mrdozer2379 vs operating (active match)

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Turn 53

Eastern Front:

The northern flank made significant gains here where the Russians are totally off German soil and cut rail-lines in both directions from Vilna. In hindsight, could have done a better job with the Koenigsberg garrison line, could have maneuvered them closer to Kovno to prevent Russian movement (these units were all upgraded with searchlights). Combined CP artillery mustard gas barrage wasted another Russian infantry which was mopped up with German infantry capturing the line position. IIRC off to the east of Vilna CP units polished off a weak AC that had retreated. Moved other units to prepare for the final assault on Vilna and to prevent further Russian reinforcement from the queue there. German supply convoy reached port, Thank God.![&o] Moved fighter bases slightly northward, their interdiction is still needed for the southern flank. Russian sorties are doing a job on the AH front line that only has AA.[:(] Don't get me wrong the Russian fighters are taking losses too.[;)] Performed a minor attack on the end of line Russian garrison here while AH units repaired. I believe the zeppelin finally finished off the Russian blimp at Odessa.[&:] Can see that Russia is still producing units and possesses a lot of power..

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Turn 53

Bulgaria:

Remember earlier asking this question:

Stats: Notice anything different with this SS from last turn?

It was the first sign that Bulgaria had entered the war.. Last Entente turn (52) the English DOW'd Bulgaria.


Knew this was coming from the way mrdozer had conducted his OE campaign not allowing Bulgaria to mobilize, while building up his army (in the FOW) at the Bulgarian border for the invasion there. OK, How did Bulgaria react? It's economy is in piss poor shape with only a few ammo rounds in stock and can only produce 2 ammo per turn. Immediately disbanded the artillery and lab, it would have been useless for 4 turns and used the PP to upgraded and repair what units were left from the initial invasion, otherwise many units would have stayed class I, that would have been easy pickings for the class V or better Russian/English ground units. Bulgaria has only 3 cities, one of which had been captured and another damaged, also hard to defend unless the Bulgarians wanted to break up the front line you see now. The idea is for the Bulgarians to hold out till AH reinforcements or units off their queue arrived.. Where this was a surprise invasion, the Bulgarians have little time to fortify and have no commanders as do the English. It's obvious Entente is looking to take advantage of the soft underbelly of the Austro-Hungarian Empire..!![8|] Of course the Bulgarian-OE (Turkey) Defensive Pack does not matter now, for OE does not exist anymore, has no cities, has no armies, has nothing to contribute to a Defensive Treaty.[:-]

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Turn 54

Stats: Germany receives an infantry, AH a garrison..

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Turn 54

Western Front:

The French somehow eliminated a front line AH infantry and broke through with a garrison, which was counter-attacked and killed off, securing the line again. The Germans abandoned the very exposed salient. As if the Germans had enough to deal with, this front just got harder with the introduction of English tanks. Mistakenly detailed many units as repairing till I realized they had actually been counter-attacking. Did a couple of sorties to try and disrupt anticipated offensive near Wilhelmshaven. Next turn AH fighters will rejoin the front. Berlin is down to 22 from 38 PP. Deployed a fresh German infantry south of Cuxhaven. Triple bombed Paris.[:@] Kaiserliche Marine bombarded the newly arrived English tank and did moderate damage to a English light cruiser fleet.. This front looks fairly stable, but with advent of tanks here, there's no telling what will happen?[&:]

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Turn 54

Italy:

CP air-ships are a safe distance away from French fighters, air-ships can see fighters, but fighters cannot see them.[8D] Can't understand why the French did not protect Corsica?[&:] Well it's too late now.! AH captured the island/with port.! Look way off to the top left hand corner of this SS to see an AH sub fleet scouting the waters there..

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Turn 54

North Africa:

Captured Sfax after a brief battle eliminating a French garrison. That's the second city France lost this turn..!![:)] Repaired German garrison and AH sub fleet while bombarding Oran and Mareth. As it stands now: The French have lost 5 cities that used to produce 14 PP for their economy.[;)] 4 other cities are bombed out and others are partially bombed out, the French must be feeling some kind of economic pinch.[:'(]

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Turn 54

Baltic:

Russian artillery moved to where they could not be bombarded. The Germans are facing a dilemma if they lose Tallinn, for any surface fleets and perhaps sub fleets east of Russian controlled Tallinn will be trapped there.! How long can the Tallinn garrison hold out? Should the garrison abandon the city by transport? Many questions and problems to resolve..[&:] Will Russian artillery be able to fire from across the Finland Sea at Helsinki? It'll be a disaster in no time..!![X(] At the same time CP needs to repair what it can to protect the next supply convoy. There's still English sub fleets dying out there for another port to do repairs. The good times here for Germany here could be at an end.

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Turn 54

Eastern Front:

Garrisons made a general advance around Kovno. CP artillery is positioned to barrage Vilna next turn after some minor skirmishing with city defenders, other units are maneuvered to prevent direct reinforcements, also infantry on infantry skirmishes to lower counter-attacks on CP garrisons. CP fighters are in good shape and commanded for next turn's sorties, even dropped a zeppelin kiss to lower morale in Vilna. The southern flank is struggling under constant Russian sorties, resulting in front line rotations, yet the 2 German units here keep attacking the end unit of the Russian line with some success. In all truthfulness I feel as though this flank could crack if no decent reserves are deployed here. There is more Russian fighters here than the map is showing. There is a slight chance at taking Riga if my opponent is asleep at the switch.[8D] Had 1 casualty during the Russian turn: The AH AT got derailed and blown up northwest of Vilna.

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Turn 54

Bulgaria:

The English captured Varna and should be flanking the Bulgarian line soon, now that another English infantry has been spotted. The Russian cav look to being used with reckless abandon, while the Bulgarian cav is getting chewed up and likely lost next turn. If Sofia is captured, all is lost here. Deployed an AH garrison at Sarajevo, expect to RR it to Sophia next turn. The English must really want a victory here, seeing how they have attached 3 commanders to this front.[:D] The Bulgarians have nowhere to go, but to defend their Homeland..

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Turn 55

This means that England has used tanks in battle opening up a new infantry tech for anti-tank development.

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Turn 55

Stats: AH has a class II fighter and garrison ready for deployment.

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Turn 55

Western Front:

Dutch infantry got slaughtered last turn meaning their unconditional surrender (just looked at the information panel, Netherlands already surrendered before this turn) will happen now that all Dutch territory is in Entente hands. The French were busy too, eliminating another AH garrison by Stuttgart.[:(] AH did deploy a fresh garrison by Innsbruck, as well as a fresh fighter, also AH moved other fighter bases closer to this front, albeit a little late to help. Quality reserves are scarce right now to counter the expected tank offensives. Fixed all units possible here and made slight position changes. Did commit to sorties and hammered a English light cruiser in a mini Jutland battle. Doesn't seem like it would take Entente a whole lot of effort to push this entire CP front back further into Germany, once the Frankfurt infantry salient is crushed. Berlin is now at 17 PP, way down from the original 38 PP.[:(] AH sub fleet has arrived near Portsmouth. Double bombed Paris. A German sub fleet is heading for the North Sea to bolster the Kaiserliche Marine there. The way I see it: "Only a miracle could save Germany and the CP right now".!

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Turn 55

Italy:

Sent the AH pre-dreadnaught over to Toulon, planning on a amphibious landing there with the Corsica AH garrison. Bombed Nice. In case you were wondering what the AC is doing in Italy? It's positioned to either run back to Florence or Rome where ever needed in case of an emergency. Same could be said with the SG at Cattaro, it can cover Cattaro or Cetinje if needed. My biggest fear is of English transports, for the eastern Mediterranean has been totally neglected several turns now.

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Turn 55

North Africa:

Bombarded Oran with the AH AC then advanced the German garrison with naval escorts to possibly capture this city. The Sfax AH garrison is marching on Mareth for a possible capture, or also to prevent French deployments, while the other garrison clears territory to have RR from west to east here (Algiers to Tunis). I'm a little surprised not to see enemy units.![&:]

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Turn 55

Baltic:

Counter-attacked English sub fleets, not much damage either way. Repaired what's possible and bombarded the Russian AC. German high command issued orders to hold positions to the last man or become POWs, as you know the Russians do not take prisoners. Funny, last night I did a little research about WW I and did come across an article about the different prisoners of war during WW I and how it took years for many to be released after the war. The Russians were so poor and disorganized that a large percentage of the 3 million or so CP prisoners starved to death. The infantry in Riga spoiled plans to capture that city.

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Turn 55

North Baltic: Not much here, just setting up for supply convoy escort..

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Turn 55

Eastern Front:

Finally captured Vilna..! Threw everything at the Russian defenders, artillery, fighters, zeppelin and successive infantry attacks annihilating all who were left. Considering going after Minsk next, they have the least defenders and will cut the rail-line from Vinnytsia where there are a lot of troops. If the southern flank holds and Minsk is captured, the northern flank will head towards Riga. The Russians have lost a lot of units during this entire offensive, but that does not prevent them from producing more. It's been almost 2 years of non-stop fighting and it is taking it's toll on both sides.

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Turn 56

Economic Deterioration: The game has a built in accelerated economic deterioration towards AH, it's a lua file I have yet to explore. As far as I am concerned AH has been one of the more successful factions in this match. They have conquered all of Serbia's cities, they have captured cities in Italy, Corsica and a number of French cities in North Africa and have lost no cities of their own. Yes, some of their Serbian cities have been bombed by the Russians. AH has not lost very many units, although they have lost several at the Western Front recently and 1 near Libya, plus a few by Lemberg, not a lot overall as far as I am concerned to trigger economic deterioration of this magnitude. Guess I am going to have to research this issue..

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Turn 56

Stats: 1 German and 1 AH garrison ready to deploy.

[Robotron]

The game has a NO built in "accelerated" economic deterioration towards AH.

AH has simply lost 33% of her total manpower due to your glorious leadership skills.

Every nation in the game suffers the same from losing manpower. [:-]