因撤退决心吓得太迟,导致澳东战役失利之后,二师兄志得意满,骄狂无比,放弃了主场优势,脱离远程战斗机半径范围,单纯依靠TF58向大基地成群的新赫布底里群岛迎头撞来。
& T$ F7 ]0 C' F2 y# j. a3 O; {先是裸奔努美阿失利,部队被晾在滩头,几天之后在努美阿以南集结全部航母和大量主力舰开始二次登陆,结果被依托岸基战斗机远程CAP防空的KB吊打 KB只搭载200多架战斗机大部分用于护航,其他容量全部以攻击机为主,4 B$ c2 y& d# W7 [. \+ ?2 L
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
. U5 b H7 G. f" z, hMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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- g; U" M7 x, E6 S- d9 ^Weather in hex: Overcast
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7 c6 t: _3 j* W* ~Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ J y/ Q3 N, V, B$ o0 Q3 [" O# `: r9 U! WEstimated time to target is 40 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 b' a" Z n) b4 K: Y2 Y6 m, ^1 T A6M5 Zero x 147, d4 k; {: m. D4 b
B6N2a Jill x 176+ X/ A- H6 \0 I* u2 w; z
D4Y3 Judy x 24
0 w6 F+ Z- ?6 g: t; f2 e D4Y4 Judy x 143/ I- f6 I. r, \5 R
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Allied aircraft
1 i9 G( c' _8 ]4 |9 b: x8 s F6F-3 Hellcat x 447( V! C5 r# _2 i8 B9 F/ Q1 R
# ?2 c8 w1 e8 V% ]* C# x+ MJapanese aircraft losses
' \7 m6 ` `2 _; ~4 y A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
! s" M: J6 B; z5 X B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
3 S T8 W) P% @5 {7 t5 S% W4 W D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged7 p7 W1 U% ]% |! f9 o
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak1 C) c$ O1 o7 W5 m
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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9 H9 ^& ~6 b* }8 n0 ^9 W( QAllied aircraft losses4 ~& K: S$ T- s7 \+ j
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed: k/ P2 a$ z* K( B' u
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Allied Ships" D+ ]# y8 w& K- Z3 O
CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
* t$ I, I. v) W# p' R CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
) g" q2 i2 B8 O0 Z- o" f CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& l% @) f+ z9 O
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 t. m! B3 k* K
LST-34+ V h& j; G2 P/ i) h
CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 w. L0 B; {+ O; y& h- ` CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 I9 z! Y' l3 D9 z CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 m" Y9 y, q5 _0 Z2 M5 ^3 |3 _ CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! @6 d) j2 H4 P; v. x
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
. E8 P L' l m2 v LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
% ]2 [# b1 ]1 L DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- ^3 W/ g6 ?, _; q3 r( o
DE Waterman
. i. y- u8 s% M$ n8 H8 o DD Callaghan
; ~1 G+ C: B3 W, S1 ~ DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage& J0 l' H8 c) o! I5 W& ]% l: a: r
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( k) }$ b0 i W8 d0 M2 [
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- B$ z$ V. D$ G( }
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- n; w& A; ?9 ~: B0 `0 C! ]
DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
2 s9 m$ Z: q8 J# B! { LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
9 _: B5 k, r* `: F LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires# F1 \2 s4 S; [2 M- L( t
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk( u. l2 `# h6 t, s& [: R' L
DE Stadtfeld9 K+ G; F4 V N4 ?( a& Y, h
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 Q8 f `) t1 k' } DE James E. Craig# q* K9 S2 N2 y
LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
+ J% F2 y, |& h1 Q9 n5 T/ X LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk3 `" S; h5 C+ s: C" A* \
DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, t2 k$ _& l, i+ f7 a7 N
, `" {+ ~, Y) R g! JAllied ground losses:
: R; R5 s9 j& s2 x5 S% ~ 210 casualties reported+ _6 S- y6 R7 D- v8 x0 ^
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' ?0 j p# p2 f& g. }
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled5 @! l6 ~0 t6 V/ U; H3 R
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: S5 }0 D5 N3 \( n Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)) c) z) W$ `. ?6 I( g9 K2 V
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
& Z$ c* b( V2 lEstimated time to target is 36 minutes3 D6 a) V. ^3 S' Y5 a+ H% }
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Japanese aircraft
) C! J7 r: y# I. L) a7 O8 X A6M5 Zero x 92
$ A$ f* E" A$ G% r9 m7 h. n4 f N1K1-J George x 262 F1 X$ t1 ~# r$ D: T: y2 G" o
N1K2-J George x 251
% ]/ z6 G* O: n9 h* { Ki-84r Frank x 148
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+ h7 k5 `6 {) ~0 i( ]3 fAllied aircraft
) J: Q3 ?6 P) b% o F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
9 S; F7 x4 _$ N7 T% D1 [+ ]) w TBF-1 Avenger x 30/ e4 g0 V" U7 k2 P& o% Y
TBM-1C Avenger x 234 J- t7 ~* E; e |* W6 d
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 h) d" i% e! l0 i; k N1K1-J George: 1 damaged# E) V" P; D% I, D" r
% \: y: X! s- bAllied aircraft losses
& E \ A9 }' Y F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed
# m: R1 B+ J- l0 f* d8 m' {7 I TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed
0 v/ A* f3 T& k TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
Z6 M+ n- {9 R% V1 | TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
8 q' f2 z5 c; {( i8 i CVL Chitose- h2 z0 O5 G3 q& r
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8 p- h: h# {: u9 t/ v$ m# o) RRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.1 A! B* F1 b: v* y* H6 E( t- J8 r
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 z4 r# l8 ^& o( d, m, B A6M5 Zero x 77
" F% X) e$ [5 q- t( [$ @! C N1K1-J George x 26
7 [7 \0 Y( [# ^1 P- ?2 I N1K2-J George x 195. o: ]+ ?( W/ A8 N! F$ y
Ki-84r Frank x 127& [, B4 {. Z. U! N. p0 T( \
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Allied aircraft" L6 t' q+ w9 u( h- V3 u) \
TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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( x+ x; [# c. j+ A ~5 KNo Japanese losses6 t% ]% s: f; S8 w/ i1 t
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Allied aircraft losses. h0 `; q! U% d' Z
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.: s9 q; F7 B. R S
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes' C, n. V; m P2 } N5 T
9 l0 @: x R7 X s, d! L7 x# JJapanese aircraft
# i, K6 |* K6 z1 z% `7 U6 \% x A6M5 Zero x 69
. c7 [. Z) f% R N1K1-J George x 266 m( H Y$ ]7 F. G/ A
N1K2-J George x 1278 y" f6 P ^; x1 j
Ki-84r Frank x 91
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Allied aircraft
. L7 P* z1 G' Y. c SBD-5 Dauntless x 34! r: b, \. H* c7 X7 p+ c- J3 \, Q
, d: J6 u2 S, K4 E6 \No Japanese losses
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SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed+ ]9 X( K- ?0 S# Q) g& D& e
, z) y8 i3 [8 ^0 a9 M, V9 iRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.5 z2 p. \# H4 E/ n: M: w9 W
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ K' P2 p4 q+ ~0 o# v2 B& a
A6M5 Zero x 64
, s/ {# R' @, N: a( N7 r4 K. o& m N1K1-J George x 26
2 e2 ?# q& p, i/ T3 P4 D N1K2-J George x 954 b0 h6 w: D; ?; L. w
Ki-84r Frank x 72
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Allied aircraft
/ E3 E0 t* x# k( P: V' _0 P TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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No Japanese losses5 M% R0 i# Q% P) K# ~+ x; g
b" @! R7 z2 h/ a8 [- _) UAllied aircraft losses2 [1 u2 M# W- h) g3 b
TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
/ q( _# `1 W# B% vEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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+ @7 e/ P: E( c: d8 I8 [Japanese aircraft. H4 x2 m# \ R6 |: s
A6M5 Zero x 574 ^0 E- F2 `1 A* ^
N1K1-J George x 267 D- }( v% i) h4 L7 Z3 T
N1K2-J George x 76
" s3 U+ y, Y7 c, m Ki-84r Frank x 62- I! g; H$ M. o
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Allied aircraft0 f. J) V$ ~& J: e( f. [; m+ A
TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses$ X3 Y- v' @6 V. i) B) g4 e, I
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,1600 G; D; M. c8 Z3 S! V; L2 T2 `
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain5 I$ u' F3 N% f" n2 \% d1 ^
4 t( Q, R/ ]" q3 {7 y2 K3 Z4 MRaid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! U, G6 W# o( m- }
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes
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! O1 g3 T3 g' V- PJapanese aircraft, g: U0 I0 E, T- K
A6M5 Zero x 1519 h- R i# @6 J8 r: o$ j1 r+ N; m
B6N2a Jill x 84( h: {: w8 N6 n# \
e2 z2 d$ ?9 t. `0 YAllied aircraft
/ |; _; P8 P" `0 { F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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- E, Z$ g0 J7 e$ e6 R8 Q8 pJapanese aircraft losses
$ ?$ k8 a. a- k9 U: k A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
1 k8 i0 r# j- Q. }7 w( U/ { B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged( s! H2 I8 n) Y B6 e
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
- _& @2 L& S! _0 s- ^8 C F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed# ~! v2 s9 w" i# ~; Z. h/ `
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Allied Ships @4 R& Y1 J2 j9 ^$ `8 g6 v) t
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1/ n5 ]4 w/ ?5 m
CVL Belleau Wood
5 `# E& ?, _! ?% z" _( C* _1 Z* u/ ]+ x CV Yorktown II" t/ t7 D+ t0 L3 |1 t- `
CV Bunker Hill4 ?/ r1 Q$ R8 V; m
DD Kimberly
) X+ z4 X% ~6 H2 B/ c. O8 Z CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
) i& c% C+ [% Q1 r& E2 L- D& ? CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 15 Y1 S- s' D. s3 c3 E3 Y6 B
CVL Independence
- I, G P; F" Q" F' S CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage4 b y/ O; w5 n1 V8 B8 o! E
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
! O7 x: w' @& |+ s! A CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2" l5 a h, ^: z
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米酋阴险的又一次把护航航母推在前面当了肉盾,承担了大部分攻击波,不过KB在44年以后作战也越加困难,主要表现在突防后命中率低的问题上,即使尽可能的减少战斗机比例,增加攻击机规模,但是突防后美军AA极为强悍,特别是主力舰艇的防空火力,KB当天损失的80多天山有40多是被高炮打下来的,打伤更是无数。此次海战占据天时地利人和,但是任然没有对TF58主力造成任何实质性的损失。9 g3 C( K/ R: B+ f a7 Z: A: @
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