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rkr1958 -> RE: Witness to World War 2. (2/17/2019 11:20:30 PM)
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Turn 11. May/June 1941. Allied #9.
RN. The Italian Coast. Naval Air Combat.
Whatever mistakes the RN made during movement they executed this naval air combat flawlessly including the use of their 8 surprise points.
1. Air to air. 2 SP's points were used to reduced the Italians air-to-air by 1 column from -2 to -3/-4. Note that it would have taken 6 SP's to decease Italy's air to air by 2 columns (i.e., to -5/-6) and 4 SP's to increase Great Britain's air-to-air by only 1 column from +2/+3 to +4. The result of the air to air couldn't have gone much better for the British. All British bombers were cleared and the Italian fighter were aborted. Note that because the lead RAF fighter group was a twin engine group that the result against the Italian fighter was 1 result lower, an aborted instead of a shoot down. However, the goal for the British was to get all their bombers through, without loss, which they accomplished.
2. Italian Anti-Air. 4 SP's were used to reduced Italian AA by two columns from the lowest 1 of 4 to no effect, thus ensuring that all bombers got through with their full bomb loads.
3. Naval Air Attack. The remaining 2 SP's were used to increase risk from X, D, 2A to X, 2D. The Italians failed all their damage rolls resulting in the loss of the heavy cruiser Bolzano, supply convoy and damage of the heavy cruiser Eugenio Di Savoia.
A very good round for the RN.
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