AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44- I \/ \: H1 l# D
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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* h5 ]: `; S1 ?6 h" j8 _( X4 V
( C5 p5 K0 \6 L7 |* J) L/ O, J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 - N& i$ G+ _4 m6 B
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6 N7 y* F; s7 H7 c2 n( F, _0 J) D4 {Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ s$ M. b. p% o( W/ L2 ` BB Kongo4 C2 z* S7 h9 d F9 _ a
BB Haruna
- t& E: _4 [' U0 l1 J/ k4 B# q BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 15 {) K# ^; B8 R" Y2 C# \2 }
BB Kirishima3 |: s0 R- v! {1 Y3 N% w
CA Mogami
. |$ E6 e5 [$ x0 R' l! }& l6 n CA Mikuma* {% q4 Q j$ _" L& R. a5 ~
CA Suzuya
. |! y; O* ~0 c* |! p* B$ y CA Kumano. C* M: N+ u7 \5 Z
CA Kako& n8 j5 E" V1 f, |) q& y
DD Makinami3 t% b% ~" E. r5 L/ Z
DD Takanami" V# o0 f' P2 p1 @1 W. u7 a
DD Natsushio" H% `& w! H( R6 O
DD Yukikaze
@5 U. B) s7 H4 ~. ^6 d% o' B, f9 G DD Hayashio
8 N3 N8 k4 a/ t% O6 k DD Maikaze
- A% Z+ d" t8 r5 g2 ?5 o DD Isokaze# `8 K9 s( @) u% x6 k
DD Shiranui/ p5 v; N3 b! w* P3 H' \4 c# n! I
DD Amatsukaze
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" P1 Y1 O G, J" H( B6 e) XAllied Ships
* b' M O/ _5 S. G! s7 t) f* F PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk" W3 U- H. ^8 j
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# U+ [% @& C: x' U6 v# [6 F PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
: t2 y7 U# v J PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk( V8 F! r/ c# b4 Q3 o
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
n4 p F: T) e& o- B PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk4 H* H" p4 T. d7 N0 m6 P3 n8 x
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk2 I9 M$ o" e. [2 @9 a
PT-60, }& f9 ]/ C9 I! @) d5 Q
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk$ G! u3 ?& w) k' }
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
* t. s; n9 |+ K- S: m' }" `& R& I PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
2 c; H2 Y: \2 E1 S) a& N4 I PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk+ p2 R3 ]% S" F# D/ Y
3 \! c# N/ ~) b8 t+ X, p4 q( K: GJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!1 C/ H# B3 R# r/ P
Allied TF begins to get underway
/ E" Q. B, j* W9 @+ t3 P, oLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight4 I% ]$ e8 `: {/ D% C" b' ]
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
/ y8 u# i9 O7 B& _' @, pRange closes to 25,000 yards...
" |: C: O. A1 [( C" JCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards$ o0 |0 R: C6 ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 u- d+ y! [7 B2 ~- ?Range closes to 15,000 yards...
' N8 D9 Z( w" B6 k6 q( ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards- O' ?8 _3 t g: B- C# L. v
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
|# J$ f% N, p N2 s; b3 pRange closes to 10,000 yards...$ L: M, P' c9 W3 ?4 U
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards) g1 ]9 A0 F' u! K
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
. ` t: c9 c/ y, J) RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards/ E+ E# x& \: \% C( J4 q
Range closes to 5,000 yards...4 Z6 \8 }% A3 n/ P; H& G3 d
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
! `, J n- ]4 c# p J8 M1 GRange closes to 3,000 yards...
+ u4 j& e8 c# E$ H" s# pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards$ b; ~/ @( ]6 ]% `
Range closes to 1,000 yards.... o; K9 I! R* Z2 K$ |
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards9 E, }/ B; W4 i
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
6 H5 O. I3 [5 ]PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
' y5 I) I7 i, d# g, mMassive explosion on PT-46) s1 T4 R& w3 e
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
/ }* E! m. V( n! w2 I2 hPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
! ~: j6 b" @ c, b4 T8 y3 I+ C9 ARange increases to 2,000 yards( k& S( N0 w* w9 I7 \3 B" \9 g+ O
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
- J, Q- h0 `0 X0 d0 ~6 jPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards8 ~ @; i# x& n/ \' i+ y0 x
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
9 F& E: {* a8 ]; d* u! _4 O5 `7 ZPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
, d' d% n$ _$ c3 \4 [4 Y$ Q3 s, XPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
7 V. E' e. f4 W' F4 ?. VRange increases to 3,000 yards* d5 z% `$ u0 i0 [/ f7 z! S/ s8 c
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards% G G" Z& ~ k
Range closes to 2,000 yards
# Y& h$ }. c/ r2 EBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
; ]" i0 ^% [0 @ w" V/ L2 ZPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
+ O/ J$ a. a, Q5 U! xRange increases to 4,000 yards1 f" p* x2 y6 u$ `+ m! }+ R9 g
Range increases to 5,000 yards( c+ h( ^" a$ u& ^7 z1 [! k
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
4 [; ?$ \& O% Q: p$ U2 NRange increases to 6,000 yards& z/ D" W2 {" ]
Range increases to 8,000 yards% ?- j! t: C* J7 d. ?5 m
Task forces break off...4 N+ i& m( T+ W: ?- U: B% \: U( |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships5 q2 {) i4 S. m/ C
DD Shiranui7 k$ G5 i( G G2 H$ ^0 W
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Allied Ships( E* K: c. F$ q& b* I4 s
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...1 R+ W0 E4 ~0 `3 e! f; X& y0 C
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
" a$ J( U o! |$ B: O, r1 N: lRange closes to 24,000 yards...
9 n# Y0 y, @+ ` [8 V& rRange closes to 22,000 yards...* [; g5 @- q# H& R& z( ?
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
+ K+ d( ]# v" W1 i6 ARange closes to 18,000 yards...
7 v7 m$ }% A: v8 T5 `Range closes to 16,000 yards...
* t9 G: @% h: F: x% C$ d! y7 f zRange closes to 14,000 yards...$ M, e7 o+ A% p$ i
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
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2 _: {. u- ]% Y, uRange closes to 10,000 yards...
$ k/ C% S" g9 I* w* u4 }Range closes to 9,000 yards...
7 ?4 t3 i+ D0 l! m6 b4 [: S3 YRange closes to 8,000 yards...+ X3 ^1 G: K# @* k
Range closes to 7,000 yards...0 }, t0 b% b7 A$ A
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
9 F7 H. v& d( wRange closes to 5,000 yards...
! p, i/ q4 K+ w" NRange closes to 4,000 yards...
6 \0 t( t2 q- d' LRange closes to 3,000 yards...7 n5 ]7 m* M; s: X/ i0 M6 n8 g% H
Range closes to 2,000 yards...( _' [/ Z: ~$ L; Y0 a" o! d+ a
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
/ W, L& f( u4 V9 m7 d* MCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards/ Z8 W2 y1 p+ H, b4 \- a6 h
Allied ships attempt to get underway9 a1 [- ~0 }( H) r8 y
Range increases to 3,000 yards
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Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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4 ]* K: N3 o( w- P. qNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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no flights) A, K' G3 \4 L6 U: w2 Q ~
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Allied aircraft losses5 ?( I" Q3 q) b6 F B7 @
Catalina I: 7 damaged
9 b( m' P& N9 g% ? ], N: H Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground" W+ r) Q. H4 Y# Z3 G4 u4 A; \
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged C m, c& ~3 X/ N$ j5 o+ w
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground. F6 ~9 a) f, N/ `
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BB Kirishima0 ?; M9 Z7 B( Z+ G6 l& s/ z( U" H
BB Hiei* ~; @1 l7 d4 S @# f" t& i
BB Haruna
* x; t" z! X0 c2 w2 T* J% @ BB Kongo/ U" m# T; ]0 ?" _! K/ |1 ]; P; S
CA Kako) R: l7 {/ |/ u4 Z: J5 f9 |
CA Kumano6 Q' ~, Y/ M" D' A9 h' C) m- V
CA Suzuya
% t* b. z. a, L5 H& n& \ CA Mikuma; [+ b1 C, G" S/ j
CA Mogami Q" \2 O4 A7 o* [
! A9 _" l4 q- @+ S: Z# w1 c. a( w# uAllied ground losses:" f" x* c& Y# D& p
274 casualties reported
5 r U# l0 s1 O9 [* { Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
; j, k. P" ]/ Y2 |/ u+ O9 M* F Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
8 u2 j6 b5 [$ a Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
: f" m8 J( }" k9 _+ Z Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
. h4 G" ?3 W( t# w. N1 S6 S Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)3 p2 Q- a/ Q+ }$ O: }' e- \8 k
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Airbase hits 17 u4 F' o1 D) n, p. g9 ^! Z0 ~
Airbase supply hits 2
6 z! B3 Y! A+ r c* y5 T1 k6 {Runway hits 35$ ~/ }; V+ z0 I3 d9 q
Port hits 5
8 l C* P+ z5 r0 xPort supply hits 4
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6 }( f1 B! y& H6 w4 @BB Kirishima firing at Gove
1 m6 V; L3 O4 K/ L1 ]% kBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade c, Z+ T5 s6 v, n9 I M
BB Haruna firing at Gove
# F" M, z0 X a4 K6 E3 T9 ZBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade! m' m6 q6 p$ O
CA Kako firing at Gove 1 C; P5 {! U) f$ O* W
CA Kumano firing at Gove
}6 }% m1 S0 g% B$ N( R2 d! s) fE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
# I) u: u. V. @* D2 Y! l5 I# ICA Suzuya firing at Gove ( H ^8 n7 d, i6 g; v
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
; l7 s B8 y6 ~; m' T1 ]CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |