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I Have set up nine new divisions to ensure that all my cities have a defensive unit. One feature i like about this game is that you can manufacture units that are less tech than your current level. To me this nicely represents second line and front line divisions - if you cant afford the best all the time!

For example i have produced three divisions at my current tech level two (31.5 PP each) to be deployed in the three cities shown in the previous screenshot and six divisions at tech level one (20 PP each) to garrison cities which are in 'safer' areas of the reich. These can be upgraded later if neccesarry.






Above is my deployment screen - all units are currently named 'new unit' - you can rename these units as well as other units in the game.

Can you build units that are less than full strength? That would also be very realistic and a good way to simulate rear area troops, etc.

AZ Gung Ho,

Not exactly, do you mean a division with only half the quota of troops - if so then no, i dont think you can.

Yes, that's what I meant - oh well, the lower tech will just have to do then!  Thanks such a quick response!

Your doing good. Question for you how does France fall? I captured Paris on T16.

Rekm41

I hope with the extra PPs France will be harder to take out. We will see.

NOVEMBER 1939 - INVASION OF DENMARK

While the majority of german forces are massing in the west, an attack on the danes is planned. As Copenhagen is the only danish city with a Victory Point score i will attack there as taking this city will force the danes to surrender.

As copenhagen is on an island and not attached to mainland europe, i will have have to use an amphibious landing. Here is the plan -

War is declared on the danes -





I could have attempted a coupt d'etat, which would have made denmark more aligned to the axis or exerted political pressure on denmark to keep them from joining the allies. But they are not important enough or strong enough to waste diplomatic points on.

Amphibious landings are handled by buying Amphibious Invasion Points (AIP's). I think this is a great feature as the cost of these makes it expensive to move even one division like this (As it should be) -





As shown above, this one division landing is going to cost me 50PP's - I could get two and a half new infantry divisions at tech level 1 for that price!

After moving my division into the baltic sea zone (Which is covered by a german fleet) , on the next turn i can unload it on any hex, i decide to land a couple of hexes away from copenhagen -

My landing is not challenged and the 214th infantry division takes copenhagen without any resistance -

The rest of november is spent on upgrading units (some of my starting force was lower tech than my research level) and replacing the losses from the polish campaign -





In the above screenshot i am replacing losses to guderians panzer corps - i can replace as little or as much as long as i have the production points.

Thats all i can update tonight guys, please feel free to ask questions or comment on this.

I will get the next update tomorrow night, as long as nothing RL comes up !!

Not even an understrength Infantry Division in Copenhagen?

Nope.

No, nothing. Then again there was very little resistance IRL so maybee this is to model that ?

Keep going mate - superb AAR. Me, I am just trying to keep my losses low in Poland. [:)]

Edited for a question.

What are your thoughts on SMP's ? Did you find it a pain moving all the units West after Poland a chore ?

Chris

Thanks Jim,

Its a bit of a pain, but you can use Strategic Movemnet Points to move 3 per turn - This happens in all turn based games though, so it dosent bother me too much.

DECEMBER 1939

Again i have spent this month upgrading units and moving units into position to be ready to attack benelux and france. The below screenshot shows a 'before' and 'after' shot of Panzerdivision 'Kempf's which i upgraded to a panzer corps for the coming fight. This was very expensive, costing me the best part of two weeks production points. I will rename this Panzerkorps Kempf.

I have notices that the french are deploying new units behind the maginot line. As people have pointed out in other threads, with the standard pp's the ai does not seem to build many new units.

It seems with the additional production i added at the start i am going to face a larger french army -