AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44) ]$ A# T( X% J
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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* z: n0 l/ I9 P. x
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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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) `- K0 d& x0 s4 R: BNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards- t$ b) z, S. v; U6 ]- d
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Japanese Ships
; M1 v! D! q( Z, O1 ~ BB Kongo
; [4 `- J3 i" t* T0 x BB Haruna, P9 F- `% w, @" ^! P+ Q
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
) M4 b8 T& {. _2 y' D% S4 A BB Kirishima8 X* S$ E% f3 U6 b5 R7 H# I% b
CA Mogami1 y" R; T G7 Q9 W/ B
CA Mikuma( }! S4 M& Z7 o) h, d. g
CA Suzuya
0 E' j4 o- [: {9 n CA Kumano* e U- O! N4 T: B' q0 [8 W" ~5 e$ h! C
CA Kako& y. |0 _9 \. D# Z0 @
DD Makinami" w2 ^5 N2 I8 R
DD Takanami/ ?' M% j# x6 n; y' i+ Z' Z
DD Natsushio) X. S. X" v- Z) l
DD Yukikaze1 Z/ w6 U4 L! ]+ B5 N! p6 P- k
DD Hayashio
8 m' F' i+ N: r# J9 }, { w7 d DD Maikaze
* A: J4 ?. [8 n& \ DD Isokaze& s! F* p3 B" |% W
DD Shiranui
5 _4 h" v% l0 U F+ ?. c; O; q& @* { DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships( C( {$ e& i: f1 q- t
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk& H5 W- S" b" [9 L
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 Q X+ E; O8 ?* Z# k
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk9 i/ i) I# A }8 O
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk+ T/ L) V5 Z1 F2 U+ a; C/ r
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
& M, y% P( U f; Q PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
5 q$ Z0 U5 m' U% ?( s5 ^ @ C PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk: g6 g! {' @: j0 Z3 S- H
PT-60
* {7 L" `* x+ N6 Q) p- U PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk% m8 [; B* }' [, O3 b4 q
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* ^2 A: g8 J b
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk# p1 U" [5 b a1 M; E9 w
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!/ P1 e8 u% ?: X. T" F& `3 `8 C
Allied TF begins to get underway- Y' @/ \. I$ Z% L
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
- ~& z/ v% W1 Y4 dMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
0 W! \$ Q# u" n3 ZRange closes to 25,000 yards...4 v# {, T' s8 \
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
1 Q b& l% G' E# j2 n" xRange closes to 20,000 yards...* Z8 h, \5 e0 s; p! e
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
+ w% x( `9 g T+ i. T# J2 ~CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
2 s# Q) u% u- L* D2 d1 w. @CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
! p% R( v$ P5 B5 _. W, S) zRange closes to 10,000 yards...% e9 `( ?4 Q, r* v1 a0 I9 S
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
4 N. I8 Z5 j Z0 URange closes to 7,000 yards.../ A# [9 e9 Q2 i$ K4 i
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards) D. g4 l& k' ?6 h
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
* y' ~( J2 M! U3 O9 X" \1 b" R" WCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards6 w' s7 R1 ~$ i) h7 h. @" R
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
3 z( y( [( A8 a4 \# z* ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
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PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
4 U) S$ B8 a9 e( UPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards" h( R- D m1 ]% v
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
! j; x* }7 \; hMassive explosion on PT-46+ v: `9 N- D9 s7 d: h- |/ r; X
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
+ q8 `0 M% w, L" uPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards+ Z4 ~; ~- n2 N' |
Range increases to 2,000 yards& q9 F) a1 j, v( U
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards+ {- U$ E, P3 z7 d! b# W
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
9 |' K3 t5 T3 `9 `# j1 w8 rBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards# F- p/ @! F( h4 b8 U0 @
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
( }$ V7 F4 ^# oPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
0 p* C) u2 V/ J* B6 d, S1 G+ ?# TRange increases to 3,000 yards- X; @: n# P- N2 L4 I
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
. P! B% Y1 y: \3 GRange closes to 2,000 yards5 Q% A2 z4 U4 z* _; i3 m) W" a
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards; `2 G2 h4 e2 Q. Q
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
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Range increases to 5,000 yards6 z$ A- m1 S, }4 B5 |" d2 y2 d
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
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$ O$ F) O5 F' ^0 IRange increases to 8,000 yards
- f1 \8 B% p* _) a7 a3 p6 PTask forces break off...3 m7 V! e. n0 v9 q5 Q2 b9 W. W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
6 |. j! A, n3 M! q DD Shiranui
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* p3 P8 _) ]$ \8 M PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk1 f4 z& D# e9 ^4 R- X
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
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Range closes to 28,000 yards...6 r/ V8 H# C" o& {1 j
Range closes to 26,000 yards.... l! D1 q N X! h- ^
Range closes to 24,000 yards...; [- q0 |5 `% J* O | K- \0 S
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
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Range closes to 18,000 yards...# V% Y; I4 l" O& i Y" ~5 \; X4 d
Range closes to 16,000 yards...2 }+ Z! Y* g$ B" t D
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
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Range closes to 11,000 yards...( |9 X- ]& z. x
Range closes to 10,000 yards...9 F) p9 c3 u5 O0 ]
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
( {% Z, ?/ Y4 ]; b( ?Range closes to 8,000 yards.... q; o: b1 D2 s, r5 t8 j
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
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i1 V2 R) R5 [8 d1 P0 `% mRange closes to 5,000 yards...
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7 e$ g, |. F0 u1 t& tRange closes to 3,000 yards...
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1 V0 H* Z, M2 Z7 ?+ HCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
5 h+ x: u9 h5 Z U7 K# yCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards% J: c. y3 g9 l; R* [8 ?* M" {
Allied ships attempt to get underway9 t+ d' b/ Q, }$ ?
Range increases to 3,000 yards) N7 i/ p0 D. b8 L( |% Z& K" y( _$ {
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards1 E" E+ [2 x& ~
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...* M; f& x1 d% b- u8 ]- B+ q
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& v. e4 V; r M4 WNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127 `4 X. F: F" v: G! A; t8 e- A
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Allied aircraft) ]6 A4 n9 _- Y, Q; D& u0 [
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
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^! ? M' O' j2 ?, K& V Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground) K- L5 Q6 C" ]) u( G
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged3 P6 [: r5 M, L9 a2 ^% b7 T
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground5 a1 c0 I- f, o+ ^6 X5 l3 r
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Japanese Ships
0 c% ^0 }6 w# [4 P BB Kirishima" l0 O* c: P+ u. ]% l
BB Hiei
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BB Kongo
1 r) D) @2 y1 C) w* y- d. U7 d2 C CA Kako
* l% ~3 x, A$ s CA Kumano0 u* Y3 F) o, M; i# G# g. I
CA Suzuya6 _+ O& w. w% U* I0 @
CA Mikuma; Z, G& X1 `$ o2 m" d
CA Mogami
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$ [. f2 H; e" H. MAllied ground losses:$ M/ Q9 Q) g2 f& Q4 S
274 casualties reported8 |5 |4 E; p$ {- N. J- P! {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled z$ Y# `# G. [$ H, F6 t) P8 t
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled. [7 q& j1 K/ v5 o7 a" L j
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
: D8 P3 @. H& l6 U6 n: w2 B7 D; N Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
; V. d* I5 N8 q7 N- o+ O, | Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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! ^" Y& b( N1 }) bAirbase hits 17- z4 b5 ]! ~! _1 @: K0 K
Airbase supply hits 2* s; m3 \2 i' [* F4 }* f- ]' J& z
Runway hits 35/ K) j( V! M+ K" }
Port hits 5
3 Y) z. G8 e) b! O7 bPort supply hits 4$ m9 O# F' @1 n6 Q( E2 R+ O# j
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
) w& r2 l; s4 kBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade' g3 v* K2 }+ C- }' S/ e# K x3 f
BB Haruna firing at Gove
% B0 h4 T6 @# x/ r8 \( d IBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade/ P: K7 o% W; x. H8 J: m
CA Kako firing at Gove 7 \$ b& _. t/ }8 W! y& l
CA Kumano firing at Gove " w& q, o2 v, V8 n
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
4 o! l8 z/ A0 ~7 y) d1 ~3 XCA Suzuya firing at Gove
. A3 M! ?0 O9 E1 j8 C1 ECA Mikuma firing at Gove
: J- [8 T6 ~$ t. J) FCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |