Death of Hermes: 8-Apr-42

Background: On his way back from Trincomalee, Fuchida's force spotted HMS Hermes and her escorts some 65 miles south of Trincomalee. 90 divebombers, the second strike against Trincomalee, was tasked with destroying the naval force.

Map: Blue Sky

Setup:

• Set the three vessels up, with Hermes around the center of the board, and the two escorts at least 12 hexes away from Hermes, and 20 hexes from each other. These vessels are at flank speed.
• 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 any 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:

• HMS Hermes has no aircraft aboard.
• Make each vic of Vals: Vet, Reg, Reg. Each Val is armed with a single 250 kg bomb plus 2x 60 kg bombs. The bombs may be dropped all at once, or the two 60 Kg bombs may be released as a separate attack.
• The Aichi D3A Val dive bomber ADC was published in Air Power #40
• HMS Hermes, HMAS Vampire and HMS Hollyhock are available in the British Far East Fleet set of SDCs.

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