大脸猫

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牛牛把两个TF放在两个格 有效地分散了KB的攻击 而我的失误是让97去攻击机场了 损失了6架 疲劳也上了10 所以表现不好 加上CA吸引火力 只命中CV1雷 下午那一波效果更差

kevin_hx

CV决战当天，乘着双方海空如火如荼的激战，一队日军悄悄登陆米龙湾9 F! u2 g: V/ B, q
事后据大猫天蝗交待，这只部队是因为XAK即将沉没，只好抢滩登陆自救/ u" V% W! a) v. m# [) x) b; L
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  o% b( n: b2 c6 }' KAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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TF 7 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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2 `' s* e7 G1 z7 @7 [+ k' v      160 casualties reported. z) F5 {9 f+ F- C# O
         Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
/ q+ o, D7 I" x) t         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 k5 F" w" C1 g5 s+ ^& `         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 W8 W4 R* `. ]9 W      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42
. r9 _& U9 C4 j+ ?CV决战已暂告一段落，盟军58丧失了在海上制约KB的能力，而日军的登陆船队已经出现在莫港外海，日军的登陆迫在眉睫
9 v& G- W- b, o( M; p6 K% [盟军断然采取破釜沉舟的战术，拼个鱼死网破也要破坏日军的登陆行动2 l3 a2 j3 @5 \9 O1 A+ _8 ^
CV上的所有舰载机进驻莫港协助空中近距离支援6 U3 C4 Q4 M) m: f, O  P  M
CV编队分离出重巡编队，杀入莫港近海，阻止日军炮击莫港机场
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# ^* q: e) E8 p3 C于是继CV大战后，一场空前惨烈的水面舰队决战相继展开& u4 `$ ]2 p3 a# a* f+ J
令人庆幸的是，日军第8舰队表现拙劣，在于盟军水面舰队夜战中败北，日军当天的登陆船队惨遭SS蹂躏，并被盟军舰队迫退，未能实施莫港登陆# F5 v/ f! h# @1 O. Q. v9 w
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夜间第一场水面战，重巡青叶号重创，轻巡龙田号大火' V9 Q8 ]! f3 ~/ y& X% x
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9 D& B4 o; W% Z: v" gNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards7 o2 j. {+ c* b1 J0 }, m7 d2 @
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Japanese Ships4 ^/ \0 j3 L3 P' [& c( |
      CA Aoba, Shell hits 16,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
1 e  ~  V* T0 |) w. F      CA Kinugasa
* R! B0 ]/ |+ o" q      CA Furutaka
$ ]4 U1 b9 B/ s3 J2 \, @( u      CA Kako, Shell hits 2,  on fire3 ^. v" h! v% |1 g6 c
      CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1,  on fire
7 q' I8 f3 E, }+ n# d6 h! r      CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires. s% `% x( F5 B  O7 H
      CL Yubari, Shell hits 2,  on fire
7 O; e& m: W' Z! K4 x" Q- Y      DD Mutsuki
2 o3 M: `6 n3 ~5 L+ n, M      DD Yayoi/ B7 D3 i' B3 q. X; q

* Z1 ^) {( L2 ^5 q6 {6 q) dAllied Ships
7 d  a8 h3 B3 T& W4 R2 Y5 V2 A      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
' N- q: u: ^4 H6 E3 |      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 2
; Y! X" P4 u  f& Y! u8 s( S      CA Australia, Shell hits 2,  on fire  H- v  U3 r  y5 |* l
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 3' @3 I2 I6 r, f
      DD Sims
# S9 g! `4 l1 f      DD Dewey
: S2 }; H1 [  w' u      DD Worden2 n4 `0 V: D$ |1 D8 a
      DD Aylwin
' p, f; w/ W+ g% v6 I. [) p      DD Whipple
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随后莫港潜伏的盟军SS再次大发神威，日军登陆船队惨遭蹂躏
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( C! R" A: h" d, E: QSub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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Japanese Ships
; V* a$ @# Y% d  E8 x; n      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage* D. F  @; n! e' K# ]  `  _
      xAK Sinsei Maru# @: ^: }0 T5 q  S4 Y1 i
      xAK Canberra Maru
9 c  V1 w. |# |- ?! h2 W4 I. @! J      E Asanagi
# s. L* m( v4 G$ X+ \. p+ S      E Oite8 G$ `: |: D' x; A+ N" ]& f- T; I% w
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Allied Ships9 ^) p0 }0 q0 U+ g' V
      SS S-44
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Japanese ground losses:9 ^6 y. V; Z7 \, P
      9 casualties reported
4 t2 h- @, ~* }% y1 |; V0 l         Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ f* [) R+ H  j. i  d         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 J9 R6 l3 r1 b0 S
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 98,133
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5 n1 V6 @, X2 I6 UJapanese Ships6 z( K1 W3 W4 [
      xAK Kamikaze Maru, Torpedo hits 3,  on fire,  heavy damage
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6 c# t- _5 R! t+ z+ |- p' s% cAllied Ships
' w( Z7 j) e$ c; L% N      SS S-44
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( l) j! b8 U% h$ J% e5 c      36 casualties reported
: K6 f5 a8 a: D9 [- O; R, ]! @         Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled$ ~1 c4 Z2 `; l  p  U
         Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled+ ?4 a  T4 H$ D+ L' F- D
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

天亮后，盟军第2队水面舰队追上了溃败的第8舰队，日轻巡夕张号爆火，美重巡芝加哥号重创
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4 T' h4 U" x( S3 Q5 H4 Z  Z9 pDay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,132, Range 26,000 Yards
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7 w% V9 w, B% D$ z- T      CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 35 r9 M+ a9 o$ ^7 X/ {  L- ]
      CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3,  on fire; G7 W& |) l+ p/ `
      CA Kako, Shell hits 4,  on fire
! E" j7 F$ f& @9 @      CL Tenryu
( y# c' a, u" n! f/ T) N      CL Yubari, Shell hits 8,  heavy fires  N4 v( {9 _) o3 T5 {
      DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage8 ^  n/ h# G9 E+ Q8 m

% q" X$ T* I" r3 Q" uAllied Ships+ |1 ]5 [9 W* e" V9 h
      CA Chester, Shell hits 3# f8 w$ U% n: M* C  m1 t9 `
      CA Chicago, Shell hits 2,  heavy damage1 G8 g# ^6 ]$ Q7 h( {* X7 y( e& @
      CA Astoria, Shell hits 3
: A2 Y+ e: P) K! {! l& {7 P) R      DD Anderson
- X# G0 I- e9 s; H- @" n: Q/ u      DD Morris, Shell hits 26 \# D1 t0 c; E  F
      DD Perkins

kevin_hx

随后，莫港航空队和KB舰载机对双方的水面舰队大打出手- p$ g3 X# v' m* C. }' o
重巡古鹰、衣笠、轻巡天龙遭重创7 y; V" ?% x: O5 a. f7 p* w( o! v
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.+ A' A9 l; C& R2 G
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes; M$ N. a" k' ]6 G# X
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Japanese aircraft: K: x6 n$ H. e& G
      A6M2 Zero x 4
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Allied aircraft
4 [6 z# i+ W4 m. n4 ?1 q      SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
8 t/ Z, C! r- H) T0 R% Z5 g$ ]0 s      TBD-1 Devastator x 2
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses5 W# c8 f4 U: F3 H
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged( v) u* p' B; f
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Japanese Ships
6 l; Q: q7 ?& L* J) V      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires
; n, N- C/ p2 \0 j      CL Tenryu, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
# |1 M1 `! d% E5 m& G  [      CA Furutaka,  on fire$ l1 G! N. c: ^5 U% @
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" X' ]) W  B  Z* L/ c7 ?+ R/ dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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3 ]0 g# ?: e7 Y3 ?Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 A  q4 I& p6 g
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.. j/ r6 t* A5 b
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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5 H: f4 c1 W0 S5 m$ m2 l( VJapanese aircraft
% S; v: C8 M: j  Q: @  W; a      A6M2 Zero x 19
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Allied aircraft
& [. h) w- _3 V( s9 `      P-40E Warhawk x 1
0 G' |' u, o* _& K      SBD-3 Dauntless x 94 n+ Q3 A/ W/ f$ J6 ]3 M% D5 g$ w
      TBD-1 Devastator x 2! k3 w' o; O7 A; @! r3 E# J4 r
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No Japanese losses  e/ F# @8 F1 o6 {0 I' H

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; p0 x+ D  S9 X" s% Q3 G* _      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed0 N/ Q7 ]2 y7 E0 Z" }5 Q2 p  l
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged
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( t+ ?; `6 O: oJapanese Ships
; J% X- N% p5 ~! F, _1 ~      CA Kinugasa, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage  U* `8 n! c! P1 i# V& i
      CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
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盟军舰队防空火力强大，KB建树不大，仅受创的芝加哥号再次重创# C1 c9 _/ j! O' ^1 l4 X
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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8 a6 ?. X3 q/ T- s9 {5 uRaid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
! Z' @/ N* L% cEstimated time to target is 42 minutes1 W0 {" D) u0 _- c% v8 b
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Japanese aircraft3 a  j# e# j6 ^+ i$ F
      A6M2 Zero x 26
9 _% H4 V; M, n( v8 r; c      B5N1 Kate x 3: Z: ]2 o/ g5 S# V' m$ W
      B5N2 Kate x 12% v( N" Y9 C) ~/ y& ?
      D3A1 Val x 294 D0 |3 R+ }. Q# [* A

/ c( W$ }7 c+ k4 c; c  B; p1 ZAllied aircraft
8 A$ [6 }* E  m" `# C      P-40E Warhawk x 194 _, V. e0 c2 F* [9 c3 K
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6+ ~/ h# Q( [& t0 M

4 R( v& `9 q6 h, L- W) {Japanese aircraft losses3 @2 Q, s& x, Y" i7 v/ r
      A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
1 ?9 ^2 p. V$ l" }) d      B5N1 Kate: 3 damaged+ A" r+ y' W! X( A, T5 e  l
      B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged- w$ m$ J& i) |/ ]
      D3A1 Val: 17 damaged3 X" e* w; z1 r& }' m# @
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak+ S- D& y$ o/ K: D# I/ B) o" U

7 I3 Q! E4 ?) j; ^& E3 C! b* E: INo Allied losses7 G9 S0 K! v1 z1 @& M9 J

" r1 A/ z$ c; ]3 Y- y" ?  E6 zAllied Ships7 Z6 U$ s% C: X' _0 \5 E1 V
      CA Australia
+ k' Y4 Z; Q) `* |0 v      CA Chester, Bomb hits 2,  on fire) g: e# }. u/ d7 W; v/ _
      CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
8 G* ?" _4 U( Y: p' i      CL Hobart, Bomb hits 1,  on fire- }1 ^2 U. A: X) Y( o  W8 m
      DD Worden
' H( h# i7 a7 m1 z6 [4 u/ }1 ?      CA Astoria

红叶

大脸猫水面舰队没开全速？自动反应范围太小？不过算是保护了登陆船队，KB还有多少进攻力量？

kevin_hx

据大猫天蝗供认，水面舰队是准备去炮击莫港的，结果遭遇盟军水面舰队后，由于指挥官好战度不高，没将任务改为水面战模式，所以被盟军爆头

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 09, 42% @/ v. U2 c; j
大战结束后，双方都在调整部署5 J6 E3 P; H: V' u" y! R7 l' N
大统领预估天蝗必然会轰炸机场，并撤出水面舰队汇合登陆船队，然后再继续扑上，但不会立即行动，需要至少1-2回合的调整，于是大统领果断地将水面舰队解散在港口规避空袭，并出动莫港航空队和潜艇，沿途捡漏: S7 V" o4 B* N! w/ _# Z
一天的战事，大多是潜艇攻击与反潜作战，盟军陆基零零零散散的空袭则毫无作为% r( m+ T  N( z- J0 }4 G2 x" o
不出大统领所料，恼羞成怒的天蝗果然出动KB大举空袭莫港机场，损失舰载机若干后炸毁盟军飞机若干' Z& `# S) s6 M  S: m/ V  |
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: }4 a, ~1 o  ^( `Submarine attack near Milne Bay  at 99,133
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7 G" s# e$ v# P7 s* u! P2 L! l      CA Furutaka, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
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Allied Ships
9 f2 t# G+ F" W7 ^" m) H: t      SS S-475 k, H' A" z* g
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3 ^) m7 P* I+ D6 g" Q0 PAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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# N- r+ a* r9 A; NRaid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
$ z3 U1 d5 ^- T; h+ ?! E6 z8 WEstimated time to target is 15 minutes6 _  \8 p" k0 O2 ]
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$ |3 g% G$ w0 J" T! i      A6M2 Zero x 23
$ |: Z: @; i! Z$ t; J      B5N1 Kate x 2
" g/ P, W  L+ q      B5N2 Kate x 126 ~4 Z+ k, B' B: B6 ]+ S9 W1 Y0 }9 d
      D3A1 Val x 12
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2 n. A( o. J( U% rAllied aircraft
: d' c7 r& [2 l# I8 Z      P-40E Warhawk x 10; e; k) B& Z- H7 l7 X4 {' f
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 10
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( _2 I( F: B2 s  {9 u" q4 oJapanese aircraft losses
! Y! N: |. r, C( l      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed0 e, C& h- y2 b
      B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
3 k& @( H; V9 {  m      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
  }+ r7 N% Y$ ^8 i1 w9 `      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed" G! }) A* F' C' |2 M$ u, o
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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      P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
  \. V( R! J' W9 d" K, h/ s      P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
' C4 `2 W. S( W( y      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
8 _& U( F! e5 i0 U% ]      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
& N' D& Q0 E- O$ a      A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground- j4 j9 }. w: g# \/ g6 L
      B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
* j. l0 u# k% y* H      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground6 h+ \' w( X& u: {  |7 j
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, l& [0 P; `0 s, v" \/ \6 A, u% W- a7 ~Allied ground losses:
. n/ f7 q  h5 U      4 casualties reported# R0 M$ M/ U* G1 y
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" i8 F5 I+ o( U% L  D7 [
         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled; z6 u* M6 L$ w, B* c* P
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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- U* r$ S+ b6 a4 I4 p" d2 C4 KAirbase hits 1
3 C" ~, U* w2 `4 e, y, \4 p7 T- Q) M2 DAirbase supply hits 2# ~: Q" s$ q3 `! y
Runway hits 18

kevin_hx

莫港的地面部队，一开局就已经开了自动补充，目前已经超过100战力

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 10, 42
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重创的CA芝加哥号单舰将日军莫港登陆船队逼退，日军登陆的企图再次破产" J2 n6 g$ Z$ t; N( A6 E7 G+ Y
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 10,000 Yards
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/ b4 G8 B- l/ R, sJapanese Ships
9 N5 N  r# Q8 T1 N6 ^      CM Tsugaru. P) u. [" ]3 F
      DD Yayoi5 ?, Z- {( u3 Q3 T. u, n! y
      E Oite
# u+ T, H$ c" Q      E Asanagi
9 q. t* ?% X& Q- _* t- b      DMS W.204 k! P) k; L+ X4 i& o& H! j
      xAKL Hagoromo Maru
! }! s4 J# O; }* G0 g8 E  n      xAKL Noshiro Maru #27 P0 H; X& \9 X5 x1 o# g
      xAK Canberra Maru
, x/ Q. E8 k7 r+ H$ v( y2 o      xAK Kansai Maru
2 ]7 Y' p8 G( Z      xAK Kagu Maru
6 u9 t5 j" B2 o2 g      xAK Asakaze Maru
" U3 m/ ?8 u+ ^; d% D9 N      xAK Sinsei Maru
( w. g5 [$ Y( [8 {9 `      xAK Ikushima Maru
$ N/ i! D& E+ X2 S3 a      xAK Kasuga Maru #25 Z, u; |1 M: \. ^& e
      xAK Aso Maru
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Allied Ships
+ O& ~' n4 ]/ F1 Y+ L      CA Chicago,  heavy damage/ Q; @( ^% h2 P8 Z/ F9 a
7 M, \, e. `5 P2 S
随后盟军的水面舰队和潜艇联合出击与日军护航舰队混战数场，各有胜负
1 P4 |5 b/ s0 n$ W* l: q+ O击沉日军重巡加古号、妙高号、轻巡夕张号，损失切斯特号、阿斯托利亚号、新奥尔良号* w9 n1 T" Z4 b1 X* ?1 W1 z) K
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby  at 97,131
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3 Y8 F& h/ K" Z1 t1 u0 YJapanese Ships
* m1 T/ R: h: }' f/ a7 z0 J      CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage) i; ^2 p+ z7 z4 n( G: F% k& W

& Z0 o/ U9 d; i/ o" o, rAllied Ships
( A  @6 L6 O7 [, K3 [+ `4 B      SS S-47& C: P  n% {" ~9 z1 V
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3 L" Q1 ~0 V$ J6 pNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 7,000 Yards6 Y/ i# b% U: D6 A

0 ]- L( h* S9 {  n: BJapanese Ships
( E2 c: w3 Y; j2 M; V; \8 @      CA Myoko+ [: Y' s* T. Q3 G' l
      CA Kako, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
; x; y% M3 i; m1 b' e" @9 N      DD Akebono
6 Y- j& x. E- W- ?4 ]      DD Sazanami
/ u1 g! S# d' |- J; `) h      DD Ushio
! B  F" m8 Y: @3 Z" c& o
5 n0 Z/ M1 O$ p$ vAllied Ships% i6 {7 _0 F. h* }
      CA Chester, Shell hits 1
. ]( G' X# Q; z5 O+ ?      CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& ?; @/ _4 x! ^, n
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
, v0 b$ P$ u: e7 ]' \      DD Morris, Shell hits 4,  on fire
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( }, V3 k( j3 c8 J8 ~( U3 _2 e- ^! ANight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 8,000 Yards: k! v) h" [7 t3 q5 O  N# _

9 h, u' f# W& G8 oAllied aircraft
8 x0 C8 g6 d% C' v. z2 G      no flights
( c7 o  v8 U7 Z) f% K* d' _% ?* U( ?. E- c
Allied aircraft losses
+ g4 p, k+ q. F( u3 _      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed$ |3 c. W; b( i0 p! Q; \

% e$ |* y, s% @4 r2 o2 jJapanese Ships
. e" G1 h/ o/ g  E8 A, N( D4 ~      CA Myoko, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage1 Q) {3 X, P: c4 Y
      DD Akebono, Shell hits 1
* m/ Y2 [: i0 F$ q. L* R" D- T      DD Sazanami
5 u6 \  U* X7 V5 N. ]
' y. ^0 b6 j2 x& g* JAllied Ships! G' t% R8 c* l+ I: j( q( H
      CA New Orleans, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' l$ \/ v7 w2 O; {2 B      CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 11 l+ \/ c* p6 j, a% P; c3 d* i
      CA Australia, Shell hits 2
3 |2 j7 T3 T1 C, s/ Z. E$ l      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
9 T- n1 k( E- ^2 `/ _) N      DD Anderson
4 D! N/ ?7 k3 o: L. v$ v      DD Perkins/ a9 I1 d4 Z0 k0 v; e; b
      DD Dewey, Shell hits 1,  on fire
: c! M9 [# }! w. `; O  ^      DD Worden: v1 }0 Y, j# D+ y
      DD Aylwin, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
1 _1 L: }6 w" U- F, X      DD Whipple
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: g/ I. E( p4 H! u- C5 GNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 11,000 Yards6 \/ }1 s1 D& l8 N

- s! G2 T- j3 J* uJapanese aircraft
9 ~# x4 `" k: L4 Y0 q) R7 M      no flights5 w1 m5 D/ y2 A& j) [
  a5 D& R4 w7 w# T: C6 }
Japanese aircraft losses
& n5 ~' R  r7 W5 Z# j$ P      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed) {& M5 `" `8 y
9 i. H) q# W" c; K: j, Z  k' V. I8 U
Japanese Ships2 W% u3 k6 N0 |3 i
      CA Kako, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
2 I( _6 a! B. |. v+ s1 E3 _      DD Ushio
# B2 U7 [* x+ h4 ?
  V# u8 q- [9 T+ A2 p. H7 MAllied Ships$ a4 u) q; l6 U. v# C
      CA Minneapolis0 L; [# o: G% s5 S/ S
      CA Australia, Shell hits 1
1 A2 |  z$ f( c% ?      DD Sims, Shell hits 1
+ N& F% w: i$ R/ T      DD Anderson
  l( r1 Q8 d$ H      DD Perkins- y$ k: F( B* S6 }
      DD Dewey0 ^! D  x; o1 M) V6 A: {
      DD Worden
! D* b; x( ?" V5 l      DD Whipple
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 1,000 Yards
7 U% T% D; `0 {7 e) F7 \" Y& }5 U% }" {* _8 K
Japanese Ships; E2 M  Z! L# L7 e2 d# u7 L
      AMc Fumi Maru #2, Shell hits 5, and is sunk+ o/ {6 i7 G( [, @
. j" b1 d, T4 X4 C( \; E5 X: D$ ^
Allied Ships
. j7 Y9 m- J! V# t      CA Minneapolis# Q# r( D1 W% Y1 ]8 S
      CA Australia8 E$ u4 q; M! `7 ~
      DD Sims
& z% w& D& q5 t      DD Anderson  i7 b$ }8 {8 Z& v4 `& v
      DD Perkins0 o' i7 C2 f2 x# U
      DD Dewey
) H6 ]0 U9 `! {6 v: l) n* q  P# x# }$ ~/ l      DD Worden
' x/ }7 ~2 J, D  e0 z: i. x- v  y, J      DD Whipple

kevin_hx

天亮后，日军KB和陆攻疯狂反扑，丧心病狂的大猫天蝗甚至将大艇也对海攻击，盟军多艘战舰不幸或重创或沉没0 s% Z- a5 r! a+ p; i! z8 P, E8 b8 C9 Q
中创的CV约克镇号撤离途中在澳洲东海岸不幸遭到潜艇暗算，中雷重创
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# l; A$ T4 a) L& u- e2 Y" _Sub attack near Townsville  at 92,144- |' L' h) d7 R) z6 ]; ^; E6 G& G5 ?

& b, `5 k7 [$ m6 u, X  ^2 eJapanese Ships+ o6 X- w7 w8 _! V3 {( k  G1 f3 p
      SS I-276 V6 V* k2 H. ~3 h5 ]

8 u. w" A& Z$ o8 UAllied Ships
! A+ g+ S) q' i# T6 [. j0 q7 S      CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
& }/ {$ S, j; X      DD Hammann- `# J4 O) N+ p  I( L. ~6 c
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2 H0 S$ O+ Q! W6 d( ASub attack near Port Moresby  at 98,1301 u2 ]6 ~6 C3 t8 d5 w0 |

  c& j- n2 L  W6 KJapanese Ships! B- y% S) s- O4 h2 g
      SS I-21
$ R' l% `1 a& m- y/ |6 j% X6 l# T) b: g% Y6 e
Allied Ships; M5 j; F4 ]$ M
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage2 P9 ?9 J' d! }( t( r7 S3 |
      DD Morris/ H+ H& b* a( I* t5 \% e
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
7 [, o" C& O# m* h; d2 p: ~. b. _1 p
Weather in hex: Heavy rain4 X, b- o; |* s; e) ^8 i. M
' d: Y1 X1 w! x  x
Raid detected at 83 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.% @% z; W7 ^7 v0 P- y' {3 S
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes: {0 o- T" y% g+ w
: P4 W2 ~2 B- Z
Japanese aircraft+ Z  Z: x3 e2 U9 O9 B4 |5 q+ {. h
      A6M2 Zero x 21$ u9 J! h4 ?1 R- u  R; B: X
      B5N2 Kate x 116 u1 f! o2 s5 R0 D& x; e5 h
      D3A1 Val x 178 _/ W: W1 L: Q, m

- C$ f9 s0 n4 ^3 KAllied aircraft
$ F0 h9 ]$ R( Y' s      P-40E Warhawk x 8' \& g/ T% m/ s5 U! D2 E: k
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 4
. g! `/ G* a( Q/ ~' [4 j8 Q4 |! V; N/ c3 N, z- k6 X, A
Japanese aircraft losses
, c7 P# y1 P- s) y! Y& @+ c' ]      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
9 u* K* F; P& h8 {! e9 g      B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged$ g+ [3 v/ W4 _* i; E) w# h
      B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak2 [) I- ?8 a7 u- u
      D3A1 Val: 7 damaged  Y8 H7 R0 D8 f
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak. a2 ?% b/ r8 s
2 w5 |; X" U9 ^0 g( F7 K% w. X
Allied aircraft losses
8 ~* k  U. [' C$ N5 B- M4 ^      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed3 F  B8 @! R) ~1 O( l( o
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
: j* v6 R3 m3 Q1 g1 v! }- s4 |8 u& H  o
Allied Ships( P* S1 I1 j4 _; H4 |- d5 Z
      CA Minneapolis8 g* Y$ f% t. t5 r& @: Q
      CA Chester,  on fire,  heavy damage
' E. Y8 V- T: n! i0 m' S7 t      CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4,  heavy damage
4 x" p) B  M8 d      DD Anderson
4 \6 D, J: n- B      CA Australia+ G1 m% \: E! s2 h3 \4 m2 M
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
$ t# v" b: d1 f
8 N; o/ m0 B8 G' d* s- a% GWeather in hex: Light cloud# W, c7 c) b& S

  d- C; \( D2 U% IRaid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 E! Y, H) \8 O: K0 v, G3 }& b
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes; }( d" U+ W% j; o6 q
% z1 k) _/ s: \4 E
Japanese aircraft7 P5 W+ G, ^5 g8 P: c# _* @
      A5M4 Claude x 4
  Y- Q5 s1 s# p9 Y/ K( t# U      G3M2 Nell x 18
, O- r. U% X) f) n8 U( W      H8K1 Emily x 10
9 `+ J2 c( |* f( a' |+ X2 \5 E( ~& S# x2 [/ p
Japanese aircraft losses
1 c0 ]0 `3 i3 u- \      G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
! B( l. A+ x; v6 y      H8K1 Emily: 3 damaged. v6 g% T  Q5 m1 A0 o
% H4 ]: U6 ?0 o! d: r2 k6 i
Allied Ships
8 l  w) C1 q$ {8 B      CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage. R! p0 i% j; S
      CA Australia, Bomb hits 1: g. G7 ]- [$ R* I
      DD Whipple$ K! R, M1 m% ]  L. Z  A( z
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9 {8 a6 [9 u8 V4 W# B, }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
+ C* e% O$ l6 |7 B% Z. W* B: {' ]0 _( \3 O/ c# n3 U
Weather in hex: Light cloud' U, ~' Q7 G9 B+ R# P% D

' S' m9 k6 x- i8 }; Z' L! ]# hRaid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet., I$ x9 g" K$ i# w
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes$ E8 S; c7 A( ], c, @+ I
# \: g: f* Q3 P- }4 R* a
Japanese aircraft7 M6 n( n' m6 H4 M; e( {
      A5M4 Claude x 4
; D) n  c: x% k" h! h3 |" C      H6K4 Mavis x 65 ~- G3 W4 T' p* [6 P. E9 W
4 s; F) U4 F. J! e
Japanese aircraft losses! G) Z5 F0 S1 {* ~2 W8 E+ }- }
      H6K4 Mavis: 2 damaged/ q/ I% E, z* M1 p( p' b

8 N9 Y9 Z- U7 [& W6 gAllied Ships
3 H/ l6 \9 W! P1 F, y1 G      DD Morris, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130- E2 Q, q: e) R' X# t$ Y
1 @2 O* e6 A5 l  m( A, v7 V" U2 }
Weather in hex: Light cloud) B7 r3 m' N4 Z
$ x$ u4 {9 N6 f; L7 s" l- |, A# N
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
4 B3 Y% e* p7 U' p3 B5 `Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
; l/ F# h% s3 G: k& N- R8 T0 _
Japanese aircraft
2 K8 b& a6 \3 f* v- O! E      A5M4 Claude x 48 W# E+ p7 T$ }
      G4M1 Betty x 129 C( z, |7 h+ _

+ J/ A2 s; V' q0 UAllied aircraft
5 i5 ?! U( y' ^% M2 Q7 l' I8 A; z      no flights
" @- h! N9 T8 ~' z! q' E' Q8 o. n% w: }1 l! A4 Y
No Japanese losses
; z1 Q4 {9 }& ]: p2 A9 [
" L2 G& m7 L0 l+ M) P7 pAllied aircraft losses
2 L  a9 a% Q9 l/ M+ @/ t      SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed8 f5 \( A2 V3 @/ T" k
2 o4 t% c* e! W* x
Allied Ships
; E9 y* Y5 J* v- t. A: s; j8 }      CL Hobart  t5 j- ]' Y* k: H# G0 ~; k
      CA Chester, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

hongqi315

大猫又被瓜牛吃了。。

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 11, 42
( t: |% A! c9 K; t! w! h0 L第二次登陆失败后，猫天蝗恼羞成怒，KB对莫港大肆空袭，企图瘫痪莫港机场 2 [# x# y7 }* y- b% ~
同时登陆船队重新在海上漂浮，等待时机，等待护航舰队重整旗鼓
3 U( ?0 C6 g8 y5 _1 v而盟军的陆基零零星星地出击，毫无建树，遂要求对海6000英尺，以期获得斩获7 f, A& M" W% s0 K4 h7 @
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9 w/ G0 X! \) z- n1 c+ BAfternoon Air attack on Port Moresby Brigade, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)7 W! B, t, F! _* l' }

" T" K2 |. I: b. {6 MWeather in hex: Light cloud; I, f& R, T. q- u
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Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.) {& A2 T0 j; c9 R& f
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
* y. _) w; v+ s& J+ a# ?& x( ?  x% t7 y" g( u( n5 E
Japanese aircraft
+ A, o; `" y; Z      A5M4 Claude x 4- |4 _9 j, l7 z( q) z+ U* w
      A6M2 Zero x 22
8 K; Y  v6 d2 J% F& L      G3M2 Nell x 17
* i8 V& M+ ~% |: w- t) L; Y1 I: N! ?% \8 C/ t; l: p
Allied aircraft
$ V3 h: ?: M/ ?, k" r& E6 O      P-40E Warhawk x 60 z) Z  k! y* m7 E4 j/ p
      F4F-3 Wildcat x 6! O  J' F" K* m9 _$ y1 d  Z) ]

% E, X5 R! `, `( D3 N' k' I( m9 zJapanese aircraft losses% D+ l% G2 _7 q% e
      A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed* `4 L( y8 `( N+ E: R. m0 l
      A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed9 J- E9 x. _& x/ \) v

, L: Y" L% i* L2 f1 e4 PAllied aircraft losses# r) b1 m1 P  i: [" @
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
& e; \( e$ [  I2 U0 A1 u
% Q2 l; W& r7 O" d& M: \% e- v9 ~2 e3 o% j
Allied ground losses:
4 _8 r6 B# H3 a! M      21 casualties reported
6 f1 [$ J/ C  L! U6 e: Y8 ~3 i         Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 C: R4 u5 g/ B% m" `$ X5 h: x' ]4 f         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
- m) F9 c9 p0 i  R  W         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

kevin_hx

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 12, 42
: Y% x4 a- j+ r剧本所剩时间不多了，猫天蝗决定发起决死登陆在重巡羽黑的护航下，登陆船队第3次对莫港发起冲滩，但是。。。。) J9 {- R4 Y! b4 h1 q% m
当天夜里月光暗淡，可见度极低，羽黑编队与盟军水面舰队仅仅打了一个照面就匆匆擦肩而过，结果登陆船队惨遭屠戮
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" Z* f- S6 ?4 S5 ?3 jNight Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 26,000 Yards$ O; S: o0 G8 F7 B2 o

+ `/ j& `8 z6 {; S' _9 [1 CJapanese Ships; A- X: b. @: g$ t
      CA Haguro
2 L9 q4 c/ V7 X6 z( H$ e      DD Shiratsuyu
3 X7 h, H# s% k: k8 k6 ?1 }. c! y      DD Shigure
/ f. N! Q6 I: O# f" P      DD Yugure
( Z! t5 k. _. d) X% J      DD Ariake
1 F5 e: N. ^' P2 N; {1 d      DD Akebono/ o" q) \- X: [4 w+ q
      DD Sazanami5 B# M4 V8 w: C) a( ?" H
      DD Ushio
) F% N' W: D$ h      DD Yayoi5 s4 V* X+ b- z4 L# g. e5 q4 e
; P1 E- N& K/ G& q
Allied Ships
- o/ D, ~& N2 W9 z7 B      CA Australia
% e; R: Q! V6 m8 z- x      CL Hobart7 e  Q% p, n/ F2 E4 e$ E+ S
      DD Sims
& g; Z( u: \2 a$ G      DD Anderson
9 ]2 t" I, y4 |" ^9 T. p      DD Perkins
" S, N9 A8 W# o; p( D      DD Dewey1 m* t/ g5 g9 T# r- D5 m( D. O2 a
      DD Worden
. B3 P7 a: \% C9 W% D: S$ r      DD Whipple
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8 {7 w- p6 I* ~+ a1 u猫天蝗的莫港登陆队被团灭，彻底丧失了翻盘的机会 " [: j: ~2 f4 ?. k! i0 o* c
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! @/ |/ P! n9 k4 W* ODay Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 21,000 Yards
% i7 j! H0 {" K1 w! |
+ F6 g3 l& g) VJapanese aircraft
5 p2 p+ v3 H4 n7 G; Q      no flights  _/ M( N6 o: e/ E; v

- u+ b$ @! _8 f& f5 v" e8 Y: AJapanese aircraft losses4 Q! ~8 N1 H3 x- d) l8 t! G! M2 G
      E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
& K- n9 w# i* ?4 v# y, C, A3 f- {. r$ z
Japanese Ships
/ `4 E- |) k) N+ {/ z% g# Q5 a/ a) \" _      CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
% s* M$ ~2 t+ ]      E Oite& [% x* K* j+ o2 o# C
      E Asanagi, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 h6 y+ S, _  _# _9 `      DMS W.20, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
1 _! ?4 _( |' a$ T" r5 @      xAKL Hagoromo Maru, Shell hits 3,  heavy fires
# W/ |+ B5 M0 V" v. V$ w# {      xAKL Noshiro Maru #2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk( K1 U3 P  |7 q( i
      xAK Canberra Maru, Shell hits 17,  heavy fires,  heavy damage& \0 Q0 f! n! w# V6 T
      xAK Kansai Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
8 U7 a) ^5 s- `+ W: i9 O/ b      xAK Kagu Maru, Shell hits 10,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
4 A: x% o7 F$ E. l/ k$ x      xAK Asakaze Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
* l9 H1 Q* W6 X0 U7 [% t1 H1 S4 X      xAK Sinsei Maru, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
  Y  b, x+ z6 o5 P3 k& K      xAK Ikushima Maru, Shell hits 5,  heavy fires: C" N0 w2 |" |8 g4 t
      xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Shell hits 14,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
. I; w) c8 p8 X      xAK Aso Maru, Shell hits 13,  heavy fires,  heavy damage% b" M8 y9 L4 {8 q

; O( G# x# K1 T0 s2 D# q/ |Allied Ships
6 G$ F/ v# Z( W# l9 ?$ D9 B! F      CA Australia, Shell hits 10 N* h; R* G) q7 F
      CL Hobart, Shell hits 4
/ D0 V5 P# y9 A4 K0 x5 o6 `. l      DD Sims
+ c: |% e% q+ D9 o9 y& d      DD Anderson1 \( m# h: y& V% A0 `7 v, x
      DD Perkins, Shell hits 2$ ?; ?4 Q9 t- ?2 }$ G" b
      DD Dewey3 d9 z/ C; N. X& S' B8 Q# l* @
      DD Worden, Shell hits 1* d$ L9 [5 Z# p9 o+ s
      DD Whipple, Shell hits 21 N0 q! F8 {9 _+ V$ G
; }4 y  q% T7 S# o- B
Japanese ground losses:
# \2 N2 {. O& C9 U      3411 casualties reported8 c; a2 v, `- Y2 a5 G4 g  }2 k/ a3 L
         Squads: 53 destroyed, 93 disabled
3 g8 Q! P9 F7 V! t& j6 f- x+ |         Non Combat: 100 destroyed, 119 disabled
% `1 E; L! Y8 a; E' q" i3 ?         Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled5 v' @* f1 e6 s! W
      Guns lost 47 (12 destroyed, 35 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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7 s) b" O* E( `! i8 |5 K* ARaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
$ Z% c5 ]3 Z  ?0 o! C/ CEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft* }: A! H' f& T: t# T  v$ k6 Q
      Wirraway x 6+ j" N* C# R! u' c" [# x4 z1 j
      P-40E Warhawk x 49 z) H  O" w+ z9 m# }, o( q
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships' L' E* j2 m! E- O+ h
      xAK Sinsei Maru, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
9 h5 k7 |( e: P  h      xAK Canberra Maru, and is sunk8 u, t0 m; u* c9 L' |. p4 y5 W

3 z- P2 n! c9 X# kJapanese ground losses:
1 N" n* L3 ]8 M2 Z+ L* ~" X1 o      131 casualties reported
- Q, X- k8 V# a( ^4 {1 T" r3 i! M         Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
' Y) y  J) D, ^) M0 v         Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled: k, q* S2 X4 j* J; C& j2 S; X
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
% ^' P+ G# O2 t" z( a* b8 J      Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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6 i) C. V9 r3 R  ?2 `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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. [' l! p- N: c' x, W, _Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 h% Z, r. j. {/ ?% AEstimated time to target is 9 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese Ships# a# m& p  j/ l# [4 i! k/ G! V8 z
      xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage4 k- }. {  b4 C+ n
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Japanese ground losses:" T3 \+ h) ?. L* o) \" i6 d$ x
      188 casualties reported$ \$ j! v# B5 |, c2 p2 r
         Squads: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled) A/ d' y0 q* X  u
         Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled7 Q( R! S% \$ U; ?6 y3 }4 ^
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! l0 ~, ~' q: [3 e# \5 q+ n      Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)" U3 X) k* R5 ^6 S7 j9 e- H- I
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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . n4 H. L* s' p; V
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.3 P( B+ Z+ G" e
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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      A6M2 Zero x 17% e( ~2 G: U, P4 ?" E
      G4M1 Betty x 253 Z+ I% A* N: l1 M

7 h8 b* D( {7 X; x) mAllied aircraft
8 \. M% V: Y' K: v! |7 F9 W; `4 G* F      P-40E Warhawk x 3
2 p" X6 j  D/ F  `" x. ~" e      F4F-3 Wildcat x 1
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Japanese aircraft losses. u" M1 o+ W8 a9 Z* i9 ]
      G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
9 u6 p) j( D) K( ~2 y% _# |      P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed& @& Q* X; S+ a# s1 \

0 V9 ?. E# |2 e' ^( n1 xAllied Ships
: Z+ i; h4 r( J* Q5 l      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage