PeeDeeAitch
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Well, you are going to run into a lot of air losses, and like what really happened, the Soviets will have masses of airplanes always. Still, some things can be done. Here is turn 55 for me, about 5k losses for the Germans, 24k for the Soviets. These have gone up recently because I sacrificed planes during my spring 1942 encirclement (lowered the doctrine "to fly" dangerously), but still ok. Still, I am looking at 2500 planes for me, 7200 for the Soviets - sure 3 to 1 isn't great odds, but it seems lower than others I have seen. I am not sure there is a sure fire way to limit the Soviets - I, for one, overrun airfields whenever I can. This, and I look to see what damaged planes are there, yields cheap kills of Soviet planes. I think I might have my panzers running around in the rear more often than some, but it seems to help. All in all, the air war is just another one of those "realistic" problems the Axis face. -edit - one other tactic I use is to keep my air flotillas grouped together. This might limit their coverage, but it does seem to help some. Of course, it might just be me spinning my prayer wheels.
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