Battle of Midway Discovery

[gravity003]

I am running TMO and RSRD as mods to 1.5. I started a new career out of Pearl on May 25, 1942. I was assigned to patrol north west of Midway to give early warning of the jap fleet.

If you want to find the fleet then set up 110 miles west of 180 E and 63 miles north of 30 north they will show up on June 5 in the morning. I found the fleet and radioed the location into base. I was in a bad position and had to take bad shots. Two hits on a carrier and two on Yamato but they sailed away. Would be nice if we had a mod that slowed the speed of ship after torp hits as happens in real life. I did manage to sink one Crusier.

No discovery in these but what happened on June 5 at 18:00 hours I have never read about in any of the forums. If I missed I sorry. At 30.54 north and 178.18 E. I picked up many planes. Probably 25 to 30. I could hear the bombs and torps hitting. The planes sank about 10 ships and I headed in their direction at flank speed thinking I could pick off cripples.

My chart showed surviors and from the bridge I spotted red smoke. I was able to find the surviors and they were pilots floating in life vest. I did not know how to rescue them. They may have been the wrong side as the uniforms were gray colored.

No matter how many times I play this game I find something different. Many thanks to the modders; you guys are the greatest.

I would like to hear of other unusual sights other have found in the game and chart locations so I can experience these also.