toraq
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Thanks Juggalo, I appreciate your words. It has been difficult to get that DRAW and as I said before, is more than I could expect against Timtom who is the best commander that I met (except my brother). Now Juggalo Tanaka dedicates you this post Well, readers, as you know one of the biggest question in my PBEM was if I should have attacked the enemy BBs. Now that I know Timtom´s password I was able to simulate a NIGHT NAVAL BATTLE. The battle took place at Shortland, with Tanaka leading IJN BBs and Reeves (and not Tisdale) on the US side. I used the existing TFs in our game. No changes were made in their numbers/commanders, etc. There were 3 engagements, at distance between 5000 to 8000 yards. In one engagement, Japs surprised allies a little bit. I could say that ONLY the naval battle was an IJN minor victory, but afterwards, the naval bombers attacked BB Mutsu and Yamato. Both of them would have sunk in the next days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Nagato, Shell hits 2 BB Mutsu BB Yamato BB Musashi BB Fuso, Shell hits 3 BB Yamashiro CA Takao CA Maya CA Kumano DD Suzunami DD Umikaze, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB North Carolina BB Washington BB South Dakota BB Indiana, Shell hits 2 CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1 DD Radford DD Jenkins DD Gwin DD McCalla DD Farenholt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 1, on fire BB Nagato, Shell hits 2 BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Yamato, Shell hits 4, on fire BB Musashi, Shell hits 2 BB Fuso BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1 CA Takao, Shell hits 1 CA Maya, Shell hits 3 CA Kumano DD Suzunami, Shell hits 1 DD Umikaze, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 2, on fire BB Washington, Shell hits 6 BB South Dakota, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana CL Montpelier, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage DD Radford DD Jenkins DD Gwin, Shell hits 2, on fire DD McCalla, Shell hits 1 DD Farenholt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Shortland Island at 29,34 Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 1, on fire BB Nagato BB Mutsu, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ***16 inches shells*** BB Yamato, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage ***several 16 inches shells*** BB Musashi BB Fuso, Shell hits 3 BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1 CA Takao, Shell hits 1 CA Maya CA Kumano, Shell hits 1 DD Suzunami, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Umikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 4, on fire BB Washington, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage BB South Dakota, on fire, heavy damage BB Indiana CL Montpelier, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage ***sunk*** DD Radford DD Jenkins DD Gwin, Shell hits 1, on fire DD McCalla, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Farenholt, Shell hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More details - the Musashi attacked the CL Montepelier, which was hit by several 18.1 inch shells - Yamashiro only shot a few times, almost useless in this battle. - Yamato is quite vulnerable against 16.1 inch shells - Sometimes my BBs attacked enemy DDs, which attacked with torpedoes - To my surprise, CAs took a minor role in the battle. Despite his Long Lance, only 1 torpedo struck an american BBs Results - 3 IJN BBs out of action. Yamato and Mutsu severely damaged my 16.1 shells. Also BB Kongo with 30 sys damage. - 2 USN BBs severely damaged, but they won´t sink at all. Also BB North Carolina was damaged but it could be used in a defensive role. - CL Montepelier sunk The naval bombers attack Weather was partly couldy and Lambeti and Vella Lavella bombers took off to attack my BBs. If we count this attack, Mutsu and Yamato will sink so the result of the battle will change to a allied victory (decisive if we count the VPs) Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 24 SBD Dauntless x 30 TBF Avenger x 16 P-39D Airacobra x 24 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged TBF Avenger x 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Umikaze, Shell hits 24, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 28,34 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 46 SBD Dauntless x 26 TBF Avenger x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 23 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed x 2 damaged TBF Avenger x 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Umikaze, Shell hits 16, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage BB Yamato, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage However, the Yamato resist most of the 1000 lb bombs. Even with this damage, sys damage is 60 and floatation is 70, with maybe 30 to 40 fires. Yamato class are difficult to sink!
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