AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42+ C% h: T- w, v, K
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" g9 v7 [1 Z1 ^: p. A! I3 \ `5 e, 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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: f( o8 L$ ]' I/ T+ TNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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' d7 I- Q' J f2 q$ ]7 pJapanese Ships; J1 f$ R- w Z2 `; ?0 x
CA Chokai2 _% d. q X e. ~4 d) _) c
CA Aoba0 o# u! \- u7 o4 T5 B1 i, Y, l
CA Kinugasa
! T9 |6 ~4 p& P CA Furutaka
0 r8 P/ a" a3 F" I: X CA Kako i6 E+ X. G3 T7 K; K+ d8 K+ U; l
CL Tenryu
, p$ ]7 J' f2 J' R. x CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1
# t7 S& W: R, W0 r; ?3 C* ~ DD Mutsuki
# w9 n" |, E) \. S, a/ d DD Yayoi2 }0 Z" e5 [" S1 y' O6 ^
DD Uzuki5 Q; q! T+ E. C5 ~
DD Mochizuki
c; I# c8 s/ }$ Q% V r* {3 E# B DD Hakaze
k6 D: {* r) b6 J8 T0 w DD Akikaze* y) T* x5 j( z3 c* Q6 @3 R! t Q
DD Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
2 Q3 g" Z! W7 |2 S$ J PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# H- a6 H) t) Q+ k9 k2 I: ^ AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
5 e- d( N& H N; F xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk" u2 C, v, M% T
xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, v) T& x! U/ [* n* p' q& ^8 F xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk8 v; J7 p/ q& B$ F/ u9 a% R9 ?, Z
xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ J2 w7 z; w+ Q' ]! C! J* |$ C xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:9 W4 p5 @) K' f- |
4647 casualties reported
/ H1 X1 h) o3 S, k% Y7 B8 o Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled2 i" U7 J5 M* t* C2 `
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled
% {/ p" `7 w7 o) w& W* U: d# ^ Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled" Q, u$ D5 P/ l0 y
Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)
, z2 N5 Y/ V" F1 c Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)4 M" ]0 n5 m+ }. a
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!/ b \0 C: V0 T- _- M9 c2 `
Allied TF begins to get underway, T' g, W& O% a6 F' Q! \, n5 z
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
' ^. O6 ?* J/ H+ J, u4 ~! i. MMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards
5 k8 ?, `. r2 h) c6 r/ H. \0 {* `, Y, IRange closes to 10,000 yards...
7 W; D) r1 x% S2 I+ m2 B }Range closes to 9,000 yards.... `, a9 i' l! } w7 k$ e( g
Range closes to 8,000 yards...' J# ]* i p( g: r
Range closes to 7,000 yards..., [; N3 S8 v" Q. h
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
W# R6 R m4 j+ b SRange closes to 5,000 yards...
( h& {9 p. D* T9 g. }( z% MCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards
( z$ G2 i& X) C% g/ m6 O$ M0 L0 vCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
% r* O0 l! l. FAM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards' B* r9 x" n o3 V4 G+ s& i
CA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards! e. p" a9 F6 Y6 g7 M0 m: o! k( ^
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards; \3 u& _& W/ p
DD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards
8 U" d* N' l# t& O8 K; U) LDD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards: L2 Y4 o# H) |: X6 X( [
Range increases to 6,000 yards
/ j/ E+ U6 v2 t5 A/ D- XDD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133
( @+ q) A" Z: ICA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
8 I1 Z ]5 [% O! L: |CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
3 B4 x* O/ ~2 ] E9 ^+ RxAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
' R Q3 b2 E5 z4 e+ B {CA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards8 w: I- o h* w" n+ ]
xAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards
2 `4 F* |7 n" r& f: |/ D* @CL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
a& F5 B" r# [Range closes to 3,000 yards
$ e6 _& X6 M# t |CA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards6 W+ G9 Q' {1 L- W" [' o
CA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
! p% s1 X b$ NMassive explosion on PC Warrego
- ?1 L. F& G( MPC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards6 }2 X w4 x! l+ }0 N* ^
xAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards- z/ G: K) B) P
Range closes to 2,000 yards
& C( K& B3 I+ a8 p3 R8 Y- K* \xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
7 G! d" p& R, }( s+ b8 XxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards1 E5 f' G) d U6 d j+ c7 P3 M$ E
xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards) Y# s' V \8 b+ N( s
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk..., X7 N8 Q* O2 [8 w0 v' ^
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1309 O F( D$ }' n% d4 H
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.1 T) U' \: ^& k6 k. r& T
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes' W7 {! S9 E4 Y% n% a3 }
3 U; f% y: U4 `$ }$ uJapanese aircraft
6 [& @8 g J Y3 A0 f5 D* H8 ]( u9 ? G4M1 Betty x 42: y1 H8 \! T$ Y3 V! [! \$ n
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Japanese aircraft losses
0 f* w7 A+ a3 p" w! a G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged. m1 K3 D/ F/ Y w, w9 [7 t
2 p0 |4 R [1 \- I VAllied Ships
" W0 d' C! e4 k( V AM Bowen
) n0 k4 c5 t. G$ q- `, ? xAK Mundalla1 }- G$ \# u8 h
DD Aylwin
' W+ e' A% q* j1 \* Q DD Monaghan
0 Z3 V9 Q8 p3 t4 D- c9 `4 f, T xAP Cremer0 N) T$ {% L8 w* B; {1 p n
xAP Idomeneus
5 X& Q) s3 p3 A5 D: J xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 1
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& k" `5 l0 K7 _- ]% |: A8 ]% n# aAllied ground losses:
/ A K5 W$ Q" c" \+ j) V 16 casualties reported
# v) J8 H- b% }) o( s Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 [. T: b% t9 Q9 n- V) m n( k Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
6 w, N3 s( G3 d# \/ _6 @0 ^3 y) r Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( l h3 }4 e7 Q' H" s
2 V6 X( Y2 J% A9 T; r3 ^+ TAircraft Attacking:9 A; s* u' Z9 n" B9 V$ ^
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
" w1 u0 s5 l1 d% ~ z& R Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
x- a$ \1 M( q" H2 b 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 w; V! \; t( v1 c4 C% B4 _ Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp* L, W0 k% X$ f# H: C& p
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
7 |& w9 Z- N. x' s9 s% X Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
5 P: R& s9 E& {( o+ k 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
$ E5 [$ M3 t# }. J2 i' X Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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$ l8 k k$ V* b. \. c9 A% d8 LWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
6 b e$ {/ T- ?5 G' `) e( b+ ^6 HEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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! l, d! B* i) {7 x: B. Z+ X8 L G4M1 Betty x 34
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Japanese aircraft losses
* t U r7 p1 s* w/ {; w G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
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Allied Ships! I p# `, _5 S- M4 T
xAP Cremer7 E- }% @5 J0 [
DD Aylwin( I# M% I# o, [" l3 ~ ?. v8 U
DD Monaghan7 T4 s& J3 L: ]3 B
xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
7 Q3 D1 N& l0 P 6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet$ \/ d& F; b1 Q5 e
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
; }9 E4 C( d Y 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
/ k2 ]2 m2 o. _& J. z# D& Q Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb6 p/ z: E& _( _: z( F& ]7 _0 B$ M
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet6 l- j& E% k# D" x# A
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
" T, ~' O' H7 h+ H 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet/ q% ^8 \; {. a3 v& ^
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |