With Alpha +3 rules & global; When conducting SBR w/excorts–-how exactly does the battle go? IE; attacking an IC w/ 2-Strat bombers, & attacking airbase w/2-Tac bombers, escorting w/4-fightrs. The enemy is defending w/ 4-fightrs & a strat bomber.
The A+3 rules state that Air battle is 1st, all escorts & bombers (strat & tac) fire @ 1 & the defender puts his casualties behind battle strip casualty line. Then the interceptors (defenders fighters & tac’s assigned to intercept) fire @ 1. all casualties on both sides after this air battle are removed from play!
Then says all surviving escorts retreat & I assume all surviving interceptors return to base?
Then surviving bombers are assigned to targets. So even though both Strat bombers & Tac bombers fought in the air battle, they can still proceed to bombing raids on the IC & the Airbase?
Then the IC & the Airbase both get defending shots (1 dice per plane attacking it) & hit on a 1?
Then surviving strat’s & tac’s can proceed. It states the Strats bombers roll 1 dice per bomber (1d6+2) does this mean if it rolls a 3 it would add +2 to that & make the hit a 5?
Then states tac’s roll a 1d6, per plane, so I assume just the number of the die = the number of hits?
Then looks like the hits scored are only against the complexes production rating only & not any IPC’s of the defending power? So all you’re doing is limiting the # of production units that can be placed on the “mobilize unit” phase. & the only IPC damage comes in the form of the damage having to be repaired/removed by the power having to buy the damage tokens off of the complex during the purchase unit phase of their turn?
Do I have this all right
Yes you have this all correct. The IPC cost for repairing damaged factories really adds up. Especially if it’s Germany bombing London before sealion or the Russian factories with a push there. Japan can also cause a lot of trouple for the pacific uk especially once they have dwindled their income.
Only fighters can intercept. Bombers, of either type, cannot.
Only fighters can intercept. Bombers, of either type, cannot.
Right, but the attacking bombers still get rolls at 1 in the intercept phase, correct?
@Eggman:
Only fighters can intercept. Bombers, of either type, cannot.
Right, but the attacking bombers still get rolls at 1 in the intercept phase, correct?
AFAIK all aircraft engaged in a SBR Intercept get the opportunity to roll @1, both defensive and offensive units.
Hence flying 3 Ftr to escort 3 Bombers may discourage the defender from intercepting with their 3 Ftr because they are exchanging 10 IPC aircraft and unable to stop the SBR before the factories roll.
I thought Tac Bombers could intercept too… must re-reead the rulebook.
I thought Tac Bombers could intercept too… must re-reead the rulebook.
Tac Bombers may scramble to protect a seazone, but they cannot intercept.
