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Funny, I have that Experimental Battleship I in active service using the 3 main gun layout. With 3x2 11.9 Mk II . Yes, they will certainly struggle if they go up against a big enemy battleship, but they can murder CA's ! And outclass ships equal to their 12.500 ton weight.
I think that the problem with invasion logic is that the game does not force the encounters at the end of the invasion progress, force the one or two 'defenders' to battle the invasion fleet before finally calculating did that ship manage to damage enough warships to harrass the invasion. A single superbattleship will probably do enough damage to the fleet to have an impact. a single cruisee will get obliterated by the combined taskforce, a single destroyer group might inflict enough damage to force the invasion to become more defensive in strategy and reduce your success, and the glorious charge of your torpedo boat swarm might force the invasion to be called off. but you would be able to decide the outcome of an invasion with a glorious battle against a blockade, instead of 'oh theres a ship here, suffer a 30% chance to fail instantly'
As a metalhead I find it very hard to enjoy light jazz but I will suffer thru it to watch ships go boom. :)
4:14: One funnel. How cheap can you get?
I'm wondering, not sure if I remember right ? Did you say that the difference in Legendary "only" really is that the AI has free money ? Oh, and can 3D print battleships.... Not the actual skill of the AI ? Also, what in Gods unholy name was that Spanish Battleship ????
Ahhh .. Chinese ships low on fuel .. the best way to train up Green battleship crews lol
As the saying goes, never work with animals or children (like there's much difference between the two). Easier said than done when you're a parent though!
NO NOOT NOOT FOR YOU! 😆😆
I've noticed naval invasion percentages drop if they have decent tonnage in the same sea region... maybe this is why you were not able to capture that port.
Sea region is ridiculous but possible
The AI only ever seems to do one of two things. Either it's sitting passive more or less letting you shoot them to bits, or it's so aggressive that it goes for full ramming and launch torpedo's at like 100 yards distance.
Your lucky, I'm winding up for my 3rd war with Spain in 1899, the catch is all their possessions in the Caribbean revolted during the second war so I don't have anything to Invade, lol. The Far East might be an idear, I'm just worried about Japan, they have so many Torpedo boats that even the Kamchatka would go: Damn !!!
Hmmmm🤔... 1:14 You clearly DID select San Francisco for your port for the New Hampshire Class BB's. I have no idea what the frigate happened, but I'm hoping your modded save file isn't bugged... 🙁The Munrovian World Wonders...🤞 I wish I had a useful explanation, but if you were over port capacity, San Fran wouldn't have shown as an option in the 1st place... At least it all seemed to be fortuitous in the Grand Scheme of the Episode's Events. 👍
Traveling for weeks around the entire world in your fleet of rickety-ass cruisers and torpedo boats, only to get demolished right when you arrive at your destination by a fleet of top-notch battleships just running circles around you
I like these super old battleships, I once crippled Japan as China with them, I had one with 4x1 10inch, a somewhat square battlefort. How do I toggle the UI off btw?
Ctrl-alt-shift-z
The loss of the T9 was TOTALLY your fault. You attacked from your Starboard side, which sent you directly into the main section of the enemy fleet. If you had torped from the Port side, you would have been moving away from said enemy fleet.
if its not the washing mashine its the kids u hear in background.🎉❤ good game btw.
30:00 BWAHSEE
JK. That ain't it.
The Chinese caused a Lego crisis in hopes of winning that battle....
For some reasons, when you put on the screen you were sorting lego crisis I just couldn't stop laughing. I think is due to my experience with tutoring young kids and the mess they make. It just makes you wonder how earth just simple things can tear the house down. In the battle where you had the TBs and armored light cruiser, should've ran away if you can. I know not interesting to watch but I think you could've salvaged something than nothing or fight a retreating battle. I'm genuinely surprised that when you faced the hoard of cruisers that you still had ammo left.
Always nice to see the Kamchatka's fears of torpedo boats having long range being true (I suppose they could've gone down the Drake Passage or up past Canada, but I doubt Pre-Dreadnoughts could handle a winter storm, as the thumbnail shows)
I'd rather listen to the LEGO crisis than the light Jazz.
I will say that is actually something I enjoy about watching these playthroughs on Legendary. When two major fleets meet, it feels like it. Its a genuine question of design quality and ammunition count for who comes out on top with the fewest losses. The AI practically always loses these, but its something fun to build around.
29:45 I guess the Chinese wanted to try and replicate Britain’s success in taking New York from the Americans in 1776.🤣
And here we see the Chinese fleet's reenactment of Tushima Straight, with the US acting as the Japanese and themselves playing the role of the Russians
I love those little TB wish u could still use them later...maybe modernize them? or dont make the last obsolete? would be a blast see those with 24km torps sniping bb´s :D
I’ll sell them to Brazil probably - you never know they might show up later
Nope, nope in the comments section
i also sometime wonder why i cant start a new naval invasion even if i have the right tonnage in the area
You have to wait a month
@@BrotherMunro i do that but sometime it not showing up
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Beijing Lays Blame on America New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 7 August 1899 A noted Manchu official of the Grand Council, which is part of the Qing Dynasty’s Inner Court, noted for its administrative role and military responsibilities, has been reported to have been assassinated while inspecting the status of the Imperial Chinese Navy at the port of Hangzhou. The Imperial Court has laid the blame on America, on the most specious of grounds. An American naval officer, on leave and visiting the coast of China, was invited by the Manchu official to advise on the capability of the Chinese ships. While polite and deferential, this officer was making cogent points about the limitations of the Chinese ships as he saw this. The Manchu Official seemed to be taking these observations to heart, to the distress of the It-kip siōng-chiòng, the full Admiral of the Imperial Chinese Navy present. The Manchu Official was later found poisoned. The Imperial Court is demanding that America pay exactions from the reserve funds of the United States Navy to drop their charges of American involvement. Washington of course will not agree.
China Declares War on America New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 18 August 1899 The Empire of China has declared war on the United States of America. Their immediate objectives have not been declared, but it is believed by analysts that warmongering Manchu officials of the Grand Council of the Inner Court of the Qing Dynasty are seeking to conquer the Philippine Islands, only recently taken by the United States of America. International fallout was quick, with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Troisième République Française, Deutsches Kaiserreich, Regno d'Italia, and the Empire of Japan expressing diplomatic support for the falsely accused United States Navy. The Imperial Court however has their neighbor the Russian Empire as well as Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie and not surprisingly, the Republica de España.
Navy on the Move New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 23 August 1899 Three Truxtun class Battleships, the Colorado, Rhode Island, and Utah, and the Delaware class Battleship Nevada, from the San Francisco Naval Base in California, have set sail west across the Pacific Ocean. Their destination has not been made public. Case Yellow, the plan for a possible war with Imperial China, though classified, is reputed to have a sentence atop every page of the document: “Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia”. However there is pressure in Congress to seek the liberation of Chinese occupied Korea as some assert is not a classic blunder. The Truxtun, lead of her class of Battleships, and her sister ships New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas, along with the new Minnesota, lead of her class of Battleship, have sailed from the New York Naval Base in New York State. Minnesota’s sister ship Missouri has sailed from Norfolk Virginia and Kearsarge from Miami Florida. The Delaware, lead of her class of Battleships, and her sister ship Nebraska, both veterans of the Spanish-American War, are stationed at the Manila Naval Base in Luzón and have been placed on high alert. S2 and S14, our new Torpedo Boat Destroyers, are commissioning at Manila and should be ready within a month.
Battle of Divilacan Bay New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 8 October 1899 The intentions of the Qing Dynasty, the Imperial Court, the Imperial Chinese Navy, and the Grand Council were laid bare when they sent a fleet to attack the Asia Squadron based at the Philippines. The Delaware, lead of her class of Battleships, and her sister ship Nebraska, along with two S-Class class Torpedo Boat Destroyers, the S2 "Pancit" and the S14 "Lumpia", from the Manila Naval Base in Luzón, were joined by the S-Class class Torpedo Boat Destroyer S3 "Pichi-Pichi", from the Pelielu Naval Base in Carolines to report the presence of the Chinese force off the north-east of Luzón at Divilacan Bay. The Chinese sent the Gansu class 1894 refitted armored cruisers Xinjiang and Nenjiang armed with two single 10.1” guns turrets, the Bizhou class 1899 refitted protected cruiser Lhasa armed with five single 5.2” gun mounts, and four Yulin class 1894 refitted protected cruisers Pingdingshan, Weihai, Guigang, and Rizhao armed with just two 5.1” gun mounts. The Asia Squadron spotted funnel smoke of a half dozen ships to the north, where the reports from Filipino fishing vessels indicated they would be. Nebraska held the Torpedo Boat Destroyers back with orders to wait to run in and strike at any vessels they could with torpedoes, but pull out after launching. As the battleships sighted the Chinese they opened fire. Based on reports that the Chinese ships were still carrying 15” torpedoes with a range of half a nautical mile, Pichi-Pichi led the division in for a run. She took a hit by a 3.6” and 1.8” anti-torpedo boat guns, but being three times the size of a T-Class, kept going. Pichi-Pichi launched at the largest protected cruiser, Lhasa, before breaking off and setting all hands to flooding control. Pancit launched immediately after Pichi-Pichi in a crossing strike and also turned away. Lumpia was still coming up, and also launched at Lhasa before turning away. All twelve torpedoes were running true, and the Chinese ships scrambled to get out of the way. Lhasa slipped the gap in Pichi-Pichi’s spread, but took all four hits from Pancit, with one a dud. Lhasa’s bow was blown clean off along with her B turret. Pichi-Pichi’s torpedoes ran long past their expected range, and three struck the Nenjiang aft, ripping the ship open past her amidships, taking out an engine, her aft 10.1” turret, and inflicting 85 casualties. Pichi-Pichi’s last torpedo hit Xinjiang on her main belt, exploding with devastating effect. Three of Lumpia’s torpedoes struck Lhasa on her ruined bow, but two were duds and the last didn’t add flooding to any more compartments. Lumpia’s last torpedo struck Rizhao aft, ripping the ship open to her second funnel. With nine solid torpedo hits this was perhaps the most successful torpedo attack in the history of the United States Navy. Seeing the damaged dealt, Nebraska turned in to engage closely with the enemy. S14 "Lumpia" and S2 "Pancit" were breaking away cleanly, with Lumpia taking 2 casualties. S3 "Pichi-Pichi" however was still taking fire from Lhasa, limping away with all three engines disabled. She got to see Nenjiang sink from her torpedo strike however, the Chinese ship losing 576 of her 583 man crew. Nebraska tried to take the heat off Pichi-Pichi by hitting Lhasa with a 12” shell through her main belt. Lhasa kept fire on Pichi-Pichi, hitting the torpedoes being brought up to her deck and doing more serious damage. Nebraska got another 12” shell into Lhasa, sinking her with 378 of her 405 man crew. Both Chinese heavy cruisers were damaged, as was the Rizhao. The light cruisers were little threat outside of a half nautical mile. Nebraska and Delaware continued to close and turned in just as S3 "Pichi-Pichi" sank with 54 of her 60 man crew. A 3” shell hit Rizhao and took out a torpedo tube, doing serious damage. Then she took a 12” hit through her main belk and sank with 307 of her 312 man crew. Xinjiang was flooded amidships with two engines disabled, her A turret gone, and her bulkheads breaching. She had nearly 80 casualties before her steering compartment flooded and she sank with 529 of her 583 man crew. The Chinese were down to three small protected cruisers. Guigang attempted to close on Delaware, and got unnervingly close, before taking two 12” shells forward and amidships, and basically coming to a stop. Delaware moved past and she and Nebraska engaged Pingdingshan and Weihai. Nebraska was now close enough to put 3” shells through Weihai’s main belt and the ship rapidly began to flood. Weihai sank with 310 of her 312 man crew. Nebraska then got all four 12” shells on Pingdingshan with her next salvo. The main belt held out two, but two ripped through the aft belt. Pingdingshan lost her 5.1” shell magazine, 100 men, and began flooding aft. The flooding broke forward and Pingdingshan sank with 307 of her 312 man crew. Guigang was flooded in seven of her ten compartments. Finally Guigang took a flooding hit aft and sank with 309 of her 312 man crew. Nebraska had taken thirteen casualties and Delaware 2. There were only 103 Chinese survivors to be found.
Fall of the Qing Dynasty The Times (of London) MDCCCXCIX: 5 November 1899 With a new century only two months away, the Manchu government of the Qing Dynasty has been overthrown, the Grand Council disbanded, and the new elected Advisory Council has taken control of the Imperial City. Unrest in the country rose with the Grand Council forcing a war with the United States of America, a weaker but more dynamic power regarded to be on the rise. The attempt of the Grand Council to seek the conquest of the Philippines led to their overreach, and the destruction of the Manchu officials and their Han puppet administrators. It-kip siōng-chiòng Sa Baoyi was charged with complicity in the assassination that sparked the war, the loss of the entire task force sent to Divilacan Bay undermining his political support, and had been sent in exile to Mongolia. Jī-kip siōng-chiòng (Vice Admiral) Lin Buchan has been promoted to lead the Chinese Republic Navy.
USN Seeks Refit of older Delaware Class New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 13 November 1899 With Delaware’s proving to still be an asset, the Navy is seeking funding to upgrade the three ships of the class with the new Mark 2 12”/45 guns. Nevada has been diverted to head to the Philippines, where the new turrets and guns will be installed on all three ships.
Re: Refit of the Delaware class of battleships. Bureau of Construction and Repair, Design Division: Bureau Report: 23-Nov-1899 The Delaware class 1899 refit will update three battleships designed to a target displacement of 8,500 tons and a top speed of 18 knots. The class has three triple expansion engines provided steam by three induced draft boilers burning coal vented though three funnels generating 6,169 indicated horsepower turning three screws for the required top speed on a design displacement of 8,485 tons fully loaded with a balanced rudder turned by hydraulic power for an operational range of 2,614 nautical miles. The class' upgraded main battery is two twin turrets mounted fore and aft bearing 12"/45 Mark 2 guns with 14" face, 3" top, 12" barbette nickel steel armor, turned by advanced hydraulic power with enhanced reloading, using the new coincidence range finders and with shell handling in the barbette and internal barbette armor. The main magazine carries a balanced load of standard sized 50% Base Fuze HE and 50% Capped AP shells using White Powder as the propellant and Picric Acid as the bursting charge. The modified secondary battery is six twin turrets mounted three per side bearing 5"/42 Mark 2 guns with 3" face, 0.5" top, and 1.5" barbette nickel steel armor. A tertiary battery consists of twelve 3"/31 casemate Mark 2 guns with 1.5" face and 0.5" top nickel steel armor. The secondary and tertiary magazines carry a HE heavy standard load of standard sized 62.5% Base Fuze HE and 37.5% Capped AP shells. Six Mark 1 under water tubes launching a standard load of 16" torpedoes with compressed air aided combustion rounds out the armament. New Nickel steel armor is clade 14" on the main belt, 3" on the extended belt, 1.5" on the main deck, 0.5" on the extended deck, .1" on the inner deck, 3" on the superstructure, and 15" on the conning tower. The Class has a single bottom hull and separating extensive compartmentation, counter-flooding systems to avoid listing, and extended triple layer anti-torpedo bulges. A crew of 713 officers and enlisted men is provided standard quarters. The refit in Manila will cover the ships Delaware, Nevada, and Nebraska as they become available. Refit time will be 3 month with a recommissioning time of 3 months. Valuation of each ship will rise to $38,310,410, and monthly maintenance in port will now be $1,582,445.
Second Christmas Riots New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 16 December 1899 In what hopefully will not become a holiday tradition, the Isolationist Republicans and the Pacifist Democrats have again incited mob violence in major cities along the Eastern Seaboard, and even extending into the Mid-West. The government has been forced to tap funds to the tune of $200 million needed to prosecute the war to pay off the extortionist crowds.
Battle of Cape Bolinao New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIX: 22 December 1899 The Delaware class Battleship Nevada, from the San Francisco Naval Base in California, having rendezvoused with the S-Class class Torpedo Boat Destroyer S2 "Pancit" and S14 "Lumpia", from the Manila Naval Base in Luzón north of the island, was coming around Cape Bolinao headed for Manila when she was jumped by five Yulin class protected cruisers, the class lead Yulin, Jinhua, Hegang, Shaoxing, and Jingjiang. Sighting the enemy to the north, Delaware opened fire. She was low on coal however so the Lumpia and Pancit moved forward to soften up the enemy. Lumpia launched and then broke away, having gotten a couple of 3” hits in as well. Her torpedoes missed by she did draw one division headed by Yulin away from Nevada for the moment. Pancit launched on Yulin and through the Chinese ship tried to go to full speed she still took all four good torpedoes aft. Yulin got a 3” hit back on Lumpia damaging her rudder. Lumpia and Pancit broke free to reload their tubes. Wallowing along at 12 knots, Nevada waited for the Chinese to close on her. Reporting her tubes were reloaded, S2 "Pancit" was ordered to come back for another torpedo run. S14 "Lumpia" had taken damage and 3 casualties and was ordered to continue to circle out of range. Nevada targeted Shaoxing and got both a 5” and 12” hit on the ship, flooding her forward and inflicting 30 casualties. Shaoxing turned away. Nevada switched fire to Jinhua, which was closing on her stern just as S2 "Pancit" steamed up. Pancit launched crossing torpedoes against Jinhua hitting with all four, but two had decayed in storage and were duds. Jinhua took the two solid hits on her aft and amidships, but was able to launch a torpedo of her own at Nevada, but was badly aimed. Jinhua sank with 296 of her 312 man crew. Now Nevada faced four Chinese protected cruisers on her own. Fortunately two were already damaged, which left two trying to close under smoke. When Hegang came out of smoke Nevada was able to catch her with a 12” shell, but only banged off her main belt, though Hegang sprung a leak amidships. Nevada’s follow up hits ripped into Hegang and set off her 5.1” shell magazine. With two engines disabled Hegang quickly began to flood out, sinking with 300 of her 312 man crew. Jingjiang was coming up astern of Nevada and Nevada was engaging her with the 12” main battery and 5” secondary. Yulin and Shaoxing were ahead of Nevada and Nevada used her 3” guns on them. Nevada kept hitting Jingjiang, wearing away the ship and flooding her forward, until a 3” hit took out one of her torpedo tubes, exploding the torpedo in the tube and going serious damage. With Jingjiang falling behind Nevada swung her guns on Shaoxing. Nevada was able to get a massive hit into Shaoxing’s engineering spaces, sinking the ship with 290 of her 312 man crew. Yulin was the next target. Badly damaged, Yulin sank from secondary and tertiary fire, losing 298 of her 312 man crew. Nevada swung to port to engage the still closing Jingjiang. This caused Jingjiang to veer away, which put her broadside to Nevada, who managed to put a 12” hit through her main belt behind the second funnel, flooding the rest of the ship and sinking her with 293 of her 312 man crew. Nevada had taken 109 casualties, S14 "Lumpia" 3, and S2 "Pancit" 1. They picked up 83 Chinese survivors.
Navy’s Objective Revealed New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MCM: 3 March 1900 With the New Year the United States Navy has finally reached its objective in the war against China. They have entered the Taiwan Strait and are invading the island of Penghu with its port of Magong. If they are successful they will be in a position to cut off the Island of Formosa from the mainland and force peace on the Republic of China.
the USS Pensacola, the navies luckiest unlucky ship
51:26: Okay, I've decided that the developers aren't making a distinction between DTL and UWT, because there is no way a 3" shell, yours or theirs, should be able to penetrate the water with enough force to pierce a torpedo tube door and set off a torpedo loaded in the tube.
46:24: Again, S2 came up and stopped Jinhua before Jinhua could line up a good shot on Nevada. A little appreciation here.
He doesn't know it yet, but in designing his semi-armored cruiser, Brother Munro has inadvertently produced...a BATTLE HEXAGON
😱
42:14: Four 5 digit damage values in one torpedo strike. I am very impressed.
40:31: You need to start a propaganda campaign to vilify your future enemies.
would it have worked against the transports when you lure the Cruiser escorts away with your cruiser and then run in with TB against unarmed transports?