5月10日,连场海空大战爆发。
( l9 o) t O: R) v8 z! l' |首先是想要混入凯姆斯港内的水面舰队遭遇雷场。+ Z9 ]' Q. i E2 t
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- O6 |4 q& P) G6 rTF 5 encounters mine field at Cairns (47,100)7 g: g; w2 ], h3 I# p" ~& Z
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Japanese Ships& o2 O9 W1 S3 ?. e: c3 ]
DD Yudachi, Mine hits 1, on fire* ?" K" Z, z- v9 J4 B5 p6 [/ r
接着是在莫港夜间水面双方激战,当场各沉一条DD。 : `. F* v4 j0 l5 W" X" V% t
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5 Q& ^0 i; M2 f- ^+ o1 Y! d* b8 [Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,915 R7 t# G- f( `4 _& [: \, ~5 q7 D/ f
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CL Tenryu, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage. M' t4 W$ X0 t3 B
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5. Z7 j. |3 S; I: o
CL Yubari, Shell hits 2, on fire
W8 F8 w7 ` A# O% P( B/ M' I! mDD Mutsuki' L3 v4 I1 Q m1 `( c
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 1, on fire: Z% G2 X0 Z" s: o- @
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
% t5 A' O6 ?+ V7 `DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 1
& {7 b p1 Y! b: d6 G. D3 aDD Oite* R" X9 I0 ^& |" n
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 4, on fire
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Allied Ships6 H1 c% c1 g: G
CA Chicago, Shell hits 3
+ A o9 Z% \) P' p2 [7 X0 |CA Australia, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire/ r& s* n% C% N
CL Hobart, Shell hits 6
+ c: b a4 m# s" ?0 @3 PDD Walke, Shell hits 3
- J3 ~& V$ J6 M+ i5 dDD Farragut, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
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Japanese Ships
* ~: i* u2 C+ ^& c% E0 jCL Tenryu, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage1 g3 A9 P; Q0 J: j# o3 L! ]
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 2
, _) ?6 r ]* n, ^5 I+ ^CL Yubari, Shell hits 1, on fire
r2 v8 V9 }/ _- Q3 N5 WDD Mutsuki, Shell hits 1
# C7 q5 H) j$ Z6 U- ?7 `DD Yayoi, Shell hits 10, on fire5 s, U; w9 F3 I! y( n3 o. | m
DD Mochizuki% r, d# C. p5 E
DD Oite
6 {$ j6 @' n. A% ^9 Y+ W/ ]DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1, on fire& Z+ k; W. ^7 J, h! x
& i/ w; Y$ Q$ y6 H3 }Allied Ships2 A* ]: z4 f3 K Y7 v7 A
CA Chicago* r+ r- G! y3 V( E0 p" u
CA Australia, Shell hits 5, on fire
3 w/ E+ j) z/ Q% V7 K: |; J- uCL Hobart, Shell hits 4' B7 D( U0 s% H
DD Walke, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage5 S9 n3 v2 H' o: \; u# N. N
天亮之后,5航战进行了最后一次努力
- z' M9 R( `( c; K& u) T( d依然没法一举击沉york。 9 F$ k8 Y3 l- S4 o
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Day Air attack on Cairns , at 47,100
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) X8 r1 h- F0 e0 QJapanese aircraft
) t; {/ H2 z8 B+ ]A6M2 Zero x 32
y" y, [2 }, o7 [1 }- TD3A Val x 44
2 C5 H# _4 U7 v2 eB5N Kate x 35
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Allied aircraft; u: ?* Y$ [, e! {
Kittyhawk I x 7
1 _7 a2 U7 B/ ]( s* ]P-40E Warhawk x 21
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Japanese aircraft losses0 p5 ]. V" G, K1 ^, e1 r |% O
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed6 u) d& q0 Q* B# `( x2 @
D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
2 z" V }. [; j [6 i" JB5N Kate: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
7 H8 n/ ^* j$ l* V7 @Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged p7 z" e* H4 G" H. s
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed, 2 damaged1 Z! [7 S3 g9 G
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CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
9 U3 N; ]& p _# v( L没有了零式空优加成,面对P40E只能打出1:1。
- d; Y B6 `! K7 l随后,莫港的航空队对在吉利吉利卸载多日的运输船队,发动了多轮空袭。
. U* ?0 w, Q% b3 h2 w; f获得击伤AP两条,MSW一条的不错战绩。
7 x% [4 N2 \# B( A) a% O7 R随后,凯姆斯港内的美军水面舰只居然冲出珊瑚礁群,+ ^# f4 Q- a" d1 ^
杀进航母舰群,吓得山口全速退出战场。
( V2 W) ?: v4 n双方只在24000码处互射一阵礼花。
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& h' e6 v% I2 }Day Time Surface Combat at 50,100
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7 l9 I$ x/ J, N8 C( B) cCV Shokaku
, S3 b0 c5 X/ g `# n, T% b' |/ } a, TCV Zuikaku
) U% z3 r, g3 h& e2 }CVL Shoho
, P4 X g1 a" f) u& XCA Myoko, Shell hits 1& W- A' w! M% E8 h# K
CA Haguro
! V& `# E/ m* B4 ^* TCA Furutaka7 Y% d7 C6 J; d1 ^1 H) b3 N
DD Samidare
! A2 [" z5 Z4 w5 JDD Ariake
7 x# H/ J3 _" P+ a; WDD Akebono
: w0 c' S3 f; P5 q6 ?DD Sazanami5 }+ e4 _. ]- n# P
DD Ushio
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Allied Ships+ D; p8 s- ~ o; n* z M' i
CA Portland, Shell hits 1
0 r( `- E8 S9 |4 P8 l9 ~CA Chester, Shell hits 1
- Q/ T8 [1 w4 j; }1 YCA New Orleans
. l" f% w# y( u; oCA Astoria
: k8 }' F8 i, r% u; I: g) fCA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1
/ q; K. W$ y- q8 Z( Q* g* @DD Russell
# e, A+ p% V/ R! y8 N" FDD Phelps
9 r4 a, o/ @; j1 |9 z! t' s' HDD Dewey
* S, E8 `3 k$ O7 p( Y ~+ _7 p+ V9 hDD Monaghan6 W |& e5 h1 q; g' D: G7 D
DD Aylwin |