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FatR -> Bombing ships under repair. (11/27/2009 3:19:55 PM)
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In my current Japanese campaign, AI, for some reasons, left five light cruisers (British old cruisers and previously-damaged Boise) in Singapore when I already had large airbases in Kota Bharu and Singkawang. (Strange, as after a carrier raid on Soerabaja, it tried sending damaged ships to India and some of them were intercepted by cleanup naval attacks and subs.) So, I decided to bomb Singapore port, after my recon detected large combat ships. The results were fascinating. Over a week of air raids by most of twin-engined bombers present on Malaya front, every single one of these cruisers took at least 10-15 penetrating bomb hits, most by 250 kg bombs, but a few by 800-kg. Yet, day after day my bombers still found all of them in port. In the end, I've decided to load a save as Allied, and look, why the hell they are still floating. And behold: every one of them had 90+ system damage, and 60+ engine damage, some lost most of their weapons, but with no fires (and understandably low flotation), they somehow remained afloat. My question is: are damage control bonuses in large ports a bit too good, or is it a bug that affects Singapore alone (I had little problems sinking ships in other ports)? In RL, these ships would have been literally reduced to heaps of twisted metal after such number of hits.
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