AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44+ X5 ~% o% e( w I3 {$ N, i
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沉寂多日的澳北战场突然战火重燃,天蝗居然偷偷摸摸的把整个快速舰队机动到了达尔文,9格炮击盟军最前沿机场Gove/ [9 V+ q6 U: S. I: f
1 |3 t R; p3 J* v6 J# T9 x谁知道在能见度极低的情况下被盟军鱼雷艇命中战列舰比睿号一雷,所谓偷鸡不成蚀把米,比睿号中雷后进水倾斜,保守估计需要修理2-3个月
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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e7 D: a: h7 B) q. w' ^) z! lJapanese Ships
3 e8 A& g; f5 s& Z) r BB Kongo
$ Z9 T3 Y* D! f2 B BB Haruna
3 r* I5 s! V" \# _- c: W& x BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1* C; E: f( H3 f) Q( U7 x3 A: L
BB Kirishima
1 h3 ~' i3 N X8 c# n CA Mogami( {8 ~+ L8 l2 J6 d; E9 T" F6 P
CA Mikuma9 J5 p+ n7 T- t1 c+ q. T/ Z7 n
CA Suzuya
2 q8 J. W. \5 Y* \ }6 G CA Kumano
; [9 U$ Q/ Z7 {6 ]$ ]8 j CA Kako
3 x7 o( A" G% J+ _8 D0 W0 ` DD Makinami
2 S; I$ X5 E* q, q/ |, M) N DD Takanami: p/ M, p- u7 h, h
DD Natsushio; j l% T( T4 ?- Z ~, ^
DD Yukikaze. |* W0 X! \5 h4 O; k" C! w
DD Hayashio
; }2 F, F. S0 f/ b- W# ]) a! H DD Maikaze
+ @5 {; [- x+ n; t+ w/ \# o m DD Isokaze
6 A6 P: O# R9 N8 B DD Shiranui! q3 w }% d! E' ^
DD Amatsukaze
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7 @7 z# q8 y. h7 E* r- XAllied Ships
& {: q: L8 y c/ m" n; y3 f7 J PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; ], }2 W6 p2 S6 x6 o8 ]( e
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 R9 h' d9 V; [& T
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk$ |+ W% S# Z4 c @
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- l. H Q0 i1 m: }) K, @
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk# q0 u6 v9 I7 B0 f" \0 w/ b
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
- }2 c8 s: ]) R" A" E! J PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk9 i4 e9 a$ }4 u0 q: `
PT-60) S2 g) \! Z U5 X
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
$ r) A% _9 ^+ Z* _ PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 d6 {. O4 t( l, B
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk$ k# s+ ^ \, d0 Y C% O( y5 f, @- c
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
9 M4 M/ t! w7 A! \3 E3 i4 }7 ?4 cAllied TF begins to get underway
/ E; l8 r" W# [; P6 MLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight: [% h) t9 v# s7 I) `# b" T; t
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
: j% W. U9 c+ t) eRange closes to 25,000 yards...9 t, P4 k+ T/ r7 r3 n
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
* Q3 n* S: d' I" _4 n. [3 zRange closes to 20,000 yards...( C: |; l; f/ @, y, F1 h
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
3 R9 E1 Z, V" ^4 N9 r6 ICONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards8 O* V! R* R# z3 B/ C
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
; u* n0 E* e$ t9 iRange closes to 10,000 yards...5 G' ]4 t- {+ l/ q2 V: k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 h& O0 ]: b$ n" }5 m
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
/ y4 L; E+ ~1 H$ M4 b6 @" OCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards$ [7 x/ h. K' H* E3 ^
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
# X1 ], m: V; g/ Q$ TCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards1 C& }: v& a! x
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
5 `- p' a/ v: N& I$ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
$ o' z8 L6 [" }; I/ [# j! t" XRange closes to 1,000 yards...
; }' I. b( S2 p) n$ q8 {0 ZPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards: } s' d8 z8 R0 Q
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards/ z$ F" a) K3 H+ h& z9 @
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards1 X, @3 ?+ f4 C' m# Q7 k9 V
Massive explosion on PT-46" b$ Z, W9 n8 _2 \& z7 u
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards6 P- p, A) b# c J3 @
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
, I3 W! _0 B5 X% CRange increases to 2,000 yards, w' l3 x, m2 M/ I% r
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
( ?+ s& Y- S$ L4 @% G4 ~PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
# b* w7 [8 y- X( B% ^/ ~/ [; w0 \BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
0 ~3 |2 @# A7 _0 T6 h: S; s: ]5 D: l" OPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
{8 I9 b6 H2 H6 I9 P9 ]PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards! r+ p' K5 z% n* {; J
Range increases to 3,000 yards+ E5 R$ U& o) i6 p" R0 M
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
5 c) ^. h$ k" l' B9 s' }+ cRange closes to 2,000 yards1 D% [* S- d4 k }* S, \3 t
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards& Y# M$ q2 G7 ^4 D s7 e+ Y
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards$ S$ y$ W. _6 a6 i' v
Range increases to 4,000 yards5 P! V/ W/ x* P. p6 q( {: F s
Range increases to 5,000 yards$ Y" z) O7 B' {3 H4 `
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
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Range increases to 8,000 yards- t2 J. a% _+ U' S+ ~
Task forces break off...
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: i* y: [% }" c' i6 @1 |3 HNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards; T3 j7 P \* ~* |, p
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Japanese Ships: U6 m. E0 z; y" W% |
DD Shiranui
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: s# [1 p* r) V2 U3 b PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...
0 h( p6 `1 y7 }1 o- }2 URange closes to 26,000 yards...2 y& L: F; @. x$ M9 L$ O$ G6 J5 l
Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 b; Z* U9 X% {
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 ?: z/ D5 n# cRange closes to 20,000 yards...
. A0 l& ^) k. L# Q3 Y5 TRange closes to 18,000 yards...
; E; n3 _# `3 `% L1 kRange closes to 16,000 yards...- O/ m. s# H/ ?+ R5 l' _4 f5 ~6 j
Range closes to 14,000 yards...( [& Q$ M8 o6 S. I) B' D8 q
Range closes to 12,000 yards...# h2 f- i# Z- W$ Q4 E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
& F; J: c/ m) [- n) {. ?9 n; X7 Z* @Range closes to 10,000 yards...& D! { z8 |" |0 M! w: J; n
Range closes to 9,000 yards...% A6 }0 H$ \4 p. Q g$ Y
Range closes to 8,000 yards...6 s& U/ N! } A$ X& Q% S$ Q
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
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k: n7 I( u7 O. i9 |+ e7 X8 ?7 l# }Range closes to 5,000 yards...
) `5 r$ B( B" D0 ERange closes to 4,000 yards...
5 O! y9 i6 B- d9 Q/ y% ^- s% `6 RRange closes to 3,000 yards...
2 b1 B1 f& r' H {# qRange closes to 2,000 yards...
% o+ S0 i' |! R. k! Y" NCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
8 K* f5 V6 T' x8 C7 c. I0 LCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards4 L8 k6 P+ ~: N% D( Z
Allied ships attempt to get underway
3 U4 x' d3 P7 a2 K$ ^( cRange increases to 3,000 yards8 Y* ~0 g, @' k4 r. j
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards# t L$ v- f6 Y( i; l% j, }3 k
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...5 ^2 X: q' P8 s8 D2 v1 r8 T: R" O
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1276 `1 p$ X: T0 |# g4 i0 I% ?, v' s
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Allied aircraft
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7 ~5 ]# m$ ^, u/ HAllied aircraft losses
( C! H, r1 q/ K% J Catalina I: 7 damaged
+ W0 N$ m1 W& a9 s2 G Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
2 A0 L- ]' H, e- B7 |, n P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged2 {+ B! ~& h5 p6 |
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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BB Kirishima
& r, a9 k& r Q+ ~1 u BB Hiei& _. y8 w* H' {4 ~9 }5 E2 e
BB Haruna1 o1 N9 Y, y3 e
BB Kongo+ t6 ^6 N4 g% l* A+ ]
CA Kako& v8 k! _) l! `$ z
CA Kumano$ _2 r8 o( s0 F- i
CA Suzuya
+ O) r' {( E, l" x3 _% f CA Mikuma
" F9 [0 {& ~$ R CA Mogami
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% c4 D1 x& b9 o$ n* YAllied ground losses:
( U0 l# A- g# ?" [0 [8 v 274 casualties reported
9 o+ U n0 ^6 I* B/ ^2 z" L Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled$ j% W5 \& c3 |$ X9 ?
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
x+ @0 e2 n' ^8 r4 M* o Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled5 b6 V: p$ c8 Q2 l0 m; B
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled). {8 w! B4 k! H5 p- R/ i3 A
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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$ n- A1 x* ~5 J: e4 k7 Y( O7 KAirbase hits 17' A4 r+ V& L) E6 u5 K/ G4 O* x
Airbase supply hits 2
6 l! C) X7 A$ ^Runway hits 35
) ~. ]# P; Y1 c' O z1 W/ [Port hits 5' Q0 A; S+ Z0 ?; a- @# _- g
Port supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove : B& S. ?6 t. y
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade7 k1 h% ^4 i5 V# O
BB Haruna firing at Gove + N$ {$ Q4 Y4 q+ ^
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade/ N& z* | x; P1 j, ~
CA Kako firing at Gove
* x& U6 S* e0 a0 f9 ?8 ZCA Kumano firing at Gove 2 y4 O8 K9 X& V" I2 t9 ]2 N; \ H
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
. v! _, Z# t5 P% CCA Suzuya firing at Gove
/ K7 N7 i' w/ e" E% CCA Mikuma firing at Gove
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