AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44# G0 i$ @+ C# X% B! ~
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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: p9 d Z- B, t9 g4 x9 @
6 O+ Z* w$ Y8 o/ B3 O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 7 T; }$ Y! H# C4 W4 W8 U5 g" e
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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3 G& }" \7 ?: x# t! L, I BB Kongo6 X$ ~7 x: q: {! ^" p
BB Haruna
; n+ O {8 J. { BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1% k5 F1 r! x$ ~, T% r4 ]
BB Kirishima
4 B1 ]* c; g) _, [. T CA Mogami/ l2 o! ~% B& R( [
CA Mikuma, l& D8 u; i/ `
CA Suzuya' a" [" h1 j. `$ y9 q
CA Kumano
$ c% S& ~) }" G+ y CA Kako5 U9 ^( D3 }% [9 U+ f4 W* I
DD Makinami% _$ B& K1 x1 C: D- c7 b1 y- ]
DD Takanami
. i: x8 } n5 W1 m6 f* a DD Natsushio' ^* T/ U( ^7 C6 G6 G l
DD Yukikaze+ T2 n/ w) {3 D; w. o- o5 o
DD Hayashio' |2 ~# ? {) s! S0 l) f. M7 K
DD Maikaze
) }0 U0 t% ?" y DD Isokaze, \9 ^! [+ ^ s$ j3 ?6 e& `- j
DD Shiranui0 m. z& W. d2 E' x3 }# C
DD Amatsukaze
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2 Q: P p! `1 z7 _" _9 {Allied Ships' a3 o. l6 Q4 B$ U' c4 T
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
2 I o6 l% y6 p+ q7 j PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk P+ G; c* E* `+ S/ P5 l
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
' H1 V- R. i& W) U2 a( g- R PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& w6 Q6 M7 y6 s" t, B( g- P PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
9 J% y( X; K+ e# ]- y PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 L3 ?; g( S! }8 A9 }; K8 l$ ?8 r
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk& t, ?, T) w; q; r3 l8 ~% x
PT-60/ r( s/ m# Z1 j: e* J
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 b+ \5 E5 F6 C/ _
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
* C, g5 @& T. b# b, s8 e PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk9 x' a" m2 Y# [ B/ H
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk/ u4 X3 R" B F4 \0 O" Y
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
8 U+ g4 Z6 Y0 t1 {9 J* DAllied TF begins to get underway
5 @1 A. f; \% B* t/ t# u1 }Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
$ h3 ?) N/ b. L1 l1 F- mMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards' u7 r$ s! b4 }4 u" ^6 @
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
( |. u) E$ [; sCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards/ q$ v) s2 P/ y, w* W, M
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
1 O9 R# D. Q8 B1 |Range closes to 15,000 yards...; z( |( Q1 i* o, O% j. a% V; H+ S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards) V$ T7 L/ c. N9 Z6 w5 w
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
9 T& ` }: T! J& v! u0 z" E# cRange closes to 10,000 yards...) Y1 Z* M8 t& U( j @. e$ g6 ~
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" k/ O# @% O; u. F: m# w
Range closes to 7,000 yards...4 D( o2 J- m }& a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards+ X7 G6 P) A7 |$ B, c, u K
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
1 B) B- a+ `: k9 f- X3 ?CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards3 B; s+ o' k, f2 f6 v4 j
Range closes to 3,000 yards...& r5 @8 n+ U5 i6 ?+ u4 V( L Q; J
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards o( L! E1 b9 A4 z& O
Range closes to 1,000 yards...6 a/ o- i+ {' s) `5 Z/ V* o
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
n8 }, I* g$ J9 o5 n4 lPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards6 v7 y! B+ N" L$ Z
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
$ a- r) ]1 S$ Q/ aMassive explosion on PT-46% l, L. Y( @ G$ Y( a
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards0 F; B1 X& F; N0 M, \
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
4 A% T$ \( y; G- _0 V/ ]Range increases to 2,000 yards
# w# f- s. T0 ~8 c! GPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards3 K# _/ v' I3 P
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
% [0 { Q$ ^/ o- Q) r, S+ Q# yBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards& Z" { V- l1 \8 k
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
" ~9 s! v) H" \; P, [2 Z( XPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
6 {1 m5 i- A! u# P6 FRange increases to 3,000 yards2 A1 _8 [4 M- P, Q8 B0 g
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
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BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
3 ?& w9 X% o- GPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards+ b, f; a8 \4 \, T; N$ ]3 y
Range increases to 4,000 yards
, M! a0 B. u- q x# eRange increases to 5,000 yards
; }4 X0 s& g" B q* RDD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
% ^# ~5 L6 q5 Z6 P: SRange increases to 6,000 yards
$ u/ Q& m4 X' _Range increases to 8,000 yards+ T5 y& _3 R. E+ X1 l+ O
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards0 d5 s+ t) i; m; ?& `
9 M: s4 K+ M; `' t7 zJapanese Ships1 v3 J! {: y) G9 ?- g# X l$ ?9 V
DD Shiranui( n" E3 R7 X8 g
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Allied Ships: \) D$ b9 X) M4 A' m7 `
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk" {" x4 H4 {" }$ v& x) Z7 x7 I
9 u8 |5 R) f' E+ S6 s+ Q) \" q% VPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
+ l7 s2 R( O# J0 \5 A* O2 OMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards6 ~% B5 b2 B: {; C: p
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
3 [ N4 l& J/ J1 s' URange closes to 26,000 yards...2 E4 e, @& M# Q8 k1 p7 _# r
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
- E$ `% r5 r$ [Range closes to 22,000 yards...; I+ m3 m4 H/ h* l. a4 N
Range closes to 20,000 yards...2 Y# J7 g# V- Z- l- X
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
7 a- G* q# i) O0 t3 q+ V+ a( y. zRange closes to 16,000 yards...
6 |5 w! |0 s0 e5 a. e' T% pRange closes to 14,000 yards..., p$ q4 \' d7 E) S0 z
Range closes to 12,000 yards...5 H+ @& _8 z% _+ X" Q6 p3 E
Range closes to 11,000 yards...# k4 H7 G8 \( O$ q7 _
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 c% U7 [! k4 }$ ^1 H! s
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
* k& z7 |. D" R- q& c RRange closes to 8,000 yards...3 c+ ~" V1 H. P3 P
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
- u) d- j% m4 @: TRange closes to 6,000 yards...
7 i: U2 v. q. N+ TRange closes to 5,000 yards...4 N) \ v# O0 T+ P' M3 f; s$ N
Range closes to 4,000 yards...% w7 D% p. c! k- A* C
Range closes to 3,000 yards...3 J5 S2 e; y" \1 g% V
Range closes to 2,000 yards...3 p- K& D' O' q4 F& s0 G9 v
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards- X/ T+ C( `4 M" G1 h' o, ], W
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards' S T' Q1 c3 T
Allied ships attempt to get underway
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PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
3 K+ I: M h. rCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft: h8 {9 {: m3 J
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses5 O7 ]1 e2 ]1 |$ }# b9 l& B
Catalina I: 7 damaged
6 ~5 N |3 i$ k o Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground! c5 V- u9 x3 r% q
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
) M# ?' o9 ? [: j% w" D3 ^ P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground0 e$ J/ v, c% r& A8 G
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Japanese Ships0 P2 [- S7 E k* `: e! c1 n4 ]4 Q
BB Kirishima' M5 h3 F2 C3 ~+ ^* ^
BB Hiei
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BB Kongo
0 G0 h4 | T- H3 G0 ]' b+ X, w CA Kako
4 d& H7 Y6 z; T- J. Y1 d9 B CA Kumano
0 _( K) _: P0 _7 J0 \ CA Suzuya
7 i% {$ X4 L: l CA Mikuma7 G1 C C) ^$ v% ~$ ^5 D
CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:
0 ^: w8 F( A+ a, {+ b$ x 274 casualties reported) s2 d- \1 Z" R/ E( k
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled) G( U. g# B; I: E0 ~' K
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
2 O( _5 S! }& S Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled& O, v- M6 o5 T# M6 Y1 r; y
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
& Y( P! d9 f+ V& c" J6 I Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 17
# g. X/ V9 {' n6 h( j' z' l! FAirbase supply hits 2* Y6 ]9 P' N# l% L
Runway hits 35
( L+ r! x9 X9 NPort hits 5
6 J: f5 T( N5 c* K" KPort supply hits 47 ~; T# M2 h5 t- ]* w3 x
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove ! R+ ~$ K: P: s7 N t
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
7 e* p3 S! u/ t7 K9 a9 LBB Haruna firing at Gove ' F1 c: f! m s7 w. K8 ]$ G0 I
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade4 x; q, [% p9 m, H' M' y
CA Kako firing at Gove , H% S1 ~( r$ Q0 G( z$ S4 X
CA Kumano firing at Gove ; S. U$ R: c, o
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
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CA Mikuma firing at Gove 2 _ b" ?# M% @& [' [! N
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |