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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。0 j1 n5 r9 U. O* S. ^
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , {" t6 y$ t0 u3 d+ V6 w% l- o
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
: G: m* u! ?- d, j0 v% w' Q% r6 L3 @& ZRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.5 }( J" z0 i$ Z2 x& ]0 E# z. `6 N
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
5 q: J) ^6 P5 P3 fJapanese aircraft
* T! h) T: Q b. g: J9 `' B6 o A6M3 Zero x 14, K7 T; Z; H* h, O3 D
G4M1 Betty x 72/ @- b" R7 i2 Y
Allied aircraft
5 A9 u3 b4 o4 Q- e" W& P Kittyhawk IA x 27
8 M. o0 k7 H; W! Z `6 f- t Wirraway x 42
& Q; u' |- D' ]7 a P-40E Warhawk x 95 G6 I/ K8 t2 m) r( J8 M; g3 y
Japanese aircraft losses8 }, I" Q( T, N% S: c
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed& i+ o2 @& Z5 I( T7 y6 a+ v9 q
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
+ w- X3 ~" V4 b! uAllied aircraft losses
4 X. m6 v0 t' i+ k Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed9 G5 k8 M8 {- n$ h# c/ S
Wirraway: 5 destroyed) j" q8 e$ d) m8 y
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
# w8 G3 [& z$ ~* u8 z% nAirbase hits 26 O3 y9 B" D2 z3 N* p
Runway hits 8* E9 ]8 A8 v! J" ^6 b! g# b
1 k! w* ~, Y& S5 JKB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。
3 K; r. B9 [% G7 SMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
3 R5 L7 q$ A6 o- Q, fWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
& f- \3 k6 k1 U1 K- m8 ?Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.7 [2 q5 w# }) h0 m0 z
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
, N& u6 v4 } i, m' IJapanese aircraft0 Z3 ]2 g1 c9 \' z
A6M2 Zero x 32
$ f: w. z# ~- D D3A1 Val x 8% I; w+ ]2 ^, t) B0 S2 x# U
Allied aircraft ?. [+ Q2 I3 C# ?. ]/ N
Kittyhawk IA x 14+ c, P ~' c9 i; L, T
Wirraway x 21$ ~' _0 c. {1 F) f: h
P-40E Warhawk x 7) y: y Y8 X1 ~% F8 V2 ~
Japanese aircraft losses
$ X4 s8 w" \8 S" w: @0 V3 } D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed- l- a3 u8 }; A, l9 p% b Q7 `) |
Allied aircraft losses# y+ c6 l/ |9 \# G/ i0 P( G
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
! I, q, s! w) W$ q* i$ N* }4 X, S Wirraway: 3 destroyed2 K! l) C9 K M3 l
Allied Ships
6 I- S& x; Z Y0 c6 U+ b: M xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. g4 u" u& h$ E% V/ \, S4 p
2 _$ ], ?# I6 v" ?! k3 K9 S) d* wKB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。1 {- C7 S5 A# O: r! K" l
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
+ ]2 O/ \0 i% U6 |$ L/ Y7 ~Weather in hex: Overcast
2 o0 p. O; [- q: IRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% Y% r: E0 A+ Z, FEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
5 V3 X1 O. U' LJapanese aircraft
+ o4 X3 U6 Z# d0 a2 I A6M2 Zero x 43
* m1 u: b5 h, H7 I" f B5N1 Kate x 45
) z) d1 v& ]5 [# \: g Q+ [ D3A1 Val x 7
& B. a6 t! T1 `0 p% o9 o8 H d1 T* Y D3A2 Val x 49, h: i! A7 ~& p& L- ?5 b/ Y4 j* N
Allied aircraft& Q2 o$ T* P3 e' e
P-39D Airacobra x 9- G2 _8 a* U, x! E, G- C: J& y
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
/ s* Z, T; c b' R- d9 } F4F-4 Wildcat x 1004 z! k" D" D% F$ R! M9 E
Japanese aircraft losses
' ?" s7 m: D" G2 |. b A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
y w% f7 n1 f0 C+ Y% L' R B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
& G" _7 X* |; ?+ o; b7 W B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
7 X9 ?' l# ^4 B8 m# d D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
; x2 Q/ g8 Q. J+ h. ? d" } D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged3 Z; Y3 L% d+ ?- w# p
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
" M8 B' o/ r7 s+ kAllied aircraft losses
! m- Q7 @* m, H% t, v& ], p6 w F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
* X# O' }* ^; ]! z# c8 v F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, M. r: w+ R: C! x
Allied Ships
6 S: Y/ u: q/ p Y CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire( u2 A. P3 [7 A" ~
CV Saratoga7 i: c* g8 [5 c9 U. ~$ d$ |
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
' i9 n. E4 S) ]! z A CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 D6 Y# I8 u. t" m* U BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1/ ?+ h- @& M. a! S
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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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3 l) T. p& m$ h5 s6 z% t$ t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。3 y! s$ q: s( g4 }/ `3 [
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。 |