LoBaron
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Joined: 1/26/2003 From: Vienna, Austria Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: brian800000 Thanks Alfred, but in a sense I'm asking this more as a general inquiry rather than for specific help in my game (which at this point is more of a tutorial for me to learn how to play the game). I've spent about 3.5 months training some medium bombers up to a decent naval bomb skill. I didn't use low naval bombing because some on the forum seemed to think the results were too effective. But now at 7k I'm not getting any results against APs and AKs. Those 3.5 months seem to have been wasted. Now against the AI I'm not too concerned about running into CAP in an unexpected place, but I know if I was a Japanese player watching wave after wave of unescorted bombers I might be inclined to sneak a nearby carrier over to provide some CAP and cut those planes to pieces. If this tactic is ineffective against the AI, it would seem to be even moreso against a human--where it would also be reckless. Twin engines were used on low nav missions and were very successful if the experience was decent. Thats why its so dangerous to venture in their range. It is quite realistic as long as you leave the heavies up where they belong. That for example ia a nice attack from a couple of twins in our PBEM recently, as always beautifully executed by Rob... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Soerabaja at 56,104 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft B-339D x 4 DB-7B x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 9 Hudson III (LR) x 10 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-339D: 2 destroyed B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships CM Yaeyama, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage CM Itsukushima xAK Yamagata Maru, Bomb hits 2 xAK Ryuzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 3 x DB-7B bombing from 8000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x Hudson III (LR) bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 29000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 32810 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers The Brewsters really made a lot of difference by tangling with the Zekes.
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