战报如下:
! Z" x; r, P$ J8 }3 N" Y$ e1 F3 k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。1 i/ x3 ]1 C4 U2 k, i, C5 K
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , d1 O ^6 \7 p' k* N
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms/ l1 Y- G O. o9 ?# k' z$ v v
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.% \6 p( e# O1 b6 p' o
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
# P l& k0 G+ L% oJapanese aircraft" m5 d3 `( [- g* u# S
A6M3 Zero x 14
9 m" ^) y8 V. D+ `* v ] G4M1 Betty x 72
7 X* |8 d; x; w2 B# U$ a) t0 q" uAllied aircraft
0 n8 ?# Z1 _/ z, n+ |; C J4 k% x Kittyhawk IA x 27& @# M2 F( N2 b9 G7 a( R
Wirraway x 42# {$ ^3 W- W0 j/ k% S" a% Y
P-40E Warhawk x 9
% R; Z6 h, D% I/ Z/ {- r, EJapanese aircraft losses
4 \- e1 B) O, C# N, l0 l7 F, Y A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed3 h$ y9 X5 p$ `0 P! _
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
4 L$ {, ]; Z4 B( G( pAllied aircraft losses
0 h3 r7 B, h7 F1 ?. ?/ h+ M( D" u Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
# V2 n" e# q; F Wirraway: 5 destroyed7 q8 u4 i- o6 J. Q7 m
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
. ]+ ]- t+ G- eAirbase hits 2
4 S2 C6 o6 X6 H( S+ lRunway hits 89 Z H: d* ]. z' U8 R5 V: t
( m% `% k: D4 m. l# ?+ `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 R& ]' f9 _! t
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
4 K" j- I0 m& g" h( NWeather in hex: Thunderstorms+ U7 @5 }0 T0 X+ s2 D: ^7 V
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
3 Q& Z+ [1 R8 Z; zEstimated time to target is 18 minutes" j. Z* J, @! z, E% N
Japanese aircraft4 O+ `1 {, I1 j% @ M* Z1 L7 ^
A6M2 Zero x 32" q/ o) H- M; }' C) H/ g
D3A1 Val x 8
+ e( D5 Z8 @+ h9 NAllied aircraft
# y1 y4 {( f; e8 b Kittyhawk IA x 14* t' I: M V0 I
Wirraway x 21
6 S2 C0 S9 h. r& S, K5 K" r4 H, ^ P-40E Warhawk x 73 B/ S* y4 H) A K+ }6 ?' x
Japanese aircraft losses
0 `0 c/ L; f: f! B1 n8 f5 a D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed. p- s& k5 Y8 {/ E `0 p1 w
Allied aircraft losses3 F9 z: W6 S' Y2 Z+ q2 V" M! P, g
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
2 w" k8 u+ s4 M2 n* n2 A) c5 F Wirraway: 3 destroyed+ _1 T$ S B% G6 F- \ m; Y$ s% F
Allied Ships; ?( z5 H' y/ F+ |/ Q( N
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage/ i& L; Z" n3 v5 G4 W% _
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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。) Y$ @- V; B7 e. H; A# |* | e
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
! q4 h; c" C* |8 \5 |" uWeather in hex: Overcast7 d9 k6 N& U% p4 K7 _
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.# P% z1 Q1 h+ g5 o+ y1 N& \) j. u
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
' A0 V+ t( \# f/ U* L' S! h2 AJapanese aircraft
1 ~2 }) r/ `& e" I+ Q. x A6M2 Zero x 43$ A( p3 @ l3 Z* j8 H
B5N1 Kate x 45( P, Z* k% u) E2 f, `% m& Q) t- f+ i+ `
D3A1 Val x 7
9 e7 N+ J2 B: m D3A2 Val x 49
1 b2 R b [, [, d. H" \# `4 [Allied aircraft
0 ?# [" E4 G9 i, e! u! b1 v P-39D Airacobra x 9" N" M; z( V7 M6 Z [+ o
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16 E/ z1 b/ J I9 g$ I0 ~
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
( q$ k5 n& {% h; {' K4 E& s* gJapanese aircraft losses) {1 v" M+ n6 z6 z5 A
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
) \1 o1 F6 V/ i0 z, r B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged3 }% a% F5 U# ^2 A& t; P
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
+ I. t5 g5 {$ O, q+ a D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed) r) n' s, {$ ~4 e
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged+ F8 k* q! l' I2 }3 V5 r, ?
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak! Q1 [4 i! G7 ?* Z) a# `
Allied aircraft losses
0 P8 m% T8 a: S, I F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed' Z) \ |: B6 w9 D0 a8 F7 `& h( C9 \. V
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
$ `6 W: [' N/ |$ J$ EAllied Ships
3 W- D% k' P: m; X CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire1 y5 v- N2 p- _) j6 M% S
CV Saratoga
7 N( H# O5 \" g, o# Q- R! U CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire# d V% {, ^% H
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
" E( ^2 z4 b- e BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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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。5 \) g- a! t* w# t
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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。
/ m; _# Y( d$ R C" |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。 |