ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: JocMeister
[font="Verdana"]Question on "kosherness"[/font]
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So far I have been hitting the manpower and not targeted oil and stuff directly. Its a bit overpowered and it can certainly be discussed whether this was within the allied capabilities.
But now as I start hitting the HI I wonder if its considered "kosher" to hit specific targets. What do you guys think? I´m leaning towards doing this as I certainly think the allied would have spared no expense at trying to find and blow up something specific if they deemed it critical.
Also when doing manpower bombings I have no control over what burns. At this stage I don´t really care about HI. Destroying HI at this point won´t change anything. What I REALLY want to hit is his ability to produce airplanes.
Kosher or not? I say Kosher but would like to hear your opinions.
Gotta disagree with some of this.
First, anything you can bomb you can bomb IMO. Crap on this "overpowered" stuff. One-quarter of the Tokyo metroplex was destroyed in one night. The game doesn't come close to matching that.
On bombing specific industry. You can, but you need to do it in daylight to get anywhere and your losses will be high. Look at your screenie of Tokyo, how many aircraft factories there are. At extended range with only B-29s you won't get 80 points per raid gone or anything like that in my experience. If you were closer, like Sakhalin/Hokkaido, and could use B-17/B-24 hordes then yes, it would work. But your B-29 sortie rate does not add up against the calendar here. IMO nighttime Manpower is your best bet at this range with this few very finicky planes. Fatigue reduces faster than major damage repairs.
Did I mention you need to get CLOSER? [:)] Look at your plane queues after VE Day. Massive influx of non-B-29 4Es. They need someplace to work.
Finally, on HI. You DO care a whole lot about destroying HI. Not because he doesn't have a huge bank; he does. But because producing more is a major source of his Home Island supply pile he needs to defend himself. And to build Arms and Vehicle points he'll need to hold the mainland once you get the Chinese supplied and the Soviets wake up.
Look at your Tokyo raid. 102 HI centers gone in one night. He won't repair. Over the next year that's a pantload of supply he won't have. Multiply that.
You can't control what burns. Some will be industry you don't care about, like engines used on float fighters or something. But a lot will be LI and HI and that's his groceries. Local groceries that don't have to be moved by sea.
I'd stay night/manpower. And get closer. It's worth a LOT of LCU casualties to get 1000 VP per night, night after night.
So I'd argue to take Formosa instead of Java or Hainan and push along the Ryukyu chain to create fighter bases.
