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本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)
; e* |9 T. V5 r( _) Y3 R; c日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。3 N4 E1 M0 W& z. k8 k
不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。: E$ p+ x: E% X( j7 W
好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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$ b- K" T, [6 \+ C& s同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,1440 v8 ]8 q/ f6 C0 E4 I# A
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud! r: s1 I9 M' U$ d
. S; U% i" t! P% KRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
& V- x( z& h/ c* }3 C+ \3 h, pEstimated time to target is 29 minutes3 @/ ]+ d9 w0 w
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/ W5 P5 T2 l1 x3 \) | A6M2 Zero x 26
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# Y" c" C) q- O4 |6 G- Z1 rAllied aircraft5 y4 f. c4 Z) b7 I. v# |+ u
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
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3 |1 Q+ M: Y) N3 c) N7 O. WNo Japanese losses/ z7 H" e8 q% ^6 t6 E3 {6 A; y
8 K) A; m. r; U8 Z. OAllied aircraft losses
4 \9 Q: T" k) I F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed- Z& Y: c4 H0 ^4 d
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged2 A$ r+ P1 ^4 C2 I! C& q5 ~
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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6 [, L( i8 A( ?8 i% r( X0 YJapanese Ships
6 a8 P8 P/ F) l BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
/ E2 G5 U& F% [# o CV Shokaku
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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; Z1 I: b$ l7 \2 x, m- _Weather in hex: Severe storms
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" k. K) o& k* A6 lRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
, x" B/ S0 V0 _0 F- oEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Allied aircraft
' l( W# M$ @. V F4F-4 Wildcat x 1" ^- G8 t5 t% b7 z1 O/ M2 x) J: P
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9, ^9 I, m" r( x; g
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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Allied aircraft losses
7 B- H6 } N( i+ h; I/ L SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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CA Tone
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CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire- F- T( c2 g8 t3 G1 ^$ y* h L5 \ O
CA Chikuma
1 b9 V7 M/ C8 `% `4 r! D: w DD Hagikaze+ D) Z. E3 u( }8 O6 `
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136. j7 r. y/ x4 e
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Weather in hex: Severe storms$ T2 ^- k) s& E
7 a) E$ |" q' C( R% {5 q. ~% A7 TRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% L) V6 y+ R! s; @Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 6- J9 S3 x! p+ v, H9 B
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# i5 Q d$ n$ z SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged2 T% Z/ @) T% G- K# k; u j
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CA Atago, on fire
G: u; l" P7 l7 n CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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' F2 F: f" M8 \8 M$ ~! {7 ~% IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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8 U; `% y. c6 M# |Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft1 d3 a3 C# ^# [/ @+ _* o/ {# C
A6M2 Zero x 252 A6 X2 S( }3 P. `; v a2 b2 q
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Allied aircraft
6 m; H2 ]; Q& o& Y* t: e# p F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
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No Japanese losses4 w% l% f l" n5 M
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
4 ~7 c2 r) ~2 B SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged: P, g* V+ P1 ?: T6 j# B8 `/ a
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Japanese Ships7 ^: U0 x- H9 i! _: {
CV Zuikaku4 v i$ {2 q$ R
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms) Z5 \# M# F; }1 c, \
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
$ l" i. p8 d1 b" N# B6 zEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 5% A/ U. u2 D; G# I5 U% J1 A
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
/ f, C# Z% M! O. ]; D3 U( P TBF-1 Avenger x 152 ]1 u7 \/ h1 l$ `. x2 i( M, S
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5 S+ U5 K$ A; U. f: ~( B SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged+ h9 [: S6 V! m1 f" `: X
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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1 o$ h- `' S( {% Z7 R9 Y DD Isokaze* {5 U8 T' b8 q. ?
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 o f! `! F; t& @! J9 l
CA Kumano c ?, K/ i0 l$ s) [4 ]0 K
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3: [3 d6 f0 p; o
DD Arashi/ E5 W$ b U: `& s
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1 S% b; f6 C+ Y' H* XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
) [6 L, }: U, B+ ~+ u: C! v: Z9 QEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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B5N1 Kate x 14$ C' h% U3 }& c2 V# N! j
D3A2 Val x 24
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DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# \& {" a& \! X0 O4 w) ]
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
% O# |) e6 a% a$ {, U) W& T: ` DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |