ORIGINAL: John 3rd
July 27, 1944
I was going to congratulate Dan on his use of Strategic Bombers for actual STRATEGIC purposes over the last couple of turns until I watch nearly 100 B-29 attack the Brigade holding Foochow. The whole Allied navy is two hexes away and they couldn't fly strikes or bombard the base? Really?
I think you need to look at it as an abstraction...those 4E's are disrupting the roads, supply, infrastructure, and command across a 45 mile hex...greatly degrading the units ability to fight.
If you didn't want to see B29s used this way, you should have opened up night strategic bombing long ago. [;)]
Why use the Deathstar to bomb a hex...he will use it to protect, maybe sweep, maybe attack naval targets, maybe strategic bomb. But he won't waste the ammo on ground troops when all those big airbases are within range.
I hope you have a lot of Type 3 Medium Tanks in the area, along with lots of AA and ART in addition to those divisions you are moving. An Army infantry division, even the heavy ones with 43 squads simply cannot stand up to the Allies....they need lots of support troops and x2 or x3 terrain.
Good luck! You have pulled bigger miracles out of your hat this game!