AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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+ K- H2 g4 b, [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Gove2 v( c8 v. M* W0 C# k
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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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& M* D' w4 G2 S- ONight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards5 ^9 @# y8 B/ T
9 `3 A! o* i6 x- XJapanese Ships! [- `& Q- `9 A w. S/ J
BB Kongo1 V0 B# H# i- l
BB Haruna
4 ~9 U/ z) C/ G! G( ` BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1/ X* t9 c4 ?. s9 w
BB Kirishima' f9 x. x1 [7 f, c& ~! H
CA Mogami) j8 P3 w/ W7 x6 W% t) H
CA Mikuma
' O! m/ j7 E- W! X$ ?, r CA Suzuya
9 L2 V5 Q' p( G, I4 t. S CA Kumano5 c# S; f0 Z6 Z# {; o- k/ [& T/ L
CA Kako
: d6 ^) x/ c' A. a' y DD Makinami
i- a/ _. x/ @ DD Takanami
$ q5 Z- \, R7 ]2 T9 Z8 u* J! V DD Natsushio6 L+ y9 X, ^1 g, N& U2 ^% a
DD Yukikaze
3 U0 `" B: r6 s& u8 K" c4 [# Y DD Hayashio
: }; ~* T1 z/ j b3 M0 B8 T DD Maikaze6 v7 y- ]: N5 o+ N/ N0 e
DD Isokaze4 P$ m$ ]* I' E
DD Shiranui! I. a! Y9 p( J5 D1 [4 O
DD Amatsukaze6 b" ]; c" j7 O$ J: u8 L
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Allied Ships
' N. P' O2 e n$ ]4 f6 x PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk* `* o+ H' R2 [1 U5 m5 a
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
+ ^& U& r- L# E7 B h. M PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 d8 _, `) A, [, a' Y& _: d5 J PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 s" [; E5 i1 t
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
* g I$ @5 A) n7 Z PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
6 I3 }9 u( r. b/ f6 y% P1 Q PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
; V% g- ?2 L4 v PT-60
/ X0 \( \& W' b9 k! U PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
) L" ^. X3 }. V, ~8 X7 x. H- A3 L PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk. t. ^$ _0 \2 ]; m0 {& a
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
) c8 a$ V. B; Q- s$ n! S+ R PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk8 [ l" f: r3 y+ j
' L; [/ t! p% y! s$ b1 JJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!8 u+ X/ S) C. P6 ]5 ?- [" x
Allied TF begins to get underway
! I* H( N- m2 ?" y1 {+ nLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
% c: h- [2 Y% x: M' ^; n: u3 yMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
5 c# m+ _# y1 X5 t, qRange closes to 25,000 yards...( T. C5 e' p) v: W4 \' Y: x' N5 D; A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards3 B1 \, Q" u9 o
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
7 [+ b! R3 M$ ]+ k$ B$ d5 RRange closes to 15,000 yards...
s5 {& G: T# q7 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards/ I8 w* Q+ l0 i- A: N# J
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
- Q+ ]/ e" C& pRange closes to 10,000 yards...; E+ l, b+ v- O, z$ M
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
' v; P+ t9 V& C" }. BRange closes to 7,000 yards...
v6 I1 p* t$ X# y3 }0 O& ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards0 S5 ?" M: J4 o
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
5 @, ?, ~6 @' R8 R) E/ xCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards* }5 B% [4 c s9 ]7 f' f
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
3 d- y0 p9 ^" i- ~$ v4 y ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards9 }) g4 ^ N* E* y/ i5 _
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
) A2 @' N' N" b5 s+ R( Y9 ^PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards' X; B/ t6 A* W5 H" P
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards* w& }. d& v1 ?! c
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
! W, B. H( J& m+ Q8 B) G, ^Massive explosion on PT-46
. U0 e1 k& o3 Y. P+ [PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
/ s& f, G% n# S' K5 m& FPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards* W8 P! b" R w! e; G
Range increases to 2,000 yards4 D/ ?4 @6 m+ J( ~0 a2 F
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
! m ]3 L3 C7 APT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards! w. `& ^! O4 p# x# l
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards( a. {) W9 d0 @+ b
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
X& J, B/ `% r9 y# t' A8 ]PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
' ~6 d9 Y' Z; V$ CRange increases to 3,000 yards$ I- Z6 v/ F! k& r# O. U. |
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
) w/ H3 X6 `- v6 Q" X: l+ nRange closes to 2,000 yards
5 T( T) a% e' f4 Q9 y* QBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
6 |$ U6 K3 |, I* B/ D. J7 YPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
! n2 ?% s$ W2 J+ Z2 F; a) B0 GRange increases to 4,000 yards) F- t( h% T2 D+ {
Range increases to 5,000 yards
3 [, ~. {' i9 C/ D, a cDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 ; U* ~+ N6 n; V; A, V( a
Range increases to 6,000 yards
4 V% a9 }# K9 ?7 i+ P3 S3 jRange increases to 8,000 yards" I6 j3 Y% h' z' z. Y
Task forces break off...
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% B9 }/ d8 g2 ENight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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DD Shiranui# E" A5 O& } q ~
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Allied Ships
8 r$ c' ~! u: E# s6 W PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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. h, f! B7 F' j& E- {$ NPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
1 g ~8 }" f: ~Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
* k8 E2 ~* W: p, H FRange closes to 28,000 yards...* n+ _7 I6 z0 t% }
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
$ U! l0 ?: z) N* [ m# i6 lRange closes to 24,000 yards...
`, `+ c0 W, G8 }1 yRange closes to 22,000 yards...
, X% P! W3 @8 aRange closes to 20,000 yards...
3 p1 M+ O9 W4 A6 e wRange closes to 18,000 yards...
/ o5 `1 `# U$ _Range closes to 16,000 yards...) E: g5 R% k2 m) m5 L u
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
& }/ ~2 E; t$ e$ e! T5 r( W/ ?' SRange closes to 12,000 yards...7 g! w( F' Q/ g0 P; }& z$ Z. i# i
Range closes to 11,000 yards...; {- r: b) p( }- y- e- V1 V
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
1 c4 s+ }' c: w* `* V5 ~Range closes to 9,000 yards...5 s) z) E1 K* H5 h) j) a Q4 ~
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
) X1 r1 a/ O3 H- T: l: Y' I7 tRange closes to 7,000 yards...* q# E) Z) U6 o. E6 d, O# Q3 J: L3 ~
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
4 t: S8 u* I! S; @8 c' zRange closes to 5,000 yards...
- p- h" w6 i! M, k Q" f) \Range closes to 4,000 yards...
3 s9 q# i; @. u7 g9 s" y wRange closes to 3,000 yards...
# @; R* v w# P" G" `! W0 l9 yRange closes to 2,000 yards...% M+ R- a2 }! t% N
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards5 Y/ k8 S' z1 ~% u: g- ~
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards# ]0 i* ?9 q1 {) G
Allied ships attempt to get underway* j5 [& ~8 l/ a, c
Range increases to 3,000 yards
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Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1279 w1 c9 D$ u, W3 h7 I
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Allied aircraft& h/ U7 d- y8 S4 Y- p$ g6 z8 l
no flights, z! \ K. S& l5 D X+ J, e
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Allied aircraft losses
/ B/ g5 @# {+ E* h, L# V& f( B; m Catalina I: 7 damaged
- d0 K. z% A. L- C n) b& i d Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground6 E) {+ Q! K6 k( e5 u1 h
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
/ Q2 b% r' j' _3 a P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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% T q; i8 c, z. _Japanese Ships
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BB Hiei
2 G1 E; i$ X. |5 b6 ?. d* b5 C6 o BB Haruna
8 f0 {+ v+ ~" O4 @/ \/ x7 { BB Kongo7 ~/ ^7 {' p; z
CA Kako
, j; r7 s/ c: r' y Q. a CA Kumano; X5 A' C7 K. ]8 @* Y7 T
CA Suzuya' I1 g6 i; d- p$ T: ^: [- d7 s
CA Mikuma
F- N% H C- ~% e CA Mogami- F& I' H$ H5 o- x( l$ n1 f
/ M$ ]( h& {. a+ a/ U+ WAllied ground losses:
3 Y5 d( E' o& x2 |( K- l6 |% x 274 casualties reported
5 p0 g- R' N1 Y$ R7 d8 C6 A Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
& _( W; l y+ h0 t. N Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled c( E I% C) [% Q4 w1 G
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
. }* {5 l) j$ w+ U. R7 \ Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
' B& p h. ~0 _ Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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$ D- G( j$ a8 {8 G) d$ P1 EAirbase hits 17) @1 y- c3 s$ b! x |
Airbase supply hits 2
' R& x' i6 N& _$ c: B+ b( \Runway hits 35
2 Q: p8 g$ i& y( t3 [2 MPort hits 5
# f& J: H: u" \/ ~: Z1 i# oPort supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
! Q7 S: W2 w7 R: b% pBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
5 u' b4 p3 g1 H% f3 D; _$ cBB Haruna firing at Gove , u2 t! T# N' _3 B8 L P
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
h4 ~ ` M$ s8 d* A7 \3 M/ HCA Kako firing at Gove & ^7 z+ ~0 m5 W1 S
CA Kumano firing at Gove ; P- K; e0 q6 Q, U" V
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya b) y, x& C3 _ I3 }5 ?0 {
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
% x; C; n' s/ o3 }CA Mikuma firing at Gove
7 g. c: `3 |3 JCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |