2nd battle of the day and final game of the
mini league witness the Hyiktsay's KM taking on the Dave' USN fleet.
Dice roll off concluded into "kill the
flagship" scenario with USN as the attacking force.
Apologies for the messy table as we were discussing and assembling some of the
Micro Armor which arrived couple of days back.
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Combatant: USN – Dave
CA Portland
DD O’Brien
DD Anderson
DD Hughes
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Combatant:
German
CA Prinz Eugen - Flagship
CA Admiral Hipper
CA Blucher
CA Lutzow
CL Koln
DD
5 - Z31, Z32, Z33, Z34 and Z37
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Deployment,
Air Strike & Submarine Attack
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| Kriegsmarine deployment |
With its initiative towards this battle, USN
placed 2 landmasses at each end of the battle area.
With the submarine attacks underway, KM fleet
managed to intercept 2 USN's submarines. The remaining USN submarines only saw
a non-penetration hit recorded on CA Lutzow.
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| USN deployment |
Over at the USN side, the fleet managed to
intercept 3 KM's submarines. Resulting attack saw the destruction of DD Hughes.
Having 6 torpedo bombers intercepted, USN air
forces still managed to hit and causing flooding towards CA Lutzow.
Subsequent to the dive bombers strike witnessed
the sinking of Z37 and causing fire on-board CA Hipper; contained on check.
Turn 1
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| Kriegsmarine (bottom) moving towards USN (top) |
Being the defender in this battle, KM have to
plot its way towards the USN forces at the other end of the battle area, a long
and disastrous journey.
Both fleet called in their 2nd submarine
strike, having KM's submarines missing all their targets.
USN's submarine, however, found their mark
and caused flooding and fire onto CA Blutcher and CA Admiral Hipper
respectively.
Turn 2
to Turn 4
KM warships spent 3 turns plotting and
maneuvering towards USN's warships location; situated nicely behind the safety
of landmass.
As the KM warship approaches, CA Portland
managed to deal several hits and causing superstructure damages along the
way.
Turn 5
This turn saw the sinking of CA Lutzow to the
abyss from CA Portland gun fire; all the time remaining behind landmass.
Turn 6
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| Kriegsmarine warships split into 2 flanks |
Destruction to KM fleet continues with CA
Admiral Hipper knocked out of commission, coming yet again from CA Portland.
Turn 7
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| USN coming out of landmass cover |
With KM lighter warships approaching USN's
left flank, they moved out of the landmass and engaged with KM's heavy cruisers
at their right flank.
Resulting gun battle saw DD O'Brien meeting
it's end.
USN warships were able to launch 2 torpedoes
during this turn; however, none met their marks.
Turn 8
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| Albeit being close to KM's flagship, USN continued its hunt on CA Blutcher |
With USN warships moved out of cover, KM's
lighter warship group forced to make a U-turn.
Despite being in close proximity with KM
flagship, USN commander ordered its warships to hunt CA Blutcher instead.
At this range, DD Anderson stood no chance of
survival as CA Prinz Eugen's main guns tore it apart.
A total of 8 torpedoes were launched during
this turn, 7 coming from KM warships, none made it to their targets.
Turn 9
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| Surrounded finale |
With its flagship surrounded by KM warships,
USN continued its bombardment towards CA Blutcher and ultimately sinking it.
Having already sustained numerous damages, CA
Portland met it demise.
With the last shot fired, comes the end of
the mini league.
As it
only seems fit - the 1st battle of the league lasted only 30 minutes and ended
with an epic battle - both involving Dave's fleet.
Stay
tune for Season 2.
