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: B9 C- W0 C" r! \" q, F& Z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?)3 A, s6 ~$ n: j
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。* I& S% I' N, Q% T
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。
" T$ _! }+ ]* R- P: b5 G. Q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!$ E+ b+ e# D3 F5 C0 l) T( l
+ u% s! @5 z' E. o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。。。$ j2 E; }& v: N$ b) j9 F( n
7 e- W: {4 Q; G6 s VMorning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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6 m* F4 u: k* _! O; k9 B- UWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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, C- X. S& _( BRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
. \ V/ X. g. m* z9 oEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft8 d# i9 f" P6 y' P7 U% p
A6M2 Zero x 26
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) e8 k# N0 z! Z: \: J) QAllied aircraft! ~7 d- C# `# f2 @% v: X
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
! U: u$ R; t3 S; Y SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
" y# H" M" V' v" D1 ] F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
2 j+ x' Q' ~2 A4 p& d SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged0 ~; ^. |7 z- c1 L: C. Y. z
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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! k% {4 ~# k h5 j4 K$ gJapanese Ships
7 P7 b. _6 O- _ BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
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) n7 U4 B" H5 X2 Y Y1 bMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136. \2 [1 ~) L$ s; s( z j( ^, E) a- M
/ k3 Z# A8 q6 {/ y$ WWeather in hex: Severe storms- N6 y: l9 [4 }/ L l1 b3 H
3 O$ a f7 w0 ^6 wRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.! z) _2 y2 f. M: ~; \5 A2 [
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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' M: h# H& j" ^% i$ {: mAllied aircraft
[- ?9 _: S% Z5 g! Q( T0 m6 \ F4F-4 Wildcat x 1% B+ v) p* G1 {8 ~5 Q
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9" Q7 z0 E* G! C- S; O
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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Allied aircraft losses
6 ?) x6 J6 _ U+ r SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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CA Tone
: `- `- o& R& U- r0 k1 q CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire, z L @0 X8 k- s
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire1 V+ V( p- i, ?% r0 f- P; `, Y) g5 d
CA Chikuma* V( [7 G& g2 `! k* A u) d
DD Hagikaze
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0 j& B1 q3 q7 K6 S& `' D( Z! HMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136/ z" R2 C8 ?) S+ E- F
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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5 h; X8 o0 A. V/ T7 D( m& i. M" }Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. d+ Q" k6 p6 e( }
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes8 m+ I/ r% n+ Z. v
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Allied aircraft losses
+ P6 p8 y" h/ w! D- T SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged3 u! v# N1 o @, K
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Japanese Ships
& |- |* X% l9 Q9 D2 I9 X: H CA Atago, on fire
+ w9 H; Z# P4 D# g( f! [; u CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1; U7 Y# @$ B1 I2 M9 ]2 o
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& {, D* Y$ T9 }. S# ^; |2 kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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% X4 v2 k+ x4 [4 F. FWeather in hex: Heavy rain( P( t5 K6 D8 o7 V5 T
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; p' g0 G" o. j7 G" d3 a' n0 I
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes4 Q2 z# b. k0 @) A6 M0 u. ]
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Japanese aircraft/ Q8 O+ M+ F, J) U* h
A6M2 Zero x 25
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5 ]2 }2 Y2 w. r, m F4F-4 Wildcat x 9% {" t2 k) r2 `0 l1 k
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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Allied aircraft losses
$ @1 q( g0 m3 ] F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
8 Z! \9 ]' @, _8 M- N# u/ F$ M7 k SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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CV Zuikaku- J0 j" J4 w* m# j% e7 u' H
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
4 U. J, m9 y9 u! }+ {& ~- f4 fEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft, b( }; m; p8 p! ?- b3 [
F4F-4 Wildcat x 58 u- D1 a/ R: B$ ^( K
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
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! Q5 o* c; ~% t# N! i' [# r SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
: P' ~. D2 B& \' U SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak& M% ^2 s3 ~* q
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Japanese Ships
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DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage( w% ^$ s8 `; c5 u$ F3 q
CA Kumano5 Q2 n3 }% d' G" a, p! W" ]5 S
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
( s- O, s6 u! g7 M! i DD Arashi8 y$ P9 x: h s' Q j: k$ l2 H
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+ b6 j) J8 g: |4 I* ~Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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7 n; q( j& C; l5 k8 M! w# I kRaid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
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B5N1 Kate x 14" I9 \# v i6 ?" g1 r
D3A2 Val x 24
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged
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# _* U# S, x3 u) X4 n* [ DD Dunlap
8 C" v. Q. d! `& k$ e) Y DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk u* s$ h2 d$ D" b! {; _8 U
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
# v5 d$ q# {6 H0 H6 X DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |