AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 23, 44
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$ y+ K' ?* O5 U3 J l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
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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$ K e3 P- M1 e2 }# h. G; s3 e
- l: F5 T c3 L% Y( H9 w d4 EJapanese Ships$ h [- p7 a* f
BB Kongo
, {' z1 _# n R) c BB Haruna
8 G2 Q, S% Q' H1 Z& g3 K BB Hiei, Torpedo hits 1+ d- k4 f" o w, o
BB Kirishima2 e: F: r( j/ k. A7 c8 v6 l
CA Mogami1 z) w! e8 S" M1 m) i! H4 f
CA Mikuma
+ z( h1 j/ c/ H, m. x CA Suzuya
6 i7 z1 p; V# f* H4 q CA Kumano
* H3 d$ r+ S. C5 T CA Kako
6 |+ m. T4 e! |2 C, q DD Makinami3 v. f9 |9 D* q) _- g. p# W# O3 w
DD Takanami
/ m& U8 m$ m! w( E7 Z DD Natsushio
. u4 P8 B* B' L/ k/ } DD Yukikaze
' c, L3 {- e) u& T1 T3 ^ DD Hayashio; y0 c5 h# O! z: S m, f9 j
DD Maikaze e( ~0 C6 A( h- e2 ?2 ~
DD Isokaze
) |7 U( R7 U7 t( n4 N DD Shiranui7 d. V. F$ X( [ C5 [ F
DD Amatsukaze) y6 A1 h1 f9 ~9 u" L, ]
6 x! m4 y- X& @Allied Ships
# {4 T( ]1 C% C% s' B+ _6 b5 p' f PT-20, Shell hits 2, and is sunk. d% e ~' {8 }. e& [6 ^
PT-43, Shell hits 1, and is sunk8 l' {2 Z2 i! E1 w1 b
PT-44, Shell hits 4, and is sunk5 v1 r. ]" U3 V" J$ R& M3 ]
PT-45, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
4 q: F( Y" I( O PT-46, Shell hits 3, and is sunk7 W( B" L3 m, o' n: e
PT-48, Shell hits 1, and is sunk* u4 J$ A F8 h; F% z
PT-59, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
5 e( l- B! X% U1 j PT-60
8 `5 t& V: ?, o7 H3 M* ]' ~ PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk p) ]- X( ?* Z/ Z
PT-62, Shell hits 1, and is sunk! P+ `8 Z3 Q; O1 m. G6 A. P
PT-63, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
" K0 t" F4 N7 A' Z3 |7 z PT-65, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
- {3 [) Z& y E {Allied TF begins to get underway+ R$ O$ n/ C0 z7 @1 q
Low visibility due to Rain with 10% moonlight
$ F/ K7 q9 G% H. K" ?Maximum visibility in Rain and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards# ^" C4 h( |5 {) I9 Z9 c
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
& y6 O; s0 g: [' hCONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 25,000 yards
9 e; K- M" S/ w0 Z/ q4 iRange closes to 20,000 yards...
) B/ ]6 m+ v* D6 B* lRange closes to 15,000 yards...
9 b8 k! ~- R/ K H% b5 y# H, mCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 15,000 yards7 C" Z/ H* X# p: S& ^* W2 K1 L
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 15,000 yards
+ u5 E1 X. j& Z5 PRange closes to 10,000 yards...! p" p+ P9 r* T2 H' O6 K
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 10,000 yards/ o9 q7 M7 ^: [
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
3 `/ Y& ]: _- e/ VCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards9 \3 x! y/ m8 ~6 A: W6 B: f8 \4 O
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
# a: R6 P* ~' g% A4 d- s7 pCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 5,000 yards
8 r6 w0 Q5 T+ _2 ]8 u9 IRange closes to 3,000 yards...
5 w- S2 t4 S+ B6 W, \2 RCONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
9 F4 T, N9 B/ x1 \4 z3 MRange closes to 1,000 yards...
9 N& P$ o0 v* v7 Y; W( H; F3 kPT-65 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards
" v2 | q5 b$ ?- M% p9 YPT-59 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards Z+ y% T( V5 k# S7 {' [9 p, b
PT-48 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
0 g' M6 j6 e& ]6 M4 z1 L: @Massive explosion on PT-46) R% t) X0 V( a
PT-46 sunk by CA Kumano at 1,000 yards
6 i- E! n' A* G! v, B; J3 _5 s2 JPT-44 sunk by CA Suzuya at 1,000 yards0 j. i* S ?8 ]8 B! b9 N
Range increases to 2,000 yards0 s3 o* f$ v- W- w# f2 f9 U2 X
PT-63 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
: ^4 G8 ?, E e& B+ ?0 W$ KPT-45 sunk by BB Kirishima at 2,000 yards
7 z$ B' [7 g5 J0 s$ hBB Kirishima engages PT-62 at 2,000 yards
8 m# }, ~$ ?3 x! d- W( A* _PT-61 sunk by CA Kumano at 2,000 yards
7 i: R! {. h/ D0 F' |* T; sPT-43 sunk by BB Kongo at 2,000 yards
' ^( |; r4 H c9 ` e) XRange increases to 3,000 yards: p: [3 V! F% A9 R& @: l
PT-62 sunk by BB Kirishima at 3,000 yards
; A6 u: F& H, sRange closes to 2,000 yards+ A m! A+ p* B/ J0 T& J" q; ~
BB Hiei engages PT-20 at 2,000 yards
4 z) d/ t% `( [- }9 ^ ^ g) WPT-20 sunk by DD Hayashio at 2,000 yards
: ]2 s: J- m" {) @$ n- G4 E7 y- mRange increases to 4,000 yards6 i2 N7 S3 U# O$ U4 D+ r: B, j
Range increases to 5,000 yards$ |! j, k4 p. L6 ^/ s! c/ X
DD Shiranui collides with CA Mogami at 82 , 127
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3 ~0 C; V. |' a& o) wRange increases to 8,000 yards) O5 c' ^7 X- B3 A' o( s
Task forces break off...% ?7 \9 |3 o; H0 W; f% V& q
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 2,000 Yards- u6 M+ j6 g# g b; S
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DD Shiranui
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Allied Ships
$ p& Z* A$ T/ t% [' d. M PT-60, Shell hits 2, and is sunk. `" G4 M; _- o. i
, U; Q- G0 x, G( ~* A0 T4 i/ b- L# JPoor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight# J+ [: k6 ^2 y! f+ u
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards. X- \/ X8 S! u$ x& K
Range closes to 28,000 yards.../ S1 S6 @) K+ e8 P' c
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
' h- Y. O) S! }; J! @/ }Range closes to 24,000 yards...6 G' g% y: X" b. ?
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
1 F4 ^2 ]. L, h8 N8 URange closes to 20,000 yards...
1 B+ k, ]! q7 DRange closes to 18,000 yards...
' {; h/ M$ O) k2 o" _" C' y. ~" GRange closes to 16,000 yards...* D: R8 R7 ~6 D& Q% J. J
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
% Y+ J* B0 z8 @& B- A. P/ URange closes to 12,000 yards...
$ S$ Y5 \; e' e" h2 o% H' eRange closes to 11,000 yards...
( }% z6 k" G: |! J. \# bRange closes to 10,000 yards...$ I4 U0 n) d) G8 V- P
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
- i) r* K- _, M; F RRange closes to 8,000 yards.... C- a! f7 t1 v/ B+ S3 k% w
Range closes to 7,000 yards...! y% ?: U& @0 h: h
Range closes to 6,000 yards...$ _+ z- @) C) X) g, ?/ O% Z
Range closes to 5,000 yards...- I& Y, j9 Y, `+ e1 G$ b0 z+ Q* c
Range closes to 4,000 yards...% l W3 I3 {7 U& x9 G3 u4 ]6 Y2 ]
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
, G5 [/ B9 F3 s; [Range closes to 2,000 yards...
, \+ f9 p; l7 L% D+ L: Q/ m1 ^; n. eCONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards0 O4 Z, K/ j7 Z" m6 T5 _" @, y
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
3 m v! j& ^3 L& G/ Z' oAllied ships attempt to get underway
4 t# W" `0 y5 w9 k1 V& A6 u# uRange increases to 3,000 yards
3 v& h( ?5 p" c: h9 xPT-60 sunk by DD Shiranui at 3,000 yards/ S( h: p& {7 p9 S% r
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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. s1 a. ^9 g4 b9 XNight Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,1276 Q9 E2 \5 }9 k" o- S) A) ?( q
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Allied aircraft% p2 h; o3 s) q6 k" A6 O. y" D" T, q
no flights
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Catalina I: 7 damaged
# |" K# q9 s5 i# O. t Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground) k9 r7 }( [' w$ K
P-39N1 Airacobra: 93 damaged+ i M, w- j. N z
P-39N1 Airacobra: 6 destroyed on ground
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6 o4 c7 l7 u, L2 p! Z/ d4 sJapanese Ships
H* Y! J: }* H5 ?0 \+ e4 ? BB Kirishima
, P; u' [3 w5 A5 z BB Hiei1 \( ~6 e5 S& ^1 Z4 q2 i; g
BB Haruna0 t' I' v; d/ \4 ~
BB Kongo
0 ?2 r! B0 r. | CA Kako
, \) H2 v" D2 z- K/ n: e1 w CA Kumano
7 G. h Q, U. G0 {' f( o9 | CA Suzuya4 W5 L3 g& |- Y3 _& f1 o4 h
CA Mikuma) j$ ~3 c) z& B& L1 X% Z
CA Mogami/ A5 R5 K' }) e" l6 j- e! i
5 Z) p8 y2 @* ^& oAllied ground losses:
& E* w* i! z2 i1 H 274 casualties reported
6 t/ j# o/ B# v) {1 v- S Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled [& A! c8 X2 W7 n7 Q. P
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
) }8 f, `1 j3 y- S* I5 D Engineers: 13 destroyed, 24 disabled
3 f8 P, r1 E% G" Q G( ]# M Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 M5 X4 Q: _$ R ]
Vehicles lost 27 (12 destroyed, 15 disabled)
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Airbase hits 17
, c8 Y* L5 K* v, U: dAirbase supply hits 2
! R3 B. L4 P& O( HRunway hits 35* D2 E! ^' h c. x, Y
Port hits 5
/ }! X5 R3 E6 n$ s1 \3 S OPort supply hits 4
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BB Kirishima firing at Gove
2 J/ R) B) V; R: `+ a8 r2 M5 ABB Hiei firing at 14th NZ Brigade1 u* L9 U I1 m- g1 [( ]
BB Haruna firing at Gove
" G' w& Y' S4 G5 E X, BBB Kongo firing at 14th NZ Brigade
: p; A) k- T4 K CCA Kako firing at Gove
% A1 N0 q5 g- o& a+ g" o( w$ W$ `CA Kumano firing at Gove
^. G' a4 d. X7 P# J8 lE13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya- r, _0 X {" W7 |7 A; o
CA Suzuya firing at Gove % I2 R- n, a' s
CA Mikuma firing at Gove $ @ `4 H& L- J% { G* K# S
CA Mogami firing at 3rd NZ Brigade |