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。5 v5 Z" p( x* e6 A% c
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,
$ K; Y. s# j4 G- L+ I/ ^; {AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44 " D/ v( { W& w5 V+ A
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160& v% |: ~+ k. S% V' r) b
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.( Z! R {# u3 _! a# U$ y# H
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes) \" Y' t! y0 K
2 I: a9 } s' ]4 J3 F# tJapanese aircraft. C$ l, W& ^( X) b# O8 t1 e0 h. Q# U
A6M5 Zero x 147
* f! ?. b# L. L; M# c B6N2a Jill x 176
' ~3 S: g* U: W/ E9 W( X. v$ X1 o/ n D4Y3 Judy x 24
! Q. y. h6 u0 G& K D4Y4 Judy x 143
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Allied aircraft. N: U9 q' t9 J6 Q$ \1 n2 j, b: I9 ^1 W
F6F-3 Hellcat x 4474 E: N* a: a0 e, @3 v- o! r' p' B
" p. z6 t; \" _3 WJapanese aircraft losses2 L0 B4 h3 y7 _) z4 H9 W! ], V
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed/ O* U# [1 O( P0 n. R( |
B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
! J5 ~. K1 |& {0 @7 ^; M$ s3 ? D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
) B: y# \+ [9 \ D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
/ w% [% v! c8 R& T! [7 e D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged* s5 d! x9 [" W L( Q! R/ l2 O. I
3 c( q/ U3 J( g; V! e' BAllied aircraft losses( I; I: e5 R9 ]3 d
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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0 c1 b* B9 T- k1 j! _8 } z1 p' F/ _Allied Ships
/ V' p6 T7 X s' y R( i CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 T. u3 H5 M T/ b3 t% [ CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
) ^9 j7 H3 L. N4 P CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 ?8 G, G' y( z$ W9 \6 u
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
\5 {5 a: e0 L7 a LST-34
5 u1 B& K5 T8 |( g CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 }. q" @8 L8 S- | CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" p: s- q( Z3 b: k% U" h4 R CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' A# N! ~+ y" N/ e CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ G+ @0 l7 Q0 K% F/ w% |/ H
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage$ |* e3 U$ C, U
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
0 Y/ k0 |. \& X$ n! c DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
; j/ ]8 ?& T5 P$ c# B' p DE Waterman
& Q) r N8 u% H DD Callaghan/ G# g4 G# g' B0 a$ W/ ]
DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage/ ?4 w5 q5 Y# I1 Q& J5 \3 Q
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- ?( H6 v/ M' I7 L7 A1 B DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 o% d" K: J7 R9 f% q
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! c6 y2 V9 j% V DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
8 P& w4 x% T+ \% H% U+ y% D LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
4 V9 V* v/ `7 G, J, [% ]" Z LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires# _# F* l7 y9 H) s) F( p
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. |2 X: F j; j0 Z DE Stadtfeld
) u' U9 U& e; W& N/ e) C3 w* @ DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" X8 M* ]; P' {) A& b
DE James E. Craig
4 L1 E8 [0 o0 |5 _! G LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk2 Z6 z% O5 T0 j. ^
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk9 j. F+ y7 m% ^6 q2 N) F
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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Allied ground losses:
, P4 X& f5 ?4 Z. k, G2 `$ e: I, [3 u 210 casualties reported4 U2 ?* i" g0 }2 C7 }; ~, G! C
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
1 `8 t' l9 V9 O+ }5 p, D Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
: |9 y& g7 g- v( q, X2 m Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" s' u$ c- f8 R& _ Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
/ @* A0 |+ P( l8 I7 E( y* QRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet., v! s' Z5 N" v. a& C
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes j1 ^+ }1 I! O7 N) j- l
2 K0 Y3 O0 m2 u: w$ U2 TJapanese aircraft1 {; X0 R' @% \
A6M5 Zero x 92! x$ y( E) ]) S' a
N1K1-J George x 260 d G; n" E7 C w4 t: ?' U$ r
N1K2-J George x 251; ?' U+ @% R, i
Ki-84r Frank x 148
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) f3 B+ z# L y1 O A* XAllied aircraft
e! b1 h9 V0 H0 k7 m- c9 Q A F6F-3 Hellcat x 763 T- h P+ s; y, M1 {
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
: d2 k# b \: M' u6 M TBM-1C Avenger x 23
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Japanese aircraft losses
* S3 ~( r; t# b5 g. R N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses0 n, s& U# `( c5 r' Y
F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed$ G3 g' F% q7 U: d" \. S7 f7 n
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed0 N5 L H; E; x; A9 B: |: b
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
! w" H$ p0 M) \& p0 d TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak& `, Z/ o' U" M- |+ `" F# f
$ ]3 ?# E7 o$ @) [; x8 bJapanese Ships
) J/ o: E+ }( a! B+ I/ G( k) y CVL Chitose
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9 U9 b0 _* i% [0 F2 yRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
3 s: ^/ V" I! B) `, D# f: [/ }3 jEstimated time to target is 32 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% d9 e: [" ^( @% s1 w, H2 P1 | A6M5 Zero x 770 C0 q: Y: P7 z$ {
N1K1-J George x 269 r7 o5 I( {- o% v$ v. q* V; _
N1K2-J George x 195* C5 O M5 ^8 o5 @ u
Ki-84r Frank x 127* R3 j1 E* _$ N$ H% [
C& N; c* n" W, H% R: E# O+ C( S# SAllied aircraft
, _% A- J. U( S: V TBM-1C Avenger x 7# M' F8 j' A+ s6 m- \) \' y
# H% M7 L& w3 g& @2 a* UNo Japanese losses" Z2 Y+ k, N0 i; d2 b6 z$ C
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Allied aircraft losses7 L7 B" }. ]( D! Q9 g$ W9 Q; A) Y
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed, H8 q J1 w! y6 _+ i! L
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.. p ?6 D5 |. d7 w
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Y, f7 `- f( c
4 e8 p7 b2 X5 L( |" z( r. JJapanese aircraft( U. m+ }$ A' V' @+ O& B4 z7 U
A6M5 Zero x 69
" s) ]# X4 x3 s, X. P& v! R4 w N1K1-J George x 268 w3 v4 m" E+ [, d
N1K2-J George x 127
7 T: [/ Z# V$ U0 h# k Ki-84r Frank x 91, _5 [% q" G: A
% i3 }6 D# }* ~1 S- RAllied aircraft1 s0 D+ o9 R9 w$ \
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34- c j. @$ i5 u
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No Japanese losses+ q) O0 Q7 E, H$ R% q3 |
' n; S" |' `! e4 f9 uAllied aircraft losses2 t. L" n3 B. p) ?! Z+ l. l% v
SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed7 N8 p7 ?: a8 }0 F9 I: r
! P7 C1 @- H- n. j* q5 q3 g, K! FRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
! w7 e& P4 ^' Q- g4 _, ~# ~7 rEstimated time to target is 10 minutes! S: k) X/ F; c/ [% D! k
& u) G) ` A8 WJapanese aircraft
0 F) {9 K$ e: p; [ A6M5 Zero x 64
( q. Z+ _! c- P( I N1K1-J George x 26# S. ~: d3 @: |# _5 e
N1K2-J George x 957 ]) ?- e! M, e) o
Ki-84r Frank x 724 g2 V W$ O; \8 X3 ?
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Allied aircraft
/ Q( a0 H- M) [3 Q TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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No Japanese losses4 `6 L: }" E5 X- u g4 |
0 L) l+ J: T1 ^7 n5 M% F" w& N. H/ _Allied aircraft losses
4 B5 [! S' j& ~ TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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5 Y; d6 v0 |& f$ wRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
5 r6 }1 A, ^6 f8 t) n8 q/ HEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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7 z; z; q4 |; J6 C. ?" R( F, OJapanese aircraft$ b. E0 l2 M" z& ~; U |/ z
A6M5 Zero x 57& E, i, ]. k# h3 m
N1K1-J George x 264 ?# j& f6 B- V& ?
N1K2-J George x 76
6 ~1 e6 S4 T# E0 s. X Ki-84r Frank x 621 E9 D/ F9 T! E' D# G, j2 s: k9 e
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Allied aircraft# ?5 z0 m5 Z2 g2 M
TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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No Japanese losses' @# m; \+ t( E# h: `! {$ r) G ^
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" u/ u2 O) \' M* b6 |# w TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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. ^* R9 M+ S8 [- n% H4 v6 BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160- H) u3 d8 Q. [; R8 L/ d; P7 v
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain" N$ C+ t0 ?' i
9 w1 t. m0 l9 q% _Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
3 T9 E: i( ~. e" S! t, uEstimated time to target is 37 minutes7 e0 m3 e6 Y. n
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7 n9 M! _. E2 D6 Y/ N A6M5 Zero x 151$ e5 S2 ?" B8 G# f
B6N2a Jill x 846 I! e8 _' I0 u
" t1 y9 J$ V# T* [; SAllied aircraft
: `& t6 p6 N/ l! i0 h6 } F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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% u u- S6 T4 _! g1 E% BJapanese aircraft losses0 P& ^, x" o; L% _
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed0 `( I$ r4 w* c Q. Q- z+ w
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged
( \: ~8 |( ^. s% Y( f B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak0 J- P# A) ~8 p# F$ o" n* W
$ `! j g/ u; c# S7 W- u; `Allied aircraft losses( n! K+ G0 p3 J( Y" a& y4 j( w# m' r
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
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. e- s0 }5 d9 r6 QAllied Ships( B2 K: D3 `! A6 r
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
8 O6 l. x) v* Z) Q! C CVL Belleau Wood
: y, j+ _( G( W1 o CV Yorktown II
* B( q0 v0 @2 U" G$ K6 h CV Bunker Hill7 N, G# W3 K4 W( Q8 p
DD Kimberly
4 g7 f8 U5 q: w: e- k$ f) ^& H3 @ CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 10 w5 ~0 x% |2 r+ m# i' j: z5 d& [
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
" `! B& E2 w1 V( r8 K CVL Independence
( p5 I1 V" t' ~3 ?; X6 q CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage7 q- u9 n; Y( o4 F
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
1 b% h- K) z! J* W2 a! J9 D 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。4 B I! L8 A' z( V/ j# X
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