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Battlestations: Midway/Battle of the Sibuyan Sea (edit)
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The Americans have the skies uncontested, but the Japanese can still encroach on your airspace, trying to hit the ''Iowa'' in particular with torpedo bombers. Therefore the first thing you're going to want to do is bomber rush the enemy airfields with everything you have. Don't be foolish to think your bombers are impervious, a skilled fighter pilot could knockout enough bombers to keep his airfield intact. | The Americans have the skies uncontested, but the Japanese can still encroach on your airspace, trying to hit the ''Iowa'' in particular with torpedo bombers. Therefore the first thing you're going to want to do is bomber rush the enemy airfields with everything you have. Don't be foolish to think your bombers are impervious, a skilled fighter pilot could knockout enough bombers to keep his airfield intact. | ||
The airfields can start by putting up as many B-17s and B-25s as they can, and massing them either around the airfield or around the shipyard to the south. Once they're all in formation, select all the B-17s and have them strike one airfield, and have all the B-25s hit the other. Be aware though, | The airfields can start by putting up as many B-17s and B-25s as they can, and massing them either around the airfield or around the shipyard to the south. Once they're all in formation, select all the B-17s and have them strike one airfield, and have all the B-25s hit the other. Be aware though, the B-25s carry fewer bombs then the B-17s and are also weaker, so the airfield they attack may survive. Enemy Gekkos will rise to stop you, but ultimately against that many bombers, there's nothing anyone can do. | ||
[[Image:BSM_IowaNJ_Team.PNG|left|thumb|The Iowa and the New Jersey together can take on anything.]] | [[Image:BSM_IowaNJ_Team.PNG|left|thumb|The Iowa and the New Jersey together can take on anything.]] | ||
Once the airfields are out of commission, start deploying bombers against the enemy warships. Don't bother with Lightnings anymore, as you've neutralized all their air power. The B-17s are also moot at this point, considering they cannot be equip with torpedoes, you may be tempted to do a low level carpet bomb against the battleships with one, but the deck armor of a battleship makes bombs fairly ineffective. If you want you can deploy some dive bombers against the enemy shipyard, since it is often left completely undefended, but the ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi'' are the biggest threats and should be neutralized as soon as possible. | Once the airfields are out of commission, start deploying bombers against the enemy warships. Don't bother with Lightnings anymore, as you've neutralized all their air power. The B-17s are also moot at this point, considering they cannot be equip with torpedoes, you may be tempted to do a low level carpet bomb against the battleships with one, but the deck armor of a battleship makes bombs fairly ineffective. If you want you can deploy some dive bombers against the enemy shipyard, since it is often left completely undefended, but the ''Yamato'' and ''Musashi'' are the biggest threats and should be neutralized as soon as possible. | ||