|
AndyDuke -> Your worst start to a campaign (11/19/2017 11:12:27 AM)
|
Just started a new Grand Campaign playing the Allies against the AI (I don't have the time to devote to a PBEM). Now I've been playing this game since it came out and thought I was reasonable against the AI, BUT this campaign has already got me on the defensive.
Lost Prince of Wales and Repulse on the 8th Dec.
Then on the 11th - OMG!!
Night Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,84, Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 3
CL Kitakami
DD Yugumo
DD Sagiri
DD Minekaze
DD Sanae
Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
DD Peary, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Pope, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PG Isabel, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PG Asheville, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PG Tulsa, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AVD Childs, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AM Finch, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
AM Bittern, Shell hits 1
AM Tanager, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AM Quail, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
AM Lark, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Whippoorwill, Shell hits 3
And to add insult to injury, my CVs returning to Pearl via a southern route ran into the KB
Morning Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 143,106
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N2 Kate x 117
D3A1 Val x 87
Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 15
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 10 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F2A-3 Buffalo: 3 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
CA Chester, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
CA Chicago, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
DD Lamson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Porter, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Balch
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Portland, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton
DD Mahan
DD Dunlap
DD Craven, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Maury
DD Gridley
AND
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 143,106
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N2 Kate x 94
D3A1 Val x 115
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Craven, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA Portland, Bomb hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Gridley, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Maury
DD Dunlap
DD Benham, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Ellet
DD Drayton, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Balch
DD McCall
DD Mahan, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Lexington subsequently sunk[X(] and I only inflicted 1 bomb hit on the Shokaku in return.
This leaves me with Saratoga and Hermes as the only carriers and nothing bigger than a CA in the whole Pacific and Indian Oceans.
I think this is going to make for a very interesting game as it gives the AI a real opportunity to make gains before I can build up my forces and strike back. For the time being I'm going to have to conduct a fighting retreat to prepared positions, use my subs to scout out the major Japanese forces and try to gain minor naval and air victories on his merchant shipping to reduce the AIs ability to produce arms. Or maybe I should fall on my sword [:D]
So what are your worst starts to a campaign and how did you recover.
|
|
|
|
