因撤退决心吓得太迟,导致澳东战役失利之后,二师兄志得意满,骄狂无比,放弃了主场优势,脱离远程战斗机半径范围,单纯依靠TF58向大基地成群的新赫布底里群岛迎头撞来。
4 J! p% R$ Q; o U) `% Q* R- f# K先是裸奔努美阿失利,部队被晾在滩头,几天之后在努美阿以南集结全部航母和大量主力舰开始二次登陆,结果被依托岸基战斗机远程CAP防空的KB吊打 KB只搭载200多架战斗机大部分用于护航,其他容量全部以攻击机为主,
2 X" i1 |* R1 mAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44
/ U3 z/ ?; Z) f3 o. J4 ]/ I0 mMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160. \: v1 h* r! Z0 q( I
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.6 q4 N. Z$ J% r+ F
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 g0 J4 W# F; m) S/ K" R+ V A6M5 Zero x 147
7 E" m O; d7 w- V- }6 L B6N2a Jill x 176, @ j& _& X5 c; a! Y% O
D4Y3 Judy x 247 E- [5 v* r& r' k/ @# B$ j4 H
D4Y4 Judy x 1438 `: V: N- l7 ^
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Allied aircraft
) v& z9 D' i+ S9 q! p# l" t* | F6F-3 Hellcat x 447( p, _6 d/ A6 Z6 K/ B# M
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Japanese aircraft losses
( u5 U0 V( m& U, | A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
2 l# _) ^! K) ?( }8 ?8 h6 v- I B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
# z% E" G1 @! D- M* ? D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged y, `8 ~; y; I4 u6 ^) w( |# y
D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak/ w4 B0 M" j' m+ k( x
D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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) o0 [, E+ k) K* p6 ^9 }! _- ]Allied aircraft losses
' n$ j9 P: @8 ~4 @ F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed) ]) N4 f) }9 B8 \ e- X
" g$ M/ y& ?0 c/ x* @Allied Ships
! @8 K3 ^* U' |$ y( \ CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- h4 a: ?3 B, B5 C; b5 E
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk5 A8 x: A1 x" n9 M7 t3 l8 O7 T5 z
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& N T# n8 Y; p. L4 S7 W% A CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 z- V# W, r7 Z8 O5 X& A. E LST-34
; W9 C. O8 W9 A: X7 ?! D$ o CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& D* L+ c& X% W0 ?. e
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage& [; K; M" n. T: C3 j
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 X9 E. O [" ^, p5 E6 C% ]2 \ CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 ]9 H: |# [ q" z
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage+ ?( t) ?! V' r4 c$ M
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
: V- E9 j5 R0 | DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 z" g* \7 P( C9 w i) I8 \ DE Waterman/ J% c, Q0 Y* v9 X# q! a! z
DD Callaghan
7 m# O ]) [6 p6 R% E* K7 ` DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage1 P% l9 V: @2 Z0 S
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ o! t7 ]7 O( [3 w" e8 o
DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. v( M& C& {. a. w
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Y3 |5 |" r/ f8 Y DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire1 ~2 Q. A! Z: B1 v2 b
LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
! h | C& h. F$ d0 ]0 g f/ R LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires. T4 X$ I: Y: v8 F( N
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! Z9 W; r6 N& f+ G
DE Stadtfeld5 k- c. }- m8 \; H- I
DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. A/ C0 e& B5 {, S( B
DE James E. Craig
6 E" B9 }' y. \% `) A7 Y LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk/ V+ E& K( q5 z4 A2 Z
LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
8 y7 ^9 d. U6 T" p: j DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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Allied ground losses:6 e; `& R( l# T/ a
210 casualties reported
% I/ g& D* C7 C0 o) c/ D Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' m2 x- c- R2 w$ G; g: Z0 z
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled* ?6 X2 P- ~7 B) u p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 X Y+ X+ O. S+ `0 s- \ Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)+ | N X, s" C+ M' ~4 \/ A
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
9 n3 T5 e+ `6 |0 E- M0 EEstimated time to target is 36 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 r! G3 {' a* ~' U. T A6M5 Zero x 92' U2 D) r9 }3 Y9 v3 g% L6 p- F
N1K1-J George x 26
; P8 M' @7 M m4 Z6 i N1K2-J George x 251
9 [2 D3 L* R% q1 ~ ]; i8 j Ki-84r Frank x 148
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9 V; l1 S1 d6 M& \Allied aircraft
' R% F" }( k* C6 {2 G; D; S# I& J F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
5 t |" p& ?0 ?, ~4 r TBF-1 Avenger x 307 ~, [$ E; N, I1 j/ ^/ e: i
TBM-1C Avenger x 23
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Japanese aircraft losses: V% U4 g$ Z* |6 Y
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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8 O, W n: _/ }7 y4 a. ]# c- GAllied aircraft losses
7 H M. s3 n+ ` F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed0 p) _) M: ]$ O- e
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed
9 ~. x2 w( {3 l TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
n2 E& a8 ^% Y# S) W2 p& V8 ^/ X" u TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak* \! P2 m8 }) V
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Japanese Ships
# _5 J Z8 a G" y, X0 k CVL Chitose
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
9 V" s* {' @! H: a" U. DEstimated time to target is 32 minutes- Z7 }! x. y( Z ~- C6 L6 F
5 Q" o& V( w/ R( SJapanese aircraft
' h' H* `( n1 V( R A6M5 Zero x 77, m }/ Q" x4 Z# Z$ n& F
N1K1-J George x 26
! k, T( @) }$ O: [# q, F8 _ N1K2-J George x 195
) V% A, {( f& A I, D( A Ki-84r Frank x 1274 F, T' _( B# z4 a( E0 O/ {
1 n1 a% e- j* I& t1 B4 _8 B, ?& g$ XAllied aircraft
* S7 J# W/ x( ~ TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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9 v, g* m P: ^: [6 A$ kNo Japanese losses6 m. w3 U* ^: z2 T5 t. T' r% o( d
: G) Q3 k$ c+ }1 gAllied aircraft losses5 R$ J' b" m1 V/ [# }8 `; B
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed* B+ j; R+ v x P) z u
2 _; `8 s7 t- v* ]Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.8 d$ }" o' x7 @8 O3 w' ?
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes* S; O* B, ?/ [. x) Y
0 H' R6 X0 A. _8 XJapanese aircraft" l3 _2 t" S6 Z3 l# O- D+ W. y" U
A6M5 Zero x 69
2 e: k2 `2 _7 ~9 T/ Q) y2 [ N1K1-J George x 267 ~6 a5 C4 }* i1 U
N1K2-J George x 127* e6 n- u& V5 O' G6 v
Ki-84r Frank x 91
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) ^$ u- Y* e# t" z. IAllied aircraft% |& ~2 S# X. L5 R! i" O* F
SBD-5 Dauntless x 34
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No Japanese losses2 J( G* _- n; o. N/ H- ~
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SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed/ N4 w) Q M! e2 j4 b f! }
( P0 ~$ X0 ], l3 }# o& HRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
5 @; d& I+ Y0 s6 j% jEstimated time to target is 10 minutes" n. s; m: b0 ?/ j" Y
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Japanese aircraft
( b" F, g, t7 n( q$ f A6M5 Zero x 64
5 N0 r0 e: e% S) U H9 w8 r N1K1-J George x 26; s, N$ T% u" Q |
N1K2-J George x 95
. r1 L% x/ u% k! Q9 J+ Q Ki-84r Frank x 72+ k$ P) u" F/ s' G
( M+ a- q2 B/ }" M" g' ^Allied aircraft; s$ L) `& a9 k
TBF-1 Avenger x 156 F) b* n3 I q8 ?9 d6 J! [
+ M8 ^$ m+ h/ x/ VNo Japanese losses2 E$ S) Y$ N. G! K+ z
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7 f8 V" ^; v: A* ?' y) J# u; L TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed
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, R+ Q0 M6 d* ]/ s$ |( L& w+ S4 URaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.9 ]) E+ q0 G q3 Q
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
2 J3 C7 K3 w5 ]) c/ M A6M5 Zero x 579 D) |& i, B K: c& _( E) h0 o7 z" T
N1K1-J George x 26+ m: `" k1 E4 u! ~/ j1 J2 F
N1K2-J George x 767 [. t/ s) ~: {( D5 S
Ki-84r Frank x 62
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5 F [) A6 Z: EAllied aircraft
1 U! d- e$ u5 m$ Q0 L6 s8 o) E TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
' ]! u$ p2 u& X( {" P TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,1602 r3 _0 P0 ^* o. n: A" y; v( y
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain; j3 H! ]1 P H4 K- ]
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
8 u" I0 v! P8 r& G/ d. W& |6 f7 nEstimated time to target is 37 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% v) k9 L5 f! D A6M5 Zero x 1514 b8 H W8 O7 I
B6N2a Jill x 84: Q; F& {5 L& G T- A _: J6 b- y
" d3 u! @$ q. M) SAllied aircraft8 {: O; y" Q& D/ P/ A, O8 z
F6F-3 Hellcat x 332
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Japanese aircraft losses6 _7 U# A; g5 I2 f7 j7 m
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed8 U' H4 Q. d& c
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged1 O1 S6 \% E% i5 k/ {% \. l
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
! v" q) V9 M; P( ^0 q F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed9 x; N: M1 I" W0 n! Z8 ~
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Allied Ships9 ?6 Z7 n8 b- }8 B6 q
CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
N0 Z! s, X, v CVL Belleau Wood0 ~( V) n! }& @1 W, I/ P, c
CV Yorktown II1 T' s1 K1 b; m' U6 ^" T1 O: _
CV Bunker Hill
m3 p7 [" \6 k r4 A4 K J DD Kimberly+ i8 [: d% ?1 P/ q( b# Z$ t! e
CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 14 J! a. {# ]6 { \
CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
4 [* }/ f6 L g/ G4 w6 O/ g" R# @ CVL Independence* }0 X3 n. a8 j* @% \0 E& p! U
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage& z! c+ f% j% Q) A" p9 S6 \
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
) v9 G, `# o7 t: }; h, V CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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, M3 n- ~$ U O, ]; J: r# M; F9 Q米酋阴险的又一次把护航航母推在前面当了肉盾,承担了大部分攻击波,不过KB在44年以后作战也越加困难,主要表现在突防后命中率低的问题上,即使尽可能的减少战斗机比例,增加攻击机规模,但是突防后美军AA极为强悍,特别是主力舰艇的防空火力,KB当天损失的80多天山有40多是被高炮打下来的,打伤更是无数。此次海战占据天时地利人和,但是任然没有对TF58主力造成任何实质性的损失。. x3 F* _2 J3 j+ `+ A: b
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