Those elcos acutally got some pretty good hits in
but here was the way the mission was eventually set up...
there were 5 waves.
wave one was 15 elco boats
wave two was 15 swordfish planes
wave three was a destroyer escort
wave four was a battle cruiser
wave five was an Iowa class battleship
i played it several times just to watch the fireworks, in all but one occasion the Bismark won the engagemnt. during that one loss the bismark took several direct hits from the swordfish bombs which gave it a severe list to port, the Iowa finished her off from long range within the first few salvos.
its FUNNY watching those elco boats charge the bismark with no sign of fear with the big shell splashes landing all around them... then one of the big shells finds its mark and the elco explodes in a massive fireball with a hand full of the little men going flying high into the air. i wanted to record the game and set it to the benny hill theme.
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