Tazo
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Joined: 7/29/2009
From: Toulouse, France
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CV Wasp.
My personnal torpedo magnet, sunk by torps in my 6 Guadalcanal campaigns on AE.
Thus history is repeating and at some point I suspected a special "historical" feature scripted in the GC scenario ! (In GC 1&2 below.)
* 1st GC camp. (Allied vs AI): torpedoed by a sub one night in september while transiting W to E south of Lunga in a quite period, 2 deadly T-hits and sunk (first time I saw a big CV in the midle of the sub animation... still under the shock!)
* 2nd GC camp. (Allied vs AI): torpedoed by a sub one night in october while transiting W to E north of Lunga to intercept quickly a convoy, first and last time sailing a CV in the middle of the canal, first 1 torp by Betties day attack, slowed down and next night 3 T-hits by a sub and lost after several days flooding,
* 3rd GC camp. (Allied vs player): a few shell hits in "surprised" surface night combat by some CA TF West of Lunga, then retired south while air striking the raiding surf TF and then pursued and attacked by baby KG, among 14 kates only 3 survived the CAP but... 2 T-hits on a now crippled Wasp, sunk by heavy flooding 2 days later.
---> Wasp is my only CV loss in these 3 campaigns (played 3 months then stoped), others never sink but take damages, Wasp is weaker but unlucky too, the subs could have targeted another CV sharing the hex !
* 4th GC camp. (Jap vs AI): KB raid on 2 allied CV, massive CAP, 1/3 of Kates survive and concentrate more on Wasp than Enterprise, 4 T-hits on Wasp, heavy damage and reported sunk (confirmed later and when stopping game)
* 5th GC camp. (Jap vs player): torpedoed by night sub attack while aircovering Lunga, 2 T-hits, not sunk immediately, but too many subs around, pursued up to Noumea, sunk by 1 last torp 5 hex north of Noumea in the second sub patrol concentration.
* 6th GC camp. (Jap vs player): again catched by KB full of kates in late august, crippled by the first raid, sunk by the second, took more than 6 Torps, even if stacked with 2 other CV (damaged but more lucky and not sunk).
---> Wasp is my first CV sunk in all these 3 jap campaigns, definitely a torpedo magnet in front line.
I can't imagine finishing any AE scenario with the Wasp at sea without a "magnetic wasp" ON/OFF button.
TZ
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