i would agree with this, i mean 2 spits hit the buffs as soon as the went feet wet, had the brought more it would have been death to all 111's before going 7 miles deep into the channel.
The 2 simply kept taking slashing attacks while calling in everyone from the defense of the port. In fact, our sweep planes showed up 14 minutes prior to our scheduled arrival to mix it up over target. They even flashed bases to draw at least something in.
But the scouts spotting the main effort going feet wet drew P57s defense away from the port. Our sweep planes never contacted an enemy plane over port. Not until they were RTB from killing us.
Like I said. It was a perfect defensive strategy and had I been defending it I would certainly have done nearly the same thing.
That is strategy 101.
In my military mind, the only way to simulate the real situation is to put up some sort of restrictions on how far south the Allies can go at least until after a designated time (i.e. T plus 60). That would attempt to simulate the fact that during the real BoB. the fighters didn't scramble until radar picked up the Axis.
We simply got our butts handed to us. Then again, our other attack group made it in fine. So it probably balances in the end.
Also... ...I am NOT whining. At all. I was impressed by the defense we ran into. It was smart to place scouts to detect as early as possible.
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