AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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. @# ~, l9 v# y, f& O1 q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# W% h# R+ }6 E
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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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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
2 M# e+ ~) y. Q$ C; y! x$ S8 C BB Kongo* L9 |1 O, e9 k7 d
BB Haruna
; D: D2 \- h2 r! f5 ?" d6 } J BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1" @! f5 P3 c" X
BB Kirishima) h) n, X' r5 h- s0 }
CA Mogami
\1 \! X% ?! z. e+ M CA Mikuma
( ]1 E, d0 l0 Z# J, v5 D( @ CA Suzuya9 z+ I: ^/ Y$ h: y R* e+ }
CA Kumano
0 O! U5 N8 ~( K0 e CA Kako% B# x% x, W' ?) n' C* v- d
DD Makinami7 X; D5 c" P. ?* a& H9 v
DD Takanami+ Y; o4 v5 J- U9 [: |0 m. D3 C
DD Natsushio( I6 `: m/ R$ E7 x/ E- a
DD Yukikaze ]9 Y+ n$ ?2 M% L& E/ r( g
DD Hayashio
0 _" g; g, m: a0 _8 j" g DD Maikaze" S" @# v+ X7 q1 Q" ~- f8 Z# ?# G* t
DD Isokaze
) r7 m+ _1 d5 F. d. w2 g DD Shiranui; F0 {+ j6 u% Y8 R2 |! H
DD Amatsukaze" t* H9 O5 ~+ Q* ?; j- m
0 `' Z: o0 d. T0 d% q. Q9 o. eAllied Ships3 v/ X/ |& z& W8 u! {; i- D* r
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk7 X% f9 Z2 G6 G
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* s/ o9 Q3 }! S- y; M$ l
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk( E) M0 a# a4 o8 U1 R1 v0 G
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
* `7 s* j$ x: i) Z PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk3 ?3 x( Z7 B9 n z6 J
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk0 G% ?" N4 k6 l5 Y4 A
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk% O( R D6 e4 E/ ~
PT-608 d$ w, x8 ^- ?7 V8 g$ ?
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
+ h7 T3 f# e# |5 d' D5 t PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk8 n. ^5 }8 I( P
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
/ @9 d) j, x* `! s PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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$ F/ C! o* f% tJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!$ E4 y; H u L3 u7 E. L, \; I
Allied TF begins to get underway- `& g& r2 d1 u8 e" G
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
) Y. p* |8 w0 U4 p/ CMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
5 O3 ]) ~ i; P2 ?Range closes to 25,000 yards...' V, ] J! Z. \/ F! i X9 q2 s: j: A
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
1 @& q& L ?% d# T& W ~" YRange closes to 20,000 yards...
' ]! U4 j! Q5 @Range closes to 15,000 yards..." M. |$ }8 O" D- g" @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards+ \: j/ a: _( a5 k8 J( g- U
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
1 V* \6 U+ X/ [ a! x& [Range closes to 10,000 yards...
3 a+ B/ F2 s6 Y1 |2 yCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
. v" A: s( R, vRange closes to 7,000 yards...+ S3 v0 v a- G/ s O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards, |7 c6 @5 y9 E( i& ?- ^4 s+ X
Range closes to 5,000 yards...+ y3 P: H( M! s1 [5 l2 f* v
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
& t' T$ W, H! H: u2 ]; {Range closes to 3,000 yards...
( q/ U# }1 v4 W# m6 E% mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards: p6 m! ^- j4 x) D+ l# j# J2 g* t
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
1 {% F+ Y1 U3 PPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards4 \8 P+ B7 o/ O
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
. X+ B% P; c% x' F$ lPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards# r/ t6 }% A4 F! @
Massive explosion on PT-46
! ~! x: `5 U8 P' _+ ~" R, QPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
7 q0 S- W0 D2 K: JPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards" m) ]6 U8 V; K5 r# s3 t
Range increases to 2,000 yards9 y2 ]1 v$ A4 ], j
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
' v2 Y5 D) w- ]: X3 B) ]; _+ h$ XPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards- X7 |* c. R% b* c% y
BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
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PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
9 `% \: _5 ?# x/ v2 @$ m9 aRange increases to 3,000 yards
, t) |1 L4 t4 x+ |5 [PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards; C* j! S0 X3 Y6 E# V
Range closes to 2,000 yards) p$ `! z) Q" ~% |9 l1 p4 m2 q
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards* d2 ~. B3 C: S2 ]; P0 E+ W
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards! l/ `3 e6 D) c. w
Range increases to 4,000 yards2 n; q- f3 I! @7 J; g, I/ N& O
Range increases to 5,000 yards# @1 o, A& P7 I' d$ D9 M8 m
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 8 u* w+ M6 K3 m$ |
Range increases to 6,000 yards
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Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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DD Shiranui& `% E* u* T6 S6 t% Z# C
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Allied Ships. A7 ?% g( ^& h, E) s& n
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk7 D' L) \; V* G( U0 c
8 m9 d; O' t- v4 [; aPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight2 T" Y7 W8 |/ q: D; |
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
; H% x6 |& t0 Q' a" o( ?2 \Range closes to 28,000 yards...
9 H6 e) { I# E8 i, A7 p6 uRange closes to 26,000 yards...
+ o2 b: d3 r: N+ ]& NRange closes to 24,000 yards...
+ C5 M* T/ O) |, q1 rRange closes to 22,000 yards...
" C( N* J C% H8 g4 p8 ?* GRange closes to 20,000 yards...* l: M# }1 I" v
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
$ w0 P9 {8 v6 L4 [6 O- ?, NRange closes to 16,000 yards...
& r4 q( Y/ D+ [9 [ T' G2 JRange closes to 14,000 yards...9 t! H$ H @% a6 N' @% U
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
& @$ d% @9 H1 O, N. W+ xRange closes to 11,000 yards...
4 U+ B! z- ^/ B: g% E" H" ORange closes to 10,000 yards...
8 J5 f" x! G% M! R5 QRange closes to 9,000 yards...
& o. j2 Q# C) K9 @( TRange closes to 8,000 yards.../ n5 \8 D% j0 ]: i
Range closes to 7,000 yards..." z: U8 D6 B9 K2 I4 [
Range closes to 6,000 yards...2 W% |* A) [& r% m3 P! o+ {6 i) q
Range closes to 5,000 yards...) u O7 ?. K" @% h5 m( A# f6 l
Range closes to 4,000 yards...* C8 I' x) n& r! B+ _
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
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CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
: C: y! m3 c; q4 z4 H1 r3 UCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
, _# K# E O" i. \Allied ships attempt to get underway
5 g0 ?+ V" R; _ l$ m( a7 `Range increases to 3,000 yards
- S+ G9 L' f: x# Q3 I8 [PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
- _) y8 `5 v/ V6 i. yCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1274 t% Z, R# s% n- k* M, I* Z) L
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses/ ~0 |8 j! T- ~$ u2 Q; |
Catalina I: 7 damaged, t" l0 U) [/ F5 q
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
6 r6 w$ U; H$ O }% {+ K P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
6 O0 u9 ~8 ?8 N. w- b1 q7 f/ g P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground# x1 }+ a. o% a7 {- q0 S
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Japanese Ships9 I$ K. Y. o% @6 F/ y
BB Kirishima+ ~# K$ U/ c6 m( k2 n
BB Hiei
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BB Kongo
0 B2 i2 c) l! y$ d3 a: @" x3 ~* `2 l CA Kako
4 O6 `# U! W$ [& m CA Kumano! R" {( Z3 l& \6 j
CA Suzuya8 A2 F# I5 L. j( A1 r5 P
CA Mikuma& z. X6 O8 b7 l# n0 U
CA Mogami' G$ H' x, c3 q: m8 C" J
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Allied ground losses:* |' S( N& v) x3 e: M9 g" q
274 casualties reported& C. H4 i S x
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled" {- s$ ^1 q5 ?7 S7 f }
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
5 M: `4 _: p7 G7 [9 F7 ?! j! c7 @$ N Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
: X3 c; n0 i" {) z! l Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
* `% h% ?* S5 ^* W5 w- A5 R Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)! `. V% S6 {/ p( ]: Z$ L, |8 r
- m# _+ ?& _. S- ^+ F$ DAirbase hits 17
( A/ o$ h+ `5 b, I* u3 w! v& r. Z# AAirbase supply hits 2, E+ D* Q9 I1 g; O& I. U
Runway hits 35
4 B9 i9 X4 b H, L1 gPort hits 5! ]9 [; ?# G1 D
Port supply hits 46 L+ M4 e P6 S# p' E1 \. E6 h
) c1 b: V% \ U" nBB Kirishima firing at Gove
. G' N7 J' X5 z% _8 o: d! h$ RBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade Y& Z( H" [) \ l f
BB Haruna firing at Gove
9 R' Q/ P% A7 p- }* YBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade+ R8 l, o! R' w) y0 s
CA Kako firing at Gove ) C9 K( m; W: Y2 s$ U7 e7 a
CA Kumano firing at Gove
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CA Suzuya firing at Gove 8 s0 }8 }+ n8 Q/ O. i' K
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
' k0 _" j. N. w# {CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |