BBfanboy -> RE: I Have Returned (10/19/2020 10:25:06 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Taxcutter Well, his fuel tanks aren't dry yet because AI has for over a game-year used the old French tactic of drinking port. I haven't seen anything bigger than a CL (other than the occasional raid on Diego Garcia) since May of 1942. I've looked all over, best I could. Well, today I finally found KB. I was escorting a small amphib convoy to nab Baker Island with most of my striking force. I didn't find KB. I found the whole freakin' IJN. At least six CFVs, four CVLs, five BB (probably Kongos) and lots of CAs. So we got into it. AI managed to get six torps into the North Carolina and sank he and a single torp into Saratoga (25 FLT). He also got a hit on an Atlanta class flak cruiser but that's about it. I damaged two CVLs. Beyond that plane losses. The Saratoga's SBD squadron got mauled and the Enterprise' fighters have a lot of damaged birds. Beyond that my planes are in OK shape. Surveying the usable decks that day generated 28 aces in a day. "Hellcat" is probably a dirty word in AI's Japanese. Still, the fact is he has a bigger force in the central Pacific than I do, so I'm runnin' back to Pearl. (Come to Waikiki and she the lovely Polynesian dancing girls. Never mind those 500 planes.) It will be interesting to see if he presses. He has achieve strategic concentration - his whole Navy is there. If he doesn't use it now, what good is it? I know you guys would. But he may be low on fuel. I figure he had to be hidden somewhere in the Marshalls. I've played the IJN and their dirty little secret is that a lot of his ships are surprisingly short-legged. Soryu and Hiryu are probably sucking air already. That comes from imitating the British. I put my amphib TF on a 090 course and flank speed. Make him chase we into the empty wastes of the Pacific. What is really surprising is that I mauled his air groups so badly of a 30% CAP stance. I keep CAP down to avoid excessive fatigue (great way to lose good pilots). I planned to go to a 60% stance the next day. This is my problem. Holding Midway, Johnston, Canton but not Baker, I can't get a good look at the Marshalls or Gilberts. Subs of this vintage are worthless scouting assets and the Japanese have longer ranged search planes than the USN. He lost a bunch of search planes to my recon but I had no idea where he was. Should be a couple of interesting turns. You mentioned May 13, 1943 a few posts back but today's posts don't mention a game date - pray tell! [sm=innocent0001.gif]
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