Battles in SH4 are pretty much impossible to replicate. The tools are simply not there in the game.
1. The AI is not capable of using all the RL tools the ships had (notably torpedos, particularly for the IJN).
2. Aircraft behavior is poor, and air operations for carriers are abstracted to the point of being completely unrealistic.
3. The AI cannot be scripted to have the proper results of a battle. So even if 1-2 were not a huge problem, you simply cannot guarantee that the right ships will sink. There is no point is having a "Battle of Midway" if the 4 IJN CVs are not disabled---first 3, then Hiryu later that day. If any other ships get sunk instead, or the CVs retire... it's not the battle of Midway.
This is the reason I abandoned working on battles between surface combatants. To me, the results are as important as seeing the ships. Putting the ships in the right area is fine, bothering with trying to make a battle is a waste of time, sadly.
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