战报如下:
0 }0 U( L$ [1 c9 V( s: _莫港机场于今天修好了跑道,盟军转移上40余架威乐威,12架P40E,30架小鹰去莫港机场负责直掩。日军12架0战32掩护两个大队的陆攻准备重新压制莫港机场,遭到优势航空兵力的抵抗,仅命中机场8弹。
3 Y/ H! o3 I9 XMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 z! J! b/ W' J
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
4 d* u* [$ U# LRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.) V0 M) b$ `9 R5 _. e
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes9 y" J1 u5 L1 R, M$ W* X
Japanese aircraft( E* A% h4 E+ m0 `* h4 m% x9 _
A6M3 Zero x 146 A/ b* e# b( E. t6 F
G4M1 Betty x 72/ n! w. L% A4 U' n
Allied aircraft
0 I* {/ w, D: a2 L, n9 c Kittyhawk IA x 279 |: q) }1 B6 X
Wirraway x 42' I* f5 t" I: k: @$ O$ U8 t
P-40E Warhawk x 9. }' Y E' o# n( ~/ C3 }
Japanese aircraft losses
& c H- N7 \) m% T* t( D; i" S A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed2 i1 b3 ?9 {8 P) S* [
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged" _" J4 z( w8 n+ d
Allied aircraft losses* ]+ [( a8 b" j" B* k# f" w- G" ]9 y
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed5 G( a- H# A _2 P. Z* c
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
3 F7 W; Y, X5 e( K& E P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed) u. O% h2 a/ A6 w9 g8 F
Airbase hits 2- Y0 _. F, b6 h+ Y- ^! g W* ?+ K
Runway hits 86 n7 X" |$ z& j4 N0 [+ |
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KB上起飞了一波32架零战掩护8架99舰爆对正在莫港敢死卸载的AK进行了攻击,直接造成了对盟军58的那一波攻击护航飞机数量不足,攻击机队损失惨重,这次参与攻击的8架99舰爆也被全数击落。3 O6 H/ e/ _+ R) \( ~) c
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130. w7 l# b& ?8 ^( T
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
' G9 o& n+ f' I7 iRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.4 a( v+ {' I$ F4 o( }. h
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes' Z3 i- a- z1 t& }, Z
Japanese aircraft3 Q2 }; Z0 p3 n
A6M2 Zero x 32
- R, j; s1 |/ S o* ]8 _# q D3A1 Val x 80 [1 x+ ]9 l1 M! J' E$ [6 w, P/ W
Allied aircraft
S4 {/ a, p$ u1 F, E Kittyhawk IA x 14
. |* y% q8 ?. P9 Z Wirraway x 21
! R& M. a, N# o: d: E3 K, M P-40E Warhawk x 7
- Y3 g, Y: @8 n) e: f. {) QJapanese aircraft losses/ L! R. q! e( q. c u! u9 P
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed- _. x3 w' f+ H, n# u1 Y" O/ V
Allied aircraft losses
, G) {3 ^0 ]3 ~- k! E% H5 E Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
* N# C" E+ d* L3 k+ {* K) D. G Wirraway: 3 destroyed
9 ~! j3 ?" z5 a5 N( B( g& LAllied Ships
1 b! X9 k$ ~* Q- W3 g% |* w xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage7 z8 l% m" N6 s( @. r' V2 {
' i: C# f! l% f" r0 hKB主力攻击机群对位于米尔恩湾的58主力发动了攻击,所幸有32架零战去参与了莫港外海的攻击行动,只有43架零战直掩,被58直掩的100余架战斗机打了火鸡,参战的97舰攻和99舰爆均只有个位数的飞机飞回了母舰,以近百架飞机的代价,盟军黄蜂号CV中了3鱼雷3炸弹,被击沉。
# l d% F7 k9 M+ ^% i( g, j9 HAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
. T4 g: q( k, D( a7 b" k5 JWeather in hex: Overcast. i3 E) R( ]. T' f7 z# f1 |
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 r% u, a3 F* A- I2 I
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
4 B& a+ E1 H9 m# M- c2 ?# qJapanese aircraft
4 k' j0 F: }4 w A6M2 Zero x 43
' D6 J& F5 n' W9 ` B5N1 Kate x 45
+ O" F& }' X1 N! n. p4 B D3A1 Val x 7
6 Q9 a$ e h. ]1 \& C ^ C4 I' X D3A2 Val x 49# u" H w3 }6 i& i# `. u
Allied aircraft" B, p) P! ^, U5 ~) v% h7 Z* z
P-39D Airacobra x 94 R% f- l: ?: a) }/ T
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
( N3 H" h$ s( u0 G8 K& O. S F4F-4 Wildcat x 100; b6 k; a h, @! z8 |
Japanese aircraft losses! \& L+ A2 P$ y- K
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
3 L$ R2 ]# \( R/ H% k' t" O B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
% j- l! p7 `6 E4 ?5 A B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak7 y* s- t+ k* {+ ^
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed. ^& y# v) {: a' @5 s7 Y1 ^& R8 E
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged$ n2 @" V" G$ u' ]) l
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
! M) i+ x1 K; l) ]3 g! RAllied aircraft losses1 @7 t) S$ h+ g# E& P
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 b/ h5 R5 Y/ B
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
. e! B% A3 a+ s' ^- @) uAllied Ships/ N) W s) U. A1 o$ k$ r+ a
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
9 o$ j/ Y% _& c+ a4 C& A2 @- {" B0 ~ CV Saratoga
$ J2 C- L3 Z2 r9 Z$ V CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
+ c9 O" r: X; a% e9 q CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage6 e3 H8 J4 e: a7 l1 g( s' G$ c
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1& u$ w1 G! C& O3 c; n0 F4 c8 f- V. O5 K
: c, H9 d5 M" v8 @$ K$ j7 t2 v+ I盟军由于没有护航飞机,有70架SBD3和14架TFT裸奔分4个波次对KB发动了攻击,基本上是去送了菜,回来的飞机加在一起估计就十来架,没有取得任何战果。
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+ r) c: o: a) G4 @9 k经过一天的大战,双方均损失惨重,对于盟军来说,好消息是日军航空兵力遭到重创,KB损失的飞机需要几个月时间才能补充回来,更关键的是操作攻击机的飞行员基本损失殆尽,虽然还保留了所有的CV,但是实际上已经丧失了攻击能力了。不好的消息是,载机70余架的黄蜂被击沉,以后就只有靠3艘载机90架的CV和KB对抗,攻击机队在这次攻击中损失也过半,不过好在还有海军陆战队的飞机可以进行补充,受到的影响实际上还是比KB要小。6 z! G1 D6 ]3 G: T" {
日军意图通过达达科小道进行强攻,但是在莫港制空权尚在激烈争夺,KB又暂时丧失战力的情况下,在防御X3的达达科小道进行作战,想必也是一件十分艰苦的事情。战事至此,已经进入了十分微妙的阶段,估计需要等到联合舰队两鹰的增援到达才能出现新的转折了。 |