Oldguard1970
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Joined: 7/19/2006 From: Hiawassee, GA Status: offline
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Hello Gaius, I like to keep my CV TFs operating together until the KB has been hurt. If you split your CV's, you make it possible for the KB to earn a fine victory by hitting either set of CV TFs. (The expression in English is "defeat in detail".) Have fun! quote:
ORIGINAL: Gaius Duilius Why thank you! For the 1) question, I really didn't check it out for fuel. My error, sorry. About the CV protecting my BBs, I know that simply putting them in the same hex will do nothing. I set the fighter groups of the carriers to 'Long Range CAP', so they should provide some cover to the Surface TF. Anyway, if the Bettys want to try and get my CV, one, if they get the Hermes I won't be very much displeased (I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!! ), second, I have put two or three CLAAs in that TF, so it has quite a good AA capability. Besides, until the KB doesn't come in the Indian Ocean to annihilate my naval forces there, the only ships I can encounter there are some convoys, but I suspect there are some BBs at Singapore and Indochina. And although I have four ready BBs and another plus the Repulse undergoing repair, I want to be ready to get 'em if they want to make a tour of the Indian Ocean. Maybe I spelled it wrong before, but I just wanted to send my BB task force to the Andaman Islands to bombard it, not to get any ships they had there (which disappeared very quickly, should I say). And I wanted Formidable and Hermes to go with them to give the Rangoon Bettys a better (defended ) target. I already lost Revenge to planes, and I don't want to waste my capital ships, not there. Tocaff, I wanted to say that my Surface TFs have done very little; apart from the run with Force Z to Khota Baru where I found out that Kongo and Haruna had left, so I took advantage of that and proceeded to sink Mogami and Mikuma plus one destroyer, my ABDA forces weren't able to pass through all the bombers the AI sent me. At least I managed to save a good part of the Dutch ships and the Boise, although I regret having lost Houston; with all the heavy cruisers the IJN has, I think I can't have too much heavy cruisers (but I guess it was the juiciest target the Japanese had, so alas!). The greater damage was done by my Vildebeest and Swordfish and Blenheims at Singapore before it fell, and by the DEI Martins and TVs. They aren't tough enough to go against carriers (apart from Riujo! ) or battleships, but against the transports you have to love them! And not even mentioning all the cargos and tankers damaged, and all the minesweepers. I think sooner or later the AI will miss them (but in Australia, I'm already missing them! ). I wanted to ask you a honest opinion. In the Western Pacific I've got 5 US CVs (well, six counting the Long Island, but I'm gonna use it in combat only if my Fleet carriers get nailed), and after some serious thinking I've decided to put them as follows : - two Air Combat TFs with two carriers each at PH, to do some raids on the Gilberts and the Marshalls and to be ready if the Japanese make a move for Wake (who didn't fall and that I hold as an advanced base) or Midway or somewhere else in the Northern or Central Pacific; - the Saratoga with escorts at Noumea, because even if the AI is just wasting time conquering all my defenseless islands bases near Rabaul and sending some fighters and bombers to Port Moresby, I want to do some damage to his shipping there and have some serious naval force with with to counteract any moves from its part; if necessary, I'm going to send the other carriers there, but for now it seems like a good idea. Do you think it's the right thing to do? Or am I making a mistake to divide my CVs? The KB is lurking near Timor (and I don't know why the heck it's sitting there, I evacuated all my ships there, no targets at all!), but if it decides to go for the Solomons or Port Moresby 1 CV against 6 are very despicable odds. Should I transfer Lexington there to reinforce my SW Pacific area? Or should I keep things as they are? I already thank you!
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