很快，前方的索敌机发来了准确情报，发现敌航母！5 a$ d8 v4 L5 d5 i+ ^4 A
此时南云舰队的上空也发现了美军的大艇和索敌机，这意味着，自己的航母也被敌人发现了
5 p( W* v/ ]! {5 P" m; f7 A- ]帝国海鹫迅速从各自的母舰上起飞，舰载机各自组队隆隆向目标飞去8 s3 }# p% p: Z6 Z0 D% M" v4 H% ~
同时，直掩机开始在甲板上待命，部分战斗机已经升空巡逻，全力警戒1 s! {9 [0 a+ x
' W; l6 ^- u4 n5 ~* g8 t& h @经过一个多小时的飞行，KB舰载机分两拨飞临目标上空，正是敌航母萨拉托加号！ A- S+ |( {; H/ F
99舰爆立即进入俯冲轰炸轨道，97舰攻下降高度进入鱼雷发射阵位，零战负责在上空护卫，激战之后，萨拉托加号先后被命中4枚炸弹，敌舰浓烟滚滚，丧失了飞机起降能力2 ~/ Q2 k' p; T6 U+ ~: m- ?& j
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- [( x7 W2 Q* ]7 |Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,136! T% f9 _/ i0 w6 i) M* {
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Weather in hex: Overcast: @/ o- Y8 n+ H x' ^, t
/ K6 M! `6 A+ I8 lRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
1 n c6 `+ v$ V' L H0 `Estimated time to target is 25 minutes, ~, Y, ^$ U: J
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Japanese aircraft
9 E2 X/ z% i* I# }: t$ z A6M2 Zero x 202 J( r: z. h" D5 g' p
D3A1 Val x 5
# }: x% d# h8 E) T4 O: p% V: q D3A2 Val x 27
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* E. P! z. `4 k8 w1 cAllied aircraft
6 W8 }; A5 {# d7 M P-39D Airacobra x 2
( E+ g; k& u# I, {3 s F4F-4 Wildcat x 36% i4 L! I H, }0 h ?
* n* j1 e; L1 A$ sJapanese aircraft losses, }$ m+ b4 o4 s+ ^4 {
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed% O8 ~& X3 b' E4 ~. j7 r# K- k
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
$ ?6 l. d7 Y2 M D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
2 }4 C: O2 H7 v0 O- x D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged- B0 a* s3 c4 H5 X& m* v" u$ ^
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed by flak z+ K& q6 c x, T" ~8 P7 W
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Allied aircraft losses( c& F& K+ `# h- {2 ^$ A& K+ a7 U: g6 T
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed7 ^$ a: G4 _# L6 @
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed1 H% v- Q l" B; M
; m6 @( f* a& S1 K3 zAllied Ships
" L& t+ }. t& |( P+ _: S! v2 i CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire+ d- p; Q# A2 G' Y: }
DD McCall
7 b& U, b% T0 ?3 l1 {3 [ DD Maury
7 h( ?) [; T+ O! x9 w CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 2, on fire
: {$ E* [# y; }" m3 Z+ A) e DD Cushing, H/ ]3 l- y. v) q+ U& T
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$ Y0 N' E! p3 v: hMorning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,136
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Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 E" W( @) g6 b( W
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes( p( j6 e( d) P$ `7 q
$ }, `& b6 }1 v, yJapanese aircraft
- E- _' {! {! {' l A6M2 Zero x 16
; G0 @3 ]& {9 l: K: O B5N1 Kate x 160 r' L( c6 |$ q# K
D3A2 Val x 23
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5 u) I% a5 B" \& o6 q: ~* L" I6 wAllied aircraft3 k9 _4 }. g* y* C! f
P-39D Airacobra x 1
9 {" ^' I9 M. y2 H F4F-4 Wildcat x 22
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Japanese aircraft losses& b7 e' J x8 ]) _0 \ R3 C
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged& P; K( P9 `% T! h, d6 D p
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
& h4 p e r3 y D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
. J! o2 D B# i+ Y1 e+ p D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak" \' s- A/ u4 K. R3 C
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Allied aircraft losses) T! Y( z: x' _. c, s
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
. y# d. k4 s7 O9 Q" h, T F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
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, n q% z- Y& T5 ^/ WAllied Ships
$ `. `$ U" P6 l u CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage, B% f- y7 D7 ^
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# ^+ a6 l: ~, r( s( | CLAA San Juan, on fire
" P" W9 Z& N4 G, }; J3 | DD MacDonough
8 o8 M" F4 t# O) c DD Benham1 Y& d/ ^. G$ M0 O; \
+ _' `% w+ i. z# N% L# p. wHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Saratoga |
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