Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20150405032840

OOC: AIF battle update...

IC:

The firing seems more intense this time as H Force once again charges the USN's southern flank. To make up for earlier losses, the Americans have placed the AFOH defectors in this sector. Though beefed up to full strength by USN crews, many of the officers and sailors are AFOH nationals. It is brother against brother.

With the H Force carrier aircraft decimated, the 10th Air Group is brought into action. 60 Cobra IIs escorted by 24 Durandals swoop in against the USN escorts. As they are only attacking the outer edge of the Iron Dome and are much larger and heavily armored than the USN UCAVs, they suffer negligible losses and the escorts are either scattered or destroyed in place. But after forming line of battle, instead of engaging the enemy at long range, the H Force heavy units change tactics. The super-warships charge throughout the center while the 2 battleship columns swing around to attack each flank. Caught in 2 double envelopments and with several battleships sunk, the USN commander surrenders.

The surrendering ships are ordered to rotate their guns to face the bridge as destroyers race around the formation deploying naval commandos. They will be rearmed and re-crewed so they can rejoin the battle on the AFOH side. AFOH losses are light with 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers sunk, 4 Durandals shot down. The USN loses 4 battleships, 4 cruisers, 6 destroyers and over 30 UCAVs while 2 battleships, 8 cruisers and 6 destroyers surrender. But the surrender was just a ploy to enable the super warships Judge, Jury and Executioner II to escape the encirclement and join the USN 4th Fleet elements guarding the invasion transports.



OOC: A VIP battle with Guy should be coming up soon...