Duce Lewis 3 Posted June 12, 2009 Getting the feel of BHH hasn't been exactly smooth for me I've had sparse playing time and P2 tactics just don't seem to work anymore I've always taken on all comers and loved duking it out, even with 3:1 odds A few rules; stay high, fight from the outside in, keep your energy up was all I needed Now the front line has real significance, AI is much improved and work in tandem, my beloved DVII doesn't rule the sky vertically anymore Even deadsticks aren't as easy as they used to be All added up, I've left a lot of pilots on the wrong side of the lines, captured or in canvas coffins Tonight I was assigned a Close Air Support Mission 15 miles behind enemy lines I lead with a flight of 5 (D7's), Ace flight follows with 3, and we meet 3 Hannovers to bomb French airfields Gulp ...time to start thinking up a new name Well, we took off, formed up, and spotted the CIII's Didn't get through our orbits when 2 Spad's started to dive on B Flight Decision time, the Hannovers break towards the front and there're Dr1's nearby Shift W a few times and we're off following the Hannovers It hurts to leave B Flight but there was really no good decision to make Closing on the airfields, 6 Spads show up, 1 O'Clock low New strategy; Stick with the bombers and try to avoid them Two of the Hannovers break right and the 3rd continues on straight Argh, tough to let him go but we stay with the larger group The Spads are climbing fast and no-doubt will be on the Hannovers soon We break right curving over the top of them Assigned targets as fast as I could and sent the boys down Followed in and made several passes, trying to drive the Spads down Finally latched on to 1 and poured in lead till he lurched and spun down Still had a lot of height and returned to the target to see what remained of our formation The boys did a great job, shooting down or driving the Spads off And 1...2...3, the Hannovers are all still there But wait there's 1 more Spad moving towards the CIII's! 1st instinct was to dive on him But he's low over one of the target airfields (flak gardens) and the Hannovers are above him Changed tactics and flew over the CIII's, watching the Spad closely Eventually the Spad made his move, climbing on the CII's over open terrain Nose down and 1 screaming pass sends him down smoking Zoom climbed and I'm over the Hannovers again 2 Wingies remaining As we form for the return trip, 2 more Spads show up heading right for us We climb on the approach and make a slicing attack on them The Spads manuerver pretty well at 1st, but 1 long burst sends 1 running The wingies team up on the 2nd It was beautiful to watch their tactics from above Tempted to join the fray but why expose myself when they have the situation well in hand Return trip was uneventful Think I've formulated a new set of tactics when flying behind enemy lines Stay high ...then fly a little higher Don't worry about victories, just drive them down and off Perform the duty required for the mission and save the heroics for our side of the lines Avoid conflict that is not required for the mission Think before you act, there's usually more than 1 method of attack, choose the safer Time will tell if these tactics work out I just pulled up my next mission ...Close Air Support behind enemy lines Cheers, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayo 0 Posted June 12, 2009 Think you got the right tactics there Duce,so far the D.7 is the crate i survive the longest in,so long as i fly defensive most of the time. Those Spad.13's are great to fight against,im currently with Jasta75 in the Alsace (lovely area) and have fought against the Americans on numerous occasions,the boom and zoom tactics the Spads employ arent so effective against the D.7. Wonder how it will fare against the Snipe when it comes into the fray? The British are very aggressive flyers at the best of times! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
