战报如下:
8 h6 }2 d k0 A8 W. e% ^% |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。+ X- }! [! Z! x/ j7 N2 @4 L
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
4 `9 T$ w& x5 a7 T" l& w' ^Weather in hex: Thunderstorms v7 i# o Z& l
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
0 F# B* ]# {, lEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
- c4 M: E! o* V$ u" O' r$ Y# `Japanese aircraft, k0 q3 E+ q! ^
A6M3 Zero x 14
" }( R0 y+ \+ E4 V" f G4M1 Betty x 72
9 H" l. |7 d# g0 vAllied aircraft
. a( B7 f, `) H6 y5 _& \7 q9 _ Kittyhawk IA x 27: E, k0 k; M0 l: k) X1 \
Wirraway x 42
+ d. \0 ~# ^3 e6 M6 I/ { P-40E Warhawk x 9
8 N( z# E$ ^3 _8 N8 AJapanese aircraft losses' {- U" A: A9 S) b
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed$ l% }) i0 @- x9 i1 c" J- ]
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged6 ?% {7 m& b* e5 Z
Allied aircraft losses( s* {7 ]& k6 |1 q
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
3 w' h+ B8 K8 D+ e- ?9 Y Wirraway: 5 destroyed4 v3 H d4 b. _( [8 S# F
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed' \9 I9 b/ I, r+ X" c
Airbase hits 2; j$ u6 E$ T. k) ^; ]6 T2 _8 l
Runway hits 8
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8 J; m2 r: i( j. @7 XKB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。
8 o) r# z+ p5 A. E! ~Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130) C' J& k5 ]; ^( b
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms4 k1 ~( ]: C" ^: m/ |
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.$ q3 W' F. }' z
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes3 {# s9 Q- }' ]* L% d( G9 c( m
Japanese aircraft. ?8 C9 E% G$ u! G
A6M2 Zero x 32
5 s7 h) z4 v. R D3A1 Val x 8
7 M' `4 ^2 L" N# i% jAllied aircraft
% U8 A- [) e9 F' }- D* R Kittyhawk IA x 14" N5 l: l" `# T6 y; X9 @+ O) C
Wirraway x 21" E/ v" R$ ^! i% ~+ U+ X# F
P-40E Warhawk x 7
+ |; m" }; B! A1 g2 Y. s6 oJapanese aircraft losses
1 w2 D9 S5 B' F- k% x D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed/ {' }# [- x; Y' g5 A
Allied aircraft losses
. f* G/ G6 l% O& D Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
/ ^- t: } ~# J$ K& _ Wirraway: 3 destroyed) Z' b' q. d. W( W z
Allied Ships
. H* l* y- a) H5 S% O9 e: H xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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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。1 I( e& M+ C! y5 i9 I# ?: S1 o( z9 I7 t
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
! |/ M7 v7 b4 H+ jWeather in hex: Overcast
$ _5 s% V$ r8 ]2 k; v) uRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
- U- a9 h5 `1 }) |Estimated time to target is 45 minutes9 B2 F, F5 Z7 X" Z% m/ T+ S
Japanese aircraft3 L5 R7 H- G" ~& |- t
A6M2 Zero x 43
2 B' y/ Q( ~6 d7 j. ^ Y5 S B5N1 Kate x 45! j7 Q, g. ~9 P/ w- x/ {
D3A1 Val x 7* u' B/ _0 m: [; Z
D3A2 Val x 49
% t, }% g" U7 NAllied aircraft1 j7 g# n7 n5 g) Y, ?. r
P-39D Airacobra x 9
+ R2 m) F. A: b$ p9 f/ r F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
$ o, z) M6 e! o; z' D F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
6 w" _1 {! V: O/ w* m8 TJapanese aircraft losses2 M x8 i5 f% O
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed" `4 v! e& @+ V1 Z% l) h
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
( e6 P& |& X5 g' M" ~( A* y B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
/ ~/ A! i9 T5 O0 z D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
' {6 y+ H+ f3 R# x3 i7 _ D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged0 `1 `3 z6 o: z) e' b9 {! n
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
5 e# r0 s) ~6 p" N/ b3 eAllied aircraft losses9 U4 D! [* M8 [
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
8 Y7 u) g) I( A: Z2 g F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed3 c n' v" T8 m) V
Allied Ships
) {% c% y% A: U" l, g7 @ CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
3 v0 B) w! [+ V1 `7 J CV Saratoga
8 o+ Z5 U8 H8 e2 t5 | CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire5 t- I" h& h( u
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% H5 m( f- H4 t( A8 D, |
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1. L+ W* l( c1 q* Z' _: _8 Y" U
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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。" X. z- E, J/ s/ R
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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。
2 p! ?) ~# M- ], e& ]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。 |