Eagle Day to Bombing of the Reich is a improved and enhanced edition of Talonsoft's older Battle of Britain and Bombing the Reich. This updated version represents the best simulation of the air war over Britain and the strategic bombing campaign over Europe that has ever been made.
In turn 15 I hit 4 groups of B17 bombers very very hard. One thing that happened was "100th BG is turning back". All my intercepting fighters went after the withdrawing bombgroup (it was seen as one raid up to then)....
Now this isnt a bad thing. The 100th got destroyed. (maybe 1 or 2 stragglers made it home).
I am just wondering: how much can the yanks take? I destroyed 771 bombers in 14 days. This means 717 crews lost to them, but they just keep coming
When is it enough?
AKA Cannonfodder
"It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.”
¯ Primo Levi, writer, holocaust survivor
The poor 100th... had a really unfortunate reputation in RL due to a couple of near massacres. Funny how often they get hit in game. Does GG have a little bit of special code in there:)?
Hmm, I would imagine it would take a lot more than 771 bombers in 14 days to be honest with you.
I have destroyed 507 B-17F and 361 other bombers of assorted types for a total of 868 bombers downed in 6 days, or 145 per day. They're still coming on strong and yesterday actually launched the deepest raid into Germany yet.
Strangely enough I've had much more success turning back or annihilating bomber raids in the Med than over Germany. I think that's because a deep raid in Italy might only comprise 50 to 100 bombers instead of the 300 to 400 bomber behemoths I see coming at me over Germany and so by downing 40 bombers I can turn the 50 or 100 bombers back whilst only inflicting 10% losses on the bomber groups over Germany.
Hmm, I may have to start sending all fighters after just one of the bomber boxes in an effort to concentrate the losses there and achieve a catastrophic loss rate.
John Dillworth: "I had GreyJoy check my spelling and he said it was fine."
Well, that's that settled then.
True, but still.... I have noticed that the AI is plotting less deep raids now. It uses B17's to attack airfields effectively ignoring my flak defenses (I am building up heavy flak (20 and 37 mm) in the french, belgian and dutch areas, withdrawing it from italy mostly).
No matter, strategy stays the same. Hit fighter bombers and unescorted medium bombers with coastal FW190's, strip the 17's from escorts and hit it with every dayfighter I got.
AKA Cannonfodder
"It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.”
¯ Primo Levi, writer, holocaust survivor
