Keynes' Cruisers Volume 2
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Probably even less survivors from Makassar than from Midway....
This is a mess for the Japanese. No wait, this battle will rank easily as one of the worst military disasters in WW2, and since Singapore and Bataan never fell....
I think this is the decisive battle Japan always wanted, so casualties are bound to be hit on both sides....
But the Allies here now have air superiority... and probably going to pull a Midway on the Main Body.
This is the decisive victory the Allies were looking for... I think fester needs to tabulate how many dead so we can see the scale...
The battleships don't need to do that. The Destroyers can do that. Even if the RN ships and USN battleships don't bite into the boilers or the like, or disabling a turret, the superstructure is going to be shredded and their fire control will be gone.
The USN and RN have 20+ destroyers and although there's going to be losses, there's just going to be too many fish in the water when the allied destroyer attack does come.
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Donald Reaver
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I do not see Yamamoto surviving this fight. Once he realizes what a disaster this is he will order the fleet to retreat, and stay behind to cover them. Not likely change much.
And plane handlers, armorers, mechanics, Senior Chiefs, experienced Petty Officers, all gone too..It takes just as long to train up these personnel as it does aircrews.. the Japanese Naval air arm is screwed!
I think this is the Philippine Sea level of knock out. Which means knocked out for probably the rest of the campaign....
A 18 inch shell into the bloody magazine from the looks of it...
and yet again in ATLs HMAS Sydney is lost with all hands.....
There are 14, 16 and 18 inch shells being flung about, any of them could penetrate the 3 inch belt armour.
Eh, good point. But still... magazine explosion and a massive battleship shell....
I'm more inclined for a 16 or 18 inch shell because of the shock value...
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