ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager
Ok here is what happened.
I used the first idea since I didnt want to wait around and the one transport idea seems a little gamey to me, since 2 transports are always picked up.
Anyways, it worked out pretty well.
I sent in 5 CV TF and it docked in Lunga and there is staid.
I loaded up 3 giant transport fleets Each had the ability to take 25-30 k supply.
I also shoved in as many CA, CL and CLAA into those TF as possible.
I put CA's and the North Carolina into my CV fleet ( I am really glad I added all these warships as you will see soon).
All in all he sent 200 ( [X(] ) mixed Betties and Nells and 125 or so Zeros to attack my fleet. I sent up over 150 Wildcats and 50 or so P-400's and P-39's to defend.
This happened for 3 straight days. I shot down over 100 of the bombers and 60 of the zeros. I lost 80 (but saved alot of the pilots) Wildcats and 35 of the P-39's and 400's.
So his airforce is more or less gone. He sent in surface fleet after surface fleet to attack my TF. We had 6 night surface battles over a 2 day period. I lost 3 CA and 4 CL and a few DD. He lost another BB and 9 DD. North Carolina single handidly sunk a BB and 3 DD. She took 61 shell hits and was long lanced 6 ( [X(][X(][X(] ) times she had 97 sys damage (basicly nothing above the water line was left [:D] ) and 60 flt damage. I got her flt damage down and sent her back to Nouema and then back to PH. They tell me it will be 630 days to repair her [:D].
Anways. I dropped off all the supply and fuel and sped back. Two transports took hits but nothing over 25 sys damage. I sent various ships back to PH and reorganized.
Then I did it all over again.
However, I made my first mistake of the game. I completly forgot to set cap up over my CV TF [:@]. This might of been a good thing though...My cap didnt turn the bombers back so they met an a concrete wall of flak. 70 bombers came in and my flak splashed 36 and another 20 crashed on the way home. Sara took 3 torps and has 42 sys damage enterprise and wasp each took a torp but nothing serious. Im going to leave the sara in nouema and let them repair her as much as they can. He still has lots of CV's out there and the Yamoto.
I now have 90 B-17's one B-24 and 2 B-26 groups on Lunga. The dont bomb every day...but when they do its no contest. They level whatever they hit from the 17,000 feet I have them at.
I am going to reorganize and repair and then supply PM with an auto convoy (I dont fear LBA any longer)
Lunga says it needs 17,000 supply a day to run [X(] so will be hard pressed to keep it supplied.
My next operation will be to get PM running so it can cover my invasion of Gili Gili.
From there I will take the Shortlands and then finally capture Rabaul.
I have lost 5 CA and 6 CL and numerous smaller ship.
My opponent has lost 3 BB 5 CV ( [X(] ) and one CVL and even more numerous smaller ships.
I am finally starting to get P-38's into my airforce.
I am ahead by 200 points.
As long as I keep my mistakes down I should be able to methodicly pick him off by June of 43
Its late November in our game right now
Thanks for everyones help.
He isnt going to surrender...so it looks like im going to have to kill every last one his forces to win [:@]
Sounds like you got it licked. Best light up the victory cigar. I would not, however, have sent my carriers to Lunga though. Carriers operating in the confined waters of a port will only launch half of their possible CAP, thus taking half your planes out of the battle. Plus, the Japanese could have gotten a bit more luck and wrecked your carriers-reversing a favorable situation. If you stand then off five hexes or so below Lunga the bettys will never attack and they can fly LR CAP over Lunga with little risk to the carriers.
Still, it worked. Who can find fault with success?!!![;)]
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