FransKoenz
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AAR Backyard 2, Part 2
During the first 16 hours of the operation, my aircraft and submarines were rather successful!
23 Soviet surface vessels, including capital ships, such as the Admiral Gorshkov and the Kiev [both CVHG], 2 BCGN [Frunze and Admiral Ushakov], 4 other cruisers, 5 destroyers, 6 patrol craft, and 4 non-combatants were destroyed. All combatants operated in the Sea of Ochotsk.
The helicopters and S-2 Viking took out 7 submarines, including 1 OSCAR-II class SSGN.
Submarine #8, an Echo II mod, was destroyed by a Chinese Han-class submarine.
The F-14 performed very good as well: 59 fighters [MiG-25, MiG-31, and Su-27 Flanker], 44 bombers [Tu-95 Bear, Tu-16 Badger, and Tu-22 Backfire], and 5 Il-38 May were shot down.
Another 52 Helicopters and 42 Yak-141 Forgers were destroyed onboard the Soviet carriers and major combatants.
Helicopter carrier Kiev
A complete air wing [25 F-14] has been shot down by [mainly] MiG-31 and MiG-25.
1 of the aircraft carriers [USS Carl Vinson] is damaged [28%]. 137 aircraft and helicopters are available.
The USS Birmingham, a Los Angeles class submarine, is now useless after her successful mission; with empty magazines, there is only 1 mission to accomplish: surviving and return to base.
04:00:00 Zulu Time.
The weather conditions are terrible, heavy rain and sea state #2. But the show must go on.
All Hornets, Intruders, and Prowlers are soon re-armed again with AGM-84 Harpoon for the second raid against the Russian fleet: 5 ships survived the first attack and must be destroyed to assure a safe journey through the Sea of Ochotsk. The CBG has reached the passage to the Sea of Ochotsk. I hope that my decision to enter the Sea of Ochotsk was right. 1 question remains: where are the Soviet submarines?
At 04:35, I launched all Hornets, Intruders, and Prowlers for the second run. All Hornets and 24 Intruders are underway to the SAG that operates southeast of Kamchatka. The other aircraft are heading to the remaining ships in the Sea of Ochotsk.
2 Prowlers already launched successfully their HARM against one of the 5 ships [the Azov-class cruiser] and returned to the aircraft carrier. 12 Intruders launched their Harpoon and managed to kill the Azov, already crippled after she was hit by 3 HARM, and the Uda, a replenishment ship. The Berezina, the other replenishment ship, was hit by 1 missile, as well as a Udaloy-class destroyer. Both ships are severly damaged. The other destroyer, a Souvremennyy-class, survived the attack, but was already damaged during the first run. So did the Kara-class cruiser [operating 100nm eastward of the 5 ships].
All assigned aircraft returned back to the USS Roosevelt and the USS Carl Vinson.
After the Intruders returned to the aircraft carriers, I re-armed them with Wally’s. Once the F/A-18 have land, I will arm them with AGM-45 Shrikes. I will also arm some of the Intruders with Harpoon to get rid of the remaining ships.
Kara-class cruiser
The USS Boston has launched her 4 BG-109B TASM. 2 hits were reported. Her tubes now contain the 4 RGM-84C Harpoon IB, but the submarine must close in first.
Meanwhile, the aircraft are closing in [15 F/A-18 and 20 A-6], armed with 70 Harpoon missiles to destroy 12 ships. Nasty thing is that the SAG is operating within firing range of land based SAM units. Therefore I closed in from the southeast
I want to launch the missiles and let all the planes first fly a south-eastern course before let them return to the aircraft carriers. I hope to minimize casualties in that way.
The attack was a success! Most of the vessels were hit more than once by the Harpoon missiles and sank instantly. 1 enemy unit is still moving. The remaining ships are on fire. The USS Boston will take care of these ships once she is in firing range.
Only 1 aircraft [A-6] was destroyed by land based SAM, but all other aircraft managed to survive and returned to the aircraft carriers. After landing, I immediately re-armed the planes with AGM-45, Wally’s and iron bombs. The Pride of the Soviet Pacific Fleet now rest at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Ochotsk.
But, where are their submarines???
Short after 06:00, some of my ships were within firing range and launched Harpoon missiles to kill the remaining ships of the once so powerful Russian SAG. Only 1 ship survived this attack, the Berezina, a replenishment ship is still moving, but the ship is severed damaged after more than one hit.
The Kara class cruiser is still there, survived already 2 attacks. Although damaged [percentage unknown], this vessel is still a dangerous opponent. Some 30 minutes later, I attacked the Kara-class cruiser Tashkent with HARM and Harpoon missiles. 1 HARM hit the cruiser, as well as 1 Harpoon missile. Now I have to wait until all aircraft are re-armed. That will take almost 6 hours. I therefore ordered the Achishio to intercept the cruiser. The submarine must bridge some 14nm at maximum speed to close in for a torpedo attack. The cruiser’s speed is 15knts and is manoeuvring all the time.
The CBG is closing in as well; distance to the cruiser is 120nm. Soon the Trashkent is able to launch onboard ASM missiles. Finally, the Sachishio was in firing range and launched 2 Type 89 torpedoes to finish this threat. At 08:10, the Trashkent was hit and sank within minutes. The ships didn’t launch her missiles.
I now have eliminated all surface vessels in the Sea of Ochotsk.
Now the Soviet fleet [except their submarines] is no longer a threat, I can focus on the next stage of the operations: the destruction of land based installations.
The Kamchatkan Peninsula is heavily defended with various SAM installations. At least 4 medium/long range Radar systems make it impossible to arrange a sneaky assault. The operation will cause high casualties.
Game on!
07:30:00 Zulu Time.
Now the CBG is at relative short distance of the Kamchatkan Peninsula and much more vulnerable for hit and run attacks by Soviet bombers, I launched more fighters and with the formation Editor I re-arranged the position of my ships. So far, the Kirishima mainly took care of the defence of the CBG, but the ship is running out of her SAM’s . The USS Mobile Ray and the USS California, both with almost all SM available now must take over.
So far, My assets were pretty lucky. But a massive attack with Badgers or Backfires could ruin my plans. Especially now the formation is that close to the Russian bastion.
Japanese Aegis destroyer Kirishima
Short after 08:00:00 ZT.
The Soviets are launching aircraft again. Not just a few, but large numbers.
I now expect a massive attack on my ships. The 2 aircraft carriers and the USS Fletcher, imho very important units [the aircraft carriers as home base for my aircraft, the USS Fletcher as platform of the Tomahawk cruise missiles]. I am prepared to use ‘less’ important units [Japanese DE, the AOE, and the units that are already have used their military potential in previous attacks] as target for incoming ASM-missiles.
I used my Tomcats and Hornets to intercept as much incoming aircraft as possible before they could launch their missiles. I managed to destroy some of them, but soon, the sky was filled with missiles.
I managed to destroy most of the incoming missiles [again, the Kirishima took out the bulk of the deadly swarm], but at least 7 missiles remained.
As lucky I was, all missiles hit the USS Kaufmann and not the capital ships. The frigate sank instantly, but the rest of the formation was safe for now.
During the Russian attack, I did loose fighters again. All were destroyed by land based SAM. I have now less than 15 fighters [Tomcat AND Hornets]. Defending the CBG now will be very difficult.
All the other aircraft onboard the USS Roosevelt and the USS Carl Vinson all need at least 3 and a half hours before they are ready for the next mission.
At 09:05, radar picked up new air contacts. At least 10 aircraft approached the CBG. Only 6 fighters [5 F-14 and 1 F/A-18] were available at that time. I immediately launched the available fighters to intercept the incoming aircraft. Few minutes later, I could launch some more fighters after they were reloaded. A total of 5 F-14 are now airborne to engage the enemy aircraft [later identified as Backfires]. Less than 10 minutes later, more contacts were reported: a second group of at least 10 bombers is now underway. Later, another small group appeared on the screen.
So far I could stop them before these bombers actually launched their missiles. The first group was destroyed by the F-14, the second group didn’t make it either. All incoming aircraft were destroyed.
4 Prowlers, armed with HARM, were on their own mission: attacking the Soviet Radar installation [Spoon Nest]. 1 HARM hit the installation, another HARM hit a SAM-SA-5C radar unit.
Soviet “Spoon Rest” Radar unit [Source: Wikipedia.org]
At 09:40:00 a new contact appeared on my screen. Apparently a submarine. Minutes later, it was confirmed after the unknown submarine launched 2 torpedoes. Tunas or whales do not launch torpedoes, nah? One strange thing: the nearest ship is at a distance of 60nm. An unknown secret torpedo?
2 S-2 Viking and 2 helicopters are hunting down this new threat. However, 1 hour after the submarine appeared on my screen, contact was lost. This situation doesn’t cheer me up.: the last submerged contact with that speed was a OSCAR-class SSGN. To bridge 60nm with a SS-N-19 Shipwreck is with her supersonic speed a matter of less than a minute. These are massive dangerous elephants, and, after launching their deadly 24 shipwrecks, these submarines are still capable to sink the entire CBG with their torpedoes. I want to sink this threat and I want to destroy it fast.
Special situations require special solutions. I ordered more helicopters and the other 2 S-2 to the spot and started launch torpedoes, not just the 3 that now are in the water, but at least 8-10. the enemy submarine then must manoeuvre to avoid the torpedoes [The Soviets seem to follow such tactics to catch a US submarine] and give up the stealthy status. And yes, this works. After one of the OceanHawk launched her torpedoes [3], the submarine [later identified as the K-530 Belgorod, OSCAR-II] suddenly moved at maximum speed. But it was too late. The S-2 that arrived in the area launched her fishes as well. 2 torpedoes finished this capital unit before it could launch anything.
Meanwhile, a lonely F/A-18 is flying a northern course to get rid of the annoying Badger J. The planes are patrolling in the northern part of the Peninsula.
The Spoon Rest installation was damaged during the attack earlier this morning and the western part is not that heavily defended as the southern part of the area. I see possibilities to attack from the north with my aircraft. Readiness time is still more than 3 hours for most of the aircraft onboard the aircraft carriers. The formation is heading north and pretty close to the Kamchatkan Peninsula.
The first 24 hours have come to an end.
Time to make up the balance….
Losses USA:
29 F-14 Tomcat [17 F-14 USN ’85, and 12 F-14 USN ‘88]
11 F/A-18 Hornet USN ‘82
1 Prowler II Blk 82 USN ‘86
1 Intruder USN ‘70
1 Hawkeye Group 0 USN ‘71
1 Perry class frigate [USS Kaufmann]
1 Unit is damaged, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
Losses for USSR:
1 Bal’zam [Project 1826]
2 Trawlers
1 Kashin Mod
4 Tarantul II
4 Nanuchka E
1 Slava
3 Kresta II
4 Udaloy 1
1 Frunze
1 Adm. Gorshkov
2 Souvremennyy I
1 Kiev
1 Adm. Ushakov
3 Uda
2 Krivak I
1 Azov
2 Grisha III
1 Olekhma
1 Adm. Chebanenko
1 Berezina
1 Kara
3 surface vessels are still operating in the Pacific Ocean [1 Slava, 1 Sverdlov, and 1 Udaloy I. Only the Udaloy is undamaged]
1 Tango Mod
2 Victor I
2 Victor III
1 Echo II Mod [destroyed by the PRC]
1 Akula II
2 Oscar II
6 Il-38 May
11 Tu-95 Bear D
5 Tu-95 Bear F
21 Tu-95 Bear G
26 MiG-31 Foxhound
5 MiG-25 Foxbat F
39 Tu-22 Backfire C ‘68
18 Su-27 Flanker B
18 Su-27 Flanker F
42 Yak-141 Forger A
22 Tu-16 Badger G Mod
3 Tu-16 Badger H
6 Ka-27 Helix AEW
48 Ka-27 Helix A
3 Ka-25 Hormone B Recon
7 Ka-25 Hormone A
Read more in the next [and hopefully last] episode of the Final Shoot Out [Backyard II]
Thanks Ralf and Herman for sharing this wonderful scenario!
Greetz!
Taitennek 
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