?3 u8 F: s6 x7 }/ G      LST-882. d0 T' E; t: u1 w3 I' O5 h. v
      LST-397
8 K) ]% T# W1 ~" A6 r6 Z      LST-3958 T% P$ j" \  X4 [9 v& c
      LST-274
# f( Q: R( y9 C* c  N      LST-273
5 M% E3 o- {; y9 Z3 U0 R+ v      LST-246. ^$ U: a; b  X8 Q
      LST-2446 Q% b+ g" Z( I  q; P/ p
      LST-241
6 s8 T* {; H* {+ F% ~7 ]      LST-218$ }. @; M: y/ g3 r
      LST-2164 w+ P( B$ }% Z$ e8 H
      LST-202
4 }/ M, b3 ^, T5 N      LST-1714 C4 S4 q% H! D8 W: }. P/ [8 d
      LST-166; X- t' i6 Y+ R: V, i3 x
      LST-124
" P" U8 p# a5 Y      LST-121) }% G- W% Z6 n, r' m9 _, y
      LST-881 K" y6 F: A8 f6 N- I$ s. j
      LST-1235 b( v2 P, Q% Q0 _' m4 K. a% I
      LST-86) F4 q  ~. M: L. z

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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" W% N" M5 U2 m2 o/ A
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)& w7 m; `8 N9 g% c& x

1 e: k8 i+ [" n& q; x5 F8 xAllied Bombardment attack
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: R  c% G. V  oAttacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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Defending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361& d6 F. a  t; j- C: }4 ^. o

: z0 P7 P! y$ S& Y' f, B$ fJapanese ground losses:7 E, K; Z- O" Q9 J9 T& i/ a
      406 casualties reported
2 z# X+ R1 ~# b  m         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
5 `7 |- r& B5 S5 |  T) s         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
* q. L' }! x7 N) X         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled$ y4 l* m. P( u3 J; ~) p

% ?6 l' _! s  w& J5 p: H# p. ^Allied ground losses:1 G# R2 s0 ?" a! o
      21 casualties reported9 f4 Y/ l% _4 b
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled9 X8 b1 ?, S$ F. ^7 {& F+ l
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
% o( X- j/ n$ m% S/ l$ H. M         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, U/ s3 R+ ?4 }; ?) [, G% w0 G, x6 s
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)
4 S" D, `0 n8 w7 a: K+ n      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
2 u9 P* L! Z+ _! U2 n 9 n) j" m" Q! z* a& G4 v
Assaulting units:$ _: Q. w% u7 [& G" F' O0 ~
    5th Marine/B Division
0 }5 g& n9 `1 d8 d) m% [& Y    81st Infantry/B Division/ T, ~$ F" _# P! u0 Q
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment( Q, P" G; c" @6 ]' S; W) ]
    5th Marine/C Division
8 |  g8 f; w/ G% Y( X6 v- p    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion9 k! u: [5 c/ V! x( ^. @# ]+ U/ F
    6th Infantry/B Division& `, L( v& T' n# ^) L3 s5 F
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment6 Z$ h1 Z. M+ G
    716th Tank Battalion* y" M7 p+ `! Y% J+ u! S; W
    81st Infantry/C Division( u- W3 H6 {. m
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
. f: M' i5 K% A+ h4 p; K, Q- D    6th Infantry/C Division8 ^! v9 K/ F( Z3 F7 ?
    5th Marine/A Division7 ?. E7 K7 Y) e: J+ F0 N$ o
    767th Tank Battalion
9 J5 q0 o( Q- _    96th Infantry/A Division, z6 @& P; L' V" a/ B7 W, d
    706th Tank Battalion
7 ~' |& ^: @. i/ f# |+ ~; R    711th Tank Battalion
  s: q# @* \, b+ u8 l: K    762nd Tank Battalion
, I4 y; i2 B  n& x; H. j. M1 c    96th Infantry/B Division
3 u( W) ^4 {+ y# z& K3 _5 k    81st Infantry/A Division2 l% O' {1 \- |
    44th Tank Battalion( V8 g9 w1 `6 P' c4 L  m+ n
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 b% Q, v3 q4 ?1 Z: }7 W    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment* [1 C% J7 h4 `' c
    31st Infantry Regiment, t4 u% c* r8 r
    6th Infantry/A Division
- q: U( |! {- g% U1 H( I$ O; O" j    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment4 h, K- V1 A7 C& S/ _* ?# W" b
    710th Tank Battalion
4 X7 T( _) \: o! h/ b3 o) U    96th Infantry/C Division
& f1 m& g3 b7 ?; D' d' P6 c$ U* C    5th USA Defense Battalion
7 n# f5 o( J( C: G) J1 n' v# z    4th USA Defense Battalion4 r; w8 ?# Q2 U0 o& W5 S; I
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion, m5 j' I0 O1 K. r+ I  }5 B- K
    X Corps Artillery
8 h4 ]% c+ [0 q6 D    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment0 z) @. c7 v2 r! Z* g3 a
    XIV US Corps
! \% {  X* O4 U2 U+ T    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment% C% |0 {. o8 c) C9 O. z
    8th Marine Defense Battalion2 E8 s) v$ A" j$ C& p0 Q( l) {
    14th Marine Defense Battalion9 r4 M# x, Z. `- _
    I Corps Artillery 1 Z7 {6 R. o, J4 D5 S" j3 G" j1 X* U& D
    96th Coast AA Regiment& y6 h6 `: V: G7 D  g6 {
    1st USMC AA Battalion
! Y: @# H( K8 [7 w! y- D; }    738th Coast AA Regiment/ }2 `1 [# q) x: d- W) L, S
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
% k5 H% V+ g  ]. E) c    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
( H& J: B6 a0 Q3 n6 T    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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Defending units:
  m1 F8 `+ m# P- O    33rd/A Division5 I( _& P! A' {6 Z# M
    81st/B Division0 y% q2 b$ @. ?& l! g( t
    Sasebo 7th SNLF3 ]9 e3 Q  G" F6 l
    81st/C Division0 A6 u* Y6 i5 c$ g& J) Y
    138th Infantry Regiment
: o& k8 d4 x; G, i. @- d    Kure 3rd SNLF2 v5 A* i( _, h( x8 t+ o* Q9 W
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment) }3 ?* i2 ~& a6 w) Y& s# c" c
    144th Infantry Regiment, H/ i. B- L- ]8 Y7 V8 Q
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
  H$ H# G+ r, v8 e8 I  B7 r% q; y# A: R    33rd/B Division
7 x% ]) P/ A% ]8 m% n! N5 c: M    81st/A Division6 k4 V. b8 G8 l
    33rd/C Division
! U% _# {2 `0 ~) A    3rd Base Force/ y: j6 G) _5 l* P0 h7 }
    19th JAAF Base Force
: [2 l9 y$ V# Q2 B& m+ [    Wake Cst Gun Bn /17 v, P1 E# \6 V- j) j; b
    60th Field AA Battalion/ a; \6 ^4 e0 C5 p& s
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion4 o) ^- j4 c! q, ^. ~4 p1 l
    53rd Construction Battalion
! W  D  @" ~4 m# E) o6 U% P- I    Ponape Naval Fortress/ h2 K; B( Q4 Z$ i
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
8 a9 x* F6 Z6 V# e) X    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
0 Y- m8 h! `+ @+ k6 S2 A( d    12th Air Fleet0 g7 p7 k: u# q+ {$ G1 |
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
; L: C, y0 F# B    61st Field AA Battalion* a! u7 w" U6 \6 X* V
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co * e2 n( A7 F, I' X" j4 h$ j' p
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
8 D+ H# |9 ]! g: F! G2 M7 ?: \    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion5 F8 s! t9 u+ A4 q& b7 I' O
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8 i! `- }5 T% ?+ N1 d    14th Area Army /1
- E! e& o2 [- i% D! S    63rd Field AA Battalion1 f# E4 P4 g/ |6 C. [: \
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co ( B( I+ L+ U" g8 [8 o; F5 C
    Kure 7th SNLF7 g( L5 L8 `8 @
    18th Army/ E; D( m. m1 C" l( _. j- d1 k2 D
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
  j8 {- @' N/ F" V. [    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3
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9 k# G: J. Z" t+ n+ o0 K  m$ z日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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6 g+ Q# F8 c8 P* e5 h* dSubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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Japanese Ships
$ `( I# O- [1 b. |; `+ ~' h/ c8 c      E No.54* D" D1 t2 w0 J) r( R
      E No.50# r1 L( Q, c1 _' o
      E No.68
/ N0 i% C+ u7 Q" [5 W  t: N      E No.52% X% x; ~, e8 K
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Allied Ships
" m. q' B$ H7 a      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk( A1 O7 a/ L) ?* I) c9 _2 j
9 g& x' m4 T' C* F8 i; [0 ]) B
重创另一艘
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7 ?0 Q3 Z# H" |& C3 ^0 j6 [ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102
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Japanese Ships9 C# s8 ~" X5 c
      E No.8) J9 A6 h: U. T! E! A! \- B
      E No.6
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Allied Ships
; K& B9 Q" W9 j4 H, j' m: Q      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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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9 z% U! Q: n, J* i2 V% i
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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" e4 t: X+ q' V! P62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense." g; k  C% r, N$ `' a$ J$ e& j
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Allied Ships/ L1 \3 b) [' w3 {/ k9 S) u7 E7 J
      CA Wichita: D& Q' A- [+ o1 B! E9 D1 {$ `
      CA Vincennes
0 ~/ Y3 u& _5 w( U# ?% \' G      CA Quincy
  }2 Q$ Y4 P7 w+ u6 H  Q6 p6 t      CA San Francisco
# U! ~. ^1 O$ J5 N: n      CA Minneapolis
& J/ C$ Z1 T, q7 O- e- X( y) F      CA Astoria$ A, U: U: J; t8 U' h/ N
      CA Chicago
0 x" F( o0 C! y0 [      CA Louisville
7 g' x+ Q4 S. h" c      CA Chester/ C/ q. Y/ h& h6 T( S
      CA Northampton" d/ {& F4 H# e' y- H2 E
      CA Portland
9 I5 F- A" c8 [, c, G
% r+ N  m& D: g( F6 D$ eJapanese ground losses:
3 |' d4 ]1 U, K5 o/ [      71 casualties reported
4 O2 {* G. y% F         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 a; d% w- y3 H; C% d         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled2 F' N1 F, R1 F7 k/ {) B, t2 I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
( e2 g2 \) j* P      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)" N7 V9 d2 x0 }" q! U
1 m4 Q( f" }" c) G6 h* n; b
Airbase hits 2) u$ w" C  ~( K1 ?* W! S/ z1 V: C$ D
Runway hits 10$ o/ P  F$ {+ g( [" a% l: O
Port hits 4( ]* s" W- w/ Z+ K. ]/ G
1 `5 N0 V- ~9 P: I* p
CA Wichita firing at Ponape
% [' J, y6 D% m/ {  X5 X' Z- ECA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
2 R1 g1 v7 ~( [1 q  w0 ^& z3 F8 B0 ePonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes! P1 \$ E1 _+ D. b0 l% @
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress( T4 C3 C+ g5 }& G
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy! ]# m- s1 @$ ]  M) G0 t' ?) F
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
( t% X% C$ z7 p7 l9 OCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
- M$ M. e2 a2 O, x1 q0 h$ fPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria2 {, K' O5 u& i( Z" i! S5 d, J
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress" m/ k/ }/ K6 s6 L
CA Chicago firing at Ponape
3 g, \! n# T; @) }5 HCA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
8 X4 j% {5 G. ?! wOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
4 k  |, }7 |4 q7 Q7 ?4 i7 yCA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress. t2 U  @9 D3 b# E* [' @% \9 m$ V
CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division& x0 F. `: m7 ?/ N
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland
% C& Y! ~, N& C" a* U0 KCA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment4 @* R; z1 |2 k3 Q( b

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113- h. }3 p! n: I( ?

5 q" L; ^5 i! K7 }( B1 m9 WAllied Ships
. E" s6 _& k- g* ?      BB Alabama
7 {0 E; i$ Y; T3 q2 ^9 l. C- O2 M      BB Massachusetts
+ D2 G, V4 V: L3 ~0 l5 T      BB Indiana
& z$ t8 C3 h1 S! }; _2 c      BB South Dakota# P' o' ~6 l" R6 A$ d
      BB Washington5 X9 p, M0 o7 F7 h# e3 ]* L$ w
      BB North Carolina
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' Z6 I! Q4 T' S8 sJapanese ground losses:
3 \9 h& d# A# i' h* V) n% U      275 casualties reported
$ @9 |$ J' d5 _4 _         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
. N( n; `, h9 T4 l3 F+ t         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled' F5 l1 o4 E6 g0 B3 Q
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
( j8 b) Z" P* D% e) h      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)$ C  p8 R4 E- \; t& C" g
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ U4 T" M! ?/ K7 M9 Y. J0 Q

/ e6 D! ~5 C) A0 A7 x1 v1 JAirbase supply hits 1
2 I8 O5 T* _5 l9 {8 G# gRunway hits 7
0 Y$ I. y3 ~, \6 UPort hits 3
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0 V4 o& e0 T: H# k7 JBB Alabama firing at Ponape
! e4 h* J) x# X! L8 [/ |8 jBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
0 R- \3 |" {! ]+ ?: C: U: FBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division4 c8 @4 |4 C$ n! @6 y" ?$ e
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota
7 z3 g; s5 A9 _5 O1 F' i% c7 jBB South Dakota firing at Ponape - M0 Q0 `3 x/ a3 N2 I: d3 l% y& r5 p
BB Washington firing at Ponape , j/ k9 u; U- F8 n' n4 y( }* y
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment2 h- A1 A: l' ^6 n% W

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& W3 ]  r, B+ l2 W- v+ j7 b0 GNight Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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& R% E+ M; z( a& A) X5 ?! b& z  [13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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  P7 {% Q' @7 Z# [/ A, c3 fAllied Ships# L7 n$ M3 T; s1 D; l! p) m
      BB Queen Elizabeth7 k+ G1 ~! w+ U
      BB Valiant
2 `+ l! w! X4 P; F4 @' h2 D      BB Mississippi
0 r) H% d- s$ f0 t. J! T      BB New Mexico
' b6 }7 t; ^0 F* l      BB Idaho4 ]% Z0 b1 W1 K$ D* p! J7 x
      BB West Virginia
5 u. R& c) O; L5 {5 U      BB Colorado
4 W- q' q, o0 w& K, k& B4 |8 \8 g3 W2 w) S6 @5 A
Japanese ground losses:2 f' j- C/ v0 w6 k; U
      117 casualties reported
, Q2 d$ w  m1 ]3 t; \         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled6 h- F- @5 }- F7 w1 w. w
         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled6 O1 p6 S3 G/ @# u) \
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ t" r% [5 E3 W. \& ~      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)8 w+ }' a4 O* H  l$ O
      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled): f% n% H' j3 }8 C' C

/ {0 K% s; B- B/ MAirbase hits 2. e) }' `7 C# G$ C
Runway hits 2  W5 A2 X0 K. i3 H" B( o

/ E+ p# R5 `  ?2 F+ SBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment" l2 K/ G& \6 u) v
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
. F6 [7 f+ a7 _3 |+ T: EBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress/ T, ~5 R  O' d) e, A4 _5 A4 M  l: d; c
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
: X# c, y' @+ SBB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division" z* |3 e7 R. u7 O& T
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force! a$ O" f, |# H. r; b8 _$ C8 s
3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho; D1 g! k9 @, ~. C2 s" Y% p' f
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape ) e% H9 p1 [( }- O' I
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force
" u# l9 K6 X) `+ i6 n9 K3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms$ b/ O7 C' A( B
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 x# X. o& ~5 P
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes2 ^1 I- ^4 o! w8 r
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Allied aircraft' w! {6 M. {- }& {3 Q- }. g
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
2 e8 k" E/ `9 ?# A0 Y6 N      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337) \$ C( p/ \% ^; R- |( _8 ?( w
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
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4 V6 Y  t% _& B; \+ E' \; OAllied aircraft losses' ^, F& k, Q- f; W/ I1 v, t
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged0 `+ f7 {. [6 b. P
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
' q* f( U; N- j7 ~; j9 D! b$ ?      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged7 U% t6 m. x+ O5 O! J3 k( E
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak5 V; Y% @3 ]# w6 y2 V# o, K8 Q

3 R$ d9 G/ o( A; i5 u3 y; b4 u3 hJapanese ground losses:1 n# @2 q( L5 u2 a% Q. R8 d
      159 casualties reported
$ N2 f. \! K2 l2 D, c3 Z         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled6 u3 l& F  o: ^
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
0 {) s8 K9 e, j: Y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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) s. A/ t& E  f: Z; zAllied Deliberate attack
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$ z6 B( h: v* g2 k( W" z$ N3 XAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 2931
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1 R. _' ~/ b& ]- R7 D! ZDefending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344  H: V/ _) J1 K/ Z) E

4 ?: j0 J. ^, `: x8 m" v2 l" V+ _  wAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7; H9 V& ?' Z- E2 q. }

; [/ M, i( D0 @# @. O7 E: V$ cAllied adjusted assault: 3406 & N7 I& M# r/ G: B" G/ y# _

" W4 q4 R+ g* g% B7 o9 kJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7) + r* F) v$ f" @

% T" @# r) e& R2 t, O3 ?. c0 B; ?Combat modifiers) s  V  j5 m' A" ~. p1 e5 w
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)3 x. t  B4 p0 [5 M* u# l
Attacker:
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5 v; h3 p4 u' t0 r& XJapanese ground losses:
& i  a, N" J* p( f7 U      3539 casualties reported
3 ]8 x6 D# w% z3 `         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
" [1 x3 U# X3 i+ C' p& j         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled' }. @- S) l  X) @  e
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
+ j/ Y) U) ~% m. c      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)9 M, I0 G( \: y2 h
      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:
# ]8 k- @$ W2 o6 V0 }# i( N" Z4 }      3552 casualties reported
" s! x6 r# G9 K         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
3 c- L' T% `) J, G2 ^, N# [6 t3 e         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled8 L  |2 b  G# J% q
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled% a* m4 S& {' X/ L' d' B
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled)" b8 `3 t2 A* [, k; a; @, {1 E+ y  ]
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)
! h( q# A3 x; j) e3 j' L  S      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:4 s. _* b4 h1 Y
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
; z9 X! w7 |, Y& o: m. s& }: k    5th Marine Division  T1 O# y* N) X" _6 ^9 s9 d2 D- L
    716th Tank Battalion7 _# U" x, P6 z
    706th Tank Battalion' A% l# z( D, Q
    762nd Tank Battalion$ d  l, a' O0 ]4 g' H5 H# I8 e. x
    710th Tank Battalion
; Q$ p2 k* a' h* m    767th Tank Battalion8 O/ [) A" w4 H- n' w
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment% _( \% X( C! j" I' U. J
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
( X# Z3 U8 ^& O( A7 @6 x    81st Infantry Division
5 L+ H" v* B+ ?1 @& y% r    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment: V: y- k7 P  f8 v8 m
    96th Infantry Division
4 T6 k4 P3 g. X! g: v    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
) o, T9 E  d' o, T    711th Tank Battalion3 t* f7 q$ |# k0 a
    44th Tank Battalion( k! ?5 b$ t6 }  G$ D  y
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion4 U3 m/ v% r# E7 d- m
    6th Infantry Division3 y, o8 v3 s0 }4 O5 O& |
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment8 A- Q2 ?" o4 [; @2 i, A
    31st Infantry Regiment- l/ [- V# F( U; t) S& r. s4 y8 I
    XIV US Corps
: {" o/ E3 B+ f* [* g! V! y- G    96th Coast AA Regiment1 h4 M. l8 _$ z1 N' i
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
. p. f5 T' z/ [/ O0 Y    4th USA Defense Battalion. P5 G5 }4 p1 A
    14th Marine Defense Battalion1 o9 B6 h  I) f+ |  Z
    1st USMC AA Battalion2 d# S/ w( j4 F9 \
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion7 J8 `6 R8 Z/ n0 ]% b. a
    5th USA Defense Battalion. ?6 M3 M# W: J& {& }1 d2 f
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ q& C0 o+ d3 n) D6 \
    738th Coast AA Regiment$ u* M6 C3 U8 A& |# F
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
1 y/ w6 {) P$ n. W2 Y. S/ M    I Corps Artillery
$ u& M1 K" l9 i    8th Marine Defense Battalion8 I, \1 J$ C7 l0 Z1 x
    X Corps Artillery
7 ~& }8 U8 L8 x# Z) A5 {! M    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
6 H& o( m6 [4 |) o; o    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment5 R1 x' k0 L& u$ @8 T2 C: V
2 i% ?. O# f5 u* ~! D7 S
Defending units:9 Y& S! O$ ~0 Z. m" F9 w
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
2 v# [7 X9 C5 M) L    52nd Naval Guard Unit
5 B8 W+ f: \7 N/ O# c) I    144th Infantry Regiment  c) y2 A4 A2 D6 w  ^# c0 N$ i
    Kure 3rd SNLF
; y3 S# u$ u+ |+ s6 O    Sasebo 7th SNLF( J) w8 Q0 `4 E' {* p& O
    33rd/B Division( n' E$ v2 L9 T  z" C. N7 a
    81st/C Division+ ^% Z9 ~! F  i% P
    81st/A Division, i, ]" V! `( f1 _
    81st/B Division* N" Y9 |5 ~, \3 i0 S& P, B) l
    33rd/A Division. Y) h8 f6 a* M8 \7 ?+ ?( E: A# H
    138th Infantry Regiment
1 H! \6 p$ P! l) o5 [    33rd/C Division
7 G) [6 y  d4 C* S* P' |% y: e0 ^    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
  b1 S, S1 X5 p! S    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion; v+ A: Y* J& G, J6 P2 @9 s
    19th JAAF Base Force
1 Q+ E& L6 t" t8 O1 q# E6 h! E6 u    31st Ind.AA Gun Co " n; z2 g! A* p, \4 V
    12th Air Fleet4 a) p. v; h. x3 P  z5 ]
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
( j( J9 v6 i1 q. e8 L' `    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
0 v; F; i) J+ L    63rd Field AA Battalion9 t& A- v2 ?. |9 J1 l& [
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
4 u: J! \# T8 A& ^9 b+ L    18th Field AF Construction Battalion* R6 q* S- Y# d: m' E
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 g1 N0 B+ S8 o    Ponape Naval Fortress5 [$ ]( h" Q$ P* q0 }) T0 g
    61st Field AA Battalion- P- F- F- Y4 g
    18th Army2 P% S* ?6 n# T$ x/ D. C0 `
    14th Area Army /1
" ]2 m1 k, i$ d! G5 r    60th Field AA Battalion
- m' }% ]6 d" y! e    53rd Construction Battalion
6 X* R4 N4 W$ x3 _& l- I    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
, A1 _* ~3 E6 ~" b+ y) O    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1, S$ O9 D+ H7 r8 q1 L; K
    Kure 7th SNLF
. `6 t& j- x; R: B# F/ d, J/ `    3rd Base Force
) ]% n) I  M+ N. r5 S6 g    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
2 {) P, _9 q+ ]. T) q+ ]Weather in hex: Thunderstorms6 g! X7 U, g- s2 W* A

8 R& G  k* u* @6 ?7 q! g+ JRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s
" o: w  K5 [  O/ ?Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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, I$ A9 D* ^6 U1 P, z1 N7 H" DAllied aircraft% ~7 ~6 j' Z- k
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462" W1 H  Q4 K; [! H# x7 b
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3374 r  o0 k, \8 ]3 C5 @' U. |" V# |
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
- b+ Z" J! ~7 c( N/ NAllied aircraft losses
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5 C3 R. P' `2 x' E( b7 ]3 G4 A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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( t( M: [5 D3 T. K4 v* I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0 v0 H$ G: f4 Y! l- s
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!# Q: W8 O* M2 p  A' W% u1 C

! m3 n: L  Z6 g* S7 F! _, _Allied Ships3 f8 ?+ ]% U6 ]1 y% Y% E6 J
      CA Vincennes/ |, U/ H6 J  Z: u& V
      CA Quincy5 U; B* U3 Y. D/ }; x
      CA San Francisco# D, @7 C% L& t
      CA Minneapolis
: V: B4 M! F4 A; w/ x      CA Astoria; z- K6 l0 I3 G" ?0 x' i1 @
      CA Chicago
. K& u! A& n! d3 J, d9 v      CA Louisville: t  f. o+ |8 t# i6 p/ W9 s3 }# v
      CA Chester$ r5 l8 ]( y7 |, f* o: d3 g0 o
      CA Northampton  s, U7 N' n( r; t; b
      CA Portland! I4 o7 B( M8 C9 D7 I+ F
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Japanese ground losses:4 y" B/ E- a9 ?) ?1 a3 r
      112 casualties reported) t$ a. V( G# f5 O
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled+ s$ j4 v; m8 V+ g& A0 ]( a
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
( \# r1 i" V/ Y6 r7 W         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
  f( b# A& u+ |& n, B1 @6 G$ R' L4 b3 M' N3 }, G
Airbase hits 5
6 k8 Q7 _  Y! f9 lAirbase supply hits 28 H2 t& r, d! f, [0 w( Y2 g8 V- c
Runway hits 21( [2 i. J* `* f# N" Y$ {; S
Port hits 7! N3 g8 ]6 K) b: j

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; l# r3 [- @" J1 \Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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8 b# {, C3 ]/ F) p5 R# s. sAllied Ships* y; M7 Y( [1 e; J
      BB Alabama9 t  @" W5 Z  N, n) d, D7 W  g* l
      BB Massachusetts8 w( g% \! b( d) v' e! W. a/ v
      BB Indiana
- W* p& \; S( [* Q      BB South Dakota7 l6 O0 k6 [$ X" h$ k- X) O' Y
      BB Washington
( a0 N) ?1 H9 `1 a5 b2 _1 i: G# c0 r      BB North Carolina
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2 X5 F1 T9 z, o2 }3 ]$ n1 }Japanese ground losses:; R+ f  t% c/ N% s
      398 casualties reported, e- s) ^9 m$ a2 T8 T  O; k3 ~1 _
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
$ U/ S  M# _0 [! Y2 m) A4 a* w         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled, l/ I2 X8 U4 l! o% R
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
( _& Q5 e1 R) _" B& f+ H# I      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
2 c. I5 T" K3 J3 G- l4 e      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 C" n# a: q: x9 Y5 X
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Airbase hits 9( ], D5 Y3 ]7 C
Runway hits 9
" j$ P$ e% p8 |3 p9 ]5 r" q( r6 kPort hits 2
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9 g8 r% z" v/ `/ N' lBB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
' Z' J1 p9 p0 O# ~  Y5 `9 V" T, r. hBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape 9 Z5 ~$ F7 D' y' G2 }
BB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division
- f9 v9 T4 [& m. @BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
" T& p, [( {& l  P6 F% V, vBB Washington firing at Ponape # ~* g( A/ h7 v7 A. A
BB North Carolina firing at Ponape ' W5 `9 \2 r+ m4 D

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2 |$ I. z$ y6 d$ d/ t9 _Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113
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Allied Ships
; k/ G1 r* B( w  n8 R; D9 s7 t! u      BB Mississippi  P( G( \% ?4 X  {0 y
      BB New Mexico
* Q4 K+ o" O- _  A2 P: x      BB Idaho
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Japanese ground losses:
) m, S! ~4 J! w8 \      195 casualties reported
5 J: L0 p$ w8 _; ?& w2 C/ Y  N         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: e. u+ }% e+ B' E         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled
) \3 w$ A  m1 c4 g  a1 y$ z         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 P) t) N2 `) m6 `9 ~8 n- Z& z      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)! s4 z2 i3 j. u2 P+ ~
      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
4 Y9 x9 q1 v5 T. H/ n, ?0 B* pRunway hits 14+ u- H" O) ?8 H$ s
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BB Mississippi firing at Ponape
9 _& i; d8 |/ a% H* WBB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division
6 ^5 V0 x/ r& \+ f+ h7 T; T, nBB Idaho firing at Ponape
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7 A+ ^5 |! D2 D' k2 oAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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# q, \3 E- W4 sWeather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet./ |5 H% f& p9 l) F
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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4 K" j7 M: m! ~& U  F  M& r$ qAllied aircraft
; o) u, f: d) d+ D/ S, w; j      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
# G; Q) n8 ?: @: _1 L      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 333
% f  h, K: @' f& [' |& M. d      TBM-1C Avenger x 286
2 W: t% C( S' {, q+ J7 c  s, q; Z1 _, |
Allied aircraft losses
7 m7 f$ @8 w: Y" Y! X' b6 g      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
0 X' S' d# s0 r3 n; c      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak
/ u# E2 b. h* l$ ~+ V% W      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged- M3 G3 O+ a: t/ h" \

. r. B6 f, L* b; Z" J  i5 f5 L/ {Japanese ground losses:
* O8 a8 k- n$ G; J& F% x  H      121 casualties reported
5 c9 S+ b+ ^: {         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
$ j; P9 p+ r2 Y% D7 n- G. [" S         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled0 w2 N1 u1 t( y1 y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. n3 ^' X* r) q7 l7 Y" g  `

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) S# U9 E! c8 s  q* W7 }* `Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack
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6 T9 U5 G/ s+ ]8 z3 S8 h  c# z$ ^2 p/ A( fAttacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11214 c6 _) V: s- r8 D& U( `

( v! @" B+ V- l* j6 U0 }Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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: c3 w2 N# n9 P2 f4 w" fAllied adjusted assault: 3228 & F+ y& V7 o3 _3 i: X

% ]; |" |7 r( u  x. fJapanese adjusted defense: 7085 8 E( @# _3 n4 z- R  l

, M, I/ G" A. C* k" xAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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Combat modifiers3 v' ]& m# O# T/ ^2 w: U
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
! T3 }0 [: M. dAttacker:
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/ _& C+ K# d3 _# s$ U6 oJapanese ground losses:
2 a  ]& K3 h' E$ @8 D      2305 casualties reported5 u: O' l$ T  C9 W
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
0 |( M" U* S3 {3 q" k         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled6 T( n. I8 _; V/ d9 A* m
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled& `3 }2 t7 h* [/ Z* k
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)
) \4 j5 ^3 ]% A5 d( }- J6 ~6 g  l      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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* z# |6 H3 q3 Y' j: ~Allied ground losses:4 R# I: m$ A; ^5 O
      3064 casualties reported
- c+ M5 ?$ B! q2 j         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled: {+ i' {8 c$ }' }* U/ H
         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled+ m1 V0 l; {& Q4 I6 n2 Y" n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
) p2 |, Z" U/ R* e+ W      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)% B- S( K/ ?1 z: i" O2 Z
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)  V! d2 x' y8 X# P" ~. ~/ e

0 Q9 j3 z4 Q7 Q5 X2 ?$ _Assaulting units:% w9 ?3 H- e" L1 o; B: n7 @
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment% x' _: `8 T: v$ r; [: p
    711th Tank Battalion
# c% |! g& Y& W7 a4 a: G    716th Tank Battalion
) [/ d) s5 ]% x& r! p% E    6th Infantry Division1 |' d- O, {: @8 Z) @. F
    44th Tank Battalion$ f- Z7 C3 g4 ]& P3 w+ I6 v1 |
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment* A/ P. z9 y9 b7 D
    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment1 ^* X& F9 Z: B
    81st Infantry Division; Q3 o4 _# Y  L5 G. L4 p) p
    767th Tank Battalion
' H" Y2 P" ?& [    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3 q! [* c( h3 H4 d2 a! _7 O  p    762nd Tank Battalion/ @$ m# K% v4 U# _2 V1 q7 D& M
    710th Tank Battalion
  ?$ j0 A$ p0 D' x# B& l    96th Infantry Division
6 x+ |1 i+ G; U9 l, g/ ]& U    1st Filipino Inf Regiment4 S$ `2 w8 U) ]
    706th Tank Battalion
% k/ V' x$ |  e2 H9 E' Q$ b    5th Marine Division' _* b* G- T: T
    31st Infantry Regiment
5 I' V/ |5 r' o& o& M    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ s( y3 x- H8 y+ U: }, A& {
    1st USMC AA Battalion
3 ~8 T' O7 Y& J6 ^1 P+ K0 C- o8 l    738th Coast AA Regiment/ Z+ r& C) P" q; I
    96th Coast AA Regiment% Q7 z5 y' J" `+ S; c
    14th Marine Defense Battalion
& H2 K3 \2 P0 i: H6 `    12th Marine Defense Battalion
/ ?$ C4 n$ f% k+ c: D9 f1 ~    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
, C1 }9 Z; O  Z4 U3 t* |    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 Z1 m3 i- Z: C. |6 T' [0 v& v% E9 b
    XIV US Corps7 O: e1 u- H+ s! F6 c; G2 `- s
    X Corps Artillery + i5 N  v& ~5 n! D$ c
    5th USA Defense Battalion, @# s, Z% j9 B3 C* d
    4th USA Defense Battalion, L  a5 T: K* q0 [$ t! x4 t7 F
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment
; Z" t2 U, P% `6 |    I Corps Artillery . }! K+ B& g9 L0 c( Y) V
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
) E5 I( M$ z$ p: ]    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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7 p6 T" C& I& N$ k3 X/ D9 ~Defending units:7 Z  z4 m& b4 f/ [% t/ Z1 u5 }1 s
    Ponape Naval Fortress8 p0 d2 |" S! R1 s
    81st/C Division; ~! T5 `, F: r. v$ _! V2 K
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
' \! P( j% I0 e/ x# h    138th Infantry Regiment. B1 A0 f+ N0 _
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment4 t9 l3 A8 U3 f) ^& A1 r
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
$ C: E. q" F; o2 q    144th Infantry Regiment
; H, ?7 Z5 T5 B" Q6 [    81st/B Division7 |! M5 H; `0 X# v; R3 ~
    33rd/B Division6 L. D  t9 I8 Z6 L
    33rd/A Division6 z9 [5 C! r7 |4 D% h3 y
    81st/A Division
$ l2 B& R3 c! A8 x7 i# O    Kure 3rd SNLF
! c2 @# x! N9 t. J: s    33rd/C Division( C  m7 v& y6 T$ D# d3 h0 Z! [
    53rd Construction Battalion) ?0 ]; B! J7 F  d* ]
    18th Army
5 f' W. Y$ l5 L( V# |. A    14th Area Army /1
* v9 K* k) A0 R    60th Field AA Battalion
2 h8 W4 h8 _2 r, }" P- A    12th Air Fleet; x' z, B3 w1 q! ?0 f( J
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment- F, n# h7 H) q: x: g; a  B7 b
    63rd Field AA Battalion
3 j( l' u* g6 U7 a) `2 u. D    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment! q0 e: U- v' Y% ?$ ^
    3rd Base Force
+ f% z+ P* E# ?1 x0 _( J    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
- ?% S: p1 v" t( C9 O7 b- h    Kure 7th SNLF
1 d9 e  c) t% j+ R* _. W    19th JAAF Base Force/ d/ B' ~* ?* h
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion# T( h$ y6 F' _" O
    61st Field AA Battalion/ ~! n9 ~' T0 {' {. D
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 O. B! i% r( s4 C! _4 n
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment1 y  ?+ w/ [% Q: z7 i
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment5 u2 D  k7 x9 j
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion8 Y+ d8 \, ~9 A  O  y' `3 i1 E. O4 W
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ {3 |% |6 O2 M: Y8 c4 p    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, 442 \5 m7 F' c" b1 {5 P0 c( ~1 Y
妄图偷袭仰光的日军舰队被识破，轻型巡洋舰十胜号被4颗1000磅爆菊，生死未卜
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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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' r  b! A2 g9 M; N- |Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,608 v9 U' y! Q3 T  z; D

; m, c7 w. h# @( P0 j7 y) r7 uWeather in hex: Partial cloud2 I  H( e6 l+ ^! G* m  J/ S
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Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.0 m8 B2 K- Y. |( B) ^1 }3 r% X
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes- K( P, x3 G' v& g6 L
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Allied aircraft
" B2 Z& i  u% X3 B      P-38L Lightning x 23* S6 ~) n/ P# v$ L
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30
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Allied aircraft losses4 I: \7 j) L) S4 ^' [8 B" g5 b' y
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
& R) C. ]- }+ i: z4 H4 c, h      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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' j3 f& m  \% A$ G/ I  ^Japanese Ships& c( p6 ]2 s* {/ n8 B: H/ D& j# l
      DD Suruyame
- Q. f' \( s8 k/ Y  b' M& N      CL Ninaru
3 T" x3 Q  |& H8 f5 b8 C: B      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 ^; G% K: z" s* g% n
      DD Yayoi3 u0 A) G8 {+ U1 j) E
      CA Kako
  J  e& M- g% B/ g      DD Asagiri
# k; Q+ ]1 a% `2 G      DD Ayanami4 q; a3 a" n8 y" H# A' Z2 A' H: {: @3 v

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Aircraft Attacking:
7 E: E' i# |1 i      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'" R% O1 x1 Y2 {# F4 z& E& A8 J$ }& Q
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb2 f# m7 W) r( ^3 s2 S
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'4 f, e# R* R2 f1 O% ~
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb  K1 Q9 P6 H. b# M: Q3 n" r$ c
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'% E+ I( i0 R/ W- d( D
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Massive explosion on CL Tokachi4 p4 k$ [6 M; j
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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4 j" a0 o2 h( U; YAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)- W; q9 m8 }( h/ Y* x& l

2 G! b) i  y8 Z; lWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.. |! O% e" [& b& t/ `6 Y
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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: W: `( g, \. {1 t! N4 f; CAllied aircraft
5 ~! K8 M: I. B      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
; g5 ?& {, T+ f+ F* e% U; a      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326
4 o& _8 J, Q" U9 V$ a      TBM-1C Avenger x 285
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1 D  T, b; h' G" B, m1 O! |4 S, D8 {Allied aircraft losses0 b& G5 `  H" d9 w
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged, j3 z8 w8 X0 u2 G, j; s
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak. i: C( Y; I. G6 f
      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged6 j1 I% O( w1 n& ~1 j. U
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Japanese ground losses:
. K' m0 o2 n; j      276 casualties reported& ^0 B; z  ?3 r9 z4 v/ U
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
3 Q+ S2 ~5 B! c+ X! q0 G         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
4 |7 {) g2 n& R' F& }         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  u5 c2 i: y9 P4 \9 r! b, z' y/ I# ^
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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, t" v$ j" k2 L/ Y# S. `Allied Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263
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9 P5 t$ A4 e5 w) F6 H! J, qDefending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 1017
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Japanese ground losses:
1 [2 n0 n. ~. x      1082 casualties reported5 Q9 B% G" t. g! i
         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled( J- s4 J5 r& T+ {) I, ]" U  i
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
4 o3 j4 d+ F% j, p         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled" G) L4 E# C* {& f
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)8 h9 \0 [8 Q7 |% K- a( }# j) s1 ~

1 S4 D! n! C( M7 F4 VAllied ground losses:
2 x" o* U2 g4 R4 j5 _" N      23 casualties reported
$ ~' I6 j' j# c" b         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ ]* M  y$ ?: b         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
, ?& m' k+ \& J& V& W& R         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) @, ^. \) z& ~  N" l' F1 h      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)3 s  a- V( Q" o% L
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44% F; H: Y( m$ P. x! V
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东京快车出轨4 ^3 C- b2 E; f/ y) g* G2 J( c

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日军在波纳佩经过连日激战，补给消耗的速度大大高于天蝗的预期，眼看就支持不住，天蝗不得已组织了东京快车对岛上日军进行补给，不幸被盟军太平洋舰队堵着正着，水面车轮战后全歼了这支东京快车运输队的10余艘APD，还顺带击沉了护航的水面战队日军轻巡天盐号和吹雪级驱逐舰一艘。
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4 F& {: X' X! H, P. u5 S8 [( B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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  ~: z" t7 `$ X: C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。
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Submarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
2 V$ h5 z- i/ r9 o7 x& g! c      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk; Y; d3 Y7 ]/ Z/ S; a

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      CLAA Prince Robert, c. O! ~9 n& {, B. ~1 o2 I! q
      DD Saumarez& b4 a' \- r# x) K0 c" o& @. {
      DD Nizam& H8 s/ c8 h' q
      DD Ellet
/ P! V1 m2 d0 u( P* Y- L$ e+ _      DD Waller  W2 I8 m) r; O: Y- {
      DD Walker
2 Y7 y! i, f! S, b7 ]# h      DD Wadleigh
0 E/ _6 m' H: C* g8 E9 {4 d      DD Uhlmann- J/ }8 H5 T3 D; n. B  x
      DD Twining
" V6 r: o8 c6 B2 \      DD Twiggs4 T4 G  R$ W$ @+ ]3 b
      DD David Taylor1 y; V% s0 U  b0 P9 s0 z. L; g# V
      DD Strong
4 S0 P& |( B0 E6 }6 d4 S      DD Sproston
8 D1 |; }; y, K8 }      DD Sigsbee
; t& ~4 B3 p- T1 }- x      DD Sigourney
1 o( J* t8 l( R. B# d. I      DD Schroeder
2 C+ X0 |7 Q$ L) e' E1 n& j      DD Benham II. N& i& @6 w) v1 ^
      DD Cushing II
  o( p, I$ s( p3 S& K% o      DD Urchin
4 U) h& T- g6 X! _      DD Urania  M7 p2 I7 [; N3 h& C. [

* m1 e+ l1 Q/ C: U1 hSS I-48 is sighted by escort
1 G; }3 O/ c) ^! }3 W5 ~0 PDD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search4 V8 v6 ~/ B' T6 X
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....3 B1 O8 l; {  ?5 x" Y! C) m
SS I-48 forced to surface!/ |5 C" U- y5 v, k+ V6 T+ T
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ..../ a) Y5 k, d6 X6 d2 T
DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....& {. r* w  C' W$ D! }
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....
7 r' K) h; x7 A$ O8 ]( f( n% _DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....
' S8 |0 v4 y  w: [8 P0 Y/ {  XDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
3 k, [7 h# x/ i* o  }1 q* ^, {Sub slips beneath the waves9 N; m; j+ y* a/ N

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! |  Y: b+ N* oNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards# g- i( P8 |* r6 ~- w! a

* i/ ^. K# m. e, dJapanese aircraft8 N0 }2 j; {/ }, x( g  `6 {& R
      no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses# g, {9 O4 d# Y+ N
      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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      CL Agano
  s1 w! B- k" C. m      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 2
# l, Z. ~) Z4 ?9 [& p/ l' O5 L1 W' ]      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 j( e& v- p1 O/ X      DD Hibiki
1 \# }0 l# ]! {0 d6 b4 m      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
/ r+ |/ a; S0 h: e      DD Shirakumo
- @  H0 {: T( H/ M2 {' i  |      DD Isonami
+ p" V0 c; M5 J3 z$ C      DD Murakumo2 n9 E/ Y2 D& [! M& O
      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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  K. p' r% B& m$ |$ f" kAllied Ships7 ?$ R9 l, B( f! ^- j
      BB North Carolina" r* q( y& `2 O, Q
      BB Washington- I+ A/ @& @7 S% Y* [
      BB South Dakota5 j+ \" G% a) f. O
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
3 Z- Y: w, R& _# _3 [      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2' |. w6 V" h9 {
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2+ y7 B! g0 o$ d% H, g! E
      DD Conner. `! q" o! F$ H
      DD Cotten. l5 V9 w2 R0 i: b, c. V7 d
      DD Cowell
0 S: y9 e: C6 e( g( Z      DD Daly
; I* p; t0 \! q+ j      DD Eaton
: t  c; c& d. Q* O% U, E+ Y+ p      DD Heywood Edwards
) d- e3 n' A  T4 }$ `' l      DD Erben! V" Z( A! x6 p8 x3 _% T
      DD Evans9 E: D5 m% b/ D& w+ X0 _4 }) x" `
      DD Foote
% T' `+ s% c" Q: z      DD Franks7 r" M$ _9 L! t4 e7 ?
      DD Fullam1 k' v$ H5 w0 f+ @1 i
      DD Gatling2 @* a* y5 I5 O' T" u- _$ m
      DD Albert Grant# r8 y  a  T  Z, \
      DD Gregory% p- ?4 p+ {0 l/ o
      DD Guest
# ?& H( i: Z, v3 D6 X. b      DMS Hamilton
) l6 n- C( `! W( {% z2 H9 w+ H. T      DMS Forrest7 N3 w: {( ]4 H- z, ~2 v
      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ {8 h2 M$ c5 `$ w. s* C$ jRange closes to 28,000 yards...; \2 X  j! v; _. ~* {; R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards. W# R0 l. ^: o" H6 L/ C, d
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards
8 x# X9 ^* A+ V/ P9 X( sRange closes to 26,000 yards...4 U9 K6 i: R8 `/ H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
  e7 z" ~, y# t# |3 \0 qRange closes to 24,000 yards...9 y' O$ G- z* N( |" l, @/ A; U. s& V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards4 O. x: {& ?+ D7 ]( `+ r' d, B
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards7 R& m6 H% W) ]7 r: K
Range closes to 22,000 yards...) C9 G  x$ O) x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
1 O( ~* a8 M7 F0 M% NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards  }9 S% W, i. E( V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 M: c( C9 v/ J; e; j; KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards. Q5 T1 f7 U3 p. e9 N) D3 s% [
Range closes to 18,000 yards...' ]2 U: ^) _+ B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards; I- w6 d! P3 K. o) L$ R2 e3 y- b
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
, T: p5 R! L3 t) ECONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
# s5 {/ [( W0 B; c4 E; FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
0 _8 f  C4 M7 o  F, rCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards: _  r" O' Q! r$ B4 V
Range closes to 12,000 yards..." l8 m. e# c4 I# p( }; v6 i& e
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards) e( q  N3 \( G+ A% X
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
7 D! I* `: z, e8 {Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! _: z9 z' g$ m/ `CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
9 A# I8 Z7 e* VCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
4 c- A! j% O" O, O: sRange closes to 10,000 yards...
" S/ x* T0 n& B+ |" iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
7 g) C* ~9 r. l* J% X, v$ S/ mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
% D8 h$ i# X3 H' v4 [/ hCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
3 {8 J3 K2 v6 m/ UBB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards# ?/ k, L. x5 ^8 m  \( }9 A" k2 j
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
0 g1 p: P. o- t6 ?* Z5 iCL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards
& h- c9 v$ t9 F$ {& J9 JBB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
) \. V( ?( a3 O8 ~( ]- FBB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards9 Z3 K/ Z* m2 P# M! n* y( f
DD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards' c3 S  ]' L8 G- l! S9 f5 P8 r
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
+ j# d% D2 I/ O/ ~7 T, h! LBB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
- X9 s$ x5 V( \: w1 i- ADD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards6 N9 d4 l8 g6 ~* y, p
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
* t0 w+ {0 t2 L; x4 R$ TCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
( \; ^9 Z# f+ KRange increases to 11,000 yards
8 [+ S# [& T/ K7 _' y- iCL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
# w1 T3 |" l" g; U* V5 @4 b; lBB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards, Q' @$ y  M+ Y: r  J* p
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
* s5 Q0 @4 y  F/ ZDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards8 e( R, K7 ^# o- d, V
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards
4 O( m3 @2 X2 v0 ]DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
2 I- y+ m. ^9 Q& ACL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards+ B3 e# {+ h; x7 F5 d5 n  T3 N  `9 C1 {
BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards
  p+ `- U1 K7 w: V$ j5 }DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards5 E. f4 D- \% [! k5 h
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards* Y  ], r7 V0 a; F/ Q8 T+ b
DD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards5 R" m9 M+ e: q: f6 r% U( Y
DD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards* x  Q2 T+ T. k
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards  p# \. n$ T3 ^2 H0 `# d$ V
DD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards
  N$ B  m' r* f3 }! ERange closes to 10,000 yards4 n+ j9 K) `, y# r
CL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards2 a4 m. P2 O; i6 r0 N- B
CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
' ^) @: C( U, n& ~, Q, r: q: SDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards5 t9 b7 ?; m# ~! J
DD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
! C4 O: N5 t) e* H1 l4 u; d6 b1 XDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards6 Q9 J  C8 Z- G8 Q1 q! T
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards& N* @1 B2 r3 M
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards8 x' g, Z8 z% |
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards
9 H8 T8 T5 ]' ^8 P! v- ^0 PCL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
  S2 ~0 y: k# a! C: {. {/ g" qDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards
! u% P( v: ]# U6 a! ?/ w+ bJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
: p' u; p* n4 y6 WTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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  N/ N& @; y% s/ W, t9 V      DD Hikokaze
! g3 C, V# W! z3 h. ^' h0 o      DD Ishikaze
" M0 f+ s* |6 d% U; ^1 H      DD Tagokaze' a) {) ]( R; _, _
      DD Takatakaze1 p6 @- @3 J9 w  N0 v5 O  ]

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      BB North Carolina! X* P$ h( s+ X
      BB Washington
& u9 k& [9 V( W. C% ]7 k0 Z0 ]      BB South Dakota
5 @9 g% y" {7 }7 @      BB Indiana: {" p9 p6 a. {. S
      BB Massachusetts
$ [! @3 h6 c: u      BB Alabama
) F. t& O3 v, O      DD Conner( b3 {; a& `6 O3 n8 G* c: M
      DD Cotten; D/ }/ y) b  Q8 ]8 v
      DD Cowell$ j, p% u+ F" f) l) b0 i
      DD Daly3 P0 v( K0 [' ?" Y( v
      DD Eaton
$ C4 _* x; b! b' I% h$ @" g      DD Heywood Edwards( }: W7 u4 U! J1 h
      DD Erben  u# F' _' A) N8 q, A& R. s9 N& {
      DD Evans
( Y( T; B$ m, K      DD Foote1 _1 x$ B  N1 H' @% C! W9 @
      DD Franks
5 Z, K: |" w2 d, l0 U  L      DD Fullam
- A  G6 x0 n$ v! S* j" d) j) g# _, N      DD Gatling0 r2 H6 y" l2 X  m; o; d. y3 i8 c& P
      DD Albert Grant* F  m6 _0 ]! y" o/ n; H
      DD Gregory
0 W# U1 w1 d( J4 M! O) c# H8 i      DD Guest4 H2 Y$ v. Z/ ]: S
      DMS Hamilton
2 F+ d- R+ b4 J2 L      DMS Forrest" y- G6 J, _6 h0 Q, Z) ~
      DMS Ellyson
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" q2 }9 {/ c1 {5 SMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards* x0 g' X) ]6 @1 I; N* c
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 q7 R/ m6 F/ u4 ?Range closes to 26,000 yards...' c; N) w* g+ K+ w2 A; @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards2 h+ @) v* O7 i' H8 u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
" r! |' `% G0 E! g$ uRange closes to 24,000 yards...
0 E- p: H, |! z' i- U2 ]3 PCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
4 V& B! F" d% l7 YRange closes to 22,000 yards..., ^- E+ ^6 L9 |9 u8 Y- y/ ~# V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
, w& y2 U" A8 D, _, oRange closes to 18,000 yards...3 o5 c& O& C$ l* J& R4 R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards" A) O% C! h6 T1 `
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
8 n! s5 f5 F5 T1 E' z* q& ~* fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
9 i1 u/ C$ W6 C' B1 jCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
/ A7 L5 e2 j+ \0 g' z$ C( TRange closes to 14,000 yards...* p. M2 {! V" @8 x0 V/ E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards; K0 n; z8 f" r3 g: v
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards9 v( S8 V. l' P9 d! k
Range closes to 12,000 yards...# D  G3 h5 l+ \5 _/ @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards$ D- p+ o" t/ d
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
  ?3 Q" d. f9 Y6 f1 \Range closes to 11,000 yards..." k5 }: k7 M9 A+ g
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
' r' D5 a/ y5 B4 _2 ?  ]+ l% [Range closes to 10,000 yards...
) f2 Y* b  A3 ACONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards" w6 J* R8 o2 [2 _' L9 M
Japanese TF attempts to evade combat
9 f' @* U* i9 _$ DRange increases to 15,000 yards...2 x( k5 ]9 ~& o; x) D* x' v( q
Range increases to 20,000 yards...( Y$ g; d3 S- a) F' I! b
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: B" _  P+ R- l
Range increases to 25,000 yards...5 f4 H; Y" ], c" z1 @, B8 Z4 p
Range increases to 30,000 yards...
8 o' ^+ q" s9 ?+ G' Q! {Range increases to 30,000 yards...' `% T/ x" I- I5 }+ \0 {
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat
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( j/ T' G/ F2 W& U3 S& U: i      APD T-1% w& A8 L5 _& l5 r4 y
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2  b+ z4 l4 X: Q+ I9 W
      APD T-3, Shell hits 10 c6 l5 H& Z5 N0 |
      APD T-4
0 D" ~. M! @  k      APD T-5' r* K7 }& w# j* z
      APD T-6! u/ T$ w, U2 p: K7 D
      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 ?. i0 ~1 s4 u% _" P" E      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire" f* J* f# ?7 b! E
      APD T-9
0 w, C( D- ?" K      APD T-10
' V/ X4 S* L0 Y1 ^      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire, K6 n% g& D1 \! b5 M# p4 O+ a
      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
- P6 E  n6 L4 O; }, X# [' H      APD T-13, Shell hits 1& e' Y( e  p+ A9 C* F$ a2 ~
      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
+ t: Y4 j0 p! ^7 }      BB North Carolina
/ k- \5 F9 ~: \0 [      BB Washington
/ v0 z1 o- D9 d0 Y0 \9 Z5 n' C      BB South Dakota
1 \% B- t) K! M$ x      BB Indiana; ]* b/ H* ]1 G
      BB Massachusetts
1 J) L* E2 h+ @6 ?2 p" u# `* p/ Y5 z' n      BB Alabama
% _) p5 J. P" w      DD Conner. Y7 X1 C9 _& k8 x8 L
      DD Cotten
) ]( s; {$ T3 k) R' k# X      DD Cowell# O0 F- O8 A' g8 `
      DD Daly) I7 g( n. q8 i' T6 `; q
      DD Eaton
7 ^/ }# m, T/ K3 ?# |' D! R      DD Heywood Edwards5 z5 V' Z0 X) E( K9 y5 ^1 u( ?
      DD Erben
# ]- ^2 @& A% L! k$ p      DD Evans
9 _& q9 V; ^% ]/ _6 k4 r7 U5 ?      DD Foote  b0 F, x4 z' d* z, Z
      DD Franks
+ I7 K7 U, r; `6 Q: P) F# G      DD Fullam3 |- \9 ~( w4 @8 b' X/ t
      DD Gatling! s/ P5 B: a8 n) @
      DD Albert Grant
6 E# Q+ H2 R/ K      DD Gregory8 D6 b6 k1 ~5 [) U% \/ L5 c
      DD Guest/ |* w0 j$ p8 j9 o# X5 v4 w1 m
      DMS Hamilton5 }3 }. h- \" m7 d" V
      DMS Forrest
: f+ J# x* V. ~5 ^% Y" e3 M1 N; m      DMS Ellyson% M4 I& q3 L3 p0 n5 }9 A$ r

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
8 ]1 [5 N+ X: V; M- n" O/ eRange closes to 28,000 yards.... V  b) o& W) k
Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 a* \% J3 A+ X% ]6 |; `1 s( r, g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
, a: \2 d2 C6 U* ]' O- d9 xRange closes to 24,000 yards...# x7 H' f' ?9 {. Y" q. x$ ^6 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
3 \+ R, E7 Y# Q3 ], ORange closes to 22,000 yards...& M' m; Q( w9 o* L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
8 `4 }. z! N: l* Q& R" ERange closes to 20,000 yards...7 d) n0 {' y- y# T5 |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
0 s* m. S6 G/ n- Y5 K0 ~Range closes to 18,000 yards...  Z# I! h$ V* D6 {8 `' t, b* U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards" t  G3 W% e; o4 R5 t, B$ }. N
Range closes to 16,000 yards...4 `5 _/ ~. p1 y7 m- |7 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards  U* A' E5 n  D% K) V8 q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
0 |# k' y  K3 T2 G4 U5 x7 KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards, D9 R* r% m" U. S
Range closes to 12,000 yards...- B7 r! y% f1 F( _; N
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards5 z* f2 M: q- ~4 I! P2 c) |4 r
Range closes to 11,000 yards...$ p3 J) a" i$ p# W1 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' V9 Q0 y3 j$ D3 f9 u
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
7 @1 d9 F# V) m- ]5 T+ ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards& z8 y3 J2 m# Q
Range closes to 9,000 yards...# w, A7 x) b+ O! {' H+ r; ]
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
5 u0 r2 b( I+ x* zBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards1 {+ e: U* G4 T. A. k
BB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards6 \' y7 y* l( L" f
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards  C. {6 n& I/ w& ]
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards& [$ Y/ \9 k0 v" a% v
DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards1 |+ ^. v: B" `3 N1 A& |" k, E. V4 X
APD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards
& _1 W8 d. _8 r0 e( xBB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
5 _5 W4 M# b0 K- |BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards+ W3 o, d& S" n! z! c9 u
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards" h. X0 B4 G6 [) Y( v! x0 K! J
DD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
* m+ i" K: W/ D" ]( xBB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards
% m7 J2 E& B% f' ^7 d' UDD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
7 l& @  }, x  g1 kDD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
. x7 [8 L% |4 z  e! K2 O  PAPD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards% A3 ^5 D; W' |2 ?4 n. ?) ^0 p
DD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
4 K8 X3 ?+ A& p: t  H* DDD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
' s9 U+ K% R+ t$ z9 |( o: bDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards  Q% g$ L+ ]* Q) |6 a0 H
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
8 }  d  y0 L" D" F( @" h2 wDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
- A* v: @1 ~& k( @  J1 {Range increases to 10,000 yards& {( ~+ {% [! n7 N% d
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
, N0 e/ ?1 \7 X% h; @BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
9 T/ T( |4 j$ F8 g' u3 ~% a( kBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
6 ?$ r* ~; C! [DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 R& _- o. M- l, e& Y3 |
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" y7 L5 X. t  G" |6 ?3 @% ~DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards! s' e0 j4 m) {' ?0 e
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards5 \2 p4 l& U( a6 `0 e3 `. N
DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards' z' g2 n/ x% r$ f
DD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ m- b. Z- @& [* b
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
" Q' X. Q. Z4 {5 B+ A" t/ n' QDD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards" H9 Y2 U+ _, M
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards0 c8 I; F6 Y# T+ y) p9 j6 k. z
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards9 v& Q. D+ i# x/ b. R
DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
  ]! F) ]( p: e8 ]5 o6 _8 n$ CDD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
  ^! u1 j- G8 b- u# T1 f9 fDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards6 }% N% {; M: Y, _8 U3 M4 f
Range increases to 11,000 yards
4 N$ _4 i8 ]+ l; s9 ]APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
8 o; }0 A& q9 @0 _! S* lAPD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards& n: T: m6 K& u6 |$ q. m
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
8 b& L" [+ B% f  H7 H! K, r- D) NAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards2 [9 ^$ D% U  `. R) H
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards* [* y+ N4 w, I1 S5 L
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards  b. A1 j4 r* p4 I- E/ P  n6 o$ Q
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards
3 Z2 p6 i4 H& ?0 R1 wDMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
" {- `, d3 l- T8 d2 ?6 S% mDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
# s; [* B+ s  o1 Z! A% E, i* q6 ~DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
& p9 F. l& {# w0 }% q6 X/ [DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
# {# K8 F* n/ XAPD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards
2 j6 ?8 w2 o$ Z  _% w- p9 `Range closes to 10,000 yards3 h" z7 ?' P  v: M: k2 m
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
5 }5 S9 Z7 J/ L+ cBB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
: ^- c% C% U9 N# t/ cBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards+ p; e" e8 `# ?& C
APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards+ K% B/ v( E* V7 z5 [  O
DD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards) m" |+ b6 m# m/ @3 [: R  n
DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
* A$ L1 ^' [& [6 z% ODD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards: U  W, t, A. K8 N
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
+ e' F- x/ O& r2 j4 xDMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
0 L# z, P8 G# HDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards3 e: P* a0 K0 q' ?7 m
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
1 [) _$ i0 G2 H$ ?! ]0 B, ]* EDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
9 e2 R9 U, m; R- \% |& }DD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
# m* b$ q" S3 o! L/ p5 T) ARange closes to 8,000 yards
# v8 T! q. v, qDMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
- G3 p! |6 ]. yBB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards2 i  ^) _* @: V* N8 v: Q  f
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards
  d" e6 N' m0 X; K$ K8 Y. RBB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards
  v) q9 S) i: N" @8 ]9 m+ GAPD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
( T# v% Q, Z1 b  Q* qJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape( ^- K" C6 x4 r+ M& b9 r
Task forces break off...
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; |! K8 w8 {0 DNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 B5 q/ m* U6 K5 b

' x9 t$ e2 \. g* A$ {# ]Japanese Ships
" X: p- _3 B2 c. d) }# p, a      APD T-1, Shell hits 1
1 I; v. T* C' @& F! z, {8 F  k9 e      APD T-22 K7 H" [; @# s: v, b
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
+ M- Y, `# M6 E, i8 {      APD T-4, Shell hits 1! _  P7 Y# \% [& F- y( b& D+ A
      APD T-57 e* u, O+ V9 n! S; E9 H: R
      APD T-6
4 U7 h2 w$ y4 A9 j      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage$ i; u- e  I) u4 D/ W# s
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1. F/ p4 z6 B0 y/ n
      APD T-10
& G! G( R& I2 S7 y# U' `: s( u0 A3 G5 [      APD T-11,  on fire# C+ ^% \/ o2 G1 Z. p% L
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
: `2 M! Y7 p, {4 y- h& o8 c/ a      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk+ W. F1 d, N/ H! i  h( M7 j* q8 J
      APD T-14, and is sunk" y: }) [5 ~. [7 \. [

% I/ d8 `& I9 _/ D* x6 yAllied Ships
& ~! e1 y  d- e* T  u( o  e      CA Portland
1 v: x$ ?: c6 q      CA Northampton
- q# x9 \" B. J: J' n1 U5 k* o      CA Chester! O. @7 k' z) ^! O, g3 `: q- f
      CA Louisville
) N7 f- g$ e# D, m: f6 b* {4 x      CA Chicago
$ s: H9 g+ E/ F" w. T      CA Astoria
  Q1 o1 r# n/ Y9 H9 A! N" \5 {      CA Minneapolis
: f/ _6 T6 |: `  o8 }3 `0 |# q) P      CA San Francisco, f, M. @% t- D+ \% s7 }6 u- h
      CA Quincy
1 C; R: S1 s! _  w5 ]      CA Vincennes8 W; m+ N4 h& u& Q: W2 v+ J4 f- y+ i
      CA Wichita& `0 l( W! u# i2 c
      DD Bennett
* H' o+ n# m7 g; X; G      DD Bradford
/ g4 p! j, o1 F& L) W      DD Braine) n: ]3 L7 f2 u0 ~" P
      DD Brownson; B, x- Q& y6 c! g4 ~3 J$ D7 S
      DD Bryant/ H' e$ t9 [, I2 O" j+ V9 I
      DD Bullard
& f& H/ T, M  f6 P' V0 ~      DD Burns# P( ]+ R+ \. w7 p$ B
      DD Callaghan# A$ _( B- N8 v
      DD Caperton) Y) c6 P3 d$ \) f3 @; f9 S
      DD Capps
4 Q: X- o5 C6 N, _! G      DMS Emmons" y$ |4 N- N) g, p, A5 |5 k! B
      DMS Macomb8 |3 U, J' ~; F+ o+ p4 n( G
      DMS Rodman
: |5 j0 k. J0 U7 J+ l      DMS Gherardi3 X1 y, J7 i: ]. L& S) l

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards" t5 x* m+ y8 }6 E. q. {6 P" `1 \2 ?$ h1 L
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
  U: M7 \7 F1 Z9 S' MCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
1 V6 `7 M( p+ Z, Z8 Z& _Range closes to 26,000 yards...  _) t# ^5 y) Q7 m4 E9 j& \8 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
7 R$ `% q" [+ H% c6 h# HRange closes to 24,000 yards...0 N9 f# X% g4 S0 B! u0 b" I5 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards( Z/ x% C  c2 W& }. `
Range closes to 22,000 yards...  z* K% `! E/ o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards9 O+ C% |% Y$ N- U1 E! n' [* `
Range closes to 20,000 yards.... P. G/ ^/ ~$ [6 J! ?  S6 Z6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards1 o6 a9 K: N; e
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
4 }  U5 U+ Y: U; h- C  i2 p: M1 XCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
$ P& s1 F+ H0 X/ R8 T. JRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: c3 Y$ y+ [5 K+ S$ LCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards: `* t) a7 J' O) ^& L3 f
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
$ y2 H7 |4 t& HRange closes to 12,000 yards...+ X+ T, g  I; T, B% j/ f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards( X3 y- w* c) W1 o& \8 v( y
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
5 f8 n& F) u0 ^/ I1 j0 OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards8 {! J# u$ Y5 i* Q  n8 o
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
  Y/ {4 Y: A4 r: q' BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
- A! X3 @* ~3 r) X) D  mCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
& L  d$ L, {3 e+ N6 lDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards+ T4 \3 i0 i3 {- l0 q3 h6 F
Range increases to 11,000 yards$ u0 [# w% z( p
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards* S/ f* b5 ?/ K  B% R: `
CA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards& V) D; I1 {3 }; ]- M2 @
CA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" g; q/ q7 p6 S5 y" Z3 _
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
/ t, v0 d2 o0 a, ^7 LCA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards" C6 B; p9 k2 ~* B8 h
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
# ]5 z' Z% T. w8 \0 @7 V6 E' |7 rCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
  y) ~% q1 I, q8 q+ OCA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards$ d( {/ {6 c; T
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards. ~( `* j/ R8 f6 f, g5 L5 X' l
CA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
8 e7 J  b  U8 j/ f8 _DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
' s0 g2 s% `1 b: I! U% \DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards1 O! t% D* b3 ?0 E
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards* }9 j! `; m  D
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
. B5 R4 O  O6 |9 n3 l( {DD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
# |* _! T* T0 s1 XAPD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
( S! m/ n- I# |APD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
4 K$ o: u2 f- ]3 l9 ~( ?3 lRange closes to 10,000 yards
+ Z# Y/ l! N/ y" |DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
3 c$ n/ n  W* a  cCA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
8 `! s8 W' ?: F4 Z) _3 W$ h: B! HCA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
+ Z: I5 S4 \1 R7 V! Z" iCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards8 K7 U9 g* o1 [* a9 i
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
3 a/ k, T) ^( XAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards
( J- b& S/ [6 UDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards8 @1 V; }4 |0 {; P' j2 \
Range closes to 9,000 yards- d+ ?) h) B9 @2 A& |
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards) b. T8 x4 S0 @: M6 g8 f5 h- F
DMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards$ D3 i# _3 R, `& ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
) U4 x: F& Z7 p: p2 dCA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards2 B# R# D" ^0 u
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards" [  C9 ]7 H( p0 ~( _" ^1 P
DD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
- C6 X/ l- z" a6 t. lDD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
. C  }1 B  M* u, z  wRange increases to 10,000 yards- H. p7 h7 w5 L/ E3 A) _) q; `
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards5 e; B, {; g6 Q% h% i; p+ V4 f7 ]9 S2 H
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
5 s7 n! J' @  R: {+ i5 `* M: WDMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
% f' ?) Y: m$ J0 m2 PCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
5 b  q  N: T( t( k$ hCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 Z, |0 U! L. ZJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
" B( g9 |- e& `Task forces break off...& X4 k( f5 ~" J- {
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0 g% y: h* G  y" c6 b: n" S4 E# bNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 r5 C' _' `; Y8 I+ o

1 ^0 u+ p7 \# ^3 P: F7 aJapanese Ships- l( W: v% f( U* g/ K+ q* [
      APD T-1& y% s9 k+ D( n  s) Y% A) o
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire0 T/ M2 L9 }+ z  v5 z
      APD T-3
+ k# L0 R) l$ O6 D      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
! W0 ^  \. Q% j. X) p2 D      APD T-5* x$ @7 D0 @5 y! {$ c
      APD T-6
6 ^: z# N  y1 D" T% y      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk- O* {) _1 {& W+ ]3 A: Y. H
      APD T-9  {. ?$ [9 A! q$ }6 M0 d
      APD T-101 f8 s, [: u8 ?$ v) ~0 T9 O
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire
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6 h& M( B) i  N( X# _8 g1 EAllied Ships4 k: Q/ I" ^. N0 f
      CA Portland
' E1 j- J: M) ]8 [5 ]$ ~      CA Northampton, Shell hits 1
1 j' @* e  A  U+ r  b      CA Chester
6 J+ H. g5 ~: ?+ K2 E      CA Louisville/ S0 r5 g8 B; O+ \0 ?
      CA Chicago# V& C4 ~9 X4 d4 c, ]" y/ k
      CA Astoria
  @  q+ X8 O- o! R$ K  D. v      CA Minneapolis4 Z/ a% \' K$ p# {; b' ?* B: z6 k
      CA San Francisco1 @) h" _% v. L& l$ b
      CA Quincy6 r/ [- B0 |0 F$ T
      CA Vincennes
# z; l( x5 n) @4 W! G+ F: f      CA Wichita
1 \1 U( C+ \/ U, V2 ~      DD Bennett
' T% k# _2 ^1 o2 O6 k      DD Bradford
; z. R  d) v1 e5 _      DD Braine. o! l7 e( t; H0 y) Z/ T$ Z2 f
      DD Brownson5 r1 ~' X3 v2 L8 H0 w
      DD Bryant1 v* S( Z8 g- T( {9 O- O/ q2 P9 X
      DD Bullard! A% y% {% c9 O* \4 y
      DD Burns
* T  h; l0 Y' x$ P      DD Callaghan. c, F& M, h$ t" V% V, ^# p/ ]; }9 V
      DD Caperton
4 l; j: D& T7 [" q; l/ z* m' V$ O; F      DD Capps1 h1 k) g; J# ~$ I3 @
      DMS Emmons
; M  z( Z5 j; Z9 L! M7 Z) d      DMS Macomb
5 H* h, Y+ W; o' Z8 K7 w: s. H      DMS Rodman
' n9 ^" A+ X3 K8 K9 O0 W      DMS Gherardi
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$ A, p: |; @& X- bMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
+ \0 G- T! B: p- Z0 k3 TRange closes to 28,000 yards.... }/ {, J* O8 x: ~- a( h3 x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 P9 D% Y( [: x) n/ M
Range closes to 26,000 yards...& H  M; B5 c5 \! m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
+ n3 g( R, C: @/ ?4 yRange closes to 24,000 yards...+ l4 d0 z  e# `5 N
Range closes to 22,000 yards...; p& |; G# o% ]0 \% o& z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
- F& [8 `9 J6 U9 X3 k0 [Range closes to 20,000 yards...% G" U) D# \! R3 `8 K/ B9 l
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
7 H2 p6 j2 j) ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
& x: i. I9 R; x( A( E+ N* |Range closes to 16,000 yards...
$ e% s& K) C% f( H8 g6 P4 T7 Y/ \# yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards3 \) \! v" ^' d# s. e- ~3 j& {3 W; l
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& B: k. ^. @5 C4 }: @% {4 cCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards7 V$ w' p2 z$ j, Y4 @7 ~4 @
Range closes to 12,000 yards...1 G! g" w. x3 y7 A0 a' X. b0 m: H* X
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards8 E9 T' E" ?5 y1 Q8 A
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) a% B& D* K8 o8 t0 l
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
2 ?( N  w) g; lRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 W, v7 E1 v' T& L" ^# u9 u9 ^( H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
/ n8 X+ P9 T1 W* e' @, h/ yCA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
, Z4 c) i" T. Z; V3 @CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
7 R4 T; p. [' c7 l. eDD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
3 G' M6 o& S; BRange increases to 12,000 yards
: X9 w( S& m5 ]' g& }CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards$ E( {% o# V( ~* `
CA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
$ d  j/ x" l' n. S! b* nCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' E. j; w+ K! OCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards
: T# f/ y9 r4 F" v" O6 I8 ECA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
, J8 k! c  t" O  b& N$ LCA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards9 Z- ~4 m) e* n4 e0 \
DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards7 E- s7 y) j, i  ~+ c
DD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
7 z+ t  V! b* [' P' `3 PDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
0 o; W+ \6 D$ ]7 W$ ]& jDD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
2 r/ [% Z2 `$ i) U' ]DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards4 [9 j" K: Q% {3 S2 I, E, v
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards" J/ v" J2 d( y! G
Range closes to 9,000 yards0 C- B1 M( f8 L
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
4 ~0 O, R8 Q3 ^$ E6 ^8 L$ ~+ U5 BAPD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards' V9 y4 u8 c" n2 e+ E
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
, ?4 n+ v5 i" z4 V" `) t, y" HCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
" Z" O+ o: z7 d% Q2 ICA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
+ d3 V; h2 R$ M3 l) ?7 m) [4 e" BCA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards9 G  T8 b, V0 h* R+ r
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards' o/ V, o: A) ^  h9 v5 b3 u  V: D+ j
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards
% `% z* F/ i" ?1 Z, |Range closes to 7,000 yards
* @" |2 t" j3 A' f: q/ q3 _4 e& KCA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards9 _/ g% a7 w, U9 I$ V9 [# R7 M2 s
APD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards2 H$ @4 B5 k' H6 e. F
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
' A) l3 j/ H6 Q8 T1 b  q' Q6 FCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
% E/ n# i2 U* ]8 B2 |5 U" M( XCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
! ]( ?2 j1 C2 ^  Z2 z9 q- p% SAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards
8 S! u8 j0 H' I1 @& }5 o2 y4 E, oCA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
9 S8 d4 e+ Q. u2 S3 c' I- PCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
  X, t. v7 l) \4 \8 JCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards, }+ e. G, D: h# }0 J+ R
DD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards0 A5 }7 f6 b  I; q" r  N
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards
! K5 A: p5 E' P2 e' rRange increases to 10,000 yards8 t' C7 f5 T0 G5 Y) ]/ F7 o% M
DMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 |) P3 w) {! c" e
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
3 C+ M* ~" U4 W# KJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape% f. g& E* k2 e) b; E, i+ I, w
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards+ R( B9 Q/ c5 L$ o# z; H6 `  C
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Japanese Ships
$ Z% ]- ~, |' |( v. t      APD T-18 f! Z: I( A+ M: `+ T
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 ], F( Y4 P: E6 f, |1 J' a9 Q' q
      APD T-3# X0 H, \+ P* z. G* G% ]/ J
      APD T-5
& X2 |, M7 i; G3 Z% l      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 O4 s' W8 B7 X7 u" E3 x
      APD T-98 ^) [1 v1 j" [/ ]
      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 V1 L8 A0 n7 a9 L% f1 Q
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk4 _) e# E( f' h, {6 H+ F

0 A3 r3 K6 ~, Y8 sAllied Ships7 H: D; T! u4 ?0 G8 v
      CL Swiftsure. X, {+ U; V$ p. ^
      CL St. Louis
1 e" x/ C! {" a4 N2 ^; ^- _2 y      CL Phoenix( D! s' K/ k* [' F3 ~3 e$ N
      CL Cleveland, l# F+ P% _6 j4 y. c
      CL Montpelier
4 z. {2 [; k1 e. N      CL Denver
1 y7 d; F. r. C' o" v# Q$ k& c- B      CL Santa Fe
/ ?- M) \: q. M. G      CL Birmingham
% c& A, U; A1 a, f8 t# X. Y      CL Mobile
  t6 S4 U; }2 q      CL Biloxi/ z) l3 S! L+ Q3 ?
      CL Miami8 H+ ]2 M; C9 x" \# C/ R
      CL Pasadena
. E* s: j$ o* N0 O$ y) z6 O! m- S      DD Allen M. Sumner& H+ O* Y0 |% b6 h1 |3 W5 [
      DD Ault$ n" r) K2 Y) z2 J' w" y
      DD English
4 K6 ?) l* O% I; _3 J% L      DD Haynsworth
0 \4 F" @1 p: ~      DD Maddox: I5 O0 X- a: a  r) n
      DD Mansfield& ^  |0 \6 ?4 w5 h8 ^0 j
      DD Waldron
5 [1 k, ]8 B' f$ ~      DD Haggard
% R  d' e/ L6 k* x9 M5 X: J- R0 V      DD Hailey
1 [( X- f7 P! [+ a( }7 Z      DD Hale4 _5 o8 M! D) ?$ S. k/ W+ ?0 k
      CL Vincennes II! t, k/ u0 V) ^1 y3 {9 ]
      CL Houston II
" q7 p  P$ n1 f% `0 X* J      CL Astoria II3 l, U; P9 h* G. s9 j
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: e* q; r3 H& _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
5 ^! z! ^; V! XRange closes to 28,000 yards...
  |/ s) u2 R4 G! F& uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
6 g; i& r- F7 {6 X9 t  pRange closes to 26,000 yards...
8 b1 I4 N* H2 X; o& _) xRange closes to 24,000 yards...3 E9 _( U# i, X5 |% ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
' y# v  g! D! f$ U9 sRange closes to 22,000 yards...
* g9 j, Q  f& o/ SRange closes to 20,000 yards...' ?5 v4 `  B5 t4 M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
+ ]/ Y- [$ e8 I1 [( o" l2 ORange closes to 18,000 yards...
9 E" z, R1 ^) Q' @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
5 K. l8 U. T; U! Z) iRange closes to 16,000 yards...; u4 r+ j) x6 |* h+ t% o5 D, {7 n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
! U& q$ C4 t" E( QRange closes to 14,000 yards...
) K7 |9 S; a& E) {1 U3 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards4 X; N( g$ A, j! ]# j
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
) v% w  J) d$ ?3 o+ i+ N7 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards* A$ c3 P) U, c% h# o8 @  ?
Range closes to 11,000 yards.... H# `5 d4 |2 f! V6 |$ |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards' l' a/ V9 B: z5 z% W& {( o; `
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
3 h- ]% S$ P# q2 L$ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" L2 U. S' i$ d  W& e
Wyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
/ z9 s4 g% _# P- s+ S0 w! |9 yCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
( M+ [- |5 x3 L# A. T$ @! P" }7 Y, n  RCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
. m; }" m- \! g: [0 y  iCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards
: Z0 i: a( k4 d  g) A4 hCL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards$ T4 z& [0 a. ^9 f6 Q
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* n: D1 e# V6 d* v. R, u3 ^
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards1 a. q1 p; V) r% `  z
DD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
+ M# @0 u& C: {) fDD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
3 Q8 K% P9 z" iRange increases to 11,000 yards
/ q7 q+ m" W, h4 Y+ b" QCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards- {$ ^2 b* D7 O. J: _% g7 d
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards* Z1 F1 b8 N9 ?8 p% N. k
CL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards+ f5 h* K/ v7 S  K/ `  @, Y$ }' Q
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
- c  D% a( t. F  a) d" yCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
9 R% h6 u8 n9 r% Z/ z; \9 {CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards: ^8 y$ j8 `0 _) E# Y
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards# Q; F3 I& l4 K
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
& _8 S5 a% R, i2 T8 g! u' qRange closes to 8,000 yards
! S# t- t7 d7 }" B9 f* z  UCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards
. i' K5 J3 O6 Z2 t; KCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 \( `( A3 m, G
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards
: [( T9 J/ [. \! mAPD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards
% @/ ?: S0 C- n5 k. V5 V% IDD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
! l, u4 V7 p& s6 ]( @6 URange closes to 7,000 yards
# P" G) x# z  {, Y8 E" _  mCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 `4 z$ m1 S# O  X/ ]! G8 s, w7 OCL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards! p) h& R& m! i0 G/ {8 y1 l
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
1 E& Z  o% E7 KCL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
: L9 U, P5 G8 f7 DCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards; \6 d1 N8 N  G& U
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards1 |/ Y4 i6 [9 p
CL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards  Y6 I, P( C2 k- e# F
CL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards' J$ N$ n3 b# P" A8 x6 a
DD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards# q! ]" p( N: y" c
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards: c) {5 d, q$ ^
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards
- B, E, g/ K! P) Y1 @+ U6 d" VDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards. \: w3 \& y. |; o
Range increases to 8,000 yards) I8 j, j- T! [# E- U7 `! [$ D
CL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards6 R+ G8 }2 S+ Z1 K7 S) A# d. r
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards9 p! I' T" e$ ?3 _9 B% g
CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards% K: S7 a! a9 V/ ?+ S) O4 C
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
# \# M+ g* q4 LTask forces break off...
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- R& S  _2 c0 N6 PNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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4 k! J9 L1 j$ {' M% J, r5 K      APD T-1. {4 M* B5 }' t2 u5 P9 f- l/ a1 B% A$ {
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 u8 v3 d9 e" g/ c/ \9 G/ Q' H' O, ?      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
: c5 E0 N" a, X/ z' N9 i      APD T-56 f2 N8 t- s$ X
      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk; ]* H9 x% b. f: }4 B
      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
$ ^  M; Y) t% q6 S1 t, U      CA Portland
! S% D, X" O3 Z8 M8 d" d0 E      CA Northampton5 G7 h* E0 t, q! e
      CA Chester
, X2 W+ y' B4 }, S, p" G      CA Louisville
( d  G' N  g; q4 G5 A      CA Chicago
* N3 {- Q, }/ }+ M      CA Astoria4 x% }8 p( C5 R9 P" P+ b4 h0 [- ~9 _
      CA Minneapolis
, \, y& b6 r. P9 R+ n# j: p& ]! C      CA San Francisco
$ o6 W. W: s' ?& V      CA Quincy
# w: i: B  o- @      CA Vincennes. L8 x: s6 F: q! C
      CA Wichita+ m' \8 `6 L5 k" }2 _$ Z& x+ D  i
      DD Bennett6 j, r9 x! w6 Z5 E7 l
      DD Bradford3 t1 |9 g6 A$ E' L+ Y
      DD Braine
: I- F9 _  z+ o0 m( O5 Q      DD Brownson9 v; ~$ N6 O5 @/ W5 }$ {8 @( l0 j0 s
      DD Bryant
1 P1 ~; Z3 h' ~4 \      DD Bullard
  U4 n% a3 q" t, e      DD Burns
- R. C& a% O5 f9 `* N& F) l      DD Callaghan: K% X. d) e2 N$ |6 s5 o: H. p
      DD Caperton( f; |* U2 @1 _! t2 M
      DD Capps5 ^) n/ ]7 d. ^
      DMS Emmons
2 X8 q: k  U5 J7 E/ X      DMS Macomb( h. Z  [, Q$ h+ l; [
      DMS Rodman5 _$ G, m  i+ u# w, A/ N( C- I5 J  v6 P
      DMS Gherardi( E1 L( b/ p7 p4 @" T4 ]: k) _( P# U
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$ j: |3 K) j# J9 |6 fMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
0 X1 ~4 u. I1 n5 s9 sRange closes to 28,000 yards.../ \0 h6 ]$ `! x2 _2 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards  E& f! h9 H% g2 v
Range closes to 26,000 yards..., _0 n/ P* z8 h6 w5 z$ s. i# i
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
$ ^- y1 F9 v" s" iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards, r% w" C+ v( S2 Z
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
; p- W; D. G3 U8 n: j* o$ b$ R4 mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards' D1 Z5 l" i4 t
Range closes to 20,000 yards...& o3 R. n4 V  p5 \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards, t+ H% D( i. ~) C4 [5 h5 {
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 ^' i/ e. E2 S) C: \. M1 `9 rRange closes to 16,000 yards...2 o* y$ k, R; A( G' y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
0 x4 M* ~$ N  g. n! D+ G2 @7 x7 WRange closes to 14,000 yards...% ~) @% \0 N! @- _8 j- t
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 u( L8 f; N4 y& N' xRange closes to 11,000 yards...% G% Z  R. S0 x& V$ W6 ^
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& I  `9 j. ]& V5 S
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
5 Y5 ?! Q7 b1 H  h( c; GRange closes to 8,000 yards...
% f: T0 @3 w( YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards2 D$ H! y  q: J
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
+ e: e9 M* i, p9 YCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
/ ^* z: `; {+ T7 f- ?CA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards0 N: i0 C$ N  e  \& O* J
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards4 g% }* p9 H* v' s8 z
APD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards
4 O5 {& y. U4 _CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
& ?! ]% i4 o. k! }( |2 F3 \2 GCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards
! B7 f) d: \( W" T4 S! \" RCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: }' R7 e5 C3 x0 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards1 K: H( |3 X& W- i% F# w
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
( J( i7 N+ G$ [2 \2 o+ b8 MAPD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
7 `: e+ c( Z* y: oDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards% d* c* o+ N+ m
Range closes to 5,000 yards+ e' o2 l% f$ W7 N1 j9 h
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113 $ P" Z" y' c6 K6 `1 z' Y( H5 I, i
APD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards: Y, T; r7 ?) H
CA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards
% E) S8 `: R1 @. `CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards9 E: z* l8 j  T! Q% G; R2 ~$ Y% D
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards
$ ], _+ S/ |5 v- X& F5 F( p) qRange closes to 2,000 yards
0 ]( J$ f/ c  rCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards; y2 G3 W  e' v& b7 c' Z
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
$ _( m! c7 d: P+ O" ]CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
; J) O! G6 M( N! ?& DAPD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards
3 g7 |7 M5 b: ^* [3 URange increases to 6,000 yards* B. g; N0 s6 A! ?& d, o8 Y
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards
7 X$ C, i2 @. I, }0 l- }; p0 mCA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards$ a1 F( N: @2 a5 K6 ~
APD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards
8 ]" z( M; f6 ~% YRange increases to 9,000 yards# b4 v" _4 ~& Y
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards$ z  @, u8 [. J% G' [$ {8 u1 u
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards% r2 N! f6 e  |9 _' o0 O
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards5 I( C& ~; p& k1 ^4 o9 N% M/ d
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards  u2 ]8 m' A+ l6 R$ @% q
Range increases to 13,000 yards
: ?; ?% W' c# j" MCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards6 w9 e- E. X. R7 n$ u5 e/ o
APD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards& H. W8 H+ `8 q5 s' |- [0 o
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape" P& y6 m( U' I7 }% Q
Task forces break off...
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      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk, h7 k2 ?6 e/ {8 ?+ l, q. H+ ?
      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
1 \3 w0 k- ~2 ?: \& a- @      BB North Carolina
  O- L) o8 A6 `& O% u' k* u      BB Washington) e8 J* }( J- K- Y' b3 X
      BB South Dakota
% R7 W  A/ p$ Z# b9 E4 x- D. f      BB Indiana
  {5 j2 v" r$ @0 z      BB Massachusetts
3 y1 D. b, J5 n# n      BB Alabama
; L3 d) H" n4 i5 [9 W- w  z      DD Conner3 s6 c6 f$ O$ ~! @* C4 E+ _" f" a. r
      DD Cotten
: \& d5 V; C# b. h      DD Cowell- w* s: d* U% q' A% `! u5 u
      DD Daly6 G) N$ J9 E! Q- Q: K) N
      DD Eaton
( ?$ X) V  W4 p% n      DD Heywood Edwards
& z0 Q" X( d5 L+ U      DD Erben" G( T$ u: z5 C  u1 X
      DD Evans
# [# D6 ^  w, J8 E; r      DD Foote
# K, I3 g+ m' Z      DD Franks
' j! F7 Z$ {: U6 o- j7 O      DD Fullam
1 q" v  G; E, X5 X# O# _      DD Gatling9 d* ]2 |, ?1 M0 ~: S. u  c
      DD Albert Grant
. p9 |3 K! M: G6 C* p      DD Gregory4 m; V* {9 J- C' E* [' X
      DD Guest0 p" T9 D3 n& S3 L7 V
      DMS Hamilton
6 t5 I# P2 h- a' q      DMS Forrest
8 _, o* J  Y) u8 q" w      DMS Ellyson/ E* [: M, m3 o: |3 E% c! F

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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards- j& ^$ I& s; p+ b2 @/ N
Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 s- w4 H. D. h) t
Range closes to 26,000 yards...3 {4 j& a+ O1 s9 r# I
Range closes to 24,000 yards...( B# t. F6 s5 B7 t
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- g5 }; B7 O! M6 p7 dRange closes to 20,000 yards...
% T; A% O2 f. v+ a$ \3 p% `Range closes to 18,000 yards...
; ]2 }# V  c) b* c* N$ SRange closes to 16,000 yards...
5 y' M' s/ K3 k) J3 cRange closes to 14,000 yards...6 c# r+ w3 b* K- E. t
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
" `0 ^) E, \; N3 o, [Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 }# n. }) w* V& [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
5 c) ^" g" U4 }2 [Range closes to 10,000 yards..." y3 x( h  ~* d! ^
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
% c+ h3 Q' \7 r+ C( P5 V4 ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards) q4 M% n  p4 y
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
1 |  M. N5 `: w" nAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards" Y. s, b/ h* ?. S* ^
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards) U8 N1 f" P2 L# n% U8 q1 S) Q5 v
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards3 i9 B  ?% k4 Y' E) g
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards- K* m, g) A# o7 A& a- m9 z
Range closes to 5,000 yards/ P9 V0 t5 N2 g/ Q8 H
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' }; J  C2 n- Q% T5 `3 z/ _( Z
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
. w9 ^- j: C3 V0 |$ T! Z( RRange closes to 3,000 yards
6 O2 d" ~9 Q; d3 N  p! b5 @/ qBB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
  l4 ^/ r" Q. S% q8 w8 }DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
7 A. r+ P# B( v: H# m: ^DD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
. i! l, g2 J0 Y& x$ A3 I  G: |: uDD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards$ e8 }* `' F- i
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards5 C( |, R2 d6 P. t  D" T
APD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards/ [6 A) z( ]2 s2 g2 S
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards: I3 Q3 Z0 [! G- ?7 ]! m
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards" M5 o. ]0 z8 {: n8 Z
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
2 ~: H# H( A* e* }  d4 FRange increases to 5,000 yards, P+ O7 Q0 |: b% Q$ `4 A
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
0 v( f0 U& L$ w$ MDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
$ f' M8 N# d. RRange increases to 7,000 yards% e+ w$ j- _. D, |
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards# M- E4 P/ W# {$ ?2 s; @2 z
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
0 W: X# g) b- u& {# m+ P6 K; ?+ RDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards2 C# H# _& \5 y/ b- C0 i2 Y
APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
( n) m! Z: d" D7 W6 W. A) UAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards9 ~; \1 x: Q; n( M4 ]
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...