AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44) o1 c! R* P# D& d
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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 D' @/ i* }1 y
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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
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 1,000 Yards; [! Y& R8 P4 }7 B
7 l- K& ~- e: C! ]6 f0 f: BJapanese Ships/ w3 `% g0 P3 c' c
BB Kongo
/ O9 g1 S( L5 T$ M$ U BB Haruna
" f# T8 a4 D3 P2 f L/ _ BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1+ Y" o& x$ P6 ?2 Y9 M7 w) L3 L
BB Kirishima
6 I6 j* C+ Q# u CA Mogami; a2 f1 {+ w- W) ^. ]# u
CA Mikuma4 S, i6 J7 F9 @9 i$ W9 I& ^
CA Suzuya
7 a( m1 s( U0 e CA Kumano
; l8 _6 s, I8 r( r9 { CA Kako( r( H+ [# _' j. q3 A6 @
DD Makinami
& I: d- t" F' S) ]! x" B DD Takanami; V0 N. m! s; P% a4 ^- R) N
DD Natsushio7 F+ A) N3 w- x) u4 b& K) D1 {
DD Yukikaze& x# g8 D, B# J1 g; v& h
DD Hayashio& L+ S0 }9 `% j i+ z+ T @. h2 ?
DD Maikaze
1 t+ b$ A+ C" E- C* i. U7 R& A6 b7 o DD Isokaze
0 U6 F" L/ {; F1 c. h% a2 S6 m DD Shiranui. |) L" b: |: Y0 S. ^
DD Amatsukaze
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1 u) o1 ^- U9 a* N: D nAllied Ships u9 s4 e9 N- U' ~' {( b, t
PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
8 N9 j- k$ q5 w9 f* X PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 \; _; y4 m0 A
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk0 {' _8 i6 b- X* R. S1 Y
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk7 ]/ t/ P: |" n" c
PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk) i( Z* h+ Y f. T. S# z
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
$ c f7 t! o% R5 s PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
5 k2 m3 _4 k0 e PT-60# E0 }/ G6 a) @3 v% T
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
' }7 k( ^1 _7 v. B PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk% Q |5 H) |% Q3 X
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
5 \) o9 b; D, I9 l; R PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk% o. L2 c; ^! m( ?/ ?8 i
* }2 {) m% ?8 t, e- e6 `8 eJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!( p/ s. w7 A0 a- ~0 [
Allied TF begins to get underway5 F( s3 t3 R8 F% `
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
+ }/ }5 e; m0 U( ?# r2 w3 B9 HMaximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
) G) H1 [, d0 gRange closes to 25,000 yards...
4 b5 E- E( T+ g; ~# T: dCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards7 H2 h! ?2 m: R1 Z0 n% u1 b
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
" P, v& z9 e s# V% \) GRange closes to 15,000 yards...( t5 r9 G; h, i. I( P* ]% f1 Q
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards
. h5 ^( w! Z. lCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards. J u( l8 a2 t; R0 `$ \1 R
Range closes to 10,000 yards.../ f2 T- e+ ?7 y# A( W: \4 P
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
9 k) v" Y( _) cRange closes to 7,000 yards...
# Z; W; J' V' ^7 v ~- [CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards" A; L7 g. Z/ t
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
& A; I% n; a Q/ O6 ^CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards& G2 r( S- r0 R% g) `7 E/ ^
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
/ M/ i* G/ z3 z9 r1 f2 i# e0 ACONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
* \5 X1 }" D8 c0 @Range closes to 1,000 yards...
2 T ?) w8 b. PPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards' \3 P+ H! I* P \ R! R
PT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards7 C: p8 s% x4 }0 p |; D3 T
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards: {" m- e3 O+ I5 v- p
Massive explosion on PT-46
@ e$ J# r1 j5 UPT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
/ ~ B$ i K& S4 k. m. ZPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
0 U& t8 ]2 R$ P1 wRange increases to 2,000 yards
& G2 a, m9 X4 K. e- ~9 }PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
$ A y" J% {9 n& M x! V" `PT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
) P2 t1 ?8 I R. ?. J" `4 ~; iBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
7 o$ s1 h7 k' W0 D# `' c( v& DPT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards( f3 t8 U: @. N% a- O
PT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards( w- `( N% f9 ~" a$ o2 @. Y& J7 S
Range increases to 3,000 yards7 `6 L# k. p4 S# e5 y* r4 G
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards$ I( O% V4 I5 U' w1 S' G: X
Range closes to 2,000 yards
( L; I7 K2 k7 T( L" \; \: CBB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards2 w6 B0 D' N4 d3 {* \
PT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
]$ V; H2 |, f7 F7 _5 C; @9 M3 R" b2 ^Range increases to 4,000 yards
" r) S1 s5 a1 @. F( {Range increases to 5,000 yards
( [. a" l9 v3 r( j M, M8 F; `DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127 # k* D+ y8 z2 j; z: z
Range increases to 6,000 yards3 m/ u5 M9 j' V* n9 Z
Range increases to 8,000 yards: T- J1 b& x3 h Q. M" N2 u
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards
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DD Shiranui0 W0 P Z* Y+ D& p) f" y; v( N
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) j# P7 c! M4 N* B PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; G$ F; y: [, H+ x5 w! T9 @# \
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Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
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Range closes to 26,000 yards...
& @* |0 B- S1 k7 T _Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 P( `4 V, { FRange closes to 22,000 yards...9 g% X4 e; ~3 P6 K
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 k5 i; U! P/ d
Range closes to 18,000 yards...) n* P6 q+ N3 i, C& U9 M h) T
Range closes to 16,000 yards...$ o& }2 ]4 c) q" z! r. W! S! e
Range closes to 14,000 yards...1 N9 l1 g% |8 ~+ L& e
Range closes to 12,000 yards...0 i# ~( i$ V L) U3 d
Range closes to 11,000 yards...2 t! F/ _# v/ X+ s4 w( ]- r$ b
Range closes to 10,000 yards...3 s7 v0 `! Z; q) a- m
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
1 |2 E! @8 f' gRange closes to 8,000 yards...! P3 G7 S/ n! r+ U1 y9 q
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
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Range closes to 3,000 yards...
; S% m& z" M" X/ U; ]% T& k+ h a, jRange closes to 2,000 yards...# C2 x4 t- Q$ E
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards, E- c \' |# f& Z q: g
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
( @3 b" }0 U" t5 r. |/ oAllied ships attempt to get underway
: E. g% u. E4 v& B0 ~Range increases to 3,000 yards
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Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...3 L( @, h+ H. B# A" ~8 f2 b* K$ C9 |
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Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127
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6 M+ y7 p _4 q' v' q, O w% Y Catalina I: 7 damaged) _: E& i5 y) s1 F, c
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground b k- w; T: V7 |% q
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged$ Q' F) b; v* ~. ?- |/ X% c8 M. j
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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Japanese Ships. k2 G9 {# | A
BB Kirishima
5 r/ q8 ?" g/ }# T BB Hiei
6 x& E5 [5 O; o4 C BB Haruna
( T6 K( J* Y" {. C" t3 ^# \ BB Kongo. a& L: Y, y2 _+ [% b
CA Kako* s Y7 N$ E0 w# @7 m1 |
CA Kumano+ O9 q0 y% Y8 \
CA Suzuya4 a; B' {# c5 E$ S+ Z
CA Mikuma
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Allied ground losses:
+ {: M, P0 R. [2 w& I 274 casualties reported
/ A0 H/ Z( ?! M Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
! N; i" x3 g" q2 J Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
3 r; R( `8 K& J Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled# A" S+ \8 H2 T+ a+ b
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
, ` r9 m: R: n' q; l: Q, R Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled); u0 K, c" {" Y, [9 S& @
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Airbase hits 176 `1 ?2 n+ ^- Z$ T' b" h$ s) Y
Airbase supply hits 23 k/ h9 b# d; `; x2 c8 }
Runway hits 35
. @4 O8 r0 J/ p4 o5 gPort hits 53 B% ^0 w8 V' e4 d. N$ b
Port supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove 7 ~5 }1 T1 K9 C& S& K! _
BB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade
# T6 Q, I3 U0 e. j8 ~BB Haruna firing at Gove % q$ {" [$ _+ J1 v8 x3 |& V: ^: n
BB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
1 a# @$ I' g+ i* {& c) zCA Kako firing at Gove 1 e# J. X: R" I, R. K
CA Kumano firing at Gove
7 h5 A& g, j! s1 |3 i( t& I* qE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
. y+ @* {; \ w& {3 r6 M1 ]/ }CA Suzuya firing at Gove
- t7 E( q) D; o' gCA Mikuma firing at Gove
$ B$ j# x( s! X9 y5 O4 x% VCA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |