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Feinder -> RE: Your worst game tragedies. (11/15/2005 4:27:48 PM)
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Well, as a congratulatory nod (with gritted teeth) to my opponent LtFighter, this was my worst defeat thus far (of all my games)...
The circumstances -
It's only January 7th, 1942.
He attempted to invade Palmyra. It had been "somewhat" reinforced. His invasion TF landed 2x Nav Gds and 1x SLNF. I managed to hit it with a motley collection of DDs (and drove off his CL escorting it). Bettween the DDs and CD guns, I really worked it over pretty good. His invasion did land however, and his troops were getting 1-1 odds. KB wasn't on the scope anywhere (I figured it was still trolling east of PH for convoys to West Coast). I sent a large Bombardment Group of CAs, CLs, and DDs to whack the enemy troops, and thus swing the invasion into my favor.
The bombardment succeeded. His troops attacked attacked at 0-1 (and I gambled with the counterattack, supported by the bombardment and some SBDs on ground attack). Worked over his guys pretty good. Invasion thwarted. Huzzah.
KB was then spotted a little SW of Hilo (B-17s actually attacked, and dropped a 500# ping-pong ball into Hei).
My options were to run east, southeast, or back to PH. I figure he'd try to cut me off. But I was within 14 hexes of PH. At full speed, it SHOULD HAVE gone 12 hexes, putting me within 2 hexes of PH and it's CAP-net.
It looks like somebody refueled a DD, or PH was socked-in for the AM. Or maybe just bad luck. But either way, it goes into the "Oh Sh_t. Worst episode of my PBEM carreer thus far." The only saving grace is that it was out of torp range of the Kates, and the TF(s) should be -really- close to PH. And only ONE(!) Kate shot down by Flak? Grr.
Combination of bad luck, and bad decision on my part. Kudos to LtFightr. At least my CVs were nowhere nearby.
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA Chester, Bomb hits 1
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 6, on fire
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CA Portland, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 4
DD Crane, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Downes, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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