Guadalcanal 1942 / 瓜岛夜战1942 / が島夜戦1942

Time: November 14, 1942 Location: Waters around Guadalcanal Playable Sides: United States Navy & Imperial Japanese Navy November 1942. On the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal, U. S. and Imperial Japanese forces had been engaged in a fierce battle for months. The objective of this contention was Henderson Field, a makeshift airstrip that gives whoever controls it air-supremacy in the vicinity of the island. The airstrip was under U. S. control, and Japanese forces desperately tried to retake it. On November 14, 1942, Japanese Admiral Kondo dispatched a formidable surface group, comprising battleships, cruisers, and destroyers, to Guadalcanal. Their objective was to bombard Henderson Field and provide escort for friendly supply convoys to the island. With the badly depleted U. S. Navy unable to muster enough cruisers to confront the enemy, Admiral Halsey made the decision to detach two battleships from the carrier escort group and dispatch them to counter the Japanese incursion. Although these U. S. battleships were newer and technologically advanced compared to their adversaries, they would find themselves heavily outnumbered by a swarm of smaller Japanese ships in the narrow waters around Guadalcanal. While the Japanese naval gunfire would struggle to penetrate these heavily armored battleships, the threat of Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes posed a considerable danger. This impending battle would come to be known as the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a historic engagement where American and Japanese battleships would confront each other on equal footing, signifying a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. Notes about the Scenario: (1) Ship formations, compositions and movements are historically accurate. (2) Ships that participated in the actual battle but not present in the CMO database are substituted with units of similar capability (you will find these units' names suffixed with an "S" meaning substitute). (3) Both sides' sensor capabilities are intentionally downg