Good God I'm getting a lot of response fast, thanks guys! [:D]
This could be a problem I think if IJN are going to hit Singers which with the strength of RN fleet they will as its the only place you can be sure of hitting CV's I think you have to have surprise off otherwise its unfair also more of available fighters covering the harbour....
IJN fleet getting that close undetected to all those veteran ships at anchor doing what the RN did to the Italians at Taranto with Cunningham in charge not to mention Park its nuts.
Surprise off as standard in future methinks and CAP at high levels for RAF.
p.s I also would start with at least part of the RN force in transit to Singers not in the harbour itself otherwise they are sitting ducks.
p.p.s. Have some allied ships in a TF in harbour to increase AA of base at start or ban Betty Attacks in turn 1 launching torps at Singers
Nice AAR !!!
First off thanks! [:D]
I've thought about leaving surprise off but honestly it would be unfair to the Japanese, since they would not get their normal bonus over Pearl and Clark - and Lexington is disbanded in port at Pearl to slightly counterbalance the two RN carriers at Singapore.
I think that the IJN doing to Singapore what it did to Pearl to be less likely than Pearl was but still a possibility.. remember, both the USN and the RN didn't know where the KB was until the bombs were falling at Pearl Harbour. I could see the KB sprinting into range of Singapore in the night and launching a "Pearl Harbor"-type strike at the crack of dawn, catching the RAF and RN by surprise.. I did not get to it yet in the AAR, but Park did launch a large counterstrike later in the day. [:)]
You were right about the RN forces in transit - the two battlecruisers were still on their way to Singapore on the 7th, so they're safe. I still have a couple of fast capital ships to contest the South China Sea with. [:)]
But I really don't think FK's strategy was unfair or unrealistic - the opposite, in fact.
you might have to mod your Iron Storm mod so that Attacking Singapore with the whole KB is not possible, only allowing an attack by the 2 CVs and 2CVLs from Camrahn Bay... Because it ruins the gameplay, it only provides Japan with free targets and lots of points on day one...Now he can just about encircle Malaya and then score lots of points killing all these extras LCUs... You might want to Make Singapore into the real Pearl Harbour : Leave there some old BBs and maybe the Ark, and pretend the other capital ships were on a training mission near the Adamans...
This is just a suggestion... I wish you luck in the SRA, and strongly recommend an immediate attack in the Marshalls...
Thanks Veiji! I know where you're coming from, but I'd like to leave it up to the players themselves as to what to do with the KB and what should be possible or not. If the Allied player thinks that a KB attack on Singapore is unlikely or unbalancing, then he can propose a house rule.. but I think the important thing is that I leave the players the option to make the choice and do whatever they want. [:)] Personally, I think I can still chew him up pretty badly..
But we will see!
