Attack on the Shoho - WDS Midway
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Turns: | 2 |
Type: | Custom |
First Side: | US Navy |
Second Side: | Imp. Japanese Navy |
Scenario length – 20 minutes
May 7, 1942. The CVL Shoho had been assigned to help cover the Port Moresby Invasion. Early on the morning of May 7, she was sighted by Allied forces, and soon faced the attack of two Carrier Air Groups. The Shoho was quickly devastated by bomb and torpedo hits. Lt. Commander Dixon, commanding VS-2 ,would then utter the legendary words "Scratch one flattop" [Note: Designed for play against a Japanese AI]