战报如下:
7 _6 c; n2 a e/ v* f ]$ M' I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。
% p c) U' n1 S" |Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + ~! ^0 C1 W* W7 _4 _. [
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
. g4 q' y0 @; [7 q4 V5 nRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.' s* ]* v1 E) e W
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
! h7 b4 }: e" M2 J6 B4 R% h" _Japanese aircraft
6 Q0 C6 _* D I+ q& _% z A6M3 Zero x 14( I8 c& l9 i- J1 [0 l
G4M1 Betty x 722 a& l1 t* c/ T
Allied aircraft
; X! i$ J4 U# U5 Y Kittyhawk IA x 27) j- u' l7 s+ H5 j1 A
Wirraway x 42
- Y' P! e; x' t5 s0 g P-40E Warhawk x 9
9 M5 r$ A% M% q; _& ~! b* V6 q& VJapanese aircraft losses
- W! B; I6 ]& j- w, M' I4 m A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
3 q6 _6 x0 A' G& e9 q G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged _- X2 j( ^7 s1 [
Allied aircraft losses' }, o1 b; O$ e" @# s
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed$ F; Q( U) \6 X& Q6 Y
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
. q5 B. p) @: V- e P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed0 \% \# l) x/ \8 [ Z
Airbase hits 2
9 x4 l6 J- u' \7 ~Runway hits 8
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2 m3 i4 K, t$ m" k8 BKB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。
/ d0 J6 a/ D1 u, }7 }$ hMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1302 g5 I# J+ G9 {. ?5 F' l
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms! j, d2 O8 J% s" f: \( i9 F
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
# y0 Z5 g% V* T) S$ p2 yEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
( E: E) Q2 G, y! W* z) J3 @Japanese aircraft ]% ?+ w' r* j0 l3 i* F* {
A6M2 Zero x 32
) L: u: C$ ~4 A, R8 G D3A1 Val x 8
5 c. X. x: l1 f0 ] E) q; p; R, HAllied aircraft
; b5 n! m- w( \, o2 j% P) l& d Kittyhawk IA x 14
1 C3 T+ K" m+ w# i: v9 F6 R+ [8 b Wirraway x 21
* G+ A" a- q' X5 ? P-40E Warhawk x 74 Q% c ^* i/ n2 T' x
Japanese aircraft losses F' B% `4 c! J
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
" n! L' U3 z5 iAllied aircraft losses
7 c9 Z, t+ \/ u" X+ \4 `% ~% ] Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed6 j; J+ R) {; l. s, S& o5 E. A# {
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
u G* F+ P+ y/ s+ yAllied Ships5 [$ [# E% ]) @
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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" Z z- W) U$ o8 [9 r; dKB主力攻击机群对位于米尔恩湾的58主力发动了攻击,所幸有32架零战去参与了莫港外海的攻击行动,只有43架零战直掩,被58直掩的100余架战斗机打了火鸡,参战的97舰攻和99舰爆均只有个位数的飞机飞回了母舰,以近百架飞机的代价,盟军黄蜂号CV中了3鱼雷3炸弹,被击沉。
6 ?% r# ?; D6 E8 I; T1 B- H+ nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
2 B5 a, y# i: h9 y9 E3 E" cWeather in hex: Overcast% L# V. D d& {' @( |
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ s& F6 i' ]) V! d0 q* @Estimated time to target is 45 minutes) T) X0 S- p& v, A9 u2 n, C* S
Japanese aircraft
7 G/ F+ A: B: B0 o- t A6M2 Zero x 43: w7 S. M8 q" A$ M8 ~' m
B5N1 Kate x 45
8 j3 Z4 m3 _9 j" u( ~5 {: e D3A1 Val x 7
4 N3 u2 V3 a5 u* h% w D3A2 Val x 496 r7 ]" V0 Y) |. e& I
Allied aircraft
; I% }; |* t9 h0 |6 Z% } P-39D Airacobra x 9
' w# U7 s0 }& i: g9 q( Q- G1 b0 O F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
$ P' S& {+ ~. L/ [ F4F-4 Wildcat x 100" A( j4 p. `. ?& E6 W
Japanese aircraft losses8 P/ |0 B9 c* A \- g# h! T
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
3 v3 U4 J. o$ f# I. U1 u; k. r B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
: f# Y2 O5 R, Z1 k) t. s' A0 J B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
% p5 j2 a, r; g6 D- u, y2 x( b D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
8 g$ o' c* X+ Z: Z- ] D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged+ \) k+ \8 p8 z% k% ?0 I" `; |9 i
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
" K# y% m5 g( o2 _1 fAllied aircraft losses
# f* Y- W9 C" l" U# Q7 j F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 w, o# u; j0 o" X9 @
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
; s" d1 E: [; k8 LAllied Ships
: e" M5 D9 y% o; r CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
+ w, y& D- P: p$ n5 H CV Saratoga1 p0 E N0 [ {' m1 ~
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
. A1 x0 M! a- x3 ^7 u/ d- u CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage' a# t1 [; Y" \' P& a. i$ I
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1" f1 ~) [- _, t4 a2 J, @
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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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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。
# P& U- d& D$ X6 r3 Y; Y+ M3 p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。 |