AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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" Q* `$ m8 l+ I* b( p7 x9 A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Gove7 G3 a6 G& d9 q n+ c. [% H
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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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* f( A5 U" l& U1 p" INight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards8 x) g! O& Q# \0 J N- z
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Japanese Ships; x$ \. Y/ |& M# Z
BB Kongo3 |7 y0 }9 H" h" Z# j
BB Haruna( Q4 B' m6 c& H3 m9 n! I
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1- O. L9 _3 h5 M
BB Kirishima, g, \$ U2 }* I% k" |. Z
CA Mogami
" }, W) l, c: k( V- M CA Mikuma9 \' s- N( _$ H) h5 p
CA Suzuya
. e, P/ x- o; W& B9 N$ n8 g CA Kumano
' i2 p6 v8 p% L& F# ~9 j CA Kako
3 h& T) l7 g, o3 a8 e DD Makinami
+ e. d1 C" J+ c/ E3 C) E DD Takanami
3 j. J9 x" R/ a3 }6 y& W DD Natsushio6 _7 T, E/ B6 C$ r) _
DD Yukikaze/ y" O% F% n8 u n
DD Hayashio4 D' ^/ W5 w+ Y$ [; B
DD Maikaze
, r5 i- d$ y! g4 f+ l DD Isokaze# `! a. Y3 U% R' G7 `- m6 G
DD Shiranui
: t, m2 A6 N w% R1 ? DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships& ?' w6 q9 G) ~6 I1 O) L
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk' T( W6 K% j9 D8 J9 X
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk6 L; z9 w) z; _0 G
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
9 \9 z, a1 i m' s+ o PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* v6 O* f- C1 W3 }2 H% `$ Z
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
2 i& g2 W- F' Y; |8 `1 a5 C: n9 B PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
2 V% ` h1 W4 m PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
" z9 }/ y9 O3 A PT-60
/ z! V! @; }, ? PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# L4 G; a) N: v4 V PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk$ T- L* e+ x9 |8 k# u
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk7 `; u2 ]& j4 t: g3 Q8 Q( ~
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk+ k+ ^+ i3 F+ O/ @3 l& [
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!# n0 a- Q3 K7 g" X6 R
Allied TF begins to get underway. o8 @: A: g7 u. m# q$ o
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight1 n2 @; o+ U+ W
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) E& `( ^* K$ X0 zRange closes to 25,000 yards...7 q; [. M" @0 M, g2 @
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards6 O: N0 T& [, i# K! ^
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
# w2 t, I4 ?; z: v) QRange closes to 15,000 yards...
# o* Z1 j8 y0 P- J8 wCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards% V/ {4 I/ o3 ~! _( {
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards7 F# `( ?& k) E$ [9 Z+ I& Z5 w8 T
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
/ \% w2 n( z; ~) w( G+ p ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
0 h) |4 J* d' E( zRange closes to 7,000 yards...
+ s8 X! E; d: b# C' BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
# a2 f* P: H P# NRange closes to 5,000 yards...
3 V% r) ~* I9 }, G# N; zCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
! ~5 w. c4 Y3 aRange closes to 3,000 yards...
. r6 x; C- p3 Q [* S/ m+ qCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
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PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
) Q7 L3 ?! c4 |5 oPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
: j D( s& B: ?$ K5 ?# PPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
8 ~. ]( E1 p, r; @9 ]1 QMassive explosion on PT-46& n1 @9 \' o0 D$ \4 G/ [
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
. a. `" R( P. ^9 tPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards/ P9 {: }0 @$ ` r% _7 `
Range increases to 2,000 yards
( z7 ~' a, L6 y# TPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
8 ~5 M& `7 P6 f6 m" @) ]PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
2 g/ T: H% Y) |) k _1 ~% FBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
+ C( B! r6 H7 B" W* A0 ^PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards/ x% B" U* M0 { J G* R- q
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards, O* |$ H$ ~7 G
Range increases to 3,000 yards
: K6 `! e. _& u! o8 RPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
+ D5 A$ C) n \: @' RRange closes to 2,000 yards: ]+ W8 u) x$ n) D- _
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards, Y% j5 q( _! o0 w# Z' R/ B
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards5 s3 q3 \) i% H
Range increases to 4,000 yards3 d4 A! o7 R) I# H- f
Range increases to 5,000 yards
! B {. \6 ?; T7 D- L! IDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ) m# P/ }0 ~5 p9 `. ]: i$ u% m8 |% Z
Range increases to 6,000 yards
0 d. ~( x* l, i o& W5 }: Z+ lRange increases to 8,000 yards
3 x! n; P) R$ X/ [- @9 r4 O cTask forces break off...6 l$ M+ F8 ~/ c$ g
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& b2 C( F" O- }) @8 J! }Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
7 n* _7 `+ Q* C* O% a! ] DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships) m2 r1 W) e/ C! G5 D. g. C: K: x
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk, g0 p: c5 u7 H& g
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight1 D$ N. z+ a* D: \! B( ~5 M; L
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
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Range closes to 26,000 yards... f @2 o1 J7 \, e1 L6 s- x% ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
2 r+ F& X$ P# C7 e/ k1 H) BRange closes to 22,000 yards...- G* ~- P, Q: H
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
( f0 [- d5 \1 I$ l' U& rRange closes to 18,000 yards...
0 L( X% C4 ?% J0 qRange closes to 16,000 yards...1 ^+ ^- I, L v
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
) n! q8 p+ K3 mRange closes to 12,000 yards...( n# z8 o: j! l9 D& ^$ b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...5 r% K {2 E5 T% y8 a1 S
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
! V8 o5 D( @* [# s& c: |Range closes to 9,000 yards.... d' }: m0 Z0 D, N0 g
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
) a: I. X* j1 v, h$ ^7 cRange closes to 7,000 yards...
9 |+ P" B5 f0 e8 ^Range closes to 6,000 yards...
( k7 k: o- p6 uRange closes to 5,000 yards...2 h; O3 }# D9 J( ~* R
Range closes to 4,000 yards...* k" w5 L% c+ ~+ k
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
' o: Q- s! r5 @& x( vRange closes to 2,000 yards...7 A" t; y9 A, k3 u. i
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
1 ]1 J4 ?7 W# Q( L3 jCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
1 v2 C. f* R; T, F( yAllied ships attempt to get underway6 M5 l5 ]/ R. m* V
Range increases to 3,000 yards, | ?6 u2 r) m5 v0 A
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
% T- d+ e4 T" x. `( b' Q2 U; L" B* FCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127! t0 n( E6 D0 [0 w/ u5 j
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
3 E0 y/ ^# D7 i4 Z Catalina I: 7 damaged
3 I" y* S% a; x" i3 k! o: X Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
% w5 [; A" ~6 p1 v P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged, X+ F" c* K) a
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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/ X8 V1 l8 g5 J% c2 u BB Kirishima
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BB Haruna
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CA Kumano3 x8 n7 A9 `3 v0 T8 m) T" R# I
CA Suzuya
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CA Mogami' k3 \* O/ ^; u$ q0 L/ O
4 k5 h8 U& S. S, f. ^# NAllied ground losses:( d# s) p2 i- [! c- z$ R# a ^
274 casualties reported6 }7 x' ?# u4 ]6 l
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
/ p4 F5 m- ] U8 `2 s; M Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
) T* I" o# v% I4 h" E# l Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled+ o7 z1 z+ R# I2 u
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)0 }2 X6 R* N7 Z5 m" L9 t* b
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 17
1 e8 s8 e" o5 ?Airbase supply hits 2
4 l0 o6 V- a. K: T. @. {$ T( QRunway hits 35
0 ?$ n( }5 u: ?# ~( n' |: e3 LPort hits 56 Q b0 C* A3 b- h- i
Port supply hits 4: r* E8 c! }+ E. J6 f' E
$ {! f$ B* G% e% rBB Kirishima firing at Gove ) A3 z6 ^5 f+ [1 m- g& t
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade5 T. N3 J$ e, v: K* j& q' ]
BB Haruna firing at Gove . b) F, x& j4 j8 h
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade S2 x( X% V7 @8 n
CA Kako firing at Gove
R% `- [4 z6 Q, r% ?5 gCA Kumano firing at Gove $ W! c8 l6 k' Z) c
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
$ i. |7 ~8 P* \. dCA Suzuya firing at Gove
% \9 a" B( b/ BCA Mikuma firing at Gove
1 K7 ^3 b/ J1 H9 w' P9 R0 \) Q3 uCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |