6月6日夜,大半年没有集中出击的日军潜水战队集中了刚刚完成升级,装备了对海对空警戒雷达的新锐大型远洋潜艇近20艘,潜伏在盟军58准备撤回帕斯的必经之路上,企图对58进行偷袭。5 y! r) {2 M/ F# F) n9 V: a7 R, L f* |
# M) d5 R. y* R( m+ T! t$ v/ ]然而遭遇到58护航编队铺天盖地的反潜攻击,仅击沉一艘DD,连航母的毛都没能摸到一根,而自身损失极为惨重,当场被击沉1-30,I-32,I-35三艘潜艇,另有十多艘潜艇负伤,预计下回合仍然难逃盟军反潜船只的追杀,战况惨烈,看来装备了雷达的日本潜艇还是远非盟军对手。
8 N: }6 J4 D' {( H2 b$ EASW attack near Port Hedland at 57,1251 \" a* _& L# Q4 t a4 B( u8 j
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SS I-37, hits 8
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# A1 t: \9 O; W- O/ [# \ DD Quadrant
0 x- _" X! G! ~6 P5 v0 R DD Quality: S( o! o" f. G& u0 l$ ^* x
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SS I-30, hits 1
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DD Ingersoll
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Sub attack near Broome at 62,125
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9 _' f' Y' ^2 G9 \/ B) T; [ SS I-11, hits 161 l5 x" S( a4 s
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2 m$ T7 H$ @, l* Q# `0 Q4 g5 _ DE Fleming
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DE Gilmore
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3 Q1 M+ g" g8 J3 b; ^ DD Ingersoll
7 Q& ^# K0 V% @6 s0 h DD Isherwood0 b4 x5 ^ i2 w. k2 y
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8 V8 ]9 @9 u& l$ Q4 ` SS I-41, hits 12 j+ h$ t& ]& g
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DD Quadrant4 l: W' @: S4 g7 D, T: ^
DD Quality4 z; `: V. y% L( n' b% \
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ASW attack near Broome at 62,125
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SS I-6, hits 17
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- c+ I8 s" a4 V% r: ]5 D8 o# l/ _# X DE Engstrom# a, n! T: C% I
DE Emery6 ^" e1 S8 ^/ j
DE Gilmore6 Y* \/ {) o% Q" n. G% D
DE Fleming8 y n) B! {7 f- }
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+ O" G# n9 \+ t0 S$ j: d, e% A& R SS I-31, hits 2
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DD Dale0 C, }8 g# u6 |( P) c
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Submarine attack near Port Hedland at 58,125) P/ i2 d$ q+ Y9 k. Q+ H
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: R1 p" E3 G8 b% |, f% x SS I-35, hits 31, and is sunk0 x5 g( T4 s7 T1 S! T* n6 H' u# [; s
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, F! k/ e( \! N! O, {+ [ DD Downes
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k7 D- O0 M+ n# u! O DD Rotherham S6 U( Z1 v( l4 [0 J- ^5 |
DD Roebuck0 c- R9 \0 o Q
DD Relentless; @3 H6 t6 `0 l) g4 [
DD Redoubt
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% {" h9 K. S2 U% v/ R SS I-30, hits 47, and is sunk( X* w, ]; z1 U5 _
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DD Racehorse' v* \# W% n' J, @
DD Quilliam! h8 Y8 a% |7 a2 ^' s1 x
DD Smith- E) w( q$ Y2 x' k- N$ [ z
DD Rotherham
9 @& @1 m3 Q9 C; B. b0 V$ S( S DD Roebuck
+ ~+ N/ t4 o; a7 W* U* g8 L3 X DD Relentless
% o( D, X* M0 H$ Z8 h/ u& i5 J DD Redoubt
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SS I-32, hits 30, and is sunk' z9 x% Y3 e, t/ j p1 i# Z2 c) ^6 u
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CA Canberra II
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# j* `9 z& }# q5 u DD Thatcher
% d% e# n0 W( l/ A3 u DD David Taylor) Y9 C1 V1 y8 G( v) l
DD Strong7 v* i6 _4 S: s9 r
DD Stembel
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DD John Rodgers. z7 L! T) u2 v+ S' B9 [
DD Porterfield/ r8 |' H' c7 J+ t) v& I2 j
DD Picking
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+ i6 {0 e( y; X/ t DD Uhlmann
0 d, I2 P& I8 r* e6 [: o3 K. G* ~ DD Twining
4 j( z5 ^' H2 |2 o% b2 _ DD Trathen
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SS I-28, hits 10
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DD Racehorse! F* @0 w; }' A$ g; T! a
DD Downes5 m4 j- g& ^. g$ u2 U9 W
DD Smith
+ T, J0 q c( [ [& B4 H! J! [ DD Rotherham
4 n& t2 C0 y0 {/ ] DD Roebuck2 F- P6 m8 t! b# ^8 a
DD Relentless
* U! E. v. D6 E5 [ | DD Rapid& D5 {9 |( H6 I0 E
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, ]9 h* N l8 q3 ` SS I-43, hits 91 g$ N% a; m7 R- j
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2 c! x3 G7 p' t2 E DD Heermann, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage9 r1 N# U8 `% ]
DD Hopewell |