Another 570 LW planes are torched on the ground making it almost 1000 planes lost during the turn. This most be impossible for him to sustain?
Nice job crunching up planes on the ground.
I prefer not to look at the gross figures as much as the airframes themselves. The 109 losses, the Ju-88 and He-111 losses are what I'm keying on. You could also be downing lots of Italian planes, which are a write off for the German player anyway. If he isn't losing Italians in droves he's not using them.
They (Italians) do have some decent fighters and even some Ju-87s, but the most important thing with the game rules right now is their transport squadrons.
A few observations on your deployments. I'm kind of surprised the guy with the WitPAE background has such little regard for his naval assets. [;)]
You want to be 6-8 weeks ahead in your planning, at least, as the WA. Each turn you're not prepping a TF for their next invasion is in my opinion a turn lost. The Russians are coming!
When TF are performing the port repair function you can actually have them inside the port with a combat unit (I prefer break down units) and they'll get prep at the same time as long as you've set a new target. Even if you change targets later at least built some prep.
You can hop to a new port next turn, repair it, and ensure you leave a regiment behind in there too (if you don't want to transport the unit from last turn to the new port on ships or over land).
Given his disposition on Sicily, and your commitment to Sardinia, I would use two TF to clean up Sicily (repair ports for 1 turn then close supply across the Straits). Use naval patrol (B-25s and B-24s with whatever patrol you can get in theater ASAP) to isolate Catania and Trapani/Palermo until they are overrun.
In Sardinia, push north on your left flank, use your TF to blast through that rough terrain and exploit with the tanks. You want him to think he can hold Catania because that will stretch his line. By the time you take and repair Oristano he should be at the breaking point on Sardinia and running to escape isolation on Sicily. Inf regiments will hold that rough from any Italian onslaught.
The 3 TFs not ending the turn in Sicily/Sardinia can be prepping for your next invasion spot. They can still sally forth each turn from African ports and help provide fire support to any attacks along the coast. Just keep an eye on your SMP. They will end the turn with 30 but not be able to move any farther. This bit me once...
"War is never a technical problem only, and if in pursuing technical solutions you neglect the psychological and the political, then the best technical solutions will be worthless." - Hermann Balck
