大脸猫

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: S% Z! U% _0 T+ D) [/ @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
+ V( k  z, G& N* e/ [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7 R: ]9 W& I& V; F( l
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)" E7 L( d4 i: H. l% S

( R, S6 }6 a$ x% I& x6 u" [* JTF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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% \$ v# E8 F% sJapanese ground losses:: E+ q& j" m% ~5 x. ]/ E9 p) r
      160 casualties reported
6 A! L, z; k) V3 s9 V1 Q         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
/ N' n: ~5 k+ n4 v5 l5 ^         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 w* k! `# H7 [* Q9 U& a# P  o         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 J# u  }- x6 N- V% Q3 |* a      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
4 Y  c, v3 f, \* ~2 e7 kCV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% W9 W( ?8 z* o5 U
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! `6 u* P/ C" `( C% t
CV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援" h7 i1 f+ a( Z% x/ X7 \3 ?. h
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
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9 w4 o( M' S: _& O  ?, Y$ [0 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+ P+ g9 }: {( s3 k( h2 s
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* G  X+ i) n- e
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夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火- _# K1 b9 X( ]8 r9 L
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2 g3 _' O7 g! ]7 e/ `) KNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards  B! r+ n" P0 x: F4 x" t
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Japanese Ships
) f1 b7 ^" }( h      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& F& H  T1 b0 a, M
      CA Kinugasa1 f8 \+ v  N. |5 x
      CA Furutaka# Z7 n# |1 y$ Q  B+ x( j
      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire6 S8 c# R2 z  K9 Z$ }
      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire3 }+ Z% M" d6 C) W+ `
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires% M3 s" _. M# o. n5 [
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire
) h6 [6 H1 t1 U      DD Mutsuki( G3 J3 P! W% L7 u% H
      DD Yayoi% w, E* T( {; T! A. m& Q4 [

/ R8 v  y* t4 G' DAllied Ships8 P5 ~. ]  W3 a% B4 V+ q9 _5 I
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
. y# |: G  g" ~( w      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 23 H0 o/ d" a$ o  m2 }& s! j# b7 B
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire/ L) |7 X2 n( R* {4 ]' t, p
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 34 A" |5 n( P0 z
      DD Sims8 N! m+ V6 N% S- I( d
      DD Dewey4 {- [$ B! ?9 o; M7 _
      DD Worden1 m+ I+ o* B& X0 Q) k! E# i
      DD Aylwin3 e  Z. n7 S. l# @  r0 X& n
      DD Whipple
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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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! p+ s8 _6 m: TSub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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( b8 \) T% X# C% cJapanese Ships. f0 r# q9 C7 R0 ^
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
2 _: X8 C- `8 q# K      xAK Sinsei Maru0 r9 O% R2 |4 ]0 W. ]
      xAK Canberra Maru
# }# e1 f8 O; v: ^2 U2 f      E Asanagi
3 f( q5 c4 n" U- n+ X# g8 U! j4 b      E Oite! P( Z4 n6 \3 v8 m. G+ `
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Allied Ships
! N( Y$ [: B/ w4 W+ {; b5 r3 L7 R. c      SS S-44; _* [+ s/ D% Z- ]
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      9 casualties reported
# Z& l! y+ V! x6 s3 N2 v. R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 f8 X9 K3 z/ a1 F' O         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, E  B# n( C- G3 k6 z
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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6 Y' o& n+ u. R4 gSubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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& ]9 C9 q% d8 aJapanese Ships
+ g% A* L$ Y: }% r      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage5 V7 g) q; V1 P! ~1 F7 E
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Allied Ships' _" O! v- J' m
      SS S-441 i" z  e! r7 C& u8 M: G9 v/ \

' N, P4 V5 z/ P  Y6 {1 ^) i  b1 AJapanese ground losses:9 Q- [1 C( g# V2 X2 F
      36 casualties reported
$ x. M" T3 B% N5 y         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled7 v  z. }( W6 v/ e
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
, r- k* t  d8 w: l         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 % q% @0 }/ g) w5 G1 E# Z" T) a
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& |3 D5 E; _# ?! y2 d7 T3 BDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards/ Q5 V" L- @( b- ^

  Y( Y% F3 W+ U8 r3 u/ i2 B9 U2 BJapanese Ships
5 R# T- e' w. B3 x. g# m! E3 I      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 34 v  f3 \! \; Q1 Y7 M
      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire) l1 N7 m" h9 S
      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire
1 p5 R2 ~' J( U6 k+ I, K      CL Tenryu
6 G5 _/ O3 l; p9 U8 h      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires
2 X5 W& G: Z! e7 P  p2 P3 S      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
+ _, X0 v& {5 X% v+ k( g      CA Chester, Shell hits 3
# H3 |4 ~$ e" t4 Z% y      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage" c# t- H5 }# u  L; D! m, n
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
8 y0 f8 o. g0 o      DD Anderson
# m4 x" w4 Y" g, [8 r4 z( o      DD Morris, Shell hits 2
3 L3 |( `. y$ l$ O6 a9 }      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$ l% b, j; K, |9 I# z; m) _
重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创9 }- b8 N+ I7 K. t5 o
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,1336 p- S1 k  k8 i' U2 S3 O1 L
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.: Y# N1 f/ M) S7 j& N
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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* }$ F) K$ t' z& I6 [: l3 ~Japanese aircraft
0 Q7 m2 N: D+ H! Z1 [      A6M2 Zero x 4
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Allied aircraft
6 `6 H) D( U& O4 ~+ A7 p: `3 F' p      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16/ v, b, x& c5 ^( \7 m6 p
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2& F- J# G6 `) b
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses. D( y/ K: F; S7 N0 l
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged/ Y% K- c( e9 F( x0 A5 A

! b3 I& [* {/ I+ ^* O# d  }Japanese Ships: h1 S3 ~' ]7 x
      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires. S  F: c/ G* W
      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
% }7 |) |& G5 y; a/ P8 d. C7 e4 P      CA Furutaka,  on fire
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4 E% ]3 X  M& n3 eAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud/ y" Q5 x) E8 D  A
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; z  Q0 f2 t1 d. B& J
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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7 E6 R  z; X0 v! XJapanese aircraft
' y" Z  S+ }8 E0 a8 v1 q2 k      A6M2 Zero x 19
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Allied aircraft4 w* E3 d: k6 A* w! o
      P-40E Warhawk x 1; N* Y! u# O! _3 n" {% ]' D
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9! k( z' j2 [( c# r9 J
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2$ k% [! u  U0 I

5 N0 s. r0 M2 P6 s8 ]4 x4 _No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
( ?, A! g% J5 e; U( G      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed: Y/ Z/ g" e; j
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
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Japanese Ships
: X7 p: N. \0 \" e      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% f& Y: Q5 V! Q% I! H2 T# q5 ]      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire# L" p# p8 \% g8 e# e: D

' D& G  S" l' A; _0 A' ]( _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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" N- h) `- z2 NAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast  C8 U2 P/ ^5 i( ?% p
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Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
1 J  o  p/ N4 p2 UEstimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
8 l6 E7 J6 W2 R" r# `0 g/ Q      A6M2 Zero x 268 M3 \* F2 t3 s3 {1 q: N* H
      B5N1 Kate x 3
. U  h2 X' y6 Z7 ]7 z" E1 I: J      B5N2 Kate x 12( g3 _; z# @2 v! }0 M
      D3A1 Val x 299 h6 {, L- ]6 l7 t4 {& [: U

7 |. B  f/ y* Q' o$ i. z- b# fAllied aircraft1 U2 _! Z6 m" F2 n
      P-40E Warhawk x 195 ]$ P- |+ z( l
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
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7 l' w% S9 L" j& ?, C" c% ~Japanese aircraft losses" B! t6 {# |5 g6 e/ c! v! y4 Q
      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
) Y' ?. R9 X$ ?2 }      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
  R2 C! X* A/ t$ \      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged; l; H* [6 X% h7 ^& B
      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged7 T/ E/ t& M/ y
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak6 I6 k6 c4 ?- o( }, R. V9 d) e
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No Allied losses5 K/ X! s$ E+ o; ?& ^5 z" T' z# R

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, j: ]6 j: ], t4 |9 V      CA Australia
8 Z$ c1 {+ k$ h/ q3 g0 k      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
; l2 o) T% R, ?* X      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
# c4 K9 h+ u$ R" N/ O1 h3 Y' K      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
5 P& y9 H) a( e. H+ Q% g      DD Worden
" a) y& J6 s; Q      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
! N: [" c! x3 v; o9 \4 ]大战结束后，双方都在调整部署
! h3 B" u6 }% _0 h/ ~& O* k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% }0 }+ i! G3 S( _/ i$ Z1 A
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: p3 x9 O& X3 ]) u; S* @
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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  r% g, ~: u1 Z5 \2 GSubmarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,1330 w6 b7 U2 [" K/ H. u( D. b+ P

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      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage8 u0 l- j4 _7 Z* T
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Allied Ships4 f3 r  ~+ e4 ^
      SS S-473 `9 g% @2 |: R2 L0 i

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$ x/ }; [1 U9 k8 B1 V8 Q5 DAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % f3 G3 r" h0 ^& o2 Z

8 }- ~/ p/ S2 v! xWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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' D- j0 O9 s8 B3 @Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
( W4 r, Z* x) C; u7 k5 \Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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0 F1 S5 l" I! _Japanese aircraft
, X, r4 ~/ g  P( @- Z2 U' ^4 }+ ]      A6M2 Zero x 23
, u7 S+ s3 }1 {/ v+ C8 v      B5N1 Kate x 2* t  w* p+ H- l5 F: M& G( E* ~8 {8 e
      B5N2 Kate x 128 [$ e" r  {. y# e' T
      D3A1 Val x 126 w" T, g' F9 g7 d- |( [* f" k
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% `, d. L( F- e7 l      P-40E Warhawk x 10
6 }0 \0 Y0 q1 ~( {: h4 r  `      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
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Japanese aircraft losses
; P3 x5 _! n- x; c- S      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed! y! `3 w0 X; X$ _! W. h1 R
      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak$ o; `9 a* @& Z
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged* k# M, B" _( d
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
, K: N$ G  ^" H) A2 L      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
, n! M9 p8 L) O8 r2 q. {      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
/ Q- Q2 d$ q& I/ m; o+ G8 q      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground  W! H$ m# y2 W- ?) L9 I
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged! |9 D+ m! u  l, T$ V2 W9 a9 H( {5 l
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
& D4 d* i6 |3 Z% H% v3 k6 W( o( V      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground+ t+ J, V! X( E( G0 |9 s
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground4 {8 u$ u" d' i- j% q5 x
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
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+ g  Y) ~5 v5 D& LAllied ground losses:; X& j* f  s4 J+ M
      4 casualties reported5 O! Z( n( J$ G+ [( G) j
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 W# t0 |: W! V1 e( S- L7 J         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  h( p$ T  _: |; C1 K% [7 S' {         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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5 d5 K( \  F1 n, GAirbase hits 1# [  O: F0 }) H
Airbase supply hits 26 V* W6 {" N" h/ Y
Runway 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, 427 s6 K1 E4 J4 j; y) |) d
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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; r( ?9 S, @/ |5 }
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards- E# G& I9 e( m

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1 _/ W7 T; z" P5 k" z      CM Tsugaru
, {) U9 E6 X  n6 z8 m3 y4 D      DD Yayoi% U6 D; A9 R! [4 B% H* H
      E Oite, z8 c! r- Y% ?1 D
      E Asanagi3 }) C. u% E2 P6 p( N+ d6 _/ w
      DMS W.20) g4 A' k+ d# x$ N; I" K  ]$ ^
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru
! R4 e$ U/ o5 `; c      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2
/ D9 r: f9 f0 i- s( Y& ]      xAK Canberra Maru
1 H7 U( ]" ~, o0 u5 V9 t' O2 d# X      xAK Kansai Maru
4 Z3 P4 Q: Z7 [" n      xAK Kagu Maru# f+ |7 C* a% ?* I/ c; y- N+ n1 K5 ~% z
      xAK Asakaze Maru1 z# B+ z/ T- B* a/ A
      xAK Sinsei Maru! d1 w$ K% j: O- z1 w, U
      xAK Ikushima Maru
: F, w* M+ X- U  c      xAK Kasuga Maru #2
  H- ~8 X$ F2 U' m      xAK Aso Maru1 k5 |- `$ ~9 i4 H
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Allied Ships- Z6 d6 j& m) v- X; ?, T4 O/ S1 I- |: Z
      CA Chicago,  heavy damage& @: _% P4 B, G
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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1 P# x' k% }+ q: D: p. \6 N$ E. I
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$ p( {' t" |1 [4 r  s
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# n: C; j# E! e8 }% j) \$ D! RSubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131
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Japanese Ships  z; r: @* G# T9 _, ^4 r4 @
      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) l. a+ X8 c! J! ^0 B) N# I! G; F- K0 M5 N
Allied Ships
6 `: f5 _9 Z% s# }8 f, R, [      SS S-47
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards! a# r2 r* P: r
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Japanese Ships
& u8 G" a8 ]) X      CA Myoko
: o+ T, Y! G! \      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 T: K- E. S0 S  ^- b& g
      DD Akebono
, \# y! }5 r0 Z, `  @      DD Sazanami
# r0 O$ Z. U5 A. f% h      DD Ushio
/ h9 Y7 T! U# V  t8 [0 y5 N4 O
( K' ]; v$ O6 fAllied Ships
8 Y& U, Y6 x8 x; m; V      CA Chester, Shell hits 1
' Y! Y( h; D6 D- J      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- _3 J  G( y  F% c& B      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4, F' v* ?0 g8 c& k# p
      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire
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3 X& W' {  m- i6 F5 tNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
5 N0 \6 [) Q! N# r: g- z; V5 Z; [; R0 p% H8 q* B, E
Allied aircraft
2 r/ l5 x8 n- @9 y5 ]      no flights* N: L* q; O0 ^% y4 t- |) ~$ [
. K/ k) I( `) n2 r
Allied aircraft losses5 X1 I% ~' r' H% E/ v2 e
      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed2 N( _$ ^5 @/ h$ D) X* N) O/ v

: n4 y4 _) p7 Z2 v7 AJapanese Ships/ \  Y$ Y) r4 |2 ^; Z4 _8 x
      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage1 w5 d5 T5 m- d0 t, ]1 b4 F
      DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
. H- W: e% v+ s- t: L! z* ~% R      DD Sazanami& d0 _! T% R$ ?6 e8 P* R

+ ~) f' v2 i3 e7 u, nAllied Ships4 [' ?+ K2 l) j6 n7 {  C- z" ^
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; v. |% g0 H1 r8 c8 h6 L. V6 |      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 14 i7 J+ A5 V& ]$ v$ }
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2) P& d% F4 y+ U5 A9 b# j
      DD Sims, Shell hits 1; H6 a7 g6 d( M+ ~7 M- J
      DD Anderson! ~# A; K8 m2 T, S. ?5 m/ h4 ~. Y" C
      DD Perkins
4 A* X* M7 |+ e; @7 m" q& p  S" C" l      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire( j8 f" ?; z% M" D
      DD Worden0 v: z4 u9 L1 y, T( ?; y
      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
# }7 F0 d7 X0 F  p) V      DD Whipple3 f# B! ?5 G6 \
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# M  j) z% N$ F% ~, c" HNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards3 e' l8 h" [4 c+ e( _* z; b
2 u' ]; G/ D  e. m5 n) l( l
Japanese aircraft1 v8 ~8 Y+ U7 C
      no flights
$ G* w2 ~) ^  Z) Y0 o& r
  V! g! H# d8 e+ B: p+ p; J( JJapanese aircraft losses. A& e3 j. Q: a: z; L
      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed' f8 Q  w: k- _1 t; O
. u4 }* s. I3 o# E
Japanese Ships7 N) {) e( h# j1 t& [" t
      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
0 N0 s% w) o! q, g* N; U      DD Ushio
4 F; `8 @4 W+ Z( o  w; P3 _+ H* n$ x
Allied Ships
5 E$ E- M1 ]" F* L- a% G8 e9 C      CA Minneapolis
- Z  @: n* }. u& z+ p      CA Australia, Shell hits 10 |7 C" _9 ?: B
      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
, F! v: j; W* u; c3 R8 b      DD Anderson: q  h% u; I2 D& o5 I3 I
      DD Perkins
2 s& O( a4 H$ o; |      DD Dewey$ H+ Y/ d; ~$ q. S+ \1 G
      DD Worden
: @  L& i9 ~' b1 r/ J      DD Whipple' b; f: w3 A8 |2 f" t
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships8 T, I% D" i8 l) w
      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
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5 x! i+ }% V2 RAllied Ships
5 v* a2 \; J" o7 |: b      CA Minneapolis
- T2 ?- K( b: ~      CA Australia
/ x6 j9 k2 }2 q$ t: m      DD Sims/ D- I# [: z+ U) {0 z8 {
      DD Anderson
! L! g$ ?+ w2 T# J; z  e6 Y      DD Perkins, s9 d/ j5 y" U! O& [
      DD Dewey
3 _6 Y( i: M( _5 i! y) ^  e- g, O9 R      DD Worden
" m0 D: p9 D0 d5 [9 z      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
* ?6 \6 Y' r4 y) k/ ^8 M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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) \7 `9 ?  v. [, DSub attack near Townsville  at 92,144; y' i3 U* ~. f4 z$ p1 S

4 l; i; O- X5 G* p3 NJapanese Ships) q" P/ w: F+ Z: y9 o
      SS I-27# Y( V1 a, c1 L  ^6 |. P

& `! m1 y2 v6 O) \! u3 LAllied Ships! M7 l- c" Z& d9 K2 A) w
      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage4 x$ g' J6 O: G+ i* [; y7 F! X
      DD Hammann& Q/ f+ n& C: L/ F- R$ V
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,130
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Japanese Ships3 w- L0 Y: s% m" |9 H: v
      SS I-21
" _, {+ Y- t# R. I3 w
5 Y% l8 q4 O( z% r7 ^0 bAllied Ships6 B: ~4 ?0 e& B
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage( _/ B7 O) Y. L+ l
      DD Morris/ B) }! z& x* L& I% L" n, Z& M
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
7 G/ b- \2 P+ g& n' g
  A( |8 p5 S9 \. QWeather in hex: Heavy rain$ A2 o5 n9 C3 b2 g5 R

, s# B( H1 B) U1 b2 W  t  F; u* GRaid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
5 n9 u3 N; E: qEstimated time to target is 30 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 Q0 R% i- x5 j6 t8 b      A6M2 Zero x 21
: n6 j* ^  j9 ^: W" [      B5N2 Kate x 110 _  k1 t' G7 J
      D3A1 Val x 17# V6 q) J; s* H1 e' p% a5 [  s
+ r+ P9 A( J- c' E  p5 z; ]
Allied aircraft7 r8 F7 I& s9 J2 z
      P-40E Warhawk x 8
. s& g% U% U3 \1 _( j      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
* X9 y4 d8 S3 l9 l2 v/ b
2 @. J( g; i, qJapanese aircraft losses
1 S6 m1 J: Q8 i) {8 _% g      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
2 _( `$ ~3 B3 r: ~3 K; T9 }      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
4 V+ J" B% y, u. ?# |      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak/ J" o9 G* K$ T1 N! f( q$ j6 _4 F3 P
      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged  D+ X% S; g% [2 P* t9 x# F
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak, _/ c# Y( d% r: O% m; ?

' S. O7 O1 @' H) cAllied aircraft losses$ h1 s# s! f! W3 O$ a' O2 c0 `5 j
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed3 @' {- f; r& i! I0 j! E
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
2 E- s( X$ Y9 g0 [. b
) J$ b' T: d( ^, N. JAllied Ships- B7 d- G. I2 Q; G% X
      CA Minneapolis% u% Q! y; K. V: b3 f
      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage/ w: C# s* \, }: q& I
      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage
7 E0 ~* N# ~$ {      DD Anderson
: ?8 t  O( |* u2 D( y8 C$ [0 S5 n- g      CA Australia
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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$ H, h# [9 `8 q/ s  I! e1 b4 EWeather in hex: Light cloud
8 @& F8 K3 Y& X( V1 [" |8 j# a" S. v$ \4 l" }% X+ V, g
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ o4 e! J4 J% }) LEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
1 d1 `/ x$ `- J) j7 M9 Y
3 {3 h1 ^  @3 l8 xJapanese aircraft6 l& A0 N# s2 x
      A5M4 Claude x 4
5 L$ @) ~  s: w      G3M2 Nell x 18
7 I/ N9 x1 C" z) C! z8 l2 @5 y* j      H8K1 Emily x 10/ l* ~, J& S6 {
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 f+ p# G' q9 Y. P& }      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak. ]- @3 B! H/ q. m0 N( F
      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged! c3 Q$ E  I* J& q* ]
. d9 u4 b5 T0 M1 A
Allied Ships
. |0 W. L5 a' c' }8 Q, F% @      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage
) j9 u2 b7 q3 x3 K/ H: Y8 V      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1
/ o% H& C% @; I5 x# c+ x0 V      DD Whipple5 d8 g( r) v; C# Y' `$ y( V: c! B
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130- G+ x, S6 e. l  I2 [

0 e/ v. S  l- i7 E6 sWeather in hex: Light cloud, |2 _! m% {, w3 T3 ]
1 f: s: ^9 [0 b, T* B( G1 x1 Q3 K
Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.3 E' A, K5 N) X! O- k7 L/ s- L
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
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- m  l- T$ f1 Z& I+ _. y- OJapanese aircraft! {; |7 f$ k* H. f& U/ \+ B
      A5M4 Claude x 4, h' I: h( {. @) P: {
      H6K4 Mavis x 6: e# z) w& T& `9 _! M# Z
& R* _+ A. Y* m) K, O0 ~/ b! l' t$ b
Japanese aircraft losses' v2 d# n+ W7 L0 q8 g5 E% g
      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged
3 q' ?- }6 ?6 X+ _6 B0 s' `- Z7 h- h+ {9 k* D5 ]
Allied Ships
6 j5 ]+ q' y' d      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ j. o( \4 H' D. u  J0 D) Q
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1306 ?: e, d' W- u: \' X, Q! W

% _/ f( |" f9 OWeather in hex: Light cloud
0 M' H) b  F; p3 r' Z5 z$ n. q- U, C3 g% ]+ J* f
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
# ?/ h2 J9 }7 u2 T# `# L! ^Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
; R7 l! o8 I3 i      A5M4 Claude x 4
0 [. G+ J9 I; s* v; a0 @      G4M1 Betty x 12
5 B7 B. S- |. H5 Q, i9 r- c# E3 Q8 H  c: X8 V( |
Allied aircraft( p6 l/ n( H( `, n1 ?
      no flights
0 K% X! P) H& S4 `- K+ G
+ a* l4 j$ k3 P+ O$ [" f3 Z! e( e0 dNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 n- U9 Y( Q# F! S0 w      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
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; G$ s8 r/ |/ |" n! S6 L) lAllied Ships
: t# S7 G' _5 v# @3 i      CL Hobart; s  o* Q  S1 S5 g* @: t
      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
2 A* s0 T3 C; m0 K' b& Y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
7 S% {5 Q4 l: H$ i* ^* \7 Q- J8 f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% ?2 W: j  f1 g% {
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. Y& A$ h- U3 F7 e; o' M
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1 ]# N& P2 o. z5 z; s! X1 jAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby). \% z. i8 ]% F) I! J4 H

  N- G/ v! ?2 Z2 lWeather in hex: Light cloud& c/ h1 h8 Y5 F2 L% w

( a: A4 o2 \& G2 `: A# o1 JRaid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 g" e1 [3 D! dEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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- o/ B6 v* i6 V4 \0 U/ CJapanese aircraft! g, F6 f5 _. `4 o- I
      A5M4 Claude x 4
4 f$ Z7 J" I$ V" m+ Q      A6M2 Zero x 22( R( X3 n; z3 Y$ C5 N* s) P/ _
      G3M2 Nell x 17
# K, d" `* [) ^' f- A' o7 v9 z3 u7 f9 n1 ^2 c4 G7 K! j3 j: @
Allied aircraft
+ ^# U$ A! o# ^5 ^- ]( H      P-40E Warhawk x 6/ g- `" p2 s; g4 l8 W- A
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
+ i( e" O4 g% }' g. ]$ F" R1 ~( _2 k; x7 R- H
Japanese aircraft losses: T9 Q8 n) W1 @9 t# v! g1 \
      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed
! o* h" F! L8 I+ p, v! B, r4 x      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
2 A$ T) `5 F6 p3 J8 j( A# o% b" J( y% g  @! u1 p# H
Allied aircraft losses
2 L1 k# l/ W' T* H      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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$ i( n' d% m. H
Allied ground losses:: \' g8 ]( X  Y1 C0 Q7 L: }" c
      21 casualties reported: [9 a/ a/ n1 ^- M( ?
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled: G1 `& A5 w' A+ S0 @* d6 \# i& d$ Z/ X
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
( J. }; I7 f& j) z+ I- R/ E3 Z2 [' s         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
$ G8 `. S7 O8 ~8 ?6 u4 S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。。。。
$ [' y7 G! l  w# h5 S1 q5 P$ O! M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$ x- H8 @3 a( X  m7 i( v0 K  k. R
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards* |: u. |( Y( N! j+ K
% o' S% r! I0 H
Japanese Ships
2 o% T7 e9 z$ D- i/ v. z      CA Haguro1 z# b8 c/ R. d
      DD Shiratsuyu
# u" T; d5 h/ ~6 Y; v% [      DD Shigure3 _0 U6 ^* R) n2 I3 h- k/ `
      DD Yugure
3 |$ Y0 L8 m! p; W      DD Ariake- G! N& d! S" T1 h* \
      DD Akebono
& ^, W0 z5 S9 d( m3 ?1 G/ h      DD Sazanami
% y. T/ W9 d2 s/ i& S" N      DD Ushio  O  a/ d4 Q3 S2 w6 u* v
      DD Yayoi9 b: l8 u* I3 O' l) g$ X. Z
& L9 j& ]4 K) i. g# H
Allied Ships
" Y% ?1 Y" `" ]" z      CA Australia
$ |( U* x1 t+ T1 o/ E. B      CL Hobart9 @9 `% Z, V" J. m$ I& l
      DD Sims3 _( z2 m4 v' A; ^+ W  j
      DD Anderson; j# l- O% @* Z0 {0 ^: ~( s" [
      DD Perkins4 ~9 Z! N$ J7 m
      DD Dewey
$ ?; k; `4 c' J      DD Worden8 G: ]6 l1 n0 g! p/ A) M
      DD Whipple
1 g+ B  |9 Z5 Y1 Y# e+ I# S) l+ @  K" P; E
猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards+ [/ o! E3 L! b' b5 v8 N  u
+ n7 F( p; O) k* t! x; m
Japanese aircraft3 z4 N2 c( M! e5 z* k' @
      no flights8 v0 J9 g/ F( h5 c
3 _* J' [/ Z. L
Japanese aircraft losses
  ]6 |! S* z9 v( W. [. }      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
2 g- E9 n" e! c3 m( o. U* S8 G) O! X! @1 i/ B. A( _
Japanese Ships
" [  u# A, a' u5 Z' l; v7 u* w* {      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 t% _2 |. d1 g) w% [; d      E Oite
0 ~2 {0 q1 {9 y, _2 g; B      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage2 M, j4 w+ \; J$ ]$ K: p  S) ~' ~
      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
2 X0 N8 L/ u' y% t      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
* E3 Y4 v" A) s4 r) u" d, g      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
8 }' v- [: V  J# |7 k      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage. j2 @: k# c) ?1 r
      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
- ^+ `$ u$ C$ I) j      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
# a; u! p6 T- r( s5 q      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
$ U8 A1 q5 l* E: l      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 a: r: j% y; W# t2 Q+ p      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
. {# T0 x+ A8 x" K      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
5 y0 n$ b; I$ w! n      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
$ \9 F2 o2 D3 V* F
/ _8 f* o0 o7 CAllied Ships' ~: u% u+ i/ f  r
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1; J, Z/ [. H; i* |- }/ I
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
# ]" S% Y9 n! y5 t7 J' M. a+ \      DD Sims6 P) X0 h; I& z8 w- e
      DD Anderson
: N) ]8 \4 `+ u# b9 L      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2
8 _% ?9 m) M! C4 a: [* R      DD Dewey- r3 V- Z8 ?5 p; y5 ?$ F6 Z' @* l
      DD Worden, Shell hits 1
; n& P' F0 t: g' v& |6 k. P      DD Whipple, Shell hits 2
3 W- z1 k; d, d/ }$ C. ~  X
( L3 v" O4 P; i$ d0 ]! c4 ]. iJapanese ground losses:
1 q5 f4 a' F; h& t9 h      3411 casualties reported
0 Z# j. c9 q) j# s0 l         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
5 Z3 j- P: c' E3 f9 p6 d         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled
/ O" e- W- h# B* \4 o* l, V$ D         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled* S" C" I; E+ x# T8 e0 x
      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. m# L: D2 w) T
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130) @* r) a- ~: P! f( k

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6 m8 Q0 V# U# |* U3 dRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
2 l, M* \* a( f: P4 pEstimated time to target is 6 minutes" k8 u( O+ e" {1 X

. W: v6 ^" `! ~2 G& r, VAllied aircraft) C8 t0 P3 z: x2 p' y0 j
      Wirraway x 6+ d, ~  k1 [  f8 g- u* `2 ?
      P-40E Warhawk x 49 }3 e; K+ R% W4 C2 H9 e. ]

* H1 a. Y" P3 N2 V/ O3 {4 l) wNo Allied losses
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4 B+ g: K' U7 D3 kJapanese Ships
8 j1 o: l: R( ?  Q1 M' j" P) }      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
! w3 X( k2 _7 B- ^, ^. A      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk
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9 R0 m' u- J1 L5 PJapanese ground losses:
' r) l# `: `$ g) q; D& H6 H      131 casualties reported
  M  J! S$ l5 w         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
8 [& {2 U0 a" b7 m1 P1 l! w         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ }: i7 h1 T+ F( \. i         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) b, d  L0 ]; J0 ~" F      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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7 H/ a# B9 ]9 f. B5 i1 K# w' q  GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1305 p2 R8 G0 o, X% j1 C0 _
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.) p! _3 e( n6 H6 m! M' ~# [
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes  T/ U6 d# i' g# ~$ @" R
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Allied aircraft
1 `0 P8 ]  @6 M/ L) g" O      TBD-1 Devastator x 2( C$ i8 Y) V0 s0 ~0 i  V9 x: N% |* A  J

6 a4 g' p, D! vNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
( x9 T: u  Y' Q( a4 h6 k6 ?  J      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  z6 }: E! f8 M4 D0 A# L
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Japanese ground losses:5 B* n- g! r1 k
      188 casualties reported$ e+ R) v9 `; C$ r# c1 t
         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled2 [9 j# D; E0 B1 m
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled2 n5 q' }, b4 N8 L" k# r
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* O- b% o: @( H+ F* x: [/ ?
      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)5 L% [0 d/ o5 P
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.0 \6 V8 y( D: l$ H9 c& \! q
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes6 u3 s* _: c2 ]# |) r2 ^' j' s$ g' G
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Japanese aircraft- j1 s: W+ T2 r. D; Y* s
      A6M2 Zero x 17
& ]% p$ A! B$ ^: e+ S      G4M1 Betty x 25
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2 E5 s' H6 l4 S! wAllied aircraft
1 F- E7 c" s5 R8 g6 ^4 ?      P-40E Warhawk x 35 B% h& r! h7 @% _
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1" H$ f' U0 J, m  f. h! B- n

! ^. B& n/ d5 {. NJapanese aircraft losses( f/ H9 w/ G$ F2 f+ y" ]
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged& Y! G8 r6 n2 P+ E
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Allied aircraft losses; S$ Z2 a) {6 ^$ S- n
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed' z( X2 \% t4 l( a
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Allied Ships! s5 O! _. o2 ~! s
      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage