8月8日,惊心动魄的一天,参与炮击伦加的美军重巡编队遭到拉抱尔日军陆攻的袭击,但是由于日酋操作失误,导致陆攻携带250KG炸弹出击,结果被击伤7架连油漆都没能蹭掉。
$ o& O% r- ?* _4 j& b) rMorning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138) `$ R# r7 W- a) {" J( K
, S( m2 B! o5 o3 i7 c, t* QWeather in hex: Heavy rain% S& T6 } l- n, ^3 O0 E s
: y6 b2 e6 D8 F' I& r3 N" |Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
0 t1 f, E3 Q4 F' D& A4 D* fEstimated time to target is 42 minutes
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9 w9 t: b: F* v2 n. a" HJapanese aircraft
0 D% ^3 r5 t; D# n: R( r A6M2 Zero x 13; |7 H: B: j) @% F3 [0 G4 U O9 q+ Z
G4M1 Betty x 270 ?2 A/ l, D: `+ |3 F1 |' F5 m7 T
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% O; k; p1 T; w8 iJapanese aircraft losses
+ b: f8 J' S( u0 \0 v G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged0 W1 X$ x4 B# c
7 [: ~, X& Z9 _+ C9 V+ KAllied Ships5 B( `. z3 N0 L0 i5 w
CA Chicago- X3 w7 w) C/ G3 S0 U( Z; B
CA Quincy
% T/ q9 Y2 C0 I) _0 b( x+ Q CA Australia
5 M6 `% i* g! U! B4 D$ M CA Astoria
1 ]' ^, S. @5 b% S N: L) e DD Mugford
+ _. |( c, t7 {3 H4 ]7 a! L9 m CA Vincennes1 e8 K7 h% S& _
CA Canberra
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Aircraft Attacking:+ |: _' d, ?+ K7 H
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
* g3 {7 Q9 E8 ~ Q+ [1 C- Y Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg AP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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随后盟军从莫港出发压制莱城,效果不佳,全天损失3架飞机。。。。。。3 N' c" P1 S1 l4 R1 ^. r Z# u( F2 Q
orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,1266 w* W E/ E6 a4 l; {+ r7 O' t
: M$ M6 L9 _# W) zWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
! h* F& S1 V) f1 q% e9 KEstimated time to target is 7 minutes* g) R2 a, @& U
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Japanese aircraft
3 _+ h- e' a* h9 ` A6M2 Zero x 6
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( }) i! [7 E8 r' RAllied aircraft
/ Y! c# h& |: J3 ` Beaufort V x 4
9 T' H# I* M; p4 O2 u x& a Kittyhawk IA x 11) N1 E# o1 c) a) @. E2 V. b. Q5 V( u
B-26 Marauder x 9) q% d7 `5 M) u u
P-39D Airacobra x 186 D4 X. P8 Q% [# h9 L
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses" i2 y& Z9 @" M" a- |/ o
Beaufort V: 3 damaged
# [) w5 i% w( u9 I B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged
' T9 d7 A+ A( p' p' Z4 F P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed* [+ M+ _/ a( x: r U! \5 E/ g
' ], S4 A0 v2 @; ]6 c mJapanese ground losses:
k1 B$ s4 B, Z4 K1 W+ N/ B9 |3 G Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ L p8 Y3 S/ X
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Airbase hits 1
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orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,1260 A- t3 ~( o! K" B# p
: s8 L3 ]8 K$ |) J HWeather in hex: Partial cloud; z) S/ N. ^( K3 t
& }5 `0 e* F3 e$ _& b `* |8 x- rRaid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
# s; z& T; w. GEstimated time to target is 6 minutes4 B( D8 U2 P: ]) V; v
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Japanese aircraft
" V6 G/ G E# k ]' a+ P A6M2 Zero x 2, J, K! `) M0 T. v) C0 z. A
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Allied aircraft
; V( y# n8 E- J. g+ Q B-26 Marauder x 6
T, n* ?3 o# f7 A P-39D Airacobra x 10% J. m$ g* v- M
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No Japanese losses \5 q. ]' i* R
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B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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: |5 r/ ^/ @. N9 w% H5 ?Airbase supply hits 1
( ~, G) O7 c' e/ |0 v2 v% ?Runway hits 3
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紧接着盟军重巡编队开始炮击伦加和图拉吉,为即将到来的登陆作战做准备8 @5 U, v" m3 O Y3 ?
Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!/ z3 W/ _2 i! {( }7 S9 O: C8 `2 k
, r' Z+ {* Y8 g& s8 j* ?/ x10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships/ u' ?1 f6 z( r0 I
CA Canberra1 l1 G% S3 j# h) Q" K
CA Australia* P3 U1 C$ e/ a. u7 @' b5 A
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1$ r' S: q/ Q. o- w
CL Hobart" k' Q' s4 o/ J; Q& t
DD Selfridge
0 G: Q5 k8 g4 F H2 i) P DD Jarvis
- o/ g3 X c6 [" q/ r3 ]3 y2 B DD Patterson* F9 A0 i0 j' d
DD Ralph Talbot
6 I/ Z+ Q4 a _, u1 }& C DD Mugford
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Japanese ground losses:
6 i, @) U1 p+ F0 [+ G 208 casualties reported; G0 [0 Z+ Q0 w; O2 `% W5 j9 h
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled- N6 j" C3 c9 q' _7 b4 X5 ~- N
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled* k8 i# l( y: w8 b: q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled, [( o- ^$ I5 _/ J) p. K" h
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!! X) ]- Q' j$ X, k% w
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8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense." ^+ q; m; e/ T: ]
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Allied Ships
4 }1 u6 R# h0 r' Q1 l+ D CA Vincennes
/ N3 t+ _# e. ^ R0 \) z2 O: z CA Quincy
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DD Hull
6 V/ U6 X) x/ B, @) v( Q DD Dewey
" H5 L9 ~$ _) o& H$ p" v7 y DD Wilson, Shell hits 2/ O4 y0 v& D# v2 Y8 z4 [# e
DD Ellet; t8 c8 F1 L* @
9 L/ }% ?2 ?% n/ B9 i$ IJapanese ground losses:
1 W% `4 w2 C2 u0 @( C$ O! ^1 p 51 casualties reported
; @; x7 g: j/ M7 H( b2 r Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" {. O! e9 A N3 d% m5 p8 j; j4 F6 m Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
4 J8 p" K: F0 ~1 d1 e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled9 J4 X$ l, X3 X/ [
# }7 j$ J4 r; c$ wNaval bombardment of Tulagi at 114,137
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no flights
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H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground5 X/ n1 U" d% f$ F
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CLAA San Juan9 j$ d, f# S" q9 u- _5 n
DD Buchanan
, r7 L) U) U% K4 n DD Monssen; w6 S8 _( C' f4 k" c* l! q
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) {, ~ D4 m- [) QAirbase hits 4
% X/ R+ ~; r& C. o7 v* `Airbase supply hits 2 |