大脸猫

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牛牛把两个TF放在两个格 有效地分散了KB的攻击 而我的失误是让97去攻击机场了 损失了6架 疲劳也上了10 所以表现不好 加上CA吸引火力 只命中CV1雷 下午那一波效果更差

kevin_hx

CV决战当天，乘着双方海空如火如荼的激战，一队日军悄悄登陆米龙湾
" z+ S' r+ |2 `7 f* m事后据大猫天蝗交待，这只部队是因为XAK即将沉没，只好抢滩登陆自救
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6 V& G7 n- n! kAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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% e; r' w! a* ETF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133- R( `% i4 E8 L* O

* b" X8 K( a/ p# vJapanese ground losses:# ^0 N, m1 e4 ^5 O) u
      160 casualties reported
% `2 e" n4 W# g; k0 h! q         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
7 c0 Y( H6 `# d+ _         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: ?- C6 K; t7 o# |: r$ D         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
8 @, y; \8 U4 i$ X. A. O" N      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 427 s, }8 o+ u5 g/ j- E$ E
CV决战已暂告一段落，盟军58丧失了在海上制约KB的能力，而日军的登陆船队已经出现在莫港外海，日军的登陆迫在眉睫
# a5 U! n( U* i' I( Q  o+ t6 `盟军断然采取破釜沉舟的战术，拼个鱼死网破也要破坏日军的登陆行动
2 ]+ F# E) g& H5 sCV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援6 q  h& l5 X$ M8 |
CV编队分离出重巡编队，杀入莫港近海，阻止日军炮击莫港机场! Y# O2 o. r: g0 T* k; K. \' g

0 d" l& B) {! Y* h于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开
) ?8 Q. a% S! ^# Z7 T* _令人庆幸的是，日军第8舰队表现拙劣，在于盟军水面舰队夜战中败北，日军当天的登陆船队惨遭SS蹂躏，并被盟军舰队迫退，未能实施莫港登陆
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3 y; P$ e9 R4 k, R* N5 C夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火1 W* f! G3 A* A9 H# S2 V
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4 Y! F) N0 z: _3 Y  C# z3 {0 tNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards' y4 e/ e5 @6 b8 g* u; B9 O4 {

- D# \1 L6 O+ V$ IJapanese Ships$ J, z: K* w, |( W5 V
      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage' f- E+ H8 T7 d' R
      CA Kinugasa
2 R5 q5 y* i- o+ U* ~      CA Furutaka
; b+ w( X! d# }4 o- ~/ [8 r0 }9 }      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire
- @3 `+ G9 `0 S7 |' ?      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire; T) L; o& ^2 x5 q& ~" v
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
2 ~1 D4 X; f; G* J, Z% ~      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire' z7 o! e+ [1 x+ m3 f' u8 k7 m
      DD Mutsuki; z, p4 [1 t5 N5 w; R: C. r2 U
      DD Yayoi
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Allied Ships
) p! n/ l: |& W. o  K1 S5 f6 g      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
4 B/ r+ c9 j, q% ^: \      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 28 F5 A  h/ v8 ]: {3 J' Q
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire
$ V  C! b# A! H      CL Hobart, Shell hits 39 a! n$ _, i1 }% d9 l
      DD Sims" S  f8 [0 N% T1 a. e
      DD Dewey
7 v4 D& h5 }5 ~# R) f+ \      DD Worden
  N1 a8 l; n1 ]2 U: u      DD Aylwin
. L1 H# t& b- P3 x2 k2 a      DD Whipple  M3 Z/ }; B2 e, U9 n, V4 E0 u

5 j. [, S; j) x+ F- u6 m0 s" t$ E随后莫港潜伏的盟军SS再次大发神威，日军登陆船队惨遭蹂躏
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$ E$ E% y; P$ \1 T- LSub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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6 n* j: h! y7 b, J( H- |' J# Y# u+ Y/ SJapanese Ships( D2 @1 M2 v+ ^4 S
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
& B' |9 e4 \& |3 U- l- ]" {' S      xAK Sinsei Maru: t. c# Y2 u% C, [
      xAK Canberra Maru
4 r5 o0 N. w& w      E Asanagi
" b+ k* Y; n( w      E Oite
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  I7 a9 B0 O! ~Allied Ships
5 W+ k3 ~& f( f! P1 D      SS S-44' c) W( [& g5 m7 y# J

: V& l& L7 n, a% A4 PJapanese ground losses:
  J0 |, T( Z$ i      9 casualties reported
* g2 o* d2 c: k+ R) x  V) v/ m, Q         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: {* t1 y) }) H+ O' H% d& u
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* h: \+ |8 C% E/ q% x( A2 `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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4 N: ^3 Y' n2 D8 z6 Y& I8 z: H9 ^Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133- N4 t2 w8 @( G) \( m: g- ?; x1 W
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Japanese Ships
. h3 a0 b+ x+ i      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships# e7 ^6 r9 r. C# K  ]6 p! T# i$ {
      SS S-44# z3 r% T; l) b7 ?0 U% o. e7 K
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Japanese ground losses:* G) ?9 W6 }/ _; j  i/ I+ c
      36 casualties reported
, S' T) k" w  j9 u9 L         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ G* W% u8 [, q, m         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
; F+ B: g$ `" n% f. O, ^  J         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

天亮后，盟军第2队水面舰队追上了溃败的第8舰队，日轻巡夕张号爆火，美重巡芝加哥号重创
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards
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      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3
$ j. N0 z* b" ?6 v! M      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire
2 E2 S. H- f' l: t5 S      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire
/ [8 {; x4 r3 F4 E; m      CL Tenryu$ C  C0 o9 }, C  c) I8 j% _2 E/ w
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires, Y# J" L, E- B3 K3 G. E2 k/ K# ?2 D
      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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      CA Chester, Shell hits 3# ]1 T, W- y4 [3 `9 Y
      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage% P! A9 q, G- k) J4 o
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
7 m7 H" U& a7 U: l( Y      DD Anderson/ b5 u8 j. @2 ^- H- c1 z0 C2 V5 }
      DD Morris, Shell hits 2
$ Q" R( X' S6 t9 w" F      DD Perkins

kevin_hx

随后，莫港航空队和KB舰载机对双方的水面舰队大打出手
2 O" Z5 ~/ [9 D! L6 }重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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$ K6 }2 B% `. M5 p: F6 o+ IRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.8 T( r' @) ]+ s: ^
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes# Q6 h( c/ p6 k/ a3 r- K9 S7 L

; o3 r# q" i# [5 uJapanese aircraft
0 q9 j; q! q6 _0 Q1 h# ^3 K      A6M2 Zero x 4
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Allied aircraft& G% A  K9 Y& f( J) B$ |
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16, j2 O. {6 ~! B) J- k0 \. u
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2* x6 {' m# d5 v8 E
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No Japanese losses
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- _) J- G6 r! u+ g+ T9 R! mAllied aircraft losses
' \* @+ b) ^/ [! G, f3 d. P$ R4 M& [3 `      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged' f7 r* _" H- ^. O" b: U
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Japanese Ships
/ \. V. f  x" Y! A1 ~      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires
/ b) d  S* E1 [      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
' ~. Z: w* L' K! g# C8 ~; C      CA Furutaka,  on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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+ M: W/ {: p, n$ q! uWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.6 R. Z- |* Q0 e# c& X. |, F, i
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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      A6M2 Zero x 19
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Allied aircraft
# o; s/ \3 t; c9 u      P-40E Warhawk x 1
: V; N+ D- C; a. G5 u8 I% X      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
* G1 Q, i& i% I5 u      TBD-1 Devastator x 2# Y4 ]; `1 |, d/ f6 |# h( C
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
; \! _2 s4 w2 L! i      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
; U% U1 {/ J% N2 I. O* X      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
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  X" K) |) V# D+ ]( YJapanese Ships5 m" @+ G0 a: D- s
      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ y. @  X* M, G9 k  D
      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire9 K, q( W# p; J4 i5 {% S
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盟军舰队防空火力强大，KB建树不大，仅受创的芝加哥号再次重创
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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' w6 |1 D- w; w# xWeather in hex: Overcast
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7 G* T6 L0 z9 `2 s( IRaid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.8 G! Y# A3 N' \3 _) o8 f/ v/ O
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes/ C5 t' J/ b5 W! q& y+ B2 \. l

. C  X, c7 b9 IJapanese aircraft
4 W. Z, |- \; ?. P3 a4 t2 i      A6M2 Zero x 26
+ r1 h! @# A, g# J) @      B5N1 Kate x 3( O# ^: \; _; }* z0 v( i5 [9 }
      B5N2 Kate x 12
) o! R" f& A+ g% x/ U5 z      D3A1 Val x 29
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Allied aircraft
- E! {/ d# p4 l; Q      P-40E Warhawk x 19
& ~# `: m" I# m0 _0 A* J' g" R      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses
, r% l5 X+ u; U. n* k, u      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
: X/ e# R& N& C+ e- {. [      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
& N% i! N7 Z$ Q; X0 L4 x+ Q      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
& z# ?2 J1 k( C- a; L8 L      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged
, `3 ^5 z2 c7 q( _% N      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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No Allied losses
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      CA Australia
# S+ c& o! v( [8 s% _      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire8 Y7 |' _1 D. F# j# w5 n  [8 n6 R+ k
      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage6 v; S" [" F7 m4 C1 t
      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
( [7 y5 J/ F( G( r9 D7 z, ?  B      DD Worden: f! j( A. W% y% ^! E
      CA Astoria

红叶

大脸猫水面舰队没开全速？自动反应范围太小？不过算是保护了登陆船队，KB还有多少进攻力量？

kevin_hx

据大猫天蝗供认，水面舰队是准备去炮击莫港的，结果遭遇盟军水面舰队后，由于指挥官好战度不高，没将任务改为水面战模式，所以被盟军爆头

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42. T: r7 Q- T6 i5 Z
大战结束后，双方都在调整部署+ ]$ o1 G& _* u
大统领预估天蝗必然会轰炸机场，并撤出水面舰队汇合登陆船队，然后再继续扑上，但不会立即行动，需要至少1-2回合的调整，于是大统领果断地将水面舰队解散在港口规避空袭，并出动莫港航空队和潜艇，沿途捡漏
' b. T8 Y" ?( t* N+ j一天的战事，大多是潜艇攻击与反潜作战，盟军陆基零零零散散的空袭则毫无作为
& L: B% \2 H- f" ]+ \' \, ~8 I8 u不出大统领所料，恼羞成怒的天蝗果然出动KB大举空袭莫港机场，损失舰载机若干后炸毁盟军飞机若干
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( K& n" {0 U( {: L9 N) ]. nSubmarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,1331 r; w; Q7 M& M) e2 ?+ O3 U

# ^) r7 ^/ ?) C& q/ J3 |% aJapanese Ships
% i& R1 @& e) C: t" \0 \, \+ }# d      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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" \- ~- k/ t1 `. b+ P5 |2 L. n      SS S-471 u8 J+ a4 Q: O) t: b7 ~
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& }0 q  A# B) @8 Z% T- \Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud. a. l6 [: u, E# @( O5 y7 q

6 V$ c1 d& Q. a$ o6 fRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
; z1 R% M. q: i$ I( PEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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      A6M2 Zero x 23/ q3 k# r% g- ]
      B5N1 Kate x 2
0 N. {) F7 B7 z      B5N2 Kate x 12
! K" ^. q  M% c! n: H: N9 `      D3A1 Val x 12
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0 V7 R, H  i) G/ H  ~) xAllied aircraft
$ S5 |& V# a' }      P-40E Warhawk x 10
, Y! q- u! D6 J* P      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10  {$ h9 T2 ?  V5 {& t9 l
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Japanese aircraft losses9 d8 T8 h& ~% S2 w/ z: ^  I7 O
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed& V; }8 Y4 s$ v8 Z
      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
, a7 F" e8 a' T9 Q( ]      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged4 ?7 R9 U+ R& w9 R
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
# ^- b( V. Z' a# ^/ B/ Z: P7 }. X$ \$ Z9 i      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak( c7 D0 e* @+ [; [- J

: t, ?1 l! G+ N5 J$ L: t2 a& Z( jAllied aircraft losses
( \; v5 n0 q5 Q2 {      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
: D6 N$ n7 ^9 }5 ^$ n4 U+ L      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground% Y: ?3 z0 z# ?. N! F) P
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged! x# i0 C9 y: o" |- X
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground" Z3 Q: ]' X  F; b8 g
      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground
2 N/ H* H0 A. m: Z      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
8 M( f, K( B  j6 \" ^! B      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground, j6 T8 c6 _9 S1 U  H, \2 C

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Allied ground losses:
' x( C7 Z( r! H9 N! r+ p      4 casualties reported
! F0 g6 E% R: h# |9 W% R9 o9 g         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
, }3 @0 W3 x: z7 x& N* V         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# f3 Y: E' ]9 G5 K( I" m+ M         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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3 z7 A9 g1 X: ?; P1 IAirbase hits 1
/ F4 D0 E+ d$ l# n# B6 e8 gAirbase supply hits 2
+ |5 O$ Z" i( J$ xRunway hits 18

kevin_hx

莫港的地面部队，一开局就已经开了自动补充，目前已经超过100战力

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42$ Q! y" l$ R5 ]! z3 r3 Y9 }

' q7 y$ B! W3 N$ j$ h. A重创的CA芝加哥号单舰将日军莫港登陆船队逼退，日军登陆的企图再次破产
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$ D3 v0 l; M2 sNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards0 G% h3 p0 `4 ~- H+ ?2 D5 `
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      CM Tsugaru
2 y4 R. i! _1 A      DD Yayoi; B, ?; G+ c& s7 S* f' k
      E Oite
: V& U3 D6 Q4 x2 |) B- Z4 Y      E Asanagi3 I" I- y; j# o& I
      DMS W.20
1 f( |, c9 W% I" I      xAKL Hagoromo Maru
: ?4 e& g) w4 N( g1 z      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2" j' w* Z; W( G( \' x7 u
      xAK Canberra Maru' W3 O- P2 O9 Z' j" M3 B
      xAK Kansai Maru/ A3 E8 _1 O' j1 Q9 L  W- ]' ^" h
      xAK Kagu Maru
( c: j7 }2 N4 H& N( a1 s      xAK Asakaze Maru
, G& Y8 ]- s! S; e      xAK Sinsei Maru
$ m; l& o8 X1 X  j& k4 d* i      xAK Ikushima Maru
5 G3 s; q) ~; T+ ^3 k      xAK Kasuga Maru #2+ p5 I  D; A% u. _
      xAK Aso Maru* U1 a$ D$ R# z* R
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Allied Ships& ~, \- ^' P& K" D( K- f9 U
      CA Chicago,  heavy damage/ ?6 ?7 ]2 }" V0 Z
6 N1 {4 @$ W  f2 w+ q8 R$ r' H
随后盟军的水面舰队和潜艇联合出击与日军护航舰队混战数场，各有胜负/ k8 b) @: Q% L& A
击沉日军重巡加古号、妙高号、轻巡夕张号，损失切斯特号、阿斯托利亚号、新奥尔良号: z; Z& ~2 y+ O9 ^  m+ u
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+ ~, o' w8 n2 I5 `Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131; h4 W' w- G- b1 z8 g

  R+ Z; k& T+ F# T! FJapanese Ships9 X1 k- w: v, l
      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ @1 G0 n; t1 i8 v( F

& J: i1 g% A% H' W7 G; WAllied Ships! p  r: \4 I0 u( ~# U/ H0 Z6 g
      SS S-47
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards# O" E( m( H; l3 C( W( e, S& W

  ^; c3 R5 ?8 [7 e$ jJapanese Ships
$ w* L+ l4 X) W0 q      CA Myoko
4 z0 j. m  Y! F) j" t2 [, M      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage" C& D7 f; b; R/ |
      DD Akebono
7 a, w, h& O- B$ g) ~9 z* c      DD Sazanami2 D/ m4 p- Q1 h0 \8 ^1 H
      DD Ushio
- r. X! @# v. j  D; d6 N
; u" @" n% x8 TAllied Ships
, j* |7 w0 E* @- M. \* c  c* X      CA Chester, Shell hits 18 h" |4 C! e  X" I4 Q( T7 |. q3 v
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
( [. e" L; I2 l      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
5 R) H3 v$ f0 u  J      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire. F$ [4 |* S! v- s0 O( j
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
+ U4 U8 D3 D7 m8 W' e3 a4 R  P( |( C7 ^
Allied aircraft
$ u0 \9 N, M% _( `; C/ k) Z5 H      no flights
# v! m+ v- a, Z- W# H0 }
) ~) f& ]5 p/ \5 ~: h  |Allied aircraft losses, t- m4 r" k; [3 \
      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
/ |+ A8 R3 }  d; l$ k5 L, o' |$ y* S
. k* z7 s* Y  @Japanese Ships
7 u* v( I+ p( c6 {' e2 Q- l' N3 N7 T      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ o# `# D  f( ^4 b      DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
$ V/ }! n/ \9 q, h      DD Sazanami
5 \! `% i+ v& d4 N
0 z5 s' V4 r7 \, }Allied Ships
( g& K4 C1 e% Z# ]  z7 Z      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- O) V  Z. R0 c% K: [1 x' d0 L6 X
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 15 a/ w/ b' C. J6 I' ~
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2
% X2 |. f: y- G+ f      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
- @+ ]; i: s$ P; D: u5 n* c      DD Anderson1 w& Z5 k- Z6 D' R
      DD Perkins
8 }! o; R. y( k; r+ ~8 ]  u0 I( M      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ Z" H( w; f1 Q& J8 l" ]+ F
      DD Worden; M  h9 m! r8 Y5 }# q/ T& a
      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
7 D0 n% a' s0 _0 F  ]. `      DD Whipple4 m2 E; k+ i( |7 `& _) N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards* K( j" J7 r4 ?  b% d' E: @
: C$ o( X: t5 Y/ D6 ^. n9 ]
Japanese aircraft4 H9 L) @# J5 F: b- e
      no flights
3 G& [; ~& [3 q2 i6 K: N+ b* w  y9 y
Japanese aircraft losses
/ ?  W- H' Q( O      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed" B" r0 Z, Q( B: x+ @
2 d  b# N0 W) n& z
Japanese Ships
3 m* a- e: M) z: r% q      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
" o5 V% p* [* A8 u, ~! w4 P; x      DD Ushio
2 i6 j1 N* k2 w7 B# e' F1 z4 k" H
Allied Ships6 g0 V7 V! g% f! Z+ K' j
      CA Minneapolis5 p+ h4 B# v' [* `  v( p4 C
      CA Australia, Shell hits 19 d6 O: \; d. K5 w5 H! V
      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
/ N" ~) Q4 M! b6 j      DD Anderson
0 m; Z# A) r2 Y0 p0 n; Z6 r6 D      DD Perkins
) i; [, ]: H8 w( o      DD Dewey
  G# ]& @  |& Y" }      DD Worden
8 h, {5 ~+ }4 C+ i      DD Whipple. H& u7 u- K& o8 v
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
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: O( ~4 ^9 x# c4 d5 O4 g' ZJapanese Ships
0 Y+ h% S! O6 D" H      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk- m+ h) Y$ t' o4 k0 R# W1 R: \
& l/ d# o5 U2 I7 Z8 Y5 n/ p1 P* }
Allied Ships/ L8 g9 B; j) T& ^$ ?
      CA Minneapolis2 R  y- b+ _/ `
      CA Australia! ]" }" N) G% Z4 f2 I
      DD Sims* X- b9 D: q1 V+ D! ?1 s: e
      DD Anderson4 B1 o9 Y5 x' b$ S" @
      DD Perkins
1 J! V& w: ?9 n8 C$ I$ C      DD Dewey
  Y6 L$ Y2 {' [+ G) q      DD Worden
% w8 B2 ]6 `9 D8 v      DD Whipple

kevin_hx

天亮后，日军KB和陆攻疯狂反扑，丧心病狂的大猫天蝗甚至将大艇也对海攻击，盟军多艘战舰不幸或重创或沉没) @, e2 d( O& ^8 ~6 h/ l7 o* z$ v
中创的CV约克镇号撤离途中在澳洲东海岸不幸遭到潜艇暗算，中雷重创
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Sub attack near Townsville  at 92,144
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  p* `  e# s1 X6 y, k" \% t4 r+ qJapanese Ships
! ]8 u: O# s/ F3 ~4 ~* n* y      SS I-27
, G: T  F" t/ ?, `5 l  s- X2 S8 |. W6 t( f  y0 j& y% {
Allied Ships# R' O3 w5 g8 h- X
      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
5 _" ~0 e& k5 p0 v' t6 Z      DD Hammann6 @! @! n# o/ o( F3 I+ m0 r6 q* m( [
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,130. i: z! w# ]7 k4 t; L' |0 j! C. t. r
7 G/ r0 b/ Q! m$ ?
Japanese Ships
9 N8 W! q. a; p' P8 h      SS I-21- Z+ D8 q1 [$ P- N6 U

, ]; N! q7 p; m5 e7 f( b- eAllied Ships
* j5 q0 D  }: X0 i0 O' x      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
* L- t. |( b- q8 F      DD Morris
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( E8 n4 u& Y8 J/ [$ p6 a6 ], wMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130+ L, m7 y- \2 ~7 s
# [  t( J. ~! u) F8 c: }% L9 g
Weather in hex: Heavy rain# z! G5 p1 x+ P+ i, ~1 O+ S; H

, h# H2 g$ ~( i" D3 fRaid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
, d- Z5 O8 P. c3 d  mEstimated time to target is 30 minutes
# j0 p% _2 t: g* _) H* r# \6 \3 j6 z' j3 a
Japanese aircraft5 o, c# a5 m! `4 b1 z# ]: y* B; R
      A6M2 Zero x 216 K' j0 `- M* k4 v9 z4 O
      B5N2 Kate x 115 A0 R6 Z& O. [" n. g
      D3A1 Val x 17* |% U9 @3 K  s2 e0 w
( ?7 ^7 V( K, Y
Allied aircraft' y& P) s9 @" ^/ N* |6 G/ P3 F8 K- S
      P-40E Warhawk x 8
! z8 Z; P3 F+ |7 Y# h4 `$ i      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
( C( c9 d+ f" D3 j
/ r8 T0 b: L" UJapanese aircraft losses6 `* g$ j: Q, Z& z) d4 A3 @
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
, Z. g* v" H: w2 o+ r  G% r3 A      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged! C+ z( `/ W" r
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak* b8 @9 S- w2 ]. [! v- c  t
      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged
8 X" e7 W) T' O* m3 L      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
+ X. ^0 A8 f) i! O6 Y& C! a1 s
; E) Q; O6 B4 O. l1 L6 M! ^. MAllied aircraft losses8 ~7 m$ D" K, e* h# e% z0 V
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed2 O4 P/ x. G* n- W
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed; L9 L( U/ k+ g7 J; B6 V! F, p

) k- ]. S2 d8 ~- TAllied Ships6 M  s4 G$ m& x, q4 B! k% _- ^
      CA Minneapolis
4 u4 f' u- G# P, ]- M      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage
5 _1 [. R5 {. [) V      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage+ v4 ^, x" Q' A" g" j1 z
      DD Anderson
5 u4 \/ m# p2 O& t& }2 o( [4 L! @      CA Australia' l* r" ^& U, m! ^" d
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
" J5 q, T! r0 m. L( E
* i5 T2 ?$ D% F+ C+ X/ tWeather in hex: Light cloud! z& c! ~2 W; E6 v

2 A1 Q4 `' _0 f) lRaid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
& q; ~4 g2 ~3 [6 q' |/ }- t& FEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
8 v1 s  Y  F5 e5 ?+ w) N) G  A: I
Japanese aircraft  w9 K+ D0 J/ ~8 D. l9 b! F5 q
      A5M4 Claude x 4% t7 O) j; E" ?8 e! U) k+ \
      G3M2 Nell x 18& I* i1 o: F/ m' e# s3 q: }
      H8K1 Emily x 10( z8 d5 {* C! e: O' }! b

. W! C- E; ?0 UJapanese aircraft losses  g' Q  I* }; T- Q  [0 Z
      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
; e8 ?2 ^4 P0 {& [( p      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged0 f/ [! U4 `0 x) Y

5 {# N) w# G: ?, V6 J, `7 ~Allied Ships2 f/ G4 W, r! U& q! L! O
      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage
& m0 U/ X9 o% L4 b5 R& }      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1
/ E" m: y9 A, g      DD Whipple
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1309 S# k" H. x& D! y. N, Z+ x

  L" H  [6 w8 @$ ]6 t/ BWeather in hex: Light cloud
/ `. Z* g& K: A  b! n2 y# m
& `' n# t4 k  P) A9 cRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
. N) w7 N8 w# t) j6 z. ZEstimated time to target is 36 minutes
& \2 ?2 [( {, s! f7 Y9 E6 T) O
Japanese aircraft
; e6 v/ A) O* ]4 |      A5M4 Claude x 4
/ I) A/ \' c" Y" T! v  I# J      H6K4 Mavis x 6
8 x: K8 ~& o2 x# o. |+ V$ ~* G; P5 \6 o' F
Japanese aircraft losses% D" l' }3 j$ P
      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged5 ?* g: `0 y0 ]
, m8 ]2 c# U: Q( [4 [& ?) v. R, w
Allied Ships
: D* P2 o* P  c% W      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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3 F! G; q5 k: X: [& ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
  D+ J  n1 N' P7 M) ^8 I% [3 f
1 E6 V8 v8 J; I, E3 ^Weather in hex: Light cloud
; \1 f- Y2 ?$ f5 u1 ^; }
; h9 u, j9 k& h: JRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." b2 [3 L. a& H1 Y, M
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
, t* A6 h3 T- Z5 b( G' H* G  w" J" _' j5 A+ F8 D6 B  Y5 x6 K
Japanese aircraft4 ]9 ^# A4 ^/ T  A3 o
      A5M4 Claude x 4
: n$ U6 u- r+ @/ N      G4M1 Betty x 120 G0 `3 i' Y! X* w

  B1 ?2 b- ^: ], I& e3 c5 [Allied aircraft% F$ m$ F$ ]# p- R8 f( M' T9 _& |
      no flights
/ v8 d% q, n6 ?
& t+ c' J5 Q# M, e; RNo Japanese losses
# K7 |: m: H1 t3 G
" e3 k- v1 @. _3 J3 y3 ]( r& [5 [8 qAllied aircraft losses
+ N& K5 X1 b+ n      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
) Q) f9 ?% L; ]' B/ u+ S! H& s9 T, T  c+ R$ ^4 G7 j
Allied Ships6 E2 [& K. U/ A2 ]; i8 G5 I6 p% g& @
      CL Hobart8 @3 u: V. Q$ A% O
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

hongqi315

大猫又被瓜牛吃了。。

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42
4 _6 w1 s# u6 y& N7 f6 T% [/ z% z第二次登陆失败后，猫天蝗恼羞成怒，KB对莫港大肆空袭，企图瘫痪莫港机场 ! w8 ~/ j/ m* S$ R  J, J
同时登陆船队重新在海上漂浮，等待时机，等待护航舰队重整旗鼓! Y3 e! r. Y- M5 {7 t, ?
而盟军的陆基零零星星地出击，毫无建树，遂要求对海6000英尺，以期获得斩获5 S) I8 t2 H5 X$ _
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' A- |- T/ Q' mAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
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Weather in hex: Light cloud. u% V, Y1 }+ H3 m' N9 v
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Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- X* [* Z& u7 M1 v7 `' v
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes) c0 j8 w* X# n( J% s0 h2 ^

6 h6 C: M9 d) |- ^1 A2 E# rJapanese aircraft
7 P  E8 H4 o8 J. Z      A5M4 Claude x 4) T% B7 v2 K. J" d
      A6M2 Zero x 22/ |( J9 L- R: G4 i; H
      G3M2 Nell x 17  K) Y) J  _: h9 F6 D8 k

& }8 D. Q8 D. w2 D7 ZAllied aircraft4 P4 W4 M9 H1 k1 v- ?
      P-40E Warhawk x 6) A# r' w! A5 h3 N" l3 r
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 62 v# Z$ E- S( h4 I( W: W. `1 R9 F

: _" ^2 D1 Q3 Y, p( XJapanese aircraft losses8 i0 c0 o0 @( I$ W+ b. \0 R/ R$ n
      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed2 b0 |; @' p" X1 i
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
6 n1 ^* g# C# [% x0 N; A
8 g, k/ [; z. V+ ?' E( UAllied aircraft losses' t- m, i+ x# E" O! x) m
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed. z2 m' M8 X4 T, B' w' l" s3 A
3 {% ?' d) ~1 H( ]" c2 v" r
$ F$ x! U. U3 `
Allied ground losses:
3 D. E9 Q+ u6 Z+ L% f& Q. I      21 casualties reported9 J+ }& j, m; t4 j5 M" x* @
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled& h! L/ @5 q( c$ N7 Z. K8 k
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 T. Y% H  H1 A" B, m# K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
; C5 T3 M2 K, O% y$ B8 m剧本所剩时间不多了，猫天蝗决定发起决死登陆在重巡羽黑的护航下，登陆船队第3次对莫港发起冲滩，但是。。。。
% o0 r) Z( f3 A  r% ~; ^" w4 p" o7 o当天夜里月光暗淡，可见度极低，羽黑编队与盟军水面舰队仅仅打了一个照面就匆匆擦肩而过，结果登陆船队惨遭屠戮
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards8 W3 h6 a0 ]6 V. _. M5 a

4 y' ?& k9 `( M! V8 a$ ~Japanese Ships
; r* b  K" |; `6 |8 _6 c      CA Haguro
0 r2 k5 b' [+ F2 L* T      DD Shiratsuyu
  D! d* b7 B: S7 u& `8 ]      DD Shigure
2 X4 ^* a" u9 |- x2 L6 u1 S      DD Yugure2 k0 J$ s5 F* W  @) F+ Q( x2 [0 g
      DD Ariake
! g. a9 a" y$ ^) z4 M. k      DD Akebono7 v1 I6 R7 E( B- R
      DD Sazanami8 v) Z6 j8 H6 ?) F9 N1 ?
      DD Ushio, i: |, h9 M$ l. z
      DD Yayoi* W3 U5 J# E3 |0 v
9 m* g$ }+ n. X0 y* d9 I% D. E
Allied Ships+ |; g+ X4 N- G$ X0 D, s4 L
      CA Australia
; C0 ~! U1 {! K% v4 r5 O      CL Hobart+ n. w$ t5 Q: r* j
      DD Sims- Z! w' r, R7 @& S, l
      DD Anderson" y1 I/ [; G; G, F2 [
      DD Perkins: \0 X& I* s0 K; w
      DD Dewey
5 [2 w' g& ]4 Z. k! s7 G3 U      DD Worden
8 ~: [4 f4 ]- c      DD Whipple' u  T. z6 F' ^7 c% ^& `( o
. n2 H: Z, M: D: j* ?
猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会 ' p4 E+ f# e- Y& E
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards2 ?3 i) _, r( K- g, {9 U% C
# {! K& V3 J8 J+ k1 x! k
Japanese aircraft6 b$ i3 S9 c9 h2 i
      no flights# i; y( g$ N. B( m- v
, o/ b9 i$ f& _* m5 a
Japanese aircraft losses! Q8 e6 R" d* W6 O) R, x! r: ?" \* A
      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
( z, }. p: ]& l7 @
: C# ~% N  {" {% K1 E! A. f* [Japanese Ships2 x" v3 `+ A& a. \4 P
      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' ^5 _  T1 \% b* z4 N0 }( n      E Oite$ x8 v( V# _! P7 h) s. g7 _9 i$ m
      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage# a6 k1 `* d' G8 p* {/ n: @
      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk7 V  o0 v/ _% |% X2 h. T
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires$ o# X3 m. }3 q7 j  M; S9 j- [
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
% |7 g3 _9 x5 d2 G; o, p8 J      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
+ w& N$ T9 X: O5 @      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: ^/ s& `3 J7 `- \      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage1 Z$ s/ _* ]' Y( h! V5 Q
      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
( e- a9 x) O- N. E* ]4 |      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
# y  B: v# E5 i+ Z      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires# v0 j1 P- v4 I) x  h
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 ]5 j% ^9 D( v. c      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships; V- ~4 j# e- L5 V. V
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1
/ h( E7 m  G1 z: }( a& [- w      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4- f: S" @* h6 u& l' x# e( G" w0 a
      DD Sims
: `1 J- y- S$ Q" v% H) B      DD Anderson, ^% h4 |# {9 ~. `  M( u( V
      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2( i4 n+ g& R; R( X  R+ _) u" ^
      DD Dewey
9 U0 k+ p% R8 M) K' B: e      DD Worden, Shell hits 1
# I  i3 a8 I! K5 K3 P+ Q, h2 j      DD Whipple, Shell hits 2
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9 k& D7 Q" n5 k& e0 k% R! sJapanese ground losses:
% ^' r3 n) X1 T- r/ {& y7 ^- e      3411 casualties reported
, X! W' F) {5 V; ], `/ c0 ?         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
/ k. Q, |( s4 c         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled) T4 _- ?( I- e' w& V4 T4 z% H% Y
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
6 E6 p# j2 a  R+ ?8 `* }      Guns lost 47 (12 destroyed, 35 disabled)

kevin_hx

天亮后双方飞机互相捡漏，但是已经影响不了大局7 v1 i! h7 [2 Q) r
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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0 Y6 e" ~. p  a9 LWeather in hex: Heavy cloud. d' ?. y! r4 h$ y' O0 L" P

4 i) y& k2 ]8 f- Y! kRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
: N" W8 c0 {) B' `/ t" F! g) `Estimated time to target is 6 minutes" A/ Q0 e  E9 p6 E% J9 r- ^
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Allied aircraft3 F$ C  X* ]) |2 Y! c/ |
      Wirraway x 6
8 g$ O. j  u9 E% t7 w* @      P-40E Warhawk x 41 c& r" _6 Z& t. ^3 V' {$ e- A
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No Allied losses3 v8 o  S4 ^0 U5 X( g4 f- m; s& Z

7 R; R0 z! X- T# F2 |( C' |Japanese Ships- v/ C% M+ D( e; G( u$ B
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 ~& W/ T$ z% Y0 W" D7 ]' {
      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk
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0 j1 \# @% i% a, R+ V2 ~Japanese ground losses:; O: a. j7 D2 L
      131 casualties reported" w8 E: G; J7 s0 A
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
7 w1 M, n; c7 e. q; e2 N         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
  G& [6 o4 Z" S6 s8 I4 ^) K         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
  H9 c4 k$ p& W! I: O      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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1 F9 g* u1 X2 Q  `0 J! _Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud( J; v6 n- C. ^0 [! i
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Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.9 t9 [+ q* ]5 n+ W; J
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes) D6 W% c) ^, T2 c4 |; n" L3 _( }1 G3 e
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* Q/ s# M4 Y! Z/ @9 tAllied aircraft7 u4 E0 p  h6 q# c4 h6 ]4 f
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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) U% P6 u2 q3 E# g0 ZNo Allied losses3 \2 @1 i. t1 C& p5 o0 j0 c

0 L( G- _) j0 X2 E( H! [9 \Japanese Ships0 y0 }2 [2 |" q& m6 t
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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/ d# `& ]$ ~1 \5 }5 WJapanese ground losses:& \0 P' f! v: m- M& y& O
      188 casualties reported
2 z4 C. q1 v1 u( r4 V. y* `         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
) p' s9 L4 ]) q- m& d         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled! c( p1 V) {4 }. b
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
+ `, ?6 Y; c! w- b2 w0 w      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 ~0 ^) G5 M6 V9 }
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 ]8 ^( `! {- H2 u

4 L$ f9 v+ w( E' d4 e9 j5 N3 JRaid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.$ \9 t9 ]: X! c- Q' B
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes# n  T! R6 W& N' s  K2 e* I
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Japanese aircraft' a: u; k- Z7 h  P8 M
      A6M2 Zero x 17- o$ S/ X, @- S0 p8 K8 \. i
      G4M1 Betty x 25/ }4 F7 u- E0 [0 P; `

% J0 D! B! U7 hAllied aircraft
& W5 z, e! Q+ b$ U, c! f7 R      P-40E Warhawk x 3* l3 Z& i" r( K3 T
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
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- a8 `( c; U  fJapanese aircraft losses
( v2 N2 Y4 I  i      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
+ [7 w9 H- S' C' O* H      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed9 k) o* w$ [2 X" t+ f, H1 S" _# ~
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Allied Ships7 M1 N8 i  F! {  S: p
      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage