AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
7 t/ N1 H' @( l2 e上个回合侦察到盟军在米龙湾和莫港分别有运输船队出没,估计是增援米龙湾和莫港的,莫港的船队鞭长莫及,设置了陆攻对海,而米龙湾则派出了一队水雷战队前往袭击
) q, T0 \, d! Z结果全歼了米龙湾的盟军运输队,而陆攻出击莫港的船队战果不大,仅击伤2条运输船
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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CA Chokai( z5 r# T+ V: z9 Q
CA Aoba1 a7 t0 \3 u/ z) W
CA Kinugasa
7 C ?0 t/ S: j0 @" y0 M4 C CA Furutaka
5 _3 M* l/ k( T! j4 u! s CA Kako
' w: l/ W a+ o) a* u6 R s- y0 z CL Tenryu0 Q1 K; |% P& A& J
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1- O# S+ y% x; y3 ]
DD Mutsuki
6 G6 T& Q1 u- P0 i6 y/ q DD Yayoi! B$ Y2 K% `0 h: o/ Y1 ^6 U
DD Uzuki& j W6 u" o6 l' q3 ^5 c8 i
DD Mochizuki
# r; T" }: ^; q; w# C4 _ DD Hakaze
6 C& l' A6 N" E0 U% M8 m; W DD Akikaze
( U/ ?. G9 Q3 V H DD Tachikaze
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7 w E% ]! q I4 I0 MAllied Ships7 e9 Y, c7 x ~ S9 q o3 c+ Q* M+ Y
PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( [) S+ D: U' B1 [1 {9 ]
AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* e# W$ B* H% V7 b }, e
xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
0 F( u; ]4 ]5 q; E! \8 C& k xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& J+ u4 i2 d# w# m' w xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 N$ D0 A+ P$ e }6 g, Q
xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 f L5 T; o& n: c
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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0 j) q! }8 l, mAllied ground losses:, A; V0 I; |- P6 w0 @- u
4647 casualties reported& g5 W3 V) A5 L$ V
Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled6 Z3 H/ D5 x! S/ ]
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled
4 K5 t4 q# m! h Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled5 A. ^- _: `1 ^% v7 f( l
Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)
- W4 ?9 v) b4 g& R6 f% h, a Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)4 e2 X7 H! q) a. G# w
% o# q5 K1 n, a- FJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!. M% s/ H5 Q- w" s
Allied TF begins to get underway1 u7 V, L- t; R& ]+ Q- J, {
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight% e: W9 p0 A. v
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards+ Z) T P1 F' J4 h2 l6 j( K7 K
Range closes to 10,000 yards...1 D+ Y4 L) C( F l8 d
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
4 l8 o3 m# Q* I [; CRange closes to 8,000 yards...8 G5 ]' \ S" f9 h
Range closes to 7,000 yards...$ l0 Z- L- M' ]9 V' p# d3 o9 r: J
Range closes to 6,000 yards...( d8 H- L- L' a- I- ~$ C
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
5 w d) @' b2 b" T$ B" SCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards! q! U2 O) w' P4 T1 s$ i
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards7 Q; Y" N* i2 K, S; W
AM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards
) a$ t6 l/ c S6 z# j. \CA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards$ Q& Z8 Q$ h7 b) |3 v
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards: p d8 T0 N8 n/ p8 C- b* P; ?
DD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards+ k; Y5 j8 Q4 w! T& y
DD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards
6 w7 r. P& L, z& y HRange increases to 6,000 yards( ^/ m+ M" G# ~& N u, i
DD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133
, e3 e! i. \' J. uCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards' S" s+ P4 u3 U1 y8 f
CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
" Q# e: L/ n" H* T1 q8 }- kxAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards. }4 [' P \4 d3 d1 d. j
CA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards: T! G& l* s, z3 ?6 o: l$ ~8 I
xAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards: w9 u* l( T7 [& @
CL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
) S5 U# n4 {" l0 `Range closes to 3,000 yards5 F; m) O! Y, c* e& R& \
CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
+ i8 C- S d( |; @" h. W# aCA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards1 L* Z, D* [3 e
Massive explosion on PC Warrego
! K' N- w. ?- Q* A! k, SPC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards9 ]# T! [0 p% t
xAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards
/ h5 U; P' V, [' O. ]) T* ]Range closes to 2,000 yards" s6 \$ @! ~3 {9 l# D$ l
xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards4 H/ H. M. C7 a- b
xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
+ s% w7 K3 m- V& t1 NxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
/ n' E% P( g& V) U+ m% p- NCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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. L* Y; `" U, E) xMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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9 D0 w. A% N L( s! k$ K/ yWeather in hex: Severe storms
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- i" m( D& b) H7 |Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
7 T5 p+ G, e7 B+ _, r4 r, q* KEstimated time to target is 7 minutes1 }( d* l: q ?; w! M* I4 ` x* |" N7 F
9 ^ O; ] n# ]; xJapanese aircraft
2 z d9 t+ k; A" J4 n G4M1 Betty x 42
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Japanese aircraft losses
, F" L) v( w' t+ u5 c G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged
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AM Bowen! i3 A/ R/ u% T' e+ L2 |
xAK Mundalla7 M$ \ F O& }' o4 Z8 H, c
DD Aylwin
, f( b- d8 ^! I s9 p5 B DD Monaghan9 P0 w2 C* d M
xAP Cremer
3 q2 I- ~6 Z: }0 _+ `- S4 N, f4 \' L xAP Idomeneus9 r: ^' t; }) l
xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 15 M2 f$ N E! g6 n9 }
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Allied ground losses:% w+ ]0 C9 X' v+ m( A
16 casualties reported/ `7 F+ {3 x( z9 z: \# Z% r; ]. c
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 |% @, A! G, I Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
5 J. m. k! M& ^9 {) M" C. E2 W* c Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Aircraft Attacking:' a6 e- Q; T9 x: x
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet* e/ Y; ~1 K+ ]
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp3 h6 q$ G _$ X1 N) U
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
G% ~, w7 U9 w2 C ? Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
" w. B, U r; v6 U! q7 J 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet/ G% M) R) |0 q) A( s( T
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
& B8 K6 a& O; Q9 I 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet# h6 r* e( T- X( m: U! U5 D
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
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! L) M" y. K! CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1305 _+ V) ?2 ~; K/ W
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.$ J b" C/ x# g/ k- R2 ?7 t1 @* @5 D
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes" {5 k% o: A& n; h! a2 l' _
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G4M1 Betty x 34% t3 q F$ n$ Y2 u, Q, V; I* V% r
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G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
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xAP Cremer# o& X4 i+ p) _& U* x/ G
DD Aylwin b, _- o' u5 s, s% q
DD Monaghan
, l3 |# x+ e3 `- W: z xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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$ ^7 Y; A! a7 Q4 ]Aircraft Attacking:
' r) k2 X2 n7 U5 p 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet _. v, u& ^* i5 L
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
1 m8 ?. z" n3 e+ G+ z' V+ H8 D 6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet D! g: d/ ^6 _0 l! y5 F& M# S
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
# \/ I9 N; f0 |! n. Q 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
. Z; y9 B2 q! C; {/ H" c Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
5 p, B0 {1 H3 N% E" T, r 5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
7 ]( y* G" r/ R( w7 X7 g Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
* F0 w6 _0 B" c 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
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