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第8舰队勇闯图拉吉" j# l7 D7 P1 b
Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
& ~) x& ]4 ^2 [; rNo Allied losses& p+ b* X1 ^ Z. k. H. D
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Japanese Ships h* q, C$ T J' ?
CA Chokai, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire. g3 u9 b2 _; b! v* y% I6 y
CA Aoba/ |; o' F1 x1 Z$ b$ v) l
CA Kinugasa
m. ~8 M) P. k! i. Y CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
' h g5 U1 W' _. i- }& P) T, b1 q2 x CA Kako
( n: I( ^8 j$ c+ N5 B/ C CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
. E. G: f- E3 n CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
; f" s( C2 D( R+ s" G% n, Z- n CL Yubari
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; n$ K0 G$ Q: n2 K$ p8 z CA Salt Lake City
- c" E" G# k, A1 T" @ CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
6 c- N+ i! K: W& j1 k DD Grayson; c# }/ s1 _( Z0 X9 ^* }2 i
DD Monssen8 c! i5 ~# }# x* o' r& q
DD Aaron Ward8 V3 u# t9 K% H: ]4 ^+ x: v9 \
DD Laffey
4 ?/ I/ G6 c. H2 V" d% M DD Farenholt
, R0 d3 Q8 ]9 H0 ~* e/ T DD Maury o/ q/ R8 b+ j
DD Benham, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 M* k# R. h# o2 _; J DD Lang, Shell hits 6, on fire' s! `& M9 E+ D; O. g
DD Stack
6 I. `1 H0 I, i/ g1 ^ DD Sterett, Shell hits 1# |& `, d4 g: w- A+ Z# q+ a
DD Balch o9 [. t: c# A5 _
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Reduced sighting due to 3% moonlight
2 b' C1 i3 z& i" I" r& xMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards* r; C# [- Z) ?5 p6 X
Range closes to 20,000 yards...3 r, }7 y& v) i7 Q, Q. y; h
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
5 c, W0 X' P! O; QRange closes to 8,000 yards...7 \/ M" A3 v' g+ Q) |
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards! f) }. S$ W6 T6 \! w
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
- ^5 ?9 D9 e% W/ Z6 I) IRange closes to 3,000 yards...% Z* i: o5 Q7 U9 g7 Y0 v
Range closes to 1,000 yards...! V# f1 m) K- \
Scott, N. crosses the 'T'
1 e$ ?2 s* ~" S; Z. _CA Chokai engages CA San Francisco at 1,000 yards5 t' X# V/ Z( F2 h7 d2 `7 {
CA San Francisco sunk by CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards
+ l8 X9 \6 J7 N. O# Z& qDD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 1,000 yards5 h9 o+ K9 W5 g b
CL Tatsuta engages DD Benham at 1,000 yards! }2 @' [) R( B
CL Tatsuta engages DD Laffey at 1,000 yards! B* G2 D& B( z1 `1 u
Range increases to 2,000 yards$ d9 s5 h3 l; }6 Y
DD Lang engages CA Kako at 2,000 yards) J j% \" }- y( F7 H7 a
CA Furutaka engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
, U: e2 z8 Y- W! {% Q I) S3 ]DD Sterett engages CA Chokai at 2,000 yards
; ~4 n, A2 h! W( k9 u0 SCA Furutaka engages DD Stack at 2,000 yards
: X6 C% n7 x8 H% t# }6 {DD Lang engages CA Furutaka at 2,000 yards
" Q$ { l. t# f* Z1 H* e* y$ \CA Chokai engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards3 h, R6 y* w8 J! n7 r; ^$ ]
DD Lang engages CL Tatsuta at 2,000 yards
1 w( A2 V5 c3 ]0 A+ h. qCL Tenryu engages DD Benham at 2,000 yards4 W) r t0 E* @; }" x' V, Y4 Y
CA Chokai engages DD Aaron Ward at 2,000 yards! V0 V. m& M0 o2 z7 u& t) ~$ t
Range increases to 6,000 yards' N7 i3 R& X& z( B, Q1 J
DD Monssen collides with DD Benham at 114 , 137 ' b- Z1 Z7 z" b6 j( L; H' M! l, Z
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Tatsuta at 6,000 yards
$ A+ D" D5 J! R9 ~% } hCA Salt Lake City engages CA Furutaka at 6,000 yards) M4 Q: c2 g' @" q6 j ?7 t
CL Tenryu engages DD Sterett at 6,000 yards1 E5 h* n" l% Y5 }! R/ m
CA Chokai engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards% n' k5 e* ]1 F B+ g# ]
CA Salt Lake City engages CL Yubari at 6,000 yards7 {: L7 ] h* x' l5 ^& {5 z
CL Tatsuta engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
' |. l0 V1 D, k0 K3 w. LCL Tenryu engages DD Farenholt at 6,000 yards1 \# |* u* f# h1 Q! q
CA Furutaka engages DD Laffey at 6,000 yards- {- f/ g. O9 f, a
CA Furutaka engages DD Monssen at 6,000 yards
$ f6 ^. z% Q! C- XTask forces break off...
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1 x$ _0 d) w7 s% Y+ a/ nNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 2,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
( g/ t# q: @4 N5 n8 C, I6 L; X CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
: M+ S. s6 N# j/ q L& d3 V+ ] CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 6, on fire" u: Y6 o3 x V2 Z
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1$ k, t' J% z8 ^) [
CA Kako, Shell hits 18 l; k0 B6 h8 g" f
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire; T) M D8 S5 L, O/ U, j) L
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2, on fire
; l8 C9 k4 O2 W( d CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
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# T/ i3 X: }2 `* D CA Australia, Shell hits 6, on fire
$ i! L) @# |! Q# H0 a2 f CA Canberra, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
( ~! H1 c! |. p& k& n! z CL Hobart, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage6 t# Q: t/ [% F& ?. `" I: X
DD Mugford
" w1 ?! D9 E; f. `; A4 C, |+ l2 U DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 23 g' B: v$ ^- @9 j# z
DD Patterson6 \1 U$ f" n, y$ b- {
DD Jarvis6 O+ `- f z: h1 J1 z# g1 F0 D
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/ w/ a c5 I- C6 k, jReduced sighting due to 3% moonlight. `, s2 z) X9 ^4 h
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 3% moonlight: 3,000 yards
( g. ~2 @' P: Y, t/ |2 aRange closes to 20,000 yards...! N F. I m% a a& x
Range closes to 14,000 yards.... w9 k/ U; d6 W+ Z5 F) V3 G2 W
Range closes to 8,000 yards...! _) ~4 |3 ?8 Q
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
( a& O! o& {! g2 \8 n1 v# N8 lRange closes to 2,000 yards..., i; _# {: i5 b( C6 v% ~
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards: C. T- b v& J" c& q, t
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
6 S! y- M9 j' @1 I5 j( [9 z+ VCrutchely, V. crosses the 'T'
2 r" j+ F4 m! J; c; s0 }CA Aoba engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards
# ^' u1 ~/ h, n/ kCA Aoba engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards
) v1 j) V- Y$ `* ?CA Kinugasa engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards+ L, I; g0 r. Q1 h7 z0 h
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 2,000 yards* r$ j h$ n/ C% L. H6 M0 c
DD Patterson engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
$ U# l& g6 J; t6 y' X, S" v: RCA Kinugasa engages DD Ralph Talbot at 2,000 yards7 I: F3 q$ t( }( P% @
CA Canberra engages CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
+ l& Y: L- J& N: Y1 K7 ]! B: }CA Canberra engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
( l3 q @ A# Y. RCA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards/ m0 E$ J0 L0 D3 q a3 H. I! m" }
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
8 m; j- H ]0 F+ QCA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 2,000 yards
- p d2 K0 P- e! S+ K4 K! N3 zCL Yubari engages CA Australia at 2,000 yards% C8 a \. a# S2 u9 C) [
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 2,000 yards. M' }3 q1 R4 k) H$ H. D6 T
CL Tenryu engages CL Hobart at 2,000 yards
4 }* Q" G7 u$ C, z' F7 Z" IRange increases to 5,000 yards+ n2 H S3 y3 ^, [8 [6 A
CA Kako engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
, u% x7 H( J$ {6 gCA Furutaka engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
4 W3 w0 W9 z# Y8 M$ M/ c, }CL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 5,000 yards, y8 S! n$ F6 G
CA Canberra engages CA Aoba at 5,000 yards
1 d2 ]2 M3 D+ C' ] i& RCL Yubari engages CL Hobart at 5,000 yards
% \: c) }6 k [" YDD Ralph Talbot engages CA Furutaka at 5,000 yards1 t0 J, C" A% [9 J( @1 y
CL Tenryu engages CA Canberra at 5,000 yards
% I" B. C+ R$ O! e6 T) oRange increases to 8,000 yards
. \7 H% t2 x/ q4 M0 kCA Kako engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards( J0 U& Q) ?% K' w6 F% N0 B1 b
CL Tenryu engages CA Australia at 8,000 yards
5 T2 _. z* W: I, A$ k( P% S7 e; TCL Hobart engages CA Kinugasa at 8,000 yards% Z* F7 J: n$ t: p" A
CA Aoba engages DD Jarvis at 8,000 yards
& A6 X/ k9 T; O% [- w2 TCA Canberra engages CL Yubari at 8,000 yards
7 W# [+ P) N0 M7 [' Y- v6 TCL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 8,000 yards
& ~, O% u1 @- j) B' \5 ERange increases to 9,000 yards. Q7 m% I v3 k* o1 G4 B8 c
CL Tatsuta engages CA Canberra at 9,000 yards, W* T* F' @% x8 K
CA Australia engages CA Furutaka at 9,000 yards. N7 C$ B7 m. ]) m" L3 o/ }
CA Australia engages CA Kinugasa at 9,000 yards. h( V i* m$ n3 I3 S- b
CA Aoba engages CA Australia at 9,000 yards2 A8 ?, J( @) b [
CA Aoba engages DD Patterson at 9,000 yards' L( f% |4 N; i/ @2 } N3 z
CL Tatsuta engages DD Ralph Talbot at 9,000 yards
& d9 O0 O1 E, @- I! h7 o# NDD Mugford engages CA Kako at 9,000 yards
, W/ y: S& _% c: lCrutchely, V. orders Allied TF to disengage4 I8 u- M/ z% S4 l
Task forces break off...8 Y2 H' r1 l% a7 n t7 Z
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7 q; B, c0 o# [" FNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 6,000 Yards# x) [6 f) ~& g# [9 r" `
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Japanese Ships
$ m. R3 k7 f% Z CA Aoba
0 R' Z' z3 y" D. @' e. [$ H CA Kinugasa: @5 d& J2 ] `( N1 q
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 21 g0 R( x8 }% W7 \0 j5 `" \2 k) E
CA Kako, Shell hits 1, T8 O$ g6 S$ X# k# S/ p+ c
CL Tenryu# b F' u. d- {; U' ]. g: X9 t
CL Tatsuta8 U; s7 J9 I. ?+ X5 f$ R. E) T2 L
CL Yubari( o9 ]! }- ~4 N
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DD Benham, Shell hits 3, and is sunk1 c2 q3 e. h& t: L' }4 S
DD Balch
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3 F3 `( B6 d L! a+ |: ?4 K' ZReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight- Y; C$ H. t$ F' U
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 6,000 yards. j8 s8 u5 i# ]* l
Range closes to 24,000 yards.... V8 p8 N8 s& w% O" R' s
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
- s$ {4 W( o0 `Range closes to 20,000 yards...
; H c2 j$ J5 n' l! R7 e/ gRange closes to 18,000 yards...
. [: T5 m/ p6 J- x: a( XRange closes to 16,000 yards...9 l+ j- K4 y7 B3 j
Range closes to 14,000 yards...* F7 d) q' o& g$ P2 Z# J
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
! A1 M0 W0 c% TRange closes to 11,000 yards...2 h* Q9 \4 I5 Q# [$ g; o+ ]
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
5 _. k5 `" p. [ u0 zRange closes to 9,000 yards...
0 y0 F! g" j, \% X$ ~1 cRange closes to 8,000 yards...' [- p. z3 H6 Y9 t$ N3 U5 k% [0 O
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards: s2 F4 e( t v' c7 F& l! B
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
1 U% O, e9 G, G% i6 O( h& X+ ?, ~8 O- CRange closes to 6,000 yards...
8 a* X& I5 x4 L; m; T. n1 tCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards4 q2 {: M+ X, r; J; R
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
( s+ w3 P+ K! I1 z$ a) QRange increases to 7,000 yards: [) F( d$ f7 b0 x' x
DD Balch engages CA Furutaka at 7,000 yards
, v% H) O0 k; P8 VRange closes to 6,000 yards; L/ A8 O5 Y% ~6 J2 m
CA Kako engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards' d# K$ C8 P% {$ ]' D8 S& W
CA Furutaka engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
- k7 c" i% ]) P' W9 X: S) ICA Kinugasa engages DD Benham at 6,000 yards
" j1 ]1 w7 E- q: B) M. F+ fDD Benham sunk by CA Aoba at 6,000 yards
# s# H8 S5 T @3 k& ~, C1 z: [Range closes to 4,000 yards0 S9 N$ ~) f8 ?6 m9 e% r
CA Furutaka engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards5 H$ u% K) j1 ^) e( `
Range increases to 7,000 yards
/ Y! z6 x9 n8 U4 C' q. ^% YCA Kako engages DD Balch at 7,000 yards( F' Y# c: V: B: z. _
Range increases to 11,000 yards+ n9 v" b3 n, o( C, X- k, E Y
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 11,000 yards2 r" Y4 t+ ]8 n! w( h
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
6 I; ]/ Q* o8 @: STask forces break off...
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! q* x" Y- r0 \0 |/ W+ SNight Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 3,000 Yards& Y# h5 x/ O. R, ]
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Japanese Ships F; Y, L8 v. ^4 n
CA Aoba; t7 M9 d% C* T8 ~' t' M( t- n0 I
CA Kinugasa
" Q' m( p6 Z( q! W* t$ b1 x) m CA Furutaka9 X. ^3 x) E, m, p# U6 c+ c: t
CA Kako, Shell hits 1* d# g! d' X# a' |
CL Tenryu
^3 u) f' G4 Q, Y6 O CL Tatsuta
/ R/ F7 ^! c7 L- v& k; |( K# j) d" J CL Yubari* {3 C. n J6 S. l9 Z+ u" Y2 a4 U R
) @: ]! t7 h+ I, C, _$ x8 [Allied Ships# G( q4 P; Q, w! u; ^
DD Balch, Shell hits 3, on fire
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Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
; u5 D0 h* u6 O7 j. @" tMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 3,000 yards! H7 m' G1 { d$ d5 q# N
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
8 U$ g3 ~0 J3 q' eCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
5 D& ?: p9 h% V' d6 t2 ?- c( T" FRange closes to 22,000 yards...% s. Q% N0 v4 g" w/ ]5 V9 L9 _3 f
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
" Z) f7 |9 c$ e4 r7 j$ T& w) U( T; _Range closes to 18,000 yards...- g; {$ J5 Q0 s5 d# ~
Range closes to 16,000 yards...8 n- ` ~7 {; X7 V9 Z/ E2 Y
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
" ]' i& e+ \0 K* D* JRange closes to 12,000 yards...: S }9 L& m% u8 ~' d& q
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
8 a& g: x2 t& P0 y3 j- ?. Z, ]( j' m1 yRange closes to 10,000 yards...5 N k- m' ^) T. Y, M: w' Q
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
, ^, Z6 w5 i' Q% `( \6 p! [# GRange closes to 8,000 yards...
, e* r+ [0 T! J% g; gRange closes to 7,000 yards...
& I1 p" G( [0 NRange closes to 6,000 yards...
! z/ m7 H0 p. b) [. }& ?Range closes to 5,000 yards...
, H- v( D% `9 hRange closes to 4,000 yards...
/ l( K( C* |) s# I: xRange closes to 3,000 yards.../ @7 t6 K* u7 P- Q
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
e8 `0 N4 F( }6 J0 K2 |CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
2 b5 z- H, c8 Q2 M, Y8 I1 _Range increases to 4,000 yards% v" M2 p/ X7 H- ~/ }
CA Kako engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards4 T2 R" z' a o1 _
CL Tenryu engages DD Balch at 4,000 yards
1 ~8 U O9 p0 I* B+ FRange increases to 5,000 yards
( _) z+ j" h6 M- ^$ w' t! f) ~CA Kako engages DD Balch at 5,000 yards
# N" L* {* V1 h& ?9 I( I/ L% URange increases to 9,000 yards
4 @ [; E% ^1 b- {CA Kako engages DD Balch at 9,000 yards
* b+ F$ S# g B9 c! u/ ~; OAllied Task Force Manages to Escape
% A5 D3 E1 w, `/ f; P) [Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 1,000 Yards$ u- `% p, }, A/ Z* u" z( M; Y
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Japanese Ships
{8 p. f- M7 ]# h$ U CA Aoba9 ~4 x. H* w8 z& I9 Y
CA Kinugasa
+ x. o: E4 ^3 h& w6 Q9 S CA Furutaka+ j/ T/ @1 Q* Z" J8 Z& K+ |
CA Kako! o* M/ ?* R( p2 m% k
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, on fire3 i- N/ E; [9 s2 G" o! e9 O- x& e
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 3, on fire+ E1 c: E# G) P+ ~7 L
CL Yubari
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Allied Ships
0 {0 X2 g( [" r* {( w APD Colhoun
3 V5 C' |; I: R) }5 }# A0 K0 \ APD Little, Shell hits 2, on fire
4 r$ X& ~6 @/ z0 ]2 B DMS Southard, Shell hits 1& ~9 _0 @- o4 n- Z% }7 U
DMS Hovey, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ P; D& d7 f( B4 D3 p5 C/ ` AP Wharton, Shell hits 4, heavy fires" b8 A# h) ]$ R, {0 B$ ?3 M" ]
AP Harris& [8 I5 k0 _! w! k& Q7 k
AP Zeilin
6 ~- u+ a- B& x2 l$ r2 O AP Henry T. Allen, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- ]+ ]% P) |) I1 ]3 P( B
AP Heywood5 ~; K X7 k" a+ S( P" U
AP Neville, Shell hits 1, on fire( E4 Y/ c+ g$ R) |- X9 _, S
AP President Bowen* R S K+ @/ d7 O- L
AP Monrovia, Shell hits 3, on fire5 V$ E. v' h8 T4 R. g5 D
xAP President Wilkerson7 Z! c0 J9 b( _# G* |# o% I6 e3 n
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Allied ground losses:" w" T- N; u2 D0 N
105 casualties reported) Y; y1 u% z- G3 x$ x& Q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 c7 o& Q/ k& B Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled( C) p% ~& k* K+ K- U$ q4 w7 ?( v
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; V2 L/ n/ h. Z: a$ Q# o
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: x3 ^. H; o2 L$ pJapanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
! K: X% [& n$ A8 rAllied TF begins to get underway
1 R5 Z" W8 Y5 m) a2 |7 U$ uReduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
# J7 q" ?. u3 eMaximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 0% moonlight: 1,000 yards) N9 G' F U( v/ |: \% C
Range closes to 18,000 yards...; ^) X2 A: v3 p5 ]: D! [
Range closes to 13,000 yards...
4 R l2 \$ J# [, _1 p2 qRange closes to 8,000 yards...' @$ A8 u0 x7 v$ _! w/ E
Range closes to 5,000 yards...6 ]8 G+ q; n7 s
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
4 k T+ Y9 H. R5 ERange closes to 1,000 yards...- m) Y) C% {: c' t' `
CA Kako engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
, n0 E" z- h7 t! }CA Kako engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards0 H+ V0 {) X5 P; x+ V; s/ `
CA Kako engages APD Little at 1,000 yards
1 m% v! ?) e5 b) fCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
9 e5 f' q/ r! s$ ?7 Y5 s/ yCL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 1,000 yards
, }2 t9 W2 p) f3 ^2 i, Z) [CL Tenryu engages DMS Southard at 1,000 yards
. b; Z" P1 H) w e; N9 RCL Yubari engages AP Henry T. Allen at 1,000 yards
" D! ~2 E( u( T, d# B& F9 S( JRange increases to 2,000 yards
5 n$ }5 _' p3 d W0 lCA Furutaka engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards7 M4 N; m% P/ r# H; U* n
CA Kinugasa engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards# R" s6 i( d* o* ^$ H0 n7 M; E! {( D
CA Aoba engages APD Colhoun at 2,000 yards/ @1 d% P) ^0 K* G- k. i ?
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 2,000 yards
" J8 Y# l2 o' wCL Tatsuta engages AP Henry T. Allen at 2,000 yards
6 `$ g+ @: a& K# \CL Tatsuta engages AP Wharton at 2,000 yards
; e- n9 ~; T% h U9 d; nRange increases to 4,000 yards
4 O6 b; ]* ~3 ^8 RCL Yubari engages DMS Southard at 4,000 yards. k; i* w# Z( a0 n u
CL Yubari engages APD Little at 4,000 yards
7 F, W6 t! Z( n3 BCA Aoba engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
7 y/ M C7 [: k3 ^# v4 ] B, ?CA Furutaka engages AP Monrovia at 4,000 yards. T# d3 d4 z9 x- r) M
CL Tatsuta engages DMS Hovey at 4,000 yards
p( p7 }/ d- F; q, R( O' l% _% c) DCL Tenryu engages AP Neville at 4,000 yards3 B+ K" f3 {, d9 o5 j
CL Tenryu engages AP Wharton at 4,000 yards- A6 I) Y$ G% ?5 g4 b5 J) r7 h
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape% g! @3 C' M" {, r3 [
Task forces break off...
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4 P/ |+ u# N/ k+ e+ K/ Z第2天早上，受创的1ca1cl被58击沉，另有1ca1cl重创。
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0 k5 l/ T2 i/ |) D LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 114,1347 s* N, r& ^! ~& F1 r* s2 i
" q4 G% U# G4 a: L8 L# fWeather in hex: Clear sky. N% V! T) E: f2 M
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.' }2 m$ R) e2 Y& J! }/ h: U( }! N
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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% t( u! J+ L# ^Japanese aircraft
. m6 H& f+ S. P$ N no flights
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) b. z7 g/ _) |0 d* }( BAllied aircraft
4 x+ q, Y: \6 Q; o F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
& |2 ]) {4 S8 Q, P* w; s SBD-3 Dauntless x 82
P( r2 `6 i$ }& U+ @ TBF-1 Avenger x 39$ y- Q# c7 I0 r) Z+ E. P/ u6 o6 c
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 ^: i2 G; t2 J2 N, o, `% X6 iNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses2 x4 @! o3 @ q5 x, R3 ^$ E
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged$ D. s9 t- U% n' l! q5 z. m3 M' v
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships7 j, k% V" R; o0 o1 M3 v
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 3, on fire$ z) f; I" m& c/ n0 O! p
CA Chokai, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk* Q' ]' n3 F/ t, ^
CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
' U. ?7 ^+ {4 j6 |+ Z( Q0 I 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。
