AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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9 E% T: a2 @3 u0 ^( l, J$ r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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9 t( h% `6 ]6 i. I8 i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 ]5 @, v- r2 W. |' b
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Japanese Ships
1 {, I) H8 ?1 M9 w! O* Q$ v BB Kongo9 V$ i _) C$ E
BB Haruna: F* C: y/ I) N9 [+ r8 b
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
6 g, J8 v1 _) r: H( T5 M( h BB Kirishima
1 c; B% u. ]2 \5 w CA Mogami
, x* I4 e8 y$ x4 n& {$ H8 ] CA Mikuma
. x" `# f7 ?! r& ? CA Suzuya
4 P9 L8 c' T8 G ^. |/ C CA Kumano& L9 e) {$ i! ~0 b4 L
CA Kako: t/ \2 d. |* l
DD Makinami
; Y6 M4 P3 f2 o1 h. b& n1 } h DD Takanami& d4 W. h( ]4 ^
DD Natsushio
+ d1 T! \# z/ x; u! p( ]) s `7 S DD Yukikaze
( U, c4 B+ D! y1 o6 F9 G DD Hayashio
" }9 b: d4 U' d7 n. ] DD Maikaze7 z1 ~8 s5 @+ Q) _+ j
DD Isokaze
; q; b" L& q% ]% ?5 `+ |9 Y DD Shiranui
0 M9 x/ y& ~% ?( J9 g7 x DD Amatsukaze
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2 Z2 I! X. r9 ?0 G8 z PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
- T% U: Y0 L, K* {$ B( |0 i PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
6 ~' c8 M* [% L4 Q PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk* |& E8 N+ ]8 t3 v0 S2 z j
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
1 M( V! C( k/ t4 c$ V$ o8 o9 [$ a PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
# k1 ^" K8 }$ z) ]0 ?7 a6 a4 [ PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
) ]( N; o6 E& F U8 m+ s PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
( m! l K. J5 F2 E PT-60/ k& |3 ?( o# g9 Q: E$ E
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk3 R! W1 o- C5 Z6 G
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
! I" x8 {& w- T5 h, M# U6 C PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
3 ]" v+ l* F3 b PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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q: \# Z2 `. O, a% y1 bJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
6 V6 d% `) n% T. W9 g, k6 c/ ?( m+ NAllied TF begins to get underway
1 W9 Y# B! a# r& W3 @5 U- ILow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
& B; |" p8 J& `9 Q9 C% s8 y4 [Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
# d3 g# n9 ~6 t; o3 aRange closes to 25,000 yards...
9 L7 p0 j/ p' k% ~CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
& U2 W6 P! j# L1 k; W; w2 mRange closes to 20,000 yards...
Z3 |4 H% k3 V# VRange closes to 15,000 yards...0 h8 L. o9 s9 F) c
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
1 u" u F% w* l+ RCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
# K' [7 d m* A+ k# w: yRange closes to 10,000 yards...
' N6 z" t. y! `' u4 e: ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards$ S2 e3 E3 f7 o: x0 V0 @
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
5 b* U- b8 n0 D6 BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
) g W: ?# e1 |8 ?Range closes to 5,000 yards...( U' B3 X. R* R2 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
* c# B6 t. q; @" Z; H: E, SRange closes to 3,000 yards..., t0 k: I! M3 `/ ~! V& W' x
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
9 G$ I# F. c9 x/ URange closes to 1,000 yards..." p/ g1 u$ b0 I3 D8 N" v2 P M
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
8 X' j" L0 x- j% D0 I" q) ^PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards B( X* {! M( [* O: v; S
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
9 |/ g& f0 U( n3 }; r% M7 kMassive explosion on PT-466 V) T3 F) ^# C2 Z/ x) M
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
- R; u. }8 o! f) f2 x5 v9 ]PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards! T5 |8 ~* r) k) Y
Range increases to 2,000 yards: T& g2 }$ ~! N1 w: o8 y6 C \, x
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards9 w, A7 l: s& C' S# u; u( x0 k1 Z
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
+ q; I2 o7 T; j/ aBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards% o. H. H$ A8 I1 u) Y4 \
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
% h0 H3 l: B- c0 h- h$ P- RPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards& J7 i! Q. ^ t. y. b/ J
Range increases to 3,000 yards
8 w7 y* C) p5 x/ HPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards& v6 T0 v* S$ \' B+ M
Range closes to 2,000 yards! V9 R( b& ?, e6 ^9 B
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
+ C7 ^+ z- x3 \7 Z/ ~PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
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Range increases to 5,000 yards
; S$ Y" B. ?: O) @DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
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Range increases to 8,000 yards% a% }/ D+ i$ j7 g. r
Task forces break off...0 Y/ |: }5 W; x" E/ G
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards1 P6 O* e4 W* H* J5 Z
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9 A7 y1 G' y$ ` DD Shiranui9 i& A) M, S0 ^5 M R4 V$ T) e& ~
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PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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( c1 `* v! o+ z5 D# T$ B2 JPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
/ _/ E+ p6 @, w- R9 O* q8 DMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
+ H, t* K2 g A5 @Range closes to 28,000 yards... A+ ~7 q: F; ~9 y) K# W4 }5 o8 o& u
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
6 j9 f M, c6 l! uRange closes to 24,000 yards...
" j! G2 b' x6 [# hRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 C' R0 v- v- Y" c, n2 F, {
Range closes to 20,000 yards..." a9 j: A7 R& L6 z
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
9 @7 o& c% Z" W9 p6 ORange closes to 16,000 yards...
& K. ~) f; o. m& w8 GRange closes to 14,000 yards...
6 ]7 Y. C& N. y# N# n3 p/ i+ Z5 f8 I- @2 bRange closes to 12,000 yards...
8 m. E: x6 |8 J9 x: m, `# P% DRange closes to 11,000 yards...
5 [3 l% }; _) ORange closes to 10,000 yards...
: S T0 k; M0 @# k) \Range closes to 9,000 yards...( K5 N, }0 l1 W) u1 q" q
Range closes to 8,000 yards...+ }8 m, ?9 H- m B7 |
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
9 O8 D* A, a! k$ mRange closes to 6,000 yards...+ p* s4 L! \& E6 \, N
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
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Range closes to 2,000 yards...6 p+ p' g& D) h! C. q1 n
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards! V! E6 d, u$ F0 C6 ]* v7 j1 Y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
/ s; Y# h0 U6 `$ JAllied ships attempt to get underway
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PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards; S) ]( r+ n) b! Z, Z: H
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...+ i, X5 ?- |# o: f' x
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
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Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground8 j0 T" F/ E- s: ~) {
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
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Japanese Ships
0 m: ~ V' M/ ]3 T( d BB Kirishima
, c4 m' K5 O$ ^/ \ BB Hiei
7 S) G, v; t: Q( q! u( ]; H( D! C BB Haruna2 g4 G, u; F# S) j/ i$ A
BB Kongo
9 j6 a( g z2 H) k CA Kako4 J8 }+ ?* n) R" T
CA Kumano( \; x5 x' u9 m& H2 z, W' d: E
CA Suzuya+ J( m, t$ V0 W' y' Q
CA Mikuma, h+ j; n9 e8 ~. r! S7 N% [* [( K
CA Mogami
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274 casualties reported, ^6 b3 T% n! Y! T" b3 b
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled" x, D( p6 o& O; ~7 U
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled3 N/ P6 p3 s6 ?6 x: d6 \' l
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled7 B5 D; O: s. k. t" v; ~' y8 c
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
7 f# F/ H) Q& i8 K Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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5 g- p* w/ d1 |" PAirbase hits 17
0 ]. f& w, h3 E$ k9 S1 I* QAirbase supply hits 2
4 V8 Q% h4 d6 ^Runway hits 35/ T% Z% N7 r' z( x% d1 ^
Port hits 5
& o/ }9 R) ]. e8 i6 }$ ]Port supply hits 4% d* N3 ]4 h3 d) F0 Y! u: ~) Z
& p: @+ g1 ^) n: J7 cBB Kirishima firing at Gove
* r" M; n4 e/ k3 ABB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
B2 ^9 n( U( o" M1 KBB Haruna firing at Gove * \* b* O+ L3 L( A
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
5 p' ]2 l9 r* E3 F/ dCA Kako firing at Gove 2 |/ f0 r% X# Q: e3 l1 V: s0 s5 W
CA Kumano firing at Gove
0 w. m% K7 N, C! YE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya Y! @$ V s- `! I+ X
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
! p5 H$ r8 s/ n7 aCA Mikuma firing at Gove ! j: U ?0 \& `9 W1 b
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |