ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth
That is the replacement rate. New units show up in bunches too. Still, that rate of loss is not sustainable
If I recall, there are about 30 squadrons of the first b29 with between 7 and 10 planes each, and the 2nd b29 starts rolling in with new squadrons in Nov or Dec. Nov I think.
not to rain on the parade but in truth the allies have almost unlimited 4E bombers to throw at you...you just need to keep shooting them down and not let them break your fighter back or destroy your industry without extracting a price.
the power of the b29 is their range as they stretch your fighter defenses leaving you vulnerable to the shorter range 4E beasties. Wait till he uses the deathstar to sweep during the day followed by 4E daytime raids. Very devastating....
A lot of players don't take advantage of the tweak in the last official patch which makes carrier raids much more easier to pull off. You can now target a city before your carriers are in range-allowing for a fast undetected run in to hit a oil center or lightly defended industrial target. What with the number of planes he can throw at you-backed by replenishment groups a 200 fighter CAP could easily be overwhelmed. Don't know whey he does not try it. I would. Likewise he could run in a carrier groups and send sweepers and long range CAP at a target to support a B29 raid in daylight. Daylight raids if they hit home will pretty much one shot a target. One thing is sure in this mod, you can't bomb without good fighter support. He could put 300 fighters over a target and still have massive CAP over his carriers.
Not only that, but the carrier sweepers can sweep past 8 hexes.
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