<r> En route home, Kido Butai was met by others allied carrier TFs. After numerous strikes, only 2 DD stayed afloat.<br/>
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<r> Of course not. I don´t like, what happend next. It was a nightmare. As usual, a single big group of fighters evaded my escort and erased 90 % of attacking bombers, so my attack was stopped even before most of fighters join battle. In comparison with reality, in Battle of Marianas, americans had ...

<r> The last battle of KB from other side:<br/>
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The invasion on Takao forced Yamaguchi´s Kido Butai to react. He was comanding the formidable force - 5 of the best Japanese carriers - Shinano, Taiho, Kaga, Amagi and Katsuragi, all with the best pilots. Kido Butai slipped through allied ...

<r> Yes, she really did. But, actually, archaic Ki-32 from Formosa claimed this job.<br/>
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<t> As I said, the range problem. There are many A6M2s, but they weren´t able to escort Betties at such distant mission. It is hard to find a base in proper range. Maybe I will keep production of G3M Chuko next, their range of 6 frames is ideal in latter part of game. They are very fragile, but it ...

<r> ... but these units sent another Betties at night and they were more successful.<br/>
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<r> But some hot-headed soldiers were disgusted with such step. They everted weakling goverment and perusuaded Emperor to continue in war.<br/>
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<r> Loss of Hong-Kong and Manila disrupted heavily my air forces. I lost 12 fighter units and for a while it was hard to find enough units even for Formosa defence. All remaining aircrafts from Luzon were sent back and supply convoys stopped. From now on, ground forces are fighting alone.<br ...

<r> Situation on Luzon is still worsening. Finally, Skipjack launched a grand ofensive. Combined forces of many carrier and surface-combat fleets weaken the defence of Manila and a strong amphibious attack forced my men to retreat.<br/>
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<r> Help is near - long awaited operation Ichi-go at central China seized Kweilen and destroyed 3 Chinese armies.<br/>
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<r> At the same time, mother division is fighting desperately at the China-Burma border and is forced to retreat deeper into China.<br/>
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<r> With the start of New Year, Chang-Kai-Shek , encouraged by continuing advance of allies, desided to push my forces back. His effort was stopped by a single detached brigade.<br/>
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<r> Some careless allied admirals led their fleets too closely to Japanese bases and payed for it. Three CVEs went down, together with another ships.<br/>
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<r> At the same time, the second force landed at Hong-Kong. The 32nd division was better prepared and fought admirably, but at the end they lost the city.<br/>
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<r> A silly commander (guess who [:(]) changed units in the loose. As a result, the 23rd brigade was surprised while marching and Canton was taken easily. Disorded unit even fleed to Nannig.<br/>
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<r> Actually, this game didn´t end yet. Thanks to Skipjacks patience, we still continue, even at slower rate.<br/>
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First, Skipjack launched announced offensive against south China coast.<br/>
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<t> [font="times new roman"]Because IJN is evidently crushed, I tack some details to last battles.[/font]<br/>
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[font="times new roman"]The battle of aircraft carriers[/font]<br/>
[font="times new roman"]The first Japanese wave got through CAP successfuly ...

<r> I didn´t have a bigger reserve for a long time. Partially due to my effort of agument the army by dividing units. I´m not sure if this tactic was good. I divided too many units and the game disallowed me to divide more. It is easy to create a new division this way, but loss of experience can be ...

<t> The unlucky TF should not be there at the time of the assault on Java. Unfortuantely, it was scared by allied TFs operating in the vicinity and failed to finish mission in time. The TFs, that are at the beginnig of the turn on high sea, are nearly unusable. It took 5 turns from Broome to Miri, a ...

Does anybody use CVEs against them or are they too precious for such duties?