Burning Baron
This position needs more entrenching.
- Location
- In here, not out there.
Only because of the International Date Line. It was the same day, Wake is just on the other side from Hawaii.
Changing Destiny (Kancolle)
- Thread starter Skywalker_T-65
- Start date
Sandy River DL
(Verified Destroyer Leader)
- Location
- Lake Michigan
- Pronouns
- Her/She
I now have the feeling she'd try what Schreiber's doing. Most likely with much less success.
- Location
- North Carolina
Problem with high altitude bombing and hitting maneuvering targets, it's damn near impossible. Unless the Japanese are willing to come in low and slow and thus get butchered by Buffalos and Wildcats.
- Location
- Pacific NW
Maybe Ari doesn't catch the Golden BB in this timeline. One thing from a previous update I remember, there was something about California's contact with her crew was more of her messing around with them. Perhaps in this timeline, because of Cali's pranks, she catches the Golden BB due to her crew being pranked often enough that they don't respond as fast to alarms....
PyrrhicSteel
Look natural.
- Location
- Idaho
I don't think a flight of B17s is due, either, so it's likely the army will have better warning this time.
- Location
- North Carolina
That we can agree on, but P-40s and P-36s vs. Zeroes? That won't end well.
Sandy River DL
(Verified Destroyer Leader)
- Location
- Lake Michigan
- Pronouns
- Her/She
The Flying Tigers did quite well with P-40s.
PAGDTenno
Verified Warmind. Probably on fire.
- Location
- South Carolina
P-40s outfight Zeroes at high speed. The key is to keep it a high-speed fight.
- Location
- Arizona
Actually the P-40 was quite effective vrs the Zero so long as you avoided prolonged turning fights. In the initial merge the P-40 could actually significantly out turn the Zero and had a massive advantage in durability (the P-40's frame could withstand fairly high-G high speed turns, whereas the Zero couldn't handle the g-loading.) at lower speeds and energies the advantage reversed.
- Location
- North Carolina
Huh, didn't know that, of course the good old head-on pass would also work again using the P-40's better durability to it's advantage. Although eat a 20mm cannon shell to the engine and well your in trouble.
CompassJimbo
Where’s Your North?
- Location
- The former Rubber Capital of the World
It. Fucking. Begins.
PAGDTenno
Verified Warmind. Probably on fire.
- Location
- South Carolina
Yeah, but the P-40 can take a hit. The Zero can't. The odds favor a P-40 in a head-on pass.
- Location
- North Carolina
As proven by the legendary American Volunteer Group aka The Flying Tigers on numerous occasions, Japanese Fighters couldn't do a head-on pass.
But, the lack of experience that American Fighter Pilots have at this time. Any kills scored against Zeroes will be a combination of mostly luck and some skill. Of course, then there is the fact that the Vals once they drop their bombs basically become a two-seat Ki-27 Nate.
PyrrhicSteel
Look natural.
- Location
- Idaho
While I don't remember if the fighters at Wheeler (and Ford Island? I don't remember any fighters were stationed there.) were fueled or not, I doubt even with radar warning the Americans could get the majority of their aircraft in the air with how they were positioned. That being said the largest advantage the P40s that do get up will have is in fuel. The Zeroes can't afford to get into a prolonged turning dogfight with the P40s because they won't have much of the fuel for it, or at least they won't have enough to keep a dogfight going throughout the first and second wave. It'll be interesting to see if any strikes get spoiled by American fighters.
Something I can see, and this is the cruel author in me and not the armchair general, is a stray bullet from the furball falling in the nearby fuel depot.
Something I can see, and this is the cruel author in me and not the armchair general, is a stray bullet from the furball falling in the nearby fuel depot.
PAGDTenno
Verified Warmind. Probably on fire.
- Location
- South Carolina
Fortunately, fuel bunkers are buried in Earth to avoid a catastrophic chain detonation, and to make a stray bullet from the furball unlikely to detonate even a single bunker.
- Location
- North Carolina
Well a single stray bullet wouldn't be able to ignite a fuel depot, but an a shot down plane trailing fire and smoke? That will do it, bonus points if it's a Val and it still has it's bomb attached.
Spectre
eternal servant to the Fire/EMS gods
- Location
- NY
and gasoline is a lot harder to start on fire than people realize.
Spectre
eternal servant to the Fire/EMS gods
- Location
- NY
unescorted bombers attacking a carrier loaded down with extra fighter aircraft... call me crazy but that sounds like a bad day for the bombers.
DawnofWar32
War is coming. Prepare yourselves!
- Location
- Butuan City, The Philippines
Well, let the suffering begin.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
Assuming the fighters can get into the air fast enough to intercept them.
- Location
- North Carolina
Well they would have to pass by Wake Island first, that and I am fairly sure that several of Big E's escorts have radar. So the bombers are in for a very bad day.
Spectre
eternal servant to the Fire/EMS gods
- Location
- NY
considering CAP/Carrier defense was one of the things we were leagues ahead of the IJN in OTL (and Thompson if anything made it even better) and Enterprise is going to see them at 60 miles minimum thanks to radar... yes they will.
- Location
- North Carolina
Plus considering the G3M Nell had weak armor and poor defensive armament -well with the exception of the tail gun, it was a goddamned 20mm cannon- against Wildcats it's no contest.
- Location
- Pacific NW
As long as you have enough Wildcats. One of the little things that contributed to the sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was not having enough of a fighter escort. Even though the fighters they had were Battle of Britain veterans who knew a thing or two about dogfighting. Thus even the old Nells were able to sink both British ships.