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ORIGINAL: Badu

I think i heared a laugh from my cpu after that.

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ORIGINAL: Oznoyng
4 carriers sunk, 1 of them a CVL. Damage to another pair of CV's. Zero ship losses. :)

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ORIGINAL: Oznoyng

Okay, so there I was... The AI had sent the death star into LBA range of Oz and I had all those LBA that had been doing training, ASW, and Naval search missions for the last three months. The Death Star was after a fast Transport force I had sent into PM with supplies for the beleagured troops. I put all my fighters on escort with low cap and sortied my carriers from Noumea. I thought: "I'll catch them just after the LBA and shipping raids have fatigued all the death star pilots."

As the turns progressed, I repeated "I want that 'shoot the commander' pour-encorage-les-outres option button." Not one attack was launched on the Death Star, even though fighters with sufficient range were set to escort the LBA.

Finally, as my CVBG came into range, the Death Star retreated. Well, I said, "I am throwing the dice and hopefully I will get a piece of the carriers. Maybe then the LBA will grow some balls and attack the carriers." My fighters went to esort with a 70 CAP and my SBD's and Torpedo bombers went Naval Attack with 10 percent Search.

I got lucky.

My first attack put 3 bombs each into Kaga, Akagi, and Hiryu. I lost a fair number of attackers, but I had scored some nice hits. My second raid was launched before the Japs were able to launch and I hit the same hex (not same TF?) with another big raid. Kaga and Akagi took a few additional hits, plus I got a piece of Zuikaku and Hiryu. Cool, thinks I. That southern CVBG is gonna kick my ass now. I got some licks in though, so I am happy...

I got luckier.

Some dipshit commanding the southern (closer) Jap carrier group launched a strike on PM. Whoops! :p

My next raid put some dents in the southern flattops. Soryu took several bomb hits and I scratched Shoho. The whole force ran for home. At this point, I had zero hits on my carriers and had done damage to six of the Jap carriers. The only carriers that seem to have escaped any damage were Shokaku and the CVL's.

"He's in the coffin, now I just need to nail it shut." For the next three turns, I chased and battered the retreating Jap carriers. Unfortunately Soryu, Zuikaku and their healthy sisters managed to get inside Jap LBA before I could get many additional hits in. Kaga, Akagi, and Shoho were not so lucky. In the end, I think I put about 20 bombs each into CV Kaga and CV Akagi, CV Hiryu sank from the bombs I had put in intially and I sank CVL Shoho. Of the remaining carriers, Shokaku and Soryu had taken at least minimal damage.

4 carriers sunk, 1 of them a CVL. Damage to another pair of CV's. Zero ship losses. :)

And the LBA never attacked a carrier group.

Obviously, I am happy with the outcome, but what is the deal with LBA not attacking carriers?