[WarInEur] RE house rule for invasion

[Wardall Clark]

I think the problem here is that the rules protecting Great Britain from invasion are too effective.
 
For the allies to cross the channel they need to 
1) locate a relatively undefended spot, 
2)Have available a sufficient number of AMPHs and ATPs, and
3) be in position to beat off any opposing air points assigned to Sea Superiority
 
To this the Germans have to add, 
4) Have 3-5 SURFs available protect sea movement 
5) Have 4 or more TRANS available for reinforcements and supply needs
6) Have 2 or more SURFs on line to replace losses. 
7) Have 2 or more TRANS on line to replace losses. 
 
The german production system isn't up meeting all of these requirements simultaneously in 1942, 
let alone 1940.  
 
But what it the HIgh Seas intervention rules were modified? 
Right now, the destruction rate for an unescorted TRANS or AMP is 100% unless one of the 
Air Superiority/Air supremacy rules is in effect.  
        Now what if Air superiority was not required to use Sea Superiority missions to protect shipping? 
Depending on how the Air war is going, that could dramatically reduce the surface escort requirement 
but increase Axis and Brit Air losses overall. 
 
Right now, the Attrition of Axis SURFs protecting Naval movement is a six-sided die roll every week. 
If the Axis protects a move with 4 SURFs the average number of survivors is only 1.0, and because the 
counter limit is so low and the build time so long the losses probably can't be entirely replaced for 10 cycles.
This effectively precludes the Axis from conducting multiple sea movements. 
      Now what if the maximum loss was 4 in a week because the die involved was 4-sided? What if the four 
side die roll was influenced by the protection of German units on Sea Superiority .  A roll of 0-3 casualties 
means average losses of only 1.5 SURFs out of 4 involved.  The Kriegsmarine remains large enough for additional
escort missions and the invasion force remains supplied at least one week longer than with current rule  
 
Right now, the only High seas transport capacity the Axis has is the TRANS and AMPH units it builds.  They gain no capacity for 
the North Sea or the Channel by conquering France and the Low Countries, which has the unfortunately consequence that 
in WIE Great Britain is in no greater Danger if the Axis controls the Channel ports than if they are neutral.  
What if Holland has intrinsic Naval trans capacity usable on the North Sea within N hexes of Rotterdam; Belgium has a 
intrinsic AMPH capacity usable for three? hexes from its channel ports, and France has an intrinsic Transport capacity 
out of Brest or Ruoen?  By capturing these countries and Ports, the Axis acquires the bare minimum it needs for an invasion. 
Such forces might be usable not once per week, but once per cycle, so that the Axis would continue to need to build the 
TRANS to keep the invasion force in supply. 
 
BOB
 
> From: "Hansen" <ultrasoundimages at sbcglobal.net>> > North Africa tends to be very non-historical. The reasons are many, but the> way the game is set up, the smart move for the German is to withdraw all his> forces to Sicily and Sardinia. This leaves the wallies with the unpalatable> choice of waiting for the Americans or pushing Vichy into the Axis sphere.> > There are three key reasons North Africa fails as a simulation in WWII.> 1) France takes longer to die than historical.> 2) Sea Lion is an empty threat so the UK can send higher than historical> numbers of troops to North Africa.> 3) There really isn't much value in staying and the chances of getting> something worth while in going is pretty minimal.> > What if there was a house rule or option that made the Sea Lion a more> serious threat. Specifically, a ratio of German troops in France and the> lowlands compared to the number of UK troops in the UK. As the ratio falls,> the German's get advantages in conducting a Sea Lion invasion. If the> German's have air supremacy, then they get more advantages. Perhaps at a> certain ratio level, the German's get free movement/beach head across a part> of the channel and stay in supply as long as air superiority is maintained.> In short make it dangerous for the UK to strip England. > > It won't be until the German's move east to attack Russia that the UK can> breathe easy and send troops to North Africa.> > Just a thought.> 
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