大脸猫

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牛牛把两个TF放在两个格 有效地分散了KB的攻击 而我的失误是让97去攻击机场了 损失了6架 疲劳也上了10 所以表现不好 加上CA吸引火力 只命中CV1雷 下午那一波效果更差

kevin_hx

CV决战当天，乘着双方海空如火如荼的激战，一队日军悄悄登陆米龙湾: v8 ~! U3 f$ Q
事后据大猫天蝗交待，这只部队是因为XAK即将沉没，只好抢滩登陆自救
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7 W' [) a, |, oAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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- c5 x! I/ F  d. ~, dTF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133. |7 G' L9 |1 `: J( e. R
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Japanese ground losses:6 C5 @7 i1 J' k+ ]& F! f4 E$ p
      160 casualties reported
9 C3 M2 A; m6 X         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
* z8 V+ i: D$ j9 j  m8 p) Q4 l         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
/ ]9 {2 O! F: D' \         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  |8 D* V% S) f+ ?( T2 @$ R% w
      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
8 X7 A' I; D% h: a7 M, p8 g4 iCV决战已暂告一段落，盟军58丧失了在海上制约KB的能力，而日军的登陆船队已经出现在莫港外海，日军的登陆迫在眉睫% L- l5 l, F: D2 ], }
盟军断然采取破釜沉舟的战术，拼个鱼死网破也要破坏日军的登陆行动
, W0 S& }- ^5 L( ?/ Q% B) `CV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援3 I% |$ u) ]( x. {& J7 c) {( V: g
CV编队分离出重巡编队，杀入莫港近海，阻止日军炮击莫港机场. s8 j, W( L9 F* ^4 e1 |

  v5 P' H6 o5 h8 S; x于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开
' ?/ p/ V% ]: x0 w$ L7 W: ~令人庆幸的是，日军第8舰队表现拙劣，在于盟军水面舰队夜战中败北，日军当天的登陆船队惨遭SS蹂躏，并被盟军舰队迫退，未能实施莫港登陆" h8 L* P7 E! G

4 x) V5 C( K" ?% b- ~) v* E; A) u, Z夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火/ W6 Y( b  Z4 s& e; `0 V3 k, i! W
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
; o4 V8 k8 ^% ^- t0 L. F. C: z      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
) L- E/ x) ]5 K5 @" P      CA Kinugasa
' \' c& f* b  D- {9 @      CA Furutaka7 i" @, |- T$ z3 h+ o& P8 M( b! r
      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire
& A& ~/ u. z; e/ Q      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire+ y7 Z) y5 l4 n; [
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
+ r) P; N& X0 X) Q1 C      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire/ l  D! W( M3 Q9 ^
      DD Mutsuki
% m! ?  I- t8 i5 o      DD Yayoi
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      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
1 k( Y' A0 d! I4 S6 x      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2
8 N% I: \) }7 O: F      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire
) ?, m" |5 u; s. F      CL Hobart, Shell hits 3
; a% c8 P) e% E' I$ g- K      DD Sims* Q9 ]' K/ F6 l* ~( G
      DD Dewey
$ a* V2 f% g3 |$ ?3 f7 P# h      DD Worden
6 }+ J1 F2 x: ^# D! Y2 m& p1 q      DD Aylwin" l3 N( n& F$ B3 T$ T4 h; g
      DD Whipple! m8 \- {2 ~9 u7 l' K5 |
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随后莫港潜伏的盟军SS再次大发神威，日军登陆船队惨遭蹂躏
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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7 {0 s; _; I/ i( g* X      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage* m8 l5 [& ^$ s! g6 V/ z
      xAK Sinsei Maru0 O1 W/ `; v. P1 @' \+ C2 L
      xAK Canberra Maru5 ]& _" U5 f9 h7 s  z2 i5 v
      E Asanagi
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Allied Ships
/ Q- f+ o2 l& M2 X      SS S-44" |8 z6 b0 }3 L' u0 y

1 U+ h: z5 }& q$ [0 i' j! `Japanese ground losses:
9 M- `3 q; l2 D5 X& S! M% L, v      9 casualties reported
) s. `1 m% f; J& o: E         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled4 i* h. V- S: l" C. c2 Y, R
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 P7 T9 N4 Q- e+ h% C0 e" [1 K
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133% l& Z+ D% H) a: s  T; k

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      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage6 L% [; V8 F  @6 z' R0 \! G
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      36 casualties reported, Q1 t4 \/ a% i- M: ]
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 v) \; F2 f9 X& R, }         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
! r$ Q/ f/ E5 \3 G9 d& P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

天亮后，盟军第2队水面舰队追上了溃败的第8舰队，日轻巡夕张号爆火，美重巡芝加哥号重创
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5 S6 {3 ~1 \8 |, z( J# TDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards6 q0 O" R9 j' P/ k
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      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3/ h; A6 F1 x8 f6 F! n  I" G* y4 R- N
      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire' _( w% y/ l+ Y5 e' Q
      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire9 L" N6 ^  u$ p% C  l% j( z' m# H
      CL Tenryu. Z8 H* U# z+ e+ x0 D; S0 A" z$ l
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires; F* ?( F; ?) f' Y: \) ~. f: t3 I5 X
      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: a6 y; _3 f3 g( L7 v

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      CA Chester, Shell hits 3! q. I- `8 B6 g8 n/ f
      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage) m- r2 V% n7 u. e" m
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
. h6 l5 T4 o, l      DD Anderson5 f" t3 n. c& C' r% D+ S, p
      DD Morris, Shell hits 2' i3 J% `2 G2 l$ h
      DD Perkins

kevin_hx

随后，莫港航空队和KB舰载机对双方的水面舰队大打出手
" `% C( }# x& g7 S, E+ q重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创, F* ?' ], I0 S+ F, j$ n
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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# J* m+ ^+ i+ LRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" N; E% C1 `: q9 t7 PEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 c4 s+ W2 n# b. |+ t( q2 v
      A6M2 Zero x 4
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0 `9 R5 T, u3 P6 ~5 n; L      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
) \+ B3 m8 E& s7 X0 {5 n! W& ?8 [, D      TBD-1 Devastator x 2- x7 y$ B) M- Z

/ d2 `5 p! [4 ?  m0 s9 TNo Japanese losses$ {% e' T' {" j- {+ N  z
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) }) L, F. ~) q/ w* U# f, F" [$ {2 P      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships6 N5 @$ M* G% N+ M" O! C
      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires1 a5 f7 ]: }. \
      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
" g( h% O1 E8 H& m" p( s      CA Furutaka,  on fire; b2 I1 ~2 G( u) q5 @! q: I0 a
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,1330 s3 t/ R; F9 _! ^
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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* e$ L7 t1 e! h1 d/ D+ |$ B% ERaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 U0 _; ]. l+ t( U9 }
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes5 G- H7 P  j) w4 U* d0 c3 p# q
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      A6M2 Zero x 198 n+ Z7 L3 w5 |: z& h

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      P-40E Warhawk x 1# ]8 r8 X9 j, R) X
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9# I# ~( Q3 o. _! L4 d
      TBD-1 Devastator x 21 X& @0 R, ?* x$ ]- l

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      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
0 L7 W0 m4 \) R2 T; ^# p* J4 S      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
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Japanese Ships
1 c+ {9 O! n( j3 v+ Y: l& d% M* e      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: q. D! U/ N2 P: e+ @& }& l
      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
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盟军舰队防空火力强大，KB建树不大，仅受创的芝加哥号再次重创; v% Y# v! c. H; Q2 C5 d( q
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# p# b4 j. M2 c( K3 fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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( c. L% ^4 V, i) ~* b3 l0 QWeather in hex: Overcast
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2 X  h; Z$ r( V" x6 f1 j& L& mRaid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
0 K$ p! w' i+ Y& REstimated time to target is 42 minutes; T+ [4 Z# y  J8 D; g+ x
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      A6M2 Zero x 26; |& w/ T/ v6 e, J% Z
      B5N1 Kate x 3/ i" L8 S4 S( A. s+ X
      B5N2 Kate x 12
& X& K* W# x3 _) P8 I2 I$ S0 j      D3A1 Val x 296 P$ z5 K' b; O
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Allied aircraft
: n, L+ A9 U. D$ s5 K4 S. n      P-40E Warhawk x 19
& A% j  n7 f, z/ Q! ?  g9 u      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6+ g8 P1 f/ r4 v$ S2 o

. ~, s& E! l; C) Q8 _1 yJapanese aircraft losses
* [$ D. [- P! C5 l+ G2 w      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed8 b# b) N* G  d* }: U& C+ Q- k- C
      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
# u# W7 I0 s* m8 o$ i, W% F, J+ j      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
( M5 _% j( B0 f" C" ?( X      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged2 W8 z3 l' z3 U% E, \& S
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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No Allied losses
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      CA Australia
( s! S+ R/ X, u7 y      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
$ B/ f1 c, U; l! P      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
9 d0 i% O7 }" W( D( O0 ]      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire$ F! I6 L' g, v$ F  W' ]
      DD Worden
; Z; ]8 [; p6 S4 n9 J      CA Astoria

红叶

大脸猫水面舰队没开全速？自动反应范围太小？不过算是保护了登陆船队，KB还有多少进攻力量？

kevin_hx

据大猫天蝗供认，水面舰队是准备去炮击莫港的，结果遭遇盟军水面舰队后，由于指挥官好战度不高，没将任务改为水面战模式，所以被盟军爆头

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42# b# f& u. G% n3 Z9 j7 Q' }
大战结束后，双方都在调整部署$ T3 T1 O& q! B: v1 h
大统领预估天蝗必然会轰炸机场，并撤出水面舰队汇合登陆船队，然后再继续扑上，但不会立即行动，需要至少1-2回合的调整，于是大统领果断地将水面舰队解散在港口规避空袭，并出动莫港航空队和潜艇，沿途捡漏
1 b- e; G- o4 J# y一天的战事，大多是潜艇攻击与反潜作战，盟军陆基零零零散散的空袭则毫无作为
' A3 N9 \+ c% p不出大统领所料，恼羞成怒的天蝗果然出动KB大举空袭莫港机场，损失舰载机若干后炸毁盟军飞机若干
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4 D% b; G4 K9 _# wSubmarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,133
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3 ?2 o0 e6 O) N9 z, |; y- v      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage4 U3 h8 @7 i1 s6 ]6 P3 r, q
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      SS S-47
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# G7 m2 L- t) dAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 2 |1 T* S! l$ U' E; O' j  D

9 q# j3 }/ {+ L3 \Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.+ \1 F% a3 T; p  N+ Y
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes; o6 [& |) D% w0 w8 ?1 G
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      B5N1 Kate x 21 R0 J1 F+ b3 X( [, `6 _+ Q- P
      B5N2 Kate x 12
/ D' K: t' A4 N0 }$ T! u" g      D3A1 Val x 12" s9 w0 u/ b; h. E$ s  ~/ l5 P5 r" @% {

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* X. q" ^$ w9 M* E9 c      P-40E Warhawk x 10
( O9 [$ C+ ^! {4 `* G      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10! V1 J1 `6 Z1 t( P( A3 C$ w
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; x5 ^+ x' l. }5 w- x; _# w      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed2 N0 o2 o2 m! g( H
      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak! G" }; C2 V: H  k: r( j) x
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
' m% `1 Q9 r" ?5 L0 `: D      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
, J' o# M1 Z1 Y6 O3 E( D9 ^      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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8 i- W8 U3 A. Q" m( UAllied aircraft losses
6 j8 J: x8 t) K) m4 T; G7 v' I3 {      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged' g3 g5 ^, ?- k; t+ o! \) e+ x/ a, h
      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground2 q+ V' S- N6 }' p* f# y2 b/ O
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
( i$ H! I! l/ ^3 m) W      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground  P5 ~: j- b/ @9 W- I7 d7 Q1 y
      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground
: {3 t/ i: X/ g/ x" o      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground* n! \0 Q" o* g, d5 o
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
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Allied ground losses:/ C% Y9 ~8 p4 ?* L" p; x4 q
      4 casualties reported
; d$ F2 x6 u6 E& G  [, A         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" D5 A5 k5 \5 N6 c/ \" E         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
% Y) w& a/ _9 ^6 R  q         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled  w, q7 x1 ^7 E' O2 v' S: E

! O* T% ~; g# [2 m/ P6 iAirbase hits 1
5 \+ h0 L+ w/ qAirbase supply hits 2
) x8 _8 X- Z* v+ L  h% ?' dRunway hits 18

kevin_hx

莫港的地面部队，一开局就已经开了自动补充，目前已经超过100战力

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 422 `% z+ ]' L  g7 d1 m" f
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重创的CA芝加哥号单舰将日军莫港登陆船队逼退，日军登陆的企图再次破产
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards; M% V4 m2 x( d1 k
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Japanese Ships
7 [" Z8 y6 X0 p0 k* N) W0 T      CM Tsugaru$ Z1 A6 F: }( M2 I" ^. C
      DD Yayoi
4 [8 T7 \* I. `; a) I& t6 u+ U      E Oite9 ~+ Q9 l0 }9 F. [
      E Asanagi
; h+ r7 W% ?$ e) U: C      DMS W.204 s5 e) K4 _% x& X2 u% ^
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru
1 @# X, o5 s7 I& X" I8 |( O% B      xAKL Noshiro Maru #21 N" v* l4 a1 I
      xAK Canberra Maru
. l2 N$ Y$ A" K  B! |9 s      xAK Kansai Maru
3 ?: i' J* t1 F: f. T9 s1 Y4 T* \1 E      xAK Kagu Maru
3 V( w) r+ w6 q, K! @      xAK Asakaze Maru' q1 n- F8 B  \3 B! V+ ^. ^
      xAK Sinsei Maru
  _0 |+ Y4 v/ m6 A) R. R) z1 w      xAK Ikushima Maru
4 Z+ l) |( W+ V, j  }      xAK Kasuga Maru #2. p4 V; d# [0 ]* _
      xAK Aso Maru) M5 u$ x7 N, o! A

$ B# Y( j3 t6 x& d9 zAllied Ships
+ ~' l) w) b' _& k' A' h# {) R      CA Chicago,  heavy damage" s# P/ k3 @: [& `- x
8 N9 p; B, j) x( D: X, t
随后盟军的水面舰队和潜艇联合出击与日军护航舰队混战数场，各有胜负
! i: |& p9 x% A" M$ J" g击沉日军重巡加古号、妙高号、轻巡夕张号，损失切斯特号、阿斯托利亚号、新奥尔良号+ P& d, z: H' [1 U3 Y, i
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131
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Japanese Ships
& n  O9 R7 [6 D: v$ t! r4 P5 E. c      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
2 H6 K, J# x1 G2 h( w& [/ q9 v( w& Q( g
Allied Ships; b- R9 X8 t% U
      SS S-47( P# K9 z/ r6 M! R. N
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# G0 A3 D- `1 O& D. ~1 QNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards# a. [5 x  w4 {3 p
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Japanese Ships
' u5 A) H5 {* S* f: L      CA Myoko
5 w. @" S. T5 I4 J. p9 {! l5 K/ L! l      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
% s% B9 z; a& m9 A6 _' i9 d3 S      DD Akebono) `0 b" j1 ?7 o4 s5 s
      DD Sazanami
2 y) z% p1 q1 w# C8 g4 t      DD Ushio3 x! a4 {# M' k" e

8 g9 i+ z( `( M" D: A# ]5 kAllied Ships% u/ s  B5 L  }4 d- ?8 T3 p
      CA Chester, Shell hits 17 B! \$ L! Y$ _2 ~
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; q* P5 R  n$ O5 T5 K
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4; n/ i# J; z3 ?
      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards. t- H; t1 U7 z  H7 P- M
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Allied aircraft
" G+ E# t2 [; o/ C0 P      no flights
% S( e& b0 n2 Z$ c0 }8 u: U, z
- a& L. H8 ?" G9 }/ jAllied aircraft losses
7 X/ f+ [0 ?$ Y& Q4 W) B5 d6 I      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed3 v, ^) H6 s- E

7 ?6 b5 I8 f7 Z3 zJapanese Ships
* M1 `, f. S8 Y0 }5 V* y      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! T: f* J, P9 ?+ d' ~
      DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
- G+ |; v7 U- [* P$ n  ]      DD Sazanami
; O: y1 V$ V9 E; H( x. ]5 F" e! M6 [" y" T+ X
Allied Ships- L4 z+ Z' v- U( S
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 X- L# G1 Z, V9 f
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 17 s, _, x- ?- P/ U" ~! s' I& `
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2
( d* u; N& l3 x, P$ \8 A! _1 z7 n9 G      DD Sims, Shell hits 17 n9 M/ F- n' E: w2 H+ @2 G
      DD Anderson
: {9 b' I1 N/ K5 [      DD Perkins
# X8 v3 `. M  w% c& G. z$ o      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire0 G# h+ H" j7 z7 M6 m' u2 h
      DD Worden" w6 y: Z! A* D, F* x, {
      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% A" P; [3 O1 J1 B3 O
      DD Whipple- m( a8 x) X0 w
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0 [3 i& w4 i4 g, ]/ h* lNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards
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Japanese aircraft' t: A" B  H2 I' Z, O
      no flights0 X3 _1 F: |& E3 ~, h

+ ^' ?4 h. k" B- y1 TJapanese aircraft losses
, b& L: G7 `; c; X# K      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
# ~. n: R3 A, L% T9 r% Z
  Y3 i: U4 x2 j: dJapanese Ships' _/ @7 B& l* U5 o! Y
      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
9 ^: X3 u6 g; o      DD Ushio
8 V" v& c& S  r; X+ Z
0 R8 f( l, z& _& D% T9 X, ~Allied Ships4 {# {5 d& ?% D1 S
      CA Minneapolis
. y0 @/ D5 }  F0 [$ J      CA Australia, Shell hits 1
  d6 _2 s# R- L3 Y) e$ ^0 J; [      DD Sims, Shell hits 1% A4 `  L7 L' @, F$ H
      DD Anderson8 C0 `: q& T- }7 M2 f/ H1 J
      DD Perkins# v9 H8 ^  ?8 E8 i1 }
      DD Dewey
: A. X" z7 s! W7 V      DD Worden
2 b3 a' |; y0 u$ Z3 L- r      DD Whipple2 M0 {8 w8 \! a  g
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
5 P0 k0 B. K- \- U3 V' w. i+ n% V9 r& m( D. d
Japanese Ships7 f( Y% v% @" ?) ~
      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk( J7 v# p8 o9 ]0 U4 E& `. I. ~
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Allied Ships9 ?. }! n3 I0 D3 P+ h$ t& z
      CA Minneapolis
& s1 G0 M9 Q+ U- M& j      CA Australia  y& H9 _7 T& o* N; n# y
      DD Sims) J5 X* e9 t2 J2 n) c
      DD Anderson  d+ O. d. I+ |5 Y9 ^/ m# J, |* ^
      DD Perkins
* B( S% `& Q: ^6 W/ [: r: ~      DD Dewey; e  U& z6 o- ?6 h
      DD Worden0 J! {0 S" a) G7 C& U" h3 j
      DD Whipple

kevin_hx

天亮后，日军KB和陆攻疯狂反扑，丧心病狂的大猫天蝗甚至将大艇也对海攻击，盟军多艘战舰不幸或重创或沉没/ d2 m# N6 N3 _! D' O' o2 Q
中创的CV约克镇号撤离途中在澳洲东海岸不幸遭到潜艇暗算，中雷重创- V# Y* r  ^: p$ h' r) a* o" ?
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Sub attack near Townsville  at 92,1444 H# @* x) R9 w5 \, b

4 |4 ^! C; Q/ f  b3 D; H( lJapanese Ships
5 b( n  [& N6 {$ H, T% w      SS I-27- v, X. c0 x; H% |2 l5 {$ I
- q2 \/ U' c; H# `: {* {) U( z
Allied Ships
- R+ G! s; I! J2 n( v0 ]      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
7 H$ E9 O/ e/ k      DD Hammann4 d8 B, f% M# R( x4 L% M3 f
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,1308 y! e* {. n  ?% A- T& ?
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Japanese Ships! O: E7 C5 O% I9 U3 y
      SS I-21
0 n6 a! I( K, q& H/ m/ v6 z8 _3 m2 O7 r1 T! `6 v
Allied Ships# S. e: z7 o8 X& k
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage1 g9 t4 j1 d! H$ `3 [& p% p' r
      DD Morris
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: E, G4 Q% E: o( KMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130) |" \9 X' t: g/ l! E0 O
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
6 E/ l5 c& w/ |$ m4 \* v; Q5 F( Z$ B1 q) E+ O" R
Raid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" h! ^+ i$ o, \Estimated time to target is 30 minutes4 M% k$ m! ]* F: d

' p( V  G# [& ?0 I( A, uJapanese aircraft
& U/ K' [4 u" O% Y9 @' L      A6M2 Zero x 21; I3 B" @9 v8 v0 g2 P5 h
      B5N2 Kate x 116 U3 o0 k! t. j' F. h0 T
      D3A1 Val x 170 g0 {( g1 i! D# Q3 d$ ~

! `; f7 x5 j# \& }Allied aircraft+ f9 l, D. s+ z2 I* J" Q9 C8 }
      P-40E Warhawk x 80 V; a, t4 R1 S5 w$ ]7 c$ S4 Y
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 43 Y2 u9 E0 f3 e! X5 ^) j

/ O) x7 ~4 x/ f6 a# R% NJapanese aircraft losses
4 q8 L  A' U! B% V      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed$ r- ]+ {) K+ n! d
      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
' l) ~/ f$ c9 J& x4 G$ O5 U2 S      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak0 K9 H( H; H! ?9 i* w
      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged0 j* O, o- F3 y  i  v
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
# m; A: c9 t4 w7 T% M! U! T% Q) l: g* D' X, I
Allied aircraft losses
3 o' I7 o" p6 R  M$ V* ^" U      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
( e# d' O8 s2 h9 q9 b8 O      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
- Y# g' e. g* Y- a" D
8 m+ J, m$ n. T& v+ ?% c8 oAllied Ships. C) X& W4 [) i, `4 n: k5 t
      CA Minneapolis
; X! Y! o( a0 R: A& ~      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage
7 W7 j$ }7 u# _$ w/ o' c) P      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage% P5 j" E( h- W3 t& j! M7 a8 `7 s
      DD Anderson- `: A' G: j! J9 W# r# ^; ?5 W
      CA Australia
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5 y0 `6 m. m; o/ u6 K2 |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.+ u% Z0 n$ Q0 _1 g
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
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8 n  |( a. ~& R  E+ fJapanese aircraft/ R0 d7 k, U) m! \5 h, R
      A5M4 Claude x 46 {# i; k2 }0 _
      G3M2 Nell x 18
* W% G- u8 V+ D3 i4 f      H8K1 Emily x 10
% ~4 y. p  q! D8 M3 k5 `, L
: R3 d+ G6 K  \Japanese aircraft losses7 ~, T9 B' H" X
      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
% Z8 @& l4 b6 N; V      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged3 k; J/ L/ |, Z: O, ~

' a9 S! d3 m! Q1 m# B1 g! qAllied Ships' X3 v  p9 F6 {2 t3 R1 i' K
      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage0 S/ P* J! T3 k5 K" Z! o
      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1
0 O1 V1 T$ m2 S; h, g      DD Whipple
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130  O+ A8 `& B# p# K
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Weather in hex: Light cloud  c1 `% W3 \" G5 f  R
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
* d& M. E: q& q  N5 ~Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' S' f# F1 T7 t9 p
      A5M4 Claude x 4
+ t6 c! w9 S, d. I: x+ f! }$ q+ g      H6K4 Mavis x 68 V3 o4 G0 f; P
. C# k; `9 O- O( P' e- Y2 n9 J' n
Japanese aircraft losses+ h2 G0 D0 w3 U/ I7 @  W
      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged. {9 p' Q: y2 a5 w) [5 t8 _5 K

9 }; ]& P7 H1 j9 sAllied Ships$ [# c$ D( Q& T
      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ ]- l/ }( q. `* _
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1307 e1 y% l6 `$ q6 y5 ?9 K+ W& ]

/ K5 S* [! F8 {. @% x0 H/ nWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
' Z  [+ H, M: J& t3 LEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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/ q. a( _9 r6 q- CJapanese aircraft/ f+ n2 B; \% I& U$ |4 H$ u) n
      A5M4 Claude x 4! e$ F( k. O9 f" M% {' {$ R
      G4M1 Betty x 12
( ?6 m6 R" u+ G0 t$ V' y9 ]1 @5 w$ Q* U$ Q  p# e0 E  F
Allied aircraft
" e  ~7 R! R) ^) t      no flights& U8 Q! D- l8 @1 ~

  f) H0 s7 ^0 p( U6 E* vNo Japanese losses
6 U9 Y' D, z7 Q( V
- \+ K6 m" y/ M. ]Allied aircraft losses0 n4 d. E, j8 p: m+ u) v1 ?- Y- x
      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
" q8 h# l0 L+ Y( f
8 k- o5 I3 t; v+ g  f, vAllied Ships
8 [4 g9 ?+ I& d6 S4 \4 X      CL Hobart' i) B0 F4 u$ v- C8 D' z/ a
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

hongqi315

大猫又被瓜牛吃了。。

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42* @0 R! g7 Y0 l( S5 d. {
第二次登陆失败后，猫天蝗恼羞成怒，KB对莫港大肆空袭，企图瘫痪莫港机场 - b" g+ D4 t# D" Z* ]& @1 v
同时登陆船队重新在海上漂浮，等待时机，等待护航舰队重整旗鼓3 C8 v7 L) {: b+ M8 ~0 A: a! K0 U* J
而盟军的陆基零零星星地出击，毫无建树，遂要求对海6000英尺，以期获得斩获/ p- W' W2 d6 S
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)# y, {8 a+ J& ?0 P
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
  M% k0 f/ N) |2 N5 u+ t
, D) }" p% D) ?7 A% o4 DRaid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
7 h8 a9 ]: q, yEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
0 D' J1 k% `! @% Q. s. ]
! Z# x, N9 \  P, r8 d& uJapanese aircraft
9 O) a, e3 V: f+ i5 k3 z# t( g      A5M4 Claude x 4; G# b/ ^, b# Z7 f, ?( s
      A6M2 Zero x 22! a/ ]  E& g# ~# w
      G3M2 Nell x 17* p# v& S$ O+ t1 k
$ g8 Q2 A$ @% A' k$ ]3 S% E
Allied aircraft
  Y, E* ~" M; f( N2 e" X      P-40E Warhawk x 6  R; l: N! k; l- {/ E2 a& X3 @& z
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6, U1 h& m* I; p% f- j$ @9 v
- n- e( F2 v6 A
Japanese aircraft losses
9 U; k; f/ _0 Q" J# m8 h      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed! Q1 q+ e) y! U& L8 M
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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, L/ a. C3 p  U, k* n4 s$ [, |Allied aircraft losses% [- k' ]9 ]0 C4 ?2 s8 Z
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
+ [0 J- R2 c. ^# F/ L  A) F# B4 r6 F

. L/ F4 Z* c- c( X1 \5 hAllied ground losses:
( F# I+ y/ E8 @0 o0 K7 d3 s      21 casualties reported
1 Z& X4 h% }0 ~, M/ b/ Z( I         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
9 u; J% T9 p# l# C! P0 i& E) y$ B6 i* n         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
( E- L% k9 j8 K! E; D' O7 B         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
8 i6 c6 |1 I  n9 Y7 E" c剧本所剩时间不多了，猫天蝗决定发起决死登陆在重巡羽黑的护航下，登陆船队第3次对莫港发起冲滩，但是。。。。
/ p/ C9 F3 K. U) K( h2 e+ y, j2 y当天夜里月光暗淡，可见度极低，羽黑编队与盟军水面舰队仅仅打了一个照面就匆匆擦肩而过，结果登陆船队惨遭屠戮1 A- s, z( e9 P: N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards1 x6 t) i8 W9 r5 d

8 S0 L9 y* g" \; o* OJapanese Ships
8 P6 m' i7 f% s& u' f      CA Haguro/ H7 |6 Q* g1 x- a3 H
      DD Shiratsuyu
+ r% `2 p) @2 E/ \; a" Q  V3 y      DD Shigure
$ s* A4 ?. J; p  p( {" X      DD Yugure8 k' K  p" g8 s$ |5 k
      DD Ariake8 z- w# b6 r5 w$ [9 f4 s; q
      DD Akebono
; P3 E" x4 v& U  x# Q% L      DD Sazanami
' ?7 E$ ^; {# u! O6 c8 m      DD Ushio$ `2 p" S" _+ [& V. }' z4 d( l
      DD Yayoi9 e/ T. e& z! X: K

! q  v1 S1 L  L) i: a$ s9 k+ RAllied Ships/ A5 n' E2 n+ `7 h' Z3 _
      CA Australia
- o( \2 ^+ y7 _9 e      CL Hobart
* U, g4 I  f" H2 n) y  P7 F* t      DD Sims- d- \# |& k5 n7 W- Z
      DD Anderson! l$ \/ w. n& c5 k
      DD Perkins6 ~; j2 U8 r" Z: P% O4 k
      DD Dewey, _4 x- z6 X2 R9 u
      DD Worden
* Q7 D) J9 L8 n3 c5 k4 [  b/ ]% [      DD Whipple' l3 ^9 @' y' _& a$ t
& A$ h% i( N1 Y
猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会 6 {5 e( w& ?9 P) s* B7 G' T3 x3 F; r
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" H6 ?5 V/ a4 P" _Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards
+ z- `$ b2 e! E/ f% f: p! q5 \- I) K& N- a- A/ w
Japanese aircraft  ~6 i: F/ u9 p  w& K4 Y4 [7 t) D
      no flights
. V4 t2 l' ~3 t1 _5 V! e8 Y  E4 K
Japanese aircraft losses
! K' ~8 g8 Y7 V- ~      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed( k* H0 h9 c( v5 |' [

# P# W+ L0 o0 PJapanese Ships6 }6 X  J8 ~8 G* q& u* P1 `2 U
      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. v1 _# D' ^& K. H2 F, y! e! s      E Oite- [% Z' z% y3 @2 C
      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ K& Y2 p9 r, a* a
      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk* ?6 |" O" G( g, H$ |' ^
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires, J4 o( H1 h" E; m
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk8 v$ V8 r4 [7 c5 g- u, l7 A# Q9 a
      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 u& r3 N) y/ o& ?4 z      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: G- G7 k9 c) x% M3 g$ k( c      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage/ J- A( ~+ q9 T$ h8 v
      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
; ]: r7 P8 x: g# \' K, S      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 P; [3 i! \3 u# h9 h
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires4 l: z, c: F, _7 R1 y7 r: K+ E
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 T" P$ I" ?" b
      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
: J" a8 y# H8 E. w) F! {
1 j% b" i& I' g3 ?* E0 f) b  wAllied Ships, g; b# q* c7 X% k' V
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1
% @! _( S; n6 m  I) k6 y; c7 `0 V      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
5 x4 b6 }0 E/ ~9 V& }      DD Sims* \! k9 N9 n. b9 g4 b/ b
      DD Anderson* i  t5 }% ^3 l' B8 _
      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2
( Q, E. r  V/ Z7 e      DD Dewey
! Y# G: C: L  f4 M: s      DD Worden, Shell hits 1
7 P. z9 ~( O/ [      DD Whipple, Shell hits 27 f2 C9 w; N( a. K! {, O: R" I
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Japanese ground losses:
. Y  I, T% n$ U( O" [      3411 casualties reported9 \' `, T. f0 @8 q( w
         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
2 e) c# F4 s8 y3 w4 c         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled" v6 n! z+ H. @. k4 A0 }
         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled0 G- ]5 L$ n! j3 @( R# x) ~
      Guns lost 47 (12 destroyed, 35 disabled)

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+ t5 p- N5 X( Y5 r. y4 AMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud2 F& c- ~( G  o+ F+ {' y% s, p% _

! \, x; u5 \! JRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.% C* [4 X  V) O
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes7 O* ?- x0 H/ j# o5 h8 a

% a" p, F9 x2 A0 h; H( n) x3 hAllied aircraft
+ \9 ]3 s) S$ N1 N" x0 }      Wirraway x 6' P2 ?% d8 I4 z9 ^
      P-40E Warhawk x 4
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No Allied losses# r6 U7 H6 Q/ X. j" m& ?8 z1 c
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Japanese Ships* g2 h! C" S3 m/ `. I$ t% O
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 e/ f# [! M( w& g  S2 d5 t% \* Y% b
      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk1 Q  D; s6 `( z+ |
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Japanese ground losses:/ {5 s$ y% v( |# ^* g, A9 L. L9 p& Z
      131 casualties reported5 |) g7 [: [; |2 `5 N9 x
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
5 l! l4 P! S  i         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 J: B' A* E+ o# ?3 P         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! l5 z% b0 M: Q6 \1 R
      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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: q- q+ @+ m& LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130  M2 A0 c5 t* r2 E

# M5 w' m$ U  E8 @Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 V4 u$ i" f% ]: m4 [
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Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.3 c  J- C7 ?0 X- i5 n
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes& N& ~0 ^! ?0 A! Z

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Allied aircraft
) `+ \; T5 X2 ~& A, q      TBD-1 Devastator x 2) q/ P6 ^$ R6 w( k- ^/ S

  y. L/ _* f- `" p0 n  VNo Allied losses7 L6 l1 y  b0 F' x& Y2 V# _+ n

+ t' P( [/ p0 Z' [  v. ^Japanese Ships
) @3 c9 ^  t2 _      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
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Japanese ground losses:
- z) _/ v4 U# V      188 casualties reported
& |8 n3 B3 N" n( M4 z- _         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
' \2 e1 [! |  ]# A         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
  E" ^0 L  L( |% w1 K         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ R4 h6 L* u/ K; |
      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)/ h( o6 k% ^, a- E
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 z* p5 s- f) m( N+ T
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft. [, `5 \$ x& z, H7 K. C
      A6M2 Zero x 17! I- g0 r' f% W& k
      G4M1 Betty x 25
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- B; f9 P- E$ J% ], _! DAllied aircraft
7 p: f$ R6 V' f1 I! k! X      P-40E Warhawk x 3. Q2 u7 `( y) S. w+ q
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
* a3 G6 j$ C, t  y" b" V3 B: Y7 U, l7 B; e, S
Japanese aircraft losses' e) Z; e8 Y* f' f
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged6 ~& g0 i/ ~* {" U

$ g4 L# u* H. c5 _- V0 v# i" |Allied aircraft losses
1 V  _  F7 ?0 M. N% ]: M& k' ~      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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% I# h; I# G5 EAllied Ships! m( B. Z  Z1 ^/ m% R' r$ K, k6 c
      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage