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Magni
Apr 29, 2009
Well, Lady Lex got off easy there, just some singed eyebrows. :v:

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Magni
Apr 29, 2009
Meh, it's allied transport shipping. Not all that valuable in the long run. Early war is always painful for the Allies, but it's mostly Aussie/UK ground units and major warships (CVss and BBs) that really hurt losing. Windy tried pulling a MacArthur and it ended predictably.

Right now, the fact is simply that when Kido Butai appears, any allied ships in the vicinity need to :frogout:. Throughout 1942, the Allies will keep getting enough reinforcements to stem the bleeding and once you're a few months into 1943, the floodgates begin to open.

Magni
Apr 29, 2009

Saros posted:

*combat logs*

What the hell is he doing with the Katori there? That's a training cruiser. IIRC she gets some refits that make her a decent ASW escort later, but in early '42?

Magni fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Apr 7, 2015

Magni
Apr 29, 2009
Losing one CVL and a couple tincans for knocking out the entire allied carrier force for 3 months and pretty much gutting ABDAs cruiser force in late January '42 is actually a pretty good tradeoff for the Japanese, all things considered. The DEIs are completely hosed now and an invasion of Darwin is a very real possibility.

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