大脸猫

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, c% {9 {" I2 a# X( `5 Z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2 w  F( D" y! O; O( W
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
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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" H$ g) k5 d$ _3 y1 m: h6 b' ~1 aTF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133, ?- p8 s- A$ ^
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Japanese ground losses:
/ z# V# R: d0 f) \" y0 M7 q- f1 u      160 casualties reported4 E/ j& U+ v1 ?  ~! Z9 }
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled3 P' D- y# r' K* G9 m% X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ `( r- ^& R- @: Q% @; R         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
( B) i4 k: u  ~, K2 W      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
* c7 L/ U9 E* C% n7 U4 W3 K: N/ gCV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. [0 [5 t( H$ I5 c- e! y; I, I
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
2 D. B" W. N0 }' Q9 ?' v- _9 rCV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援
1 r2 J0 ^7 |  r: HCV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0 X; G0 q* P* i- y
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于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开
- @9 H# W0 o, @  ?9 [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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' s, o  S: o5 `% E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+ Q  Y- B3 |8 G5 g

# F: W4 T$ O2 A% {& ]Japanese Ships
! U$ K2 A2 o; d1 |  t      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: ~  f: ?0 t* G% i. K; e' n8 R9 b      CA Kinugasa
/ _' v0 `) v! {6 t( W8 m6 S      CA Furutaka
) M4 R* J# c2 |( m$ r      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire
" ^1 o4 I1 K7 a: @8 ^7 }8 ~      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire7 |! p  S; G2 m& E
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires* c, z1 R* N# W. Z
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire
5 q5 q3 v, ]/ X2 U/ H6 l4 e. A      DD Mutsuki
3 |" @5 h8 C0 t) O, X+ Z) c  I/ U; I  \2 ~  l      DD Yayoi
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Allied Ships% J7 V# d8 Q# D9 {, ^) T% x
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1- ?* y7 J1 n# }3 w3 R6 f
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2
( [1 x4 m$ y& _; m0 I0 D2 S* F# z      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire1 h0 ?9 P4 U8 r0 u% x& w
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 3
7 n0 A; N6 `" g: X0 l5 v      DD Sims8 l- r5 p. |& }
      DD Dewey
0 @, B) P4 B: z; D& T      DD Worden7 n3 H4 }/ r# G$ j( [, O9 ~
      DD Aylwin* ]) b) p, I: h/ C% Y) S% ]
      DD Whipple
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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  e* I$ |* p2 p3 M. {  U3 M7 e3 h  d
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,1334 m( B1 D' _7 Y+ v

5 T8 w! m: B3 oJapanese Ships$ ^% r# b# P/ N: l! b+ ?& f3 K
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
+ j; D" ^) `/ u6 m+ N/ t      xAK Sinsei Maru  @7 j- `+ T2 p
      xAK Canberra Maru
1 {; @: R: J; U  `5 i  Q      E Asanagi5 C$ u& E* [* g3 N: Q
      E Oite# s" Z1 }1 b! C2 M0 j, |) e
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Allied Ships* F; `$ h  k) ?$ N; D  [7 c* z
      SS S-44
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Japanese ground losses:( G: C+ B1 B9 c. j- y) {
      9 casualties reported2 h( x. p0 s, D* A* g
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled" C1 E- L( o  d. `9 |$ E
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- ]. I  ~$ t. y4 I( r/ r         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 p, q' y9 I; ?
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133! g0 c1 m' X  W5 X) m+ s. s
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Japanese Ships6 b8 Q+ [6 T% n% J# Y+ ]
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage
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" t6 \0 {7 ?# X      SS S-44/ o( [; n8 P) ^0 W

5 |- E6 M' R. O: j0 `, c0 j/ vJapanese ground losses:- N6 h9 n+ n4 H4 e
      36 casualties reported' p6 b8 _3 U' |6 {
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled. e7 w( H' z. E$ k& A6 M5 L& Z
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 j1 f/ b4 q) \0 i( L         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 ; Q( X9 Q* Z& i
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
/ k5 ?: |2 [+ J8 t      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3
# b! V0 g( k5 y      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire
; D1 h, R; D7 A) d      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire
8 h9 b1 s  q" l1 w, y      CL Tenryu0 C2 x' G7 y* x0 y0 F, W4 Z: D
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires
. U( R  \; Y' \      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" I* ~! G) y; i6 S5 p: z/ w

, l# z5 V7 |) Y% JAllied Ships3 _+ D. n: l/ d4 R' ^% f
      CA Chester, Shell hits 3
7 o; D4 J7 \+ \& e: s5 _& J      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage0 [# c  b4 V/ G! n* }
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 33 k, S. Y: }; ?! n' b1 b8 Y9 x
      DD Anderson! x3 I9 j, W3 B) z- s' t
      DD Morris, Shell hits 2- f) h. I1 e0 a) {7 Q
      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
* Q4 p3 i. y2 E$ h# I4 w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& B3 @  S: n* z
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet." s7 K, L& u* U& B( d
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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' O+ [5 q% X; s" r: f) TJapanese aircraft
) m$ Z* T" O& u/ T5 l/ t% Y      A6M2 Zero x 4
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$ c% v% H8 X; E3 |Allied aircraft+ U6 a4 K8 Z4 R4 ]1 w
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
4 u# N% M, f8 F; _; F      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses! u" B( k: l, d, O
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
0 w/ w- f6 {1 N      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires
+ @2 t/ `/ ~( ^& J4 x6 s0 |      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
# }3 X/ @5 m) B4 }5 ^! w* A      CA Furutaka,  on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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1 j9 @2 e1 f5 h# `; n: P% o' eWeather in hex: Heavy cloud9 V6 p6 i  S1 _4 Y3 t% R) q; R

$ v! X7 B5 Y+ ]& N9 @/ f: yRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 P' ^. p* Y8 X5 Q
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 e9 r& \6 A4 a1 e0 O      A6M2 Zero x 19& @7 B! a! o2 r
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Allied aircraft
) \  x9 e/ n& f, m      P-40E Warhawk x 1
9 l$ @- \6 ~+ x- z      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
* @# }) m9 Z! w3 t: x. P      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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No Japanese losses; c' |) h# ~5 Y* h* L7 c

9 U8 J5 B3 v5 }6 Z0 PAllied aircraft losses
0 s' G5 o$ S. \+ R1 M- M      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
% D' c) A/ r$ Z: {5 P      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged- y- q( \. z/ w6 A6 l5 ]5 V
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Japanese Ships
! m* ?5 i- `; h+ N, G) T  y      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* [2 Q0 q0 c; @      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire: @% s- ^2 ]* l3 a1 o6 Z7 l$ A9 v

3 l. A4 f, ^4 {2 ?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
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1 A/ S# M, Y% p# w5 bAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130# g4 z% C9 G& b. g
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Weather in hex: Overcast9 g7 q0 i# n; O$ o0 D4 V
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Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
7 z! \4 D( }0 k% u7 N9 s" CEstimated time to target is 42 minutes) ]8 d$ ]/ U, b, P, x& L# T1 z
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Japanese aircraft! i% U# ]# n$ m) G% m0 v' @
      A6M2 Zero x 26. l7 k) P0 r" E$ l% ~
      B5N1 Kate x 3
9 O8 A% ?$ `1 t5 i      B5N2 Kate x 12: p) ^: X& w' M$ ~/ R+ a
      D3A1 Val x 29+ O7 q/ H" i' x+ q8 @! w

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, |$ z( I/ H  x' G' I" h; g# |      P-40E Warhawk x 195 t8 u6 r# S; ]4 _9 F/ [
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses9 O  t) p) i/ _8 ~
      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
* u, }' H  B: J; n9 H      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged1 V0 A9 Q# `$ |- Y! p% k
      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
; v! h# A% w" _6 W' d, R      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged
6 Z& [3 R6 x. m/ b' k7 z" w      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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No Allied losses# o9 d. J: R8 o) f
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Allied Ships* r, I  o) g1 S0 Z9 [
      CA Australia) i# e+ O7 Z3 b6 i1 c6 v! W; N2 X
      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire5 c# T* R: [  v! [4 V; j) ~
      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
, P1 `& ?1 \8 s: J      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire  m+ O8 [3 C2 t
      DD Worden: E/ ^3 o! V9 [8 Q' _' R# h
      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, 422 F+ n1 f5 v* G) s/ ^
大战结束后，双方都在调整部署
0 `+ k" I" S* F+ k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" W* g6 S& ~( D6 F, u8 _
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
7 F) H- P! E+ v; b4 K" n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6 v# k- ~% d: U+ J
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Submarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,133
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      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships1 ^0 y) ]' g- @( {' F" m$ X
      SS S-47
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3 C& w: Z* D2 r) }( c4 [2 YAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " w! ~: h% b: B* U0 J5 L

4 c  O" q( V! _7 W" ]# Z0 z- H: qWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.& n6 }& G1 h) w6 D/ l+ v
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes' ?% z0 R0 R& B$ _! n  I: K
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Japanese aircraft
$ p* [+ n+ T6 w      A6M2 Zero x 239 _/ Y9 V- P0 [$ m+ i
      B5N1 Kate x 2
2 q6 C0 ?( F9 [( O  V* O7 ?      B5N2 Kate x 128 X" O# l& n. X3 T. u" D- n$ q; B! Q
      D3A1 Val x 12
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0 g8 {  d; J5 b! @* wAllied aircraft: r. ~7 O0 H1 ]2 N' u
      P-40E Warhawk x 10
5 q& W0 Y$ ~" |; S' [5 \      F4F-3 Wildcat x 100 A$ i- A* A  y' q) E. s3 a2 Y* b

' d1 |; R) y5 o/ M4 y" }Japanese aircraft losses
. a' t4 a# C! O3 m) V      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
- U1 d6 `# a2 v# w5 M      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak$ a9 I$ O- {) e$ i$ G
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged6 L7 `8 i# ]5 k# J( x  c( v
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
! j; x1 d2 j) j# q! @      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
# f* I9 ?! `4 J2 Y9 H      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
  d, U8 S% S4 J9 W0 b4 x. o( ^      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
! ~6 ^7 K" s# S8 }* c      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged) R) X  k. b+ r# v& ^
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground( p1 I  ?/ v  }; b
      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground* x* T! s. o5 p6 r; \8 k  D2 h1 O
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
# H& z' ?  j5 S: u& @      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground, E( y# A( B# b3 L$ r

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4 l2 b& J, c0 F  R- O4 ^0 \- ^Allied ground losses:2 M/ ~( P. u/ j' _0 m% u% U+ W
      4 casualties reported
  `: `& U8 w6 D3 b& r         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& F$ u$ o( a# Q$ P/ o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ t: l( C* X  ^# N- o0 k         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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7 o7 u( ~# ?9 c( LAirbase hits 13 s2 w# t; Y* N/ @
Airbase supply hits 2
/ ~+ H/ `& P& g! q. D5 SRunway 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* c# X* i4 _) Z) u: R" k
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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 Yards
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: w" s) a6 O: r, w- v% o, e      CM Tsugaru
5 g: D& X6 a# w3 o2 ?6 m      DD Yayoi
! [8 N- z8 p" a      E Oite# a/ E6 v' P" E4 Q: v
      E Asanagi
1 I6 ~& T* P1 {' e% d      DMS W.20) @$ n9 Y2 o2 S
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru  C4 l4 ~* R  @9 }9 o7 f
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2; r0 n* Q7 d: W6 P% x& ?
      xAK Canberra Maru+ y" K4 }* ~  s( {0 ]
      xAK Kansai Maru
: Y* t' u: C+ r6 S      xAK Kagu Maru( V6 g: r1 \  Q; B8 D
      xAK Asakaze Maru
  [% U. U8 j: c# Q      xAK Sinsei Maru- q& r* v  ~# b, i5 u) ?
      xAK Ikushima Maru
# {! {2 i: d* w/ ]      xAK Kasuga Maru #2
* a8 L- X- U: x' {6 }2 @      xAK Aso Maru
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. E: f: P4 W6 t- g, S* j$ OAllied Ships8 G! Y6 a+ e2 Z7 O# e2 M
      CA Chicago,  heavy damage
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* [0 v- Z% w- e9 r6 ^$ k. N( K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
: n' }: F- u: v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' y" f; z0 m0 ?
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131
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$ E' g1 e/ q/ M0 [9 i5 r9 I! uJapanese Ships* A% I( @6 {- P( @2 w1 E! P
      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships; |  Y7 y6 j2 f7 u# g  w) I
      SS S-47+ P  ^* H+ \. Y6 n6 ~! _
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards
4 F! U, _- o4 `5 M6 x
& D! M4 _' `9 g2 K1 ?Japanese Ships9 d% b* j- w1 U7 S: v4 I9 x, }
      CA Myoko6 ^; \) _2 M1 G0 K: C
      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 W! `5 c/ H" o+ S& O! A
      DD Akebono
/ m8 O+ v3 j$ N4 E, Q+ z* H+ ]      DD Sazanami
. X5 o7 F8 B, H. x' T2 V' {. C      DD Ushio; s  }2 X1 F- v) x1 s! O% F
7 C4 }; O0 G1 ?9 R- }+ @! o1 o7 k
Allied Ships, W* ?5 T* S3 U: K' h; c, @/ C/ f
      CA Chester, Shell hits 1
1 z& T6 Y2 Z( {) m      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
* h+ V5 h, A) {- _      CL Hobart, Shell hits 43 [+ X+ }! V+ B) s$ D
      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire
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! E( `3 G9 s; jNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards5 a; g* N6 M# G3 i. J8 \

' y2 Q& M7 |7 y* }Allied aircraft' s" [1 X( V% _# m& L7 a7 s
      no flights
/ h: m1 z+ D- r' v# w) ~8 z1 e- w) @
Allied aircraft losses/ H' I2 O: e. y# U3 y: c8 {
      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
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5 E5 E& L5 T2 ~9 _/ RJapanese Ships
  Z; H& v& ]) ?# B1 D! p' P" m      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage7 U$ J0 U5 o8 z7 @% |" \5 S
      DD Akebono, Shell hits 11 a3 U; s! v) R1 D4 N
      DD Sazanami
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5 A" ^6 D) X: gAllied Ships
4 F$ S& ?4 B- c8 d+ G; U8 M      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) D0 j& P* N( S
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1; Y9 @! {9 u/ C2 E0 N+ W
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2& u( |# V6 U7 E/ O1 ?
      DD Sims, Shell hits 11 x. |" i5 T5 B, e
      DD Anderson
7 e( Y: G$ I5 [4 ^5 ~1 _      DD Perkins
8 l+ G. i$ O9 I  h5 W      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire
. c, G+ F: z+ h  P% d; j      DD Worden/ C& E! u# ~  B8 Z
      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
/ x3 ^. ~, T  n7 J2 H      DD Whipple
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9 i+ o  \1 E# }4 }- D% t# o& h# y2 iNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards' r% O) N/ c7 c+ A# P

4 Y- z0 l2 C8 }Japanese aircraft% l# p$ t7 Z0 n% f/ M
      no flights
: r2 @: X& `$ t7 y0 [$ V9 p& _' C* {& E: s5 P0 ~0 T8 w8 k, f, C  R5 t
Japanese aircraft losses
3 x- O5 r% O* J      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
8 ^5 y- @9 k! [- W# j* f! a+ N" d9 N3 {- u5 g8 u' P9 W! ?
Japanese Ships; K7 |& d* }2 z# e
      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk  m  }* j& C6 E& ]6 L! R
      DD Ushio* j8 ]! w  |$ L0 i
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Allied Ships
( z. d4 s* ~8 w* W      CA Minneapolis" m5 M2 |' ~( J# H" j1 ^
      CA Australia, Shell hits 15 B) ?/ L8 m; Y, I1 _
      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
! Q% n; a7 I$ ~0 `) B      DD Anderson8 ~; |% P7 W: M) V: c8 |, }, N3 ?
      DD Perkins
8 Y# n& `, P6 u      DD Dewey5 f/ e" P/ v$ n+ M: o, s' O7 x
      DD Worden0 I  I( u4 P: X8 Z, Z( J
      DD Whipple, J1 }' i3 |( T- k" \
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8 L  Z% u# _, g- ^: K* ?Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
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: _5 r2 j, G! V4 y3 zJapanese Ships
9 K+ c* ^) H0 k: y$ q      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk1 Z3 F# j: E! r5 c! A+ d
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Allied Ships% ^0 a+ z5 r6 q- t) X" b
      CA Minneapolis
% W6 _8 w6 u) H5 v! J/ _) D9 g1 }' Q      CA Australia9 C) i5 \; h4 d0 C% F# F* D
      DD Sims
5 h( b) ]) e* f& G      DD Anderson( i8 P1 r  x' O" W& \1 o
      DD Perkins
  V! p3 t* Y" w3 [/ l+ Y3 \% @% q/ Q, s      DD Dewey+ y/ O- v% b' F& E
      DD Worden$ S: i: q: y8 o! e) f% n/ ^/ \! a' v
      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# X5 i. E% @2 Y4 b  }
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' D* m% C5 W: @! q9 l; |5 p
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Sub attack near Townsville  at 92,144$ b+ {7 j6 o& ^7 O( h: i

' d, ~7 h5 _- m6 ?' E8 g( ]( hJapanese Ships
, h, O. y: Y' i2 r( o: U! |      SS I-27
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4 B/ a' @: s% T1 @& k. hAllied Ships% t, N/ Q& B7 P% H
      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
" K) Q' Z" [- z2 J# M3 D      DD Hammann
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  \& L. y% _; G' V3 u. @Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,130
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Japanese Ships
9 ?! r$ v, x8 C! ^' L7 n2 F, I      SS I-21
' X3 X3 D4 l  d; g$ [6 [- v0 y; M4 [% e; j
Allied Ships8 `  c$ M4 W) g
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
! B* m- H8 O6 u" t/ j& e      DD Morris
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130/ r; }  B% N5 H& u
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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; W2 w# R& o$ b, |/ A$ [, pRaid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet." p# x  a/ O. ?* P4 I
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
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% b" g5 }' |/ i3 @! `4 F: p$ LJapanese aircraft4 r! p) S- M0 y/ T1 b
      A6M2 Zero x 21/ d6 t, ?% k! B* t/ E  w
      B5N2 Kate x 11
' A# y5 C4 A" V# A# G      D3A1 Val x 17& T4 o! A# p0 t6 ?, y

3 {. q6 u: {* v4 ^$ eAllied aircraft  G5 |8 |* B, E% _& V, }# U
      P-40E Warhawk x 8
$ y  F) O: T2 _9 A      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
! h3 L& r: z* g; h
+ x9 N, e3 o* c  g$ HJapanese aircraft losses$ f0 j# G( x. }. S
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed7 k' l# g/ u0 B# d
      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged8 K9 g, u) V( {/ |  g
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
) q. Q% h/ ^- e      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged. t# e0 f) M8 ^7 w
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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' ?" a2 ?; B7 l1 [1 F8 dAllied aircraft losses% n/ \5 |- V. j3 B: E" A
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed3 ^5 D& X7 ~+ c; `$ Q; z/ x# |; n4 y
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed. O: I7 Q$ c/ F- y
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Allied Ships
# h) i# W  r; k$ {7 S: @; w9 d  v' i7 v      CA Minneapolis
# |, b7 y, H# J$ d      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage
0 W' z  T2 i) q      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage
5 Y2 Q- ]+ C/ M% L; p0 `      DD Anderson
6 @  u8 y) q# O# H      CA Australia; `' B6 N# N( b6 v( o
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  d! `) @/ N$ S$ @Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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3 c$ E  h5 J7 u+ f/ N! t' Q; oWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
- [6 W2 Q' \& m& T7 c* CEstimated time to target is 16 minutes& k$ u4 m7 Q; t) Q

( w, f- p- `6 k5 b. g4 n8 ~Japanese aircraft( i9 A: p: v3 D. M
      A5M4 Claude x 42 d" ~: D0 i$ G) v, v4 ?: Z
      G3M2 Nell x 18* G* m; p5 F, H! V0 l
      H8K1 Emily x 10
9 X7 \+ x, G7 S3 a* L, I$ n9 @3 H4 {  u* h0 H
Japanese aircraft losses
3 G( C1 F; F# E; V# ^      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak7 d% M# E" ?' W* X# \( w
      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged
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Allied Ships
/ F3 e5 ?) K" t: D) s' X! s      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage2 t4 p: [; w/ P* S% Y7 g
      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1
1 u+ c* J% t. o0 e      DD Whipple% w$ `( B0 ~5 P' s) A0 n; ~! ^0 i
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud# W. a9 E5 R7 n3 @
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
5 Y5 R5 a" j" y2 O- C" lEstimated time to target is 36 minutes
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Japanese aircraft9 \( V) X2 _  g) g
      A5M4 Claude x 4; {! M  |, A  o' v; ~
      H6K4 Mavis x 60 k1 n1 z% a( w6 _3 R

! y, @% u2 m3 K3 TJapanese aircraft losses8 a1 m4 }3 R. C
      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged7 n+ b0 N# q; ]9 `4 q1 i. ?
2 P6 ~  x! N/ o# w* K% P- }1 {3 ]
Allied Ships8 y9 x* Z% D* M8 ]) o" @) x
      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, q; q" w' Z* k5 L: o/ J; ?' Y1 y
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1 H/ z5 O5 M; T7 L" Q$ jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1300 i' ?) [5 s% ]* m9 b

/ ~- d; \7 F: M6 F+ nWeather in hex: Light cloud1 `# q8 k" A  l2 t2 y6 V- j
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.* O% r9 m& T& d6 k- H) F* o$ L
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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2 N4 k9 q2 X3 W2 \& OJapanese aircraft
$ k! @: o, m% r' f3 A3 P      A5M4 Claude x 4
, {# V) m8 |! q2 u7 k      G4M1 Betty x 12
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2 f6 A$ d' S& [4 d: g. G4 w" V' BAllied aircraft+ `! y  u' d1 }- B
      no flights- S6 j3 Z; z/ \4 K. K( J
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No Japanese losses! {7 K, b! u( H0 `# M; _+ d
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Allied aircraft losses
6 B& M& }% O1 Z2 q* ^      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
9 @, y9 w, I0 [& H: n6 l
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8 f3 m3 n, |; W( H      CL Hobart
! ^) Q9 H/ S, f5 c0 l5 ?      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' N3 W7 o3 ^1 [5 A3 F4 z3 f
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 7 V, B, r* N8 M5 V2 r- u7 A( w
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% _/ s- |4 c; O
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
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; F1 {: T' m( i1 |& c: S/ xAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
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( o/ V- ^/ f, D3 }8 C2 e! oWeather in hex: Light cloud
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/ O1 f' [+ {& ]$ X4 vRaid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
% y/ J+ {* a/ d2 n" q7 x% j  LEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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/ c6 R; S4 G# h& |; x( ?6 q8 a! IJapanese aircraft' n4 x$ c: \( N" A+ T
      A5M4 Claude x 4. E( f3 j% G( O
      A6M2 Zero x 22# M: p: M& G5 m! V2 b( \7 f% ^
      G3M2 Nell x 17( s. Z* `8 U& b) r% Y
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Allied aircraft
+ U% }' l' O3 L6 r" q5 [" j      P-40E Warhawk x 6
8 \% P/ p" Q, B      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6$ H6 q3 q" K4 Z: T
1 ~7 ?- z. o+ u  j5 ?! O6 B; l* H9 i4 V
Japanese aircraft losses
% C2 ]) R1 `+ c7 a8 q) K      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed& J: t9 l( v) u+ F
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses( h5 F, X. R5 v( d
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied ground losses:( s+ S7 O) S: @( ], {- l
      21 casualties reported; L* |8 {. _. W5 o) J% v2 a
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled  s6 O7 j1 L1 D% K- {3 j
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  v8 K$ H6 f$ O: r# N         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42- l4 C3 K( E  q
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。。。。& ^# P) @- I& c5 m' {) r
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
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: S9 j& Z  R& l. e0 DNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards. z* Q9 G# R5 [' ]0 }# p* E
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Japanese Ships8 M; P" a  R* S6 ^
      CA Haguro
  x2 X0 X% L; ]. H1 Z0 k- a. a      DD Shiratsuyu
: s9 ^; v+ [' e7 t/ x5 z' c3 Q5 ]& d      DD Shigure
  Z3 A- Y# B; q8 w) q& C5 Y7 r5 x      DD Yugure& j- E# C; ?! l- ?; }7 \  A9 g6 T
      DD Ariake( [) g+ F7 T8 h! g$ G! e
      DD Akebono
# Q- _2 t6 |) U' a' K      DD Sazanami
1 ]; a. y! T' V      DD Ushio* y3 K7 E$ |2 X' h/ S8 i- H
      DD Yayoi$ b" z" h6 d1 Q+ c# e% |$ t/ j, N
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Allied Ships* s: _; L* Z8 M* f
      CA Australia6 @+ Z; h# D2 B# }& {* y. G! [! B2 B% b
      CL Hobart5 c0 r( I; \; O4 K
      DD Sims
  `" K1 K7 p% M% \5 p      DD Anderson
& m1 H( _: p% ^5 K# v; C  w      DD Perkins) |# u) D2 A9 t- f7 @
      DD Dewey7 n, Z$ C3 k7 }: L7 b
      DD Worden
9 t& S4 E. {3 m      DD Whipple
2 ]& n9 ?7 l4 ?8 b8 w- G! n4 ?# m  f* x$ o" e' A
猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会 5 Z' \% ]( z8 d" a
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards: z& R$ K+ {1 k8 r! S
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Japanese aircraft
& Y8 s, A: L6 p1 ]$ I      no flights& W# r) j; w( _& f

+ B9 e, N- l" g) M  @Japanese aircraft losses, n- b& @4 Y2 L& |0 p) D
      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed3 Q( L- {& h. U, Q2 ?3 r! m- X7 X
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Japanese Ships
' O9 @* |9 Y% n! F& ?      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- X9 n" [3 P0 Z: p! X
      E Oite
& f: E- p) x3 x2 c      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage$ a+ [3 T8 a7 r* G2 y! V1 a' c
      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk8 Q$ T$ b! S, t" U! m
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires# c" o& q7 V, s, K1 y: O
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
6 B; {8 L/ ^* p* M$ I) O8 i      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
" I. {% |! u, t' P      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 @; l5 B6 g+ u4 z: n& j
      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
0 p. Q2 @- R! Z8 v      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
  p$ y# }/ h2 D5 d& ~      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! D; a% M  K9 U( t0 a2 R  C8 ?4 p      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires* n0 Q. Q1 N5 n2 Y3 a- \
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: L, H5 @5 S4 ~- P% V3 @+ z      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage, P, F8 L9 v; D$ F+ {& D5 Q- ]
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Allied Ships5 l( n$ v% L5 F+ t+ }# g
      CA Australia, Shell hits 12 ?5 K/ [% t9 t, ]
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
6 n- s6 Y8 p" i      DD Sims! B5 f& N: X- a- X) o
      DD Anderson
; V% i! h2 s7 ~2 _$ q2 W5 b      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2. j* R8 s4 m2 ~3 A0 q9 I
      DD Dewey
' ~: w3 M0 w0 r. @- ]      DD Worden, Shell hits 1
" z+ ^. J+ w; G& ]      DD Whipple, Shell hits 29 i. o8 t( W: K* b4 E: r" e
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Japanese ground losses:
4 k4 H  p7 `: q      3411 casualties reported6 Y3 r, D2 S2 S9 \' S7 ~1 O1 m1 I
         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
  ~1 Z, e# ?7 n0 n4 U. v         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled
2 ~: O: a* C. v/ z% x         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
: \0 i8 o  a4 `$ p$ x/ n. O      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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  r' {* s. V+ R$ a" ?! v/ MMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130, v: y- ~( `. B- X

- Y6 t9 r& l3 w2 nWeather in hex: Heavy cloud; M) o, x) D8 p) `* a/ b6 |, `# T
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.* \( h( l6 v+ S; r
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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7 v, u  _# Z8 P) p3 HAllied aircraft
- l1 L/ L$ l/ y. E      Wirraway x 6
5 G$ C( i/ g6 X      P-40E Warhawk x 4
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, J& o  _3 F, m* X2 [& }3 hNo Allied losses
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. O8 g& k) G9 MJapanese Ships) K% }, q' C  {7 H2 |7 q* e
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage9 `; L4 }. g" H3 @9 s' K9 o1 h) r
      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk
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5 f, c, d0 P) z; f% t6 K+ {Japanese ground losses:) Z/ F2 }1 O' S* ^9 i4 z  F' M
      131 casualties reported) y0 V& g0 r1 _1 t" r) c, b4 ^
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled* i9 C) I: D- d* w. \9 p
         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled/ a; j& _+ @& I
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 [; {" I' Z/ o2 n0 B9 ~      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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* |7 D' r& t( i& g: i" bWeather in hex: Partial cloud! n* M' k+ v2 B& U$ o0 f7 s

; f2 u" A: o( j+ ?4 E6 q7 z" vRaid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet./ w$ o  |( c9 k0 [) E
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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. I" \3 u2 V, b& P; ]Allied aircraft
2 }! n% z$ o! X6 Z( D) j8 g# S/ i      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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& D1 A# v: w2 p. t8 {No Allied losses8 Y" s& t! V- e) t
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Japanese Ships+ t: K( ~! B2 g. V  r( s
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage5 ^, z. I4 W% ^# f( g

, q& _% o. V) g2 {0 ^Japanese ground losses:' X% d7 A8 C0 f! p
      188 casualties reported8 v* o4 L4 }0 J. q7 o4 e
         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
- i0 c7 Y9 j; h* f) ~; I         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
" \; y4 I. d2 z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) d3 Y/ H# |2 `- @; m' q) Y3 b
      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)4 t6 o' [1 ^" N+ i9 |0 L
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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2 w$ Z7 U" [; W( |5 E5 m- B$ cWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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2 p4 `' S, O$ y' Z/ T$ Q% tRaid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet., T+ i& j6 l+ M# x- Z8 o
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
+ D6 o, x& Y% Y5 ?' |/ F7 h      A6M2 Zero x 177 w' L# d1 V8 j* q$ a& E2 b
      G4M1 Betty x 25
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      P-40E Warhawk x 30 c8 H* D1 n- s
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
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0 I3 u8 k( {# ]+ R" `) qJapanese aircraft losses
5 c6 ^3 y& ?0 _7 [      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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9 `3 f; n& z/ u; v* C9 N% RAllied aircraft losses4 {) O& k: X) j, H0 l
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed! K; Q  H8 S2 s3 Q, u

+ [0 u" Y- u+ n: F' aAllied Ships
. O' l9 ?+ S5 E6 A4 A+ f" @! i) ?      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage