战报如下:
1 h3 @- Z; M. r( C0 I莫港机场于今天修好了跑道,盟军转移上40余架威乐威,12架P40E,30架小鹰去莫港机场负责直掩。日军12架0战32掩护两个大队的陆攻准备重新压制莫港机场,遭到优势航空兵力的抵抗,仅命中机场8弹。
) D4 n3 X7 b1 f) V6 u4 v& OMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
# ? y$ t0 z6 o( y3 G4 j. e* GWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
7 r( R& O6 G- V9 j5 H$ r e" JRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
- X# d3 o3 n2 @5 tEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
7 z4 ^ V% D8 @5 }* W: eJapanese aircraft x' O6 i1 _9 \7 w5 g9 _" o
A6M3 Zero x 14. K% C8 ~& i% i8 ?/ H& y/ I
G4M1 Betty x 72 A4 V& o; r* j6 p
Allied aircraft
. p# \( V9 ^; S: x; q& j Kittyhawk IA x 27) o* u ]$ W) J
Wirraway x 42
5 {4 F+ x; s. o P-40E Warhawk x 91 f, Q5 c& n) E) M( y! i$ _
Japanese aircraft losses6 H; K1 d& L5 ?* c
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed% M% N \; X8 b" E: z: ^" u
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged4 z* } N" ?1 Z, o4 R4 n
Allied aircraft losses4 x1 G. i9 b( V# h$ N6 e7 ?* Y- r
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ Z, E7 O1 K6 `) H0 y/ X8 x! i5 T Wirraway: 5 destroyed
# \7 e7 L/ W, T! c* b" I2 J P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
; r% E* E) Y6 q: B; `Airbase hits 22 w; v/ Q. M9 v
Runway hits 8, J1 X1 w' z" ~9 m# ]; Q* |. y
# _) S( {# U8 ]* |; P* u0 x) {! W$ dKB上起飞了一波32架零战掩护8架99舰爆对正在莫港敢死卸载的AK进行了攻击,直接造成了对盟军58的那一波攻击护航飞机数量不足,攻击机队损失惨重,这次参与攻击的8架99舰爆也被全数击落。
/ W( y; q2 }3 Y- P3 P g+ iMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1303 u5 q/ i% L9 e$ H4 k3 K
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
& _7 o& V# p- J/ tRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
$ @9 K+ H" d% M5 W1 j/ OEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
2 _9 U, H: I6 x vJapanese aircraft- r6 L* `+ H2 a- o' S# M, q
A6M2 Zero x 326 U# n0 T8 E3 v2 w+ ?2 K( J7 a" }
D3A1 Val x 8
0 Z A3 }* A2 P9 Q, p8 dAllied aircraft
6 t% r; G2 P }5 u8 m Kittyhawk IA x 141 t( l% T. D. ~0 J2 M$ r
Wirraway x 21
* M2 {* I5 [4 j P-40E Warhawk x 7
' h$ e& ~' q" yJapanese aircraft losses' |/ C5 H1 x' W
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed: A; ^! b. E9 [/ `+ U
Allied aircraft losses
; [& i, P1 P& B6 _0 r+ L Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
2 f8 z) C/ I& B" ~6 s O& { Wirraway: 3 destroyed
$ j+ A! @5 o! c% ?4 oAllied Ships7 B; G! T( Q, `" a4 f. g9 B8 s
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage: _: ^+ C. D1 A. [! z
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KB主力攻击机群对位于米尔恩湾的58主力发动了攻击,所幸有32架零战去参与了莫港外海的攻击行动,只有43架零战直掩,被58直掩的100余架战斗机打了火鸡,参战的97舰攻和99舰爆均只有个位数的飞机飞回了母舰,以近百架飞机的代价,盟军黄蜂号CV中了3鱼雷3炸弹,被击沉。4 p- b0 i( |- U4 e y* C% r9 r
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
# }0 J+ J N/ m# j! PWeather in hex: Overcast- [: q9 o; F3 G* p
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.+ C' N: n. S( U" i' Q; E# P
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes9 C+ p: M: B. {7 G/ k
Japanese aircraft
: h, @0 M) h: q' M y* \+ g A6M2 Zero x 43
, k% i2 F, {0 R/ y7 D- z B5N1 Kate x 45
0 W4 s$ c L w5 Q D3A1 Val x 7
; p3 Y% p' C4 j D3A2 Val x 49
0 v" @% D+ U d. s/ H8 SAllied aircraft- O$ {6 { F0 C+ I
P-39D Airacobra x 9+ \9 m+ n) e$ i! Z" Z
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16. w+ e( x0 Y2 u6 k! x
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
& y; t- x$ I+ @4 ?Japanese aircraft losses2 C) z* @- ]0 O/ i
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed# G4 ]& D: N% b: X* Z
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged+ `1 S' |* q$ C& i7 f* }- a6 X
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
' d) K& p; a- H/ w7 l D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed6 _$ }/ {+ V G; F8 o
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged* [/ u1 r" f4 M4 ]* j8 v
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak2 U+ N; L* f4 ?* K
Allied aircraft losses
! E6 S" c% U+ z l) s$ A F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
R' J1 e6 q [ F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed& t2 S0 }/ d0 s. z6 Q
Allied Ships
3 K( F8 b# z `3 d4 g4 b CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire" w' O2 t/ ^6 u6 v
CV Saratoga
0 u1 r: h9 e2 g CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire8 _9 ?/ ?2 o" E. A9 L: B
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) s, \! H- J+ N
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 17 u: `4 e) {9 ?
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盟军由于没有护航飞机,有70架SBD3和14架TFT裸奔分4个波次对KB发动了攻击,基本上是去送了菜,回来的飞机加在一起估计就十来架,没有取得任何战果。3 N% f) ~; } G) H$ Z
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经过一天的大战,双方均损失惨重,对于盟军来说,好消息是日军航空兵力遭到重创,KB损失的飞机需要几个月时间才能补充回来,更关键的是操作攻击机的飞行员基本损失殆尽,虽然还保留了所有的CV,但是实际上已经丧失了攻击能力了。不好的消息是,载机70余架的黄蜂被击沉,以后就只有靠3艘载机90架的CV和KB对抗,攻击机队在这次攻击中损失也过半,不过好在还有海军陆战队的飞机可以进行补充,受到的影响实际上还是比KB要小。: J X/ D/ T$ U. s$ ]$ W1 n
日军意图通过达达科小道进行强攻,但是在莫港制空权尚在激烈争夺,KB又暂时丧失战力的情况下,在防御X3的达达科小道进行作战,想必也是一件十分艰苦的事情。战事至此,已经进入了十分微妙的阶段,估计需要等到联合舰队两鹰的增援到达才能出现新的转折了。 |