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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉. V% v) h$ j# u5 Y5 S" @3 _4 V
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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, f! n2 K* p, Z9 aAllied aircraft" _! q3 c4 a# @
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3 Q8 G' ~3 j, a2 S6 C3 x2 zAllied aircraft losses
3 N4 M/ s9 n2 n* C" _No Allied losses+ Y% l6 @% ^- r6 k
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Japanese Ships9 s6 {3 z. q( ?/ ]% z ~
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
: N) m$ Q& Z# g, }* m/ Q2 m CA Aoba" y( W# V" |2 X0 k0 `
CA Kinugasa' x3 d" O3 V/ C# [- H
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
e; S+ D9 i9 ~ CA Kako! I4 J: C: l# p9 S+ h5 k/ b7 l
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 14 o$ `; o( q* p5 v+ F0 x. t% d* [
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
9 } c# U# G2 Z4 X# h" K. ~ CL Yubari/ j& ], A8 U& V$ [' G" C
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Allied Ships
/ C! F6 U# H( A6 |$ E ~9 u8 r* W CA Salt Lake City
7 L- `: S- y, L2 ~7 C" B CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
, S5 B# R, i- o' v. N% p& Y DD Grayson% {( `. i& s/ E7 s3 g
DD Monssen C: n5 F4 I3 X! Y
DD Aaron Ward
8 U/ Q- X. n8 _ DD Laffey
" Q* n4 e: l# v" L/ n1 o& d4 \ DD Farenholt
0 A3 O4 x( K( I" X# E5 S0 m; t DD Maury( C, `8 i- E- E0 P7 i8 ^
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 N; O; F: o j DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire& G: T+ u+ x3 Z
DD Stack5 H* {; {3 ?; \, Z9 E4 B! n
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1$ d5 K0 |0 W: r0 y3 j
DD Balch
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; j4 E/ n0 m. K* |2 M8 a0 rReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
" Q4 a3 B g* \* j8 V3 y6 @4 y" NMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards1 j( q& h2 j( ?! T& L
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 w2 K, y0 k3 R& {Range closes to 14,000 yards...
/ e3 U+ d/ H4 O B1 i VRange closes to 8,000 yards...
# F3 E) w: F: v! ~5 \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
6 G. s/ J/ c ]; g2 E. _Range closes to 5,000 yards...- \& T) [% p8 l' y% s3 v5 Q9 U
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
" E" j" d9 t; D- GRange closes to 1,000 yards...
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CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards: a6 O+ R3 I+ e# ]# }$ |: n* e
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards2 I& |% A( M/ x! ~! K6 X' W5 C0 A
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards# e/ |' a9 {: [* y3 O/ G3 R! B
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards" U. ?9 ]+ V% t3 ]
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
" S9 H4 o; q; U# G8 VRange increases to 2,000 yards
+ x! g4 g4 q4 Z' S6 u; |8 cDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards$ L5 ]) L/ Q) ^ X
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
! z0 i" j* I T$ N HDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
3 J$ Z/ C9 \" v6 h7 K ACA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards4 |1 Z. Z3 _, ]5 O0 v- x3 I/ x
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
- n4 ~* |* |7 E6 b; }CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
, x: P0 K: V g1 O. xDD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
/ p1 Z1 W' X% \4 e! n# LCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards, _% B7 p9 x' c4 g( q) n4 ~
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards' Y& x7 V# y! |/ V. m) m
Range increases to 6,000 yards
% g& U/ F7 |4 A4 X# hDD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137
8 P3 ?+ k- D0 B, J! w# S" kCA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards' O0 G9 h3 c9 t: Z A: l
CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
7 w0 A* p1 ^$ _ \: ]9 {" jCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
4 Y! X5 D( n4 ]& g7 ?CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards; k' U4 p! s8 z1 ?* ~+ x
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
7 x" {) d. ]* r" mCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards6 z3 i) p" `$ g5 c. E
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
/ J5 y' B2 u4 h9 z$ FCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
4 C2 n: W, t/ ^: sCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
0 K1 z6 ~% X* t5 I, qTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards- s6 Z+ w7 s! O9 z: q7 D1 u3 k5 X; j
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Japanese Ships
! s5 Z& R. P8 m$ c1 ? CA Aoba, Shell hits 23 s. j6 j" j* \8 X3 u. j
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
+ p8 ?% r! k8 w7 R3 l o8 ` CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
" Q; q1 o" l/ @3 ? CA Kako, Shell hits 12 f$ U. I- {; H# W
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
2 ~5 b7 W- S1 f+ I/ Z$ w9 v" q ~ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
0 A8 [' S, U0 t# r5 ] B @ CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire0 }/ O1 `; O/ m6 E& |( j
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Allied Ships3 l8 F0 L9 M8 ?8 F, Q$ t8 M
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
3 M# ]& `% p! ? CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 F0 e& Y& @- @( F CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
6 u/ Y# s2 u( Y0 f, } DD Mugford
9 F: o2 j6 w8 n+ V$ ~2 U DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
% g3 j& n. N- D2 }+ ] DD Patterson1 q/ D* T ~' m+ T4 V0 b
DD Jarvis+ f; S8 Z# p0 g
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3 O7 ~: i- v+ r/ o/ D" E9 lReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight3 T- c$ F$ @# D9 D5 P+ s
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
% `/ x( x& V7 h. R' U! a+ WRange closes to 20,000 yards...% X3 z& Y/ g* j( P" ?" w9 |7 `& ?' T
Range closes to 14,000 yards..., ]% c, U# E2 E
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
, d) K, d- P5 {- F+ uRange closes to 4,000 yards...8 A4 ~4 O6 Y9 J5 }- w/ {+ j- u
Range closes to 2,000 yards.... }3 Y: D, W7 V+ `" c* U. p
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
; n" ~4 T/ p* Q3 s' ]CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
$ R8 Y8 M# I- O, w1 h/ h( nCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T', H& Z, ~( r( @
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
5 S6 [4 w4 n+ ] K. CCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards- L. E' o* l2 y: E" J
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
1 ^% l7 |# g; N+ V& G4 wCA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards1 w; g1 Y; M7 t5 X3 z
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards" ]1 B' D% n: p6 t \+ z
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
" n2 z, _$ `- f% hCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
0 z. X& L6 R6 Q2 |CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
$ Y" r1 t5 D- R9 OCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
& a6 m4 S% |4 ~, k' c+ ^CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
* j" \, m+ L! F+ Y0 o0 \CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
" F) R1 y" e1 c, {CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards' [- D5 H7 Q1 i0 y- }. N
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
5 E; @ D X4 tCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards0 k: t N* O. D: K# O3 E. I g1 J/ M
Range increases to 5,000 yards0 B( @, j+ o. [0 p% M2 W2 t2 q! H" k
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards8 u1 C( T' V2 S3 A8 e& q
CA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
9 E3 A# G2 R+ m. y+ Z$ lCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards
& x- J( c8 T( F- l' T; S$ ~5 ?CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards* G6 y* G) I+ w% P" Y
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards; S' b5 a1 t. G& H5 o9 ~" H2 Y, v
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
( c4 M$ d8 Q% y* R {0 PCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
3 n1 O. H5 T% Q, S9 s1 ]+ aRange increases to 8,000 yards
; ?6 a2 S* h' l+ h p/ a4 _$ eCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
) d3 L, q/ f ~$ x3 |" }6 ICL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards8 {) |2 O+ a$ q) p' F; u& f
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards
" E& ?! B! ?8 m5 sCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards1 O' M# e- M7 S O& n. K
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
8 y/ t' g) M- x6 I' ZCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
% B7 V+ d+ ~7 jRange increases to 9,000 yards. R7 I4 m, m# c% f& @) r. E
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
' `( B3 [: I$ X2 n! W& g8 xCA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards( s% h% ~% ?% b
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards
6 J) j! T2 D3 i0 k5 aCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
" v% N4 r" T. ]7 W9 G' \CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards6 D- S! u8 D8 w, h
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards9 K& N& R" t3 Q1 k% [
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards- U7 P& \5 R4 W
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage3 Q9 t5 b) d3 u* n9 p
Task forces break off...: ], e1 N0 E& L% {
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4 m# l0 Y; ^$ U3 ]% m' {Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards( y1 e1 A. y$ l2 h7 y. y
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CA Aoba
8 Y( R* _7 @4 F1 ]" t CA Kinugasa0 H* U. |1 ]4 }5 i
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2# z% u) |# K) E
CA Kako, Shell hits 1: v' E0 L! o' ?( l% q' g$ X
CL Tenryu e2 G n5 V* J! K" P
CL Tatsuta$ z4 @5 T" \" j# \
CL Yubari" A* B" H& p4 [8 D( U! U" i
; i8 J3 D0 G+ E! VAllied Ships! v' q5 g+ B! V; ]0 \' |: `% n
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
3 ~6 o3 X- X; }! z5 G DD Balch
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2 Z4 d+ O; S/ W2 xReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight3 ^; m( w3 R) R- g! L3 G# N
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
: s' K8 Y( X) s. TRange closes to 24,000 yards..., P6 ]$ { f# s7 ~4 k9 w: U3 `
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
: s# e% {/ P* c( vRange closes to 20,000 yards..." S' r$ K$ K4 T! K6 [+ s4 F8 K" j
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* y8 ~/ R( `% V1 E( S- q5 K/ e$ O, h/ wRange closes to 16,000 yards...
0 {3 p% o0 c! }3 T' T. IRange closes to 14,000 yards...
( x4 }1 {$ @0 _, L, H0 J {Range closes to 12,000 yards...; N; V- P; t6 x) g; T
Range closes to 11,000 yards.../ J5 F9 k9 B# D/ c
Range closes to 10,000 yards...8 Q( d& ?4 o# t4 X4 L2 X
Range closes to 9,000 yards...3 m" B' k5 t( f8 z2 s$ H
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 \! e) K5 n: A, z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
/ S/ O3 z5 }( m* MRange closes to 7,000 yards...8 n6 G1 ~) |% n" W9 T5 C$ N( Q
Range closes to 6,000 yards..." M/ S- D" A5 K* {5 N& q
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards+ ?2 K- c# x, z1 g0 r$ o- U: E
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards' K E0 m- ]) P+ X, ]
Range increases to 7,000 yards* h* |% x4 u: W) h4 l% S- Z
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards7 D4 e$ i, k0 @9 s( ^! _5 t
Range closes to 6,000 yards! s2 T+ y4 f6 k. M
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards* f) F% q! [7 @
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards& |$ z g: P6 F7 h! ]
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards) {: h" i; R" i
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards% p% o% w' ]3 S) F, x8 R( u: P
Range closes to 4,000 yards
# ?, Q4 z: S0 I2 r) ZCA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards- U* Z' E: s9 w7 n3 o5 M6 s% ^
Range increases to 7,000 yards. a$ w1 y% {( [5 G# t+ \6 J
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
0 P/ l: O* U# Z. P7 |Range increases to 11,000 yards+ R5 }8 u7 |; N" E) K- N
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards8 X U K" d1 t) \5 P
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape% b/ z0 e- _: A6 a Z/ r" t
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards) F% N% Z4 v' `, ~+ F% P
/ s! j0 L# S: U0 V' f7 EJapanese Ships I* d z% ?! N0 q% V
CA Aoba
8 R! @) Z( X# e6 d/ F& |1 \ CA Kinugasa: X% o4 L& Z9 l; s5 @ e3 C0 C3 m
CA Furutaka- B1 v& O* E0 M1 d
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
4 a& l4 F# y" K3 x: E, K7 k CL Tenryu: D- M% \& L0 I7 Y8 L* g1 J
CL Tatsuta9 J8 k& L$ ^- R
CL Yubari
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# M: s+ K" v0 q3 e$ |! c4 ^Allied Ships! O& T7 l* M# p4 | ?7 t
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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9 e5 ?) s w$ Z4 ]Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
7 u. t4 o7 `3 @& K1 ~. _Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards! B' W7 w: i- K+ k! E
Range closes to 24,000 yards...: L* }2 s" S7 s0 d; f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
; q' n u9 j- e9 F: `9 Z( I8 ^, qRange closes to 22,000 yards...( Z1 x4 Y! z! t4 M2 s) @ }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...; U* _" _8 x8 C2 H6 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
& S. b5 F. v: Q7 }Range closes to 16,000 yards...# c) k' Q. `' K6 r; C- Z
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
1 E0 P) u5 O8 ?5 _Range closes to 12,000 yards...
. A& d$ W9 Z {5 x' m! h5 J: }Range closes to 11,000 yards...: `, X: Y, X2 W# K( \
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
; N. S% q$ S) P; lRange closes to 9,000 yards...) {8 Y$ s4 ~- z! M0 n; B
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
$ p7 b, o' E3 I h6 r+ XRange closes to 7,000 yards...
, D" R3 V) t# `, uRange closes to 6,000 yards...
3 G s. V& x1 f' w CRange closes to 5,000 yards...' j+ p' v$ r# W
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
4 J0 y% l+ F0 d- dRange closes to 3,000 yards...
: j* M- M5 B% U( w5 ?; K" Z8 uCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards C. ]0 e8 i0 M; X
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards- F& S2 y, P" _) |/ m
Range increases to 4,000 yards$ _4 @# i8 [! |/ @: M- ?( E8 u
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
. D& X# M3 n; ECL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards7 u/ E5 _. N! p t. v$ \
Range increases to 5,000 yards
! K" P- X7 @& @! Z' ]' _! d0 |9 O9 SCA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards( G& G! u3 F. ?$ U
Range increases to 9,000 yards8 U3 N0 U7 ~# u
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
; K1 \* E( e; L; XAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships7 _8 F: g$ u" P4 c" i2 H) B7 x$ C
CA Aoba
# A% p1 x2 d2 @! I$ r8 e* s3 V0 r8 e CA Kinugasa s( U- U9 S" ~1 g/ q
CA Furutaka
, a' D6 h& S. _+ U8 t, k CA Kako& k4 q1 q3 u3 z( `5 p
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire0 E$ i2 b; d& P8 i# [6 h
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire
% |; g$ E1 O' B1 X CL Yubari, c( v6 w. i2 Y2 h& ]
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APD Colhoun/ m$ O: e) `% o3 _
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire1 H) o' e+ h+ L3 x
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1; q, P6 q5 F5 ^9 j
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 w: _5 a7 u1 D& ]" L, @9 C AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
* |; s7 }! I# K& ]2 N. O" } AP Harris
8 Q# s8 [4 A' ]! m2 q( j AP Zeilin
6 r. k7 w+ z2 j5 C AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
* d! T6 F* [- k$ R1 v AP Heywood) x Z, C: }9 I q& P/ N
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire9 C- K' I8 r6 c( V; r5 j5 W
AP President Bowen0 ?' @- J+ [* V' X0 C) c' O* @ H/ i1 F
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire8 r% F9 z3 l( ^
xAP President Wilkerson( P `+ j+ Z5 [- G
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Allied ground losses:
; f' J4 g6 h* U1 M+ y& ?8 A | 105 casualties reported
7 j# Y! }6 q1 O7 V6 J7 F Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
' m4 R# R( \) s' h/ d6 c4 h; F Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
) S& a: q6 {8 o) K. X9 ~; g Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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7 [' d8 i5 z" R) {( E6 d& X# H( rJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
% M* T" V( ?( l$ y/ tAllied TF begins to get underway
# r" F- G" _' K ~9 ~Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight0 q# e8 c" L x% F9 O9 ^8 e
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
/ [; o9 F" P% Y5 cRange closes to 18,000 yards...& E" ]& ^) u$ n
Range closes to 13,000 yards... i5 f+ _! i( m. K$ h1 Q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...- w; \1 Z; ]0 E; S& ?( V! n
Range closes to 5,000 yards...& y2 w- z/ V& c. J: ]4 V/ e
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
* | X. R8 h" {' S4 \Range closes to 1,000 yards...6 o d4 c1 c/ u$ j# ~# D7 O
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards' {9 v* r3 _7 }9 Y# L
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
- ~% v- o- P' TCA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards0 q3 i" u! j9 s- Q3 A0 W2 m
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
/ Z4 g; d9 X# z9 C" DCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards$ J& J5 l! a) ^' e3 B
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards0 w: o' Q% |8 a/ D1 @7 }, m6 v
CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
1 W6 D( h$ P. gRange increases to 2,000 yards
/ S8 x: |2 v; kCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
8 d9 ?2 z, b& k$ FCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
) U I8 ]/ l' J: K ECA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
$ p/ B- f. x }: oCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards# [" I+ S5 Z6 j" g
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards5 f# X# n" P0 B6 f; \) P3 u& ^
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards: X" R/ D1 A0 L" x: k/ V
Range increases to 4,000 yards9 Z) A( k8 j! B- U- `) d+ x3 \
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
1 J4 x9 Y( N, zCL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
$ a0 j: Q' e! f$ g" g2 QCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards! r c% Q2 e |3 U
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards" k" d$ E3 N$ e4 u" T
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
4 X& E4 x% H( c; T* r. iCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards& J; o2 C- m, L! j7 P8 K
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards- b) R* I; H7 {, \3 Q" ^
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape' n9 m8 S& r) L0 u+ }
Task forces break off...& _. e7 Y) q @2 q; k
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2 [ ^" |7 T% b5 P8 w0 q第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。
" }, v. J ]: k* m万恶的58！！！
) R0 O% D/ s9 N' |1 wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,1342 t3 u( R# O7 O2 B. `, M
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
x: L5 L4 g9 t7 E/ i* M# aEstimated time to target is 12 minutes0 @6 U9 t2 b. n& M1 M3 I9 D6 c: \
! u9 Z5 D. g8 B. t; L1 a9 o, ]Japanese aircraft
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2 m9 G4 ~7 A) F I5 F. \8 ]Allied aircraft
2 q: q/ |& q w. s F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
\8 Q; m- n1 Z( C SBD-3 Dauntless x 82) b6 i: `* l1 w+ F, N# X8 T9 Y
TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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+ _$ W. E# Q( \+ l/ l A% KNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
1 s5 ^/ [( w. j0 l# u SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
# I* g( v2 r" }6 I TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged/ D* F8 K5 F7 S0 `% X
+ F0 d% u& u! bJapanese Ships, H2 ]$ [' E2 M4 y/ o9 Z0 p1 D
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire5 J7 Z! t6 K& k* Z* G
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk: T7 p$ h, A. r" \
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
! j: ?6 |. L1 j W# p: K4 a$ F- E+ C CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage，and is sunk& }5 f' {3 R# e7 Z- g
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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。
