战报如下:
5 ]4 O7 }. A1 f R8 L3 r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。3 n& [% L6 F0 y
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
* y S. v" X6 dWeather in hex: Thunderstorms! D' }$ r( S- ~' E, q! i
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
- r* i8 `& s# u# I+ TEstimated time to target is 34 minutes. G' A6 _0 m B* H# a3 B7 v0 C
Japanese aircraft7 w T( q4 c6 J- g+ H! X. w5 G1 q) f
A6M3 Zero x 14 ~- I6 [/ A8 n* p3 O
G4M1 Betty x 72
" |# y: Y1 a1 U+ YAllied aircraft
: ~( r B9 ]5 ^$ E4 R Kittyhawk IA x 27
9 A3 g4 c* M, w/ ] Wirraway x 42
' F, j+ f/ h- u: D P-40E Warhawk x 9
& l2 x7 L; k1 I, V# P$ Q- X( GJapanese aircraft losses
2 B& W0 f4 L% z A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed7 r* I# v" @' g1 A3 F$ E5 L1 _3 y8 }
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged8 u9 d) z0 j& l1 `' z
Allied aircraft losses
- F) r% S+ y/ i2 E+ C Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed; f: \5 t# K3 g
Wirraway: 5 destroyed; O6 {) \; F; I
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
( \0 r. E9 @1 Q+ E' QAirbase hits 2" n0 R6 g* y: v: n9 c% H/ D
Runway hits 8
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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。% U- G, M) q6 p/ \5 C
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130' `# K k+ K3 B5 O0 z; P$ n: U: _
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms- P/ O- l% p" l9 Y
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.: ?$ M L7 @9 q1 V
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
: }9 g) z( j* W3 y. Q) hJapanese aircraft# @* z" h( `3 |4 ]
A6M2 Zero x 32
& f- ?2 {' S- c+ z9 O/ i D3A1 Val x 8: U/ u) X! I/ _0 \# I- e
Allied aircraft
/ i8 L& H( \' @3 }/ q Kittyhawk IA x 14
6 _8 T0 y) O: O8 v$ L7 Q: k6 W2 a Wirraway x 21
: Q% l+ H% g g% I/ H P-40E Warhawk x 7, j$ I9 o4 Z3 n' @% r' Z' X5 @- z. h
Japanese aircraft losses' ?0 H1 e5 q3 A( u6 C
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
. y& m) L9 F- f/ D4 `8 N8 VAllied aircraft losses
' x6 ^) }# |: I: `0 s Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
. R4 g3 t6 e/ L% E0 ^ Wirraway: 3 destroyed
6 C- m- H5 ]' u4 N$ p: R/ b2 G; ^& WAllied Ships" x9 z3 g; e" X2 v
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage2 Y9 R q' d- j& M
% r0 ^2 |) S' ]" t" j% h( mKB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。3 @& f; B$ v: d+ h& T0 o
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134& \, L+ m4 c1 F: Y2 j
Weather in hex: Overcast
, o K' v# [- j. u' {0 N6 HRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
+ y }7 B2 r# N+ ^; V7 uEstimated time to target is 45 minutes9 l' d& {4 u6 q. i& u; T
Japanese aircraft/ B, R7 A* w) n( {. a L# c
A6M2 Zero x 43
8 i0 Z0 K& d6 }- a C( W B5N1 Kate x 45" i+ T% g1 R1 }
D3A1 Val x 7- q3 E z* A" o/ D
D3A2 Val x 49
, J8 T- n9 z8 m: w q* a: e$ r: TAllied aircraft
! |8 c7 P$ Q, c0 J P-39D Airacobra x 9
) r3 C1 q' i0 O% I2 M5 B; V" H F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
, l$ H% i$ o, o9 w F4F-4 Wildcat x 100' c. D9 c& V( C( ]- G
Japanese aircraft losses' j% r d/ U- T# t
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed: v: Z: e* J2 k$ {* X2 c$ g% q/ ]
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
% N- g6 Q7 b/ C& W- k7 E B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak' N. \. w- Q% {: G1 g5 H
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
4 R5 U8 P. |* Y& x! Q3 @ D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
& q7 p% M4 l* x( G8 r D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak# J6 A! y/ ^6 M) M" T1 Z
Allied aircraft losses, {6 Z! U/ X4 T7 ]" M6 y6 R
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed3 r! [ u# }/ P. ? U
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed, X6 n' z) w7 _0 ?/ @
Allied Ships
! ]. M' z7 P" V( r CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire; I2 g. r ~ A! M3 R7 Q3 L* @
CV Saratoga
6 }: p4 G; h2 W' z. \; A8 O9 d% M CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
9 h4 K$ @, v: L: {8 {2 X% l# T6 W CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
, B3 u4 J7 p- C; H' B4 j- D9 l. n: y BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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7 t; L6 T( ]! _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。" L! x) _5 f1 ^' f6 a
$ d4 q+ S. w( ^, R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。
- v# ~0 h5 `* E# G; G6 \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。 |