Turn 8 and a short respite in the fighting as the 4 HP D3A retreats North leaving the sky over Pearl Harbor clear of enemies. Ewa Bty has arrived and is moving along the road without embarking on its trucks (Figure 1).
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| Figure 1 - Hickam Bty boards the ferry to Ford Island |
I take this moment to embark Hickam Bty so it can land on Ford Island in the next turn and activate the fighter there. It is unfortunate that the surviving BB is the center one and is occupying the Port tile. When Hickam Bty disembarks it will be at 5 efficiency rather than the 9 the Port would provide.
The U.S. fighters move North in pairs, engage and shoot down the 4 HP D3A and engage a 5 HP D3A leaving it at 1 HP.
Wheeler Bty arrives at Haleiwa and raises Admiral P. Clark from his slumber. He immediately takes command of DD430 Eberle and gives a boost to her AA fire control (Figure 2).
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| Figure 2 - Admiral P. Clark |
Turn 9 and the second wave announced on turn 5 is approaching Pearl Harbor from the East (Figure 3).
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| Figure 3 - Second JP attack wave nears Pearl Harbor |
The B17 Flying Fortress closes in to identify what were only radar blips and calls in "One Val, two Kates East of Pearl". Kalaeloe Sqdn is out of fuel and landed at Hickam airfield.
Wheeler, Hickam and Fighting Seven Sqdns move in on the D3A and inflict 10 HP losses. They also position themselves so that neither the D3A or the closest B5N2/T can reach the Colorado at Battleship Row.
Ewa Bty is now adjacent to the intact Fuel Depot and undermanned Gleaves-class DD. Hickam Bty landed on Ford Island and activated Ford Sqdn who moves in on the closest B5N2/T and shaves off 4 HP.
The allied Gleaves-class DD that was moored at Pearl City Quay moves toward the channel. It will be followed by the New Orleans-class CA.
Turn 10. An A6M2 Zero makes the only attack on the Colorado in this turn. No damage perceived on the BB and 1 HP less on the A6M2. The damaged B5N2/T attacks DD430 Eberle and takes 2 HP damage for no visible damage on the destroyer. The other JP bombers either can't or won't attack any targets (Figure 4).
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| Figure 4 - Second JP attack wave is almost destroyed |
Ewa Bty and Wheeler Sqdn focus on the damaged B5N2/T and drop it to 3 HP. Hickam, Ford and Fighting Seven Sqdns take on the other B5N2/T and also drop it to 3 HP. Kalaeloa Sqdn takes off from Hickam Field but is unable to participate yet. Kanehoe Sqdn has just been activated by the Medical Jeep and is on its way. Wheeler and Hickam Sqdns are very low on fuel and will have to land shortly.
The Colorado won't be attacked again.
A D3A probably belonging to the second wave and entering the map from the western edge shows up on turn 11 and is immediately brought down to 4 HP before it can attack anything.
The two B5N2/T are chased down and damaged further to 1 HP each by Kalaeloa and Kanehoe Sqdns.
The Japanese attack has been repulsed, their aircraft are severely mauled and head towards the exit points on the northern edge of the map. They will be chased and enough will be shot down that the secondary objective is achieved by turn 12 (Figure 5).
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| Figure 5 - Scratch one bandit (or five) |
On a final note, TheEdmon encountered during his playthrough a difficulty moving an AA unit into a tile where there is an enemy plane. Someone on the Steam forum reported a similar problem and was advised to crawl the cursor along the edge of the tile to avoid the "collision box(?)" of the air unit.
I had the occasion to test this advice during this scenario and couldn't make it work. Until I could in a different situation: in Figure 6 I can clearly move Punaluu Bty into the tile occupied by the A6M2.
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| Figure 6 - Vagaries of AA unit movement |
I think the difference lies in whether the air unit is already in range of the AA unit or not i.e. the full combat prediction with crosshairs may have a too large a "collision box".
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