War on the Sea
2 years, 6 months ago-
Released today! I am just going through the tutorials. I am glad they have Damage Control. Reminds me of the Great Naval Battles games. Good stuff.
Started the US campaign yesterday. I’ve taken the Santa Cruz islands and am working on building an air strip there. A Japanese cruiser force bombarded Port Moresby. I intercepted them later on with USS Gato. During the engagement, I hit the Tone class heavy cruiser with 4 torpedoes which slowed it to a dead stop and put it out of action. Though I went deep, the Japanese destroyers found the Gato and caused flooding in one compartment with depth charges. I tried going full ahead and full rise but to no avail…the Gato sunk too deep and was lost. I thought about blowing ballast and probably should have, but that was certain death as well. The Tone eventually flooded and sunk.
Second attack coming to Port Moresby. I launched a squadron of Avengers at the Japanese cruiser force but the torpedo attack failed to score hits. (I learned that even though you tell them to attack, they won’t drop unless you tell them to open bay doors first. You’d think that’d be part of the attack order). Second flight armed with bombs hit the Myoko. Although 75% of the avengers got shot down, they scored three hits on the Myoko which burned and later sank as magazine explosions ripped through its hull.
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Sunk a few Japanese submarines via aircraft off the Enterprise. Also had encounters with a Japanese cruiser force and one of my Gato class submarines. Torpedo attack proved unsuccessful and the cruiser force sailed away rapidly. However, I vectored Dauntless dive bombers to the location and succeeded in scoring direct hits on one Mogami class heavy cruiser. It quickly went dead in the water and sunk.
Another of my other Gato class submarine near Rabul sighted a Japanese convoy. I was able to torpedo and sink one Mogami heavy cruiser and went deep and departed the area. I followed up with Dauntless aircraft from the Enterprise and sank an additional troopship and Naga class light cruiser.
I decided to press on towards Guadalcanal with my Battleship group with rear support from the Enterprise task force. The troopships are making their way under cover of the Enterprise group. Scouting Avengers found and torpedoed a Japanese cruiser force headed east out of Rabul. The attack scored one hit on a Mogami class heavy cruiser, one hit on a Naga class light cruiser and two hits on another Naga class light cruiser. Both Nagas burned and eventually sank. The Mogami seems to have repaired its damage and is operational.
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