The invincible bomber

[winky51]

I played the allies and there are a couple very unusual problems.

1. Island with japs. I can wipe out the whole island but the heavy bomber never dies. I thought 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 fighters at it and it just thumbs its nose at me.

2. Sometimes I can't invade a japanese island. I can have 50 transports and it says the invation is illegal.

3. Sometimes my bombers can't bomb crap. 3-4 bombers 2 tech levels higher don't even hit the target. I cant be unlucky 5 turns in a row.

Something I am missing? Didnt see any funky special rules in the manual. Do you have to island hop on the pacific?

[Uncle_Joe]

1) Non-Fighter/CAG groups do not oppose enemy Fighters when their region is attacked. So, unless your Fighters can hit them on the ground, it doesnt matter how many Fighters you throw at it, you wont destroy it. You can try upping your Fighters' Ground Attack number to make them better at hitting airfields. A good way to counter-air opposing air units is using TAC and SAC in conjunction with or after Fighters.
 
2) There are a LOT of factors that go into amphib ops. Is it winter? No amphib in winter in cold areas. You invading troops must start the turn on land, not at sea. You must not have previously invaded the region in excess of your invasion limit (which is equal to your TRs stat [until you hit 6 at which point it is unlimited]). There are other factors too, but I'd need a screen shot or something to reference your particular case.
 
3) 2 Tech levels higher at what? And what kind of Bombers? There are modifiers for different bomber types for various missions (such as TAC getting a pretty severe negative for bombing factories/resources etc). SAC with +2 tech in Ground Attack should hit almost any infrastructure target (although it is harder in the Winter as well).

[winky51]

#1 Ok I used a combination of CAG fighters, fighters, tactical bombers, and strategic bombers to kill the 1 lousy jap strategic bombor on the marshalls. I read the combat report and it didn't even roll the dice. I used all 4 air types and it basically ignored my attack. If I leave the zone with my ships I get attacked and none of my CAGs shoot back at the Jap "invinci-bomber". Now what.

#2 ahh for some of the things.

#3 I found the reasons.

#1 is still a Star Trek anonmoly.

[Twotribes]

I have no problem killing Japanese bombers and other aircraft. When you attack do you use the bomb airfields command?

[Uncle_Joe]

OK, only thing I can think of what Twotribes said...you have to be bombing the airfields specifically or else you wont ever attack the bomber.
 
If you have a saved game, you might want to post it up for the 2by3 folks.