AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44+ E J8 E7 h- V* I6 ?+ ~
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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Gove! L6 Y! J+ Q0 v6 {) `
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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 , O9 v5 _; @7 Z0 `9 J: L
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/ L ?/ N2 E" y$ _. i8 `+ A0 kNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards7 [" K; ]9 l0 Z4 K5 y5 O
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Japanese Ships0 l# J! ]& z4 P2 P* N! z
BB Kongo" O% ?/ i& S3 k0 \8 G7 ?. X
BB Haruna
. U. O. T9 i' @+ \ BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
& ~9 g9 R3 a- J/ s BB Kirishima
1 J& a3 b9 \5 Y- v0 g! J1 O) C CA Mogami
4 T( C8 R/ P2 v9 v CA Mikuma
1 q8 o; z" a# r0 y3 U1 f) x8 w CA Suzuya g! l! e9 v) X: _% K
CA Kumano. N% f* @: ]7 x+ ~, N4 o, }& \, j
CA Kako
: ^- w* i1 n2 R# i DD Makinami
1 z5 C1 v& i+ D: W DD Takanami
6 {9 b4 l/ J$ @2 Q DD Natsushio
6 U- e3 v0 k7 a9 \' [ DD Yukikaze" E: M6 P/ W! W6 ~5 f/ G
DD Hayashio
- X" K7 f; n _ S DD Maikaze
9 \( Z* H6 {5 a DD Isokaze% D( ~) V- P* X. Z0 S
DD Shiranui8 Y V j9 r/ j+ [6 ^3 j: `
DD Amatsukaze
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: H; M0 @: T) ?; ]: iAllied Ships) ^. }( N, T) C2 x
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk+ D/ ], u) |2 w6 u
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk8 Z4 F Y6 V# N4 y! v" z. a( I9 p
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
8 z N0 B; k2 A) x7 }* c- q2 h# H+ W PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
~! O- u" A, W# V PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk! X$ k! C/ b( p$ F3 I
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk! Q2 I9 Q8 O- P. }) ^0 ]) E
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
9 ]! K! L' H1 M5 x% R7 N% W" Y2 j9 Z/ C PT-60
. u# p* Q: Y( W m- ~2 h PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk. v: W. ]5 `' m9 ^' M
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk+ J" I) P+ Z! e" ^$ Q" a
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ S1 t3 t# t3 L$ [8 c PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 w- b* l. O, D& p! {6 C& o
) t- b# Z1 e1 g, S+ m: xJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
" e1 P5 {- R& B$ zAllied TF begins to get underway0 k& p! [" R' M4 k# C6 _6 @( {! A
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
. @5 y2 Y' s: Z9 {Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards% @3 J9 W* d' [8 i3 {
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
/ f4 P4 x6 _1 s a9 g: {" cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
3 D, x7 s1 q V5 t! q gRange closes to 20,000 yards..." `$ f8 _. O& I1 n
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
0 B9 j5 @; \/ |$ y }: h6 V, CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
. i# Z; Y7 U, I4 O+ cCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards \1 H8 q x5 S P
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
* a" h# w& [+ F1 t$ n2 YCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards9 w% s9 C/ O R
Range closes to 7,000 yards...' c1 Q) r7 Z4 M2 h9 a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
) }3 @ l9 e( ARange closes to 5,000 yards...
- A6 d! x% }7 ?8 }5 Z) j! lCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
7 g# c/ P/ T; m$ x* w; S# ?Range closes to 3,000 yards...
: y' X9 L" ^* z" v+ C0 C7 CCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards' |, `- c. w4 q& Z r5 P
Range closes to 1,000 yards..." f4 @8 B$ {8 [, v8 q+ y
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards/ Q; `' q" l5 s- C: V1 q5 y
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards9 k# t p- v; m9 C$ N
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
9 I/ c0 L7 ]( dMassive explosion on PT-462 w: k0 |, Y0 P
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
1 }) }* w f z- s YPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
) ]+ _1 @) }3 Z. A9 mRange increases to 2,000 yards6 j# e* @+ q" {
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards. D) J- z% }2 K- m0 r
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards6 E7 C6 q1 C& Y6 B7 P
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards2 p$ I+ K0 y( b C
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards& @ q( ^+ n! X; z
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards- M6 U N" F+ n; N
Range increases to 3,000 yards
* Z+ s" t# Q+ JPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
( q& b8 q# h! c) Y+ f* G8 e* F" o3 f0 Y! pRange closes to 2,000 yards
* v2 S, @" J. HBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
, p7 x5 F# J. O, o6 yPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
! p8 b$ v" g3 K; c0 i( rRange increases to 4,000 yards. p1 n0 X7 c8 Q$ C
Range increases to 5,000 yards
- E$ [: V. R1 y9 X( n9 aDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ) D; R: g( |8 T
Range increases to 6,000 yards" E$ w# c- m. l w& b1 b! Z
Range increases to 8,000 yards5 _) P W* V# M
Task forces break off...
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4 y( G% j. e1 b+ \* t/ \+ ZNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards4 |" u3 `" J" I1 J2 X3 _2 J8 b
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Japanese Ships! l" M6 \' D# o7 t
DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships$ o |( c& R/ a \5 p
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk2 _2 g+ \# E2 s$ a8 ^# X
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
: W4 l$ g" D( G! o& sMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards* z5 o* p; {9 u; w/ s, E/ k
Range closes to 28,000 yards... {0 u! K9 f% u
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
/ ^ p) Y8 B; _1 Q9 xRange closes to 24,000 yards...
0 Q" f( J3 g) [- b# kRange closes to 22,000 yards...
; ^/ g- J( G* xRange closes to 20,000 yards...
9 t- j8 j4 K! D9 X9 L" v' h2 {Range closes to 18,000 yards..." R! x4 j; ^1 V. v8 H$ g" W" W% T
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
5 x& l2 u7 z3 Y" }8 T; URange closes to 14,000 yards...5 ]7 E. K2 t' P$ N! Z& z7 R" D
Range closes to 12,000 yards...0 J! ]) J/ q$ j+ O; c
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
1 i0 h# _% _9 M/ ZRange closes to 10,000 yards...
) K! S7 V* }4 A0 {Range closes to 9,000 yards...1 X& G& W) v3 W8 t8 ?1 O
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
y& y. d+ `5 D3 P: S& [1 V! SRange closes to 7,000 yards...
; D* h1 A$ x& ~Range closes to 6,000 yards...
' Y3 k& I/ E, kRange closes to 5,000 yards...7 a2 e/ @6 o1 A# E4 Z
Range closes to 4,000 yards...5 b1 W E* i; T% q
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
. y$ T8 S$ G3 s. ORange closes to 2,000 yards...
) C3 b B' u- d4 zCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
% `5 x+ w2 \' o' l. r m6 e, aCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
# Y% b0 q' s( k. [Allied ships attempt to get underway
; ]2 f( |$ W- |Range increases to 3,000 yards
9 X; Y$ I4 D8 I" N% n1 n; iPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards* X" J) q p. a& y, H
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
" C: ^) @1 ?( q/ N9 y# t Catalina I: 7 damaged
6 ?2 ]+ y7 w" p6 x$ O4 x Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
9 P* I7 U u- X+ b P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
( ^8 b& Y4 _4 J- d& y9 Z2 b7 n P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground7 @8 r3 J/ j: ~
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BB Kirishima
( y+ o h; I' V BB Hiei( J% z6 A0 J. ?5 u) @7 I! e: h
BB Haruna
7 Q1 d( b& h1 c# [" S+ e BB Kongo
" H8 P7 M& ^' h: K* @! g. l CA Kako# E: l2 j, w' I5 N5 Q7 c
CA Kumano
# ^6 P$ {. i7 C3 p5 J0 e/ d CA Suzuya# E' q1 S5 M6 v/ C% V8 Z0 x2 Z* ]' r
CA Mikuma; W4 ~$ v% k2 R! G l& c1 F. p$ S! D
CA Mogami
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7 I8 A$ ^+ `+ Z) l* @0 |Allied ground losses:. B! X) [: O7 n e9 e
274 casualties reported
6 q( l4 I1 z& F; E4 m# P I/ Q7 ^ Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
[" ^% b) I& D" d+ | Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
5 G) S0 w+ q9 e4 r' b& _- ]- R4 w Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled$ j2 T) ]0 \' t9 M' W7 c
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
V% {" A% G* _7 j! M8 S Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled). b* q7 X, K% `) r6 B- u j5 T
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Airbase hits 17' M1 m; n0 ], H& V0 e
Airbase supply hits 27 x2 w3 y4 x( W! y' ~. V
Runway hits 352 y/ \$ l0 F8 [% t- R4 x
Port hits 5
, O. @3 f& K% gPort supply hits 4& z% Q- a6 C3 I: f6 s) r3 k, Z
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
9 y/ T3 m6 a0 r! k# D4 s- DBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
9 ]' J- |9 p+ \2 e; XBB Haruna firing at Gove ; n( F# B2 M5 K2 Q+ k+ c) g
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade) C' @7 `) x! y, V! ^5 [9 g
CA Kako firing at Gove & M% D/ x9 a K8 D' @
CA Kumano firing at Gove
6 c7 i8 k# ^$ k: `5 mE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
% q/ {+ b" p1 W& p7 nCA Suzuya firing at Gove 7 f- u: e2 V4 s
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
3 i! ^0 u: O/ g% S& LCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |