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Once yourKaiserpunkcity becomes an industrial powerhouse, you’ll probably want to turn your production toward conquering the world - or at least part of it. Since the planet is covered in oceans and seas, and your starting position could even be an island, there’s a good chance that you’re going to need a naval invasion or two.
The tutorial’s third chapter covers the basics of troop transports, but leaves out some important details that can trip you up once you’re in a real campaign. Before you go centering all your plans on storming the beaches, here’s what you need to know.
How To Add Landing Ships And Carriers To Naval Fleets
Each navy that you deploy to the World Mapcan be upgraded with either Landing Ships to carry land armies or Carriers to transport air squadrons, but not both.That means that if you want to cross an ocean with air support for your infantry and tanks, you’re going to needat least two fleets, possibly more.
Like other unit upgrades, Landing Ships and Carriers can be added to a fleet byselecting the navy that you want to upgrade, then clicking thediamond with a plus sign in the upper-right corner of its info panel.From there, you can choose to add your selected upgrade, provided you have the necessary materials.
Upgrade Costs
These upgrades for navies aren’t cheap; you’ll need lots of materials to supply even a single fleet, as follows:
Bombs are available pretty early on and can be made in Munitions Factories, butMachine Guns are much harder to come by. They can’t be made in Factories untilMilitary Development rank 13, which can take a very long time to reach. Since they’re a Tier 4 resource, you’ll also have a tough time trading for them unless you havehuge amounts of other military goods to offer to other nations in return, as well as a secure trade route to ensure the shipment isn’t lost in transit.
If you start heavily restricted by water, in an area like Britain, Japan, or Australia,use the Market to meet other nations as quickly as possibleand trade aggressively for Military Development points to get to Machine Guns as soon as possible; your troops will be stuck in your island home until you do.
Loading And Unloading Troops From Transport Ships
Once a navy is outfitted with the appropriate transport upgrade, loading an army or squadron is as easy asmoving them onto the navy’s location from an adjacent land region.Air squadrons have a range of two regions from their home airfield, giving them a bit more range for this purpose.
After an army or squadron is loaded, you canselect their name on the bottom of the screento highlight them from the fleet’s current position. This can be used to upgrade or reinforce them, or tomove them back onto landwhen the time comes.
It’s usually a good idea tohave the fleet attack any defending land armies firstto soften them up before your own troops disembark.
