Erkki
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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy Ok, now we MUST keep the controll of the skies over Lunga and Tulagi. We have to use the time gained draining the KB (she'll take few days to replenish at Truk) to estabilish again the air supremacy over the Solomons. Our CVs are moving in. I will badly need their firepower ...but i have to be carefull...i bet Rader, as soon as he sniffs their presence, will come hunting them with the KB. Invert this: YOU are going to hunt the KB! As you know, the air groups can only pull 12 planes/week from the pool. He will need at least 14 days (after reaching a port) + 2-3 days of replacement A/C repairs to get back in full ready A/C strength, and with the rate hes been losing pilots during the entire war, I dont think his replacement TB pilots(that need NavT, LowN and NavS skills) are any good at all. Sure you might, and probably will, get hurt more than him, but even 2:1 losses will favor YOU in the long run, not him. If you can engage him so that any cripples of yours will not be in Netty range the following day or can be CAPed by LBA Wildcats, P-38s or others, I would seriously consider forcing a CV battle, possibly even before Wasp arrives. If you wait till the Essexes, he will get Taiho, 2 CVEs and possibly, or knowing Rader, probably, 1 or 2 Unruys before you achieve carrier parity again. BTW, theoretical KB strength is now Akagi(81), Kaga(72), Hiryu(71), Shokaku(72), Zuikaku(72), Soryu(63), Junyo(53), Hiyo(53), Zuiho(30), Shoho(30), Ryujo(48), Hosho(20), Ryuho(31), Taiyo(27), Unyo(27), Chuyo(27) = 777 aircraft.
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