Falken -> RE: BtS Lite ver. 4.5 - Kitakami (A) vs Falken (J) - IJN AAR (1/8/2018 12:28:22 AM)
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Game Date: March 1st, 1942 Well, things have gone from bad to worse. I had a CarDiv near Rabaul protecting some landings, and at the same time, Kitakami anticipated this, and basically sent the Enterprise, a couple of CVLs, and a few others, had about 2x as many fighters as I had, and basically wiped out my CarDiv including 2 CVs (Akagi/Amagi), 2 CVLs (Ryukaku, Nisshin), and also 2 BCs (CHichibu and Ishitaka). I had just 2 days before, send my other companion CarDiv to Kobe for some maintenance. If I had only waited a few more days, it would of been move even for fighters and bombers, but alas, it wasn't, and the result was complete disaster. I really believe that this one event will decide the victory date, and i'd be surprised now if I can get past 1943. However, not giving up so will wait and see if I can get lucky in other places, and maybe re-balance this. I have to admit that i'm really disappointed with my Carrier force. Had some of the best pilots, and should of had better planes, and yet the first hit of the battle was mine, and it totally failed: here is quick summary of my first detection, and my chance to hit him hard: Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 41 B5N2 Kate x 66 D3A1 Val x 44 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 36 F4F-3A Wildcat x 23 F4F-3 Wildcat x 46 F2A-3 Buffalo x 10 F2A-3 Buffalo x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 15 destroyed, 7 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 13 destroyed, 8 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BC Chesapeake, Bomb hits 3 CVL Jacksonville, Torpedo hits 1 CV Enterprise CVL Charlotte, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Preston DD Helm DD Mugford So with over 100 bombers/torpedo planes, I got.. that's right, 6 hits. Only 6 hits. When Kitakami's force responded, here are his results: Japanese Ships CV Amagi, Bomb hits 2, on fire CV Akagi, Bomb hits 2 CVL Ryukaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires CVL Nisshin, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage BC Chichibu, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires BC Ishitaka, Bomb hits 7, on fire CA Suzuka, Bomb hits 1 CL Tokoro, Bomb hits 1 CA Niitaka, Bomb hits 1 DD Kagero DD Hamakaze The damage of course was worse, as he hit me again in the PM, and basically finished the job. Well, congrats to my opponent. Well played. As for me, the learnings continue.
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