leehunt27@bloomberg.net -> RE: Caledonia Strategic Dilemma (continued from Forums) (3/18/2013 4:16:14 PM)
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July 31st, 1942 Alfred Thayer Mahan would be proud-- the finest battleships on both sides slug it out near Luganville for domination of the sea around New Caledonia and Luganville. Check out the screen shot below. I let the battle run (took 15-20 minutes and my baby daughter was mesmerized for by the shellfire thunder), and looks like the Japanese came out on top. Some of my BB's are gonna be in the shipyard repairing for a month but the US battlewagons are probably way more damaged and need to be towed back to Oz or Pearl. Hopefully my subs can pick some off along the way. The KB managed to fly a sortie after rushing from Wallis Island last round and running out of fuel. Unfortunately 2 squadrons of Kate's could not locate the enemy but some other squadrons did. On a game tactical note, my surface fleet of BB's was given a react of 6 and orders to follow and protect the KB, which was 3 hexes east of Luganville refueling from AO's. The BB's reacted 2-3 hexes south to intercept the US fleet apparently en route to Efate, and half the IJ ships ended up in Luganville, the other half chased the US surface fleet away. So a lot can happen with that kind of order flexibility! For now, the balance of power around Caledonia remains; Japan dominating the sea, the US dominating air at least around Noumea, and equal on ground. Though on ground i have taken Tanna and Efate and Ndeni are going to be taken soon enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Efate at 119,154, Range 8,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 4 destroyed Japanese Ships CS Chiyoda BB Haruna, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4, on fire BB Nagato, Shell hits 3, on fire BB Yamato, Shell hits 1 BB Ise, Shell hits 1 CA Tone, Shell hits 1 CA Chikuma CA Myoko, Shell hits 2 CA Nachi, Shell hits 3 CA Aoba, Shell hits 2 CL Sendai CL Nagara, Shell hits 2 CL Natori CL Kinu CL Kitakami, Shell hits 1 CL Oi DD Kagero DD Arare, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Murasame, Shell hits 3 DD Umikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Ariake DD Ayanami DD Hayate Allied Ships BB Colorado, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage BB Idaho, Shell hits 2 BB New Mexico, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Mississippi, Shell hits 7 CA Northampton, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CA Chester, Shell hits 10, heavy fires CA San Francisco, Shell hits 1 CL Helena CL Phoenix CL Nashville, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Boise, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Dunlap, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Fanning DD Mahan DD Cummings DD Lamson, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Case, Shell hits 1 DD Conyngham DD Shaw DD Cushing, Shell hits 1 DD Perkins DD Smith Then the KB launches, though 2 squadrons of Kate's could not find the target and the Val's fly with reduced bomb loads of 60kg, not sure why (doh!): Morning Air attack on TF, near Efate at 118,155 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 42 B5N2 Kate x 15 D3A1 Val x 9 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Colorado, Bomb hits 6, heavy damage BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk BB Mississippi, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1 DD Cushing Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 6 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' * Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/13963/B453259D2829455EABEC323AAE68B2B2.jpg[/image]
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