AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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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
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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 ! [- |7 D: S5 t; r8 Y B- k
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( H- r" U: C) x4 }( N' sNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards8 G# n" j n6 b1 ?0 Z7 @" |0 h- g
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Japanese Ships" C8 b- y. b7 s: Y3 ~" g; X# @% J
BB Kongo3 r. c6 b0 p( Y; w
BB Haruna
9 c; x# N c5 z" [! j! H BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
" Z! O# n/ q/ [' e BB Kirishima2 v1 ~, j1 _) [, t% I" u( {
CA Mogami# t( r6 t' F& x( E# Z
CA Mikuma
: f# V' I0 _$ v: r( M CA Suzuya
& u% K3 M7 ^6 j# C! [ CA Kumano& G. p' |6 \4 h" w z. T
CA Kako5 t8 C: b/ |6 o# q
DD Makinami" D: r0 D+ r$ q w* ?9 u
DD Takanami: T6 v/ j: H, V
DD Natsushio0 N' \8 X# H) a% S3 j7 i% E
DD Yukikaze/ ^9 _; g* {$ n: U. v- ? b4 H
DD Hayashio
5 O2 g& }! W+ i" H/ } DD Maikaze9 C) C& B/ n6 y h
DD Isokaze' ?( K+ u4 q3 d! C. D# J4 A
DD Shiranui
& J( d) d' o }. M8 V$ ]4 J* h' k DD Amatsukaze
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1 o7 C1 P& e, M. i5 ?3 _Allied Ships
& B* I' K0 e2 ^& l- z PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
8 g. d, |2 a8 l8 q& X PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* r: e5 b1 g. h7 r8 {
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk+ p. |; `' }( x' k4 {, J6 @
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 C4 Z9 ?+ a2 W& l$ R
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
a+ ^+ b; |! ~' @7 [7 h PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 C% M8 m5 d; z& {+ n& U
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk8 }! I& p1 B' x
PT-60 g0 y9 L3 J# F' k8 Z
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
; v' i1 I3 w8 K1 _6 | PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 @" y! c3 m# W' }+ C" V PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
# l* T! K; p6 h; N) J/ Q% S8 b1 z PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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' c+ ]: ~/ q3 |: C) l- sJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
0 v" l5 U' w( S! dAllied TF begins to get underway& y" W0 i% ~% x: Y, {* W
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
N1 o3 N8 [) h# Y; j! OMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards1 x* u0 b/ N0 u' Y# u O, p8 X
Range closes to 25,000 yards...: h8 Z7 {0 S; t! g! w) |
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
& T1 a6 j6 w5 }, yRange closes to 20,000 yards...
" |1 a: h* |' U8 FRange closes to 15,000 yards...' k) K; `& ~7 \$ t* M; y- ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
0 E7 _; c' D" \; ?5 ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards7 W* S7 {( p) @& ]2 R1 {# B
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ S2 Q1 o p( K2 D+ V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards/ @$ v* c4 Y: q2 g; G; n
Range closes to 7,000 yards...4 L, A8 h( H( ~0 s' c0 m
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards F' c3 T+ J4 \) R% I- x
Range closes to 5,000 yards...7 a: r3 v' ?3 s$ ~+ |* I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
5 Q& j) ?. b8 N8 V! ~( e( URange closes to 3,000 yards...7 {* D/ y* s# _0 w2 H+ e* {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
5 _) d" b2 V" }2 p& \. X. a- gRange closes to 1,000 yards..., l2 R" _9 \5 |. X8 v
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
+ @$ C) [3 U" o( j& |$ Y4 Q- o% uPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards) ]& ]9 L5 f' Q5 u8 g
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards( {5 d4 P2 J4 c5 x
Massive explosion on PT-46
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PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards( L# c) X) G5 Q# u
Range increases to 2,000 yards
. O: Q# o z3 s0 ?5 R$ c5 `PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
& O: h$ k! F. q+ q3 F) }PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards: f7 o3 O; c# f- a4 K# H5 b& ~
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards9 z% @3 W' I3 q0 G. y
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
0 E& f3 L7 x4 m! U& W, y7 q! mPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
, N' `3 N0 _5 r' k% Z3 XRange increases to 3,000 yards+ D& |7 C1 T6 f
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
9 n' h* [9 |" wRange closes to 2,000 yards
5 D* |3 M' ^+ G: ]BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
8 b1 q1 s1 G: K6 @2 K0 iPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards' y9 ^7 X0 V0 U7 N; w) j
Range increases to 4,000 yards4 H8 t' q6 T/ X$ M/ f$ ~
Range increases to 5,000 yards) z6 ^5 [ O/ }* r0 Z& }2 Q
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
9 @4 s; }) J- E9 v( \9 o* i# kRange increases to 6,000 yards
C' s; M6 E* p7 J0 a, fRange increases to 8,000 yards8 Z5 A; N7 ]# \! E2 c* n
Task forces break off...
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& e; f% {/ i4 {' {: V$ H* e( F4 ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards+ q$ F2 \, d0 A8 d" z
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Japanese Ships
Q9 ]) b1 e' |7 x; ^, ] DD Shiranui* m- X: n- U2 M5 B1 W$ R
' J3 N. u' l7 ^' V: _/ |- q% UAllied Ships. [8 i( L6 {2 s, `2 [% x
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk2 C" o( q/ j7 [! C3 I
* a$ p( V' ?0 c8 QPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight5 _. @* ~- a2 k7 O6 |" T# G# p. g
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards, M E8 D- s% b v/ I& A- H
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
. h; E i& N) Q. B+ jRange closes to 26,000 yards...: D2 n3 r4 A% P
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
: X) H* x4 g* v) Q2 YRange closes to 22,000 yards...* E. b8 V$ x5 T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...$ [! O1 g( A3 k) o0 A
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: p" n! W& h7 e2 o; z& BRange closes to 16,000 yards...
' o+ Z2 ~, z6 \4 ?Range closes to 14,000 yards...
8 I5 |+ X4 j1 b+ tRange closes to 12,000 yards...
3 Q6 e* I5 E s% i& rRange closes to 11,000 yards...5 h$ K' ^2 ^. f& t
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 C! I" z! ]+ ?0 i4 z$ X6 PRange closes to 9,000 yards.../ A+ p. a0 }$ U% r. Q! d8 g3 @ w: {
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
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Range closes to 6,000 yards...
8 w* U; m8 H- m, q& vRange closes to 5,000 yards...
4 v2 U& C( k3 ~8 a; }% aRange closes to 4,000 yards..." N% R% q* y# O+ o: V8 ]8 N
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
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6 v% K& i! ~# D3 V/ a; n) cCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards( O# G) [8 x; S4 |
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
0 f% C; k$ Q) j& ZAllied ships attempt to get underway
1 ]6 r; i8 O" \# S( D( \Range increases to 3,000 yards
* L( O5 r) j4 @5 iPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards; t% |# t. l6 Q' O. _! a
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127% X& l8 W/ w; s5 i# Y7 l" m
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Allied aircraft
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Catalina I: 7 damaged
4 J1 h. C, W% S1 B4 o! E Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
" V( s% l* V+ N8 _, P9 c P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged x* H, @" j8 f$ w
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground9 u" Z5 ]# t; y/ [/ v" I+ T
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Japanese Ships
! \! ~$ j$ |; `" n6 X BB Kirishima# m+ z7 N* W0 i/ |% I
BB Hiei
# z6 ?8 R! W9 N& w4 e5 C7 Y8 _ BB Haruna, r1 ^, r- P( l k X' d6 ]
BB Kongo
6 b7 X- m; H2 b1 m% v" G; y CA Kako5 U2 ]! _2 E. {* E& `
CA Kumano3 Y- O, ^$ q4 U7 X- i- d
CA Suzuya
5 S/ X) I& }$ Z: p CA Mikuma" Y) c$ }( _4 a' f7 @
CA Mogami1 e! ]* v2 h$ P: W4 f, S
# R, |) |! E: z) RAllied ground losses:; G- u( B2 s* ]( F3 w
274 casualties reported( r1 g9 v( Y7 ?) ~# u2 L5 d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled1 [" F9 t4 x! B* l1 L
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled$ ^8 O" H) q2 F/ G% r ]6 q+ {
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
9 E9 ]) G& O$ Z( g( r$ W( G3 E Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)/ R( q% E- v9 B' X+ O' @# f
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)1 V& M7 L; y8 c
% D5 C( o9 x1 t2 |, ?0 C) f% s: J- r/ GAirbase hits 17
% \. O7 g& u9 ^; ], OAirbase supply hits 2
, L4 \( s( d0 h PRunway hits 35/ i! g" [. v* p
Port hits 5+ z% Z, \9 E$ d
Port supply hits 42 ?- U* e- e& L; c4 g
/ u% ^2 ]3 C0 I5 rBB Kirishima firing at Gove 5 V) F$ f) L( Q1 t
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade3 ?0 f! s2 U: A9 w' I
BB Haruna firing at Gove 1 V( F2 E- ]6 L+ S
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade! g; d! D% s# {( G. Z
CA Kako firing at Gove
9 _3 S" |& s- H1 y0 TCA Kumano firing at Gove " v4 p6 ~7 B$ Y- H
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya$ V* p* y9 }& u& u- m, s% ]
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
* c* {+ j$ X S7 ACA Mikuma firing at Gove ; S9 f& T$ p: k1 [( v% u- _/ }
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |