So I am a France main that just got destroyed in Multiplayer where I was alone fighting Germany without the UK as an ally.
A. I put up 1200 fighters
(1936 tech mostly, I did the math they are almost as effective as 1940 fighters based on the HOI4 Wiki at disruption) on Bomber interception (with level 2 radar covering all of Northern France)
vs
3000 enemy fighters(1940 tech) + 2500 enemy CAS(1936 tech).
The enemy airforce overwhelmed me, despite my radar bonus, and I pretty much did not inflict any disruption on their bombers. Ok I get it.
B. Enemy CAS then did logistics strike missions that destroyed my (regular, non-armored) trains, which accordingly decimated my supply lines and led to the collapse of the frontline.
What could I have done differently?
If my problem was "Ground Attack" on my troops I could have just inputted a bunch of AA batallions in my divisions(which I did) and negated enemy air superiority.
Similarly, I am looking how to negate enemy air dominance impact on supply delivery.
My questions to @Arheo & any others are as follows:
1. Does static AA protect supply networks in the Area from bombings?
AKA, if I build static AA, will it shoot down enemy aircraft doing the "Logistics Strike" mission? Will it reduce the damage inflicted on my supply network?
Also if so, should I then build AA in states through which my supplies will flow(AKA forget about areas without rails)?
2. Armored trains vs regular trains. How much more difficult (mathematically) are armored trains to destroy compared to regular trains?
I see their armor is 250, they cost 50% more. But does that mean each armored train is 250% more difficult to destroy than a regular train? What's the mathematics?
3. Any other way to counter enemy logistics strikes by asymmetric means(aka if I can't compare in terms of fighter production capacity with the enemy) that I am missing?
A. I put up 1200 fighters
(1936 tech mostly, I did the math they are almost as effective as 1940 fighters based on the HOI4 Wiki at disruption) on Bomber interception (with level 2 radar covering all of Northern France)
vs
3000 enemy fighters(1940 tech) + 2500 enemy CAS(1936 tech).
The enemy airforce overwhelmed me, despite my radar bonus, and I pretty much did not inflict any disruption on their bombers. Ok I get it.
B. Enemy CAS then did logistics strike missions that destroyed my (regular, non-armored) trains, which accordingly decimated my supply lines and led to the collapse of the frontline.
What could I have done differently?
If my problem was "Ground Attack" on my troops I could have just inputted a bunch of AA batallions in my divisions(which I did) and negated enemy air superiority.
Similarly, I am looking how to negate enemy air dominance impact on supply delivery.
My questions to @Arheo & any others are as follows:
1. Does static AA protect supply networks in the Area from bombings?
AKA, if I build static AA, will it shoot down enemy aircraft doing the "Logistics Strike" mission? Will it reduce the damage inflicted on my supply network?
Also if so, should I then build AA in states through which my supplies will flow(AKA forget about areas without rails)?
2. Armored trains vs regular trains. How much more difficult (mathematically) are armored trains to destroy compared to regular trains?
I see their armor is 250, they cost 50% more. But does that mean each armored train is 250% more difficult to destroy than a regular train? What's the mathematics?
3. Any other way to counter enemy logistics strikes by asymmetric means(aka if I can't compare in terms of fighter production capacity with the enemy) that I am missing?
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