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Nothing beats a little BB-backstabbing while fighting for air supremacy over Port Moresby [8D]..

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Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 48 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 32 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 4 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 14 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38F Lightning: 35 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 2 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 7 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
Beaufighter Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Hiei
BB Kongo
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CL Yubari
CL Tatsuta
CL Kiso
CL Kuma


Allied ground losses:
287 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 22
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Of course my bombers will continue bombing the airfields ...........

Nothing beats a little BB-backstabbing while fighting for air supremacy over Port Moresby

Apparently, someone forgot to lay mines . . .[X(]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

Nothing beats a little BB-backstabbing while fighting for air supremacy over Port Moresby

Apparently, someone forgot to lay mines . . .[X(]

Yep but I did a minesweep before unleashing the beasts .

Note that BBs do not often hit mines if they are bombarding at long range (no escort). Mines do not really help vs BBs...

I have found defensive mines to be of little effect in the game. I had a 5-600 mine minefield at Suva where my opponent sortied most of the IJ BBs and they didn´t hit a single mine. That story have repeated itself throughout the game for both sides.

Also keep in mind that I have found bombardments like that to show very inflated damage. Especially when looking in the "aircraft losses screen". Same goes for aerial AF bombardments. The P38s with their high SR will likely be out of action for quite some time though!