AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44$ p$ }# U: q& r3 e* ` A
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$ ?5 }1 y7 m- j% \" y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' R6 f! a: K$ I1 W1 k
& \! E5 M5 F4 N" r7 m6 ?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 1 L$ ^( B* S: p0 R
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
" G5 ?' \/ y- C BB Kongo- m' _+ e7 I8 d! ^
BB Haruna5 ^; f! Y+ F; F/ c
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
" M7 F# \) d( O* I7 z6 h1 N! ^, z BB Kirishima
$ M: b/ j5 C+ c1 } B# ] CA Mogami
+ C9 O6 s, H# } y CA Mikuma3 S7 S* n" b- E" H
CA Suzuya2 d" g0 d$ w; E s6 U
CA Kumano
, v2 L/ b. f# b! I CA Kako& D$ X8 B; l, [ y* P6 `/ |
DD Makinami
: b. F" C- _( |# p* n DD Takanami
# H' Q! D, S3 K& G DD Natsushio
8 s; c4 ~ \2 y# `8 _. N3 A9 w$ s DD Yukikaze* o2 q2 k" Z B$ d7 m/ {; ^- U! ?
DD Hayashio
6 {, l, h# G! ]/ g. T5 w DD Maikaze
4 I1 @6 Q( T! K DD Isokaze
* A, k4 H" w) z: V/ N& r- Y0 I DD Shiranui/ X* y: i0 f, v
DD Amatsukaze2 x/ y& r, ^' |5 O
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Allied Ships
. k( k4 y4 s% B( k% x PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk: } B L, C- c6 F r
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# P' [; m* G6 l0 K* c PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk$ m* w- T8 Z, z& `! j
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- ?' Y `( r9 ^. J
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk" {3 } m- ?- j
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
/ |* j# m! g; p. q1 B9 X0 Y( K PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
( a8 q5 W2 s0 m0 W% F PT-60
" e. @- O$ c C3 L PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
3 m( y" E! J( e; T PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk6 p+ b5 o! u# e' H
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk5 ~' A8 b* ^# z1 t5 A! {, c
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk' |' O" d6 t) j
& f, g2 r+ |: QJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!6 d& k: I; o4 N$ j1 |$ G, `
Allied TF begins to get underway; h( e9 q" Z1 Z ^5 S1 V
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight8 P- d, r( O; Y* w8 D; l$ @: B# U' c
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards% ?% T) u, U$ ?/ d
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
6 J5 N- k1 U# Z/ A1 d$ w7 XCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards2 d( ~$ m5 c! ^" O- e
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 D" y5 R2 j0 J7 q
Range closes to 15,000 yards... W, ?; X0 p y$ x9 X5 t
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
" F7 P" E9 G9 j GCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards- T7 d n7 S2 H" w" B
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% q* }. i) L9 {# t( i, }! `
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards! |* A/ j$ Z9 }
Range closes to 7,000 yards...: x |" Q3 |7 u) @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
" E8 I$ X' R0 Y6 W- y+ X! `Range closes to 5,000 yards...
' x8 c: f6 C' e% {2 ?' F4 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards- u4 X- h. p1 o# p$ H/ Y& _; c
Range closes to 3,000 yards...9 \! D( f- r$ P+ x' m9 o1 p
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards @' e4 w( p# ] e3 ^6 c" M
Range closes to 1,000 yards...1 B' B; E2 P d; U# g/ r; J" T
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
5 g; |" M0 K/ cPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
8 j# j, H# [$ G7 jPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards/ n3 ^8 J! u! r& ?
Massive explosion on PT-468 d! M/ _& ~ g
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards. L8 w' a9 H: Y# q( t
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards( y* f! P! |, k$ e, d; j" _
Range increases to 2,000 yards
7 S( C' W' @) qPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards0 v; I- R) j8 I V5 q7 d4 h
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards, Y' |" S$ Q% _( P" u4 a9 N
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
0 W9 ]/ x% ~: G g: uPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards( W) \) J' z0 n Y1 i4 H
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards9 c: c! J& D( G7 g6 h
Range increases to 3,000 yards1 H+ a3 D! {# V
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
1 D7 b: ]: D7 ^3 U; ]Range closes to 2,000 yards6 x. i& ~3 J5 ]/ e
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
% \6 r2 z8 M0 I/ g! kPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
$ B0 g4 X5 J; q% R) M) KRange increases to 4,000 yards
$ t& k, H* {2 w( m+ {Range increases to 5,000 yards" ^* r3 Z* l2 }) E. d
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ( m6 ?6 }9 D. ~6 d7 l) m' Z% w3 n
Range increases to 6,000 yards
* v% o2 k$ v3 _Range increases to 8,000 yards
7 b; |' |) d& W a% s7 ^Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships" `5 t4 j. ^" R2 j! @/ a x( p
DD Shiranui
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" R9 v3 y% i* v6 mAllied Ships
; o) Z8 Z8 \) @0 E PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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' B/ r* x" X. D$ x( I9 kPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
`* l8 M' U3 t% K3 vMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards1 L- w% {: Q% [ i
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
& t- B3 c& V0 [. f2 NRange closes to 26,000 yards... ~- f2 X1 C8 @/ ]/ ~1 h, @
Range closes to 24,000 yards...0 G% Y7 `' s H: ^0 } v3 x9 M
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
8 s: a7 ]6 x; d! f& G% JRange closes to 20,000 yards...
6 @ H$ J4 F9 X- r6 gRange closes to 18,000 yards...
% T' ` r* R VRange closes to 16,000 yards...
2 l3 S' ~7 c, J) h# NRange closes to 14,000 yards...
1 W$ q' A! t# ?. J7 h+ Q8 s4 ORange closes to 12,000 yards...% G3 P8 f7 F* A' z8 X
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
" k+ Y$ z! t, E+ @% v. b$ nRange closes to 10,000 yards...3 d+ S! L% s! _/ |* ?
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ K) e6 ~ k' C7 A1 w$ gRange closes to 8,000 yards...3 w2 X' w g) L9 m/ c5 b; [
Range closes to 7,000 yards...2 V8 I, v1 c8 J/ s$ J
Range closes to 6,000 yards...+ J. q5 k8 _) O s
Range closes to 5,000 yards...- |7 t) {/ p% C( B
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
- e, k3 y N2 ?Range closes to 3,000 yards...
9 q) a" P' g: A+ T: f/ f8 [2 p* ?6 eRange closes to 2,000 yards...
7 {, e- A! }; S" Q2 ]3 h6 ?CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards/ N0 M4 W0 T0 ]% E# b
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards) S$ ^. ^8 N/ F- T
Allied ships attempt to get underway
3 L1 q$ H9 v8 B4 T. a7 G" i8 wRange increases to 3,000 yards
+ h- r' q. n! h# u7 p* I% ^PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
) Z1 c( A! L& q8 O/ _. x2 _, RCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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/ e2 u+ O' O: w( vNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127% b& ^* F' f. ^0 |- z
9 @% Z0 \! w5 O% p% WAllied aircraft2 L0 X: s; r1 U9 h" z
no flights
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# y" z/ x( J5 `! BAllied aircraft losses
: Y7 i# g, R. Z( O Catalina I: 7 damaged- B' b8 w$ M* P: w1 d9 G
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
5 G- d6 Q$ R3 Z P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged% r7 f' X8 u: C/ l4 y- _* |
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground$ y( b+ x" R2 R9 g
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Japanese Ships* j5 N5 N% p- O' D
BB Kirishima
& E% x" a! e5 t# ?7 O BB Hiei/ B9 J% A6 D$ L
BB Haruna
- E8 v$ o7 C) a7 `' @" J BB Kongo
& x# b" S9 n: L( `$ Y H CA Kako
8 m9 ?: o% B' ~0 T6 H# M CA Kumano
( c' E ^5 t) ]* w B CA Suzuya8 p: Q( u& Q. P% Q( B f1 }/ N- D8 E
CA Mikuma
9 g9 @9 ?4 V4 z5 B& F* E9 ^4 X CA Mogami- G+ s6 K# S3 z& k% r
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Allied ground losses:3 ?* f0 L1 i1 B U7 c
274 casualties reported
) T9 C( T1 M( M) N Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
: s2 ^1 P# x. N0 t' N- e: s Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
% y+ u) R1 I" W8 \& @2 B+ [- @ u Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
j# k1 F3 @$ P# ]! H1 ?1 W; Q Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
, D" o1 @7 i Z: W3 L- [ Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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3 w: W/ y1 K) n( H) ZAirbase hits 17
* ^! O( z# G q! E9 ?' XAirbase supply hits 2" w I6 h0 E; u9 s+ J
Runway hits 35+ S, U- W* Z! ?: O( R x
Port hits 5
% @: Y' g6 G$ BPort supply hits 4
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1 g m: w" z7 [5 q7 i& ~, |BB Kirishima firing at Gove
9 O1 ?7 h" Y0 RBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade% }# D$ ~( z' J" S! ?( B
BB Haruna firing at Gove - d: h6 `9 Y- u' U
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
/ b/ Q) V1 m/ `5 [CA Kako firing at Gove
( G; h8 k5 j) n. pCA Kumano firing at Gove
* c' g. q' [) }' T+ TE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya9 n& V, e+ W. \% ~# D: ~
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
* B* ? {4 s% Y& lCA Mikuma firing at Gove $ @5 F9 M2 U/ a% h$ I: m; M4 q# o
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |