8月21日,联合舰队主力机动舰队及附属的战列舰队同时出现在瓜岛以北海域,对盟军伦加驻军和亨德森机场发动了强大攻势,将机场半毁,并消灭了驻扎在亨德森机场的十多架美军战斗机。
$ y& L$ b5 x( |" ^- L21日凌晨,日军两艘金刚级首先带领着另两艘重巡洋舰组成炮击舰队猛轰了亨德森机场,击伤击毁了一部分么盟军战斗机,
! r+ c6 y. C2 n9 qAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 21, 42; l. S* j6 y( T, Z5 P4 j: |% U
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Night Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138
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Allied aircraft
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d, g; {( ~9 |4 gAllied aircraft losses
# d. F# D0 I/ v2 N3 v p; Q l PBY-5A Catalina: 6 damaged
1 X* s7 F! m( N0 o; C& t P-39D Airacobra: 4 damaged) v! q! k: C2 u8 H3 X
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground2 w4 y J5 R" l
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Japanese Ships
8 o/ g3 V+ @; X& t BB Kirishima; P5 J" t# M/ B. w) A
BB Hiei% q: E6 e; [# M3 M) r( \/ [- c( Y8 U
CA Haguro
8 C z) R! z W2 @ CA Myoko
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Allied ground losses:& t- v O0 e4 z9 `: e) s
203 casualties reported
7 {' B% j" E- n6 W- P Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
# r8 J7 N' ?* \4 ?5 f z7 ? Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled x9 z, a( h" p* b( z" X, u x5 p
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled& V+ F2 `" g' z1 J" {
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled). h( i) O1 {* h
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Airbase hits 5
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Runway hits 84 ^: I# i: C' B1 _& a7 p
Port hits 5
9 A( V$ D' o) Z! y. P: \& v: Z7 mPort supply hits 68 \ K' w, ^$ \" d, ?
可以看到和中文版相比,炮击威力明显减弱,不仅摧毁的飞机数量大减,而且对跑道和机场附属设施的命中率也大为下降。4 W: R6 D7 w+ L W& e1 Q9 R3 c
接着,天明后,在附近海域的联合舰队也出动21架零战对亨德森机场上空少量起飞的战斗机进行扫荡,基本清除了伦加上空的敌机,
& y( [+ V1 \& Z( N. H! |Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138
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7 F( W7 ~4 r' I6 HRaid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 32,810 feet.
5 g6 I8 {$ f9 E; Q/ K; TEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
* L ^2 Q3 w( m( ~ A6M2 Zero x 21
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P-39D Airacobra x 28
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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# G" s& p$ Z% R' N P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged+ g# ]# B9 A$ ?" _) S9 ^
在盟军战斗机基本被消灭干净后,从腊包儿机场出发的大队一式陆攻机群按照计划准时抵达了亨德森机场上空,对机场进行了一次几乎毫无干扰的轰炸,命中跑道大量炸弹,并对机场航空设施多有损毁,盟军战斗机无力拦截。& J" C, ?$ p9 g
Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138 3 h* C$ S4 D4 ^ y, `9 r3 [; v6 g1 h
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, _ z7 D6 k9 aRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.3 y7 m* F4 z |/ x5 P8 b; k
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: ]; _. ]* ^, H- F
G4M1 Betty x 65
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14 casualties reported5 C1 J0 a0 h) O! y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, j3 J' v) Y% t; s6 d2 M0 V
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled" @' v- P1 b( p1 K$ ~+ g
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 9
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最后,负责扫荡的台南空2大队精锐的7架零战再来一次扫场,将剩余的盟军战斗机全部赶走,
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! Z' W& f% c4 D2 J% IRaid detected at 187 NM, estimated altitude 35,810 feet.8 j, h. \. p; z! n' H/ g# @0 l
Estimated time to target is 62 minutes8 A' D( K; G' |$ K
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A6M2 Zero x 7! s* T- ~6 v" ^3 i6 G
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed1 G) D( g2 a* I5 {- Q/ q
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed3 ~; Y/ \. w3 `- u6 s2 V
可以看到,零战扫场的威力远不如中文版,在这种压倒性的优势下仍然有损失,而且击坠数量大不如中文版。
; B4 W" j! n: H同一天,盟军空军也展开了大规模的出击,训练已久的盟军4发机群出动,猛烈轰炸了日军位于新几内亚的航空基地布纳,仅仅一次轰炸就摧毁了布纳机场,20000英尺的命中率相当不错,新版本似乎增加了轰炸机的命中率,不论日军盟军,轰炸机的表现均很抢眼。全天盟军损失18架战斗机,日军损失5架战斗机。这个交换比还能接受,不过对于日军来说,还是有点大的,因为现阶段日军飞行员素质都比较优秀,损失掉了很可惜。 |