I agree we seem to be dealing with a programming bug in 1.1 whereas the 1.0 issue was a design feature. However, as far as I can determine from my own limited research neither situation can be historically justified.Originally posted by Wilson ESQ
This is a question of a programing bug, not a historical one. I have read a great deal in this area and agree with the designers of this game. They 've done their homework. The titles of the best books were mentioned in an earlier thread. Esp see Frank's book on the G'Canal. The night naval actions off G'Canal would never have taken place if what you say is true. Sorry, Didz. I hope we get our fix soon.
Wilson ESQ:)
The bombardment missions conducted on Henderson Field during the battle of Guadacanal took place between August42 and November 42 when according to the Marine Corps history websites there were less than 40 planes operating from the island (most of which were fighters) and these were fully committed to local ground support and CAP duties during daylight hours and were not in a position to conduct air patrols over the slot.
At the same time the Japanese had air superiority over the slot for the entire of this period which is the main reason that Nimitz refused to leave his carriers in the area to support the marines. As far as I am aware there were no bombardment missions conducted against Guadacanal after the Bomber strip was operational in December.
So! it appears from what I have read that the IJN bombardment missions and the 'Tokyo Express' were conducted in situation where there they were relatively safe from air interdiction anyway and darkness was mainly being used to cover the final approach both from air and surface interdiction. At the same time without risking their carriers the USN had no choice but to sacrifice ships in order to try and interdict these missions.
Unfortunately, the phasing in UV allows those same missions to be sent in against any base even if it has a fully developed LBA and air superiority over the entire area including what ought to be their intial assembly and extraction points.
