The deception comes in the mastery of threat potential and power
Having your opponent fear what you “could” do, as opposed to what you actually choose to do.
To clearly understand the concept, throw 4 German or Japanese bombers on the board, and see how that limits the allies options instantly. Â And then see how many times you calculate for those bombers in different locations on the same turn.
You cant hold Yunnan because he could attack with ground troops and 4 bombers.
Your fleet can’t make a stand at Okinawa because he could attack with everything, but the 4 bombers swing it in his favour.
You can’t stay at Hawaii for the same reason. Â etc.
It’s not that he has 12 bombers that can do all these things, but the deception is that you are calculating for those bombers at the same time. Â
The effective response is what we call dog piling, or flooding, or as some prefer “Dog Flooding” Â where you just do all of the above, and force your opponent to choose, because either way you make progress on 2 of the 3 fronts.