Air Interdiction

[SCAR]

I am having trouble getting the Russian air force to fly interception missions. The Germans have been strategically bombing factories each turn and none of the Russian fighters are attempting to fly against them. I moved three PVO air bases, one in the target hex and two adjacent, yet still the fighters will not fly. I have played with the air settings, looking for a problem there, nothing seems to help.

Is this a known problem area? Is there a trick to it?

Thanks.

[M60A3TTS]

I doubt you will get an answer other than they should fly. You can always create and attach like 4 PVO regiments into the city IF the factories aren't leaving there.

[charlie0311]

Red AF is really, really bad in '41. Really bad. Had a similar experience once, got a whole 3 I-153's to intercept, shot down nothing. Check air leader and air set up. If the bombers are escorted well, all your fighters will probably be shot down. Unescorted axis bombers, some guys have done pretty well.

try some non-pvo abs, I know pvo should do better.

[Scarz]

Thanks for the responses. It was a very frustrating 6-7 turns, but with the help of my opponent I figured out the issue.

The German bombers were flying night missions. Strangely, the report didn't seem to give me that bit of info.

So, with some of the squadrons set to night missions, at least the planes try to engage, not that they do too well.

We are in 43, and the air units have decent moral and experience, but they must not like the night flying, as they are not performing well at all.

[loki100]

ORIGINAL: Scar23

Thanks for the responses. It was a very frustrating 6-7 turns, but with the help of my opponent I figured out the issue.

The German bombers were flying night missions. Strangely, the report didn't seem to give me that bit of info.

So, with some of the squadrons set to night missions, at least the planes try to engage, not that they do too well.

We are in 43, and the air units have decent moral and experience, but they must not like the night flying, as they are not performing well at all.

apart from the Pe-3bis, the Soviets didn't have a dedicated night fighter force. So in reality they did zonal defense over carefully defined locations (in effect major cities like Moscow) so that their pilots could navigate by sight and respond to ground instructions as to where to operate.

I wouldn't worry too much if the Germans were bombing by night - its not very effective