夕张号率领另4条DD组成的水雷舰队英勇的狙击了绝对优势的盟军舰队,发挥了黄菌见敌必战的武士道精神,可歌可泣!并成功保护了机场,直接造成了盟军后续4DD的损失,死的光荣!. l; z" L" C' ~$ l! P5 G3 I
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6 v2 r; |5 h' _Night Time Surface Combat, near Suva at 132,160, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships2 N& H# S2 ~5 i- i, C
CL Yubari, Shell hits 33, and is sunk
7 q6 w8 L- ~$ F+ Z. ` DD Yayoi8 M/ J4 q- d2 y5 A
DD Satsuki: r6 a; Y/ w/ {! R5 r1 ^& V5 E
DD Kuretake, Shell hits 2, heavy fires T# ]% u4 [6 M2 ?/ }7 I( a% F' Q" x
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 1
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Allied Ships8 i2 k& `. c* F8 W Z, r
CA Houston, Shell hits 16 I [( M4 ]9 L# b: K
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 14 ]: N/ Q/ S, m3 P9 ]' U
CA New Orleans% C, a- x3 w" Y: e9 a* K
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 2
4 f4 i" H+ e; ^- I3 Q8 M# y CA Exeter# U# A2 @% n2 @3 U4 B
CL De Ruyter3 R/ A$ v' N2 t; L$ F
CL Tromp
( s* W4 }( h2 ?; n CL Glasgow
$ x! ?) d. T! N" ~. i8 D* p CL Raleigh
8 j" t% f8 T9 T1 J7 I CL Marblehead
]' \ A3 A: |/ C2 e9 d% Y DD Sims% \4 m1 S7 \8 ?- N+ ~, e2 z
DD Hughes
- t j* ~; q! V7 j DD Anderson, Shell hits 12 @; i0 H5 |2 L ^2 X' v: o
DD Hammann, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
0 v; y3 q5 G& A. V DD Henley7 J: r- A$ S( A8 h1 u
DD Patterson( S9 h; S2 k) v- u7 S2 D
DD Hull6 [. D, U0 s1 q7 L0 ]4 K2 s( A
DD Humphreys w! B, C; V9 ?( T! @' R( G0 a# R
DD Gilmer
/ I0 N* H4 B; ^' F# L# d$ { DD Hatfield: ]+ N, G! M2 ^1 v. E
DD Kane# \' m$ M0 N! L4 `- v
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TF 312 encounters mine field at Suva (132,160)" I/ r$ W, ]3 t d" C6 r( q
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DD Hatfield, Mine hits 1, on fire8 }; C& q6 J2 }8 X
DD Hull, Mine hits 1, heavy damage7 X7 t3 S8 V1 W7 |) O% o2 k. }
DD Henley, Mine hits 1+ ~- \, u, i6 E
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$ H3 h7 X$ \6 O! Z8 ]Day Time Surface Combat, near Suva at 132,161, Range 18,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships6 t! P8 J7 Y2 z7 n1 y
DD Yayoi% ?7 v3 p. Z; I1 c6 E* j
DD Satsuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
" u. ?) P7 J8 G/ V( [) N8 |6 [ DD Kuretake, on fire
# S% o! d2 g* @+ u DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 1
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Allied Ships6 C" d6 _' u3 `
DD Hammann, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. L" a( n C6 J+ `& F7 O' A1 [
DD Henley, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
" v1 o# Q' w `* k/ `) l, ?4 z; y DD Hatfield, on fire, heavy damage) i( G7 Z& {. } {
DD Kane0 m# Y! L2 B0 B
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3 N! J5 D. u( s) J4 `Morning Air attack on TF, near Kabara at 135,1630 V% x) U' S% N1 ^4 s5 H
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Weather in hex: Overcast1 o: n6 z' O; `6 V% J( H. @% g$ L3 U
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Raid detected at 1 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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4 b& k% V C) b& uJapanese aircraft) F( p' M, }$ u
A6M2 Zero x 9
: J1 V: ~9 I' [2 i3 Z# h G4M1 Betty x 10/ z+ t8 f8 k' r3 d) H. p
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No Japanese losses/ k7 d, i2 Y) z$ v, A
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8 _) x4 f# t( r8 O0 f# L" @ DD Hatfield, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 x$ \& N1 E9 Y" j
DD Henley, on fire, heavy damage1 O2 a& q, E! N6 j$ ?- g
DD Kane
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, x2 v8 \6 F! \1 ~Aircraft Attacking:
8 s' R3 a# J! H B/ [! N 10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
/ j& }1 F! H, i! ^! ]8 V% E/ ?& b Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo |