Gilligan
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Ok guys,
Just got back from the doctor, and good news. He says I am going to live, but I have to give up WiTP, or at least give up command of anything but the West Coast forces, if I want to remain alive.
Talk about a sleepness night....anyhow, to address some of the comments/questions:
1) My 8 Essex class CV were in 4 divisions of 2 CV each, with one having 1 or 2 baby CV along for the ride. I didn't have much in the way of CLAA or BB for air defense, but I did have 15 CVL/CVE also on hand to cover the actual landinf force.
2) My F6F pilots averaged about 72 in experience. The FM-2, which I just recently learned was useless against anything but a Nate, averaged about 60 in experience.
3) I had the CAP over my CVs set to 60%.
4) DW had about 3 turns warning, meaning 6 days, but 3 turns worth to get help into the area.
5) Recon consisted of a ouji board, and a dead chicken. I noticed his airbases around the Island were all at 1...I didn't know if that was correct, or if I wasn't seeing them built up do to FOW, but I was counting on him not being able to move much into the area for land based AC support...I guessed wrong. LRCAP isn't effected by AB size, as DW has so graciously pointed out.
6) We had a bit of a go at each other back in '42 NE of PH when he tried to sneak in and disrupt my shipping out of the west coast..actually he caught a large TF of TK and mauled them badly. I had my CV on had at PH at the time, and we connected, resulting in alot of downed planes and not much else. So, I thought I had thinned the herd so to speak regarding his Naval pilots, as I haven't seen his CV since then, in combat anyhow.
Anything DW says about my fighting abilities is a pack of lies..I am generally geting my arse handed to me, nearing Robberson proportions, as I have lost what...8-10 CV for his 0..it's really ugly. The killing grounds are still fresh..my TFs are now offloading in Shikka, with, I'd say, about 20 FM-2 for cover. The next couple of turns are going to be a horror flick, with DW playing the role of maniac killer and me starring as the girl in high heels running thru the woods....we all know how that turns out every time.
< Message edited by Gilligan -- 9/9/2005 2:43:07 AM >
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