Cross Channel Sea Invasion?

[MarkC1]

In this game Me (Germany, Blue), China (LightPink), and France(Dark Pink) are at war with England(Orange).

We have destroyed England's navy that once outnumbered all three of us and are now looking to invade mainland England. France and I have conquered those tiny islands to the East of England while China has been launching Bomber attacks and Invasions against NorthWest England that has kept them off balance.

The English bomber force was destroyed but they are slowly rebuilding and their JetFighter Force is keeping good defense even against Stealth Bombers due to their numbers (around 60 jets). I have been launching limited bombing runs to their west from my mainland but since their bomber force has been rebuilding they have started to return the bombs and my people are growing restless.

So far all ships I have sent to bombard the coast have been destroyed by cruise missiles.

I am nuking them as fast as I can build Nukes which has resulted in some success but their SDI has got alot of them and they take along time to produce.

France is preparing an invasion on the mainland my question is should I launch an invasion also? At this point they outnumber all three of us in mech infantry but their moder armors have been used up on unsuccesful invasions of my territory.

So should I invade? Or keep building Stealth bombers and nukes to weaken them?

 

[tao]

In your game, the issue is somewhat unimportant, since you only have 9 turns to go till 2050.

My experience is, that the AI does not really defend its coastal cities well enough. Build 5 transports with 40 marines and attack. You should win. Bring in MIs, preferably also an MI army, lots of (radar) artillery and you have a strongpoint. If you can spy, select a city with barracks.

PS: I don't understand how cruise missels sunk your ships. Why did you stay so close to the coast?

 

[billindenver]

You don't have much time left to decide. If you're going to invade, you'd be best off shipping a settler and defensive units to England, plant a city, and rush an airport as Lucy suggested in a thread below. That way you can airlift you're army over there quickly. 9 turns isn't much time to accomplish much though.