战报如下:
' H6 B, ^4 v. I- e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。4 I0 N$ p* y! g' r- q( ?
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - ^& i/ ]& B0 p) M. I; n
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms" K% V0 x2 U y6 ~
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
& z0 W3 J' F0 k, {% `0 @( PEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
9 g0 `# ^- w/ A5 R: RJapanese aircraft
! l# ~6 A$ X8 e {# B A6M3 Zero x 14
$ w# ^! r3 g% h3 |, | G4M1 Betty x 722 a5 h5 y9 }, E
Allied aircraft
: a4 W* f$ o0 |2 |) a1 ~1 l/ ]9 J2 v. ` Kittyhawk IA x 27
, I8 U' L# q( a& ^3 O! F2 ?6 f' @ Wirraway x 42
' w+ i: F0 z2 c0 v4 A& F- c) h P-40E Warhawk x 9) o0 z1 @' a- j+ i2 {
Japanese aircraft losses. y2 y# {, I7 m( [0 G$ F
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
2 X1 q: M' A3 o, A' }/ E0 _ G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
. v v) f. I# L5 e" W# J4 eAllied aircraft losses8 N% F2 O8 m# f+ Q% x
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 s+ |- ]$ g8 r K3 U$ O5 K# Z Wirraway: 5 destroyed. \6 `1 g( c& Q2 o
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed& L- T) c8 A s8 v1 h
Airbase hits 2
; t1 ~6 V) N. ^Runway hits 8
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# L* k' F# m0 e l. oKB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。5 _3 I, ?/ `. r U4 c
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
7 K& B: p; t( K5 ^) YWeather in hex: Thunderstorms- u1 [) u, P2 P1 ]6 D8 i
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
3 H6 ~! c) P( sEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
2 V8 o: o( f2 S: Q3 @: TJapanese aircraft2 C1 D! m+ l* w. Z1 P
A6M2 Zero x 32
' _& b# @: i9 P$ C2 {5 o4 T" \ D3A1 Val x 8
) X* S+ c* O5 XAllied aircraft
: k# D8 V$ S% F0 \( c$ t Kittyhawk IA x 14. N9 U, G" Y, j4 [1 U, m% x
Wirraway x 21. k0 O# Z* ~# N9 z- e0 d8 ~
P-40E Warhawk x 7* m. |! I% Z) F; m1 W ^
Japanese aircraft losses
0 h( `7 h$ J( t D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed: f; k" S6 A/ j6 A' q& v
Allied aircraft losses
8 e. b$ @, d$ S8 ^; R5 M Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
# }- ~: X5 h6 Y# `' U: j- Z& ^ Wirraway: 3 destroyed" o& a. v% T% e) p. \; ^
Allied Ships
; ^$ N( u+ u& P+ J( z' a% C- r+ x xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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0 R' _1 G1 Z% _+ S# F5 N/ {, 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。 Y' x4 l8 Y3 {! ?. E( P7 \
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1348 l+ T$ `% j% z
Weather in hex: Overcast
1 B1 v) o# {- M- H% YRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
, C, W! j. W) z! X) _Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
( V7 q) b1 m1 D. T6 yJapanese aircraft* P; b3 j" Q. K( a2 [# t
A6M2 Zero x 43
( L; z( J& t" ^8 o# M8 t: l( T4 ` B5N1 Kate x 45* }3 Q* z! \3 t8 i: o! j
D3A1 Val x 71 O+ C f5 H/ L- [/ l6 \, x3 C! c8 ?( A
D3A2 Val x 490 @5 ?' E- e) h3 Z; F. D$ l
Allied aircraft( F: m8 I, }# b) V3 s
P-39D Airacobra x 96 v3 l$ I" k' m: S6 }
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
, l2 N1 x7 N8 G% Y F4F-4 Wildcat x 100- }) r: v8 ?4 X( G
Japanese aircraft losses# H, e8 w' V, ?" r7 ^( M# |
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
; y/ J- }9 w. B% X+ y B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged2 ^% U3 J. _0 y4 Q
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak1 F! C7 y9 D- J* y+ z$ }' X {
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed9 a% |% K r- A( B1 A3 l
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged7 z& l: T0 |1 h
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak6 W5 X' M( Q; F# t8 y
Allied aircraft losses. @+ s% I; m" B* g
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed7 j! d8 G# @7 h
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
8 p3 [: [" \3 O) n% WAllied Ships
5 D5 c* V. S5 T) M CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
- o! z% Y% x7 V D- j5 M8 p CV Saratoga& q5 m( {7 m7 j5 q
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
" E( A7 l |( ?! G, R CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 N# T1 L! h5 P" @& I BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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q Q6 E9 y& Q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。: A1 N) m& b4 G1 j# _
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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。6 g7 }, z& M5 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。 |