Russian resistance is on the verge of collapse in the Kuban. F-190 is there last major stronghold in the theater. I'm sure it will be defended to the last....hopefully
With the loss of F-181(frame 4) our only twin-engine base in the North. The Knights BG will have to roll from F-21. This might be seen as a concern because of the distance in question(100 miles +/-) to target. I think the longer distance will give the knight time to achieve an effective bombing altitude on their ingress to target.
Northern fields still with air operations capability. F-184/2 steps..F-229/2 steps...F-234/2 steps...though 229/234 are over 100 miles to target.
Southerns fields are still intact from the previous frames. Note that southern fields are about 85-95 miles from F-190.
Getting shot down relative early in the frame I had the chance to observe enemy formations mustering on radar.
F-190(3 steps) can only roll Twin-Engines(Doolittle's) Two steps of the 4th FG were based at F-200 and the other step based at F-230 or F-20...When I was killed planes were rolling from F-200. I was jumped by a high section of 4th men that came in from the east of F-200 with alt. The Stalkers were based down south with their Mossies(F-25) which was closed early in the frame. They will not have Mossies for frame 5 due to F-190 being only a 3 steps. The 23rd initially I thought was based down south? They made a very early attack at F-19, so they must have been based very near. After that I never heard from them for the rest of the frame. Possible Fields for 23rd in frame 5....F-178 and F-20....this is purely speculation. Eagles and RCAF--->F-235/2 steps..F-18/2 steps and F-262/1 step. They are running out of relevant bases for an effective fighter cap on F-190.
With the Knights rolling almost 5 grids from F-190. It will take them some time to get online to pulverize F-190. Just thinking out loud here, but what do you think of a fighter sweep over the bases in question? 109's with drops....sweep the bases at alt....kill anything that comes up an opposes us...confuse them in thinking we're attacking their fields...basically throwing our Russian friends into disarray. With the enemy running like school girls to all ends of the map....we rejoin our Knightly Friends and give them an welcoming escort into F-190 for the big show.
With our bases being located far from the Russian bases...it might could difficult in keep fuel discipline. Drop tanks will be a necessity....especially for the northern fighter squads. This being a sweep....maybe have a hard deck set at 10K.....boom and zoom the enemy AC...Dog fighting with drop tanks is probably not a great idea....
Just some thoughts Dr. If this is something you might consider...I can start with time hacks from our northern and southern fields to respective targets...
If this sounds like a suicide/train wreck...not a problem. If you need help with anything... Time/hacks.....I have a couple days off this week...Just ask...
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