战报如下:6 E; }1 s. t! l6 ]8 `# G; l
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。' M6 O8 C( t" y$ a" y) Y' Q# S5 O
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % }* G0 T$ E4 w" Y# k
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
0 M! i) b7 {/ A% ^: }( i' ?+ ~* DRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
+ w8 F- I4 z3 W. c9 Z* SEstimated time to target is 34 minutes& _5 {$ Q$ V& U( n0 Y0 w6 P b* @( t
Japanese aircraft* s3 g3 W, U9 F! \ q
A6M3 Zero x 14) i, j6 l7 c3 \4 \
G4M1 Betty x 72( J/ \ N) L/ u& H
Allied aircraft
1 `' d; `1 i- j5 B3 D; n Kittyhawk IA x 27
% x. z+ z9 W# E; W, d1 i( p; g Wirraway x 42
i; A6 E4 P l l W# E$ |( o" i( d P-40E Warhawk x 9! @. Z- v. s8 c# g5 [
Japanese aircraft losses
: C( f7 g( Q( j' D" W& Q+ M" d2 E1 e& m A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed2 M9 `/ `$ l/ M$ V+ m
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged% P/ i/ y# j! N7 g
Allied aircraft losses
; x8 N1 T' Z0 u5 ?2 c0 M% F5 i+ S1 R Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed k2 R s/ H8 b2 l. e3 O8 @$ B
Wirraway: 5 destroyed/ M; ~% N$ I9 X7 y0 `) j
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
! W3 V3 j/ K3 G2 d+ EAirbase hits 2. Y$ L, D3 E8 ]
Runway hits 8& g! q: m1 L3 a. o9 _3 Z9 ~' t1 Y7 @4 c
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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。: m! d3 \) I6 f9 n
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
: k( D( `4 r3 v$ @; ^ YWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
. |) \. R1 E9 K3 [8 tRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
; @- `+ W5 j" [8 p( U' LEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
3 }; }# o9 C' }5 Y# GJapanese aircraft: m4 {( C p' [/ V# C8 o$ n( ~
A6M2 Zero x 32
. Q9 n+ f* e/ r D3A1 Val x 8
0 B$ N. o' z) p5 }- Z1 ]2 DAllied aircraft
7 j8 ~, n! l3 t/ W Kittyhawk IA x 14
: T9 o, ?+ w6 L3 a. H+ P Wirraway x 21: j) q& N7 Y2 y) y4 E1 m
P-40E Warhawk x 7
' y& Q! ~& ~( W$ ^7 q* o7 sJapanese aircraft losses/ K/ f/ P4 N. P7 ~& {9 s& @
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed$ p' c$ Y: g) i E
Allied aircraft losses6 d) ^$ ` E! ?7 E
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
3 i; X' v5 T" p; [0 r Wirraway: 3 destroyed7 X& h1 r7 c/ {. a x" `
Allied Ships
$ i& K$ E$ ?; w* Z% u1 {* `/ Y% n) U xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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2 m1 e' m7 r7 }5 k! `* h' P% n* z9 pKB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。
9 R! F# y6 a$ n7 ~$ h9 XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
( n/ [- h" p. a3 t& ]7 ]Weather in hex: Overcast9 j' E8 s. j7 T& q N
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
; o) _$ O ]# F* q) y, P% Y4 mEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
! Y8 w3 \6 `* Y. S3 TJapanese aircraft1 Q' ]% b# A! |1 I9 o) x1 Q9 p
A6M2 Zero x 43
- x Z. `( n; f9 @) M/ O$ J' x1 ` B5N1 Kate x 45: K+ i2 E% ^$ j8 H/ }
D3A1 Val x 73 ?7 O# k, j4 E3 w, K a# h
D3A2 Val x 49
. T0 X: e$ t% o C7 z CAllied aircraft6 J. `$ l2 D4 X
P-39D Airacobra x 9
; `) l) t* t2 u6 o; u1 A9 d F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
% x/ Y/ B1 v+ j: a. u F4F-4 Wildcat x 100* f/ L' N6 N; I& S4 ?7 H- _
Japanese aircraft losses* Q T) `" l$ t6 e$ a+ J0 O
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
7 S R$ S7 _6 j- t' ]/ ] B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged! f+ Y0 k- J' Z# }
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
( `' k1 u! Y% O. i3 E+ f" m D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed7 v/ ^" Q* F" Q6 f5 y0 x; u2 Y
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
1 c9 ^& Y& j+ f( Q: J8 U" |6 N7 b D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak* F! c$ t$ ?6 \( z' y" V
Allied aircraft losses4 H& Z* W( l( Y( g& u) i: Q/ R
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
5 s$ H7 ?6 [/ [# j' N F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed1 M$ y7 X' x$ Y9 P* H! _1 y0 p+ c
Allied Ships" {+ s W8 y; b8 j- Q- o
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
. t9 [3 |+ T1 L' T& v r CV Saratoga
4 U' T2 p/ ^5 N5 H: i; \; C: t CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
, c3 m, ^, z! V" |" `& Z CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
- d; n v* n& V+ I2 K$ G, m BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1' I$ K* U7 s0 j1 u
" ]8 @4 t }# B. }% 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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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。
" j% g- O0 n2 l/ e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。 |