Newbie on random Map

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TURN 14:


I've taken some more losses on the northern front to Turkey's armor so I decided it's time to fight fire with fire.



I wanted to wait to get the Anti-Tank gun but decided I couldn't wait. I want to start producing some sort of armor now before my infantry is mowed over. Maybe next turn or the turn after I'll get to some of the anti-tank weaponry.

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I also made a nice counter-attack against one of Turkey's armored units:





Note to self, attacking on at least 3 sides gives a significant bonus! Yay. I used that to good advantage on a number of other very successful counter-attacks on his armored infantry. I've also started to produce some armored cars of my own so he will soon have that to deal with as well.

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My other fear was realized, however, when I noticed that Turkey is making it's way down the west side of the map. I was hoping they'd be slowed by their westward travel through the forest, but they were smarter than I gave them credit for and landed an amphibious group on the northwest shore and are quickly working their way down to what I had hoped would be 3 more cities for me to capture.





I'm going to have to gear up a force more quickly than I planned over there now to counter act that threat.

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TURN 15:

Making some good progress on the northern front. After some initial concern about their armor over-running I've made some really nice counter-attacks that have started to break through their line.





I've even manage to cut one poor bugger off from his supply and he's just waiting by my city to be ready to be crushed. Nothing new on the eastern front. Still in a stale mate with the annoying rifle group by their harbor city. I figured out they had an HQ unit in the city which definitely impacted my attacks. I'm trying to slowly build up strength on the peninsula to make a decent attack to wipe him out once and for all.

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In the northwest it's as I feared, Turkey got their first. I setup a new HQ unit to help funnel troops up their to form a line and hopefully break through to get back those cities that I had pining for.

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TURN 16:

The northern front is where all the action is and it was a somewhat eventful turn. The turn started with an attempt by Turkey to break through my lines.





They drove in a good distance but stalled leading up to a counter-attack. That armor unit in the center is going to get a nice beating from my surrounding infantry teams. As you can see at the far right I've also finally come in contact with the Germans. In fact they took my town away from me. I plan to steal it back soon!

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TURN 17:

I finally got my Rifle II upgrade!





Hopefully that will help some against the armor. Infantry IS the backbone of my army so it should help as they are rotated into my divisions.

Nothing else much to report on this turn.

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TURN 18:

Took some heavy casualties this turn. I've decided it's time to get my some artillery to soften up the enemy targets before I go on the offensive:





In fact, since I've got extra cash I think I also pick up machine guns for defense in my units.

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The Northern front is turning into a real mess. I'm fighting 2 regimes, the Germans on the Eastern flank and Turkey in the center and far western flanks. My line is so long and I've taken so many casualties I'm having a hard time plugging the holes. I'm leaking and I'm leaking bad.





I went ahead and switched my production to produce more Rifle II units to quickly fill up the holes and try to get things back in order. I think I may also want to create some more HQ units to get bonuses to the units that are on the line and also another main HQ unit in the center of the line to more quickly get units there. Also next turn I'll start getting some artillery so hopefully that will help matters, particuaraly on the now strengthening German front. I have no reports of anyone else fighting each other so I feel a little overwhelmed at the moment fighting against 3 regimes. I also made a very poor decision this turn to launch an attack against China on my eastern front and my forces were decimated. I fully expect them to start pushing me back now on that front since I can't produce enough units at the moment to setup any sort of offense or defense in that area.

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TURN 19:

A day gone by and I'm feeling a little more optimistic. I produced my first artillery unit which couldn't come a moment too soon considering the force of Germans that I now face on my eastern flank in the north.





After reading some more After Action Reports on the forums today I realized that my infantry losses aren't so uncommon and in fact other campaigns have suffered much higher losses. That being said, I still feel like I need to get more defensive units up and running which is why I've upped my production of machine guns.

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TURN 20:

The Chinese took one of my cities in the East but I'm driving my forces that way so I don't expect them to last there long.

More interesting to me at the moment is the northern front where Germany is pushing hard into the Turkish left flank while I push north. The Turks have pushed through my line with one of their armor but you can see between me and Germany they are nearly cut from their supply.





As can also be seen in the mini map in the right Germany has split Turkey in two. With me coming from the South and west and Germany from the North and East, I think the Turks will be in real trouble very soon. Then I just need to worry about Germany. :-/

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TURN 21:

The Chinese made a mistake by leaving their HQ undefended in a forward position.





I don't plan on wasting the opportunity to rid myself of it!

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On the Western front things are Also looking very good for me at the moment.







Pushing the Turks back on both sides. That plus the German push is making things very difficult for this Regime.

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TURN 22:

Things are still going smoothly. The Turks are nearly surrounded by me and the Germans, and they're losing more ground on the Western front. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I bought the fighter technology a few turns ago.

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TURN 23:

On the Eastern front I've recaptured my city and continue to make progress towards the port city once and for all.





I can't really tell if the Chinese have anywhere else besides their single city on their home island. It's hard to tell on the mini-map since I made them almost the same main icon color as Germany. I'll have to remember not to do that next time around.

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TURN 24:

I'm still pushing the Turks back as well as the Chinese on the Eastern Front. But I'm a little concerned to discover the Germans have Medium Tank II already and all I have is Armored Car and no Anti-Tank units whatsoever:





On the PLUS side I have already begun building my air-force and I see no evidence of the same from either Turkey or Germany. Soon I'll get the Bomber technology and those Medium armor better watch out! In the meantime I purchased the AT gun to protect against the German's tank regiments.

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TURN 25:

While the Northern front remains in contention the eastern and western fronts are going quite well. The Eastern front in particular you can see that the Chinese are cut off and low on reserves as my forces continue to push towards the port.

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Similarly the Turks are cut off in the Western front and with their attention focused on fighting me and Germany on their south flank I doubt they can mount a serious defense at this point.

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TURN 26:

The northern front is holding strong and I'm making progress into the Turkish interior as well as German territory. I am just outside the German city of... Porkeen? Ummm... hehe


Anyways, here's a visual to get an idea of where things are heading.









My plan is to continue on the western front and demolish the Turks so I can begin to build up a front on the Germans to eventually push them into the Ocean... just like I'm doing to the Chinese at the moment!

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TURN 27:

This turn started with a summary that included more opponent losses then losses on my side for once. Also it looks like the Turks are pushing through in an attempt to outflank me but they have left themselves over-exposed to counter-attack.