@BadSpeller:
And so the Great Debate starts….“the best G1 purchases and moves are…”! :-)
And so the GRAND BELLYACHING begins. Noone is happy with anything in this forum. For chrissakes…
ANYWAYS, the Italian Navy only dies if Germany allows it to. IF on G1 the German Luftwaffe hits SZ 110 and the Germans send 2 U-boats to SZ 106 and 3 to SZ 109 it leaves the British in a very tough situation. If it sacrifices that carrier (and especially destroyer) to kill the Italian Navy then it will undergo 3 IPC convoy disrupt from Canada and 6(!) IPC convoy disrupt from UK itself. That is 9 bucks A TURN for potentially a very long time.
Besides, the Italians get two different sea zones with transports if I’m not mistaken so at least one should probably survive even with an all-out UK assault. AND after Italy takes Greece and Southern France and grabs Egypt, and when the Germs or Japs get their air force around to killing the Allies’ Med fleet, they get 27 BUCKS A TURN. That’s no small amount in my humble estimation. Cruiser/Destroyer/Transport every turn.
Though maybe I’m just a complete idiot and you whiners are the smart people in the room. I must be totally wrong about this because noone here ever complains if there isn’t a great reason to.