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Refocusing my strategy as I may have landed on Guadalcanal too early.  I decided to start building up the base on Rennell Island, south of Guadalcanal.  That will lessen the distance my forces and supply ships need to transit to transport necessary troops and supplies.  Thet battles have been ramping up.  Japanese battleships are making an appearance.  Port Moresby was attacked by a Battleship group which included a Kongo class BB as well as the Yamato.  I’ve cleared any surface ships from the area until I can establish where exactly the Yamato is.  I have stationed three submarines as pickets should the Yamato return.

 

The slot has been a constant battleground as US submarines press hit and run attacks on convoys followed by air assault from the Enterprise.  The latest attack decimated a convoy headed to Guadalcanal.  The force since turned back.  A second air wave consisting of 12 avengers armed with torpedoes ran into a BB group headed south towards the Enterprise group.  A focused attack scored 9 hits on the Kongo (5 hits, 4 duds) and three hits on the Myoko class heavy cruiser.  Both were quickly ablaze and the Kongo took a swift list to port.  Both would burn fiercely and sink as the fire reached the magazine and set off secondary explosions.

 

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@jester ah nice so it simulates the torpedo duds during the war also?

 

Yes, as the US torpedoes were rampantly known for.  You have to try and make sure the impact will be as close to a 90 degree hit as possible for the best outcomes.  Also, the torpedoes run straight out a certain distance before the gyro setting kicks in and turns the torpedo.  I have also had one encounter with one of my torpedoes doing a circular run and coming back around at me.

War update:

 

The Japanese have landed troops at Port Moresby, slipping by my submarine screen, as well as Milne Bay and Santa Cruz.  I have thwarted repeated Japnaese efforts to reinforce those positions.  At least three convoys were completed wiped out after repeated attacks.  I have landed more troops on Guadalcanal, with a count of 7,400+ troops there now.  I have re-routed the next troop convoy to Milne Bay as they are in dire need of troops to repel the Japanese that landed.  It is a long sail though and hopefully will reach there in time.

 

No sighting of the Yamato or accompanying force yet….she is out there somewhere.