AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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- m4 Q' Z) b1 T$ G4 t8 ^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Gove9 s! V- I) i5 |$ E0 N
2 y; c5 L) b% Z! n. V6 |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 % {" ]- a5 {- N: P- W: V% i' C
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards
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9 x" w1 Z' q x" U+ q* ~; `! aJapanese Ships
" J1 a6 g4 M# A, \4 F9 _( t BB Kongo, s0 W! _) \: F! F
BB Haruna7 Z" z4 }! S6 m5 C$ M
BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1
9 L1 q1 ]2 l8 M5 L: q BB Kirishima
+ \8 `, L+ A* d- n5 n CA Mogami
7 w/ a, q* r; Q4 Y' K8 c CA Mikuma
' h: L7 H8 V E7 p1 q CA Suzuya
3 U5 B" N3 ^/ |" C CA Kumano, z& y1 p x# J$ }/ t* Z: C
CA Kako( i; ]; n1 [! K
DD Makinami4 I: z" ~& v% G, o7 _
DD Takanami
7 g7 H& K% o$ y: \ DD Natsushio, z2 {. g7 p+ k) w" }( J0 @- {! v5 y# g
DD Yukikaze- A" e a& _% p$ X
DD Hayashio
! S$ i. H8 j7 D. W* O5 P+ l- v: j; ^ DD Maikaze& I6 R3 E* G# z( _" y3 c! o
DD Isokaze
# i0 H( H9 c ?; Y2 N. f @& r& z DD Shiranui
. @! Q0 r+ m+ b9 Z O6 C [" l6 q DD Amatsukaze
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Allied Ships5 n8 ?- _" V+ A
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk* a. J; z; s6 ?2 Q# x
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk) L/ x" P' q4 {1 E
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
3 ~4 z' `! ?* R4 \& N4 ~ PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
( |" _. Y0 t2 C6 H6 e6 P: d PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
# h. \+ M' ]9 ~8 I" D/ f6 L PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
# c" |% t0 F* ?4 v$ t8 a PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
i1 m: \# {' d( P* B PT-60
( o" [3 q& V/ W9 F PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* }5 m$ _5 ~2 D* Y i/ \
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk0 j% s2 W+ X" `1 x+ i
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
+ e5 }& b3 x8 q/ B* Y# O9 y PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; E( \3 u& D( A" N
7 F8 e4 [, o$ Y0 nJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!3 F- |5 r. x, F: v3 V+ |
Allied TF begins to get underway
& ~. Y6 l# T9 Y/ n# h; SLow visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight @% I2 z: q% ?0 @
Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
C2 C' E3 R hRange closes to 25,000 yards...
0 Z& I$ v# T K! `. c1 v1 p$ g* QCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
& u) } z% y i0 }* R; g4 cRange closes to 20,000 yards...
! {4 h6 z1 `2 ]4 o" mRange closes to 15,000 yards...% r/ G2 y5 s- S0 y3 j. H
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards" D& v# f( M7 S; H$ F+ S0 g7 u
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
5 f* ^- J0 r2 _( {7 r0 a3 aRange closes to 10,000 yards...
/ f; V- \1 f5 QCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards" T0 |7 o# H% c8 ~
Range closes to 7,000 yards...6 R, s( R( l" o' R7 a7 D+ U; R
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
; m. o; O6 l/ u" x1 JRange closes to 5,000 yards...1 f6 ^5 V* N4 T
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
r5 H2 y# O& _7 G/ yRange closes to 3,000 yards...
9 c* s+ Z0 l1 X1 N! eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards& q4 ?; Q) v: x6 }, p
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
* G8 S) M2 G8 U) K& kPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
' U L( `5 @$ j/ mPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards8 _+ F1 e- U# i6 q
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
3 t* c. f, ~- lMassive explosion on PT-46
* N! c/ P" q( u! H& k9 U3 z- P, S7 LPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards6 e9 s+ e3 M, d$ r6 _( q# l
PT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
; @) O7 m' \5 j# b9 i; FRange increases to 2,000 yards' K" } ^" ^8 v" r l
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
# D2 Y! r* h* E7 }PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
, w3 J: H# T8 q5 _' c9 f/ U% r% uBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
* x! ?" Q k4 L, k6 b* S. |0 tPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards4 U; l/ @, p& C% _( W
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
6 m6 X) e7 z4 b; p/ dRange increases to 3,000 yards
$ E B! \9 f- l g5 V* kPT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
. S$ y1 ?2 z0 K: t" ?Range closes to 2,000 yards
7 c, l U2 u# m5 b* vBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards( H* X. z0 E- Z
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
0 {) I; P) g4 J4 |Range increases to 4,000 yards( _, [3 T& j* S4 g+ L7 j
Range increases to 5,000 yards6 p+ F4 ~; d9 M2 Q2 z, b
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 / N0 s/ {7 o" o# W" [
Range increases to 6,000 yards
' c9 {4 v, V7 z, X( q0 L( R8 t: M2 VRange increases to 8,000 yards( e* r( f2 z4 Y! s* s
Task forces break off...* V2 q' \8 W6 s" Y6 w$ j
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2 o( Z" Q7 a5 a$ a% n3 [Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards* @5 c' J. p1 [6 x9 u% l9 u
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DD Shiranui% E# r$ g& \# S- n7 L6 y/ ^
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Allied Ships" A1 V* l: C2 K+ E+ W5 B# ~7 ]
PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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& Z8 Y, h2 d" b% c" Y9 DPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight& M6 E, k0 d1 x! }9 F9 M8 k
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
5 U1 _' |! Y/ |2 kRange closes to 28,000 yards...! l9 l s7 ~6 C
Range closes to 26,000 yards...: D/ V( z, m1 H. ?" J/ t
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
9 B; {# C% ~! P3 x9 m1 W- J6 X/ |Range closes to 22,000 yards...+ }& x# |% c! u( |/ Q( i
Range closes to 20,000 yards...0 p% R k' n% v* i8 B' p C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
: [$ h7 ]2 H v5 j( BRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: G7 T4 g" H5 [+ K* M4 B: MRange closes to 14,000 yards...
# l' B. P8 s3 q4 g7 P! H% r3 b6 e" `Range closes to 12,000 yards...3 u$ p7 j5 u4 E; ` F' M6 u. t
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
; w9 F* f7 A! G4 O) P M d. ARange closes to 10,000 yards...3 k! p& Y' b' Z% Q
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
+ a! O6 a; G# n4 E& ]9 MRange closes to 8,000 yards...0 I: j' o7 |, r# I. \. c
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
" \( m: k7 U8 l# H+ `Range closes to 6,000 yards...
3 @1 f! B! E2 N, WRange closes to 5,000 yards...7 I$ t' \3 r% A. L6 m% S, @7 s& I
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
$ e; K" M: @: t( M$ x8 {Range closes to 3,000 yards... e/ t! a A r+ \3 j% p6 K- ^: ]) H
Range closes to 2,000 yards...* x W! x! _- x8 \3 j8 Z
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
' B1 h* `% ^$ w" m3 W6 ?6 nCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
% C ]! R3 P6 S: ]/ B: d$ }7 N6 ZAllied ships attempt to get underway! n& y" J% l) ^
Range increases to 3,000 yards S3 _9 S1 K4 U
PT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards
}7 Q; M- b4 RCombat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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) d5 q" f/ q+ P0 G6 v- V9 iNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1270 s& T f3 L: o K
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Allied aircraft losses' p" [9 C4 U% e0 e' H6 B- x
Catalina I: 7 damaged4 N/ C- i Z; Q# u$ Y, G
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground. g3 g% V4 t' \& T" D; T
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged
- f T& \- X+ b; f P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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5 R/ f Z0 k7 y7 o+ Q4 @Japanese Ships
& }+ l3 m( ~* j, @/ V BB Kirishima
9 w% `& [" f! x% q1 M- p6 { BB Hiei
3 t1 X8 @, G/ x) _1 s BB Haruna1 v, `8 D w, Z6 r0 _' q' i4 k
BB Kongo
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CA Kumano! z0 c5 n; b0 w% w, e, ?5 @
CA Suzuya
4 {4 V* X5 \$ v, s. S0 e3 `4 X CA Mikuma! c5 O1 T& A" ?' \6 R/ X; _
CA Mogami
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Allied ground losses:
/ t' V W3 t& m( W* F% y9 L 274 casualties reported2 D0 L) y Y1 v
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
0 N' U& N4 U1 j# R \, ^ Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled9 F9 r8 r, U8 h: `4 Z% s
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
- R( p. H& h* A3 ]* B" l% M Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
) E8 _7 D1 l. d( b Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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/ d7 g H, y! [* V7 {( J- `Airbase hits 17: N6 A o I( j! ?% @& m
Airbase supply hits 2+ s# v7 _/ _3 {: @" i0 F6 R
Runway hits 35
. S7 k, `& i: m2 N) G tPort hits 5
- E5 e# ? L" \1 }: V2 w0 _Port supply hits 4
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& F& U( L9 Y% P( i4 YBB Kirishima firing at Gove
/ Q2 z4 ^( {0 L; Z8 n2 z! ^% _BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade) k! X, p# l+ d8 u$ e
BB Haruna firing at Gove * _1 T2 P) A! l S: C4 O0 s7 M9 S
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade7 f5 j7 j% g$ v7 S2 X
CA Kako firing at Gove
2 |* R3 o( X( ^; `7 [CA Kumano firing at Gove $ _ O- P; D) K0 m
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
) q5 W& ?! k! D- ~8 C( _- ECA Suzuya firing at Gove
& \* a4 a" }: V U7 hCA Mikuma firing at Gove / ~. {3 \% u0 a2 ~4 ^
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |