AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44. H1 n, Q7 L6 U: Z
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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Gove8 @% i- s/ o% Z8 d6 f6 u) P
7 {9 A' o; y( @/ s l! i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 Yards0 j# G. _% B& \5 s
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Japanese Ships; U; r1 u0 a+ d# ~; I* N: G! R
BB Kongo7 O0 w' ~* Q% S( r# m0 Z( {) }
BB Haruna
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BB Kirishima* c0 S5 Q0 |1 `2 d- `$ B5 A9 ?
CA Mogami9 |6 Q* u9 m7 O4 I
CA Mikuma1 o* H3 b8 A) r& W) W1 Q: ~
CA Suzuya! p# @" g) v" g+ J
CA Kumano
0 F3 A7 O: e* m# ?2 j- b5 O, Z0 u CA Kako
1 W: I! _5 ]( [ `& U DD Makinami! r5 j* S; F( a/ }
DD Takanami* t7 E0 X' W3 b* v: _* F$ g. }
DD Natsushio
! h( O+ y; r& u' L DD Yukikaze* E2 Y" u* |0 m
DD Hayashio$ H! J$ v- D. j9 p* p) H( L
DD Maikaze
5 u( u J+ ]% E; i: ]2 ^ DD Isokaze: o# q0 ` R; p& u% z+ w
DD Shiranui
+ V0 r! W0 z7 E6 X: E+ U DD Amatsukaze" U: S. R- Q K6 x
( d$ @" {7 A) Q0 m* X8 \Allied Ships
1 e" B" V/ C. j2 _, A; e' ]! I PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
! g+ x; H+ f8 c' M9 h: |5 d! _ PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
. f2 s, U0 J2 Y5 m PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
4 ]6 T$ ^' I+ t1 Y. G PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* D/ t( Z! C( u' G8 c3 N8 W: x
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
7 H" W" E! n& Z# V1 i- _ PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk$ i5 i* i/ s) `! D% I
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
+ V" L; q3 z# ] O; z PT-609 a5 Q [3 Q3 P. _5 U3 h
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 P3 v" T) X3 D/ M" c* x PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk4 C) W( {8 i; ~9 V* N6 G8 w
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
' e( t4 Y) J- j PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
; Z, ? H6 e$ J) y* V8 U, A# ]Allied TF begins to get underway
% o* l j) j9 T# f! S' ]! H8 }Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
/ X \4 ~# k; x8 r+ rMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
& |. V$ r9 K8 M5 tRange closes to 25,000 yards...4 r" j* u! _+ Q& N, Y+ u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards5 U `5 u, a) L) G! p0 W3 s, f
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
4 F! Q! }6 p/ `+ W" X6 K' }Range closes to 15,000 yards..." {5 K$ g+ B6 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
2 V( o/ J, ~- ^0 _: @- zCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards& e! E7 _* x5 M2 U: P* Y
Range closes to 10,000 yards...* W9 \3 y3 X) c6 f* G' v; B L1 E, W
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards: Z0 w" `. \' p; |
Range closes to 7,000 yards...6 o6 n% E; x: x& b+ T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards4 Y- A. Y E, s9 r+ K# W1 Z* A/ f$ f
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
# e& ]& k* c# M! KCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards' S s5 K( n, D U
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
$ o M& s G, ^1 ]: n0 r4 fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
* x) e( |2 Z+ |( g8 x2 Z4 }* ~Range closes to 1,000 yards...
! ~% q" J3 p% }1 }PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
" S E9 o- y& }# t+ oPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards' A1 B- s6 Z4 \! ]0 @9 n
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards# d8 R) `6 j1 E1 Y& J) i. @
Massive explosion on PT-461 `! r- W& o6 z9 r6 n
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards, l' m9 R' c: {& M
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
. D+ |: n- T' Z) ]/ f7 t1 URange increases to 2,000 yards7 b* O% O( F" P8 m- `" l9 D
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
# B, s1 `$ d# V! G6 dPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards% F/ \! O0 m4 a) @- M& M# T" ~
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
* ^. H/ v) R3 p- MPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
* l* N) P" N& iPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards; D4 ~% A/ j, P9 @ O# k' S: V
Range increases to 3,000 yards
% A" C. G: Z, F$ [+ U# oPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
3 s0 X2 O! B8 w7 v# |& Z0 `) z. P, v3 JRange closes to 2,000 yards
Z. n4 p0 K" N; l/ V5 r0 F xBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
6 i+ q2 W) h* M, J% W: SPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
3 A, W& e; W% N) F' @! d7 G6 m9 D$ MRange increases to 4,000 yards9 g8 Y8 w D! U2 A$ r' c' P8 S
Range increases to 5,000 yards* a9 J w7 M* S
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
( X6 h2 u! n! h8 s: a, i" ?$ pRange increases to 6,000 yards
" l' \6 I& { U" a0 E7 NRange increases to 8,000 yards# ~- T& l* F5 l$ G$ A- ]1 ^8 h+ M, l
Task forces break off...0 r+ L" t( B; M" W: t
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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7 f# |6 u, Z2 X6 [# v& k& G DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships0 s0 v! [! R! Z: h
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk% }' I) t/ x: X p
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight. ]6 n7 `) Q0 }5 I( T3 x. k1 f
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards m# r: @ J& b% d
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
: s2 y T9 x6 L: E6 x$ k! LRange closes to 26,000 yards...
, K4 ~8 N0 o! {3 C6 }. q# f8 h4 u5 oRange closes to 24,000 yards...# c1 j1 S/ b) k a5 t' e1 s
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
& e: h9 B( C6 P" B( j) i+ U5 ARange closes to 20,000 yards...+ e" P+ A$ @7 k+ J& O
Range closes to 18,000 yards...$ F/ F1 m3 K$ L' L- ~" U
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
: [8 s+ d& e8 y" @Range closes to 14,000 yards...
2 e/ ?5 `$ p! d: A+ URange closes to 12,000 yards...% b0 [ S# i# ^9 b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
7 \5 ?8 w& W- B( qRange closes to 10,000 yards...
* }' h: N* o$ F, ?Range closes to 9,000 yards...5 e+ i7 |# l3 {- j) ?
Range closes to 8,000 yards...; i5 D8 B+ E& m5 a- Z' H
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
& d) ~' U, J! r* h- xRange closes to 6,000 yards...) T8 x# b- y! Z. j3 w3 ]
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
4 C, Y! ]/ n3 \' @Range closes to 4,000 yards...
9 R* E9 g L$ v& N+ NRange closes to 3,000 yards...
0 Z) q3 B1 i* @3 T, wRange closes to 2,000 yards...; P1 ^% y- S$ {4 I5 Q& f2 o
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards" ]6 H; e& w1 b& q
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
8 e" L# q0 y/ L+ B- f) gAllied ships attempt to get underway. T- M h8 N: P2 u, ~ W
Range increases to 3,000 yards
0 g4 L+ ` @' Z! s* uPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards" t) M5 t1 g5 t- v& `, F$ X
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...7 o. T3 E# w) J" F
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft losses) K5 |9 c& p6 G" L& b1 b# B
Catalina I: 7 damaged
" ?2 M2 t0 [( t4 P- }0 J# z8 S Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
- F/ y+ z% T5 W+ L" \ P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged7 n1 E$ d. [2 `: F
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground/ S# b" ^, U, `) C
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Japanese Ships
4 q3 ~: c/ @3 c F8 P3 b BB Kirishima
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BB Haruna4 L$ S7 A# h# l2 r( u) b
BB Kongo, }4 }* K, u5 x0 M) H) ?
CA Kako& V l ^2 e0 G" a) D6 J- H
CA Kumano+ _* l' N A3 Y5 g/ N: C
CA Suzuya
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: F- `: ]9 M1 a& Q- O& j, M. bAllied ground losses:
9 o+ |4 m6 _7 q+ K3 z6 O 274 casualties reported3 I" r8 L0 d0 N, g/ G; y5 X3 N
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled6 I8 S. O; E+ a8 x
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled% B( S K* l$ T0 c0 J1 P3 Q& S* U% o
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
9 X E- |+ N# x! X+ K; ? Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled), e g; G4 j1 E
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase supply hits 2
6 w" O" q$ ^) W0 o! yRunway hits 35
# t" S7 c" B4 c n0 M' e, fPort hits 5
, b6 [; g3 y0 R- Y1 B7 a; y Z, {Port supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove $ S! w7 |$ g7 B) M$ E* }
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade2 N' E6 `9 t9 e( ^* Y
BB Haruna firing at Gove ' C; f0 ]+ g8 W9 k
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade9 x& y# ]; v. O7 g) b9 W/ V2 L" w
CA Kako firing at Gove . a$ c7 p" V; ^9 a0 f& o
CA Kumano firing at Gove
, `) T9 C9 y4 yE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
5 v) U5 d# L& w; HCA Suzuya firing at Gove 9 y S" O! V% ?) c
CA Mikuma firing at Gove / T7 c0 f% u5 Y5 |4 |9 E* x+ ?
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |