AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44+ d1 ?2 M+ c4 Y% t* n1 l& {$ p/ O
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# D" R( M9 [* K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' u# D6 p9 s- K1 Z
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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& s" ?6 b1 b4 @# D
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Japanese Ships
9 l4 x/ P& ]- |: { BB Kongo
# U- g6 T0 c6 S! O: O2 S6 x0 f1 K BB Haruna! U. S8 M: D) A p4 k& e& i
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1) @( n7 ?, y9 `* A
BB Kirishima
( D, B* w" i" @7 r+ i0 Z CA Mogami7 |6 P! {0 [' {- a- w
CA Mikuma/ _, a/ I! [/ b" ?2 R" Q; C q S
CA Suzuya
" X3 ~* X) Q* H" u0 b CA Kumano4 d, k3 \8 x1 F% X" N
CA Kako3 X6 ~% N0 E }. d3 p/ d# r
DD Makinami
! J( B9 ?3 a7 W DD Takanami: g% S( a( U7 o+ E/ J
DD Natsushio
G- v- V2 p ~, j+ G, k DD Yukikaze
' y7 ~$ A9 K# F N DD Hayashio
% z2 y1 x5 @0 Y1 o DD Maikaze
( a# E% ?' P0 v9 [# F' @ DD Isokaze( i |: z$ L7 u9 m
DD Shiranui
+ Y U' [- P7 _8 l; c DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships' @) k) d: b; I# S. t4 Q
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
. x- p4 j( W$ N, S$ O$ y! M& S PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
1 \$ L0 {% p4 z1 c PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
+ a' g: l1 B7 Z$ @) e% I PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk5 I; U, B, x, P5 q4 ~' G' w
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk1 t3 C3 t3 D$ j3 r5 _- K' f; i5 z) c
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
+ S1 ~7 v( S: s) j PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
' B3 K3 N2 F. m3 o PT-60
' a5 w- J) W- C+ T2 ` k) v3 [/ l PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
7 {4 Q$ V# W# Q: ^" M. x# |- J PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 y2 \% d- D3 \! l! _9 |6 J PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk7 r2 X! e$ ?% V( Z/ E
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk) K% q0 H9 |( z4 U
8 U; ~$ ?* _2 FJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!' Y/ e, p$ e7 k6 o7 \9 g5 p, q
Allied TF begins to get underway
! Q/ \) J B% Z8 i9 A+ x; z! v0 B6 CLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
) e9 m; k: K) w! Z) S+ ^- HMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
@# V% A# `+ G) uRange closes to 25,000 yards...$ H8 v1 N) T/ l$ S, s
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards0 ^5 n: [$ p) D9 U$ V7 D( E
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
/ @, m1 h' x0 ]) O4 W6 KRange closes to 15,000 yards...: P" c, M+ w8 C3 C2 p0 X2 i7 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
! ]% T& ~1 V5 }CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards9 `- H& a6 W/ l- t0 F
Range closes to 10,000 yards...% J- C, L/ b9 ^
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
) U4 \( J$ `9 pRange closes to 7,000 yards... }9 k {2 |! {! q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards+ \0 d: _0 x" {! {( R
Range closes to 5,000 yards.../ a9 M: D+ ]( U3 M. ?+ `& a
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
+ I; p7 q3 Q8 ~" X3 uRange closes to 3,000 yards...
" o" n. i0 t9 J t& dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards x7 V9 }, p" G5 b* c& \1 C' J o
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
" r3 ]4 c! x+ e4 oPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
\3 L) N$ d$ x3 `PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
" B1 W- x+ ?( P3 P* tPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards& i' j& c f0 o0 e( f
Massive explosion on PT-46* _0 F7 g/ M* \1 z% m; H' H! U" P
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards* Q- g( L5 d+ S
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
7 V3 F) v* M1 I5 g) sRange increases to 2,000 yards
* l& s$ P* m* e6 \2 lPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards- d- L" C6 ^9 g5 z3 D3 L
PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
# A& e+ _" }* S- E% ?/ ]BB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
: C, r: Q, w4 s% KPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards- h4 B) c7 J5 s% T: I5 L N
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
. X# r( n& m# Y4 KRange increases to 3,000 yards+ V# ~$ G+ {: g$ @
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards' B! o* V( y) n% N% u6 y
Range closes to 2,000 yards2 c9 V0 V( J, A) L9 d
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
7 z2 |, ^3 u0 G9 l8 M$ T4 lPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
& H' ^* m8 k, `+ l% ~6 g6 H' X! URange increases to 4,000 yards
1 `; g0 o& ?1 ]3 p/ bRange increases to 5,000 yards0 L: o, F! [. j/ D4 [( d
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
2 \6 \: f% _" I$ \Range increases to 6,000 yards
4 ?, l! @: |* E$ v' PRange increases to 8,000 yards# g3 b8 n( ~3 D/ L
Task forces break off.... F% [* F+ _. B
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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2 Y0 k0 z9 a' }8 o% AJapanese Ships
7 I3 d6 `1 B2 Z% W5 o DD Shiranui
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1 [6 m$ N4 G5 W- ~- M5 xAllied Ships9 @. ~% G% ^: Y1 M
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk) P; Z& H* n9 q8 A5 a
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Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
?8 w1 P# O8 N# bMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards4 ]. N: G, x7 u+ b3 y/ {) g! V/ t
Range closes to 28,000 yards...: f9 h ^+ z: B! d. n
Range closes to 26,000 yards... d. v7 l1 j; a
Range closes to 24,000 yards...9 U3 S) ?- q3 a, f+ y/ e7 E
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
7 G* }; B" |' HRange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 w% K. P) r2 C A, u1 VRange closes to 18,000 yards...
, q& h N' B# |4 pRange closes to 16,000 yards...) c* i' r& v% ^" t4 d
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% H# K, W! w+ l3 a; {' t) e, DRange closes to 12,000 yards...1 x; z3 Y4 J) C0 ~' T" ]# M' r
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
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Range closes to 9,000 yards...0 h9 ^' U8 o. ?& g6 F
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
5 @5 P! a; X4 L2 fRange closes to 7,000 yards...% _6 L% o5 e8 ~$ y o
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
! I- z) c# N {" @4 c% k$ z! J* r- qRange closes to 5,000 yards...% [# a9 W0 e8 m- d% R% s
Range closes to 4,000 yards...: ?: `. B6 r+ T0 N
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
* F: M/ M2 y" P$ \Range closes to 2,000 yards...
% q0 }4 r+ i% C- X1 L) G zCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' J# u6 p9 X* wCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards( J9 f) A9 F& T |* I9 y
Allied ships attempt to get underway
! v0 w* k) s) ?/ nRange increases to 3,000 yards
( i# x a# ]5 F- |2 Z; O: K2 d, iPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards$ p0 }+ ~' |: {/ P& _0 u% Y6 p2 r' |
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...8 z# u! Z$ y9 S6 U& H& V: @) C
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+ N3 r/ ^- B. Y, zNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Allied aircraft losses9 o; C2 Y7 j# ]8 Q2 |
Catalina I: 7 damaged
( J U/ ]6 k; ?% r4 Q/ F. e Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
4 {% S* `) ^0 s- |7 Z g+ X z- d P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
0 |* W/ m$ }4 X) G6 K: e1 b P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground1 K% f+ B# Q1 J! w( S4 s& T
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Japanese Ships
, S* ]( v5 _0 Q6 X, _7 I! i" u% e! q BB Kirishima
# | t- A8 {9 b, q: h BB Hiei
- x0 P$ A9 T- I- P4 v0 G% q BB Haruna
5 P6 B" u" ~7 o BB Kongo
; H5 G% Y9 ^! y6 v CA Kako
# J" F9 W4 v" l& \- p CA Kumano
2 S' m) [" d$ l( r, V7 g CA Suzuya
' _! B. H5 z/ V$ S" p4 o* V8 x! @ CA Mikuma
; ]1 V6 p9 p/ @7 \2 ^ CA Mogami6 `" H- Y. C, y
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Allied ground losses:+ G! c3 J, ^* q" C c4 ?
274 casualties reported, G, F$ T& E* h6 y6 ~6 r% v0 H: ^
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
" _! G1 E% s3 _( `, h) w3 H Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled$ e. {+ {' y: ` }
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
8 G' G# e6 D3 D4 E2 P Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)9 {# Z6 V7 Q! |
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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) ~0 a0 m n- d) v* H2 BAirbase hits 172 A6 g" k& x# U* L
Airbase supply hits 2
; y4 X* c! x9 D) V' f' l( y/ fRunway hits 35
. ^& y7 N$ ]6 a* ^, q! d3 ZPort hits 5; t" J, g+ T3 L" d; b. r" j5 w5 G
Port supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
6 t0 g& ~9 C5 w s; y6 O \) T* vBB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
- n" u' I* ^- X! d% LBB Haruna firing at Gove 5 e9 r$ b- `2 d9 m+ a
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
) B( ]0 h9 Z* [; Q0 E. XCA Kako firing at Gove
& `7 p8 e ^) W8 l P6 GCA Kumano firing at Gove
( U1 T( l( t' y5 D5 }0 kE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya) ?, S6 ^# X+ x2 v) b3 E6 p
CA Suzuya firing at Gove : |4 V) h, K+ Q4 H- i$ n
CA Mikuma firing at Gove
. V' i7 Q" \( T8 nCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |