@teslas:
@calvinhobbesliker:
How do you do Taranto and Tobruk at the same time? Are you assuming a bid?
1: I never assume bids. Bids are for pansies (this is not an invitation to begin talking about bids).
2: This is from memory, so forgive me if I’m off:
Do the standard Taranto crap like you’d always do it:
DD/CR/CA + tac from off of Egypt -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Fighter from Malta -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Optionally, 1x Strat bomber from London -> SZ 97 (lands on malta)
Optionally, 1x fighter from London -> SZ 97 (with the intention of landing on the carrier in 97)
This should be able to have favorable odds against SZ 97 with or without a german plane there to scramble. Bringing the fighter puts London in a weaker position against a possible Sea Lion, but if you go 6x inf/1x fighter on UK1 you’re very probably still fine.
Fighter from Gibraltar -> SZ 96 (to land in malta)
Cruiser from off of Gibraltar -> SZ 96
This should be able to kill one destroyer with zero issues.
Move all of your Alexandria forces -> Tobruk
1x Mech from Egypt -> Tobruk
Use your transport off of Egypt to pick up inf/art and land them in Tobruk.
With that, the odds are something like 60% in your favor. Even if you lose, you’ve murdered a lot of Italians. If Germany puts a fighter on Tobruk, then you shouldn’t do this as the odds drop down to something dismal. If you can afford to bring an extra plane into the fight, say because you want to be ballsy with Taranto (because there’s no german plane on S. Italy?), use your tac bomber from your carrier to instead do Tobruk. Your odds shoot up significantly, or it allows you to attack the Tobruk stack even with a German fighter there.
If you want to try to save your ���� in SZ 96, you can build an air base on Malta, though this puts London at serious risk. The potential cruiser and transport there usually aren’t worth the risk to London. You’re saving 19 IPCs by spending 15, but risking your capital, and keeping the transport alive isn’t crucial to any britain med tactic I am aware of.
teslas is right calvinhobbesliker, he said what I was going to say and more.