AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 27, 42
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* B% g* F8 w$ m7 {) [预料中的夜战和白天的大空袭爆发,没预料到的是西蒙大将派出了4BB大和长门比叡山城4CA高雄爱宕鸟海那智的华丽阵容。盟军在霍恩岛负责拦截的水面舰队仅有1CA5CL被完虐。在夜间的数场交战中,日军的水面舰队分成了2支舰队,1支向东,1支向西。6 u( d5 w* X7 j: @% e
天亮后TF58开始大规模空袭,遗憾的是距离西边的日军舰队有7格,无法带雷出击,空袭效果不理想;仅对东边距离较近的水面舰队打击较有效。
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6 w- f5 [# n) S& @: J# ~+ jNight Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 91,128, Range 5,000 Yards/ ^$ g5 R( N( a! A8 X7 m9 B
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses) o' U* w# w( y# `% P6 x
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
; Y9 {4 I: D& M4 f! f5 M/ m K T: T8 Y C.XI-W: 1 destroyed' D0 u9 j5 v3 o+ Z; d2 D* c
# O7 y7 h; A% s& d( nJapanese Ships
8 g8 f; f5 F- }7 m7 @ BB Hiei, Shell hits 13 q# t9 t5 m$ D4 _, q$ u3 p
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
i% Y1 k G. [' r; j8 v BB Yamato, Shell hits 5! B" o# G* y' Z3 U4 t) \: Z3 l
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
' e; G" d& W/ B CA Takao, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ?' S& S6 ]( D( H- c" K CA Atago, Shell hits 2, o, x5 Y) _" H! y& |% F
CA Chokai( u: o- E. B- @
CA Nachi, Shell hits 1( E- P( f3 B8 \) _* |
CL Kinu, Shell hits 18 A2 T$ b" K7 l9 B* e9 J6 _
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 4, on fire
3 j" g1 x3 K8 U1 ~' t" L: H( J DD Kuroshio
6 N; s' p+ A! c( i$ d/ \: a4 N DD Kamikaze- r3 }0 k* o9 H' D! |7 M; a( x
DD Harukaze/ c1 y0 G) d5 y, C/ C0 j
DD Okikaze, Shell hits 3
4 F- R r9 g4 N7 x$ j% _ DD Akikaze
* {, ]8 U) y" n/ z, t DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1, on fire9 l! f3 i, L$ a8 [& n$ t5 i) x1 }
DD Hokaze
! H0 C1 c5 Z& s" F/ T$ i! Z. M- ^ DD Nokaze1 o* q, E( i$ S: h3 t1 v' N
DD Kuretake1 k1 ~6 h& y* c/ |: K" v
DD Karukaya, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
5 P8 v4 @* l% ^# ` DD Yugao, Shell hits 13, and is sunk3 d' T! N& y( N
7 A! A: ~* ?% d; n( R) o! jAllied Ships4 k7 s: I1 o/ n. b, H. }
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 4, on fire
* [9 i( n. q4 X4 Q CL Java, Shell hits 1- C! W) d1 U5 X f; I
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ A$ Y" Q s, j" T CL Mauritius, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 n5 j5 K* H3 q4 x CL Marblehead, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
: k- z8 V6 Q! s' |0 y CL Boise, Shell hits 3
1 x& t1 j; S `( S4 s* |+ A' \ DD Paul Jones, Shell hits 2$ {: I& N3 g2 j& n
DD Parrott
( C* @+ @; t1 V# l DD Voyager, Shell hits 1
2 R& e7 P, a* J5 g( { DD Vampire
! Y0 V; s" @- L6 K DD Piet Hein L7 q' }# j$ a% R, g
DD Kortenaer9 h7 G* o9 ?& X5 o. X' K1 [
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* Y' ^' l3 @6 i# K0 u ]6 |
DD Electra
]" f T9 r; M9 ^ DD Encounter, Shell hits 3
& g1 ^* f N% {. h e DD Jupiter, Shell hits 23 O1 V9 k1 k6 y
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Horn Island at 91,128, Range 6,000 Yards
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" d B$ s8 Q; ]& v( v+ X# e3 YAllied aircraft
0 n5 W" S8 d- e( J/ s no flights! M4 {% D% T4 |$ y* u/ D& V3 R8 o
; O& y/ r% H( N5 e+ y8 C; |: yAllied aircraft losses u( L1 D/ A: q ]3 A0 A
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
1 l( k0 Y$ ~, X6 }# d! v# ? BB Hiei% ]& V# Z# `; U) E
BB Nagato- f3 E: a4 r; _. N2 b" @ Y
BB Yamato
5 R% A3 n. y2 e _ CA Nachi; x2 V+ m, ?3 z& F
CL Kinu: a5 R: \; |7 j9 ?& c- C4 b
DD Kuroshio
. T: `6 _# w9 U DD Kamikaze
. h5 A" m h3 M ~4 l" I2 I2 M DD Harukaze
4 Z, F2 A8 G3 J5 N X! b' P, O DD Okikaze
# n* J% D$ }$ l8 x5 A( d T DD Akikaze5 p' s" G0 b! s1 L5 _8 k" J
DD Shiokaze
4 r" e% I s6 e a5 [ DD Hokaze" g( O& C& i. V7 ~4 I
! J# \2 _; I3 G* cAllied Ships* p9 v! }- D: a" L+ H/ m, h. P
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
3 T, T& x; \# B4 v' B' Z( m DD Jupiter, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 g) E5 s1 x/ T2 T; r1 L% c p3 Z* x
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Night Naval bombardment of Horn Island at 91,128# n8 r5 f9 r" p
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9 d t2 C' h6 ?: f5 Q no flights
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3 G$ e( ~3 ?) Q3 I4 ]/ i* t- nAllied aircraft losses0 A. B V1 S. _/ L
SBD-3 Dauntless: 18 damaged
/ q( S; t* e$ I- O3 ]) H SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
0 R7 j O( r8 j0 [ j( `0 A P-40E Warhawk: 19 damaged/ V% X7 M- _2 j, w) U4 E. D5 K
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
- H8 q, k$ a) V5 c" U B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
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7 B6 q. V& I3 s; w3 y' |Japanese Ships: b& U6 u I6 z( a, m
BB Yamato
; c9 k" D& h/ _, K' y1 \' M' B BB Nagato0 B) G+ ?$ f& c$ j F; n
BB Hiei
" Y- E3 Z! V& C$ c+ O* _ CA Nachi
# R$ L" {- r3 B: v; k3 b6 c CL Kinu5 z4 V2 g# v- ~6 M
DD Hokaze
/ R/ _3 C' C* ?( g W DD Shiokaze$ d; ?* b2 |: i, n
DD Akikaze( k& |% ]# s" m' I
DD Okikaze. C( ]7 D+ K# L' g- _0 o0 ?- q: ?
DD Harukaze
3 D& s& N. ^9 i! G, C DD Kamikaze/ E Z2 U/ h1 @" q q
DD Kuroshio. M j( Y) N8 O& d" y7 G6 L( [
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AKE Liberty Glo, Shell hits 1, on fire; [3 m) ~/ _' R6 A) G9 F$ {' {
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Allied ground losses:" M9 H' b( Z7 ]2 P; ^/ ^0 z/ h
140 casualties reported
" {& F- g; A1 s9 I Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled' B0 ^% |0 z$ `* U# U+ r" k- l( H
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
" T7 @0 g0 y: B( g$ U4 m; { Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ D# K I$ m! L: r9 r Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled); H* T3 t" o4 e2 D9 m1 [- ~
Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled). C1 _5 u2 R0 a3 J. [- f
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Airbase hits 7
: g0 h9 T! u5 mAirbase supply hits 5( f' E4 {* I4 S! M
Runway hits 30/ v1 l3 ~# k# M: q/ m. y/ Z
Port hits 1, S! X8 n, g! p! c- f9 k
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% o) q3 W. C- j% z) f1 tMorning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,1267 z. j9 g/ K: r+ x* M# z
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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1 D( B$ M4 M: g& ]# Y$ O @Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
+ V+ ]4 L2 e$ u: V7 @8 eEstimated time to target is 7 minutes+ U% L( @* X. q. Y1 J% b
' t- _% N. ?8 H1 z* |1 IAllied aircraft
3 r* l- {2 ?, G& D) p- Z! b. N- d. j F4F-3 Wildcat x 17
# x1 Y1 m" D( K7 _ F4F-4 Wildcat x 665 n" L0 y# g. v
SBD-3 Dauntless x 536 y) W, ]4 k: P0 d
; {0 O* F+ f$ B2 V& UAllied aircraft losses
( Q9 V3 a, C! M6 I6 ]3 I2 I% g SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
0 O+ c) h5 Z$ ?+ N: m SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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. H2 n2 c# v' ?3 E( W8 V+ m6 J7 h IJapanese Ships5 m; @! ^" B& `6 _7 n3 A
BB Hiei
5 ^* q* J4 Z( o5 t1 ]2 {8 j BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1
& \4 x0 l4 u: \' p9 O8 N BB Nagato, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires- n; ^/ e3 M4 l2 c- V; [
DD Harukaze, on fire6 }. X- U. `& h& }9 b
CL Kinu, on fire
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2 A& c9 E% O" I5 eMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130' T3 Q3 B6 s5 _# w0 r& Q$ Q
3 m; C, \3 T- y! w7 f! uWeather in hex: Partial cloud4 L3 {$ E0 s6 w: Z: L; K; h% M
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
# X& I/ \ k# p4 |, x0 DEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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3 L/ W, l: f# |Allied aircraft
, U$ p; s1 |: A, Q F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
3 s3 U2 x* y5 X( l SBD-3 Dauntless x 52
+ t, l# m9 a7 r( J5 j TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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1 T3 b& o5 I. F6 D0 P" ^Allied aircraft losses
5 W& H' N: J9 G" t SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships! e, Z. f1 t/ e
CA Atago, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
' f: h$ `' Q1 O5 m; `/ S BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 11, on fire V$ a, Z8 Y: z; Y9 N q% e
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage% O1 H- h1 L! B4 N4 J# V7 E
DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 u5 K5 {8 w. f. M8 n
CA Chokai# J3 J- [5 s: e9 k0 ]
DD Nokaze
3 J6 ^: y6 P$ O& i, Z4 i5 j DD Karukaya, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk5 d1 W; S' p# I0 n% Z( m
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130
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I' u+ D6 q9 w9 N& i: p: |! }0 l+ zWeather in hex: Partial cloud( O, H$ P9 a4 d/ F
R/ C: b( r+ } oRaid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.* G6 X4 Y M- h* g! r
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes; C% g4 E. ]6 S, _& b
& N* f( W' p( M# t3 mAllied aircraft3 L8 _4 D& n& V5 I5 l* B( h9 _
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17
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# ^& I) `6 h, F6 AAllied aircraft losses
. ]1 ^, S/ X, f* S/ ]- V$ K8 ? SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged' T& d, d9 B h" S
4 F( [8 C0 s8 H3 K3 D4 D: @" NJapanese Ships
9 z, f$ W: A$ R. }8 F BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires4 ]% e: k# J) m( o, y6 i) L
DD Nokaze& V, Z) `1 T" h
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage. l0 x9 i, _) r8 |6 M8 b
DD Kuretake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
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0 Q/ S" Q! w* ~/ CMorning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,1262 r- ?2 S, L* ?& K5 Z" ]( c
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' C9 a0 I- {% b5 ^3 Z( \9 O8 D5 U
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes) F3 Q' E% |2 o) f! m! F& b! j" y
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Allied aircraft8 o, S/ C5 z; M
TBF-1 Avenger x 15# J* j$ J3 v+ Q- l2 Z) t
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/ `% z" B9 \ _9 tJapanese Ships6 C2 F/ p1 W3 J( I
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1 }* ]4 L" L/ O, K7 _
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires1 A% y! f Y2 ^" {$ n
BB Hiei
2 E+ O# b# U6 X( J4 G CL Kinu, on fire
: ?" `* J0 \+ k; l( Y- K- l DD Shiokaze
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126/ ~+ v: k; m# }( W/ p
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Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
) K! [) G/ r) C( lEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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6 V% [% Z2 m+ F+ F: ^4 kAllied aircraft
4 J! A0 M3 _4 M k SBD-3 Dauntless x 189 D! }: k/ p6 H& E" d
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Allied aircraft losses: s; N5 {. N% b# o
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
! m" X- ~& U+ N$ ~4 h SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak' H+ N# b c" n# Z' m3 V" _
& s% J! z k0 }( JJapanese Ships* _" S& y! W& k" G6 t
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 3, on fire2 F. J# c+ N' M H9 t
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1, on fire. }& A5 v9 n& ~' v. n/ w3 F7 V- z. b
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3 v, p% ~! S% A: h$ P7 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126, \0 J I7 Q$ f) Q; A7 T6 d
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 X+ y- h: ~. C& b# y% C
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes1 ?8 u4 P. Q1 @5 L K% C' |0 l
1 ^8 {, v7 A+ d% M( ~Allied aircraft
! @' a0 V( n4 V9 @* m7 g F4F-3 Wildcat x 167 p/ c! H' H% d% `- i
F4F-4 Wildcat x 661 [2 ?/ W) j4 _2 ^ d' ^0 _' }
SBD-3 Dauntless x 149
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Allied aircraft losses3 _. d% ]4 U6 L
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 damaged7 b# e1 o7 s1 X( l" p0 N+ l
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Japanese Ships. G- X7 `# z& `: @/ }
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires
& ]( j9 _! m7 J6 A7 z BB Hiei, Bomb hits 18, on fire# s: I$ s5 W% E' J7 R
CL Kinu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
% S" Z, x" Q0 h2 K& u/ L% ?1 V: c2 H BB Yamato, Bomb hits 23, heavy fires% O! W" d% g1 ` h% x/ `7 S7 v
DD Harukaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage7 p% C( @ B; b* G: [+ \8 h- \
DD Kuroshio, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage0 [- T' U" ~2 g. J2 m
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
* T4 `0 X0 \- F' b" E DD Okikaze
5 X4 o% ~ M4 _' a q/ d DD Kamikaze" ~ D1 `5 M6 t1 m9 ]* z( P" R
DD Akikaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& @; P" ^1 V3 h. E" j/ x
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 94,130: r0 u J* s2 B5 R% B0 y
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.% O" h3 O$ |, m
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes0 s! n$ d' o, c* I
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Japanese aircraft/ ^# ]2 [$ H! X* D+ V9 L# O ~
no flights
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& M4 @ t8 ` [$ S m) g F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
5 ]7 p; L7 K2 q' ]( {; i SBD-3 Dauntless x 29
+ Q; C' X$ e9 ~0 q& S$ a TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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No Japanese losses
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0 J3 w6 j& T% j, jAllied aircraft losses, D3 N* F. @8 B; C6 y0 Y% k
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged. c2 h" i% c0 W) K5 h& V6 T, ^
M; g1 X2 C! I* g5 M a% UJapanese Ships5 E5 |% \0 @1 M$ B! b, B3 ~
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 6, on fire
M2 x# z, G5 J" _3 C CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk |. I+ r/ a& ^0 X
CA Atago, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage- P/ A; n6 q8 z
DD Nokaze3 E* m# L" r+ V
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk ( s" M6 ?/ W! c, a# T m
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[$ K- |1 a% k" f. RAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wessel Islands at 86,126
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud/ v( C1 U2 Z# h
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Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.+ o. U2 k: i% y2 C; O* b
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft
& R A/ l: F) V, T TBF-1 Avenger x 14
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. K+ f- R. ]) Z6 GNo Allied losses6 R# P+ a( O: S
" u) R) S: l7 o; Y4 X( hJapanese Ships
9 ?; d, K: l2 U: J, Z% q6 Y( V BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires- Z% s$ r3 V. @7 Q( F
DD Hokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 M# A( C3 l8 V DD Kuroshio, heavy fires, heavy damage
( n1 `7 X, T8 C) E2 b CA Nachi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
" l5 G& B! G) J) e/ n- [, x& f- I DD Shiokaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires; T% {# z0 l% e" v2 ^/ ?9 a7 x! u) D( v
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最终战果统计为:2 L1 c, v: `$ h* x
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 19, on fire
1 f. @8 k9 U& M% [. j) g% sBB Yamato, Bomb hits 28, on fire
$ b6 p A9 l; `( QBB Nagato, Bomb hits 22, heavy fires3 E% p0 A; E. V. F" E' ~
CA Nachi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
) w1 c( \0 T* {6 j, n; s& k( JCA Atago, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage8 a! f$ r, E6 F5 o$ R9 Q* ~
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires- ~! m, E. I0 d7 }$ \# f
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ H# O' C+ f1 B e6 P! P' ]( oCA Takao, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage |