Accurate Task Force movement

Fattysbox · 12-08-08, 01:53 PM

So its about late April when I get a message saying Jap forces converging in the Coral Sea.

I decided to check how accurate to history the movement of the japanese carrier groups were. Went to Wiki and pretty much tracked exactly where a Hiryu would be on night fall on May 6th. Take it up to extra intelligence from Washington

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All day May 6th I'm in my area, and every 20 minutes I'm getting aircraft contacts indicative of a carrier group. Sure enough around 11pm, one Hiryu, and three escort carriers along with cruisers and escorts were spotted. They were too far away for an attack so I had to let them go. However, this group was going south and in the morning were scheduled to turn around and head north.

:p

Sure enough come morning I'm now in favorable position for attack... The hiryu and escort carriers dodged my spread but 2 Mogami ran into fish...

My question:

How far does the historical representation go? Will we see 40 planes dive bombing a carrier group if we are in the right place and time? What about huge naval engagments (Java Sea, Leyte Gulf)?

12-08-08, 01:53 PM	#1
Fattysbox Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Windy City Posts: 130 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Accurate Task Force movement So its about late April when I get a message saying Jap forces converging in the Coral Sea. I decided to check how accurate to history the movement of the japanese carrier groups were. Went to Wiki and pretty much tracked exactly where a Hiryu would be on night fall on May 6th. Take it up to extra intelligence from Washington ... All day May 6th I'm in my area, and every 20 minutes I'm getting aircraft contacts indicative of a carrier group. Sure enough around 11pm, one Hiryu, and three escort carriers along with cruisers and escorts were spotted. They were too far away for an attack so I had to let them go. However, this group was going south and in the morning were scheduled to turn around and head north. :p Sure enough come morning I'm now in favorable position for attack... The hiryu and escort carriers dodged my spread but 2 Mogami ran into fish... My question: How far does the historical representation go? Will we see 40 planes dive bombing a carrier group if we are in the right place and time? What about huge naval engagments (Java Sea, Leyte Gulf)?