AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42" I3 K( A7 V5 E% i, Q ~
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
, r( x3 H! h0 E! e" O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& {% ]1 m2 }& ?: I3 N: h& o- Q8 z
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/ c" d6 m' O3 {Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 5,000 Yards: q* ~ G. `- g# E( f: D
4 [; S; Y8 R0 a$ B8 Z5 M VJapanese Ships: O3 b/ R2 s3 x5 h
CA Chokai
( c' L1 l/ s) P( L CA Aoba
P3 ^% o5 {9 P3 [8 \) ^& a1 o3 J CA Kinugasa, @4 S3 \) `& U. ]. `
CA Furutaka
; I) { c) l8 l1 z" O" M CA Kako
/ \9 D8 p! G7 n/ ^/ c6 t! @/ ? CL Tenryu
8 Q5 v1 n' `! K% f CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1' l" r2 T8 D0 [' N5 @$ j. L, `
DD Mutsuki7 Z; [! v' @( u6 ]/ ]
DD Yayoi
' @. z; H# H! f. A DD Uzuki
( A; n- A3 `% R% k: C7 Q DD Mochizuki/ n, w# z2 }) X1 ]" w
DD Hakaze; x* s3 C/ e1 y! @. k0 D9 X
DD Akikaze
+ N! @3 J$ Z( ], U! ~ DD Tachikaze" G; L$ O. O; }
$ o4 W0 U+ Y' `. f" c, l+ ?Allied Ships1 }6 h U9 e0 Q/ H/ E1 K
PC Warrego, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; @: b4 w }" j9 _4 A; r( T AM Ballarat, Shell hits 1, and is sunk6 d$ ^7 |% O9 j) }
xAK Bantam, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
1 }: Q1 }' w0 ~1 m# y6 j3 T- d. ^ xAP Bontekoe, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ R9 b6 ^; [! `7 X( z" s1 F& @1 b xAK Liran, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: U: v4 s! Q0 Z5 v
xAP Ormiston, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk+ C) s2 h2 x1 o5 V% S+ r. k$ j5 q
xAP Mildura, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Allied ground losses:
6 Q, j( m. {, q3 ^ Q# G8 b 4647 casualties reported9 w9 R+ i" S2 q5 ]- N
Squads: 39 destroyed, 51 disabled
. W( I# F5 K0 [, t( j' t o: Q Non Combat: 179 destroyed, 215 disabled
9 G- \0 E9 k! J$ u2 u Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled5 b2 C- V* V4 G0 P0 i
Guns lost 119 (99 destroyed, 20 disabled) k9 w5 y* V4 A' \/ r
Vehicles lost 76 (65 destroyed, 11 disabled) Q' M% g |: w; `- c
# d8 O' F1 M9 A6 e6 s: n/ k8 wJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
, t0 N* Y( W. Y. t2 z0 Y6 O a/ WAllied TF begins to get underway
5 d. B4 E6 A7 u5 [( kReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
2 u+ `3 j) Q: IMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 5,000 yards, V9 r. }; |! J( \
Range closes to 10,000 yards...1 A5 K$ {6 U# J3 _4 P
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
9 R" v8 O/ H. LRange closes to 8,000 yards...# n/ j8 E* O& y9 D- j/ v
Range closes to 7,000 yards...8 U% {: h h! L: ~ L$ L
Range closes to 6,000 yards...& B! d4 Z. A& m6 `9 k
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
$ k. w( Q! b( T2 y% ~CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards
6 i$ |6 }2 {. c# u5 ]- N. YCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
( U- k% }7 Y9 r/ jAM Ballarat sunk by CA Kako at 5,000 yards
6 u2 d% U- ^9 _- [' C7 p. f& b# c( ]CA Chokai engages xAP Ormiston at 5,000 yards2 v7 ^9 W) t& e( K% k! V
CA Chokai engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards# s1 T }1 Z5 k V: K
DD Tachikaze engages xAK Liran at 5,000 yards
7 E& L. X( c& r" LDD Mutsuki engages xAP Mildura at 5,000 yards% Q: Q0 G* W( |5 l
Range increases to 6,000 yards
) w; S8 O. _9 \DD Yayoi collides with CL Tenryu at 101 , 133
! X) x" P+ F0 x; l3 r0 e" TCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards8 M- ?2 C9 p% m9 E& H! n, s
CA Furutaka engages xAP Mildura at 6,000 yards/ r) b3 ~9 J2 d# `+ C
xAP Ormiston sunk by CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards
5 M( @& G" S8 x* }. R( P/ d2 o+ ACA Aoba engages xAP Bontekoe at 6,000 yards
5 S7 |- H$ w# GxAK Liran sunk by CA Chokai at 6,000 yards
( Q2 R2 X, [1 N4 }: ]2 }CL Tatsuta engages PC Warrego at 6,000 yards8 i+ H% `- Y0 F! ?# E) \6 ?7 ~, T
Range closes to 3,000 yards
& u) n* K; T# z. vCA Kako engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards/ X- p) j9 N7 e4 w/ ^
CA Furutaka engages PC Warrego at 3,000 yards
8 y5 Y4 e* l9 K* [& {' ?Massive explosion on PC Warrego
) i8 X0 w8 N; q' r& @9 APC Warrego sunk by CA Kinugasa at 3,000 yards
0 ~( U4 \+ p: t. |) X8 h, hxAP Mildura sunk by DD Akikaze at 3,000 yards
) O' g; s2 A3 T/ g" wRange closes to 2,000 yards1 u* a U% A( e7 y. a
xAP Bontekoe sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
( y4 u5 v3 T; T% Z& s+ h" axAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards
! ^, b4 g0 ?- i2 y1 \# Y: f0 ixAK Bantam sunk by CA Kako at 2,000 yards6 H+ [( U$ f1 \7 j
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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* x$ x. J( A! i# G6 S, ^Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1301 p: c/ ^! v3 M( Q# j
! U# I1 D: I2 A4 Q2 pWeather in hex: Severe storms7 I& h# U# Q( d9 v
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
5 H! c" a$ b# NEstimated time to target is 7 minutes1 [ S. K9 G7 A3 S
4 x- D1 h- e; W. tJapanese aircraft1 d+ w4 k, ?7 B# E) i
G4M1 Betty x 42" X M; l( b ?% J1 w
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 P4 o* y0 q3 r1 x+ A G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged U8 N L+ @' _' t, p
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Allied Ships
3 ^5 Y& `% K+ u( Y) r9 Z; U AM Bowen
! |) ^- i1 C' u, ~; |6 G xAK Mundalla |- p% w4 r* Y; L I- H' j) |. E
DD Aylwin; R- [+ k+ ?4 T* i5 s& K8 }
DD Monaghan4 G' W# l7 A o: J
xAP Cremer7 N4 [: C q# ]& q, P# ]' P
xAP Idomeneus4 d# [! y5 P- r# ~: `
xAP Lycaon, Torpedo hits 1' u* J' }# U% L1 M- D; M
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Allied ground losses:! L0 [. [" [+ v4 ^1 w9 I
16 casualties reported% {7 Z6 r; Y+ x0 L: Y, u' P
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ G3 j9 N% H) P Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled9 X0 X8 I7 u$ Z3 w' ^
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; W# e6 B2 [+ ?9 Z E0 T3 ~
' ^% S o. d, J/ u0 o8 fAircraft Attacking:
- X$ k9 t1 \5 J0 y1 y6 R) U0 M+ F 18 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
6 G3 [) b$ j$ L% ?6 y$ I. v- t Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp7 C& T, V3 J( d- O0 ^/ E& T# u
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet/ O2 K9 X% U, ~# j; D; }/ Y4 e0 Z
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp$ I; {8 V7 r7 d0 o
6 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet+ `3 l+ E$ v% t" }4 |) ]* f
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb+ M8 ~- F5 h* v L- P
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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P, q; k0 f8 BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1303 O& U% R$ z/ p/ T+ D; N' u
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain: d2 F3 t9 F% b6 G) s M1 s
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
' [4 n7 v; \0 h- [/ U; BEstimated time to target is 7 minutes4 E* S# y8 S, h& ~: L: Q
) P9 W7 C! ]1 K; m/ UJapanese aircraft: L$ `$ G7 `! g9 \
G4M1 Betty x 34
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Japanese aircraft losses
9 t- t/ s$ d2 c2 D" m6 a/ [, O G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged8 @, v0 R" J7 R9 T
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Allied Ships
8 j* @" {3 g" E xAP Cremer
, s& L6 n! \! C. n+ ]) o+ F DD Aylwin
; _+ m4 `; l( B6 r" G2 J& P6 w DD Monaghan; c! y. N6 K8 x" G0 ]) Q, E
xAK Momba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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% d% v% B2 W# d e2 L/ VAircraft Attacking:+ f" ]* Q4 [9 {3 k+ M8 U
9 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 U8 K3 o' o/ W8 q& |/ Q2 X Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp% P+ h& p" H9 E( ]) O! G8 E
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
! A; u7 v. `1 H/ S9 l Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp- T6 e& i6 a; l' U5 u$ d; k
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
% n( M- J3 u( W4 h. ~ Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb: m' s& [8 v9 G& Z
5 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
* H) F, g5 j, l3 K5 G9 L Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm T91 Mod 3 Torp, Y" z/ w% {: \8 G6 a* E
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet7 b6 A) x, e% {. i) M, `
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb |