AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44" S$ c9 a3 w6 T" i# B; a9 t/ z
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+ Y3 q j% ]8 r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. @! V3 G% ?* ?4 X4 v
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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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- M0 o# k8 Z$ z" x, X1 V# h: [Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards4 k$ j4 Y! |1 v0 i8 t
' e- S8 Z8 g# J9 c( _4 M w8 M4 s6 w, {" SJapanese Ships7 S7 N, S0 n6 {
BB Kongo
7 `4 G/ i8 L5 j( G1 X BB Haruna
$ n" [5 {3 M2 N9 z& G BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1 C o# |( \& v5 ~( U' y$ L$ y" M
BB Kirishima5 G4 ?. F* f- W4 X0 n( g
CA Mogami
# Y% Z) K; W- ?% b `. S9 [+ D CA Mikuma2 F( n& J( f7 ^0 C% \# l
CA Suzuya4 f0 E' v) Y3 N2 U
CA Kumano' y1 n) J+ _8 K3 ~% }$ q# e& ]
CA Kako
! f$ P2 R$ ~2 g: [; O0 V DD Makinami: N: M" _) q! k( R' p1 q6 Z
DD Takanami
Y2 @8 l& m5 @+ ^+ [' Q DD Natsushio
; D' h8 l9 c7 H: H& g& d# U DD Yukikaze
3 X6 M! ?) q, W7 I DD Hayashio. W, e f5 E: s9 c5 ` x. E' O7 q
DD Maikaze" P- ?( |2 U- y2 O, H
DD Isokaze
+ R8 W6 N3 W3 q2 y DD Shiranui( p# r8 P2 b+ q1 s7 f$ E' v0 s2 b9 V
DD Amatsukaze
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2 x7 p" O' B1 \8 V; t& S1 zAllied Ships
9 V& A, v; D8 A8 @) p PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
2 l$ L* C5 a1 Z& ?$ s8 B- O2 O0 S* o* _ PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 _, x$ W1 q6 ?+ Y" W PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 Y8 D4 x, C0 _ u# t PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* H( H% u1 ~9 P5 d" z
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
5 M/ W( q9 @7 A* w w7 H' L PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- ?( M+ U/ y [3 u- S
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk4 F2 M9 |5 F3 G: f" N
PT-60
* T" h# f. e) w+ i# E9 b5 k% X PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
3 m, w9 O' ]% k' V- { PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
+ \- P7 [/ ?3 \ P) |: N2 T PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk9 h6 f* }) {- C0 |9 H4 L, [9 A
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk3 i: g, f. N# w; U9 P1 t P5 m
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching! G1 ? k6 Q, A# @$ ?6 Z! S0 Z
Allied TF begins to get underway4 i9 W u1 _) y2 L
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
- G+ k/ f% N5 |8 X. Z8 g3 g6 y8 H2 KMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
1 ?/ K( U# ~( E+ J$ x. nRange closes to 25,000 yards...
! R9 _4 D* r s( U8 r8 CCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards" L" V1 n) `/ I0 c# t7 A# s5 h
Range closes to 20,000 yards...1 Q# e% k; f1 Z L4 H- I4 h9 v" p# S
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
" O; [& V, w$ W. E8 b* ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
9 U* T0 u0 F" m/ O, ^4 o' O$ aCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
* V7 A0 Q+ u+ {/ l9 qRange closes to 10,000 yards...% f: p& q9 Z( C" r2 o7 D( x$ j
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards; W. h+ ~: k4 x: [. [9 m& F3 c: j
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
4 m. \$ ?, p$ d; Q, R7 d" s1 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards! P' \8 D# Q m0 L+ p, _
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
4 }! [# N3 E1 e! x! `- L( Y/ YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
6 \4 x- f' q2 C3 ORange closes to 3,000 yards...
. s" V/ I- m1 ^2 O7 E! fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards5 P2 S* O6 H# g- X
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
* b1 k+ f) l! a1 y6 R3 S! c2 e8 iPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
5 i% \% m P. m) W4 `/ EPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards0 @8 U& Q1 i+ p* m* m$ z% [5 |
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
) P* R( d: b& E: Z. R8 aMassive explosion on PT-46
6 C' B+ P# J3 x nPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
: H* z1 c+ x% {) kPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards% c3 o( _4 m' h }
Range increases to 2,000 yards
2 C$ D; l' M5 W) n3 Z9 IPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
, P( U! @: B4 z. k4 j8 g; lPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
: q8 Z; q0 T6 Q% v. cBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
, L3 Y( F5 p& f6 \PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards6 J- [; ~: }2 ~- U) c$ O
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
1 ]8 [" b# S0 Z1 mRange increases to 3,000 yards t) _# Z, t7 m& v" j7 R- J0 T2 h& L
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards( u0 m: N3 z6 \" z! i |
Range closes to 2,000 yards3 u, q9 F' l9 O
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards; _/ I$ U0 v) y n4 |+ w
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
1 }4 l1 y+ h6 a) J4 {. ?7 E1 KRange increases to 4,000 yards1 Z$ t2 I6 e, }$ b$ w/ _& `3 d
Range increases to 5,000 yards% \' T/ s" l/ z; a
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 # g2 r z0 ?$ |8 v2 l% i$ z4 {
Range increases to 6,000 yards
, T6 }' o% R1 E) B* pRange increases to 8,000 yards
' X6 \3 ^9 K! t$ G' ], `% fTask forces break off...
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7 \& B& K# c" {. K& o7 |Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards- H: x; R l M2 u' f7 R
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Japanese Ships2 l% w9 S8 v# }0 x
DD Shiranui: @ [# j, d j1 n
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d% p# z: D& ^ PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight2 e7 g/ h, N4 H& y$ H
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
4 d, H; L* n+ W. H9 DRange closes to 28,000 yards...
% e% E4 `4 e( `: J% `Range closes to 26,000 yards...
1 i3 P; k0 V$ M1 V8 p0 ]Range closes to 24,000 yards...
# b( [ A* p& J5 J7 iRange closes to 22,000 yards...1 G- x1 d' y- j3 n ~
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
: ?) R6 u& B& W+ \( }Range closes to 18,000 yards...
3 g4 n4 l* a x- f ~9 zRange closes to 16,000 yards...* e$ j& q% x* s! I
Range closes to 14,000 yards... S! c1 e; k- j3 \" {: j
Range closes to 12,000 yards...6 o+ I2 I5 w1 ^0 V' J( i& L
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
+ V+ ?! g4 t% @# F9 e5 {' @Range closes to 10,000 yards...
2 s5 e" a/ k- A3 c% b5 I; t- aRange closes to 9,000 yards...7 f# ~$ L( T6 p. g
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
( y- Q& ^! \( {. K8 f9 A9 H" `, `Range closes to 7,000 yards...4 T4 ^% t6 T5 q9 R
Range closes to 6,000 yards...% r! h5 C5 W/ n3 Z F( C. W
Range closes to 5,000 yards...2 A2 z0 d! A' K
Range closes to 4,000 yards...) p. P' k" i4 N _9 J' i
Range closes to 3,000 yards...& q$ w& z+ W1 N# J' E
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
3 E+ @/ D2 S: Z5 R/ B3 {: gCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards1 z3 [$ o4 K9 m l8 r
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
# A; t, Q: J9 f8 j0 [4 @, N" N+ {2 \Allied ships attempt to get underway
! q. L2 J( q) `Range increases to 3,000 yards) x$ {6 P% a- M' @8 D/ [
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards0 c6 |' o7 f* r$ q& v# M* {
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127- N. t! Z& v% |; v# r
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Allied aircraft1 a! E9 C: g' p
no flights
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8 p* c* C) _$ _$ FAllied aircraft losses1 y/ r7 j8 B8 C$ {$ S4 s
Catalina I: 7 damaged
) n. m' x3 U2 ]+ e Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground7 J" t. @2 u" J- H* K! Q
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
& I& |; ~4 ]" x7 v" H9 u P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground$ h2 L1 f7 u' }% K
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% v; M- H5 J1 {7 ]9 S2 s BB Kirishima: h3 q/ S! I8 e- a1 P8 n$ B
BB Hiei* \, d% C* W. ^3 ]& S
BB Haruna
) O4 ^) [; H6 v& p BB Kongo
/ a `+ Y0 i2 r CA Kako
7 g. j6 G8 V3 i$ A T6 H9 G2 `& _ CA Kumano5 Y& U Z/ s5 w
CA Suzuya7 q2 A# I0 Y$ h2 P& Z) Y
CA Mikuma0 S1 R) Y0 @$ M6 O3 O- k4 J
CA Mogami% a% }2 {- P: Y, m- h
6 ^" C9 n. ~7 h# A; W! ]Allied ground losses:
; L! }& O3 [, |" `3 [ 274 casualties reported
' I8 }# a+ h# h, }, A" L Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
6 }1 Y# P [6 R: c: D. I) w Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
% y) D" ]+ [0 A6 p Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
& D+ }2 V o# n$ m0 S l Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
& J4 \4 F7 O' s* r0 m% @/ E Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 177 ]; v- R1 A. k% g* p2 {
Airbase supply hits 2
& z2 T( G* M; a; ORunway hits 35. O% ^/ Y$ S2 c0 k2 p
Port hits 5; L' c* w4 \; c# G" l" b0 H! c1 y) L
Port supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
h) V# R0 M% ]7 g1 BBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
4 ]0 O3 h$ X& h9 ~3 n8 gBB Haruna firing at Gove 4 v' ~5 N. x# Q- G
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
3 v! y! E c7 h( e( YCA Kako firing at Gove / h6 a3 [+ m* |3 f
CA Kumano firing at Gove
2 l5 n& G+ {" a( y0 XE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
% ~, J0 J+ e1 ~2 c- t2 LCA Suzuya firing at Gove ' G1 v5 G* Q: \' ]8 q
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
$ u! c: O# o5 @3 M" J B) B5 ~CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |