The northern Oz bases start at ok levels in the Guad scenario, but most of them have a very low SPS making further expansion hard and expensive. In my experience scouting efficiency is extremely good with the latest patch, and if the search arcs are set up properly nothing should be able to make it into Moresby wihout being spotted well inside the Solomon sea. As you probably know from Grand Campaigns Cats flying out of Moresby reach well into the Bismarck Sea.
As far as bombardments go, I know there's at least two things one can do to improve their efficiency:
1) Use recon assets before the bombardment to raise the target's detection level as high as possible
2) Assign one of the TF's floatplanes to recon the target during the bombardment. It should act as a spotter for the ships, and this also shows up in the combat report.
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