AAR MEDC - Hot Start with tovarich Tupolev, JFK in the Med 1988.

[DonT]

***SPOILER ALERT***

My last spin of this great 'game' pack was playing Red side, no AGI version. I will say I enjoyed this very much, while the bulk of the Red side lethality is I think in it's bombers they are stationed far afield and the orders call for a solid quick strike from the navy and so while I got most of the ready bombers on their way to targets I spent most of my time getting new intelligence and updating my use of the local surface and sub forces.

I asked for volunteers in I'm sure the correct Russian fashion and had no shortage of chopper crew willing to fly medium level patrols with radar burning out the location of the cursed enemy. Getting patrol locations close enough for good contacts, but far enough out not to get downed was I think accurately described Russian Roulette, and we did loose quite a few rounds but generally we knew where our targets were, how to best close our various surface and sub groups and keep our incoming flyboys happy.

With a good supply of SSMs in the larder of our main surface group we did, as ordered, get off large volleys as soon as we had the range and accurate location to hit the entire main carrier group target, typically allocating the majority at the JPK itself but always having a few targeting her escorts. This seems to work well with most ships in the carrier group sustaining damage form our first attack, assuredly slowing their aircraft efficiency and reducing their SAM defenses - we hoped.

With the last of our useful SSMs gone we turned our main surface group to maintain a buffer but still have our choppers up for surveillance, meanwhile our subs were mostly able to close without resorting to noisy speeds until within close range to send in their load of torpedoes with good results.

By 'Game Over' we'd cleared up the JFK carrier group, a sub and four bases that could have been used to support aircraft as their home ships were sunk.

Our list of 'profit and loss':


[Kill Detail Blue Side ]
SH-60B Seahawk 84/Helicopter=6
Ticonderoga Blk1 (85)/Ship=1
Leahy (80/2)/Ship=1
Lupo (80)/Ship=1
S-3A Viking 84/Plane=9
Underwood 84/Ship=1
F-14A Tomcat 86/Plane=24
A-6E Intruder USN87/Plane=10
A-6E Intruder USMC87/Plane=10
EA-6B Prowler ICAP II 87/Plane=4
KA-6D Intruder USN80/Plane=4
E-2C Hawkeye Grp0 80/Plane=4
SH-3H Sea King 87/Helicopter=4
John F Kennedy 85/Carrier=1
CH-46E Sea Knight 80/Helicopter=4
Kilauea/Ship=1
Miaoulis (FRAM II/86)/Ship=1
Bainbridge (85)/Ship=1
AB.212ASW 84/Helicopter=3
Spruance (80/1)/Ship=1
Ardito (91)/Ship=1
Wichita/Ship=1
Elli (82)/Ship=1
AB.212ASW 84/Plane=2
Sturgeon (81)/Submarine=1

[Kill Summary Blue Side ]
Ships:=11
Helicopters:=17
Carriers:=1
Submarines:=1
Planes:=67

[Kill Detail Red Side ]
Kashin mod (61M)/Ship=1
Ka-25Ts Hormone B 80/Helicopter=2
Ka-25PS Hormone C 80/Helicopter=1
Ka-27PL Helix A 81/Helicopter=1
Sovremennyy (956/84)/Ship=1
Krivak I (1135)/Ship=1
Krivak II (1135M)/Ship=1
Tu-16K Badger CMod 80/Plane=4
Tu-22M3 Backfire C 83/Plane=4
Victor III (671RTM)/Submarine=1
Slava (1164/83)/Ship=1

[Kill Summary Red Side ]
Ships:=5
Helicopters:=4
Submarines:=1
Planes:=8

[Victory Summary]
Time=14 May 1988, 02:02:01 The RED side has met their minimum victory conditions
Time=14 May 1988, 02:28:01 The RED side has met their total victory conditions

[Damage List Blue]
AFa: 00 Nea Anghialos damage=2500/2500
AGa: 00 Skiros damage=2500/2500
AHa: 00 Souda damage=5000/5000
AEa: 00 Iraklion damage=2500/2500

I've attached a full stats report file for anyone wanting the gory details.

Thanks again Enrique