AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44# n6 _( [8 D7 h+ J8 ~" p
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* r- {' l$ _6 m: b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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1 Y+ p, [; G0 e& R; ?3 p8 `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 ) K, M% p" ~+ ] M* D
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships# k1 j- o3 f6 r: z6 o; Q
BB Kongo
7 Q+ e/ S) B2 |& M& {1 u+ C BB Haruna7 A3 `; M3 N V8 _
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
2 y6 w, O. s1 U! ` BB Kirishima
3 U- n5 j( ^7 S4 v CA Mogami
1 x6 T& Z5 F& P: }. C CA Mikuma
2 `" R/ O# V3 I CA Suzuya, \6 |( x. a0 a1 w7 |1 \
CA Kumano
% l, @4 H k, ]% a4 a' c4 f CA Kako, g0 Z' I& R1 n5 j
DD Makinami
! F" _- `1 w6 X: s DD Takanami5 r( z$ [: W l- r; `+ u
DD Natsushio
) j, R! F. O/ R DD Yukikaze, p5 g8 f& `0 U# A8 w, o
DD Hayashio4 o$ z# s0 K6 n8 N4 b+ L _1 G
DD Maikaze& L% `; q3 N1 g7 S
DD Isokaze
2 C; I( } M& Y: p; r7 P DD Shiranui
, ^) T0 {. X& s! [. i1 T3 g" i DD Amatsukaze8 @ l9 z+ @$ a- y) ?- T: ~" v+ L
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Allied Ships- _: }1 L4 K1 w7 S# V* v
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
6 l0 q- _" n# U2 F: N1 Y7 A9 B PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk t, _" Y# a9 e
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk' h; v% I5 b9 K* [" X! o
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk. }$ M# L4 ]# M
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk/ ^- ]! @# M0 c' s9 I
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
( F8 |4 I0 Y* a* o5 R PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
- W- m7 ~- V, H9 D- u. r6 j. { PT-60% a y+ s2 [1 c8 h
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
0 H. C6 |7 n- [9 C3 S0 U) h! `- @+ a PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk0 C @4 L" i: E
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk$ k4 a& M4 R* h! _
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk( d" {" g! }# j, E
) w3 v+ }+ ?+ B& `0 wJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!2 A- }9 Q/ N# s3 z* f
Allied TF begins to get underway. `( ^9 u( f# I4 N
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
- y+ J2 F* u8 q4 F) S# }3 nMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
% ~% B2 V4 W1 d$ W) R$ s# B0 PRange closes to 25,000 yards...
" `: s9 S; Q8 j# o" X& yCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
: N+ U" S& y* r* jRange closes to 20,000 yards...
6 W& W- t4 h0 }8 T8 v, XRange closes to 15,000 yards...3 _' n( m% x( s; d7 ~1 R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
4 D) \& i" F8 h, ~. Q$ {8 f1 J) |" pCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards! b- l7 S7 b& r4 G" H$ I
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
q" k8 O6 {. [7 `0 M: pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
7 a5 N! F! Q! mRange closes to 7,000 yards...
9 p+ L' s$ Q& ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
( @( X& r, X) Z# n0 Y8 T. TRange closes to 5,000 yards...; U% A) t" y8 y% V) K! V, L
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
% Y# Z3 g3 |1 ZRange closes to 3,000 yards..." n) }; E0 Z. ^2 |& w- j5 ^$ O7 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
6 C' e& Q5 x" Z5 I2 u" X2 a" o$ cRange closes to 1,000 yards...6 |/ I6 ]* q: b8 |0 X7 \
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
& @9 h) J5 D) m0 M* W/ ?PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
% v# |6 H3 O# y) w \! v1 yPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards3 w# o0 \$ b! g' ^
Massive explosion on PT-46
3 S/ z; I' j! ^( l$ g, _PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
6 y- [$ f2 G( w4 ?4 w+ V) \PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
# T3 [* v! z& _4 A* yRange increases to 2,000 yards ^# X; C" j/ w3 A c
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards7 e9 B& k) H& h8 l4 [" Y8 e
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
. O0 o! v8 I7 F* d) d( S+ \BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
2 @" b7 @/ w$ l, [( y& u( ZPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards. @9 r, {) j& U3 A$ D
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
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PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
U( Q" Q3 X3 A5 q d! H2 a1 ZRange closes to 2,000 yards* L6 z+ V: w. a4 v4 G( P1 q
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards, j0 Z# B- J9 M
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards- f! B% b+ _" V* P# M
Range increases to 4,000 yards3 w" U. n. u1 c: o1 d1 w/ M& X
Range increases to 5,000 yards
# k ~# T$ I* g1 Y) _9 E; RDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
# R# S4 S7 I7 _$ w0 L0 VRange increases to 6,000 yards
1 J A, n, k$ J" Y$ `3 K* {1 IRange increases to 8,000 yards1 L: i3 R9 f( i+ j( t8 N3 \" f
Task forces break off...
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3 w; t9 w- h: @+ kNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships; {% h1 U% W" W* L
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk3 z# r5 C- q6 \3 M8 W! u
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
# ~& U$ I/ L4 l6 c( oMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards/ Z& l G! u0 R
Range closes to 28,000 yards...' {1 K$ [4 |) |4 \
Range closes to 26,000 yards..." }% p( u) p& m/ M' U3 M# M
Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 _8 z* Q/ A" h% ]5 Y
Range closes to 22,000 yards...# S v% W' F( }- A& N5 F8 T
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
$ f2 p% _! `& W/ rRange closes to 18,000 yards...
" D' J( f G' M$ TRange closes to 16,000 yards..., B8 P$ J N0 v5 u1 w
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
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& F1 H q* v5 k& B, U- |2 ]Range closes to 11,000 yards...+ f- Q0 R8 G% M6 b3 d. K: V( G
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 U2 T& h$ J/ l N3 n$ A: K
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ l. q2 x P: {: Q2 w" \! N( oRange closes to 8,000 yards...+ B3 S2 X! q2 r4 O$ a* r6 }
Range closes to 7,000 yards...& x4 _7 c+ L. e$ X
Range closes to 6,000 yards...4 T+ r5 r w: E0 [3 y G1 {" C
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
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Range closes to 3,000 yards...2 x9 d+ V. {/ Z% {# v8 [& C
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
6 U/ a* `4 O3 \CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards+ L W+ |' G% j' E8 V, K
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards3 q5 N) K* p7 \
Allied ships attempt to get underway
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PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards# R/ `/ P; ?' A
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk..., @9 ~0 O- P( F/ Y p
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% y/ [2 G8 m. M! F* d+ LNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses5 I+ l' D8 H6 f, B L5 P* Y
Catalina I: 7 damaged& c4 {. ]( O8 |1 ^; ?
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
3 c; v: J0 A/ G% O P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
. @: @' m, v1 r+ } P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground4 } N9 l9 V2 ]# a/ b
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BB Kirishima6 x. y' x2 @* M# Q5 a& O
BB Hiei
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BB Kongo
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) f+ Y- B# P; `* c m; g CA Kumano5 L8 X$ O5 m: k; c. f4 \2 J& L
CA Suzuya
3 v6 C3 e$ a( O2 r) I CA Mikuma
* m$ X/ B4 p$ c3 H+ X e CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:, B$ B8 V5 w% a6 d5 y
274 casualties reported+ Z: }* X: s) o: A h
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 d2 z: w2 m, q: e4 f Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled, Y- b+ l4 Q( k0 m
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
% y% R4 r, v, [8 R, B) p1 m1 \/ o Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
" f0 H+ i+ l) l" z( [ Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)9 n4 e0 `% W v, y6 Q* X! O
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Airbase hits 17
5 |/ Z# o8 _1 v1 L+ \Airbase supply hits 2
' o3 E$ T0 ]! L$ Q3 e pRunway hits 35" B, V e6 Z" [4 V. G0 B" E7 D
Port hits 5
6 A3 |( w. q, j- [Port supply hits 4
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5 B1 F: ^2 f2 ^ |( b( w- |BB Kirishima firing at Gove * S9 z8 \1 {+ E8 [% L
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade1 I: F1 m- y% `8 S N/ |4 {
BB Haruna firing at Gove
: i; K' i0 A# \8 L7 U% PBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
$ x( o% C* h; e, p' }2 S" G |4 pCA Kako firing at Gove
u8 _; V! I, O5 Q4 F2 vCA Kumano firing at Gove
; H4 f5 {/ h( \E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya5 M& j. t W, R, n0 i# ]+ j
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
5 t# h' [- L2 h) P% JCA Mikuma firing at Gove
0 g" X% Z9 Q1 t* p5 ~1 FCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |