Orkney Islands - Luftwaffe will do the trick

[piotrekxg]

I'm writing this post for anyone who - like I did - have problems with Orkney Islands scenario. I started it 3 or 4 times and had really hard time (on Field Marshal level) before I realized that not Kriegsmarine nor Wehrmacht but Luftwaffe is the key to winning it - and winning it smoothly (I was done in 15 turns out of 30).
In my core force I had 5 Bf109, 5 Ju88a, 2 Bf110 and 2 Ju87r (and I elite replaced them to the top of their capacity even at the cost of not replacing land units) + whatever Auxilliary units. For the first couple of turns you don't really even need to place land units (except for just a couple to capture first airfield. It is very important to wipe out all enemy aircrafts and naval units (Ju88a are just perfect for this job) in sight, before you proceed with land/naval invasion. 5 turns (with clear sky) should be enough. Than the trick is to capture next airfield which is on the small island (12,27). To do that you need to use your ships to get rid of air defense and use paratroopers to take the island. Once air defense is down, you can use strategic bombers again to get rid of new group of enemy ships in the harbor. Once those ships are dealt with you can pull your land units and start invasion on the main island. Later it is the regular affair. Enemy defenses are not too strong but you need to move cautiously to avoid hidden warships. Use your ships to destroy anti aircraft defense, strategic bombers to destroy enemy ships and paratroopers to take next airfields on small islands - and so on.