AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 448 J/ X2 C. t; C
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1 L) ]- p* r5 V1 M6 K% `沉寂多日的澳北战场突然战火重燃,天蝗居然偷偷摸摸的把整个快速舰队机动到了达尔文,9格炮击盟军最前沿机场Gove$ c: u% W; a0 b
4 E& d! s0 n0 A8 i8 r# I$ \7 _2 |% a谁知道在能见度极低的情况下被盟军鱼雷艇命中战列舰比睿号一雷,所谓偷鸡不成蚀把米,比睿号中雷后进水倾斜,保守估计需要修理2-3个月
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7 H7 u$ z% w$ E1 mNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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0 E, R0 E7 T3 v1 h5 BJapanese Ships
& @- q; T) F% r1 Z. p, o BB Kongo V4 R/ X( J- s8 [3 a
BB Haruna8 R5 M2 w6 o; q) s
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
+ ]9 D9 _2 X) p2 X2 p* a BB Kirishima
' M3 v! D" p. p CA Mogami7 T& U0 t7 a+ w" y3 f
CA Mikuma' K( [* f: J. R- l
CA Suzuya& H3 [! {' T9 ^1 y
CA Kumano. D# p. n) N# I2 f1 w5 i% a
CA Kako
8 G" m& e# @. o* x. L9 n O DD Makinami9 Q1 H$ P/ k6 u2 e, o2 ~1 _
DD Takanami1 A5 [; k u/ W6 r. P
DD Natsushio
* x0 a$ _ ]7 E! f DD Yukikaze8 ^: E3 U7 k% y! m# _* H5 k& t' c
DD Hayashio+ N1 K2 E: m. V: s
DD Maikaze
) A- o) H: W2 }0 o- g DD Isokaze% g) i2 X; ]; B$ {7 m2 K
DD Shiranui
, \; Q, j$ h. g, l+ d DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships- I) S& S# Z( k7 A9 Q) u' v6 h
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
4 ?9 u- c( f% O PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk/ |1 H, g# c. L0 s; Y/ K
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
% J2 n! h ]/ o1 b/ V; Z PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk2 m2 H, ~) X" t4 X3 C" ?
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
, v% z7 |+ F! B+ l) F% q+ P PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk. @8 J( _/ |( ]" v: S. _4 b
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk8 c1 @- m7 o( y/ s: u9 v* x1 }
PT-605 S6 o' v! [: M2 \' g9 D
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk; T( \! _' ?9 w4 r& w
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
2 o6 W% I5 _% H) c2 X b( u6 }7 |3 I PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
, _$ b5 W* p- M) J PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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- M1 ^: F/ D/ k1 e6 ?Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
- m* [/ h& I+ q1 YAllied TF begins to get underway
4 p8 S) F! i0 oLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight; J; \9 p; {. ? @- u/ V% u
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards7 `, B8 w+ S6 x/ s8 v6 ~
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
2 a5 D. d) G( `% M: eCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
4 S: m$ E, a; p7 H W( `: CRange closes to 20,000 yards...0 w+ x* o7 c0 R" D# k
Range closes to 15,000 yards...! s4 ^' J# W0 r8 G, L5 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
; y' M. v2 x, mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
0 @5 x* s3 B3 z' g3 R; x0 c3 t6 I0 jRange closes to 10,000 yards... [! K4 z/ j% Z9 _* |" {
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
4 _% w1 A* Q4 X% SRange closes to 7,000 yards...
% w9 t/ ^: |7 }& lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards! ?# s* _+ {. E
Range closes to 5,000 yards...5 J/ L4 H3 M; T/ s$ k7 }5 r
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards3 l' e5 J8 n7 J% C) C) [% v
Range closes to 3,000 yards..., U8 k! N4 k( y: C: G
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
9 T L- Y5 Q' ~9 X- hRange closes to 1,000 yards...
$ Y6 a. y* e8 cPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards( A! D. j( n+ t4 L# u1 u- M* ^
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
2 h0 D% n7 w/ EPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
) _8 K$ I# W& L1 p O/ {2 kMassive explosion on PT-46
! j; O* v& w. {. b2 S/ D$ i; h& ePT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
& {" k/ L2 q7 G, \6 o: u+ rPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
P3 z/ N& o$ S+ @& [" MRange increases to 2,000 yards; z2 L) W) x! a( ?
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
. O' @: p8 K- M. vPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
! I" M0 M7 W1 ?$ XBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards! {' ]3 u6 J1 J3 ]' o @$ B) h4 \, }3 w: T
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
* V" T- I* P! B6 APT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards8 v. v$ E0 x' w: d7 k
Range increases to 3,000 yards
t- Y4 B6 [# EPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards2 {& F3 B, }; n ^5 A( |
Range closes to 2,000 yards
. Z x+ w/ i0 x. [, k5 _! q L7 ]BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards( _8 s) Q- } c, @7 C
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards) I8 S" L) @5 @. n3 v8 T
Range increases to 4,000 yards
2 \: f. g3 n4 D) ]Range increases to 5,000 yards2 Y$ L" ]( _/ a; K
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
, b! D9 a y$ j' zRange increases to 6,000 yards6 w2 U6 W% b! K0 l# S. ^" P) [& y
Range increases to 8,000 yards4 o* A) ]1 w+ \+ b2 N5 }/ A& @/ C$ U
Task forces break off...' Y- ?& t+ C, }( w+ A% ~
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships- Q/ q. j. ^9 P' }# h* |6 ?# t
DD Shiranui' @9 G9 H4 g5 l: N
, S% n" i, e6 U' z9 s9 w$ r" hAllied Ships
4 `+ R. I$ Z K& y PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk- I: F: S8 [( a2 Q. X
+ `* h! {& [' |3 o4 z1 D7 O+ p _' e% bPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
% y4 A) h- X, u/ h& P- ]Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards8 r" ^+ ]* C" {! U; ^8 H) q# P: f
Range closes to 28,000 yards..." i% l0 `/ u! W- Z
Range closes to 26,000 yards...9 B( @3 c% I0 H/ |/ R3 M% {$ b
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
4 Z5 [" ?6 e& m9 V( O% kRange closes to 22,000 yards...& Q. Y4 w4 D, F& Q: w
Range closes to 20,000 yards...# y1 l" J3 q C$ r) |4 d, v5 K
Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 A1 O; J% R. I+ h P3 L' l/ e$ r
Range closes to 16,000 yards...' V) ?! T4 h& _
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& I1 S0 Z* ?3 w; |$ VRange closes to 12,000 yards...3 D! s% p3 | ~2 y3 a
Range closes to 11,000 yards...8 ]$ @$ o- X1 T/ z, r9 q5 {
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
& r( q F" Q1 ~1 m) v+ XRange closes to 9,000 yards...
' K9 h& }/ O+ u: uRange closes to 8,000 yards...1 V# Q8 s2 t; B/ q1 c1 X
Range closes to 7,000 yards...1 u8 A7 B. c* @7 H9 t4 z" f
Range closes to 6,000 yards...9 V x+ g- Z' F! C+ i( S% j
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
- t& B' c) o) d$ ]. g$ O1 RRange closes to 4,000 yards...' B( P/ _* K% W/ }
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
% }; @8 v) n7 G7 SRange closes to 2,000 yards...
. _' h2 W) U o( S/ ?$ m" WCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
$ U& F) V K+ ^/ r1 N q0 p1 bCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
! j9 U# Y& c$ e8 ~0 ?$ VAllied ships attempt to get underway# Q0 w# P" R5 j y/ g; T* D
Range increases to 3,000 yards( I0 S+ n: U0 _; B
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
, I9 U- r. J- D# y; xCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...# {+ b8 |' Q, n* Q$ ]
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5 X$ t4 p% u6 N+ M! M# t8 R' pNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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no flights+ V1 q0 d) X: i" x) ?# H2 Y
, W) k$ d1 u" E# T6 z6 N8 HAllied aircraft losses' [, |& S* p: Y: x/ {4 A9 U' ?% \
Catalina I: 7 damaged
: T0 L" s5 {4 l x7 K Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground: d: C+ B7 }: W4 Z, ?4 N
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
4 A8 o9 V# A& {' O P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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Japanese Ships
d! n* ]* s! T" O; N9 `/ f BB Kirishima3 m$ p+ b6 S1 E
BB Hiei
c2 C1 e% g ^% I- l* W6 R* e/ W BB Haruna
# }( v* C' C, j6 P7 h BB Kongo) A. V& Z1 r1 U
CA Kako4 W- j) ]1 W+ b" |" n3 r) p" `# t
CA Kumano, Z3 T5 l! v3 m: P0 B. L8 M) {
CA Suzuya
6 ~; L' `2 M0 ?7 c+ Z3 X( A; u CA Mikuma
3 i2 c! j) x( i, N# f) v' Z* Y+ V) { CA Mogami
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Z% j! x" N8 _1 n* IAllied ground losses:
3 l! k& O8 ^. z) |5 ]# R- { 274 casualties reported- d6 s& _$ [' z, c$ L
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled2 R+ R1 y* n, ~& F7 |5 }
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
2 b& Y/ K. t. Q, L; d* t Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
* |" @" l2 {% z; b Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
$ P9 w# M+ ?. _# C$ f Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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2 Q& m& p' {9 Z0 gAirbase hits 173 p+ _4 A3 R+ E5 k
Airbase supply hits 2
5 h. A2 g0 A+ [1 {* r! C5 TRunway hits 35
. Z5 ^8 |) |$ D/ A& I: D- L" L! hPort hits 5
/ c: p( F- M. S# r; d9 LPort supply hits 4
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) G& r" _, Y# f6 m8 I& e) a' ?2 HBB Kirishima firing at Gove ( H6 B9 `! Y3 l5 n) K$ x- `
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade* z0 c; a. X4 }$ B2 B% E0 ^
BB Haruna firing at Gove
% i, O( v$ }1 D" f' ^0 ]+ ^. QBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
1 h+ a+ n" x7 N9 l7 ^' n& ~CA Kako firing at Gove 8 A% U6 W* W3 O3 C7 l
CA Kumano firing at Gove & b5 [& ]. [1 Q6 }9 `
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya4 X$ y2 G: x9 o8 Y' O3 C
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
0 W! O; q* ^5 z3 FCA Mikuma firing at Gove
, g0 A/ H7 F' y/ [! D! \CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |