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carlkay58 -> RE: carlkay58 (Allies) vs Pelton (Axis) 43 Campaign (2/5/2015 7:47:57 PM)
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Invasion Critique: I did several things entirely wrong on this invasion.
1) I hurried it. I should have spent more time bombing the Italian rail net to lower the Axis supply status
and decrease his mobility. It would have been much harder for reinforcements from the front line or from the
north to reach without rail capacity. On the other hand, bombing targets in Italy is not very effective due to the terrain.
2) I needed more time to use my air against him. This actually magnifies the effect that the supply priority
of the airbases had on my plan. This is fixed in the latest test version, but this game is entirely on
production versions. Because of not realizing what was going on, I lost the majority of my Tactical AF from
turn 2 or 3 on when I was sending them over to unsupplied airbases in Sicily. I found out about the specifics
(while I was busy trying to build up the supply network to get them supplies but not succeeding) around turn
20 - not in time for the invasion. I should have postponed the invasion until that was all worked out - but I
was on a strict time schedule because of needing to send back the borrowed troops and the amphibs to the ETO
for the northern France invasion. So a majority of the pre-invasion period saw little or no effect from the Tactical AF and later the Strategic AF when I shifted them to the captured and newly created airbases. While the newest versions have fixed it for existing airbases, the new airbases (either constructed or the temporary airfields on invasion hexes) are constructed with Supply Priorities of 0. So remember to change those when the airfields are created.
3) I sent too many troops ashore and was not able to keep them in supply. I should have gotten the supply
line secured first and then reinforced. Because I did not do this, I had severe supply problems. Even before
the Axis naval interdiction was causing me problems.
4) I did not plan a good area to invade in. I had no chance in taking a normal port - something that I should
have known better and planned for. The Allies need to have real ports - not just beach heads - to get a good
supply situation going.
5) I thought I had good air coverage for the invasion zone, but I did not. I needed time to build up the
Corsican airbases and staff them with the Tactical AF for close by air coverage. This would have helped in
the air and naval battle.
6) The invasion should have had Naval Patrol, Air Superiority, and other plans in order to maintain naval and
air superiority from the start - not in reaction to the Axis. This ties in to my air supply problems that put
my air development so far behind. I definitely need better air coverage and closer range.
So my next task is to figure out what to continue to do in the MTO and to start planning a better invasion
for northern France. I need to show what I have learned from this fiasco.
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