The Navy’s insatiable thirst for capital ships continues as we design a pair of classes, battleship and battlecruiser to take the fight to our enemies!
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Love the content as always, early access ftw
Now how dare they sign that peace deal .. Gee guess they will need to get pissed at you for someting …. Is there a espoonage mechanic in the Mod that blows up their ships (say subs) and they blame you for it?
A sacrifice to the algorithm
Ah, here come the pagodas! Love it.
Good video
let's gooooo, skyscrapers of the sea
Also The problem with countries collapsing is that you get nothing of it. You're at war with the said country, you've blockaded them to oblivion. You've stacked up zillions of vp and they suddenly collapse. What you get in return? Nothing. You lose whatever you've achieved.
how is the weight offset in this mod compered to base game where it can be arround 60 front weight
Has anyone else noticed that russia has land near sarawak?
I feel like with transports, it should a gradual GDP loss, as you lose acces to outside imports, youll still have some local production and stockpile that should last a few months atleast, and then you start feeling it.
This one's a campaign of musical chairs!
The Sagami only has 15.1 inch conning tower armor
EDIT: Just got to the part where you caught that!
Did you change the logistics calculations? I had 43% with 110 ships and 25 regions owned. At the same time brittain had 66 regions, 50odd ships and 100% logistics
PAGODA PAGODA PAGODA! I was waiting for those towers since the beginning. That's why I voted for the Japanese campaign! xD
Thanks!
Very fun episode
BM is having so much more fun with this mod
ah yes I love Ultimate a TRS. Thanks subtitles.
I don;t know it any mod could fix one problem but having played as the US I find the eastern pacific region ocean is pretty much completely dead and not worth build ships on the US west coast once he Panama canal is open. South America is also mostly dead as the player can never do anything but wait for the AI to decide on an event where you can invade or stand by and let an enemy take a neutral and then take it off them.
0:30: Shouldn't you have moved the Kirishima and Hiei to join the Battlecruiser fleet by now?
BM – please do keep the machine space sfx coming – for me, maybe just me – your tumble dryer really does add to the entertainment 😉
Fun tip: If you rotate the Medium Barbette I 180 degrees so that the greebling on the base is facing the superstructure, you can either tuck the non-superfiring gun in closer, or get a slightly better firing angle on it.
sad to see more three inch casemates, i was really liking the deviation from your typical style that you had at the start of the campaign with the 7in secondaries. I really hope you consider adding them to more ships instead of falling back into the same old same old 3in secondaries.
That new battlecruiser had perfect space on the stern for some torpedo launchers.
Latest Battlecruiser Class
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 24 November 1920
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku of the Kaigun-shō has announced the specifications for new 14” armed battlecruiser to be based in Yokosuka and cover the Pacific approaches. This class has a target displacement of 40 thousand tons and the speed of 30 knots.
The Karasawa class will consist of two ships, the Karasawa and Yari, to be built out of Yokosuka in the Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu. The class will use geared turbine engines powered by steam from naturally aspirated boilers burning oil vented through two funnels. They generate a total of 126,241 indicated horse power to turn four screws to obtain the required 30 knot speed with a range of 12,000 nautical miles on a final displacement of 39,873 tons. Electro-hydraulic power turns the balanced rudder and diesel engines provide auxiliary and emergency power.
The main armament is four twin 14”/40 mark 2 gun turrets of 1,255 tons with 100 man crews mounted on the centerline, two forward with the second turret on an elevated barbette super firing over the first, and two mounted aft with the second turret on an elevated barbette super firing over the first. These fire a balanced magazine of base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped ballistic II shells using the improved medium burn Cordite II as the propellant and TNT III as the bursting charge. The turrets have improved anti-flash fire protection systems and electro-hydraulic turning engines. The guns have enhanced reloading systems and are aimed by type IV coincidence range finders.
As a secondary the class carries eighteen 12 ton 3”/40 Mark 4 casemate gun mounts with 7 man crews nine per side. Their 13 kg HE shells have a range of 9.5 km and their 21 kg AP shells of 10.7 km.
The class also carries a tertiary of eighteen single 2”/35 Mark 4 gun mounts on the funnel complexes and towers.
The ship has improved compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads and watertight hatches, a double bottom hull, anti-torpedo protection, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is the newest Krupp formulation using 1% chromium to alloy the steel and improve cementation. It is 14” thick on the main belt, an increased 3” thick on the extended belts, and 3” thick on the first inner belt and 1.5” on the second inner belt. The man deck is 3” thick and the extended decks and inner deck are 1.5” thick. The superstructure has 1.5” of armor and the conning tower 16”. The 14” turrets have 16” of face and barbette armor and 6” of top armor. The 3” casemate guns have 3” of face and 1.5” of top armor.
The class carries a crew of 1720 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-taisa. Each ship costs $341 million and will take 23 months to complete with a commissioning time of three months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $15 million. Their future assignments have not been reported.
New but Not Different
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 5 November 1920
The Kaigun Kensetsu-Kyoku of the Kaigun-shō has announced the specifications for another 14” armed battleship for the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun. This class has a target displacement of 45 thousand tons and the standard battleship speed of 21 knots.
The Sagamiclass will consist of three ships, the Sagami, Aso, and Kasagi, to be built out of Sasebo in the Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyūshū. The class will use geared turbine engines powered by steam from naturally aspirated boilers burning oil vented through two funnels. They generate a total of 57,600 indicated horse power to turn four screws to obtain the required 21 knot speed with a range of 10,028 nautical miles on a final displacement of 44,976 tons. Electro-hydraulic power turns the balanced rudde and diesel engines provide auxiliary and emergency power.
The main armament is five twin 14”/40 mark 3 gun turrets of 1,813 tons with 100 man crews mounted on the centerline, two forward with the second turret on an elevated barbette super firing over the first, and three mounted aft also with a super firing turret, a turret on the main deck, and the turret on the lower aft deck. These fire a balanced magazine of standard sized base fuze high explosive shells and armor piercing capped ballistic II shells using the improved medium burn Cordite II as the propellant and TNT III as the bursting charge. The turrets have improved anti-flash fire protection systems and electro-hydraulic turning engines. The guns have enhanced reloading systems. The guns are aimed by type IV coincidence range finders.
As a secondary the class carries eighteen 12 ton 3”/40 Mark 4 casemate gun mounts with 7 man crews nine per side. Their 13 kg HE shells have a range of 9.5 km and their 21 kg AP shells of 10.7 km.
The class also carries a tertiary of twenty-two single 2”/35 Mark 4 gun mounts on the funnel complexes and towers.
The ship has increased compartmentation with reinforced bulkheads and watertight hatches, a double bottom hull, anti-torpedo protection, and anti-flooding systems. Armor is the newest Krupp II clad 14” thick on the main belt, 3” thick on the extended belts, and 3” thick on the first inner belt and 1.5” on the second inner belt. The man deck is 3” thick and the extended decks and inner deck are 1.5” thick. The superstructure has 1.5” of armor and the conning tower 15.1”. The 14” turrets have 16” of face and barbette armor and 6” of top armor. The 3” casemate guns have 3” of face and 1.5” of top armor.
The class carries a crew of 1830 officers and enlisted men under the command of the Kaigun-taisa. Each ship costs $467 million and will take 24 months to complete with a commissioning time of three months at least. Estimated monthly maintenance in port is $20 million. The distribution of the ships to fleets has not been reported at this time.
Magadan ASSR Falls to the Japanese Naval Infantry
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 8 October 1920
The Kaigun-Hohei of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun, supported by the Dai-ichi Kantai and the Dai-ni Kantai, after a four month campaign, have taken the capital Magadan of the Magadan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and secured all critical towns and infrastructure. The province of Magadan is now under the protection of the Empire of Japan.
Dai-ichi Kantai and the Dai-ni Kantai have moved to support the invasion of the Khabarovsk Oblast of the Far Eastern Krai and invest the Soviet capital of Vladivostok.
Battle of Okhotsk
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 28 July 1920
A destroyer division of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun led by the Harukaze class destroyer Asashimo and her sister ship Hatsuzuki along with two Asanagi class destroyers, the Hasu and Tachikaze, found the 10” armed Dmitrii Donskoi class armored cruiser Kronshlot, the Svetlana class 9.3” armed Boyarin, and the 5.1” armed Leytenant Zatsarenni class 1918 refitted destroyer Zavetnyi, operating the middle of the Sea of Okhotsk. Charged with the mission of wiping all enemy ships off the surface of the seas, the division broke up into individual ships and attempted to close to torpedo whichever ships they could.
The sighted the armored cruiser Kronshlot first, and tried to maneuver against her. The Boyarin appeared to her starboard and the Zavetnyi to her port, making a run on the Kronshlot difficult. The Boyarin got the first hit on the Hatsuzuki. Hasu launched on Boyarin but the protected cruiser easily avoided the torpedoes. All other destroyers were told to hold their launches for the Kronshlot. Tachikaze put one torpedo into the aft section of Kronshlot.
Kronshlot however was targeting the next ship coming up with her torpedoes ready. With her 6.2” guns the Soviet armored cruiser put two shells through the Hatsuzuki’s main belt. Her 3” magazine destroyed, Hatsuzuki tried to launch her torpedoes, but wasn’t able to get them off. She sank with 168 of her 176 man crew.
Hasu then took a 5.2” hit from Boyarin that when through her aft belt. All ships were ordered to retreat. With her two escorts Kronshlot was too well supported to take out, though Zavetnyi was not involved in the actual fighting.
The Hasu suffered 12 casualties and the Tachikaze 2. The Kronshlot was reported to have taken 30 casualties and the Boyarin six. 8 survivors of the Hatsuzuki were picked up by the Soviet Navy.
No One can be as Rude as a Spaniard
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 15 July 1920
Almirante Supremo de la Armada Fernando de la Cámara has chosen to speak some ill-informed words towards the Empire of Japan. The Spanish Embassy in Tokyo has received our complaints about the Officer and no Gentleman.
Norikura Strikes at Vladivostok
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 12 July 1920
The Dai-san Kantai closed on Vladivostok and took the immediate opportunity to strike at the port facilities and the transports anchored there. The Norikura and her sister Shiomi, the Arakawa-Naka and her sister Kita, and the Harukaze class destroyer Shinonome sank three transports at anchor and damaged an estimated 18.5 thousand tons of ship support capacity in the port, weakening the Khabarovsk Soviet Republic prior to the invasion to befall it.
Another three Soviet transports were sunk in the Sea of Japan and two more in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The Landings have begun against Magadan, with the Naval Infantry taking 1276 casualties while inflicting 1831 on the Red Army.
North Sakhalin Falls
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 25 June 1920
The northern half of the Island of Sakhalin has surrendered. The Dai-ni Kantai (2nd or Reserve Fleet) and Dai-san Kantai (3rd or Battlecruiser Fleet) have covered the landings by the Naval Infantry while the Imperial Japanese Army worked their way up the Island. Army losses were high, over 70 thousand casualties to only 18 thousand for the Red Army. The Dai-ichi Kantai (1st or Main Fleet) eventually joined the operation in time to see the Island fall. They and the Dai-ni Kantai will move north to begin operations against the Magadan while the Dai-san Kantai moves to blockade Vladivostok.
Im suprised you dont do what the yamoto does with its super firing main gun with a super firing gun thats half the bore of the main guns firing in support of that, think its give the ship a very unique look
The pagoda tower reminds me of battleship fuso.
When you mentioned rhe lighr cruiser ship gun and armor issues, ir mad me think. When you go through the hulls can you set a minimum armor thickness per hull, not just per ship type as you mentioned? If so, maybe assign 40% or some reasonable percentage of what you consider well armored to ensure at least moderately armed ai ships? Seems that would give one less stupid choice to be made by the ai, sending ships out without a modicum of armor. I have no clue how you could manage it. But im loving seeing rhe minorly more level battles. more exciting knowing you could lose a ship.
One thing I have found is that if you select your fleet (to move it), then right click on a stationary enemy fleet, there is a higher chance of spawning a battle.
Petition to raise CL secondary gun size to 5 in, considering later large CLs like the Brooklyns and Towns who had large DP guns as secondaries.
turbo electrics are good for low speed ships.
looks at lexington class going 34.5 knots
yes slow speed ships
30:06: They refitted their protected cruiser(s). Good on the Soviets.
34:44: No it was refitted in 1920. Probably under your new constraints. It went from having two single 9.3" guns and four single 5.2" guns to having seven single 5.2" guns, along with keeping its six single 4.3" guns and four underwater torpedo tubes.
Unwanted Peace Treaty
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 11 July 1921
The government of the Empire of Japan was forced to the negotiating table by the President of the United States of America to talk terms with the Soviet Union. Japan’s war aims had not yet been achieved, and their invasion fleet was still on the way to invest the port of Provideniya opposite the American Territory of Alaska, which is doubtlessly the reason the Americans intervened.
The Soviet government was forced to the negotiating table by their own head of the Navy, Admiral Mikhail Nemits. The Soviet offer was a war indemnity of $465,010,400 in American Dollars.
The hypocrisy of the Americans was revealed to the whole world when, while they were forcing to nations to make peace, they declared war on the République Française. The government in Tokyo is of course totally supportive of the French, as are the Italians and British. The war mongering Americans have the support of the Soviet Union and the Deutsches Kaiserreich.
Elements of the former government of Spain are trying to rally the people of northern Spain to organize and take control of the countries from the Banditos who now control it.
Sumatra Falls!
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 17 June 1921
The Island of Sumatra, recently taken over by the Soviet Union, has fallen to the forces of the Kaigun-Hohei and the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun, Dai-ni Kantai and Dai-san Kantai.
The Dai-ichi Kantai will next take on liberating the Eastern Siberian territory and the port of Provideniya facing the Alaskan coast of America and the port of Nome.
The Dai-ni Kantai are going to stay and support the reorganization of the Island while the Dai-san Kantai return to blockading Vladivostok.
Naval Landings Reorganized
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 11 May 1921
Operations against the Far Eastern Krai have been postponed. The Kaigun-Hohei (Naval Infantry) of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun and fleets have been sent to support the invasion of Sumatra.
Operations in Sumatra are turning the corner, with the Kaigun-Hohei taking 4024 losses to the Red Army’s 5311.
Toll of Losses in Naval Landings
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 18 April 1921
The Kaigun-Hohei (Naval Infantry) of the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun is involved in two operations against the Soviet Union, the liberation of Sumatra in which this month they took 5333 casualties to the Red Army’s 3022, and the liberation of the Far Eastern Krai and the taking of the Soviet capital in Vladivostok, where they took 9265 casualties versus the Red Army’s 7472.
Spain Collapses into Anarchy
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 10 April 1921
The Reino de España has collapsed into anarchy. The Royal Family has been sent into exile South America, the Consejo de Ministros has dissolved, and the Cortes Generales has been stormed and most of the members killed. They had been pressed by wars with the United States of America, the République Française, and the Regno d'Italia.
The government in Tokyo is reconsidering the wisdom of rejecting a donation of funds to keep this European monarchy afloat.
Battle of Nakhodka
Yomiuri shinbun, Tokyo, 3 March 1921
In the Sea of Japan off the coast of Soviet occupied Far Eastern Krai the Harukaze class destroyers Sumire, Suzutsuki, Akizuki, and Asashimo, and the Asanagi class destroyers Hasu and Nara found the refitted Svetlana class light cruiser Kagul and the Bespokoiny class destroyer Rybets.
Akizuki took the lead with Asashimo, Nara, Suzutsuki, Sumire, and Hasu following, neatly mixing the classes in the battle line. The day was clear and the weather fine when they spotted funnel smoke to the north. They immediately turned to investigate. Akizuki sighted an enemy ship and opened fire. The Kagul got the first hit, but it was minor. Akizuki turned to set up her torpedo launch and began to take 5.2” and 4.3” hits. She immediately launched her two torpedoes. Akizuki turned to withdraw as did Asashimo, also damaged. Both of Akizuki torpedoes hit, one forward and one amidships. Asashimo couldn’t get her torpedoes off, and Nara brushed into her trying to get into position. Suzutsuki launched her torpedoes but the one hit was a dub. Then Nara got clear and launched her two on Kagul, getting one live hit. Kagul was not fully flooded in five compartments amidships, with the bow two flooding out, and all three engines disabled. The damage from Nara was massive, and Kagul sank with ### of her 581 man complement of officers and sailors.
Sumire led Hasu and Suzutsuki after the Rybets, which they quickly closed on. Though a larger vessel with bigger guns, the Rybets quickly lost her gun and torpedo magazines. With her funnel destroyed and flooding in her bow, Rybets was not able to pull away from the battle. With three engines disabled she was a sitting target as Hasu came up but sunk before Hasu was in position to launch. Rybets went down with all 189 men of her crew.
Asashimo took 22 casualties and failed to get a hit in the battle. Akizuki took 10 casualties and was credited with the sinking of the Kagul, Nara taking the assist. Nara had 9 casualties. Though Sumire and Suzutsuki took damage they suffered no personnel casualties. Sumire was given credit for the sinking of the Rybets with Hasu getting an assist.