Was testing the LuftWaffe Commander Campaign,
and the unfortunate fact that the Bomb In Trail option does not always work.
Well.. it sometimes works, but it is not a clean crisp ON or OFF switch.
JUST FOLLOW MY DAMNED COMMANDS, ya fakking punks!
All too often my Mission orders are not obeyed. And the "Bomb in Trail" order is not followed.
Hey.. I guess that the LufWaffe Officers were ALL assholes & idiots, and never ever followed orders?
Maybe 1 in 10. The Nazi Party members were assholes & idiots.
Anyway.. I think... kind of... how to turn Bomb In Trail on. Although this does not always work 100%.
JUST FOLLOW ORDERS! for chrissakes.
The turn ON key seems to be with flying as 2nd Staffel Fox Leader, tho I ain't 100% sure.
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When I bomb the Itchen River aircraft factories, I want Bomb In Trail!!!
I know how to set up the approach to Target, too.
This time I set up Bomb In Trail, and it worked.
One Gruppe Ju88s with two Gruppen of Emils and one Gruppe of Me110s. (I never attack with less than 2:1 odds. 3:1 is better)
Load Up!
Bombers in Trail before Dog Leg Way Point. OK I got Bomb In Trail for the bombers.
And 3 Gruppen of fighter escorts.
Which are also in Trail formation, which I DO NOT WANT, and is NOT Standard Operating Procedure.
Well.. the Germans are all idiots, I guess, in this war game. They are coded to lose.
I sent up a lot of Hardware into the air.
Like I always say... I don't like 1:1 odds.
RAF sent up 3 Squadrons.
Some of the interceptors penetrated the escort screen and were getting close into the bomber formation.
I had to stop being a casual observer, and man the guns!
I had to do some shooting, but the escorts engaged the RAF and chased them away!
Got more escorts than I needed.
You can never have TOO MANY escorts.
The RAF is busy with my escorts.
Approaching Southampton, Anti Aircraft Command guns are the last line of defense.
I usually lose 3 bombers to this heavy, but inaccurate FLAK.
This is why I demand that Bomb In Trail should work , as ordered!
It currently does not, 100% of the time.
Bomb in Trail is "The Order Of The Day" when bombing the Itchen River factories.
Can often HAMMER the the Woolston factory, and lay collateral damage on the other aircraft factories,
if you line up the ASSAULT approach well.
Time to get OUTA HERE!
Fading away from some of the Southampton HAA range of fire,
I see two Sraffeln of escorts doing Target Patrol, getting FLAK from some HAA guns that are too far north to shoot at the bombers.
