January 1, 200917 yr AAR "China: 2014 #01: The Fight for the Islands" Author: Klaus Behrmann Game Engine: Harpoon 3.6.2 Database: DB2000 V 10.0.0 Start: April, 12th, 2014, 18:00 I choose Japanese Side 1. At 18:20 I have AAw missions for both Naha and Nyutabaru set up. In addition my Task Force has two helos on sonobuyo station all time aloft 2. Behind the fighter CAP a Sentinel is patrolling near Nyutabaru and an Orion is heading southwest in order to gather intelligence 3. The US air base Kadena has fighters and a Sentry up, thus screening my SAG and both Kadena and Naha 4. At 18:35, The Sentry has detected Chinese vessels and fighters; Eagles are vectored West. 5. At 18:48 I launch four ASM armed Orions in order to make the Sentry´s results count 6. 18:58: Dog fights between Chinese and US aircraft are minutes ahead. What is that Sentry doings o far out? 7. 19:25 There is a Taiwanese SAG in the game, too. So we have four sides. 8. 1940: Hostilities have started. Lost two Phantoms due to missiles 9. 20:30 My four Orions got in shooting positions and fired their ASMs at the Chinese SAG 10. 21:00 Some things went terribly wrong. The four Orins were intercepted on their way back. The Japanese Task Force was pounded, one ship sunk. 11. 21:05 Another attack with Silkworm ASM on my Task Force 12. 21:08 Three hits on the Kongo 13. 21:15 Another ship hit, the LST Osumi. Missile type: Kazoo B. Long range ASM. 14. 21:17 More Kazoo ASM inbound. The Kongo´s SM-2MR magazines are nearly depleted 15. 21:18 DDH Kurama hit, LST Shimokita hit 16. 22:03 My second wave of Orions has been shot down Second day, April 13th, 2014 17. Preparing counterstrikes with my subs 18. One Orion left for recce just redetected the Hangzhou ! 19. Immediately afterwards SS 591 Michishito launches four Harpoons at it 20. 01:40: The Orion pays the price and is shot down 21. SS 591 attack has failed, no hits. Preparing second Harpoon salvo 22. 03:30 Second volley failed, too 23. 04:37 Orion lost 24. 05:00 SS 591 fires torps at Luda I and Haribing 25. 05:14 Luda I dead, but SS 591 too; sunk by Orlan torp 26. 05:15 coordinated harpoon salvo from SS 593 and SS 589 heading for Hangzhou 27. Hit ! Hangzhou down to 4 knots, heavily damaged 28. Hangzhou sinking. The major surface vessel is dead. 29. Time to move in with the two remaining subs. 30. 08:50 Subs are closing. No more air attacks since several hours. Reloading or did I get the bombers and fighter bombers? 31. 10:19 Two torps fired at Jiangwei 32. 10:26 hit and Jiangwei sunk 33. 10:56 Two torps fired at Yuting 34. 11:02 one hit 35. 11:30 two more torps fired at Yuting 36. 11:35 Yuting hit and sunk ! The resume until that point displayed a draw: I got enough Chinese vessels, but lost a sub and a LST. Great scen ! Ralf
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