战报如下:
. T$ \: e+ P: P* {, D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。. x2 q+ U; j7 Y3 n
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , X! w2 L) e$ W( p8 ^
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
0 p) S$ s9 u; N+ q( @# L9 vRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
* @3 y9 l( {4 _+ @8 K/ VEstimated time to target is 34 minutes# T- q$ _! q+ i) g s* k
Japanese aircraft% S9 d4 z' g' ?3 X) f
A6M3 Zero x 14! U$ l$ d: V0 C S2 _$ {7 T
G4M1 Betty x 726 h8 n9 E$ n4 f4 K# C' e
Allied aircraft9 x: P4 ]2 c: g, J
Kittyhawk IA x 27
4 L. s) l. o( {, X2 y Wirraway x 42" N* g0 E7 h' R9 j
P-40E Warhawk x 9; }* ^: h: e8 ]
Japanese aircraft losses
- z9 D# ?3 [; Q f2 P3 b6 N A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed; W) ^" ~7 d* o. r6 a, V2 R4 K' u6 i, G
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
3 o t3 N" J9 X7 Y8 A4 SAllied aircraft losses
4 [( v6 F7 d: E- s" p) _ Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed2 P4 N! o; |' z4 m7 \* z- I
Wirraway: 5 destroyed) q! {& j% o: t$ f6 B
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed2 z& Z0 Q$ P8 h5 Z4 F5 w" G
Airbase hits 2
8 W( l1 [6 O( U2 X' `8 iRunway hits 8
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5 P( P0 l& e& _' 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。
0 z0 Q; n* U0 r$ m& u% y$ _Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
4 S a5 I' l% ^5 t/ \* \* z( F( cWeather in hex: Thunderstorms! O3 v) K/ i- a2 @2 M
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
( b! s; ~# Q* G; GEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
: u+ [- j# z! x& ^Japanese aircraft7 ~# E* w' Y- R# _3 n) f8 c
A6M2 Zero x 322 H8 ?9 w" U# Z' p" @" P
D3A1 Val x 89 U; {8 G# Q4 ~, R4 x/ L
Allied aircraft( s4 Q+ G* J# i6 [
Kittyhawk IA x 14! @4 d9 x; N. \: G8 H6 r/ d
Wirraway x 21) Y0 F8 N3 P& G! x3 X7 }. T8 C1 p/ n
P-40E Warhawk x 7, b ^2 @& c0 @; b( x
Japanese aircraft losses2 I' u9 h6 v+ Q1 A. u6 Y. T
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
! R! V7 U4 ~+ F6 oAllied aircraft losses
( W2 `. |4 r( r3 K' E/ Y0 E Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed% H( A( y- Y+ U4 D0 r$ x7 Z3 {+ |
Wirraway: 3 destroyed; U) F8 r% S& V9 J. J
Allied Ships2 m1 U! R# t2 {9 F) i9 h
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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# c5 y: ]9 f9 w: V8 c' jKB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。
3 q, N4 i. [( vAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1347 ?- r7 j( ~: B) m8 c
Weather in hex: Overcast# H; c4 O/ E# f8 `# x: H8 c, p9 E" J
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
. b% Z- [6 Q& m1 U+ EEstimated time to target is 45 minutes& H1 \1 m6 i4 F) j4 S" Y
Japanese aircraft0 I P0 i9 w: X4 K7 k' {
A6M2 Zero x 43
) Z+ p. R) A& E4 v" e9 | B5N1 Kate x 45
- D; R9 ~7 p' p, k' n2 D D3A1 Val x 7" t, q( B( U" G }- Y' I
D3A2 Val x 49
4 h, Q; V+ e. I4 A5 O+ ?) WAllied aircraft* d" M1 g5 n5 v& }7 W
P-39D Airacobra x 9
- w$ }4 a2 a0 ]; N$ q F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
* o) j! o* T2 n5 J0 I F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
6 H# W5 J+ k5 W2 T+ `8 k3 sJapanese aircraft losses' p$ A+ e3 {8 I" s& d
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed t6 G G4 ? F8 _6 d, L
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
# t: Y9 p9 {( m9 } B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak# s/ W* d! `, W
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed" Y" L' e9 p6 x/ ]2 [
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged" V) R( g0 D- c2 y9 J% T
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak; q6 B& Y- z* H: r
Allied aircraft losses9 l1 J) f& C% z# @3 T* g- m
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed& D) x8 P7 d! ?, U
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed( z, ~6 N& b$ m% n' k5 ]
Allied Ships
5 W* b/ [5 a# P CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
. a E% o! @* A8 N$ F CV Saratoga$ L0 D' j9 G) t8 _8 s, f2 M
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire7 T" [3 ]8 x3 @% z7 i8 H2 q
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ P7 _; a* T" d; L! L BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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8 l- w( T. n/ h7 j. ?6 J$ b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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5 m @ k) Y! p4 K' A! x+ y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。
/ q1 C( S1 \8 n$ P. v8 K+ p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。 |