8月18日-8月24日,日本随着kb的到来,开始了进攻莫港的大规模军事行动。各基地的海岸警卫队早已上船在拉包尔整装待发,一路上,虽然遭遇了盟军ss多次BT的袭击,但是大部队还是安全顺利的在莫港登陆,经过了另人难以忍受的抢滩登陆并付出巨大的损失后。莫港军力190:94。与此同时,布纳的HQ也翻山岳岭,向莫港袭来。
! ]; ~& B% @! h- D- Z( e10+ss撒下了一张大网,就等候58舰队的到来了。
. b0 d6 B# H' E果然,在8月24日,发现58舰队字瓜岛方向驶来,雨季到达地点米龙湾附近。kb迅速决定,打一场远程突袭,利用0战和97舰攻航程上的优势,9格距离突袭。但是结果却另人大跌眼睛,简直就是马里亚纳的翻版。8月25日全天日本被击落飞机70余架,只有一架舰攻突破防御,冒着枪林弹雨,进入发射通道。正当进入鱼雷射程时,北卡的一枚炮弹迎面砸中了这架飞机,化作一朵亮丽的演化。于是全天战果:ZERO!!!# q7 b! d3 q2 ? j- s
此时日本编队面临严峻形式,0战大量损耗,已经不可能完成对CV的直掩任务,既然掩护不了,那么就同归于尽吧。于是70架0战掩护着60架轰炸机于8月26日再次向58发起了决死突击。58舰队也派出了全部的轰炸机向kb袭来。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136" Q5 k+ w2 W; A. f' q- _$ c
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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" Y( o! p6 A- MRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
: x% a( b/ ?4 s# H" ~- _7 Q& Z/ pEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 71
0 f" `, x9 `, j [& Q' A D3A1 Val x 169 F2 o; H; C4 \/ ^& s
D3A2 Val x 44
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Allied aircraft: [' w: [, ?$ {/ A% j* Y
F4F-4 Wildcat x 74 j" m& H ~2 H7 V1 l9 ~& S0 c" x
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Japanese aircraft losses- D/ E& L' v. \$ B
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
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5 N9 g! N" w# r o2 n! ^ D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 29 damaged; v+ U: ]. e$ U; F$ I& h
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ ]+ P1 N1 g# M
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CA New Orleans
4 g. u) M$ u: _0 Z2 P. U* h2 i6 e CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires. w! C7 e: S# D1 p
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire6 R8 {: O) p5 W; w
DD Buchanan8 M( ?# c& a3 k9 n" g) ?
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, on fire2 h. x: O1 Q8 Y Z& l9 [
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 6, on fire# D3 V4 y/ G# R9 u; D0 N* U" T* o- ]
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 29 j4 V( L2 {) k( s* S
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Allied aircraft
% \1 |5 `5 q# U+ x$ k# ~$ M7 e F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
. R/ Q' R3 L8 G3 m; x. h$ t6 O SBD-3 Dauntless x 75
. X- j2 c9 | ]' d$ @0 {/ D TBF-1 Avenger x 25
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Allied aircraft losses
8 H1 Y' O+ \ ? SBD-3 Dauntless: 22 damaged" X- f# e! Q. r# y7 H
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged9 Q }# v" J J: R" P# b) {
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CVL Ryujo* a* b3 c6 ]. T* G
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 8, on fire9 k: X5 U- E: J7 ^% F
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires8 O* k1 d9 d, @; F/ v
BB Hiei y" @! x; {. |+ q. l( A1 Y$ S( N' I s
CV Shokaku
5 l L+ R4 y& I/ N) | CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage5 G9 I7 h& |. d
DD Kawakaze0 s( | s! i4 {3 C7 v: t
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由于58舰队在上午即遭重创,而日本2cv1cvl完好无损,于是下午成了一边倒的屠杀3 O( r" o2 Y7 \3 `
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,1367 O4 m/ S8 f2 m. S; a+ O# I
4 a r9 O; H) Y3 `" ^* FWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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% n* p/ @7 J) v! O! JRaid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
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A6M2 Zero x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses' @, j% r8 T, N1 b' `) U3 }
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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( c4 r1 q" p( ~4 ]5 w$ L CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires8 f/ T# A7 }" i/ j( N
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire* t- x7 U/ m( I% o) |& m# T* k: J
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage& c; X* \4 ]$ a" I/ f9 _# n6 k
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire) o" _& n% b- b, F C
同时,陆攻也抓住时机
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$ u0 ] O: i* m" s/ ~# Z3 b G4M1 Betty x 13$ t7 |5 Y3 j7 d3 a! ~' p
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Japanese aircraft losses7 B5 F- ]; h, D8 r- S* V
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged+ |8 _/ U- G2 \6 B8 ?1 T/ u
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CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
! z4 x" T* D# `" E) k9 O$ O! V4 g1 ^ CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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G4M1 Betty x 13 N; t4 T- g8 O4 z+ S% B
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Japanese aircraft losses3 ?% F3 P5 s* ], {) l6 R; e, q
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged4 ^7 \8 L# j( w. F
. @0 o- K/ m* I: u! M6 L) Q3 xAllied aircraft losses5 T' M5 r, v, H( r2 M: t, n; ^& u, P
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Allied Ships
# Q4 u" ^( T; p1 G CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage% r$ L R* s" n0 ~+ Z9 g3 I0 ]
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1
5 d1 o0 s, ~4 z) ^' Z CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk# z8 Z9 W% t, ]
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于是中途岛海战再现荧屏。
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而第8舰队为了掩护莫港部队不被霉菌舰队炮击,流干了最后一滴血
, p- n; F+ x2 A) qNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft losses1 M( ~# P! K; x0 ]' S7 Z
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CA Aoba, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' I9 x( u+ t5 u CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 46, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% P) z/ N0 A h; U8 ^6 A' e. ]
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage/ L( E; ^, O* `8 j& q" T
CA Kako, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ O" e, {/ G' B, X5 I3 a CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 64 C, ]3 d$ y0 H8 D
E Yunagi, Shell hits 3, on fire
+ {) U& G; b! A7 A' F- v5 \# x DMS W.20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk( \" z( U {# h5 r% ^2 ]
DMS W.21, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 y0 U' r4 b8 Z0 Y
3 a' _+ t, |: b! FAllied Ships
! F, o- }; z& i CA Quincy
2 ]" O: w7 C3 G5 R P& z5 j/ I# h0 E CA Vincennes, Shell hits 3
3 I( O% _) y& N; y4 C; ~) Z& m CL Leander, Shell hits 1
# {# b! o$ S2 M: B% E* r CL Achilles, Shell hits 1, on fire: T/ E/ S0 w1 \ r: Q' u
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire
3 H( `& ~8 x; ^ M DD Patterson8 K7 ~3 V) M3 H
DD Jarvis3 w. ?2 w6 m* j( k5 l
DD Maury+ A0 a" V1 o2 l' U2 x* A4 a
DD Dunlap
' g+ P X; j& @2 @4 H DD Fanning
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DD Lamson6 `) M6 u% p4 v. k) Z( s# @
DD Case
- ?, E; J9 J* L! x8 W0 |5 t, O1 N( m DD Conyngham
% v- l4 r' Z0 U7 M" F DD Cushing, Shell hits 1! D6 l% ]" J% X6 Y' b
DD Perkins, Shell hits 15 D, w E- G( m
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Japanese Ships6 C6 y6 o. I7 a, T+ k& a( w: c& V
CA Kako, Shell hits 35, and is sunk* t8 U" o6 C0 O
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CA Quincy2 y; C- U- |2 [- d) r- H
CA Vincennes& H: s4 p" k$ I5 J! U
CL Leander, s" [ j) V% H5 m) Z9 {. C/ ?
CL Achilles
, @2 C# d0 [9 O4 O1 [ DD Patterson
& N* v; W- F; i% W DD Jarvis, P1 Z3 o; B( i3 K* D) u
DD Maury
* B" |9 f3 \" k* ?& X DD Dunlap' R9 Y7 S4 ~3 }, S5 i: P
DD Fanning
* W7 l; Z5 [: W x9 G DD Cummings
& e2 j( i+ d+ U4 P6 s U8 t DD Lamson
, H- `$ N& B; q: d, g DD Case
: ^+ u/ U: y4 t DD Conyngham1 ~4 a. x/ s {5 U/ g
DD Cushing) O/ ~: u9 b7 C
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牺牲是值得的,此次瓜岛战役最后由58的全灭而落下帷幕 |