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。; K3 o. n5 F# B5 D% J# K+ H( S
10+ss撒下了一张大网,就等候58舰队的到来了。; o/ {3 S2 E2 i: P2 [7 q' ?1 S* \" r
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!!! d5 j6 j0 e$ q) z
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。# T, u* \& U- ~, _: {
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136
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9 Z/ g( q& z/ W K BWeather in hex: Light cloud4 P4 s8 V( N( ^: `
0 u4 ]' m, k# ~7 C0 ?0 bRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
2 k6 `1 {) k4 rEstimated time to target is 45 minutes* R4 o' c- I* L+ ]* ]8 J% D
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Japanese aircraft& q3 d! i! g- Y5 n1 M/ x
A6M2 Zero x 71
5 D/ _ v& ?5 R' `* c D3A1 Val x 16
* @6 T' `! J0 a5 D, z D3A2 Val x 44
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Allied aircraft
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$ ]9 ]7 x5 p' r& ? A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed
2 p. C& y9 ~$ D: g, m D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged1 y3 I' e3 p& f; R4 s$ F" F- S
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 29 damaged. e7 g. |6 ^& O
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9 O% f x) K H F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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CA New Orleans/ y% J1 |* ~5 v& A
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
y+ ?/ {( C9 ?& { CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 3, on fire
0 A# ]) \# u9 n& |4 r DD Buchanan
7 c6 S# e6 N) b1 j CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 3, on fire n, g p8 _" A% W6 V G
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 6, on fire; o( _2 J' l; m8 y7 J
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 2$ {9 |: ?" d/ Z" W& k4 @
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* F. J$ Z7 h Y1 C3 U; p1 v F4F-4 Wildcat x 16
: D2 q1 R8 ?2 k' z( c SBD-3 Dauntless x 75
# u2 ^/ R, V" ~0 j$ H TBF-1 Avenger x 255 l# ?+ g; E, t% P! p* R* d
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; T$ q; m! ^0 V3 b- j! T1 U SBD-3 Dauntless: 22 damaged4 M d1 N$ q. ^0 C* O. E
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged% y7 E& x$ A' z5 k( l; ]
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Japanese Ships
X# g- U f: ^. r% v1 a# g4 L! d CVL Ryujo
+ W. o; b; v2 P2 }$ e BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 8, on fire
0 b( t1 N! W6 |5 K$ L" ~ CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
3 a# o; \4 ]& n: s BB Hiei
7 f; V% p6 p4 _7 B+ z CV Shokaku6 z4 T: E' _( m4 h0 v1 O* F$ t5 }0 ~
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage: M9 W b/ S& A8 \
DD Kawakaze
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由于58舰队在上午即遭重创,而日本2cv1cvl完好无损,于是下午成了一边倒的屠杀
' y& ~% ?7 L0 ~5 {& HAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Deboyne Islands at 104,136
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain7 S3 r8 T- T+ G3 t
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Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
6 d2 ^& Y$ n- s; b+ OEstimated time to target is 60 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 26
+ y* t: R0 S/ w0 ?' l7 M l D3A2 Val x 20! Y4 V; Z% q& l% g3 y8 b* g
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D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged2 y: y7 K" ^$ n9 O- y, ]
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CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires" Q) L) B& U% w/ ^2 }8 S
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire! c! q0 h) s0 }# Z: I5 r
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage! P9 A4 G1 C* g h! D0 |: O
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire' j* _/ F4 w: m& \! c+ i0 V ]
同时,陆攻也抓住时机! @8 h6 Z/ k5 z: s5 V
Japanese aircraft
4 _6 Y- E/ n) T/ k' | G4M1 Betty x 13, _: Z, [7 r+ c2 X: X& u1 r
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l1 G( _( J0 B; [. dJapanese aircraft losses& o! F) A1 [& c# A9 _
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged8 q }+ l3 r7 Q
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BB North Carolina: f6 y: J( `3 z: v8 i6 r. H g
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
' c }+ M$ L( V7 J% }+ c CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage* ]/ w7 m! R4 V/ r8 A0 |
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G4M1 Betty x 13
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G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 Q! q" t3 {/ }3 v5 v \% \ BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1
; U( [# I3 Z' T+ `% q2 Z# t3 g CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 ?; c' w* ?- a9 d5 H; j
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于是中途岛海战再现荧屏。
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% u8 w7 S- I+ k9 `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
4 ~ b- j) c* BNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 5,000 Yards
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0 r# ~2 _: k$ K' sJapanese aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
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CA Aoba, Shell hits 33, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" J& |6 P* j7 }% }. J3 m& Z CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 46, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk* x5 u8 m; o7 r) e3 v2 `: l/ b2 C
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage
, }% e/ `9 W+ \0 |3 M5 O% r' [ CA Kako, Shell hits 34, heavy fires, heavy damage
* s! h9 l+ N7 R9 n! f+ ^- v w8 ^ CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 62 g9 z2 j2 g8 Y* D
E Yunagi, Shell hits 3, on fire
" x1 @& d4 N. A: U2 A7 L6 A- l H DMS W.20, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
# ]$ U/ ~: \0 r( h) l2 w DMS W.21, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Allied Ships
* |0 D' z% @9 ?( ]- d CA Quincy
9 ]/ f* _& e t CA Vincennes, Shell hits 3- S9 ]6 C7 `! S; U6 a
CL Leander, Shell hits 1, o7 X, H: T. K/ L: s# R
CL Achilles, Shell hits 1, on fire3 d% D2 z6 R( Z1 w8 Y2 Q+ r
DD Mugford, Shell hits 1, on fire
) r2 h0 u8 ^, b9 M8 ?7 i DD Patterson9 p/ s# D4 `* B- \% _( j) \5 _, G
DD Jarvis
/ w- W1 K1 p0 s7 h: E DD Maury
% ~9 K2 P. F! O3 ? DD Dunlap
: m# L; z" Z2 x" {* {; ^ DD Fanning- a; u( V5 y- f0 g. _
DD Cummings' y! t$ s2 |! Y& m
DD Lamson' z' }+ t9 R, w+ @& ~
DD Case9 P% e, V* W, f& K5 ]
DD Conyngham. K0 p: ~ g- S" |
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1* K8 ]9 h. {8 W/ @( |) r) D$ O6 e
DD Perkins, Shell hits 14 a, O* B' b+ d, X/ v
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CA Kako, Shell hits 35, and is sunk
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CA Vincennes
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DD Patterson/ h$ r+ }' Z8 g }1 e, a0 P w/ i
DD Jarvis
+ c; W; O' R. v$ R6 S! c0 Q6 O DD Maury% @2 S) r m/ P/ ?: \: e' B( w% v
DD Dunlap
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DD Cummings
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DD Conyngham
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1 Y2 J3 ~+ r( @8 m牺牲是值得的,此次瓜岛战役最后由58的全灭而落下帷幕 |