SoulBlazer
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Joined: 10/27/2002 From: Providence RI Status: offline
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Well, I guess UV DOES take into account the Allies improving at night battles as the game wears on. I just got my *** handed to me in a series of battles. :) The sitaation -- it's late June 1943 and in my game with Drex the one major advanatge I've had is in naval power. I recently sent down ships to start fast evac's of troops from Nevea, and they did a little fighting. Since then, the base has been pounded day and night by Drex and he knows I'll do it again. So I organized my ships in Rabul to have the best chance to bust through. So, I organized two different kinds of fleets for the next Fast Transport Run -- smaller fleets of six ships, with a light cruiser or two and the rest destroyers, to pull out the smaller units, and larger fleets of 12-15 ships, with heavy and light cruisers, to get the larger ones. I made sure all the ships could make 34-31 knots, and then sent out all at once -- seven fleets with about 50 ships. I figured the heavier fleets would fight with the Americans and bust through. There were good admirals in command, the ships were healthy and trained, and I counted on the Long Lancers inflicting major pain. Some of the ships even had radar! Well, it all went for naught. It seems Drex knew I was coming because he had at least two if not three fleets there at port waiting for me to pull my troops out. And for some reason, the SMALLER fleet units did all the fighting, not the heavy ones. Maybe I should have attached a Surface Combat fleet to one of the FT fleets to make sure THAT one fought, but I suspect the Allies had too many ships there for one TF to do all of the fighting. Here's the results: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships CL Naka, Shell hits 22, on fire, heavy damage CL Tenryu, Shell hits 51, on fire, heavy damage CL Yubari, Shell hits 7 DD Arashio, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yukaze, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Helena, Shell hits 5 CL Phoenix, Shell hits 1 CL Cleveland CL Columbia CL Denver, Shell hits 1 CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 1 DD Nicholas DD Strong, Shell hits 1 DD Stanly DD Cony DD Stevens DD Converse DD Wadsworth, Shell hits 2 DD Balch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships CL Naka, Shell hits 47, and is sunk CL Tenryu, and is sunk CL Yubari, Shell hits 37, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Helena CL Phoenix CL Cleveland, Shell hits 1 CL Columbia CL Denver CL Santa Fe DD Nicholas DD Strong DD Stanly DD Cony DD Stevens DD Converse DD Wadsworth DD Balch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships CL Sendai, Shell hits 12, on fire DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Oite, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Akikaze, Shell hits 25, and is sunk DD Namikaze, Shell hits 18, on fire, heavy damage DD Numakaze, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Helena, Shell hits 4 CL Phoenix, Shell hits 1 CL Cleveland, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Columbia CL Denver, Shell hits 1 CL Santa Fe DD Nicholas DD Strong DD Stanly DD Cony, Shell hits 1 DD Stevens DD Converse DD Wadsworth DD Balch, Shell hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships CL Sendai, Shell hits 35, and is sunk DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 18, and is sunk DD Oite, Shell hits 32, and is sunk DD Namikaze, and is sunk DD Numakaze, Shell hits 32, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Helena CL Phoenix CL Cleveland, on fire CL Columbia CL Denver CL Santa Fe DD Nicholas DD Strong DD Stanly DD Cony DD Stevens DD Converse DD Wadsworth DD Balch, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships DD Minegumo, Shell hits 17, and is sunk DD Kasumi, Shell hits 21, and is sunk DD Isonami, Shell hits 22, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 20, and is sunk DD Fumizuki, Shell hits 25, and is sunk DD Harukaze, Shell hits 16, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Helena CL Phoenix CL Cleveland, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage CL Columbia, Shell hits 1 CL Denver CL Santa Fe DD Nicholas DD Strong DD Stanly DD Cony DD Stevens DD Converse DD Wadsworth DD Balch, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships DD Isonami, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Shropshire CA Canberra CL Birmingham CL Mobile DD Spence DD Anthony DD Daly DD Claxton DD Aulick DD Dyson DMS Dorsey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Urakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Nowaki, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Arashi, Shell hits 4 DD Asashio, Shell hits 1 DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CA Shropshire, Shell hits 1 CA Canberra, Shell hits 1 CL Birmingham CL Mobile, Shell hits 2 DD Spence DD Anthony DD Daly DD Claxton DD Aulick DD Dyson DMS Dorsey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1 DD Urakaze, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Nowaki, on fire DD Arashi, Shell hits 41, on fire, heavy damage DD Asashio DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Shropshire CA Canberra CL Birmingham CL Mobile DD Spence DD Anthony DD Daly DD Claxton DD Aulick DD Dyson DMS Dorsey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Nevea at 50,43 Japanese Ships DD Takanami, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Onami, Shell hits 1 DD Hayanami, Shell hits 9, on fire DD Kagero, Shell hits 43, and is sunk DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Shropshire CA Canberra, Shell hits 3 CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Mobile DD Spence DD Anthony DD Daly DD Claxton DD Aulick DD Dyson DMS Dorsey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Nevea, at 50,43 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 12 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 46 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 48,41 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 6 no losses Japanese Ships DD Urakaze, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 48,41 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 8 P-39D Airacobra x 42 P-40E Kittyhawk x 29 no losses Japanese Ships DD Urakaze, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you say OUCH? 15 DD's and 4 CL's blasted to the bottom of the ocean! And all I got in return was major damage to one Allied light cruiser! The only good news is that the other fleets -- all my LARGE ones -- were able to pick up troops and bug out. I got over 5000 men away, but I'm going to have to go down and do it AGAIN. Any idea how I got creamed so badly? Was my guess correct? And how to improve my chances the next time I come down?
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