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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉+ i/ o& j4 ?* I$ l V a1 L
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards8 e! n x! P) ]; ]5 t! f
) P# z' s, X0 @- |, U5 wAllied aircraft: J* A, q1 R: M6 ~ P
no flights
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' y, N: C0 d" f8 sAllied aircraft losses/ y. p6 F. a3 j S# ~
No Allied losses
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- ^' N( L0 X5 b/ f$ N$ l( |Japanese Ships5 e9 B; C4 w/ c1 u" O
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire" l( e4 i/ f5 d6 q( L( B ?
CA Aoba; u$ N% t) ~7 M4 I5 u& G5 {; D2 x
CA Kinugasa
9 l; m! n/ I# q, y CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
- Q/ ]1 R* Z0 ^2 s CA Kako2 i# Z" T0 Q5 P f) p, ]
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
& d9 b% H7 b% W- U V+ { CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6/ d$ D4 v* r1 t6 B h% G8 h
CL Yubari
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4 `1 b* `1 n. E& q0 WAllied Ships
5 k$ G' n4 d7 ] CA Salt Lake City/ P! F. w# H/ E B/ G4 s* |# Z
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk9 u# z* k9 G' F: y( N. F
DD Grayson
Z/ k& Z; `3 M& w DD Monssen
4 M9 v8 x4 O2 ], L1 w l8 \ DD Aaron Ward- H/ H2 L* g) L5 O. V
DD Laffey' S+ k+ O' m3 r. I! o9 a
DD Farenholt
; {" j& [) q2 ] DD Maury
$ i8 O; n7 @3 R) f* |- C; j DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 d" f$ G' y2 `' D! g; S
DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire1 y( `. f/ a2 s) M
DD Stack
' T0 j) o5 |( ^% j3 D' Y! x DD Sterett, Shell hits 1, Z6 s: i* S& R! s5 \1 L2 Y0 D7 M, B
DD Balch4 W+ `, G* {* ^! j9 r- z$ A, R: c8 Z
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; X; d& S9 C' p5 L" QReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight+ l$ |0 I9 {5 s H# ~: O; Z
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
+ t) Q- `! D2 KRange closes to 20,000 yards...3 `6 I4 d; G a
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
; e& D. E% l4 ?7 I' k- M* b+ RRange closes to 8,000 yards..." X6 A- f2 ~6 ^& _7 j Y, `, ~% p( D& T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards" ^% c3 j& \: r+ v. D4 K8 w" \
Range closes to 5,000 yards...2 L" {- {4 w' L# o$ g5 A9 O
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
0 O/ `. u. g! {0 L0 p" h0 xRange closes to 1,000 yards.../ I7 ~. c( q2 J2 y3 M
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'$ r0 M' f6 Z; k
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
) ^$ {6 ]) r" v. z* c6 SCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
( p. T0 _" u& x6 t1 ]4 @ _: L( ?DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards" [3 x6 x$ F! w. q; w. y; i) ?* h
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards! Y. c$ L8 H$ Y' i' d9 _5 `
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards+ b! Z% Y, ]$ Y, f
Range increases to 2,000 yards
2 ^& ?7 S4 @3 V" nDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards" B0 k0 J" j! [1 S) o
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
8 `% |' Q; q' h/ M* XDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
- W9 d+ \: V9 q, W2 c3 S7 g7 K# kCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
/ }. x$ m+ P" b6 d8 g! i) bDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards6 A1 k# {" H. T& h
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
6 b$ b9 Q# P6 X P. T) M/ W# [DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
4 [7 c. i# U* [( o; rCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
/ Y6 m# E" Q y$ b9 B$ QCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
4 x" L3 o' |: }! T7 Y/ T* vRange increases to 6,000 yards
/ X- Y% d# E1 Q7 f$ W9 J" x JDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 " u$ K" ]% b2 l) ]( B9 o
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards" L; k4 c( G- p7 ?
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards, t: z9 ~- D% }' t8 Q4 C6 H$ Y
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards$ E0 {9 k ^* a- T8 z
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
P8 R* |9 }- _8 G+ m" gCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards% q' ^8 _% Q5 Q5 m. a w6 O, X
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
# y2 d- c7 t' mCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards# o0 T) N' t9 R& ^( o* s& D$ t
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards7 R0 T' _ H- [
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards7 N7 ^& A* B# _
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards/ ^ A) I2 V; u. x) i1 G8 x
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Japanese Ships
2 p7 i; H# q/ T; Y CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
9 c; E8 z* x7 W CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire% U5 y1 q! E, U, i; p- F4 C
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 12 P' C8 T2 U: V- ~% A( M5 @6 V" Y1 R$ e
CA Kako, Shell hits 12 y6 q+ }& m. D. U) Q4 n! o
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
O4 u$ K) y# m7 \" W& n$ K CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire" O& O8 q5 q; z' p: w
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire& _- T* N; z% ~" ^! @) ?
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G+ Q8 o+ c% B5 `- n* g. w CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire- F; }( @: F: R" W: B4 [
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage. b' K+ d) `5 M
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage5 r6 z7 X1 R" A) X* t& ~
DD Mugford
* l1 H5 O6 ~( W U( v" k- o6 w8 Y5 r, U DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2& `* y" Z/ x2 i0 x9 R7 l9 D
DD Patterson0 T1 l$ A) P9 V1 s! q
DD Jarvis
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3 U+ L5 c, X0 Q& U4 t* P% ]Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
& }0 S( ?0 q u) O$ SMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards% k x( _ _ {5 s. g1 s2 S) d
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." A I+ i$ E E. G8 q! j
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
3 q0 I" B8 n; N5 ORange closes to 8,000 yards...
8 U% h: U3 a1 q/ C- q! O8 RRange closes to 4,000 yards...
& m% d& P/ K, w/ Q- I- ~0 {. ORange closes to 2,000 yards..., B' @% l+ Q5 q0 e+ v; f4 |, {
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards" z4 T3 G; g% k& `( I1 h; Y& K. e$ Y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards- E" D+ N4 t- h ]$ q
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'+ j% E( K% U+ |" D# a/ B
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
* k! z/ z- n8 ~; S; m$ _, _5 G+ LCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
. f, S. X4 K3 o# YCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
4 T; x2 f/ {! c3 R Q2 G! N0 I' l5 y- ]CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
- ]7 e/ {8 }$ [+ o; y( [% y$ fDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
, f8 A2 h) f3 [0 U! D+ g# YCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards. M% j o! |! p+ O1 |
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
3 T4 N+ ]( T+ {- r. R* ECA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards2 L' Z* E5 ?5 _+ ~2 x
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
8 j6 d" p; d9 m8 yCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards8 |4 n* Z- O/ Z) y
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards" _, K7 f/ b+ l, r8 f& `! L
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
( q( z" T5 o9 ~1 lCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards1 E; V) V7 M$ _8 u+ z/ d* M: L
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
2 X- F+ k! p( v. H$ G YRange increases to 5,000 yards9 F& [# y! g0 p( G
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
& {' l1 M. D" KCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards# s2 Y& m9 |$ Q
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards1 L5 q3 w' B }* U* M( _
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards+ @9 y! d+ M. i! ^0 t* n
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards4 D9 T& s3 k; F6 n4 O, A) A
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards' w5 k3 U9 X! f' F
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards% l# `; f j) ]) J$ k7 U) a( ^! ~
Range increases to 8,000 yards
2 U3 _& u3 ^% K9 z3 L8 r2 c" MCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards W, t- X0 Y" F5 K& A+ C
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
& ^. @9 _. M" w" H, i: M7 X" UCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards: ?4 s9 ~8 a, ^2 C+ [6 f
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards( b2 D2 y2 w6 P/ ?; x& B' X
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
2 ]/ X w- ?% }% N+ }6 L. C; cCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards. l# ?; o4 y. f# T% }. C3 b9 R: V
Range increases to 9,000 yards7 B/ I+ H* Z0 G8 W2 ~( P
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards+ i6 u5 Y3 B# D
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
; k: U3 H4 r3 @CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards: F. M8 t" S$ j+ Y1 X& M d4 g9 R
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards' }/ E; U+ p# n4 K8 ~( T/ U
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
; P/ ~# C7 x& `. {CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
K. K0 g; S6 P! dDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards1 R9 o2 e* u4 j
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage1 M# y/ u( p. m" `% y3 X
Task forces break off...; s0 _7 J, F2 r% L
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: {9 k2 U4 d% ~6 `8 rNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards- D! b V; @4 e" i, }. K
4 J8 T+ `' M) k2 fJapanese Ships; l8 c* G1 f' {. j2 B
CA Aoba
& l3 i) C; n5 H/ _0 V CA Kinugasa
1 Y1 h* u" B2 h! q0 l, j CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
8 r- ~& r9 R% M3 W- q* y CA Kako, Shell hits 16 S+ ]( P: ^+ S: I
CL Tenryu
* Z+ T) E9 Z; M( N5 U9 ` CL Tatsuta
# N' C P# E# N4 w CL Yubari6 a) q' V/ A. f2 |- J+ Q
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Allied Ships7 I7 f7 k1 w( E n3 ~
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk8 P, g) d( i/ w1 R q" ]2 w2 R
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight, G3 Y2 P* f' o( B( F: T- w
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
& n; n) F1 d( G. @8 U w( K: v9 {Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 z$ H) n' L: G8 q4 I/ GRange closes to 22,000 yards...) j4 H; j: p0 q7 x. p4 K' ?
Range closes to 20,000 yards...5 a! I C& u; ^5 j
Range closes to 18,000 yards...2 n% D2 Y: @7 i1 g
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
6 d S2 Z2 k5 O+ ^; \) cRange closes to 14,000 yards...
4 b- u5 {% h- G/ O/ ~ YRange closes to 12,000 yards...
! { X ?" k5 V, A( G2 f* I1 SRange closes to 11,000 yards.... \7 |( z& O7 E6 c
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
( C- P6 T2 y( y; `4 i1 k3 qRange closes to 9,000 yards...0 c( j* K+ {1 T( u* `7 W
Range closes to 8,000 yards...& T% B7 v# |- |7 S; {! V* k+ F% h/ I
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards9 k2 u5 `1 f0 A/ j
Range closes to 7,000 yards...9 E+ h1 ^4 j# i, W% g I
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
4 S+ ?9 ?7 V$ m, F, L) e4 a) cCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards: @( v3 u9 s0 P I% q
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards6 b3 P5 O" v, [
Range increases to 7,000 yards* A$ n5 D9 y" s
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
: A: N. |9 W' s( n# URange closes to 6,000 yards
9 S D5 ^8 S3 Q1 p4 ~8 @- \: iCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards! N& H- Q6 U, I2 Y% y
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards4 J4 g+ C, i4 Z$ R/ A0 U
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards4 K u& |) y. a4 T( C/ ^9 A, [8 V; G
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
. Z, P; _8 j; [: G/ K* vRange closes to 4,000 yards
/ f+ }; U9 K# [& ~# NCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
( y. E8 H# p3 D, Q( u ZRange increases to 7,000 yards
$ k$ |# d8 B2 _& jCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
; c, A: \& e9 e; a: n7 oRange increases to 11,000 yards
9 a% p8 w! m0 j2 X0 ?3 v" RCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
0 w5 N" D; n! R' K2 t7 D: K# M% _Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
/ M, L* Y$ f! A2 ~4 U/ o: ?) g9 tTask forces break off...: k9 m- J1 \1 @0 f2 |
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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$ y: o! i) c8 H/ FJapanese Ships
7 z+ V3 G* {* d6 {% _. g CA Aoba
I. a! p8 Q! o- u u& p( I$ g/ E CA Kinugasa
1 D: T! d: V' u9 I* ]4 W CA Furutaka
% w) p1 S, `( }; l CA Kako, Shell hits 1
9 G/ ? F* @0 ~1 f# F6 z CL Tenryu
. m1 @; }% }. {2 }% p8 Z6 }7 e CL Tatsuta
! N' k2 {! u3 `* z+ O4 ^; d) R CL Yubari
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Allied Ships- h4 |7 T6 |' N8 a# O0 v( c6 d" R
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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" x# ]: ]- k$ A* ]" k' e! N" N: sReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
2 r- h* M; S- g7 y# B4 i+ eMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards1 P4 \$ ?. C- T
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
; z6 L9 y( }# Q1 _) hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards9 a4 ^# J4 ~8 I* h" b' V
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
. t) B8 l( e; i1 x/ K$ N; f5 S% WRange closes to 20,000 yards...5 @! |+ ]/ L- H, t L) l
Range closes to 18,000 yards..." X d: m; P2 n; e; I4 t$ x
Range closes to 16,000 yards...9 c! `2 _) w# A8 E( g; Y4 l
Range closes to 14,000 yards...5 M; z0 X. a2 ~ y- |, I+ u
Range closes to 12,000 yards...9 {$ ~( t2 c$ g* E1 j1 [
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 J" B9 z& g0 q+ rRange closes to 10,000 yards...8 i! x1 _1 s$ T9 P- S
Range closes to 9,000 yards...4 c6 A7 s3 \, M) C9 K5 b, U
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
( J5 ]" F( D% BRange closes to 7,000 yards...; d6 O w" N4 U/ i! R9 N2 h: L
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
& m: g, |+ B3 Z. j' s! R$ a" IRange closes to 5,000 yards...
2 s+ d8 v6 Q" p0 a7 Q/ URange closes to 4,000 yards...
* c) ?5 ]) z& {2 V# c T) uRange closes to 3,000 yards...
% o0 ~: X4 z) y/ BCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
' ^- ]/ I- Q( ^. H9 \CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards- b7 h B: F/ z9 a4 M
Range increases to 4,000 yards
$ L9 ?$ ^& I/ Q( @CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards( C% I6 {" P7 a& A; C
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards' D- Y: G! C5 c; O4 I4 H
Range increases to 5,000 yards5 n) A/ n4 S* c, p
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards, P" t% n; E* f
Range increases to 9,000 yards/ ^3 ~" q1 T% l) E
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
7 G$ q3 J l+ @Allied Task Force Manages to Escape1 D2 c# L& t% i+ ~% j/ Y( o
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards- @9 m1 L4 j, A+ U( s
/ D3 z4 v* [# T$ j' E( r" QJapanese Ships
7 F; w/ v d' i* u& l! W- Z CA Aoba
6 N6 A4 f/ `) a CA Kinugasa
8 ^& C) u; x7 H# |4 F: m- \/ q m CA Furutaka
0 Y9 S8 K4 U! S \. l5 i7 t8 z- _ CA Kako
. V9 v' `* J: \, b* G CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire7 y2 u* ?$ e3 Z5 g! W" B$ r- t
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
8 b0 [' w; x7 w5 Q4 R CL Yubari3 W! } x# S6 `/ _% m
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Allied Ships; X' a h6 b- z) W2 ^1 L W
APD Colhoun' s; ^, E0 A f5 Y9 f1 `
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire* x, T8 S" v' E
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1# j/ l' S9 |- G
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 P& ?, L5 j! N* `" W4 e* F AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
% D+ n1 C. I- H# L9 G. v AP Harris# U W6 ~8 `9 {
AP Zeilin
. c* w6 g8 h7 T/ n5 n2 e1 T- \* t5 k AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage8 X/ J& A- E* R! f! I+ i* Z
AP Heywood) v/ e$ L4 E8 d0 W' d0 ^4 j
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire
5 ~# k* B# l$ G& c/ i& w AP President Bowen
- i" h0 g9 V2 k Q5 v AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire, W9 t5 T. m- u6 E
xAP President Wilkerson
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- [1 ]3 h$ c. v% V: D @Allied ground losses:$ T; s k+ C0 T# x
105 casualties reported8 P \* g% {* R' J0 i0 b
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 h- w# V5 p# t3 n/ ~9 M! F Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
/ s2 K2 d" O+ @& y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
0 X# D/ v6 Q% |8 r# X, Z0 ?; y; kAllied TF begins to get underway
1 `. y( X6 |+ t' wReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight- ?( A+ K; m9 K. A
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards0 J5 n' m5 B2 |7 l+ o" C8 b5 z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...8 _! ?. b& f) p' x8 o) [4 _0 ?
Range closes to 13,000 yards..., j) o+ B! n/ b& A7 p
Range closes to 8,000 yards...8 v" d& E7 O5 j8 p9 W, a9 |
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
' Q. A! r! f" {5 k! `Range closes to 3,000 yards...
3 L. X& P \ `Range closes to 1,000 yards...
" m$ G5 X0 \8 T5 dCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
2 ]2 b) q, p2 f/ _0 z( [CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
0 W! D0 }# X; A5 C m3 ZCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
" i$ |# K; {, s: ?9 zCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
- @0 v+ `1 @: G1 JCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
( L. {3 z8 ~) g" Q7 [5 Y0 {CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
$ n5 b" \9 U8 W' O% ^9 KCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
: O2 y& ]. Z: S/ dRange increases to 2,000 yards
& f# x' z2 G. R3 K5 N- V! ]/ O* j8 `CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards5 C) ]; w' J1 M9 X( n. b! F; b% a
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards5 A% J+ i2 a3 A& R9 Y
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards& R6 T! D7 I6 _: Q! |5 l2 X+ O
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
/ p2 g8 \1 l# U2 U/ p* o, B) pCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
" ~1 a# F- H) ~$ b8 oCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
7 g; Z$ T; M/ v( ZRange increases to 4,000 yards( r/ x4 n8 _. i7 S7 r& ~
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
3 g! \- l+ [) u0 `5 }$ ACL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
" Q9 @8 S. f( }CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards- g$ b/ L9 z1 J% f+ _
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards5 e% L! Q( J: B7 X
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards; p% V8 e( R; ?+ @* z1 x# u
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards$ N4 g, t {( i; d# I6 c c
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
8 E2 G Y [' ]Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
* V! c: s' E6 M$ ?; J1 ] s6 w4 _8 KTask forces break off...
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6 n/ u! K* _" e# |4 n1 |5 j第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。8 o8 i9 ^+ T. F' l5 Y: B0 |$ E
万恶的58！！！
* s. w8 o# E2 ~/ j, B* sAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134" ]9 d0 F7 O7 ]; g3 f0 o9 s5 r+ [
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Weather in hex: Clear sky6 k9 w! a0 Q2 }; ?
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.7 v' ?8 ?' k6 I" M/ M
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes9 s1 j4 G! Z) ]0 |3 I' ?
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Japanese aircraft
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. M6 E' o. x2 KAllied aircraft% ?8 P- B- z% d; t) k
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8; L: _7 U T6 r; a. w, z
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
, [3 K* p( W1 Q' Q( n TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses6 f2 ~+ P |: \0 B9 j6 g, [9 V
No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
& N6 ]1 z, E% H7 d' G; m3 S' N SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged# ^0 k4 J3 u# J6 w. R& E% r/ C
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged2 S+ Q7 q; C4 Z5 n
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Japanese Ships
. D5 H. x1 e: r) Z CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire! i' O. k9 E! [: J. Z0 I* p- L3 {( h- s- ^
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk& i9 u$ i0 Y! Q1 ~2 @- G. x
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
. L) i+ J) C d" p5 g" R CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage，and is sunk
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发表于 2010-4-20 19:59
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兽兽桑。。。在3BB+3CV出来后突击PM或米龙湾吧，瓜岛丢那随它去。
