AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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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
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3 Q. |! S5 A9 a1 ~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 7 s5 g5 v) n9 X8 P* x) z3 C8 n
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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BB Kongo
4 W0 ?* F4 j+ p1 _- X BB Haruna
4 \9 `& j5 P' n2 ~, J BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1- i+ }4 F; M" ^0 b1 f+ p
BB Kirishima
% ^* @9 v; Z. B: ^- j+ U! H. O7 S& p CA Mogami
! Q9 J/ v8 W, Z. S& n CA Mikuma+ n9 @: e/ w5 n% b0 a3 T
CA Suzuya: `1 @/ U5 i# Z& q8 D; {
CA Kumano
8 ?6 g+ J; ?* a$ j1 x CA Kako
9 A( |( }/ I7 K9 J DD Makinami
& P; K4 h1 A( Y5 s. S DD Takanami
; X5 B4 H9 V; v) C! q4 M DD Natsushio
/ T f2 `* z7 v+ {3 B+ A5 d DD Yukikaze
' `8 `4 \+ }; k! X, \ DD Hayashio4 K& f p* a4 g( @+ e7 u5 w7 B) h
DD Maikaze# w9 E4 f- ~* |) N, ~
DD Isokaze' p. M8 X, y# Y2 o" M7 ?. F" N" h
DD Shiranui+ E4 y9 [$ }" a+ O7 p
DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships
7 i* J6 Y9 S; i' D3 G, R PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
. f7 ?# I* n5 }% k- N PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
6 t' M( L( f+ O8 x4 \ W& t: U6 ` PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk) J/ o$ u9 I4 M" X, t; f
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk+ @) L0 b% F# f1 W6 ~' f
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk* h' D" a7 p$ g7 }) ~8 r" a' U
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
: I, U+ p, h! l, l; c PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk/ b* f( F1 S3 g
PT-60
9 B: ]7 G$ U3 S, H: w4 W: P, h PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
7 @$ t7 ?7 O" B* y) F% e PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk! `/ A6 m, f& A/ W
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk1 y, N4 a- A+ R) N, ~1 X3 i s% b0 M& ]
PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk( d" q: t6 _$ S. p' ]
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!- m D2 z3 I3 k$ @" ^
Allied TF begins to get underway
8 k* ~0 Z. ?6 @Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
* w" }# i9 |- HMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards/ r: T1 c2 m G
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
1 }1 J3 S9 u7 ^CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
F& w6 n9 O3 t5 T0 n3 e: `Range closes to 20,000 yards..., H: \' m2 f! ~8 D) I! W
Range closes to 15,000 yards...$ E3 U- ~2 U3 W. Q6 @
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards% ~$ ^( u- U9 z/ M' H
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
8 D- [" I5 X" c' i7 `Range closes to 10,000 yards...
* o" y: @" `9 E$ Q, BCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards5 n) E% v/ o: r: h, v
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
# L7 R$ i* Z8 P; T$ h* ]6 dCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards ?0 |7 C5 `0 n3 x9 q* f4 \
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
* z" A3 J. ]( K" N2 J+ NCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards/ ~: i& |0 \* c
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
. j3 x+ T8 n+ P/ P6 iCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards6 y4 y& Q+ t$ `
Range closes to 1,000 yards...5 b! y" c; w2 M4 Y- w" Y
PT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
7 x7 e" `. o7 Q1 L. ^6 t/ WPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
1 r- h' U$ F) I9 Z; o; CPT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards/ [# R7 a& y. r* u
Massive explosion on PT-46. l8 ]* U+ i6 b! B5 H
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards9 a! \% }$ v- C- W
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards3 \$ V* F; V5 l5 K; l( G
Range increases to 2,000 yards
% o3 K. r7 e. q- P2 ^9 p0 m8 FPT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
. I) C# A3 b, [5 c3 R% t; ZPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
1 J& @+ m5 \ M2 i4 eBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
* n' _# L1 w# s9 S9 RPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
: ^5 i1 {* y8 O, q( GPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards9 l+ W% l% j$ k- S4 o* C. H0 a
Range increases to 3,000 yards
9 w/ W1 k" J5 u: O1 ?PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards: ]- k) C9 L& g) Z0 j( B
Range closes to 2,000 yards- H! ]4 l' \8 X. t$ c) ?
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
- l* n% C3 c* w) l5 b4 }0 }PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards9 r& @. w/ X2 }8 t6 q2 A* A% j2 y
Range increases to 4,000 yards2 e: |! T7 g$ Q* |
Range increases to 5,000 yards7 ]8 T2 h+ a2 X
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
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Range increases to 8,000 yards
3 V) m- I& b( R6 s5 X9 C7 M+ tTask forces break off...
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i% G8 @0 `( U5 eNight Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards8 ? s3 ^2 _ A
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Japanese Ships- a8 x( e) q. _
DD Shiranui
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PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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: Y# y/ m3 d1 h! {! B; sPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
+ L6 \, R% s4 u/ X2 I1 XMaximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards# l: f( q4 D( a7 m {
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
# s% a2 w6 X- o3 {2 KRange closes to 26,000 yards...' P- d- |+ @- e& a9 w% A3 ~+ _
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
" R( k8 m: V4 i2 n" k. Z7 xRange closes to 22,000 yards...
1 y9 m d$ |, C" N7 ]) BRange closes to 20,000 yards...
" H _" Y s. k6 ?4 |Range closes to 18,000 yards..." E6 T4 T/ ]: @" t8 @2 M
Range closes to 16,000 yards..." r5 F- n. k! Y- Z* G
Range closes to 14,000 yards...$ q' ?1 F" O* [2 X
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
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Range closes to 10,000 yards..." k) \0 B# @+ R1 e' ~
Range closes to 9,000 yards..." K/ i+ O. Z$ j. e" {
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
* B% Y+ o1 `; x6 URange closes to 7,000 yards...) X# L/ S1 ?6 _! N5 |
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
3 F! Y# Q& V! |( _' uRange closes to 5,000 yards...2 b8 M1 z$ Q7 I0 ^9 X; k; I
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
. M7 W! t* y8 NRange closes to 3,000 yards...
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CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
$ a; T6 ~6 z9 B& p' N/ G( [CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
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Range increases to 3,000 yards
2 c9 q" K( h& r# Q. E3 j- EPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards8 Q* H: y& d/ g" {) h* v- |
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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! l; b! o! G! M9 W: O- |# W# kNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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Catalina I: 7 damaged/ F- b. t0 G6 _( F, k3 d
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground* J) }0 u3 p9 D" h" t" d
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged* J: I5 v; O( o! ~
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground/ d% b4 h3 D+ O- g$ a1 Q
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Japanese Ships
9 a+ B# M# w9 }2 e* @* L BB Kirishima# D: w- c8 T! x1 h& [0 P6 i
BB Hiei
2 W; w! S; }& X5 o+ X( e: ~% e BB Haruna& w7 K% N* Z! z7 k+ h
BB Kongo; ~* [- q5 P" @0 p% g8 Z9 n
CA Kako4 z Y- g/ }' f0 G
CA Kumano
0 f6 V+ i& {. s) B$ A$ t- d% x CA Suzuya
- F* X* A% c! B2 [- E7 @) K CA Mikuma
2 ^: z0 W; D( J* T CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:/ G% Y1 c! W7 O! N$ b# @6 l1 P
274 casualties reported
- A P: n# L2 h" X9 z" f2 z' C Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
# ~# n2 [5 t1 O Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled3 h+ J; ~3 \! w
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled3 N* A0 X' m* i% }
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
0 A0 e3 c3 D" E! R) c2 S0 @( F Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)2 q& x. i1 `& N# z; X
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Airbase supply hits 2
% ~& ~ x: _/ N; PRunway hits 35
( }4 Z/ U6 p. z5 r( a3 P* M/ s: \) z* VPort hits 5+ n5 w' f. q. s" {& `
Port supply hits 4$ o& @5 W8 k, Q# Q% ~: |- T
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove , r- Z4 h' n+ S9 y/ h# e o% a
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade! X, p1 P/ i( v
BB Haruna firing at Gove 4 v# T* |4 e: |5 U4 S, ~1 Q
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade9 ?, g! L, P* ^
CA Kako firing at Gove / z& Z7 O& y# Y9 f
CA Kumano firing at Gove ( P! l: ^+ y+ Q, j+ y0 L5 R/ v. |. M
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
: F* |, M' l% j: VCA Suzuya firing at Gove ( G! o' x2 V8 t- M
CA Mikuma firing at Gove , w# D) P& C, G# q/ ]+ D
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |