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RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 1:25 pm
by Lowpe
About an hour ago I got the turn...I am running it now. It will be an incredible blood bath, but for whom?
This anticipation is one of the great things about the game![:)]
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 1:33 pm
by Lowpe
Jan 2, 1942
Here we go...
This was my lowest numbered task force.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 1:38 pm
by Lowpe
Round 2...
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 1:51 pm
by Lowpe
Haruna lands a few 36cm hits on the POW, at least 4 20cm hits bounce off the armor, others set fires and destroy devices on the deck and in the superstructure.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:00 pm
by Lowpe
Many 20cm hits bounce off the armor, but several penetrate and then a torpedo hit!
Notice the POW has broken off into an escort task force.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:06 pm
by Lowpe
The Jintsu races in, and lets her torpedoes loose insanely close. The first explodes but the second hits, but fails to explode!
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:28 pm
by Lowpe
The Chokai races in and knocks out the fire control on the Pensacola with the first 20cm salvo...then the fight begins in earnest.
Can Chokai survive?
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:33 pm
by Lowpe
The dratted Yanks dodge about 6 torpedo salvos....
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:41 pm
by Lowpe
Damage to her engines, and the Salt Lake cannot escape....
nearby the Chokai founders and slips under.[:(]
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:48 pm
by Lowpe
Then the battles at night are over, and in the afternoon the Allies strike back..
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:50 pm
by Lowpe
The Alpha strike...darn I had guessed right where the Allied carriers would be no night engagement. 1 cruiser sunk, another most likely down.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:52 pm
by Lowpe
Two small strikes miss...
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:56 pm
by Lowpe
Incredibly violent!
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 4:07 pm
by Lokasenna
Ick.
Risky move with Kongo, too. Would not have sent an SCTF that small.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 4:13 pm
by MakeeLearn
That's an aggressive use of Allied carriers this early in the war.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 4:40 pm
by Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
That's an aggressive use of Allied carriers this early in the war.
Well... it's unlikely that KB could have replenished and gotten there in time. If my opponent struck Pearl for several days, I'd heavily consider something like it also.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 5:43 pm
by Dirtnap86
Losing 2 modern CAs like that is going to come back to bite later though. The Allies get lots of BBs. And Repulse is just a BC, very thin armor.
Better hope you got all his slow BBs at Pearl.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 6:46 pm
by Lowpe
Scenario 1 game, every loss hurts.
I think the Allies decided that every starting ship is expendable.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 8:12 pm
by Lokasenna
ORIGINAL: Dirtnap86
Losing 2 modern CAs like that is going to come back to bite later though. The Allies get lots of BBs. And Repulse is just a BC, very thin armor.
Better hope you got all his slow BBs at Pearl.
I agree, although add the caveat that Repulse gets decent AA later in the war and can free up a fast BB from a CVTF.
RE: The Dutch are the first to Die!
Posted: Tue May 02, 2017 10:23 am
by Bif1961
It was a knife fight and most of his damaged vessels are deep inside your zone so they probably will be hunted down and killed. His big goal now is to get the Lexington out of harm's way.