8月18日-8月24日,日本随着kb的到来,开始了进攻莫港的大规模军事行动。各基地的海岸警卫队早已上船在拉包尔整装待发,一路上,虽然遭遇了盟军ss多次BT的袭击,但是大部队还是安全顺利的在莫港登陆,经过了另人难以忍受的抢滩登陆并付出巨大的损失后。莫港军力190:94。与此同时,布纳的HQ也翻山岳岭,向莫港袭来。
) N5 f/ W; x$ M8 h8 y10+ss撒下了一张大网,就等候58舰队的到来了。
* }# l$ Z9 C5 f7 d! P果然,在8月24日,发现58舰队字瓜岛方向驶来,雨季到达地点米龙湾附近。kb迅速决定,打一场远程突袭,利用0战和97舰攻航程上的优势,9格距离突袭。但是结果却另人大跌眼睛,简直就是马里亚纳的翻版。8月25日全天日本被击落飞机70余架,只有一架舰攻突破防御,冒着枪林弹雨,进入发射通道。正当进入鱼雷射程时,北卡的一枚炮弹迎面砸中了这架飞机,化作一朵亮丽的演化。于是全天战果:ZERO!!!
& R, {! d) \4 m, V此时日本编队面临严峻形式,0战大量损耗,已经不可能完成对CV的直掩任务,既然掩护不了,那么就同归于尽吧。于是70架0战掩护着60架轰炸机于8月26日再次向58发起了决死突击。58舰队也派出了全部的轰炸机向kb袭来。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136
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Weather in hex: Light cloud5 s+ I# H! E6 K8 N6 E5 ~: O9 E
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.7 R$ M/ ]' Y9 K1 [* i
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
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/ M2 a, S3 x/ q6 G: qJapanese aircraft0 C5 b) h& S% Q$ O4 S3 p1 E
A6M2 Zero x 71
$ e2 T. Y' t2 Y! J( H; y D3A1 Val x 16
" A: @) A; g: b% A2 E$ f+ e: F" e5 G D3A2 Val x 44
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Allied aircraft
7 ] X% j. u8 T# J* L6 d/ L F4F-4 Wildcat x 74
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Japanese aircraft losses
; H% y; C( S7 N2 t) X0 t( O& d) g A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed& K, [* N2 v6 `! n
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged% |& t+ }6 }# E- C" f
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 29 damaged6 v+ o2 m/ } ?1 e" c$ {
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Allied aircraft losses
4 t( ?/ g; h7 w$ C, J! Y1 | F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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1 {; x6 E/ t* zAllied Ships6 b9 ^, ^4 g0 c, M6 D
CA New Orleans5 t7 |# t. z# ?" x/ C
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
4 M' W' T' l( K+ f" A+ X( D CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire
8 v. E; W, I, ^7 t Y! b DD Buchanan
0 S+ P. n9 |0 q5 [9 x) g CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, on fire
0 v5 h; l/ p2 O$ s: @. }/ F7 x BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 6, on fire7 j) Y1 G% e! F& s/ s# h! O
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 27 w6 y% h" S, Y* I
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Allied aircraft
1 E: k2 E$ Q7 Y2 S5 d% X# p) J7 c3 e F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
4 i) S; C$ H/ d0 l k9 ? SBD-3 Dauntless x 75
& E: h5 }# c V: x) \ TBF-1 Avenger x 25. U% h- \9 V! N, p1 Q- Z9 R" Y
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9 j1 @/ X: _: u$ IAllied aircraft losses
4 v% `; r2 b. ^3 a6 z" l( A SBD-3 Dauntless: 22 damaged
1 Q+ ~1 U3 s3 w& u: B TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged& b: O- `, ^8 t% X0 ~. K
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CVL Ryujo' q- M+ d V9 ^7 \7 c
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 8, on fire
' F0 ]" B2 W- }# H9 S CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
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CV Shokaku
# V6 F3 g7 s1 q. j4 l CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, y k" J- b$ |3 L
DD Kawakaze
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由于58舰队在上午即遭重创,而日本2cv1cvl完好无损,于是下午成了一边倒的屠杀
9 Z9 @* b' u; R% R6 ]" V0 Z; LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136
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2 c* n. t9 e- X5 M& @Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 R" ?( |1 ?0 I3 DEstimated time to target is 60 minutes
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Japanese aircraft! h. W8 ?6 Z" E% ]& [5 ~$ N9 s1 O
A6M2 Zero x 26
+ s5 M4 b; i: c& n% x: M D3A2 Val x 202 n% }+ D6 m8 w" Q: D7 ~
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Japanese aircraft losses# M9 r- e5 U1 p1 ~; a4 O
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged/ N6 J1 i: J0 x) ~2 D
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Allied Ships
) I! ^; e! d- \) X0 ?8 a4 B CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires( |: l2 }, u8 z3 l# h/ [
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire: f. a) X! B" |0 A! h7 V$ B% F
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage' k6 E P4 ]- L
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
5 g7 C/ B! d+ U' z* ? 同时,陆攻也抓住时机
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8 K" |7 G6 u: r$ M+ e! x3 }+ W G4M1 Betty x 13- O3 U1 E& s" j& ` r( L& K
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G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged: c$ \' ]% [. }1 ], ~5 H6 ^3 h
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B& ? T0 U8 i6 ?1 {! X BB North Carolina
4 l( g! l8 J* ?3 q; ? CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage" ~" e! C8 j& `4 z
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Japanese aircraft
7 a+ E. p5 t2 v! M G4M1 Betty x 13
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Allied aircraft
% I2 a7 ] g" @: X3 M r3 V no flights
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G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
% K# C$ e. w/ |7 ~: q BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1) K; H' ^! j b7 x+ D" q
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* M2 T" n+ M# M# t
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于是中途岛海战再现荧屏。 z# a9 s! [3 b8 k$ _/ Q' e
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" I* _; x- X! u' b而第8舰队为了掩护莫港部队不被霉菌舰队炮击,流干了最后一滴血2 n! b7 V( d) @, g
Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft
2 t% l8 v+ M/ E$ U no flights
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No Japanese losses: T, _6 N' t9 G" ?+ r' e9 k- B9 q
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) q; j8 ^, m c4 ^7 s9 u- g6 b& j CA Aoba, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! [4 H }: |, T7 h- Q' j0 S+ b CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 46, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; C$ c0 f% w' H7 @8 M CA Furutaka, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage4 b* W/ f7 }1 W4 F6 O
CA Kako, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage7 K! _) J: e. ^" W. }" p
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
, v& g8 \$ ?" h& h: P2 A2 G E Yunagi, Shell hits 3, on fire/ Q% O6 q; |* E, |
DMS W.20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
- @2 y" J d) e* Y2 o f DMS W.21, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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CA Quincy$ Y$ R4 U: t- f; T- _2 P
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 38 }0 N, x: v5 @3 O
CL Leander, Shell hits 1
: \: h3 R, B9 n$ x$ }8 v* \ CL Achilles, Shell hits 1, on fire
* `" v$ N, ?* s0 F1 d0 M DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire" [. [. f8 O' O/ s; G) @
DD Patterson
; O: ?, p* ?! v+ }" j) Y9 l DD Jarvis
/ e+ f3 ]! y0 P* u; T M% p DD Maury$ `: S- t; L! C# ~% }
DD Dunlap! t; v9 ^* V) q7 q0 u( N- i
DD Fanning# L6 x' n* ~" e8 s9 ~
DD Cummings
7 T* R! l0 ^: G" z5 K: A& D7 t6 A DD Lamson* F) C5 ~' N, a- c/ R8 v$ S* {
DD Case* G$ k+ x9 \6 g, N% h3 i9 T, E% c( s
DD Conyngham( P, u) p2 y) f* K- {! r
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1
$ G3 D; ^/ d: k2 \ DD Perkins, Shell hits 1$ f$ y t5 ^0 L. ]& w
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Japanese Ships6 Q1 `+ H J, p; b* H
CA Kako, Shell hits 35, and is sunk F. }/ w' t( N4 a
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Allied Ships
* y3 x; I' f# a# L. s7 ] CA Quincy9 a/ ~5 `+ r6 s9 K( ?! X5 }
CA Vincennes) A& j) b( t( S5 l% ?" m, ]
CL Leander
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DD Patterson
0 E" X4 P* \* O; I! U- O9 R DD Jarvis
6 S' z/ Z; w( l; |6 W DD Maury+ |% B) @* C( |, i( R4 t
DD Dunlap0 z5 x& D$ w& G+ D. |) G7 g& W3 ^
DD Fanning
/ P% J& @4 ^. a; z2 K. U; m DD Cummings1 j3 S7 t0 M6 s
DD Lamson
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DD Conyngham
( s# c! F/ Y' L1 a6 C DD Cushing& q( Z0 u4 P% q m( a* w# j
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; N' z2 `* P. w( [5 U4 \% v牺牲是值得的,此次瓜岛战役最后由58的全灭而落下帷幕 |