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。
; D2 w, J3 y* Q) R! Y- P2 aMorning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138% T! N/ P' U1 N. |: l
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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/ l5 u/ _/ O- HRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.& M" L! J1 {% ^) B- v% {( ~# X
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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# {8 I+ U' Z2 H e. qJapanese aircraft
4 q$ w3 n+ v1 L& z9 @0 L8 t8 I* K A6M2 Zero x 134 t" W! Y+ c+ [! ]1 b$ e
G4M1 Betty x 275 K& \% }% x) p7 Y+ B5 E; ?! T
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6 C/ F: h& m" ]8 wJapanese aircraft losses
& |" W$ I5 W6 @! s1 e G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged
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Allied Ships/ x6 s! w3 D R( v7 L- N; ?! L
CA Chicago
# A! }: D9 G6 A2 p- S. W% y CA Quincy
$ L$ I" `: S8 k9 T5 K3 Y CA Australia
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DD Mugford
% X! K, C- f8 X p CA Vincennes5 a9 g( C8 K" R; w; h
CA Canberra7 _; h* s9 l# B' Q
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Aircraft Attacking:: t3 z$ G; F) l
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
8 Z8 w( {% P% v7 L' \ Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg AP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb3 F% Q2 O7 B. H3 e. B, m
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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。。。。。。
6 E( `6 K- B4 ~# Porning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126$ @" F: s$ s! l" F8 M: c/ o" V5 [
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 I q4 Z8 h# b7 C
+ n5 e5 A7 Q; {3 jRaid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.4 |& q, k! g" C- q
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes% f1 M6 r# x/ e
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Japanese aircraft3 c" ~( S/ t1 X: s0 w/ ~/ d
A6M2 Zero x 6! g9 p, ~+ s e- f. ?
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Beaufort V x 48 N, ]9 C/ p* Y; W6 e, X( C1 V5 [* ~
Kittyhawk IA x 11
+ y+ x6 W4 b7 p& L B-26 Marauder x 9
3 g1 y p! j0 P2 w" r* M9 }2 x P-39D Airacobra x 18% B! Y2 y) c, ?# l* O! v9 a
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
3 C( }# j3 o/ w& v8 n Beaufort V: 3 damaged
; Q' O7 J, E% L& q' m. S4 h B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged7 h& f7 N& j1 _; o3 Y
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:
) J6 x% p( C2 S" F Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 1
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orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126
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2 n: h0 q( Y# w9 F& vWeather in hex: Partial cloud; Y3 Y" ?7 z/ H4 }$ `
" s5 S {+ \8 Y' \; D' v! yRaid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
' m( r6 v+ f5 g( i2 ZEstimated time to target is 6 minutes- f+ Z0 ~$ w, R
4 V& C" E/ `& h$ e: C4 [" ZJapanese aircraft8 c9 X, m2 o( g/ _, k% w# B" ~
A6M2 Zero x 2
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B-26 Marauder x 6+ L8 u( V* W# I" K, W4 i
P-39D Airacobra x 10 c. n" ? c0 B; q$ v
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No Japanese losses
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' }8 R8 c# C- f! b9 |Allied aircraft losses
! x. }2 j* D6 Z% X B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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: `# @- @5 B3 k: l& cAirbase supply hits 1
" f6 H" a, P" C; ZRunway hits 33 F9 T, }/ H2 t# ?
+ K! R/ k7 H, v, ]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
# F! L/ G! S: z* _6 {2 Q6 E& DNaval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.. k0 W% y9 `. K9 W
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Allied Ships* Q6 \+ p) k+ v0 h0 U
CA Canberra
# r& }" |8 @/ G8 S CA Australia
- t7 o% [" c: b" c2 R CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
+ A. t# a' P6 }! a! E2 r CL Hobart
8 @# E* m0 C# Z! J/ x9 ` DD Selfridge% N( s, d1 i4 q- D" c3 o
DD Jarvis) j- S) b1 A' U2 \+ k
DD Patterson: ~5 V! H! ^4 y: b4 T5 S! \; q# H
DD Ralph Talbot, |! A6 g3 n; W+ t _
DD Mugford9 m) B j! q% Z$ Z
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208 casualties reported# s/ R ?9 [) I' d7 w4 r, ~
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
: i/ e3 l2 `4 R* j. q: Y- U; \ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled" R+ K; |8 x `* Q* |& e
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 v9 E5 I0 F2 ^4 ~; `# B- \ Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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" E$ ` t8 ?, o, X- X+ U2 C# |Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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Allied Ships1 X/ T q& ]% e3 `5 h
CA Vincennes
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0 A& j/ l+ e3 x4 W* k. g0 u V CA Astoria8 Z) B- z6 \0 R; b: s& {# d& L
DD Hull
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DD Wilson, Shell hits 2+ }* a' n1 s, h
DD Ellet" k& Q( c+ E; b% I* [
+ I& w q% }* S% G* R! {6 z% dJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* p% T$ P! N; E
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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* e5 q% |- Y, I& D# Y! c( Q, BNaval bombardment of Tulagi at 114,1373 I6 K! r ?. I! F z1 D( {' G
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no flights
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H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied Ships
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DD Buchanan# F0 Q" f# H T) q/ K
DD Monssen4 |6 o- x [( o
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Airbase supply hits 2 |