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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。4 W$ H! K3 H* w/ E
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
! M; ]+ l7 D9 |6 l% t' A8 }Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
0 M* ?8 \ T$ @0 gRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.: f9 S7 S- y; p1 D4 j5 j+ P
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes* Q! u0 a& f7 [9 k6 ^) v; O
Japanese aircraft
' z/ r: A. r' ~& ?1 C A6M3 Zero x 14
2 x+ y' H- d1 j G4M1 Betty x 72
+ z, i2 ], g$ H5 R+ AAllied aircraft
& `# _. b2 f4 F0 |, D8 `) \ Kittyhawk IA x 27
% `3 M7 ^( {% r, _! O( z- c Wirraway x 42
; n7 _6 w1 u0 o: n* A P-40E Warhawk x 9
8 s2 Y& V! u4 OJapanese aircraft losses
; f8 b2 Z* i. u; K$ z A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed7 {! n; j# |8 ], Q% F* W3 l; G
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged w, \# R' p" ~ `8 d$ T9 n
Allied aircraft losses
/ o3 r: K; l5 H. d Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ ^" l* n7 G2 O+ X4 \+ C: X$ | Wirraway: 5 destroyed* ?! h- |- j* ?% Z$ k0 e8 `
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed# E" n5 Q/ K Y: z: O- J9 I5 U# X- D
Airbase hits 20 v. j+ @4 ]4 G8 U- w" J
Runway hits 88 f O4 X i2 }8 `
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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。
$ t8 G7 a! ~* p2 I; S$ E9 vMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Y; K, y1 A5 @
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms- J1 l2 Y4 j6 k+ @
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
& j# F$ {- g1 kEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
- }8 p) @% a' Y2 U' dJapanese aircraft. R, J7 ^- A: V/ [2 T+ r' h
A6M2 Zero x 32
+ t) }) v7 E; [2 M$ R% Z D3A1 Val x 84 w/ W F' W- K
Allied aircraft
: ]# h+ P5 |* M2 ^, t4 p Kittyhawk IA x 142 g' G; b( T# o$ r2 f6 C0 J
Wirraway x 216 _" e" |( M: q( X: x0 h4 ]
P-40E Warhawk x 7$ b5 l1 L$ r- \$ ~( q
Japanese aircraft losses1 _& @; L) C4 {
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
; A$ V4 l, J: T3 N( y$ g0 iAllied aircraft losses+ L; |7 w& Y% T( V4 ~
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed0 C5 s% i. u, f7 ?
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
% n* A5 f' B5 ~6 aAllied Ships' k6 X) t# @8 \8 N0 d7 i) p
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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* o0 m$ c2 e5 ^0 |KB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。& d0 Y* T+ u1 f+ M8 t
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
2 \5 }; [, u; |5 h1 c8 aWeather in hex: Overcast1 T/ x" O6 X! Q/ `6 v3 f2 z
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
4 Q7 j( Z; d: v+ _Estimated time to target is 45 minutes9 A- g& ?8 f2 M2 L1 W
Japanese aircraft p) x5 }2 g3 a% I/ p5 i( N) k
A6M2 Zero x 43
: _7 H0 k; d! u0 a L! m B5N1 Kate x 45+ a, W) x3 H, Q4 ]
D3A1 Val x 7
" ?9 w$ l5 X1 q( g D3A2 Val x 49
8 D+ b* b% [. P7 F' NAllied aircraft( |* ~3 k# K4 ]* E4 P
P-39D Airacobra x 9
2 e% l$ b! Y, z) D0 _! ]- [8 @ F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
* D! G; p3 e( Q# T+ e F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
0 W! S! |: Z# Z1 y. C2 vJapanese aircraft losses
) A9 ~8 |3 r) }/ A: F A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed5 k6 C/ W, N8 t" j
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged( D+ _ h8 |+ v5 X3 {; Z i7 D8 J" ]7 ~
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak! V( ]+ R3 \4 z6 a( N, B' [+ S
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed' _% W4 p& ^ k& Z" k I3 f
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
3 f# X( `; b1 a" O1 I D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
7 U- Q8 h: J8 z/ `Allied aircraft losses" o+ w8 H' A9 H$ K' b: N* B- Z" y
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed/ i2 `# T1 Z! s# q
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed$ J) P8 X; I$ l
Allied Ships: o/ n; L% }- A$ N1 l. O
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
' j5 L9 C9 b1 D( }' i CV Saratoga' D' `2 I$ s/ H: M1 \
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
3 z1 v3 O: y a5 Q CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# a* u9 h3 k0 l- d8 ^, h+ w3 r
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1# w: o1 d: K6 Q
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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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" X0 m; ^: I4 r. J1 n7 R4 t9 q% C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。
2 Q# l1 e. X8 M% ], x+ |! s8 k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。 |