刚在官网上看到的CV大战

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Early in the morning the recon of both parts, spotted the opposing force. The KB were NE of Funafuti. My carriers reacted and closed of 1 hex and the same have done the enemy CV. & |5 {% q1 q2 ]4 o0 m( z  p
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My planes attacked first.
First wave, composed by 34 SBD, 15 TBD and (only!) 6 F4F, arrived over KB. 92 Zeros were on CAP. Only 8 SBD and 6 TBD managed to pass through the screen. 1 1000 lbs-bomb hit Kongo: boink!
Another 1000 lbs-bomb hit CV Soryu and exploded beneath the deck.
Ah, by the way...No Zero shot down...

The second attack was more dramatic. 84 SBD, 30 TBD, 35 Albacore, escorted by a total of 30 fighters, arrived over KB, few minutes later the first wave. The same 92 Zeros were on CAP. 2 i9 N3 y7 C7 c/ M( Y
23 allied fighters have been shot down, in exchange of only 3 Zeros. Also 15 SBD, 6 TBD and 10 Albacore ended their flight in the water, but the rest of my armada attacked the Kido Butai. 0 C' N* c; f; x. r
CV Shokaku received 11 bombs, while CV Zuikaku received 9 bombs and 1 torpedo. - H0 O+ j* B) h  C1 w

The third were were composed by 4 F4F (!), 34 SBD and 15 TBD. Again, 89 Zero were on CAP. I suppose that japanese pilots were tired, because only 1 SBD, 3 TBD and 1 F4F have been shot down, while 2 Zero have been shot down.
CV Shokaku received 4 more bombs, CV Zuikaku 2 bombs, while CA Aoba and Kinugasa have been hit by 1 bomb each.
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There was time also for the fourth wave, composed by 15 SBD (1 shot down) and 17 TBD (5 lost), (no Zero shot down). CV Zuikaku and CV Shokaku received 2 more bombs each. + N3 R' C3 l6 Z4 D  P! l; L

It’s obvious that Chuck divided KB in at least 2 TFs. This decision saved the death star.

Then came the japanese attack. The first (small) wave, 23 Val and 6 Zero, was intercepted by 83 fighters. 15 Val and 6 Zero shot down and the others Val turned back. No losses for the allied.
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The second wave, composed by 22 Val, 25 Kate and 9 Zero, has been intercepted by the same 83 fighters. Only 1 F2F and 1 F4F lost, while my pilots shot down 6 Zero, 12 Val and 14 Kate have been shot down, and the survivors, again, turned back.
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The third massive wave, composed by 61 Val, 78 Kate and 37 Zero, easily escaped from my 81 fighters on CAP.
CV Hornet took 2 torpedoes and 5 small bombs, CV Enterprise 2 torpedoes, 3 – 250kg – bombs and 2 small bombs, CV Lexington 5 torps, 1 -250 kg bombs and 2 small bombs, CA Chicago 2 torps and DD Lamson 4 bombs and 1 torp.
I lost 15 fighters, while japs lost 10 Zeros, 6 Vals and 9 Kates.
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20 Kate and 6 Zero formed the fourth wave. 65 fighters were on CAP, but were unable to stop them.
3 Kate and 6 of my fighters shot down. CV Enterprise took 2 more torps. ) V& ?( ^3 g: L

Fifth wave attacked the same TF (again!). 21 Kate, 17 Val and 13 Zero fought against 58 fighters, but managed 1 torpedo on Lexington and 3 bombs and 1 torpedo on Hornet. 2 Kate and 13 allied fighters lost.

All this happened in the morning!! 3 r! |8 T3 P# @0 T, Z7 V, C
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In the afternoon british TF closed one more hex and launched one small air attack. I lost 4 Albacores during an attempt to attack CV Akagi, without results.   y5 l: F( v9 P6 A7 ^- h, x
9 SBD and 2 TBD tried the same, and a SBD scored 1 1000 lbs – bomb on Akagi. 2 SBD and 1 TBD lost. 4 c& H. E! F. M7 q) K$ d

Then, 18 Zero and 16 Kate, from another carrier TF, probably composed by light carriers due to the number of planes, attacked the british TF. Prince of Wales and Repulse received 1 torpedo each. Only 1 Kate shot down. . ?/ h9 E' H9 n( `4 K9 h
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44 Val, 21 Kate and 29 Zero attacked again. Only 5 british fighters were on CAP. The closing of one hex towards the KB, leaved the british ships without US air cover. 3 Val and 1 Kate for the japs and 2 fighters for the british shot down. ! w# z/ F0 F) G) z
CV Formidable resulted hit by 10 bombs and 4 torps, CV Indomitable by 4 bombs and 2 torps, BB Prince of Wales by 2 bombs and CA Canberra by 1 bomb. 2 b" ~4 E% ]( f  n' R; i
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Before dusk, Lexington and Enterprise sunk. No reports of enemy sinking, but I suppose that Zuikaku and Shokaku are in a very bad conditions and they are between the Ellice and Suva. A long way home. + K7 j6 Y  M; N9 h7 x
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During this terrible day, this are the air losses. 6 m& }7 w1 i- R# J

89 Kate
60 Val
39 Zero

188 a/c
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126 SBD
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19 Albacore 7 d) N, ~. O; t& q# O. [1 h% w; |
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21 Fulmar % {5 c% t6 K7 p6 R2 n
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19 F4F-3
24 F4F-4
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The damages for my ships are the following:

CV Formidable 50/69/38
CV Indomitable 35/34/42 0 Z9 Z2 J3 k) d6 |3 J9 V- z2 C
BB Prince of Wales 35/6/14 8 Z% q8 m5 m* G
BC Repulse 25/14/10

CV Hornet 58/89/49 2 G; v$ g) V1 m0 }# w
DD Lamson 64/19/25
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盟军42年4月竟敢在fiji北主动出击，最后损失2：5，日军损失两鹤。
从战果上看，盟军的结果比我想象的好不少。而且还混编CV.

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