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All ship squadrons victim of these will have a 50% of having one of the
ships in the squadron explode and sink. The squadron will become
damaged as well. Note however that German squadrons will suffer critical
damage only 17% of the time (not 50%) to represent their much better
conception, level and training of damage control crews.
If a ship squadron has no more units, the squadron is removed.
Destroyer flotillas (DD and DE)
The DD (or DE) ship squadrons have a higher number of units than usual.
They may never be annihilated.
If a Survival test fails or a Critical hit occurs, the result of the explosion is
that the squadron is Damaged with 3 hits. In such a case, the DD may no
longer fire its guns, but it may still execute torpedo attacks.
Step (5) – Torpedo Phase (once per warfleet)
Each warfleet may execute 1 torpedo attack per naval battle, provided it
has at least 3 DD or CL squadrons. This means once for the 1st scout fleet
and once for the 2nd fleet. A torpedo attack occurs only at medium range
(M) or short range (S).
Torpedo Procedure
Each one of the 3 DD or CL fires at a different target (your choice).
Defensive fire: Each target fires again (new 1st and 2nd salvoes) + 2 CL or AC
(screening) (if they are within fire range, and even if they have already shot).
Torpedoing Resolution: Each DD / CL, after the defensive fire, executes 1
to 3 torpedo attacks. This is handled as a Salvo with a +4 value. No shell
fire modifiers apply, only the torpedo modifiers.
Trap battle: note that in case of a
submarine attack, there is no defensive
fire.
Step (6) – Repairs at Sea and Admirals
Fate
Each side checks the possibility of Repair
for each ship squadron which has
sustained “hits” during this round. With
luck, repairs may be executed while at
sea, and this removes 1 hit from the
damages received during this round
(only). Hits received during the previous
rounds cannot be repaired at sea.
A Damaged ship squadron cannot be
flipped back to its “full” front side by this
procedure.
KIA Admirals
If a ship squadron, with an admiral on
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board, has received 1+ hit or exploded (critical hit), this admiral must check
for KIA. The chance is 5%, but jumps to 50% if the admiral was aboard the
unit that sank. A surviving admiral, who was aboard a sunken unit, is
rescued by another unit of the same ship squadron (if none exists, then by
another ship squadron).
Step (7) – Second Fleet Intervention
When a naval battle takes place, a 2nd fleet may intervene, depending
on the battle type, at the end of the first round. This 2nd fleet must
be a friendly fleet on the same side; there is no penalty for
nationality. However, to intervene, this 2nd fleet cannot cross a neutral
or enemy strait (e.g. a British fleet in the Aegean sea could not
intervene in favor of a friendly Russian fleet in the Black Sea, and
vice versa).
In most cases, intervention has 50% chance of succeeding, but there are
modifiers and penalties, such as:
● Battle Tactic “A” (circle arc) gives a +1 bonus.
● If the 2nd fleet’s mission is different, there is a -1 penalty.
● If the 2nd fleet’s mission is “in port”, this penalty is worsened to -3.
● There are other modifiers for night and weather.
Range: The 2nd fleet always arrives at long range (L).
Cost: A 2nd fleet in port will pay the cost of a Control mission when it
intervenes. A fleet already at sea (in mission) pays nothing more.
Controlled Sea: A side in a friendly sea may bring as many fleets as he
wishes at the end of the 2nd round.