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。" Z* y' ~) h* n; ]# x. F
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,
! p; ^% u5 W/ O2 ~9 G" CAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
; A4 `* r: W2 R6 M, l: ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160. k) ~+ \. v! O2 ~
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Weather in hex: Overcast" H% e9 A1 T% N k v# p
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
! r( A9 z3 _! I& }$ sEstimated time to target is 40 minutes, l* S) w; [9 m5 g3 z8 i
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Japanese aircraft% |) K# M" w2 j$ r q) x3 l
A6M5 Zero x 1478 |( R+ C6 Z$ J9 D0 y0 @
B6N2a Jill x 176
. q8 A# F+ @% U0 B# H1 _ D4Y3 Judy x 24: u% Q, Z. K5 R1 Y
D4Y4 Judy x 143
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# q/ P2 m9 r* Y/ x8 C1 I/ gAllied aircraft
; j8 R& {. Z, ]1 S8 v" C F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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3 z6 _3 @' O7 I; ]8 QJapanese aircraft losses
; F0 W/ e/ \% C& m' e9 E8 `' Y A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
) _5 y8 t0 Z( B- Z B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
, f6 g8 i+ u# R7 D3 n' P D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged5 L/ }0 k, q r: S$ g
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak! W- u$ I i, U: T% [ y# `" ?* W7 |3 F
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged1 a/ }% E# s. A) x$ v
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Allied aircraft losses5 L, `+ C& v6 V- f, ^2 I
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed( X& E4 Z1 r" m
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5 C! [# J. ?1 W* T+ x4 t) o CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! _; C* u+ G# [ T# Z
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
" y' `, F! l% U, R& w8 @" C CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
* F1 P; O! l" I1 K CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 {8 ~0 a' k4 A LST-34! }7 U4 ?) }( j; l" e
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage( F4 {6 `% J! O% n/ a2 A) A
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. {8 x4 I8 G0 E( s, t' u6 z
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% B! Z$ l6 ]7 S+ d9 P% O
CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" T& W1 K5 Y- m1 f/ ?& q y0 u
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
; `9 F' h: g# M1 z LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
7 X+ K+ ?/ R% | b6 a6 w DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
: w* u) s+ [1 W: r0 u DE Waterman( b+ J# s, Y+ `; ?4 V9 o, b
DD Callaghan2 n' q( r- u+ C
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage o2 e5 e9 Z" m& e8 w6 H9 u
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* g7 F5 G+ M, F9 I- x/ q
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: A4 F ~! Y5 W+ v, Y! g* F
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 o* G$ N- S0 S
DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
$ }$ o& C( ~0 d/ X; O% v; V8 Q LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk# O) V+ y5 O3 C' h5 \
LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
3 h/ t; b8 p$ ^. b" C DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ f9 n9 ^; V2 F DE Stadtfeld
5 c5 M" t; O- V/ ` DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 s- c- U8 x" i" |8 S4 \- C DE James E. Craig# B! S8 t1 N' W" D$ h
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
9 @2 X# p$ P9 a' l LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk5 g+ l0 y# k7 v" }
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires$ E* J8 r0 d2 D6 d
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Allied ground losses:: a# n5 ?, T8 y- R6 c. s) U
210 casualties reported- f+ V5 _$ N5 m6 B
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
; W7 M+ T' }# G/ _( M# J Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled/ g7 q3 {8 I, C1 v$ z% Q+ u
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- {7 \6 y% j4 i7 k! f Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
2 e* a' b, o, N* g4 _3 R% IRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
5 u5 q3 i6 ? C* iEstimated time to target is 36 minutes9 J3 C. s+ T0 F, c* p4 t
3 ~. v8 F/ m, N" e- M% J8 XJapanese aircraft
3 u' Q) i0 U9 v: f: b, N A6M5 Zero x 92
3 f- g. t4 ]3 x2 E/ \& C- _ N1K1-J George x 26
) V/ J% v& L( h7 A0 q7 i0 i$ O N1K2-J George x 251* V7 ~! C. t) B# Y; P$ V
Ki-84r Frank x 148+ W1 I0 H% q( t( _- d0 n
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Allied aircraft/ G- s2 `& _* o; m/ ?
F6F-3 Hellcat x 76( B+ u5 l% p* y1 C$ z
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
* S4 r" F; X$ }0 D0 i0 W TBM-1C Avenger x 23+ x$ j5 s% Y. Z2 b
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Japanese aircraft losses
( i2 T" |3 C1 M/ K, I/ V N1K1-J George: 1 damaged/ d0 ]3 u* e& k+ t
8 q U1 f6 i4 q# BAllied aircraft losses3 Q7 \6 T/ c+ [( }8 }
F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed* r* ?, r7 D" c0 i( z
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed. m* U2 R$ X8 ]+ @- [% X# D
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
( z; P- | Q5 c1 u. C. P. }0 Y1 L) j( {( h TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak5 Z1 @, J; l( {/ t/ O! p
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Japanese Ships
6 o: x% `" ^8 m, K) |* E$ j CVL Chitose6 ~1 X! {8 t2 B, g I) z, Q
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+ a7 m5 i, A7 B) I4 `( I+ [Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. P9 I- w8 m. ~( r# o
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
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$ b: \- U! U8 |* _! iJapanese aircraft7 m8 i# B! [7 _9 s
A6M5 Zero x 77 N: m0 d k" P2 k- D9 M+ W* f
N1K1-J George x 26
) y3 _( r. g3 U0 C/ ^' v N1K2-J George x 195) @/ w) g+ V+ z
Ki-84r Frank x 127
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! r1 c, C- I2 u% K) xAllied aircraft; R8 A6 r- s0 d! J4 B
TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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: N/ x( l* v, q# f( d7 T1 SNo Japanese losses U j7 F! l( q7 N# L" x n% c: i- f& i
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Allied aircraft losses' `) ]0 D }" c# F; Q- j& P5 z
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.1 B( e* y7 O8 z
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes5 `4 r1 g7 `% k' M0 C7 r
|- r# [% {$ n; U P$ P, F" T9 AJapanese aircraft) E' l4 W& g! N0 W
A6M5 Zero x 69
1 {$ F& i: [: j, q. V4 y2 F& N N1K1-J George x 26) e9 y& j1 ]' K5 f/ ^+ x+ P" O
N1K2-J George x 127
. ]9 l5 }" m( O5 \. g% Y Ki-84r Frank x 91# p$ m2 d0 t! n+ Z5 @
3 _4 A! i, \% z4 w' y KAllied aircraft* v! ~ E. [2 n! y. e
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34' _( Z, L k6 D6 V$ k" @. n
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No Japanese losses7 ]$ D U' Z8 e0 a4 c
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Allied aircraft losses( \' c" U b3 \$ Q {( C
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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7 S0 p" E1 b8 {" sRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
9 ~3 a! l! B8 J# ?" c! J9 m8 K' r- VEstimated time to target is 10 minutes1 a7 l/ m& g2 g$ O# v$ c* i
- \0 T# C! t( H8 b! h; H5 nJapanese aircraft1 C8 q% ?0 A/ G3 T
A6M5 Zero x 64
4 u/ y o/ l6 r4 t/ H1 u; F N1K1-J George x 26 P3 P& G$ M5 o3 E# X2 v% T' e
N1K2-J George x 95
" a+ T/ M" Q4 x Ki-84r Frank x 72
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3 K/ [0 }0 c- }9 _9 o6 vAllied aircraft9 ?" n9 l( ~ U8 B4 F
TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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+ W" _4 s; H9 Y' s8 j) l5 e8 FNo Japanese losses2 w, G: q( [+ h" D* O; B; F$ D
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Allied aircraft losses
& ?0 p- ?. B& \* l0 r TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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% n: n6 G) J1 Y3 Y s6 D7 J4 Z* {( aRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
& Z$ q% a l; x0 M) NEstimated time to target is 11 minutes! R' O( R. k ?2 M" P
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Japanese aircraft" N; C3 m2 M8 o4 t2 [+ k) v) Z8 d9 _
A6M5 Zero x 570 |7 w* u# v$ D# X1 g5 D; N: z
N1K1-J George x 26
% F6 J/ u) C* ]0 S+ P N1K2-J George x 763 C# _/ h, g/ Z/ ?# [
Ki-84r Frank x 62. U9 Q# P8 }# }2 W8 u B
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Allied aircraft
! o( `, J& m6 N" }7 A1 A; r TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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No Japanese losses; d& m: g# p: D6 ?) U+ z6 k I4 r
# T3 r. \( T. f+ L) z3 h0 YAllied aircraft losses2 K: b( |6 p2 h8 ?1 L1 U; X( R# _
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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0 u& F ~% `2 [) JAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain3 Z! \; [/ u8 [& e. ]
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
8 q R# l$ n5 Q) m& D/ x/ Y- XEstimated time to target is 37 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
8 ` o5 D2 o6 _) F7 O$ Z1 y A6M5 Zero x 151' A' R T6 U4 q$ B
B6N2a Jill x 84
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& ^3 j9 ^' B) R4 Z% {: XAllied aircraft0 j) z/ m1 t' g: [; R% a! H" d
F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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: F1 V0 a$ v7 U& _Japanese aircraft losses
0 H2 T, n) C, q0 W3 O% v7 W) { A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
- ]) c9 {; }) K* N B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged
. v8 t* h) @) \" D1 U B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak4 H6 U# \" P; K {9 m2 T2 v, ]/ ?
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Allied aircraft losses
: O1 g: }2 N5 U& N& o k+ z F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed. I9 l+ a' N+ f2 j$ E X6 S
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Allied Ships
+ m3 p" K+ C, ]- c CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
; B% x: _' z& r9 r; S" H CVL Belleau Wood% C6 v+ V& q6 E) L2 e% |* N
CV Yorktown II5 i4 }5 B/ O5 F8 X. k W
CV Bunker Hill- z' I6 S* s: t) V
DD Kimberly
* p3 K4 C: ?8 k CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
6 _9 _: h7 S k/ V7 p CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
1 V# d& f! A9 b5 x$ W; x CVL Independence: G2 n$ O7 i- r5 M, \. ~0 Z
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage3 t/ v* T0 g$ e2 B1 T7 s7 f7 j: Q
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 19 ^2 f' k' h p
CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2! g/ U$ j0 c. _: O: O0 R4 f9 h
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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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