AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 27, 42+ q. P3 E3 Z8 Y% H1 d; G$ i2 ?4 z
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预料中的夜战和白天的大空袭爆发,没预料到的是西蒙大将派出了4BB大和长门比叡山城4CA高雄爱宕鸟海那智的华丽阵容。盟军在霍恩岛负责拦截的水面舰队仅有1CA5CL被完虐。在夜间的数场交战中,日军的水面舰队分成了2支舰队,1支向东,1支向西。 ?( ]6 e+ o0 |3 l% U# ~. l
天亮后TF58开始大规模空袭,遗憾的是距离西边的日军舰队有7格,无法带雷出击,空袭效果不理想;仅对东边距离较近的水面舰队打击较有效。; M4 A3 ?5 K. o. x. }4 H' m
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 91,128, Range 5,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft0 z6 c0 j7 o/ G( }; n7 v9 C
no flights
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" W5 z6 q' D( f& W& i* t, J) kAllied aircraft losses5 j8 G3 y) B" _6 W0 y/ u) @# {9 R/ o
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed, B( W$ u) m! }3 R3 P+ q
C.XI-W: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships6 W4 s8 m! f8 G# Y8 s4 P: Q
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
/ n# N! h% C$ D/ K* K2 I3 X BB Nagato, Shell hits 2! V; j8 j+ u2 ]! C& w0 I* m w0 L
BB Yamato, Shell hits 5
6 o6 e( {, \5 F- n9 l BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire" r8 s' _* H( ]
CA Takao, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage5 C) Q6 b% U4 a4 |
CA Atago, Shell hits 2
& }) I/ |- l5 E0 k CA Chokai+ Y( \, n ]% l) |) j
CA Nachi, Shell hits 12 O# i" C8 _& y. }/ G
CL Kinu, Shell hits 1
, _, B: y! f1 J5 [) j$ K; D; S2 d( t CL Abukuma, Shell hits 4, on fire
4 X4 e$ Y. P4 c) I/ ^8 ? DD Kuroshio
+ u$ ^9 b n7 `* a/ E2 c! {0 V& k& i$ b DD Kamikaze& U. ?& ~" ]: F0 |% T
DD Harukaze
8 l- x+ L4 J( A0 z DD Okikaze, Shell hits 3
# H" z" J! ~- n' X) ~, o0 ]: W5 v- b0 s DD Akikaze, S- u0 D7 }2 J4 U8 `. |
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1, on fire/ O" ^) U, B5 Z% g- b4 Z
DD Hokaze
: d6 S( n& j( e0 e DD Nokaze- R# t7 {% M7 u2 a5 C) S
DD Kuretake; e# m8 q. r/ o, X8 I( \' \- z
DD Karukaya, Shell hits 3, heavy fires0 V9 a1 D/ a8 N6 m% v
DD Yugao, Shell hits 13, and is sunk$ s1 K( @, m! S1 i( \! b* Z, e
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Allied Ships
2 \% F4 e6 ]" l CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4, on fire
! t" |9 I& U, L& `- r CL Java, Shell hits 13 a1 v# l% Z7 [( f. t9 s
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# a0 y' z- _) d( s6 ]9 W( i. m CL Mauritius, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage3 M9 b: Y* J' j- I0 ~
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk+ g# [% O* q6 w! e
CL Boise, Shell hits 3! E4 J: R0 |7 c
DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 2
; E# }* B3 J& B& F- H' Z5 K DD Parrott
" R; F0 H0 c6 f- x$ |5 f DD Voyager, Shell hits 1
- J& M$ W5 G) g/ W5 K DD Vampire
$ z( q# Z' J3 \$ ` DD Piet Hein
/ C/ @$ {3 c3 k9 I DD Kortenaer
% m1 c0 M* c& c& ?) Q) `* k DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 n9 _, u+ Z# N8 S* G. a: r
DD Electra
4 s! a6 S3 ~( x3 N1 ` DD Encounter, Shell hits 30 y, ?/ j' V4 b0 ?" k
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 2
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 91,128, Range 6,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft% J$ e, z0 k3 T) a9 g, r
no flights- A3 d1 n8 R9 z
( A- J6 O; [7 q* P: l( q2 s% r6 RAllied aircraft losses
8 y; }+ {' f) ]; |) C: y Walrus II: 1 destroyed3 ? b9 A, m1 Y! \2 [" {
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Japanese Ships2 @ y. Z8 u4 c" G' D; x! F- c5 H
BB Hiei$ m$ z$ n5 s3 @
BB Nagato
3 g7 v# H' a6 E% j7 @ BB Yamato
9 [/ ~# m* Z) e0 T; N) B0 C CA Nachi
9 ?* l& G) K' Y CL Kinu
4 r, o9 h5 I4 M, w0 `2 g3 ] DD Kuroshio
- _5 k; i3 N* L- l+ A. I9 Y DD Kamikaze
: e7 M- P( D: \6 U DD Harukaze& k* T7 o2 E% `4 z* p. }9 _
DD Okikaze( H8 c( `0 r7 q- e& O2 W" |
DD Akikaze
/ |6 T g- c5 i3 c U DD Shiokaze3 D" y% Y' ^( T/ ^% z
DD Hokaze
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Allied Ships
4 D9 Y" J- N. a$ ? CL Mauritius, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
- k9 i2 v+ e! P1 S% A; D. \ DD Jupiter, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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1 A) z+ S! {2 f: h# O) `- LNight Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128
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5 S6 i1 g! U+ e$ YAllied aircraft& h5 f D B# j; H. J* |' C
no flights
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2 v& u% B5 {, w4 nAllied aircraft losses
7 c4 q/ m9 W. L8 k% S4 \0 ^ SBD-3 Dauntless: 18 damaged o$ ^, W/ u( a% L
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground# C5 s: N1 i# C4 A( m; c: S4 L P
P-40E Warhawk: 19 damaged3 C8 q4 f0 n+ r1 q( E* d
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground9 v( |/ x* {# H: ]" g. g
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
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7 Q8 ~: ]: Q' dJapanese Ships
! y# i/ L1 G. i a BB Yamato
6 k) t" J1 \$ v3 D; @ BB Nagato
6 H1 ^- X, W l @: _+ W$ r BB Hiei
& G2 o$ ^0 B0 n! L+ S2 N9 Y1 o CA Nachi4 t |/ A7 d, v- P/ @$ ?
CL Kinu1 y4 w/ n" \) ?4 K
DD Hokaze% z) V: G/ H) r- K: [
DD Shiokaze7 T# K% L1 F; A) z
DD Akikaze9 d2 ?, U5 M6 }1 Q
DD Okikaze$ u$ ~- N' s. U9 b: G
DD Harukaze
$ a9 G! {9 {" W! L; F- L4 F' d DD Kamikaze
+ w* b% C: v9 T! l9 J DD Kuroshio
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' v* G: ?" w0 U5 |+ O$ ZAllied Ships; l, P- h! n' p% {9 i
AKE Liberty Glo, Shell hits 1, on fire) B4 F6 J* u1 X2 W6 h! H( X
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Allied ground losses:
+ z+ A- N+ ?* v- i2 C6 r. n 140 casualties reported$ J0 r @2 l+ v2 Y
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
' l, ?# _$ d* j( r* O$ J Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled' S) r( }% H) L" k! [" S
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
, B: A4 \: F6 E7 M# b5 r Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
; U$ Z& w- j n1 s; ?& Z+ l/ J) B Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)7 c" J( A7 b* \
- q D X6 w9 d1 V: dAirbase hits 7/ ?/ h* H' U* A- f1 ]: g
Airbase supply hits 5
* I( {+ G, I" ]- uRunway hits 30
3 n' q3 v l: S, c* ^# APort hits 1" c& w; x( [- z7 s" _. R
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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% O9 c& ]3 A8 A$ E; S4 c. x+ Z, _Weather in hex: Light rain# x o. _, f5 [
: q5 _# h7 K; E+ M3 c1 sRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
9 B& n6 i+ A# z2 Z5 l" _9 i! I% m- bEstimated time to target is 7 minutes2 W. W6 e& A" a3 j) k
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Allied aircraft" m! w4 q+ \0 j8 o( q: I- g
F4F-3 Wildcat x 17' C) S/ d/ i7 {! z; S, u1 u: n
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66# N x O* w! N8 M
SBD-3 Dauntless x 53
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Allied aircraft losses& h/ a1 x/ p) c2 ~
SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged; T- I: v7 M( U- [
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak) ^1 x3 G! Q8 i) J1 e2 A
4 \! I; Y! X5 P$ SJapanese Ships
6 S- |0 ?& F4 ^& f( ~! c+ c BB Hiei, r: R9 o B! c2 v3 u! H7 k
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1
8 [: b% @3 N1 C9 {+ {1 n BB Nagato, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires
5 }* Z( P: b( O9 Z- | DD Harukaze, on fire) m C4 R% j6 l3 V7 {" Y: ~
CL Kinu, on fire
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0 T' Y# m! i! ?& S$ CMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130
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* O. M8 q, H' fWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.$ r% E6 |$ j9 ^ ?2 n9 Q
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes2 k( ~+ r& b& T# D, J8 K0 V: s
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Allied aircraft/ b0 t# j4 @. @* N7 f$ r( E
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18: w- Q# b. c! F+ X% ~
SBD-3 Dauntless x 52
( e9 \5 K$ J+ h7 r2 _5 R* D2 i TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses: J4 w+ C" D' `) g" s8 j! h
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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3 w8 X; J9 @7 A& s9 ]. k- e' P. b5 KJapanese Ships. U* M% L' p& t+ I6 F6 w& A
CA Atago, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! p$ T8 Z' _6 M& R' x9 I
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 11, on fire9 D( ~& t- \3 _1 W7 q o' o
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. J' F( o% Y# G% _! e1 Q9 a
DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 |% l" S' \3 P" i* a# `. r CA Chokai& X! s9 r8 ~2 W ~4 r" g
DD Nokaze
2 ]' k8 a2 T3 ?* b3 p DD Karukaya, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130/ N6 M$ c$ v/ s. o6 ?# s H3 L& h
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
U S- b$ k4 rEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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( [" R) t$ _$ L+ JAllied aircraft3 v% K8 B. m% Z _" c. }. G+ v' ~
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17( X7 e0 z$ L* ~8 j" G
' A5 U5 K. u- n: y+ DAllied aircraft losses
' M' z' Q+ J! h1 F SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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' w' R% {( X/ J$ p4 e9 {( [- r" ]Japanese Ships0 I, j! {/ N! g8 z) X; J% T
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
5 X2 j! J) J8 v! m DD Nokaze
, O2 z$ X' b9 `/ @9 N6 a CA Chokai, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# V- G* c* N# k DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk! U& H) R& d' e' ]' J5 W
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, [ a0 ]" u6 a b5 J& vMorning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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6 v! s, M- L2 c* C1 M. ?6 H' c. xRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ z% @% B' r2 M- ?Estimated time to target is 17 minutes& d+ k7 K0 V) u2 h: |- [/ U- l
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Allied aircraft
5 q5 | \- y4 s8 i TBF-1 Avenger x 15- g8 w; L! M! t& \" c" x7 X1 @/ V! h
; e: ^3 {$ E1 k+ N' DNo Allied losses# X) A! f* e$ j7 }
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Japanese Ships. Q# _- l, A. M/ C
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1& {8 r* ^) i, [* n; ~
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires: G% F* A% U; q
BB Hiei
3 u2 w) X6 Y6 z% @' _8 G CL Kinu, on fire
; c9 C7 c, B2 ^. J3 r% i4 O DD Shiokaze0 l* u% U% E! x9 N
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- q! s5 N8 M) o- F# B) I% N+ @& \/ I$ vMorning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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2 K/ h$ Q5 D. D( |Weather in hex: Light rain- r1 \0 W( t3 O3 d/ d' J# W
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Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 n/ Z" _+ E* A1 [5 _1 t: `0 O
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes! _! h; _" b) x4 v1 O
( B, B7 P5 y6 rAllied aircraft
0 l! C' m% q# B& `8 H SBD-3 Dauntless x 185 R' ~* z* g9 \5 g& D; k) D3 p
7 E& Q0 u1 l# ]# D4 W; x
Allied aircraft losses
2 m$ l' R& N3 ]' Q& W- g+ ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged/ M) s: u9 G& N Q' C% B6 h
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
6 g2 T2 _* q+ M( a BB Yamato, Bomb hits 3, on fire1 U( N( \; y1 Y; x: b; V: p' P
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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$ w3 s' s) {& v0 `/ i" bWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
7 ^1 i Q. G$ X1 {Estimated time to target is 7 minutes# y3 d6 `6 z. _1 e
; w, s+ l% m$ E" OAllied aircraft
^8 r" Z( j' x8 w) g' h F4F-3 Wildcat x 16
$ k5 d; t6 K/ b0 ^- z- [/ M F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
1 i4 e' a) B/ I" T1 i/ O% ] SBD-3 Dauntless x 1494 y; ]% G. c7 G! h: z$ {. U
; y, @ d) t7 cAllied aircraft losses
r R @7 n; K SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 damaged7 C& w8 R0 J' [: ~6 }# G4 f
" u5 A0 h; i+ t" N$ z) R0 B/ RJapanese Ships7 E0 B1 [" m$ t- C
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires9 n* A9 d* I4 G; r2 u" E
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 18, on fire- S( G% L3 S: [1 G
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
. B: J1 [6 H6 s/ F& l- a BB Yamato, Bomb hits 23, heavy fires
- y5 d3 P q& L2 y DD Harukaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ `8 h3 l2 M8 r9 d4 K; f DD Kuroshio, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
* G( x; V/ W) c CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
/ d& ~5 y+ ]2 K DD Okikaze
8 l |; R% H( A1 Y" ~/ a" N DD Kamikaze- R5 m# \) S& q! w* c; U! e
DD Akikaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130& a8 o2 ^4 _- m& V/ H
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Weather in hex: Overcast- E3 P/ n( y: @
9 R& P7 A1 D1 X+ t4 IRaid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.9 @% O! e, N) Y& q9 z8 u
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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' } b/ [% L4 Z- i2 T, g, V& WAllied aircraft1 l9 \# C+ W( ~4 N4 K" L
F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
$ @9 f! Q3 Z, K6 A SBD-3 Dauntless x 294 g8 D X- Z+ H7 l) l
TBF-1 Avenger x 306 g$ ^1 v: K! ]8 i! w2 k' \
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No Japanese losses: h% E9 f4 K9 S9 C
+ C+ @" ]6 m- ^; ]9 \Allied aircraft losses
& }( ]7 |2 z7 p' s' I SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships9 @: M- o6 F( ^0 n# v/ g& k, N# p) b
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 6, on fire
2 g$ A7 a/ x5 Q! _ CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 V5 a/ ?# n1 L4 p J' }7 _( M CA Atago, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
* U/ [) A, C8 J. C0 v8 V) k DD Nokaze
9 m1 o( h8 O) f- m CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
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& a2 p6 f! I( E/ \& H$ \( E1 \Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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' _8 w8 H% A: y+ `0 f- f4 CWeather in hex: Heavy cloud" W- Q: D! F6 F1 K. W9 T0 D& K2 [
" `0 b, y) m0 h# u( O, eRaid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
) N8 a; R3 r( k8 N, F2 CEstimated time to target is 11 minutes6 Z$ i+ a3 ]8 t6 R) g
* v0 m& A4 }0 |: X& G% T9 c- `Allied aircraft
3 g' g/ S8 Y0 P9 v v2 q# {- b TBF-1 Avenger x 14& e5 A$ p0 m. Z
6 f% h% V/ \ t. CNo Allied losses
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+ l/ p" t8 |5 w. e2 aJapanese Ships1 @) R4 B p( A7 X$ S/ f7 ?
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
. G; ?2 L4 `, j DD Hokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. O1 W' E3 u* V# D; j* @ DD Kuroshio, heavy fires, heavy damage, P7 E' ~- Z: Z' Y" X
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
" A0 `2 `" x9 s2 H1 O; k5 z DD Shiokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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N8 I! Q9 Y. V) ]7 N6 @% `最终战果统计为:8 J2 O1 V$ w+ ?) n Q" T
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 19, on fire
3 r' I* _/ Z) p7 s5 h/ @( q6 rBB Yamato, Bomb hits 28, on fire
' n6 e; D/ j0 I" D* o; |) L' ~8 lBB Nagato, Bomb hits 22, heavy fires" M3 D9 p2 B0 l2 ^. H( w# _
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
& Q7 Z/ X" ? B3 c+ qCA Atago, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage& K7 e7 F ^* h0 e# @- e. `
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
7 ` g( T+ R+ qCA Chokai, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ M: x2 I; ~9 m! @# o+ jCA Takao, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage |