AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44) b& f3 I/ Q6 C2 r/ k$ q
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. \: s' a6 y% V9 [1 O2 o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
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6 z% q% L( O. P2 J5 s2 g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 , x7 j" q! T+ A+ U6 j! j4 v( I
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards" C+ V' N E# `% H
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Japanese Ships
" q8 ^4 N; p! r/ T BB Kongo7 ?& G( e! h1 c" z+ S$ L
BB Haruna
7 C, c+ D7 |5 U( N! U: k* J' O1 S BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1; g) Z, C" |$ i
BB Kirishima# w7 n, v H% l5 H( G7 T5 H* P
CA Mogami
+ x# i7 z M, P. p CA Mikuma) B) Q1 v! v6 _( C0 V7 e' b% d
CA Suzuya, K8 @ c5 ]7 c/ X3 Z) u2 d0 W
CA Kumano. `' U6 |$ c( I+ w+ j, H# p
CA Kako4 l: x; `9 ^, N0 S$ a; ] [
DD Makinami
3 T8 I9 L. C, y! @5 z2 y/ Z DD Takanami
0 {* l' ~! }/ P6 m% t, |# v. z DD Natsushio
. M2 o2 ~# d8 C" M" q! ` DD Yukikaze0 c5 O! k! k. m/ I
DD Hayashio
. ], d6 u5 W3 j* y; e2 S' g3 k. b7 X, X DD Maikaze+ D- l; t# B }
DD Isokaze! Q. w! Z% N" g2 q$ |
DD Shiranui; O5 o. B. s: M. X9 l( f
DD Amatsukaze: g$ N, h) \0 b% R' N5 ]+ K
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Allied Ships
5 l7 O, m5 A) ~1 v PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk7 O' n+ G s- n$ f* M9 ~, @* Y6 y9 I
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
( Y9 \8 N0 S8 O3 N. P, Y5 x! z PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk( r# H/ B! l0 A( a7 ]4 k c
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk2 }' `: d. n2 P+ p# \- v5 c! H% I
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
: c1 R; \$ f' v! h PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 h: p1 E( H- P8 I* L7 e
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk- g: F+ M0 P; L7 k8 N1 y/ L
PT-60+ p3 m9 [! J* ?& _; o
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
; J( \( [7 b) V3 v PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& L5 `1 g5 i# ]7 p9 b4 I1 V; b PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
$ K: r4 u- l1 L5 Y% i: Z PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! q! n5 e' @$ N4 Z7 ]! c4 F8 }8 U8 c
Allied TF begins to get underway; V' e4 O- x8 N& E; q* p+ p
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
, m3 _1 B$ i9 \0 H9 I! S3 hMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards! z* Z8 W* |7 ^, k" e8 p( z
Range closes to 25,000 yards...8 i+ `" g$ H! a
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards1 @! q# \; g9 z
Range closes to 20,000 yards...4 y4 F, x- G0 n
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
d. l7 q/ Q# e# U, h% {0 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards- q7 @) s6 u0 C, U' R
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
4 g( B! u: {( |# e" E: q6 C {Range closes to 10,000 yards...- ^# g) W1 \2 B; M6 f; h
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 H4 L9 M$ E- W( ?* s7 m4 x5 m u, H
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
* F" @& ~2 x6 d* hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
; D5 t9 B& W; C2 F, {, ~Range closes to 5,000 yards...
5 N% x( C& D) I; `0 s8 NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
1 h7 X' n: w, J. S5 pRange closes to 3,000 yards... r9 W; y& w5 u9 ~; A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
6 s; l, t+ k; u! x+ R4 uRange closes to 1,000 yards...
Y' c) J7 ~( V6 G! z% tPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards" c2 b% R# ~2 K4 r$ q& o. @2 F
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards+ \1 ~. Q- v# Z& g) k+ v
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards4 S h7 N+ d3 d, T7 m( r. Q( `. C/ f
Massive explosion on PT-46. f& I9 ~! f E L+ k) x2 q
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards0 C) T! J7 {5 W* }
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
0 F/ G5 E2 [( V" p) {Range increases to 2,000 yards
7 [/ g+ A+ J: s; R* `PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
3 |, ^) V8 C- h+ p/ Y. ?$ R4 S$ U$ F9 BPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
: o$ |- h/ h3 I7 \9 FBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
2 B& N0 v1 D/ {5 BPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards( z9 o/ j# ?5 C! Y
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards: W" p! e, b4 x! m3 @; I2 A; Q9 c
Range increases to 3,000 yards
`3 r5 c3 I! R" uPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
& P6 {5 [: X( pRange closes to 2,000 yards
" e8 p* ]7 n- ^! n8 SBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
* u" \ j6 ~' b* Q6 B6 N' ^PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards3 S z3 k9 A! I/ R
Range increases to 4,000 yards
( `0 P6 ]" q8 E l+ N5 ARange increases to 5,000 yards3 s9 e" j/ E* ]6 I2 A6 s
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 : j6 R/ x- e) ]4 O2 F
Range increases to 6,000 yards
2 w4 T, j8 P) F* vRange increases to 8,000 yards4 u& t, z( X- M
Task forces break off.../ t8 C* k6 `4 s' M9 o
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards5 ^& Y/ e( n, ^ F# {
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3 f# P! n$ Y' G! K8 `) j DD Shiranui1 t8 p2 j Y# r5 J/ u/ X e
$ F9 u. ~1 F2 Y, yAllied Ships
; l; ]+ |: u, X. M PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk- n6 E$ |- m2 r6 \
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight; d( f9 v2 S8 Z
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards) e( s( V/ h m" a& \! s
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
/ e% D: P3 O6 r( S( D, [$ ]% jRange closes to 26,000 yards...
, l0 h' g) Z. O( j( O" q- nRange closes to 24,000 yards...: z0 R) P. j4 s" w0 B C2 ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards..., @# P" x3 C1 L/ [, m+ V
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 ` \$ _/ x. W) y$ {Range closes to 18,000 yards...0 k6 T/ e& W3 U3 q# M
Range closes to 16,000 yards...# U; c1 V1 C# ~7 a
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
# K8 ^: ?0 }1 w. b" p& b8 Y' dRange closes to 12,000 yards...* i% S1 q9 t5 i! G. z+ q: H6 H. m
Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 e/ n) }% R4 ], G
Range closes to 10,000 yards...& v3 z2 v8 |1 @* M
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
/ j, d6 S2 s/ {; W' XRange closes to 8,000 yards...
: _3 Q" W9 r! M0 Q1 IRange closes to 7,000 yards...
% u. |% [3 C" Z8 }0 F* bRange closes to 6,000 yards.../ e( _* k6 D! C$ }' W" b
Range closes to 5,000 yards...6 X: m" Q: T a3 l) X* @
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
% L* J, o1 G9 J( l# @Range closes to 3,000 yards..." Y9 e5 `, G8 u$ h: Z O1 E
Range closes to 2,000 yards...' O6 ^. A4 w2 L- x
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards# x; O+ P; m: B( x2 b% x
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards: r5 x \$ e; E5 i1 {
Allied ships attempt to get underway
, e+ @; P' P4 j' H, sRange increases to 3,000 yards
, ^& s: c5 {3 x7 UPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
* {$ Z0 B# ~5 D" j5 u% ]Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127; y$ U# s! m' w2 b
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Allied aircraft7 P; U& A7 l) H, k" r: o
no flights
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2 W' f% L2 s' f& A$ A+ l1 YAllied aircraft losses
% h$ p% b7 R* e5 J0 ^/ s$ s Catalina I: 7 damaged
0 b: g: I- z9 C5 j) l Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground% n t5 T3 X0 `' y Q; A
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
, `7 q" p, R. r# N B! J P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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Japanese Ships# ]! E" X& B( `3 X e H, a3 S2 ]
BB Kirishima
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, O1 L( y; y5 T+ {( c# O BB Haruna" J3 w4 y3 [7 ]( ?+ n2 k" u; y5 y; _
BB Kongo
6 a! @5 D/ o: e, t- a CA Kako
/ ~! K9 o' v$ {+ _ CA Kumano$ Q3 ?4 y5 U2 f0 `! H; W8 p* f
CA Suzuya0 U' A% p8 E& G
CA Mikuma
; ~' U) h; p: W. Y* C7 z" q+ Z CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:
* C W, |1 m/ ~+ l+ J: ~ 274 casualties reported( V! N% a) ?( [7 r* t. n
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
4 d y( a) n' W/ s7 y- Y& V+ n0 V Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled, D) k( k! e* @; j# `6 {
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
8 [) @3 o$ z; I+ L# f! G- ] Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
" Z! }7 G1 ~- D! d7 y& e Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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! o' T$ l% e4 o9 G% R0 _Airbase hits 17
9 f& x$ [! l) z) JAirbase supply hits 26 u% K7 x$ J! S* E
Runway hits 35
: m% e8 O& f0 R: q8 E! J' J0 v0 gPort hits 5
9 ]& n6 ?# e$ n1 QPort supply hits 4 i7 b( y$ V/ f) i" p* ?* R5 q: h( d
( t Z. S2 A \1 k4 t$ h0 ~, BBB Kirishima firing at Gove
( _( d+ D3 q2 _! l: w) K, sBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
: q1 q+ ]/ S+ H, v8 OBB Haruna firing at Gove
9 D* `# u) c% X1 kBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
! [7 i+ L6 m! _/ @% ~' wCA Kako firing at Gove
) b8 i* H/ ~/ D( L) S# sCA Kumano firing at Gove " ]$ |1 i& q- Q
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya* r' @, b. {) P% |4 U( I6 x
CA Suzuya firing at Gove 5 a, v7 B) o) f
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
+ y) \6 V m; r. QCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |