很快,前方的索敌机发来了准确情报,发现敌航母!
3 Q; ^: Q5 o, n( S# u& n6 f/ x" ?此时南云舰队的上空也发现了美军的大艇和索敌机,这意味着,自己的航母也被敌人发现了
' R. Z! L, f; c+ K1 {帝国海鹫迅速从各自的母舰上起飞,舰载机各自组队隆隆向目标飞去0 B) i5 U' C, g" s8 E
同时,直掩机开始在甲板上待命,部分战斗机已经升空巡逻,全力警戒
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经过一个多小时的飞行,KB舰载机分两拨飞临目标上空,正是敌航母萨拉托加号!
3 N- c7 ?1 x# L. J99舰爆立即进入俯冲轰炸轨道,97舰攻下降高度进入鱼雷发射阵位,零战负责在上空护卫,激战之后,萨拉托加号先后被命中4枚炸弹,敌舰浓烟滚滚,丧失了飞机起降能力" t, L9 f L& |5 @
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,136
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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7 ~' R9 @: D* s! XRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
4 v' {& L0 j, O) T% n" AEstimated time to target is 25 minutes/ V; u3 O1 O% ~3 {; b
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 272 h2 B! H* O) N8 O
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Allied aircraft
( g, F# c7 R+ D4 g P-39D Airacobra x 2
/ T% \2 X" P% d* V$ l! W8 O F4F-4 Wildcat x 36+ }( U1 V9 w6 G, F% F$ S1 G9 n5 @2 M
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Japanese aircraft losses
: ? }, X. b0 N& A; J; Q. P A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed
* ^9 d. F f. `8 g% Y D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged# t7 w1 D! g. L* o; [6 d
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak; R! n: U1 f1 }& ]! }0 v; O
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged
* A9 j6 V9 v8 F, \ D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
, v1 ]& @; W0 l P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
/ E$ W1 W4 ~/ k8 E3 R( q# S F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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* U0 M, W- t. k# T1 d9 T- {) a: | CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire
% D8 _% J+ e( k8 ~3 |; d" }) p* ^( q DD McCall
7 J; x& r* L0 ? DD Maury
& w( T* M0 T* Z7 W3 C' @ CLAA San Juan, Bomb hits 2, on fire
/ Y' |& N& O8 E+ h) F6 F( d DD Cushing
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 100,136
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4 w* J q3 m+ h9 D5 X/ T) N2 FRaid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
. W5 ^* y! v9 |! T7 lEstimated time to target is 28 minutes1 N( l* ^8 `" V# R+ l* e( M, J' r0 H
2 V3 w. M2 { r% Z/ }+ PJapanese aircraft
3 ]$ r1 u% h+ K% b$ o' Z A6M2 Zero x 16
- g! Z! ^5 v( g6 J# h B5N1 Kate x 16
# G- W6 U$ F: B5 d: y, g2 t# h D3A2 Val x 23
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3 H j M5 g3 K6 S, h% t7 P( GAllied aircraft
* f' z L; O7 C$ s4 L6 D P-39D Airacobra x 1( X0 e# ?3 g- w( N8 s: S
F4F-4 Wildcat x 22' A( l1 [. j2 B1 G: ]
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Japanese aircraft losses2 H1 O' m3 D6 v8 ]7 O1 y
B5N1 Kate: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged1 M) v7 ~: z5 e, o/ F# H
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
7 Y1 d% w4 v; @; z D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
$ j- C6 `( d1 A( c: t% T# Q D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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& L, c5 K7 p/ XAllied aircraft losses
' Y: g f+ y" x P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 _* w8 @6 j" l
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
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) i5 r( V8 v( B; z2 }- ? CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage7 T6 `% |" A! g% Y& [& z5 a
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 @- i1 i9 s/ k3 ^! X! y4 e
CLAA San Juan, on fire
7 z: J! W. N4 T0 V' m& S DD MacDonough
" G' S* r4 \- y DD Benham
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Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Saratoga |