blue emu said:
Since the Russians would be the main beneficiaries of any such intensive Bombing campaign, I would probably play as the USSR.
I second that although could be interesting to play the UK and just give the Russians the chance to do the hard work. It wouldn't be the real and actual gameplay variant others could use but as an experiment you could isolate your neat little island and see what effect this has on the AI itself. Hope you got the point
Is there any general interest in this idea?
There is interest beyond the very borders of interest.
Short: Yes!
Should it be done as an AAR or as another general-interest thread?
I'd make it a general-interest thing. It would have the appearance of a guide which it definitely should be (just like Kanitatlans
IC-whoring and your
300-subs experiments).
IMHO, a couple of screenshots would be nice, not too much just on some important breaking points.
What should my target force-strength be? 48 Squadrons of Bombers with Escorts?
48 Squads!?
Well, I, personally, love to use Strats and from my experience up to 12 are enough to seriously harm the enemies industry so that you get large benefits from it. Those benefits do mostly come not only from the reduced IC capacity but from the therefore resulting loss of TC. On the other hand I never tried to do an experiment like this.
Are you gonna battle the Germans regularly on the ground or will you try to put up a massive defense line and see to which point you can harm them so you'll be able to push over with virtually no resistance. In the sedcond case go for as much as you can get (so 48 squadrons are a godd number to target).
What should my goals be? To reduce the Germans to one Tech Slot (ie: below 20 ICs) and keep them there?
Depends. If you chose a variant like playing a 'third nation' like in my UK example above time would be interesting. I mean the time it takes you to build up, reduce their IC to a constant level, the time germans need to finish of france etc.
If you are going the CCCP road I'd favor to see when the point comes where Germany is simply 'breaking' due to their lack of TC / supplies (like explained above).
Another (and maybe the best) observation would be to just document the general effect.
May I propose something totally different. When you are finished with this one would you allow me to pour it (and the 300-subs guide) into a fitting and neat presentation in PDF format so we could distribute it to a wider 'audience'?