AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 446 [1 a& d5 n+ T0 u( V6 Y
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2 O. w* k' `. I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Gove8 m6 O, V( c/ G" J g
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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
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Japanese Ships L* K- [1 f! C% _) B9 S
BB Kongo5 G+ u+ ^# Y- G) D# ~( U1 i J+ \
BB Haruna: {' ?' L% E8 k
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1' m9 h9 z# S, r- p; P3 O- E S
BB Kirishima' @6 @( ]% u2 z @
CA Mogami; M! G! D1 V g% C$ m- o \# ^
CA Mikuma
: M" k% ^7 P$ h* E# H0 E) @ n B9 b CA Suzuya
8 ^ f) k4 N/ z* P; } CA Kumano
0 N; S8 |& e$ P9 a; I CA Kako* I/ j% E+ p$ F
DD Makinami( C& C1 l7 Y$ A/ I
DD Takanami5 Q0 s+ I8 n9 ` A0 Y( W2 O6 f3 y
DD Natsushio
1 E) b W- D: v1 s" A DD Yukikaze
+ T2 z+ z0 i. a6 {! C DD Hayashio% m" y2 g- Z' X4 @6 y
DD Maikaze1 }' [3 a/ B3 q7 W- k$ t% d1 R
DD Isokaze
/ P6 Z2 O% X+ G( D& C: f/ x4 K DD Shiranui
C5 ]1 Y1 z9 C DD Amatsukaze) w4 W2 \. e; G0 V% v6 l
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Allied Ships/ X+ G# H4 R& ~4 w0 D
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
: A) ]" E0 w$ ]3 @) V PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
6 \* a/ h( v4 B5 j+ S1 T PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
1 t: n/ I* r8 J5 ~; W PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 |! c z9 U. {. h+ E
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk/ i% i- t3 I5 t2 n8 ]
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- T) W4 }. L' K# }$ X8 W8 Y
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
l0 R( Y9 B3 @/ K4 z PT-60# |, S8 V7 F; F8 \" D
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& P# t# z2 A. _- @9 q2 f PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
9 Q$ `. ~3 q1 D5 R" t% f PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
+ ~5 e+ x9 X/ @0 \' t) z* L& } PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; }# n6 m- p8 _* |0 a! g
/ k0 Q- V1 T, t, C, O. `Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!! C' U. d6 o8 L8 ^# j
Allied TF begins to get underway
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Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards! k7 G5 `1 g! B+ C% s7 \& p5 i! r
Range closes to 25,000 yards...) T. M6 M% d- W* n0 y+ _$ L y: `
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
* ^# @, e" N( D% X' gRange closes to 20,000 yards...
# r8 \8 [* y% I4 c7 F+ rRange closes to 15,000 yards...
- L' g" @# U/ Z& UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
& ]2 v& u; o, j" A. X2 M, [CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
9 O# S+ X: s o' ^7 Z( V1 |Range closes to 10,000 yards...
- |: ]2 Y& ?! h2 T6 `0 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards( C- N% `; U. p9 ^2 E
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
0 b5 X3 l# P0 d1 rCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards8 L( C5 [( f5 u) j5 [0 J
Range closes to 5,000 yards...7 w" a g7 n9 `4 I4 ?" y: K6 V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards0 x+ m2 o0 ~5 o% a
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
! e; O0 ^; q& m9 v2 ]! B, R! GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards. q5 h2 m3 Q0 M( e$ [
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
, t8 Z! h! ?' R. r; D' IPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
6 l2 ], G- L4 ^' C$ [9 [PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards- m |! W8 j8 N/ e4 Z3 Z- z
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
9 g0 c0 a& t" _6 f$ QMassive explosion on PT-466 n: @; v* z5 O7 c c7 h4 B" ^
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards6 {$ P9 O1 Z! l' X0 Q! o* i: L% p
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
! C/ Z) F* l8 ], VRange increases to 2,000 yards
& c0 U/ v' E3 R2 j3 _. ]- F6 TPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
* O3 n$ m) a! Z4 _- d* N" G7 WPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards1 R) W6 g6 k X' f$ l8 s
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards" N: U0 E) [0 R/ X
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
" M" J1 y4 v! U% g" v/ iPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
5 c& V# K0 W) D6 h9 C% M( f4 X3 KRange increases to 3,000 yards) I1 Q& H/ f# F2 n- P
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
1 p$ n6 {- f7 Z/ TRange closes to 2,000 yards: E' D$ F& o4 n* N7 N
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
5 ~" K0 n7 g+ z9 q2 S1 B$ k# WPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards3 m6 W3 X# t# ^9 A$ Q# [( z' M
Range increases to 4,000 yards% L% X8 d8 ?! a$ C X- I
Range increases to 5,000 yards
6 w6 [ Y. M2 g# Y% T5 a; gDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
! C) {/ o7 T' T9 H6 RRange increases to 6,000 yards9 p- a$ A3 [ ]2 m1 y& G2 A
Range increases to 8,000 yards( ~: Z. u5 j$ h3 s8 B) P& p
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards N, }" e6 e9 v9 }3 Z8 O5 J
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Japanese Ships# ?" F8 ?4 X) e/ z3 B' M ~
DD Shiranui, A" r& P( O. w+ X
4 k, F% s% C" x7 xAllied Ships
6 M, d, V8 c2 F y$ b: q1 U PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk6 `4 {$ [+ g, X0 C, e8 @3 T! }
6 o' H7 v( \8 |$ Z; ]Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight& M2 [ C& d5 g+ S/ {6 A' t
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards! C' _! ^/ h: ~8 b) k
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
5 E M& E( K) NRange closes to 26,000 yards...
7 X9 X( V# W3 n. g0 g. w; \Range closes to 24,000 yards...6 p b# ^. |6 s9 _4 ?' H1 n" v
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 ^# O5 e& Z) C6 T; cRange closes to 20,000 yards...4 A+ G: M' V z: f4 ^
Range closes to 18,000 yards...% X- H! K! b$ z( ~" [
Range closes to 16,000 yards...6 j8 _; S# w3 s) {: @
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
4 Y, A5 @* T8 ~) P2 ^; @- r; Y- j: U: fRange closes to 12,000 yards...- Z8 F- i2 s N5 f4 |
Range closes to 11,000 yards...) X2 I5 H1 j3 O. G
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& ?; n1 W& r$ W
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
1 O, T) h0 Z( }% e2 n% Y4 ARange closes to 8,000 yards...7 W1 D7 q$ Q, o# c- i8 p
Range closes to 7,000 yards...$ n- y+ ]6 n% x
Range closes to 6,000 yards...9 R2 }" U1 [, E D5 Z8 r1 w
Range closes to 5,000 yards...0 T: v- X/ @+ z* H/ p1 o6 O& G
Range closes to 4,000 yards...; k- p( h( |0 O7 y* V/ [5 y/ |
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
! I- G) W% ~( V' U0 j- d! SRange closes to 2,000 yards...$ H, G j- x# {
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards @7 `4 T" s$ D0 w% x) i/ U
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
: b' i1 x& x: U/ v" a$ NAllied ships attempt to get underway) K7 V. `- Z! F/ k. |! @; s
Range increases to 3,000 yards
7 Q. t9 V7 f1 y1 DPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards. E" m2 {! L$ X7 e
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...5 x1 x, p4 u( \2 ?% W
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft0 t& _' G4 J' l2 l) j3 |0 {
no flights: o! b. d6 r! k+ K
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Allied aircraft losses
, C0 o, `, O; v' D& v* q+ E Catalina I: 7 damaged `6 U" G) |& J% j8 T: x' v
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground1 ~ N4 f$ p# H' p& Y& N3 U
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged. U6 Z) b4 A) n1 q- A' S+ l& g
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground G7 c! y3 ?" V, n1 L; v$ {
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: A" o$ H8 }# G. d$ ~4 ] BB Kirishima3 T ^3 j% Q+ R5 r7 Y9 f V
BB Hiei
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BB Kongo' ^* g1 c* B8 e- P$ a
CA Kako8 ?( w7 T3 Q) H0 `) A- E7 _
CA Kumano
" k. n3 o: w% v' D5 g( a CA Suzuya
- e/ X$ K4 ~0 N8 P+ [4 q! ?8 P CA Mikuma
9 \/ y! ?3 w$ C: A. C0 {3 b CA Mogami; k! t2 {7 E/ C, S6 z3 O! G
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Allied ground losses:
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2 g [. Y- c9 C. @" R5 g3 T. C Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
* D9 }# r4 A" R Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
$ x6 @8 _+ }& D2 U$ F Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled% D. r. G0 g, q" n+ i9 L
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
1 n l* A: w. {# z: O o# {# Y' _) Y Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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" @$ K' F7 Z9 F+ Q( wAirbase hits 17
& D2 y" d* f4 N x3 K5 {/ RAirbase supply hits 22 H& f, j @- C
Runway hits 354 t/ z6 N2 {! M; \5 I" b
Port hits 5
3 r2 @ {0 n7 m TPort supply hits 4/ H j0 M4 Y1 R2 H8 O
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
" L" N$ l- I. g) q4 [BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade/ F7 Q H" z% i& g% J( T: e
BB Haruna firing at Gove
" c' g+ S3 y0 s9 i5 zBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
1 H; U) H1 w+ o) s' yCA Kako firing at Gove
- M+ u9 |" s$ }& [' ?# J3 dCA Kumano firing at Gove 6 i4 K8 }2 @$ Y/ B0 M& b
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya6 C* o& G- K8 N6 G
CA Suzuya firing at Gove 5 e8 S4 L5 Z( r- A. J+ _
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
9 T U& ~ S/ G5 t1 @8 W1 cCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |