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。
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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!!!
7 x( [4 x4 r! p; ~* t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。+ E4 h- ^4 V4 W& @$ t; B6 w
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136- M! V; k- S4 Q+ m! ]
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Weather in hex: Light cloud r+ t; Z$ B- M( ?% g
- o3 s3 v6 h; }1 e- V! v$ mRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.. s4 ]( x" ^- E' i
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes4 U& e& y5 g, A$ ?; q' O# N
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Japanese aircraft
$ P2 c- _. R+ m( x A6M2 Zero x 71% ?/ o1 t5 x0 O
D3A1 Val x 162 }" i1 F7 F5 X; d
D3A2 Val x 448 H5 A5 a3 O5 K5 v4 {6 J p
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 74
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Japanese aircraft losses
! v' J& D# b% Q8 t A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed9 D) T4 L m$ }6 Q2 B
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
- U% E j8 q0 m% i X' v. e i D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 29 damaged7 M' Q& ]5 Z- K; s S( U$ X
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Allied aircraft losses3 ~) V" j! U9 u* g/ X
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed* m5 T' A! J: \8 v/ `; V
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Allied Ships
/ c8 M0 y$ D( [; n% q; Q. E* C/ f CA New Orleans# @1 X* f5 `0 J1 L" W1 P& J' y
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
{3 K. P2 S) c CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire
! a( Y% ~; U% a% ^* r: Y DD Buchanan1 c0 N- _; D3 r4 \
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, on fire* i+ M% j9 m# n5 T. J$ `
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 6, on fire9 @9 F F$ R) ? `
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 23 }! q# S! t/ Z
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Allied aircraft
) `6 m0 E5 e2 {- j) X& u4 E) J F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
Z0 O2 u9 |* D1 C3 o3 s SBD-3 Dauntless x 75
& k% Q4 \- A* s) x: u8 p TBF-1 Avenger x 25
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Allied aircraft losses
. x, P+ ^: S8 X: P' K" c* L3 ~6 R SBD-3 Dauntless: 22 damaged+ X: k; N! L) e, |! u2 ~. d, w
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged
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Japanese Ships9 [" R# g3 o2 [; h* H$ E; M- W
CVL Ryujo! m( b& f# ]* w/ @. w/ M
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 8, on fire5 t$ W& \3 k$ d
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires! Y, v+ p" e* W* R- E& m7 `& K- e
BB Hiei
' H- n) b ]. |4 Y9 K( E CV Shokaku
. c7 s G/ n( s9 E, y) j CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
9 R: Z8 |# A2 u/ h& P% z" R DD Kawakaze, J. k& @; I8 z7 }' n1 {
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136' i6 v% z4 ?0 K: m" [' [- |/ ?
9 S5 M! ?5 i' r# [1 K$ @Weather in hex: Heavy rain% {( Q1 O* Q7 R: ]
/ c# V5 o! m" G6 U- i' i: jRaid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
: |5 u3 g' J: l! z2 Y/ YEstimated time to target is 60 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 26
9 \' n, F7 ]6 H: c% Q! q D3A2 Val x 20
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Japanese aircraft losses: R! v2 D# c. m3 v5 x9 ^% F
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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Allied Ships f4 b5 {+ L# T3 }7 q
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, { ^! o$ o, u* Q# j; U
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire
7 j+ m, L0 x+ p CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage+ v4 c+ N* o/ g- U; f+ y
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire5 _: N2 w) E1 f# H* W z
同时,陆攻也抓住时机
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G4M1 Betty x 13
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Japanese aircraft losses
0 S# q2 G: ~% P5 R G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
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Allied Ships# H/ X. d6 |6 @. x$ ?
BB North Carolina
# o: W8 T( l! s7 Y" s0 X+ S; a CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
& J* q( _+ n9 v# U CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Japanese aircraft
+ w; E$ d% N1 R5 J9 | G4M1 Betty x 13; M; T- S2 b) m$ w+ K5 U$ E' L
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Allied aircraft
# ^1 l* U* U4 N& f( p* @. ~7 e5 Y no flights
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 ]9 X( e# ?7 z* b; h G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 L& M* j" Z3 A+ J8 n" w! D2 Z BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 18 r E& f0 Y- t+ p+ L9 K3 X5 L
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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) {6 P% q; U! X- k+ {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
2 |7 j& R5 Y4 d- cNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards/ ^ t# {7 a9 U& h. P- f( k
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Japanese aircraft
2 M/ x6 X' M" |- O no flights
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' ~% N4 t) V @9 r5 n* XJapanese aircraft losses" v4 h, y1 s& @2 L' s' Y
No Japanese losses3 S0 {3 _$ ~: P% C! ]0 g
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CA Aoba, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 w7 G' [" P. g) \ K9 G) b/ ?
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 46, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ H x* H# n# @* A+ u CA Furutaka, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ y0 d, Q. ?. V5 E CA Kako, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage
, {8 _6 O% |3 I( S; g CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6" I6 g1 ?8 f7 F% M* h' l+ t
E Yunagi, Shell hits 3, on fire3 Z9 s! h- n8 v, i
DMS W.20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk9 V# L* c' t2 j0 f
DMS W.21, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 T# [8 n8 q) i8 o/ M6 H) a C5 Z. V
+ N4 k2 D7 S! Z3 I3 o' O/ [Allied Ships
: d- P' n/ H4 e' ?4 ? X+ [( @2 I CA Quincy
& S1 ^5 \+ Y( ^. @ CA Vincennes, Shell hits 3
: P8 _8 A* f& T* N) l1 r5 k; o CL Leander, Shell hits 1, \0 K9 M5 E5 t1 q* a# a
CL Achilles, Shell hits 1, on fire
. ]% s2 O. M# b8 @3 L' R DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire3 Y4 ?- {4 h' u$ f; W
DD Patterson
, ?- f' a9 H' r0 y( X1 p DD Jarvis
& U) @; T6 D! _6 b+ l) c DD Maury
' w: y D& _/ R9 g" K4 V0 s DD Dunlap% d3 T( _- c1 H; v1 T0 G" }
DD Fanning
9 n4 g& b* {7 i) ^- @1 u- d/ W DD Cummings
# d" _ Z$ P0 T/ D DD Lamson
9 q5 T" O% l" n% C3 E DD Case& Y# Q7 R% B8 Z6 m; I
DD Conyngham4 N1 W' @, q* j
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1
' y0 o7 G @1 B; T2 T2 V, B DD Perkins, Shell hits 1
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% V) S, k) D3 I0 AJapanese Ships
. c+ a2 `1 I8 f CA Kako, Shell hits 35, and is sunk
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" e4 F- M7 r) I# @ CA Quincy
3 V( M: I5 Z' }% j! v/ Y CA Vincennes- T8 V5 g6 R* Y+ x9 y
CL Leander
& e7 n, a$ f$ w, ]8 M9 w2 z0 i CL Achilles
' u4 M/ z+ m& t9 W7 O" J4 q; W2 A/ } DD Patterson, Z3 w& c3 A+ d4 l; K! ^
DD Jarvis
: i9 B ^2 s( \9 Z$ R$ o DD Maury
U. [5 A) C' H; w DD Dunlap. b6 K; t: F- ^4 n) B, x* V) T
DD Fanning
|& R$ [; f. ~) ~" l( |+ W0 a DD Cummings
6 n. s( b9 L, `/ U. l DD Lamson
B; B$ z, ?. W2 T7 u) A DD Case
. ^# d% Y" U A3 k. b DD Conyngham
& F a% J- _; m+ R r2 e DD Cushing
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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 |