The confusion seems to be in you’re holding back naval ships for naval bombardment. The advantage about scrambling planes is that it forces the attacker to commit all their naval ships regardless if they want to or not. That’s why it is sometimes wise to scramble in a losing battle if the enemy is relying on bombardment for victory. The easiest situation would be when Japan invades the Philippine islands. If Japan was so aggressive that all they brought was two infantry with two cruisers as example. I would scramble the fighter in that situation because while I will lose the sea battle, if you choose to invade the island after the battle, you’re doing it without naval support which gives my defending infantry a better chance at winning.
How many Air Bases and Naval Bases are there?
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For the entire Global game, just how many Air Bases and Naval Bases are there?
I want to get mine ready from Litko for the game.
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Pacific has 16 air and Europe has 14 air, for a total of 30. Pacific and Europe each have 16 naval, for a total of 32.
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Wow! that many air and naval bases. In Pacific 1940 there were only 11 airbases (9 Allies and 2 Japanese) and 10 naval bases (8 Allies and 2 Japanese). Kriehund, are you saying that they added 6 more naval bases and 5 more air bases just on the Pacific side of Global?
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No. That’s how many base counters come with the games. It didn’t occur to me that Shakespeare may be asking how many are in the setup. The Europe setup has 9 airbases and 11 naval bases.
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Oh, that make since, and alot better. I was wondering how so many bases whould have worked. Thanks Krieghund……