There's two phases, Sealion itself, and then the battle of the supply chain to the beachhead. Sealion is 72 hours. The supply chain battle could last into 1941 or even 1942. In terms of the KM vulnerability, it's more vulnerable for Sealion than during the supply phase. This is because (a) shipping density is very high for the invasion, very low for the daily supply requirements; (b) once the beachhead is established, the mine barriers on each flank get thicker and thicker, the coastal batteries on the English side get more numerous and more effective, and the RN becomes less and less able to get into the shipping channel, (it doesn't appear to me Sandhurst simulated this aspect of Sealion, the increasing difficulty the RN encounters just getting into the shipping channel as time goes on. If not, this would borders on outright diingeniousness on the part of the game masters). As the minefields evolve and Siebel Ferry/MFP production ramps up to the 100's per month, the British are in trouble.
What mine fields? the KM had 2 actual mine layers and a few converted boats that could in lay mines. The British had how many mine sweepers? Not mention KM minelayers won't last long on the channel.
What coastal batteries on the English side, any coastal batteries on the English side will be English and not German!
Seriously you making up entirely imaginary forces now!
It's irrelevant anyway as the Supply chain battle will last as long as there are Germans on British soil which is to say not very long at all.
Sandhurst didn't model this fantasy 2nd stage because they realised dead German don't need supplies, and captive ones have their supply needs taken care off by their host!
Figure that air supply must be done by night to avoid the RAF fighters and that the standard radio navigation aids are used to ensure drop accuracy. I don't think these can be jammed because the drop zones are on the coast with no British territory between the transmitters and the receiving aircraft.
I'm not 100% sure what you are actually referring to,
do you mean the navigation beams the LW used to use? (yes they can be jammed or spoofed, no they're not that accurate they were used for hitting cities not the kind of small scale drop sites)
What, this RAF with AIM-9L sidewinders again? Get it through your head. Fighter command cannot stop the Luftwaffe from generating massive numbers of combat sorties in the Channel in September 1940. They can attrite, they can degrade, they can screen, but they cannot stop. The LW cannot stop the RAF either.
Yes you said this already, once again repeating the same unsupported assertion doesn't make it less wrong.
No need for sidewinders what you seem to be ignorant off is that the LW will have two choices try and stop the RN and get shot out the sky because it concentrating on the RN , or try not get get shot out the sky by concentrating on the RAF, but that means ignoring the RN and their job. Third option attempt to do both, succeed at neither. (Of course since they can do the first job anyway as the LW isn't great at hitting fast moving RN ships and on top of that there's more than enough RN to do their job so they can take some hits).
It's very simple the only way Sealion works (and even then only this part of it) is if the LW can stop the RN from stopping the invasion "fleet", if they can't they are wasting their time. Now the RAF only has to stop them doing that job to win, of course if they also shoot doen large chunk of the LW that extra win.
However again you seem to be doing this victory condition maths in your head that if a German force is not completely 100% stopped it therefore achieves it's victory aims, (weather that's the LW here, or some barges get through, or even a few soggy Grremans make it ashore) that's really not how it works.
The Pacific War in 1942 - fighter defenses could not stop bomber attacks being made even from 500 miles away.
I almost hate to ask but what need ill matched scenario are you fancifully comparing too now?!
BUt OK you want to send bombers (as in all of them and not just your Ju87's), fine as I said ealier LW bombers were shit at hitting the RN, they need Torpedo bombers (and to be trained in their use) they have neither.
I love how in this Sealion battle the RAF and RN are making all-out efforts with suicidal levels of determination, but the Luftwaffe is, what, on vacation or something? The LW for Sealion has 2,000 or more combat aircraft of all types, plus more that can fly in from Norway and Italy. They have a massive, well supplied, well prepared air base network on the coast of France capable of generating large numbers of combat sorties for the entire LW. Their invasion picks a sunny day with calm waters. The RN attacks at or before dawn into waters less than 50 miles from practically the entire Luftwaffe. How do you figure that 2,000 aircraft can't generate an average of 3 combat sorties each on game day in those conditions?
Oh Jesus, what 2000 planes have they got, what crews have they got? Which are they using? This is a direct continuation of the BoB. Yes of course the LW will do it's best but it's already tried that and lost, and there's nothing new in Sealion to change that. Will they shoot some RAF down yep, will they even sink or stop some RN yep most likely. But they won't be able to do what you suggest and they will instead of losing and calling it a day as they did in the BoB, they likely cease to exist as a meaningful force trying this in this manner and will need to be built from scratch, men and machines.
There is nothing in the Battle of Britain analogous to the levels of effort the LW and RAF would devote into the first 72 hours of Sealion. For Bob, half a sortie per day was fine - the campaign was lasting months. For Sealion, game day is 24 hours, not 90 days. It's not about a series of programmed raids stretched out over the course of months. It's a winner take all slugfest in the Channel where the absolute maximum number of sorties needs to be generated in 72 hours.
Ahh so you think the LW weren't really trying during the BoB, and you came to this explanation because the RL sortie rate from the BoB even during periods of maximum effort are not enough for your made up bullshit sortie numbers.
Because the resupply effort can be made strong enough that the British can't collapse the pocket.
1). the resupply effort has to come via sea (and so through the RN) or air (and so through the RAF) there won't be much getting through.
2). It doesn't matter because unless you work out a way to transport Panzer divisions (with support), and artillary formations (with support) there's still just the same under quipped infantry and will get pushed back to the sea where the RN will shell them.
3). these pockets will be under constant artillery barrage because frankly there's there nothing in the German pocket to stop it.
Meanwhile, the British have lost Gibraltar and Malta,
What?
the Germans have occupied Tunisia and are pushing through to Egypt in strength,
What, what?
the Italians are holding on in East Africa, the Soviets have occupied Iran.
What the fuck!
In the Atlantic, the British are watching the Twins and Bismarck run rampant because the Admiralty thought it would be a good idea to commit the KGV's and BC's to the Channel.
Sealion as a diversion for this might work (it would be expensive but what ever), but given the Sealion will be overin days they better be quick!
