战报如下:
6 _2 `0 \- P# S9 c3 s# a4 ]0 A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。( x5 T% U/ U4 u3 p4 W6 A
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % F- a; N- P- P6 t+ A0 E- H
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms& |( H. z( Y! A4 M( U. i! t; {# I4 y8 G
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
7 D% h' \7 H7 |6 ~: JEstimated time to target is 34 minutes6 |. v" ~& A0 a1 |( f8 Q; E
Japanese aircraft. R2 N0 g, d% j4 U/ v
A6M3 Zero x 14
{' S6 C& q9 P, j' w6 r6 s" l G4M1 Betty x 72/ k* X' @: J$ A
Allied aircraft3 G6 S* v6 b- L% `! J
Kittyhawk IA x 27* n' V7 o( P. @# h( A; z7 b% I( A8 G. Q
Wirraway x 42
4 s' s1 W, T4 G: x. z1 T P-40E Warhawk x 9
1 r: `$ ?. Q p/ }9 G5 |Japanese aircraft losses
|/ Q3 C( {( {7 X, ^ A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
$ k& A' e7 S4 c5 D$ X# [5 `3 ~% Q9 f: B G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
7 c, a9 U6 R8 x8 Q: _Allied aircraft losses
# s6 _, s. W$ Y Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
$ {4 R7 n. h9 v5 B9 w4 t Wirraway: 5 destroyed/ f& q& W. S4 j" ~9 P
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
. v' i6 A3 f6 G0 t& o5 JAirbase hits 27 J& m9 `9 h! x8 h- M1 @
Runway hits 8" V+ \3 O# g# k0 s/ \
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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。! M9 R% y1 H+ M) U. |3 G# [
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1308 Z7 @+ c' D0 V: s
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
$ s7 X, r2 v& y- YRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.+ K2 j; ?; L2 ~" q! K( f
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
v0 y+ x# y b, a) O( N* vJapanese aircraft
. X4 u* S, q% ^3 I A6M2 Zero x 324 O! f; |! _3 T% f' i
D3A1 Val x 8; P4 O# }( Y9 y- \) M
Allied aircraft- H; B _, _4 d6 s8 J
Kittyhawk IA x 14
# a n4 U- t& U: A9 A, D Wirraway x 21
1 |: s6 `* Q5 c- c. m* Z! a+ l P-40E Warhawk x 70 |- B( R4 n5 o. `0 R
Japanese aircraft losses/ Z3 h X- a1 Y
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed( |% ]( L- M, C& W
Allied aircraft losses/ D7 N1 q1 |) L
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed; v5 A; u7 N# U% |' s
Wirraway: 3 destroyed1 K* P @: C! _; L& e& p
Allied Ships
$ {5 z% b- h( v. a; G4 l5 \ xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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9 M6 l& U$ D. Y2 RKB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。
& z8 Z) [! C* W1 [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
9 ]* M- H% C, n0 `+ AWeather in hex: Overcast4 O' s1 v- t; a( F3 I
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
/ m+ Z W9 K0 `& c, Z* ?% }; oEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
! N0 q; t& M" ^0 H5 T2 \- t$ aJapanese aircraft. p5 V& |7 N) b3 X9 g9 F! ~
A6M2 Zero x 43
0 U. g, s) [# k B5N1 Kate x 45) Y# |: O* W7 |; M
D3A1 Val x 7: E8 q) g7 M& C; l+ _ ?6 n
D3A2 Val x 49
8 x; ^! U _. \Allied aircraft
: ^ O" ]$ M, V5 v0 L7 ^ P-39D Airacobra x 9
- Y2 l: M2 G' l# `! C7 F' h8 M F4F-3P Wildcat x 16. H4 [( p4 G( h7 f
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1009 n( ]6 `& l# N5 M+ e+ X* }
Japanese aircraft losses
+ d) e4 k) t7 b# _5 H1 f A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
0 C. E. J. W9 d/ n B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
( D' O5 ^) e% L0 G2 u7 s! E B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
% \. `0 c$ n0 A8 D D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
& C/ r; _6 g J+ G. _ D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged9 z9 Y( C; f# w" ~) {
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak" v' u; w1 g; _7 S
Allied aircraft losses- P, y* p( O6 D+ P& c5 R
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed* s- c9 C" Y$ f2 r L9 a" {4 K
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
9 X9 B J) c# U6 U9 D+ t0 f" ~Allied Ships
+ X& H, g7 S: q; E. }7 d CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
0 L4 F; I0 o" x7 X1 ^! p CV Saratoga* A+ l4 A, P% S9 G1 E
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
; G7 k) J4 r( J# l% H9 k0 } CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& C# W+ @$ N8 I+ f( ~
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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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。
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! Y: G5 o: @# X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。
% p/ x$ h* x/ H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。 |