战报如下:! A$ H; V& e' Z$ Z
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。
8 e9 Q. B9 X8 r6 ?$ m/ I- _6 iMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
% _4 i, ^3 G9 RWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
% c+ g3 [* H4 ~7 e7 {Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
: w; N$ {: m8 D) I. ]Estimated time to target is 34 minutes9 ?& R& R' ]3 W1 a* m& r( W6 C
Japanese aircraft, c% _2 W! T9 k( G% x/ c
A6M3 Zero x 148 q, g4 _+ ~ @2 u- `' D" {, N( P- U. O6 c
G4M1 Betty x 727 q5 T: T5 x. b! D
Allied aircraft5 C' ~& {- m* N6 k" S+ I) B4 \
Kittyhawk IA x 27$ [4 y, C! u2 d/ ? p
Wirraway x 42# j' a1 t7 O* @; Y0 ]
P-40E Warhawk x 97 e: u1 A- i; Z4 _2 t
Japanese aircraft losses
. I7 O7 e* z- s1 x+ I A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
, m" F9 D3 f" y, H G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged" @' M7 p- d. a# W; J
Allied aircraft losses
; n5 v! o! H) f% I+ F Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed4 s- O. t' ~1 [' j
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
$ q% o4 C" d5 e4 q. Q: G! S$ X5 g P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
* L! b7 x6 j' O4 y! C% p: UAirbase hits 2& e4 m- t6 Y+ |# S& I: W; A
Runway hits 80 r' I4 u1 I+ W' Z( E
! }2 b; ^; P! D5 {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。0 p+ q2 A* H) ^, B- [- i
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1302 ?$ P" S+ e5 l4 H/ f- @
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms) C' T( W, q5 l
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
. w; H* h$ V# O- ?Estimated time to target is 18 minutes: G* D4 e6 {+ m. S% m" X
Japanese aircraft3 `& ?9 L/ \9 y% I# H4 o' V7 J
A6M2 Zero x 32
8 N; m9 X0 g+ V& `" R( p D3A1 Val x 8
. e' Y- Y: [7 `Allied aircraft+ K9 P5 m. }) O W6 b8 W. L
Kittyhawk IA x 14
/ y; q( W/ q. i, H% [/ j) t Wirraway x 210 v* h1 Z7 J. L1 F# R: n4 F2 T% B6 s
P-40E Warhawk x 7
0 @1 _7 q2 c+ s5 @ Z2 kJapanese aircraft losses
0 K8 b$ y6 @8 v( R& U/ v D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
( F0 F( r! k7 m: b5 j S% NAllied aircraft losses
5 T+ j/ b7 C( ?0 p6 L/ P: n Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed5 d G8 T n8 Y0 w1 Q+ H/ G
Wirraway: 3 destroyed$ O2 I0 [5 h5 x/ L' `( o; f
Allied Ships
- V5 x: z" _# P/ \& k C9 ? xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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KB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 T1 d, \% T5 F: N" ]- cAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
( [+ N o0 `+ b3 p X6 y, s7 A6 mWeather in hex: Overcast( I: |; t5 s6 H1 @, P8 c, |7 s4 ~
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
1 h z; i4 f: o& h- I- z! J; QEstimated time to target is 45 minutes9 d# }6 }) k4 W0 v6 |4 X1 {7 ]
Japanese aircraft
9 \* D4 S8 j, N A6M2 Zero x 43+ N' R) l5 C0 B- Z5 f( P: L
B5N1 Kate x 45& l2 D; |! w& {7 [8 T+ l/ b s% }
D3A1 Val x 78 ?, F9 o2 |3 _. P7 e8 [
D3A2 Val x 49
: c& m+ R! ]+ _2 f9 N! d lAllied aircraft' X* E d& H8 a y7 U* ~( G
P-39D Airacobra x 9* s% V4 X0 T2 R1 \( N. q$ E* g
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
: ?& E7 ?4 ]; q5 q1 H8 Q+ w F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
6 G5 B( }/ [; e$ y W3 W5 z( nJapanese aircraft losses: q: C9 Q; q2 J
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
# A! \+ f: z( H% o. ? B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged
`2 X- |2 W9 D- C* D. F B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak, H* G% z a9 q( `+ I; o3 u
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
. x/ n; S S1 |2 m% i D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged$ v: g3 a# S y
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
8 {5 K/ H; n# {9 a" _Allied aircraft losses
* j7 _( \% p" \! ]$ u2 K" J1 z F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed& G% E* T+ Q7 R6 @
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed! \; Q8 V/ [7 n7 P1 f3 X: Y
Allied Ships
: ]; D8 T' t7 w/ Z3 w$ @# g- Y4 z CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
, n8 `7 |0 \6 {" e( c; Y CV Saratoga6 m1 _& A( L& G! V
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
+ Y' c K4 f! F, b6 Q CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage6 q+ \* X3 Z8 l! I7 I" A' O& L
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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* x* L9 B4 p, H9 R! O; 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。
1 J* }! m% K0 Y4 n: 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。 |