Blundering in the pacific...bobo's struggle against his incompetence!!!

[ny59giants]

As a fellow Allied player, I say congratulations!!! [&o] [&o]

I just lost the Yorktown, Enterprise, and 3 CA's off of Suva to KB (damn Glen subs and the long range recon spotted my 2 CV TF staying there too long without enough LBA to cover them in mid - 3/42)). [:@][:@] We're playing 2 day turns and I would have lost only York and 1 CA if we played 1 day turns.

The only good news is they respawn and come back as Essex class in mid-'43. [:D] This is my 1st PBEM in a year and I am a little rusty. However, he has most of his free LCU's laying siege to Singapore, Manila, and Soerabaja. Thus, he cannot invade anywhere else in force. [;)]


Now all we need to do is find you a "good" football team to follow. [;)][;)]

[AHFlattop]

Well Done! [&o] [&o]

Destroying 200 first class planes & 1 CV confirmed. You may bag another 1 or 2 in the coming days. You've absolutely struck gold with this decisive victory. This is the best you can hope for in Mar '42.

Watch out for the rest of KB. It can still wipe out this victory.

[bobogoboom]

3/16/1942

I wanted to pursue the japs towards Johnson Island because that is where I felt they would run to. but was concerned with all the damage I had done to the ijn fleet that they would detach their bbs and might make an end run at me so I moved my fleet towards Palmyra. I sent Halsey and the remains of the enterprise task force towards the ijn fleet hoping to catch some damaged ships. The carrier proved to be a good decision and the ijn did detach surface combatants and made a bonsai run at me. They came within 2 hexes of my ships and my sctf completely missed them. But at 2 hexes their sctf paid a heavy price.

Allied planes attacked
Sea Hurricane x 3
Fulmar x 5
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20
SBD-3 Dauntless x 27
TBD Devastator x 11
Albacore x 13
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 2

3 Bomb hits were registered to BB Ise
1 Torpedo hit to CA Mikuma
2 Bomb and 2 Torpedo hits to BB Nagato she was seen damaged on fire and heavily listing
2 Bomb hits to CL Oi she was heavily damaged and set ablaze.

After this attack patrol planes spotted an oil slick and crew members where CVE Taiyo had been the night before.
Then the next strike of 9 Dauntless caught Ise with 2 bombs and set her on fire
Then a strike of 13 Dauntlesses and 2 Devastators caught Nagato with 4 more bombs

B17s out of Johnson and Palmyra caught CVs Soryu and put 5 bombs into her

The float planes from the remaining jap ships caught Ralph Talbot and put one bomb in her starting fires

Next my carriers launched a strike on Junyo putting 5 more bombs in her

As night settled both ijn CVs slipped beneath the waves.

So the score card is Jap 3 CV 1CVE 1 CA lost to Allies 1 CV
And I am deploying a sub screen to see if I can catch the retreating ijn forces.

At this point I have made the decision to remove fleet from the area and send it back to pearl the fleet has been ordered to fanning island and then from there to pearl to repair and replenish. I will leave the mopping up operations to the b17s and the subs.

[bobogoboom]

Air losses.

[USSAmerica]

A glorious victory for the Allies! 
 
And a crushing defeat for the IJN! 

[bobogoboom]

[8D] Needless to say i was happy. These were my opponents remarks.
 
bet you are!!  *** DAMN IT!!!!!
 [/align]@!#$%^*!!!  Well I just had the battle of Midway and Leyte Gulf (I spotted you first!! or did you have a bead on me the day before?)...3 months early...*** Da.. What the hell did you have all the Allied carriers!!??  Christ almighty!!  Mogami!! Four frick'n Carriers!![/align] [/align]I thought your boys were south for the winter...or staying home.  Well we learn by mistakes.[/align] [/align]Oh it's on now!! Vengeance shall be unyielding!! (I would say swift too...but I'll need TWO years to rebuild my losses)
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