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RE: Getting my feet wet at Guadalcanal - Buckaroo(A) vs... - 6/26/2013 4:24:58 PM

buckaroo13

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Sept 6th - Operation Replenish D 4

This is an exciting day! They day we all look forward to when we play. Hot carrier on carrier action!

First up. A second Japanese surface force moves into the waters off Lunga, on the way in they trash a Convoy unloading at Tulagi.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Tulagi at 114,137, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
CL Yura, Shell hits 1
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Isokaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Shell hits 2
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2
DD Patterson, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Manoa, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK San Vincente, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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And then at Lunga they encounter my surface Task force. The battle is a little inconclusive but the Japanese score more damage.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lunga at 114,138, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Yura, Shell hits 2
DD Kagero, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsukaze
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 3
DD Maikaze
DD Isokaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
BB Washington, Shell hits 5
CA New Orleans
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CA Quincy
DD Dunlap, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Fanning, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Lamson
DD Case, Shell hits 1

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When the sun rises radar detects incoming attack aircraft, this must be Sho and Zui's punch.
I'm hoping CAP will protect my carriers.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,139

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N1 Kate x 14
B5N2 Kate x 14
D3A2 Val x 31

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 75

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A2 Val: 8 destroyed, 9 damaged
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CV Enterprise
CLAA Atlanta
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My Defending Wildcats tear a good sized hole in the attacking formation and I am lucky to receive a non-crippling hit on the Hornet.

My return strike heads in.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Stewart Island at 120,138

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46
SBD-3 Dauntless x 85
TBF-1 Avenger x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Akigumo
CA Tone
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Makigumo
DD Natsugumo

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My planes make it through his CAP without issue and brutalize the Japanese Carriers.
Shokaku is hit 3 times and Zuikaku is hit 9! times. Both ships are reported on fire.

Zuikaku is most likely doomed and Shokaku is probably unable to continue flight Ops.

Other Air Attacks take place. The Japanese attack my crippled Heavy Cruiser that was unable to retreat out of range.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
B5N1 Kate x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Lamson

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More attacks trickle in on my Carrier task forces but they are easily handled my CAP.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,139

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Some minor attacks by land based air reveal new troubles.

The mighty Yamato is in the neighborhood and my Battlewagons are low on ammo.
I didn't even know Yamato was in this Scenario!

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ontong Java at 116,131

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15
TBF-1 Avenger x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CA Atago
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1
CA Chokai

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Overall the last few days have been good to the Allies. 1 Sunk Battleship and the two best Carriers in the Japanese inventory out of the way for a while.
Since the beginning of Operation Replenish 4 days ago we have destroyed over 150 Japanese aircraft.

tomorrow's plan is to move around the south of Lunga and then head north. Hopefully finish off the Japanese Carrier fleet and scare off the Yamato Task force.

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RE: Getting my feet wet at Guadalcanal - Buckaroo(A) vs... - 6/26/2013 5:13:37 PM

BBfanboy

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Nice job on those Japanese carriers!

With them out of the way your CVs have a chance to go after those pesky surface forces, including Yamato.
Do you have enough sorties available to continue the attack? How is your pilot fatigue?

One thing you have to start doing is providing escorts and air cover for your xAKs, xAPs before you run out of them. Better to accumulate ships into a convoy that can move in with escorts than to send them out one at a time and hope they get through.

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RE: Getting my feet wet at Guadalcanal - Buckaroo(A) vs... - 6/26/2013 11:04:39 PM

buckaroo13

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Sept 7th Or what goes up must come down

I was riding pretty high on yesterday's victory. Though my air crews were getting tired I wanted to make sure I put more hurt on the Japanese navy and make sure that Shokaku is out for the count.

At my high water mark calamity!

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Sub attack near Stewart Island at 117,139

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
CV Wasp, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis
CL Boise
DD Ellet
DD Sterett
DD Stack
DD Lang

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Wasp goes down with it's entire air wing!

While not completely reversing my Victory on the previous day it does a lot to lessen the impact.

Bad weather is playing havoc with my flight ops, I only get a small strike in on the retreating Japanese.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Auki at 122,134

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15
TBF-1 Avenger x 4

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Bomb hits 1
DD Asagumo
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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... But it accomplishes my goal and puts three more bomb hits on the Shokaku, which is now reporting heavy damage and fires.

I also clobber a sub, more good news.
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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139

Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CLAA Juneau
CA Pensacola
DD Blue
DD McCall
DD Gridley
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But in return another sub hits another Cruiser. My heavy cruisers are taking a beating!

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Sub attack near Lunga at 114,139

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CLAA Juneau
DD Blue
DD McCall
DD Gridley
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RE: Getting my feet wet at Guadalcanal - Buckaroo(A) vs... - 6/26/2013 11:13:30 PM

Lokasenna

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IJN subs are deadly in this scenario ;). He gets a lot of them to play with and the restricted play area makes getting hits....almost easy. Getting attacks off even more so. At least at first.

Shokaku may yet be alive. Yes, 12 bomb hits. Were they all 1000-lb hits, or were some 500? Did they all penetrate (if you watched the replay animations), or did some "bounce"? Still, with fires now after 12 strikes, the Sys damage may be too high for her crew to deal with them. I'd say 90% she's sunk.

The sub you hit is sunk for sure.

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RE: Getting my feet wet at Guadalcanal - Buckaroo(A) vs... - 6/27/2013 12:48:50 AM

buckaroo13

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

IJN subs are deadly in this scenario ;). He gets a lot of them to play with and the restricted play area makes getting hits....almost easy. Getting attacks off even more so. At least at first.

Shokaku may yet be alive. Yes, 12 bomb hits. Were they all 1000-lb hits, or were some 500? Did they all penetrate (if you watched the replay animations), or did some "bounce"? Still, with fires now after 12 strikes, the Sys damage may be too high for her crew to deal with them. I'd say 90% she's sunk.

The sub you hit is sunk for sure.

By my count at this point the Shokaku too 6 1000lb bomb hits all reporting as penetrations. Zuikaku took 9 1000lbs with most if not all penetrating.

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