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。4 j- R0 g) {+ U
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,: @6 M, U$ C- H5 o6 S
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
9 C: u0 }! h& k3 l. z5 D' XMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160! U: B7 v' h6 S. W6 L
7 f- p* D( l( Y' w2 Y# WWeather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ t7 z/ d* ~4 s' `! T
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 B. q8 M8 V: q0 C# m A6M5 Zero x 147
! G2 S: L( `3 W% D: N$ G! L, n B6N2a Jill x 176- V) c" z# g+ X3 G. C
D4Y3 Judy x 24' L2 N# {! |( s5 T$ i, M6 J$ D" {
D4Y4 Judy x 143
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Allied aircraft
; J) t1 S3 X9 L' s7 K3 J9 j F6F-3 Hellcat x 447" q& n3 A0 `/ _4 G& s8 g4 R+ S& h
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Japanese aircraft losses' a: _: r* d1 E
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed5 ?: J$ W4 f5 q) _# _8 s& O1 `
B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
# i& W5 C% b8 ], W! V# H D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 y7 _- L) \4 J; h+ `' n D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
; y: q7 `4 D9 E! A8 j D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged3 q- c! m! k+ \' F c8 W' R
0 G- N6 i0 c: qAllied aircraft losses, f, ~ i A( |& q; Z* z: | E* q* ]
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed7 g, P1 i$ T5 V2 c( D' ?1 \/ e) _
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Allied Ships7 S: f6 e6 X0 I( G4 c5 ^
CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
% p" n$ o6 Y$ s z! ]" h6 k8 d$ J CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
2 M& ~% ]- m" P+ Y. }+ E CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( R0 y) g! }0 y' H6 s% b+ R
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 U- o/ v7 s) p: {0 N9 X LST-34% U! G# w t" ?3 w
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage* `. L2 z% S, ? ^; ]. V* {
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
: n6 _* r' r/ }$ R CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. V, f3 _+ @1 W) k! U CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 z/ ], g7 K- g# I8 y8 | CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 v+ M- p7 s" J- Q0 L LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
! Y6 @" j; Y' W y* | m DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- s9 G9 I# `2 P' N
DE Waterman6 G* E: c) o' C/ `2 F! F5 I
DD Callaghan: N2 B7 s2 S6 v! E
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ M% @; y) \# h, |1 M DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& ]4 m3 u2 _# W DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- f: R+ |. d6 u% ^6 k6 @
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 X _2 r5 s( Z$ ?; { DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire$ V y* B: r) K
LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
9 k5 D* ~2 |) m( V- a LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
4 a0 {/ a+ u- ?8 q& S DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ `6 {3 i& d6 J6 g1 h: R DE Stadtfeld) H9 Z( E. `0 ^; h+ M1 h. W
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ N. Y2 j5 y) B# c, k
DE James E. Craig. Z2 X/ a. I" }( w9 k6 L
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
2 T6 ~& d6 J- ^3 q LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
8 Y8 L( S2 L& y! z0 y* h DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires5 k$ |/ d) X! H7 m z, A0 T( H
" |6 v" W E( [2 TAllied ground losses:
0 c5 R# Y$ S! _* i y9 r" b 210 casualties reported5 n3 E- D, l# L" r5 w8 C4 n6 K9 F
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& S: d# s( D. O2 o% _1 h
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
& {) Z! `0 |# w5 ~1 y; ?$ [ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
5 f9 Y1 N0 }% y$ k4 a# A5 K8 d1 f: r Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
5 @2 ]9 o# I4 g5 a4 dRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.$ c9 ?* o8 }' K ~& p$ `
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes* Y# @- k. Q: N) b
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Japanese aircraft
. R, H' v3 }' o; Z7 e: _% N A6M5 Zero x 92
% k% w* @$ q ~# @3 c N1K1-J George x 26
6 K! A; x3 c0 P4 O6 x N1K2-J George x 251, a; s- X+ h# J7 R# T: k
Ki-84r Frank x 148
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Allied aircraft3 x' T4 l9 A# s5 x/ p+ `! n
F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
+ Y+ a# o) J7 p9 t3 L7 N TBF-1 Avenger x 30
+ Y; ]4 Z' I4 F8 T0 f. r' m TBM-1C Avenger x 231 q4 W6 J% J* U1 D
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Japanese aircraft losses3 z1 W+ y- f8 @9 z, _
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged# w/ A7 E' i/ _) i/ C2 ^" i
8 g) N2 O. p4 QAllied aircraft losses
/ A8 f$ |6 d! U F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed
" ~1 R9 D, \3 @( B; x TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed- ]; y7 \/ S5 N y
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged* Q5 y u- ^! g& _6 }
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak& ^2 e4 D: |4 {' _ }; p s
0 b7 _, ?( V" L( {, ?# XJapanese Ships
$ a3 [' |) E( M, T9 N6 k CVL Chitose& c/ |+ G' O& i# A4 I4 b# z. U
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F3 r; w1 ?& b# j$ Q( F1 H$ cRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.9 {1 N5 y* }9 O1 y- ~
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes: n4 q; W3 a# ` J* |0 x; H* g
+ r7 W. m+ S( zJapanese aircraft
4 T: E! v$ w# Z& ~2 v3 q A6M5 Zero x 77
! Q1 L- G! S. R" t- {, \7 z N1K1-J George x 26
# [- L; Y; ~. ^5 C9 q: J% y N1K2-J George x 195
2 W0 D, E* Q+ j! p& N+ G4 @9 H8 O Ki-84r Frank x 127/ |. ^$ @; \6 @, }1 K, Q' O) @
0 T+ a; Q, X+ XAllied aircraft( C9 }! |, U# X
TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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# }- |) G6 J o. G! bNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses# ~- a( e6 d9 Q4 ]1 p
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
, C2 F m. K9 `1 l! qEstimated time to target is 7 minutes/ O6 ]4 c m0 M. X* P9 N
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Japanese aircraft
- u6 ^* w- p& y& [+ C; R) I' g A6M5 Zero x 69
& N* h" ]) j% z: h7 [ N1K1-J George x 26) j7 H9 w. a; g3 N
N1K2-J George x 1279 B0 n9 {6 U( @9 i0 f) Z. b
Ki-84r Frank x 91
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9 ?3 N* }% G3 I7 h' D, }6 MAllied aircraft; S3 M S" Y9 L
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34
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Allied aircraft losses
' X" ^) P; D- }& f6 [6 w SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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% r0 J7 |+ {" k* V4 E& [3 YRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.7 \5 N/ o1 Y/ g0 z7 ?* Q
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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( L% M% b0 `0 K0 @" v5 BJapanese aircraft
7 x$ R0 D4 K! Z6 w/ V: R( V3 ?! o A6M5 Zero x 64
: W! u5 q/ |9 w: t: |2 ^ N1K1-J George x 263 I! t: o! L% `' c1 ~" F5 t
N1K2-J George x 95
' h- E* v' e) p/ J Ki-84r Frank x 72
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. E1 E# o; c# h0 b/ IAllied aircraft5 V) x5 E4 @% s5 ?% c8 H# ~
TBF-1 Avenger x 153 @7 w: C) F/ Z. W
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No Japanese losses
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: n$ q1 y* J# z+ vAllied aircraft losses
, X; p& y4 f+ i X7 N% m TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed! l" n! f: q; Y6 n) M8 E. E8 m* N8 o
' `- n" ^4 D, X- r( ?' {; v0 tRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.- K. ~- \9 g6 D* ~& p0 O" R
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
. X8 ^+ E& S; c y) Y9 | O7 a& K9 b( X A6M5 Zero x 57
; Z- x6 x$ \( r: U2 P4 _7 U N1K1-J George x 26
9 v9 d/ h7 o' ?. h. @6 R$ i+ m N1K2-J George x 76
% b! Z Y5 B8 r) H+ W8 Y2 I9 Y, [ Ki-84r Frank x 62
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8 \3 |; s/ c8 B. i1 u7 H+ [2 b+ zAllied aircraft
5 H, S- `( j: D+ z& y) y9 G$ ~ TBF-1 Avenger x 89 q- V, v) R2 Z" J4 s
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No Japanese losses( \3 Z& }8 Z7 H' r& D+ G
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Allied aircraft losses
; y% s5 n9 H# I TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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' T9 w, H/ J& X+ jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160. J2 @1 g, F2 l& W2 J/ {0 ?, U
# j* J7 a+ M4 @8 r6 g* TWeather in hex: Heavy rain9 c$ G) W. E; S5 T4 L+ u
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
- V9 O- A9 w7 |' y/ v& g, D% XEstimated time to target is 37 minutes
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4 ?6 ?4 ~2 r2 M NJapanese aircraft
! o; ]1 q% A" B a A6M5 Zero x 1518 M6 e% L) ]5 W& | x" f' Q
B6N2a Jill x 84
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Allied aircraft
7 v1 X/ A: w4 `! a! Q" `% M F6F-3 Hellcat x 332, D1 a% M% f1 k$ t/ u6 e
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 C+ ?9 V. z$ a& j2 T1 v9 [ A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed J: [5 R& D5 Y: L& c# C5 w
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged& G$ {- F$ e7 x9 R; ^
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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/ G: a8 B( n' i$ @Allied aircraft losses
" G/ `; f8 X5 A& C F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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5 i! V, t4 D O, c& @$ \9 T4 t6 OAllied Ships. J% ~; Q& ?1 E5 z/ l5 a* d. ]
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
% X5 n8 c5 `4 e- b9 z" N& Q7 p CVL Belleau Wood
9 u- \# z7 d! a7 Z# s( U. o, T CV Yorktown II
Q9 x7 a4 B5 v+ O$ t CV Bunker Hill2 ~! `- N+ R; T
DD Kimberly. r5 w0 y0 ~$ r
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
" D5 n" a( c. |/ Y) o CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
7 @5 w+ O, }6 i6 m/ B, m* g" j* h CVL Independence
4 J$ }7 q; U/ r' M/ y( ? CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
8 ] P$ g+ r* C( [ CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 14 l. Q+ x) v; I6 t6 L3 h2 x- p
CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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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。
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