opnn (CP) vs operating (E) finished

[operating]

Turn 28

Central Baltic

Not sure how it happened, but it seems one of the supply convoys almost broke away from the trap last turn. (forgot to take SS for the entire last turn) The 2 German cruisers went to the bottom this turn allowing my sub fleets to have direct contact with the German admiral's flag ship. While trying to get into combat positions around the German pre-dreadnaught ran into enemy subs (kinda figured opnn would not have sent the pre-dreadnaught unprotected a few turns ago). The 3 sub fleets that were in repair joined this frenzy and the balloons picked off a couple of the new German subs. It will be hard for the German fleets to escape this mess..

[Robotron]

Wow, quite a Baltic version of the battle of Jutland going on there.

[operating]

ORIGINAL: Robotron

Wow, quite a Baltic version of the battle of Jutland going on there.

Without the intervention of the English navy I doubt the Russians would have had their success here.. Historically I do not know if the English navy was active here. The narrowness of map waters here makes for a blockader's dream. Personally; thoroughly enjoyed this fight, but what a disaster for any CP player having their supply convoys being delayed.

[operating]

Turn 28

France

Recapturing Calais is the high-light of this turn. First the English dreadnaughts came as close to shore as possible to the city and let loose with a horrific bombardment that killed about a quarter of the demoralized defenders, who were then strafed and bombed into a disorganized mob that the English cavalry quickly seized upon, who then killed or captured all remaining garrison defenders. It's the first small victory Entente has had at this front in a long time, hoping it will not be the last.[&o] Did air-strikes and bombardments to possible units that would try to retake the city and transported a garrison off shore to bolster this beachhead next turn.

[nehi]

ORIGINAL: operating

ORIGINAL: Robotron

Wow, quite a Baltic version of the battle of Jutland going on there.

Without the intervention of the English navy I doubt the Russians would have had their success here.. Historically I do not know if the English navy was active here. The narrowness of map waters here makes for a blockader's dream. Personally; thoroughly enjoyed this fight, but what a disaster for any CP player having their supply convoys being delayed.

cp have to win fast or to die slowly anyway, convoys are not big deal in that

[operating]

In the first versions of this game fresh CP convoys only consisted of 7 or less strengths, might have been as low as a 3-4, but with a 10 strength convoy a nation receives 100 PP. In the wartime Germany in this game 100 PP is likely 2 and a half times of their total net PP.

[nehi]

entente has much more convoys and much more production and can block cp easily

cp have to win fast, not to rely on convoys, it wont change anything

whats the cost of protecting convoys? its maybe as expensive as its income

while entente can easily block it, even more expensive and most likely useless spendings

[operating]

Turn 28

Italy

opnn has done an excellent job slaughtering the Italian front line infantry (red circles) much to my chagrin.[:(] Have moved up English and French units to support this front while Italy rallies it troops, to be honest opnn has come across real strong here, it's rather surprising..![X(] Upgraded many Italian units with AA and also repaired many units including others. Was able to dispatch the AH armored cruiser fleet at Split. ATM all I am trying to do here is dig-in, I'm not all that confident this front will hold. [&:]

[operating]

Turn 28

Erzurum

This front has really opened up with the capture of Erzurum. opnn has a strong force to the city's west, more formidable than mine, however I have the numbers which are being used for flanking. Flanking is my only real weapon here atm. Spotted a lone Turk garrison coming from the south, perhaps I can out-flank that too.. I'm OK with setting up a front where the blue line is right now. Not too keen on spending to buy more units for this theater, more concerned with what is happening up north..[;)]

[operating]

Turn 28

Sinai

Fighters harried the Turk commander softening him up for a later ground attack, did go after his cav, would like to him withdraw so I can use my air-power on other front line units with out air unit losses. The armored car arrived here a little prematurely, they are great for breakthroughs at this front, where it is so congested.

[Robotron]

I wonder whether the Warsaw pocket will still exist at the end of the game. [:D]

[operating]

ORIGINAL: Robotron

I wonder whether the Warsaw pocket will still exist at the end of the game. [:D]

We're at around turn 50-51. For the longest time opnn did not challenge me there, if anything I would challenge him, but neither of us had the strength to go one-way or the other. We chatted and shared some confidential match info to a point, it was clear he suffered badly economically, so I tried to lay off the strategic bombing to give him some breathing room for PP, it's so easy to depend/rely on the English balloons to do much of the heavy work. Where balloons operate on the same distance factor as zeps makes it almost inconceivable that's the way it was in WW I, so I feel somewhat guilty using them extensively as I have done and get a little P O when others do it to when the tables are turned, mind you opnn does strategic bombing too and has accomplished bringing Italy to it's knees. To get back to your comment: Warsaw will stay a Russian Warsaw to the end, it depends on if I give opnn "too much" breathing room.

[Robotron]

You really should try my mod and either persuade Zombo (at Slitherene's) or nehi for a MP challenge.
Okay, nehi would probably decline because he might actually lose a match.

Anyway, hope your opponent in this match will not quit the game any time soon as I really enjoy reading your reports.

[:)]

[nehi]

hes rejecting my challenges for more than last year, he feels he will pay terrible prize for his blimp tactics this time [8D]

even ive offered both sides aar to satisfy his documentary soul

btw easiest way to get my scalp is in 1916 scenario, its just totally imbalanced in favor of cp, i believe im able to win it as cp in like 15 turns vs anyone

[operating]

ORIGINAL: Robotron

You really should try my mod and either persuade Zombo (at Slitherene's) or nehi for a MP challenge.
Okay, nehi would probably decline because he might actually lose a match.

Anyway, hope your opponent in this match will not quit the game any time soon as I really enjoy reading your reports.

[:)]

Eventually I will get around to your mod and do a couple of dry runs to get a feel for it, there's no doubt it will be an intel bonanza. ATM have 3 or 4 active matches with a couple that have been on the back burner. I started a match with some in house rules, but could not get my head into the game, I'm a player who needs the hard coded rules to go by. opnn was getting (in my words) a bit disenchanted with the current match, so when it was just about the time Romania entered I DOW'd Bulgaria the turn before, which kind of unleashed a "mad dog" in the way opnn has been playing since and unrelenting for which I was not totally prepared for, but not caught with my pants down, if you know what I mean..

Since you like the AAR so much, it gave me the wind to go another 100 posts..[:D]

[operating]

ORIGINAL: nehi

hes rejecting my challenges for more than last year, he feels he will pay terrible prize for his blimp tactics this time [8D]

even ive offered both sides aar to satisfy his documentary soul

btw easiest way to get my scalp is in 1916 scenario, its just totally imbalanced in favor of cp, i believe im able to win it as cp in like 15 turns vs anyone

Anytime I hear nehi suggest something, that is the bell telling me to go the other way..!![:D] nehi, your unbelievable..!!

[operating]

Turn 30

Poison Gas

opnn has elected to use Poison Gas, it's the quickest way not to make friends. If he had any hope of getting Bulgaria to go over to CP anytime soon, he just blew it. On the other side, it causes Romania and others to either go on the march to war, or lean even further towards the Entente cause. Chlorine Gas is the first, Phosgene Gas is the second and Mustard Gas is the third, as of yet I do not know which was used. Neither side at this time has gas protection and will have none for quite a few turns, so best to stock up on your ammunition before using gas.

[nehi]

ORIGINAL: operating

ORIGINAL: nehi

hes rejecting my challenges for more than last year, he feels he will pay terrible prize for his blimp tactics this time [8D]

even ive offered both sides aar to satisfy his documentary soul

btw easiest way to get my scalp is in 1916 scenario, its just totally imbalanced in favor of cp, i believe im able to win it as cp in like 15 turns vs anyone

Anytime I hear nehi suggest something, that is the bell telling me to go the other way..!![:D] nehi, your unbelievable..!!

but u r beliavable, all the time saying something about im just talking and not doing aars, but when i offered u can taste both, u just fall back

[operating]

Turn 30

France

Did not think that English cav was going to last all that long from post #184, but what it did do was open up a path for the garrison to disembark and also sent opnn into a tizzy to beat down these new threats to his turf. Directed all my air-power to degrade, damage and kill whatever they could north and west of Paris, followed up with artillery and infantry attacks, it seemed to have the desired effect, a lot of his guys are in trouble and taking a beating. This is about the time I slacked off from strategic bombing and went just about totally tactical. I did not even try to put in all the red lines of attack for there were so many, to say the least opnn knew I meant business here.. Also noticed during the course of this match my opponent has been relying more and more on AH taking up the slack...[8D]

[operating]

ORIGINAL: nehi

ORIGINAL: operating

ORIGINAL: nehi

hes rejecting my challenges for more than last year, he feels he will pay terrible prize for his blimp tactics this time [8D]

even ive offered both sides aar to satisfy his documentary soul

btw easiest way to get my scalp is in 1916 scenario, its just totally imbalanced in favor of cp, i believe im able to win it as cp in like 15 turns vs anyone

Anytime I hear nehi suggest something, that is the bell telling me to go the other way..!![:D] nehi, your unbelievable..!!

but u r beliavable, all the time saying something about im just talking and not doing aars, but when i offered u can taste both, u just fall back

Oh great! You want to do an AAR providing I do all the work...!! You are funny..!!