Reconvet
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ORIGINAL: jonny211 I have to admit that this scenario seems hard going for the Germans. Trying to put enough air units onto the peninsula to cut his supply to Kerch hasn't worked, the supply still gets through. I have tried an air attack against Kerch but found that his capital ship units in port massacre my attacking planes. The fighters don't have enough range to reach towns a few hexes back from the coast opposite Kerch so I can't attack any of his air units based there. I have put everything I have into attacking the Kharkov bulge from the south now so the rest of the front suffers a few attacks but no breakthroughs, I hold the rail line to Kharkov still and grind the T34's down with Stuka's and HS123's. In the next few turns I'll try something a little different with my KG units though... Okay, parking his capital ships inside Kerch - if that's what he's doing - might look to be a good move for the soviet player. What exactly happens when you launch a bombing raid consisting of 3-4 KG (with readiness 90-100)? How many levelbombers do you lose in such a raid, how much damage to the port do you do in such an attack, do you damage his ships? Can you keep his fighters pinned down with own fighter raids in a pampa hex on the mainland east of Kerch (one to two sweep attacks should be enough) before you launch your bombers without escort? If Kerch port is bombed to zero each turn his units west of Kerch will starve. Ships ending their turn in a damaged port (or even moving into a damaged port?) should suffer readiness hits. If you manage to keep Kerch on zero you should be able to steamroll into Kerch after 2-3 turns. Move enough KG down there so you can rotate them, rest them once their readiness drops below 90/85 (same as with the rest of your planes or you'll burn them out quickly).
< Message edited by Reconvet -- 11/28/2012 5:05:00 PM >
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