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。& U1 I* f; c0 k% x" i: X' |6 u
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,$ ?! \5 G8 `5 U+ |
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 28, 44 5 a; X1 Q4 k, u, x- }4 q2 ]" p
Morning Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160& O3 Q$ a. X/ B5 z3 ^$ Y4 [4 z
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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0 O3 n% K0 R* l9 f& Z- yRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.9 E3 J' [0 c- D
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes' v8 G( [# {4 ~+ B5 P& W5 n! @3 J
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Japanese aircraft, M. Z5 d$ o, ?4 E. l
A6M5 Zero x 147! ~: [" l/ F! y# I/ b$ Y1 ^
B6N2a Jill x 176
/ L& v% {# H9 M+ r' S- t" _ D4Y3 Judy x 24
% [8 ~) R: M* s" E! g# W D4Y4 Judy x 143
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5 M" K% J* O! Y; PAllied aircraft
* h. j4 J4 n+ f. R9 G F6F-3 Hellcat x 447
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( r( y2 P1 @0 y+ y. HJapanese aircraft losses
, G$ y7 p, T, B6 o. s A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed0 O; E# i% R9 n
B6N2a Jill: 28 destroyed, 21 damaged
, B& ~; Q3 o9 [9 {# ]7 W. J; s D4Y3 Judy: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
) A5 j9 h5 f9 l% B D4Y3 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
8 s! C% M- L, z, V2 U D4Y4 Judy: 20 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses5 o3 u; k2 H. Y6 ]9 E( O$ Q7 C
F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed
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Allied Ships
0 Y3 r# M4 H! G! O/ P CVE Gambier Bay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 {+ U6 r4 I, ]& _( ]
CVE Wake Island, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk4 ]# K& O2 d3 Y7 q$ t7 q
CVE Kadashan Bay, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 F! L% D+ F) C, f
CVE St. Lo, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# @4 c2 h+ v& I8 P LST-34
9 J: \" `, c% s5 F. u# }: A' Z: P; X CVE Kalinin Bay, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage# F7 ?, ?& ^- _- X
CVE Hoggatt Bay, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 T% Z! y8 w% l( l6 A CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! N& R4 X9 G; Q CVE Kitkun Bay, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk7 o4 g% g5 n! d$ h+ u* I: g8 @
CLAA Prince Robert, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage9 g @- b' g8 n+ H9 D
LCI-524, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk* t- L0 e9 n5 b7 e
DE Levy, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( y# @3 I: D k K2 }# V
DE Waterman' C- H7 X' N. {# l6 t
DD Callaghan
# Q1 T3 ?( ?7 p& H9 V! c( O DE Brackett, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage. U: i0 y3 z0 @0 H d& ^
DE Wyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 v8 Z' h" j% V1 c" N2 ]! @3 x/ l& Q DE Bangust, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# A& Q, D2 D6 e+ K; ?. ~" @* R* U
DE Whitehurst, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
7 l1 ^* x) T$ o3 v5 K DE Tisdale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
; n2 P F' S7 y LCI-527, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
5 {. u. U' J) E& `, ^: a0 X LSD Ashland, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires# Y2 Z4 _% P' x7 \' a
DE Foreman, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
- }$ Q) R \5 B) G, g7 h DE Stadtfeld
0 D5 \+ O' X! L/ f DE Neuendorf, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- L: P6 V( A4 b" E+ {% a9 ~! }
DE James E. Craig
' L& B( w, O% Y LCI-64, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
/ r' `2 C* o, K' p* x LST-335, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
+ E- d* G- V9 [+ C2 R DD Dyson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
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Allied ground losses:
4 Y( m( c. f2 }! \4 o 210 casualties reported
2 q' P H" U1 G, S6 U: a4 \ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
* g. n" `" ]9 D+ C Q Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 13 disabled
, Z8 t4 ^8 F4 U Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 h2 B' u4 N6 V8 Z. z3 q: ] Vehicles lost 42 (34 destroyed, 8 disabled)
* T# I+ u/ W; RRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.3 h; W- ~4 d _/ E$ Q$ Q! \* J# L# r
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
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/ J, d. I& E- K1 r/ |Japanese aircraft
/ e2 A3 Y3 W3 p* Y: T A6M5 Zero x 92
7 q5 G) a, x+ K; a; o N1K1-J George x 26& U; N: F- Z5 t7 C1 j
N1K2-J George x 251
: h/ q8 O: f. I- Y Ki-84r Frank x 1480 w/ `7 |; ?) q5 |* V
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2 X( L0 N: j6 ], X( p3 }* M5 q F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
/ S/ I) l5 |3 V TBF-1 Avenger x 30( F: e" h9 d5 m% X3 f
TBM-1C Avenger x 235 |2 r; C4 l. y, e9 m1 X: G
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Japanese aircraft losses9 r9 J2 O( z2 \0 d
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
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( ?" ^2 t4 W: C& U F6F-3 Hellcat: 32 destroyed$ p# m2 r6 i4 t+ ]
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed) i- j/ W' D8 S! {& @+ ^5 d
TBM-1C Avenger: 13 destroyed, 1 damaged
5 U, Z. G" _5 W# A' ] TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak1 {8 V; _, ~; l6 l+ u# D7 @
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Japanese Ships
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2 ~& t: q6 W4 Z+ QRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.( t5 P4 I8 ?% v5 P+ q. @- l3 q: R
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes; _& }" d0 I" q1 c8 Y& m
Y+ \9 r0 j& U+ H9 X2 j1 AJapanese aircraft# {- v' o$ z7 h2 O1 e- r
A6M5 Zero x 771 B8 K) x* K3 ?
N1K1-J George x 26
0 B" A8 b3 E8 H. O. ~+ t N1K2-J George x 195
% k3 B8 }+ @; D- B3 [8 v( X Ki-84r Frank x 1273 z7 ]- F q1 x, ^8 C0 \4 c
9 D% Y9 ^, j5 O" ~, m9 k u' [Allied aircraft7 |9 L2 M+ n8 A! m q
TBM-1C Avenger x 7
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c0 @" A2 I% M6 @3 S. lNo Japanese losses8 m. D; i) E& @" E
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Allied aircraft losses# g9 e: y& o9 O1 v/ Z
TBM-1C Avenger: 5 destroyed' B6 V$ Q/ X5 x& I! N2 I' t& G# W3 p
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
9 S( \/ c S' ~+ j2 H& BEstimated time to target is 7 minutes( W( n. z5 k2 q. n {
* T" l1 F+ B6 d0 c3 t" sJapanese aircraft8 E$ R9 x7 R) D' o! c7 @
A6M5 Zero x 69
" n L( p8 F8 ?3 X- R N1K1-J George x 26. O7 E2 g: _7 j9 k G4 y
N1K2-J George x 127
8 Z' Z y J' \7 d% A Ki-84r Frank x 91/ U2 p2 d5 C& c; l S/ h, W% V
5 m( }4 v; e4 d: wAllied aircraft
* k8 O( T( {# `9 G; ~# J SBD-5 Dauntless x 345 w9 I) K5 ?6 K
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
) K& l& l& n) v/ }' V1 q SBD-5 Dauntless: 17 destroyed
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2 u- C' G, T: f+ x! B) y9 sRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.4 y1 h! R" @7 P: H2 C5 S1 [" i! a6 s; z
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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6 ~2 P+ H9 T% `Japanese aircraft8 e& p2 Z8 f( I# m' Q, b2 E
A6M5 Zero x 645 ^, G: W) y- Q, e$ x' x
N1K1-J George x 268 c' u3 p1 ~% R
N1K2-J George x 95
3 G9 ^& e( \& w; @# o7 S% s Ki-84r Frank x 721 w$ N! Y* R1 ?2 [
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TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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* K H' i* |) D, o) D6 P1 lNo Japanese losses, z9 i$ k9 V u
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TBF-1 Avenger: 10 destroyed+ X$ H: ^% Y9 o8 ?
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Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.9 R6 B& Y/ C E( i6 U& E' q0 D
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes; ]* D, A9 p$ L# p, D6 p) E
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Japanese aircraft, i0 I4 W, D% [
A6M5 Zero x 57
% v* g+ A1 N7 |. C; |5 f) U N1K1-J George x 26# a( O# E# H( a9 W j
N1K2-J George x 76
, L6 D& g( C; @ Ki-84r Frank x 62. b N9 ?* m4 ^* j# e
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Allied aircraft" t6 f% `3 X L% n2 Y4 }, M" Q
TBF-1 Avenger x 8
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9 V; c" ^4 E) R3 e$ D* l' sNo Japanese losses& V7 t" E+ B; Y( s6 X
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Allied aircraft losses7 k$ i& j& j; {0 H | V! }( l! c/ ]
TBF-1 Avenger: 5 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 114,160
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3 @! P: x/ g. }4 n8 ]Weather in hex: Heavy rain9 x( n0 P! g0 c; {4 y2 t" d3 [
' }" r" T w* YRaid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( J8 D$ x- k) i+ I5 a6 PEstimated time to target is 37 minutes. W* U5 _4 U! S! K; G0 }" K3 ?
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Japanese aircraft' p7 i, `/ T/ H
A6M5 Zero x 1511 B3 [/ l! Z. @ L- \
B6N2a Jill x 84
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Allied aircraft& M) d& }4 d7 Z" P$ Z8 y# w
F6F-3 Hellcat x 332: H! u2 n+ L, n0 X$ h$ O' d5 E
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Japanese aircraft losses/ J8 p* [( o: q+ n( U$ g
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed8 ~- B" j/ f# b4 ^: `
B6N2a Jill: 39 damaged( E) c7 G- C" }+ C) w; s
B6N2a Jill: 24 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses& v. e$ B$ d, I+ E: S
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed( `8 b5 p9 K. d
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7 z# _) d) z, ^! B7 A9 G( L CVL Monterey, Torpedo hits 1
& @: S: g# M& m) [' `. e( S CVL Belleau Wood3 G( A. w# w' _% Y6 ~# K
CV Yorktown II9 o& p& h$ ~9 ^9 b7 H
CV Bunker Hill. B0 e& o) h" }# q
DD Kimberly
9 b! J W. A$ R( | CV Hornet II, Torpedo hits 1
" C: l1 @9 g4 {5 w S* V3 x CVL Princeton, Torpedo hits 1
$ Q9 j( Z. j. R3 |! G5 w CVL Independence8 ^$ Y5 `6 N( ]
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage# u" X! O1 D% W0 A- ?+ }
CVL Cabot, Torpedo hits 1
+ g/ e8 a0 r6 y/ x% D CV Lexington II, Torpedo hits 2
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+ j1 _8 [# R) D. _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。
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