AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 447 n! @0 n0 }/ H2 A# U4 }
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4 S. n5 a, B4 N. x2 h1 H" ?, [+ J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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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 ' J# u, s4 I$ I; i7 }0 a
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards0 D/ z5 x' S- k, S+ `! _
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Japanese Ships Q' ~' N6 M) [* ^
BB Kongo
/ w; Z7 z9 S- G ~5 c" | BB Haruna! B' k2 u2 t5 k5 L: V
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
3 \" k+ l$ i& ^6 ?& l BB Kirishima
4 e# _: d h; `" i; b) l% T: i CA Mogami8 B# ]1 X1 ]" N5 A9 _$ b
CA Mikuma3 @. Q! N/ d$ B8 U2 ^4 R
CA Suzuya
" w3 I, b3 c+ |7 ^) C0 r2 U9 k CA Kumano3 n% N* z5 L9 F, J, Z7 j, q
CA Kako/ ~( ~2 q" m3 Q: r1 u
DD Makinami6 c9 F9 {9 d% v8 S d( m
DD Takanami8 n2 v, O; r9 g1 Z) A- C3 v
DD Natsushio& d4 P- K% l! W, P2 |
DD Yukikaze
* z! v: J) @3 R* X9 U; Y5 s' L DD Hayashio6 @1 m c+ u$ S7 y5 e$ a( B* ~) N
DD Maikaze- N' g. o5 ^# d5 z* C, w
DD Isokaze. n" s& ]8 a5 m( n& R
DD Shiranui
' j! K( [0 x2 D5 e$ t1 r/ m; F9 r3 }7 g DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships+ h: d% j0 D, f# [9 B1 ` g' @
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
/ v1 i- ^) I) f, B8 m PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk1 K! A" p$ A3 D5 [8 `* _
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk6 ~+ S' } y! P. T' A
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
. O" q. P" C% r# b PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk. m7 R `' G" \6 p e1 T
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk" k7 j& A/ R& ]
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk- D- L! \; v; Q% W/ z6 a/ g& V9 T
PT-60 t7 K/ g3 r/ R: T7 w4 z6 R
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
& O* L, x# N* E% t! a PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk- n; c- }4 Z& I; {. ]
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
4 I( S6 ]/ ?* S m, y9 e. T1 V, _* k PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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/ s" \3 m1 Q; CJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
% U" _' S! j/ o8 EAllied TF begins to get underway' ^; v- z9 S) v/ `0 w; U
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
$ v* e4 U! p( k1 gMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
% `" k- |8 y# \$ [# b5 ERange closes to 25,000 yards...8 p$ Y9 m0 m4 m% Q& z4 k$ [
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards4 ^/ j, I8 X3 }
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
2 M" D" K, C: I5 d! y8 C& wRange closes to 15,000 yards...
3 b: f& I9 n: e( u) ECONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
0 v3 h0 f4 c9 p* I, _" i& {CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
5 V- V3 ?, |1 P! F% wRange closes to 10,000 yards...; l9 g# e0 K! ^/ n+ c7 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards8 w: Y1 g* r* c/ O$ W$ {
Range closes to 7,000 yards...% g8 ?0 M: ]! G6 M& b4 z
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
3 t e3 w& ^7 Y! w* K; iRange closes to 5,000 yards...
' T0 j! D N; l `! K# jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards$ T- F; p! H w% ?- ~. d; f, @* Q
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
# }& O% {" x! u" jCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
5 U* d% [* C! H/ p2 p" fRange closes to 1,000 yards...0 P+ M' i% P2 M4 l" i3 i, \" j
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards$ k' E) W& f; ^. F( L: U- ?3 s
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards# z/ \# {* T- S
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards* c$ G& s& e: y' P( ?4 ]
Massive explosion on PT-469 h! o# d* _2 v1 X- k: s% L1 t% m8 W6 T
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
0 z5 R6 A# u8 s" B7 g3 [. bPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
5 }7 ~/ J q. g+ e9 v9 d) _0 ?Range increases to 2,000 yards
. t* ~* d& f& B( xPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards% e4 K3 m' R6 M. s h
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
9 m3 H! w& u: W. b& mBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards/ ~0 h: Y8 |, [+ L6 @6 H% i7 l
PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards. l R4 E. y! Y+ h: ^+ P
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
0 M8 ~( @" C1 {, g. B0 l; f& [% ORange increases to 3,000 yards( F5 q, M u) V8 ~0 z0 K& u& N
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards7 n+ g2 X+ V+ N% b# X4 [. g
Range closes to 2,000 yards1 X4 r# m) i/ B8 A
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
3 h/ d4 n; U+ z, K" TPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards1 H6 d8 Y& t; R6 [* z& m( q1 D
Range increases to 4,000 yards
: Z0 h0 n7 x" gRange increases to 5,000 yards. p( C4 A. z7 _/ w3 b; |
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
$ B2 E4 y7 }# T+ r( @+ [Range increases to 6,000 yards- a2 y$ y( b9 v* V) P" b
Range increases to 8,000 yards; S7 {$ @' R9 d5 q/ L& @2 C* E
Task forces break off...; ?/ u. ^- e( I2 H' v& n
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships! e3 A* Y L* B4 q
DD Shiranui4 _6 z0 c) @1 M
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7 `8 ?8 e" L9 z P PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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5 W4 t6 L c; ^. v( P( IPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight0 ]- S% {! I7 t& S' [, z) Q- ?9 o; e$ U
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards! y- S5 c, W, C% l( k1 Z4 _! A
Range closes to 28,000 yards...+ r: ]2 u3 j! u/ C, a* F, O
Range closes to 26,000 yards...) Q! }9 o1 s4 j+ }
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
' X" h ~& u3 Y5 ~- YRange closes to 22,000 yards...
1 y1 V9 L2 S5 x8 `0 w7 [/ I2 f% BRange closes to 20,000 yards...$ @+ I1 }' F6 t( r" h ?
Range closes to 18,000 yards..., `5 ~/ m1 R. ?% o8 [
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
" E% A+ H W# `- dRange closes to 14,000 yards...
% h. j8 l9 q6 x% ^/ G4 k1 u$ t- ^Range closes to 12,000 yards...
# [$ c, w" v- B1 E JRange closes to 11,000 yards...4 A+ l! b9 V: l& Z
Range closes to 10,000 yards...$ d& z& ?- q, h2 \9 O
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
1 x0 \2 j7 z3 \Range closes to 8,000 yards..., F# z. ^( s f1 V3 G0 ~
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
' ~# H2 ]3 K2 CRange closes to 6,000 yards...0 m5 S- n8 d, {2 U& z9 B( X
Range closes to 5,000 yards...5 N( u: Q6 a# Q& a
Range closes to 4,000 yards...8 G; I" S% W# ?. t7 k. r) H
Range closes to 3,000 yards...+ _6 H% w. A2 ^4 |9 a2 |
Range closes to 2,000 yards.../ u& h! b5 y! |. j$ O
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
* Z8 u; k5 ]1 i3 G+ l5 Y* ~CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards, r$ _3 L9 T& S! D
Allied ships attempt to get underway
( I y5 r7 N2 d0 F% @4 j- YRange increases to 3,000 yards
' z: }5 y; @0 M; h$ y2 B7 v; KPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
8 l3 s: |6 y k8 a5 {8 p& }Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...5 T; ~9 d) [. S' V: Z, \, l! W2 ?- o
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127, M: Q8 ~$ |$ m4 v6 q, J
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Allied aircraft6 w7 x) @8 m7 r8 n
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
! `' ~& r! A; V B( ^ Catalina I: 7 damaged0 i0 t0 @' U W
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
6 [: u* n( s- \6 q& v P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
& T$ t( `% H% R8 q P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground5 L1 b$ m2 U% q- K3 `% s% Z% k
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Japanese Ships
+ M9 o/ e W2 |/ R BB Kirishima
* c% H: U1 o) i BB Hiei! f2 e* H* @/ o7 J
BB Haruna; b: |" ?; V* X3 l1 j
BB Kongo9 [4 {* {+ O" S2 X" i8 Z5 B' c
CA Kako/ M: h; B7 H- @, v) [
CA Kumano
) n* v. w& }+ _' c" a6 w; [" s CA Suzuya% h0 W2 m/ {& @1 W6 B
CA Mikuma v6 i& a+ z: D" ^! \
CA Mogami
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4 ~; h1 K. D4 p+ R/ K& N4 WAllied ground losses:1 u& k8 i$ w* q s3 u
274 casualties reported
1 g% ~" e4 [1 _8 W5 j+ r Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled) X% q) }. I, z
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
X9 S7 ~( m6 X7 O2 r$ w Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled( L7 l$ |7 G' Q& S, K. ? E. F' |! d
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
5 u3 h( x# y9 m/ ]: Q/ S Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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9 g: X- b" b" hAirbase hits 17/ G, P( t6 ~ r, i; m/ ^& H
Airbase supply hits 2
0 w2 v; N) o( A5 n$ y+ SRunway hits 35
8 m j3 ~/ e0 D$ [/ SPort hits 5
9 U$ E+ P. Q$ j$ m; a) P/ B: FPort supply hits 4) m. F7 n5 p% t' {% ?9 O& [
: ], K# e& s6 X4 D2 W5 iBB Kirishima firing at Gove
7 s( p- \' b' b! cBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
2 w& h) f3 x# E( aBB Haruna firing at Gove
6 p+ N3 o& \5 ~ w6 ?" IBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
( G4 _/ t+ [" ]$ D9 m! I3 cCA Kako firing at Gove
/ B; l: ? S! h% P9 pCA Kumano firing at Gove ( T8 N) B* D# u
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya9 C4 i, |9 M- N. s) h+ c2 Y
CA Suzuya firing at Gove
5 H( a( w* x& _7 i9 S! p o' B- R8 g# `CA Mikuma firing at Gove : F* S0 d) |* P" D: p
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |