1.05.42 Axis AI vs fulkerson

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the beginning of turn T7 stats

[larryfulkerson]

Here we have some air groups that changed types of planes via the game engine. In turn 1 I set all the air groups to manual
upgrade. So these groups that changed recently must be groups that formed since I set the upgrade to manual. So I guess that means
that the default for the game engine is 'auto' on the upgrade flag.

[larryfulkerson]

27 U-2VS's were lost to combat, only 15 were built, and I have 500+ of them in the pool because I disbanded all 10 of the U-2VS groups.
See the bottom of the list.

[larryfulkerson]

56 IAD is an airbase parked near Moscow and it didn't have any planes on it. So I went to assign some planes to it and found only
those who have too few ready planes to fly a mission this turn. But then I thought, the planes that need service from an
air base support group are those who have planes to repair....groups that won't fly. So I thought I'd assign the planes that were needing
service to the wrong 'type' of air base just to have some planes repaired. So now I'm wondering if planes assigned to the NR get
repaired while they are there or if they really need to be assigned to an airbase to be repaired. Since I don't know I'm thinking I should
park some airbases near Moscow that don't have any planes on them yet just so I can fly those needing repair to them. Maybe I can
eventually get the hang of fllying the 'bad' ones to Moscow and the 'good' ones back out into the field. Cool.

EDIT: Or easier yet, just rail the airbase to and from Moscow with the planes still on it. In to repair, out to fly missions. Just a thought.

[larryfulkerson]

While I was horsing around with the air bases I just happened to notice that none of my VVS air bases has any planes on them. Zero
planes. No wonder no partisan missions are being flown. Maybe I was a tad too fast in deleting all those U-2VS's. They could be
flying supply missions now. Well, live and learn.

[larryfulkerson]

I just now made a movie showing the Axis moves from turn 1 throu turn 7.  It's 13 Meg big but it's probably worth downloading and unzipping just to open the
GIF file with your browser and watch over and over the Axis move from Prussia to Leningrad.  Just a thought.

Click here to download the moves movie T1 - T7


Here's the Axis turn 7 moves:

[larryfulkerson]

There was an attack on my northernmost outpost ( upper left of map ) but my boys beat them. And it was 1:2 odds so I'm thinking
maybe they CAN hold their ground on this end of the line.

[larryfulkerson]

I did a bunch of bombing of units mostly just to run the Axis out of supplies faster but this time I saw a good proportion of hits.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Soviet turn 7 moves:

[larryfulkerson]

I'm going to rail all the Heavy Industry out of Leningrad while I still have the rail cap to do so.

[larryfulkerson]

I need to remember to next turn give the most experienced fighter pilots the latest model aircraft. That way I can maximize the chances
of getting more kills.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the end of turn T7 stats:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the beginning of turn 8 stats:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the turn 8 Axis moves and their attacks:

[larryfulkerson]

I did a recon by cursor and found the Axis rail near Riga to be this:

[larryfulkerson]

20,000 trucks were mobilized and I got some from Lend Lease so the number of trucks finally surpasses the need for them. Whoot!

[larryfulkerson]

I looked at a sort of the morale of the air groups and moved the lowest of the morale dudes to the NR.

[larryfulkerson]

I got a look at the refit / reserve status of the units and I've found that about 60% of the force is in refit.

[larryfulkerson]

I did a bunch of bombing of units and got a lot of good hits. I decided to rail some stuff out of W. Moscow just for the heck of it.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the turn 8 Soviet moves: