战报如下:9 j4 l) y* K; t+ ^; B8 K
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。
3 G E7 m/ |: k& `Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 ]6 k3 ^. W/ V* B5 A
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
, f$ o$ {! w9 O7 hRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
1 u* o0 f6 b6 M) ?; P! SEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
* U5 U3 T$ n) n" e1 o: w+ X! KJapanese aircraft
' [# I3 m, f7 o% h$ ~3 @! Y A6M3 Zero x 14$ W5 D4 I! u" x+ J4 p* k9 m
G4M1 Betty x 722 A `4 {( Y" a) N0 B, O' e
Allied aircraft
) I/ `8 S. N$ n- `! P3 T: O7 _ Kittyhawk IA x 27: T" A. p1 T7 K. h- l
Wirraway x 42; A* N1 t8 h9 h- _, x. @: @
P-40E Warhawk x 9
$ c5 J% d# B7 L3 P ?( \- dJapanese aircraft losses' w; @6 a8 F. O6 m: ]$ X% k; K1 Q
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
/ Y" o5 e3 @: X1 }7 }, R G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
4 z& a! R( t" V1 l7 oAllied aircraft losses3 P) ^6 I, i+ H% }8 R& t# Y
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 ^1 Y. b" M/ I+ s# ]' l9 Z Wirraway: 5 destroyed* b3 _8 R& I U! }3 \0 `; _
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
. Q& y5 x+ W5 T# O3 v; YAirbase hits 2
+ m6 j) C' h# m# A; C2 K. |Runway hits 8$ c* b/ c& w2 G9 a) f# L
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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。6 B; T$ F$ A7 N2 e* A1 u! _8 W
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1308 R" ^/ i; k# z, j6 _% Q. ?
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms8 ?; ~& |( U2 V: t4 t
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.$ S. r1 p3 k; Q- x. T
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
7 t: `$ z6 E, T2 h# S7 ZJapanese aircraft
S. |/ ^4 \- W$ N% A A6M2 Zero x 32
' D" Q( V( m5 j, _( f. f D3A1 Val x 88 T- U# }0 z7 @, |* B7 n& R4 v
Allied aircraft
; Y+ u0 j/ S# U8 G# f/ h0 ]: W Kittyhawk IA x 148 e2 B8 ^" d! y* Y$ h2 J/ l3 R. u
Wirraway x 21
, {" k/ h9 _- o' f8 U7 v P-40E Warhawk x 7( s3 i; Q9 E V+ J
Japanese aircraft losses
|: f0 K4 k" _" G; R* K' E D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed5 R$ E2 L! ]9 Y" I3 z
Allied aircraft losses
, M* k* ]) E( y0 e* i4 @ Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed. X3 [- ~, Z( C2 I
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
3 i2 u1 l4 Z) w8 G$ oAllied Ships/ H A" k; _' k" `4 H# w
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage4 w2 D5 k) \# l, x4 U. b
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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。
+ m) f1 ~$ `8 f9 oAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134 v1 P5 G8 V$ Y5 |& I# _' y
Weather in hex: Overcast
; }% n4 y' i0 D: b+ d9 p W1 ^Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.+ t- A7 K+ m1 x- @6 Z$ |, k
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
% ]- X6 _7 Y* f8 EJapanese aircraft
$ }9 N+ {* o! J) {0 m! a! ~$ c A6M2 Zero x 43$ A# t3 m1 J% r# _2 ], Y
B5N1 Kate x 456 O7 L! `. m2 j! {9 H
D3A1 Val x 7
5 \, K6 M1 F3 s! Q% D2 E- D D3A2 Val x 49
8 N/ g4 c) l, J1 r/ B6 @" IAllied aircraft1 Q+ ~! j+ u5 a
P-39D Airacobra x 9
4 m% ^' a7 S! n/ u' { F4F-3P Wildcat x 169 `4 @, n) _, _0 x8 D8 t7 D
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1004 n$ \- p9 W( p; c, k7 Z% n
Japanese aircraft losses
; l1 G8 c& ^% s7 T2 F } A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
3 F" g; \. Q0 ?6 f8 z i( T B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
# p1 [3 J0 u+ K. f) [ B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
; y" U* @! {# t8 `+ X. z( B D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
4 c6 u! b% s1 v( ]# H D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged/ x8 m6 }$ q7 H6 d
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
2 f' l5 _, I% W5 F# }" wAllied aircraft losses* u/ y1 b- Y' ~! E$ y& z+ I
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed$ \2 y" l* P o2 C- Q# m
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
) H2 J/ ~$ h+ m: gAllied Ships- z6 G( Y' |* \; j. s8 b
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire! c! F7 u: v4 @% [0 ]5 f( e
CV Saratoga
) c% n# R k# a' D8 O, W CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
# x0 ]( I* p: U* N! B% i CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" o5 m1 m$ R- A, `" f
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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& y6 F; V# D8 L2 L: T' H3 y6 N! Z; Y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。! z: V% i8 q* y% Q* q
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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。8 q9 I F# W4 q: L
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。 |