Hadros (Axis) vs HB (Allies) Hadros Welcome

[Harrybanana]

AGS. I now see 9 total German armour, the same number I have in our mirror game.

[Harrybanana]

Tech Advancements. After this the Russians must have had a flurry of technical breakthroughs as all of the circled techs advance to the next level on the June 20 turn.

[Harrybanana]

JUNE 6, 1941

10 Corps, 1 army and 1 cavalry are lost in Russia.

Finland.

[Harrybanana]

AGN & AGC

[Harrybanana]

AGS

[Harrybanana]

Hadros got some revenge in the Mediterranean, but ended up 1 hit shy of sinking the courageous. What I don't understand is why no CAP flew, or, if it did, it was largely ineffective. EDIT: Examining my below screenshots I see I got them backward; the attack on the right happened first then the attack on the left.

[Harrybanana]

11 MS and 3 escorts sunk against only 2 U-Boat hits. Again, surprising that i am losing far more escorts with 42 tech than I ever did with 39 tech; just bad luck I guess.

Egypt

[Harrybanana]

JUNE 20, 1941

10 more MS and an escort sunk and only 2 U-Boat hits. In desperation I turn off the North Atlantic convoy route. I forgot to take screenshot of Libya, but my units in Tunisia do advance adjacent to Tripoli.

In Russia 6 corps and a cavalry are lost.

AGN

[Harrybanana]

I am worried about my Southern Front; especially in the far south I haves very few troop or he could cross the Dnepr in the middle of my lines and possibly encircle some units. I spotted a German paratrooper unit in the South.

[Harrybanana]

Oops, almost forgot Finland. The Russian cavalry isolates a Finnish division. It will probably escape.

[stjeand]

Interesting...divisions in Finland. I normally keep corps. But that is a small front.

In the south the only thing that will save you is if you can keep the ports. If he is able to capture them...that will be an issue.
Supply just won't move fast enough. That is the issue I always have.
BUT he does have a few fast moving armor there.

[Harrybanana]

ORIGINAL: stjeand

Interesting...divisions in Finland. I normally keep corps. But that is a small front.

The reason for the divisions is I was worried about his fast moving cavalry. A corps can only cover 1 hex, but if broken down can cover 3.

In the south the only thing that will save you is if you can keep the ports. If he is able to capture them...that will be an issue.
Supply just won't move fast enough. That is the issue I always have.
BUT he does have a few fast moving armor there.

He will capture the ports, as you will see.

[Harrybanana]

JULY 4, 1941

I learned something. If you turn off the North Atlantic Convoy you won't get any resources or oil at all, not even from the South Atlantic. If you are reading this Alvaro, one of my requests for WarPlan2 would be to give the player more control over which resources to transport to his home country. For example, allow a player to turn off the transport of Oil from South America or Iraq or turn off the Far East Resources/Oil.

Oh well at least I didn't lose any MS this turn. This turn I shut off the South Atlantic Convoy to see what will happen.

[Harrybanana]

Another Italian BB is sunk in Tripoli Harbour. That only leaves the Italian with 1 BB left and it is damaged. I doubt Hadros will expend the production to repair it; at least I wouldn't.

[Harrybanana]

2 of Italian Corps near Tripoli were destroyed. Maybe this will encourage the Axis to evacuate the German armour out of Tripoli.

[Harrybanana]

Egypt after my moves; mostly just maneuvering

[Harrybanana]

On his turn Hadros destroyed 6 more rifle corps and an army. So far anyway I have avoided losing any armour or mechanized.

The North before my moves.

[Harrybanana]

And after. There was only 1 Axis armour in the North, so I rail 1 army South and otherwise defend with what I have.

[Harrybanana]

The Centre before my moves. I am worried about the mass of units circled in red.

[Harrybanana]

The Centre after my moves. I am still worried. I deliberated for along time trying to decide between standing and fighting and retreating. My usual rule is if you have to ask whether to run or fight, RUN!! But this time I broke my own rule.

Sorry for the poor quality, I wish Matrix would increase the maximum file size by 50%.