Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20140728161120/@comment-14850713-20140729104225

AON, H Force has returned. 3 Night Raven-class attack speedboats were sunk while trying to rescue AIF survivors in the water. 8 personnel and 23 AIF are confirmed dead, though the surviving ships were able save over 100 AIF. Of the heavy units, only Redoutable sustained medium damage, and the force's air arm lost 30% of its aircraft but all air crew were rescued.

The intense and very confused fight further emphasizes the primacy of flying ships. Due to the altitude, armor and firepower of the enemy's flying ships, our own Temeraire and her escorts had to stay at stand-off range, engaging only with their planes.

The SOF could've helped but I couldn't bring them along due to the continued threat of the DPL. Also, the enemy introduced surface ships piecemeal, presenting few targets of opportunities (the Regia Marina was fighting on the other side of the battle area and we couldn't reach it in time). Moreover, the enemy introduced dozens of killer subs which, although slower than our fast subs, could've still inflicted some damage which we can't afford at the moment.