战报如下:& {& S9 ~* t: ?, }
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。# h; p6 J: u% j+ e& N" c
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
. t# Y5 c6 ^! L; T: B" \0 IWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
]; T6 ]3 @2 nRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.) ~" J0 S% g4 B8 ^. D5 J
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes0 a5 L) ~( Y3 j' B* q6 H/ s
Japanese aircraft
4 P3 H. o- @$ a! W A6M3 Zero x 14: p5 e$ _9 Y T0 S5 _
G4M1 Betty x 72
3 `1 H: I4 L6 r* g5 |: eAllied aircraft: y& X4 S4 M, R+ s5 A
Kittyhawk IA x 276 C$ Y2 d1 [$ j. B: \% W/ j7 p
Wirraway x 42( H: p7 {- g) L- s0 G
P-40E Warhawk x 9
f% o3 v- }4 X9 yJapanese aircraft losses
8 Q! h: l9 [/ f; Q A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
3 e! N, I% z7 v1 h# w* }7 r G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
4 u$ b) d" {4 ~6 YAllied aircraft losses
+ d3 s1 I( g# I Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
* t' q* n3 b% R$ F0 X4 q& i Wirraway: 5 destroyed" f7 w. y- N' B2 v8 d5 k5 R, W
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed I/ E+ N* p- h: C# B% y( e
Airbase hits 2
' _! h# u# Q8 v. P( ORunway hits 8/ I3 y, i3 |0 C: E0 w4 J0 F: T
! [- q8 a) j6 {2 `( w% `( a$ r. uKB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 X3 m( `8 F, }1 Z3 GMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
6 L4 o4 |1 a( Y( N% G& }( MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
( c a. ]$ O. R( I3 w) aRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
! x. p+ u* k. Q- |6 {; hEstimated time to target is 18 minutes: B# f V) p' f, B" M# a6 c
Japanese aircraft7 q6 \- L/ x! Q! A: C/ C
A6M2 Zero x 32
) c6 t" M4 i5 p6 Z7 ]( f% g3 Q D3A1 Val x 8; n. O0 O% z. y: S
Allied aircraft
* f0 L2 g0 X/ m" g! }9 m, W* n% V Kittyhawk IA x 14: e9 ~7 G5 f: u2 R
Wirraway x 21& w% e, G: f5 c: q, k! S+ Y
P-40E Warhawk x 72 G5 ^. U' A& H4 O) y
Japanese aircraft losses
3 ^1 b: @& W+ z D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed6 _4 e4 t' C3 H6 k( ^: e+ n$ R( @
Allied aircraft losses. r) G1 P8 }' k6 m4 i% s
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
9 d# w. s" H& f; e Wirraway: 3 destroyed. c6 f o' E/ r
Allied Ships" @0 z5 d' O4 M/ ^. |
xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage, q7 U4 R! ]& ~6 p8 i- Q& a3 f
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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。7 L- a5 G9 G6 u" e0 E2 H
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
/ Z4 }7 k- J3 a! a6 `/ yWeather in hex: Overcast
; h& H; c+ ~6 ]Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( C5 F. ^8 D& K qEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
( E& a' }# s4 e1 NJapanese aircraft
' q' C% [8 X2 v+ y, _7 s/ e6 i A6M2 Zero x 43
7 { C' Y( ?6 Y# n, b$ t" `- @$ q B5N1 Kate x 45: W0 f& J4 {7 K; [# w
D3A1 Val x 7
0 Y6 U, |9 [, ` D3A2 Val x 49
+ L$ y/ K0 T) e) c- y, h" t: BAllied aircraft
" Y8 D; K, g8 I6 Y9 p P-39D Airacobra x 9
n9 {6 y/ f$ M/ N5 V F4F-3P Wildcat x 16
6 o0 O; m1 I [+ { t( g. Y/ ^, a" A F4F-4 Wildcat x 100* r5 F1 Z! E" R+ H0 D
Japanese aircraft losses0 d7 r6 {) u5 z$ A7 }; R6 [8 D( k3 ^
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed& q1 @1 p2 Q/ H9 a
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged, z" A1 O" m( ^* k$ F" B/ X- z) D
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak% y/ Y" t/ ~! w2 h8 c
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed1 [7 A* i) H, P6 k$ r
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged' W8 a2 }8 |6 |1 N" ]: e+ i/ s# d5 m
D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
: C# l: R+ L A# ~9 OAllied aircraft losses( L/ F0 h3 k7 @5 w7 J
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed, J8 v$ A/ O" k
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
" T o+ v9 I) r7 \+ H0 AAllied Ships
4 |4 N! B% X/ m& R) t e4 z( S CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
1 _& M" ~4 r0 B& A7 e CV Saratoga
% t) ^5 u0 ?' z. n: d+ w CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire$ L D2 _' \. L, r, e6 \2 ]' V
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
`; k4 H: m- n+ s: e# ` BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1' y: L. N" o& D/ \% \8 x1 {
/ M- ?9 x: j+ N9 s- @9 f. O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。
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. \# g/ M5 b& ?9 ]. |& {+ @8 ]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。+ r7 j$ b" T. o+ l( @3 B
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。 |