战报如下:) [' l8 l/ }$ [2 v9 ^$ n
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。3 Z5 x2 @% w. o4 F- y
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + t1 M3 a* R" U8 G" D% z) m5 }
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
$ t' }1 y' m: x& @1 |7 ZRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
z% P! H& G: L! x7 D' [7 p5 EEstimated time to target is 34 minutes
& p* O. N' z3 E" t% ^" uJapanese aircraft# j( M7 {& o: Y+ {* @
A6M3 Zero x 14
3 l: N d, W, E G4M1 Betty x 72$ y2 z2 J0 v$ u+ @) |
Allied aircraft
" A8 M& [9 I( m' z! W# F0 k% i, j Kittyhawk IA x 27. B5 W' W" Y5 j3 N8 H: L6 ?1 U J
Wirraway x 42- C U& y! Z j: ^7 ~
P-40E Warhawk x 97 {2 y6 t/ O8 j- w
Japanese aircraft losses7 G! J" X$ _' J3 }
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
- [/ ~7 o# V4 u G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
' @! _/ c \' P/ S( y( qAllied aircraft losses
( _+ f/ Z' m4 n. i! i Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed( t& x$ J! a8 R p* r3 q% Q0 {+ `9 s
Wirraway: 5 destroyed' `& q# s! u4 A4 K+ s
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
4 ~6 {1 B" a1 Y9 o6 g' Q* j, NAirbase hits 2
+ m; V& Z1 X9 e0 O bRunway hits 8
$ H! J5 }) ?9 i& K* m/ c! o, Z5 P R& p+ s- y
KB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。
) _. K- p: C# V3 }- }; f3 O. i5 y( N _Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
: C# S6 w, ~* G* c, xWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
: h' p$ q- T0 F* Z DRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
2 S3 w, J" E* \$ W: a* q1 p) v' REstimated time to target is 18 minutes4 Q+ T/ _" D$ Q
Japanese aircraft
& L0 O) V: m7 \% { A6M2 Zero x 320 T9 p9 m& F( X( o' w6 S& {
D3A1 Val x 8
% E: a* z+ i* w8 @0 \/ pAllied aircraft
# \( _7 |( @. R Kittyhawk IA x 14/ L# [1 O" G3 V
Wirraway x 214 e) y- a) D8 I6 d* J: d
P-40E Warhawk x 7
' A k6 r! T* p7 h. C lJapanese aircraft losses
1 z% D! L5 U! ~" C; \ D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed$ R# \2 x) N, n; ^# i' e1 c0 b
Allied aircraft losses i) |4 R% d6 v, X+ U: F% c. I. }
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed. ~$ A/ A* i6 V# \, t. ^
Wirraway: 3 destroyed6 ]/ D7 |$ K6 ?1 s! ]$ ^
Allied Ships# y7 h5 Y( _5 q; `9 e# I, _
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. a. D" h( G2 C) `
8 N" E. M$ C# e/ J( Y9 n0 J. H
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。
$ i. ?1 J! C$ M+ c1 {: G' t' Z5 UAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1346 Z) U% \1 `6 G: \: U" p
Weather in hex: Overcast) J, u2 O+ W/ p6 C
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 C" T; |% Y& @5 a1 A/ d" b
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
7 v" D; j& U/ w5 @: C% T. qJapanese aircraft
' H; @) |9 g6 E a0 J; J* } A6M2 Zero x 433 o# f# I8 w/ V
B5N1 Kate x 45
& {2 p% s1 K5 g2 w# V/ T D3A1 Val x 7
; o' j! o0 m, ?4 Y D3A2 Val x 49, `5 L4 ~; A! a3 v) v/ A
Allied aircraft
1 @/ i$ W$ ~ b, m8 l P-39D Airacobra x 9( V2 e, }$ r" h' Z! C/ y. q0 O9 j
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
" F" Y* L3 ?7 \" l F4F-4 Wildcat x 100& p. r/ I8 R2 Q1 c; Z
Japanese aircraft losses% H# L8 s5 m9 Q) M. [; X: w3 H2 n( @
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed' `5 e, f1 Y6 E8 v/ W' h# q
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged. F3 e& g2 |4 u2 T" g0 ~2 P
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
' ^0 K; F: b" J. R" V D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
/ P# c" I8 W! C3 [, p& A D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged4 [2 P$ M7 ]2 K1 }2 `( I
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
' W3 d! \- i5 i8 D* q8 A; p3 DAllied aircraft losses6 D# S8 H3 p3 ?7 R( h
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed
* d1 A' p* T2 s) I3 _2 Q. |7 z! L F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed4 F( F: X1 I" M' i8 X
Allied Ships
4 o7 i1 x# W4 f2 |6 m( J CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire7 M5 |0 U# C/ D9 e8 \1 L$ y4 Q
CV Saratoga/ j' T) b' g0 f& q x- s1 D
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire& A0 f+ j3 u5 @# Y8 v
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& }# w- A* g& ] o0 Y0 }/ s
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
1 ?! R5 p) d& o6 K. W% R& S) H
, [7 A3 {3 Q/ S6 Y+ x% c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。3 u& r5 d7 C) S. t3 @
/ z& K) Z7 ]! _6 w
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 Z" I# z+ A8 ]# S5 h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。 |