Maybe loose the barham still but not with alot of life losses as a retcon of sorts since you are mainly describing fighting the close escort squadron rather than the 2 kongos . Sink in a hour or two after the hits and the losses be mainly from the initial hits.
Also maybe have it take place late evening so aircraft arent as useful and early enough so retreating is rather viable , maybe have the repulse be the only real ship that got damaged the following morning by air attack ? And have the japanese casualties be mainly from getting into range and have what survived thatretreat after the long lance attack and the british not pursuing cause of it and thats why alot of the survived but they finish up a few cripples before leaving ?
The main things needed after the reinforcements arrive is battle casulaty replacements and supplies with alot of air help with infantry tanks i guess. Also hopefully have like 2-3 extra carriers sent , maybe 2 bigger ones and the eagle maybe so the eastern fleet is a serious fleet in being threat and could fight the japanese if they dont send the entire carrier fleet at them. Hell british loosing most of them but sinking around the same amount in return would be a massive butterfly and would be worth the losses to be honest for example.
And maybe sending someone to be percivals boss , its abit late to do this now realisticly , despite his historical reputation being rather bad the main issue was that the british werent really preparing for the invasion till spring/summer of 41 and they had africa and soviet help sucking up the available stuff for malaya and burma . But if you want to steal a idea , you could send lord gort out and keep percival as the chief of staff or whatever the position is called so you keep the local knowledge.
I know churchill didnt like gort much but there arent that many senior people to send out east and whatever you might say about gort , he seemed to do well on the defensive and had real balls to do what was needed even if you can still whine about his battle of france performance somewhat but that was excused somewhat by both the sickle cut and the belgian surrender to be honest.
Also maybe have it take place late evening so aircraft arent as useful and early enough so retreating is rather viable , maybe have the repulse be the only real ship that got damaged the following morning by air attack ? And have the japanese casualties be mainly from getting into range and have what survived thatretreat after the long lance attack and the british not pursuing cause of it and thats why alot of the survived but they finish up a few cripples before leaving ?
The main things needed after the reinforcements arrive is battle casulaty replacements and supplies with alot of air help with infantry tanks i guess. Also hopefully have like 2-3 extra carriers sent , maybe 2 bigger ones and the eagle maybe so the eastern fleet is a serious fleet in being threat and could fight the japanese if they dont send the entire carrier fleet at them. Hell british loosing most of them but sinking around the same amount in return would be a massive butterfly and would be worth the losses to be honest for example.
And maybe sending someone to be percivals boss , its abit late to do this now realisticly , despite his historical reputation being rather bad the main issue was that the british werent really preparing for the invasion till spring/summer of 41 and they had africa and soviet help sucking up the available stuff for malaya and burma . But if you want to steal a idea , you could send lord gort out and keep percival as the chief of staff or whatever the position is called so you keep the local knowledge.
I know churchill didnt like gort much but there arent that many senior people to send out east and whatever you might say about gort , he seemed to do well on the defensive and had real balls to do what was needed even if you can still whine about his battle of france performance somewhat but that was excused somewhat by both the sickle cut and the belgian surrender to be honest.
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