Attacking a Full Bridge Hex by Air

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

Howdy Guys, Going off sparse memory here......I read a book some time ago about the 12SS and there was a part in there where one of the higher ranking officers watched 3 P47s drop a bridge in the Seine? (is that the river that runs near Paris?) that was being used by the Germans to escape the Falaise massacre. 3 P47s.....pretty remarkable for the time. But some air units had been assigned bridge targets for awhile before D-Day, so they had a lot of practice. But also have read where more than one strike in more modern times was required to drop a bridge, one just never knows from one to the next.

I thought about bunkers and pillboxes the other day, bridges could also fit in there.....hitting them with air/naval/arty, I assume there would be some kind of damage just like a unit would suffer, so the next turn they would be say 90% instead of 100. Hit them again and the next turn they could possibly be even weaker, of course providing they are hit. Obviously, that would have to be tracked by individual bunkers, pillboxes and bridges. Also, modern ac carry a multitude of ordnance compared to WW2. That may be asking too much of the designers to provide a suitable quick fix. Perhaps it could be considered for future patches, but if it is decided to do it, I'd rather see it done right 2 yrs from now than see an unrealistic attempt in a month. I don't want them to be taken away from future games either, I'm still hoping for a Torch/Tunisia/Mareth combo. :)

The one thing I would rather see is the air strike/arty by map be split into two separate options. I understand in WW2, the arty would be harder to coordinate to fire with a spotter from a different div than it would be in mc due just to the communications alone. But even in WW2, many is the time ac would be flying around looking for targets of opportunity. I've seen it in games where I could spot with air recon and still not use an airstrike on it. If I was missing something, I have no idea what it was, but with ac scouring the countryside, I would think they could hit it because it was spotted by somebody.

I also agree with VM about the sarcasm. I say, if you are going to be sarcastic, at least come across as funny and entertaining about, not condescending.