Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Another idea could be to start advancing towards Bombay, conquering Poona and start an air war of attrition...

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

The potential 12 plane Tojo group to China. I would try, if you don't have, getting a base close enough to start sweeping Chungking and then use bombers to destroy his supplies here. With Ledo yours now, he gets limited supplies from his industry there and destroy as much as possible along with what air groups he has left there.

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ORIGINAL: castor troy

which Chinese airforce? The biplanes and the couple of medium bombers?

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Bombers don't fly for some reasons...

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Air Headquarters
• High Air Skill - This influences the number of strike and patrol aircraft that will fly.
• All other skills have no influence or bearing on the HQ function.

Notes on Air HQ Employment:
• Air HQ have a dramatic influence on level bombers. It is important to have an air HQ within range of your level bomber bases.
• Air HQ exert significant influence over other strike aircraft. It is good to have an air HQ in range of your bases from which strikes other than level bombers fly.
• Air HQ exert an influence over patrol aircraft. It is beneficial to have an air HQ in range of your bases with patrol aircraft.
• In Naval TF’s with Carriers (CV, CVL, CVE), the TF commander serves as the Air HQ for the carrier aircraft.

Note that the leadership Value of Headquarters Commanders is completely irrelevant other than its influence on the Headquarters unit itself. That is it will influence how rapidly the HQ unit gains experience. The only value of the HQ Unit's experience is for its own defense. Therefore, do not bother installing your "strong leaders" in HQ Units. Look for the qualities that are specific to their function.

Air Group Leaders
Selecting leaders for air groups is a fairly complex task. Most aircraft can perform multiple roles, so leader selection criteria must include consideration of how the air group will be employed.
• Pilot experience affects operational losses.
• Air groups with morale < 50 must pass a morale test before flying an offensive mission. If the test is failed, no aircraft will fly.
• Air groups flying Naval Search, ASW Patrol, or CAP must pass two morale tests before flying. Each morale test failed reduces the number of aircraft flying by 25%.
• Level Bombers must pass three tests before flying an offensive mission. Each test failed reduces the number of aircraft flying by 25%:

o Experience test.
o Test against the leader’s Air Skill.
o Morale test.

• Pilot experience affects the chances to find the target in a strike mission.
• Pilot experience affects air-to-air combat results.
• Leader’s air skill affects results in air-to-air combat.


CAP as Principle Role
This includes Fighters, Fighter-Bombers, Night-Fighters, and Float-Fighters. Assign leader using these priorities:
• Inspiration – Influences the number of CAP aircraft that will fly. Influences air group morale recovery.
• Air Skill – Influences the air-to-air combat results.
• Leadership – Influences the air group’s experience gain.
• No other skills or qualities have any influence.

Offensive Missions as Principle Role (except Level Bombers)
Missions include Airfield Attack, Port Attack, Naval Attack, Ground Attack, Sweep, and Recon. Air Groups include includes Fighters, Fighter-Bombers, Night-Fighters, Float-Fighters, Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bombers, Float Planes, Patrol, and Recon. Assign leader using these priorities:
• Inspiration – Influences the number of strike and patrol aircraft that will fly. Influences air group morale recovery.
• Leadership – Influences the air group’s experience gain.
• Air Skill – Influences results in air-to-air combat.
• No other skills or qualities have any influence.

Level Bombers with Offensive Missions as Principle Role
Missions include Airfield Attack, Port Attack, Naval Attack, Ground Attack, and Recon. Assign leader using these priorities:
• Inspiration – Influences the number of strike aircraft that will fly. Influences air group morale recovery.
• Air Skill – Influences the number of strike aircraft that will fly.
• Leadership – Influences the air group’s experience gain.
• No other skills or qualities have any influence.

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ORIGINAL: MrKane

Nico,

Your bombers need air-leader with high air & inspiration skill. You need pass air skill test, inspiration skill test, experience test, morale test & weather check.
So if you squadron will not fly it means it fail one of those tests. Leader aggressions does not affect any of tests.
I suggest check yours units for rookies and remove them (even those in reserve are used for experience test by engine). Game engine is adding a few from time to time to yours squadrons. Rookies additionally are responsible for attack fragmentations either.
Leader aggression only count when your bomber will meet enemy CAP and flak. So, you need low aggression for army bombers and some navy, but not all navy bombers ( carriers bombers need reach target regardless of losses ).

Tom

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ORIGINAL: leehunt27@bloomberg.net

Very exciting invasions Greyjoy. I think its fair the contested landing succeeded for the Japanese- such a landing on Australian soil might have caused a panic while the IJ troops' morale would be at an all time high.

Does it make sense for an Allied player to abandon Perth and retreat to Kalgoorlie? I mean, nobody wants to lose Western Oz of course, with the resources & base VP's etc, but there's not much the Japanese player can do with that position either? Do you plan on trying to hold and expand further SE into the rest of Australia? Or hold and then withdraw from Perth at "just the right time"- to avoid the Australians either outflanking you with an amphibious landing or simply marching down the road with air cover later in the war? It seems like if the Allied player has even a reasonable amount of infantry he can hold up an advance across Western Oz long enough to leave the Japanese player's SLOC's tremendously vulnerable.

To be clear, I do think invading Western Oz is a good idea. Its just like, now that you've got it, what the heck do you do next with it?

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ORIGINAL: leehunt27@bloomberg.net


Does it make sense for an Allied player to abandon Perth and retreat to Kalgoorlie? I mean, nobody wants to lose Western Oz of course, with the resources & base VP's etc, but there's not much the Japanese player can do with that position either? Do you plan on trying to hold and expand further SE into the rest of Australia? Or hold and then withdraw from Perth at "just the right time"- to avoid the Australians either outflanking you with an amphibious landing or simply marching down the road with air cover later in the war? It seems like if the Allied player has even a reasonable amount of infantry he can hold up an advance across Western Oz long enough to leave the Japanese player's SLOC's tremendously vulnerable.

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

If you hold:

-Western Australia
-Darwin
-Umboi Island and Rabaul

then how the Allies can start their counter-offensive? My guess is the Kusaie - Ponape - Truk axis.

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

If you hold:

-Western Australia
-Darwin
-Umboi Island and Rabaul

then how the Allies can start their counter-offensive? My guess is the Kusaie - Ponape - Truk axis.

The idea is to hold:

- Western Oz;
- Cocos Is.
- Diego Garcia
- Ceylon
- Horn Island;
- Darwin;
- Port Moresby;
- Ponape-Truk-Rabaul line

I think the allies will be forced to start their offensive in the Solomons..and if i can keep them from getting into the western side of NG (and so holding Horn Island), their advance should be pretty slow, which is my main goal after all.

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

If you hold:

-Western Australia
-Darwin
-Umboi Island and Rabaul

then how the Allies can start their counter-offensive? My guess is the Kusaie - Ponape - Truk axis.

The idea is to hold:

- Western Oz;
- Cocos Is.
- Diego Garcia
- Ceylon
- Horn Island;
- Darwin;
- Port Moresby;
- Ponape-Truk-Rabaul line

I think the allies will be forced to start their offensive in the Solomons..and if i can keep them from getting into the western side of NG (and so holding Horn Island), their advance should be pretty slow, which is my main goal after all.

It is an excellent looking defensive line but I wonder if it comes at a cost. Personally, having slogged through a full campaign as the Allies, I just don't think there is enough fuel in the empire to accomplish this over the long run. To hold this line might mean serious economic woes by mid 44. It will be interesting to see.