AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
% C. n! n, m5 u, t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
) @, T8 F; ^* o f3 b. c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7 w( G5 n+ K0 G4 ]
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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$ O+ n7 A: Y% m h) F0 u5 ]Japanese Ships
. s0 I) v6 t1 J" H& E4 m. X& ^ CA Chokai
) K+ {# G c7 t CA Aoba
+ v: q1 _, U3 }4 i# Z }6 a8 h: l CA Kinugasa
) @$ c5 Q$ q0 e& p# P0 I CA Furutaka' w2 @) A, H7 Q& r6 N8 u9 L" H
CA Kako2 }0 \, ?2 X! e9 F6 I. c# O
CL Tenryu' I* |! B6 M# U0 z! z9 [
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1 k9 s6 K; o. n0 M" `+ H
DD Mutsuki
: t! L- M C7 }) f DD Yayoi
. R! l. j2 L9 G. U$ t: Y DD Uzuki
/ q' t7 K; U( D8 u! J( C' P/ z1 g! m DD Mochizuki
0 _1 o- L1 ~! S5 [* m) X3 ~2 w DD Hakaze
/ v, A `% l# p( x DD Akikaze t/ ^' r- g) o- w" g( Y
DD Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
9 b6 ] [$ m% b) G+ E9 { PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 n* j- S, s; N5 v7 |- E. Y7 Z
AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
$ D6 }5 e2 N& Z$ e xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
4 ~) M) j/ U# }% i3 X: K/ u, { xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 K6 ^ h# P Y ]1 g$ i5 B5 j
xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% H s- D0 g5 h1 Z; f9 t$ D xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" L. I z! F' v$ ?3 M5 h6 ^
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
, A2 f* N1 s0 E* ^' t 4647 casualties reported
/ K! C% x) Q0 r/ s S* M# ^6 O Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled
; R/ q( g% M3 l* W5 B% g, b7 X Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled8 ?; P& s0 T) V: N
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled( Z/ z9 k2 r6 {; M l
Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)
/ m$ `. ?, o& _ Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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2 P/ M C( o0 f9 ZJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
* H/ ^- P3 o- ]. j- E% P8 DAllied TF begins to get underway- ?. C, E$ J, `0 g" B
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight" e' _3 E9 Z! i; J* G
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards7 o) J) K' a8 K, ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# Y2 N1 f& I0 C8 D/ L4 MRange closes to 9,000 yards...( Z; x4 B% ~% p, M9 j
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
2 y/ s& S- G2 u# h7 X. j. n1 q( ]Range closes to 7,000 yards...# j+ k% P$ k9 _
Range closes to 6,000 yards...6 T) [, z8 T' Y. R
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
! p$ T4 l6 R- ACONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards' R, R! _9 K! ]& [1 T4 d
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
! W+ l) Z( t" v" ~AM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards$ `6 \5 R4 E u& J
CA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards
. l9 D# N/ K" h5 eCA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards1 Y2 j- F9 Z% h2 K" p, [0 J' y+ Z
DD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards
0 V6 v3 G/ M# ?% s- Z* C5 s, @4 cDD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards
6 p, B, C0 m ^" ]Range increases to 6,000 yards" K. Y/ p) Y# L6 f& v1 j/ P
DD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133 / I# C7 l4 e1 y3 K
CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards3 G; e2 ]7 ^; Z: c
CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
/ S" ~6 W' U8 }/ c2 O h4 x# KxAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards: t$ Y+ x' ?: }* L/ k& u
CA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards; A8 t- l% h" M: d0 `+ {
xAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards
" z7 f$ y% n5 F& QCL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
/ Z8 M7 s ?6 y* }: r. J3 JRange closes to 3,000 yards6 A; |4 k% }1 w" `
CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
) S& f- u+ |4 V; J) l' {7 B4 y: ^CA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards9 R3 k+ A* @0 r1 U: H. G
Massive explosion on PC Warrego
' [/ {, b( E) j, I3 H9 z& j8 m3 iPC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards* k/ g. _" `4 \/ B
xAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards
& X: ?( q4 V4 v% A* QRange closes to 2,000 yards+ ?/ S4 U! S) a& _
xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
* v( h& a3 A) q. g" q+ _xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
) P" v. s$ @# C9 pxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
, \% U [3 _1 e, E8 M+ G2 e0 `Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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1 b+ U: q- n2 S" pWeather in hex: Severe storms/ \6 P5 \. J5 S/ Z, \& D) ?
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.7 g" O' T$ `2 Q
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes7 y3 A- c* P, s8 r8 |; \
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Japanese aircraft
/ x j0 Z. G5 V G4M1 Betty x 429 O, h+ k# C) a6 g9 J" V- o- ^9 O& n y q
0 N5 l8 V! G- TJapanese aircraft losses
1 H) _* j- L3 f/ v G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged; p1 R( ?7 K4 D( n
& i, E9 e. [0 R( z# cAllied Ships+ |( F3 N: w" n+ d+ f4 K- M
AM Bowen f% e1 F+ |( z
xAK Mundalla
9 w/ a% }' d8 P o( b DD Aylwin
1 G1 ?3 m! ?" U, O DD Monaghan6 g! Q8 i8 m( Z! W- ~5 y3 r
xAP Cremer) f/ x% [4 d& d4 a) d) D- x
xAP Idomeneus$ o4 t$ @) w- l2 J j" F
xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 18 |+ {; n0 c; `! n
% g/ P, H* A$ w% EAllied ground losses:
/ k$ b' L w: y6 S+ @* k 16 casualties reported, k$ w* u: Q9 h A: f- R7 g
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 a3 F8 _. ^; g% ^( d Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% H0 `0 o8 `4 a1 l$ q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 m( j8 D( |( f/ R4 J
. `- _4 V( N b4 |! _' \& ]Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
3 J+ ~) b x" L6 {' d7 W 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 v T6 W9 F* y$ s3 J( A6 U' S Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
8 B# R! L% t% x/ l3 E3 K 6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
* O1 r+ {& j" V4 @ Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb+ P; ~8 Z* j9 |
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet. R1 o; _. A9 z; I
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
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! Z0 Q3 M/ J# l; p0 f) g _+ sAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 F8 K1 I- y; U+ r4 X
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain$ n9 x% v, w4 D, y, k1 q' k% ~
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& q- ]; O x% w/ ]" d( Q* d
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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/ w# I; u4 O5 Z) Q0 sJapanese aircraft1 t+ G* N4 {# z4 k \& B4 V9 D8 J
G4M1 Betty x 347 U, b6 b( e1 R$ ~4 K$ h: j
; w8 G" g2 o: c& q, d$ BJapanese aircraft losses4 \$ F) S0 H( f7 c
G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged# o; ~5 W" t3 E( v0 r
! |7 v. h- w y" g. V/ P: w7 }Allied Ships
8 [3 b1 b3 d+ A, a5 H# f6 W xAP Cremer
+ K9 F3 j4 w1 q( V8 | DD Aylwin; K6 ` h: A& W5 M
DD Monaghan2 ~- \1 B4 X! O1 s
xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:+ C5 n4 |: }+ v& s4 G( y
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
( E6 B- ]2 v3 a8 ~8 D Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
+ A; S5 h! `/ s 6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet- d! j# T3 c8 H" r! P
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp' u6 |4 J; _# m: N8 _% |. M) Y
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet' e! {2 u2 A3 |4 s; G/ F* O; ]- q" A
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb, D. a/ f; @' e, ~; c( t
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet2 B$ O) k* P7 Q l0 O: J
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp" O0 Q2 o, h6 X* A/ {
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet8 M. C0 o4 z" ]* E, b* Z& ? Q
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |