8月9号
+ Y3 h- L5 m) |/ j5 `& ^ S( y& t第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
& ]* m2 A. Z( j; K! z, e. R9 HNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
6 y7 x5 o) n% X: B' x+ D8 r no flights
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Allied aircraft losses% T& ~+ w4 C5 r3 ?: ^$ ~
No Allied losses
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! X& I6 t) B; B ]9 |Japanese Ships4 W3 u5 b; `3 J% A+ f* D/ L
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
9 K& r" S6 V" R$ D9 y" {5 D1 W CA Aoba& v. \5 N4 F8 U- B
CA Kinugasa
5 A0 b8 p! ?6 \8 s CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
. X& A% I9 x/ b _4 ` CA Kako+ V/ p1 B; R3 d) R$ x
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1& I. j( S$ H9 Y
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
; z& F7 L8 k9 u9 H! c CL Yubari ]" }. x/ A: S- z% F) H( T
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Allied Ships" U& n7 M6 M6 y! a6 c
CA Salt Lake City' B1 u/ ^' P6 |
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
, i& l8 d; x) q! F( V DD Grayson8 W+ @5 P) j$ K( [3 J/ g% R
DD Monssen
# t% _; z; e$ [4 L. U' u5 V% S& T DD Aaron Ward( j' R9 {- E8 [- m* N/ {
DD Laffey
: z. B$ k( o, c$ W- f1 r, B DD Farenholt
5 T/ _: S+ y9 a/ P4 \+ s- l# | DD Maury6 \* n4 l3 H, ^ h5 L! i' ^
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
s4 Y' h9 u4 _# O3 C! e DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
+ a6 }, p, L" t( U' @8 @ DD Stack, g+ o# I# V9 k0 |2 y9 |) Z
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
! }) a8 T: X' P8 |! a8 D" ^: ] DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight: K- s3 S, \+ p1 D# j6 I
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
4 q, j& z: ?# g2 BRange closes to 20,000 yards...2 {4 D" D( M3 D/ ]
Range closes to 14,000 yards...: r/ [& E$ T0 b, s2 I
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
0 h6 d8 E. _ \8 v" i1 vCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
8 J5 w! _; b: n" M9 a( QRange closes to 5,000 yards...
# }7 L. U+ g7 q7 [, H3 \+ HRange closes to 3,000 yards... s. @5 `: f( f, n/ K; O6 j
Range closes to 1,000 yards...4 ]! [8 P9 b$ r, d: I
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'9 r( ?2 L0 U$ v! ~
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards( \! A: g0 d" \6 @- X
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards) k9 F6 E# c$ C
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards4 O4 x' |2 Z4 B. ^! ^- `, ]: Q
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards+ a3 }" G8 S! @, ^
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
7 M& {. B" n7 p, f& q) e `Range increases to 2,000 yards( g7 [2 O3 d4 u) v. T* k
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards) p: [. z/ V; x7 i
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
6 x* I( F7 k6 @# e7 M( IDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards# A5 U" n4 {6 y+ }1 a% Q2 _
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
) o* U1 M1 A% gDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
8 P' R z; o& G4 K9 N7 o* u/ o& X/ bCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
& A- N( a( }: `( I) d# S) g6 uDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
* t/ k8 O' H2 [1 [CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards2 v4 _" s9 |) X2 P( Q" i5 [' i# \
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
) d1 G! [* l* C1 KRange increases to 6,000 yards! ^3 F6 M4 W! J8 n3 ]' u3 {
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
$ [: @4 ]. z# ?5 U6 {CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
% b& x' r6 c$ K2 t, vCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards" J) g2 L" Q* H; f
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
. f3 P! ~7 Y9 N: |' T7 cCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
* g+ @6 q, V/ F2 b& [6 O! qCA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards) w9 c" `3 [, q2 T+ V) ]0 y* r4 f
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
% P) N H8 b# m6 VCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards2 j+ J: b! s- q( E' e2 ?
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
: T2 D( n8 z, K9 {9 eCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
+ g4 G7 y5 K. DTask forces break off...) w+ c0 y* b, G* H2 C6 y
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, }& ^4 D: A5 B+ L6 z- C( @Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships. I. \0 U( H( p6 e: i# y
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
: B( |8 g7 ^' M6 _$ H CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire- P5 \1 D Y: j# X' o4 X6 g' i
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1+ j, F2 o& a% o* \# v K
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
6 u) b6 S4 ^3 D5 E) u4 g; m CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire: s/ Z8 h- N j2 e ?
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
1 P) b9 D. {5 A6 F2 [. ` CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire3 A" b/ ~6 j( s0 ?& [5 B/ o' w* o2 G
9 H: ]8 K0 \( V: L; o- y! UAllied Ships
" m0 x$ x$ @" [9 M* s9 l' p' t8 H CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
+ X. M& ]/ _3 P1 `$ f, i# Y a CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage; b& U; U& s% Y1 [% i& `' y- T
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* K7 l' `. M8 g- G DD Mugford
! d' V; V N; l0 T' |7 _3 E) l DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2$ \4 _0 M4 o9 P3 h
DD Patterson8 \- L, R9 R' c2 A7 b
DD Jarvis
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight) I' g4 k( I, m
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
1 E2 G4 U8 A$ P1 i/ v7 dRange closes to 20,000 yards...0 C" u, i: ^7 t5 D! X' O& }1 a% a
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
- r, ?3 y" i# ~Range closes to 8,000 yards.../ b% t8 ]$ T, q7 j% P
Range closes to 4,000 yards...3 R! M$ s' `9 r4 ?
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
6 E. ^( A" x i* A. h( ACONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
6 [. o5 k2 V& {CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
0 _ y1 V7 ~1 `# [% ?Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
1 s' q1 l. C3 ]: e' V2 D' HCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
% X8 G( C8 a! Z2 s# w9 LCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
- I9 E' [& g/ O6 PCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
! K4 L" i6 d$ q/ l8 X# \CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
! Y Z: q1 j3 m6 s5 D: S% aDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
3 ~% ` `, w) p3 S7 HCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
$ H: U4 A: R" |' K1 _ f* s$ f! h6 xCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
3 H( T: L) Q3 g6 ~7 g# H3 Y) ~CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards* C, T" ?% e% b
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards( O) E' V$ h2 {7 b# z* p% D1 F( u
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards! _/ u& \6 _/ l0 x
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards R* x5 z$ e/ L1 ?
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
+ b. A, Q, u- u2 J2 y9 m$ YCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards8 K+ C5 |5 U! S
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards. E% V8 D4 B2 s' q; r, y
Range increases to 5,000 yards
3 v" J7 A1 i$ _1 pCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
( J* u* q, x+ s0 \: }CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards; Z; I: N* t3 r3 X# f6 l
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
! i, Z. ^$ {( F; d( k4 RCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards+ u! a" {$ {! K/ m3 c
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards( I1 t( D/ d* `% S
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
# J( k8 y6 i4 ~ M L: T4 L6 zCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards1 O+ K8 G4 Z, T+ b0 r+ o0 p
Range increases to 8,000 yards
6 R( C8 h+ O- D: f H; x4 SCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
+ S) f9 o7 H3 o1 |" e* }CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards* C- y$ m9 G8 E; L+ m
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards- g. h- Q$ Z) ]7 H: I* z, K4 Q! m
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
" [1 S+ [9 {6 K0 W. i& l7 sCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards# X$ j& z# v+ n+ P
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
8 _* i: d0 p+ X% Q8 {* i- N$ WRange increases to 9,000 yards( N& J; L# c9 ^* d0 w' p
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
( b& b0 W: |9 u7 R" B8 R! hCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
+ q' N+ z8 a# D% s F. L/ X: \# ]CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards0 @: N; u( ]% F9 j7 L: \; i5 }
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards( T3 R# w7 B8 G# Y+ S) `; t0 k' {
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards
$ D- v9 E& c& j+ L5 L9 g& i7 rCL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
, A+ P1 E. E- L. C- f/ a6 x) vDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
/ C1 }% ^+ l/ G& W+ n1 s+ i) h oCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
4 T h7 V% `. R/ _8 C# i/ h0 u/ s6 nTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards) {+ B& B* _8 V; f2 T4 x
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Japanese Ships. ~' a5 N3 W& j
CA Aoba
3 d t- D& h( K1 k. m: s CA Kinugasa
4 W! ? w8 n q; t4 U) b; ^" y CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
7 ?# A' K7 i& `2 k6 H& e$ i CA Kako, Shell hits 11 I& S8 r5 f0 M: U% l) h
CL Tenryu/ _ S2 t3 W1 y$ n5 ~1 E0 p0 q
CL Tatsuta
- _/ z- ^3 v* |- v, H CL Yubari3 b8 o1 a5 S7 R: H$ _
8 u8 `! x/ E/ `! d+ a0 J* NAllied Ships2 J+ n% D4 u' \
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk+ n# E+ D1 c% m" e5 n; K9 _' o
DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight8 m ]+ e7 j* V9 n6 ]. K" A
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards: F% c3 J& e% x) b* a3 b
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
# m3 C, u$ K. K, g8 L ZRange closes to 22,000 yards...* T0 p6 D% T5 l3 _" U( N, \, s& q0 p
Range closes to 20,000 yards...: h1 l! |6 w- t5 I/ ]
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
9 r$ L' ~4 a4 U1 Y$ e& M8 [9 u% URange closes to 16,000 yards...! t+ e4 `) T& m- p' {0 o. N5 Y) t
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
- Y) Z& U8 K+ Z; _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
e! V) E! a8 R) ARange closes to 11,000 yards...
+ |3 `5 c$ b ^! {) T' ZRange closes to 10,000 yards...
' ]& [( E: z# e6 G S8 W$ U! u2 NRange closes to 9,000 yards...+ \8 e. U+ h G! F
Range closes to 8,000 yards...9 v6 V$ s9 ^% ~0 y3 g8 _$ K$ Z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
, N6 R1 L9 V5 u; f0 o9 n6 ^- L# GRange closes to 7,000 yards.../ b, p+ @+ q$ \+ X+ ], Z
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
; Q6 l- T+ d3 N( HCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
5 q4 ~2 N4 m0 R1 |1 f2 P7 X9 X$ w/ oCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards( B2 a3 M! N" w1 E! n& o! V+ J; V
Range increases to 7,000 yards) m+ h/ r( B& l- I9 ~
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
- s5 ?% W; o1 ?* h& bRange closes to 6,000 yards+ O8 `9 J+ B# [5 l7 |& h0 y8 f5 K
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
6 ]6 m& O* Q; U2 |CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards$ F, g# p) f7 B0 n! Y l
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards3 G% l4 V9 i. f9 o$ `. q k5 t
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
, `( f1 `0 r# I qRange closes to 4,000 yards+ g. f: r1 ?- Z" |- T, X: Q
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards7 l; r# o& k5 G2 k0 T" F
Range increases to 7,000 yards( @( A, I" ^, p4 x
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards. K; E) b: }9 ?& f5 l
Range increases to 11,000 yards/ x: X" n$ ?6 A0 j3 K1 f
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
* z6 o# j' c( @1 F5 m0 t4 C3 q: AAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
5 a# z* A3 M1 ~! M! y% ^Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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5 N, o! {6 d# qJapanese Ships* ?. t) ]% Z8 ?* ^+ Z, Z
CA Aoba
8 n; h* O% I; j, t. T9 f1 c7 r- ?+ r CA Kinugasa" m. h7 e# `: L
CA Furutaka: c8 [: @ E5 Z% b
CA Kako, Shell hits 1. C0 h2 V* K2 {7 `1 j {( h0 M, i
CL Tenryu5 I6 I/ Y# m. ^9 P
CL Tatsuta6 s4 P7 @: Y' p- Q
CL Yubari8 }5 l' C! ?, S8 J- P
4 U5 w$ w# b; v" u6 Y- ^! EAllied Ships; o: a5 Z& f+ L2 `4 v
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire' L3 f; E/ n2 C$ x7 C- [0 [
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
1 u+ H0 ^$ _5 ]; ?' y7 _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards$ X! S- O9 T2 V5 l
Range closes to 24,000 yards..., M) c# @) ]8 ~0 P8 n3 f, ^; @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
% M% J+ k& B1 X* oRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 W. P+ z5 O4 g' O3 z) z' T5 a
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
5 g0 K+ ?$ x9 D, s7 e# xRange closes to 18,000 yards...; u6 A% M# S3 b4 g9 I/ {
Range closes to 16,000 yards...& U0 {, ?, T) u. d. I
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
9 N5 @' D/ a! C GRange closes to 12,000 yards...
! k! N, y2 w( e0 T$ {Range closes to 11,000 yards...1 y$ D2 T( G4 k: n" O7 H
Range closes to 10,000 yards...+ ?# J4 e1 d( c$ b4 ^2 g
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ q' O0 I$ O9 Y, i% ?Range closes to 8,000 yards...
& o9 z$ N8 e3 j1 l: HRange closes to 7,000 yards...9 L5 ]6 I0 K& O. e! r2 y
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
, x9 C/ ]1 a7 j7 D: w: fRange closes to 5,000 yards...% X5 ^9 b& z, ?1 w) h
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
/ k+ D/ b$ f2 `) }* Q8 gRange closes to 3,000 yards...
4 N' t7 G5 F5 tCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
4 l" |7 V5 K1 S1 e8 o4 G+ L" d% tCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
9 {9 G3 b( ~5 s) J1 D! H: D& vRange increases to 4,000 yards
2 E" J) j }$ Z5 VCA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
% `3 `: p7 p, d" m3 CCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
( {' I$ |; m% F1 u: q# mRange increases to 5,000 yards
" j! O6 m9 a L4 p) aCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards; z3 Z- b3 c5 J+ {* Y
Range increases to 9,000 yards0 {/ y5 }) \) H. G( M
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards% t( B/ H% a) Y
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
% ]6 W# x/ |/ y1 z u4 QTask forces break off...
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- X0 n8 `/ \0 K9 n. }# UNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards8 q: `" y: O1 Q8 ~6 J3 C) j7 C
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2 b+ d$ m5 [. g' L5 x/ P CA Aoba8 [/ `& V9 q! H I4 h h
CA Kinugasa
2 i( V. @6 V, ~. C# W$ {" { CA Furutaka
$ S$ F5 u7 W1 B; q& c CA Kako0 j8 @" O% d: z% |: \+ w3 u( W
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
- h o) V' p" l6 {/ C! { CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
4 [5 _3 ?. i# @ CL Yubari
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4 Y ?0 w- K4 ?6 pAllied Ships
, w% p& K( v* s; H/ x. W# l APD Colhoun, p+ U3 A8 x# `% a7 L( \
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
1 ~* L7 d9 N$ v" K+ ]8 e, q$ W& S DMS Southard, Shell hits 1( c! _) Q7 @: I
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage9 p7 n3 J! e N
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires' Q7 e, x( c! M4 m
AP Harris
1 a& m) m$ m. t1 [0 L4 I; Q AP Zeilin0 Y. l7 w( U# k6 K$ f2 B6 k
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage5 Q* _; e# M8 _7 Y6 ~8 R8 _+ I8 }4 d
AP Heywood, s" n x3 Z5 ~: P
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire+ z9 |9 S5 f o, ~
AP President Bowen
9 Z. R* x" }! G AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire* r! ~' \1 d4 D* T3 `! ]
xAP President Wilkerson) l# c6 t' M) Y, v3 R6 v" C
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' ]" h$ H! h9 y' h5 HAllied ground losses:
$ ^: R* d+ g* V: A 105 casualties reported
9 b8 A; j# v2 r8 N1 B* Y" _8 ~* ~ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: p7 a* l& Q; s1 V; f) ] Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
& K& P3 ~2 F9 I* X1 U Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- d. s* S' E$ \) b# |0 r
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!( U# O; E* N/ v2 v: _5 X
Allied TF begins to get underway
! j. k( C. o) R3 {. zReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight3 u9 }* `4 H% H$ z+ \
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
4 H3 `, h2 v9 n8 T' X2 zRange closes to 18,000 yards...
3 }0 H3 f5 U! f% c2 P0 e2 ERange closes to 13,000 yards...+ w1 Z3 E: K2 {- w$ e) ]* P
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
; c2 V% [# j( W2 rRange closes to 5,000 yards...4 J* O, A% Z9 [: [
Range closes to 3,000 yards...% t, R4 H7 f2 A {% e$ c
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
# z* S2 {; A8 R! @. yCA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards' R A5 O0 P$ S, y) K" K) m, j3 r
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
% a/ o$ A/ y5 V9 DCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards2 L4 E6 w6 Y/ t0 b
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
0 F+ r" U3 {2 J" NCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards3 l0 E$ E) Q6 \' n% R7 k- o* L
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards. Z. S& d* g2 ^( C! e7 N
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards7 Q& c5 G3 e' r+ v* b% y
Range increases to 2,000 yards
! K( d, I! O% ]CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards. T) Y6 s' ^4 L5 g
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards& w0 m# a1 T* k$ g4 r7 b! w
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards1 d) n+ h0 J% M$ M* M1 f2 C
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
+ u1 E/ g$ x7 X7 S+ A5 ?+ aCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
* C& \7 S D( g* W: N; o/ aCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
% G& a. N. [3 i6 m2 D7 J" LRange increases to 4,000 yards
- B& F% ^& d# C1 G/ _CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards. u5 G5 s( m( Z9 W/ F$ c
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
, H* \% U2 \8 _# P% mCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards" r4 t% o- v& P- Z8 R# t
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
; c" ? ?. A/ o) q* N4 ~5 LCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
* R* x% x v3 cCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards' E% k0 p2 H* f& d# n6 ^
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards5 s/ J9 s2 q N' P
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape& |6 K4 B/ K; M0 A
Task forces break off...$ }7 W& F6 G$ y! `: Z! c5 B$ A2 }, S
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t( ]0 u# _4 f4 |3 K( I7 w第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。
& u# x( @- u0 N/ f8 ?万恶的58！！！7 E( b8 f5 M$ x0 W* i2 O
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.8 I2 Y1 i O/ e8 ~1 N( f5 _
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes7 |- ^8 z6 X* R) ]! @, U* F7 R; W
/ V/ I C8 |, D- WJapanese aircraft1 z" f. {5 E( }5 ]6 g. C
no flights( f2 ~; B" ^2 `% j' W$ ]
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Allied aircraft$ p2 x( ?- U* |! t9 o
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
[$ D: ?3 h5 C$ ^1 v SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
1 a3 C8 q! ?6 _ TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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Japanese aircraft losses4 x! T7 J: ?: u3 R* Z
No Japanese losses
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; T$ J$ Q# s: j- d) x6 ^+ k1 hAllied aircraft losses0 K' k8 y% F7 w$ a @2 b- R
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged+ A1 e8 \& k" S, l j
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged0 Z# D: v1 B- A2 I
$ ?8 m/ M/ U+ m1 Y1 B3 [2 ^, W1 EJapanese Ships
- n7 V1 @3 O+ U+ \& `% ?* F' P# R CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
5 U- q; {4 i* O5 Q CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk/ G3 K& O. Z% C/ `$ n* w
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage; G" `% V2 m) C) l z' J
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage，and is sunk& X2 q& v# @. w' k6 b/ _
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发表于 2010-4-20 19:59
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兽兽桑。。。在3BB+3CV出来后突击PM或米龙湾吧，瓜岛丢那随它去。
