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& E2 S, f1 X1 i$ z v& F本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)
1 B( W: v7 j% I& u" v' z! O: }日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。; Y' {/ i4 W4 t5 `
不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。6 ~* @" w) @) X6 R
好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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# b: ^/ I. x8 M同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144( S9 `1 D& m V, V* k
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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/ j. G! S# G, a1 p; TRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.% ~: t G* w0 w
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ ~( f' S+ q' \- W, v A6M2 Zero x 26. u8 z9 Z; d0 G1 _* G
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% U7 Q5 w, d4 G; n' wAllied aircraft
1 @. ^7 u& o' ?! i F4F-4 Wildcat x 173 m! {+ t, g- L0 y
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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4 b7 V7 W6 i* |No Japanese losses2 ?2 u! T5 }' P7 w1 G3 ]
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Allied aircraft losses
# I: P5 \& b7 Q% S; }( H F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
5 o8 z1 [# D; J. X# N SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
+ L# I6 S' x2 O SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak: F2 Y. [7 U' O+ F' ^) Y4 c. w
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Japanese Ships
* O* ^2 V2 Q% z: R% m6 O BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
8 k" _( ^( H% l CV Shokaku6 h1 y0 t+ ?3 N- b6 J, e
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
9 k: d# ~7 S9 [' r, ZEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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! ^; P" n. A, u; R7 H" JAllied aircraft
1 F% ?5 x. Y/ S8 ~( ^& o F4F-4 Wildcat x 13 i6 M$ Y s1 B9 ?0 C% v, u$ H4 s
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
$ C" n) j; i _4 Y% U0 g TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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( K; l1 e' o* f4 g5 g2 BAllied aircraft losses0 A' w9 o0 c5 \
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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CA Tone/ F5 Y4 a/ \# j/ P% a
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire) }# w% M, p( G1 @ v
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire, }! q- P% ]$ ~; ~- }* o7 m
CA Chikuma! N" E8 P, O, k! v& w, Y6 i
DD Hagikaze+ `% G# Y: I5 P+ K0 {# q
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,1366 F0 J) c7 L/ V' X
2 ^8 E! E# C( d$ `4 L7 c' iWeather in hex: Severe storms3 x* O" T, t8 R8 B! H
3 a I; U. G7 _, h$ h8 iRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.- M1 ]0 V$ w2 B$ } Z$ A" D& e
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft
& c: \$ d! u# s& c+ V SBD-3 Dauntless x 6" F5 J% ?1 a Z& T. f
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6 R$ r6 h+ f! a) j" H% h) ]% R: g SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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9 v0 b4 z Z6 n* {3 oJapanese Ships5 S2 S' Q# x. n0 E
CA Atago, on fire
0 P& c1 r' X: b2 x CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 12 V4 ~4 G5 ~9 v1 m( `
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( w& i. l6 j7 _' [3 sAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain/ {/ r! \& t Q" T! G% Q: m4 T
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
8 g) A( w' R' Z% Q9 O; nEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft3 f5 |0 U; c& U' T& L
A6M2 Zero x 252 ], g |+ K; ^: e6 I6 b
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$ A9 p$ B9 [1 _; Z/ r4 t8 yAllied aircraft
( `# w% K {, h* V F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
, i d1 Y9 f g' E/ i, ] SBD-3 Dauntless x 4+ S8 Y l- H( Y+ c; U
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/ S- D! E ]: Z6 Y! g; MNo Japanese losses: e( R( F8 |( s% ]- n6 U0 t2 D9 y! b; P
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Allied aircraft losses
$ Y+ h6 T* ~- _0 u F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
+ G6 z; m& w4 ]% y/ d" R1 c+ g SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms! ]; X" F' ~7 `6 P3 e6 q5 j
: T/ [0 F7 p4 v8 D! _; XRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.7 C5 G) }( p5 n I
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes; O6 | p; h4 P; X
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Allied aircraft
" {: A$ C) A2 e( @0 Z6 L7 O( ~ F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
$ V6 W8 l% a2 m+ ~! { SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
4 L8 q7 E, R. }6 p) |2 I TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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Allied aircraft losses
( T* k" `8 p9 V SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged' u5 K/ A* R, a5 _% k" }
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak8 z6 H5 ?$ d \* @
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DD Isokaze" F: N& @/ ^4 X& f
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 X+ E' G) ^+ u, T$ x Q CA Kumano8 t& W+ [3 @; y# Z/ k+ q
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
3 }& A5 S2 i" [ DD Arashi8 g/ R5 e% p% t& Y+ s
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' c8 {( M) I g. W+ xAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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7 c! q- }( @" ^/ H; p; GWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.4 x0 i1 h2 {& ~4 D1 ]! M1 w
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes" Q0 p+ x& e! j: E" P; d
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$ P! u/ d# ?) B0 z' V5 _ B5N1 Kate x 142 S! A3 r6 K! j" ]8 H+ j3 z3 \
D3A2 Val x 24+ G8 y' c8 Y! Y; ]% i
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged
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6 X' V7 n; J" X5 g& l3 e8 O DD Dunlap+ b2 L7 |1 Z) {: T2 ]
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% w+ W: J# X8 X& {) l
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
% S5 G+ A# i4 m" e& X% i: n m DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |