Kane and Unable ;] - Game over 1945.

[Mike McCreery]

2nd attack goes in at Chungking. MrKane reinforced with 6 units in between battles. There are essentially no more reinforcements for him. Another attack will happen in 5 days once the wounded divisions are swapped for fresh(er) ones.

[obvert]

That's a grind but looks like it'll pay off soon!

[Mike McCreery]

Third attack goes in at Chungking

[obvert]

Well that moved things in the right direction at least. Tough losses, but that should seal the deal and following attacks, assuming a forts reduction to level 1, should be much easier.

[Mike McCreery]

4th Attack on Chungking

He is showing signs of weakness now. 4 - 5 days and I re-arrange the troops for one more attack.

[Mike McCreery]

It took 2 more attacks for Chungking to be liberated.

[Mike McCreery]

Late July 1945

With the fall of Chungking, the Allies gain the points lead for the first time since forever.

[Mike McCreery]

Miri, CRB, Shanghai and Palembang are still holdouts. CRB and Miri get bombed daily weather permitting. They are still in supply with good defenses. I am hoping supply becomes an issue at some point.

[Mike McCreery]

Takao is getting hit with 4-5 battleship bombardments per day and massive air attacks. It is a lvl 6 fort so the air is not doing much but the bombardments are tearing up the island. I am moving tanks over for a final battle here. The base should succumb within 2 weeks allowing me to focus on other bases to the north.

[Mike McCreery]

Chinese troops cannot strat move and the rail system is horrible. There are about 3000 AV in the north near Sian that will move north and east clearing the way. There are 1700 AV heading northeast toward Ichang. It will take nearly 2 months to get the troops from the center of China near Chungking to the east side of the map near Peiping. Also there is a strong holdout in the center of the continent at Changsha/Wuchang/Hankow.

China will be responsible for besieging Peiping and Tientsin.

[Mike McCreery]

Shanghai is 3600AV of piss and vinegar. I have over 5000 AV, most of it 100% prepped for the base. Once Formosa drops I can swing the battleships over and try to cause some disruption before an assault.

During this time I will move troops from Tsingtao over to Korea. I need to be able to put enough force on the beach to not have it immediately in trouble. The troops and tanks from Formosa should be enough for 4000 AV + to do the job. I am guessing 2 weeks to a month to get this operation moving.

[Mike McCreery]

The Bear Awakens....

In 2 turns I get my hands on another 28,000AV. JOY!!! I have been planning this for 6 months and it is a pretty pathetic plan given that much time ;]

The move is going to be an encirclement attack on Harbin. Once Harbin is captured then a move on the forests of Korea but that should be mopup as the Americans, Canadians and British will hopefully have taken Southern Korea.

Troops are 100% prepped for their target cities with the exception of the June reinforcements which are at 60%.

[Mike McCreery]

Updates on Moscow later.

I just got hit hard at CRB with over 150 fighters. Surprising because the base airfield is almost shut down. I think they came from Singapore, it appears that likely supply has finally caused MrKane to remove the aircraft from the area.

A few days ago Miri stopped responding to daily airfield attacks that had been going on for at least a month if not more.

[Mike McCreery]

Tokyo Rose made the announcement that in this naval battle, the Russians lost ships they never even had.... BRAVO!!

[BBfanboy]

So Stalin leaves one badly wounded survivor to go back and spread fear among the rest of the E - Street gang! Bravo! [:D]

[Mike McCreery]

Back to the Bear Awakening...

It is July 31st and all the good Russians are sound asleep in their beds when the Japanese surprise attack comes. The Russians had about 6 hours sleep left planned before a surprise attack of their own... Oh well.

MrKane bombards the Russian coastline.

[Mike McCreery]

Stupid me did not even plan for a surprise attack before my surprise attack. There were some fighters in the air training escort. The fights looked pretty much all like this.

[Mike McCreery]

Here is one where I do manage an interception but still lose 3-1.

[Mike McCreery]

Here is a planning map of the northern part of the Russia Expansion. Substitute August wherever you see July.

On this date I have not been able to fly any recon so I have no real idea of the status of Japanese Armies in Manchuko.

MrKane freaked me out by moving a unit into Tamsag and thus blocking southwest access from the hex. At the time the turn starts the Russians are 300% overstacked and I was worried about some form of attack. Maybe he hoped that I would attack first. The armor left the hex in 1 turn and headed for Hailar. A big stack of Infantry left the stack on turn 2 and headed for Linhst. No air bombardments or attacks ever materialized so I think it may have been just delay.

[Mike McCreery]

South side of Russia

Everything is geared to get to and capture Harbin. Armies have been trained for cities in between the start point and Harbin. The remaining armies which is about 1/2 of the total is trained for Harbin. On August 1st all troops were 100% trained for certain locations with the exception of the June reinforcements that were 60% trained on that day.

The soviets have over 28,000 AV available for the assault so even if Japan had everything it could muster it would still be a fight not to mention the troops that are trapped in various locations around the map.