A Visit to Dorsetshire and Cornwall: 5-Apr-42

Background: A force of 80 D3A Val dive-bombers, armed as a second strike on Colombo, were sent instead after a spotting report of at least two large ships some 200 miles west of Ceylon, in the hope that this was the whole Royal Navy Far East Fleet. Instead, it was just two heavy cruisers: HMS Cornwall and Dorsetshire. These two ships had been enroute to Columbo, but before reaching there were ordered back to Addu Atoll.

Map: Blue Sky

Setup:

• Set up the two Heavy cruisers anywhere on the board at least 15 hexes apart. Both vessels start out facing the same way at flank speed. Use random movement for the ships.
• The Vals enter in chutais of 9, organized as vics of 3. The Vals enter from any side, 1 Vic per turn, at 6.0, speed 4.0, wings level. The Vals may attack either ship.
• Every 10 turns (or less, if all the Vals attack and leave the board), a new chutai enters.

Game Length: 40 turns

Special Rule: Compare final VPs. Japanese need to score 10:1 to win.

Additional Rules:

• Make each vic of Vals: Vet, Reg, Reg. Each Val is armed with a single 500 kg bomb.
• The Aichi D3A Val dive bomber ADC was published in Air Power #40
• HMS Cornwall and Dorsetshire are available in the British Far East Fleet set of SDCs.

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