战报如下:; O$ h4 n# d& Q `& F1 _
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。7 \! ?6 \+ F& B! l; R) a5 ]
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
/ \! e! h8 p5 OWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
: A' O. P' e& oRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.: S/ s: {+ @! u4 |6 }; W a
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes2 D( t5 \! O) Q/ R2 z; h* I
Japanese aircraft
8 T% o8 u4 x; X; u7 y" E A6M3 Zero x 143 l: g# R: F* y G9 e! U
G4M1 Betty x 72
/ G% n* W# U# ?7 P1 ZAllied aircraft
# a( I* H- \! ?) T Kittyhawk IA x 278 K) H/ q" W3 J' `& b
Wirraway x 42
7 U4 J W/ [, D3 y P-40E Warhawk x 94 }8 b9 C, N! s" a a9 Z5 L: F
Japanese aircraft losses" ^2 ?/ f% \. q; K2 F+ P2 ]
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
1 D) q: U, b, M% v& I4 C5 @ G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged3 k' g! U: C6 d& F+ ?; J
Allied aircraft losses$ O" |- Y4 p' Q i. n0 a
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
$ `% s H. J1 f0 G. m, v Wirraway: 5 destroyed
; V7 w& l- T; f4 t9 g P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed! Z9 q; E) y) @4 p/ |" ^
Airbase hits 27 G r; K! g8 Z7 R6 A3 ~! q
Runway hits 8 Z. j' @4 D6 d3 q6 E! k
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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。 b; Z2 i/ }( k8 t2 x k
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.* r( y7 K, I$ b& D) l" S4 _
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes7 I2 D; C0 Y1 K% z7 o/ t$ Z; B
Japanese aircraft3 ^9 m1 Y8 t; e! I
A6M2 Zero x 32* h6 J3 M5 N+ ]
D3A1 Val x 8
$ e9 v" r) H0 [' Z. d9 q. xAllied aircraft3 D K. y. Q( x$ v
Kittyhawk IA x 14% c; i% M0 B' u. u( J& ]
Wirraway x 215 ]' p! I" ]+ G* W' i9 {5 o
P-40E Warhawk x 7
1 r1 f1 G9 j: V- n2 UJapanese aircraft losses e ]' y, a9 z& I
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed, D9 c% q; q; X: M9 A
Allied aircraft losses
5 b. q3 x; U7 i- X8 P6 V6 e9 u6 t- [* N Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed1 W5 E3 z6 h& P, ]6 h' l
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
4 ~& G" F7 |& ZAllied Ships5 r2 K$ l4 L- Z# d, D
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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. C3 b: _$ n5 @1 N! cKB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。
+ B& M9 W4 S# z* W6 p6 |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
& Q2 X3 S$ `- N6 xWeather in hex: Overcast
7 {/ k- G; T0 uRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.7 A. z% u. v" [" B
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
( b/ x) o* W7 N( dJapanese aircraft
" a1 J' [* c8 A- L3 B$ F0 @( t' A" e: h A6M2 Zero x 43* z& G3 d' M; k: ]! J% e" y& x; q
B5N1 Kate x 453 u! W7 Y( z, X& B( }
D3A1 Val x 7
`2 I: Z! G( @% ?( b( g D3A2 Val x 49& w ~: S4 U- J
Allied aircraft- \; B0 r K! b, h$ H' v4 f
P-39D Airacobra x 9
& j9 J G; g0 D" V, }$ g) i F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
( C7 e- b9 K! t i F4F-4 Wildcat x 100% s) Y( g# Z! _3 S8 V( b- Y( G9 a
Japanese aircraft losses
9 n1 J( ?. \ O% H9 O! q: E A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
: c5 j7 u5 `" a& }* b( N B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
' L) d: e1 R% {; m. A% c B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
$ T. k* e U5 W D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
' e5 u0 ~& z8 v9 ` D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged- e% U3 \* N3 X4 n9 p. |4 c* C
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak- s3 E' J" j2 c7 v5 r/ Q: `
Allied aircraft losses
! C4 P' N; V/ ^ F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed# ]" e. D/ s3 N3 V, g
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
$ Y" o o, ^/ B$ x' q6 m7 }: O3 k4 L9 l& kAllied Ships
6 \5 V6 G: R; ^9 e# T CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
; {2 Z5 M! H! N9 j CV Saratoga
5 n( K, e- l9 b* G+ V CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire* O1 X! J; U6 i$ R$ x0 c' j
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage3 U% Y, W* \' o: @! W c
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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^7 C8 u' e$ G7 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。
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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。
" x, O% R' l: _1 P$ ^ C, m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。 |