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carlkay58 -> RE: carlkay58 (Allies) vs Pelton (Axis) 43 Campaign (12/21/2014 6:55:23 PM)
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Turn 1:
Air: It starts with the Air Phase. I begin with deleting all current Air Directives. Next I will change things in the Air Doctrines. It is important to change the Air Doctrine before setting any new Air Directives in order to be sure that the changes pass through.
The RAF Bomber Command will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the Altitude to 21,000 - this makes the light flak ineffective. It will also put the missions beyond the ceiling of the Stirling bombers so these squadrons will not fly in these missions. More on that later.
2) Change the Schedule to fly on D2, D4, and D6. Three days a week rather than two. The increase of a single day does not seem to add additional wear and tear with the Medium Intensity. Changing the Intensity from Medium to High would add more than the additional day and I will not change that as of yet.
3) Change the Target Priorities for Bomb City missions. All targets will be ignored except Manpower, Oil, Fuel, and HI will be set to the Normal levels.
2nd RAF Tactical Air Force will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the altitude to 17,000 which will allow Stirling Bombers to fly the missions.
2) Change the Schedule to fly on D2, D4, and D6.
3) Change the Target Priorities for Bomb City missions. All targets will be ignored except V-Weapon and V-W Launch will be set to Normal levels.
4) Change the Target Priorities for Ground Attack missions. All targets will be ignored except Airfield set to Normal.
8th USAF will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the Schedule to fly on D2, D4, and D6.
2) Change the Target Priorities for Bomb City missions. All targets will be ignored except U-Boat set to Normal.
9th USAF will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the Altitude to 21,000 to avoid light flak.
2) Change the Schedule to fly on D2, D4, and D6.
3) Change the Taget Priorities for Bomb City missions. All targets will be ignored except V-Weapon and V-W Launch will be set to Normal levels.
4) Change the Target Prioirities for Ground Attack missions. All targets will be ignored except Airfield set to Normal.
5) Change the altitude for Ground Attack to 21,000 to avoid light flak.
Strategic AF will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the Schedule to fly on D2, D4, and D6.
2) Change the Target Priorities for Bomb City missions. All targets will be ignored except Port set to Normal.
3) Change the Target Priorities for Ground Attack missions. All targets will be ignored except Ferry set to Normal.
Tactical AF will change the Bomb City Air Doctrine as follows:
1) Change the Schedule to D2, D4, and D6.
2) Change the Target Priorities for Ground Attack missions. All targets will be ignored except Interdict set to Normal.
Now it is time to reorganize the air forces.
1) Transfer the three Transport squadrons from RAF Transport Command to the XII Troop Carrier Command. Fly the squadrons to the Med theater - it will probably take two flights to reach the proper area of North Africa.
2) Transfer all of the Recon squadrons from the RAF Fighter Command to the 2nd RAF Tactical AF.
3) Transfer the Tactical Bomber squadrons from RAF Bomber Command to the 2nd RAF Tactical AF remembering to change their mission type to Day & Night. Do the same with the Stirling I & Stirling III squadrons (otherwise they never fly because they cannot reach our preferred mission altitude).
4) Transfer the Recon squadrons from 8th USAAF to the 9th USAAF. Transfer all of the Fighter squadrons to the 9th USAAF also (the range of the P-47Ds is not long enough to escort the 8th USAAF bombers very far). Transfer the B-26B/C Marauder squadrons to the 9th USAAF. Transfer the Transport squadron to the XII Troop Carrier Command and transfer the squadron to North Africa.
5) Transfer the Recon squadrons from the Strategic AF to the Tactical AF.
The above transfers concentrate all of the Recon squadrons in the tactical AFs. They also construct the 9th USAAF (which starts without any squadrons), concentrate all of the transport aircraft into the XII Troop Carrier Command which will need as much lifting capacity as possible for air drops, and move the aircraft around to more efficient use due to range and altitude. When you do transfer the squadrons you probably should move the squadrons to airbases commanded by the appropriate air commands (or an easier method may be to just reassign the airbase to the new air command). There is a readiness penalty (20%) for not having air bases and squadrons in the same command.
Now I actually set the Air Directives for the Air Commands.
RAF Bomber Command:
1) Bomb City with target of (114,180) with radius of 5.
2nd RAF Tactical AF:
1) Ground Support mission assigned to 21st BR Army Group.
2) Recon mission with target of (108,180) with radius of 9.
3) Ground Attack mission with target of (108,180) with radius of 9.
8th USAAF:
1) Bomb City missions against the six closest undamaged UBoat industry targets with radius of 0.
9th USAAF:
1) Recon mission with target of (86,201) with radius of 9.
2) Ground Attack mission with target of (86,201) with radius of 9.
Strategic AF:
1) Bomb City missions against Messina, Palermo, Reggio Calabria, Crotone, Salerno, and Naples with radius of 0.
Tactical AF:
1) Ground Support mission assigned to 15th BR Army Group.
2) Recon mission with target of (147,289) with radius of 9.
3) Superiority mission with target of (151,292) with radius of 5.
4) Ground Attack mission with target of (151,292) with radius of 5.
I then visit the Commander's Report. I go to the Air Groups tab. Click on the Change Upgr Function and change the upgrades to Automatic. This will allow the AI to upgrade or change the aircraft in the squadrons without me having to do so manually. I am willing to do some micro management, but there is a limit and I don't see that much of a difference.
I then run the Air Phase.
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