G1 SBR on UK

Very nice detail, I will look at it tonight when I have more time.

In regards to the circumstances of France, you don’t need a single warplane to take W. France and France. 
2 Infantry, Artillery, Armor from Holland to W. France
the rest that can reach to France from Holland, W. Germany and S. Germany.  Just off the top of my head that’s 7@1 6@2 5@3 but I may be missing one or two dice somewhere.

As for your attack on England, I am wondering how that will effect your naval battles.  The question is, if you leave a destroyer on the map, England can sink your submarines and not sustain convoy damage.  So you are risking the AA Guns, the Interceptors and losing your submarines for this attack.  The other way, you risk a few submarines and do almost the same damage as you would have when you bombed them.  (6 per submarine so 3 to SZ 106 and 8 to SZ 109 on average which is the most possible.)

On round 2 you could (and I do) attack the complex with 2 strategics (average 10-12 damage) and the airbase (3 damage) and the naval base (3 damage) bringing your 5 fighters in as escorts.  The tacticals are really there to add more punch to your attack, should England send up interceptors, you dont want to bring all 5 since now they are also going to be subject to AA Gun fire, but 1 or 2 doesn’t hurt. (*4 shots have a good chance of all being misses, when it comes to the AA Guns.)

I see the allure.  I am questioning if this is really better than just having the submarines in position and out of danger.  On round 2 you can SBR them in addition to your submarines.  This may be the better path - especially if your intention is not to take England!  Watch them scurry, Russia drop a whole lot of mech infantry at great cost, England retreat back to England as fast as possible, America to put ships out in preperation of liberation attempts - them smash the Russian front lines with everything you have, landing troops in the north, pushing into the east and putting a complex in Romania (so you can put out a transport and sail around their front lines.)

See where I am going?  Less risk of losses, more damage.

@Spendo02:

I wasn’t really looking at the broad picture, but a specific and extreme display of what SRB does.  I saw SRB completely shut down Germany, and quickly.

It can shut England down too.  I just don’t think it’s wise to give up your attacks on the fleet just so you can do maximum production damage.  Kill the fleet, on round 2 start up maximum production damage, you have 2 free rounds to smash up England and crush their hopes and dreams, you dont have to do it on Round 1 if it will cost you more in the long run than another option would.

Spendo:  Your SZ 109 scenario is way less than 88%.  Add in 4 fighter scrambles (1 French, 3 British) from England/Scotland.    Not to be the burster of bubbles, but better that’s pointed out now than when you play a game, right?

Yes, the destroyer in SZ 109 is why the fighters scrambling can hit your attacking submarines.  You would have to hit in round 1 with your submarines and pray England does not get two hits in order to get that transport - that’s a risk I would not take.

@Cmdr:

Yes, the destroyer in SZ 109 is why the fighters scrambling can hit your attacking submarines.  You would have to hit in round 1 with your submarines and pray England does not get two hits in order to get that transport - that’s a risk I would not take.

Actually, if you are doing a SBR on England’s Airbase and succeed, England would not be able to scramble any planes into SZ109, 110 or 111, making an attack with only subs and few planes instead of many a very viable option. The only change I would suggest is hit SZ110 instead of SZ109. Also, your Germany Tac doesnt reach SZ111 unless you plan on building a Carrier.

@seiger83:

@Cmdr:

Yes, the destroyer in SZ 109 is why the fighters scrambling can hit your attacking submarines.  You would have to hit in round 1 with your submarines and pray England does not get two hits in order to get that transport - that’s a risk I would not take.

Actually, if you are doing a SBR on England’s Airbase and succeed, England would not be able to scramble any planes into SZ109, 110 or 111, making an attack with only subs and few planes instead of many a very viable option. The only change I would suggest is hit SZ110 instead of SZ109. Also, your Germany Tac doesnt reach SZ111 unless you plan on building a Carrier.

All combat is simultanious.  Unless that suddenly changed in Global 1940 - any damage you do to Air/Naval bases won’t take effect until after all your combats are resolved and you start Non-Combat.