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阿姆罗

8月17日，瓜岛海域再次迎来大规模空战（相比AE动不动几架出动而言已经算比较大的规模了，当然跟WITP动不动几百架而言这只能算过家家）。日军莱城和拉宝尔几十架陆攻和99舰爆分别空袭了伦迦的运输船和莫港卸载的货船。当天，58的战斗机和莫港的飞蛇击落击伤日机40余架，再次证明了裸奔是靠不住的。2 O+ c1 L. W  b- |  Z, K/ I
Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Overcast3 x7 m7 N, W" L- j& Q
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
9 p2 A. X, V& nEstimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
' A! q# g! o! s* c      G4M1 Betty x 69 m3 P( F  `" a( c- ?
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Allied aircraft1 Z! e$ _/ r# d# ^2 a
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
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$ x3 t/ G! Y7 QJapanese aircraft losses
4 ^* Q- D/ s$ v% m- Q" E* P      G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships! U) Y. \2 r- s3 d
      AP Heywood
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5 Q2 H3 f+ ^0 s: A6 ~1 dMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain, v/ B5 D2 O3 S1 I8 i
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.  Y* u5 [" y1 @9 O8 V2 G
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
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Japanese aircraft; q* D; D6 w( {( e, _9 J5 G1 Q
      D3A1 Val x 14
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Allied aircraft
: d$ N. X0 j2 U" q6 `+ N0 a1 A      Kittyhawk IA x 6  \, U8 o, K( t6 }/ y
      P-39D Airacobra x 33
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Japanese aircraft losses
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- A8 Y+ E  t1 K/ J0 |Allied Ships
! w# [4 m( _* H3 P" O, m0 z4 ]      AM Lark
  u$ _6 z1 r! A7 F. l      AM Starling
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137/ \) w' W) {8 m% p

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/ E; M: M0 O# f! H' ]2 r+ o0 qRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
# h2 p, r+ U- |9 vEstimated time to target is 14 minutes4 p. O) u8 ]8 Q3 Z  L; u
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Japanese aircraft
( i3 r1 }" I9 z      G4M1 Betty x 13# D( m3 @3 Y& E* D, ~# ?) y( T
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& ]* F0 l- E# ]. h6 h- ~Allied aircraft$ N' h. x3 t' `* N) m0 X) k& t
      F4F-3P Wildcat x 3
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Japanese aircraft losses; V  E. c9 @& A8 r$ T6 A( o
      G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied Ships- \1 B0 v2 R3 ~# m
      DD Henley2 S' n; @6 ~8 S, k$ |( Y( Y
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129" \0 l6 G) d0 M! e
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain3 w) C. \- o3 [+ Q. j

3 v. G9 q  D4 o1 S2 \Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 c$ O, l0 W1 O' FEstimated time to target is 12 minutes+ q$ c' l& Y0 P0 }7 {1 N% Z

7 }$ Y+ G4 Y  J% ~$ N# wJapanese aircraft: f/ {) I+ u. e9 k& O
      A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
: j3 T) L% _! m      Kittyhawk IA x 5* x  z3 H+ u5 o4 {
      B-17E Fortress x 84 [- n' w9 [2 U" c; K5 a8 ]  u
      B-26 Marauder x 6
  ?- e1 o$ r5 g6 C; ^/ A6 P, m6 ]8 E      P-39D Airacobra x 21
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No Japanese losses
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, x9 U3 }2 O( K  u: ~% k/ h, OAllied aircraft losses
6 c- g2 B0 l0 Q4 \6 v4 D      B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged9 a3 r7 T. j( |/ V- F5 n
      P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed7 U0 G/ b; V5 e$ F& T9 ]
Japanese ground losses:
" _4 E# [' x- H0 w. j5 K/ {# @      7 casualties reported
; }' F9 O" v0 o7 P) O5 _# d/ ~         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 ^7 y3 \+ u: g0 C9 M5 z. S0 N         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ d: K, O- L) C) b& I( y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) m# f7 Z) P' s      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 1' }  L7 {: d3 c2 p) N
Runway hits 6
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% X1 K: U6 i+ x7 ]) ~+ P( t0 E9 S* h1 Eorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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+ g+ h( g- ]; _& i6 ~% r2 M) {Weather in hex: Moderate rain; u2 q% U) I: ^8 [: H3 D1 y4 D
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
: T: A3 s( t8 ]- ~/ Q; e' s. ]Estimated time to target is 3 minutes# f+ K$ _$ H: _. d8 K
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Allied aircraft, B6 d9 ^# u3 I0 n3 f, _, A
      B-17E Fortress x 5; a! r5 ?" g+ O  R  b  z
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No Allied losses
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Airbase supply hits 1
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orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126. S8 j4 `9 f/ ~1 u/ `+ \3 W

; G7 ^8 j6 o* K' oWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.9 b) H+ `) s/ Y( R1 b% f+ h
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes, g0 g. A8 G3 m6 ]

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! ]1 S/ ~/ f  k$ }8 b1 @      A6M2 Zero x 2
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      B-26 Marauder x 6
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      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
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/ I& C6 n2 K8 I( S: |& ^( QAllied aircraft losses; i" B, a+ H; E& Z0 {
      B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
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; `: F8 A7 J- M" Q, `+ ]5 O! qJapanese ground losses:
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4 t' P  G, F% c% m. ~) I9 M         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. g  y. z4 V, M' i: K" Y+ R  A, f
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 \0 J& N: G* g         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 Z' T2 \+ q2 n: d/ B! ^

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Airbase hits 2' J7 g5 h5 j( ~2 H2 }! h0 ]
Runway hits 43 Q! T- f& q# w
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138* t6 m0 [9 k6 d3 y

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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 T3 \. d$ x$ P( [Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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) Y# e$ \" Z( l" z0 _      G4M1 Betty x 12
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* o9 @5 p  t5 x9 h; QAllied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
0 W7 b3 g' W) D4 [# A      G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships9 G) m: b1 {9 V8 |5 g$ `
      DD Aaron Ward- p9 @0 ~8 v5 _. I( o
      DD Laffey! C" T4 C' a- S4 ~" I( k

& _5 g7 {- B* l- T' _# x7 gAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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4 R& n' Q8 c8 J( ^0 {/ M; W) YRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
, d  e( o+ |; E0 E8 v5 tEstimated time to target is 15 minutes9 ~! G4 D+ o4 u, S( O+ B5 m
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Japanese aircraft
5 d' y% Q- [. j- W      D3A1 Val x 12+ d: _; m' u& }, h) S

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3 p9 d% H! W/ p* BAllied aircraft
, W& Z3 C9 w# H$ x6 F  j  F      Kittyhawk IA x 5
. |/ E; M: {" n: }6 h      P-39D Airacobra x 32' m( R. H3 f' s* J9 E/ F% O
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 m- a0 m/ h* C* K) `      D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed) F# K7 n9 J' @% c1 H/ q5 ]' \1 w
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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1 n+ C* u4 `1 R& w- p' t$ U9 lWeather in hex: Overcast5 v4 }( X  ?* F3 D1 |* q7 M0 h8 R

& m4 u' Q4 A( H( B: K+ `Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
) H* ~8 v; S* w7 r# E2 ?, aEstimated time to target is 42 minutes5 S: _1 T7 e  l8 M+ @4 n, ]

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/ j0 A! l! z3 [) j& tAllied aircraft
" C4 @1 m' g7 X% Q0 v. p  O4 K      F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
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  x% j: H# n+ B& P- S& {0 fJapanese aircraft losses
- B2 @0 X2 f# ~      G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
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7 Y2 T* O1 u8 i1 L) u同日美军占领图拉吉，瓜岛海域的登陆战顺利结束。

adsl01

有雷达的帮忙,裸奔是没花头的.也就是说,42年中后期日本人就悬的很

chen0529

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远: k" o4 t3 y  g0 n
而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了

阿姆罗

挂副油箱极限航程的0战遇到精锐的盟军海航只有被屠杀的命，所以还是标准航程内才能达到一定得战术效果，达成比较合理的交换比。

sunjiafu

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远
/ J: h4 k, Q6 N而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了
6 r+ l  k3 K. k( B  `chen0529 发表于 2009-8-2 19:03

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4发一如既往打不下来.....

hongqi315

是不是意味着0战初期没优势了？

chen0529

初期南洋老爷机还是乱打撒~~~

阿成

感觉四发就像现在机器人，根本无法打败！

阿姆罗

4发现在也不像以前那样动不动几百架一波的耕地了，至少目前看来，4发限制还是蛮大的，即便机场够大，一次性出击4发数量也没能超过50架，总在40架左右，而且经常分几波出击。

hongqi315

集中200+ CAP 吃4发，，

阿姆罗

瓜岛日军就那么几十架0战，哪来的200架，天上掉下来的啊。。。。。。

hongqi315

没其他战斗了？

chen0529

要说火力4发貌似比好多战斗机都猛

阿姆罗

42年8月28日白天，驻扎在伦加的60架TBF和20架SBD发起了进攻，全天上下午一共出动6波，将靠近的柱岛炸成残废，前一个回合日酋还声称1000磅炸弹就跟挠痒痒似的，现在，美军海航理科给了天皇一个响亮的耳光。8 v! S! u- [8 S! e  R5 u' B( C  J
Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137, e& `& L. w, `: \7 [9 U3 p  c( P* M6 J
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
; S) ]) h" {7 n( t& t* t& N+ d$ eEstimated time to target is 9 minutes. D: D' p+ A& _7 [1 @5 M

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      SBD-3 Dauntless x 115 y  G! o' P7 P" Q
      TBF-1 Avenger x 26* z0 N3 E* I- k

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Allied aircraft losses
" c3 f; z  E3 F+ b      SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged
$ `& e% f' I& a/ M      TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged
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Japanese Ships
# `1 C5 Q3 c6 j. e      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 7,  on fire
7 ~2 v8 N9 Z; x8 }* S$ I      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2
0 [+ i8 ~) J. F6 ?- k) @      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1
$ Y, V6 R$ L& V' O$ ~2 m( k      CA Maya, Bomb hits 1
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/ Z6 Q0 G" @8 J/ `Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
' y; |6 E/ l' f  k6 x, l& J  \+ EEstimated time to target is 22 minutes
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      TBF-1 Avenger x 6
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/ Y, t' B( Y4 G( J) \( ^; z      TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged  f7 k  S0 e! `7 V$ o; e

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9 y) O$ l( u) }7 w2 y. p+ C$ d      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 3
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. M( _8 q# @2 G8 q3 {Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137% A$ H, a& \7 `6 O* x5 s

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Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet./ s9 m3 C# X# M
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes' X  X7 v$ D" ^. B5 }3 g* G
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Allied aircraft
  I  j4 I# v2 M( i* D1 k  f      SBD-3 Dauntless x 3
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Allied aircraft losses1 Y- k# }3 {: s& |2 X
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged. L% Q( B: @4 Q( J) [4 x, D

4 S2 |3 G, Y+ M% lJapanese Ships
: f$ ~2 U/ O: G9 l0 Y% k$ O: t5 t      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
2 g8 Q" C1 K. h" ?0 iAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,1373 u& G. m6 m" M0 h2 F- A
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
1 {& J( T$ {7 P  N$ REstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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      TBF-1 Avenger x 18- R# e! N* U1 \3 M& C, z

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7 c* ^$ G" g6 g' F8 ~4 U2 J      TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged
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      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2) x1 r6 }! R  n, a6 }0 Y5 B% C
      BB Kirishima& ~( L& {4 a7 D* N2 _
      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2,  on fire/ t$ y+ I7 e: i$ S

  E5 c) o& @" Q2 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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% O& P- q- \- VRaid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.+ b8 O; Z0 N% \7 _
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses1 R/ Z- s6 @* t2 D' x
      TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Japanese Ships( {# s$ i- }8 r
      BB Hiei,  on fire4 X- z* H! T# W$ S
      CA Atago, Bomb hits 2,  on fire, t  f/ t2 ^: `, q0 e
      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet., v1 X6 G* E9 W5 W: R2 n
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Allied aircraft
/ J0 k4 `8 s, L6 M& Y/ K7 T      SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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Japanese Ships
+ X. J, j6 Z/ ]2 |1 ]% y4 W      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires