AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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5 w; M( d7 N+ n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# N2 {9 i+ s1 k- K1 ?
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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 & ^- |% ~, r8 S' c9 a
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards7 H0 G# @8 r( n' F; N/ C: E
: a; L$ s4 `! Z8 S( GJapanese Ships) [9 |* j! O, q5 j
BB Kongo
4 x6 b! {0 @) z3 B BB Haruna/ j* D2 g5 p0 t7 e; f% p
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
9 h0 o: X: J( \ R* N) F% A BB Kirishima6 |- ^7 h2 X, c+ r2 H( R
CA Mogami7 Y9 i: l5 a/ p% W: Q5 E( a* i
CA Mikuma1 K% V3 s/ K. k5 G }
CA Suzuya
4 U. ~( Z: F6 e& ` CA Kumano5 M& ?2 q- t. l! r' ]3 x# V
CA Kako! e5 G. N- P5 U) P0 Y ?
DD Makinami; r" q5 r4 {6 u8 w& Q" q
DD Takanami2 f# S$ w" M6 `$ U
DD Natsushio# M1 z0 _* M" s5 ?" r
DD Yukikaze
+ y+ `4 k% _- h& M2 c7 @! w DD Hayashio
, Q# p v) y# T% a DD Maikaze
! S( u& c* {8 J9 B+ s DD Isokaze6 [- Z/ _* e* N# w" }/ `- m9 l6 L2 b
DD Shiranui
. D2 T) M; W; ~# X" R# R2 t9 [ DD Amatsukaze
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* \7 n ^& r0 C0 YAllied Ships8 E+ W; q' a/ d$ p
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
& C4 {" s' Y% |: z6 _7 i) o7 V PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk" q/ Z5 g7 F+ e1 l9 a
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk! G( v2 S7 O2 v. ?' |7 L
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
* G+ W* w& x9 B! V+ b PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
& D: X: `* |% ~- O* y PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
1 c8 s* t& c3 u& I PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
# v% \# f: @: e4 S) [ PT-60
9 p* x: T& d, P PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& p( A; e2 t9 T PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk/ [9 d3 C" m* X B
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk( T( a; q1 t6 i6 C1 D9 U1 m' F2 s
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!4 v/ s9 V" t( N
Allied TF begins to get underway$ X# S8 w [1 c. m
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
) N' `/ O m8 r) L4 e" lMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards8 K1 W) C% E9 w+ H8 S9 d
Range closes to 25,000 yards...$ E& B4 f" \, d* u! N6 Y
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards1 o4 |% m1 s S" }' b, @
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
9 z! H& p, Y; _ u' [Range closes to 15,000 yards...! E; i% x8 P3 K) s S3 {* f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards* z$ k# r% @( o& W# L7 Z
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards( T% `4 z( V. C, L8 z" ]% g$ z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...2 U2 ^# M( s! g3 v. Y/ S$ T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards+ z5 G% l& w+ D' x% L' r+ X* S
Range closes to 7,000 yards...# h# A3 C4 D- h3 @; P4 ~9 u
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards' C. {2 W9 d/ I" S6 v! |) _
Range closes to 5,000 yards...6 @8 `5 x; g, z& R) g. _ k
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
: o' N% P ~3 TRange closes to 3,000 yards...! U# G* j6 B, E
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards2 g) ]6 w8 |) \ r
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
, T+ U# H0 z/ OPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards3 k1 E. _0 K5 e" c2 \' G9 F: `
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards( y, U: G1 h% s u4 u. x N( N
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards. P! ?3 X6 f) q6 V
Massive explosion on PT-46
8 z% D4 f) Y9 N' ePT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
4 s, {3 Q: h" ~) {* ]PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards+ T! i( n# `3 w' k& d% L
Range increases to 2,000 yards2 I3 z+ G; t/ W5 f
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
5 b( H/ Z0 C+ s0 m J* cPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
, I: w, x/ S4 WBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards% M6 j. ^% q. ~) e N4 L/ d2 K
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards% T" a1 l. [1 R+ F
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards1 c4 R1 t1 K3 B$ o% w
Range increases to 3,000 yards
$ W, J6 n6 p" t; w4 c, N; PPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards* _" k! |: D% w, D1 k+ M5 ~
Range closes to 2,000 yards7 Q% S5 [/ L" O4 a; ~, t. [
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards4 @1 d& \- H# ?. _) N
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards# w9 m- e* o4 c# h
Range increases to 4,000 yards
2 P7 V6 Y2 c3 e: IRange increases to 5,000 yards8 P1 _/ r" M3 V# p
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ( |4 {4 L# R' B8 j
Range increases to 6,000 yards. E0 R7 q0 B0 C+ k0 N( @
Range increases to 8,000 yards
, E, q* g0 q5 o% PTask forces break off... b% D& a& m9 S3 n0 M6 A* h+ Y" ] Z. W8 g
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships/ C" k6 C) m0 e
DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships! q( ^3 {& f0 h' T8 x
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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- H I! c. i! m. k' c7 `+ O# aPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight% t5 V) `0 d& Q( d. m
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards2 E6 |/ ?& B* W, O' f( z" V
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
8 Y# ~ o2 q, ^8 Q) B' u* zRange closes to 26,000 yards...4 \* r6 e4 w3 i7 ^ b) a: ]
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
& d+ p5 @5 q- R1 M* ERange closes to 22,000 yards...4 K1 R4 w% ^: [1 f
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
' `: J) X m4 r' M0 FRange closes to 18,000 yards.... E$ U" @ O2 w6 D
Range closes to 16,000 yards...( O& d+ i: u! b: O2 p' h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, d/ @4 O+ J2 J* { `: M. _7 oRange closes to 12,000 yards...( M6 l; i( D4 C. |/ s& q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
0 `: _0 [: l9 v( d4 vRange closes to 10,000 yards...) q4 Y* {+ L* R1 h" C, V7 G1 E# t
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
; N5 [. p2 s9 Y$ [Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 V- u8 t$ `: L0 sRange closes to 7,000 yards...4 }2 t; q+ ]' L; J& T
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
' t" g1 M& P! O( VRange closes to 5,000 yards...
! K2 t" X# H) A( VRange closes to 4,000 yards...
/ l+ n I- u, g4 R+ i2 ]5 RRange closes to 3,000 yards...
+ h" T3 \! T3 }3 wRange closes to 2,000 yards...2 `7 o# z/ Q- o/ q
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' L6 T# s3 u- f8 u# d" SCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards% u3 {+ M* P: i( N" ?9 S) @' R
Allied ships attempt to get underway- D+ K2 `; @! Q# M$ R2 Z
Range increases to 3,000 yards
N' {4 `$ g6 [8 S; OPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
; u" V6 Q! ]( d( N6 fCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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7 ]" C, S4 T$ \3 QNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
* H/ m$ \) L- @+ ]3 W, S Catalina I: 7 damaged
7 Q* E5 c: R- Z0 u U Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground" J' F( l J' A# f, D& B, ^, J- k
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged, |+ l1 A A/ @$ m2 a$ U: o% p2 {9 }
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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Japanese Ships$ l: w5 v4 i. ~- p" i( V" l
BB Kirishima3 p* E2 y4 y: k& G) }% r3 s
BB Hiei
X# j* u3 R' |: A$ U' K BB Haruna
3 t6 g) S. }, S. a' K7 E5 z3 q BB Kongo
9 B( a y* e& s* P; L CA Kako
0 X' |) x5 O5 O2 {. s( N CA Kumano
3 N1 Q; C% g. B( V0 N" Q, I% u CA Suzuya
% l+ ~& q1 F4 L$ d9 e* j/ K3 I; } CA Mikuma# w$ B {) C2 x+ m2 O3 a
CA Mogami
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; q+ J" F) I0 l$ G+ [Allied ground losses:
, o" ~9 F9 l- B/ ?* o2 J5 f A 274 casualties reported4 U. W5 U0 @/ i6 Z( J! l
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled2 ?5 F. n% a* f3 f z4 R8 n
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
* g- a4 W8 R$ j Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
8 o9 f7 J' w* ~* E7 ` Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)2 ]) @5 o% m4 _3 D
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)* s: {9 z0 F+ r
4 E7 X" p) h( s' l/ d% sAirbase hits 17* k: G, ^" l0 \
Airbase supply hits 2
1 V! Q! E/ S2 RRunway hits 35
5 Q8 c" M& N& I( t3 PPort hits 5
$ `2 |# F. C5 Z0 Y3 L- i5 G" HPort supply hits 4
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6 P; @ i$ [% _1 g7 a' p9 ?BB Kirishima firing at Gove
" x! h2 k5 ?9 a+ C9 b& P3 `0 P+ H4 lBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade8 g2 ^; w/ O1 `& O6 x
BB Haruna firing at Gove
+ q2 N7 \3 d( X% _BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
1 Q3 R5 c ]) |) y; S8 Z xCA Kako firing at Gove
# d5 @; p$ z9 g" p4 J* T/ bCA Kumano firing at Gove
6 [ D6 w- K, P0 u7 h1 t3 OE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
+ z7 n# l4 w8 ]& G3 h2 y3 M. R1 DCA Suzuya firing at Gove 3 }9 S9 d( X% s9 i$ b
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
/ {, N% ]+ R* V2 VCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |