因撤退决心吓得太迟,导致澳东战役失利之后,二师兄志得意满,骄狂无比,放弃了主场优势,脱离远程战斗机半径范围,单纯依靠TF58向大基地成群的新赫布底里群岛迎头撞来。
7 O6 A- ~1 W! I! B9 L先是裸奔努美阿失利,部队被晾在滩头,几天之后在努美阿以南集结全部航母和大量主力舰开始二次登陆,结果被依托岸基战斗机远程CAP防空的KB吊打 KB只搭载200多架战斗机大部分用于护航,其他容量全部以攻击机为主,7 J) T- i# x7 x% d8 L) [, y
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44 * [3 d9 j: ~) M5 Y
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
! r, |) }9 S- r: h( [ T A6M5 Zero x 147
1 W1 O; {& X3 t1 z. T* E, Q* ]" o B6N2a Jill x 176
' t, [/ T \7 a5 z D4Y3 Judy x 243 V8 o) i' g, n3 p/ X' P- X9 _
D4Y4 Judy x 143% [- K* c( u8 [5 K! C
4 ~3 X0 `1 M2 X9 l# j( zAllied aircraft
/ Z0 q# Y3 \" T+ O% A) x+ h3 q F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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6 ]5 K' j& Q: z" c, \# a& vJapanese aircraft losses
+ U1 V6 |9 S9 O0 M/ N A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
; L0 L! J- _9 L: H" p- h' n' y$ ^ B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
: F, N! ?, O% m0 D D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 {- T/ v2 j$ ^7 L D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak$ e7 r4 [$ R3 G- S( Z4 o6 o
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged9 `9 f W. s* i
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Allied aircraft losses
* z/ _% ^, o$ z: }) m. p3 Q F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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: ?6 L& s. ]& _1 aAllied Ships% f7 ~* d# ^1 v: J: U* K
CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% O7 n; {. \. f' L( ^* {7 t2 ? CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk( z1 x$ R% A' h% u
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk u" U' ~6 l) Z" m
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 Z) O! _3 W8 F+ Y: R/ ^ LST-34+ @# d# G5 m7 Z
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 R! ?7 ~- V, h5 g) g CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 m' f+ D0 h8 l) Q' k, P a& K
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 k2 \7 ]# C/ z- e' Z+ ~7 n% c+ t CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- d" B! Q5 d2 c3 M# e- p) d CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, x# V5 v( f4 ]) Z' m. @% F7 l
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk3 Z* `! m- X, N; m9 N$ E2 L; y! _
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage9 B q6 @9 t5 w2 e& j! p& J; d: [
DE Waterman
( J5 l r0 Q5 Q4 m t" n DD Callaghan" M2 a3 q# t p/ o5 T
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage9 q2 F. a+ Y, @7 O2 H
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' ]8 [3 H p1 @, Y( d+ B6 D' N
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% W* Z4 z8 c- O3 \2 e2 A DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Z5 b2 ~/ X- R# l: T DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire* N; f3 T/ I- h: D- V, }
LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
* ?. ]5 \6 }+ @& n) \ LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires( E0 k. d0 d0 g3 R1 `
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 N0 u* X) g9 K4 u DE Stadtfeld: O D1 t% y" i
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 t7 L6 I: F0 G DE James E. Craig$ b% V. O" W/ B6 m
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk2 M7 r! Q. j1 H9 k3 v! N
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk; n* c5 n% o7 b+ o+ e
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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8 q5 o0 X w; [1 C lAllied ground losses:
% F8 @9 [' i& V6 x0 Y3 k$ j 210 casualties reported
- ^6 \: d0 ?( V Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 K/ ]! _5 X5 C5 f9 s
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled! ]5 \, E- P( {0 M! C
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: b5 |2 E) Y( U' [( }) m2 ^
Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
; S. e: B( |# U6 | cRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.! p& F7 o9 b0 ~9 o
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes* R( `5 b* E2 I$ q
' r! d( D4 ?- u+ yJapanese aircraft
6 W. p, Z2 @3 C% b& ~! r A6M5 Zero x 92
+ O; _6 s6 @4 N N1K1-J George x 26
5 ?( v. d4 h6 Y$ e N1K2-J George x 251- m6 F5 }" n v
Ki-84r Frank x 148
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Allied aircraft
0 F4 S: m5 I6 L2 D+ |: ~ F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
e; C" r, g$ V TBF-1 Avenger x 30! j3 S0 i# ?, F+ [& G, `
TBM-1C Avenger x 23
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
- A! l, ]2 w# C' u F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed
) r7 X2 Z0 C( Q, y0 _- C3 c" c" q TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed( R& i- }% ^9 m* f. d# J7 i0 V
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
& n9 s0 m( ^3 g# k4 q7 r& z& s4 f TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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CVL Chitose; @9 `/ F$ V9 u( p% m0 T0 f6 R
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4 t0 w1 v: d! f3 l+ ?Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.) J: o1 N- S3 M2 n: c% n
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
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3 E/ f( x% d9 ^1 X8 x, d3 k A6M5 Zero x 77; S! r6 e' p+ j# b! I& X/ ~5 g
N1K1-J George x 269 w% R" ]% {# N- s3 D
N1K2-J George x 195
6 P |* k0 Y$ D g Ki-84r Frank x 1276 F" I9 {' H3 \7 m" j& B
! A7 P j: O5 |" M% a( ]- xAllied aircraft
) C7 h) @1 s4 J( k TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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: ^8 l& r! ]- k9 `No Japanese losses4 i; R' W2 c: _6 A% z! E. I
4 s, w9 s K, M& `6 G9 M/ CAllied aircraft losses
: G* z2 F, N" e2 i TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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, ]# J& [+ \/ I& DRaid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.% G) |3 ]6 I5 k: \8 v/ J$ I
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes1 [) E9 m9 }' V3 t; p9 t
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7 D- B2 _! A$ g- X, R A6M5 Zero x 69
: {8 B4 ]! N5 T! w" ?( d8 d N1K1-J George x 267 L7 M# v6 q# e* W. g
N1K2-J George x 127( W5 |+ P6 z( c! C$ k# N
Ki-84r Frank x 91
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Allied aircraft( q9 Z+ B1 ^. b
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34, t4 z# u) t" w
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No Japanese losses' N6 F1 v) w: T& g0 m/ A1 D5 e1 Y
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SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed. W) `, T( E8 m! r& q
- X6 }- T: U* L1 Y0 \% p- b( ~2 qRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.' E) j" k+ g9 ]8 d( O
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes7 {0 X5 g. Y% m3 J
/ G$ m" O- f( I# h; n# wJapanese aircraft
/ s9 a6 n/ d' v. v# o" t/ w A6M5 Zero x 64
7 v7 h: a9 {; p3 p( i/ L N1K1-J George x 26
1 Y$ |2 n; E" ~) h, Z t- m; Z N1K2-J George x 951 S9 {3 k3 ^: d/ a' M }) L
Ki-84r Frank x 72' T2 N. R% z- u" k
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Allied aircraft+ }9 {7 [( ?2 O/ ~) }( h
TBF-1 Avenger x 15" m) H; H, j7 U& Z
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No Japanese losses
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TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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0 [8 X4 p! {' K2 G* G QRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.7 J x0 D$ n* k/ Q
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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A6M5 Zero x 57& }# F& J0 f1 c; L6 h
N1K1-J George x 264 v0 u4 {# e- X3 `
N1K2-J George x 76* y8 H/ I9 e/ Z
Ki-84r Frank x 624 ^. P' W$ {$ ?' Y' ]* E' P
@! P* p" e0 \; DAllied aircraft2 f7 F9 k7 t( i% }
TBF-1 Avenger x 80 i+ u7 m Q/ b! c- Q7 _
Y0 `; L- A% m" rNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses0 s+ u+ j$ _. b6 P
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160& R2 o6 z7 N: z k
! T5 k0 J+ {0 L! `6 k$ X( ]Weather in hex: Heavy rain5 A, x6 t7 B) A! P3 ^. @+ P7 v
! c; ~# U" ~( E. I% M0 d9 v- d4 d$ ?Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
) V1 Y! d1 R' y9 ^" nEstimated time to target is 37 minutes4 d; t+ O* A# j/ W
) p" ~. M( r2 y/ X4 lJapanese aircraft5 U* F: ^/ d0 E
A6M5 Zero x 151
1 F c+ x. L' N/ A B6N2a Jill x 84
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Allied aircraft
$ y1 O+ [1 B3 v F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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' e. \6 O% X+ d. ^/ ^ A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed- Y( N9 f9 m! e. Z! b6 E
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged
3 m, M* I/ H$ Q7 e" G B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak& w9 R4 _/ ^* y* ^
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9 d9 j5 Z7 ]# b4 { F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships0 w a! {/ q! J
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1, c6 d& s6 \( M' _/ S- y: q3 R" D
CVL Belleau Wood @3 A9 D+ _" J1 d l
CV Yorktown II! A% u& r- M) v' m) ^
CV Bunker Hill
. k: p0 e7 v) D1 d( F0 v' h DD Kimberly! Y7 u ?0 E0 H
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
& u; n, l9 i5 W- n6 [9 [" f CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
, v8 s- H- i, j+ p7 A% G g# R" j CVL Independence0 ?- |0 o2 W2 Z' l
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage( j* K1 d5 e) v* V9 |0 V
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
9 b7 F0 b+ M. \8 E1 p CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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) s. ?, k+ q' T" g% m# k" Z米酋阴险的又一次把护航航母推在前面当了肉盾,承担了大部分攻击波,不过KB在44年以后作战也越加困难,主要表现在突防后命中率低的问题上,即使尽可能的减少战斗机比例,增加攻击机规模,但是突防后美军AA极为强悍,特别是主力舰艇的防空火力,KB当天损失的80多天山有40多是被高炮打下来的,打伤更是无数。此次海战占据天时地利人和,但是任然没有对TF58主力造成任何实质性的损失。) n9 C8 x+ r* @+ S! r, D
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