战报如下:
, M8 O' s. [/ }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。/ h& L+ ?- E h! x
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
( o, O7 D' a2 }2 {2 ^Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
# a1 [4 |) h+ n$ M; k& G8 s$ KRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ j% G6 Q9 K" E
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
% T; ?2 E' {, i N4 aJapanese aircraft# H& U1 b, c- F
A6M3 Zero x 140 `# W- ^# Z& ^3 c* e
G4M1 Betty x 72; p: E' \; k3 G( H- }/ x
Allied aircraft
' G3 p1 o2 H$ {3 v Kittyhawk IA x 27. k r# F6 v& A# \9 v& _4 v
Wirraway x 42
) A! D; t. h6 K5 M P-40E Warhawk x 9+ W8 I4 _: I$ Y0 s' G
Japanese aircraft losses* {# H5 C8 Z3 a# z
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed. A- n/ U/ {: @& i' h G# f) q
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged3 J5 m7 R! P2 n' e
Allied aircraft losses, u' D) A) m, U
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
6 o ?( x# n$ r- _! `6 s A Wirraway: 5 destroyed
: s5 W( V; ~) N3 [: z2 v9 u P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed! R' w. ]: H% O$ X. i4 j: i
Airbase hits 21 R* @+ ^: M6 n' z, M1 `4 p i* v% B
Runway hits 8
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0 U7 S$ M7 ]% r0 c* 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。2 A! s. R( h3 @2 W
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
/ \1 ? e# Q' R+ J. }Weather in hex: Thunderstorms j; C2 I$ K" {1 U, X
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
4 N7 Q: Y6 ]7 U# f) YEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
9 l% _, l8 D1 }/ q3 oJapanese aircraft
/ B/ P0 Q+ m" `1 H+ | A6M2 Zero x 32
* o5 c9 y* d: M, w4 K% r9 {1 U D3A1 Val x 8
4 ]. z8 X0 l3 a0 r% w z6 r2 G& LAllied aircraft9 j* H1 F0 u) x! o1 X2 p! X" v/ U
Kittyhawk IA x 14
Q% h" \) O: T' W8 B/ Q Wirraway x 212 e: \5 V# o! N' _% e3 P
P-40E Warhawk x 7/ u% [7 |% B4 `; s5 B& d
Japanese aircraft losses. L+ m1 x) d- R2 B7 V: f" T7 P2 w
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
9 g2 b7 N, x1 c0 P' NAllied aircraft losses; |8 s) `9 [# \- s" _
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
% R1 `! x* l% A. K% f6 w# V0 D Wirraway: 3 destroyed
/ ]: V( e% w5 p# ~Allied Ships
: O4 t' l z. _$ }$ Y xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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! ?$ c3 Q& y* `1 {5 H$ O" GKB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 m: I6 r6 |6 lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1342 Z7 d/ B! V5 ?1 m9 A
Weather in hex: Overcast$ u( G+ N9 g4 B: D+ c
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 W5 S$ q: K$ U
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes% \$ v/ f! {. Z8 n, \- A9 t
Japanese aircraft: r; m% I. `( x6 i
A6M2 Zero x 43
6 E8 l1 k+ {) t- ^* M B5N1 Kate x 457 V7 J/ n8 Q+ g8 H! ?3 V
D3A1 Val x 7$ u0 ]4 g0 S0 s3 g& ?! O& |4 [$ P- T
D3A2 Val x 49! Y( U. ~2 }. Q3 O
Allied aircraft
6 D- K; G( c+ P% W' {9 \0 N P-39D Airacobra x 9
$ Y) s3 u/ Q: f \ F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
& e, b5 s: [! I7 }. j% U F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
1 Q' d+ t `2 XJapanese aircraft losses
0 q u0 d4 M* w' |9 q2 A+ M A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed# L$ g) B% x; l1 D( Z9 q% N/ e
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged: [8 U7 O' }3 C& z
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak& N2 B+ E$ Y! i
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed+ Q# Z+ D1 F& S/ Y
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged& A$ ^; Z% }/ v. p! b( S* F
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
: b' {! O! g+ kAllied aircraft losses8 c- m Q# N6 g' Z6 P+ c
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ \( ?1 J! w8 k6 f1 {' v+ V6 l
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed4 h& p6 B1 ?5 C x( R5 k" {- Z2 d# }$ `
Allied Ships
9 k$ c) ~) w1 Z CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire! h% Z7 z8 L( a
CV Saratoga
( Z' a1 \% ]- A' j( E5 c+ ` CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire5 V2 r/ s) g: V
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
; M, d7 J) X3 a, \6 X9 H4 k1 H' p BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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, T$ I6 b. F' T% ^. W4 [, E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。6 ?+ }3 }! E# }' c' F9 E/ H
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。 |