AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 42- F, u) _& C2 @- P& ~5 P
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南太战场,澳洲水面舰队突袭特瑞布港口,与日军快速运输舰队遭遇,然而盟军拙劣的夜战水平使得损失1艘DD受创1艘CL,却未对日军舰队造成实质性伤害;天亮后,腊包尔飞来的裸奔陆攻空袭退回莫港直掩圈的澳洲水面舰队,在被击落数十架后,仅3架突防,但恐怖的日军妖人仍然命中CL一雷;事后从战报统计中发现,日军陆航损失陆攻50架
# a& W/ t( I! @5 i' q大陆战场,国军第60军一部在云贵高原野地拦截了派遣军企图迂回贵阳的第11战车联队
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Terapo at 96,127, Range 8,000 Yards
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( H* i" L; N& Y( H0 nJapanese Ships5 b% A; m/ K$ e
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire
0 Q' b0 H' z) M% M/ p: U& x' A CM Tokiwa
% ?& S* h, {$ P0 U CM Okinoshima, Shell hits 2, on fire
% u3 t" W( F) O; z CL Noshiro
) H) U- m% d' ]7 n3 O8 T* \ CL Abukuma" a' U7 y v# ~ K* ]% s' k! W3 X# r
CL Yubari, Shell hits 4, on fire
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DD Hamakaze
, f/ b) `, @+ S9 U+ D+ R DD Hatakaze
, e. x) @! ~! F# r DD Yunagi9 z9 u3 _) @) L$ b8 Y( J8 P' K
DMS W-9
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Allied Ships
/ `, s# q7 C/ r* X7 L3 X2 M CA Louisville
. ~# }1 h$ x6 @ CA Pensacola% ?8 w; [ Q. M! G4 F
CA Australia, Shell hits 2
, e# ?/ D0 `! D, A7 z: v( _8 [! w CA Canberra, Shell hits 1$ h" m6 [; J; f3 u& ^4 @8 {7 W3 J
CL Leander, Shell hits 1
# z; P0 j/ ~- y/ Q: M- a8 r5 {' ~: c" y CL Achilles, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage2 }4 ?3 \3 v0 z% M2 c9 J
CL Perth1 q" b! ~: N4 j3 O
CL Concord9 d8 s3 e9 K9 ~3 }
DD Stuart
& V4 Z; F9 Y! U DD Voyager# c2 q8 E' m% j8 V, J1 ~* ^
DD Van Ghent
4 [, k; [9 `* ^ DD Thracian9 x: ^$ F" V- l. o9 P; i+ f
DD Crane, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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' A" x! p3 j. }( W2 `5 K DD La Triomphant
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8 c- n! k! Y1 I& |! c, vMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Clear sky7 E# b. ^0 [4 }
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Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
9 p) g, O3 Y8 h" hEstimated time to target is 36 minutes. B+ }( c2 S' f s
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Japanese aircraft
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% }8 O1 U) A, |2 b$ ]Allied aircraft0 K- }3 z# n5 b
Kittyhawk IA x 16: n; c; Q# t) S
P-40B Warhawk x 17
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: E! x, |% f( S9 [: j8 G# Q' }Japanese aircraft losses
5 A9 g' H7 N6 i7 f5 ~2 G3 P6 r G4M1 Betty: 16 destroyed, h8 Z9 X; M( ~( ^# T
" d% }; l! j: ONo Allied losses" _: o0 o2 @9 W# k
8 T# F/ O \, e" E0 Q5 ]& X2 ?Allied Ships
* t [- ]* E5 v- P0 p CL Perth
9 ]) \! T: F* U6 N- i. w1 N CL Achilles, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage |