AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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. u7 @+ Z" T0 H9 G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/ t8 X& T ]' ?! H
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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$ F9 S5 a* m4 w4 ]/ K1 i) H% r
( s9 S; Z2 w% j+ [' jJapanese Ships
1 e& g1 u+ e( G BB Kongo
- V3 p1 _& X5 M2 T4 C6 h6 v- H1 k/ O8 K BB Haruna7 a7 k4 c* F, }& ?
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
& M7 i# ^& V) m BB Kirishima. q2 y" |" O, c9 ^- ^/ h
CA Mogami2 \! ~# n, u6 |0 k3 z1 i; M
CA Mikuma' Z; e" k8 [7 t, s1 Z9 i
CA Suzuya
6 d( A+ m/ Y0 i3 |" j CA Kumano5 n! Y! {9 J V2 P: G" O
CA Kako
0 y$ u. G q3 ^7 ]7 a DD Makinami# ]! P" q& U6 v& y! M+ N! J; t) O$ q
DD Takanami
: X5 G" R6 {/ L5 s4 i0 ^/ s3 f# p. C DD Natsushio
( V4 U: l4 I* [4 a DD Yukikaze
/ O2 X" B9 i! A: J* a2 c" D DD Hayashio
0 y5 O) J4 a# \/ W DD Maikaze1 o P' H+ `* |1 \$ y
DD Isokaze1 O4 c% x" T# \$ A6 F1 d
DD Shiranui) x. }4 N" t7 _
DD Amatsukaze) x. l& z4 q8 M0 q. L) F1 M: v
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Allied Ships7 t$ I* N g& K( d% }! }; f, {
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 c* Y7 p3 U" O$ Z% c
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk$ Y& U, w @: W! U* ]2 }
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
2 V; v3 q. P { PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
( k, z- @* h8 v4 u; k- r PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk' v* i* z' N: P5 { C# n
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
! R. F) e) N: W! z PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
- S( m' P; u! j( { PT-60/ S9 N( Z" F% X! J3 w k
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk r% d+ R$ e' f J& Q: r
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 v) y: e' Z5 y; E9 } PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
2 f ]) M- _# Z6 m6 a PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
0 s* P: U6 p+ ~9 A! V9 {Allied TF begins to get underway1 x; }. @, a3 y2 Y+ X, z4 s
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
+ E: V8 W) @* S1 E3 TMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
1 u6 m* ~: O: b5 ?( L. ]Range closes to 25,000 yards...' g& `( K& v, T z, F3 o7 ^
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards4 K7 M; j! ?3 \* w) q U# Y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 c/ k. r+ d0 T) ^! sRange closes to 15,000 yards...
+ b; \: f1 t! ^9 w+ @0 ZCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
7 K/ a }5 n6 p2 u6 P0 wCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards4 F9 E- `: `, N1 O
Range closes to 10,000 yards...7 o* F% F% d8 t- r, `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards6 G8 y8 M0 m' w, C/ D! ?
Range closes to 7,000 yards...9 C3 {' ~+ S+ z g- _( \# c3 h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards8 O/ j5 Y7 A: ]1 }' Z# ~: V+ y5 ]
Range closes to 5,000 yards...7 i4 ?* x: h0 `6 r" @& m& s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
! R F* x" W8 B' I0 @% s2 SRange closes to 3,000 yards...8 `/ s4 I# |% ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards9 ?1 p8 k# n- t
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
) I2 `- S0 J' w" x s7 W! c% }PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
5 f/ @6 e& b$ W: E {0 V3 DPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
0 l- J. [3 W- hPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards; n9 t/ B/ o3 R- c# N
Massive explosion on PT-46
2 _6 b- K- A/ I; H: QPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
, B! n5 |2 f8 X- W0 A3 @( M ?3 ^PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
& F0 f$ {+ h( I. DRange increases to 2,000 yards5 g1 R" g n9 a
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
* \9 W% f$ c& yPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards d$ e& Q! v; Z. W
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
& k: p$ b8 ]2 f' V9 P( FPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
9 X* N6 P4 ?& z# _) {$ W, [: `PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards1 o2 f# Z, X% `! _. H; |2 u
Range increases to 3,000 yards7 P% v% `* A4 \' P! K9 N! \9 e
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards9 J2 b' G5 D. D3 |$ m
Range closes to 2,000 yards
G$ H' m7 R x$ a9 sBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
+ D" }! k, J& ^2 `$ R1 CPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
) y* Y0 {1 C+ v# C7 l4 C% N6 tRange increases to 4,000 yards1 j8 q# a6 A2 }5 W. s; j
Range increases to 5,000 yards
8 s8 r4 O+ U6 ]% Y% y" `. X/ EDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ; T! ^3 o: Z- U% B* Q
Range increases to 6,000 yards
2 W$ ?% u" E* j: a# S, a& aRange increases to 8,000 yards# J* v3 e- N" p; D* C. r
Task forces break off...2 ]- o$ A3 C3 n; v
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards' M( V, n+ [# K. w+ l; v; [
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Japanese Ships8 i/ K( y. Z v1 ?
DD Shiranui
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: `1 N9 R# p5 O+ Q6 W PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight& [" Y( _1 t) Y& j3 i8 z3 f5 h) r
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
! j$ K. X2 }0 R& I7 JRange closes to 28,000 yards...
5 ^' o& R9 Q/ r# {Range closes to 26,000 yards...
' r" N( Y( i9 M9 w" \$ @Range closes to 24,000 yards...
+ m; E5 q' {4 E, w! q/ z6 yRange closes to 22,000 yards...6 i. ^; U0 f( W/ q& o. ~- h+ a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...4 {, K ?4 e9 p: C# G
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
6 {+ [3 m* z* u& yRange closes to 16,000 yards...
' G/ P( ]! L% H. S1 \0 X# @Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' \) I' n5 c& G, T6 }) B* [4 [Range closes to 12,000 yards...
3 b* _" s; x* N( d- K% S5 WRange closes to 11,000 yards...% O3 ]7 F; }8 }5 Z8 T; X+ p
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
]0 s; o& s$ L/ a* _% d/ a6 d0 FRange closes to 9,000 yards...
2 K+ b5 t& K. J+ U9 NRange closes to 8,000 yards...) t1 l# w, G4 U# Y% O
Range closes to 7,000 yards...+ t5 s- a; W, H
Range closes to 6,000 yards...4 v0 d, `) B7 B, V
Range closes to 5,000 yards..., N. A0 d! B* }+ R' N, `% [
Range closes to 4,000 yards...- c+ p$ _8 @ E l0 ]
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
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% E4 K( y, g: @4 TCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards# ]! J& n9 p7 I# Y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards( n' i( T) C5 t, h4 \9 j
Allied ships attempt to get underway1 Y1 x' E% G. Q6 A
Range increases to 3,000 yards' Z; ^, Y9 E4 p8 f0 G) d6 G
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards1 m0 G$ u$ l2 q, r2 ?% m
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127* v' ^3 y5 I( X, u9 _; X$ s0 K% v
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Allied aircraft
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1 j" Q- G$ p5 QAllied aircraft losses9 e+ ]8 N; [' r3 ?2 y' d
Catalina I: 7 damaged
' z( s' }+ u& r; c9 y Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground. ~ v& @) d) }
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
& ]! a9 _! Q5 N+ y* g P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground8 U6 O( L2 |6 R- O: p3 \
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0 W. b# i1 H9 O5 ~8 z BB Kirishima
# e2 t4 X* H6 {6 { BB Hiei
. x0 t) {3 m% N& c BB Haruna
( K$ C4 K7 n. N r BB Kongo- n1 ]. s7 F, j0 J
CA Kako9 o3 k4 U7 ?4 I& J: P" Y; O& R3 o& M
CA Kumano
% `/ U7 J4 G% h CA Suzuya
) `' n) Y# v# h4 G2 k9 h CA Mikuma) o6 v# K- d& C7 B7 h4 a/ P$ v
CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:$ Q3 [ B# ^, j) T7 L8 M1 Y
274 casualties reported
( ?4 V4 c8 A4 _' i2 T5 `4 Q4 v Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
; C q8 {2 l1 Z Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled. H* `, q* z3 w, V
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled( n; a- O& _( y% W( C6 U/ H! |$ s
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
( w4 \: S' c+ F6 B Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)1 d0 Y8 J; q/ m1 I
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Airbase hits 17
3 |, a0 x$ l" _9 Q; bAirbase supply hits 2
$ s4 ~8 A6 M8 CRunway hits 35
8 |/ z$ K1 L" |, B; [Port hits 5# e Y7 I$ v1 i. n3 o
Port supply hits 4
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; v' m6 ]) k/ H+ r! x8 hBB Kirishima firing at Gove
6 m- |9 E+ o: q1 W1 F% GBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
2 ]; S1 p" w0 mBB Haruna firing at Gove & S9 B9 ]" y5 a. ?1 J
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
4 B {6 Z$ Z9 `, Q4 e; n; G oCA Kako firing at Gove
0 {/ T& }" O9 O- |4 lCA Kumano firing at Gove 7 d& ~3 S# \( r7 y
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya; Y- F* U5 F0 V/ d# ^+ J- ]
CA Suzuya firing at Gove 3 o- ?' X; y/ y- f
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
5 w J# F8 c( J9 bCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |