AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
& D' t( `) H. U: H上个回合侦察到盟军在米龙湾和莫港分别有运输船队出没,估计是增援米龙湾和莫港的,莫港的船队鞭长莫及,设置了陆攻对海,而米龙湾则派出了一队水雷战队前往袭击 [" y6 D# @ a7 ^* _) s
结果全歼了米龙湾的盟军运输队,而陆攻出击莫港的船队战果不大,仅击伤2条运输船8 I0 H% I% {; y2 R
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4 Y; j: \- o( D* ?8 x( ?9 g3 G1 KNight Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships. x! L) M# \: ?$ Q! P
CA Chokai5 P/ Q5 n) Z$ w5 }# B
CA Aoba
1 p# ]4 k. m% [' c z CA Kinugasa
* B2 P( X& T& k. z CA Furutaka
) Y: u. H) p$ E5 ?5 o8 e% z CA Kako) R% w) v4 t/ P$ E
CL Tenryu
' `& X' B6 L- i) U7 z: J CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 11 e, q8 N5 w+ w4 K" y# p; z) a5 L
DD Mutsuki% k, [& u; }7 a2 y7 O) f# E$ s7 D; y
DD Yayoi
, n7 H9 O! W) q9 d DD Uzuki
& T+ c. m. z# e( `" q DD Mochizuki
) c) L# w* M( D P0 U0 [. @, n5 B DD Hakaze! I$ g: F# j; V
DD Akikaze R6 N/ ~- F9 s/ A$ G
DD Tachikaze
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Allied Ships
+ k' i8 y& S, J5 v0 [ PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( v; ?- Z/ L7 @. K2 D$ x
AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk+ w# t- L4 y/ T( u5 p+ o7 W
xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
1 H' `4 P! N8 C4 h7 d4 U xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 e* h! [1 }1 Z4 T, U
xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' m, E; u' i' ~ G! A0 B
xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* k5 T7 i+ ?+ E6 q6 o
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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7 I f0 ]8 C \5 [/ ZAllied ground losses:
# X5 v5 w% j8 L; {! p4 [5 ^! |7 u 4647 casualties reported
" L/ p+ y# ]8 _. j Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled1 y- ^0 I: n7 k9 S9 ?) W t
Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled6 T5 b0 l3 @& |$ j- `1 G
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 i+ f/ F3 I+ R& Y; P0 ` Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled)
- `$ G# g0 _& o Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled)
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+ j0 c7 f: V: H; Y3 N# oJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
- C+ r6 z8 j6 h8 h, g( T$ L' CAllied TF begins to get underway( }) c( B/ S+ m J
Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight4 }$ d! f) e0 c
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards$ c0 B: ]; }/ ^
Range closes to 10,000 yards...( ]! H/ _/ P( N# o" f
Range closes to 9,000 yards...- F! c) N0 n% c2 y8 x
Range closes to 8,000 yards...0 _$ C' X/ s# Q* x8 t, F( ^
Range closes to 7,000 yards...$ W0 ^- i0 X: m
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
) ?6 f3 y6 N E7 ^0 rRange closes to 5,000 yards..., s: T' S1 v, F1 C# j2 Y1 U9 S
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards2 f, k" v0 X& c" \
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards. m7 G( S# {9 E, ?& V
AM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards
& p- {/ C% F. D- g0 x! OCA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards* v. M. x8 C! N9 H
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards
7 |8 R% j. R2 Y- Y8 ADD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards0 m: W- O$ B6 y
DD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards, v6 d9 R% r3 s' u: k* g
Range increases to 6,000 yards* h9 j- N) M, x! U& Z$ n, \
DD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133
4 {, W* o* o! P0 b" f. x5 n; DCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards
/ O; q. o8 v6 \: ?0 U* QCA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards
- |$ V' m+ V0 }6 }- M. YxAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
x3 w9 w) N2 y& J2 W: T, @CA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards
; [, s9 m0 ^ e1 B8 JxAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards
7 @) E$ @2 B; c2 RCL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards: `; H3 w5 U' X4 R# D+ E1 `
Range closes to 3,000 yards
) h6 |" m0 s" V# [0 C& uCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
& A4 C' h: }+ A( a* U& L6 D9 {CA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards" @- x# N! ?, V1 g* T' t+ l
Massive explosion on PC Warrego
! a+ a- i% C+ m ?- X& B" dPC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards
F/ m2 U2 W/ `xAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards2 q0 c0 v- f. r( t
Range closes to 2,000 yards3 J9 \6 J/ T2 k5 Q" x2 \
xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards: O2 ?* [9 N/ z" g6 Q0 ]! y
xAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
! g# ?- B. }/ S( IxAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
7 @* y# \; R: q7 w8 eCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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( s& r c; h6 T( f3 s- nMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1308 e6 N( {! r" [( x8 r0 n
! |4 _5 P0 ~8 {5 b6 ?Weather in hex: Severe storms: N" j+ L! ?8 p5 u x( g
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.9 d8 {9 l& ?4 Y1 U+ B1 Y5 ^
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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2 q8 V h2 z5 rJapanese aircraft
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2 C: M8 q: v. n. k5 x2 Z; U' iJapanese aircraft losses
" _& j6 O' d, D4 o) e! D0 x0 D G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged
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7 N( o" F: }+ ~' pAllied Ships j3 F/ ]/ d! Z% N
AM Bowen/ X9 w# U/ {) V6 d4 J/ T
xAK Mundalla( V; c% F' m# ?# C9 ?; A
DD Aylwin1 S7 ~3 |( X; s4 D+ B2 Y& p
DD Monaghan
% G7 @! h7 C7 [4 ? xAP Cremer; J( B6 @1 F2 ]0 R6 O
xAP Idomeneus
' @9 ? r* ~+ T( v* p6 ?' K+ i9 x xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 19 L& e$ ^" }- x, \ o8 |% ^+ m k: `
N6 |/ l2 f8 T; @& S+ HAllied ground losses:2 q1 p4 A' ]% g+ D
16 casualties reported
# v* p4 G# R1 Z' H2 \ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ N' w i' X- }- H5 p/ v2 Z1 D
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled: r& {% k( A1 F
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& f- [: `3 X4 n. S$ J
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Aircraft Attacking:8 X1 N, S R* {5 ^
18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
% ]9 \ S! o# N& Y$ \! e Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp* Z1 K# D/ z! x" m
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet3 f I V4 y% o- `% o& \, U- s' H
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp. u* m" a" V. D6 ~0 H; ~- }% h
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
) ^. @: m! ~9 Y" E! O) A. i/ I Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
8 `: h' C! {% |3 X6 k 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 J" G( N% \, W2 Q S Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain( G4 H5 n/ A$ R3 P
! E& d) e3 n, l5 w! q! s. dRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet., P# \& W4 ]. |, B- w% [$ g! A# \
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes" x s/ D0 y0 x
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Japanese aircraft9 X) @# R9 \0 G9 J$ G( b/ _
G4M1 Betty x 34
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Japanese aircraft losses
( q$ n5 G2 \, Z. y G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged7 ?; K, ~7 D& V( x& ]4 h# R% R
/ ]$ S; I7 b$ z& Q" d& v# kAllied Ships
6 q: v, k0 O3 f1 Z3 c8 a xAP Cremer
5 c) Q5 |' f% c0 C( L5 x DD Aylwin
2 d5 q7 y9 i5 j3 ~/ O* @' T DD Monaghan
. y$ |/ y' A" A# T T. W xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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5 ^% k$ Q1 T7 y! t7 zAircraft Attacking:
7 t: ^" z, D5 t! q. I" z$ x1 b 9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet0 |! l3 p$ n' }3 E5 I5 h
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
& h1 R4 a! L, I: V 6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet; ~0 D: H% p, v# d/ S) o+ |/ w; k7 E
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
b0 ?' N* _+ z/ D) @ 9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet& u% [5 [) c0 E# G5 {' ?/ S
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb! O% ?* ^! |! y0 [; D: a1 q9 H$ E
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
" {' k* \& A: w+ J' [% g Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp
* m S9 u* J% `8 i' g T, a: K 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
2 ? A3 O. q* t! ] Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |