The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[paullus99]

I never really pictured Stalin having any sense of humor at all....

[Lowpe]

Feb 14, 1942

Lousy Lightnings sweep a different base and shoot down 8 Oscar Ib for no loss.

Take a few more bases in Mindanao & SRA. Nothing to get super excited about, but I really need the resources they make.

Today, 5 unrestricted Naval Guard units show up for the Toyohara invasion. Kure SNLF is already at Kushiro, and the Imperial Guards are at Ominato awaiting a few more PP.

The counter invasion force loads today, and has to thread their way past a horde of Soviet and American subs to get to Toyohara, where a whole bunch of torpedo bombers will then threaten the invasion.

You can see the rock bottom supply at Tokyo...I moved the command HQ and supply west outside of bomber range of the Soviets.[;)] General Command is prepping for Wenchow, while Northern Army is overseeing the Toyohara invasion force.

[Lowpe]

The ground reinforcement...The Soviet front is pretty much on their own till May of 1943...a little here, a little there. Maybe what I can pull out of China in pinch and from Honshu with PP.

I have to take Singers, Java...hold Magwe and finish off Luzon. Fight in the Aleutians and take Sakhalin.

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: paullus99

I never really pictured Stalin having any sense of humor at all....

Stalin having any sense of humor

A gulag of laughs..

[Bif1961]

He killed them in Berlin in 1945.

[Lowpe]

Working on shifting troops to counter Soviets push Rashin and north. It is clear to me that Japan lacks the strength to hold without significant reinforcements and they are going to only come from PP purchases from Honshu, and the first batch is going to buy out the Imperial Guards for the Toyohara invasion.

Naval Guard reinforcements to Toyohara...get a foothold back on Sakhalin, and then look to either exploiting Sakhalin more, which quite frankly is super tough without air superiority, or sending reinforcements to Aleutians.

I am not sure if I can freely move troops from China to Manchuko. My guess is no.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Don't see this too often![:)]

Actually, I've never seen that before .... wow.

[X(][X(][X(]

I see it all the time, feels like.

[Lowpe]

Feb 15th, 1942

Off California, an Iboat strikes...

[Lowpe]

Soviets aggressive in the air...pounding Japanese troops everywhere they can.

[Lowpe]

Soviets attack and bombard across the entire southern front...

Small victory in the air today...

[Lowpe]

Soviet Front

[PaxMondo]

500 tanks!?!?!?!!!
[X(][X(][X(]
[&:][&:][&:]

[Lowpe]

Feb 16, 1942

Soviets keep pushing...total control of the air and huge tank/artillery heavy strikes make them a juggernaut.

Toyohara invasion is moving forward, but I can't really protect the resources except by naval bombardments and AA should I retake the base. In the longer run, I doubt I can afford to rebuild anything, except maybe the oil and that would take a complete reversal of where we are now....which won't happen till Summer if then.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

500 tanks!?!?!?!!!
[X(][X(][X(]
[&:][&:][&:]

You are so screwed [:'(][:D]

Still, lots of fun seeing a master at work.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

500 tanks!?!?!?!!!
[X(][X(][X(]
[&:][&:][&:]

You are so screwed [:'(][:D]

Still, lots of fun seeing a master at work.

Oh, come on. Half those 500 are halftracks/motorized support of some flavor.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

500 tanks!?!?!?!!!
[X(][X(][X(]
[&:][&:][&:]

You are so screwed [:'(][:D]

Still, lots of fun seeing a master at work.

Oh, come on. Half those 500 are halftracks/motorized support of some flavor.

Yeah. Who knows what kind of tanks those are?!?

[Lowpe]

I took two more bases...Roxas and another 21 resource base in China. Wenchow will be attacked soon...

I am moving armor out of China and into Manchuko. Japanese Tank regiments are kind of pitiful compared to Soviet divisions, which are just beasts.[:(]

[jwolf]

I wish the Soviet units displayed to a different color. As 1942 progresses, do the Soviets lose any units from Siberia that are called in for urgent needs in the home front?

[Lowpe]

Soviet Color really does stink!

They lose 5-7 divisions in November and a little later.

What a 250 kg bomb does to a Bt7.[:)]

[Grfin Zeppelin]

They make that up with mobility.
Here is a rare picture of the Toyohara invasion.