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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
5 B5 l3 ?8 G/ }# s; O7 [5 WNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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, X1 l _5 F3 Z. X/ {$ P1 a no flights
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+ W' ?, m$ q$ Q# S' E& PAllied aircraft losses9 O3 t; [( H; V0 e/ x. d1 s
No Allied losses
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& N- q: \. F6 BJapanese Ships* w9 ?( [7 s; C
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire7 V) f# N W' B, C4 ]8 H$ {5 T
CA Aoba& Q) q: o6 z6 P, f7 E
CA Kinugasa, X2 T1 ~' h* i5 O) w3 w
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 47 o( v* g& l) L! z! A; I& R
CA Kako6 u, I/ ?1 K! a! D1 j5 O) R1 Y
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 13 P+ ]7 L9 r" n" x
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6& B U( z! w4 C! f# b
CL Yubari
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CA Salt Lake City
G3 f: r4 P& C CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk9 Q" r+ o e3 g. n! b6 S! S* k
DD Grayson
\/ K! V0 y" w2 w1 C* ? DD Monssen' `; T( b) m/ C- }2 u
DD Aaron Ward
: S! w5 Q( u8 S3 @3 W0 F. \ DD Laffey% F' s% h. U* B5 _8 o* p( @
DD Farenholt# Z3 Z% R/ c" H/ q$ D" P
DD Maury1 S3 D; | x2 d# H# h( e
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
" v0 \7 R3 C B DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
6 f1 W9 @& k* q& D1 ~9 V3 ? DD Stack4 q- s$ k2 r8 `+ l: a2 e l. |+ O
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1# s2 ^% H {/ C L1 i v
DD Balch% \; p& a8 C; N5 V4 y3 V
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+ M9 @; ]* F" _ JReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
" h v, J! i' R0 e3 X7 kMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) O- h6 e4 @( ^9 f! o9 t/ aRange closes to 20,000 yards.../ N( }$ [ C; ?* E7 ?2 b; \$ O
Range closes to 14,000 yards...6 s* Z+ U) H5 {% {6 S; r* I! B# c: G
Range closes to 8,000 yards...6 D9 [2 ]5 ]# r. j9 g
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
5 g- C' U$ J; d; @2 z7 ORange closes to 5,000 yards...9 x P7 s/ ^. k& B3 }) z# d; m+ k
Range closes to 3,000 yards..., y/ k8 X/ s* E2 j2 z4 k( _) w6 P
Range closes to 1,000 yards...3 h+ E8 |% F/ Q- u: B* m
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
5 e) _0 `9 _ ]( UCA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
, |4 A P9 g- R( F6 j0 S6 }CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
! F) y& Q0 h& ?$ F: O# a) ?DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
) o* t- v8 A0 L Z7 yCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
/ C4 J. D. z. A# kCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
; g% C3 a$ l# I; rRange increases to 2,000 yards
6 g4 g- w* i' r. zDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards
& S2 m9 h- D0 G: ~2 R& ICA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
0 |8 o7 }2 @. y0 W) X3 XDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards' E0 v, f1 V) }/ O7 i6 i! \, V
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards# L" ]- N+ F5 b3 I# A
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards2 u- ~8 n7 g5 Q* J9 I( e, Q
CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards* s6 {$ x' I2 k2 J
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
$ q* D& Z; v5 FCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards
" k- {' @4 Y/ D7 |) e. k QCA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards; V, f3 [) [, c
Range increases to 6,000 yards' w2 m; T5 d/ L5 r N, R
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 3 e8 X1 }$ _) w# X/ a
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
+ v7 r7 n' E+ \8 D. p" }CA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
7 Y4 S# D# N5 P4 iCL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards
9 h }( n. r9 @+ UCA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
/ I5 ^0 m, M0 ^) m$ ^CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards" d. P! O$ s6 y
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
' T+ A# U% o# |CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
; A$ a4 j, l* Q$ s& p: o, VCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
4 r% L1 H9 \, Z' E/ ~CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards. t0 a/ r$ j) {, T: e! X
Task forces break off...1 X+ `- I* U3 o* n& S/ s0 [0 ]
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* k) F5 D+ m6 p, Y3 F* \* yNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships* Y. ]# j+ v, n0 \, d
CA Aoba, Shell hits 21 H2 \& y) x8 R3 z' W) q' l
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
6 A( L* Q1 Z7 ~) h. d. ?7 ?# Q CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1, f& r g4 k' B' C# ^
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
- l# @( D i2 s6 ?% M- X9 w! F8 \' c; T CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
4 t) E! p( ^) a$ z* a/ ^/ ` CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire# e" s5 A" u4 ?" \; l
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire& r" t' U' }- M) x
: [4 K$ z+ ~+ {) G- d: xAllied Ships$ W! Z8 X9 |; s; Y9 t4 N
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
M" N8 {: {0 R; ~ CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
, J6 m, `3 R8 f( U' @ CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# m; U6 c/ E) E. ^
DD Mugford) n' C, H+ p8 g A! I2 L
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
" v/ r# ?& `2 N' _3 I3 m DD Patterson
5 Y. _& c; u# Q4 L) x" | DD Jarvis4 u& B5 i& q% u" a. W( f7 \ m, o
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight( S, {% M* |6 N" t& d' K7 F5 @! \
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards- E+ s% I$ x3 Z: j/ K
Range closes to 20,000 yards...) C! h8 Y+ g* a( v- q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
: `% E( g% C) f8 u0 _: XRange closes to 8,000 yards...8 ~$ D& d; k6 V2 I
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
7 O$ H) f* j3 w: j1 b& fRange closes to 2,000 yards...# k# ^0 }$ d/ \: G
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
8 R. x4 K# l+ D. D8 H5 U0 e* QCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
- M$ C- f1 P4 H7 y1 ?* \& ?Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'6 p8 K( f% c# g( Q2 e( K$ H
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
6 V8 s3 M7 @: K; x9 K% HCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
5 ?. g3 ?* t/ X3 s: g9 W3 u+ YCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards0 C7 ]) @, F2 N9 P8 k+ t$ F; z' J
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards, `4 Z) |) \) D% q1 }: N. `
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards; l3 v! [9 \3 g
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
+ ^2 r( Y9 u' a% x2 w0 UCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
0 N, |! l; m) }% C0 p. eCA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
, A: i, _9 e- C7 _$ GCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards9 \# {( ?$ s7 Z9 k( t* W5 A y
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
' ?6 q- z {' h9 {0 qCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
- A) e1 X1 G5 y, U" f2 fCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
' p" z9 n1 _: e& O% _CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards. a: j# v( Z; B r9 T6 E
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards6 e5 @9 ~" E3 W4 y2 x
Range increases to 5,000 yards4 Z" j7 K* e' P" N. G K
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
0 t5 ~1 Q1 w, o0 r2 eCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards! v* Z2 M3 w* g _
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards- E0 T8 R) ~1 k; |* d
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards2 [7 K& L( z) V k; p& F' F
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
6 o$ C% s0 A3 L. @DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
& {, u# N" l3 z X: [1 s: |6 aCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
5 Z2 y5 }% u9 C9 m V3 |Range increases to 8,000 yards$ ?! c% e$ K0 e5 u3 I
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
* h; H$ l7 G/ t/ _CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards9 \, w4 q2 R2 M- m8 V
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards5 S3 I! H" y8 T% T% D! @/ Q
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards2 l* H# e& E) v% V" D0 J# _1 ?
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
9 K% B) f2 ~7 t+ S# }CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards# O- }! y' a1 T a6 M/ B" e) _
Range increases to 9,000 yards
/ C; B1 K$ K: D4 @- JCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards, O9 a. E4 Q1 }; L) m
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards; o- s6 d3 L5 R# e% v! a
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards- s6 M* j9 K. K G0 n3 c1 P+ s* T
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards. Q7 H( b1 v: C T" w
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards. y! U7 h' X6 Q- B. n
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
' r7 v1 R A# ^% g- j1 J; ~DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards- D* B {% W ~$ K2 {1 O
Crutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
* Y' s* f7 L) g3 yTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
8 ~8 z' g h5 ?) L% ]. K CA Aoba
. x/ G/ B h$ i' A# f CA Kinugasa* _# A0 i% {. G6 l5 T
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 23 Z- m- U$ H0 C* q! F' W6 o
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
/ W G' \0 b& I: v5 o2 g CL Tenryu" J8 m1 {$ X5 I* _
CL Tatsuta
7 {! u% H$ f0 N9 `/ G" k' v CL Yubari
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Allied Ships% ~8 f% a6 H4 ]- f0 i
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
9 R1 _9 M2 f! D$ J8 V5 P DD Balch
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1 \4 A5 s- F# @Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
+ ]' ~6 d+ s( ]4 N- Q) vMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
7 Y2 o3 R3 C) g( r0 L; h' J* E1 TRange closes to 24,000 yards...: i2 w0 v1 e* K- M4 Y V5 ^8 y7 D
Range closes to 22,000 yards...$ Z1 T2 D4 h8 E; ?& \' Q
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
3 M9 C8 L; `) R6 z8 [2 Y4 X. h+ WRange closes to 18,000 yards...
7 F# l; O0 Z P8 SRange closes to 16,000 yards...
) ^. x6 f% l5 x3 d( HRange closes to 14,000 yards...
9 |! f; | u+ G j& _, }! n- X$ oRange closes to 12,000 yards...
( }. _5 U1 S/ \# PRange closes to 11,000 yards...) Y* F4 l. o7 u1 B" N
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 q7 u( i9 q8 [7 v
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
$ Y8 s' Y/ u0 k- GRange closes to 8,000 yards...0 r$ k6 _- E4 P. ?. ~; M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards4 [4 A3 G& b M9 b- V* R
Range closes to 7,000 yards...8 ]% ^" [+ x7 g& V; b K
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
; a( r/ ]0 [$ W- v( @3 O: {. lCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
9 |. w! ?0 u* Z6 lCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
% F2 ^# E1 D0 xRange increases to 7,000 yards1 w% H6 U4 V5 Z
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards& ~4 X3 g* u# \0 _" |6 K; C
Range closes to 6,000 yards
: W: r5 Z( J z3 SCA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
2 }6 n. p+ D. E6 C* W6 ^CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
& J4 A" _: }( u5 E( |CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards+ P- l) z" G' e N4 q
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards" }( b0 p! \6 i& D% D7 L
Range closes to 4,000 yards3 E1 [& O1 r. H4 M7 z5 `
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
e b' W2 D. |, ERange increases to 7,000 yards
+ J, G7 o& L) b8 @CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
4 x( D, ]1 C/ y) Y# wRange increases to 11,000 yards
- w8 f, H8 s7 m( hCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
) e- g1 `7 m7 a2 I! A& \8 FAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
( S. {/ t9 p& e1 }! e) }Task forces break off...! q5 Q2 X" ?, I* \4 g/ c. x
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, x9 q( F) G$ R- {9 u! [9 FNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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6 _3 _5 ]* G: z- R' n' H CA Aoba
. d) l' g+ R! V% N. j+ E( f' u CA Kinugasa
3 V: U" U1 I: b5 Y CA Furutaka
3 V3 _0 s, a' g, W CA Kako, Shell hits 1
" u X4 q$ P0 ^% l8 M6 q% Y CL Tenryu
9 |5 u5 d0 h1 `. a T CL Tatsuta4 s/ C3 D N: s* f @$ N! N
CL Yubari$ e x2 r2 I2 l" A. a* Z, S0 G
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Allied Ships9 X$ n$ p& M1 e* u2 u9 ?9 e; A
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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' f+ t4 l! F' [- M3 T8 {. b2 bReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
, v' S/ x2 T* R% \Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
3 o! v: ?$ c1 f: L% ^) TRange closes to 24,000 yards...
' w* H3 g* I* }. B- A+ Y9 eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards/ Z: t$ _" E+ s, {
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- U5 [9 y) n- y9 w9 uRange closes to 20,000 yards...* i) D* S1 K! t9 o. G
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
* H' P8 Q! K7 r6 \! _( GRange closes to 16,000 yards...
3 x* i3 s/ s5 Q3 BRange closes to 14,000 yards...2 ?2 Z& u) M$ y- \9 D4 u1 M$ x6 O& x
Range closes to 12,000 yards..." O4 K1 S2 ? N* M4 ?7 ]# n ^2 H
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
# n9 i) h' W6 ^( P. V* }Range closes to 10,000 yards...! F4 V6 m [0 F1 v
Range closes to 9,000 yards...4 t; D3 l! ^: [& a* \
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
6 C& h2 S% E, P7 I1 G, j7 \& tRange closes to 7,000 yards...
" m7 h0 ^9 F7 V& f4 j# HRange closes to 6,000 yards...# k. W1 I% @5 v% ]3 \
Range closes to 5,000 yards..." A# Y+ |/ d9 K- a4 Q
Range closes to 4,000 yards... y) E; S/ x6 }4 t$ S
Range closes to 3,000 yards...7 P1 G) @3 Y; \# H: r1 n( d
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
0 m$ {7 K J/ I% d4 K8 M; gCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards q. n( q# Q) N
Range increases to 4,000 yards3 \5 E) o4 z( K c7 N* h5 k
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards" S# K, Y2 T) z& M$ B
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
% [, w* M* e( s# e# ?+ O8 ARange increases to 5,000 yards7 ]" U* s Z+ y
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
* f- I" m9 T8 R5 G. g! ?1 b- C, [Range increases to 9,000 yards
. {) e0 M$ q4 a/ l3 U2 N5 r1 kCA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards; `, J/ @4 Y8 M& D. A6 {0 N
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
; ^# J q$ Q% F- ^% C6 S& g5 J$ Z% JTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships4 n! v3 v1 [) e1 o3 m4 i
CA Aoba# G* _; T% L) U$ Q
CA Kinugasa
# i/ @. f- R( u' e- T5 J5 B CA Furutaka" E9 p" X7 K# e. N. t
CA Kako
S, A7 P4 e; K7 j CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire8 s+ l3 e! j9 l5 j) l
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire K; [3 w# F4 w+ [
CL Yubari
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2 p5 u! d. S) m5 h9 Q" v' |5 K# dAllied Ships
# a' R3 v' k0 } APD Colhoun
. ?+ L: w& f# u# M APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire- i& G( w" e- ? A$ g1 o, w8 r, u3 k
DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
3 _& x( K& Z7 \3 R6 } DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage3 G! r% c$ @+ S1 `5 @3 ?
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires" V* I1 Y/ `. i- h
AP Harris, A# m, q' u: N+ t X, i
AP Zeilin1 I, a' v: ^% l
AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage5 Q6 E) X# r! N2 |1 J$ a
AP Heywood' Q8 P# U0 i7 t# {' a* e
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire$ X8 {( _2 L* ]" P+ b% W
AP President Bowen
/ @& @* r/ G7 v, N3 i* t AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire9 ?9 S2 U# z0 d) X
xAP President Wilkerson- ~' v! J0 ]/ y! D! E/ x( B! {
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Allied ground losses:
# J* N0 |0 `$ A" e! w 105 casualties reported
+ S# A% M \% h: n+ C Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# U. p8 ~9 d7 [! ^- O
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled2 u+ B, r+ g* o+ z$ `: x! p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!; g$ U2 d% W- ?- Q8 T
Allied TF begins to get underway
3 \$ ?# k9 s3 w5 hReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
" p2 A9 J. ^: {) G2 D% UMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards( [4 y4 m- C. m3 ^4 r
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
7 T Q8 N8 r; ~. Y6 `; r. _Range closes to 13,000 yards...* {: T2 X: H3 }8 V3 v& u
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 p% G% X' L3 N1 u
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
5 f/ o# Q& }4 F0 f' D3 P; e3 I) j' h. PRange closes to 3,000 yards...
' [. G) E! n1 @* ] D5 v7 TRange closes to 1,000 yards...: S( F' S' Y. m1 T/ o5 W' }% K
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards3 N3 C% A2 W# s+ t# S
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards. c% H5 D6 c- _5 Q6 b% z
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards/ [2 B: x- _$ S
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
) B$ m$ W# V1 w W: o' Q1 c* B( e: \CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards# K$ P8 F/ ]) B1 W( Q/ T
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
1 L! |9 W7 c9 W: Z* }0 LCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
! A: @& j4 H3 q) ^1 r; e# K0 NRange increases to 2,000 yards
4 c( v |0 Y: ]% F5 h! SCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
3 C2 G. c3 H7 H$ K( M* a* OCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
( ~/ [) y5 S+ a4 g# u& l r, ZCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
/ @# K2 {2 c8 {4 @/ J: N8 W6 m4 RCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards7 H4 j9 S( l$ N# F$ T
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
+ H. U z9 u ]! c$ E9 |CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards* R. h/ a9 f# w# M M
Range increases to 4,000 yards
& r9 Y/ w# e' s# v; ^ d! nCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
, I% U2 h9 i- y$ @CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards( p7 U4 d% e% j2 u, n
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards1 a& Y5 |1 C, ~& u2 n/ ~
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards" d; Z- Q; w5 i4 l, N; {" j( T" }
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
) t! A) s, j# U* e$ V s9 GCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
6 ~# S# I3 x' |# h9 {0 TCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
! i( ~9 r, e+ h: v2 wAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
5 R6 X% }8 E2 TTask forces break off...
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第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。
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6 i: ^5 Q% q. R, I) \: `6 GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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5 o1 ~& I9 H CWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
+ k8 k3 s0 w) R zEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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3 M8 |: j& r6 A! bJapanese aircraft
1 P o- U$ D G! `$ u* I" \ no flights/ `2 A( w" Q5 F0 r' @6 A7 `
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 8- d8 Z% W8 P1 ]; {2 O9 \' a( M8 x
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
8 `9 l& x, c; N TBF-1 Avenger x 398 {+ L8 J# h6 [% f6 B
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7 c* F6 b7 d9 i& w% ZJapanese aircraft losses
) }5 U. l. F% BNo Japanese losses) c; Z8 P3 p* U8 B' ~
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
; n4 _8 O# p3 z* [% Y TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged& t8 m/ L+ G( p0 N# ]" B9 }9 C
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Japanese Ships
' F9 w: v; J- L: m% ` CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire2 r: _: J8 b, W2 F: [; E
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk: \) p. M# s5 z1 { i0 g& A
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
, y4 Q, M. r9 f" J: A CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage，and is sunk
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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。
