战报如下:
9 p5 f u, h/ h/ C0 x; j& T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。8 u6 \* K, P2 ]+ U' c, |) v
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 I* N% C9 s5 E, O2 r5 f$ g. L# H
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms: g- s, D/ u2 \) J+ h0 c8 \$ ?
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.' k6 F9 R; I' Y& W' ?
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
l0 I% ^2 [* [. j0 n' M5 sJapanese aircraft/ S/ L& w# x/ D5 u0 m1 b! @( I, P
A6M3 Zero x 14
' K+ t' l' _$ x3 K" B. b7 C! n G4M1 Betty x 723 D2 t/ K% p: e9 _9 x+ g0 O
Allied aircraft- i. F" _( R7 U& U3 r8 l1 D
Kittyhawk IA x 271 A& r |* N* L
Wirraway x 42
- U t* I+ M( G% V* L9 v P-40E Warhawk x 9
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A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
) U: u0 n! E, h7 d" O& A G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged9 a& l2 q$ t" u" }2 M3 q
Allied aircraft losses7 S' s' L* R5 v1 A/ _
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
* `: W8 @" v1 D C, I8 ]& K" j Wirraway: 5 destroyed" Q, l1 B$ [3 x3 b/ a
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
# b' E3 _. I- I' x5 A- k4 z, tAirbase hits 2, B; t; U5 P$ ]3 l+ r
Runway hits 8. Q: `# }/ c: O( W. L o5 j
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KB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。+ ?# \0 ^* [6 r3 E2 x
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
+ T7 P" S- O8 |. cWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
) ~1 ~' y M& IRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.3 \* u" V# }/ S2 g9 w
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes. a) ^5 q- n4 N* b7 k% Z
Japanese aircraft
" W8 h6 o' t9 l) o2 g- G4 {% b A6M2 Zero x 32! u8 X+ c; p; k+ y$ L
D3A1 Val x 8
7 Q- n8 G4 [: g9 ]8 s5 O! W3 bAllied aircraft
u/ V/ e" s0 x5 o Kittyhawk IA x 14
' y) z1 d; k* t) q Wirraway x 210 l6 d/ f# R; H: h4 G9 N' e. w- @
P-40E Warhawk x 7% R1 e, a7 D4 ]4 E
Japanese aircraft losses
& J0 P6 c5 B. | D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed$ N- b& Q6 w7 `7 b q$ i0 o8 w
Allied aircraft losses5 T7 G5 T- b; K& R" l/ s. @9 ^
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed. R; t, o/ }( M& C; [$ D& j
Wirraway: 3 destroyed1 f# I2 Y, j2 w4 q# O
Allied Ships
1 c0 m& o4 y7 \& U3 G! p xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# t# P1 G2 @& S/ Y
. Z" ^( f3 V) Q/ G' ^9 FKB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。
6 p ?7 Y2 {2 e0 ~0 H5 W! \Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
( j' l5 T; T: P+ J8 IWeather in hex: Overcast4 Y, r8 A2 ~1 d5 T! N" V
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
. Z& ]5 g$ v- q# A" KEstimated time to target is 45 minutes) _4 t" m; {( E1 w
Japanese aircraft
Z9 y5 u: f; L1 Q. I A6M2 Zero x 43: ?* r3 R9 z3 S% G* `- M4 s& |5 {$ e
B5N1 Kate x 454 i+ k2 v8 Y( J8 S# K
D3A1 Val x 7: g& g3 I; j1 n/ ~! N1 y& N
D3A2 Val x 49
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P-39D Airacobra x 90 a" l- m$ h- `9 n1 D7 M
F4F-3P Wildcat x 162 `8 h- k* G* [" i
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
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A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
( |! U, ]. I% J: b& O B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
% D! |* ]/ o% n; ~. l6 p7 A, e B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
" H) ~! Y1 p' A5 v1 g0 G' W3 J D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed& T' m2 O1 } [# [7 T8 V& K
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged$ z' @" s4 K3 E _ P# V- z+ }8 O
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak/ B- Q3 N/ M- V! ] r
Allied aircraft losses
4 x5 |( M! g! c+ [: R+ R F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed5 d; a6 Y! c# l$ d2 V1 r+ H
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed# ^$ |5 {0 Z" Z. l- {% R6 x: ~
Allied Ships
& [! Q' w. k9 N. ]3 G& b& r CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire. o' `2 f" d9 m1 Q! z: {
CV Saratoga
# ~+ {* K: c+ U: ?' d( H CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire( E* ^6 k' ]" A l) J: w
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ Z6 x4 O1 t2 L0 p) T BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 16 r! R' Q d, d 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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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。6 ?% U4 T% U h& @6 O2 P
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。 |