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。! b1 o$ k7 r3 B3 F) \5 c! _; h& r% w

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)
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$ Z. w. r- T% B% Q6 _2 H; qAllied Deliberate attack  T/ V, j+ d" C' G" ]5 E% @3 B

1 V/ \$ K7 V3 K2 Y4 y$ o& f+ _Attacking force 80164 troops, 1430 guns, 2486 vehicles, Assault Value = 33369 E0 Y  R( f% E" E6 r7 E) X

5 P: P7 ~6 w% B, s* k7 w% N2 ?Defending force 53947 troops, 730 guns, 299 vehicles, Assault Value = 1581- F0 I% M% z8 |7 F, a. y

, P3 W4 z9 H8 @: A) YAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 86 `' A0 p5 F1 n' C) [& e

' e6 `. d5 j: B1 J1 `: mAllied adjusted assault: 3564
$ ^4 @# x' Y/ H" i! q3 C
; A7 a; l  \/ s: vJapanese adjusted defense: 5583 6 b/ f' c4 U/ U/ }

+ P" ?5 w1 f- JAllied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) " K8 u7 t( v1 p

# }# L- d4 W4 ACombat modifiers- J4 K9 _3 P) d' [. j
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
. x* [, O& B' IAttacker: 5 _0 z  ]. Z' R; W7 _" @7 ^0 H
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Japanese ground losses:" N( K* G7 J  a% L
      3386 casualties reported" t: w8 Q: m5 g; l
         Squads: 50 destroyed, 255 disabled* \. v4 g. c  O. U' x4 o- z
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled  m( i& V9 Y  |! J8 u# x
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled6 d, m' [' M7 r0 D8 j5 u
      Guns lost 102 (43 destroyed, 59 disabled)* t- Z8 `1 L4 z
      Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled); M( E- ]/ C0 t
      Units destroyed 1
2 C/ {9 U6 X' r $ I: J, }6 t( n" a# T
Allied ground losses:+ b6 ]! I* a4 x
      5163 casualties reported& U2 _' E4 ?5 {
         Squads: 60 destroyed, 463 disabled
% o8 w, y1 F6 G- k) w         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 183 disabled
# K$ l; v% G3 d+ ]; Z" b: k         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 155 disabled
7 a( T: R) C- e+ M      Guns lost 201 (29 destroyed, 172 disabled)/ I! Y  y. U- d" V
      Vehicles lost 228 (12 destroyed, 216 disabled)3 l& w! J3 `4 I, c. z2 K1 e! ~
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Assaulting units:
5 R# h: ^6 Y! [- T    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
$ ^% j  i/ e% ^$ a6 r) @    710th Tank Battalion
2 J& q) ?4 P; \3 h+ p    6th Infantry Division
$ ~3 x" K& ?% X3 [* A+ N/ I    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3 Q) M" D" }) b8 N( ^4 ^    44th Tank Battalion" k1 n6 ^, |# h2 s) d8 b' t6 e
    81st Infantry Division' \- `' E/ G% L) q  G5 v8 H, E2 r
    762nd Tank Battalion
4 U6 J* A0 r. ^0 F( {    767th Tank Battalion
2 J4 w5 r% b  {& J    711th Tank Battalion
0 M% X' |5 i: E  H+ j0 k    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
6 @3 t: d  K( x4 M& Y1 e% c    5th Marine Division
. ?& Q2 G; K1 }9 d- c    716th Tank Battalion
& S  H, p3 q# W. c    1st Filipino Inf Regiment
3 \& y0 V" W# T: ~% o9 r) A    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion' M6 Z% D3 a7 m
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
: [4 G/ N- v; l& Z% A    706th Tank Battalion' S( k: x; U  H9 a
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment5 E. j1 j1 K% w2 U
    96th Infantry Division
& K  R! I) V! U3 S: y( e7 y! }9 L    31st Infantry Regiment" I- g2 m6 c( o# ?, h9 [" y
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1 r- b1 F- d* S, H5 P8 _5 H    I Corps Artillery 5 G8 J( h3 {+ a; m$ ~' {
    12th Marine Defense Battalion
  A$ C; g7 M6 f    1st USMC AA Battalion
$ P7 G8 l% k( F1 B  a8 O+ T3 J    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion! ?0 s9 {3 K/ F9 [" [
    XIV US Corps% y3 ?& Y: T4 C% c  c! D
    14th Marine Defense Battalion( X: _$ O: H- Q; j/ H) _' y
    5th USA Defense Battalion
! b$ g- A3 W" ]  L    8th Marine Defense Battalion
/ [5 f' w5 u! p$ y    738th Coast AA Regiment  B8 i/ M. `& |; I3 g( o0 q
    X Corps Artillery
5 j# W# c% w; o+ L    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment7 N& O# C$ l2 H) @) y, a
    96th Coast AA Regiment' M9 q. \" z3 m; Y+ i
    4th USA Defense Battalion  K  f& P" R+ H' d$ h) Q
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 b4 |" H: K; h, a# [( r5 j7 M    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment7 I+ V# |" ~# m( n, s5 C; L( Z

- V' P- g" Y0 H0 G: xDefending units:" u& x: L" m4 ^4 e
    Kure 7th SNLF
: E  ^/ Z  ?1 t7 j    81st/A Division3 A' s* I9 ^8 d* `# Z* J
    Kure 3rd SNLF  d8 V# T2 s. i3 d
    33rd/B Division
& H1 l) b$ P# z    33rd/A Division
6 `5 n6 A) I' {, [9 B    81st/C Division
' g# ^3 h2 `& d- i. h% f1 q    6th Guards Inf. Regiment# S* u0 h( O: r
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
, X5 }7 y' ]8 u* M8 T    138th Infantry Regiment
0 p! r/ M4 s: l9 U: Z& |    Sasebo 7th SNLF
  N4 S; a/ S, u    144th Infantry Regiment% y5 l) M- u: E/ k, p
    81st/B Division( _/ w2 V0 a: l8 Z
    33rd/C Division
# b1 q/ p! b6 t% Q! B+ m( n( M    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
0 o# Y6 C8 M0 {% D! h0 K    18th Army
. o0 G, N9 U, \: Y    60th Field AA Battalion8 u' c+ U# Z' B8 Z4 @# g" Q
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co 5 _+ i5 f; `/ ]
    Ponape Naval Fortress- e: v- r/ N5 |9 r9 d
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment0 n6 }' R. V* n
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1 u  y( q) ^' f& C: C0 k8 v5 w* W, Q    53rd Construction Battalion
! [6 T9 ?) J! S# t    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion. b' W3 X/ x2 z1 }) k
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion' T4 s/ B  v7 G4 t. A8 x( W- s  g
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
) W3 i$ p2 g0 _4 o; c    19th JAAF Base Force3 F  T8 v4 N; W* v( k" J
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1  S5 S+ V% B$ P/ K+ k7 m
    14th Area Army /1
6 y! z/ f% i. A* W  y/ m    63rd Field AA Battalion9 p$ v. s2 k2 z, ]
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co
% O* d0 _' y! N& c0 Z& s$ n    3rd Base Force
  g7 W! V* [6 B: X1 a! C- i" R    12th Air Fleet
! S% ^- S6 a3 Y1 j    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3 ^( ~0 f7 y% b" X( W    61st Field AA Battalion) i( B" T2 ~: j( W1 l
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
# {. g# e4 J! E! L    2nd Ind.AA Gun Co , T+ `, G+ G' Z, _4 n8 L
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3- L8 I+ e% F) y$ y. x

* d5 [$ k/ D& K( D% Q; W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。: M) E7 @6 u: O' x( _7 a+ Q
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) v3 s; A8 D4 K+ J7 J& hGround combat at Chiang Mai (58,53)# \/ y0 O6 X8 m2 Z0 K6 R9 n
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Japanese Shock attack
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Attacking force 47276 troops, 408 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761* v1 q+ o9 T0 o! f& O! `
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Defending force 1285 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
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6 I( E  o; `- k1 |% C; gJapanese adjusted assault: 1373
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% z, n+ R* Z, t" q: |0 l1 jAllied adjusted defense: 10
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Japanese assault odds: 137 to 1
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Combat modifiers
+ A0 C0 B. q& g) Q% l& e; PDefender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)1 X% Y7 E% l1 d; L9 y2 G0 [
Attacker: shock(+)" ^3 W; i3 a6 Q! l( `
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Japanese ground losses:
! W( V+ i+ h7 y      530 casualties reported
2 ~. M0 j3 U8 s1 Q, e- |         Squads: 4 destroyed, 116 disabled
) f: [6 u, |& H' \; X7 B! O         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
1 o  J5 f* _& H% _+ K, E         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
0 k8 e) i8 J/ [- a9 L" n2 [1 a      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
' ]4 Y. Q9 @6 Y% E. h  L 5 u3 V* b6 j+ \1 h; z$ W
Allied ground losses:
  W; f+ L7 w" E$ M+ C$ v6 R      891 casualties reported& }# t! k  ]! Z/ T
         Squads: 73 destroyed, 9 disabled; `3 {9 |! E4 W8 t! F# F3 t
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled( x. A, c( |! a, `+ y/ W4 j
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. t6 O! l/ e9 H. {& M, {, G      Guns lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)
9 f) w( R1 T3 @- A4 g* |7 K , t  P1 A: D0 s( n. Q
Assaulting units:* {% U$ m' p* W# Q- h. @
    1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
' l* j8 ~( c2 X  S- T: j; F    21st Division0 L& ]) e' S: x! y; V% _) l1 A
    4th Division
4 }5 `6 }" Z5 p/ x( @6 M6 Z) s    21st Ind.Mixed Regiment8 E8 N- I" M0 F1 x, C
    23rd Tank Regiment
5 F* s; Q2 i# i# W    32nd Division0 |, Y6 \) u) `
    Yokosuka 1st SNLF
, x" v, E, ?; @; f$ |    3rd Ind. AA Battalion
+ t& r" {" R+ H4 ^# L/ p3 r# n    6th Area Army
& Q3 Z0 M$ W: r9 G    103rd AA Regiment
+ h9 A, c5 T* \* V) ~    1st JNAF Coy * |3 Q/ O- H; F, ]( Z; P
    13th Army  A; e" x; i8 p* V) ?8 O
    141st AA Regiment
1 P+ K: Q. h# @/ C7 R2 m    4th Ind. AA Battalion1 ?1 w% o5 _5 _, _* Q4 D8 u
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Defending units:( p* q; X& f  h1 [# g: E2 C3 K6 t
    50th Indian Para Brigade. |5 s; {5 l# D3 p  |2 j" d
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50th 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 1 ], F, n$ X) t) [
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
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: @5 F2 b5 l* w: Y7 v  N1 w4 b盟军继续冒着猛烈炮火卸载
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 441 a" _% U; r) ]2 u7 g
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Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)' E' G( }* S8 c& C  f! F% D/ ~. I
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
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89 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
/ E! F6 O& v- W: D: C      LST-72, Shell hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 z' L. S) h; Z& Q  B
      LST-81
5 |7 `( T" G# g+ s; `$ |      LST-74, Shell hits 3
6 ]+ U9 p6 @3 o: C2 J      LST-75, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage3 I) ?: S: O: ~* N
      LST-78
% I5 l; K8 e3 ?- @      LST 209
$ o1 k4 o% |* w  J3 ^( q! \% W      LST-8890 k( u" F5 F8 G3 w6 b4 g7 d% P: f+ p
      LST-246
9 O0 n; m" H' [% u$ j      LST-2400 E9 [9 z; J) v8 ?5 v! u5 p! I
      LST-204
, c6 v2 J) m* N" @: M' t      LST-2023 z+ B% ^9 c# `7 ?/ E
      LST-123! V. V$ j) _( R) p4 t
      LST-121
# S. c9 z% V0 v, L4 v% I/ k  K      LST-120
$ h/ R; C0 n. i) m      LST-86
1 o- g2 l0 H$ ?. U2 p; l      LST-85
4 o# A: L; l1 ?5 l$ S      LST-84
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7 U# v5 R( T( E0 b) ?Invasion Support action off Ponape (119,113)3 ~/ w0 s! \2 y8 m! X
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force( @) v3 l) f5 \0 g# n

& }; X0 Y- p# i2 h130 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.& V& j1 ~; m, W6 `% `

- Q/ `7 [# q0 Q' ?Allied Ships4 P+ [* Z6 \* c% R! r$ v
      LST-78, Shell hits 28,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. f9 K8 @+ \& k% y" x7 `- Q      LST-83, Shell hits 30 q$ c3 Q+ W0 z/ _. L- U
      LST-81, Shell hits 18,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 ?% O; p8 X4 Q9 h      LST-85, Shell hits 4,  on fire. a3 x8 H, B# b6 s, H# W8 ]
      LST-84, Shell hits 3
% M+ A0 o8 @$ [. _, K/ _. o. W1 u      LST-87, Shell hits 6
' n9 I, d7 \; K      LST 180' I8 T) g' K5 f% V" Q8 c
      LST 1572 b" Q- J' t2 B8 U5 k% T( k
      LST 2
/ Y  Z, x# D2 f' Q( W- j+ }      LST-884
5 K% e) T  d3 A2 m      LST-882
+ [9 T$ W" O, ]+ e8 c- r      LST-397
! |) P+ i; f4 q6 ]! r; \      LST-395
4 ^/ h6 z5 G& ]6 [% g      LST-274& T5 B2 q: l* Y8 ]9 g" h
      LST-273
6 [7 z& d, P! h      LST-246
/ l( U+ C- U# w5 G, T      LST-2446 P- u# I& g2 l, k* @
      LST-241/ K  n& a' P1 z) C- h5 w$ c
      LST-218
8 w  J! c! N/ O8 u* y3 b: |      LST-216
7 g# M8 j3 ?* }8 w6 Q      LST-202, r% {6 S: d% {$ b5 d+ k1 s
      LST-171
7 [3 T8 `" \/ H; e) G% M3 s2 D1 A5 v1 a      LST-166
* b6 D/ r2 W& g9 {9 Z      LST-1248 Y: Y6 X8 ?' }4 [
      LST-121
% g1 J7 Z, p' F  Q      LST-88: o/ z4 H8 y# u) M; |
      LST-123( [5 N6 a( _2 [
      LST-86
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% q. e( Y" {! V( Z/ `' T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
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113): Q8 J8 b4 u  t
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Allied Bombardment attack' |' F, D' S/ s4 `% T! Q

/ Z" e' ~7 D& d/ V: [Attacking force 5302 troops, 356 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 2812
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8 g& b2 e/ }( T; Q3 ]3 Q! gDefending force 51369 troops, 699 guns, 295 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361
  m; o! @8 |7 ~4 y" f8 h- v
3 ~( l5 ]$ j& C  c7 D9 NJapanese ground losses:$ n/ P, O% |: `+ T# R! D0 k! @4 ]
      406 casualties reported  ]8 l: D3 F! d
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
$ f& H1 A% N: v         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled) r* x. a9 g! E; a
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
9 ~6 H: g: P# Q: |+ H% j
' H; [  f. p1 c: ?2 J: V4 CAllied ground losses:
: N' h, ]) K4 S8 h5 s; t      21 casualties reported
( c. ?/ p+ k# L' p; T  `         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled+ W8 J+ T5 a6 B2 ^9 e
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
6 o4 l  x0 o. k, `" M: q/ s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: N5 L" P; ^9 v0 |4 D/ u
      Guns lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled)$ w. t2 R$ m: l3 \3 m% Y
      Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
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9 y" g% K0 R1 I# a" p* n: rAssaulting units:* }# H" ?1 v& R! j/ \" J/ F
    5th Marine/B Division
% N* h( O8 x( D" j/ ?    81st Infantry/B Division/ f3 ]0 D* H* G5 s( H4 d) A
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment/ R0 P- P( i  f) r; B  q
    5th Marine/C Division' _4 `" ^4 A! n7 ?% F% Q
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
* K/ _; C- `3 e" L: A* b    6th Infantry/B Division) `/ x9 i1 }6 l2 h, }/ X
    1st Filipino Inf Regiment# ^. G# b2 z$ U1 H' V
    716th Tank Battalion; u& s3 ]9 Y# \7 x* ^
    81st Infantry/C Division+ W- A! R3 Y" I" T' ?" ]" ?
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion% N3 ~9 R/ U+ E' l, `( @  G6 O
    6th Infantry/C Division
8 O6 z2 ^% T: W$ d  P: i    5th Marine/A Division0 e& w7 Q/ y; `% ^% i
    767th Tank Battalion
! ?. z6 _- P8 t: M  P. ^" n  {    96th Infantry/A Division( K1 l6 I  [  A, a; p# v! I
    706th Tank Battalion
1 ]7 s; h- ]) P3 _+ E4 O    711th Tank Battalion
+ x+ m+ f" a( g$ @    762nd Tank Battalion
1 l/ A& [2 e5 Q+ j/ H    96th Infantry/B Division4 _1 n/ A; B, o+ @- D
    81st Infantry/A Division
  ?1 `3 W: e8 }    44th Tank Battalion
  g* F% {6 P; d  z8 y! e    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment" T, f7 p' B6 a1 P1 C
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment0 Q- e  e, V, @; Q2 q5 l
    31st Infantry Regiment
% ?9 |% f/ G7 g9 U    6th Infantry/A Division: v0 y# Z0 Z& g& Q* x0 R8 E
    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
& S7 u# L5 u. ^' {0 @: n6 W0 ?    710th Tank Battalion
# V* I9 G$ N/ G    96th Infantry/C Division
7 z. I- \5 i5 f8 W% Q    5th USA Defense Battalion  a0 o8 O. Y2 D5 I
    4th USA Defense Battalion
' O% H& V" J. L- I/ O. q    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion/ ?/ S7 c9 S0 H- X) y# u5 H# l
    X Corps Artillery ' k8 Q3 Q  D# d3 F8 E4 C
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment* Y5 ~& U' S$ k! r: C9 o
    XIV US Corps) [: \# w/ I0 b, C
    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment8 o) }& {) X( ~8 G, J5 Z$ O# M
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
3 ]& W$ i+ `  K9 I    14th Marine Defense Battalion' q: E  u5 B/ v9 }$ {. h
    I Corps Artillery
7 W/ f" y, r3 l# @2 {    96th Coast AA Regiment
  _5 B$ G- O, _9 H% h% z    1st USMC AA Battalion- z& y+ [; p4 t/ I
    738th Coast AA Regiment5 i# N6 e; {/ Z0 A* b- w% p. R
    12th Marine Defense Battalion* a& a5 m' {# ^' M5 |+ ]: D
    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion) _8 d; [! U  Z
    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment9 G0 s, ?, s  b0 a! V4 F4 s( M/ Y
! q7 _9 u4 s3 z# H/ m" ]
Defending units:
, w6 D0 E0 K( F9 g+ N0 D# e( d/ k    33rd/A Division
, l! ]) q, Z5 |  E2 N6 K8 A    81st/B Division6 L( }: V% ]! Z+ ~
    Sasebo 7th SNLF
0 o3 x) j/ L% i" q    81st/C Division
. J: X4 ^2 ?& `8 }3 o& X& u    138th Infantry Regiment
! n* J  U% T$ \: F) v. p  Z! S; B    Kure 3rd SNLF
& u+ c3 g7 A! ~: l& z    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
5 l$ z* N$ O2 ^9 N8 R    144th Infantry Regiment8 t9 ^; G7 X1 c" x2 h1 M9 M. R9 f
    52nd Naval Guard Unit9 t6 x7 _. A2 C2 g2 p# u
    33rd/B Division
! T# c- W# [" G2 [3 b    81st/A Division
" B' N4 W8 f* w    33rd/C Division( \" n! h1 j, `) V! m8 M3 W
    3rd Base Force
1 @, H  `+ \+ K( e    19th JAAF Base Force/ Z6 \- c8 O* N2 k, C& @7 n
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ t( q: S* e2 d4 s
    60th Field AA Battalion3 U! Z7 O8 W# |/ K  N: a% C0 a
    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion, e+ T1 F7 t8 E
    53rd Construction Battalion
5 k8 d1 \3 r+ W4 [- n    Ponape Naval Fortress
7 W6 l, M" G& Q: s/ P1 h( z    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment8 X" z  {& l' }4 @
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment6 c" k# F) y# `% q. G
    12th Air Fleet
, w8 J/ v( w" u1 S4 j4 J  ~    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
/ `; C) x0 r! l5 B0 Y! j    61st Field AA Battalion1 m2 z9 {( L: x. O3 }7 _
    11th Ind.AA Gun Co / M: U8 \% J* ~/ M3 R; Q, B
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
  v7 I/ s0 Z2 w+ \6 K- ?    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion* x# F% }' _0 W" B
    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 F6 f# T) ~8 Q( G* @- ?) [    14th Area Army /1! k* i0 l& t7 |
    63rd Field AA Battalion
$ P) X. i  o1 p) L: J' t3 Z    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
$ b$ L1 }& W( @; e! A* d: G) r0 q    Kure 7th SNLF/ d' F7 I, [! \5 X
    18th Army' `8 E+ W$ s8 P3 Y4 q( P) z
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
% ?- X2 C, ]* m+ I    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /30 _. C+ d2 x# t4 L6 d& O5 v1 J6 h

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日军反潜船只确认击沉盟军SS一艘
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. `4 E  S* _/ ~. x: S* m/ ISubmarine attack near Satawal  at 107,106
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* Q" ^, d2 X. Q/ q- e% BJapanese Ships
$ l: Z4 o0 T0 A3 L9 F1 l" h      E No.54
: q% I  @, d0 J3 P      E No.50$ q: v& G7 o( j8 r  h
      E No.68
& l( f7 G( M( C# l9 E' O" D: M8 I5 _      E No.52, i9 e* o1 j+ n4 B
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Allied Ships& X  r  k. n6 w! D+ C
      SS Blackfin, hits 21, and is sunk( V. p% s3 d$ |

3 l2 J( p9 a! t3 K0 |6 J; I重创另一艘
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ASW attack near Satawal  at 109,102* e; |' T# {) P! n9 ^. B( ?4 \

5 c# v* B3 n2 Y7 N6 ^3 a( \0 aJapanese Ships4 p- n$ q0 c( k( h( x! L
      E No.86 C  z# `" ^3 z+ o* j) ]: l' n+ K3 V, k
      E No.6
7 a1 u0 ^( r* K( Q6 n . g7 N+ N5 X3 X3 @% |. ]1 @2 S7 {" |
Allied Ships
" V; i* @$ }3 H7 j: t      SS Peto, hits 14,  heavy damage

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 44: U- U. ^; l8 ~- r

: R0 l1 G& {  N+ W( w7 N7 r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8 y$ x1 z5 X1 M3 W* W, t
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
- S, _$ f5 B' n1 f3 M& A  e
, I* ?9 R1 L' |  K: Q62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.% o0 u% H( h9 j2 b/ @% m

) u8 O- O1 j7 q1 j4 I8 n/ aAllied Ships+ @* l/ S1 g, P; l
      CA Wichita# i3 t5 X4 e: l  x% s7 N* T
      CA Vincennes
) R; Z4 E7 {! e/ e- V      CA Quincy
1 u% W) U* d( e0 e- N      CA San Francisco3 P- v+ X! }6 M1 A1 k3 z4 r
      CA Minneapolis. m4 Z5 A  t; x) G4 l7 z8 G( {
      CA Astoria, t/ M. _& E$ g2 g; U: Y7 Y
      CA Chicago7 U8 S; ?  r6 E; K' J. G7 n
      CA Louisville9 A+ f/ x) R% u& [
      CA Chester) r$ Z$ e) n: h* c1 y) L  E+ K
      CA Northampton' r2 P$ v- C! X' B
      CA Portland
$ m+ k2 G, |! T7 B# e- @' E+ z" T$ N* M; S1 G$ h6 F
Japanese ground losses:
* C1 `) U+ |, _0 i  M7 ^& d      71 casualties reported
2 w9 b9 [+ W0 k         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled* R3 ]) W3 X! g! a2 [
         Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled! j9 A# D7 T- C
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled' x5 u# O) y& @, L) b
      Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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9 [" {4 i3 }+ p  Q9 z6 g8 KAirbase hits 21 y/ x- ^6 N' g6 Z: m
Runway hits 10
( ^: P% ]7 U) fPort hits 4
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7 E/ i# t: v( O! U: jCA Wichita firing at Ponape
) ~  c, a$ a# z" w* U0 _CA Vincennes firing at Ponape Naval Fortress1 K7 h" v5 b3 n# V7 p3 g% g
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Vincennes2 u2 N5 S. B' X$ k' J2 D. V: W  W+ l
CA Quincy firing at Ponape Naval Fortress$ {5 q& d8 ~$ H
Ponape Naval Fortress firing at CA Quincy, T- E7 j# i/ x
CA San Francisco firing at 81st/B Division
& Y: c& g+ h& OCA Minneapolis firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
6 O; S% }- d  k/ U1 kPonape Naval Fortress firing at CA Astoria/ F: I, [* Q* c/ B7 x( h$ J; N' U
CA Astoria firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
5 @! G, x* H6 bCA Chicago firing at Ponape   Z. _; d, b& {; v- i; L( m
CA Louisville firing at 3rd Base Force
6 E3 n, A, a" V  X" Q4 a. pOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chester
! Z6 Q$ n1 g# Q1 F0 A" p& v: o& ]CA Chester firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
. ]/ ^5 C, w: d/ w9 }. `( ^CA Northampton firing at 81st/C Division
$ p  V! @1 d4 i" l, w% F, |OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Portland0 D* O4 ]  X2 L& y  ?0 D9 l( u
CA Portland firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 U+ i4 T" P7 ?: E( v1 L) ]9 C+ M
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113( G. B, |0 v! i) r3 T9 s

+ j* h5 J, i1 k7 I* lAllied Ships
! X' G+ Q& [/ c# ^- R      BB Alabama. t% k' t: ]. ~2 G- {: p; U9 h5 F
      BB Massachusetts  U+ P, \7 h7 `
      BB Indiana( u6 W: `5 G6 G+ M; x
      BB South Dakota8 j+ r8 r( T7 ]; O7 S' O! a5 x
      BB Washington
4 c* ~) C% A% ]$ P+ [* l5 N) @1 H      BB North Carolina% |7 g6 X& v  _) v! `, P3 |

4 I7 z* i2 m9 n; MJapanese ground losses:
- @' i4 E  t) o4 }! U, t$ Z      275 casualties reported' I: ~+ y/ c# z$ Z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
( V! b# g* ^6 a5 d* |1 {         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 14 disabled  i# l4 z" y# a7 J1 S
         Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled2 t6 d7 J" V( m5 W( b3 r5 m
      Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 M/ w) y: I4 V2 l- g2 y
      Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)  e, N7 `: c" E  y7 u6 L# b9 J
( \7 J% e: G% q8 S
Airbase supply hits 18 q% g1 t  m& e% y( l! E
Runway hits 7
5 h% c+ _( o6 a$ n* ePort hits 39 v4 s4 z2 ^) t; E8 n

; \9 h1 _, @& c) Q  |/ aBB Alabama firing at Ponape
7 C. r" l6 ?$ uBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
& }0 o7 l& X, Y2 Z. w- s, WBB Indiana firing at 81st/B Division
  V; q! N! Q. q) E+ JOS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB South Dakota1 p5 A1 b9 x7 w- d+ v% U; q
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape
; d# s5 X: F3 }& oBB Washington firing at Ponape ; P  R3 z2 O# r, ~1 W) H
BB North Carolina firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 Y0 g' D# s7 U* C$ ^
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
8 N" i) B/ G) q# c; Z# c. X/ O8 C" F4 V3 p9 t
13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
" f' F* ~9 w0 ~+ _% h
$ I+ w" @, _0 _Allied Ships
) ?6 w/ r  _% o9 X3 C& f( [1 |      BB Queen Elizabeth# M2 c" P7 k& U: _$ L# N0 Y
      BB Valiant
" ~8 r' W% K" c9 r      BB Mississippi
1 w5 _3 v; J" ?2 I! }" |) I      BB New Mexico2 [2 y9 A2 }8 u4 s8 o
      BB Idaho6 M7 a& m( v! S
      BB West Virginia
; m2 z3 R$ n4 O7 s. s      BB Colorado
- M1 r7 @# R. y) U0 ?1 i
4 l- r2 `( J- ~7 x; Q6 p4 c# pJapanese ground losses:
- k, ~; c- ]4 F, N5 @( B/ N, `. B      117 casualties reported
% \! m0 j9 F! p5 g4 }# X         Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
0 c) ]( ^- k+ R& T         Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
2 _3 w. S+ @7 g7 ?$ c  g         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
: \  f( G& R+ l# Q5 S6 s3 m      Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
) b7 P# P% v- L      Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled), {6 |7 |) n8 c7 K3 @6 J

* }: s. V: N; V- l* T! eAirbase hits 2! ~2 ]. w8 j6 ~. E/ |
Runway hits 2
8 J9 O6 e( \# W3 B6 \+ w# F
. X4 {4 s' x9 i3 BBB Queen Elizabeth firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment" d& H, u1 P! V! o; |' ^; o- g
BB Valiant firing at 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment
8 N7 x) n; |6 G7 A. WBB Mississippi firing at Ponape Naval Fortress
( w; n; I  G: r( Y) y7 Q0 IPonape Naval Fortress firing at BB Mississippi
" @2 X9 J: c9 ]( d9 r% u- \BB New Mexico firing at 81st/C Division: c2 F2 d, K+ c/ [: x$ p
BB Idaho firing at 3rd Base Force
+ T/ d7 N" D' v2 h3rd Base Force firing at BB Idaho6 {. U: T: ]# I1 y2 o7 W
BB West Virginia firing at Ponape ) V8 M  x. }! Z+ ^" }8 H$ o6 h
BB Colorado firing at 3rd Base Force9 w, |2 e$ V8 j/ y
3rd Base Force firing at BB Colorado
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) P/ f: s7 I0 H8 LAfternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)
+ ]+ r0 H: I) _' O6 m( f9 |# _. R, X' \) X  Y/ e% i# Q' Q. [, }
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms( |$ Y' _6 P! A+ \' ], B0 K

$ K$ ?8 B- H5 e# L& n& w: zRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
" X; @/ U  s8 EEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
$ U& ]0 U$ R8 x! n( u# }% q# w( }- ~
Allied aircraft5 x6 G& j- X4 L+ b  A
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
3 g$ R  d0 H8 a      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3370 n; C& _4 H5 i& v
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
9 }. T5 P9 w1 N$ m0 y8 X; S1 S# K2 x, b
Allied aircraft losses1 Y* O* e, w; V2 u8 W
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 46 damaged
5 o; t# Q! ^4 d. H      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
+ @% F0 t$ w, o0 D* O4 s      TBM-1C Avenger: 17 damaged) N: N" q: w( X" V3 r" q
      TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed by flak& y( ?- `. y, _

  l) p  Y  @$ n2 O& b: M' D  u8 c1 EJapanese ground losses:) P4 m' L# M/ m
      159 casualties reported
0 g6 f5 ], D& l- h# c# X/ H+ W         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled, f! g2 F) X+ A4 g' j
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
9 H0 y) m. @. X) H8 a8 C         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) C$ u# i" x  V. P; N6 h
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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)4 ]+ m8 [2 {: `# }4 B+ |- q

$ r- T3 J. [; H" R# q. nAllied Deliberate attack
8 R  ?% _. I. i; [# H0 G
2 N4 u% g) t2 h3 @- u5 ZAttacking force 77530 troops, 1387 guns, 2472 vehicles, Assault Value = 29312 `  f% c# s0 k

' h( R" E4 o% t+ h! a* s1 a, `Defending force 50530 troops, 686 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1344
0 X# \+ q7 P+ b. [1 b& T7 j
! Z4 d9 J& F1 }( a. KAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 7- E+ P# N/ m% H/ O8 R- \

) H0 F0 s0 a# {3 HAllied adjusted assault: 3406
6 W5 k& X2 @5 n4 @9 p
% W: `6 N' B$ e5 WJapanese adjusted defense: 8701
6 b- I# F1 W* P) N! z8 w7 Y( B9 k/ ~; N1 P/ t$ D
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 7)
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Combat modifiers# j5 [+ r/ N3 _: P# ~" d: `
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-)
* i! }& p4 z$ C5 |  {3 NAttacker: ( z9 J' s6 q* h$ `# M% v
8 ^( G( M6 b2 a) B3 z; Z
Japanese ground losses:/ D: N+ S# F2 c9 J. m- R, @# V* M
      3539 casualties reported
9 m' a2 ]3 c$ _         Squads: 129 destroyed, 146 disabled
5 {3 S/ r4 i( i         Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled& r1 m3 M$ W& a
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled: M; v7 y7 R, ]
      Guns lost 76 (27 destroyed, 49 disabled)
% O' ?; \& F/ ~6 x  r- Q      Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
8 L. Z' c" [$ F+ e; w$ J+ Z9 l6 u0 s
Allied ground losses:7 X  ^  r! O$ n7 n$ ?
      3552 casualties reported
( _# C% K( p: B* M         Squads: 27 destroyed, 512 disabled
1 }% P& n5 z7 j& p         Non Combat: 62 destroyed, 147 disabled
4 W  ?& n' z" w9 H         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 111 disabled$ s" \" [: C9 F# c# `5 g
      Guns lost 118 (41 destroyed, 77 disabled): V" v+ y7 z! _+ y3 f/ T9 Y  I
      Vehicles lost 223 (55 destroyed, 168 disabled)5 ?0 F" N6 ?- A) e
      Units destroyed 1
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Assaulting units:* i! _( p+ Q. _5 B; g
    819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
5 W: W5 d7 g5 J: I( x    5th Marine Division" F# ^8 Z) P# I7 v' O
    716th Tank Battalion0 \) A; @; i- @. J# Y% ~% y: l
    706th Tank Battalion
. o! M0 F9 e4 |* W    762nd Tank Battalion% j, D+ V$ o. z" B
    710th Tank Battalion3 z; b2 N% E, F  G
    767th Tank Battalion7 p4 b3 }( n; g5 I
    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
5 @' p& M: S7 O" d2 }    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment$ w  i' i: ?* b: t) V7 N3 s
    81st Infantry Division
' B* S8 u' s7 d, [& Z! {    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment3 N) {( \% Y& ~$ L7 }) {$ C
    96th Infantry Division
5 m( S9 e4 C1 U  N; _    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
' X  U  x* R& G5 o% G! }1 U1 a    711th Tank Battalion  V& T" {# T& Z* T3 }: I+ Z& Z
    44th Tank Battalion+ E0 t1 A2 R& h: C; E* S
    2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
" z, k7 ~3 a, y% R    6th Infantry Division
+ f7 H* t5 w4 q2 J, ]2 s+ E    1st Filipino Inf Regiment. U0 Y9 _# t+ _" J( P! g
    31st Infantry Regiment( r  q( g; T$ Z' A. Z
    XIV US Corps& L! C! P9 M% v9 b8 F: M
    96th Coast AA Regiment
: R! @( g; V. R: J; A* f, Y    12th Marine Defense Battalion% z* T- p: m" O; L
    4th USA Defense Battalion! E2 j4 {7 ^* _' T3 C, h5 P
    14th Marine Defense Battalion, Y: K  f. A7 F- Y$ \
    1st USMC AA Battalion
  U; P3 {! I/ F& e4 ?    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' |% I8 u) Y% _! U, m    5th USA Defense Battalion
3 c+ H# H5 t. t; r6 \    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment1 p: L7 E% W/ t8 {. k2 V$ C
    738th Coast AA Regiment# ?: J- D: C7 ~* [. P
    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment9 I2 @% L) H, ]. a$ x
    I Corps Artillery / _! q) i+ s5 [8 ~
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
, V+ c3 T% X/ y( b    X Corps Artillery 8 `1 r! v( q3 |. K
    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
  q1 u' Q0 a$ |    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment1 Y0 J+ W% ^9 q/ `7 w: k) [
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Defending units:. I/ I: U6 _" g/ Y
    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
# }4 S6 I2 t* J% N" Q: `( x3 {    52nd Naval Guard Unit
! ^  f" u  G. ]! e3 [    144th Infantry Regiment% E" d( Q$ D/ h; V; `
    Kure 3rd SNLF
- k8 |  e3 O5 \8 v2 q& O; h    Sasebo 7th SNLF
5 j1 |. ]" ]. b  Z& m: r9 R    33rd/B Division5 F5 y8 P; ^& t
    81st/C Division
/ m9 i9 Z( ?5 y/ ]* r8 y0 ^# u    81st/A Division
, p, ~% K' g9 J8 P; e    81st/B Division
' `0 U, b! U& u/ J- j; r! y    33rd/A Division
# H+ K: o" F0 r" C3 _* a    138th Infantry Regiment$ ~8 e/ B9 l! N5 M8 `9 z
    33rd/C Division, u, a3 u6 K) \1 ?
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
/ t, J4 k: b/ }! h! s: r    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion1 v0 s- \! V5 Z# r
    19th JAAF Base Force& R+ N8 U: X  T* H4 M9 _
    31st Ind.AA Gun Co
. ]- G" L8 {4 m% v    12th Air Fleet, C9 _9 B- S, o
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment) k# e+ W( |# `: v
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co * x* @: Z- }; z5 W4 b. U
    63rd Field AA Battalion
; l; c+ I( c* D% \5 d5 ^6 S8 j    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment6 l# U( K, p8 W, q3 ?* O( `
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
/ ?. ~# b' U2 F# s1 y    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
( f. e8 q+ W( F- O7 V    Ponape Naval Fortress" R+ [& r) E! {9 K
    61st Field AA Battalion
" u' C: r8 w" h    18th Army. p5 u6 |5 N: i. f; L2 T6 v0 l
    14th Area Army /1! b. K7 V8 U6 r1 y3 G
    60th Field AA Battalion
$ V$ b# G. M6 \" n# C! Q' _    53rd Construction Battalion
2 c) g% K0 {5 Y; @8 }  f    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
$ C8 \! t  p& ~. A- J- k: Q/ o" H    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1
. U% |& p9 y& M8 P) V9 s2 r& ?9 v5 B    Kure 7th SNLF" |. s; e$ I- n: \
    3rd Base Force+ Z1 [! {( S+ E6 `& I, u
    3rd IJN Special Cst Gun Bn /3

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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)- i, {& ]# x4 Z; h/ ?4 H5 B; p5 C
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms' k/ k8 X+ N+ |% c
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.1 s, y/ u3 ~. T; r" S4 L
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
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% ]; N7 [+ t5 U) IAllied aircraft
: b. z: f/ }: |3 W      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
& ?+ p/ M# v# s5 r1 e- R      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 337* X, g3 E: m! p. P0 L& h; E, ~: K
      TBM-1C Avenger x 283
" P& B' i! }$ H1 ]$ s& q/ c$ ^Allied aircraft losses0 Z0 X  T2 s/ d- Z* [, K
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协同很给力！

hades1001

对基地的攻击协同成功率比对海高很多的，因为目标是固定的

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44
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# J' s) k0 w& }$ ?& _) f在把炮击距离设置成主炮距离后没有了岸炮的干扰貌似炮击的效果好了些。日军仍在波纳佩殊死抵抗，战况仍然在胶着状态
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!! y5 p  P1 d! @

# H! Z0 v- x( y! @* Q. r: m; T% xAllied Ships/ R6 N8 I9 l7 `. W# ]
      CA Vincennes5 m, S4 ~# p6 [- r5 o1 N
      CA Quincy
: w1 X5 W- j; Q2 U; b4 D      CA San Francisco
% [' I/ E: @- V; Z      CA Minneapolis; J0 k: e5 ]( O9 D9 k! O+ v1 a9 d
      CA Astoria( L8 _3 e+ V, Y: H" L( u2 ^
      CA Chicago& d1 `; m% u4 B- c! ?
      CA Louisville
$ e' K1 Y' t% D# H6 E      CA Chester) Z$ @3 m  c& \& h- s
      CA Northampton
2 z7 j) j; \! E. L1 ?% w. K6 H. v      CA Portland+ r+ o8 s* t5 l- E

6 E# j" D: q/ E. ?( W  ?Japanese ground losses:
0 s: L  L- C& B% F5 q/ H/ o      112 casualties reported
5 S: L6 O! \2 ]8 x6 L         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
6 P" A+ f  L; [6 ^$ v2 R         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled* u+ X9 \7 V" }4 A
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
7 D" E; j7 N6 b; U0 \4 \, G
9 }$ r1 N5 |5 F. t" qAirbase hits 5
# @! M% ]9 n" p$ e/ ]7 L% CAirbase supply hits 24 z' E% b5 b7 B4 i" E; \: u
Runway hits 21$ g4 E4 N9 q; B+ e7 y8 V
Port hits 71 `+ J  A  i" L+ A& Q" B

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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,113$ ~5 K( o! u/ w
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Allied Ships
+ B2 O1 q: ^( H2 L% @; B! D5 \8 \2 o      BB Alabama- {- q) S& f0 i& V
      BB Massachusetts+ t/ f, z# ^  [* t
      BB Indiana$ x( P, c% h8 m. r
      BB South Dakota  i# {- \4 ]' W! t4 X6 M% X4 D4 x$ s+ z
      BB Washington9 V) M9 D. f- M2 s
      BB North Carolina7 g: U) Y/ L. Z& E# u6 [
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Japanese ground losses:
) c: Q2 b( W2 k      398 casualties reported
+ `- E, `  C1 X& q0 Z         Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled$ X# v% g. I% L& t5 x- r7 m
         Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 22 disabled! \! W, X& u0 b8 T
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled9 U: t6 b: M" n( @) m
      Guns lost 35 (22 destroyed, 13 disabled)
& |3 n1 U& {* L, ^: r( D      Vehicles lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)5 {! B" @+ v) O5 |. j0 j4 Z4 H% x
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Airbase hits 95 ]  M' Q/ H  i9 ~) W% z
Runway hits 9
7 t" T6 Z1 R% ZPort hits 2
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BB Alabama firing at 33rd/C Division
( B4 M' c+ o  H- NBB Massachusetts firing at Ponape
4 G, [" y5 P, b0 `' q9 y/ |6 gBB Indiana firing at 81st/A Division( D* `( \+ C4 o# w
BB South Dakota firing at Ponape 7 n) c* b+ V1 M3 _' K; ]4 D  D
BB Washington firing at Ponape
8 S8 Z' d4 l+ H: N; vBB North Carolina firing at Ponape # b+ T' |& X  b* R# |
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Night Naval bombardment of Ponape at 119,1138 X# D1 a! g2 I* j
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Allied Ships
2 Z! i1 I$ ^) @* h( g+ [      BB Mississippi
- R$ [' W3 Y% u! j      BB New Mexico3 H& u# U1 W. w$ i: W/ L
      BB Idaho# I0 k6 p# g, C2 Z3 h
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Japanese ground losses:
* T0 u( H) X& R- D- _) p% Y      195 casualties reported$ {1 u8 X0 U/ \1 r1 \3 F, r
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled3 a; [* P' I# n$ H
         Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 41 disabled0 a- ~* r: P/ Z+ K
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
) g/ R, d, s* U( m6 W3 S7 o      Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
& z4 _, f% c9 I7 q7 g: a% O" B      Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
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- l- Z) e# X! e0 d  a4 r7 sAirbase hits 3/ p0 t' A- r- W1 V
Runway hits 14
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6 u& p1 v3 \& H' X5 u3 k/ SBB Mississippi firing at Ponape 2 s! U  I3 D9 O. d) J% \# J# h% A
BB New Mexico firing at 33rd/C Division& c5 R7 N$ C8 W* X1 B+ m
BB Idaho firing at Ponape 3 Y$ V) t9 H, b- E) x! I
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Afternoon Air attack on Kure 7th SNLF, at 119,113 (Ponape)) @9 S0 f  m/ c& _5 D

0 }5 O2 \' R3 c& P; x! XWeather in hex: Severe storms4 V9 d# S- _* i. G/ ~3 Y, ?; i
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.$ H% ?/ H! @0 P/ I6 F) t2 O
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes  u) V, q7 Q% ]; j- `+ K
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Allied aircraft0 ?. s& J) v1 [# y
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462& N/ f- g8 B* s7 k+ K
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 3334 _, k" }. R3 c
      TBM-1C Avenger x 2867 R/ d! ]8 l& H- i3 q

  x$ E, Z5 c' H' K( W- QAllied aircraft losses# r/ S' g" w8 ], N1 o
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 29 damaged
1 a5 N2 b( h1 t' C9 R/ m4 X      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 3 destroyed by flak+ G3 M8 C# x8 }( u8 R: T2 X0 D( V: c
      TBM-1C Avenger: 26 damaged$ c. d3 G  W- X- M0 D5 X- k
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Japanese ground losses:! p; S! t; ^  Q2 @- q3 ~- ~
      121 casualties reported
$ e( g3 J! f6 B2 }$ @( \         Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled  Q8 D  `, |$ F" |( M/ Z
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled7 `7 m6 ?/ @" I7 j6 h
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( F, \6 Q) a5 v& p6 L/ N

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; ?% i; e3 y5 E# Z4 A  d! D0 LGround combat at Ponape (119,113)
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Allied Deliberate attack2 h8 N+ V# V: f( U' X1 P
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Attacking force 74539 troops, 1370 guns, 2341 vehicles, Assault Value = 2629. U  ^+ {) e5 P5 l1 v
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Defending force 46824 troops, 641 guns, 281 vehicles, Assault Value = 11212 X. z7 x5 |6 Q* r  a! x

9 N: x* a: w+ W4 R3 bAllied engineers reduce fortifications to 6
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Allied adjusted assault: 3228 * O- ~* A+ @' M5 o! s' }
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Japanese adjusted defense: 7085
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Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 6)
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& m7 J: D( l  O0 o( ]7 m% \; q. \) }Combat modifiers' y2 z( M6 x3 T' D
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
- ~1 I8 ]( J) n9 l  mAttacker:
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Japanese ground losses:* w0 h! z2 e1 ^/ r: r- m8 u
      2305 casualties reported) _  v7 Z9 h' X2 `5 E
         Squads: 40 destroyed, 47 disabled
, U7 G+ Y1 e1 ^! n" d% {8 o         Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 24 disabled
: ]8 V2 }& t8 n+ S         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled0 _" s9 w) Y8 w5 y( T' L
      Guns lost 38 (19 destroyed, 19 disabled)" V6 P% l/ d6 m
      Vehicles lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)4 r& V  ~( ?( \* E3 w
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Allied ground losses:
4 x- ^0 K, N% _- q( U/ Y      3064 casualties reported" h% z6 J  O1 u4 P  I; B% p) y& }
         Squads: 98 destroyed, 262 disabled
' I1 D$ }) y6 p2 t: f1 a7 z         Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
  ]# t0 B- X( F0 R2 c         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
9 C0 S5 v% m  C4 ~2 ?6 d      Guns lost 75 (16 destroyed, 59 disabled)4 G# O. G) S# l- X" b
      Vehicles lost 91 (6 destroyed, 85 disabled)
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& Y- ?0 k: O) d9 B! k* iAssaulting units:: U! B2 i2 j5 ^1 E
    58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment7 x$ v) O, |- u0 R, Y. p" X
    711th Tank Battalion
+ h7 p% e0 S/ b8 E$ y    716th Tank Battalion
. ]9 P5 s# P$ |3 J    6th Infantry Division
) R$ i8 {4 @( ^, |  B    44th Tank Battalion
5 z7 t3 g9 y  e, Z- n    I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment
* _( w: ~( g7 H$ N7 m    XIV Corps Combat Engineer Regiment
8 k( Z7 S# `  {. _& t' O0 ~    81st Infantry Division& b0 P: b; O0 S1 _- b- @
    767th Tank Battalion
" F6 v5 y+ K/ b3 r- A    364th(Sep) Infantry Regiment' a6 {2 t, a! A- ~- _
    762nd Tank Battalion! g3 o! y; z  o0 v9 }, W
    710th Tank Battalion8 `7 M. F. ]2 e
    96th Infantry Division
) `' v" _0 P0 H; _$ l" X$ W    1st Filipino Inf Regiment1 {, w' g- |6 y7 I) e
    706th Tank Battalion6 D0 D3 f% \6 T  [. `) `+ k
    5th Marine Division
( g9 Q# P7 }! o5 w    31st Infantry Regiment
+ `0 z+ K6 t4 j0 J2 R  J    4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ n. w! v8 u) S    1st USMC AA Battalion6 [6 u) j" b. Q" `
    738th Coast AA Regiment
5 b$ M( t+ p/ j$ z& d/ \7 X. N    96th Coast AA Regiment
4 e! ]/ ?8 p# f9 F    14th Marine Defense Battalion
$ S3 G3 _2 M8 h' [  k$ _) P$ h' C    12th Marine Defense Battalion
, [! f6 ?% t1 j4 g' d: w    3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
+ `8 Z4 d, z  D7 G9 a    57th Coastal Artillery Regiment+ o) {4 y3 |5 |# @+ ?
    XIV US Corps' d( ^$ K7 B  y* @
    X Corps Artillery 7 h, r4 ]8 x/ P1 c- Y) \
    5th USA Defense Battalion' C: P3 l) d9 n7 Q
    4th USA Defense Battalion
8 g% X: V( s' I' c    265th Coastal Artillery Regiment& T; `8 p3 G, e5 C/ R' z4 ~4 {$ w" d
    I Corps Artillery " u; D. O$ i7 o. `/ o! v$ a$ G" o
    8th Marine Defense Battalion
& M0 u! j  S) l- N) t/ K% W( \: V    28th USN Naval Construction Regiment
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( {! `- f. Y; b- v8 X6 sDefending units:
% _; R. D+ J/ W$ d    Ponape Naval Fortress0 l0 Q6 A! U! \: E: K! ?: |
    81st/C Division, r/ _8 G. M: ^7 `" ?# [" J% z
    52nd Naval Guard Unit
3 d# ]# a% y1 H/ p7 p' p0 ~    138th Infantry Regiment
8 y% _3 Q$ R% h/ O    6th Guards Inf. Regiment
9 r7 Y5 Q0 Z3 p. ~- i# f; y    Sasebo 7th SNLF
) |9 t1 n+ ?4 r( |, o  z. J    144th Infantry Regiment
* H( ?: {  m3 d/ T    81st/B Division
1 h6 x9 A6 a8 _6 N    33rd/B Division& n: x) B. f/ B5 c% ^3 H( T' d$ X
    33rd/A Division+ s* o1 U+ f5 `% C4 i- G- [# m
    81st/A Division" j1 G, N7 W/ b" }/ I) Q
    Kure 3rd SNLF
( z; n" ~6 d4 Q    33rd/C Division) {. k# S* v3 U9 T0 Y5 f
    53rd Construction Battalion
) v0 q1 T4 @3 z0 m! q    18th Army
& l" _' u$ T0 O+ L/ j! D5 c$ `' t    14th Area Army /1  [5 Z8 e7 U1 o7 p/ @" y1 z
    60th Field AA Battalion
, [$ J" C. K9 s* k( A/ l1 Q  g    12th Air Fleet3 p% O. g* p2 r; r+ v
    18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment1 ]" y, @1 J7 ?1 C6 f
    63rd Field AA Battalion: |, e8 \8 K# w, A: ?9 y
    1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment9 r1 U0 `+ w: \7 A! i3 p2 e
    3rd Base Force- }$ X9 F' l1 p! e% \" {
    Wake Cst Gun Bn /1$ o* B  E/ Q1 D# Q! ~
    Kure 7th SNLF/ D' a! b' j) p: ]5 [) k8 d9 B/ {
    19th JAAF Base Force3 d$ l/ v7 U. o& ]4 u! l
    18th Field AF Construction Battalion
8 T" q2 k; ?3 n- q% J    61st Field AA Battalion1 U8 \9 }7 j: x7 x( ?& ^* d
    23rd Fld AA Gun Co
6 U7 t4 d9 R5 F, x* v( a: D    23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment3 c; n* u; P0 V1 t" r# V. _( Q
    38th Ind. Engineer Regiment3 }3 m- K* f" L. K3 P5 B# N
    20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
, P3 i4 T+ [5 I8 j3 W2 Y    14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
! e3 }8 S4 \4 J    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, 440 r  A; E- u/ Y( q; A) o: q
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; w5 \- v7 u) Q( m( b3 O& P7 ~
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tavoy at 54,60
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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' C4 ]/ U8 E( o+ U0 {% r" c, U2 ^Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
4 C7 q  m$ ~6 M! `" s1 nEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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; _8 F6 H* h2 D% e: Y6 z  h1 \      P-38L Lightning x 23/ Q" b5 q% W6 R) f
      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 30$ ^( s: r2 u' Z8 R$ w% r9 D7 J/ Z  @
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Allied aircraft losses& n& B) e4 o! ?5 M
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 8 damaged
3 u# m/ d! q) b9 A8 j8 r8 z( p      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships+ B. m8 i2 D8 u2 S0 n5 O
      DD Suruyame! ]4 a% g8 l" ?2 Y% ?# b( }
      CL Ninaru
) I0 k$ }& J$ R& T3 [      CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 4,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ @6 f, S0 f& G3 B4 @" {! @
      DD Yayoi
: n: e# [& R: ^- D  T; f8 D. ]: ]: A      CA Kako
  e( U$ ]7 }6 v/ w9 Q% K      DD Asagiri) D' x7 y. I" I$ L$ u6 u% j
      DD Ayanami
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      21 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
5 s9 X5 b0 I9 r1 [               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb. K) R! }/ }4 o: F1 Y& o
       6 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
+ g; V* J  t. l; |               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb6 x/ h* D% u& w
       3 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'# c7 J6 b6 E4 Y& X  a$ f  ]1 g# q
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb,  2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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- B7 D$ l* Q& f6 g! g& yMassive explosion on CL Tokachi$ a0 S# J0 ?, S7 {$ r1 J
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
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- a% x  d9 n$ ]0 r/ }! nAfternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 119,113 (Ponape)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.$ x. W) O' u9 n% F% s
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes% Z8 K" _+ `7 p& {

! G: v7 [; n! S. _Allied aircraft6 |3 C! U5 L6 C; w3 h
      F6F-5 Hellcat x 462
1 j. I# Q$ `3 m7 g$ s8 f      SB2C-3 Helldiver x 326$ f) w, d" Q2 |# O9 z4 g0 `6 G
      TBM-1C Avenger x 285' s2 t( ^- j& O- w' E, H/ {
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Allied aircraft losses
! Y8 l# V( F/ i      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 48 damaged3 W- y9 T  @/ p5 n
      SB2C-3 Helldiver: 2 destroyed by flak
+ Z* L4 V' [$ M) Y  [3 a9 h! @, \      TBM-1C Avenger: 12 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:! {, b; y7 F. n
      276 casualties reported% [$ C4 c% n4 c4 F8 P
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled2 M2 H2 {' @- [% e
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled0 B' A! j' ~: U# f
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 A7 L# q" |; C1 m$ h
      Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)2 a: x; U# {" ?* L. l

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Ground combat at Ponape (119,113)* G1 x$ B4 M1 D- Z# `

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Attacking force 5127 troops, 335 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 2263$ w/ u6 O/ }- _
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Defending force 45166 troops, 619 guns, 279 vehicles, Assault Value = 10171 q1 I  w7 Q# ?' ]
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Japanese ground losses:% j( Q2 m8 ]" w0 S- e0 N
      1082 casualties reported
7 F) L0 N. n: x1 H6 P         Squads: 5 destroyed, 81 disabled2 b+ _" T7 C$ {
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled* _( [, {- q( J# E5 D- h+ H* I
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled4 m# I* u: @- p
      Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)# I9 E0 k% _, D: o2 A' P7 M

7 r, ^4 T- ]. ]. }" L: OAllied ground losses:
$ E# }5 Q6 i# K      23 casualties reported. T6 a4 K" z) N9 z; z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled" f  r+ O8 n. ^8 M6 t
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled+ e0 J2 x! U2 T+ z( z* p7 p
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* ?* W9 _7 }$ w      Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)4 i' v" u1 Y& I
      Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

hades1001

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 44
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( p5 T6 D% a% N9 s东京快车出轨
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本次战斗为太平洋舰队2年多来第一次上规模的水面战，盟军水兵在能见度恶劣的情况下利用雷达给予日军有利打击，不过在战斗中也暴露出了盟军水兵技艺不精，炮击组织不利，人浮于事等各种弊端。战斗结束后太平洋舰队指战官兵纷纷表示要充分总结经验教训，刻苦磨砺水面战技术，积极相应9527大统领要求部队“能打仗，打硬仗，打胜仗”的号召，争取从胜利走向更大的胜利。
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* Y$ h1 m' T: l; o( v* M# JSubmarine attack near Ponape  at 119,113
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Japanese Ships
8 V' g% H0 e0 ?. I$ s) l# }# i      SS I-48, hits 25, and is sunk
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Allied Ships1 Z. K9 i& i  m
      CLAA Prince Robert
* u; h/ E6 `3 o! `$ G& v  R      DD Saumarez
4 n& y) I+ q, C+ E3 ~! ~7 X      DD Nizam9 p- }0 r: C4 y9 A- e
      DD Ellet
8 I5 O* y( ?1 G0 f: u  ]      DD Waller9 b+ I( ?6 x0 |; s
      DD Walker
! f2 {, n( `* ?; W! b' e1 |      DD Wadleigh* w8 W" |7 W  l- k9 w9 z
      DD Uhlmann
# M5 v. A$ R* V3 _6 k7 y      DD Twining* p7 R- R6 o; s4 ]
      DD Twiggs
4 e" A, ^1 I; S/ E+ r  i) `      DD David Taylor
, y! a( E$ ~) G2 d0 ^/ ~$ K      DD Strong' `8 g1 f! y3 Z
      DD Sproston3 y) z9 ?: O4 X: j
      DD Sigsbee
1 q' d5 W3 |( ^/ F' k      DD Sigourney
) w' d+ }& \6 r# Z# D$ T      DD Schroeder5 O. h2 Q( c, N4 J
      DD Benham II
* A- U  J4 R* P6 x8 a4 H      DD Cushing II
3 T* ?# T/ [* C& M      DD Urchin
& q' j6 s. |; A  q      DD Urania# I. F2 X$ {  _$ W8 K  H/ j9 `
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SS I-48 is sighted by escort
8 ~1 \) O2 J$ R7 ~4 x2 u1 L+ `& |DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search0 V! y0 o7 F+ L+ J/ ^3 C, b
DD Cushing II attacking submerged sub ....% q, ]; c2 m1 h( @, L* P8 n( ~
SS I-48 forced to surface!
" A$ G1 E, j3 m5 W8 IDD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ....
3 V; X1 c9 a8 \DD Urchin firing on surfaced sub ....1 U% D: Q2 W1 e5 L( B
DD Urania firing on surfaced sub ....$ J0 N1 L3 Y  C! f* o/ k
DD Benham II firing on surfaced sub ....$ s: `6 C+ e, d0 U, l
DD Cushing II firing on surfaced sub ..... [3 U5 N3 @' q+ ^) }
Sub slips beneath the waves+ I) a4 T2 y( f+ Z
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards7 Y1 @+ a6 D1 X7 w% G5 c( F

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) A0 j9 ?) r8 S9 aJapanese aircraft losses
1 C$ }. j. u3 _2 g      E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships6 W- U& c- a! Y' v& T/ Q( {8 i
      CL Agano$ p7 x( X/ s" {5 I# |
      CL Noshiro, Shell hits 22 X, u* ~/ N9 Q; x
      DD Akatsuki, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% |; Y( J: ]7 f$ q
      DD Hibiki/ J$ V! Z3 P! L, K
      DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
) _1 e, t3 S& H3 V3 @! P& @      DD Shirakumo0 M( g' _+ s. p9 s0 H( |1 L
      DD Isonami
0 W! \/ u* Z" L3 N      DD Murakumo
" U" |& M, v# i8 J0 O  t. Z      CL Teshio, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
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2 |* e8 a$ t/ ]! `Allied Ships
' Y$ r0 l, R& U. F  ~0 [, L6 K      BB North Carolina
, G; t; _" j6 x      BB Washington, ~& g! e' T6 l. J9 s5 h# k+ v. a
      BB South Dakota' c2 q; I, ~- G( v
      BB Indiana, Shell hits 1
( Q$ Z  R8 C; z! ^8 j" B+ \, o, q      BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 2" b* U$ q. s9 O( T
      BB Alabama, Shell hits 2
, I* r( H( c8 a1 [+ j! {+ G      DD Conner
7 \1 _- a8 W* B7 U2 y      DD Cotten( c/ a4 a4 L/ r1 O3 F
      DD Cowell
; R- a6 @! o# S6 {, T6 M' j+ `  j  {! b      DD Daly$ U; V9 W/ [$ A" Y% [- R
      DD Eaton
2 c% X, ]  x4 |1 }- V9 }      DD Heywood Edwards
. y, x* g- g- p& @  n- N6 A8 W      DD Erben
$ x5 G% h" \# Y. P$ c# E      DD Evans
$ V3 J) U- W/ a4 P8 D      DD Foote
; g$ y( B# ?7 u      DD Franks
2 Z) r( b1 T% ?" ?) T9 J      DD Fullam( _9 u7 r8 ^" P# v
      DD Gatling
/ ?! C' S+ r/ F3 P3 \( }$ q. K/ M      DD Albert Grant
( B6 d# a; c4 A) ~( @' s      DD Gregory
$ U8 t, ], N! U' J) _, H# f      DD Guest* Y5 U- ]) ?" P' C% W4 F$ W
      DMS Hamilton
. G  m$ e3 [/ u/ n8 }; p      DMS Forrest
/ F6 u$ L( s# |) I  L. W& o      DMS Ellyson
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 ?" Y% u1 q6 L! N6 d
Range closes to 28,000 yards...) e# K( L1 g! v6 Y2 B
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards5 y. Y. l7 K) k: ^8 _* ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 28,000 yards: o# f6 g9 y, |' P" _
Range closes to 26,000 yards.../ }. t+ n) C2 g9 }* v- \0 P/ z0 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards3 c9 b  a) J2 X. Q  l/ T) w
Range closes to 24,000 yards...' p; }# x3 D4 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards; s7 L! ~9 g, X  A1 K: V
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
( e: r3 W3 |5 v. lRange closes to 22,000 yards...
+ n- F, _$ {) K1 Q8 JCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards5 E$ p* Z/ P; Y& u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 22,000 yards% P6 t. l; R" R$ p5 Y! ^9 ^" A2 {
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
7 ~+ |" P  t: ?8 uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
0 |8 X" m- o0 A# V7 E/ p& CRange closes to 18,000 yards...
( f1 Y: m& U: H1 }CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards# s' ^- I& ~8 Q  {' H- ?2 }
Range closes to 16,000 yards.... o. v/ m8 w  ^4 o
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
3 {2 p' O( P1 T2 v; A8 g; W* v. U- ~Range closes to 14,000 yards...6 S% ~. Y; ^, C
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
4 y5 w, ]3 L; g  k: ^4 mRange closes to 12,000 yards...5 c/ e& _2 d' V) U5 }- A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
! q" y) I8 u) t. l4 pCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards
# Z: `1 o$ D( h1 ORange closes to 11,000 yards...# F. s$ `1 x# L1 g: |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards% i7 G- V. Q3 U/ T/ Z% ~
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards, N) r" b1 _" c, R
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, m1 B: B4 }7 Y2 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
5 H. `' `% t9 _) JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
, h! M4 }  S( P; x7 Z; W5 SCL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards, u0 p# H  _7 l! P9 ~% w# A% w
BB Alabama engages CL Noshiro at 10,000 yards! U% i) i3 S  w) E
BB Indiana engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards9 }/ H3 e& x/ A) `+ o
CL Teshio engages BB South Dakota at 10,000 yards% @* A, b% p7 Y
BB Washington engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards, [6 H1 [5 h" S' P
BB North Carolina engages CL Teshio at 10,000 yards
# T* j" T7 b+ s- y% g9 XDD Shinonome engages DD Guest at 10,000 yards% P$ }, R1 d- {1 x
DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards& l5 |( ]1 u, ^' F4 @  K
BB Alabama engages DD Akatsuki at 10,000 yards
& d: i7 y2 W/ f7 }+ s3 DDD Akatsuki sunk by DD Gatling at 10,000 yards3 E% k# j% U+ C, ~
DD Eaton engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards8 m3 E! b2 l- T. g6 D
CL Teshio engages DMS Forrest at 10,000 yards
3 v9 q. L+ W. M0 nRange increases to 11,000 yards9 |8 O6 O8 G2 a) b
CL Teshio engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards! ~; D- u: n" Z, j' Q- k+ s' d
BB Massachusetts engages CL Teshio at 11,000 yards: j; q/ }7 j# ~- z& r6 ~2 {
CL Teshio engages BB Indiana at 11,000 yards
6 z7 I1 ]* Z+ o5 C6 n# A8 G) o% J4 PDD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 11,000 yards! i- v5 M/ o% m5 E' F& A
CL Teshio sunk by BB Washington at 11,000 yards& c4 s2 P4 ^+ y& X
DD Gregory engages DD Shinonome at 11,000 yards
. l8 I& s- q+ {6 S+ K- \% K5 b  tCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 11,000 yards
; O: ^  P' y% |3 w7 Z3 s  ^BB Massachusetts engages CL Noshiro at 11,000 yards4 f; h# C- ]. @+ a
DD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards* V  v: y% @( L6 _. ]# x5 C
DD Isonami engages BB South Dakota at 11,000 yards
$ a) V& S) j% d; ]1 l9 M/ q; F8 a( P8 IDD Shirakumo engages DD Eaton at 11,000 yards
# W: Q4 f+ t( KDD Guest engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards0 n! f2 n) R% a0 x
DD Shinonome engages DD Gatling at 11,000 yards
& y) r/ H7 _) D2 C6 \" CDD Erben engages DD Murakumo at 11,000 yards3 m- l  ]+ w9 T6 X( [  J
Range closes to 10,000 yards
2 Z) U3 c/ k2 P# \4 ?8 l. d4 t9 a% cCL Noshiro engages BB Alabama at 10,000 yards
4 M8 N  D' w/ `2 |CL Agano engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
: `, a# @" l- R( a! @6 \$ s9 t% [DD Murakumo engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
6 ~; G: _' _* I* ~0 c4 F; T9 P- sDD Isonami engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards
- O" J3 Z0 y0 h* [! [6 ?6 o# PDD Gatling engages DD Shirakumo at 10,000 yards; R$ K$ r) A. q1 V
DD Guest engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
, k* K+ F, i: t2 @: x. V4 y+ @3 |DD Shinonome engages DD Gregory at 10,000 yards2 k8 m* g) R7 Q5 R* `
CL Noshiro engages DD Erben at 10,000 yards! C9 |+ b: J* Q1 C' f5 Z2 ~
CL Noshiro engages BB Massachusetts at 10,000 yards
2 r. v3 v5 d$ A% ^0 yDD Murakumo engages DD Eaton at 10,000 yards& o+ P: R5 u5 s; ]7 z; P
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 30,000 Yards
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      DD Hikokaze$ I7 s7 K- b8 t# J# C& z$ B
      DD Ishikaze
8 l% t4 a& S8 d, Z, @* X% \      DD Tagokaze
+ w4 H: o) Q2 i, e      DD Takatakaze
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& J$ G& T% T$ t/ N      BB North Carolina
# q/ S1 @& Y; c/ K' H4 G$ k! C      BB Washington
  [' Y8 o) \! b9 k  C5 ^! ~9 n      BB South Dakota- T) I9 w- y" z0 \% R* }
      BB Indiana
7 A$ J7 `; i1 p# [      BB Massachusetts
5 L* Y" w/ D$ F$ S' R( X  P; N5 Y( n      BB Alabama' T, v+ u) z2 q6 g2 F, k
      DD Conner2 u( t/ z# k; _5 o
      DD Cotten$ ~' j; d) }: l
      DD Cowell
' T6 p! K6 p) d8 g1 `  @      DD Daly
% ^. n1 ~) y$ n5 d/ }5 E8 c      DD Eaton8 Y+ |9 V5 _1 H- v/ k( D
      DD Heywood Edwards
" `$ k5 C* z  a8 e9 o- p1 {3 W" T      DD Erben
, Y( _' ^2 r6 O/ h+ v& E3 N      DD Evans
. _$ k# j% h! C% o( b" [+ @      DD Foote, a5 E# R/ o- F6 @9 `
      DD Franks/ Q# ]6 c: h' y
      DD Fullam
$ Z# c2 U4 d8 N7 ~# j2 R% ?8 {      DD Gatling
0 j! u* S' q1 M7 P: c! G      DD Albert Grant
. q& U7 D3 n" Y% Y      DD Gregory
$ W  S  i9 U4 N! ^* x      DD Guest- n" k. `+ U/ L& h
      DMS Hamilton% }* h3 `: N; S3 P' J* T9 u& A
      DMS Forrest
! ?) D3 g% d: b/ h/ J2 A. E      DMS Ellyson# n, r- R$ g: H, X/ V
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 50% moonlight: 8,000 yards% S3 l4 x+ n; Q" I
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
1 v5 w/ ?' O8 u; v! URange closes to 26,000 yards...
5 a' I4 N$ f' c+ W: GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards7 n; W8 y" [% [: o2 C1 j. k+ j$ `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 26,000 yards
# _& ?) S, p! P4 c$ `Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 [* l* }0 @5 x- ]: u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
! K: W7 j: k$ b; w- O+ U% L3 uRange closes to 22,000 yards...$ @0 v, ^. w# r) K$ h* _
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 F! o1 \! o. b- ^( VRange closes to 18,000 yards...5 @6 X1 V/ t; x) ]2 ]' c
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 18,000 yards
- b+ t' a/ v/ q+ S( m3 sRange closes to 16,000 yards...
8 R% q% P' X' Y5 m4 i( fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards& D% x4 F: ~3 ~; X) F3 P
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 16,000 yards
# R; q2 P  W1 j  iRange closes to 14,000 yards...
' B7 x6 p, |- z$ K7 ~1 kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards& Z5 i+ R4 z% s+ M% e8 b
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 14,000 yards
  \6 j) P% m# D. ]. ]6 g0 H# uRange closes to 12,000 yards...) x! t) k4 A0 {( u- A/ T3 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
0 m5 g+ y9 ]( J* w) `/ Q- BCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 12,000 yards6 F. F" a3 L9 g+ I& s/ ?  _* E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 g! p3 P7 u3 G
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 11,000 yards
5 f! B6 |% }: @$ [# x3 @7 mRange closes to 10,000 yards...
, N. M6 t5 V& p/ l; n7 ~6 CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 10,000 yards
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( u' x# x8 i+ Z, a. fRange increases to 15,000 yards...
3 p7 g, A( U* U, x7 E3 r4 cRange increases to 20,000 yards...
5 V! C2 j5 w* o3 K5 C) iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards: x9 M0 m+ [% y: Y) H" U- i! _
Range increases to 25,000 yards...
: w/ H6 V; e  `: @. mRange increases to 30,000 yards...2 u3 J! ], l! W3 n, ~5 \
Range increases to 30,000 yards...5 S; d% g! I' C
Japanese Surface Combat TF evades combat! |# v0 U, U  G3 m/ R0 s
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 9,000 Yards0 u4 \9 ~! J7 P) w% r  y. V( a2 k% h& M

8 l5 ~8 p8 F2 F9 E2 d, `3 JJapanese Ships" v; U7 `/ ], E1 P8 F* m- R7 ?
      APD T-1
, T! U, Z2 b  H/ \4 j( b: W. ^      APD T-2, Shell hits 26 N+ k9 p9 v; |: D, {0 i' W4 `
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
  X$ g& P& T( b) J. ]      APD T-4- Z! E9 V( y, v  S
      APD T-5! R( B  h( g1 a0 v; a; f/ U0 R
      APD T-6
4 ^" o5 ^. k2 Z      APD T-7, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- x& ]4 k* M6 c! p! k      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire; G) w) |+ Q3 v/ ~. M, \- d0 s
      APD T-9
6 l8 H$ e( ~- J8 Z      APD T-107 r4 a1 [5 v  Z4 I% p
      APD T-11, Shell hits 4,  on fire
8 j' H& _2 O' C, }* D; d; Q& W+ g9 I      APD T-12, Shell hits 4,  on fire,  heavy damage
) l3 I1 U; Y% q      APD T-13, Shell hits 1
6 L4 s; Y, L; a1 |1 c      APD T-14, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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7 B! |' I: s0 S1 t      BB North Carolina. _; b9 c6 }- G( @9 F& P
      BB Washington
. `* P2 S5 {3 L1 V8 ~7 }      BB South Dakota
( s# D9 j% X! G      BB Indiana
4 `2 i% [; a1 M$ W4 k7 s$ Q! [      BB Massachusetts2 N! y# R3 G& k( R# x$ ^% O7 N3 T
      BB Alabama4 b/ `  l: }. z/ g5 M
      DD Conner# C) ?' k8 Q. R
      DD Cotten
0 a0 m$ A9 W+ C, |0 q& b      DD Cowell
2 t( m" D7 i8 o" k5 v4 r7 f  V      DD Daly
; E5 b9 O3 B, I8 n) b6 R      DD Eaton' ~5 Z% g/ l: b& K
      DD Heywood Edwards
% C5 c/ z: R2 ]/ p( s      DD Erben
3 E) [% G6 N! i; g* G0 c5 h      DD Evans
$ K) q4 g# e" t      DD Foote# j/ P, E0 J5 [4 K$ `
      DD Franks
/ V5 b4 B+ R4 n( Y' t% v      DD Fullam
& }& `' P1 L* G/ z7 X      DD Gatling; F; a  ^: ?% ]+ P' P
      DD Albert Grant
% ]3 Y9 s$ u2 o+ I4 _. i9 Z  @      DD Gregory
7 s9 q2 }4 h+ y8 A% x- t      DD Guest
4 T! [* V' s$ I$ r      DMS Hamilton( n* b5 i% \8 w5 n
      DMS Forrest$ e8 w/ z  D* z
      DMS Ellyson  l  T: R/ `* |

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, A; D/ F6 s; T( DMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards5 ^" T# W7 j# c& x$ S; L
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( R. A; _+ ]0 VRange closes to 26,000 yards...
8 G7 t4 t" H8 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
0 r/ c# u9 R# _( YRange closes to 24,000 yards..., N- Y4 C4 ]$ v) @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
6 q* Z1 K9 r' R8 @! C3 dRange closes to 22,000 yards..., _0 S2 \/ h+ k& W! ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
; d& V! P# {, {% y; H; A4 BRange closes to 20,000 yards...
2 Y( E$ U# Q! ~8 _; oCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards2 V* t. U& @: x2 H
Range closes to 18,000 yards...7 Q( I4 k, i) Q2 g6 J% x) e( L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
' q8 F3 w  Z1 h$ ?# CRange closes to 16,000 yards...
/ Y5 t. `: {1 r6 w; R! R- iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards1 C' V1 q7 L$ u- k2 }: ^
Range closes to 14,000 yards...9 h# u; |8 M, c7 Y
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
% U/ l$ a' Y6 m( _Range closes to 12,000 yards...$ C' ?# N. j/ v# }& ~2 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
0 O# H( A% H$ j1 J: e7 @6 H0 \Range closes to 11,000 yards...
' r, ^9 B/ Q- ]5 U+ WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards4 `  ^8 Y$ i4 p# Z8 O) s
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ ?" J/ q0 H5 v: t4 n* r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
% ~8 |, [' `- [Range closes to 9,000 yards...* O8 N7 @# w3 S/ T: [0 G& f; i+ T
BB Washington engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
  u7 _% G& m8 F6 |; JBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
2 W7 |. P7 L" fBB Alabama engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards9 x, @- M' _: X+ Q/ t$ @
DD Foote engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards- P5 R( t& m! M/ Z& O: B
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
, `( P* [) q3 ?DD Daly engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards
$ s4 M- r5 ^4 h3 v- z2 AAPD T-13 engages DMS Forrest at 9,000 yards7 [- m' h7 F0 H) ]- l3 X' }! X
BB Alabama engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
, ?6 {/ _/ _8 Y2 n: ~0 N7 D3 j$ TBB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards! Y! ^' c2 a0 ~  Z  [
DD Guest engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
( _2 K$ x8 |. t9 N* w# V+ f" W4 LDD Gregory engages APD T-7 at 9,000 yards( D# d. G/ F/ n% J9 F( z
BB Alabama engages APD T-6 at 9,000 yards' @& @1 B$ u# q. ]3 M7 u
DD Gatling engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards
* v: K' l6 @) Q& Z, [5 x, _DD Fullam engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
# o$ }- g8 B7 l' i& ^7 ?APD T-7 sunk by DD Franks at 9,000 yards
" h$ k/ S, ]' n! Z* I5 RDD Foote engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards! P2 s. B0 u2 q  G! M
DD Evans engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards) v7 V1 @4 P+ }6 E6 f/ u' X
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards, d+ n( I8 U5 P" q( L3 {$ S
DD Daly engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
- \: ~7 z2 V2 j# @  C% r5 gDMS Hamilton engages APD T-14 at 9,000 yards
3 \. a; z% _1 S3 a( K# |Range increases to 10,000 yards
$ f# h/ d8 `* x0 ?# w. E/ wBB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards" \9 c2 P) u1 E$ H: t
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
1 M) ?/ n" O# T/ p- H. j) QBB Indiana engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards4 h" q# m$ }. P4 t
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
/ f/ w+ s' D% J( Y9 _( @' G4 ]' HBB Washington engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards% `8 Z5 S& Z; f$ H
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards' w+ l! M1 ?4 F* \. G! V7 n! s
APD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 10,000 yards
2 A" D2 T9 ], s9 W% y4 u' ^DD Gregory engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
4 G6 E* e2 a9 l; EDD Gatling engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards7 g  Q! U+ @% K& b  z% @9 o- U
DD Franks engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
: C3 |. t) s( I& I1 ]& d7 f) {! g2 K, [DD Erben engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
) \; q. i( Y" i4 P( ^. [DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards  O" i8 ?4 ^9 j2 S% e
DD Eaton engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
% n8 g/ I4 R7 L" W# b" A% @DD Daly engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards1 d4 J6 y" B4 J- y' V' E! N
DD Conner engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards8 ^- Y! T) k# B! r% a6 d, N7 t
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
& y9 A+ b+ P7 ORange increases to 11,000 yards- T$ N/ D* |. _$ \
APD T-14 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards  U  {: b: Q; s) v+ u
APD T-12 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
( c% [- r7 Y$ SDMS Ellyson engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
( J# ^8 Y* {8 m8 \+ aAPD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 11,000 yards5 X  k/ f( {1 F# d. t7 G. [
BB North Carolina engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards
; i0 n  _* U( d$ K* oAPD T-8 engages DMS Hamilton at 11,000 yards
4 c2 D1 f0 K8 ^) R7 Z6 L6 aDMS Hamilton engages APD T-5 at 11,000 yards( ]% R. t6 c% W0 o! d  L
DMS Hamilton engages APD T-4 at 11,000 yards
* T- m9 A# |. {  i& A: A4 YDD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards6 J! Z: c% @+ E; q2 c4 F8 S
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards$ G9 ]1 h* Z2 }/ o+ @0 d5 P. u4 D8 h
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 11,000 yards% l" q5 j, Q8 z
APD T-14 engages DMS Forrest at 11,000 yards8 {: n: S4 h$ o
Range closes to 10,000 yards7 j9 u5 N' W  F1 a( G
BB Alabama engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards/ Z. v+ I- x7 C3 @6 Q
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards  G# Y* g; [- g$ x: T
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 10,000 yards
0 n! O' b( |$ Z# a) r2 `APD T-10 engages DMS Ellyson at 10,000 yards
" Z. y, g" j) ^% }9 JDD Guest engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
) {+ [- T- b' v6 _DD Gregory engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards5 o6 T# ]9 ^7 z( u$ D1 ~
DD Albert Grant engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards9 K5 E+ d* m, i6 I+ X
DD Gatling engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards& Q+ W: C5 e& Z. L: M( V" m, N
DMS Forrest engages APD T-3 at 10,000 yards
& |6 Q8 W$ V& f. b9 UDD Erben engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards/ m$ o8 ^9 [6 d3 L9 w8 Z; ?) W
DD Eaton engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
4 D* M+ X- T$ u- J: o  r3 fDD Daly engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
; m; y, Z. z1 k1 J. K+ bDD Cotten engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards9 p1 z( `% h' E
Range closes to 8,000 yards" A/ C9 @2 m: I/ N
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards* n& b9 U  a% G2 B
BB Alabama engages APD T-13 at 8,000 yards5 G4 W% g" v0 K5 j0 U
APD T-12 engages DMS Forrest at 8,000 yards8 J% a# d, Y( w
BB South Dakota engages APD T-14 at 8,000 yards4 r5 {$ S  X% \& J3 ]" u
APD T-14 sunk by BB Washington at 8,000 yards
9 P* v6 z5 c  G5 N# v: }0 }0 C) XJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape. o0 J5 }) N4 v; ]3 Z1 M% \) w, _9 v
Task forces break off...$ m9 ?$ l  C5 K+ k8 V; `

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$ z' H& T, U6 O5 x% ]  y: fNight Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards9 b, _1 R! p7 @7 D$ R
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Japanese Ships8 S6 h. S" b9 w7 a- g6 T& `4 K
      APD T-1, Shell hits 19 n6 U7 }! C: z; b, x! W3 M0 C
      APD T-2* s! H% |6 E7 y
      APD T-3, Shell hits 1
0 ?- |2 O# H% j  M, R      APD T-4, Shell hits 18 D9 W4 q9 P. H$ ?/ y
      APD T-5+ M4 d0 j2 E' \; ^2 H0 e5 K
      APD T-60 X  f! I( \/ y1 ]+ d/ b
      APD T-8, Shell hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage1 J2 [/ b. L9 A! W! G
      APD T-9, Shell hits 1/ t9 ?: H& _6 S" B" i/ t
      APD T-10
, t5 _2 l0 v# S! y. ^9 A      APD T-11,  on fire& u; e: G( y/ v. G
      APD T-12, Shell hits 11, and is sunk9 ~% U. x2 E- Q! l6 ]& f( Z
      APD T-13, Shell hits 8, and is sunk9 Y8 [/ N) l5 ?6 c- l+ g8 \
      APD T-14, and is sunk
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1 b& t2 M/ e( q: o7 s0 J5 wAllied Ships) |& J5 Z/ a. ?( M( d
      CA Portland2 A! C+ R1 Q, b# ]5 g
      CA Northampton  C& ?0 g! x. f$ n3 ]6 p. y2 z9 p- N
      CA Chester' v$ E" Y2 b; W" _; @
      CA Louisville6 U3 W4 d) k: D: o  T; `
      CA Chicago! s- {" q- J( ?7 @" r% W% p0 g
      CA Astoria
0 Y0 q# S& A  H' w% R      CA Minneapolis/ u) H; e  U% W4 s
      CA San Francisco
0 W- {% G  z  T. e  o7 Z& G      CA Quincy
( v  H" i0 s$ L2 l8 h) G      CA Vincennes
6 o/ D0 F/ m. ^: w  p* x* ?      CA Wichita9 l* y0 {0 v  l7 w& _* Q0 |# v5 z% j% y# d
      DD Bennett
8 O+ H. x% @' W: q$ S      DD Bradford# ]$ P; `5 R/ e* n8 H$ I( E0 L
      DD Braine4 R# ?' y$ V! @' b, y
      DD Brownson' ?' Q$ l  m* M# O
      DD Bryant
, @% C! L8 M3 d* l9 y! V2 v      DD Bullard
+ C1 l! o2 b; m9 f. q      DD Burns
. W) S5 h! z" m0 v: R2 Z      DD Callaghan) z! K6 W+ N1 `" I% @9 S* p
      DD Caperton" S) Q% x; y# [7 I! _
      DD Capps
7 y2 ~; l  `( V( v6 i, m! S0 L      DMS Emmons
* F3 d  z/ A2 n4 ~      DMS Macomb
9 b5 w6 n7 V" Q4 |- ]5 C- b      DMS Rodman
5 j0 [* c) V! f" j      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
9 L/ E5 s5 ^! m9 b) Y1 }! D3 ?Range closes to 28,000 yards...
( f/ p/ K) O8 [1 v/ _1 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards! }! q$ Q3 [* ]$ R2 o
Range closes to 26,000 yards...: n$ R. a: z) ~4 O% o& O: b4 d; }
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards0 d/ j- b# u' z2 U
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 g8 d. Y# l5 G; C, L  c+ c4 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
" L1 ]/ q# Z$ Q4 n4 D7 f( r" |Range closes to 22,000 yards...
/ n7 p2 u( l$ n. ]; P* |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
/ T& I( q) F) y1 s3 y0 v& lRange closes to 20,000 yards...9 |- `* M  S+ P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards3 `1 L! v, z, [& Z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...# f/ r- U4 @! _! R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
: o! ]# e% H8 ~3 N$ |" GRange closes to 16,000 yards...7 {4 l% W  c5 x* f; s) W* `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
: s" V# k' K( d, ?/ Y/ LRange closes to 14,000 yards.../ V0 K3 y: F" C/ _
Range closes to 12,000 yards...! i) s2 e- V2 q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
# K' ~2 v1 N( I% m  r+ XRange closes to 11,000 yards...
* i: @1 W( U2 e& A8 tCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
; K2 G; c7 J# {3 G4 CRange closes to 10,000 yards...
- ~5 l/ m& t5 `8 V/ G" RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
1 G5 o9 }* z7 }6 p$ o! h8 uCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
1 V2 T7 n1 y* q9 MDD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards. f/ |5 r% N0 K+ q
Range increases to 11,000 yards! V4 ~0 a/ v6 B( d0 ~0 i8 W
APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
; S, S2 q! d5 L( Y; m: {; LCA Wichita engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards
* i6 @, ~1 F/ R5 B" u5 ZCA Quincy engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards; Y5 f' [1 m2 y. C; d4 }
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 11,000 yards
" e/ Q) P1 |( r' f5 i( |3 p" k% O: ^CA Minneapolis engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
9 ?1 Q& l' c  O. M: qDMS Gherardi engages APD T-8 at 11,000 yards
0 e! V0 }" a8 }# GCA Chicago engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
. O2 F, H2 p5 d1 Y' h6 a* @CA Chester engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards) A, V' D" m) r0 k, i
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 11,000 yards
, c; q4 D1 @( LCA Portland engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards% F9 t2 B. m3 r" T& b3 Z
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards/ G9 f2 E6 Y9 o7 _
DD Burns engages APD T-12 at 11,000 yards0 o8 Z/ Q) I6 }0 m- R! C
DD Bullard engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards9 d; |4 Y& ~" D6 }5 h8 ]
DD Brownson engages APD T-13 at 11,000 yards
: y3 \8 ^. x% `. F$ gDD Bennett engages APD T-1 at 11,000 yards
6 D( Z* m  P! `/ c8 c9 ~APD T-13 engages DMS Gherardi at 11,000 yards
. I3 e& Q6 `2 y1 [% b% R% sAPD T-13 engages DMS Rodman at 11,000 yards
1 n5 O) t5 c  ~3 g* E1 Z3 uRange closes to 10,000 yards. ~" [: n  ~3 A( P( ]
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards: g$ U4 ^) N  f" P
CA Vincennes engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
4 ~# M1 a' ?7 B* F8 ]) f9 {! @CA San Francisco engages APD T-13 at 10,000 yards
1 U$ q; K! u8 `" f' ZCA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
# F& G( I* ^1 P) n, `2 n" O( A' p' T/ TCA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards
, ~# ^7 G) E( MAPD T-13 sunk by CA Northampton at 10,000 yards; m, o( H1 N& |# I4 e" Q, t
DD Braine engages APD T-12 at 10,000 yards
' G5 D/ y! q1 J! l& L6 X7 z2 cRange closes to 9,000 yards/ b2 h& w" P7 T7 A# b( ~
APD T-12 sunk by CA Wichita at 9,000 yards
2 V% M" G9 i9 HDMS Rodman engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards, H  Y* O  s" N  S+ \
CA Wichita engages APD T-8 at 9,000 yards
& m/ S' c, L8 P* C) u+ ~CA Northampton engages APD T-2 at 9,000 yards: R$ z# T  t, y; z
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
8 J8 M0 j1 x6 B; q) SDD Callaghan engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards
, m8 X$ L, U6 t# Y. `DD Braine engages APD T-11 at 9,000 yards+ ?; B1 h$ t. [- Y1 \9 Z' ?, w
Range increases to 10,000 yards4 I0 ~* D7 a4 F. P% ]) f0 d
APD T-11 engages DMS Rodman at 10,000 yards
% h" L. X  n, L6 u- x! d, R: jCA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards. l( M( D# l& ^) O4 \' V% b  f
DMS Gherardi engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards
% x1 f7 F: {1 D# W0 L2 iCA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 10,000 yards
' o( ~7 |4 u% c5 l: D1 S- {7 I/ CCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
6 A& {1 e& w# t* S! K3 h4 sJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape
1 _1 F  x, J* k- `7 I% Q# WTask forces break off...
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+ J/ P7 H! ]( Q, d1 e6 ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 10,000 Yards2 K$ F* `0 I& R" f* `! I. P

2 h6 Y4 z1 _' w3 kJapanese Ships9 {" F- D, k6 c
      APD T-18 @6 }# R; O/ h
      APD T-2, Shell hits 1,  on fire  S$ x5 k" ]- K1 O) C: F- G' s7 J
      APD T-3
1 j  }6 l( y4 A4 V9 F) u  s      APD T-4, Shell hits 12, and is sunk, _+ D: B$ J' G+ q) [5 v
      APD T-5) \% }! N3 X4 k2 p. r
      APD T-6* M1 J3 ~2 O* {
      APD T-8, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
" r$ i' S) |0 F' m- e# C! ~) X# }      APD T-90 I9 T! i4 C" y7 V
      APD T-10. q2 j# a1 Z2 [1 G& U$ @" g
      APD T-11, Shell hits 1,  on fire  r: ?9 t& i# K  n5 S& _

+ E% m% n4 f, T- D! E; fAllied Ships5 _( Z; m# ]* E& K
      CA Portland( U. ~1 V' E" s3 v' D- r/ y3 H
      CA Northampton, Shell hits 10 b$ Y! b- C: w, {; i* l' d
      CA Chester( q% ?- @2 j* ?
      CA Louisville
6 v1 L: z, R) n      CA Chicago  y0 p, Y, Z1 ^3 }- c7 A1 k* o, S
      CA Astoria
7 x/ B" e+ p& L& w1 ]$ \2 I) v6 W/ }4 ]      CA Minneapolis. ]3 v+ U4 D, z2 W: @( I! r
      CA San Francisco- j' O7 f/ X' }6 Q/ e
      CA Quincy! X: S! p9 p  [* w
      CA Vincennes
% z% N% T- t' j& f9 [$ c' u& J      CA Wichita
" _8 P2 A5 o3 G8 I/ {      DD Bennett
4 R1 b4 m5 q; p. G( q      DD Bradford! d. n5 t4 Y' h2 r4 w% ]% f6 G
      DD Braine  z5 Z" Q, M& A9 g+ N: u! M
      DD Brownson6 D' U! k# t# U4 G' U# {4 U) ~
      DD Bryant' X# h7 t8 a2 C: @& O
      DD Bullard
5 b. Y6 g) _! q      DD Burns
7 Z: Q$ _7 {7 l: R% x* D      DD Callaghan
7 R; \7 N8 u* Q: d9 U      DD Caperton$ n" O4 ]8 k# E7 a( k9 P; J: q
      DD Capps
" c' D5 Y" @& {6 [: j      DMS Emmons
1 w" l4 N+ ?( a! ]      DMS Macomb
' q% z5 i' J5 t: T      DMS Rodman$ X1 G) l* a3 k
      DMS Gherardi2 F7 s& u3 f7 ^
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards  Z5 x: U; `2 P9 _
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
6 N% k" g7 U% }9 A- B$ u% OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
5 N. I3 O% S5 g0 MRange closes to 26,000 yards...
( N9 b0 |2 \1 `0 M! DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards9 @* `; A+ A% w- f6 Q
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' v0 R* _9 Z, g; `# [+ ?Range closes to 22,000 yards...: h/ f# w( \7 Z( y) T5 l* s+ U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
4 I& I" J: W- o) LRange closes to 20,000 yards...4 M/ P4 d( @8 |& }: b9 l
Range closes to 18,000 yards.... @- r1 H7 d- C+ z, ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
0 t( c$ D; E) y7 H/ J. QRange closes to 16,000 yards...
/ G+ [' ?5 q" g5 F3 E: aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
/ ?2 v; k) C. ?7 N" `' x! NRange closes to 14,000 yards...
; }  d& {$ i% ~" ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
  o+ e3 W  D4 C8 k) j" p/ g! IRange closes to 12,000 yards...) N! V$ U, ~/ H3 ]1 C2 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
5 |8 P, E* P7 f3 u' @3 I. M# BRange closes to 11,000 yards...; J: ?% F) K& x: p% r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
! {& }2 R. P0 z2 g, Q( b7 P/ Y1 nRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 Q% q7 ~! i+ k  r. p4 J. s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! w, q: t5 @- q  a' n9 F
CA Louisville engages APD T-4 at 10,000 yards+ J" b3 I5 H" X
CA Chester engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards5 j) _4 S1 q+ O8 Q  f6 @* B
DD Bryant engages APD T-5 at 10,000 yards
2 d! m" G0 {, URange increases to 12,000 yards) A8 _" W' F* }
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
% \" O2 m% k, g; }4 g( BCA Louisville engages APD T-10 at 12,000 yards
. G4 _7 p* D1 R" {0 _CA San Francisco engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
# U+ H* e+ _1 ~; J* n7 pCA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 12,000 yards1 S& [1 r- r) I# k1 Y( J0 \
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
! N: a1 |) e' a1 A, t. ]CA Northampton engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards
5 Q, B" ?! k) N) V' o6 w8 ]DD Capps engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
' |( d: W$ X' L" C5 F& A& x* A7 PDD Burns engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards
+ L, P0 z( N0 Z$ J9 x0 JDD Bradford engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards9 ]9 n( S5 j$ C+ m
DD Bennett engages APD T-4 at 12,000 yards) |, A( W6 n3 l% k4 o) G4 I" d
DMS Rodman engages APD T-8 at 12,000 yards* g1 A3 C7 R( O  C  M3 }( m% ~
APD T-4 engages DMS Macomb at 12,000 yards
8 u6 I5 D7 @8 A9 TRange closes to 9,000 yards7 j- v1 R3 U3 j! [
CA Wichita engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
, b! Z8 p, A  M- k% Q" ]APD T-8 sunk by CA Vincennes at 9,000 yards0 Y1 g. N6 D9 W1 H  X  J
CA Quincy engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards
: S8 `" `2 S$ E7 m, DCA Minneapolis engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards3 [+ S. J% M$ H+ \7 U
CA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards% S% {+ T. R( F# n/ g* V+ e3 i) v
CA Chicago engages APD T-4 at 9,000 yards; a. Y+ g& T5 S  F4 q
APD T-4 sunk by CA Louisville at 9,000 yards) ]& C/ t" v# B+ X( j5 B' B
DD Bennett engages APD T-10 at 9,000 yards! F+ M# G# [+ J. o; \% S
Range closes to 7,000 yards: L. Z/ z5 W" ]+ ?
CA Wichita engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
+ i* J: \; h$ |4 Y: jAPD T-10 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards4 L! S, _  C( X; O4 M
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards8 m1 y$ Y4 f; {- I8 p
CA Wichita engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards
  _# Q- ~3 |5 I) b0 `' A* y9 VCA Minneapolis engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
. G- |; e! B# s+ G! W7 jAPD T-3 engages DMS Rodman at 7,000 yards9 `+ `) {3 D" t8 [1 P: ^
CA Chicago engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards/ N/ p% A9 V( c# n+ M
CA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
  D, d. a/ i* A8 @6 gCA Northampton engages APD T-11 at 7,000 yards
" l+ c9 L7 z2 m' r0 O' hDD Caperton engages APD T-3 at 7,000 yards9 F4 w0 I% r* f2 b0 W8 G
DMS Macomb engages APD T-9 at 7,000 yards2 r# ~& d! F" d" y5 ?; d& X7 `+ k8 @1 b3 E
Range increases to 10,000 yards
' B( u3 o, X6 z% M; T% W( Q0 `" EDMS Macomb engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards* H$ y: r5 ^7 S* z
CA Vincennes engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards6 V# M5 [3 s9 r1 b- c" q6 X+ l: B: u
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape4 O7 R" d' x2 g
Task forces break off...( x5 j$ s5 m4 ?) @
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9 V5 t. j7 G* {. G+ w5 X8 D8 w9 yJapanese Ships; k- A0 I. O1 l9 z0 A- x" H
      APD T-13 K6 Q% D4 N- N9 G4 k! p/ j
      APD T-2, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% i# O! E* }! z' c% f/ c
      APD T-39 }2 w0 v1 m' R
      APD T-5  r  ]  ?: O( r2 q: N
      APD T-6, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 r' z( |0 ]& ]8 Q' d' t: P
      APD T-9
5 d, [( g( g) V( h% D      APD T-10, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage- i+ ]6 X# ?" \+ N
      APD T-11, Shell hits 16, and is sunk) F" N7 F( T% T* `

0 b+ E' b- n9 q1 p4 A8 o8 U% @Allied Ships' c# O5 k& y8 _( b2 f
      CL Swiftsure
) F+ {( ~# r  [! Q      CL St. Louis
" @( j* \9 X, h) N3 n      CL Phoenix
+ C$ H# `' Z. H* B) |. ^; u      CL Cleveland9 U& y! ?% H+ p1 p; c5 V
      CL Montpelier: W. g3 m3 X3 y) ^! N: K* R
      CL Denver$ _+ E) }2 h8 Q/ t2 c1 k3 I0 D
      CL Santa Fe; L1 C( f, }7 B1 w' @" c3 v7 d
      CL Birmingham
1 ?# y) o1 f; e" i4 b      CL Mobile+ B* R) j5 f4 k8 l( Q# f
      CL Biloxi
) M; ?( v( h4 ^' D9 l      CL Miami4 w: P) K, C3 ^' h$ M
      CL Pasadena
7 Z- ~: X8 k! e) U' ^      DD Allen M. Sumner
! }5 Q0 |3 u- d8 x& ]" \: x      DD Ault
2 I+ ^  k# P0 R# k4 c8 E! D      DD English0 B  n6 ]% F7 `
      DD Haynsworth
# d' S5 U( E" c4 k. V7 d      DD Maddox
# j/ h' r  }4 T$ q% E% k      DD Mansfield
2 |$ w. s; w0 A* N; t      DD Waldron2 n. \2 L6 `1 W( i* H/ y
      DD Haggard; K5 y/ _/ T! Z6 p( Z
      DD Hailey
4 @0 e* i0 |5 ~  l) I- b3 v$ s      DD Hale
. H( ?- n; ]1 }; {8 W( c5 n5 j3 Q      CL Vincennes II
8 X4 b6 H! \* i0 i/ x# K3 q  \      CL Houston II) Y6 m! ~3 c- u1 G
      CL Astoria II% ~6 }8 v6 ^0 A/ ~- W
) N! u6 B" F0 i$ ?. W- f# B. ~% _' z* ?

. W  }5 y$ H( {. @" F- _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards7 J) u( \* f3 f8 `' Y) Q
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 D+ @/ a+ w. iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards4 `" i0 f) t9 E; t# G
Range closes to 26,000 yards...2 i5 }6 k- r+ Z' r6 @$ w& m$ W
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
" n4 W- I* c: {( @: I4 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
# u6 g' P4 R; x. J  q9 ]) HRange closes to 22,000 yards...* g1 b2 T$ C1 e" U6 J
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 R6 m5 D' u( Q- w/ O4 p  wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards' [3 L. x* b9 h, M: Z% J
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
$ }8 h- s' _5 U9 U* e$ kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards! E1 Y1 j% r6 n* b5 I* u# _
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" C+ C8 Y0 C% r& u- \( R. ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards3 O( B( K, o4 g* u
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
; Z8 {* S/ y% eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards! v: {6 b% n' B  P
Range closes to 12,000 yards...( m% O. E; c# M+ s$ ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards  U, f% ]4 W# c# V! |. ?
Range closes to 11,000 yards..., m5 V; h- [$ b9 V7 z' \
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
3 ^: ^, _- h5 F7 x8 y9 ?  ?8 k6 t; oRange closes to 10,000 yards...9 U  ]: ^4 X" @& R8 t/ y, g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 Q0 l: Q" K! g7 dWyatt, B. crosses the 'T'
; A6 b" V6 O$ M6 H# b, X, G* W. v( kCL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
" u6 ~$ G2 g9 g  uCL Biloxi engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
( a$ g1 U1 I) d8 aCL Cleveland engages APD T-2 at 10,000 yards8 y3 P  c# W6 F, M( |& P
CL Denver engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards2 o4 h& ^. _8 o" |* }2 L# Y
DD Hale engages APD T-11 at 10,000 yards
8 T: O1 ^$ M& g' G' F) oDD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
- u4 `- B  b* UDD English engages APD T-9 at 10,000 yards% X5 O+ `' g, h6 u2 f2 k) S3 `
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 10,000 yards
6 L# {! i/ ?4 R$ b- o( D7 BRange increases to 11,000 yards& G7 n6 s& F$ p- L
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards' u: r  ?. V, Q7 z3 e. N0 B
CL Houston II engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards
5 S8 d, @* W3 M# M! dCL Cleveland engages APD T-9 at 11,000 yards7 Y" q" ^5 X* P/ ]
CL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
1 K$ g7 o6 F+ YCL Miami engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards7 t( M% j) w$ z, |+ t
CL Mobile engages APD T-11 at 11,000 yards" F0 w6 n; s8 O& A6 l: X
DD Ault engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
& f$ g+ u3 P. G, j1 QDD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-6 at 11,000 yards
! p0 I. A; z$ u/ ?0 K" U/ E* qRange closes to 8,000 yards5 q  Z7 }4 g# r1 e/ u& X! s. [
CL Astoria II engages APD T-11 at 8,000 yards' g4 l. D: c& H: d, T
CL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
1 B3 k" M4 g$ m" lCL Cleveland engages APD T-6 at 8,000 yards6 b4 I; q# s7 l' b. Y+ s
APD T-11 sunk by CL Miami at 8,000 yards3 A# e. {+ A( `% M& w  b- ^( D
DD Hailey engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards' N  _6 A! V* m7 M7 K6 B4 z8 b
Range closes to 7,000 yards
5 M2 D  ]$ ?4 tCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) Q' Q" |- K9 `9 l( f9 Z, M# x
CL Vincennes II engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards% Y9 B+ S+ {0 @6 C4 o
CL Pasadena engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards) I* X5 U- m, I/ C( N* x" {/ e
CL Miami engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
; F$ M# `) z  @* TCL Biloxi engages APD T-2 at 7,000 yards8 D1 ?- w" _8 Z9 s( G
CL Mobile engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
( j2 b) S" p8 D% yCL Cleveland engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
/ {! u0 o4 u0 a0 o& o, XCL Swiftsure engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
" y) ~0 _9 N) r1 y. X" vDD Hailey engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards; ]& f6 z$ a, g4 q. b1 G6 H$ f9 m
DD Waldron engages APD T-6 at 7,000 yards. L# G" U( B, W' n. l7 Q4 O- D
APD T-6 sunk by DD Mansfield at 7,000 yards9 \. e0 m7 [. p8 Y, [) H" ]# t3 U
DD Allen M. Sumner engages APD T-10 at 7,000 yards
0 A& k; h8 }$ X. nRange increases to 8,000 yards
, K, y2 u; P/ fCL Astoria II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
( z7 y- }" Y( tCL Houston II engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
, h& I0 @, ]0 x( X7 H( @CL Cleveland engages APD T-5 at 8,000 yards
: w: E! u7 n( \" h9 C& ZJapanese Task Force Manages to Escape( l: r8 g6 n9 v2 y! s. f1 B
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ponape at 119,113, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
/ o. d2 b6 M5 Y+ m4 W  b, N8 ~      APD T-16 B. V4 T) a, U. \/ \  _
      APD T-2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
, k5 f, t% c  g4 H% K; I: D      APD T-3, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
- H  J5 F1 f; L- C+ M) o      APD T-5
: }0 h4 G) K- ?  L% L/ `      APD T-9, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
5 m) A$ {. b9 A+ p' Q) |! s1 i      APD T-10, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
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Allied Ships9 k! E8 v+ R' m& ?' I' U
      CA Portland/ o; i. \4 }% A5 S/ m2 T- r, i0 E9 h, z+ r8 J
      CA Northampton7 K. Q! R# s2 s% V& m8 R6 L
      CA Chester" D% E# ~4 G) j- D6 c; T
      CA Louisville
( s  Z7 m6 g; `      CA Chicago# K3 v3 O/ R' q
      CA Astoria. d6 x# Q/ K1 X! @4 s) E% q9 b0 M
      CA Minneapolis
3 {1 _/ ^" J3 ?; [: ^: R. }$ x7 C      CA San Francisco
- p/ C8 W5 q' o7 C      CA Quincy
& p) r1 N) l4 M! \8 p      CA Vincennes
5 O& ~1 E, Y5 Y/ v      CA Wichita
' n% }( N/ @, a3 I      DD Bennett
( P- l4 k% U$ s* [      DD Bradford, g1 q: X& r8 O) b
      DD Braine1 U4 Y, g" Q; e8 ~; p. K
      DD Brownson
4 Z) u8 x) [$ q* [      DD Bryant9 I- U/ H/ g" I7 V
      DD Bullard
) H0 s0 E: L6 I- ~      DD Burns$ S1 k8 ~+ }( T3 \5 G
      DD Callaghan' M- {1 q; z/ h& @
      DD Caperton1 L! q0 t. [+ v  ?
      DD Capps7 x" A' M' `/ F5 ^- ^4 f
      DMS Emmons; j/ ?3 X% G; h! a
      DMS Macomb
' o7 n% b( W, k( \      DMS Rodman- M8 m( ]) q5 v  c% w" i, Y
      DMS Gherardi
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Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
3 \8 G. E# J6 l5 E6 i: P. \Range closes to 28,000 yards...
- P/ E, J) T" H% S" ~- M  h+ [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
+ o, _6 I! M. }Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 T# `5 q$ M9 MRange closes to 24,000 yards...
4 y# F& j+ V" h) qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards7 D4 W6 D/ H7 J( H$ N, W& R6 ]
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
* n5 R/ S5 G, |' f# @CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards8 M# A; h/ S; _  g5 w& [7 @
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." J, i* D6 D5 I- u! n
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
$ U3 y. V% `+ `  eRange closes to 18,000 yards...
% _. w) p. e) \3 W3 g9 p" a) o( tRange closes to 16,000 yards...
- Z! o. B7 l( c2 @/ k' DCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
) S$ H* J+ c( t; e% qRange closes to 14,000 yards...
0 r8 Q+ a5 @: \: IRange closes to 12,000 yards...! i4 U& x, }2 G) Z6 ~) |0 i3 ?4 y
Range closes to 11,000 yards..." Y/ A6 I. j/ k; z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
3 k' Z2 a) U1 c; ARange closes to 9,000 yards...# n( s9 j  _1 n5 \8 i% T0 w
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
+ y0 k4 M1 [8 v: J* ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
. z- r0 }7 E+ J4 }7 K. wCA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards
* J  D* ~' J4 rCA Minneapolis engages APD T-2 at 8,000 yards
+ n6 |# t; q% g! Z& K) S7 WCA Chicago engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards1 B  d& _& N  K# J+ d5 m1 ]  X
DD Brownson engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
; R. M$ L7 c$ W$ u8 UAPD T-10 engages DMS Gherardi at 8,000 yards+ K% V1 L3 _1 D
CA Wichita engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards: H* h& I9 }2 t& k- Z# Y' |
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 8,000 yards0 M: w2 O0 _7 o+ w
CA Quincy engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards! l6 E8 C# k0 e+ F, v: A
CA Wichita engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
9 h6 K4 N: n' u# R& D" kCA Minneapolis engages APD T-10 at 8,000 yards  Q; u- _4 u: w* r6 o
APD T-10 sunk by CA Astoria at 8,000 yards
# h" b6 P: n3 r5 d: CDD Bullard engages APD T-3 at 8,000 yards
8 }( y6 j, g# T. `7 h9 ORange closes to 5,000 yards' O9 j! t( ?8 P6 N) I) u
DD Burns collides with DD Capps at 119 , 113
4 F  T2 z$ i! jAPD T-2 sunk by CA Vincennes at 5,000 yards
7 a  ]& p) B9 [7 }; cCA Quincy engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards3 ]% U' q' N! H( [8 Y
CA Minneapolis engages APD T-3 at 5,000 yards/ l4 Z3 ?1 {/ y4 j% M  F! ^
DD Bullard engages APD T-9 at 5,000 yards* `  V7 I% K8 {4 b, B
Range closes to 2,000 yards/ v- T6 Y1 i. H) S6 b( c5 W* d( r
CA Wichita engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards
2 y( H+ f3 K4 M7 g0 Z/ BCA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards0 U5 H  f: H7 z" ?4 S
CA San Francisco engages APD T-9 at 2,000 yards% n  Z) z/ l* w$ A% W
APD T-3 sunk by DD Callaghan at 2,000 yards3 M. d' m! s. X) K- J
Range increases to 6,000 yards% T' u9 A5 ?  t; L. m2 w" G; e# S3 W3 K
CA Quincy engages APD T-9 at 6,000 yards# _& H+ }, y  U8 k+ B+ d
CA Quincy engages APD T-1 at 6,000 yards
+ s/ b3 {/ R& Y& F7 W7 D& _3 e! fAPD T-9 sunk by DD Bradford at 6,000 yards$ T& k  i" f8 Y3 M5 F
Range increases to 9,000 yards. P7 U+ Q3 t. T7 w3 P0 k
DMS Rodman engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
# q2 w! n8 [5 s" i1 g% lCA Wichita engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
$ b1 L0 W8 D2 Q1 eCA Minneapolis engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards" u' E. P! w2 n' X/ y) G# U
DD Caperton engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
$ e% A6 b  j+ d1 K) O4 pRange increases to 13,000 yards
; e0 h5 K, c$ UCA Wichita engages APD T-5 at 13,000 yards
1 G# b# ?, ~# u" KAPD T-1 engages DMS Gherardi at 13,000 yards$ F# |% V; {! {" d/ A: |5 o" `
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
0 O9 `5 h5 u6 k) Y6 E% qTask forces break off...6 c# U5 X! m) ?4 s6 ~5 \
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$ S) R% J! Q1 u( CJapanese Ships! c- e+ L! S4 }6 Q* W
      APD T-1, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
* S: d# `; b/ F' L" |# Z8 u      APD T-5, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
. I) T, @# z( y+ n: O5 d      BB North Carolina
5 S' V2 i; _% J& L3 l' J      BB Washington/ R% g, d2 B" S& u1 Y- N3 m5 Q
      BB South Dakota3 T7 B6 o4 I/ i6 U4 r& R* f# P
      BB Indiana! \6 L+ _- B8 I
      BB Massachusetts/ N& v- L: D1 S  I& c7 m' T$ v, |+ _
      BB Alabama) d/ x7 n, r! e  r
      DD Conner( `/ s7 M( _4 A$ X0 }9 [1 O; ]* S
      DD Cotten
/ {' J7 {, H: h. h' [- r      DD Cowell* ?5 d  x5 g7 {4 L
      DD Daly
# T; i* i; x4 X( I- ~& R  T      DD Eaton
& v1 a8 N( l6 c- ~* b% }+ b      DD Heywood Edwards
% t" |2 a. z5 ?/ |, D* ]+ N. a6 d      DD Erben, _$ }' l  z( Y8 W. o6 z( S& V$ l
      DD Evans
7 ^& t7 z( A, d3 I      DD Foote
+ |; p3 l7 r, J9 U5 Z2 Q& ^& U1 d: {      DD Franks1 z$ t- Z% L  [  q4 R( o3 H
      DD Fullam# }- z2 M6 G" U" m" d
      DD Gatling" o1 h$ K5 y! v: L/ h
      DD Albert Grant
2 x4 |5 l9 R- {7 M5 c9 m( Y. b      DD Gregory
0 d6 w  |4 g' v( _( v      DD Guest8 B# y  h! |% p
      DMS Hamilton4 j( M# ]' L; W% d( v
      DMS Forrest( r) X: i8 t% w: U: U# i
      DMS Ellyson# Y2 P% R7 ~7 |- a3 e; [5 f
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2 ]5 C: i! p0 k1 JMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 39% moonlight: 8,000 yards
; O3 b+ i4 ~/ D7 d1 dRange closes to 28,000 yards...
  [' G" m) ]9 J* s% W  ARange closes to 26,000 yards...9 B8 x) t' r/ Z) N. b9 r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: L  d2 {. r4 q' {0 i3 W$ }Range closes to 22,000 yards...1 `. q/ u/ }- x/ \$ g
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
! U/ p! q+ H; P7 r: i; j2 E, URange closes to 18,000 yards...
6 O' N1 G  [4 BRange closes to 16,000 yards...1 W( g% i  R+ i. h# V. b" @
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
  b$ F- X5 f- q6 W2 i  FRange closes to 12,000 yards...
* _$ K  ^7 \: B4 v$ R, c/ H4 @Range closes to 11,000 yards...6 d& ]* y1 S) U. g* x( m( o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 11,000 yards9 k# K+ F) j) w# M. U
Range closes to 10,000 yards...8 T6 J! v( r  |9 g5 k" o
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
# j1 V* T5 J% x& a3 zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards5 T) e6 h2 c! A: I& G
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-5 at 9,000 yards
( X/ [4 }3 W" E/ E2 p- Y' c/ D1 TAPD T-1 engages DMS Ellyson at 9,000 yards' P! F  L$ j6 i8 i/ T
DD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards+ A, Z+ ^% ]7 I0 w/ b
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards4 ?3 ]9 n/ d. _+ n7 [$ h
DD Eaton engages APD T-1 at 9,000 yards
7 r/ R" X7 k$ M9 QRange closes to 5,000 yards4 N( u/ M9 b( Z  f; u7 O3 J! J$ A
DMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards: r# s' E2 D5 H. Z/ A  }: v3 H$ ~
BB Washington engages APD T-5 at 5,000 yards
6 d0 }1 U; Q1 r6 X, O- ~0 nRange closes to 3,000 yards2 q/ B" Z. a9 I1 A
BB Alabama engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards
9 V& \3 C( ]& J9 d3 P7 mDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
) [* X0 ]0 V5 c1 PDD Eaton engages APD T-5 at 3,000 yards4 e5 o2 N. q) A  `3 U: T' S7 v
DD Cowell engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
! W. H- e, s# T  V/ l) YDD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards
6 y3 b% S; g' C& k7 ~+ RAPD T-5 sunk by DD Conner at 3,000 yards0 a" d/ N# U% J4 {9 A0 q6 o  j
BB Alabama engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards: Z! r  B6 I+ }# f
DD Cotten engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards# z" D  e$ }% t- @
DD Conner engages APD T-1 at 3,000 yards* [% e! `9 ]3 \3 I4 i
Range increases to 5,000 yards; V2 o9 p' L, S( H+ q6 I
BB Massachusetts engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards' h, ]# _9 x. @9 D7 m" |2 `! n
DD Heywood Edwards engages APD T-1 at 5,000 yards
8 g% h/ z% p) oRange increases to 7,000 yards
  B. [/ V1 B3 I2 SDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
% [# B) }- H& W' }) |, S; B' tDD Gatling engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
/ J) d7 M$ _5 T( X* M/ Q" d. RDMS Ellyson engages APD T-1 at 7,000 yards
" J3 C2 R) y9 v& r& B# |0 Q8 B5 @APD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards
7 x3 J/ H) p) x- L( Y1 t2 ]9 o/ H1 nAPD T-1 sunk by BB Alabama at 7,000 yards+ \2 n( v( ^6 h) ]% Z5 Z" p0 }
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...