[Kakurin]

Originally Posted by arkhangelsk

The primary weapon there was the torpedo IIRC...

Chikuma was raked by fire of 5in guns from Samuel B. Roberts and Heermann.

We are given a time to repair damage of a carrier from a torpedo (15H).

Akagi was already in the bath for some time. The damage she took from the torpedo therefore took far longer than 15 hours to repair.

The story heavily implies they cannot freely move since they fold rabbits and do other things to pass the time in the bath.

It doesn't imply anything in that sorts. You are making a mental error. To repair damage they have to stay the displayed time in the bath, meaning they use the time to do various things like folding rabbits. This has nothing to do with whether they can get out of the bath for a time - during which the damage isn't further repaired - or not since they don't repair damage while out of the bath.

Further, at 8:15 of Ep8 they will establish Shokaku has finished her 入渠.

入渠 = entering a dock. It doesn't mean finishing the repair process.

If they had even one more destroyer, they could have made a picket screen of sorts even after dumping Fubuki and Kongo. That in itself could have improved this Getting Hammered scene into a meeting engagement.

Whether you have one destroyer or two doing this doesn't matter. Besides you are ignoring weather conditions. In these weather conditions advanced warning is limited by visual contact. Place a couple of DDs further out does nothing, since the planes will just fly over them out of visual range before dipping down when closing in on the big targets.

Can't bring the game back in just when it is convenient :-)

This is ridiculous. Klashikari's clearly distinguished between when he's referencing game, anime and reality. The one who mingles all together is you.

Since you said I shouldn't use the game, we are left with reality as a external reference. So, we have a destroyer, armed with a 5-inch gun, Heavily Damaging a carrier with one shell (not torpedo, gun). You tell me if there is something forced about this :-)

Again, since when was it confirmed that the Wo was taiha'd? Ithekro has already pointed out, false estimates happened quite often. Considering the overall state of the Wo and the short time they had observing her it isn't unlikely that Fubuki and the others erred in the estimation of the damage inflicted.