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本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)
5 Z3 y8 }( ~( P% v" I# Z. T" g日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。& Y9 m' R5 q& ]/ t9 c* S0 `
不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。# r% t& y" q B
好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。* H- P) w$ v+ X; P6 i! L
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144% n; P" t0 i# S! ^. H5 q
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 G' [7 s& b0 Q+ e
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes" U& V, o R1 B! o! K; N- [
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Japanese aircraft! `& L% z/ N s7 b9 ]2 S
A6M2 Zero x 26/ p' {. Z# ]/ E6 Y) V
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8 o. G; `0 Q# M3 O$ E# d: f ^Allied aircraft# a0 t5 C' [4 ^: X% g
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17) ]3 z) L$ m1 C* {- Q( K! s
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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* x: L K: p0 NNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
. `2 p+ n& {. [. {% s6 w F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed5 j+ t; {0 ~9 U5 X4 w& @
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
+ Y' [( T2 B2 Q SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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5 e2 E0 a: O4 s% } BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
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6 g- z8 K2 z- E5 n, p6 P. {Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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3 D% K% G) r9 s2 SWeather in hex: Severe storms& W5 o1 t4 U4 Z- l2 k2 E2 ?
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
0 y6 m# m H* L, w3 V d+ |/ IEstimated time to target is 8 minutes y4 D# k r, F' a! y. B9 L" B
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 17 P& K9 A) a) Q/ }9 v
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9/ [" e- w# ]4 e2 i& v" H- Q
TBF-1 Avenger x 127 C( ]% i1 T& s. J" G3 A" o
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0 {9 M3 p7 r7 ^$ R( B% K3 b SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 \$ |) R7 z6 Y5 s/ g
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CA Tone* i8 t: q5 P0 t9 _( e
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
, m& T3 f. v/ B( [: A/ e6 z* q CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
3 W2 {( |. \' h. P$ K/ _4 ~' k( A CA Chikuma! t4 Q0 ]' o$ h z$ Y. f
DD Hagikaze
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& f9 F0 k, Z2 I3 U+ pMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,1360 a, q6 u$ u O
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
# ]$ S6 z3 B5 Q3 M! p8 ]: NEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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: ]. B) y U3 Q" a! [Allied aircraft, K8 K$ `; k: m+ `$ C3 R, q: f
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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Allied aircraft losses$ j8 i% e* U$ @6 V8 X7 l8 e Y
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships6 p, k5 d6 Q/ N8 S0 K0 ~6 u0 U @, K
CA Atago, on fire1 K2 j6 B1 `/ }
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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8 X& G& J$ p8 ?9 H1 L! O2 s* ?" s6 gAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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8 s5 }( N4 l, y' L) g/ LRaid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
& I6 [6 O4 g/ R' m; NEstimated time to target is 8 minutes ^7 {. u, a: p& N
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A6M2 Zero x 25; p, ] L+ }1 w, c3 a
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 92 ]8 P8 a) B) T" Y: @* l: a
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4! Z: W; F8 G, r: ^1 Y' F% u
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& C& y$ v( f7 Z, [0 sNo Japanese losses
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# q3 g$ D" j8 u+ NAllied aircraft losses" b8 w3 U& v( A# w
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
3 t3 v. s5 a0 ^) h4 N: ]1 D- m' Z& h SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged" @ V/ ?" {$ q
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& c4 S, L& J) [+ R! P1 j/ qAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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( d+ C3 e. ]4 f- jRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
T3 C) T0 S5 T0 WEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft- S2 e0 T9 S+ i( L) P* Y3 {' E
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 S- }. h- u1 \' C7 k) \. s2 O
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
6 d6 R4 T) L/ e) S* o TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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Allied aircraft losses0 \. Z. i. Q w% ^
SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
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DD Isokaze+ K' k" i D: |' o! [8 z, a! G+ F
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ u# E7 J8 f, N& ^1 e- _" @ CA Kumano: K# H3 Q5 N9 M
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3( T7 \2 S' e6 Q, u; L, Q
DD Arashi7 F& g( w: [1 K, J% a6 s7 j4 c. E
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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8 O! X1 m3 G; |/ KRaid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.- t* W2 A1 x: a% ?! J$ e
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes) k. B1 S% X, T/ V" ]- D0 O
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 24/ z; Z# k' J6 U1 R6 S& H
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# F/ h" ]( K1 r% d B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged
; S9 F! A9 N1 ]+ [6 z* U7 z D3A2 Val: 1 damaged5 t2 o9 X2 q3 k+ @4 D
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DD Dunlap' s# v: l$ p: Y) Y6 E" s3 Y
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 B3 _5 Q$ S) ]% o' n- }
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires& H9 l6 M& e; U+ {' k% M, f
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |