Post by brygun on Sept 29, 2021 11:04:01 GMT -6
Game4 change lead CVL to CL.7z (306.58 KB)
This is a weird battle.
The main bug is that of the origibal formation lead of 2 B types, 1 is sunk and 1 is sinking. I moved leadership to the CVL but that wasnt letting me gather up the scrattered DDs. I used the forced leadership change and it offered up the CL group. The error message is about the CVL not being able to figure out its "stance". Which given the situation I'd be pretty confused if I was that Captain.
The background is that air planes recently came about. I converted half my pre dreadnought B to 24 plane CVL so Id have room for a 16 plane attack squadron and 8 plane escort... but we dont have attack planes yet so its all biplane fighters without bomb ability. Still a wonderful swarm for air recon.
The other half of the B force was converted from 2 of 2 gun 12" game start turrets to 2 of 1 gun 16" modern turrets.
LAA just became available a few months ago. War tensions were at 80%. So I decided to bring it ALL my BB, BC, CA major ships some of which took tweaking their secondary guns down to have weight and that may have delayed them an extra month.
War started with my BB, BC, and CA major forces STILL in refit. For one month the USA is dependenat on the ~80 submarine force, 2100 ton light cruiser raiders, 2000 ton Aviation Raiders and these 16" B and B-CVL refits. The >communist< British have pushed to get onto a Caribeaan island perhaps for later "long range" flying objects.
It was 2 of these 16"-B and a Ftr only B-CVL, 2 Light Cruiser anti destroyers and mix of DDs that went to stop the invasion. We hoped to do the first air strike as each 16"-B has a flight of 4 floatplanes with 250 lb bombs for an 8 plane bomber formation! Hooray we thought. That didnt happen. Night came on and we got news of the landing starting. Air planes from shore had estimated their landing point but we went to the east side of the bay and they landed in the west.
So here you see the carnage of the communist British troop transports sinking and burning with their Battlcruiser... proper Battlecruiser... and destroyers having sunk our "hunchback" 16"-B mostly with torpedoes as our CVL bravely, with its pre-dreadnought 10" belt armor, took on command to use its side guns on the last transports. The CVL took a torpedo hit which its bulge refits are still leaking in from. Now the hope is to have the anti-destroyer light cruisers keep away their torpedo damaged full Battlecruiser while we escape this coastal night action.
So yeah...
Im can see the carrier Captain wondering what they *@#(@* he is doing here and how did his life come to this.
This is a weird battle.
The main bug is that of the origibal formation lead of 2 B types, 1 is sunk and 1 is sinking. I moved leadership to the CVL but that wasnt letting me gather up the scrattered DDs. I used the forced leadership change and it offered up the CL group. The error message is about the CVL not being able to figure out its "stance". Which given the situation I'd be pretty confused if I was that Captain.
The background is that air planes recently came about. I converted half my pre dreadnought B to 24 plane CVL so Id have room for a 16 plane attack squadron and 8 plane escort... but we dont have attack planes yet so its all biplane fighters without bomb ability. Still a wonderful swarm for air recon.
The other half of the B force was converted from 2 of 2 gun 12" game start turrets to 2 of 1 gun 16" modern turrets.
LAA just became available a few months ago. War tensions were at 80%. So I decided to bring it ALL my BB, BC, CA major ships some of which took tweaking their secondary guns down to have weight and that may have delayed them an extra month.
War started with my BB, BC, and CA major forces STILL in refit. For one month the USA is dependenat on the ~80 submarine force, 2100 ton light cruiser raiders, 2000 ton Aviation Raiders and these 16" B and B-CVL refits. The >communist< British have pushed to get onto a Caribeaan island perhaps for later "long range" flying objects.
It was 2 of these 16"-B and a Ftr only B-CVL, 2 Light Cruiser anti destroyers and mix of DDs that went to stop the invasion. We hoped to do the first air strike as each 16"-B has a flight of 4 floatplanes with 250 lb bombs for an 8 plane bomber formation! Hooray we thought. That didnt happen. Night came on and we got news of the landing starting. Air planes from shore had estimated their landing point but we went to the east side of the bay and they landed in the west.
So here you see the carnage of the communist British troop transports sinking and burning with their Battlcruiser... proper Battlecruiser... and destroyers having sunk our "hunchback" 16"-B mostly with torpedoes as our CVL bravely, with its pre-dreadnought 10" belt armor, took on command to use its side guns on the last transports. The CVL took a torpedo hit which its bulge refits are still leaking in from. Now the hope is to have the anti-destroyer light cruisers keep away their torpedo damaged full Battlecruiser while we escape this coastal night action.
So yeah...
Im can see the carrier Captain wondering what they *@#(@* he is doing here and how did his life come to this.