大脸猫

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1 k* H) O; j- x/ @: Z- H  A& b5 l牛牛把两个TF放在两个格 有效地分散了KB的攻击 而我的失误是让97去攻击机场了 损失了6架 疲劳也上了10 所以表现不好 加上CA吸引火力 只命中CV1雷 下午那一波效果更差

kevin_hx

CV决战当天，乘着双方海空如火如荼的激战，一队日军悄悄登陆米龙湾
5 L9 t5 T  Q% g( M$ k! z事后据大猫天蝗交待，这只部队是因为XAK即将沉没，只好抢滩登陆自救" x1 s/ E# [2 e
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, g5 Y3 u6 p9 s8 ^- i" N# E# ]Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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$ b6 [' t; `( L1 B2 a. \: }3 E. gTF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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Japanese ground losses:. Q( i% X& ~! O$ `3 I3 d
      160 casualties reported" O% i1 G; e9 e* l4 D
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled: ^; h" ]2 z7 _/ X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 O4 N, }- }/ P. H  m) S$ v         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' `4 N3 t  M5 D. ]3 A
      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
) V- z  x7 }( i% S! y% RCV决战已暂告一段落，盟军58丧失了在海上制约KB的能力，而日军的登陆船队已经出现在莫港外海，日军的登陆迫在眉睫
; N8 }4 ^- N1 O. I# c1 [盟军断然采取破釜沉舟的战术，拼个鱼死网破也要破坏日军的登陆行动
/ p7 i5 Z6 V1 `) c. eCV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援0 M/ R8 u; L: `" U7 B( |  D
CV编队分离出重巡编队，杀入莫港近海，阻止日军炮击莫港机场
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5 I+ @4 d$ Q$ @# w+ a7 E  D于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开5 Z- L- ?7 E% k5 o$ N. U
令人庆幸的是，日军第8舰队表现拙劣，在于盟军水面舰队夜战中败北，日军当天的登陆船队惨遭SS蹂躏，并被盟军舰队迫退，未能实施莫港登陆
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夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
9 {: X+ Y+ m$ G8 O1 h( g2 k      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: |. M/ ^7 b0 U* r0 M$ n2 A      CA Kinugasa0 ?0 N" p& J7 Z+ _9 X3 e
      CA Furutaka+ ~& ~+ q3 p; c1 J7 u) k
      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire
3 }; x- B; P- B! r8 q      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire, [& a9 e9 V& `  N; T6 ]1 j/ J
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires% H; O$ F( K* u. A7 D7 R
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire. y/ O: g6 ^! n* K1 w$ O1 o! c
      DD Mutsuki
# R* @7 L3 [1 f1 V2 o0 T" }      DD Yayoi
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9 n4 Y4 {2 P# w- B# s! q; FAllied Ships
( T% J  u0 [3 n. E& Q      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1! a# [8 t- v3 o$ j8 I9 q" H* m
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2% u* Y' p# c" H5 \, z6 b9 B
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire
) [' }+ c) F( u1 X) S7 t9 c; a" u& e      CL Hobart, Shell hits 3( q$ _' U7 l+ C1 z' Y
      DD Sims1 ^6 S# v, E( q4 C8 S. z. F1 ~
      DD Dewey9 p* i2 Z: C* Z
      DD Worden
  ~3 l& h* c( P5 D      DD Aylwin
" c6 ]4 A8 {. _5 j' x      DD Whipple
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$ ]4 T7 J$ [* P2 ?! h2 e) V& X随后莫港潜伏的盟军SS再次大发神威，日军登陆船队惨遭蹂躏
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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Japanese Ships
$ k( a& |+ x# ?      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage" M5 a' Q5 S" y- U8 h, H
      xAK Sinsei Maru
( A8 B9 @+ f- d/ M# l) G      xAK Canberra Maru! l0 `( {0 ~/ J; ?  _" i
      E Asanagi
/ g" t8 n/ D4 u8 v) h" r      E Oite
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4 e4 A( b  `, K9 c+ g% F1 ~Allied Ships  I' m! E+ h; m/ K$ o
      SS S-44
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Japanese ground losses:
6 b+ c+ h8 I- _  W' ~8 w      9 casualties reported) S+ K) R) [/ e3 e- ^) V6 H9 b) i
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# ?1 ?  S2 E! X! I4 }* o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( S) E7 W9 x) [+ t         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  p4 _+ }9 |0 H/ [/ O0 T6 H
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3 c- D6 \. E8 I3 ^+ C7 HSubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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Japanese Ships
; t; g) q" B" C+ O5 N      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage
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5 U! k( Y6 M  u$ q* ~Allied Ships
1 t$ D" @: ]  U4 t( @- b      SS S-443 j" D4 b) a9 J8 Y; K3 r; p% Y

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4 h* S3 q& a3 `: O      36 casualties reported. j$ ]" X3 g; f/ K2 C. w
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled1 E) s: s3 B% c6 d
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 G9 \2 D4 s8 x) b/ V, J7 p; D. n0 Y         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

天亮后，盟军第2队水面舰队追上了溃败的第8舰队，日轻巡夕张号爆火，美重巡芝加哥号重创 # n/ A) d' t: ^
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7 v$ R/ }" M* C- Y: ODay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards: G: c+ R5 B( A; r
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Japanese Ships
2 n7 I) h, ~6 @, N, C      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3% M7 K: z1 i, i0 j: Q
      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire
# K, B' L7 |) E' D, P$ G+ j& r- Z      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire
# d" ~5 p5 H6 N7 m      CL Tenryu
4 N; |, y! T, F4 Z$ B      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires+ n- M" A( O( j- Z6 K7 K
      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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: }2 w# j3 `/ b9 \$ r5 RAllied Ships4 ~3 O$ W7 o$ P" O
      CA Chester, Shell hits 3
" Q; q! D: S% y# }' Y! s      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage6 e) N% [) h% u1 x) E0 [6 _8 f
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
6 U% Y3 Y; I% o8 ~      DD Anderson6 `- b" `8 k- u" y5 v/ F: T7 t
      DD Morris, Shell hits 23 ?8 x6 D) l7 {5 H: o, j
      DD Perkins

kevin_hx

随后，莫港航空队和KB舰载机对双方的水面舰队大打出手2 E8 e6 @3 J; l% \4 G1 ]3 H
重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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, |. _  {& J4 ^. N2 }Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# K, [' F5 F) A0 y( q
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
3 o  x/ y* B8 l* z      A6M2 Zero x 4% b1 o! [; l7 l" [
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Allied aircraft
" [' c9 a( Q% q" ^      SBD-3 Dauntless x 164 A, V. G- ^. L+ b* x) ~8 D$ n( u  q
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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1 U7 u+ d6 h+ j- e2 d: WNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses) w- {! R/ Q* b3 x; K1 y# P
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged9 M5 z9 q4 `+ A" C% x

* t' \& @, C+ xJapanese Ships
5 g+ |. n  P& d/ y  a" f6 n      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires( l9 T# b5 L( \8 y+ o& @' K, K
      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
! x, }6 }" e& M( P) V: h      CA Furutaka,  on fire5 W# [1 w3 i* _/ {) s& Z
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
$ P9 {: o" M0 o, D" t. o; l3 [Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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  X' A2 X, V1 k3 m& E+ ]- SJapanese aircraft
+ V0 Z& K$ [2 N3 `4 l$ E$ q) b" [      A6M2 Zero x 19+ ?" o: t( ]7 \- y+ f7 v/ N1 x' s4 K, Z. k
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Allied aircraft
! B+ e  \! C& C5 X# c! _) p- u, ^7 M      P-40E Warhawk x 1
& O  g3 Z1 h7 U" T( Z% `      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
* b, w) Y1 n+ b) T% v      TBD-1 Devastator x 2# ^: m" n5 }7 a$ a5 B9 A6 S6 f
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No Japanese losses
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8 B+ O( l" D6 }/ B3 j5 CAllied aircraft losses2 j0 \' @1 ~+ p( n3 I
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
7 h$ O: y/ V1 [3 m  y      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged0 N1 X% s. e# V8 f

6 `* m& |7 V) H# N9 wJapanese Ships+ b! \. N% Z( Z  ]8 k. z) S
      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. q7 Y- c3 a# z
      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
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盟军舰队防空火力强大，KB建树不大，仅受创的芝加哥号再次重创! {8 x% m# `8 `6 M1 W/ b5 b8 m$ d
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6 s9 O% C4 u6 z1 P; @  DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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1 Q0 v$ ^$ E$ m2 `- q1 J4 r! \8 u' pWeather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
. @5 \% b: `' p' R, BEstimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
3 L3 S9 t: ]9 o+ X+ h) I      A6M2 Zero x 26
9 x' P( ~+ y5 ~      B5N1 Kate x 3
6 }; E' v: h/ C! `! h% s      B5N2 Kate x 128 |5 D! y" a% m& i: h
      D3A1 Val x 29" {, \# H/ G. Q! t7 C
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Allied aircraft
; f3 i. z- P5 R      P-40E Warhawk x 19- @3 p: {) S8 N2 O* b6 T- C9 L
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
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: m& [. r  t1 WJapanese aircraft losses9 u# K% S7 I+ Z9 l4 k6 ^
      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed* v$ g4 S# Z6 J8 l; N
      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
  t- s1 N3 L; f9 s# m6 r      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
  c1 E. A: ^! d9 `2 G, D( ~6 d      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged
' v5 v. r& `. Q  z      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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# w! l- Y7 F6 q3 L# KNo Allied losses
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      CA Australia
, ^! I: r! V" w      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire! E/ ]! B7 G7 ]$ Y: b: ^
      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage& T. Z. t: A3 T' Y
      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
. ]$ y" f. P& ^, {4 l0 \, n      DD Worden
9 m! E- o7 ^. q      CA Astoria

红叶

大脸猫水面舰队没开全速？自动反应范围太小？不过算是保护了登陆船队，KB还有多少进攻力量？

kevin_hx

据大猫天蝗供认，水面舰队是准备去炮击莫港的，结果遭遇盟军水面舰队后，由于指挥官好战度不高，没将任务改为水面战模式，所以被盟军爆头

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42
) E/ W, c& i' |大战结束后，双方都在调整部署
4 O9 m3 Z* g, ?大统领预估天蝗必然会轰炸机场，并撤出水面舰队汇合登陆船队，然后再继续扑上，但不会立即行动，需要至少1-2回合的调整，于是大统领果断地将水面舰队解散在港口规避空袭，并出动莫港航空队和潜艇，沿途捡漏
8 o+ s; I1 x$ @0 S一天的战事，大多是潜艇攻击与反潜作战，盟军陆基零零零散散的空袭则毫无作为
9 x8 j1 A! d" K不出大统领所料，恼羞成怒的天蝗果然出动KB大举空袭莫港机场，损失舰载机若干后炸毁盟军飞机若干/ B, j- S  d9 I
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Submarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,133: _* R7 e9 `9 n# r' r4 Z, B
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Japanese Ships  Y/ {  T' e7 T
      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage& a) ?0 K9 Y" N. P, G0 Q) O/ r
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Allied Ships
2 s0 q% v1 v2 `  T      SS S-47( \# |6 e! n6 ^( q  i2 S

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & a  l4 U8 p, y0 t, R2 B
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+ k% l! a$ C; t7 Y! q. wRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
7 H: F/ T- ?! L" KEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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      A6M2 Zero x 233 n$ |2 n+ W7 c$ A0 _3 m2 l! k
      B5N1 Kate x 2
$ ?& s) }" {$ N      B5N2 Kate x 12
& v# P+ ~0 J2 M% K5 `$ y& t/ i) [, D0 j9 @      D3A1 Val x 12+ b+ n+ ], c. D# Q
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Allied aircraft" Y. h# G+ X! G5 [
      P-40E Warhawk x 10$ O$ m. O! @9 d( B# `3 y  L
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 s. a2 h, T- p5 Q      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
% S5 p* c0 J: @# x      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
$ }2 t& [  t! k1 Q% P4 m* R9 p# S      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged4 Y4 O2 S; B% r# R
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed9 D' Y. d4 V4 ?+ z
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak) i  i4 ]% t: x+ J
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Allied aircraft losses0 ~6 X. D! y! Q7 m
      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged. N5 Y! X4 K. J
      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground5 i1 B; [  V) Z6 x/ \, l
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
9 M. E, W2 G8 q* M4 Z7 F      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground5 v; R7 ]6 U; T! H
      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground: w, H* L$ k7 V3 B* I( T( ~1 h& ?
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground7 u/ ^* z9 t4 {* p7 p1 D
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
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Allied ground losses:' G7 t9 U# A/ `
      4 casualties reported  [  p5 Y( c0 c3 O
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ w+ A2 i: s1 |5 S% s: u& Q  p
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
8 ?' ?2 j4 S5 `- w% Q" X$ |* R8 G         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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9 W$ V, s' {3 M' w1 N  ]3 ~+ eAirbase hits 1  F5 f. l; c7 [) y+ [
Airbase supply hits 2+ N+ F) N# m0 W5 u/ O$ F( K6 e
Runway hits 18

kevin_hx

莫港的地面部队，一开局就已经开了自动补充，目前已经超过100战力

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42
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重创的CA芝加哥号单舰将日军莫港登陆船队逼退，日军登陆的企图再次破产
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards6 |# A( z- c" t. s8 f2 ^3 E

3 r; y/ S6 I& hJapanese Ships
9 J) E- Q% C$ S/ H/ a3 q      CM Tsugaru: A" S* h/ M3 j5 E  F
      DD Yayoi
6 |. T. M/ H9 g& G      E Oite9 u; U8 H) K3 Q$ \( G
      E Asanagi
; |1 }2 x6 c( v' u" z7 v, J/ J      DMS W.20
+ h/ v$ ?0 z! r) ~6 Q' `/ m      xAKL Hagoromo Maru
/ `9 U/ i+ q2 w0 e      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2- e$ `$ o% }% V3 R7 e4 t" Y
      xAK Canberra Maru8 s* H5 p" t4 f! [! w- D
      xAK Kansai Maru- ~! u; V. u& [" H
      xAK Kagu Maru
/ N# y% x) s" s/ v* U      xAK Asakaze Maru5 }9 B- H2 v. n. B
      xAK Sinsei Maru7 I' [* y7 b7 O
      xAK Ikushima Maru
! P! f. ?" n  x3 V  Y. o! y      xAK Kasuga Maru #2
, b: J: c8 Y) G3 @9 {# N. o# k      xAK Aso Maru3 c. x7 ^3 `6 b" U5 {% ~3 k
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Allied Ships$ L; U1 |- M" S. l: v* f
      CA Chicago,  heavy damage( U' j' X+ V2 p8 ^, H" f( D
* E' v; y5 ^* |
随后盟军的水面舰队和潜艇联合出击与日军护航舰队混战数场，各有胜负
% g* x8 y5 ~, P击沉日军重巡加古号、妙高号、轻巡夕张号，损失切斯特号、阿斯托利亚号、新奥尔良号
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6 e! Q/ g5 _% A0 }' {( MSubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131" }& X. S  n# V' F& J
9 u% Y. e" }$ h# a" N2 P* G
Japanese Ships* G  O3 L" M' S# B2 s: ~$ N  g
      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 G" u& h/ M) ]& {1 r4 ~4 U

5 o" r* P% m; M0 o, p% lAllied Ships
! W9 x( g2 S) p* t% G      SS S-47. a/ l! W! n  `% L+ V2 ~+ N7 W2 ]8 Z
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  |% ~, F! e* `1 O9 QNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards4 o2 ~: j% k" x/ h3 ^
7 T5 k# ^9 F( p
Japanese Ships
1 {% B$ w% a# T' ]6 D      CA Myoko$ |: p# z( H9 l+ Y! M, K
      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 G5 A8 a+ B; V  L
      DD Akebono
3 Q; [: ]9 U( c      DD Sazanami
  a3 s; V+ D0 K9 H" B1 n9 {: R      DD Ushio
& Z. ~: {3 j) B$ B! B
1 E+ L, N, o5 B/ z7 CAllied Ships2 \* R' i+ k: b; x# t( p# @
      CA Chester, Shell hits 1) Z* z& C2 V; y5 M
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; [* d! J9 ^$ M5 I      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
" v; w  a& K& ]& ]      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire2 i0 ~% i; o/ R; E" |- E) {
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' c+ l9 I( R) w  }( \9 VNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
* h: X$ b3 E9 i! p5 F/ @  d1 ~8 e" F( b% b* P
Allied aircraft0 o: o4 ?( k& l, I: U) D+ x% t
      no flights
# c/ C# R; \  h4 V; w0 Q; ~: e5 m7 G5 P# O
Allied aircraft losses
( w- }% T9 l$ V& d      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
7 r( @% l* z; f* m8 q- J9 ^% p! A- x: L6 X$ B+ p
Japanese Ships
4 ~, P' _3 u- o2 Z, b      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
3 _& B% c1 y) q0 o5 S* H3 L      DD Akebono, Shell hits 1+ u; H8 d& g" v
      DD Sazanami) b! e7 t0 ?2 x% N1 }# J7 ?  T

. }, K6 ~5 a( WAllied Ships/ @. ^& [3 U: o" Z
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! B9 }3 L; A) x2 j6 V8 D      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1
' s7 M0 O! ~6 @# I0 i* x4 x      CA Australia, Shell hits 2! U/ s9 ]4 I+ D' E/ N' l
      DD Sims, Shell hits 10 }! g) U! V3 {3 |4 a
      DD Anderson
- r, K( J- P7 g      DD Perkins2 S9 c4 @7 P7 P5 J! `  B
      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire0 g3 S# Z8 t. P4 H3 K$ e. }
      DD Worden
- X- r* {. [6 O$ `      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk8 n, l, b  \0 O! K
      DD Whipple7 h7 Z8 M; @; b& S
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards
! `* [/ [! q3 A! k5 g4 l( _/ ^
+ S: b" p$ ^0 Z" jJapanese aircraft
' R3 R( S  C6 S. ?6 W1 o      no flights
7 J+ ~- J+ ~2 X! v  W* x! i& t; ~' V1 l& `1 E  k$ h
Japanese aircraft losses
7 x  ~1 I* c8 {. g      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
% `5 [! c/ e( b) f  A
# ~: J" U$ J" J/ M$ AJapanese Ships
3 V( g: K: t; c. W3 `, I      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk, W0 Q2 ]+ d6 _/ {2 r
      DD Ushio, x5 h$ u) K# I! o( p
# H6 _9 `$ s) q# q' a+ {) r
Allied Ships; e& f4 S( C. ~& T) W8 k
      CA Minneapolis' Q+ i6 `% U$ l" ^
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1
/ I! J$ _5 ]3 `      DD Sims, Shell hits 17 J8 ~7 T( z6 T+ R3 d
      DD Anderson
- b. v/ R  t7 ^1 Y      DD Perkins; M' m# k$ R) s
      DD Dewey
; M3 Q$ [+ C  W" o7 O6 t2 u% b; l6 L0 ?      DD Worden
6 x. R: R/ I4 W      DD Whipple
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
+ U8 k, p% d- p* o0 H" o- k
, N  W' A$ K$ A$ T$ W5 ^! TJapanese Ships
# U0 l, a% g1 m# s+ J6 U  T      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
3 `% G+ c/ r" u
' X, S  T+ ~  ~) B  zAllied Ships
' S2 d0 o  z% G$ e/ m      CA Minneapolis4 G* o# }5 k# O% {% a! M6 ?
      CA Australia
$ s1 X2 z/ u- }) @% h: [3 S      DD Sims  i- @1 N! r$ u7 X8 G3 j
      DD Anderson
4 w/ e0 W6 x, x1 P7 @! m      DD Perkins# ]  \& {0 X; |! g- d& ]
      DD Dewey+ |1 _. r7 i! z& B8 e
      DD Worden
: M- }- W$ w1 F' @" O5 ^5 k; `, r3 `      DD Whipple

kevin_hx

天亮后，日军KB和陆攻疯狂反扑，丧心病狂的大猫天蝗甚至将大艇也对海攻击，盟军多艘战舰不幸或重创或沉没
% A0 L5 ^2 c- X% l% C! A中创的CV约克镇号撤离途中在澳洲东海岸不幸遭到潜艇暗算，中雷重创$ w; X2 G" O& v. M3 c
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% ]4 t- L% f2 JSub attack near Townsville  at 92,144
0 u& u" ^# I, _5 g4 F
2 L( I; ^& D! y' x, d! P: z* IJapanese Ships7 ~( J' q8 ~. j& x. z! W
      SS I-27
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Allied Ships* h1 U# Z1 Z. v' R! }8 D0 q
      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
9 d: `: j# H6 N. ]6 f% e  ~1 d  w      DD Hammann
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,130
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, H  K1 Y0 s( H" CJapanese Ships
5 H6 Y: v6 S4 {. M1 j6 K  Y      SS I-21+ F3 K1 ^3 @# h. P1 u0 Q3 r# S
9 M+ ^* Z- i1 c- j! s
Allied Ships
, R- }  V$ G# I  ?1 v      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage$ f/ P! X& u( W, Y
      DD Morris1 x) [) |/ S: q9 P
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1309 B2 F2 k' T3 \! C
8 _* o9 f2 q7 }9 `- n
Weather in hex: Heavy rain. W, U+ Z- M+ n# L: b, o" q
4 A5 j3 @. i# m; t2 \
Raid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! r5 n  L7 [7 f* _6 ?2 y
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
+ V2 h/ {- t( O# H6 n- N+ `
$ I3 ], n' p7 N& f0 KJapanese aircraft
$ [0 ?+ e7 M+ n, b7 r      A6M2 Zero x 211 D. `9 u, [3 P% B; c" T4 Z% R2 Z
      B5N2 Kate x 11
% N. }; C$ ?7 @. K5 {/ y      D3A1 Val x 170 N3 E6 U7 |4 \5 J+ G

3 B+ E* a% k  KAllied aircraft
& r) J& Y% r; }7 H0 E2 `      P-40E Warhawk x 8
% P# K. N6 s. n2 u! O3 g6 L      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4: m! N! v& N+ W/ `0 {& z% h

. B" @  G+ b7 |Japanese aircraft losses
+ ?" ?% m$ z  Y7 n) C      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed7 l% ^1 E. k% @# O& l4 D" l( U
      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged# E+ b; T5 G# `0 V% v" S/ U; c
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
4 G  h6 g( b/ g1 w: O" G8 d      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged& q  g7 z, z3 v! A" Z
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak4 Y/ ~1 \1 B% b' q1 h. M' ^5 ~
4 {8 j7 q% I* Y, k( M1 M
Allied aircraft losses
* B  o9 `4 h) o      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed! H' u9 l% H4 m! R0 K+ b+ F6 o
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
; [. P$ |, `, V8 R2 I/ o4 ~' _' F, F2 a, v' f) |# e
Allied Ships
5 E( m2 m/ c- W! y. q      CA Minneapolis5 d+ Y1 a' Y, {, ?
      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage$ Y# c9 r  R! ~/ I4 l
      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage
8 V' X+ T# K  _) t0 u+ G$ W' A      DD Anderson
7 W! C. {5 @4 d      CA Australia- x8 u6 }% f3 V  Y
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
" d" U$ _# s3 A( K' z
+ C1 O# W+ a' e4 n! d3 l; _+ X( A) J- QWeather in hex: Light cloud% n! d4 N( |6 L2 M
/ F* A$ {7 f; h- R
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
( X" X& w. `. P) o/ H4 ?Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
  c& U% E; d. i4 f! k9 I5 N" E+ t" B8 y
Japanese aircraft
' H. z0 i( v& y2 y: M" L      A5M4 Claude x 4- Q* @! K6 i0 p9 H% d8 _
      G3M2 Nell x 18
8 v, o  o5 ~2 p9 G      H8K1 Emily x 10! T2 }8 {0 Y! s5 c- S4 H' V( M

* o3 c/ s, c* LJapanese aircraft losses
: T% L5 V6 m3 m( h! T      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
! S: Q* E) v" H$ s* l      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged
& W! N7 ~7 y( P" Q7 R( s% e# @$ j$ I2 R  L
Allied Ships
+ \* ~: |; f9 t9 T. y+ O8 k9 b      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage2 f7 U5 j0 S+ j2 k( W. m
      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1
) d% ]+ M7 {- X1 h7 ^      DD Whipple
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' e* _2 z2 E% J1 DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130. T  m6 y+ u8 p7 X
1 Y2 S0 E% H! D
Weather in hex: Light cloud: H2 E$ t4 a( ?1 S

& V  T$ `9 X% V6 z% j/ dRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
2 I6 K' k5 Y$ G+ WEstimated time to target is 36 minutes
4 r/ h2 D; C5 j/ O- V5 j# Q5 |  a; G! \) V, ]) W1 G8 ~/ `4 v
Japanese aircraft
' s6 O+ M0 W. m, J( ~      A5M4 Claude x 4
: M. s# z7 u5 k' P      H6K4 Mavis x 66 G1 ~; X1 n7 l  g

" V+ M2 D; ~2 uJapanese aircraft losses
; P" |* `* k8 O: l  Z% n6 J      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged  J- A/ X* B) `% x* s2 x( W- t' [
: i! W9 u5 u4 |9 w% A6 W% }& n' }8 d2 r
Allied Ships( R  H" D: Z; T: f! o# f: k7 u# Y
      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130- ]+ f4 G4 J% u6 C
8 n  t- P, a8 b
Weather in hex: Light cloud! v; y- u! C3 d

% S: y0 |1 |7 L4 P4 h3 HRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
( N( R% Q0 P) O% o6 {Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
2 L; |5 \/ D) B* _* D1 g: ]( y
  i2 r: |- z  H# fJapanese aircraft
7 h( v1 W1 m! s4 L, n      A5M4 Claude x 4
. N  U/ U+ N6 ~6 E% `      G4M1 Betty x 129 r% i* T1 [. n' m9 |$ `( c

" V5 e6 j% s8 r6 m/ d9 w& MAllied aircraft
* T) J7 n/ a  X      no flights1 Q' g0 M! i1 z- w* Z9 N
" U4 `" o6 r; t' ~
No Japanese losses
2 m$ p5 _' D5 n9 Z0 I# J, p) ]& O6 F& H# c8 Q
Allied aircraft losses
) @* p6 Y5 j& c, |      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
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! u1 \: _! s$ Q' w# a) IAllied Ships
; Z( f% t9 {% ^0 U: e4 |! M7 U8 `      CL Hobart9 ?) S) ~, N9 B" o; f* f
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

hongqi315

大猫又被瓜牛吃了。。

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42
9 w" G/ `6 r' s7 j第二次登陆失败后，猫天蝗恼羞成怒，KB对莫港大肆空袭，企图瘫痪莫港机场 % [* \) U, ~& J
同时登陆船队重新在海上漂浮，等待时机，等待护航舰队重整旗鼓' L9 {$ e6 ~& u) [2 t% y
而盟军的陆基零零星星地出击，毫无建树，遂要求对海6000英尺，以期获得斩获. ^5 m# V% a' L3 J
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)! K$ W% y  ?  p# T$ ]

) `6 Z  f9 R4 Q8 I2 q; l# c' EWeather in hex: Light cloud1 _. x( w5 |$ w/ S# P- _
* f2 c- t; N9 |. p: r# U
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
, {, h& e5 ]1 ^: q" [2 _Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
" }4 Q! c9 B6 J3 D4 T9 r  g. s& I2 b
& Z- m# @2 G8 ]8 L2 G) A" e2 SJapanese aircraft% A4 o6 Y2 z1 }
      A5M4 Claude x 4
' `* u& D* a$ n6 m/ U/ V5 m  U      A6M2 Zero x 22
# G) D$ Z! N, c0 _  ?" T* N      G3M2 Nell x 17$ W+ Z1 Y, C8 q
* c6 _8 s4 M3 O: \) g9 M
Allied aircraft
9 n! W" _3 F4 D: X* x- a      P-40E Warhawk x 6
% T% O6 G/ L% ]$ ~( j; K6 t      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6* k; [, Q4 i1 I# p9 K* d

# Y" \' s# w" I& ?, ]. G) bJapanese aircraft losses
/ p2 i2 M- l( v, _- Z( c1 @      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed1 x" }# e! f  [6 R
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed6 c) [! b4 k) ~. c- t
* p, h" N( S7 z
Allied aircraft losses
+ \+ B, P# E  w4 M, @' U9 ~3 A# \      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
. k2 S6 ~1 F5 Q& g' X; [$ ]& m/ h9 u' u5 t' o# L6 v) D
  Y! `6 S& `" @
Allied ground losses:; w; e( S5 T" {  G$ h
      21 casualties reported% ?4 m4 ?. \" O( @6 u8 H
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled3 `7 s# Y) Q) m* y2 D
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 I3 u+ h( v, t
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
# R9 V( j4 _( @) S% M% e% f" u( `" k剧本所剩时间不多了，猫天蝗决定发起决死登陆在重巡羽黑的护航下，登陆船队第3次对莫港发起冲滩，但是。。。。# n& \, }+ g/ Z6 k
当天夜里月光暗淡，可见度极低，羽黑编队与盟军水面舰队仅仅打了一个照面就匆匆擦肩而过，结果登陆船队惨遭屠戮) J  H4 t1 M; e2 ]9 D
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4 @0 i, K9 _1 r7 \5 Y3 M& A6 A. INight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards/ Y  R  L1 ?# K% U, X+ [
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Japanese Ships
7 K5 Y! l* n. z/ V0 z3 q( h0 g9 A1 Y& z  m      CA Haguro' ?' K7 e5 P! ~4 a
      DD Shiratsuyu
2 e! i( w* c2 R, F1 P% g- I5 t      DD Shigure1 U( `$ J' G& g1 L$ l. Z
      DD Yugure
; R) A8 Q  M* z: B& n      DD Ariake& u3 w2 K! m; e1 a( x$ x# _. {* m
      DD Akebono
% P0 @! z  M! \7 U+ \2 Q      DD Sazanami
  ~5 l; T3 x0 ~) u/ W: l$ A1 g, m4 E      DD Ushio/ S4 C( J4 W1 E$ X  F5 a6 P$ X
      DD Yayoi
" p2 C6 p" l5 V, v  ?) e: o# G: w; i; h2 f0 t' B  D
Allied Ships" T& i8 a* q: E- b
      CA Australia
0 [/ F4 [8 z, ^7 N( V      CL Hobart
8 Q5 O6 U  J/ ^& e/ p      DD Sims
) a) g1 R5 N" Z      DD Anderson0 D* Q+ W; R  t$ h
      DD Perkins/ V- _, u% o8 J
      DD Dewey
6 g2 z# ^7 C7 u) {% W/ @( D* g$ R7 d, Y      DD Worden& _* Y9 p! u& S! g( d; p
      DD Whipple
: x. i5 H$ [7 V6 F4 H7 ^4 m7 v: @; \; ~* R4 k
猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会
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. J5 }1 Q6 K( X7 t) Y+ ]. B( QDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards7 d* {7 \2 V! p: ^" G; [# B

% k  |; I+ S! }( n5 oJapanese aircraft& A1 j  n/ S1 b1 l& m! P
      no flights
# C- C5 B/ b7 v' H
9 b; W/ Y# ~, C& C. S5 lJapanese aircraft losses
, ?- |, {, P0 C& I7 u- Q5 p      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed# @* x$ {+ L# |9 N- g
" A& n; W& u0 O% A$ }5 |
Japanese Ships
5 {7 J& q1 z. @6 @/ e8 s* N      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; j( l, p1 U1 ?$ o- C, \9 U      E Oite' \) Y8 a% Y$ I2 X3 C
      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ ^( Z3 S$ y, f- k! x/ t      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
/ c5 ]) @* }' K, |4 z      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires' f  G1 h' b4 u+ a( g3 n! q" y
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk5 P0 o9 v- M0 ~  o
      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: J' m2 k/ `) y& f( Q7 y( x' M
      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! ~+ M, _# ]/ }" U8 d/ l
      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 u( I. X6 o' V' d' [8 f# R3 U
      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
/ x, }) @- B$ s1 N* p* l      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ v/ `7 e! R6 ]7 I) w  Y1 s
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires: h7 i2 U1 H7 f' L5 l( P, o+ }2 H
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ a" Z- [% u. E      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 A  m# |8 g( d+ f9 e5 z: L; L: X& |
Allied Ships
) ~  w; C6 p* h0 j% U9 Q      CA Australia, Shell hits 1' x) b# G0 f% K6 B% ]6 \- D# N5 L
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
% \0 G6 E4 {% H3 j      DD Sims) s8 h: U1 @6 k, @9 j1 L/ O
      DD Anderson
$ P0 b: h  n/ j( S2 o      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2+ a9 P  ~6 D' t' Q, p
      DD Dewey
* H+ R* w" R6 c/ j$ q/ |      DD Worden, Shell hits 1% I. |0 d. ?  w  o, i
      DD Whipple, Shell hits 28 ]. b8 p0 n+ b2 \3 t: z4 ^
+ B. C7 c! |5 c  x4 L2 _. I/ S' o
Japanese ground losses:# H- V* w8 j' d
      3411 casualties reported
3 U) u3 u# w' q  a7 X6 {& @- k         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
+ |% e& C' Q( [         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled- I$ n1 e$ d7 g& n' h0 w$ S! q* \
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled+ W4 c2 z* m& _) J/ ^- N
      Guns lost 47 (12 destroyed, 35 disabled)

kevin_hx

天亮后双方飞机互相捡漏，但是已经影响不了大局
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0 O9 d( P, H, ^6 C( ~* B; z( QMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130! u! m# ]4 Z) Y1 i1 t1 F3 v

+ O( f2 F6 a, @" C. K! P& ]Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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. T  r- }" E6 GRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.3 s7 O7 S2 ^' U% b( a! u: f; Z( j
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes, c5 p- n+ r. d. z! x/ U5 U6 O
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Allied aircraft+ x: s8 s$ m7 u5 P
      Wirraway x 62 s0 p2 p* a3 t/ _3 D' @
      P-40E Warhawk x 42 \$ a' Q, V1 o9 N
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No Allied losses$ N! }, Q' K' \
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Japanese Ships2 Y1 i  L8 C2 V5 Y9 {
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 E* x8 \3 P9 ~1 X* y* g3 n      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk, Y( e7 S# W. }6 X% t: @* |

1 ]7 j7 o; F/ _Japanese ground losses:" x/ g6 A- U3 f: J6 z( ~1 S" G( Y* z  d
      131 casualties reported' E4 g2 P8 k4 G& [( D3 G% D0 s
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
% _# z& b) C) S         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 i* H6 D# R) k7 B. G         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. F$ t( z) A' z1 e; G  S
      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)* s: I' I/ d2 |  `  @9 o

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6 W5 o  b4 \! FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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1 p& M0 A( u2 m" XWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet., b8 Y; n" _0 B) _
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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Allied aircraft1 A9 x, g7 G. ?: {: p: \
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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4 a. ~; ]& P, o$ w( s& ANo Allied losses
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! [. o( [0 ^- g) wJapanese Ships
  Z, h9 Y$ m. C( R$ Q% M1 W      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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/ w9 v" g8 e4 E+ A9 L2 c      188 casualties reported  r# E$ h5 R" @9 Q0 W# H
         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled) v( x0 F1 A- t% Q- _
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
# E* ^; E- J% V6 g! ]         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: k6 l0 e- D  V& t1 ]8 T6 p7 o. R) C
      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled): A1 S7 O& o+ m) b) m
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5 b0 w4 t9 Z! {Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130   w. ]- F# G$ C" c5 v

% j! Y  s- J& O& g5 ~4 ]Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( {7 Z, G$ `9 O( v2 F/ ^' KEstimated time to target is 8 minutes( i: x) G; p5 c* O
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Japanese aircraft
+ ^& l3 D+ W# A* h: a  t$ s; Q- {      A6M2 Zero x 17
# s7 y8 y; J; h* _5 h% A      G4M1 Betty x 25% y- O$ F: p8 P/ G0 X

0 o. ?6 D5 d9 ]3 G3 ?3 OAllied aircraft
' \* i' F" M" D5 K% x2 M: d      P-40E Warhawk x 36 c" a5 r1 t  }9 t" J
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1" c2 [  ~" h. @6 H  c
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Japanese aircraft losses5 x1 V9 p! b' g- ^; N
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
# v/ v* E2 H/ m( g' a$ _      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed/ L+ b; C; a; B# I$ k( D) |

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9 p6 I& c7 G0 |0 r# u0 d      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage