战报如下:
' i" l+ e; g0 f- r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。: A% c$ N$ l6 M" s2 p
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : [5 w" r7 i8 x; A5 I
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
5 r$ w/ t+ q- `, C2 h+ IRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.3 c4 x/ Y6 k1 j! R
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes" _9 V8 R+ i' B# u
Japanese aircraft
7 K: J% A$ _( P6 @ A6M3 Zero x 14
/ R6 z9 M. M+ U5 I+ u D, O$ r G4M1 Betty x 72 e; j: x v4 n c4 R
Allied aircraft
# v, x. u2 x! R Kittyhawk IA x 27
: o8 I! B, B5 g5 E8 A0 E! s! A Wirraway x 423 g, W" N- f( {6 l% B: L
P-40E Warhawk x 9- k- V1 ^8 J) q" D; d! p
Japanese aircraft losses, l/ L, n' c- S3 o! c
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed* I0 X, o3 w M( O/ e1 ^0 f
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged: v' T8 [+ D; d$ ?: ]
Allied aircraft losses
( }" ~: Z5 S( o; c# } Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
8 f a3 x, ?3 _+ M! S9 ^& \9 w/ G Wirraway: 5 destroyed
: P% t, k; B$ r& l. Q% h5 ] P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
9 \( S# \, g$ o" @. \: J) Z! Z8 ZAirbase hits 2! o6 `! b; h8 B5 b
Runway hits 8
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4 A% e1 e# |- Q0 o2 IKB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。6 i1 \+ w* c- K7 G5 {! s( y; E
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
9 r5 J9 [) r0 WWeather in hex: Thunderstorms$ v# N+ h+ k# u- h
Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
+ @8 h5 D( H* ^) E2 Y6 c& G) zEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
; N0 t' P: [9 J% CJapanese aircraft. y8 ^& W7 q( o
A6M2 Zero x 322 g3 l3 O0 U; i& ]' {( \
D3A1 Val x 8
3 r9 V4 f2 w3 X( R8 S9 s# [Allied aircraft& d, A, a, d; s* ~. {: z' j2 ]
Kittyhawk IA x 14
% X! F% h& E4 Z- e! F4 w" U Wirraway x 21
; D0 R0 P5 l6 r& {5 x P-40E Warhawk x 7
/ z( l* S% ~" K$ uJapanese aircraft losses
4 K$ [, P- B/ N: l: m D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed
! V% g2 V3 \+ R: |Allied aircraft losses5 h, \1 E- {( G( G
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
/ W7 c7 \7 p' `2 O! T( S, T. E Wirraway: 3 destroyed
8 j1 ~8 B% ~- h2 CAllied Ships* r6 n4 {: G/ `3 }! K
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. E) l" v7 C& ?' h2 d8 d" ~
3 z% I, B7 v* U4 MKB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。$ m; u( b6 H2 w* A& J
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134- Z f2 j" _5 R: R4 \! z
Weather in hex: Overcast) g/ Z' ~' N! \# X, |2 l* ~/ \
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
/ s$ R3 |$ ^* B& _1 pEstimated time to target is 45 minutes7 H; ^2 x1 Y8 i1 @
Japanese aircraft
5 G% C9 e @& M/ I2 Z# n+ ~" R A6M2 Zero x 43# G2 }" f; c" S1 L
B5N1 Kate x 45
7 G" @; O; S/ I4 I" [( b8 [ D3A1 Val x 7
3 U4 E* M9 b. a# @* L! s D3A2 Val x 49
2 m$ n* Y9 o4 _" E. gAllied aircraft
! G6 K$ W; h4 f! t& h% _. a: f P-39D Airacobra x 9
2 f6 A0 f4 d3 p7 g7 Y2 x- y F4F-3P Wildcat x 16' P) N7 ] t' r. `, r" `9 e1 \
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1003 N) |5 E% F z5 p3 m7 d& A y
Japanese aircraft losses/ f: f0 ]2 T! Y$ ^2 B+ O; M
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed" d! n$ k2 c; s) }; l+ R
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged3 b7 }! X% V* n2 M1 x1 G1 `
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
v. u! B3 c" V2 R( } D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
; \/ I& F3 d- i- \. m# ?' w D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged, }. G" V& O0 [9 ~
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
/ A$ r' [' k) x c1 H N& t0 M3 wAllied aircraft losses1 p9 v/ L A4 w5 a4 H8 ]+ r
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
5 i% g% E7 |! g4 Q& B0 g/ ~: v: Q F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
0 n2 w8 T+ |5 eAllied Ships
1 W; W* H2 w, P; \6 ^, a. P CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire0 |* ?* |+ n3 \4 Z! Q: v( e
CV Saratoga. {+ o% r* _4 Z7 S; F2 C' P# A
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
) E+ F. C8 w, f. b0 D% ~ [ CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ N- w# |! q, z0 _$ N BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 11 w8 w$ @) p' V/ c- Q
7 G) a2 e/ z: a* @& n3 T+ b% {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。& i1 \- [, e* I
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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。
2 Q, K T2 q; A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。 |