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 z5 j5 M8 a S( W& U& x1 U
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,( G( W' r' X- u* \
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44 # ^8 o* }" ^! d6 @ Z9 ?% h* W
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160; C& N4 V& ~; e- ?/ z1 K2 t
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Weather in hex: Overcast7 m1 r$ `8 Q7 d) f* B
, Y* p* a6 Z0 g5 dRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
- z8 x5 s n) G" [5 |& QEstimated time to target is 40 minutes( K0 [! F% \: }( A' k; t
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Japanese aircraft5 a: v. Q3 t$ L# j5 i, [
A6M5 Zero x 1472 X4 x! B6 l$ z, Q/ i6 {) U/ s
B6N2a Jill x 176( ~" w: H/ R! }8 d
D4Y3 Judy x 24& T* r7 b6 c& [ T& y5 v- I: R
D4Y4 Judy x 143
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0 P8 g! X* c' EAllied aircraft
) |! S( x! r$ n% C0 W F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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* v8 n7 N! d' L& b1 M+ \Japanese aircraft losses' ?: D% h4 A, t' B; G) G$ P
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed: d0 K" k$ O& a+ A: U
B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
' t! t' X" @3 F! T5 q% A Y, o) U D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged4 p m8 K7 \! n* w& N
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak; }4 R- k4 ~: O- Y7 W
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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$ V6 Z7 Y, V! `6 X( cAllied aircraft losses- T9 K4 Q9 F" N2 x
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed/ J5 x, f( F, G$ Z8 z
8 u% d( M _6 |" g' o0 {3 dAllied Ships
. n" I( U; W5 p( j. D0 W0 p CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! i+ W* b E0 n8 G( o8 I5 N
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk2 N9 {% X: c) K* l c
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 W/ h0 i- V5 T
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
T, W* }+ `4 P& I# O. ` LST-34 a' F8 N) v' _7 I2 V2 D
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ p3 k: W9 {7 L* b1 s
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 b/ ~' ]; E6 f8 E7 g& N- `% D CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 c( t' @+ C6 P$ |0 X* u5 y% z
CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 i( q! h% V: {. ?" k CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage) C/ i# q7 i* T2 }
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk1 z3 }8 O: Y3 Z0 m% e8 d+ M
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ R% L6 Z& _6 ~+ }# L2 _5 Q DE Waterman
; g/ B0 B9 d0 W* X0 f& _ DD Callaghan3 u- L9 K' y4 c% x, N
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
% s) {9 i( J' c DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
, y# V$ h2 Y2 t7 M DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' Y2 ~& Q, N% U; E
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 f/ t) \' o8 f# j5 w* f
DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
1 r A6 w$ O7 G8 g* Z6 w LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
4 o5 `0 M; h; n; n( |* O LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires! ]9 P' m4 d1 G1 A
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 L/ n( w4 B4 _% T% m
DE Stadtfeld3 Q" T; a9 [( ^; A8 y4 N% @
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ x2 ^+ W! O$ H0 r/ [: u DE James E. Craig
, v- y* O2 _9 f0 O LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
* s7 [4 N! y1 ?2 B LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk7 \1 r6 H, `1 P" r; g
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires4 D6 w& R% q' F! `' {6 r1 [
l) S/ b- k/ D" J5 X$ a$ zAllied ground losses:
# _" C2 x% Q8 |! v3 j9 v 210 casualties reported
6 _; T5 K& z) y. E4 |8 Q7 k Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. i1 K! o3 s" Q. l6 @, q
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
, P9 r+ n; I* r- _4 w Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 a& y7 k( }! b Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
% K* l' G2 w) yRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
+ m/ \& b9 P7 B' M( ]" iEstimated time to target is 36 minutes0 K6 ^' @; t+ O! s+ X$ z
$ {1 F* H" t0 r: h/ ]Japanese aircraft3 f5 V3 K0 l9 r0 B
A6M5 Zero x 922 N, ?" _2 z) q) F
N1K1-J George x 260 B6 [* A8 V3 i8 w+ N. {& m
N1K2-J George x 251! [1 o* Y2 P- R9 w" P, J+ @% _% t2 m; K
Ki-84r Frank x 148' `- A. Q, |; J( d9 X3 f9 N3 U
+ b. U; Y1 k# i, H. O' W AAllied aircraft, K% g( L b3 Q& `; J
F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
0 j( ]3 X& _" ^0 @- @ TBF-1 Avenger x 305 c0 K; B4 b: L0 s! a1 d
TBM-1C Avenger x 23, z6 |5 |% L4 z8 Q+ L! @
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Japanese aircraft losses
. r! |8 L: e+ s$ F9 m N1K1-J George: 1 damaged/ H N& r; Y8 c0 D
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Allied aircraft losses8 p% F9 A! H1 y
F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed4 A% K8 Z) ^% E% k+ h0 V
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed6 n" g% L" l0 n/ p* {
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged7 G- j. n# u# T. q8 n/ s
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
+ x1 A6 U: x6 \ e, B$ B8 E CVL Chitose I S3 T6 z$ K. J7 Q
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" S2 o% s5 y2 v2 XRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
# Q4 ]+ D" S+ e1 YEstimated time to target is 32 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% l( @7 k/ `" ~ A6M5 Zero x 771 S, m2 o# r v$ Q6 |2 y' h
N1K1-J George x 26* u: j% A/ o" ?8 N4 {6 {
N1K2-J George x 195
a, m0 t7 {/ F s3 m Ki-84r Frank x 127% q2 S9 Q4 k- l
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Allied aircraft
6 C1 _$ k/ f+ z/ Z- _ TBM-1C Avenger x 7! W" ~5 @$ o! [% X
6 @: W1 I! m2 v0 n! lNo Japanese losses
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9 L1 I& t% w$ }0 N. ?, nAllied aircraft losses
; p" D( F) w# G% r TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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6 m5 o$ b+ d) Y" }( k( PRaid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
8 }/ r7 B' A( d7 s4 [0 g& f7 Y6 bEstimated time to target is 7 minutes% y' a6 y6 _4 \! n! D
+ I% `6 `. Y# b8 O. J9 kJapanese aircraft
) f, t& m% m2 D A6M5 Zero x 69+ m* t' t9 u. `; e: R: A
N1K1-J George x 26
1 R0 z7 L. D3 u( d) |1 ^ N1K2-J George x 127
1 Q7 @* l7 y# S1 ]+ Q9 M7 } Ki-84r Frank x 91. S s1 b0 F: B1 w
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Allied aircraft* X, u3 a& Z3 Z1 ?" N
SBD-5 Dauntless x 341 ]9 q, M! z/ ]- ~; |
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No Japanese losses Z" E- b, g1 q/ g
% i2 B8 S6 e; O6 m0 vAllied aircraft losses* T1 M( C* n* s0 X5 u: Z o! j) r; o
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
; P# Y r0 m& Q: T$ U9 fEstimated time to target is 10 minutes+ |9 k( ]- i$ U+ p
" F! l7 ]6 s/ B, M" `0 VJapanese aircraft2 H( B/ q% A- H/ J
A6M5 Zero x 64
9 V0 @( }+ I# @1 _" ]: g1 I N N1K1-J George x 261 ~1 s8 p- O9 R3 |, Q
N1K2-J George x 95
+ H# y- |4 H! p' Y: R Ki-84r Frank x 72 \8 K% o( X8 A0 ^3 p+ w& Q$ t
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Allied aircraft
0 O! D0 T- K' `* D1 {- F8 R TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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No Japanese losses! X, e+ M( ~# n) Q; w
4 \ y, k+ d7 ?* @! xAllied aircraft losses
m- U) q3 J* A# h) {& A7 Q |: N TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed/ p$ A) ~+ U8 [2 ], b4 Y- w
; q5 I: \5 ~. ~8 Z, L8 U$ W: VRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.; I( }$ }$ x! r }
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes3 |1 | `2 L& Z
0 @) n. c* n0 x; } fJapanese aircraft
+ x. Q+ e6 S, n9 }4 t* M. l- ~ A6M5 Zero x 57
2 {2 u g: |3 A* I1 K N1K1-J George x 26, t5 N4 s% f1 l7 m. d9 D
N1K2-J George x 76 U/ r: b% P( }7 R1 t+ e4 ~
Ki-84r Frank x 62. {" `: f+ S! O! M4 e, z' L) E
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Allied aircraft4 b% j' X% S: P+ L( X. S( N
TBF-1 Avenger x 8/ z- i: B! B1 m0 f& k
" x3 T4 i! e+ T/ K: D& fNo Japanese losses( b! F; F1 _( W! Y% \3 O
4 x. j! g9 `8 N; k; T( ~Allied aircraft losses! D. s* f/ o1 I
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160 N. O" U: V/ j' k/ S$ o# y
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain" b( |' A% d9 `6 R0 p+ J
: |2 U& T& q- F+ k3 V4 W1 gRaid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: W v. x) s. v' ^
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes
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# b9 T8 l4 M6 y0 {. d$ {9 RJapanese aircraft" ]( O4 e2 f* \ [
A6M5 Zero x 151
' @% `, r! Y, t3 c8 v0 o B6N2a Jill x 84
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h2 b. D5 s/ n. M8 f3 GAllied aircraft' p K' |+ ]9 g: R- t
F6F-3 Hellcat x 332/ z9 k. U: }& I
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 z/ `8 u9 V/ a1 i A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed( y: s' k8 A9 p' j0 t; G5 m/ w: u
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged- N" {; p' n9 l1 D. |6 `4 \, _
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak/ M8 d! n1 |! x% X' i1 M: l
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Allied aircraft losses
* t, ]) D: f5 d* n: H+ u F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships8 i9 Y. u: j4 _6 M0 c, m6 |
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
, C5 W& P" @$ x$ T! Y CVL Belleau Wood
# ], \* K, t( H( _+ a( N, [# r CV Yorktown II
\; y+ @* R9 S5 T1 a CV Bunker Hill
/ W: ^- U* Y6 V0 i DD Kimberly0 s3 C- y$ r3 ?9 k. I) Z3 A0 H2 y; Q
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 11 Z( |7 g/ K* U3 b3 s, P" i6 G( B7 n0 j
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1# A P8 v! J1 [0 ?) G
CVL Independence
% Q7 ?, b) x" [$ j- t CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage# d. q' M0 t6 Z
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
; m/ s. n' o, T' ] CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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( [& V1 H( t5 r: }, z8 k3 J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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