战报如下:
; d6 ?- `" M. Y. [+ ]( F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。0 E5 C1 b! g- p. Y; {+ O- X
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + p4 o/ `) f6 T- [$ K' X6 ]6 N
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
3 C4 P2 B/ b t% NRaid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.! j% |5 t. a0 i1 l0 l2 I$ j
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
1 l9 _6 n7 w \Japanese aircraft
. V- y5 `2 Q3 Q/ C8 @/ p+ d* D) o A6M3 Zero x 14
# P1 d4 g* ~6 h0 o; a$ Z G4M1 Betty x 720 X' D5 d+ v' K: R
Allied aircraft
& |5 ~1 r7 P( j& Q6 l; a Kittyhawk IA x 27
8 w* H5 a0 W: |' f$ o: i3 W2 [ Wirraway x 42; }# M7 Y- C) P* g L X# [6 w
P-40E Warhawk x 9 N; H3 M4 T+ x5 C
Japanese aircraft losses" a' P: k7 q8 ^& N4 U9 Q/ k
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed8 b1 q8 B) u- t* N6 U5 H
G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 12 damaged
- G9 b7 T" Q8 {* D$ S3 T z0 kAllied aircraft losses x" g" o, L% v) l
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
1 G- J" I4 s+ s |) n Wirraway: 5 destroyed
6 M8 {$ b- c' z8 L2 u0 z) Y P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed) O6 w) A6 g3 x4 D" s) k
Airbase hits 2
! t( E( V9 k/ \ _2 L# {4 hRunway hits 8
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* E. `. B _3 ? e5 t3 `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。; c, o% W6 ^% S
Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
0 t+ N/ f J/ P- |Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
3 I j. O+ P/ `- Y+ Q, V6 PRaid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
r, r" e# [* b% d0 t' \% C PEstimated time to target is 18 minutes
1 S, K# i5 r: Q' p9 OJapanese aircraft1 |- E6 a+ f; g! \' J
A6M2 Zero x 32% s" w2 q3 w" _9 @" y
D3A1 Val x 8# A/ s/ c) I2 I6 z/ _
Allied aircraft6 y/ l. m1 L+ ?1 x% ?0 e
Kittyhawk IA x 14. f" o1 T) ]6 r$ S" U5 z# g
Wirraway x 21; s# P' c& \ G3 }( X8 U
P-40E Warhawk x 75 x* N* ]% ]1 u) G& i8 |
Japanese aircraft losses
9 }+ o% l' ^) y D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed5 b" Z7 B" f. b
Allied aircraft losses
p0 h9 w+ I2 v- X- }9 [7 i Kittyhawk IA: 2 destroyed
; Q& Z/ `! ^6 F! m* }: s Wirraway: 3 destroyed
% W$ {7 ~. T0 [# M& T" G- EAllied Ships
7 r) _" m6 X6 i$ ^; t: r xAK Charles McCormick, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage% B) E+ {+ y$ O) x( A1 I s) q
8 t; _9 u9 n; a4 ^4 LKB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。9 x' \9 P! d5 m' `8 d4 _3 B$ ~
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,1343 G7 X1 o# E% D
Weather in hex: Overcast
# [- n/ S4 z+ R! V- _Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 o# k* m4 }1 c
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes$ h; F, q$ R s' n
Japanese aircraft# T3 A8 B8 V" h3 K8 K9 S
A6M2 Zero x 43
1 ?( `6 E0 [) R7 I0 e B5N1 Kate x 45
1 C* t* Z# O. d, A D3A1 Val x 7
1 g& o# ]4 P* ~, z; a3 \; U H0 k" a D3A2 Val x 49
+ m1 m: B# S6 s7 C; N! l2 @; _( uAllied aircraft4 N% P8 S; w! ~: T, b
P-39D Airacobra x 9" n8 T, E8 z" d! z0 ~: t) [. p
F4F-3P Wildcat x 16. q2 A/ `& V6 L' v* R
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1002 t& x; o0 N' Q7 v. z, {6 t
Japanese aircraft losses! y( {* J5 e- z G
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed: T5 T4 u. W/ I! H
B5N1 Kate: 14 destroyed, 7 damaged9 D& H/ p5 N0 ^& J* I. B+ ?* S8 X4 `9 c
B5N1 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak% q. q B8 D7 N% \4 [! l9 c
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed8 I w( {' Q7 X8 v* I: d
D3A2 Val: 21 destroyed, 13 damaged
3 }$ W! I o. p D3A2 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
5 P$ {4 I {& ]5 n- ZAllied aircraft losses# R% s: e" s U
F4F-3P Wildcat: 1 destroyed! P2 ^+ ]- P; Y" [4 b& y9 ?
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed1 k1 P: C& e, ^( Y! m7 S. e: [
Allied Ships( h# `; o" d7 X. V& E) c2 F9 ]1 ]! r
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 2, on fire$ M6 `8 ?- i) Y4 k/ v3 G
CV Saratoga- g4 h* g1 N' d" U
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire) R' [. [$ x+ D% ^- L8 M
CV Wasp, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ l5 t+ G. { u1 b. R. b4 e. _ BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1
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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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' J8 ~' ?/ v I5 U* m: z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。8 m% j& T$ A7 N8 v- {. v) Z
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。 |