Red Prince
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Joined: 4/8/2011 From: Bangor, Maine, USA Status: offline
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Okay, RN supporters, we finally have a winner! In the Arabian Sea, the battle was as bloody as you can possibly imagine. The first round was a brilliant success for the Allied Admirals in the Stormy sea zone. They had 9 Surprise Points to spend, and used them all to select 3 enemy targets to try to destroy . . . Class-4 CVs! They only killed off 1 of the 3, but that was fine. One dead and two damaged big CVs. In this case, the Akagi went down with 2 CVP also, so that's a total value of 10 BP right there (5 for the CV, 1 for CVP, and 2 for Pilots). The 2nd through 4th rounds of combat were just as brutal, with every search roll (of those 6) coming in at a 1 or a 2 . . . and in the 5th round, both rolled a '7' so that they finally couldn't see the enemy here. The victory was expensive for the CW and USA, but I think it was worth it. The Allies can afford the losses much more than Japan can afford them. Totals: Allies lost 2 x CA, 8 x CL Japan lost 1 x CV, 1 x CVP-0, 1 x CVP-1, 2 x Pilot, 2 x CA, 2 x CL (5 ships) Damaged Japanese ships: 2 x CV, 5 x CA Damaged Allied ships: 2 x CA These numbers are as close as I can figure it. My note taking works for my purposes, but is a little confusing to add up at times.
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