战报如下:, P2 Q, l2 a1 l( _) X
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。# Z! J9 v: d9 k0 g! m' t
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
& b* ^0 h; @9 S% ~! _$ jWeather in hex: Thunderstorms0 d9 ]3 M a5 N4 G: r F
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet./ l% Z! d- X" q$ ~! D+ F* ^
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes) \- t' _3 l; p( D: m
Japanese aircraft
1 O* l0 g; R9 g9 ?1 B* { A6M3 Zero x 142 E9 {: J% F- Z- R
G4M1 Betty x 72: n8 o1 u" H5 ] v0 B$ e
Allied aircraft9 j2 Y2 U" H) I3 u' n0 R9 l
Kittyhawk IA x 27
4 g$ J& P6 S0 y, m% s2 `/ z Wirraway x 428 D9 R9 a+ J& U. Y! J
P-40E Warhawk x 9
; C3 e9 u% `9 _" s. DJapanese aircraft losses
. S6 e1 l# f% l: h A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
- w" d* ]7 r. @4 b G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged0 _+ o, ?0 U* S4 `& @/ }
Allied aircraft losses
# m% V- e" f& X' {- J3 g Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
5 d$ c! m& o0 U, K7 @2 v3 \ Wirraway: 5 destroyed
|) f& A* {, T5 V P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
4 T1 ^4 _3 e4 d% D$ \! l; a7 F5 fAirbase hits 2
% q* ^9 c- l* b$ _Runway hits 8: o# g( W1 x/ y
& {1 c/ E" x/ Z0 N2 J9 G2 z/ {KB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。
* H) ^5 H9 s4 s2 MMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130# d; }! N3 W' Z5 b: |
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
* G- s6 ~, @! x0 B" o& A( W* KRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.. ]' {) N, n! ?2 t$ i
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes- e1 z9 T& T8 v
Japanese aircraft
; u4 h$ i; B9 O0 L1 w A6M2 Zero x 32
# A% i" Y8 C! O0 A3 T* w' P3 [ D3A1 Val x 82 T( u0 v( p4 z8 l2 V& Y5 Q% B- J
Allied aircraft
$ ^4 l+ U4 S8 l! G7 y4 w Kittyhawk IA x 145 o- e8 [2 G7 [
Wirraway x 21+ Y/ j- e) V0 U s- |7 W
P-40E Warhawk x 7( V% e! m5 m" Z5 Y% {
Japanese aircraft losses
) B+ H2 p& e3 @ D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
+ W4 N+ S6 k8 \- I! cAllied aircraft losses
2 }. p1 u% B+ N, y+ P. h6 B Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed) A0 P5 t. e( m# x; w
Wirraway: 3 destroyed$ _6 T5 E/ F/ W: q p
Allied Ships1 |9 ] q/ ] ~' S: e
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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1 d. s4 |$ N' v; YKB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。
2 U }% {+ X9 ^- DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
6 B$ e ?( @2 ` KWeather in hex: Overcast
. W6 j9 I2 m9 V2 ~& B3 k( A; RRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
8 m Z) v! t+ B4 IEstimated time to target is 45 minutes/ x2 J! y" ?& J0 B0 p. D" n- r
Japanese aircraft W ]" c1 R4 e+ i: l! g+ c2 ]
A6M2 Zero x 43! T# P, C6 P; _& M& \& f O4 \) G
B5N1 Kate x 45
) y! `% e* N7 X* ]0 Z" D D3A1 Val x 7
- `1 a, |! R* T3 }5 J D3A2 Val x 49" n3 m3 a% c! J1 B, e5 F5 t, Z& s
Allied aircraft8 l4 C4 I+ u7 c! m3 e
P-39D Airacobra x 9
% o. J n* t4 ]) `0 i# i F4F-3P Wildcat x 168 F( ~ o8 F. p2 b+ V
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
4 K& a* g' H+ |* fJapanese aircraft losses; r+ h \5 \3 ] {: E5 {
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed4 F" s9 c7 z+ f( o" n! h/ B
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
' F% f1 |, I' ]# n s# X1 n B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
; F; w* ^1 p4 i2 Y" L$ D( Q. o0 S D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
" q) s \, Z1 L D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged3 r7 J; F% \2 X- j. m* `: \8 c8 S
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
. Y& V) m* R; G, X1 I) ^$ B7 [Allied aircraft losses
' K% o% [# r0 n9 o) n1 C1 C F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
7 I" _# E$ b# }" X- b F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
2 d# {; w7 f5 b4 V8 [Allied Ships
8 D! R& b/ C+ Y8 V, i CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire$ R8 `. y& h# s! u$ h+ {
CV Saratoga
, `5 M$ n W( L# U# W, N CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire+ ~9 m, @3 ]* o4 F5 u7 {
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 j P/ s+ M& q4 q BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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! x: V& s/ @6 v1 n, j3 L" a u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。/ [, S- n8 k4 T- e) t9 J
& B, {" W+ t, A. m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。2 B: t2 i0 ?3 h2 e; M/ ?# C
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。 |