大脸猫

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- @" U) e+ n3 `! l7 `# u) ?' M  B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
' u6 ], h& ?* \  f: f5 B! I9 C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6 O3 a' D2 j) G/ @
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& y' F5 ^* |5 GAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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, ~2 ?# j  w# P$ \- q/ U; uTF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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9 W9 a$ G$ T) m; L: {6 d; {Japanese ground losses:
5 M8 j( s1 V# N6 t5 n  ]      160 casualties reported
# f: o7 {2 p- q5 i         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled* I  D+ E. j7 H+ f
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" P, @) b5 q9 }3 ~- L0 s% n
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
- A. `- Q1 o9 g0 _& O, I      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
& ~' g$ l2 C% K  X" q* p4 D  ACV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; o6 U% \% V4 Q5 L( r
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$ h: P' n, g# r# Q/ l7 N
CV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援
* c& P2 K1 X  UCV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
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  P8 T# m: M! ?% c; M于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开- o% j+ }" r. }# w4 T
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
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夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火2 j2 s2 H. q. V3 j) d9 o5 j+ i
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards, U7 }2 P3 Q: |! T
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Japanese Ships9 {5 |. [: {+ b& p( v4 X& E; p2 ?
      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage0 Q# k" |+ w5 C
      CA Kinugasa
1 O1 k$ K! `4 D3 m$ J, f3 Y. y; S' _      CA Furutaka
- \4 w/ F0 o+ U% O; Q- {9 t      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire
! J* v6 M. U4 J2 U/ X$ }      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire" s3 P1 b" {7 U2 u% s
      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires
! d0 O) y* ]/ u' T; t      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire
  m+ N4 a' y" x0 Q0 S      DD Mutsuki
5 n0 F6 \, p. w* N0 g; B( I      DD Yayoi( F$ a3 p0 t# a2 w5 W" m& [8 K

9 B6 h1 f- b+ ?4 T/ }8 M9 G- aAllied Ships( U) j: x, z! n, z! U; o. @! F
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
% M9 O; Z* ^/ Y7 ^7 l3 d      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2
" X3 f; a, t3 X( ~7 R; `6 x9 L      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire
6 ?9 Z, A( U& J, x! @3 P      CL Hobart, Shell hits 37 C. O4 O  o/ P  L9 P, W
      DD Sims" a- i$ ]2 E$ k9 c8 K
      DD Dewey# D* ^5 W+ G7 s; L- ]2 _: L
      DD Worden
( Q2 R$ Z+ @3 d. Q( T& f% J7 D      DD Aylwin
+ l. i. R/ T7 P! A      DD Whipple# r: t9 w- b+ H9 ~6 I" ?
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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: G2 ]8 C1 W. m' E
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,1334 B& H3 I5 Q! s3 G) \" y
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Japanese Ships1 ]+ b; [6 j3 l" E
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
3 z8 I5 V- \6 O: y" V* q7 o      xAK Sinsei Maru: V+ F3 f8 _* \2 ^
      xAK Canberra Maru
" Z$ |& h( o1 P6 r; g2 G      E Asanagi  a5 n$ Q% [- J6 q; w
      E Oite1 Y5 K$ r7 f; n
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Allied Ships" ^" H5 k  o4 z6 ]
      SS S-44
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9 B# ~3 `+ g& ]0 x8 l' J4 aJapanese ground losses:
7 H, R+ d2 ]- |9 g* H      9 casualties reported# n0 J5 O) [3 C
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
' K1 X! Q* H; E' D, L. Y         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
) w8 H$ S$ G$ D$ A         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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, d, e0 z6 z( OSubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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' p, {# j: c5 `4 Q/ m" DJapanese Ships
1 x4 B6 R& F  d& L, A      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage) y4 |/ h. O6 W
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Allied Ships" `& B! U$ a; K8 A. ~9 S: B+ h" f
      SS S-44# i& j7 s/ ?$ M6 @0 h3 c
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Japanese ground losses:" A, a0 B. c' q: ]8 H+ k- Y
      36 casualties reported- p& L9 c1 u. h$ B. q
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled' a  y/ {. C2 [1 n9 s; y7 D
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled5 ^% l/ G' I: P! [& R
         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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4 \5 g; I7 k) c! |8 d; M. IDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards
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: V  _, K+ \5 b6 e% t$ _8 K1 M9 qJapanese Ships) v6 x' x8 f& @7 }& W5 O
      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 3
/ P; }! U+ }0 B2 J      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire. Y" s) R; p" w/ I; y: c. {
      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire7 ]+ [( j2 k4 C4 F. ^  i
      CL Tenryu
- w+ C3 l- \9 ?; W4 Q2 b8 K6 m      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires+ @; Q$ M' G& x1 D. Y
      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage! z* c& k6 p% T" t' T

5 L$ r. U6 w6 cAllied Ships& Y6 O2 ?0 Q6 S' [2 l
      CA Chester, Shell hits 3
8 }, n% E- {6 W: t9 E' I      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage
  _6 J! K7 \% F" ^8 j7 N. x      CA Astoria, Shell hits 37 z% W3 j9 r; y! {: m/ y
      DD Anderson
. P' S3 U& M& b# t9 h      DD Morris, Shell hits 2. u: O* s5 a/ \5 N
      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
9 u! @" c2 r3 i* P: Y: b重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创
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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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3 q7 w( i/ u5 ]4 q1 ~0 _Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
+ k; Z& c# d1 n+ S5 P2 D+ NEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
+ B8 |1 d. a6 ?6 f# _1 g      A6M2 Zero x 4
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( ~$ ~2 U- M) W( nAllied aircraft1 \8 [4 ?6 j4 y  r) d
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16+ g9 o. z+ H& k7 }" }6 d1 {
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2$ O# Z* v3 A- b" c/ l' Z6 p

3 E' u. P: e% Z4 b" B/ a. z& [1 z$ zNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses7 ]+ ~3 @8 Y, [1 o" R- P8 X
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
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: k  E( i9 Z, B4 i4 ?1 S/ |5 z( VJapanese Ships
2 L6 W* m. n% c! H& }# L  s      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires
: Q5 K" Q$ M# x7 v4 P      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
8 v2 E( R! q; ]7 T0 i, A7 B      CA Furutaka,  on fire3 O: t" M" w* Y, S* r4 f3 V: i* K
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% C- R& O2 C8 }. p5 g/ E2 w) {Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.! M7 K  l; p% B( \5 N
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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6 [9 _8 ~  l5 R! eJapanese aircraft  t1 T1 g5 c9 g5 x5 x, g
      A6M2 Zero x 19/ t: d1 D0 c6 @# V. Y: e

% X# X* C. t; B/ V2 d, M& iAllied aircraft
% i: {. u$ f' r, M/ p  `      P-40E Warhawk x 1
- ~5 m/ g) Q7 n# [5 `, t      SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
, i3 T6 V7 J- w0 ~# h% z      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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+ F2 ?8 N/ y4 X+ z9 l, P9 q) xNo Japanese losses. A) |$ ^, g+ A" d

3 J& K+ z  C: }6 V* o6 ~Allied aircraft losses
' X* M  F- a6 S5 D      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
/ v8 ~9 I7 N5 L0 N2 t      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
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Japanese Ships* F  I0 v6 @9 ~( }
      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
/ k2 x8 |3 ^2 b' K      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire, `- j3 U" E  W3 k5 P8 N

4 \! C* `: j3 U( Y- f8 J6 y; t- `6 C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6 ?/ W* u& J# N; u2 r' F
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130& Q% F! l) F; |
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." ~3 P/ {' v  D& p
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft9 |* X! M& h+ @1 v
      A6M2 Zero x 267 O; a6 j5 d% I( h0 O
      B5N1 Kate x 3
0 E/ p# A) A# D      B5N2 Kate x 12
: Q# L9 w9 f' Q7 G% l: d' d      D3A1 Val x 295 |3 T5 t) L, B: o. D- x

" l- ?+ T) u/ w" c/ O; r& Z2 [Allied aircraft
. R( K! r& X. i/ F      P-40E Warhawk x 19
. O1 t% N. h9 d      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6- ?5 H) m" N7 q' d

, Y* W4 M$ H$ y2 E6 s/ B% lJapanese aircraft losses
- Z( ~" ]& o2 D" ^) }' ]3 r3 o      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed7 Q; ^5 d( ^" g) \' g% n) ?8 Z( _
      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged
! e! a7 h8 k: v# u" `4 s      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
* ~; e+ @. {5 F7 K) H2 K& _      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged
4 I9 F5 P$ U- q+ A4 [8 E* f      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak8 d$ m$ a$ p$ m4 L% X% o
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No Allied losses2 l0 l( Q/ c3 e$ t4 [) I# s' w
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Allied Ships8 E: I# L& d, p5 K0 \: N7 r; D
      CA Australia
7 \% _& E7 J$ F# a1 Q      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire3 X* `) a6 t' h. `$ Z. y) [! I; f
      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage- I( U9 w+ ?" E* \) N) A4 }
      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire6 I% O4 A$ [  C5 p' y( f( N& V
      DD Worden
! K  O' e, l4 z) r5 s      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
4 K2 G! g6 R; \* d/ V& E( O大战结束后，双方都在调整部署
9 n9 ?( p9 V& J- S& r3 }6 F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
6 }' w1 Q$ J9 N; n( `6 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4 N7 S8 X" B, d0 V
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; \& j# C' q9 S$ R. r+ X
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Submarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,1335 o3 U" N0 m- H
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Japanese Ships8 o8 q! ]- Z$ y! y& l# S7 R' i2 p
      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage- c! Y( F% C, W; Z

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" ~$ N2 X# c4 g1 @" i0 }. J" Q4 U      SS S-47
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* P6 Q9 b; l! M8 pAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud+ n6 A) @7 @4 y* d& z9 h9 l# y# T% W

# k4 A8 r* m$ [% x. fRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
& i0 _) S& L9 FEstimated time to target is 15 minutes& Y/ h/ V1 K9 @% t+ Q% d
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Japanese aircraft
: @* b8 X4 C+ b- j" e! h      A6M2 Zero x 23
: s7 K5 E, t/ }5 Y1 W" K2 J      B5N1 Kate x 2) ~0 E: q6 e$ T4 p( |& I+ b& }4 F
      B5N2 Kate x 12
8 I* R8 r+ O7 g/ k0 e/ d      D3A1 Val x 12
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Allied aircraft; s9 T) M7 n) V! B
      P-40E Warhawk x 10
9 V+ _, c4 `, Q      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
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Japanese aircraft losses
& X/ [# Q) E9 H9 r; p      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed* p5 R4 U, h! Y
      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
; {3 ]7 |2 y! \4 M, b1 c: N/ O0 Z      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
- v8 X" c, N, \6 W' f( v      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed) Q9 L% y5 ~8 Q  Y0 s: f- H2 C: B
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses+ V8 z7 o4 {# p; [* x* q: d& }
      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged$ ^" T' D0 j3 H2 |
      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
8 c- {' A% s; S' a; a      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged5 T2 A( Y; A) W2 W8 i
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
0 F5 d4 g7 G1 I1 ~9 _      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground( D" |; g4 P) w3 t* S
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
3 o0 K% m+ ?# |8 F" w) e( b      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground5 s/ g. X  b1 r) E1 [

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Allied ground losses:3 _, m( L1 S0 A# `" G4 R* q: s* y
      4 casualties reported" A+ r& u! h0 Q4 L- c/ ~# C
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
# d1 b6 H+ @' r" U( d5 t( x/ L. I- _         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  T2 D# Y4 V  j: n$ B( T         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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: m2 T6 X4 G, Y/ V% hAirbase hits 1
( l& Y1 b4 H6 L2 |Airbase supply hits 2
+ X# y6 M/ r3 e; X9 O6 r0 o' T& ]/ pRunway 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, 42
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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. Y$ N/ w9 P) b3 S/ J! Y
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  t2 n' L6 p6 SNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards* N5 c  B8 s5 M; C  r9 o" }5 A

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      CM Tsugaru3 Q' Y5 z, I# y( A" [
      DD Yayoi5 a- D  ~+ f" `0 j
      E Oite
% H- F. f6 Z. R4 }; f3 ^      E Asanagi$ H; o% z  f( p4 b& `) o
      DMS W.20
- O* H* D6 X3 o  r' Q( [8 G+ E; v      xAKL Hagoromo Maru+ h1 P7 X$ ^5 F9 u  k" R
      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2
( S8 ^; k  {7 e9 l      xAK Canberra Maru
7 P6 g. I( m" N, E- x% u; j      xAK Kansai Maru# y: D% E+ b* [$ f& E; v
      xAK Kagu Maru
% O! }1 e; O$ M- I      xAK Asakaze Maru
$ i4 _5 @2 h9 \! }. T" k' l3 d      xAK Sinsei Maru" l0 V5 `6 @" g8 H5 U5 D
      xAK Ikushima Maru
4 f; [2 _" M- M3 _, \1 I  @      xAK Kasuga Maru #2
' E$ ^( x, G5 L* d& X9 n/ S. X      xAK Aso Maru' {, [8 l7 M& z3 Y

8 Q+ [% ?; v7 iAllied Ships7 Z+ |9 ]+ X. g
      CA Chicago,  heavy damage8 u) y- l" l& L- q5 Y8 d' _

8 _) t1 X: S, \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$ J) l$ V* V$ R: g' C# M1 u
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
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0 _7 R6 H% b# V+ u+ ySubmarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,1311 j7 t2 Y( t0 n2 A- I8 I$ R

( c+ x2 V# r' D0 w& t" R" X  BJapanese Ships
0 e) }8 V" z+ B& F      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 _9 e* T( [) o2 g- t" A6 f$ m" L5 ]1 ~  k( @3 j
Allied Ships
0 @7 C7 U. n1 g5 V$ h      SS S-47
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards% c" E9 i5 \+ {" B" l& L5 F

2 n. T/ E" g4 ~$ y) p! vJapanese Ships9 c4 m) O2 ?7 D$ R
      CA Myoko( B; P* i, `3 W" P+ k# M$ X# b
      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage+ L4 \+ R& X) }9 M' ~& c8 O3 U  H
      DD Akebono2 X& a/ g8 b/ H, K0 N. k  r% N' ?
      DD Sazanami
  p! F+ l# Y6 w( E/ G      DD Ushio$ ]) Y. }9 _. n
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Allied Ships
; r1 t6 q2 ^8 y1 D: K8 P      CA Chester, Shell hits 17 i- h  Z( b8 J: w
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  i2 i1 E" ]* ~  S8 \0 l
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 43 X$ Y/ V1 E# I# L
      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire
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3 U/ d5 M. v6 t3 B6 @0 hNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards
1 O8 ~3 G6 h: P: N8 Y) T  w& V' o; o0 I
Allied aircraft
1 k4 b) ~; Q8 |* o$ l2 ]" x' i      no flights$ S- t/ Y7 Z/ y0 X1 l

, H$ X1 o9 p% A# z$ }8 K/ Y; u* qAllied aircraft losses
0 |. G) o( m$ M. }      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed
' p: F* s) M* o( Y! _# @/ x
$ S8 \, i, C6 ]5 E: c' K$ ZJapanese Ships$ {( [1 w9 [2 e% \  ~3 g" X
      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
6 l# l1 z1 W1 p+ H) L      DD Akebono, Shell hits 19 _- k9 s" z7 h! m# |2 ?
      DD Sazanami
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Allied Ships
& f( C0 Q" o. j1 u      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( O0 I5 o& N. c7 ^2 U, z* u
      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 10 q% W# t0 I# A' D( V
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2
$ Y  d& m- P, c: Z      DD Sims, Shell hits 1; m# g. S5 U& {% U- U" |
      DD Anderson
# Y0 H2 ]& Q9 v3 J1 ?$ ?! e      DD Perkins
5 t: s) j$ V, @; x      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire
0 R3 T# {$ |5 P7 }      DD Worden
& I% ~3 K  G- l      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk7 V& s9 k  N1 q2 g+ Q# O0 t( A
      DD Whipple
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1 a9 J" N' Y8 d5 O. Q8 Q1 c; W% aNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards8 _  W; i( w) ?8 R/ r' d3 A- ~: N
2 p/ a7 m' A) M9 c0 C
Japanese aircraft
# A) P  v6 u0 |3 o4 q* X- Y      no flights) m3 T5 X" h% w, @( [- x
! r! _2 {4 I% D3 S" B* L
Japanese aircraft losses0 P# X1 M. _" e+ N) ]" d" U( c
      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
5 v: [! h: d9 D. u
' b) w7 a8 X! v- f3 h! JJapanese Ships
& M. P% n0 i- C      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
* U6 v2 @1 z8 H8 N      DD Ushio
9 l8 x% Q/ I6 t& V+ o* R
2 Z1 r/ d! j. A% Z, F, E0 y3 n. TAllied Ships
+ E9 D' E: u0 e# x" A      CA Minneapolis5 n, U5 v9 E. w* G( Q
      CA Australia, Shell hits 10 F7 I7 x- v7 n
      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
+ G& v5 B  g7 A- k4 a: Q      DD Anderson
  w  m9 A. n7 L4 Z+ Y! Q1 y      DD Perkins
4 w# F" _$ O+ ?; t      DD Dewey* D% V" @. ~# s; r) N
      DD Worden
& {- |$ b% @) ]3 U      DD Whipple
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
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  I; a" w9 _; B) Y* n# g6 FJapanese Ships
1 I; k- m  z( Q5 t( Z      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk& K" B2 ~7 B6 b& u9 c4 N
7 e# W4 N7 ^' ?  }
Allied Ships, p# }, ^* A$ N2 x6 _6 b
      CA Minneapolis
6 k" q$ I0 d/ k+ O' n" R8 q$ G( `      CA Australia
& S5 R5 w' F$ L- @) L0 M9 T      DD Sims
" R6 @" L, N6 y      DD Anderson- M8 c5 f+ n( }9 l% X
      DD Perkins2 k3 G$ A: P- s/ i) `; i1 Q, M
      DD Dewey8 `0 K  Z: C9 T! u) v/ q, `
      DD Worden
' F; U9 S, K! _$ [: q/ z( o      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
1 @6 c6 K! F" ^* g$ X8 o, A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
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' `3 h: ^  e. z$ r, n2 {$ FSub attack near Townsville  at 92,1442 W; g# K' z# B# J- t1 g6 ?- i0 ~9 X) r
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Japanese Ships
: l' Q8 F+ h. @) Y7 I      SS I-27
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, l3 R9 a; {7 F6 X+ rAllied Ships
- I9 V) x5 H4 m. |      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage! Q- c4 A. r+ Y. B; X
      DD Hammann9 i" {, M5 K& c( D% Y( i
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Sub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,130
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Japanese Ships
; |! p+ H) _8 {- a      SS I-21% \4 a/ O8 t5 O5 P" s7 n; Y

- I* v$ g7 T& }0 B: JAllied Ships! ^# P2 B( X: r; Q9 ^$ e
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage8 Q2 K( p) Z3 B0 g4 i
      DD Morris
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; b0 q0 P( R" J" B. OMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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; x1 L/ J$ }5 z; ^7 }Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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" w9 \+ G# Z" b& ~' XRaid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! s; k, S, Z% a( w
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
# f6 I2 E" i: |1 W; k, d+ h7 w# O" j
Japanese aircraft5 w8 R& Z% y- o8 ~
      A6M2 Zero x 21
7 ?: u5 l5 |4 B# u  _; f) {0 k      B5N2 Kate x 11$ B- G: E. e+ L9 G/ |4 U
      D3A1 Val x 179 r8 w% u7 U% M6 T. W
9 N# f8 D* x% \  P- @. C- |: C
Allied aircraft% G  L6 w, U* J% m* [. \
      P-40E Warhawk x 8
, N) R; g, {: @5 `      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
( W& q4 R- }2 m0 V1 \; K4 j! J
; q3 e$ v& I/ K4 wJapanese aircraft losses
& x/ t/ P' q( P! ^/ [9 A1 a      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed$ ^  q+ _* M- m  `
      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
2 O- d5 O7 B1 Q# _0 s* i' R4 J      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak1 F8 G. M  n% U: o, r; m; r, L
      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged$ }+ m- Q6 z& n1 M. n
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
; {9 U6 c& P0 k, q9 p! ]* p& Q- W" G% p6 Y
Allied aircraft losses( f7 o" m; X# J' B+ s6 {
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
3 E, T3 I/ ], ^! z- l- l- R      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed  _+ A5 c) d) r0 j+ {9 \3 Q0 g
- }/ n( ]. t1 C& r
Allied Ships3 c6 Y# s1 B" x" F8 Q; k' j: R9 s
      CA Minneapolis! o7 {, Z! k' ^( W; @* j
      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage5 @: b. i! j) _* `# F
      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage
( `5 i. A% o6 v5 r$ R( v# O      DD Anderson
" ]: C  W" I: s* b, p      CA Australia
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1304 p' |# \, P3 a) D! p7 D) U

/ Y; e* b& g# @4 L& i( S1 w8 vWeather in hex: Light cloud1 V6 j, u4 ^& X3 l' S3 g9 o

2 {2 {: ]5 Z6 a1 k" C' V/ ARaid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
# e+ b% i  R3 b. P( A  sEstimated time to target is 16 minutes0 k/ i/ M2 [; t

: `# G& I! w* D: aJapanese aircraft+ V& e( Z( |" g9 P  ~
      A5M4 Claude x 4
! Z9 @: g4 Q% M" O: P. h      G3M2 Nell x 18  X6 ~7 }* g2 m# [7 A$ B
      H8K1 Emily x 10. o" I* S0 ?9 \, K) p4 N$ N/ D
6 |" z" j) I- K
Japanese aircraft losses/ \$ u, E! o3 g* V5 h
      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak: d- Z; ?7 l/ t' N6 E& A
      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged2 d  d% B, c- y4 ^! Z1 q4 G4 U
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Allied Ships
) X4 K) @, K5 m) |      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage7 R- g0 y2 S8 G& w) l
      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1: y1 s4 w) ^9 k. j1 l
      DD Whipple) N" L, B% J* h" L& M: N
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/ [0 b6 k3 r5 p" Z, Z: a( `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud- N8 x4 i0 R2 i2 C
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.3 J  e6 X! V: S
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes+ Y$ r) k2 a+ ]4 {; a" `

/ G3 A% V% B9 q, ZJapanese aircraft1 }$ F1 M3 o) Y% v0 m! e% ]
      A5M4 Claude x 4  G/ U  e3 j# e  c# @% o+ x' z! r) M1 h
      H6K4 Mavis x 6
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5 w2 }- s, J8 D; r" S, sJapanese aircraft losses
( v) _% l9 {) Z* s      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
+ G/ L; P3 E8 E& U; l- h9 r7 m. k/ _      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130" D3 V3 O' o6 ]' d! V/ Q* k) k+ |

0 T; h& ]# W2 @: Q; r& AWeather in hex: Light cloud
3 v4 K5 Y% N% y& B6 n, h/ j
6 \# h) P# e' a% @# GRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.7 R1 V! z& B6 I- Y
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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9 W$ d$ G( h0 b. UJapanese aircraft* {- w, z; J; D0 p& c
      A5M4 Claude x 4: h9 f! M6 T$ I- X: Z* C
      G4M1 Betty x 12
3 j. ?( ^, n2 D. K( y; u' J7 s$ K  E! Y$ P+ Q8 q; ?8 h. j$ `
Allied aircraft: @5 w  ^: h) d1 ?! ?
      no flights5 G' @+ s& _* f
1 d# V5 P0 X3 o- ^( e2 c# j0 A! l+ p
No Japanese losses/ `( |% g& S7 c2 T0 B
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Allied aircraft losses8 b% J) A' M3 W# h. L1 j, Z
      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed) e5 g( r' H- M' X2 i0 z( V

3 k0 n6 @3 o" z' s5 u8 z  TAllied Ships
6 n& `* R; n) K" o! K* h7 U      CL Hobart
9 \% }" t# V- G# U, F1 \, A8 p, s8 }      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- \' i' N$ r4 W% E# y7 J( Y9 l8 @3 a
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
% Q/ }9 |% n  ]# j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
% C- g& j# n9 g% t7 U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! H8 A. U) ]1 ?
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$ U' K7 W& @1 a1 Z6 l( \Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)0 v) s( Q3 A2 B& n6 x
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Weather in hex: Light cloud+ D/ x3 k6 ~$ M0 b' C8 e
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Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ }; S/ T( U7 X& v6 T
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
8 p- }- A) k* M9 y( G* ~5 u0 |5 s' |  O4 v. l4 |
Japanese aircraft
# M) e7 L5 l8 s& @/ S+ d      A5M4 Claude x 4$ }2 N: L, b5 J# t2 C8 o. q* P
      A6M2 Zero x 22$ P* x6 X& h9 s+ Z2 `
      G3M2 Nell x 17
  m. N0 j3 W  q4 B, P6 q9 ~/ V' G  l* R1 Z9 R
Allied aircraft  B' t$ S  l/ n- ~
      P-40E Warhawk x 62 ~; L! K; a8 `. ?* L& [
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
& `* Q' ]7 a  P0 r3 t! x0 t+ Q
6 `" w$ v! L/ H2 {- `Japanese aircraft losses
' @2 W9 S- X+ P4 f! {1 ^6 s( U# p1 M      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed% O7 g9 R! y# f- r+ j
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
4 X2 Z) f, Y& b* o) F! f4 u: H" Y) e: l1 |
Allied aircraft losses. Q. I$ Z  l+ R9 v2 P% B' }
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied ground losses:/ j% E. A: W' F1 g7 T8 q) M3 e
      21 casualties reported( u0 d# K+ y7 w% ]
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
; @% E* L2 {- d8 A( O; Y2 A         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled8 V" \. f: Z8 W2 `2 P4 z; S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
8 B3 |; Z# w9 i$ a: n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。。。。. j: w0 d2 {( D  U4 m5 a- @8 s. H
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' I5 G  v* N- G. c- X
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards
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/ ~$ r2 n% A0 u1 T4 K8 t$ ?3 TJapanese Ships/ p: A3 X5 B4 h. v$ Q0 P
      CA Haguro0 j2 c/ ~8 h  W# i- W
      DD Shiratsuyu% Q9 U% l$ l$ T8 z+ y
      DD Shigure
9 Z' y% A* _3 ]# W% e1 T; ?      DD Yugure
7 p7 S0 m) t7 l- v4 `      DD Ariake
# K" T* T: H4 m, b" c. ~& a      DD Akebono
4 D9 g: @( O1 O, \+ m      DD Sazanami, L, j# ?9 }1 n1 z- L; S
      DD Ushio
: c6 a% Y1 r% K4 ]. t      DD Yayoi
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Allied Ships
9 u* j* v1 E1 u0 [* O7 O      CA Australia
+ E( g, Y2 J4 [6 Z% g/ S      CL Hobart- i" F6 ?7 ^' Z& R7 [
      DD Sims
- \. E4 n5 o$ g7 |2 v      DD Anderson
9 m; c7 P2 V  q( A- w      DD Perkins" i  I* y8 |# t! U- O6 C! w6 Q+ v
      DD Dewey3 t+ w7 I' `( V8 X5 M/ F* }
      DD Worden
& r# p  f4 V- E* B5 w8 q      DD Whipple
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& T7 |. L" K/ n( d0 Y猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会
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7 N: m" T/ e# A) qDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards. ~/ M- T2 b. g9 e2 [" T; C
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Japanese aircraft7 U+ d0 j8 n2 f+ Q
      no flights% P. i9 ~9 b1 b# y

$ Z) g7 b* q/ qJapanese aircraft losses
0 Q* T5 R% Z6 E- O3 E: i      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
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Japanese Ships
" ]' ^9 k, ^8 I* x* J" O      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ W. l2 ^- H& K) t6 C! O2 f
      E Oite
+ a; @- g" c. @. l3 b8 Z/ j: r      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  D$ T) J+ w  }& g. H) Q$ P      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk2 w4 w9 X' i3 g
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
+ ~& k3 u4 x9 O' M" Z      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
/ u, G% M3 `0 w% b' C      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: C8 X; s0 t: w: W2 M$ h
      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage3 a* R( }4 [! o, `4 Z; z& Y
      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  k) R4 E' k! D      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
. F: p$ }, J8 f( ^      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
& v! x, J  C1 x. R  u- c      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires+ M' `8 ?$ i: F% w. n1 F
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% Q! f7 }+ ^; s( A* z
      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage: Y5 s6 F# t8 |2 D  |- W

4 M- n( j% I6 Z( J* OAllied Ships! x: ~8 d' H& M- i
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1; u2 |# e# @9 ~! `3 H2 R2 A
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4: Q) e9 u  R+ J) T9 D6 I% M
      DD Sims9 u  Z* D. [/ s" g8 E
      DD Anderson
  b: @8 r& S/ M# `. y; r1 N3 N/ R      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2
3 @; l* @7 r2 M, ^      DD Dewey
1 }6 F& V7 \& _! P, `      DD Worden, Shell hits 1
; Z; s. g4 m' `/ ~/ T! m2 D      DD Whipple, Shell hits 26 [) k- o9 z) F- D6 l; P

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      3411 casualties reported
0 d6 T5 U7 p6 ]) G# r         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
0 [5 }+ ?  s1 k         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled
3 \- h3 @" p  A1 ^( {7 I1 L         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ \$ k$ ^+ ^6 q! e0 R+ q0 {      Guns lost 47 (12 destroyed, 35 disabled)

kevin_hx

天亮后双方飞机互相捡漏，但是已经影响不了大局
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4 g, ?6 y, r. ~" MMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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- D3 I5 W8 `. q& q# G( @Weather in hex: Heavy cloud0 a' j# }: d& L  v( _5 K) K
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
$ r1 J7 `1 l$ I( m- {4 n! [Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft' |. J# e0 A6 C. V" ~
      Wirraway x 65 r' j) I. [. |4 @$ b% N
      P-40E Warhawk x 4- {' k# k( g# o) c" X4 C6 @

9 `$ Z$ {$ M, L2 dNo Allied losses: |5 Y5 s/ n* c0 R/ H9 y: G

! W; G4 S2 n+ J  M* o# WJapanese Ships* Q' ^( ^2 ]# U
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage; |) Y* G6 I8 h9 B6 W. T8 e1 {
      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk
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9 q, U7 ^8 j/ w1 `( q1 UJapanese ground losses:
, w$ s* k4 Z$ Y$ ^) b      131 casualties reported
# u1 V# b' G& _4 J3 u3 S4 _         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
1 Y- F- [4 K( `  @0 j/ J         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 v' ?) N9 `! t5 e6 [3 I9 [         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 u7 ^3 l, c) F/ D! f5 t8 F& G      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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6 T" ]5 }, y8 e) H. sRaid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.# V  y2 E+ w: T1 T8 P% p" r  |
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes' T5 M" @! x3 D$ t' i" {
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5 H, j( l- O  c4 X1 g& PAllied aircraft
7 @5 x/ _$ `3 S& P( ^* H) T0 [: b      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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/ Y6 l9 Q+ w0 Y( Z3 n+ d# SNo Allied losses% d6 J* j) \+ ^5 o0 i: k$ }
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Japanese Ships+ S& v) V" }! H& Q
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage* L4 ^( j! Q! h0 B# V1 |8 I+ H

" V( f6 O' S9 A: j6 kJapanese ground losses:1 f7 o/ o  @; b: I# `
      188 casualties reported
9 G3 n8 M7 |- W         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled" l8 N; F6 ^& ?7 @. B. u
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
% K# k" ~. L/ m4 A, V/ d, G9 S2 S         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% f; b2 |8 T( X, k/ Z      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)4 f' y1 M' U9 L9 }6 @+ z
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8 m- {1 i5 F' t3 o9 ~+ X* ]Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 r0 b. ^1 ^$ ~' t% A1 \Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 p& ?# a' e# C' SEstimated time to target is 8 minutes4 B% t( H4 {& I' x: {. s8 u- h" ?, M
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Japanese aircraft) s5 ^/ |" ]- C  {
      A6M2 Zero x 17
5 I- A, L9 \, G      G4M1 Betty x 25
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; W6 L/ ~' E; f3 h5 GAllied aircraft" `" ]8 \0 k6 N( {+ k' T( i
      P-40E Warhawk x 3; E8 I; d5 H+ F7 i' W3 h
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
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Japanese aircraft losses
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  h: _% ^' {  |; i' q; SAllied aircraft losses  P  A9 O$ q  T- m
      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
! B0 O% }1 S+ d9 C* S0 o4 [      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage