Wasp
Posts: 62
Joined: 4/27/2002 Status: offline
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No, my sub did not hit a mine at all in Noumea. Perhaps the game did not include that factor. That's another one added to the laundry list of things to put on the patch. Ok, to your comment about mines not being so effective, try taking one of those mine laying boats that can lay 150 mines. Just try those out! :D Oh man, do they dish out alot of punishment. If you take these minelayers and mine a same hex 3 times, you would need a whole fleet of mine sweepers to sweep all the mines, and you will always lose 2~3 minesweepers in the process anyway. No real damage but just small pinpricks. And if you get tired of sweeping mines and thinks the hex is safe for surface fleets, think again because until the hex is totally clear, the hex is never safe!!! Like I said earlier, I mined Lunga about 3 times with these MLs, and the Americans could never sweep the area clear of mines!:D :D :D And when the AI thinks the area is safe and send in a Carrier TF in the mined hex, that's where the party begins! Oh, I almost forgot, make sure you put 2~3 subs in the same hex as the mined hex. It will be a nasty surprise for the enemy when they run into 2~3 mines, then get hit by the deadly long lanse torpedoes!!!:D :) That's how I sunk the Hornet. My total: scratch 3CVs one to mines and two torpedo hits, the others to overwhelming airstrikes by my LBAs from Lae. By the way Lae is a pretty good base considering only bombers from Gili Gili and Port Moresby can bomb it. Right now LBAs from Rabaul and Lae is on the Round a clock bombing of Port Moresby. My plan: take Gili Gili and Port Moresby then just leave some CD forces and some AA forces and leave. Also thinking about making a base ( I forgot the name of the base, but it is a base right under Salamaua. I captured it earlier.) If I turn this into a good airbase, it would be good, becase the Americans cannot reach me, but I can destroy any invasion fleet headed my way! But supply problems have forced me to reconsider my idea. Whooops! I think I'm getting carried away too far. Well, I think I will end it right here before I get too happy:)
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