战报如下:
7 e9 i) }! v% z5 p3 X( ~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。1 T2 r u) p9 t) b
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 U9 {" `4 J/ A4 O2 d
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms2 i) n, o+ h" k5 y2 F3 Y
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ d: j4 V; W7 M, v+ E' n1 S1 n
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
# Y# [- \5 a* h- ]5 OJapanese aircraft
, Z- B' T. i* H+ ]" O* b7 S8 Q& |: I9 k A6M3 Zero x 144 R* S! [% J4 z. }4 |* Z& q
G4M1 Betty x 72
F3 I+ ^& s9 Q( GAllied aircraft$ {/ r. I" |" m2 |- n
Kittyhawk IA x 27
! p6 v6 g p: Y* O7 r Wirraway x 422 K+ i- K- [* p; e$ K
P-40E Warhawk x 9/ q. H2 h2 L/ \) w
Japanese aircraft losses$ @. @: n% s* x& T6 \$ }' _
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
9 O" q) d5 Y# w- z" {0 p7 [ G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged- @+ v7 K M" @: X, z% Y1 t
Allied aircraft losses# {2 ~! n, S! y6 i: A6 E
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed1 g( K- W4 K% d% _+ O3 F9 x
Wirraway: 5 destroyed! u5 `' w( g4 u y
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed2 v$ R2 { C1 U" f! t1 B
Airbase hits 2
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: W, `% D6 m: yKB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。
% @: w" H! ^0 P+ ^1 gMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
/ B, j( x/ e% n$ c6 y7 MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms! u4 L/ d! @" n0 z9 \3 W
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.: S- t7 a" I) }! J6 T3 K0 h
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
2 s* K8 Y6 g7 e" J4 y, L6 J/ tJapanese aircraft
2 w0 r* V1 \7 d2 @5 n% c# d/ _ A6M2 Zero x 32
6 d! t. J% p5 m2 v D3A1 Val x 8
: {1 l* D y n2 d& |. pAllied aircraft
7 |" j4 i- z+ N k Kittyhawk IA x 14( p# }" g6 @9 @* O
Wirraway x 21
7 u9 f5 V4 C$ o$ O6 o" E5 K& J P-40E Warhawk x 73 B; r9 p' a7 A
Japanese aircraft losses
8 o4 k1 M% t: ?: V3 e0 \1 g8 X D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed& M6 s( ` \9 Z0 H
Allied aircraft losses4 T' Z9 `; }( J' O, w
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed+ K% B1 s Y8 y9 a- @7 G" e
Wirraway: 3 destroyed f5 f3 I2 S. p4 C s
Allied Ships
* N1 q. @: }6 ]* n Z& O xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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KB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 U: [& A8 n* C8 L) e
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134+ t, \. L* X& S3 c4 t% i
Weather in hex: Overcast
5 t% u; w1 h$ j* c( C; b- H* ARaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 v" r3 m- A5 B9 [1 o9 U( d* I
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
0 n- ~# t$ G( C6 m; sJapanese aircraft
5 U4 ~$ h8 w% y" ~ A6M2 Zero x 43# [% \& K# ^5 H
B5N1 Kate x 450 I- K: b8 ^3 P
D3A1 Val x 75 C5 C7 C; }) M d* q* {
D3A2 Val x 49/ `8 T+ a5 e; ~5 y6 r/ y
Allied aircraft5 H# _, S. X' V6 f% P
P-39D Airacobra x 99 Q. \9 G% [5 [" T8 s0 K& \. A2 ^
F4F-3P Wildcat x 162 b& W1 u: w2 ?& ~) ?) [
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
. S! s1 [1 u, C* d3 tJapanese aircraft losses
5 e0 T3 t) f- |& I# m A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed: i8 z" k6 ?! C
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged8 ]+ A/ H5 k5 B0 A; l( `! x0 e7 W& o
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak: X4 G& k4 a/ p! X% n
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed2 [! N% `, G2 u' q
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged0 G' W- N5 F- J
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak. g, K) {3 \8 a; a( N+ I
Allied aircraft losses
6 a9 N) h% M2 P( g$ }) N: w- k" \ F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed3 N! P' Y1 i2 `) t5 g ~2 B
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, k/ x- e. j0 `% F6 s. B: v
Allied Ships
/ t' _" a8 D7 c( `, B: B7 D CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire" g) r0 T4 O8 K
CV Saratoga" @# W. Z9 L1 V# X$ u
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
) o( ]( Z0 b6 X CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 J) b+ H" m/ w: d* s
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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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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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。
- U( L2 E+ g C! S" J1 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。 |