adarbrauner -> RE: Argentina vs. Slovakia (Aurorus against 821Bobo) (3/21/2017 1:21:27 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Aurorus In the central corridor of the DEI, the Japanese landing at Manado the day before attracted the attention of the allies. Allied naval search had spotted another amphibious TF headed for Ternate. In the night, a Carrier Battle Group, screened by CLs, moved into the slot 250 miles south of Manado and Ternate. The Japanese admirals were expecting the Hermes to take this position, and the Manado amphibious group had withdrawn. The Ternate Group was covered by a heavy Cruiser screen and fighters from a Japanese light CV group stationed to the north. The attack came in the morning, but it was not the Hermes air group. Hudsons came in first at low altitude over the heavy cruisers. Morning Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 78,102 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 12 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Chokai Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Hudson I bombing from 4000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 4 x Hudson I bombing from 4000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Then the call came out from Japanese spotters... Dive Bombers... Dive bombers? A US CVTF has arrived in the DEI. They proved capable enough to hit merchant ships, but they are still not practiced enough to be completely effective against warships. They did manage a hit on the Atago amidships and a DD. Morning Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 78,102 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 9 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 9 SB2U-3 Vindicator x 9 SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 CA Chokai DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CL Jintsu DD Nowaki CL Isuzu It has been a tough war for Dutch tankers and Japanese AMCs. In the afternoon, Halsey, or whoever is in charge of the CVTF launched a followup strike, and the US pilot recorded two hits on the CL Isuzu. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 78,102 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 17 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 9 SBD-2 Dauntless x 15 SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged Japanese Ships CL Jintsu CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Chokai CA Takao CA Atago The strikes were launched at long range: 6 hexes. The Japanese CVE TF was stationed 2 hexes further north and out of range of the US naval bombers. Listen Bobo is playing really very well, aggressively and realistically even for having reinforced Dutch Indies with relevant american and British air assetts....well, except for the fact he stripped his 2 CVs of their groups. BTW, 4000 feet is not low altitude. He should have tried it though, luckily for you he had not. quote:
At least, the Argentines scored some hits on the British CVLs at Malvina... the bombs did not explode, however. No. hits were on destroyers, frigates, one container conveyor, and on a small Landin ship, but not on the "CVLs" (that would have been tragic for the British), that have not been targeted ever. So, some of the bombs - and surface missiles - exploded; yes, luckily for the British most of bombs did not, otherwise that would have been the greatest naval disaster in the entire history of the RN.[X(] Regarding Bobo's disatrous strike on Sinkiang: the only rational explanation for his choice to send his few and vulnerable bombers against the wary Zeroes is that he may have received intel about the transport planes, correctly interpreted their presence and scope and disperately done something to prevent or disrupt the air assault. He's so aggressive...just that in this instance he really exaggerated.
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