AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 446 l; u6 X7 r+ y/ ^
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7 ]- N; y9 t1 X6 }+ D' U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
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" n" s% ~: ]$ P) v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
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards, z! l5 q9 n; Q H: ], w& @9 Q; [
0 Y' ]& {4 W. q) nJapanese Ships" b0 J% m2 e& M# [0 G. e% f
BB Kongo' y8 f p0 W0 G" F% |
BB Haruna1 u3 D2 f4 f+ X2 c8 O( g/ M+ g
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 16 |' |0 S! |0 ]/ I# _( {- u; X
BB Kirishima9 ?! v' m! t( M' \
CA Mogami9 }8 H3 ]7 t: T$ b: g( L2 N3 t
CA Mikuma
& Z# u m0 R5 E, @( H& ?9 m CA Suzuya( `# e! ^9 H* v1 A8 |
CA Kumano* Y8 q! K8 g- w- p; w
CA Kako; }7 h& y7 g, r8 g3 M
DD Makinami: X0 L( C5 k; {: ?* s
DD Takanami1 P! p2 E, Q; d) c
DD Natsushio
% o+ W& N+ P: \$ X; m. B DD Yukikaze
. X- q+ d3 e: l, a ~3 D DD Hayashio
" d4 v1 R s1 j7 b DD Maikaze9 L* v8 Q% |" C0 C, @1 c4 A
DD Isokaze
% ?4 I. D9 |- L$ A6 j! ? DD Shiranui4 f" O8 |0 f9 \6 S6 {+ {/ F
DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships
3 ~" R0 f/ l. H& m5 J* W: S n PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk6 k, L \( d y: e: }. A
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk ]! y7 I$ q. a" X# T
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 d' j, o4 P$ S PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 n( Z$ G: c8 I7 u
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
1 x$ i; B2 E7 Q PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk9 ?. E" o' L! ]& P
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk* e7 k$ ~. x: ~ u) T( ^
PT-60
% P1 P. y$ F, _+ \- m5 V PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk" a; b7 T- v- b. m+ H. s) ?* V8 D0 d
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
6 a! B; \1 ?5 c. g, J; I PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk8 h% v. o0 I% t. p, R; l
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk9 ?. F4 I/ W9 A: X7 f% Y/ O
( @) E* Y( | L1 Y6 j( o6 uJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!+ R$ S- u5 I/ r/ }" t5 N9 ?
Allied TF begins to get underway/ G9 ^7 L1 z3 X/ o
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
4 y8 f( {4 a/ C8 tMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards0 ?9 u" I; E* p O* P2 ?( X/ m+ u" @& @
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
* @5 i. g/ V } h) mCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
5 |0 G) `! P' Q9 uRange closes to 20,000 yards...
6 T3 H2 N7 t6 r. c- x4 Z/ M" URange closes to 15,000 yards...
: d) K* G! }/ w/ y ]CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
8 e7 {. T( i7 s' ECONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards: f" m' Z# g8 c0 M- {
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
# r4 i# t- d& n- d1 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards# Z: f" M! y, Q: A+ B; h
Range closes to 7,000 yards...! T8 {/ q% t# x3 S7 g B5 ^+ b: A
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
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: r4 r+ n3 u2 |- \CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
. B+ y6 r+ U4 L* HRange closes to 3,000 yards...
+ b; p7 Z" J# G" B+ UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards+ e7 {0 V- p& d
Range closes to 1,000 yards...8 ]7 n2 i _2 l1 n: [/ } N$ `7 A
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards4 g, ?& E$ U* t9 p, L8 j
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
6 t% f6 u" c$ D9 R' EPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards5 j" x6 N- k( @8 X9 t
Massive explosion on PT-46! }/ e: C# |8 l _
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
X3 }# J" X9 a' j$ t) v( |PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards7 Z. f3 m4 S" @; T
Range increases to 2,000 yards
& X- f5 n+ L! M5 n; h) lPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
. I |2 A! F- t i. pPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards- V8 T1 V7 `/ G9 q, `: @
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
5 r1 B1 a3 b0 `1 bPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards6 R+ f @( O2 d# F
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards3 d! |$ q ~3 B/ R
Range increases to 3,000 yards* L8 {# o4 _2 t+ u4 v; K
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards6 z4 G3 [& a- I/ Q5 L, a c/ C
Range closes to 2,000 yards
# v4 s1 e, ]/ l- N$ H! }1 sBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards. V( k6 n! v( z, @7 \7 J
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards/ L0 o t& _' {! W
Range increases to 4,000 yards
2 g6 j4 k5 Q' @% yRange increases to 5,000 yards, c; q. S( r9 ?) y
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
_# j3 c( X' z) ~ S8 bRange increases to 6,000 yards
! w! t9 t! m/ m1 b2 aRange increases to 8,000 yards
" c( {6 S$ W+ W2 v8 P$ F- s; |Task forces break off...$ f x& X7 C3 E# `2 t+ `
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards: h3 N3 L/ x7 K3 @/ W) a( _$ `7 j! Q
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6 g* p9 p' |: `/ Z+ X& _ DD Shiranui
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" H$ C" Q! D- C+ s PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight5 G+ v: q3 e# m; X& v
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards. s0 B: P' ]. x5 C
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
7 P! n) N. Y- e a8 HRange closes to 26,000 yards...
! o, F3 |- T8 P2 U8 w6 w. O1 ]2 ~* ~Range closes to 24,000 yards...
6 U7 j% i4 h" Q6 |+ F' jRange closes to 22,000 yards...
7 C4 k8 s+ l8 b" s) ZRange closes to 20,000 yards...: l% m+ o! m0 k0 w! t! F3 y
Range closes to 18,000 yards...8 g' b& v C) L: s/ H/ Y- t8 \
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
% o |! h* I" C: u" J* J @Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' n! H5 [+ A, R6 U4 s! t/ dRange closes to 12,000 yards...
+ x. `6 a# |- VRange closes to 11,000 yards...: I* G9 e0 ?# o- C
Range closes to 10,000 yards...! x2 s8 ?. g% f5 i% r: f6 v
Range closes to 9,000 yards...( E, m$ Q! K4 Y4 ?8 p9 n
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
" {/ o3 D4 i/ i) t) f. \Range closes to 7,000 yards...7 I! n6 W- p- C5 S
Range closes to 6,000 yards...; |: S& n( ?7 g \; U$ `
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
# W2 Q! Q: O3 G0 J/ F+ d2 F% `) hRange closes to 4,000 yards...' K* {6 ?* W2 b6 l- l
Range closes to 3,000 yards...) G! L! q H+ o y9 E
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
* l. z5 R! d& N8 A' W4 MCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards. K' q1 o$ ?2 ]: ]8 W- R: q' G( z" q" a
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
5 {0 ?3 s) Y3 w" U, E6 X2 ?( @. X1 c/ AAllied ships attempt to get underway
" p. |! l+ R+ K, sRange increases to 3,000 yards
" ^2 u [) q, t" \3 SPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
/ P" r! \3 G: e* m! M) YCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...% m" x1 E- q0 O" y' M
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7 e4 c- o" r2 VNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses+ ]: d: v/ Y2 v- r6 m5 r6 D
Catalina I: 7 damaged3 }- |1 E Q$ d& v6 j
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
+ Z; {+ ]8 }+ \8 o P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged9 c8 e j+ d3 r7 o/ A
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground9 k! k- @; R8 ^! [* `, ?8 J- w
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Japanese Ships: h, H; B! Q. F" d' m
BB Kirishima
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BB Kongo
1 l" G3 |- r5 i1 U CA Kako
$ C/ t; n5 J0 v* m" _ CA Kumano( h; l" A& L6 n# }3 L
CA Suzuya
2 J! I R' T# E3 c CA Mikuma
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" ~# j8 `, R0 u1 j I' iAllied ground losses:
( Y! s2 D0 E7 Q1 e/ r 274 casualties reported
( o& z7 s. e. F( N m! y4 P Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled, i5 t3 v8 u- Y4 H: c- G
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
" M* i' d/ v j' x Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
& r6 Z) ?4 \0 v( t4 N Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled); [/ M: b+ ^% D7 L; d
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)' a" f2 Y% C- ^0 D w
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Airbase hits 17
2 d5 N% r# w$ Y8 j! p& c6 VAirbase supply hits 2
& G$ [( z- L9 m kRunway hits 35
$ \3 i; j) z$ I IPort hits 5: F$ X+ D* @) w7 y7 w# S( V: O
Port supply hits 4- H( B; U: ?/ C8 ?
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
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BB Haruna firing at Gove , i9 S2 W. q6 ?. d6 U) D
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
3 y2 J3 ~& w9 R3 xCA Kako firing at Gove ; S% L, }2 @. e
CA Kumano firing at Gove 2 ?# Z: m0 m* h T C8 K4 C
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
9 n/ H, t% e+ eCA Suzuya firing at Gove , u$ R; B/ R! \. Z7 R
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
, K: c& ]0 Q0 E* C6 X- I3 BCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |