战报如下:; X3 N! q4 ?( r$ @6 q. ]
莫港机场于今天修好了跑道,盟军转移上40余架威乐威,12架P40E,30架小鹰去莫港机场负责直掩。日军12架0战32掩护两个大队的陆攻准备重新压制莫港机场,遭到优势航空兵力的抵抗,仅命中机场8弹。$ }- ], T9 `' O! h
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . X% Z+ f3 a' @9 V/ z* P
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
- w; b! Q o) g/ ZRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ U& L: b) z. k+ e& F
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
. ?& f. S5 {1 P7 H) XJapanese aircraft
: g2 B$ m' y, C( `( R" }2 ^& w A6M3 Zero x 14
. T9 N; g4 h' K* B% \ G4M1 Betty x 72
8 W2 o5 ?! M5 e U: w! aAllied aircraft# j" @$ s0 J: [, l6 R- n C1 c) T0 y
Kittyhawk IA x 27
2 k2 k( j+ U, V* H9 @7 y Wirraway x 42& v, ~0 h' c9 P7 I$ f2 m1 h) ^
P-40E Warhawk x 9
$ H; c3 c7 |) I- x; b) BJapanese aircraft losses
% ], b$ n3 F% c/ ~; \1 R A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed7 t& p0 v8 L7 P9 [8 A1 n# v; @ D
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged2 W0 _4 v* [0 ]* E: U( t% G5 Z9 `2 H3 M
Allied aircraft losses
* y+ d8 ^& E% E/ o Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' i; Y {( V" w9 u
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
1 j7 N5 j; @* i" K P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed& Y( x2 ^% k3 L
Airbase hits 2, w& H' a8 d: ]4 i) A
Runway hits 8! c8 U: j, ^ ^3 S
8 k9 K2 ^) L) wKB上起飞了一波32架零战掩护8架99舰爆对正在莫港敢死卸载的AK进行了攻击,直接造成了对盟军58的那一波攻击护航飞机数量不足,攻击机队损失惨重,这次参与攻击的8架99舰爆也被全数击落。- n0 ?' p. u. w* D; d' m- r3 y
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130" [: Z6 u+ ]) {1 x7 X- S- f3 K
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms1 q, y0 V9 Z" E$ \8 W8 C/ b" H0 j
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.4 I- u& P8 d! a, Y- C8 W
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
! S+ K* d- [% C6 Z/ A$ c6 IJapanese aircraft! O# p+ ^' G& Q6 r; a7 Z
A6M2 Zero x 32% [0 L; d5 H/ U7 ?
D3A1 Val x 8( q6 }8 |: x* M- h H
Allied aircraft! @) E- u& y4 |4 }# o
Kittyhawk IA x 14
6 q1 T! E0 c: ]; Z1 n: G9 w( w2 r Wirraway x 21: Y7 X. J$ ~* |/ L/ Q
P-40E Warhawk x 7( Y5 R& J# R5 S7 K7 |0 ~
Japanese aircraft losses
6 F! v3 l" X4 y) i& H4 W D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
5 N: m1 |0 H @+ C, ?+ E( DAllied aircraft losses- C6 s- p: [, b) s% G) T( w, Y$ D
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
) H) V& q% v7 a' ^0 E: e: L Wirraway: 3 destroyed4 Z% \+ [2 B; U; a1 |$ m
Allied Ships
9 G! u y& I& @0 D: v, V' v xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage2 p! F3 F3 \( w/ q: w G
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KB主力攻击机群对位于米尔恩湾的58主力发动了攻击,所幸有32架零战去参与了莫港外海的攻击行动,只有43架零战直掩,被58直掩的100余架战斗机打了火鸡,参战的97舰攻和99舰爆均只有个位数的飞机飞回了母舰,以近百架飞机的代价,盟军黄蜂号CV中了3鱼雷3炸弹,被击沉。/ q+ |/ p! x9 `! O0 q+ K E, Z7 T
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
u- P7 ~$ F( a( sWeather in hex: Overcast
7 q+ g6 M! q6 |3 NRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
$ K% p8 o* P/ m4 UEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
% @) i$ C6 T* N0 xJapanese aircraft
+ L6 O8 d) j3 l1 ]3 a2 P A6M2 Zero x 43! l2 ] D0 R# r1 P0 U& V9 Q
B5N1 Kate x 45
7 ^ }1 Q f& J5 j# g X. u D3A1 Val x 7
) p' d* U1 v K/ q D3A2 Val x 497 M" |& q% R7 i8 {
Allied aircraft
" a2 x( g K* |5 p4 m4 e P-39D Airacobra x 9
0 [& Q) F2 ]% |, v/ a/ r F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
2 B1 T. S, t% V5 |+ f F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
0 L6 [, z" _% D( TJapanese aircraft losses
2 B u3 P/ X( z0 p A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed2 [7 z# N1 |6 s; c/ Q
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged) V! r2 y, k# C& z6 R
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
2 d2 T) B6 v/ q+ A% j* _ D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed/ S% Q8 n i$ u0 a' X+ y/ a
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged/ n5 u9 y9 e/ f
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
* o: N8 W( m( h' r: {Allied aircraft losses
- J) K+ K* O- P, K9 K; I F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
5 U6 `3 m* a7 T( g R F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed; e1 C6 D0 e9 ~( T+ B( X) ~
Allied Ships
9 f- P6 E) P" S$ H) g$ h e) I CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire$ @, L; { A+ ?$ v& q8 h
CV Saratoga
2 ^- [$ q/ }6 A5 A: y CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire% O Z8 o: B/ {, v+ H- [
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage8 _5 y/ h2 a O Z
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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盟军由于没有护航飞机,有70架SBD3和14架TFT裸奔分4个波次对KB发动了攻击,基本上是去送了菜,回来的飞机加在一起估计就十来架,没有取得任何战果。0 j) R7 J/ t& V3 b1 N9 n$ g8 V2 c1 k
+ S4 V1 |" x# [, P2 D& e* f经过一天的大战,双方均损失惨重,对于盟军来说,好消息是日军航空兵力遭到重创,KB损失的飞机需要几个月时间才能补充回来,更关键的是操作攻击机的飞行员基本损失殆尽,虽然还保留了所有的CV,但是实际上已经丧失了攻击能力了。不好的消息是,载机70余架的黄蜂被击沉,以后就只有靠3艘载机90架的CV和KB对抗,攻击机队在这次攻击中损失也过半,不过好在还有海军陆战队的飞机可以进行补充,受到的影响实际上还是比KB要小。
5 @; E% z m/ F- ` l日军意图通过达达科小道进行强攻,但是在莫港制空权尚在激烈争夺,KB又暂时丧失战力的情况下,在防御X3的达达科小道进行作战,想必也是一件十分艰苦的事情。战事至此,已经进入了十分微妙的阶段,估计需要等到联合舰队两鹰的增援到达才能出现新的转折了。 |