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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Colonial Avisos are just kind of neat so your shouldn't lump them in with stupid minesweepers! I'll list the non-sweeps separately here for you: Dumont d'Urville-class (the cool ones): D'Iberville Ardent-class: Dédaigneuse Marne-class: Yser Arras-class: Les Eparges
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   Another sub uses deck guns to be effective.  Our battleships catch the enemy! They give chase and are able to bring down most of their escorts and get shells in on both carriers! The Enterprise is reported to be listing badly. Have we done enough damage to stop them putting planes into the air?  You fools! There are carriers to sink!  A Banshee gets a bomb hit in – one of three planes, of course. We reach the afternoon air strikes.  At least one carrier still has a functioning flight deck. Curses!  This is a supporting heavy cruiser force. They take a couple of hits.   We bring down another fortress.  But we continue to take losses on the ground.   That was a day I wanted to end quickly after the naval battle. That said, we got some good hits in, and 91 enemy aircraft lost on the field is a good indication that the Enterprise has been sunk!  We see the confirmed kills here, but there is no extra point jump – maybe she is still alive? This is not the first time we've seen a mass loss of enemy planes. Intelligence have a lot of work ahead of themselves. [img]http://lpix.org/2635695/11.jpg Looking at the damage, and the distance to port, we may get lucky and only lose a destroyer, If you are wondering why there were no destroyers with the battleships, I moved them all to the cruiser group, as I thought the battleships would be to slow to engage – I've transferred some across to them now. The mission now is to confirm the kills tomorrow. We could wipe out the US carrier fleet tomorrow!
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Ron Jeremy posted:
Literally the Imperial Navy's wet dream. Battleships engaging Fleet Carriers at gun range
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you son of a bitch you sunk the Enterprise
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For some reason I just assumed that if you hit a Fleet carrier it'd just explode or something. I'm surprised it's still afloat but shows how much I know about ships.
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Generation Internet posted:you son of a bitch you sunk the Enterprise 
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With this victory I think it's time we bought Tokyo Bay Fortress a one-way ticket to San Francisco e: Actually, what's the realistic gain with this? More time to clear out/dig-in the Pacific? A chance at Australia? tunapirate fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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That's some good alt-history right there.
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Yeah, this is clearly the best possible outcome in terms of narrative. Instead of Midway ushering in the age of carrier supremacy we have this
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tunapirate posted:With this victory I think it's time we bought Tokyo Bay Fortress a one-way ticket to San Francisco Killing more carriers means that it'll take longer for the allies to fight back and/or gain air superiority. Basically, you're delaying the inevitable. Edit: Those CLAAs are pretty rare too, iirc
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Banzai!
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Grey Hunter I have read along with every turn of every War in the Pacific LP you have ever done and I must say that goddamn was this ever your finest hour Jobbo_Fett posted:Killing more carriers means that it'll take longer for the allies to fight back and/or gain air superiority. If Grey manages to sink both of the carriers in the next engagement how many American carriers will there be left in the Pacific? Not counting the Essex or others of that class about to roll off the lines. zetamind2000 fucked around with this message at 07:12 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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I decided to take a risk with my battleships. It worked.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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Holy.. Futz. Grey you glorious Sunnuva. My hat is off. Enterprise is brutalized, so only Lexington has planes (probably). With no escorts even if you have to withdraw some of your TF's you can hopefully catch her. Congratulations. WOW.
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Also, how many years have you had that gif ready?
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Yess  I hope you've got your kevlar mesh shirt and some padding ready..
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Yamamoto's ghost sheds a single tear.  Good job Grey!
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Killing more carriers means that it'll take longer for the allies to fight back and/or gain air superiority. The North Carolina is also one of the few fast BB's the Allies get early on, so the Allies are left with even fewer decent escorts that have good AA and can keep up with CV's. Only problem I see is that the BB's might have already shot all their big gun ammo off. It's hard to tell because I think the gun ammo section of the top fleet is just the Mutsu. the CA's at least should be able to hit the Lexington (and ideally sink).
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Also ow - is the Mutsu going to make it or not, she looks sorta worked over. She going to be detatched and sent back to port or you going to keep her with the main assault fleet?
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RZApublican posted:Grey Hunter I have read along with every turn of every War in the Pacific LP you have ever done and I must say that goddamn was this ever your finest hour The Allies should have received 11 carriers to supplement the starting 4. Saratoga is dead, Enterprise is likely dead (if not dying), Long Island is presumed dead, Yorktown is dead Wasp is dead Illustrious is assumed dead Formidable and Indomitable appear to be okay Lexington is okay (for now) We haven't seen: Hermes Hornet Copahee Nassau Prince William, and Altamaha
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How in the name of gently caress does a battleship squadron make it within gun range of a carrier group in daylight?
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Flappy Bert posted:How in the name of gently caress does a battleship squadron make it within gun range of a carrier group in daylight? Lack of planes to sink them!
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tunapirate posted:With this victory I think it's time we bought Tokyo Bay Fortress a one-way ticket to San Francisco Lets consult the table! Looking at the chart (though its late here and I might be missing numbers) we can expect 12 new American carriers by the end of next year. Currently we've sunken most of the pre-Midway carrier force. Wasp Saratoga Yorktown If we're lucky this battle we'll have taken out the Enterprise and Lexington. This just would leave Hornet as the last American fleet carrier in play assuming the others are indeed down for (ironic, Hornet was the last American Fleet Carrier to be sunk, lost in 26 October 1942). If all this is true, then we've pretty much iced all Pre-Essex class fleet carriers. Now we just have to content with the 32 Essex's slated for construction!  So we have several months to dig in and/or romp around the Pacific some more. If Grey can play his cards right and snipe out enemy carriers as the come online by keeping 1 or 2 consolidated carrier fleets, he could possibly push through '43 with a good lead assuming low casualties. So far we're only down one fleet carrier and one light carrier. The downside is we can't expect too many more carriers on our side to come online. So we'll need to maximize the next 6-9 months to really try and consolidate our holdings, grab more of China and any islands we still need to and figure out how to entrap the Americans. Island plane fortresses might be our best bet but who knows! *Edit* Also for my lucky ship can I claim the Astoria? I'm hoping she has better luck here than in WW2 Jimmy4400nav fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Jimmy4400nav posted:*Edit* Also for my lucky ship can I claim the Astoria? I'm hoping she has better luck here than in WW2 CA Astoria or CL Astoria? (I'm assuming CA Astoria)
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Jobbo_Fett posted:The Allies should have received 11 carriers to supplement the starting 4. Thanks. Could you break those down by nationality and class?
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RZApublican posted:Thanks. Could you break those down by nationality and class? CVL Hermes - British CV Hornet - USA CVE Copahee - USA CVE Nassau - USA CVE Prince William - USA CVE Altamaha - USA Prince William and Altamaha both spent time in the Royal Navy, however, but I'm pretty sure they are tagged as US ships when they become available. Each of those escort carriers only carry ~24 aircraft each. For comparison, the Hornet carries 72 aircraft. The Hermes only has 20 aircraft on hand. The Indomitable: 50 aircraft. The Formidable: ~50 aircraft. Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Jobbo_Fett posted:CVL Hermes - British Hmm, If Grey can sink the Lexington and finish off the Enterprise tomorrow he will have a massive advantage over the Americans in terms of fleet carriers. The AI seems fond of doing suicide raids with it's carriers, so if they try that with the Hornet and at least one of the CVEs Grey might have a legitimate shot of being in a position to sink all of the carriers of any type that the Americans currently have in the Pacific. Although with his current plans of expansion he may be able to bait the Americans into a carrier battle as well.
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