Stop Tokyo Express

[feryveroweb]

Hi friends again...

Im playing scen as allies and i dont know how stop bombardement TF at night and resupply TF:

1. I set 2 -3 sub patrols at Lunga but never i engaged them...

2 I set some PTs to stop them but .... they sunk

3 I tried to surface combat but the japanese at night is almost
invencible...

4 I set a CFT near Lunga but dont operate at night...:rolleyes:

5 Please anybody help me?

6 Historically what tactics use the americans to finish with them?

[pasternakski]

Mines.

[Yamamoto]

PT boat should be used as speed bumps. You will lose them but they are only 1 point each. The main purpose of using them is to get teh bombardment group to waste action points in surface combat so they can't bombard and move out of enemy air range by morning. If you get 2 or 3 seperate surface combats the group probably won't have enough action points to get away in the morning.

If you are real lucky you might even get a torpedo hit on them, but that's not thepoint -- just icing on the cake.

If you want to get some good practice at stopping surface bombardments, play the scenario "Four weeks of Hell".

Yamamoto