因撤退决心吓得太迟,导致澳东战役失利之后,二师兄志得意满,骄狂无比,放弃了主场优势,脱离远程战斗机半径范围,单纯依靠TF58向大基地成群的新赫布底里群岛迎头撞来。- k+ C! v& o) H9 i& ~, Y8 |
先是裸奔努美阿失利,部队被晾在滩头,几天之后在努美阿以南集结全部航母和大量主力舰开始二次登陆,结果被依托岸基战斗机远程CAP防空的KB吊打 KB只搭载200多架战斗机大部分用于护航,其他容量全部以攻击机为主,
% R3 f. m. F$ S0 l5 n0 YAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
6 N4 |" E g' L% f; p. e }" nMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,1603 ^# e; d* k! @& z# g
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Weather in hex: Overcast* e6 `2 j& p% `
7 j, m! x* l) \- O. y* \9 y/ DRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
4 {3 O% T' v0 z( fEstimated time to target is 40 minutes
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Japanese aircraft* m' L% O& x4 v; ^+ m) n; _4 M
A6M5 Zero x 1476 L; P: Y( |5 d( F
B6N2a Jill x 176
6 e O4 G& T! X# g D4Y3 Judy x 24 v% F, Z# C; _& r8 a1 H! Y/ z/ z
D4Y4 Judy x 143. L; }& z3 F+ k9 ?% F2 r
2 ?& C4 o7 c" G/ h! Y3 w; |* QAllied aircraft
. F5 X* N2 u7 U" {0 K/ m F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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Japanese aircraft losses
E A$ @- q; ~) \/ `5 ? A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
/ C5 j' n3 g4 {& @1 a6 j w5 u" E B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
' E! X$ v+ F7 Z/ W D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
" e" K! V' F t" x3 }& G# |# l D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak, E" `' r/ g6 h s& f) X9 v" y
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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# D/ H% `* i. K2 C6 gAllied aircraft losses4 t7 m! R5 X1 Z( V
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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# l. I1 z3 H$ U+ I& L6 g# xAllied Ships
" f/ q6 Q9 I6 T7 X( ~5 T CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk G- Q. I& b) h; c
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk" C& {4 E' o1 e6 K6 }& D
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% s0 q* d( @' k$ n' f) N2 e. O) ]" I CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 C1 B6 |% U& W: V$ ~6 }
LST-34/ l- ?: H$ M c; P
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage+ d7 f5 l3 w$ ] c1 G) o
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
' t9 q: Q D4 a# z CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* H& [8 j" H" s' {( ]8 r `: C
CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 O2 ~2 J7 p& S; ~' [* w8 c& j
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage/ ^! U, q8 Q1 x7 S
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
4 s) f2 Q e/ [5 W' ~" h1 J; \ DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& H' ^! w" f( m, h' S
DE Waterman
3 h$ Q* Z! ~: p6 s: o DD Callaghan6 U; b! S: v4 ~! M, C2 B
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage2 L2 q& K* Z# Y
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 f- Z$ d# g# T- l5 F
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
5 X+ K( I1 P$ M! `3 P+ ` DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 L2 d9 q: {) \# j6 ^4 P* Z5 f% T DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire5 w& p, I2 S0 b* |! ]
LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
5 }! b& b( G# E LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
. M X, c% r8 N& p- L: ^, ~ DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
) c; j7 M+ z6 \# Z DE Stadtfeld4 ?: a9 V9 n7 W# ?: q$ Z) x
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) E( ?; F$ D( I1 G' ?" A DE James E. Craig" j. V: X. q7 S8 q9 I
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk$ D% d! ~4 b( k8 F: `8 @3 b
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
; S; z4 f' }3 n" Y, H1 { DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires" }/ @8 ?' E1 u( K) H
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Allied ground losses: P& {$ A' B0 w1 C: ?' U- K" ^
210 casualties reported
: Y! e2 m( x* \2 z* D m Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled [3 F/ i" T5 i+ R' e8 V) G' l
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
5 l; J) Y% h: A* G Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 W0 C! I0 |9 `
Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
8 b3 o) M5 z% b6 f/ Q# sRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 z3 R5 e6 `+ ~) I: kEstimated time to target is 36 minutes: t( Y; I/ ]% M2 ~7 Q& y
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Japanese aircraft
1 f7 n- a' b: [# g A6M5 Zero x 92+ `! @ Q B+ q z# A
N1K1-J George x 26) M \/ b' m- d0 z
N1K2-J George x 2512 F+ |/ E; O8 T4 a' A) K
Ki-84r Frank x 148
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Allied aircraft
" I# L0 ^1 [6 Z8 M3 ~/ f0 X0 B0 B" X" E2 B F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
, \' V4 V# K" N) f# \7 u4 k: D3 K TBF-1 Avenger x 30
( n1 O9 k; v" x; E5 ?& ] TBM-1C Avenger x 23; x1 J) t8 d8 k) r8 t
1 j8 K9 v4 P! D( q* O. cJapanese aircraft losses7 U9 q5 A) m7 k0 O6 }
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
2 I9 O- T. Q& q# M: b6 E/ Q" N8 p F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed
Q9 f. r4 m6 m& i4 v TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed
! L- v2 e4 K( |$ w2 A7 E TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
/ A8 B: R6 v/ r% w6 I6 ] TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak# ?& C @8 k* a( c
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Japanese Ships) z3 w; L$ Y" N3 H( }
CVL Chitose
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0 b& B0 |0 u& ~, Q, ^" kRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.- r2 ]7 K6 {- i |4 k
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes& m/ j, Y& x; n( w5 Z3 B b/ f
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Japanese aircraft
) p3 r1 I v2 s A6M5 Zero x 77
9 V5 B; Z$ K- k# q# z0 z N1K1-J George x 26& K6 c7 n& Y8 m( |; x1 n8 O
N1K2-J George x 195
9 b6 n' L4 ^7 n, \4 d% i0 u Ki-84r Frank x 127+ W6 w# M, e. H! i! P9 ]) z
( u. u% m P: B/ T. {4 n' MAllied aircraft
/ ]0 w$ }6 l; l% O. a TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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. l; `) F) C" X/ L0 I# @No Japanese losses1 d9 r/ [2 D5 J& ?7 W5 J
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Allied aircraft losses0 U% P8 o0 E# J
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed: Z- a. y) v2 ]2 }8 J
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* J: O/ b. V4 M6 |; f7 Q+ i1 f
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes4 e3 ~8 W7 e+ x: |3 y' [
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Japanese aircraft8 d5 Q; h2 Z9 r9 ^- z# t" G7 v
A6M5 Zero x 69
: `" `6 P- }6 n7 p# H/ g N1K1-J George x 269 ~+ N% W9 |/ v! n% P
N1K2-J George x 127
: y' L" K* `6 x1 n! V! I Ki-84r Frank x 91( Z. E/ a/ V4 I9 F5 a$ w
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Allied aircraft
4 y+ a. ]) m) O( `6 ~* s SBD-5 Dauntless x 34
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8 ~$ h$ T2 R( mNo Japanese losses
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' V' U; p) _+ f- |' ^ i7 ~4 |Allied aircraft losses
" F* J2 O3 p0 A$ {! a: N SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed% L" v0 p) n5 F
! P) k' I( T* \) xRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
5 `* X5 d$ X, n0 K$ Q& O" k. REstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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}# m$ q. y0 k1 zJapanese aircraft6 I- x& V& Y( L p- B8 l
A6M5 Zero x 64" A- W- f$ ~ c) m/ w: y, x; |) |! @
N1K1-J George x 26
, A4 D5 `6 ?, v6 y* T( b3 E( e$ y N1K2-J George x 95
E% w! ~- ?& B% M* Z; B Ki-84r Frank x 72
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TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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8 C6 {4 W3 l, m" Z$ g$ { BNo Japanese losses' m; k) k* X- E: T6 m f: |
8 C6 Y; a0 S% B5 G! Q+ R( mAllied aircraft losses# u# a2 [* ]) r' M. j+ m+ U+ W
TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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- E$ F7 \ ` Q% c0 H; PRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
, }1 _+ s+ _1 x( @Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
$ k# e8 B: R6 @& o3 J A6M5 Zero x 57
' J& a' B$ P6 b5 K) D1 Z3 \( ^ N1K1-J George x 26' m) q# |, J! _# p* w+ R( ?" }
N1K2-J George x 76
# m+ p& c' r, I+ O8 H# z9 w# S5 F Ki-84r Frank x 62
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Allied aircraft
. |* t, y: \" |! ?1 R. U/ k( d TBF-1 Avenger x 8* x) |' l) y4 Q
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No Japanese losses
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TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160/ u5 H3 a5 m9 R9 |! Q
1 S2 @/ W# T$ K6 r. ?0 H6 KWeather in hex: Heavy rain6 I9 p# g7 E9 ~; U3 q
8 k8 \4 @8 f4 ?Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# F$ ?9 t' B' w+ c
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes
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Japanese aircraft+ |! Z8 V3 y F, D
A6M5 Zero x 1514 A2 R7 b% f, A5 q. W2 ^
B6N2a Jill x 84+ K) M V1 [/ X5 S9 |
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Allied aircraft
6 C6 ^; w! y+ F+ i F6F-3 Hellcat x 332! Z6 Q; q: E( p1 z
" i3 Y5 z7 g+ L& H0 jJapanese aircraft losses/ A c$ p+ ]; s1 o4 x) T
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
" n3 w6 p, j8 A2 P" z) t, I B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged, y, l; N! D: \( ^: `! y
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak6 y' R- D5 j* q6 ?2 g4 W& |
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Allied aircraft losses
( x6 X6 M, Y! y& ^/ l8 } F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships
+ c0 j4 ^- p" L CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1. p& h$ q) p& y" }- y4 b' }
CVL Belleau Wood
: o! p. [5 [$ d% P* d1 h CV Yorktown II
( o$ G# c7 g! |. U: u2 G# F CV Bunker Hill: a2 h( a; g6 A3 u- C2 M
DD Kimberly. j. s4 D4 |; F. Z
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 14 b3 {+ k- {/ O: `) q" g
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
/ J G! p% o4 _% d3 s9 G CVL Independence
& q8 R/ m! ]# T R4 H6 p% c& z& G CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage$ J s8 p5 l5 p
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1+ c5 r" W, \2 s4 F) ?
CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2% L. {8 v! e J, Z& Y1 k! Z4 u) L
7 J" g7 Z. S- M5 b3 O- s' Q: {9 q9 ~5 R米酋阴险的又一次把护航航母推在前面当了肉盾,承担了大部分攻击波,不过KB在44年以后作战也越加困难,主要表现在突防后命中率低的问题上,即使尽可能的减少战斗机比例,增加攻击机规模,但是突防后美军AA极为强悍,特别是主力舰艇的防空火力,KB当天损失的80多天山有40多是被高炮打下来的,打伤更是无数。此次海战占据天时地利人和,但是任然没有对TF58主力造成任何实质性的损失。: k; V# D. P; ^0 K- S# u% Y `
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