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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉
# z& z' L. ~* n: z: l+ W% `/ Y R6 |Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships/ G4 Q$ Q2 a* d# _& o8 y; M, i
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
3 g/ |. @# v, h: { CA Aoba# }/ y: I- |- X" \! B) f
CA Kinugasa
1 S# A$ ~0 Y( c1 P CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4) V9 x( k7 T" C3 }4 `
CA Kako
/ F3 @1 j! E) e& s7 i CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
4 n) L8 }- Q2 o6 ] CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 63 H0 i/ {- D; p! i1 r
CL Yubari/ P9 H0 v7 J+ c6 D8 p8 d
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Allied Ships
$ m7 P/ m Z) }+ `- k4 x CA Salt Lake City
% U; O( y. Q2 Q6 C9 {% C2 P. c CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk6 J+ m( l8 E- l p3 S
DD Grayson5 X$ K) H, ]; @( p
DD Monssen
1 ^3 [- o2 K7 v+ a: K DD Aaron Ward) B" q% `$ Z9 c. g! P( \
DD Laffey
& w/ e. {5 W5 r* K DD Farenholt/ Z- A$ {, C+ k# c4 U/ ]
DD Maury
6 z1 t/ w7 ]: E3 J" k8 T+ D DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
! Y+ c. Z. \- ^ Q$ ] DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire
& c1 @- l5 b' Z: B8 [2 Q DD Stack; D) v( J( `- F w
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
- c: L. e' D: m7 P* b DD Balch
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
+ r) m4 K/ T9 D/ s& `Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards5 q1 K6 h0 P! {
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
0 i1 R/ f8 [9 o9 g) s/ r# rRange closes to 14,000 yards...
! T/ A/ `* v0 U4 d4 U, s- X4 JRange closes to 8,000 yards...2 T4 e2 H' D! u6 O$ @9 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
$ C2 K$ x4 R3 ?, S; yRange closes to 5,000 yards...
$ [0 R+ M+ r, n3 K/ KRange closes to 3,000 yards...
. X7 e- ]" x+ b! M" P1 b' s+ jRange closes to 1,000 yards...* O( V# z5 z* `4 d1 I* S' G
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'; G# y# P7 @3 ?; q2 \0 Y
CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards+ b: G# s+ t/ I8 a- F/ b
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
* @4 J: ^4 R- y- ]9 yDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards7 n8 c2 w3 m; G. t. V
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards
, h: ]0 c0 {' [$ [, w" `$ V0 T9 @CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards
4 ^9 K V; o8 n% tRange increases to 2,000 yards
7 i2 f2 M z* |1 rDD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards7 E0 R% U% F! D7 p. x
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
5 ^8 \- C+ L3 t; ~5 l6 C0 d' cDD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards0 p4 ~7 y. o, F, X. L
CA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
% S, p" P1 _. ^. s1 X. ?* CDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
2 A& [9 K( Q; rCA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards1 L* z+ B' `# D" H& j
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards9 P" J* O' @ ?& [
CL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards# j8 U$ H( x4 d* z! F: w
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards6 [1 N% n0 j* H, ~% v
Range increases to 6,000 yards8 K' e/ g& W7 t% Z& P5 D
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 ) j# H }2 R5 M) d3 e% _0 g
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
$ I; Z% n5 o/ q* S. r, UCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards( o6 u. P* w% r) p6 c
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards1 N9 u( h/ m# o' U' o+ _; ?( F
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards# l2 N' U: p, R. y& o, l* d/ p& j
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards1 W. E- [0 ?% H3 H) A
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
2 V/ d) t; i8 i) X3 iCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards
' t1 M! s; j. MCA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards
! Z' u( \2 S2 O1 `3 h2 `" pCA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards3 r4 Y/ j2 ~) i8 Q2 y
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, |: N+ A1 p; c1 R/ \7 o" T
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
7 t/ n0 h: C5 V! \4 R8 e$ z n CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire: u: | }: X0 X1 m
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
e s$ P2 [8 a2 y) h1 @ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
8 g6 j: ]' b% E+ | CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
" I! q# U) \- H) Q! F: ^) t CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire5 X6 H6 h5 r/ B- e
CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Allied Ships% g) T4 o. y$ _3 X Y( Z, A
CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire) K& H! d; j7 B/ V+ A+ m
CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
! |7 ~# E5 J- D& d CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
. @8 V9 O7 v1 a( q; g DD Mugford) @. a) Y- h: p- {4 ]
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
" t) j; J3 L, f; k8 q( W$ u DD Patterson' [/ q# ^$ R) U3 Q
DD Jarvis' {5 W; Q& y1 h3 {! E% H, L
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight( ~( x5 g1 Q; s' F. ~, L9 f
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
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$ Q5 _+ s! T0 V: Z! ~, o+ a& PRange closes to 14,000 yards...* k: \& {* n( n0 M# X
Range closes to 8,000 yards...1 T8 Y+ {2 j2 Q k2 F7 x, ?4 ], K
Range closes to 4,000 yards...- N7 Y0 x6 V8 [" a1 B/ L# P
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
: [0 P0 j% M' ^( O, [7 fCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards4 v: O2 {' [3 y' L% V. g% v, }
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards) `9 g8 b; X# s3 W( R4 }) e
Crutchely, V. crosses the 'T'/ A/ W- g+ [. T3 ?0 E% S
CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
1 M/ `, R$ Y! {: `CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
3 i2 L H9 s5 Y: U. LCA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards1 }9 h: q9 a! Q& Q/ J: o
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards
- D6 h* s/ i% _9 B/ g$ l. T0 D, PDD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
' ~ L4 f* Y7 u' S2 i X$ H) y$ xCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards
- y, J" B4 q3 N" D) F+ y0 s1 yCA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
% h: u* o# A; X% x/ @CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
. Z l( Y! e+ z3 t' ]3 dCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards- d" W. T' s- |2 F I0 c- ^# U
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards5 E) v* s- x! I% ]& ~' Y" a r
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards y; p! [" n! ], V- D
CL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards% p/ u3 T7 L) R y
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
3 ]) T- K7 \* v5 U DCL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
w1 d4 O2 n' {9 `/ U: ARange increases to 5,000 yards0 |0 y r: R3 t2 H. \& c+ X3 Z
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
- R. D p7 Z1 l4 uCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
( s. z1 ]& u6 n* G2 S' H( d: n9 [CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards- k( y' z2 U% _" }: b9 F
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards! K- L$ P; J6 l. A# Z1 y
CL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
' p9 K7 U h$ R" ^4 J6 kDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards7 G- P) a( C. p, @. x
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards2 D- p( e# g3 `" X; O, I$ U V7 g' h
Range increases to 8,000 yards
' y% H& U/ ^& [* g, Y) T, ICA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
2 k0 E0 A8 i! g2 |/ e/ z, y: yCL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
( H9 c* o) C/ t9 k- V, u" KCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards; j: Y$ i6 n- S7 R' Q/ ?
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards! [0 N D7 e a& H
CA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards3 S4 T7 ]0 k, n2 Z* n
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards6 M) j Q. S) v2 }: F' E$ X
Range increases to 9,000 yards: `- g( p; ]- O+ s# g
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards
' g# U! z" _. d* B* ^CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards
, }7 r; G1 t& E% k" OCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards9 G( a$ M# |; \! p5 i, c2 x/ e2 X
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards
3 J: ~1 l) I# M! L9 A" c7 jCA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards2 U, |% w o2 [- L: }! e3 U+ w
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
% ^, m0 E: A& E5 r0 D8 n9 k7 MDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
% W5 ]7 X, X2 b, ]$ K- [: pCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage
' G$ Q5 M+ Y s( [Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards% |& ~& A) k/ D' e% M; g/ T/ p
+ W6 Q' b# s3 @+ |0 cJapanese Ships# m3 B; y. R2 j0 a; M
CA Aoba* c5 v5 |# G Q- H3 T: k- D( s) ^
CA Kinugasa
& G9 a) k' U5 r, g/ O# z CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
$ w B! t5 U3 x. _- x+ [ CA Kako, Shell hits 1
0 d( Z. I% Q/ S' i CL Tenryu
$ z. u7 S p& `; N) `- B9 A CL Tatsuta! b, O, I5 K1 T5 i# z- A0 M/ a
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships, m) Q3 n; b' K. v! T0 W
DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
6 ?+ _ F7 H: ]. |6 ]: Y4 E DD Balch% x: ]1 K2 [" N: U3 J6 i
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N% V2 ~% ~4 q$ k2 `Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
+ x. M& D5 |2 P# C; @. T0 C NMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards
, q. x5 v5 {! bRange closes to 24,000 yards...: j$ u& x2 U$ U! X/ v9 g# O
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
/ w8 m/ l& a+ S& {0 ?! ?Range closes to 20,000 yards...
& s$ A% S& _# |- E4 FRange closes to 18,000 yards...
. d7 @' A# E/ Z* A6 c* \- n. MRange closes to 16,000 yards...
9 V: Q/ M6 O1 CRange closes to 14,000 yards...( B! O9 L/ {) D6 b" c* B& ^2 {
Range closes to 12,000 yards...4 N2 ]& ^0 I2 b
Range closes to 11,000 yards...8 j3 B. p4 ~2 g
Range closes to 10,000 yards...4 u( n$ c- [4 T) V8 Z/ @
Range closes to 9,000 yards...2 Z$ W, i+ H6 l& j! C" H
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
% _2 [2 B8 O9 R: K8 ]5 HCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards1 P2 n, V* E) X3 o
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
' S- Y7 a' {3 ~9 y: W8 b; Z% iRange closes to 6,000 yards...% k* R6 I4 U' k+ a# I9 V
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards# q) }9 W4 I* r# R5 ]! w
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards: }& V) a- P1 g
Range increases to 7,000 yards
7 L ?6 a! Z9 Y$ R6 [. n+ v% ADD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards7 g" a/ w, k5 N% H0 Z0 }
Range closes to 6,000 yards/ h* I+ z9 N; Y4 _8 [% k
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards! s/ R& `. ?; [2 h. b0 {
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards# ~" h- m! |/ g8 ]$ @
CA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards; e2 o4 [) v/ u
DD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
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CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards9 ?, D& x9 y7 M: y9 d# E; G
Range increases to 7,000 yards
/ Z( ?% C& ~0 D Q% V: kCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards
, r$ S: H' |' @0 @, T9 N, GRange increases to 11,000 yards4 b* e1 j0 y6 ]* O4 ]9 e* Q
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards# B3 f$ L& i2 W0 g% N2 {
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards4 v. e# C: t- K4 o! F
Q0 @; q% j0 Q& o/ ~Japanese Ships3 q6 y9 g: I. H, ]) _! ?& x0 @
CA Aoba) m8 R; _3 f" ^$ z" m D$ `
CA Kinugasa4 M3 p: _7 m' y
CA Furutaka/ k3 s/ Y# L, u3 S# g2 p u# O
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
3 q" A4 \2 d* c, G CL Tenryu
, D# v. `3 g2 V: F- X# N CL Tatsuta- Q2 {7 V0 f' @- s; G _2 l
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships J i+ U; p/ l. P
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire) z8 ^; u& f% g# {7 A2 b1 i& L# L$ }
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight* m3 O6 [0 D/ Q0 d) X; F+ B" L
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards
' B& o* R+ d& ~. o7 ~$ K: TRange closes to 24,000 yards...+ d0 L* Q/ A1 Z4 r* I4 |4 ]
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
9 r) y; f) C/ KRange closes to 22,000 yards...
# P+ B7 m. G+ [9 u; h1 A/ pRange closes to 20,000 yards...* T7 z! K6 d( c# d9 C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
' _3 v& ]9 x: y3 \9 B. MRange closes to 16,000 yards.../ L! i: |0 p- t. Q% ~: [
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
' x2 H3 f' i4 R3 V; m7 Q/ n& WRange closes to 12,000 yards...$ U" D$ ~. o/ U
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
' H& v3 c1 h6 O. P) v! X* yRange closes to 10,000 yards...
% C! F2 T4 z3 |Range closes to 9,000 yards...& y" f5 @/ b8 k( G# G0 [4 D
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
# c7 r9 G. ?1 h0 I) G6 j( {% }Range closes to 7,000 yards...
L0 V9 Y- k+ @5 URange closes to 6,000 yards...
, T7 X' v. ]2 k- bRange closes to 5,000 yards...
* ~- D: v6 f( S1 x& B1 e; ARange closes to 4,000 yards...8 J5 w6 K& _( w& \& l/ ^
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
+ d+ A2 |. ]/ ~& _! v% oCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
# ]5 P0 g( d# D7 Q! N: LCONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards' l6 h; a% D1 `# C& t( V
Range increases to 4,000 yards. _1 ^7 a; ]& A2 G9 h5 y& `) z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards( G( B- W; M' p% K6 X. j! u6 D# K
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
6 m: ?. \+ D7 BRange increases to 5,000 yards* C: X! Q% o0 u; X) o8 ^0 K% c
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
l1 c0 N5 ^9 |; ]" l* aRange increases to 9,000 yards: U& n( d% ^* ^# L R0 Z
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
: j5 C6 n( B2 u) M; |4 ~Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
- q6 |& i% c+ B) z4 x2 m8 g+ ?( ZTask forces break off...
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4 T: w- Z% l7 H1 s% S$ A% U2 tNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships( c# N) O9 n; T2 s1 e
CA Aoba
+ y; \$ k; O" o2 Z6 b" T CA Kinugasa1 A& E# Z) i1 G# F, d* ^' {" R
CA Furutaka
) r/ p" d& i/ ~ Z- u: M# x CA Kako
. Y1 d7 Z0 B6 ~- _0 ]# r" \ CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire
; e9 `! U3 V) y, i" n- \9 M# I CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire# p$ P. P( A9 R$ k. Y- }
CL Yubari3 c6 O- U, n* Y/ k. D/ s/ w `$ O
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Allied Ships! N- y) p: H$ |% K4 ^8 R
APD Colhoun [" d! R0 H _8 R. o
APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire/ B% ?9 w0 [! I# A$ d% x/ r" K
DMS Southard, Shell hits 14 h: g1 g" }; V! H7 x M5 \; K
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage$ B* N1 |" w/ | o) U
AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, {1 A8 }- L+ |9 ^9 x. b4 R
AP Harris
% F/ P+ A8 F8 Y# Z2 ~ AP Zeilin
" S" _2 G- D( | U0 n AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage2 J% g4 ~9 B% T' J' _- @ \
AP Heywood' |6 D3 F$ ]3 E
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire# a( t- ~& s |+ |. R: \0 q2 ^
AP President Bowen+ b( i, T1 b% W# u; R" Z
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire" |* S P3 s* }- N! M- W8 d
xAP President Wilkerson
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Allied ground losses:
' ]$ D. \. f" F6 N9 Q 105 casualties reported$ i7 r4 {, c' Y1 r
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 C. c# H8 L" P, J
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled$ B2 C& L6 ^! u! A# U2 Y6 \
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 c3 S6 s4 w9 @6 Y" S
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
. F2 U' U4 r$ p hAllied TF begins to get underway
( Q# ~0 G! f: R. y! C7 \2 _( wReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
6 Q2 v) e1 q9 K# h7 z, K6 Z- GMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards
( t8 R3 Q1 X2 U9 [& ^7 ORange closes to 18,000 yards...
8 q3 X3 h2 S; D( ^. P$ Q8 ]Range closes to 13,000 yards...
G" l }( w3 w- t1 W o2 T7 hRange closes to 8,000 yards...
' V& E+ q! S$ I3 b. U" l" XRange closes to 5,000 yards...
3 O0 j% d3 ~7 b% o ZRange closes to 3,000 yards..., k4 s9 v( \0 x" ^
Range closes to 1,000 yards...2 N, q* _# P2 [% S% N) ~, k
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards. |) b! H4 ~" ^: y
CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
: I! e+ V, x* q( e. o7 ICA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards4 K- m- L. z$ C+ v% Y
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
3 c- }- A* ]. @- u$ j" k' P/ nCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards' Z; x/ C) N1 U; c# s5 L7 q9 `- h) N
CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
% B7 _8 q) t: A) f+ _9 rCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
, f/ i" o" |* A: ]* S! Z1 f+ QRange increases to 2,000 yards/ b9 @+ G" m& Q( m) T% V
CA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
* k' Y: C D; q, ZCA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
+ _' B/ B5 @3 k; w' S& v/ l( V& lCA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards* q- L/ i# a1 f3 m# y: j! a! ?
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
$ z* s# r* o- SCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards. R; x* b; B: Y5 o* D, |
CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards) b2 w6 u0 k; T. W" M) C, r
Range increases to 4,000 yards( ?" O8 F; z/ O5 Z; F2 ~4 t
CL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards
" o) W7 O$ L$ d! ]+ C5 ACL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards+ H4 L2 V+ E7 v: k9 O# z
CA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
4 d) a/ s5 }2 Y# FCA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards$ \! J; n, x- W2 @
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards" v9 W/ n/ M) X u! U& [3 E0 H
CL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards
! a5 I* `1 K- u% h# m, v w- qCL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards
' \& N+ B6 t$ y. [. S! |) OAllied Task Force Manages to Escape2 M! [& B2 f6 v, `
Task forces break off...8 ^- X8 p8 _! _& f
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1 h/ `- t5 h7 Y( C- c6 x: h, I第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。. x% v1 }+ H* B2 C8 |
万恶的58！！！
( `' P7 I0 B: ~; \7 _Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,134
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6 D/ T5 Q* I0 WWeather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.4 K" }7 r3 ?' `- _
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes+ A) E; ~9 G$ x
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Japanese aircraft% g( P4 G# q/ x( d' x
no flights7 ~0 U, o* S# [/ {2 U
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Allied aircraft# ~/ p6 N+ v' V& X2 [: C
F4F-4 Wildcat x 82 }4 j" g0 q% ]( J M$ `
SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
X- u6 r. E! w6 |. m9 a TBF-1 Avenger x 39
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) a5 j* V3 j! `0 P: J: ~' K( |Japanese aircraft losses
1 \* M/ @1 r' C3 ]6 A7 \/ qNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses* _ } U3 [; c9 n" l- O' C
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged, A: M, j5 E2 {$ p5 |
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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7 A/ K4 q! _# J( O5 }Japanese Ships5 @$ X! R! V* C9 o
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire
$ B: H6 e2 I3 u CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
P# V+ n7 O! u8 E. {) J CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
V' R& [7 q$ x! k- f6 w! W/ O 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。
