so the idea is that if UK hits SZs 96 and 97 turn one then Sea Lion becomes a cakewalk right?
when i do the attack i’m pulling off the bomber and a fighter from London. this gives me the odds i feel are necessary to REALLY cripple the italian navy early. However, moving that much air that COULD have returned to UK is bad.
so which is the lesser of the two evils?
secure London and allow Italy to expand? or cripple the italians and probably lose London?
i’d assume strict neutrals don’t apply, otherwise japan would give USSR like +15ipc for mongolia, even if only for a few turns that could really make germany’s life HELL on the eastern front
so the “final alpha” version says +3 ipc to russia for each original german, italian or pro-axis neutral
so what about pro-allied or strict neutrals? no turkey or mid-east? (except iraq i guess)
sry spendo got my SZs mixed lol
but a damaged AC can’t carry air anymore can it?
and are you using the bomber off London for this attack?
(i’m assuming alpha3 here)
retreating from the med isn’t good. ur basically saying “here ya go dude. do whatever you want.” the biggest thing holding italy back is the time it takes to secure the med. pulling back speeds up the process.
let america/anzac deal w/ japan.
@Spendo
what units do you send to the Italian BB, cruiser, TT in SZ 97?
if ur sending the AC and gib fighter to hit SZ 96 then ur hitting 97 with what? a DD, cruiser, and 2 air? hardly enough to sink SZ 97 with a full scramble i would think
basically the way i see it, there’s no effective way to shut down the italians (barring crazy dice). if you hit them, you’ll prolly lose and won’t deal enough lasting damage. if you stage defensive fleets in the med, italy conglomerates navy in SZ 97, drops greece, and moves its air to Sitaly, staging for a turn2 egypt or syria (using greece to land its air). neither of these manuevers is beneficial for the allies.
perhaps stage off egypt and funnel UK pac navy thru the suez?
or clear 96 and NCM into 92? from there you threaten German navy AND italy
so what with the alpha3 removal of the med airbases (gib and malta), what do most folks do with their brit fleet down there? i used to stage off of gibraltar or malta since i didn’t like hitting either italian fleet and thus lose my own. without the air cover from those ABs the med fleet seems like its dead from the get go. whats its best use?