AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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- N7 e+ ` X5 T7 p9 D( I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" f' A: o% c0 J
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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
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) N$ R% X5 K6 k6 q4 ENight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards& ^ ^, m' w0 o( q6 I+ c
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Japanese Ships
( @! R+ T4 N& R5 r9 n0 F& J7 J) Y BB Kongo
- ]$ k$ \! y' Q) N, j7 t# R$ j BB Haruna* r: w$ @# f+ i! g. O3 r/ q
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
2 A% d" o- c4 @) `3 a/ E BB Kirishima# _ g; v$ v; B. t/ F- \5 K. T
CA Mogami
7 C! h6 q" _! X1 O# P CA Mikuma
: }- H/ G+ h+ X9 O! P: J9 P CA Suzuya
0 v8 S( n! |! t% F( N. f% @4 @ CA Kumano
$ N8 x+ Y9 l! w9 l1 A' A CA Kako& e9 D! R& ~" q, H% D9 t; [
DD Makinami5 `8 T9 q/ B. V: F8 a# ?
DD Takanami
' Y/ I9 J& j/ U DD Natsushio0 a' |* m1 A; W9 a7 J q/ t5 b3 O
DD Yukikaze) `/ e4 C& A& x0 {- T+ Y
DD Hayashio
# ~5 I* a; |* ?+ ~ N DD Maikaze
# [+ e5 L6 u0 y9 `1 f2 c1 n DD Isokaze
/ A) A1 u6 ]/ e/ n DD Shiranui" S$ c2 P5 W2 s4 c
DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships9 y8 ]. M" O* ^8 Z; B
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
/ C4 f# m" h4 b, P+ w3 h2 O PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk2 Z) k$ |$ N. ^
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk' V& @2 }$ h9 h
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk& v: Z: D9 G# F, L0 i4 g
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
! {+ p& V) g. o& s# T; c PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# c! ^+ r8 A2 ] PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk8 Z7 m( |3 q+ D
PT-60
) N+ T0 ?' J) u7 T+ Y3 c PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk! F1 J. l4 W, L! T. s
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk% _; o) W9 b. H9 o; } h
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk7 g# g- }2 n9 `6 U
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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, a2 a* k' o9 w% NJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
( R5 ~/ P [8 {& Z; l7 sAllied TF begins to get underway
* h6 b. j1 n0 \" R! G2 T& Z, @Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
3 V) r; L* ?7 _: s) U/ \Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards& p( K5 b& \8 a
Range closes to 25,000 yards...5 ~4 l; u% t1 x3 j: x- l7 c
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
# n: g* K6 ^( `. b7 [0 ~Range closes to 20,000 yards..." p3 N( J$ Z+ s8 t9 n$ S
Range closes to 15,000 yards...; I0 b8 f0 v7 t8 T! @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards. l6 X; u, p, S4 l- i
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards) Y; K* Q* Q0 K
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
! l5 `' K. U4 hCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
6 @# _# t) j# f) Y) z& d8 FRange closes to 7,000 yards...
* D' w+ k6 f$ D UCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
" O% R; x8 C) q8 }Range closes to 5,000 yards...
( R8 k- g( |" N' J' {2 ?+ E6 u2 SCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
0 S. W e# {4 _" ]Range closes to 3,000 yards...
3 L# s, e2 G2 A$ H! u7 ^0 aCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
7 Z5 b- Q) \1 RRange closes to 1,000 yards...2 Z4 f! S4 A3 U- O: M
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards/ g q0 [. i2 y) a
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards% { S; e C* G: W1 a" o/ K
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
0 |5 z, E) g& c* d! n0 UMassive explosion on PT-46
1 c' f! g6 o# ^ o, w5 t( f7 ~% _( B* FPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
$ p$ k7 ^# f0 C- Y$ O' s% U t& yPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards( z! x/ L2 \* c5 ^, W
Range increases to 2,000 yards# m* ^- f3 s* f! t5 X
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
# k' x/ E' M; }3 w6 [5 }/ H! bPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards/ Z8 D' z% B+ c4 p" \$ S8 B
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
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PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
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/ ^2 L" Y2 _/ _( T& WPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards' a' x( k2 M' m$ |
Range closes to 2,000 yards
; B* k9 a- A: _0 c/ cBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
3 p" m: b( o& u' J1 JPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards0 \9 t2 w1 M& ]2 v- s& B9 e7 [
Range increases to 4,000 yards
' A4 U. W- \4 Q- U7 u C G0 sRange increases to 5,000 yards. ~& g9 w! c ^: f& ~# N9 [
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
( R1 l) D# Z. ]5 L% y' ERange increases to 6,000 yards4 S2 d& r# u5 w* q8 o" N1 }
Range increases to 8,000 yards
4 V: v8 y9 K2 h1 D8 w2 y- XTask forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards J* a' i9 T2 U9 `' i( t; a4 z# e
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Japanese Ships
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Allied Ships# n' {) d% g. Y" Q1 _. A
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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6 \- O0 j3 d, J1 dPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight: A# m' J3 l9 C- h
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards% o7 K5 x" d3 N9 F# ~ L; T
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 u9 n# N3 m& h' Y& u* zRange closes to 26,000 yards..., ~ _+ j0 W6 F4 g5 r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
, _/ G- o% Q/ @# j) A DRange closes to 22,000 yards...& B% n( I% R4 [1 V! G+ V9 B
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
8 M2 S% T- B# U2 G2 N' z+ _Range closes to 18,000 yards...$ C) b, G m& A6 Z
Range closes to 16,000 yards...6 w) @ k% T& d8 q
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
, t4 L+ h. f1 pRange closes to 12,000 yards...
& K0 V5 F @" ^+ Q( ^. _! zRange closes to 11,000 yards...
( @2 @" e0 v1 iRange closes to 10,000 yards...2 \) `- _3 b9 l9 V; o& R/ S! s
Range closes to 9,000 yards...9 n! h1 n* c; q# B
Range closes to 8,000 yards...2 f7 t; \6 r' E9 r- i& }+ F
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
8 x7 `; U! b) P" q3 kRange closes to 6,000 yards...
# U, G1 n% b6 r3 Q7 W( V" QRange closes to 5,000 yards...
! V0 P3 Q/ N* [4 d, O8 yRange closes to 4,000 yards...3 Z) O; O( [: y
Range closes to 3,000 yards...; \5 ?3 E; p' P1 G6 Y
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
$ N8 R& d2 J' L- s- i7 V, {CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards t, W I0 g9 W6 q( ~0 J
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards8 m. b3 o- \, |7 f- b; l8 L
Allied ships attempt to get underway1 X% R" t! U7 ]$ Y% h# e
Range increases to 3,000 yards; ~8 b& v( m+ P8 N; F
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards# ~# \! C, g% R1 L2 \4 M
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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* U8 C6 d& W( Z6 Z% [Allied aircraft
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5 P: ] d7 P" sAllied aircraft losses
5 I+ f# G! P N4 H2 M) n Catalina I: 7 damaged
& W# \* \3 R+ w% P; w Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground) |$ N5 a) ?4 s+ M" ]
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
' S/ I" X9 }% E' u! N+ Q P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground; r) \0 w/ f. f5 V6 c' z! G e
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Japanese Ships6 V* w3 Q: M' U! @9 V
BB Kirishima
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BB Haruna. E) m; h7 H9 ?9 Y* H3 Z
BB Kongo
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CA Kumano
. m0 b5 y7 b, N4 S6 R: F CA Suzuya1 c7 z. k* T* u
CA Mikuma" @! m7 P/ p% m" ]2 W$ M" s$ V0 T$ [) _, X
CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
$ Y) l$ ?6 \2 {" J Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled' m! n/ f* a2 {8 I! |4 A$ {" {
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled6 ^7 V" x% L5 M w
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)& Y3 T# x8 Z' \/ S, C7 i
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 170 m" A3 J# E' k* [ w( b
Airbase supply hits 28 U/ M2 S u* {) X
Runway hits 357 {6 L" B G6 s" ]4 H
Port hits 5/ B7 {. K; C1 P: j+ V5 D5 a+ K6 S; ~
Port supply hits 4
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' z3 } U& Z0 a3 Q! o$ _! NBB Kirishima firing at Gove
- X- c3 ^7 B1 I# EBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
1 Y% d2 B* f! }9 k( HBB Haruna firing at Gove
/ b- a2 I1 d% U$ Z( f9 WBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
. ~1 K' r1 z9 u3 u2 }- oCA Kako firing at Gove
J( L5 B. T; `8 j* H fCA Kumano firing at Gove
0 q# }# J, P1 f3 }8 f8 nE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya5 Z0 R: l" e' K% q& r! l- J
CA Suzuya firing at Gove # k2 A! I; g1 R: @: i8 g8 h
CA Mikuma firing at Gove 9 j# f! A2 [, m. O
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |