@cornwallis said in Can Tac Bombers Escort a Bombing Raid, but choose not to bomb?:
@panther but what if you send them in to bomb an air or Naval base, then they do participate in the dog fight?
Yes.
Why is Taranto raid so popular?
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The reason I do Taranto is to try and shut down Italy before it gets anywhere do UK can focus on helping Russia and U.S. against Germany.
So, for those who don’t, what happens next? Are you able to keep Cairo? Doesn’t Italy get into the Middle East quickly and create a problem with their income?
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@oysteilo i meant conservative in the sense of minimizing risk to the UK (and i assume that minimizing risk to the UK means that they have at least maximized their options for the future). It almost functions as a pin and leaves Italy to terrorize poor old greece for a turn. I suppose it takes awhile to get an ACC for italy if you can’t get any bonuses… i’m starting to like the SZ92 stack more and more…
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@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…
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The purpose of the airbase at Gibraltar is to defend Egypt. You can have 5 (2 from carrier and 3 from gibraltar) planes in Egypt round 2. Most likely italy can not take egypt then. You can also use the transport to move the aa gun and inf from malta to egypt. The india transport can activate Persia which also gives you two men for egypt. So its easy to field 1 aa gun, 3 inf and 5 fighters/tac to Egypt round 2. Egypt will not fall
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@oysteilo said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
Egypt will not fallI love it!
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Well, this page sounds like a repetition of the first page. I btw never lose Egypt even if I do not attack 97 in UK1.
Oysteilo and I thoroughly explained you the risks and downsides of Taranto, the required odds, if you go for it, the importance of a sub as a bid as well as the strategic considerations, the advantages of the Gib bastion UK1.
Reminder: both, Taranto and Gib Bastion are viable. One can‘t even tell what to do before seeing the map after J1.If you don’t believe us, so be it and happy Taranto at 75% odds in all of your games :-)
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@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…
The AB also protects Gib for you as you can bring the planes over from there if required.
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i’ll take all my battles at 3:1 in my favor!
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@JDOW said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
@Aaron_the_Warmonger said in Why is Taranto raid so popular?:
@oysteilo O my, i forgot the airbase goes on the rock, which makes it very effective in defending future US ships to the west… man… this is getting juicy…
The AB also protects Gib for you as you can bring the planes over from there if required.
This should read: The AB also protects EGYPT…!
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@JDOW I knew what you meant. Going to try the GIBASTION next Global game.
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