GD 1938 v 2, testgame

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: Bombur

Early night fighters shouldn´t be used as escorts....they have worse combat rates when performing offensive missions....

Question on the tech tree, where do I find the Mosquito ?

[ernieschwitz]

ORIGINAL: Jeffrey H.

ORIGINAL: Bombur

Early night fighters shouldn´t be used as escorts....they have worse combat rates when performing offensive missions....

Question on the tech tree, where do I find the Mosquito ?

Not sure its a seperate SFT, I know the Sea Mosquito is, but not sure about the Mosquito. In any case Bombur should know.... I´ll wait for him to answer.

BTW: We (I) am working on a website that will cover the special units for each nation. And what researches are required for each of them.

[ernieschwitz]

After trolling through the descriptions of each SFT, i found the Mosquito is modelled by the Light Bomber III. So that is where you would find it.

[Twotribes]

If one has cargo ships in a headquarter they can ship aircraft across the ocean.

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: ernieschwitz

After trolling through the descriptions of each SFT, i found the Mosquito is modelled by the Light Bomber III. So that is where you would find it.

Thanks Ernie. I've found the English light bombers to be very effective.

[Jeffrey H.]

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

If one has cargo ships in a headquarter they can ship aircraft across the ocean.

I didn't think of that but yes, it did work. I put an airgroup SFT into an HQ and strat x-fered them across the sea. Thanks !

[Twotribes]

I am waiting impatiently for my fix on this thread. Hurry up you guys.

[ernieschwitz]

ORIGINAL: Twotribes
I am waiting impatiently for my fix on this thread. Hurry up you guys.

Afraid you might got to wait until the 22nd. Bombur is away at present, and it his is turn.

[Twotribes]

Piss Poor Prior Planning. You all have made me interested now it is your DUTY to keep me entertained.

[Jeffrey H.]

Well, here we are late on the 22nd, hopefully Bombur gets back on the horse quickly.

[ernieschwitz]

1939, mid december, German turn.

"... and with that comes the bad news. So far I have detailed what has been going on, in the southern front of the Soviet Union, and what our British 'friends' have been up to. We seem to be holding our own, or better on these fronts. However in the northern soviet front, which is closest to home soil, we seem to have run into the main opposition, that the Soviets will pose." Halder said.

"Two panzer divisiosn have been ripped up, and are barely existing any more, and the city of Kaunas is once again in Soviet hands. It seems they have begun and offensive. We need to stop it." Halder pointed out.

"Yes, we do" Said the Führer incrediously.

"I suggest moving our reserves there, and perhaps syphoning off troops from other fronts to there..." Halder began but was quickly interrupted.

"The reserves are already being moved to there... as for syphoning troops from other fronts, NO, we will not do that." the Führer began, working his way into what was the begining of a rage.

"I want the ones responsible for this failure to report to me, personally! And i want victories, NOW!"

The Führer was not going to be satisfied with excuses Halder knew. No doubt someone was going to pay dearly for the armored fiasco in the north. They should have seen that the Northern front was much more compact than the southern one, before invasion....

[ernieschwitz]

Germany, mid december 1939.

"... and with these two pincer like thrusts we have surrounded the troops here north of Odessa. The hungarians have contained them, and our panzers have surrounded them." Halder said. He was briefing the Führer on the latest developements, on the southern front in the Soviet Union.

"Sehr Gut!" said the Führer "what can you tell me about the Northern front?"...

Halder was a bit more cautious at this point but began by telling the good news first. "We have retaken all the land and cities that was taken from us, by the Soviet offensive. Our counter offensive was actually very effektive. We succeeded in rolling up at least 3 armored formations, and we destroyed at least 2 of them completely... but I fear we won´t be able to hold the ground, unless more reinforcements are on the way."

"There are, of course, right Speer?"

"Yes, Mein Führer" Said the Reich Armaments minister "we have begun the productions you have ordered. The troops should be ready by early January".

Halder looked alittle worried. "I just hope that is soon enough..."

[ernieschwitz]

Italy, mid December 1939.

The Duce was once again pacing back and forth in his residence. Lately he had been doing alot of this. The news he was getting was not the best. First there had been the setbacks in Libya, and now when those seemed to be brought to a halt, then came the news from the Abyssinia, that his troops were in flight, and he had no way of reinforcing that position. With all hope of the Suez canal falling in Italian hands, there was very little he could do about the colonies of Libya and Abyssinia.

Last night the Italian navy had been engaged by the fearsome British south of Sicily. Rumours were that it was a stalemate. That the Italians had given as good as they got. Still the grim news was that at least 2 battleships had been lost. He could ill afford that kind of losses any more. Still instead of retreating to port, immediately, the Italian Naval Commander, had engaged a fleet of British ships that seemed to be vulnerable, and with a small victory in hand, had returned to port, just slipping past the main British fleet.

The only really good thing to report this month was that the raids ordered by himself against Malta were going better than expected. He wondered if the Germans appreciated how hard he was fighting to keep their backs free so they had their hands free to tackle the Soviet Union... Personally the Duce had much rather seen a cross channel invasion, that the invasion of the Soviet Union, but the Führer had a way of ignorring his Italian friends advice, and concerns...

[Bombur]

Washington December 1939

Pres. Roosevelt: Any news from our Pacific Fleet?

Admiral King: Fortunately, we were able to avoid a premature confrontation with the Japanese Carriers. Our fleet is back from Tarawa. We lost some submarines to Japan, but our submarine operations are starting to hit their supply lines.

Pres. Roosevelt: I don´t like the idea of having our superior forces running away from a smaller Japanese fleet.

Admiral King: Neither I do, but we will try again when our carriers receive the new F4F´s.

Pres. Roosevelt: What about Lend Lease for USSR?

Admiral King: Ou first convoy reached Vladivostok with P-40´s and antitank guns. It will take a while for them to arrive at the frontlines, but we hope them to be useful. There are talks about a failed Soviet counteroffensive, but intel is largely unreliable.

[lion_of_judah]

......NEWS FLASH.......

A fantastic turn, my rouse has finally paid off and a major breakthrough is underway in the north. My fleet has just had a major victory off Midway Island, with the loss of several U.S. destroyers and fighters. My subs have attacked a unit of U.S. subs off Midway and sank several. What a good day this has been!

Southern Chinese front-
fantastic, my tricking the enemy into thinking this was my major front has finally worked with a major breakthrough underway in the north. If successful, this may just end the war in China, so we shall see.

My new fighters have downed several U.S. fighters in their first test and I must say the Emperor was very pleased indeed. We have now taken the naval fight to the enemy and refuse to allow them one ounce of breathing room.....the chase has now begun

Oh, if only we could see the expressions on the faces of the Americans in the Pentagon, oh what joy this would be!

[ernieschwitz]

Germany, december 25th, 1939.

"Mein Führer, I have something for you." said Halder

"Yes?" The Führer looked up from his book. He was rereading his own ´masterpiece´.

"It is the latest intelligence report, on the KV-1. Here it is."



"Oh and..." Halder said "... we have captured one, I would like to show it to you, as a Christmas present."

"Very good" Said the Führer.

[Bombur]

Washington, Dec 18th 1939.

Pres. Roosevelt: I was just reading the Tokyo times, it seems the Japanese achieved a big victory, right?
Adm. King: Not exactly, it´s true that a Carrier force attacked our advanced base in Midway. We had about 60 fighters stationed there, most of them obsolete. The Japanese attacked with 60 torpedo bombers escorted by 120 of their new Navy type 0 fighters. While no aicraft of either side was shot down, the enemy torpedo bombers sunk a few destroyers, and then more destroyers were sunk by enemy subs. Overall, we lost 6 destroyers. Some old submarines were also lost in minor encounters.
Pres. Roosevelt: So the enemy forces got no losses?
Admiral King: A few days latter one of our submarine patrols was able to penetrate their destroyer screen and managed to sink one heavy cruiser and one destroyer.
Pres. Roosevelt: A heavy cruiser...these are indeed good news, it´s the second heavy cruiser our forces sink...
Admiral King: What worries me is that our ASW aicraft seem to have developed a special ability to run into Japanese carrier CAP. We lost more 40 flying boats last month, if the thing goes on, we will be unable to counter enemy subs. We already suffered losses from enemy subs in the way to Vladivostok...
Pres. Roosevelt: Maybe we could produce more patrol aircraft, and we could avoid these long range flights. We also could provide the navy with some Hudsons to suplement the flying boats
Admiral King: I thing we can deal with them more effectively. Our carriers are in Pearl Harbour, and at least two squadrons will be equipped with the F4F´s, I think we can find the enemies and sink their carriers. Our new level III submarines are also being deployed in the Pacific.
Pres. Roosevelt: And what could we do to help the Chinese?
Admiral King: We don´t have the means to reinforce them. What are the news in the Chinese Front?
Pres. Roosevelt: The Japanese started a new offensive in the North and the Central fronts. Chinese losses were heavy and the Japanese seem to have created more armoured divisions....

[ernieschwitz]

Instead of a AAR report, this turn I have decided to give you some statistics. This one shows the German kills from 1938-1940. That is in power points lost by the opposition, total.

Notice how it goes up and down, whenever a new country was being prepared to be invaded... And just before the Soviet Union got invaded, look at how low the kills ratio was then, and how it sprang up high as the invasion commenced.

[ernieschwitz]

And here are the corresponding losses. doesn´t look that bad to be honest.

[lion_of_judah]

.......NEWS FLASH.......

multiple break throughs are now reported along sectors of the Northern Front. Both the Southern and Northern fronts are almost meeting, thereby destroying the entire Chinese lines. Not much happened on the high seas today, as our naval forces have had to refuel. Our Sub hunter groups are seeking out U.S. naval forces and sinking them where we find them.

Once our ships have refueled, then the hunt shall commence. Our naval patrol planes are searching for the whereabouts of the major Naval assets of the U.S. pacific fleet......only a matter of time.....