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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。( }$ Q3 p: r' N# A: x/ h, t
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & n, }! M1 p% i A5 I& E
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms. _1 Z4 g" n% T/ P
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
3 P1 z7 w! ^9 `3 L5 QEstimated time to target is 34 minutes9 d) P. J5 B7 M: n0 T7 {( h* Z
Japanese aircraft
. x) p1 o8 Q) A: J; e A6M3 Zero x 14
3 t, k6 k4 {* L8 ] G4M1 Betty x 726 A; ^( w/ q: m& b0 V/ e* S8 V
Allied aircraft
) ^- V" F8 M( B7 L# N+ h' f Kittyhawk IA x 27$ {/ s* p5 c" h* `* r9 G* Y
Wirraway x 42
( d! Q# L% O- _6 b0 p/ z6 e P-40E Warhawk x 9/ K- x2 D9 b/ x, X& P
Japanese aircraft losses! {# X' A# d: A0 f) a3 [9 E9 N
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
- l u- u2 `& V+ i( f: m G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged! c2 f2 u% M4 |: d9 m- c1 h% k
Allied aircraft losses" Y C9 Y8 m3 G
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
3 J. x- W& E9 J& |# h Wirraway: 5 destroyed6 C4 c8 J, r# P) k8 V
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed( O$ H4 o/ @2 x) {. q- D
Airbase hits 21 @" O, L: r" L o, R
Runway hits 8( i* w. N! n m. i+ B$ x
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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。
* z2 X, F* R+ c, o7 Y$ u3 bMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130& @, p: Y ~3 ]* X- w
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms% a4 y6 f0 n1 K4 w
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
. f7 }8 ?: G0 L& c3 Q2 FEstimated time to target is 18 minutes$ u: I, I1 H4 G7 |( c/ p
Japanese aircraft: d: k, A# t0 b: c) O \1 z# M
A6M2 Zero x 32 x1 M$ o- G ]( n. P) x' f1 c
D3A1 Val x 81 @# w& S' a& u4 p. ~& r
Allied aircraft' J7 ^2 k. o4 y) n V
Kittyhawk IA x 14- M7 h. r8 U+ R8 m: m
Wirraway x 21, q% n" M' [) p- B
P-40E Warhawk x 7
6 } Q) f, f9 r# RJapanese aircraft losses9 P: |6 y% k" J1 z R2 U1 n
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
, T1 C' ]2 o; A/ NAllied aircraft losses; @1 @; L* U2 y* Q# v
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed: h" x# F( }6 L! a0 Z
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
1 f, K: O8 B$ h3 R6 G# M6 hAllied Ships
$ w! [7 `: W$ c( j. `* M/ d* J% k xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage# e- j. u0 y. \1 j: G* K k! D$ M
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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。; }4 m3 V3 M# t, c( T a5 i% ]8 |
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134! b9 M- u# H5 n& A0 e5 M3 C" ?; ~) ~
Weather in hex: Overcast
$ P, b& e2 P! M) l% `7 C/ oRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
& @1 d% c+ V' d4 J- u7 K( yEstimated time to target is 45 minutes* y: D E3 `/ ]: j; C
Japanese aircraft
4 A0 B& w5 a# q# i g A6M2 Zero x 431 ?6 t6 ?! ?0 N9 g) B: I
B5N1 Kate x 45
6 e0 {. a* q0 ~' U5 Y D3A1 Val x 7% [/ i6 u0 o$ Z5 N9 _
D3A2 Val x 49- [# S( \" _7 g( z
Allied aircraft% c! Q! s. I; ~; T. J' ] ~
P-39D Airacobra x 9
/ G; U( F* u5 Q F4F-3P Wildcat x 16( ]( w5 V' }0 z* C0 P4 b
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100; S! \0 e Q1 e+ w o
Japanese aircraft losses
0 G3 k& j5 Q+ W: W A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed: z# t+ [ M2 C& B
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
T0 M0 @2 |! t6 J3 I. {) e B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak/ P$ _" [% g1 D" i. k
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed. \' b( N, w% `+ V) ]
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
. V% j' {" q. O8 `3 ]& y" c2 |; [ D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak* w$ D- N) a" | |* i% i/ P, R
Allied aircraft losses! ^& P( _/ o3 p7 M, X3 ^3 N
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed; w, l# P& {0 }) h3 S3 @9 W2 t
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed2 r' R! F' ^9 b( `# i+ D
Allied Ships
( ^( g% L) Y; x; Y6 }; Y0 U1 v CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire. s; G4 Y" m' h" d
CV Saratoga
2 z0 Z) N* g) v+ ]/ X' ~ CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
% j7 H9 S4 @4 a0 y3 S; M& B CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 q# H$ }% T7 p+ b# N 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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8 I" O0 g* j/ @) }0 J+ j5 M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。
7 d( ^$ ]! B$ @- S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。 |