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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。
# F( y9 W3 {* _' V4 PMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , W5 V4 |2 T* E0 C
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms! |# n* I3 W1 K1 r
Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.; z& o% [4 [* a" Q6 Y0 v
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes( w7 b- u7 O( ]. C
Japanese aircraft. R" @. w8 S3 O0 H6 S
A6M3 Zero x 145 W+ V' v8 |+ N; U, y
G4M1 Betty x 72
* j: O2 R+ h' D( Z, g. a. _; ~Allied aircraft, r- }$ X3 j( Z3 P+ T* O
Kittyhawk IA x 27
$ g+ x) n N& q1 ~/ U1 D+ S6 \ Wirraway x 421 V9 l. J+ j7 K. ]0 A$ C* R2 A
P-40E Warhawk x 9
1 J* g2 {& w' H4 l1 N$ RJapanese aircraft losses: e8 i1 Y- u, a8 _. |" R# }7 F
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed5 E- G. D( s( E% L
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged: k% y! A" @, Y; n
Allied aircraft losses* m/ |: i2 C! y
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
( c* c1 v. J3 ]9 b! j8 J! V! [0 n, W Wirraway: 5 destroyed2 O- y( o- n$ z) D" {+ @& E
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
0 j% f; U% P: D2 ]0 x3 {) x4 BAirbase hits 2
, L4 ]& q6 d& hRunway hits 8
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; c( b; }& a) j* sKB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。+ s- Z) K, D+ c! H- Y
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1304 E& ?2 \+ q/ J$ K5 U( A7 B
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms$ s8 {9 I; C( R5 o
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.1 `, ^8 E6 K% W# X5 q+ ^4 a
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
" g, [2 h6 P1 W1 K3 k4 e( I) mJapanese aircraft
2 }( S) P* ?% _% E/ {9 z; y A6M2 Zero x 32! l* ~4 r9 @0 d! m5 a' G& `
D3A1 Val x 8
0 y& n. F3 R$ g) Q1 A: l# j$ FAllied aircraft
- _ l" P! d2 A' K$ z& c9 F Kittyhawk IA x 14
! j2 L* B$ D v' h. V Wirraway x 21
7 l1 R. f. ~' j( @ P-40E Warhawk x 7
: e3 T2 h$ U5 @( ], H% F" B+ }Japanese aircraft losses; T1 H2 S' g" [0 K! ~! R5 \
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed# H, B1 }2 t9 {0 H" H: j) O( i5 ] W
Allied aircraft losses
% d. w9 }; f4 {2 }2 { Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
% L& Q6 x, I5 y+ r: W/ q1 l; ~. d* K9 ]9 C& B Wirraway: 3 destroyed
- t. C9 J- m7 y/ @ \5 ^Allied Ships8 ?4 [; {; `) _6 L3 b
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage% _* ^( _4 O7 X! q; v
) H1 F4 w! L& U+ WKB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。
+ E0 U' k J; u: G/ nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1348 [8 r2 u; \( L
Weather in hex: Overcast" `# {; \9 B% K7 X' M9 b
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. m2 h& V1 Z+ H& L6 I g ^
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
& a, r4 J, l" z$ g6 DJapanese aircraft, X3 ?) [0 C, J$ ]! i) G Z! e
A6M2 Zero x 43
- l& F6 q$ H% `8 Q- ?0 O! o4 B B5N1 Kate x 45
4 K, D9 H! @' ?2 K, @% p! w+ h D3A1 Val x 7' B7 ~6 O8 w2 U: h- H& k5 d
D3A2 Val x 49
' i& R* W% \. Y4 [7 ~7 O) kAllied aircraft
+ C2 X2 O; J' n P-39D Airacobra x 9) k# a8 e" x5 [' K* T/ m" c# K7 T
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
2 a% M. Z$ C( X F4F-4 Wildcat x 100% F( d" B1 A8 x; ~
Japanese aircraft losses
4 H1 C1 x: {5 I! t$ k" q- L A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
5 U) I& o* N$ f' P8 Y8 e B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged- k+ j5 z2 }* M! S7 K5 ~
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak0 i# t2 q. w0 t1 v8 L
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed; W8 r/ D# N" t6 j
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged6 L1 M4 m9 u1 o4 f
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak8 L/ `* ~1 O" q1 y
Allied aircraft losses$ N5 H' i. e" n. ~2 a
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
) g; b5 S4 a+ z, F' W9 [ F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed7 z$ q, ?4 t# Q4 |1 C& ?* F
Allied Ships
1 l A7 l/ \( S: k2 ], O2 a CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire S+ s: W7 M: t4 L# \
CV Saratoga8 K+ g, ~: c5 f; L+ |
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire6 V9 z: ?' t5 ]2 s
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage @8 l$ S: q1 g* S6 S
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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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。7 l# h3 S& s* o9 ~& d z+ e
0 t! M+ K; [2 B ~6 _6 h4 [5 T1 i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。
' o M! b' |$ ?/ G7 w5 i+ d: S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。 |