战报如下:( `8 {9 K1 l c
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。
* k: Z8 W( E, h) rMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
/ m9 j+ x/ u, j5 P/ MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
' B/ I* Z5 M* ~Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
& E/ R/ L# o1 i6 {- AEstimated time to target is 34 minutes! T2 g- c! {7 ?1 p r6 H' ~& x
Japanese aircraft
# }9 Q' S; S# `( i! ? A6M3 Zero x 143 l; \. n8 y2 ~2 D
G4M1 Betty x 72
; R" S+ Q4 N7 Q! o5 GAllied aircraft
+ A* Y1 Z; X u" R! N8 L Kittyhawk IA x 274 u" J8 F" O3 M/ I: G7 E
Wirraway x 429 K. N6 F9 X, f: ?' h
P-40E Warhawk x 9: ?" A/ R: e5 h4 d+ L* @
Japanese aircraft losses- r: @( d {$ ~' _. _
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
w% [1 i; N0 I G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged6 Q( n* b5 f1 x& `
Allied aircraft losses9 I) t& y$ v4 Z
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
* B( C0 G2 {0 ^( g8 E. N, ~% @9 Z Wirraway: 5 destroyed& T2 {+ b! p) |: [! e5 d! J
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
4 X* ]" E2 h" _/ s) GAirbase hits 2
$ A* c" ^5 Y3 K) a2 iRunway hits 83 u$ f" U6 j. x4 r4 g
- P4 t- H$ t+ W0 l4 z' FKB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。4 o# P% {2 X0 P7 |+ I
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
1 _# \" t, P% r: T& j4 r' w( W" [! BWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
+ s- f! S0 y7 gRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
( A; {1 g" u4 b: SEstimated time to target is 18 minutes8 T/ B$ P F% a6 b: o' g4 J5 z
Japanese aircraft
: g( O( e ~; X: ]+ z5 y A6M2 Zero x 32
$ y7 R0 H3 Z* Q$ j D3A1 Val x 8: T# V: p, q9 B- n; h
Allied aircraft
! A+ S8 j* k8 F/ y5 p1 G. o Kittyhawk IA x 14
8 C! L9 I# i3 j' H+ |3 r/ X Wirraway x 21' D( R! [( Z3 }9 M
P-40E Warhawk x 7" s3 f# D2 ^5 I8 n, A2 B4 l& q$ J
Japanese aircraft losses6 ?4 a. j( S% t4 B
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed: y+ p2 z/ m# n" a
Allied aircraft losses: ~# G' }9 N/ s& T% c
Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
/ d- N1 _8 c J f2 h$ S5 R. L# K Wirraway: 3 destroyed
2 B: Z" _% [# M/ L: Q& i- wAllied Ships
- I# L6 v6 O6 E9 Q, Y xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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9 [ A+ n# A8 l. k" m* kKB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。5 s: O; ~. ]$ ]5 n
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,134
/ J+ q2 B [7 m, U2 S4 zWeather in hex: Overcast9 n5 H5 b6 A" X& k9 Q
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 [% _+ R0 p! d% s* g1 i
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes* \2 y* {! i$ i4 N2 ~) Q
Japanese aircraft
) A6 j3 B9 p5 o$ Q5 s4 X A6M2 Zero x 43
. }2 K4 `6 d! t1 }# Y" X R9 R B5N1 Kate x 450 y9 G- I0 F/ R
D3A1 Val x 70 C% f) ?" A9 ?" t! N3 { `
D3A2 Val x 497 x1 m. R) N7 x3 h
Allied aircraft c" j7 m. X6 U" O1 u9 R/ f
P-39D Airacobra x 9/ x+ d9 z/ f$ L. U7 V+ l2 W' A" Y0 w
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16+ x0 J: \! a9 x4 F# p. b' ^
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
1 z3 _# G0 Y1 P6 ZJapanese aircraft losses
" Z' {* Z7 l' Y+ e A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
2 s, O4 E7 }( l( z& J B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged8 m0 Q0 v3 v$ w, q
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak0 }& f* c! y, l' ?* o6 Q4 d% ^& o
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed
5 U. E- r6 `$ a8 C D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
& h- [4 u- n. a' _! e D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak6 F- ~( U U7 V# c
Allied aircraft losses
( o8 R. T' `; g F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed9 p2 z0 D1 F4 N. m+ K
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed \# n# N/ w; ^! D3 _
Allied Ships; {! D: c1 a7 a9 X
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire
9 T1 q, j/ q2 j CV Saratoga0 x! O1 R; l" ^
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
D% s* j3 K6 r5 z8 H9 s; {% ~1 b CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage6 k0 K% G4 W7 N& w7 m8 s
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 10 |# ~0 [- k8 C7 H% }8 W" u4 d
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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。
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0 z- Q" e N. j/ l& A u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。
: \' ^' T. G: @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。 |