AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 448 F' b9 @6 \0 o Z+ Z+ F2 V
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; }1 R& c8 m* {9 P; p5 ~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$ V: I% Z$ Y1 t R! T- \* c
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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 8 k: h: T j/ R: n
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships' v+ t( ]6 T+ Q$ W$ q' b
BB Kongo
: P9 a5 U ^3 Q1 G) }# Q BB Haruna7 R9 v* i' \) {' i6 z
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 16 z5 x4 l- c' R0 E H
BB Kirishima
8 ]2 \: j( P2 W1 q CA Mogami! Q% l. `5 a. a, d! V4 T! E0 R
CA Mikuma# p* T( W+ f& \# F7 X4 r e
CA Suzuya4 o) S* ^: P/ ~! W! U) \. x# h2 J
CA Kumano
8 Y- r6 w; M! Y1 x Q2 {, Y* Y& l3 e CA Kako5 P0 f7 k" ~9 F7 p
DD Makinami& N h9 [% q$ {, x4 V; \* g; U" c
DD Takanami
( i, |( Z: v y$ K: y DD Natsushio
. }& J) d1 f& ]1 T1 t DD Yukikaze$ T$ e+ c) b- Z
DD Hayashio/ {4 o+ @" c. F
DD Maikaze
0 r& N5 X0 a1 [- q3 ]$ D DD Isokaze& t9 W; c' [; T8 U, }8 C
DD Shiranui
$ O4 ^9 [' g5 ]2 Z8 K: R+ x" H8 } DD Amatsukaze
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# Q r, S; G" C+ y1 B$ ?5 `Allied Ships/ w$ ~. w8 q1 s
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
& b9 R; ]$ m- X# ~, L# N PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 @5 V ^3 p& g" N5 o o }9 x, e
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
& k7 n7 w0 Y, K0 ~# E6 P PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
0 j5 Z- M1 g. H* s; D PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk' J7 e8 V! F; O. e, }
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
8 a2 p1 C' K( E5 w; I PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
1 }9 r9 R7 G6 R5 ^5 |' q; h0 Q PT-60
, L* _' w& S o4 D PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
/ V- [! L! K& l2 {- W0 Q PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
% G, q4 R& L4 \" w PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk7 s0 V5 X+ x; Y* B8 P3 F( o) M
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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$ v- _ w0 i$ G0 wJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!5 q L0 W$ ?; H: M
Allied TF begins to get underway
$ v4 s$ k4 n! y+ l$ S/ p" w- RLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
* g& D Y- ^6 `7 d9 h- qMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) i1 j: m' ]8 zRange closes to 25,000 yards...
# z9 E* X# _; tCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
+ ?4 Q7 `/ k T1 I" iRange closes to 20,000 yards...
. Z2 r7 L1 D: d0 A; {7 NRange closes to 15,000 yards...) o5 R7 X$ a$ d$ g. I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards" W1 _ a2 f3 ^ w E) G
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards# O+ q7 O" I6 f$ r
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% N! z9 q, h: J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
& P2 X U/ M7 x; z: I g7 j0 IRange closes to 7,000 yards...% O z* E- Z* }* |+ i: t' |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
& n& n, R# r: VRange closes to 5,000 yards.... ]6 V' J8 V& U0 N& x+ R- H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards$ X& A) r6 u5 u. `2 R S# d1 J
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
9 L/ T( {5 @' vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards/ s+ u, [: G8 F3 u( E+ m
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
2 v8 H9 M$ _) h2 qPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
. t! K! m7 [' u! d2 ]5 [; C9 _PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards( ]' z* ~1 Q+ R4 y. S% w+ e! V
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
" r0 K/ E$ f2 G; A* A0 F& RMassive explosion on PT-46
8 U/ D; h1 S6 u4 kPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
0 m# m" Q# x) O3 iPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards: V3 L. m% e6 x3 X4 n v1 [
Range increases to 2,000 yards
& ?, b$ U- D. TPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
; }& \# R9 v9 R( I5 S" z& }3 E: Q. g4 yPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards8 X. e/ G' _+ l" T! s6 I
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
3 H" S8 Z$ r' N# Y' r* s' m$ qPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
& a6 s/ O( a' Q6 Q; T; mPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
# \7 A3 U' |1 s0 xRange increases to 3,000 yards
u7 P `* k( V: X. kPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
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& X4 \3 }6 X0 _- l$ H7 y) W8 D4 SBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards4 t. z! M0 G5 R+ d: f5 b7 N
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
4 [. _' `/ ~/ A# Y9 p1 C7 pRange increases to 4,000 yards( m7 U- o$ `6 m N. i
Range increases to 5,000 yards
& x( T: T7 Z( P2 |+ y2 q6 w9 z% mDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
1 \/ C9 X9 u7 ^- W' o7 o: QRange increases to 6,000 yards
0 a$ s* A& L. \$ k% N* HRange increases to 8,000 yards
7 G5 {7 _$ N! S. X6 h6 j0 q& }Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards9 `% a* f2 ^0 M; e
7 `6 x0 x' o" CJapanese Ships* V7 B+ V9 q1 ^/ E2 Z% G7 M
DD Shiranui
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PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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, j1 m, l! c/ V1 _6 h+ r- FPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight/ D& U/ N; n# K: R- t) M3 Y
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
7 B% t1 V4 V! FRange closes to 28,000 yards...
% s+ E1 Q- t+ SRange closes to 26,000 yards...
+ W' n- C# i: X6 t4 P& nRange closes to 24,000 yards...
1 w- u) \7 ~, TRange closes to 22,000 yards...' z8 r- h' _8 b- } ^! H+ p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; Z. u0 f6 \. I( f. w* L
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
) X, G3 ^4 D& F% [7 y3 `5 i. p% |' [Range closes to 16,000 yards..., W# j- I5 J6 z; c/ r9 O0 p6 v0 ~
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 Y. V! R! \- j1 Z* t8 d7 _Range closes to 12,000 yards...8 X2 z% l+ f0 y" Z; x/ L
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
2 q8 c4 ?& z! u1 y/ r0 ^Range closes to 10,000 yards...
! s4 j: ?0 [8 _& n& K3 y d$ u! P6 i; ZRange closes to 9,000 yards...: N5 E. E/ ^- A& a: N* p
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
4 N+ U2 b7 K% \1 o: zRange closes to 7,000 yards...9 q p# |& [- S! a/ T
Range closes to 6,000 yards.../ u5 W) X* s) ]6 P1 \$ t
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
& H0 N: k: I& P8 s3 }( s) K( gRange closes to 4,000 yards...
1 q4 ?! o1 O! _Range closes to 3,000 yards...1 k) ~$ h: e; G& {& i
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
6 G$ b1 J+ H; E" R8 r ICONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
* X, L$ ?/ h2 z3 ^. QCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards/ b% d) n* J, A7 j I3 K& @( H
Allied ships attempt to get underway
' f0 N( o5 q2 l" qRange increases to 3,000 yards
0 A) m5 }, l Y- b( pPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards4 n* K$ ]+ H' p# s* q
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...5 ]; k9 B. Q6 _/ l) g* e$ g' r& p
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127; ^* Z$ Q* w( b8 f0 c8 f
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Allied aircraft
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/ Y# _/ R' z- xAllied aircraft losses
# ]1 Y& C- w2 u+ j( K, Y Catalina I: 7 damaged3 J1 V4 K0 ?& _+ G; G
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground2 J! E- E9 h' E5 e/ R
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
7 |3 O7 R |% S" U3 r3 I P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground2 n/ i, k+ g7 i# ]( o ~1 D5 M
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Japanese Ships
" X2 O4 p/ {- z3 ~# [ BB Kirishima, y+ D8 [' q5 f( d6 H: G F
BB Hiei( J' u& {4 }; f2 f6 a4 R% ^
BB Haruna
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/ }7 ?5 E" c8 k/ J6 B! z CA Kako ~( H/ Y& o: w5 E% F0 H6 C$ B2 I
CA Kumano/ }! w0 E" ]6 y3 b" q, m ^9 A3 W
CA Suzuya4 Q, H+ [6 g2 s* v( s2 X
CA Mikuma
: F2 n: ~0 T6 I1 e CA Mogami# r( O4 w. T, T) U# h. W+ |
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Allied ground losses:5 ~! }' ^$ V0 b/ j; o T
274 casualties reported8 q% h) e" E: V$ E! `; J; J% t
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
$ T. l& x: D! k+ T/ p6 I* _. n; a Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
8 H2 e' c! L2 t: T% S( q Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled) s6 I+ g5 x2 x0 p/ {' @
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)$ G% K" Q1 R: s3 s3 B+ q8 g
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)8 y* ~! ^5 J& l/ G. v! D
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Airbase hits 17! f, ^; |/ O7 t& J/ S# J
Airbase supply hits 2
( z2 J- t9 x# u5 FRunway hits 35& j5 s Y0 g; R- S" V! N
Port hits 5
7 U$ X; q1 F5 m: [. ZPort supply hits 4
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" [+ }$ i& I; _6 d- {BB Kirishima firing at Gove * K% F+ R% x4 @6 O
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade2 \* D4 }) J+ M0 Z, s" N+ K
BB Haruna firing at Gove $ t! q; @- r6 W! E, Q9 E
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade( P: h6 j* C8 `% f9 Q
CA Kako firing at Gove
; e4 s- n7 h( x. JCA Kumano firing at Gove % S- i: i; Y& I7 m* d
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
1 p/ u. K; i) c+ k# f8 j) uCA Suzuya firing at Gove
8 j- k5 G. [( P" S* H& G6 ^- pCA Mikuma firing at Gove
, c8 `* X. d4 [CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |