AW1Steve
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Joined: 3/10/2007 From: Mordor Illlinois Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: geofflambert I sacrificed 4 BBs including Nagato and Mutsu trying to pull that off. Difference was he had plenty of Avengers and Dauntlesses both at Noumea and Koumac and I've been having a lot of trouble getting bombardment TFs to get in and get out safely at night. I probably should have tried hitting Koumac first, then bombing the crap out of it before attempting Noumea. On a previous occasion that was somewhat successful, he just evacuated everything from Noumea because he saw them coming. At that time Koumac wasn't an issue. Actually the big issue is you became predictable. You came at me repeatedly the exact same way. Despite 3 attempts , it was only on the last one that I could assemble in place everything I needed to ambush you. An Ambush an probably the most difficult maneuver to plan and orchestrate in this game. It requires information , a feel for the enemy's plan , and assembly of the ambushing forces to be in the right place , at the right time, and in adequate quantities to do the job. The stars have to perfectly align. And they almost NEVER do. But by repeating your attack exactly the same way , and my having adequate maritime patrol aircraft coverage , I was able to pull it off. One rule for both players....NEVER be predictable. you might repeat a maneuver twice and get away with it , but multiple employments can bring disaster. Also the IJN had a policy up till Midway. NEVER send surface forces out without adequate air cover. EVEN in an area that you think is safe. Aircraft , while very fragile , are free ranging. They can move great distances in a short time. My biggest problem in planning the anti-battleship strike , was 1) getting a Air HQ with torpedoes to Kormac, 2) training USMC torpedo bombers up to a level that they would attack you. As an aside , the best way to deal with heavy bomber attack (in my limited experience) is to set up a "flak trap". Find a place you know your enemy will bomb , jam every AAA unit and engineering unit you can scrounge , with LOTS of supply. You may not kill a lot of planes over the base , but OP losses will sky rocket. And if he bombs the base again and again and again , and sees little accumulated damage ( due to supply and engineers) he will either give up, or go "all in". And loose even more OP losses. Not to mention tell you exactly where his bombers are.
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