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。
4 }+ N6 J* P/ i& V10+ss撒下了一张大网,就等候58舰队的到来了。' Y4 E: ^. o& f! P, l
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!!!4 M+ t- _6 k. \4 b# Q$ {! B
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 104,1365 \3 P/ j$ t5 P h
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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1 X( v; N6 ^/ F) g. V/ f( _Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 v5 L5 V- ]2 \- r
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
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- M. e: m: M4 p5 x5 zJapanese aircraft
7 `, w3 |* ]6 H2 D# l$ D A6M2 Zero x 71
/ R# C6 ]* ^5 x% g9 x) b9 ? D3A1 Val x 16
9 ?7 |2 F: H& d/ H D3A2 Val x 44$ p0 s0 @* C @" c9 ?. j
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Allied aircraft
- Z3 _9 t1 W- F9 ?6 ] F4F-4 Wildcat x 74. {& ?! O( O0 g) D) _
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A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed; b7 I% h; z6 G" a" L% R, p
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged' R( g8 N. y8 H9 @( i7 z3 W3 I
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 29 damaged9 m( y+ Y2 v- C4 ~& y5 N$ c
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Allied aircraft losses8 }- t2 {+ }# [6 K/ u4 N: h4 J
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed; `/ {. C6 X( w1 ], G
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CA New Orleans w, u- l3 k& u9 @
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires+ d" F0 F9 E0 Q: ^. G
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire, k9 M2 q- A* _, y8 M
DD Buchanan/ f0 y1 h3 I! i8 [% V8 } G6 A
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, on fire
+ _) G0 }% F x E BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 6, on fire
& ~+ B( e1 s% W" r, { CA Chicago, Bomb hits 2/ e' g' j! q, R. [! b
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
% y& V5 j; @& x6 h SBD-3 Dauntless x 75; Z2 h2 B8 n8 z: c" F( J6 X* F G
TBF-1 Avenger x 25& _2 q. U* Z R ]% o9 K; g W
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Allied aircraft losses
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9 A- ^, |$ N0 Y8 U. o TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged0 Y% m# N& Z* }, X& v
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Japanese Ships
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BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 8, on fire/ n' P) \4 L) R! {4 H9 U
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
9 y/ s4 h1 V8 _; X* Q y BB Hiei
7 g$ d$ I% j, k% Q! ]8 W CV Shokaku
) a% S2 n( \ k/ i, M CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
# D# g1 T2 V7 N0 u7 Z: P2 t DD Kawakaze7 V& q3 V ^6 F# \) @+ d
& W- O! }9 k4 O' i& d7 n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
; S' B0 c! r) @; \( @3 R1 cAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136" ?% [6 f) T3 b: m! B, h
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain% r+ b6 y4 h3 b w# O; B
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Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
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A6M2 Zero x 26. i# v2 r) A2 e
D3A2 Val x 206 y( [2 j) R' y& `7 _! K
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$ W0 H0 Z% z3 p) q# k8 Y D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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Allied Ships
4 _- x# i4 ]- e2 Q! M6 e CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires& n# T3 [6 j. B5 I4 }
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire- f$ L8 v$ j( ^$ b7 p
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ N* |! F3 ?( [. F' u) ]( t CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Japanese aircraft
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4 y/ S0 M& b8 C: r% J G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged0 n8 z1 a0 I6 S2 P, ]0 u$ h4 R3 n
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Allied Ships
: O1 i+ j$ Y8 C. ~5 C+ _ BB North Carolina
2 O6 g1 ^$ d2 F2 X3 D% E CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage1 C+ H2 G4 B, l! H* g$ \7 n
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage1 C2 D# q; G5 {5 I5 i% ^0 m4 l
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Japanese aircraft9 q, J4 O+ w$ x7 j" s) U0 X5 A
G4M1 Betty x 13( \/ P9 `$ m. k% R9 J8 X
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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
% K6 g" Y- ?; [" p- P BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1
4 D) p/ H+ i$ x4 W6 s+ l0 N CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 X7 A4 U2 T% S2 D/ k8 N! L
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! x6 Q: {# F0 S. e0 A0 ]& ?. y1 z; h于是中途岛海战再现荧屏。
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F* y9 x+ t" E" [; N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
; k$ A) f9 j1 U8 q \Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards
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No Japanese losses6 p' Z# ?2 J8 V- g4 k
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CA Aoba, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! n1 J* M9 N; D% X0 O
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 46, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 `- S" w% `" F) j
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage+ H4 U7 l! h6 Q! v
CA Kako, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage) n D( @2 Z8 [' \6 s
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6
6 H, [/ q+ ? y; Y6 m% t7 t0 u3 z E Yunagi, Shell hits 3, on fire7 ` M7 p' O9 \. @8 F2 U" R4 m$ {, u
DMS W.20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
, r2 y- o3 t2 X8 K# Z0 S0 k. R DMS W.21, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: C% S! Z2 U' W( b
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* n" n3 G7 F, W, C1 o# q CA Quincy
' n2 |5 B& f3 M* G CA Vincennes, Shell hits 3
( {" ]/ e% |/ f& J- T* l; I6 u; ? CL Leander, Shell hits 1
$ U% m: l- A$ { h) ~ CL Achilles, Shell hits 1, on fire
- P' Y6 B3 y0 Q8 d DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire2 C6 h1 X; Z+ |) X/ D% F' b6 ^ n/ q
DD Patterson& R/ Q( ~, ?+ F2 [) f
DD Jarvis
) k, [3 c! O. \& y8 F- O& l, I DD Maury8 h% ~- H" D6 u+ R0 v P/ S/ _
DD Dunlap
2 U4 Y) [! W D( {( `; l% V DD Fanning# E# y# W$ @, s- ?: F; \
DD Cummings1 P! T8 `$ }* a4 H- }
DD Lamson
4 ]1 r3 v. R Y( M2 ?8 V DD Case; h* G% E) p! N! y' ?
DD Conyngham
1 Z' y2 ~( z, p DD Cushing, Shell hits 18 D( k3 }; M" Z% V/ K
DD Perkins, Shell hits 1
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CA Kako, Shell hits 35, and is sunk( H6 p& A5 m( s# X- i g
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CA Quincy
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CL Leander
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5 \+ [( k- i# ]6 {3 p DD Patterson
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DD Dunlap
1 J) [ ~" S9 ~. L7 J DD Fanning% h( l# v( W# _$ N& @3 Y
DD Cummings
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DD Conyngham
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牺牲是值得的,此次瓜岛战役最后由58的全灭而落下帷幕 |