Today with Duderson we played in Bolter bigger game on 2,000 points per side, I had Russian fleet composed of Borodino, Varyag, Aurora, Novik, Ushakov and two squads of Buynyi destroyers – two on one base. My oponent has Japanese fleet composed of Mikasa, Niitaka, Izumu, Skikishima, Takachiho and one squad of Hayabusa torpedo boats. We played scenario number one – line battle with exiting on the opposite corner of the table. So it begun with setting our fleets on the table.

I had some plan with such setting of my navy.
Admiral Duderson Japanese Imperial navy.
Orders placed a way I should use in my next game. Why two orders – look at the end of how it looked on civilian transatlantic – ‚Titanic’.
Several warships had chance o ramming my own fleet.
Japanese fleet.
I tried to hid behind island and then turn right to shoot all guns from right sides.
Coming closer to minefield.
One of the Buynyi class destroyers group tried to sunk enemy with torpedos. One of them scored hit on Mikasa.
I losed them soon, then I losed Novik. One group of destroyers tried to clean minefield, but without success.
Aurora moved thru minefield, unfortunately she was hit by mines and exploded.
Borodino lost half of it strenght, including all artillery on right side because of some mine exploded.
Varyag was hit by mine, but survived till enemy opened fire, sunking it in one successfull salvo.
Victory belongs to Japanese mine of our biggest fun of using them in this game.
Without many of it’s guns Borodino shared fate of the other warships.
Admiral Ushakov still standind, firing salvo after salvo.
Finally our Japanese fire focused on brave battleship finally sunking Ushakov.

Summary:
– next time I should avoid mines, I tried to clear them, but without success, so I losed Aurora and Novik on minefield, Borodino and Varyag were heavily damaged because of them.
– we have plans to play big game again 🙂 .
– thank you Duderson for great game.
– in case of result, it was achievement on the level of Tsushima for Japanese.

Stopping ship or warship weren’t simple, it was time costing opearation involving many people.