Airboy’s extended campaign AAR continues across the Pacific ~

Avery Abernethy, 23 October 2016

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Scenario 5 Bougainville – Avery Abernethy

The Naval Battle:

The key to victory is keeping a screen of destroyers between your cruisers and the Japanese destroyers. If the Japanese destroyers get to close range and launch torpedoes your cruisers are doomed. But torpedoes can only be launched once every four turns. My destroyers are both shields to absorb torpedo attacks and spears to torpedo Japanese cruisers after the Jap destroyers are sunk. A second advantage of a tightly clustered fleet is better anti-aircraft fire.

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Airboy’s extended campaign AAR continues across the Pacific ~

Avery Abernethy, 22 October 2016

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Scenario 5 Bougainville – Avery Abernethy

In the Bougainville scenario you have to land, advance, build two airfields and then survive the Japanese Counter-Attacks. Your Marines must be aggressive to take the ground and build both landing strips within 20 turns.   A large surface fleet naval battle must be won to protect your Marine supply ships.

The Land Battle, part 1:

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Back to the Pacific with Airboy’s extended campaign AAR ~

Avery Abernethy, 10 October 2016

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Scenario 4 – Operations Goodtime and Blissful

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Back to the Pacific with Airboy’s extended campaign AAR ~

Avery Abernethy, 9 October 2016

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Scenario 4 – Operations Goodtime and Blissful

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Back to the Pacific with Airboy’s extended campaign AAR ~

Avery Abernethy, 8 October 2016

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Scenario 4 – Operations Goodtime and Blissful

This is a complex scenario. You have to eliminate the Japanese from the two Treasury Islands Mono and Stirling. You must also heavily raid a much larger island and destroy three of four fuel dumps.

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