战报如下:. H, G8 U1 O/ Q3 y/ F, O
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。' X9 }" d' B! [1 s
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 x/ Z# l" \! N& ~- i7 L8 ]# A5 k7 y
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
. _$ ~; m6 u% u$ \Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 l) }& n, F5 o7 ]Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
4 g- n4 j; P% S# }& uJapanese aircraft9 s( g: m( i' D5 ?$ Q$ `; d: c
A6M3 Zero x 14: a: ?( g1 M6 ]. n/ k2 b
G4M1 Betty x 72. P* p* f" {. R, B, v
Allied aircraft
4 H! n) \9 Q% I Kittyhawk IA x 279 C; i5 P. U) q; w9 G* o
Wirraway x 425 l! O/ W. F9 c- `' L+ Z% R/ S
P-40E Warhawk x 94 S* `( d: Z! K* A n- M* R2 I. v
Japanese aircraft losses* T% u H/ a' M3 L+ c8 `$ X$ J. E3 z
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed, r: ?$ ?2 Q% q) C" }& e
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
' u1 t' l0 [/ ^+ ?- }# U9 WAllied aircraft losses
; X$ w5 s! q" K' K/ @" x Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
; a5 O, Q; e% ]* O0 r Wirraway: 5 destroyed
7 D: `+ B9 x/ q! t5 l3 i P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
( O+ o+ f! Q/ @) X- Z; H& SAirbase hits 2
7 q0 o# s/ t, B4 _4 \* V! _. G+ CRunway hits 88 B# W+ g9 D& D# I) q* e
* Z, L \( \$ ^ N' v& {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。
0 v# q4 R( B. L, v' T9 n2 l pMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
+ c* w, [* |* ^2 i" x, P: u) MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms6 W) \! _+ v: F$ H
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. r z, _9 k9 K2 K9 m* r
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
% ^$ J4 f3 [$ ~) t. sJapanese aircraft# A9 `9 ]+ o# y9 ~* ^3 }3 Z: U& O
A6M2 Zero x 32 _: n8 q* I7 ~$ a* F I* c
D3A1 Val x 8- l* {$ @) Q3 w8 T$ g
Allied aircraft1 r1 }9 i- o: W7 Y, P% r7 k8 b. Y
Kittyhawk IA x 146 Z, K6 t! [) K
Wirraway x 21! x# h# b/ s7 C, M9 `' X
P-40E Warhawk x 7' z, a* H7 }' g
Japanese aircraft losses
5 _7 ~2 H% S; U2 a: R5 v1 q, H: x D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
# E; o" c: r7 D& a# bAllied aircraft losses/ z0 Z, U4 O7 M6 H2 [
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed8 P+ h) T! d v+ }5 |
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
. D6 C- }$ o" z$ K0 D. q- X `Allied Ships
" i! }6 L8 U" O4 w I0 F r3 b xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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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。8 T$ _( o8 h! X/ `! m
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
, K/ V. q+ S- ^ B+ U: \Weather in hex: Overcast- g9 i6 r! q( b. H
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 e/ C8 @9 m4 M
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes$ W5 C! A. K3 o- e! Y# O' P/ A
Japanese aircraft
8 c6 x5 `6 R2 j; c2 V2 a A6M2 Zero x 43
. q* e. `$ f; I! m0 s7 A) o B5N1 Kate x 45
) `( a* V) G3 m; j6 n8 t D3A1 Val x 7- p% i/ y3 h5 ?& R. Z2 n- F# I
D3A2 Val x 49; o3 T( z7 N, c3 k
Allied aircraft
|/ }* H, Z& `' y" A2 I& Q* i P-39D Airacobra x 94 X$ G1 n$ H+ r+ X
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
, f& G8 k) v! @0 f. ^ F4F-4 Wildcat x 100! M/ [7 C4 [' A6 d4 W: Z4 `( g
Japanese aircraft losses! G+ }9 |! \$ ~' f. Q$ B1 \
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
# |2 {; O9 G: V2 ?4 x# q B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
- X* ^) ?' C( Y B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak- c5 t/ N, b, ^/ H, i" Y3 a
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
2 X* Z) V$ n* r- ^ D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged$ _5 E, A6 U2 \0 q
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak: Y( {4 R1 c/ x G& f
Allied aircraft losses
1 p7 P8 `' \- `0 @ F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed N+ L. ~- R0 Y$ t- H8 k' T
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
2 t! F+ z9 X: T# w5 eAllied Ships! I3 R$ r {! {
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire8 D1 ~1 ?- D N: I' B. L
CV Saratoga
+ U, a9 j! X" `+ g6 B CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire4 O3 U( Q( r1 i7 @# f1 s( f
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" n; a7 i( n+ u: E* i6 e/ R
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 18 v$ v( A. A3 X5 f a; M0 Q
( H; U6 X/ h0 X9 n+ h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。) r; P. y. x" T# B; p0 _7 ?
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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。
+ b/ Y7 |6 v' O9 w" v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。 |