AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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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Gove2 z0 i) S5 n; K1 S+ s+ D5 ^/ r
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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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! W0 ~3 a% ?- m; x# RNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships7 q C. f2 N9 H
BB Kongo7 a9 f% H: [+ K: V5 h
BB Haruna1 H0 O0 p* k. |$ f P8 I2 @- @
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
8 i' L% r* c6 f# y! e# E' `! i BB Kirishima
: g6 O$ L3 U( T, }+ e1 J/ y CA Mogami
0 k& t) U l3 r3 e6 [, n2 W" U& H CA Mikuma
; |" ^3 B9 A, Y! H* S) F) d3 y# r CA Suzuya
; Z; ?$ j* K, B5 e# j CA Kumano) E/ l7 k) z9 a0 c( E
CA Kako
+ a0 W4 z H3 [2 d% }2 o3 s* S DD Makinami
7 P, l- x- G" V" W$ Y+ e DD Takanami4 Q d2 A( S z! Y# S
DD Natsushio" @& b" i" L, _
DD Yukikaze2 y. [$ K9 K1 ?0 P5 S% L" F
DD Hayashio
; g; M3 p; D y+ S# B, n DD Maikaze
2 P. n3 f( f- _: h; c DD Isokaze
0 {1 c" S4 E4 }- D DD Shiranui8 v: F5 C d( p, o/ s: Y
DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships
- e4 D) @0 ^& R/ M+ \: \ PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk& d C* X' S J# V
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
/ D/ F7 V7 w5 ]8 g( K PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk7 ?' h. ^ ], _2 D9 z
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- s Z2 `: q" }' e( z- }* T* \
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk/ ?% z5 k% G+ Z# F' a2 }7 x
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
' [' s7 R j" p" f [# f PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk) q3 ^; f' N8 ?- \. i# r
PT-60& F# S$ s. v' S ?$ ]+ z
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
0 O/ n4 E8 j- ?, { PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* L* O1 y9 j! v5 ^) ^8 X! t
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk( S- r$ C' W H1 U1 h& ]. q$ O
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk$ J: X& j5 p5 f/ J
1 D7 l4 A% d' t) D/ h" tJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!7 \9 F2 _& u) C
Allied TF begins to get underway
- _, D/ f% H8 l- HLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
0 i' ]: ?. S/ V5 S7 T6 Z3 {- JMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards9 f9 a% }/ C( ~; D7 C
Range closes to 25,000 yards...! O& Y3 q5 e) F0 x- o
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards1 C+ k7 Q& S6 m( j: y5 l
Range closes to 20,000 yards...' z- J K/ l0 o! o
Range closes to 15,000 yards.../ m% O1 ]1 V3 i) s
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
' T, a; t0 _2 o( q+ ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards) U) [1 P9 Z# |! [* S" k
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ Q9 R8 T. m$ b, Y) R3 ^/ S, N- V
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
# Y- [0 g2 b& a6 ?% o c% zRange closes to 7,000 yards..., P" k X, a( _# q/ P: W0 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
* a0 d+ x3 ?4 s2 |Range closes to 5,000 yards...: `0 Y: B7 F- _3 E* e- k8 f0 o8 [
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards, c2 h# b6 A. M/ f( l5 T
Range closes to 3,000 yards...- A( `0 L4 U9 }% K" ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
" c# w, l) U$ k: F& O; ARange closes to 1,000 yards...0 Q; [* f' T6 R' v; `6 g1 Z8 `
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
: }$ |# ^! \* F+ S- @# G8 LPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards( t# |: Q$ D8 A2 l. l X
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
6 f% C6 k* U( Z7 B3 T' d$ J1 R# uMassive explosion on PT-46
' b& Q7 B" a& x9 Z# z4 I9 J/ ?PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards8 x% _( }) j0 o( j7 ~" H' b
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards' C& }7 |+ [2 o: |+ z
Range increases to 2,000 yards6 l& }( X2 V( M7 ]1 q0 S$ i
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards: n5 X5 }* F% s1 i
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards# z& t- x _. Q( Y2 \6 f2 Y/ r9 _
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards, L5 D* W4 m3 @$ @2 e# x( S
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
: N" w3 Y7 e+ M6 G* Q0 ^2 FPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards- c* }; x) m( o
Range increases to 3,000 yards
" h! a9 I% D. ]9 l( mPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
* A2 u! m# h& J2 F' A$ `& A yRange closes to 2,000 yards8 ?5 d" X5 X. U- j0 p
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
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Range increases to 4,000 yards0 Y+ z h# K9 \4 E( G
Range increases to 5,000 yards
, @+ D- Z$ u1 dDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 8 K; j' E3 j& b) _
Range increases to 6,000 yards2 Z @3 `) _8 O
Range increases to 8,000 yards5 }4 N! f" a: R- O. i
Task forces break off...; Y1 u! e1 Z3 }; M7 a9 u0 d
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 m$ O& |) R; G: D- t% q
DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships. G. }* J2 q9 g+ `7 F
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk: S5 }; x+ |; S' j y6 u6 x; x
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight8 y3 u J! ~$ ~8 ]" V
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards V6 `9 [+ N7 k( ^! S
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
) I% G. f7 u1 rRange closes to 26,000 yards...( ~9 U0 _2 H, F, ~6 @
Range closes to 24,000 yards...! _2 M0 \& U' ~- G. L; s- l& I
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
9 Z( H2 R2 V9 H( v- E4 e8 lRange closes to 20,000 yards...
' m8 F8 y0 R0 |1 |Range closes to 18,000 yards..." \8 q$ `9 t1 M, H
Range closes to 16,000 yards...( m( D ^& |* H6 J3 O' _; C) O" t' [. K
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
4 N; B9 y/ x& Z; |8 C; gRange closes to 12,000 yards...
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Range closes to 10,000 yards...
, @' Q I5 {+ ]* d; @& Y- T2 p, XRange closes to 9,000 yards...( U3 U/ k0 ^7 P) O/ D9 E3 f; Y% j
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 s3 k: z$ }3 D% b: z. aRange closes to 7,000 yards.../ B+ K& A* K- E% J0 B8 y: B
Range closes to 6,000 yards...* a6 j1 B0 E6 x: E
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
) }; e, @2 B/ q z, TRange closes to 4,000 yards...- u7 j7 z% n9 V6 ~' @
Range closes to 3,000 yards...$ Z' U, a0 \; e: X
Range closes to 2,000 yards...' o0 [4 z. a, w
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
3 o/ Q, s+ w1 s/ V0 g; S% b) M- x& ICONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
) |! Q+ K* e) ~* sAllied ships attempt to get underway
. Q& Q2 J1 I( {4 P9 ]; w8 VRange increases to 3,000 yards
`+ i0 w6 B( J- D" y4 s5 G5 x' dPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
0 q, t q+ @" ]! k6 Q0 s8 N0 yCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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9 J7 E+ D& J. y" Z1 dNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127 i7 s: B0 W) H8 f9 ~
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6 I/ y$ U% B1 z, P& IAllied aircraft losses7 t% `+ T q% ~- L) N7 z% E8 K
Catalina I: 7 damaged; S( O+ c% Z3 q
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
4 C7 m9 N6 s+ P( a" U# k P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged# ?" q+ `5 L, c3 R4 Q4 t3 u
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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' ~. A+ j$ V+ ^Japanese Ships
/ J& n3 c. l: h5 y BB Kirishima
0 U' r. Q+ _* A! y% K5 S% d BB Hiei( J; v0 w* E0 o2 d# N
BB Haruna
4 L7 ]6 O+ G$ ?0 s5 L BB Kongo
% `0 L" c# s$ `+ ^5 f CA Kako: c+ j) \- N2 M. M
CA Kumano
' f4 j2 M! J {' K' i- q4 Q, ^. H CA Suzuya0 h5 s9 c7 E6 Y6 ^; \
CA Mikuma
2 h' ^7 k, K* g3 y/ W" ] CA Mogami
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. H( {2 y1 J( zAllied ground losses:; p& ^2 S* O/ o% [2 }0 x+ a9 ^3 W7 g
274 casualties reported# U" Q3 H7 ~. o0 V
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled; F0 K9 {, r6 j
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled4 ~: I x/ i( I, j5 L: k
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled* F/ d; V0 `8 @/ v" y/ o: X
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) v6 W6 a5 b D( M
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)& K4 N. f' Y5 a# X: F
% a% P1 k) ]! |4 @7 V" H% t) KAirbase hits 178 `6 L3 z1 k& j4 A5 [
Airbase supply hits 2
`- D6 {" N% |$ v9 Y$ f8 S6 z, qRunway hits 357 `3 w8 |9 Z1 ~) U1 s; n) G; t% y
Port hits 51 h, i: h; R3 z" b! X% s
Port supply hits 4) y9 ]# i6 N0 r7 s2 u; N
& g$ X0 Z% M3 [- [BB Kirishima firing at Gove 3 k7 z) A# N, T
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade) W/ V u7 L+ E/ U) N" S
BB Haruna firing at Gove
% r& f4 G$ ^( p) W: S, I. D/ eBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade" x5 G$ u; W+ `; o$ C5 {- j- N; g
CA Kako firing at Gove
2 [$ h" h# K% Q' fCA Kumano firing at Gove
; }. k% s( }# k1 FE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
, }9 U0 t! a( [- F0 W4 tCA Suzuya firing at Gove 5 N9 o( o+ J6 ?" |8 x$ L1 \% m5 b
CA Mikuma firing at Gove # S$ W; m5 E) E' f& [
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |