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。
! @8 X& T: d7 c7 B! p. x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,4 ]5 l$ s# S4 W0 p
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
, E* N% |& i( PMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,1608 r4 x% I* K# e( r
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Weather in hex: Overcast! g* j4 q! d* v9 N& B
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
& C5 z# ^, }( EEstimated time to target is 40 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 B5 O$ J+ ?: n! F) j A6M5 Zero x 1476 Z4 ?: H' Z& ~. c6 @& M2 H
B6N2a Jill x 176
: }' u8 _& a/ l0 _( J7 d D4Y3 Judy x 24
: }6 V U' l9 ]9 d2 I' } D4Y4 Judy x 143, ^# s9 l B8 X! |# M& p% y
4 j" q: O' ^" n9 i P! FAllied aircraft
( \6 W; J4 s: N' E5 Y6 F3 e F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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Japanese aircraft losses' `( }4 q( r8 U% T' N6 ]2 n6 u F
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed c6 w0 t0 n0 b+ I% I5 g
B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
5 ]3 r9 ?& u+ w, G* c+ O" o D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged6 a' ^" R4 o- Z {1 @6 g5 T" i5 y& k
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
! X/ G7 Q5 W1 O2 X D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged' o) {5 p9 l9 |, I' O5 c
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Allied aircraft losses6 x0 `5 o A% x8 ?7 G5 d, G1 o. B
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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; u0 E5 A/ M1 I: a' R6 x7 i CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ t; P8 ]% L P! s# H CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
0 K( |2 [- m- r6 v+ v/ N# C CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 N" \% }: I( F4 |- f
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk/ @5 i5 ?+ P. G7 W9 {
LST-347 D) o3 Y. Y- Z. v8 J
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
& u& {4 L% m. s$ V- b) C# N# L7 b CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ n- D& f5 M6 R+ n! Z CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& `% t& i# Q9 |% H* S# Q
CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" L, c3 a9 c* ?* L
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) {. Q! X$ d4 S7 o- z2 c! B$ N- B
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk+ N7 W& F K# {. d
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
' x9 h0 E |) Q/ N4 g- X4 |( V+ E, ~ DE Waterman7 l+ y: g0 ]. \* I m
DD Callaghan
# Y# c. T- E' H/ j DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage* I4 W" Z6 Y. |& s% [
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 f& e) X; S, F. x' x/ k6 ?
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' H/ x/ K5 u& ^4 \4 s+ O DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk g; x3 y+ J: {/ b9 I+ t
DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire3 n" o& {) u( c
LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
; i, a# }; |$ F- f& [. } LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
9 I5 G) |5 \) j; y DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 `0 E9 Y2 B. M3 v& k- N% F
DE Stadtfeld
. ]: Z8 R1 J. S+ t: p1 w0 F DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, V0 C) ? j8 f7 f' {2 q DE James E. Craig+ T: H. _# b+ c( |0 Z2 w s5 w( R2 P
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk9 H$ t; h' {, P. ]8 z9 z
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk" U6 @# h V: b" y
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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3 ^- P' Y( B; J" Y8 S% iAllied ground losses:
: g* ~ k1 d) L9 m5 i, T! N2 z 210 casualties reported$ v5 }# O" J8 K: Q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 i5 h1 V. ^* U
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled5 J1 B$ u7 D- s B2 h" z& E
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# a5 Y3 _: P& A. t+ h
Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)$ M. ?; f( W" o0 ~
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
5 e4 t7 _' z5 D- ]# oEstimated time to target is 36 minutes' a. g5 n3 u' { M t# [
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Japanese aircraft
4 |, |6 H* c; y A6M5 Zero x 920 Y' G8 b) T& x- r
N1K1-J George x 26
7 t0 w6 X6 b* Z+ m0 s N1K2-J George x 251. Y G1 f, D6 ?8 w' [) m, m
Ki-84r Frank x 148' ? ~. i- i) ~* K) `
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F6F-3 Hellcat x 760 h$ K$ `- J9 z+ H4 m: [6 C$ L( E
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
0 l. m" m9 q) y/ n0 _6 g' O, ~ TBM-1C Avenger x 23
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; U8 D3 @- z" JJapanese aircraft losses5 A1 a+ X( e; ]" b7 ~4 l
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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r2 ?# C$ j, G$ \! m- d/ uAllied aircraft losses
! q* L. R2 Z1 C+ E F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed
' B4 n. q7 ~) |) u1 Q TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed
; o0 d5 _( b+ i1 i& k6 x TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged! {) ^' [$ @4 [; C9 |+ w/ a! [
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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# d% H; ~% |. xJapanese Ships
: ]0 H3 Q! W# a4 W! k CVL Chitose) W; j2 k) L1 ?$ n
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S3 t. c% K. K6 }Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
. M$ M+ V/ x2 VEstimated time to target is 32 minutes/ X1 p" i. h$ P. a8 L6 P
: a' T, x, F% i" @# LJapanese aircraft8 I0 ]8 u3 H: `/ S, J6 `
A6M5 Zero x 77* G8 U f6 t4 _/ H+ q# V
N1K1-J George x 267 R: u8 g- B6 Q+ ?
N1K2-J George x 195/ g8 i( _0 B# }5 c* i
Ki-84r Frank x 127: v& ?- ?. \5 g# Y
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Allied aircraft6 M. S8 b( r. u ~ y
TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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No Japanese losses( l5 h7 x/ r) d; K% D/ l
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Allied aircraft losses( K* F$ F1 S$ ^( {8 o
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed* C# Y$ a5 t L h: m H; a
( O Q2 q# R9 j7 {) J" ~4 }. ?Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ m: v/ L! M$ G7 g/ T. @
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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/ j8 a4 J, d& h A6M5 Zero x 69
4 n2 h" a% b* [ l3 j( Z! e N1K1-J George x 26* Q0 g8 l" I8 ^ r
N1K2-J George x 127
+ [ E a; N9 c Ki-84r Frank x 91
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$ U# r. \9 l" y# d$ t7 w1 tAllied aircraft
" S9 e" ~4 g/ j( r SBD-5 Dauntless x 340 y; y- ]' W3 s. b" _
4 \, H: s' d1 i* r5 s1 J, `No Japanese losses' E1 g9 c! F' w/ }/ W9 e
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SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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7 \/ q V# [* a/ b/ P6 G8 p+ X+ n zRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.; G$ T N' `2 u2 Q9 ?
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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, B. U& ^. C/ |6 N* q; }) y A6M5 Zero x 64, f5 t% L9 o$ b' K
N1K1-J George x 268 B+ i+ ?# E! z) C ], U
N1K2-J George x 95
, E" U& O' `" y \# q8 D, g Ki-84r Frank x 72& V) b- N6 Q. f( q0 i/ t3 j
7 L! S G7 T9 ]2 o5 QAllied aircraft4 D' e& C- h. a3 w) X6 N+ ]( R
TBF-1 Avenger x 154 E9 E+ ]& P; Y: x! q
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No Japanese losses% K* h# f2 y& _+ G
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TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed9 q* L; F1 i5 X$ ]0 w: ^
. N1 u, ?/ y2 L y! HRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.8 L* e. }# ]) P
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes% t& r( `8 m6 K6 q5 N0 n; |
0 n7 \# b6 q) }& f. i W5 d3 hJapanese aircraft
9 d& |4 B6 T) E/ n& K A6M5 Zero x 57
* ~ Y$ L: ^5 y N1K1-J George x 26
O) i! ~* f' Z7 `. Y N1K2-J George x 762 v! D# d% m5 u$ c+ |0 q" b7 G# v
Ki-84r Frank x 620 ~/ B/ S# z! K& q- G' E6 q. ?2 d. H
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Allied aircraft
4 z5 I6 @0 _% ^3 {8 M TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 c; _. }0 u: U$ H TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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8 ^' k. ^% s. [# ^Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160" @' [+ @. W- u0 I
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) t0 b4 J" R5 ^2 [+ pRaid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
9 F: U6 C5 o1 lEstimated time to target is 37 minutes
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+ @9 d3 t( R, Y1 o+ f" DJapanese aircraft
/ [5 D5 u$ u& I6 k$ g" F) _5 v A6M5 Zero x 151+ `- n( ^+ o' M
B6N2a Jill x 84
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Allied aircraft6 V4 I& V7 e" I. U
F6F-3 Hellcat x 332+ I) g4 U; _; k' y5 s
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Japanese aircraft losses0 y4 L s( c7 q& N1 R7 u, L' v% n: d
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
1 V/ u1 Z* ~/ M; X; q0 N/ b B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged9 r4 o- Z6 _- S* T8 Y
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses( Q; G, x% ?* v0 |8 O/ o
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships
; ]9 s2 {" t0 I. c7 e. {( N CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1$ n' p, ~, B1 X! v7 K, P, ?. o: X
CVL Belleau Wood. U9 l. n C3 M3 p( x2 I" F
CV Yorktown II
/ n* c, S% s/ L% c% m8 r" e CV Bunker Hill
3 x$ g1 ?0 e% W2 @( d q DD Kimberly8 g) }1 m v$ l B1 z) f
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1' w; X# ?# Z! j8 e* N2 b6 u R
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
1 P& r: B' ] |/ M) h8 @ CVL Independence* i& p" [( y l) N: M5 P
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage: G; U I* Z$ g! q8 M2 r1 |0 t, i
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 14 Y! H* C, Y6 x
CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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; B' { M) T0 h& s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。
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