AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44, q4 d# g- H8 t
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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
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' K* h' M' ? D) `, C' r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- l+ d1 I# A; T) U8 `! V
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, E0 D2 o7 ~4 y5 H BB Kongo
2 `% S0 E$ f6 N& j5 [ BB Haruna5 w9 d2 h3 @( K' u, E) V$ y% h
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
( m; Z$ I. o9 |0 h( y9 a BB Kirishima
4 A0 ^1 {, J$ h) G# [ CA Mogami" _$ Y0 i# v `1 U, J5 n0 a
CA Mikuma! A( k3 \2 c3 c4 Q5 v/ Z+ X
CA Suzuya7 j+ X0 a: y n4 {6 H% V- Y7 L
CA Kumano6 b- w# u( p# a
CA Kako0 v# U& }* t5 G9 H: ?* y5 m' l$ z: {
DD Makinami) i. E. E) h4 b7 i
DD Takanami
* `& s6 U, ]6 N/ J DD Natsushio
& Y' P& Q5 R8 A: [) m! h" Y DD Yukikaze/ w _3 j* I" L% r1 U8 o- E
DD Hayashio
' |2 y: ]& l8 }5 c$ A DD Maikaze
6 j; A3 a0 n {. H DD Isokaze" ?1 @! `3 d% a k! P, j
DD Shiranui
! {$ Q r/ Y/ j5 L DD Amatsukaze
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& z5 t& V, L5 q# E _& XAllied Ships
* D+ u! k/ a1 s3 [ PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk' ]6 i" q# C @) U
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 a4 I. v+ u% y. T: A2 N
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk; d- T9 L h8 j+ F9 |) x
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
@7 I1 a0 a v9 l PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
' n% K' J3 o; H7 ^ PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 e$ {! p& Q% O. {( ]1 z PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk0 E" N0 r! E: N/ e
PT-60
6 `: `9 E$ w7 a2 {/ I0 S& Z- P PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 i+ g0 C; \/ ]" H4 k
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* i# a/ m) I3 u5 x0 z6 j
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk6 z. Q; Q# O: c0 L
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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, k4 A0 }4 \' q/ ~4 \2 A" ~6 UJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
6 ]- y$ H/ C% u$ PAllied TF begins to get underway6 A2 w- K1 ~- M; |( ~) w
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight9 D- Q1 T' z: c6 l
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
7 |' i" q1 [; j, WRange closes to 25,000 yards... W) H6 q4 G" Z' X$ k
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards! y+ H" j1 [( Q9 J$ t( n
Range closes to 20,000 yards...: b8 I W1 q2 m+ D6 Q
Range closes to 15,000 yards...! m# d$ p2 @8 J& e7 f
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
" K% K- w {8 _2 ^7 NCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards/ \; M1 t7 f* ?
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
4 A* e5 t' v+ s" B) RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards4 A( ]. g* F+ x9 U3 f4 I& I# ?
Range closes to 7,000 yards...0 R# k3 E# ], q% N6 o9 h8 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards- h# L4 x* [1 S- n- D3 M
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
7 x' p9 {) V2 uCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards4 @; [" j1 H- y( r6 X: @) w
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
! r% \& L' ~) c" m1 P6 |CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards4 E% G5 {9 z/ o
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
! z' d: D7 |7 `8 q* f; ]PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards" K# L: L$ s: y8 |- L
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards: ?! H% Y/ ^6 I. K8 Z
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
; U$ Y& f4 O& g. o6 IMassive explosion on PT-46" W7 `5 D! c9 M4 a* X3 W
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
" y% b9 M0 |' ?3 N$ ePT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards: Y7 ^5 r! T) w
Range increases to 2,000 yards
# j: p7 R" @, @9 L6 G$ U" n/ [! pPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards J T' `+ d c+ W5 _
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards8 Q [; v, B+ G, L* [/ e
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards1 I; f$ e; h, X, |
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards! x" x/ U! m$ n! x, I
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards7 T+ {% s. @( x
Range increases to 3,000 yards% |7 A& r8 N' B. k0 U( l. _) H
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards$ I/ t7 L8 i0 u
Range closes to 2,000 yards
% c. a7 X! f: _( lBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
( ^6 z; ^/ n$ J- E4 `& {% R1 \& [PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
9 b: _4 C% X u2 U: K# dRange increases to 4,000 yards* } w; }% _; T8 Q
Range increases to 5,000 yards
: y; \: E( u0 _/ ], m9 |7 UDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 5 E) J$ X+ k( m4 s6 M
Range increases to 6,000 yards- C4 `4 b" t9 q& f# H0 ^ l8 i+ _
Range increases to 8,000 yards
1 T( t4 }) Y' l1 t* n8 {Task forces break off...
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4 R# q( M: u% oNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards0 h. _" ]9 [" r9 B8 W5 j. K3 B% H- g
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Japanese Ships
e+ l7 a q$ k: u- I* P DD Shiranui
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G' U! x6 w& |; g1 S7 F+ LAllied Ships
8 e' l1 S0 `/ p4 y$ t' L. U: r' { PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk. S' ?. ]- \! W5 W, ?
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
" C# s# ^9 C1 i6 \4 i% `1 OMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
( B) R3 s# Z4 e7 P; u( r9 {$ @Range closes to 28,000 yards...
; m" M& B% M v; e0 s ORange closes to 26,000 yards...* [! `4 h4 Z" ?4 |! C5 \9 w. j% @
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
5 g' n7 z+ k! s% wRange closes to 22,000 yards...) F6 Q9 A! O, L" k1 l
Range closes to 20,000 yards... a! P6 U0 Q: @! P- Q% @5 g
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
4 D: f6 j- q8 {8 T6 r1 _" J8 E, ~Range closes to 16,000 yards...
' K- U7 B* @) f! a1 Z4 Q8 }9 FRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# H# K( D3 ? V* C5 Z6 {Range closes to 12,000 yards...
( d) t) {; g( l# B& \Range closes to 11,000 yards...
. ^% ?" J1 t) TRange closes to 10,000 yards...! Z( _9 k5 T: {4 o' J9 v/ s( N
Range closes to 9,000 yards...9 ^1 |, }2 U4 }) t% l, B
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
* e: G% x) z1 E8 m& k! G$ jRange closes to 7,000 yards...) ^9 I O( P N5 K* j5 h
Range closes to 6,000 yards...6 C9 h- L) a! z! c
Range closes to 5,000 yards...0 a; H5 L2 }+ k2 p
Range closes to 4,000 yards...' P) R; _- n. O9 V- C6 p6 B
Range closes to 3,000 yards...6 z% d6 p/ G* ~7 k/ d) [# D; D# Y* t
Range closes to 2,000 yards...- L6 x5 U! A+ A. _) L+ ~
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
, |2 K& r9 g6 f3 b" S) aCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards) o: O% {* I$ d+ A& B8 S/ [5 U
Allied ships attempt to get underway' q% W: K' P9 z0 [7 p
Range increases to 3,000 yards3 w" M$ i0 v- u; U% T
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
; L9 H, B5 H6 ^# ^- C$ fCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1275 L8 s" R( f- S1 k+ w2 R
0 J5 ^# F% m! I; o: Y; VAllied aircraft2 ]0 ~5 |( F5 N9 m' s# }; g
no flights5 G- d* T# }; c% s+ g6 [
V. U0 H1 F7 i' ^5 c3 TAllied aircraft losses8 H, f9 }& M+ C8 i; D) g
Catalina I: 7 damaged: Z8 s- {' X3 Z4 R" P: u
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
+ k V! v. E; G# d2 P' L9 o" P P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
& M& o3 K; ^* z$ D- O b P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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Japanese Ships7 a5 `2 O q8 c4 \
BB Kirishima
5 a8 d1 S$ E# c, D BB Hiei/ G3 i5 i8 I" O" Y P/ B
BB Haruna( q: j5 O" S0 J* U! O5 c# z5 S5 f
BB Kongo
* q. s0 H+ B5 `! u. o3 h CA Kako) g- o. @% o6 R! q# q* \) [
CA Kumano
+ Q4 A! J6 @/ g- @& _! a( q: g) B. P CA Suzuya
, @/ R! W- a) [/ I) e# _ CA Mikuma
( _5 U" W0 Q' B# l. p& |/ U- ]- ] CA Mogami! A7 S N5 p" d
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Allied ground losses:8 w& W; W) \8 v r4 M
274 casualties reported
) `& h( {" {1 X. h5 s Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled# I% @4 w9 I& d) x% j+ n
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled+ F6 {0 D5 q% p5 {/ e7 W* s; J
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled8 W" V& W' s* g. f3 f
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)/ y) `9 B# G' t
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 17
d& |: ^3 ` W: z) HAirbase supply hits 2
$ R, \" M! g I* J% e$ V, X" rRunway hits 35
% E4 d ~) l ]6 G7 Z3 e& U& X, \Port hits 5
# e& v1 r: }) m( O/ s. H+ P) PPort supply hits 4+ K. w; M' ^+ O9 S( Z! p( H6 M0 T, J8 |
: a7 Q2 J B X sBB Kirishima firing at Gove
6 y- p) X3 k' V/ pBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
% K' x2 f+ Q- ^BB Haruna firing at Gove
4 @4 @6 E) f. k: g9 ]0 CBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade4 C/ g" V2 U7 V1 P$ ^# A3 R
CA Kako firing at Gove ! z: c! f7 \6 {. [
CA Kumano firing at Gove
$ `: C+ [$ s: ?0 g1 PE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya3 `4 J) w, a @3 Z: ^! l q$ t
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
5 p) ]5 ]7 w2 }7 d4 L) FCA Mikuma firing at Gove
5 m2 g& F$ u% nCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |