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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。& j& k+ m; @1 a, N* r/ Q6 P5 {9 d
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ! f! d8 K0 ^6 O* }, v' I G8 a. f
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
" z- y5 I) z' a! E5 w2 c" B, r. MRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
0 N9 k* ]' f5 k% O' Y7 uEstimated time to target is 34 minutes' F, S" m3 X5 N; ^3 _6 p! H: M
Japanese aircraft
" g. i$ D& K% M0 h( E/ f A6M3 Zero x 14( D3 q% h* q% o: @& M* W
G4M1 Betty x 72
/ F, b: q% g$ j# k% C9 Q& [3 nAllied aircraft
& G( R2 l& Q9 Z$ j9 Y Kittyhawk IA x 27
! F, e! c: s, T Wirraway x 42
- P$ {4 g- V4 {6 q P-40E Warhawk x 9
8 Y$ u( i, `3 O' B3 f) c4 CJapanese aircraft losses! M" J) F6 ~1 g7 N: G
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
1 n& F, |6 @0 L' K7 D5 q G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
P) Y4 t* I% j/ i' f* ?Allied aircraft losses
9 ?- X" }; H1 ~) M& D$ w) O Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
& t9 n8 d' h* W7 t* h Wirraway: 5 destroyed5 D e; n0 \/ e& ?
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed0 m; q8 ]! Y# F
Airbase hits 2
; \9 Y/ b: F: m+ l# SRunway hits 8
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' H0 k6 W- i$ A6 M ] s: 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。
9 u# x& U" S1 H& F, F, a9 QMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
2 _$ f4 \9 i$ z& W' b! QWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
3 H8 f* i4 ^( `; `8 xRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.( A% d( R9 h/ o5 _
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
: L& V& l$ q7 g) B( z4 cJapanese aircraft
) R4 M1 n2 N g$ q" n! B A6M2 Zero x 32$ {4 W* G% y8 e. A8 o6 Q- ^, {
D3A1 Val x 8
, n/ I: O9 ?3 |Allied aircraft* a- k+ E) F; X3 a$ ?5 V( V1 ^
Kittyhawk IA x 143 y. Y2 O! n( z) T. M8 ~6 i
Wirraway x 21
/ S; |+ y2 S' {: @ P-40E Warhawk x 74 @* C. y b! T9 f
Japanese aircraft losses* _! s9 o) k- e9 D8 L
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed" P) m- H% S- r8 N8 B0 J
Allied aircraft losses, ~; n; k. n, k4 K' u p
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
( r9 t0 Q' Q2 v6 `& u2 L m$ E1 v Wirraway: 3 destroyed6 k' _ [- o1 e9 n; Y6 ?
Allied Ships
3 t7 s8 D) Z! M4 [ xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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( f3 i' u% f3 T! LKB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。3 E9 H. a6 k+ O$ r
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
K& O- T9 V( }7 \Weather in hex: Overcast3 f) A3 O) }8 T: S" _) u; n
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
9 q8 E/ j1 _( v$ \; |4 c9 U$ VEstimated time to target is 45 minutes9 k% y/ {3 E+ P8 P
Japanese aircraft5 P$ V( P) L! j" ?5 x+ P* e1 x
A6M2 Zero x 43$ ~7 j/ H( K6 Q" T% X$ N* u1 ^& H
B5N1 Kate x 45
* a7 v1 z* N6 @- `$ ` D3A1 Val x 7
* Z7 e/ N, h5 H6 d# o( Q8 i D3A2 Val x 49
, Z. s' @" l: S) sAllied aircraft
* Z7 x* _# G: C8 C P-39D Airacobra x 9
9 P0 l& m' d! t# u0 _ F4F-3P Wildcat x 16% z& p$ ~2 }& }& T
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1003 ?; J) }9 n( j" q5 k3 S$ }
Japanese aircraft losses
* K8 d3 E& [7 b A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, C* U; H8 E1 q; b& d' D
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
$ ^9 B! J3 y7 i$ T/ { B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
; w( _" @% z0 k7 ^' Y+ _; | D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
! |$ R5 R+ G: b7 W s) F o* @/ _ D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
. Z: \7 l5 ^2 U( L9 T, ? D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
, Y" f% e. H# AAllied aircraft losses
5 Y }9 t5 k# P- e F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
5 [8 ?: y0 q- _6 u, h3 K F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
% `1 I+ Y+ y2 N; WAllied Ships9 q0 h- @) Y% o6 r% C, k
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
$ j2 B3 b5 e: r7 ~# U0 J CV Saratoga
* \2 U1 A6 N+ q8 U1 C2 z CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire( x+ I7 p7 Y4 z
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage5 U$ Y% W @/ Q
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1) g; }* \9 P3 E1 [% r
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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。
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9 Y+ M( G7 |% j! v" w- F, \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。' P3 {. d& w4 U
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。 |