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。7 v, d7 t( r$ l- S; i3 r
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,$ u, l" b) D: v j H$ u5 h% D c8 o
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
2 a3 D# \0 f/ fMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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5 C9 d" ~5 B$ M, S4 J l/ P* UWeather in hex: Overcast
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g$ R0 f1 \: z/ S9 ]; y/ b4 MRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
7 k$ v% y+ T/ z2 q; XEstimated time to target is 40 minutes/ r* U/ t2 i' i8 T
" U9 W" r! s# j" i+ a8 ]Japanese aircraft; p$ ~( B8 m* ^4 y
A6M5 Zero x 147# e' _7 Z/ N/ `! k, t( Y' ?
B6N2a Jill x 176. P; b, R9 m+ [ _4 ~, C. |# S
D4Y3 Judy x 24
: V) S9 \1 g# ], }2 D9 g2 N7 c R D4Y4 Judy x 1430 U) x B7 `( p! Y; ?' `8 c Z
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Allied aircraft
' h. U( N, h5 u F6F-3 Hellcat x 4473 x- N7 ]5 z$ J5 g9 x
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Japanese aircraft losses! U' R1 c2 ~& \/ j
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
7 K% J7 y6 _7 U6 ` B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged- g; n b, L2 j
D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged# F4 k r$ u4 n; A3 z, ~
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
* Q' V' m7 M. P5 [ D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
& y9 G( o' f" v% y/ R0 } a3 c$ o( ~: S F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 j# e+ ]4 @; W u, l1 |; n- n CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
7 p7 B v! `6 G0 w: x* q9 E- A CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) C8 j% K# j2 K7 p% ^; q
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# o" L- n/ i1 Q% R1 `
LST-343 v; O& l/ b/ q; d B) }
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
) |' F3 K% G8 n& O CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 ]; z `$ C3 U) M+ [ CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
: ^: B6 s5 f/ [$ J a" `' z CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! X, o$ W. ~7 r- E4 N# t8 W
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage& G7 v+ ^9 \4 H1 {
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk" d# F5 U8 g+ E: j9 b& A' _" A
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 b6 S5 S8 l0 ?! |
DE Waterman7 D. [0 C9 }6 ?. G6 L
DD Callaghan
# E# ?6 g+ m5 k3 W" w6 V9 ~* Q DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
; J7 R3 i0 F1 d9 M3 h DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 x. W2 B! @% B% T6 `) y5 E DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! ~% }/ x X' g8 q$ O+ `7 `
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 U3 O: u! i4 L! I
DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
/ W: Q4 m6 a% z LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk5 `4 F7 t0 p5 Y; O
LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
' y5 R- U9 T$ ~4 _$ q0 f2 k DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 q3 p0 G& q; N5 N$ w0 d \9 t( O DE Stadtfeld
2 y& }9 N! z' `6 V. z+ b" F DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 P: w+ Z7 c! u& p
DE James E. Craig
) q* d( D+ ], _) R, W$ m# Q7 m LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk" d& Z# t' D4 R' S: f
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk7 r; X7 W4 t; h9 Y$ d
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires; i4 S' ?* ?0 I8 w0 L# q( h" r1 _+ i8 @
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Allied ground losses:
% y* r( H: |0 j+ L- O+ x0 {, ^- Z9 F 210 casualties reported
# T7 c( i9 n, X& C8 r* w Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 V- z$ A& k; O6 s Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled# D# J4 x+ s; v- k; F' h4 ~0 ]4 u
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ U1 [* V* N' B- z, G
Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)# w! O+ |- G c4 e
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
9 I% j: |& ] {6 x2 H- T4 eEstimated time to target is 36 minutes% o g4 z6 v5 V6 u4 ?, n. P
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Japanese aircraft" z8 ~# r5 g6 ?$ K
A6M5 Zero x 92
$ S0 E- n# {. o. s: d" a- {! _ N1K1-J George x 26 y& z4 W" R: V+ ?
N1K2-J George x 251
) a( _5 \& E o: t( \& [ Ki-84r Frank x 148
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0 L8 u9 k! l& J! A% B7 Y; m. q+ ?Allied aircraft- k1 L% x6 C6 R. |/ q: r
F6F-3 Hellcat x 762 O; y2 ]3 v& j; y2 L
TBF-1 Avenger x 300 S7 I- }( X5 i1 E6 f* N
TBM-1C Avenger x 23* o1 _8 L4 f$ {9 W
; m8 U& v& R3 A5 ?, cJapanese aircraft losses
Z0 i( `* E0 N; j( ^% s N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses( f2 b+ Y6 a9 o
F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed7 V( l( I3 V t" I
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed
! L& _9 p8 U5 x) p O; m TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
/ W. l! `% P& g: E TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak l, Y j& V$ H! {0 ~) Z) H2 d
2 A: v8 u! F P7 T+ f: _Japanese Ships4 e& L2 m3 f( P5 z4 F+ _& _: [
CVL Chitose
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.+ g. z+ @# T+ s, v) d& H, `# \9 w
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes/ ?" [% Q: ]( Q
" t& ?& O. q" w6 K+ E* dJapanese aircraft: B3 R9 u6 t5 K" Q) c; r
A6M5 Zero x 77
/ G( Q8 W& J5 l1 M# O' ?+ }- K N1K1-J George x 260 f* E- r* H* V0 t4 c5 J
N1K2-J George x 195
: [* G% Y. s/ N) A! T Ki-84r Frank x 1276 \# T& }5 k. _1 F9 d+ i
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Allied aircraft7 {! V! ^# _! O# i' a/ Z1 S
TBM-1C Avenger x 70 v' }6 m" ^* B! o' `
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No Japanese losses
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% o# r, ?+ A. V) W2 mAllied aircraft losses
; m& p/ q- e$ ?1 v& W+ D TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ C) l5 t* ~+ e2 \
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes8 ]9 W2 e% ?7 A7 O u
. u4 [2 Z ]- N CJapanese aircraft' e3 Q m- n5 A: `3 A7 `% d; z
A6M5 Zero x 69: C# {$ J" G% n4 e
N1K1-J George x 260 F/ T1 u8 w8 y" B3 [
N1K2-J George x 1273 q5 x% a4 ]* f9 E
Ki-84r Frank x 91! d: S+ Y+ s3 L# r0 W
1 q4 W2 m0 O. ]8 C0 m; aAllied aircraft2 {& \( M/ U9 m, R5 M1 U0 E
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34* A. Z% `$ _% s+ W6 j
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No Japanese losses
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4 o& V- c0 b8 W# `Allied aircraft losses$ J0 N& U7 m" P- x+ M3 m- q1 m" w2 \
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
, U- V" {- {+ t" k7 uEstimated time to target is 10 minutes) Z! j- N' c9 R4 H. q/ }
) `$ K: K1 J( p+ x# M+ s) b/ BJapanese aircraft7 S ?7 }- }, m8 [7 i
A6M5 Zero x 64
4 a! t0 B' S. O# t( B4 K2 V7 T N1K1-J George x 263 e& ?1 X! z3 D& r! R7 v3 {8 `
N1K2-J George x 958 h% {5 B8 \. r0 P' V- ~
Ki-84r Frank x 72, O( B/ K& }) b3 q2 {8 P
9 ^4 @- `9 K/ @+ uAllied aircraft
; J P t+ ~& F! X- W0 L3 c1 H/ d TBF-1 Avenger x 15. E/ y5 V0 @% E! F2 ]
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9 v7 h' ~8 F) d" E7 b0 {4 t, nAllied aircraft losses
/ q- r3 A7 I* s( E( T" \ TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed6 T/ U5 [% H- _8 b/ A: D3 J
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Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.( X- t! p% a2 V0 Z
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes$ E5 y+ U j5 s% N, ]" M- L
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Japanese aircraft1 f. A& H4 R% U& q8 f4 m
A6M5 Zero x 575 k- s0 o( v: T/ b& a
N1K1-J George x 26
: x( b; \, A" Y0 B N1K2-J George x 76
1 M8 N- o" x1 Z( {, J& A Ki-84r Frank x 622 @- s# f9 |6 A! O" Q! A
W( ~ L% V9 j+ X! T, CAllied aircraft
0 L! o1 \* d) W* I, f6 p TBF-1 Avenger x 8, I$ W s' D) m5 p- V& Z
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No Japanese losses
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/ y8 K6 J7 v0 g- N9 @6 Z/ k0 z. C7 yAllied aircraft losses
+ r9 j5 c+ |5 y! @3 Y TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed: p* R6 @# s* C# A1 \
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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3 L; Z, T; J+ [* z, OWeather in hex: Heavy rain' ^2 r: y) T$ N& _
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
: Z) y; |/ y3 W sEstimated time to target is 37 minutes
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# X1 E- j' ]% q+ }Japanese aircraft
4 s" u* Q# T \; r3 d# k A6M5 Zero x 151
, U% \5 R5 b2 N% Z8 C! v B6N2a Jill x 84) q0 i8 ?- T2 q/ y A1 G+ t6 R
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Allied aircraft
3 j' H4 z, h/ W& Y F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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9 O6 C5 G/ z! k) }. i: MJapanese aircraft losses) T9 H, W" c4 P6 g
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed/ \$ J5 O! R6 U2 q4 p
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged
! E" t8 [8 _, t5 k/ j L1 x% H" x B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak3 K* [4 I' a: C* ]8 {
# N+ P; T# c" q$ d5 pAllied aircraft losses
+ J! A+ {; O8 z, W F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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* Z! M$ a* f- W5 _. n8 ^Allied Ships/ a2 B k/ F: A% D/ }
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1% ]$ v4 P# K: I
CVL Belleau Wood
5 Z' K3 f5 g j h3 Z8 {. W CV Yorktown II( ^- ]0 t5 \ @8 I' O
CV Bunker Hill
: V, {8 Q/ p j' Q1 `/ }; H DD Kimberly; \2 ?6 r/ o* R/ u
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
8 C, [; Y# ]5 P/ Y: L CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
7 \6 S0 W& P$ y/ H& _5 c# n. \ CVL Independence
- l+ G2 b% H; n# Q* {. z8 F CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
# [6 B' g* ?$ i0 @( U CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1: H, |5 S9 L; G% m
CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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: B1 B0 v# v5 u" f1 {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。+ O ]: Z. {& e1 t
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