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。 
( N, T* l- E1 n' t; Y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, 
. I5 O- k4 \5 ]# k: a# ]AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44  
/ ~* i5 Q/ i% i5 F: V  e* C/ c1 jMorning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160/ Y- q7 U5 P8 {/ f3 m% S 
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Weather in hex: Overcast 
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  e* B+ N3 P% U$ S2 P$ yRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. 
( D! c( ]; p2 K4 W, E" `" S- SEstimated time to target is 40 minutes- T! J+ O3 M, d" e/ b9 b  C 
 
, N" q# Y3 g! q0 ]+ U. QJapanese aircraft. J  p8 }+ o2 G/ G2 H 
      A6M5 Zero x 147 
7 q' q. ]8 p3 _- f; ]+ v6 h+ A- `      B6N2a Jill x 1768 q1 L4 _4 U& ^* \( [ 
      D4Y3 Judy x 243 i) a" m$ ]' L5 g$ S" z4 q 
      D4Y4 Judy x 1430 z' U. ~' v4 k3 _3 P+ y! N' A5 |* ` 
 
0 g1 h# ~7 L7 D1 yAllied aircraft; g% T9 n& i4 T+ P: ~ 
      F6F-3 Hellcat x 447- b) W, q, m" Q# s 
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Japanese aircraft losses 
3 i: A0 k8 Q; X      A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed 
4 `3 ~5 b2 V. v- Z' h      B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged 
4 A! `9 j$ }4 ?. C4 S      D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged 
. ~4 ~, [/ l, t9 @% y" n7 R( o6 I      D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak1 r) Z7 B. a/ ] 
      D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged" `& H. N  c/ T; `9 O% R5 E 
 
0 j$ k' R1 d8 ~7 }" C4 N6 EAllied aircraft losses 
6 P' R3 d# v/ o+ h      F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed 
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Allied Ships& N: e7 W6 A! h( }) N 
      CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' W2 \* e5 ]* e' \) L0 M: K 
      CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk 
9 w! q- B7 L' P/ p      CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk% ~: i! I* h& m% k 
      CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' Y- |  b$ j1 e  }6 { 
      LST-34  M" R6 V+ p. e) r8 }( Q 
      CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage 
1 d3 l- p  e. C; `9 u      CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 {1 q7 d; r, N' l- U. V. s 
      CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 G- p# t& O7 d- p& f0 D2 z. o, T' I 
      CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 N( }4 z) V8 t1 e/ P 
      CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage! J2 ^* F+ \6 t. p 
      LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk4 k- Y& ?0 e6 d8 R: S3 Z) l% h 
      DE Levy, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage 
( R7 ~- m& I8 H' j; y      DE Waterman 
* i2 R! a3 z% o: a0 M      DD Callaghan; ~, k, j0 N( Q5 N5 A- J 
      DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage 
) j; E% P% f. d$ @4 f      DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 
. {3 j0 {9 e; I; L6 u! L% }4 j      DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 
. H$ B  E' {" V( s0 a4 r0 l      DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 k" N- p4 d& A( I5 @ 
      DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1,  on fire2 ?( f6 }! |8 B) r9 _, K  w 
      LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk3 j$ {* n& Y# W' @9 ~4 k; \4 O 
      LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires$ {1 u" x8 j2 k 
      DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, ]5 R/ i* H8 M; E4 X  \. _# w" } 
      DE Stadtfeld+ S" V  b4 L" _8 | 
      DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk 
+ f- S8 j$ N5 z2 u      DE James E. Craig4 |- |+ z+ O. N( ]9 V 
      LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk' |) E; `* K' a; G/ p6 m 
      LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk 
$ z" D: ^8 t6 W$ L5 k# t      DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires 
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Allied ground losses: 
3 O% d7 f6 o2 T! g' t      210 casualties reported- u$ B- a: D" y4 h3 A 
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 c" n2 I4 I7 J% @ 
         Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled 
3 ~6 O1 r0 p+ e! I; n, j         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 
1 ?, ]6 u9 m& @7 O% v; p. D      Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)4 ]8 `1 T; k/ F3 k( B! O 
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.) z  }* G8 |( ^1 c( W3 F 
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes  {/ }1 E2 V) m0 @) A" ?+ O 
 
! }- X8 X0 ?$ |) ~) s& wJapanese aircraft1 t* M. \$ _# r; d* Z& k 
      A6M5 Zero x 92 
* b3 a" A6 K2 e) N- N      N1K1-J George x 26- R0 u( Y3 W9 G7 ?) |# f; \! n9 V% D 
      N1K2-J George x 251 
# O- ~* b' D( n7 `; m2 X/ x      Ki-84r Frank x 1484 i9 X2 Z9 @' G* \0 T 
 
: K9 B. ?, D8 Y0 o" T2 S7 ZAllied aircraft 
; K5 M( w# v3 D( j  `. \/ I" Y; B      F6F-3 Hellcat x 76. U3 Y: D1 U  T* r* y: Y: P 
      TBF-1 Avenger x 30 
+ s- c- Y+ Y8 f      TBM-1C Avenger x 23' k) l1 j; g! L( k' ]! x% j8 h 
 
- ]; J% I9 T% LJapanese aircraft losses 
* c# S0 S( H& w% p( A, V. L: @      N1K1-J George: 1 damaged 
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Allied aircraft losses 
$ c6 G4 Y5 |2 ?1 t* U& g' Z  ~      F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed% ~  k6 F- i- G+ l; o& x7 g% o( ? 
      TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed 
9 e3 n/ s$ Q2 C6 \$ p      TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged 
7 O7 T! A) O) }: R: Y2 w6 L      TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak* ?, e, v. I. I3 s! X: I2 H 
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Japanese Ships$ i0 I7 [( q/ r  M$ ^ 
      CVL Chitose0 ^2 [( @8 U! \* @6 Z 
 
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* S: J" |; d9 @7 z9 y* jRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. 
9 h7 ]* B) u0 [7 R7 dEstimated time to target is 32 minutes 
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: t* b8 F$ C) G, F5 c, }# i1 zJapanese aircraft8 g" ]: L) [. f8 d) f! W6 S* r 
      A6M5 Zero x 77 
, h. M: z2 ?, s6 w9 l+ `      N1K1-J George x 26 
7 }2 w6 `  m; h7 j8 O* h7 L- t      N1K2-J George x 195 
+ D+ c; q  H/ Z& c9 P3 S! a      Ki-84r Frank x 127 
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Allied aircraft 
9 U1 D8 F6 ^/ _3 _9 S! K      TBM-1C Avenger x 7 
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      TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed 
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. 
7 v  U5 m! Z2 X% g6 qEstimated time to target is 7 minutes 
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Japanese aircraft( d' ^2 c# A3 w* d$ O" w" H 
      A6M5 Zero x 693 Z7 l/ T- U: [0 l* m- @4 k 
      N1K1-J George x 26 
% }8 W9 m. N% i) Q$ G2 p. T" Z$ {      N1K2-J George x 127+ @" z3 a' E& j" X2 X  @! z 
      Ki-84r Frank x 91, x, u* Z, e5 ` 
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      SBD-5 Dauntless x 344 q% ~# W7 }3 ?* v2 U; U0 ]5 ] 
 
3 H. }" o+ L; X* A- m$ b; YNo Japanese losses 
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Allied aircraft losses 
5 d  }9 K& k( w2 U. q$ I      SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed 
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Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. 
6 i9 J" I3 Q$ m+ p% ^Estimated time to target is 10 minutes* K% z, ?3 k% U6 S0 h 
 
+ R& ]( a9 u( HJapanese aircraft 
  J) G) k, }  G- \9 f      A6M5 Zero x 64# j; `4 ^. \% ^ 
      N1K1-J George x 260 E+ b5 a' Y* E3 Y$ ~' Q2 m5 o 
      N1K2-J George x 95 
& ~8 ?9 B/ j( G      Ki-84r Frank x 72 
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Allied aircraft 
' W! C& f$ _+ u/ T      TBF-1 Avenger x 15. j5 z8 z" \) h" Y& i7 P9 k 
 
: S( Z% F2 _) Y7 Y7 T& f7 ]No Japanese losses- u: Z/ e3 v2 E0 Y  y4 F/ |+ U 
0 `; Z0 x# G% Z. K- Y 
Allied aircraft losses 
8 Z% T* ]6 b6 |5 \. ~      TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed 
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2 ?2 D" w' w/ F4 j1 M/ f# j  ?Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. 
; _+ O; C5 x5 T, D8 J7 NEstimated time to target is 11 minutes 
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Japanese aircraft  y, p. K/ R" j 
      A6M5 Zero x 57 
  A! y) ?4 [( m# e+ A      N1K1-J George x 26. b6 P6 q1 k5 x. c3 p 
      N1K2-J George x 76 
' ~6 V% U8 Y: V  k; @  `* }      Ki-84r Frank x 62 
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9 g7 Q( p: n( S* A8 k9 Z! |7 ?) pAllied aircraft8 [! _! U4 g3 ~" A) ?4 j 
      TBF-1 Avenger x 8' T  t  r% P, ]3 n6 I0 x/ r! Q 
 
: N9 K) W0 k+ v6 ?9 bNo Japanese losses) h: L- e* {# j1 M4 t! T 
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Allied aircraft losses. l+ T$ T% [$ B# R0 u- t 
      TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed) I# d# G3 z7 X& k  J+ m4 l 
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160 
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: M1 k2 T" `5 h' i1 gWeather in hex: Heavy rain, S6 o! B, e- g, U* E4 L) \/ i9 J 
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Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.% J4 N" y6 v* } 
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes 
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Japanese aircraft# w( O% m6 _* V& o* I 
      A6M5 Zero x 151- C  D9 W% t5 q- M 
      B6N2a Jill x 84' o6 Q$ z2 s5 Q 
 
1 b2 A/ W& l+ T' `# TAllied aircraft 
1 H5 m: N3 M$ s5 I! N3 P      F6F-3 Hellcat x 3328 @$ ~0 X' R7 K$ @ 
 
, _1 h5 R$ P3 {! F" BJapanese aircraft losses 
/ [, h3 i) ?: G- }' c      A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed3 b6 W+ g+ g: F# e# N. A( J 
      B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged 
, [$ t. K3 T% g* B2 H$ D6 w- r      B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak  T! M9 @$ N, ~; b9 D$ l, G2 n4 m 
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Allied aircraft losses5 s4 ~) f* c$ H/ [' A( [ 
      F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed+ N( _, ?3 x1 A 
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Allied Ships0 q5 s7 Z$ ^0 O: i3 j9 T 
      CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1 
- F+ [* S: L+ M, Y  ]- E      CVL Belleau Wood 
- r6 {. t7 @0 G8 \+ T8 o0 |      CV Yorktown II 
6 C7 u9 P, W0 M. J! p" Q2 @      CV Bunker Hill 
' v% D7 y, Y$ E2 d6 P4 |  ~. E      DD Kimberly! a; [4 m8 l5 ^, m: X: ? 
      CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1 
; G8 |8 E: W- m5 S; C* [      CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1 
: B; p8 x. [# n! m      CVL Independence& n2 q5 U: W% V6 b; X 
      CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage5 ]. F# T6 L5 d 
      CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1 
3 G4 r( t# N0 r7 q      CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2 
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+ p/ T/ Y- N7 O, t, E$ V! {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。- {, @6 \9 e! A' c! | 
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