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。, w3 H' @$ k- Z. O
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,3 w8 W5 n( [1 w2 {. m2 [! I' H
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44 # G# X7 N& _& i
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160+ I6 S7 j* ?3 g& ^5 S& c4 U
" h' l% q# x* U" R4 n$ |" w/ `& UWeather in hex: Overcast0 ]+ H5 T5 W, y5 R/ T
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet., d, [( g% }4 Y+ b
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes, E3 X5 Y' ^, C0 Y* i
( i& O# }5 `8 `- zJapanese aircraft
2 \: e! @& h( L; d m. {% I A6M5 Zero x 147
9 v7 ~4 a& n( s, C& k% a2 J* ] p B6N2a Jill x 176
3 F9 u( j% o! U, [8 z6 H5 P D4Y3 Judy x 24# V4 b4 d( k% y+ X
D4Y4 Judy x 1432 U! w* D. Q; |( i$ g, x
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Allied aircraft( R4 M' Y% X/ |( U& [- ^" q+ [
F6F-3 Hellcat x 4477 r' O8 ?' d1 t6 M" f2 `# c
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Japanese aircraft losses; Q3 l0 M! V& V9 X- h* O1 H
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
* B% w2 Z0 y6 W& C B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged3 P( @3 E+ d5 `+ ], j
D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
" o' w, G' \3 k1 @6 g D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak" ^% P4 y1 ~% j
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
: E- h- s* P$ e! M( q% o' ~ F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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( n/ |* _/ v/ b$ [, m& Q$ DAllied Ships' x6 X- e) }. D& r; o5 H: s$ V
CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk8 l8 u! K. F. p; Q- U. J
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk: d# x9 t3 v4 f/ F7 p
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' U. _: C! z" p
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; y+ J5 u/ X6 ]$ B" e5 j* D
LST-34
4 d9 Q8 Q& `$ l+ j1 Q a' j9 _ CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage8 n% R/ I) z5 P" T, g
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( d8 a. D/ Y! T+ `* y- L9 P. z! Q
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ j" I9 Z2 H* v$ ]- O1 L5 @
CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& B4 l& [7 O4 f+ G0 W4 e
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
U3 S( o. Y9 \1 N r, c LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk. L% g0 U0 r0 r6 Y0 g$ p3 F' F
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 e5 ]& k6 q$ ^- f# o: u- u DE Waterman$ i# ^6 ~1 y X- [) X/ L
DD Callaghan9 n" O; X3 K4 U
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ L7 x" `' p" u% L1 H) g0 z DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- _8 F$ ?6 {8 b; K/ T DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" Y/ D0 k7 j, F& {
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 F* o9 F, f7 H: L: } DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
/ j! G/ [0 k. {& }+ r. R LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk$ v2 D- ?# }; P9 N5 L/ s# v7 m
LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
; o% a2 l! {" v/ h2 J- h DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ I5 S8 V6 ]; \
DE Stadtfeld+ E* U& I& Q$ ]8 w& \1 m% L
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 j! }8 w* q' D; x) U0 t DE James E. Craig
$ t: k' u8 y& ~2 B' [ LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
6 F; W; [: s$ m8 a4 f9 `8 I% c LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk! t9 M u9 R0 q; D7 [
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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9 N0 X k2 y; Q5 |" P" c SAllied ground losses:
! H. I& Q& R- N 210 casualties reported
6 g# `; t) _7 d/ U% v" R$ @0 \3 l Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 u3 w/ H j! {4 b% c/ p/ v Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
& |- n/ w/ n6 s) d$ c6 C- u Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. I6 Z' p$ u! B$ d: \! P$ Z
Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)3 r2 B+ j6 }% }- B7 R) W9 A
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 w0 [* s' S# v3 u5 b) i1 bEstimated time to target is 36 minutes
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Japanese aircraft) }3 R* ?0 F/ o8 j& U
A6M5 Zero x 92* g: p# m* ~# v5 Y" ^7 f
N1K1-J George x 263 ]+ Y0 z( t/ ~/ V
N1K2-J George x 251
/ D' L) q* |. B! D1 X Ki-84r Frank x 148
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Allied aircraft
. d5 ]" q% {: a! ^) X+ \6 e2 m F6F-3 Hellcat x 76/ E/ @! ?$ I6 y3 Y8 n
TBF-1 Avenger x 300 {4 K- c- A; \" k3 Y
TBM-1C Avenger x 23
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Japanese aircraft losses* x3 R( X0 d" m" i& F& [
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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R: J( Q% T5 j) y6 ~; o" [1 L0 zAllied aircraft losses- m+ M$ N+ {: d3 c/ h, G# I
F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed( b0 M. v6 c: J$ b& q
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed5 \8 {' Y1 I" ]- T9 r- Q
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged# W/ V; S- j+ ?& U( @
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
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- a% q/ }! Y; B* GRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.3 B, i/ h* C. R# i9 d
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes- L. `( B% q( a' l, }
! N8 ?; w' r/ G0 q2 g& gJapanese aircraft
0 ]) `: H, I, W A6M5 Zero x 77
m8 O# i9 J, @/ N3 A" T2 J( X N1K1-J George x 26
, O$ d2 `" u6 N# [7 } N1K2-J George x 195
) ]) U/ ?! @) ?6 H* Z6 ], d Ki-84r Frank x 127
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8 B4 G, x; N% m/ D+ N+ G: [3 VAllied aircraft
# n2 |. l0 h e' k, N0 b/ q2 _ TBM-1C Avenger x 7$ v* d+ X2 u' }3 L
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 ^ v- ^$ v; I/ Y' ? TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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5 Z) f f" ~ p; \! NRaid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
) V+ v- R+ t& I* _0 VEstimated time to target is 7 minutes+ h; `; K+ g7 `4 k; j. o
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Japanese aircraft
3 t' o+ j- K- |$ D/ _ A6M5 Zero x 69, F8 e8 e) Y& s( |5 ~, d3 u
N1K1-J George x 264 y7 ^6 |. D' M2 b
N1K2-J George x 127
: }) b% S+ Z; O0 B5 [2 r+ h Ki-84r Frank x 91: W2 Y" H' c8 o/ g
+ }6 F, X/ u% z0 N) y$ |' d& l& lAllied aircraft# z: b9 t9 I6 y( ]# t8 a/ W( Q6 B- e9 I
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses8 C9 T3 R. A7 l) N9 `
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.( W- S! F3 f" ^, c k
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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. V: ^7 _' R+ |( U: l. P3 aJapanese aircraft
; i6 y# K" H5 R+ u9 k A6M5 Zero x 647 S5 E# U2 g" j
N1K1-J George x 26' {7 |% ]7 E% M. g k5 o$ a' I$ b
N1K2-J George x 95
- R9 k/ C) Y+ L% R6 E- s5 b# v V% T, } Ki-84r Frank x 72
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1 T5 K( ^8 o( w/ \1 ?* vAllied aircraft8 o+ Q$ ^% g: \ x0 U" a3 M
TBF-1 Avenger x 15: @$ k* n; v2 m7 a! ~7 N
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No Japanese losses+ K" M/ F5 u7 P3 j V- e
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Allied aircraft losses
2 W j- j5 u# z- i0 [ TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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9 Z1 [1 h" X8 R O4 z5 b: h: u& s# gRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
# W. F; B" x/ tEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Japanese aircraft/ h+ h4 w7 }* \1 p6 b( ?$ P& [
A6M5 Zero x 575 b; @& E5 d9 \1 G; J- E; F
N1K1-J George x 265 s7 T/ h0 `. L( h
N1K2-J George x 76
# v& s/ ^6 g' K9 ~ Ki-84r Frank x 62% v" I$ q1 j. B1 u
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Allied aircraft# E0 K% _3 i) o7 J& Z
TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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1 Z8 B1 ?4 Y. a. `& vNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses E7 h. M' Q! _- b
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed5 L; k9 Q( h. q9 o
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,1601 O6 s5 F6 D, s. ~* k. I
0 h; e% {+ @4 }; BWeather in hex: Heavy rain* m3 z' e0 ]- i# @: o% r l" m0 `6 O+ o
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
! K3 x' {9 Q& W! Y# ^Estimated time to target is 37 minutes
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7 I7 e( y4 J3 Q9 ~5 B$ N, l' ]Japanese aircraft
+ J& M) ~1 a; `6 j5 h+ J A6M5 Zero x 1516 Q' O& A0 y3 S2 B8 v
B6N2a Jill x 841 |4 Y2 ]) g& A: r% l, h2 Z$ F
3 L- C# H/ U) r0 s# pAllied aircraft
" k( v+ x3 H" t6 x0 s9 p& O, W F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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Japanese aircraft losses2 R7 k, C' ~ g8 N( c' X
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed# L. p% _6 J) j: K6 s* F5 Y7 @
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged
4 M+ \ _! F2 _% \. \0 O B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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1 I: z) z4 q& Y7 X& LAllied aircraft losses
& y. _, O6 I/ z) @# J: P. J$ C F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed% z8 A2 X" W( ?- G: x# p/ ]
( \$ C& t! t6 Q4 M8 OAllied Ships
) L( I$ y3 }0 Y8 b/ U5 b CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
5 \3 m! f3 A. s: L9 T) C CVL Belleau Wood6 v- l( c- ^. R5 i
CV Yorktown II
/ o( u8 T" q5 ~ CV Bunker Hill
z' T/ W9 Q1 x5 A DD Kimberly
4 r& X; C: }3 S. c, u CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
$ n4 ^% Q& _( Z/ Y CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1" W, h" y/ b" E$ I! x
CVL Independence, e$ l- l5 w- p o% m& d, l
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
% a$ r& Y( }: L+ ~) I" k: o$ L CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
) P- l1 |3 O4 w( q z" r* M# k3 K CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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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。( A, S4 g$ J0 O4 g- f8 W
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