Telemecus
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The casual reader should skip over this post. I made the final set of notes of suggestions at the request of our air commander who was taking them all in and becoming a master of the art in their own right. But sadly lost them at the end of these turns. However as I know some aficionados really like to research this level of detail these notes have been posted for them....
Extra notes given to the new air commander at their request.
Check for any autoswaps in the log and adjust replacement settings and upgrade settings for the airgroups with both the model it swapped to and the model it swapped from
Check for any arrivals
-You will have one air group withdrawing IIIJG 27: nothing needs to change as a result of this
-You will have one new air group arriving 10KG3(Croat), it will have a maximum size of 12 planes, be equipped with Do17Z-2 bombers, have experience only in the 60s and withdraws on Turn 81. Bad experience and withdrawing usually means swap it to a bad model, and turn off replacements and swaps. If there are 7 or more Ju86 in the pool swap it to that, otherwise Do17Z-2 is the worst and you can leave it with that. (There are ways to use it unusual maximum size of 12 at a later date though)
The Big issue will be MUD. It is still Ok to air transfer air groups and move forward bases on rails. But do we want to move forward a fueled up base from rails as we did in turn 17? I think we have to as we so short of good forward bases now. However we may want to send short range bombers to reserve and use the forward bases fuel and ammo just for fighters over the bad weather period combined with long range bombers from rails. The central Soviet weather zone however is forecast as snow, so we may particularly want to put forward bases there and prioritise Soviet targets in there.
On turn 29 we have the arrival of 6KG26 bomber group which will withdraw on turn 70. Because it leaves so soon we would want to swap it to our worst type of bomber as soon as possible. If not the Ju86 then this means Do17Z-2 - but we must have at least 21 Do17Z-2 in the pool. If there is any prospect of going under this number all Do17Z-2 airgroups must have replacements turned off. However we would like to get as close to this number as possible without going under.
Bf109E4-B: in the future any of these fighter bombers in the pool get converted to the much better Bf109E-7/U1 dive bomber. So we want airgroups of these swapped out of these aircraft and into other models of aircraft instead. We have two which are bomber trained and the options are
i) Swap to Me210 - although Me210 is most useful for a fighter trained group to be a long range fighter escort
ii) Swap to a fighter - not great for a bomber trained airgroup
iii) Swap to another fighter bomber like the FWs - but they are not in production yet
iv) Wait for the disbanding group to disband
v) Swap to a dive bomber - but we are very short of dive bombers for the groups of them we have already. And once swapped to a dive bomber they cannot be swapped back to a fighter bomber or fighter.
There are Bf109E-7/U1 in the pool and two airgroups (stabs) not withdrawing with replacements off - so may want to turn them on?
Our pools for Heinkel bombers are low - do we have enough for the airgroups we have or swap some to Ju88 or He111H-3, and if so by auto or manual?
When points allow consider swapping the swapping groups 1.(H)/41, 5.(H)/41 and 4.(H)/23 which withdraw to Fi156c and then to manual swap and no replace settings
When points allow consider swapping other HS126B-1 recon groups to other models. HS126B-1 recon get converted into dive bombers but other recon in the pool get exported.
We want our best Rumanian level bombers to have PZL, our second best He111H-3(R) and our worst Ju86(R) - is there a way to get there with autoswaps or else manual swaps? We have a zero pool for PZL bombers - should we still have three PZL bomber groups?
We have Fi156(R) in the pool and no Rumanian airgroups with it - while the other models have zero or few in the pool and the recon airgroups with them are short of recon. Can we swap and manual or auto?
We cannot use the Hungarian transport air group because all the bases are too far from rails. Should we have one closer to rails and use the transport group for supplies.
Very little time left for the Slovak air force - can we at least get them to die doing something rather than see them just leave. Should we leave one airbase empty all the time if we are running short of fuel on the other?
The north coast of the Azov sea is a great place for Rumanian staging bases - short range Rumanian bombers can then bomb industry in Crimea and West Caucasus.
We forgot to move Lft HQs - optimally they should be zero or one hex away from airbases, this usually means in the cluster on the rail line.
One airbase at 106,18 is very close to front and yet we only got it to detection level 3. So we would not know if it had any good targets.
Optimal would be to get at least one Finnish air base empty near front lines as staging base, one a bit back for fighters and one on rails for bombers.
Is there any way to maximise use of withdrawing airgroups first more?
Will there be a need for ground supply missions or a para drop on turn 18?
Can flak be assigned by air commander end of turn?
Will Italian FBs ever actually be used in an air mission?
Below are extra notes on things to consider for turn 19
IIJG51 is still on auto update - may be better to wait until the upgrade exists and then chose which airgroups to have auto upgrade?
Rumanian level bomber groups have longest range in least experienced groups - do the replacements need to be adjusted or swaps made (auto or manual?)
Rumanian tac/dive bombers - ideal is to have IAR 39 in our combat command groups and IAR37 in our home command groups - note another IAR37 airgroup arrives T38
Some home air command Hungarian recon has replacements on?
If you do assign either of the Bf109E4b airgroups on that map it may be best in the rear to fill airbases up with fuel only. We would rather see their airframes convert to dive bombers which we need.
We would want Fi156c and Fw189A recon pools to be kept low so that they are not exported
(20 or more Fi156c in the pool will mean they get exported)
Slovaks were not used for bombing last turn and leave soon - so worth using up
Transports also need to be "kabuki danced" and even used to take isolated units out or isolation (losing morale) and into beachead status
Hungarian airbases are not close enough to allow use of their transports
Central zone is forecast to be snow - better place for missions/airbases
Issues worth considering for turn 20
Either the Slovaks have left or leave this turn - if latter use them up in any way possible
IIJG51 is still on auto update - may be better to set to manual and wait until the upgrade exists and then chose which airgroups to have auto upgrade?
Some Ju88 do not withdraw but have replacements off? e.g.IKG27,IIKG4?
Fi156c will export (if over 20 in pool?) - worth switching replace on some late withdrawing air groups or manually swapping some withdrawing bad recon groups to Fi156c
Fw189 will also start exporting soon (if over 20 in pool too I think?)
If possible make sure transports with large numbers of damaged/reserve go to National Reserve (or base with very high supply - probably 400+ per transport group) to get over the transport repair bug
Transports also need to be "kabuki danced" and even used to take isolated units out or isolation (losing morale) and into beachead status
There are not enough Potez dive bombers for two Rumanian dive bomber airgroups
Rumanian level bomber groups have longest range in least experienced groups - do the replacements need to be adjusted or swaps made (auto or manual?)
Rumanian tac/dive bombers - ideal is to have IAR 39 in our combat commmand groups and IAR37 in our home command groups - note another IAR37 airgroup arrives T38
57/60Rm Ftr needs to be air transfered to Rumanian airbase when wanted for missions
Remember airbases of other countries can be used for airtransfers, but not to fly missions out of
Some home air command Hungarian recon has replacements on?
If you do assign either of the Bf109E4b airgroups on that map it may be best in the rear to fill airbases up with fuel only. We would rather see their airframes convert to dive bombers which we need.
Hungarian airbases are not close enough to allow use of their transports
Central zone is snow (tbc?) - better place for missions/airbases?
T19 saw a lot of unopposed bombing of the Finns, and their air force out of range to intervene?
Soviet airfields in Crimea are in Stuka/Allied dive bomber range
Also worth considering reassigning more airbases to Lft2?
Out of 387 LW ready level bombers 276 are with FKVIII - so south probably needs more?
of 517 LW ready fighters FKVIII has 134 and FKII 72 - so perhaps more fighters need to go to centre?
One may have bombers with lack of escorts and the other fighters with not a lot of escorting to do
Also you have very few fighters in reserve - only two full airgroups at end. So anything needing air cover (transports, pockets etc) has to be either with those two or whatever you prep at start
you probably need to recon all airbases in bomber range to level 5 first before you can plan an airbase bombing campaign
Do need to bring Finnish fighters especially short range ones into battle - and use their bombers on those airbases
For kabuki dance need to also think about transports at end
Probably easiest to first kabuki dance in south, then air transfer any more bombers wanted in south and then kabuki dance north
Most forward bases in centre have minimal fuel/ammo - not enough for large collections of fighter groups - if you give them each only 1 or 2 fighter groups as a result and none go back it will get worse as none will have fuel added on for next turn either. Something like 11LW will be needed forward for centre
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2x3+ 018-021 Rasputitsa - 
I really enjoy the social aspect of a team game and learning about the game from different perspectives. Not everybody shares my values, but I hope I respect the values of others and they respect my values. Things between turn 18 and later get strange .. I will let others comment ..However, for the gamer thinking about team play there is a very very important lesson. This game takes a tremendous investment of time. There will be times where the sides might need to work out a problem. The problem might be very serious, like suspected reloading, which can be worked out by each side cooperating. Things happen because somebody misunderstands of how the game works. For example, marsh might be frozen but you cannot operate an airbase from a frozen marsh. "Hey guys, you can't fly from the marsh .. that is why you are losing so many aircraft .." The ability for the players to discuss and exchange thoughts is critical for the success of a team game. Once that breaks down .. the game will break down .. 
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