Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Float planes can be damaged and destroyed in AF attacks, like any other aircraft.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Float planes can be damaged and destroyed in AF attacks, like any other aircraft.

But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Offer to build an airfield?
Naval bombardments will damage even a portion of an airfield, so if he has started construction at all your bombers may be able to target it. Otherwise, take out the AV type that must be supporting the float planes.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Float planes can be damaged and destroyed in AF attacks, like any other aircraft.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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China
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Quiet. Only the usual bombardments. I decided to do something fun here. Hopefully it will rattle Jeff a bit.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
So, you've decided to burn what few supplies you do have? Doing "something" in China against an active Japan is rarely a wise idea, IMO.

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ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury
With port strike you might sink an AV.
With ground strike you will disable the LCUS providing support.
At the very least you can gain experience bombing a relatively defenseless enemy

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ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

Send B-17s alone, if available, they will take care of any float fighter easily; mine had killed more interceptors than most fighter models

If recon tells you it is lightly defended and within range of paras, I would send a quick assault; maybe have a few APDs ready to pick the survivors.. the para LCUs cannot be destroyed because the engineer component can't be airlifted... so worst case scenario you just lose some devices.

Regarding Calgary: if he is sweeping, expect bombers coming soon... I would be sure there is enough AA and fighter cover; and probably rebase the long ranged bombers to somewhere else for a few turns

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
The map shows no aircraft at Calgary, and I don't think there is much industry to bomb either.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Consider this:

1) Almost every available bomber fly at 7,000 feet at night to bomb the airfield. This would also include float planes. Strike only from airfields that have railroads so you can rail out damaged planes when the groups fly to another base the next day. 7,000 feet should be above medium AA gun range.

2) Bombard if you can. Fast in and out, then fast to another port to repair any damage.

3) Have ONE bomber group (or even just ONE bomber) fly from a base with all of your best fighters/pilots as escorts, using the maximum number of fighters that you can. Fly from a base than can railroad planes out.

4. If there is a convoy coming in/out or at the base, then also a strike with good Fighter Bombers (P-39s) that can also carry bombs. I attacked some small AKLs 2 hexes from Port Moresby with 11 P40Es at 100 feet and got 5 bomb hits to sink 5 of them.

5. Consider using Cats at night with a pilot experience rating above 50 to torpedo some convoys farther out.

Even if you don't do much damage to the airfield in one night, it will use supplies and eventually, those will run out.

Also, if you have any units using the Matildas, then consider putting the "no upgrade" option on if you have not done so.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I don't know about your scenario, but in stock you need to fly higher than 7000 feet to avoid all but the biggest IJ AA.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I don't know about your scenario, but in stock you need to fly higher than 7000 feet to avoid all but the biggest IJ AA.

Havn´t checked this SCEN yet but in stock its 9k right?

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

I´ve gathered the fleet for some operations on the Burmese coast to coincide with the pending ground offensive. Japanese fleet strength is unknown. I´m trying to find his main fleet. No luck at Rangoon. I´ve not seen anything bigger then a CL here for a long, long time.

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Japanese forces withdraw outside allied search. Japanese NavS is now searching out from Belep Island. Can´t remember how to best deal with this? Float patrols are immune to Port/AF attacks arn´t they?

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But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?

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quote:But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?
naval attack... kill the tender.

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

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quote:But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?
naval attack... kill the tender.

I think it would require a port attack -- which would hit ships not docked but in port?

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ORIGINAL: tiemanj

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

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quote:But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?
naval attack... kill the tender.

I think it would require a port attack -- which would hit ships not docked but in port?

A port attack should [be able to] hit any ships disbanded in port. Tenders need to be disbanded to do their job. So yes, port attack would be the way to go in this case.
Lowpe could have brought in land based air support to keep them going as well. But a tender is the quickest and easiest way to do this, and are comparably easy to kill. If he has one there, get it. Otherwise (or in addition) use LRCAP if possible over the base to drive up ops losses. If it is too far use CAP over your base. Of course, you could do all 3 as I prefer.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

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ORIGINAL: tiemanj

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

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quote:But you can´t do airfield attack on location that doesn´t have one... so how do get to the FPs?
naval attack... kill the tender.

I think it would require a port attack -- which would hit ships not docked but in port?

A port attack should [be able to] hit any ships disbanded in port. Tenders need to be disbanded to do their job. So yes, port attack would be the way to go in this case.
Lowpe could have brought in land based air support to keep them going as well. But a tender is the quickest and easiest way to do this, and are comparably easy to kill. If he has one there, get it. Otherwise (or in addition) use LRCAP if possible over the base to drive up ops losses. If it is too far use CAP over your base. Of course, you could do all 3 as I prefer.

Seaplane tenders are not like other tender types. They don't consume supply transferring ammunition to other vessels. They provide Aviation Support that does not require he tender to be disbanded.
Any time a seaplane tender of any type arrives in a port hex in a TF it increases the seaplane aviation support count at the base.
Most times a player uses a seaplane tender to provide support at a remote base the tender is typically disbanded, not because it has to be to function, but because doing so hides it from NAV search and NAV attacks, requiring a targeted port bombing or bombardment mission to get at it.

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ORIGINAL: poodlebrain

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

I´ve gathered the fleet for some operations on the Burmese coast to coincide with the pending ground offensive. Japanese fleet strength is unknown. I´m trying to find his main fleet. No luck at Rangoon. I´ve not seen anything bigger then a CL here for a long, long time.

Has the IJN main fleet had time to transit from the New Caledonia area? It should have been there in support of offensive operations. Do you really think your opponent is going to send the main fleet to the Indian Ocean at this point in the game? Unless he is planning some sort of offensive operation it doesn't seem likely that he will send it to the Indian Ocean for defense in anticipation of your limited capacity for offensive naval operations?

You can influence him to go elsewhere pretty easily as well. A campaign to suppress Coal Harbor will require intervention by the KB to prevent you from attaining air superiority. He has a level 6 airfield supported by a level 1 port with no bases within range to provide LBA support. Threatening the airfield with the 50% damage necessary to shut down strike missions will surely draw his attention. If you can get to the 80% damage necessary to shut down CAP he will have no choice but to send the KB or abandon Coal Harbor.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

The problem with Belep island is that he doesn´t have a tender but a BF. So there is no tender to kill and I can´t attack the AF as there is none. So to my knowledge his Float Patrols are completely immune to attacks?

All I can do is try and suppress the BF enough that it can no longer support them. Or?