wobbly
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Joined: 10/16/2002 From: Christchurch, New Zealand Status: offline
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if they get in the way of one of his bombardment Tfs they will be smashed much like a previous effort. You seem to consistently avoid a fight and instead let them be bombed while in harbor. Wouldn't it be an idea to intercept his bombardment fleet? It suffices to damage his BBs to stop bombardments. Torpedo ships work well (DDs CLs). The British even know how to fight at night. I think your Java operation is a great idea. Just don't expect not to take any losses. Eggs and omelettes and such. Sveint - I think if I appear to shrink from a battle it is because time and again he gets the better of me when it happens - he is sooooo jammy. However, saying I run from a fight is nto entirely true. It is not that long ago that he moved into karachi and I decided to stand and fight, with better forces in the RN than I have now, and this was the result: Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 21,3 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna, Shell hits 10 BB Kirishima, Shell hits 4 BB Nagato, Shell hits 6 CA Kumano, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Kitakami, Shell hits 5, on fire DD Usugumo, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Isonami Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 2 CA Devonshire, Shell hits 3 CA Cornwall, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CA Exeter, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Danae CL Dauntless CL Birmingham CL Newcastle, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Whipple, Shell hits 2 DD Stewart DD Isis DD Paladin DD Panther, Shell hits 1 His BBs revisit karachi - probably in the name of the destruction of my bombers located here. I worried about his heavies hitting again. For the price of a few hits on his heavies I loose the Cornwall - which once again has a magazine explosion - bugger! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Karachi at 21,3 Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Shell hits 4 BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BB Hyuga CA Mikuma DD Yukikaze DD Kasumi, Shell hits 46, and is sunk DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1 DD Ayanami, Shell hits 1, on fire Allied Ships CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 25, and is sunk CA Devonshire, Shell hits 3 CA Exeter, on fire CL Danae, Shell hits 36, on fire, heavy damage CL Dauntless, Shell hits 8, and is sunk CL Birmingham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Newcastle, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Bulmer, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Whipple, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Stewart DD Isis DD Paladin DD Panther So yes I manage a torp hit on one BB and sink 2 jap DDs but I paid for that by loosing 3 CAs, 3 Cls and 2 DDs! I just don't have that much to burn! So if I lack commitment to confrontational surface attacks it is because time and again he gets the better of them. This is where the loss of the RN BBs has really hurt. I also envisaged using their AAA capability to help knock down naval bombers and stay in attendance in case he decided to invade karachi from the sea. Java invasion is sure to hurt. I just hope it hurts him more than me! Byron13 - I don't have an exact ETA. I am still picking up the DAF base units and the ABDA from Darwin. That will take another 2 days. Then that force must move to the East, another 3 days. From there another 5 days until both invasions are ready to land - so looks like about 10 days. The Formidable is about to make landfall at Derby to refuel. She only has a single squad of Fulmars (no swordfish) but I have no carrier fighters available - I imagined the wildcats it appears. Andy - well I don't know about an immediate dent. Only Batavia and Soerabaja have big enough airfields to fly B-17s with full loads and Batavia is very open to bombardments! I was planning on making the airfield that is inland my primary airbase (I can't remember its name) but it isn't size 5 either. As to numbers I have 100 B-17s ready to roll pluse 64 Mitchells, 16 Hudsons and 16 Marauders. There are a whole heap of other bombers like Beauforts and Martins available as well but I will need to get more air support in there to make full use of these guys. I do still have the PoW at 58% damage - at what level do these guys stop becoming useful and end up just being targets? No Paras involved. I only have one Para unit and it has been taking part in the clearing of Tarawa. At the moment Kuching is showing a deep red icon as its airfield - a bit worrying really!
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