Rules on isolating a port query

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West 1943-45 is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made. Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasions of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

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cato12
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Rules on isolating a port query

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Pretty sure I read a dev post that to isolate a port you need 4 points of interdiction higher than the enemy.

I have an amphib TF covering Palermo and in the 4 sea hexes surrounding Trapani interdiction levels are as follows

axis 7 allies 16
axis 5 allies 16
axis 1 allies 12
axis 4 allies 15

I achieved this by creating 4 naval interdiction directives to each of the 4 sea hexes, yet this still isn't enough to isolate the units within these ports.

What am I missing here?

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RE: Rules on isolating a port query

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Manual page 161.
The map displayed values are the true value that is a
number from 0-99, divided by 10 and then truncated.
The true values are displayed in the hex pop-up, but
the values shown on the map are the truncated /10
values, and it is these that are used for determining
naval control of a hex. Example: Allied has a real value
of 32 (map value of 3) and the Axis player has a real
value of 16 (map value of 1). Since the Map value of
the Allies is 2 or more than the map value of the Axis,
the Allies have control of the hex. When interdiction is
shown, enemy controlled sea hexes are shown in red,
neutral are shown darkened, and friendly control is
shown normally.
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RE: Rules on isolating a port query

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That will be what im missing then! [:)]

Do coastal airforce escorts count for raising interdiction or is it only planes in the bomber role that count?

I assume its extremely difficult if not impossible to isolate those ports with the air assets on hand on the BI scenario?
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Fighters can lower enemy NI and shot enemy bombers and fighters. Bombing ports lowers enemy NI as well. All of this works to gain naval control.
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