2x4 High

[Baelfiin]

To reduce transport losses

[Baelfiin]

1st rule of invasions: Make sure you can get spitfires there.
2nd rule of invasions: Don't go weak and wimpy.
3rd rule of invasions: See Rule One

[Baelfiin]

Sicily on Turn 5
Wondering if I am going to get attacked by Panzerarmee Pelton

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Air Action over Sardinia

Lots of blasting all over. Some 109's get spotted basing themselves on Sardinia close to the front. 100+ plus fighters all in one spot got me excited.
Pretty sure I had buck fever because the whole airbase was nuked after around 30 strikes, the rest I was taking flak losses to just make the rubble bounce.

Lots of supplies fly into the FJ's but they take a some losses. I don't think it was worth it as there is no airfield to land the freight on.

[Baelfiin]

I thought I had the germans isolated, but apparently I missed something. Some SS manage to rowboat rout out to Corsica.

Pelton gets a clear path to Cagliari as well, so I stop messing around and just clear the hex.

I also push the FJ out of Tortoli so I make damn sure the rest of the pocket is isolated next turn for subsequent reduction.

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Turn 7ish clearing Sardinia

Super happy with killing some cardboard.

VP's are going badly however because Luftwaffe is badass over Germany and I do not dare try to get bombs onto the Uboats.

[Baelfiin]

Taking Messina

So my original plan was to bomb messina for a turn and then attack it.
However the FLAK gutted my tac bombers so badly that I did not want to send them in a second time.
I put together what I could in the ground phase and just barely got the job done. Needless to say that whole air directive was low morale the next turn.

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Turn 8-9ish
U-boat VP losses are out of control.
I finally have enough long range fighters to attempt to do something about it. . .

In other news Sardinia and Sicily are finally cleared despite heavy air losses in the final battle for Messina.
Allied air punishes Corsica, an abortive attempt to work over some air bases around Rome is punished in return.

[Smirfy]

Excellent demonstrion, how many air groups did it take to patrol?

[Repsol]

Hello, Bealfiin

Your AARs are very well made and good reading for a beginner...Thanks !

One small request though...It would be a big help if you could post some pictures of your settings for some of your airdirectives...To include things like the days you fly, intensity, altitude, number of Aircrafts, number of escorts, trg priority...


unless you want to keep those a secret...[8D]

Thanks, and good luck with the battle !

[JocMeister]

Very nice work concerning the war. [:)]

I´m actually more worried about the P38 losses then the B17 losses...once I converted two P47 squadrons to P38 the pool shrank quickly... [:(]

Very pretty pictures too. [:)] paint.net?

[Baelfiin]

ORIGINAL: Repsol

Hello, Bealfiin

Your AARs are very well made and good reading for a beginner...Thanks !

One small request though...It would be a big help if you could post some pictures of your settings for some of your airdirectives...To include things like the days you fly, intensity, altitude, number of Aircrafts, number of escorts, trg priority...


unless you want to keep those a secret...[8D]

Thanks, and good luck with the battle !

I will next time I get a chance, This game is a server so I don't have saves to go back in and dig things up 8)

[Baelfiin]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Very nice work concerning the war. [:)]

I´m actually more worried about the P38 losses then the B17 losses...once I converted two P47 squadrons to P38 the pool shrank quickly... [:(]

Very pretty pictures too. [:)] paint.net?

Yep paint.net

I think p38's j/l get added in a little quicker, but yeah they are fragile as well.

[Repsol]

great ! [:)]

[JocMeister]

Whats your VP score and how much are you suffering from the U-boats?

[Baelfiin]

Tried doing a plain superiority over the reich to see what I could bag . . . .

[Baelfiin]

I will give this one to the Luftwaffe

[Baelfiin]

VP's so far...

Uboat score to a huge hit this turn for some reason.

Maybe I will get lucky and Pelton will oops a garrison and give me some points . .

[Baelfiin]

I decide to go after 3 different Uboat targets.

Butt handed to me yet again.

In fact this raid my escorts were so bad that the only damage done to the Luftwaffe was from machinegun fire from the bombers

[Baelfiin]

My air force is so upset with itself that it crashes the game . .