战报如下:, [8 P5 x3 [) u! U5 ], u
莫港机场于今天修好了跑道,盟军转移上40余架威乐威,12架P40E,30架小鹰去莫港机场负责直掩。日军12架0战32掩护两个大队的陆攻准备重新压制莫港机场,遭到优势航空兵力的抵抗,仅命中机场8弹。) F% y4 U7 q! E+ j, Z7 E
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 d# e: H" E' h- `4 |( I, r6 F
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms: u" a2 x {* A! z5 T
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.4 h0 K$ ~ G' s+ z/ b% {5 e8 L6 a( }
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes" H6 U, w' d% k/ P W
Japanese aircraft
# J: j, w5 V% e A6M3 Zero x 141 T3 O/ E; e) i4 r5 |" g. j O8 j
G4M1 Betty x 72- W2 C0 e) j, V$ s# z/ Z v
Allied aircraft* X- B5 _% d2 ?& F
Kittyhawk IA x 27
3 N% k" m o% k9 g Wirraway x 42
' `2 P0 F5 j1 K6 u4 t P-40E Warhawk x 98 r) J! h1 `! g! X8 f* V, o
Japanese aircraft losses9 }% _- |2 s& o* `
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
" n' v& p) g4 a) X1 \* ~ G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
6 N% k6 `$ B* l# {Allied aircraft losses
! Z" _( r9 z! O* I; M8 c5 Y; w1 N/ c Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
" B' K) l5 Z" x8 ?, D, O9 j Wirraway: 5 destroyed
) h5 l. y/ M$ C) Q2 N P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
; m3 @: B4 ]% o, I2 c3 [. l4 o* R0 t+ MAirbase hits 2
) d) @: F. `2 z) XRunway hits 8
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KB上起飞了一波32架零战掩护8架99舰爆对正在莫港敢死卸载的AK进行了攻击,直接造成了对盟军58的那一波攻击护航飞机数量不足,攻击机队损失惨重,这次参与攻击的8架99舰爆也被全数击落。( l5 g4 [2 @2 L" L
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130& U9 @4 H5 ^% Q
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
' e5 I* `0 J5 J1 x' m' C% pRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.1 q0 X( C: |# @% }* u, [$ J4 P
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
# a3 R/ T; z& @( O+ [# {$ \3 {Japanese aircraft! ^" ~* T' X5 q& c2 W# a# y* O
A6M2 Zero x 328 q! n [7 b4 l% B' a; _
D3A1 Val x 8# v) N8 D& F" f; ?; b
Allied aircraft
4 S% t% J, j; X/ d/ ~; C Kittyhawk IA x 14' @3 n( h7 y0 s# e4 a+ G
Wirraway x 21
9 o) i/ ~9 I5 e; V9 d P-40E Warhawk x 7
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D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed& f' s9 W! y; N1 [+ G# x1 e
Allied aircraft losses0 I) l! w2 e# ]& r, Y
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed4 K/ b8 q& Q7 k' B0 U
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
# h3 f9 ?/ {; w; r8 XAllied Ships
+ ]$ b& v4 A/ I( n8 v1 G2 m xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 S: B% o1 Z f7 L$ P) x G% A
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KB主力攻击机群对位于米尔恩湾的58主力发动了攻击,所幸有32架零战去参与了莫港外海的攻击行动,只有43架零战直掩,被58直掩的100余架战斗机打了火鸡,参战的97舰攻和99舰爆均只有个位数的飞机飞回了母舰,以近百架飞机的代价,盟军黄蜂号CV中了3鱼雷3炸弹,被击沉。: S+ F" m P: N& p, s
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134& P( K8 U- X" B7 l7 j
Weather in hex: Overcast, C! G. n1 E$ Y4 O( `- [
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
) N6 w/ l7 m- vEstimated time to target is 45 minutes7 y' w0 B4 |* Z1 o8 B: P+ Q
Japanese aircraft
! N+ a) D& \9 i( S* u A6M2 Zero x 43
$ Q0 ^3 w- b0 w4 X; E% W, v0 ? B5N1 Kate x 45
$ j7 l. X. g6 e4 Y: D D3A1 Val x 7
' g+ u% R) D | D3A2 Val x 49
+ A* g& p$ i% F3 c# OAllied aircraft9 Q! B; E% Q: m
P-39D Airacobra x 9
3 V+ H( r7 j3 t i3 a F4F-3P Wildcat x 16* Y, ~$ o% A6 T" W
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1003 W9 y8 O3 v8 f# j2 m
Japanese aircraft losses
8 k7 b0 i0 v. t, ?; @/ Z( V A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
+ u7 A+ }: a: j$ f B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged8 \( O! v$ \" @
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak% v0 p1 [- ]- ?9 q
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
$ a) ^. T8 E; u0 B! {3 K/ }( C D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
% r4 K) i# I% T: d D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
7 N" J7 r& W8 r1 k! CAllied aircraft losses' C r1 F& t. b5 g4 z/ P% r3 J; w
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed, ^ W2 D( ` Q- ]
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
8 d1 B" o* l) F: z; ]5 tAllied Ships
. W+ v2 f- Z) z4 f: { i8 ?. k CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
) ~! O: r: y0 L CV Saratoga. ]2 Z3 I0 N2 `. b
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire7 F! D5 {1 t+ u* E
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ } x$ c' L" B J! \8 | f k BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1- T3 \( i8 Q1 C0 g, A& j
' F. q' {/ f0 ~2 m/ }盟军由于没有护航飞机,有70架SBD3和14架TFT裸奔分4个波次对KB发动了攻击,基本上是去送了菜,回来的飞机加在一起估计就十来架,没有取得任何战果。
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, e& E+ P3 n) z7 m4 n( N经过一天的大战,双方均损失惨重,对于盟军来说,好消息是日军航空兵力遭到重创,KB损失的飞机需要几个月时间才能补充回来,更关键的是操作攻击机的飞行员基本损失殆尽,虽然还保留了所有的CV,但是实际上已经丧失了攻击能力了。不好的消息是,载机70余架的黄蜂被击沉,以后就只有靠3艘载机90架的CV和KB对抗,攻击机队在这次攻击中损失也过半,不过好在还有海军陆战队的飞机可以进行补充,受到的影响实际上还是比KB要小。, N2 d* K) M0 x
日军意图通过达达科小道进行强攻,但是在莫港制空权尚在激烈争夺,KB又暂时丧失战力的情况下,在防御X3的达达科小道进行作战,想必也是一件十分艰苦的事情。战事至此,已经进入了十分微妙的阶段,估计需要等到联合舰队两鹰的增援到达才能出现新的转折了。 |