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yvesp -> RE: Global War : a Japanese AAR (10/5/2014 6:08:33 PM)
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On the first round, the A6M8 destroys a puny british Swordfish while succeeding their land based P1Y2 to get through.
On the second round, the USA get the first AA result, giving them an edge in the fight by forcing the front fighter out and the British get another Sworfish through.
On the third round, the Japanese defense opens up and a mighty TBF-1 finds its way, while the valiant F6F-5 destroy the second A6M8. The odds are seriously improving for the USA at now +2/-2.
On the third round, a P1Y1 land based naval bomber gets through, while the allies achieve nothing.
On the fourth round, the front land based Japanese fighter, a N1K1-J (shiden) succeeds in forcing the F6F-5 back on its carrier. The odds even up at +1/-1. However, doing this lets the allies destroy the front D3A1 an old model that was not worth much.
On the fifth round, the Japanese fail to stop a rather good Swordfish while the allied fighter cover manages in destroying a second D3A1.
On the sixth round, a third Swordfish of good quality gets shot down, and a third land based G4M1 bomber gets through ; thats an old model, but quite fitting to take the AA shots that are sure to follow.
On the seventh round, the Japanese destroy a SBD-4, and a B5N1 is forced back on its carrier. The fighter cover is still even at +1/-1 for the USA.
On the eight round, the Japanese again succeed in destroying another SBD-4. A B5N1 gets through. The Japanese clearly get lucky shots.
This gets confirmed when the Shiden shoots down the leading F6F-5 on the ninth round, but they have to abort a land based G3M2.
However, on the eleventh round, a mighty Barracuda finds its way to the Japanese ships, while a powerfull B6N2 does the same thing on the Japanese side. The comabt is now even at 0/0.
The Japanese again abort an allied fighter, a SB2C on the twelve's round, while a B5N2 gets through.
The thirteens round is the exact copy of the previous round. Now, the Japanese get a powerfull advantage of +3/-3.
However, a TBF-1 of the latest design still catches the Japanese air cover off guard on the fourteenth round. But the Allied air cover looks quite incompetent as another bomber passes through, a land based B5N2.
It's now the Japanese that look tired on the fifteen's round, as despite their huge advantage, another allied bomber finds its way, a good Swordfish.
The sixteen's round looks better with yet another Swordfish shot down, while the last Japanese bomber, a B5N1, gets its way.
While on the seventeenth the Shiden is very busy killing an SBD-2 that was infiltrating, it forgets its own protection and is destroyed by the leading SBD-5. This removes the sole land based Japanese figher of some quality.
Suddenly, the odds even up at +1/-1 for the Japanese. The fight still goes on as the allies want to pass through their last bomber. This doesn't happen on the eighteen's round, because the leading SBD-5 front fighter, tired from its previous success, has to land back on a carrier.
The Japanese zero still prevents the penetration of the last bomber on the nineteenth round, but it gets shot down by a British Seafire. The odds are +1/-1 in favor of the Japanese.
On the twentieth round, the allies must abort their front Seafire, but the Japanese alos have to abort their leading D4Y2. Because it was of slightly better quality, the odds shrink, but not enough and they still stay at +1/-1.
Everybody seems tired on the twentyfirst round, and nothing happens.
This gets better on the twentysecond round: a Seafire goes down, but Judy, another D4Y2 has to land donw on its carrier after that success. Still one bomber to go!
The twenty third round sees the end of the aerial ballet as the last bomber is forced back.
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