Hadros (Axis) vs HB (Allies) Hadros Welcome

[Harrybanana]

MAY 24, 1940,

Hadros made a cautious advance, which I think is smart. I was tempted to counterattack his exposed infantry, but decided to wait for juicier targets. Below is the map after my moves.

My UK Heavy Armour and Assault both advanced to 40 tech just in time.

[Harrybanana]

JUNE 7, 1940

2 MS sunk and 2 French Corps shattered.

But examining the map at the beginning of my turn I spot a flaw in Hadros lines. If I can retreat the Infantry Corps twice as shown than the armour will have no place to retreat.

[Harrybanana]

But that infantry Corps was one tough mother. It took several attacks to retreat him once and then instead of retreating again it shatters. So I have to improvise Plan 2 which is to move my armour as shown. Obviously risky if I fail to dislodge the panzer.

[Harrybanana]

But the attack succeeds. So instead of just destroying the panzer I also bag the stubborn infantry. But the cost is high.

[Harrybanana]

Final positions.

[Harrybanana]

JUNE 21, 1940

4 MS sunk as once again Hadros moves his U-Boats into the sea zone with no escorts.

On his turn Hadros destroys a UK Mech and Infantry Corps along with the French Armour. But again he leaves me an opening. If I can retreat the paratrooper as shown it will leave his Armour and Mech with no place to retreat. I only have 1 decent armour myself, but several nearby infantry to wear him down.

[Harrybanana]

The paratrooper is easily retreated. I then make several infantry only attacks on his armour to wear it down. I then move in for the kill with the big boys.

[Harrybanana]

I repeat with the Mechanized. I was tempted to also try for the armour circled in blue. I could ahve got 1 attack on it at 3:1 or so odds. But I chickened out.

[Harrybanana]

Final positions. Hadros has now lost 2 Armour, 1 Mechanized and an Infantry. I think I like this All-In Strategy. Though I understand that with the latest Beta the UK is being weakened.

[Harrybanana]

JULY 5, 1940

4 MS are sunk, but I score 2 U-Boat hits. In France Hadros advances to the gates of Paris. I was tempted to try for 1 more armour. If I forced the circled mechanized to retreat to hex 1 rather than hex 2 it would leave the circled armour with no where to retreat. But I again chickened out and my Brits ran away.

[Harrybanana]

July 19, 1940

5 U-Boats are only able to sink 1 MS and take 2 more hits in return. Neither Hadros nor I in our mirror game are having much luck with our U-Boats.

Paris holds against 2 attacks. I send 1 medium bomber, 1 armour, 1 fighter and 1 Inf Corp to North Africa. The remaining Brits will return to Jolly Old England for now.

[Harrybanana]

Call it a wild hunch, but I think Yugoslavia might be the next course on the Axis menu.

[Harrybanana]

At the moment the Axis do not seem interested in Egypt. I can't blame them. They probably heard that it was defended by Canada's infamous desert troops.

One of the disadvantages of the All-In France strategy is that it requires the Canadians to build infantry units rather than my preferred choice of escorts. As a consequence I am way behind in building escorts. So it is lucky for me that Hadros hasn't sunk any yet (other than a Frnech one).

[stjeand]

I am a bit crazy when it comes to these so...

I would have hit the Mech then tried to make the 8-5 retreat to pin the armor and not allow retreat.
At least tried...the UK can always run way faster than the Germans can pursue.

But I think you needed an Infiltrator advancement somewhere as you needed a bigger chance for retreat and needed the armor in Saint-Nazaire.

[ncc1701e]

You were quite nice to withdraw UK units from France for Hadros to finish it.

[Harrybanana]

ORIGINAL: stjeand

I am a bit crazy when it comes to these so...

I would have hit the Mech then tried to make the 8-5 retreat to pin the armor and not allow retreat.
At least tried...the UK can always run way faster than the Germans can pursue.

But I think you needed an Infiltrator advancement somewhere as you needed a bigger chance for retreat and needed the armor in Saint-Nazaire.

You are right that it might have been worth the shot; but you can't runaway if you use all your OPs to attack.

[Harrybanana]

ORIGINAL: ncc1701e

You were quite nice to withdraw UK units from France for Hadros to finish it.

Actually it was probably more guilt than niceness. I had assumed that Hadros was going to use the All-In defence on me in our mirror game. So when I found out he hadn't I felt some guilt that I had stooped so low.

[Harrybanana]

AUG 2, 1940

Again 3 MS sunk and 2 U-Boat hits scored.

Paris is captured and France will capitulate next turn. I guess I wasn't feeling too guilty because all my French troops made several low odds attacks for the sole purpose of inflicting extra casualties on the Germans.

I forgot to take a screenshot of the Map, but here are the Forces and Casualties. Again note the high number of U-Boat hits against just 1 escort sunk. Has there been some change in the Rules that I don't know about?

One odd thing is that even though I inflicted far more casualties on Hadros' Germans than he did on me in our mirror game (including shattering 4 units vs 1) his German Force strength is greater than mine.

[Harrybanana]

AUG 16, 1940.

Vichy is created and Hadros wasted no time DOWing Yugoslavia. I forgot to take a screenshot of Yugoslavia, but don't worry, it was pretty boring. Here is a screenshot of the much more exciting liberation of Syria by UK troops.

[Harrybanana]

AUG 30, 1940

Hadros finally has a good turn in the BoA. He sinks 5 MS and 1 escort and takes no U-Boat hits. Gambling that he will not be invading England I put all my infantry there into garrison mode. This gives me enough production to build 1 escort, 10 MS and 5 AA. The AA will be needed as he is threatening Malta. Of course they will arrive too late for Malta. But I am sure I will find a need for them somewhere.

Yugoslavia will not survive the summer.