AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44. y2 d4 b5 J" u& E
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9 }' R; n, p9 `6 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( d1 R, B: R& z. D, ?/ C
* v8 U8 k( o5 ]4 C+ z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 0 i& b0 S A- U% o) {$ u! G! R
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8 m, i$ ?. y/ S& D6 |: MNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards0 ]4 y L3 b6 l- w
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Japanese Ships
8 R" w0 d5 J" Y% f- L9 v6 T BB Kongo9 W# H/ [% a. n T
BB Haruna# _8 W# ^' i- I
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1' U, G, v) D+ m" P
BB Kirishima
9 F1 T. Y! _( n$ ^# q- u+ q CA Mogami* l7 Q$ j" x8 ?/ }2 J- o( i1 @
CA Mikuma h5 x0 Q6 f2 i4 K0 a
CA Suzuya
A2 ?# q& G3 o" z4 W CA Kumano
. f& ]+ @7 I5 T% r" R" D( i. { CA Kako
, a4 `0 w, l: j- C+ z: e+ [ DD Makinami6 L7 J) I5 w& ?1 }; O# i
DD Takanami$ V6 k* l4 h& s% b
DD Natsushio) f3 n/ z& J% K; R4 x
DD Yukikaze' N& S( R3 j. ^4 H
DD Hayashio
% N6 y0 D$ o" Q. F5 p: ~ DD Maikaze; ]$ }- m/ x* p& U x a, Y
DD Isokaze
& V1 y5 m+ }3 F% {/ Y1 d. ?3 j$ ? DD Shiranui
. J7 k6 k9 i6 @0 ?0 }# Q DD Amatsukaze, z( v2 i& M/ V2 |3 M
( e3 {+ b5 {8 R* E. k! kAllied Ships! f: k" U/ y3 J
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
, e* V8 K, `2 [. W- l* m PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk R; G. H+ ]' x5 Y! `9 z
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk7 ?& I6 f5 l! J) C
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 O( N9 \+ m. i, S PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk" k! l( a9 d" E2 N+ B- e
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk3 |9 p$ M" k3 J6 [# L
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
, l4 f3 q$ v; C u+ M PT-60
c8 g1 h: I* ^- ?' G PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# I) }) g' `6 ~, B9 N+ Y) H8 C2 x PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
! [ ~# ?' X9 R# G$ U PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
. y& g. D+ s" O' y3 {' V PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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+ j2 i4 B! w* l6 z- A EJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
6 K; Z9 h \$ T5 t( v1 DAllied TF begins to get underway3 d9 ]/ D# J4 K L: K+ d' t7 H3 H
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
$ V. f8 |' [+ [8 t: `0 E4 zMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
2 h. S% K0 x1 K7 U' ~, hRange closes to 25,000 yards...
8 i9 _% o# r7 {# _; fCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards; y) u; u5 [, x
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 b- |3 f1 e* E r: QRange closes to 15,000 yards...# F9 B1 Z8 L% E9 Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards9 Y* R1 n& ]' g' g' D2 y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards/ b+ Z6 Z; [( z* W- M
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
7 ~7 {6 e% e( o! U7 @0 i) Y3 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards* W6 c) `1 P, _' L6 _6 F" i
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
. p1 w/ s* j, kCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards' l3 |+ w0 U& y' k2 u
Range closes to 5,000 yards...5 r1 @3 B4 _# l( v4 h( o
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
) ?+ v) m0 u& r1 z! ]5 t- t! D' XRange closes to 3,000 yards...
. t' T* ~' V; E- r7 p8 P/ sCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
8 m. g& T! ^! y5 T1 Z# k6 dRange closes to 1,000 yards...' g5 t- ]0 W; x5 J* h
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
9 T3 l! x5 M; l! l4 |PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards7 \. W' g6 h) H3 r+ Z7 O3 O! `; q
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
& N8 L* f; ]+ V1 Y- r& aMassive explosion on PT-46
- ?, N# _ t9 T2 x0 m$ l( g( J ?, LPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards9 W* l* o. G6 m9 e( X- i1 ~6 e& k5 m
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
- d, G2 Q5 X4 [" xRange increases to 2,000 yards0 T, [" F* z% [' K
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards8 u1 Y- I8 l$ p1 R% i. \
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
: J h3 [! F2 z+ |BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards+ Z+ X; V0 D! I- d
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
2 }8 @* t4 w2 ~3 ?PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
, G1 c& J. B1 B. m3 H- U+ e; ]( GRange increases to 3,000 yards, I3 _ [8 V) G7 [! p+ z
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards% j3 T7 h3 P! i" @
Range closes to 2,000 yards
) h6 ^9 a9 `" D. w/ X- oBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
; G( B! \$ w" @$ p/ {5 E$ C% ]9 ^PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards" R3 `% q# j" y+ R
Range increases to 4,000 yards( O* q$ D/ s* b% W" c/ S# G
Range increases to 5,000 yards
# C1 q. R" V; X; T# uDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 # [, i W1 l0 Y& I% K
Range increases to 6,000 yards' a) U' H+ Y9 r. O% j% T
Range increases to 8,000 yards; C9 O/ Z$ |* s* ?9 k. \5 A' H: T
Task forces break off...
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8 m) f. s( s m- `6 \8 H% T6 ~; c" UNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards; n4 E2 W. {8 R+ v# m
8 i5 c" d! \0 t* Z$ eJapanese Ships' _" C' W, U1 q
DD Shiranui( ^$ i5 T- Y9 _, J9 m, K, {1 q
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Allied Ships$ F6 ^$ I6 m% a7 f0 `4 B7 Q- d& U
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
: z+ w& Z3 R2 [+ I1 nMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards" @4 C% O. o) ?! S2 d) e0 b7 @
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
2 L" O9 ]- G& E* }. L r ~Range closes to 26,000 yards...
, u. U9 q" t2 r& u$ XRange closes to 24,000 yards...& n% w0 V5 z l2 [
Range closes to 22,000 yards...: W1 W8 x- \6 O9 W
Range closes to 20,000 yards...$ d& l" _% ~# w; ~9 i0 [
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) K% p. ^" I" c4 Y7 Y9 g8 y) u8 z* k/ o
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
# F. q; L( a) u8 q0 n! o) H" lRange closes to 14,000 yards...
~9 \& z' t, P# x( eRange closes to 12,000 yards...% N+ T! n q& C; `$ _
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
. c4 S7 u& O# b+ w2 |# \Range closes to 10,000 yards.... ?% u0 D% O( A+ i: E H
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
; m# c) R+ i& O$ L6 L- ~2 |" b( BRange closes to 8,000 yards...7 o$ y$ J* B; A p# s
Range closes to 7,000 yards...0 a& A& `1 M6 \, H; k" R% d4 I
Range closes to 6,000 yards..." t1 o9 u' [/ X9 h& P8 l
Range closes to 5,000 yards...9 E* {3 ^8 D0 d
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
( ^* {# J$ Q3 J" C0 SRange closes to 3,000 yards...
# E7 ]6 [+ Q+ H9 d4 U8 p/ D9 _ rRange closes to 2,000 yards..., S: g9 L- D r& Q" p% b
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
5 A- x5 G: o* \* [+ MCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards4 b" e8 e5 ]3 }# I3 h
Allied ships attempt to get underway, X9 w) D6 P; Y0 p2 Z7 A
Range increases to 3,000 yards( f# @2 z+ X$ x, m; Q
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
% v _* q! q" s6 l6 B" {Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...6 g6 h7 X/ X* Y# a
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; N- t- ~# K9 _! m2 g( MNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft& h# e9 W9 |; R! B. ~7 m
no flights7 I6 t8 B( n) [* N) D$ c
- @7 T0 j9 L& b( k0 @1 |" l& [Allied aircraft losses! o& t& V ?' }
Catalina I: 7 damaged
3 {; G* ?. B! G' ~ Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground$ t' C7 G$ P4 k
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged1 o, J0 z4 j6 `" e" s Q
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground9 z, o5 ^ r {- o3 P9 S8 q: z
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Japanese Ships
& y9 H' G2 t A% E7 K& n4 y X BB Kirishima
# C: |& {. k! {# Q( l, [ BB Hiei& k0 W+ v J- g4 j8 i: f
BB Haruna
: ^, _6 H B$ ]% H. J$ C+ N BB Kongo
+ e; `; m5 ?# z0 i2 a CA Kako h& E) [: \4 s" {; b
CA Kumano
% m" q. ~- v' @2 E8 u3 R# Z# q CA Suzuya
8 e: r; N3 C& S8 D CA Mikuma
, H: _+ D4 A- E# g/ y; Z; S- f CA Mogami* m8 e7 o6 w; \ ~' i
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Allied ground losses:
+ h* u1 a! m; s 274 casualties reported
: G- \* j( D0 [* c6 a; x Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled- q" O" b7 ^. g* N- w$ o
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled( q5 D0 d4 G* Z! I6 w. o
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
; v! h/ p( o7 F3 e$ f7 `; Y Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
* i' D2 k6 m$ S8 c$ P! N Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 17
* M: k3 b- z- n( A% |0 o# vAirbase supply hits 22 v7 y( T0 d+ z0 D0 L2 c5 c9 H
Runway hits 35$ e5 U# ^6 V( n
Port hits 5
* H& l% }( |4 ~8 M7 W) a3 K5 x6 qPort supply hits 47 S" d! g' d& C0 T1 ]. m; Y
; x7 v+ o, d- G/ f$ f( _) G9 ^3 MBB Kirishima firing at Gove
/ c4 Q! t/ B( W6 sBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
" H# y% k% q/ Y( } X4 gBB Haruna firing at Gove " ?$ V1 i# ^1 L) _6 S
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade; P# |1 \# E7 L7 l3 K* u
CA Kako firing at Gove
; n9 b, Z7 ]0 d4 OCA Kumano firing at Gove 7 J: Z$ U6 ?4 M- n& o3 U) J% ?4 f
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya( V# l; _9 w% r% P" m2 G
CA Suzuya firing at Gove ! ?9 T0 A, g( P" A1 A- N3 |4 @0 r
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
$ |2 U& t9 D' j0 H% UCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |