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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉) x3 L; m" u# t% ]5 L0 M
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft3 K7 Y/ {: `: X3 i, Z" A
no flights
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; U$ o- o& o% H j0 `+ h* lAllied aircraft losses
$ E1 h# }7 f( T# }* c9 SNo Allied losses
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$ p9 D- Q0 K# G) q0 [( h) pJapanese Ships
) D: r: ~5 g+ C6 c CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire/ U3 Q# M) @2 R2 k. F: n
CA Aoba& u5 s' s0 j/ R' j
CA Kinugasa
) G; A* V+ d. x. F CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4$ v _+ K( w5 L! p0 ~
CA Kako
; N% q0 x& U) G; N1 e+ Q CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1. P" O8 b% w" c6 R
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
5 e6 ?- Q; Q! ^7 l; V6 A! D9 i2 ^! h CL Yubari
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8 R, ^* v' b, c; Y CA Salt Lake City D3 \- n6 _. u1 M5 [$ a2 |
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
& F2 `5 \* `: n! p$ N; n' K5 @# [ DD Grayson, J/ r9 ~ ]' T. y# B; o4 I+ J
DD Monssen
. n- s% y3 U0 v) D4 e$ k8 A DD Aaron Ward
. c% u% D) u2 {6 l! h DD Laffey2 h+ V/ g6 U, j5 ^, s- ]; ~
DD Farenholt
/ `! h9 Z6 d s- |! l& w6 R DD Maury
8 _8 R" ^' O/ K. q5 Q DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 ^- m9 K9 c2 ` p8 T. p/ | DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire6 r# H& |' @/ I Q
DD Stack
3 t4 w) e- u# \ DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
5 _9 c6 }9 m1 ~+ J v4 L DD Balch
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1 g) G1 k8 d3 Q- NReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
) V* V! o' P+ `9 L, |0 M0 s+ rMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
\4 D7 M" i( z/ {( j5 K1 S4 N$ VRange closes to 20,000 yards...
* E) v7 q( j4 E: s0 E i7 pRange closes to 14,000 yards...+ T- N$ U1 {. _ F( K
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
$ ^8 C2 K4 C5 o" d+ GCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards+ s u. [( p- t$ g5 U( y
Range closes to 5,000 yards...; i9 j0 u6 p' `/ e* j# P: g- p h& J
Range closes to 3,000 yards...& V$ q {7 D v1 `( r; G
Range closes to 1,000 yards...5 G4 m5 v. ^; [% M6 A
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
Q9 Y! H9 |4 c1 F3 L% H( }CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards
; e+ }3 o# \% e! I; n4 r3 cCA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
/ H/ K; ?4 m: v$ c% K2 X% mDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
( f3 q% e" D. Y2 gCL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
& F, y' N9 ^' _$ n ^) a/ iCL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
# d: L1 V% w; ~0 ORange increases to 2,000 yards
5 T1 D$ n* @! G3 ]5 f' M7 a2 W5 b+ q; cDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards2 W: c1 Q3 o8 j$ D( i
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards' T5 r; o5 D& A. {+ Y5 F9 i
DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards. N0 a- P* l& Z
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards6 M s! |/ }+ ]. |
DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
( k7 E& S$ n2 _5 l$ xCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards) G7 i6 V/ C/ ]6 T
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards& n. T6 `! D7 c0 v& k4 v
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards9 z! G; E" k: V/ B$ y! |
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards
% b5 j- l, b! h1 y( c4 |, R. }Range increases to 6,000 yards0 t' @. P1 i$ b1 x4 R4 M) |( ^
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 + k* N7 w% i" R+ D! f3 `
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
* _9 B# I% ? T5 B3 O- vCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards/ E* o; }& ~+ Y7 v6 R# [
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards6 [& {* {% T- Z
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards3 K6 d# p1 J- W4 O& T, }, L f# |, M
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards
% _5 w. A6 l% w7 _ u( G0 ~* SCL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards+ X( p" O$ M4 o7 j8 i! K8 l
CL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards1 D7 U; T' h7 v
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
1 I! o) q; E& G7 Z0 `) G. S. dCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards1 K( n$ h* X4 n4 C- z1 t
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships. X' Z7 H8 ]4 I/ |: G" ^
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
4 q, v) b+ {. b) v5 V) ~ CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire" t+ ~/ P( ]$ V* a3 O$ n
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
( q% \/ d' r* ]0 p+ U0 O1 d CA Kako, Shell hits 12 u$ |8 g6 ^/ ] i7 H1 ^( n' K
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
3 \5 E# v5 @+ K5 A' O, h CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire7 _1 T! e- ?" L% m! x
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire8 @) b; I! s5 B x) j8 E3 @) W0 n0 G
# ^( c- d! u. K1 JAllied Ships* i" ^( N. t0 @! u
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire3 S0 I+ D4 \7 U0 s
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage; G0 b& \0 x! g
CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage! ], z5 m/ t, n+ }7 J Q
DD Mugford
. [' }1 _; d, c+ G& e5 N8 x$ \8 N DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
+ h* S( E9 v7 S: W' H DD Patterson
: O @9 k( ]) _6 K8 O; T DD Jarvis# x U( K* n5 _, K) m# F. n: {5 i
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight8 g; d- u4 w% V
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
2 c! P. t) s" r* B5 RRange closes to 20,000 yards...! i8 g7 z+ k: K2 {2 W" K, Y3 [
Range closes to 14,000 yards..." o j S7 J1 g3 ?/ A' k
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
. }) w! X, `8 d% y/ S6 ^; g. tRange closes to 4,000 yards...+ C/ U/ ]' K/ s9 o- R
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
' E# ^6 j- C, E( C5 e0 U4 ZCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards5 F4 r; ]8 i. f& ]/ M$ y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards0 {8 k$ D( d6 j. k
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
: A' e& x. y M6 x. qCA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards9 z; M: K4 Z3 T* n" V) F2 x
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards5 E8 e$ M/ d0 k1 z' J+ v7 p( s
CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
+ w+ _9 Y0 G2 ~6 ACA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
8 U1 Q$ q/ |8 I, {DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards' H7 v3 [. y# h) a
CA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
) P( I" N: r& Y( P* SCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards, p& b5 a, b6 R/ T% X% k( z
CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards- n, B1 s. X* q4 N! m, W! _
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards5 f6 o) x7 O3 w8 U
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards) H/ k: z4 N2 L" @6 A
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
6 C8 v% V8 E* F/ Z; ]- q0 r( b# ]CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
4 Q0 A3 o' a$ y7 e7 `5 x! k9 b' X, _CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards& z2 H; G& k9 I W4 C9 Q: D p
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
- k. h" i. O2 f! k3 aRange increases to 5,000 yards
5 O% H: o2 W5 O# Y0 ICA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
1 Z& ^0 p: ]0 f* nCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards6 D G$ ]& Y: f h- c5 w' ^
CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards; S3 d/ I. \( @. K" L" S" n* S
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
* k% y& i% R: k# F! _( p* r9 U, VCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards) y: W2 q1 u- B# {5 R9 e
DD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards
^5 y: ?& {- n+ R4 U* E8 ~. T4 h( aCL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards# w% `6 s$ _- i+ o6 T2 l5 C# U6 Y
Range increases to 8,000 yards
2 d+ M+ \0 |' `/ A5 D2 PCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
6 t ^& T9 Q- N8 l) oCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
/ R/ g& ?0 n( nCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards: x# l0 [. o# l6 \0 q; ?
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards" R' E% A& e9 ?9 D
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
( I( y3 p- o8 q+ ECL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
0 T4 u) F: X& E5 l: T/ i! K4 _Range increases to 9,000 yards0 J9 c0 F6 B, \; s& l8 K
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
# b0 G: E: `+ T4 l& \+ {CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards$ _( K+ V) M# g8 G) Z
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards: M. E1 q4 ]& T9 A$ A( t) h
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
* c2 I) U0 _( [ _0 J% aCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards9 Y# p2 }9 D I1 m0 J* K
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards' |0 A$ [% B! `
DD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
7 r1 o: ?6 k, B5 LCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
% W. a4 ~7 w* [% qTask forces break off...
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2 W- l4 |1 ?; ^Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards: O4 D" g! O" v2 }% n& l5 Y
' q p* S9 |6 u7 @% h8 ~ y+ sJapanese Ships& ]: ^1 v" ^6 ` n, h+ D8 s9 v
CA Aoba& P1 w1 N0 |+ x5 J" n3 ?6 D% q
CA Kinugasa; z& \$ Z$ j8 e+ n2 h1 n1 e
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2+ N2 n1 M6 @, c2 I/ B
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
) B q; w/ w# b3 z CL Tenryu0 X$ ?7 p- x3 Z; \4 Q" [
CL Tatsuta( @! h/ Z0 X4 C+ K, W8 i J
CL Yubari) N3 m6 z. V$ y- u
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Allied Ships* V- p) _' R1 B
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk5 x2 p" z1 A2 { ^+ Z7 E3 |
DD Balch
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/ a! T* ^' o3 W% |4 OReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
( q2 z7 f8 D8 o4 i$ G1 J# z) VMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
( Z4 Y. I' C, RRange closes to 24,000 yards...
V9 |! x; |1 m# u* ERange closes to 22,000 yards...
6 B4 a9 F6 w; j0 c' mRange closes to 20,000 yards...: f) M2 M& \ W. E; A6 _
Range closes to 18,000 yards...6 u3 |8 v3 [+ K @: a2 _; E
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
; d: F9 I/ G$ N* `: Y* u7 s. URange closes to 14,000 yards.../ [* O4 l. }9 u9 K! }' f( f
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
, _* }; U/ z, r8 IRange closes to 11,000 yards...
( p5 p! s' o! v! hRange closes to 10,000 yards...9 D0 _7 `9 j% a7 M
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
9 F) O N% [7 C: @Range closes to 8,000 yards...
7 X" W( J. c ?' A" fCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards* H1 k2 l: Y: A0 K: O% q( ~
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
4 b. x/ Y) ^: ]+ u% nRange closes to 6,000 yards...
+ I8 @5 J0 \0 N% P% |8 M- SCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
2 c" i: q7 A/ S/ e5 {9 ICONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards! b V0 _/ b) \- B' h# C' y3 Q& l, m
Range increases to 7,000 yards5 v" m( | r* c! U# h5 ~: h6 T( v
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards/ X; x2 {; U* Q+ G, A+ z
Range closes to 6,000 yards
, F* u' `3 K5 \# _7 l3 r# T, _CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards. I W7 R# Y% P; i, b* a5 c" l' ?8 o
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards7 l; W2 K2 [- \: J+ A: V
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
9 K' c& p3 U! v3 s0 x! `DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
) U7 y7 P2 T+ i: A* e2 kRange closes to 4,000 yards
1 Q C3 V! o) B' ]9 Q% ACA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
. j6 s/ O; J8 n2 ~. HRange increases to 7,000 yards) M! I6 h4 |/ s2 \+ z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards- ?' l+ ~6 w( `$ _, F
Range increases to 11,000 yards
$ K% H0 D! w2 f# k& [' N- [% Y" kCA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards
% e) M. D& U! c* jAllied Task Force Manages to Escape1 `2 A6 l) }( n" ?: x: @
Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards
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0 a V0 c, o. U! B2 h2 cJapanese Ships
( G$ r5 ]1 g- [7 V3 G4 z1 ? CA Aoba# m; z8 m/ h2 b" V$ t8 r/ q
CA Kinugasa
5 P2 T5 e2 Q2 X) N1 u8 z5 q- {4 d- w0 o CA Furutaka" ^' P7 e8 q; w G$ C# _9 D; `7 B
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
p0 P7 @5 s$ o CL Tenryu. C: |- l0 P9 m0 t
CL Tatsuta5 v1 v& k2 L0 M! ?# t; O
CL Yubari
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DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire% y+ t, X& Z6 X" I# ?0 u' j0 T
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0 B- K* ^$ }6 c) p( C# cReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
( R& b3 t% U- QMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards3 Z% i* G9 _+ K5 o1 q7 p9 G
Range closes to 24,000 yards...8 W* F" \5 w5 |0 S& q O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards, d# b$ L9 I$ }5 x
Range closes to 22,000 yards...& f; U4 e4 b: M5 u7 n& Y
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
3 c2 P# T1 w& J" Q! TRange closes to 18,000 yards...
1 m0 F4 A. T9 D: T9 K' P- K) sRange closes to 16,000 yards...
: j# B( M, A, I, u/ MRange closes to 14,000 yards...
, k$ P/ x( V7 T* K+ V3 oRange closes to 12,000 yards...
3 `: o3 b( j' {* E' a% {Range closes to 11,000 yards...
! M- t3 W( h) Z' N8 V: ]Range closes to 10,000 yards...
: v( A" y( l( Y5 b. E$ T: S; k6 [. aRange closes to 9,000 yards...6 ^: T* f7 y( q" [: N' z! k+ @
Range closes to 8,000 yards...5 I A( o3 J/ V" D* A$ f" d9 W2 A( M a
Range closes to 7,000 yards...7 t/ M: `) G& B$ A
Range closes to 6,000 yards...7 \& Y, F7 D% o
Range closes to 5,000 yards...# E# f. a8 A' _7 m' D, g
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
, \9 T& Y: |" U ]3 d$ b# jRange closes to 3,000 yards...8 g, L% D7 H- Q% ~9 v" m( S- }
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
( Z- k7 ?4 A9 v0 O2 D* ?, I$ KCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
3 d, N; o) t! d1 \* C6 pRange increases to 4,000 yards+ \' l" r) g c! w
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
- \( c6 G- u& X7 A1 K3 NCL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
. R0 Y) U8 B: nRange increases to 5,000 yards5 i5 b# x2 Y7 F8 r- W
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
: h$ L3 v- }6 W% K) m+ ` i$ f. t8 Z, kRange increases to 9,000 yards2 m8 {& |6 h8 V1 ?: q5 `& A) Z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
0 Z. ^9 s( t2 p Q3 v" J( vAllied Task Force Manages to Escape+ U' e$ ]2 E5 {) B$ J
Task forces break off.../ G, e; w% v$ C% V
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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2 [8 ~- Z# E+ \' z3 ~, @5 S1 o& oJapanese Ships
7 ^# e! Z w1 R9 J( g6 D CA Aoba
" ^5 a" g* b# O7 G! s% j8 t# d3 m CA Kinugasa
3 { @$ B4 P& z CA Furutaka. B4 s) t5 w% x
CA Kako2 i& s& Y7 V2 d1 I( {7 t L
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire1 h; q9 j* [+ M! X) Z; k3 k
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire2 T2 {% y. d* b6 }
CL Yubari y9 f% {! f. G, Q# c
5 U! i/ q* u, s' K) O3 I& pAllied Ships" r8 _/ t' ^0 j: K4 b7 l
APD Colhoun
/ ^3 x5 ^+ G; m6 k APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
6 H# Z6 H( d0 w! R DMS Southard, Shell hits 1
+ X% K7 I% }1 d, j: C: O: n DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage* C1 e$ L, @: r5 d2 v D
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires* F* V2 E( I1 _9 l0 O5 l- m5 O
AP Harris
& k* H5 w8 O; z AP Zeilin
& f+ O- e% s- x8 ~ AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
" r4 h4 O$ `/ R D AP Heywood( [ R+ l# C8 Z: ]; p' ?+ j3 j
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire" O R. f' D7 d
AP President Bowen$ l, x1 n6 u( ~) q/ ]# {
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire6 X7 e6 V$ s7 b/ i( r, x
xAP President Wilkerson$ F* Y a B' v1 C% [. X; H
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Allied ground losses:
( X& @1 D u B5 o/ M5 \ 105 casualties reported
6 c( ?" }9 f# s$ u/ Y! E' g( C Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: }4 a5 u* }9 b) X) j' |6 F Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled3 r0 ]& E% D# F$ f3 K5 Y) S
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ m+ w+ w9 R7 U
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!. g0 N* X4 T, X6 ?7 Y2 H# G
Allied TF begins to get underway
0 U5 s$ X. S4 m0 ?7 n3 UReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
1 F' t7 }: Z }( i% P% QMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
. M! J% K! r9 u% JRange closes to 18,000 yards...; c+ u+ f" p- e; L8 O* T+ d) s
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
. |8 b4 [2 y* d2 X( mRange closes to 8,000 yards...( C. ]% Q# _: t0 e+ T$ D) U4 z: h" I
Range closes to 5,000 yards...8 X: @3 G, b2 E8 z0 Y& M
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
. P8 n2 S* ^2 f1 C; SRange closes to 1,000 yards...) i( c7 X8 e; k+ W7 Q5 }
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
5 c" \# ^7 K7 l7 L1 X' e1 oCA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards8 ~ a. n' ^6 w8 K
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards. N" e: G) }, ^. b0 u
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
6 u9 X6 _! v7 |CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
% D8 [$ z( ?; iCL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
1 [5 [# V9 C' l0 r' p# ?CL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards- y3 s% U8 t9 ]" V- s- L4 [* Z
Range increases to 2,000 yards" N7 ]- K* h8 a' A0 K1 s
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
: Y2 }" d c5 I. `! ]CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
$ `9 p7 f" y3 s" e5 I+ wCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards
' l4 c4 c; d t1 T5 j* ^$ }CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards8 c2 ~$ W3 K( q0 m( \! b
CL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
5 Q$ H0 B/ ?( V: t0 P- oCL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
. \1 |) d% n1 v/ ^2 X4 ARange increases to 4,000 yards
9 G/ H: Y- r+ g7 F7 b. o+ HCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
! E( }* ]# F- C# J9 c, q3 |CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards* ~5 ?% |+ h d: L
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards0 X- r+ i0 L2 @4 U1 d7 V5 l2 H
CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards
7 Z& E: \% Z3 N1 tCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
& D* ^- Q0 a+ q' ACL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards) k0 c2 c& s, W8 o, t( W. I! e
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards' {. }! r0 J0 B6 }0 Z
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
" \3 J9 S+ @5 E2 yTask forces break off...
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* a! p, Q. @# K第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。 f I' k+ z; Q* k! I
万恶的58！！！
6 M! Q5 |0 f8 {. |0 { [6 tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134" G2 e& A' [& N# A4 w: A2 O
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Weather in hex: Clear sky% s- e% h0 ^# K5 \' E
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
/ l$ |8 ^" g4 m) qEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
- G7 u& p8 [& X# Q! ^, ^- J9 z no flights, g; L% H& m1 ]* F B' n
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N7 y1 C* S! }# `/ ~9 dAllied aircraft( o/ M% I3 \2 z+ h
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8; ^6 l: n4 l% o) }+ T
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82# Z* m! E% w; ^: w& |
TBF-1 Avenger x 391 g* X+ G4 K9 d
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2 m: F' _* S1 C4 QJapanese aircraft losses; q9 L* N2 x! D" l0 }
No Japanese losses! Q) v+ ]4 G4 `5 L
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Allied aircraft losses
3 X d; y% V* ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
) l1 y' q4 U. [! ?& {5 [1 ]2 d! c. C# P/ ^ TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
7 g! w& }' m( A+ P* |9 q CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire$ s' b* f" `. M: C' `
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
; Z1 n$ z# c/ y' @5 ]* f2 I8 B CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage& P+ O5 w) v. A0 F7 R( u
CL Tenryu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage，and is sunk
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发表于 2010-4-20 19:59
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兽兽桑。。。在3BB+3CV出来后突击PM或米龙湾吧，瓜岛丢那随它去。
