Airpower vs. ships is not strong enough. Especially subs. A few CA's can shoot down lots and lots of aricraft. Carriers carry too few AC to do any good at all. Torpedo planes and Observation AC if experienced can be effective in large groups, but it's very hit and miss.
I agree 50% with you, while aircraft have poor performance against surface targets (and even worse, are very vulnerable to ship flak), patrol aircraft are deadly against submarines (once you find them, and that´s the hard task)
I think both ASW and submarine warfare are well simulated in this scenario. I´m considering to double HP for naval attack aircraft vs. ships in a future version, but it´s still an idea.
Fair enough but we do strongly disagree.
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Losses on the Eastern front thus far (according to the TASS):
Axis: 5,3 million men, 5621 AFVs, 7111 planes
Soviet: 1,1 million men, 2001 AFVs, 2665 planes
WTG Kombrig ! There is hope with those ratios. If only we had independant news reporting on the matter.
History began July 4th, 1776. Anything before that was a mistake.
I have taken over for ernie for the time being. i have stopped the soviet steamroller in it's tracks and now the front has stalemated. so this is the outcome i'm going for, for the time being. new plans are in the works as new weapons are beginning to roll off the production line. so look for something new too happen and happen soon!
That a certain someone quit posting should give you hope.
Sorry about that, but I am at present quite unable to play the game, and even moreso to come up with postings from Germany... Although, i think it fairly certain that Reich News would say that those figures that the Soviets are dreaming up, should be switched around...
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From Army GHQ....all forces in Chinese theater have been ordered onto the defensive,as all available forces are now being sent south to the Thai theater.
main actions took place at sea against British commonwealth forces, and saw the sinking of several commonwealth subs near Korea. Our naval groups facing wake Island have had too be withdrawn for resupply. New Torpedo bombers will be ready next turn and sent to face British/American naval forces threatening our forces.
More Marine brigades and Army Brigades mobilized this turn in preparation for upcoming invasions. total of 60,000 men are now being prepared for these invasions....
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Italian forces have smashed through Commonwealth lines and now in the process of encircling the Spanish Capital. Not since the time of the Roman empire have Italian troops touched Spanish soil...
The allies thought Italy was out of this war, but she has shown renewed vigor and hope for the Axis cause.....
I think an option for the British to research called "Crack Enigma Code" that would then allow British and Allies to see all German Subs, (remove the FOW on them) would be a good improvement.
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news is now coming out that the Soviet steamroller has been stopped dead in their tracks, with huge Soviet losses. Just now our glorious Luftwaffe has decimated Soviet air forces in one of the largest air battles ever seen. Our retreat has stopped and soon, the might of the German armed forces will rain hell upon the Soviets like nothing seen in the history of the world!
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TASS announces: Comrade Stalin has expressed his concerns that the Western Allies seem to deliberately avoid serious battles against the German forces. He most sincerely hopes that this is only temporary situation and that there are important reasons for such avoidance. The heroic Red Army has stopped the Prussian militaristic war machine. This is something which even the French were not able to do. However the Fascists have all the resources of Europe in their disposal. It requires the cooperation of all progressive forces to defeat the Fascists completely, Comrade Stalin pointe out.
Well that was uncalled for, don't believe all the axis propoganda you hear.
Spain holds against the Italian hordes. North and East Africa are cleared of Axis. Greece joins the Allies. Bangkok falls to the Indian forces, Chinese and Indian forces link in the jungles of Burma and Vietnam.
Fighter sweeps strike Koln. 10 to 15 Uboats sunk this round.
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Pacific Front: Japanese fleet retreated from Wake after the loss of many surface units, including one Battlecruiser and two Heavy cruisers. Wake was reinforced and the Fleet carriers are upgrading their air groups with the brand new SBD dive bomber.
Atlantic: More Lend Lease sent to Portugal. Our ASW forces sank more 6 German submarines
China: Japanese offensive stalled, we met the British forces in Indochina.
Africa: A new road is being built to take USA troops from Liberia to the Mediterranean theatre
IJN have encircled wake island and conducted bombardment operations against the defenders, naval landing with our 60,000 marines will soon take place. 2nd IJN task force has now been given the mission of destroying the British navy in Asia.
British commonwealth subs around Korea have been destroyed, with no losses on our side. Japanese conducted limited offensive operations against Chinese forces with success. Japanese forces in Indochina launched counterattacks against British/Indian forces and destroyed large amount of units, with our forces advancing on all fronts. Saigon has still not fallen, but with the entry of our air units this should change.
Reinforcements have been brought in to replenish those units which have been lost in fighting....
Eastern front- continuing air superiority battles still taken place, though Germany is winning yet again. conducting bombing raids on troop concentrations as before, bringing new equipment on line for defensive purposes, but as of this time no offensive action is planned.
Spanish front- Italian forces continuing to advance into Spain, meeting weak British resistance. The Italians have brought on line their newest fighter level IV and soon should have them serving front line CAP duty.
It seems that the Japanese and Allied are also fighting a propaganda war. Not really sure which side to believe. Now if they could use some spies to sneek some photo images of maps and troop concentrations, that would be something.
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Well if you listen to the British they are on the verge of collapse. The USA doesn't think so. Wonder if he took over all the allies like Lion took over the Axis?
as far as I know, bombur has not taken over for the British/French. I will try and post some screenshots within a few days when i have a chance. i would say the British are very weak in Europe but in Asia, they still have large forces and are at this moment causing me a tad bit of concern in Thailand, but not for long.....
The British are almost always on the verge of collapse. Their main strength is in logistics and being able to concentrate their forces in places where they are not expected. Head to head, they generally perform poorly against the Germans and Japanese, especially on the ground. They do well against the Italians. Until the Germans attacked Russia, they British were beaten, and would have quickly lost any conflict the Germans had chosen to start.
The Japanese DOW was not good news but the British were able to move quickly in reaction. But now that there is a less dynamic head to head match up going in in Thailand, I think they're going to loose, it's going to take a bit of time and attrition which I am not convinced the Japanese can sustain, but I think it's headed that way.
Hopefully losses for the Germans on the Russian front will bring them to the brink of collapse soon and the USA will benefit from the brief distraction of the Japanese in Thailand. I'm expecting bad news soon enough from all the other theaters.
The French are out of it, walking dead essentially. The loss of Hanoi removed their capability to increase their defensive posture and isolated Saigon, which can only produce supply. Ironically, the other remaining French HQ's were being supplied from Saigon because the African HQ's cannot produce enough to feed even their own garrisons. I am meaning to see if I can assign French HQ's to British HQ's for supply purposes.
BTW there hasn't been any reassignment of game roles in real life on the Allied side, not that I am aware of anyway.
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just received the turn earlier today, have not finished the turns yet but hoping to do so tonight when i get home from work. I have finished the Germans, and I would say that the Germans have stalemated the eastern front. This turn saw the soviet air force no where to be found. it appears the soviets have pulled their fighter back as the Glorious Luftwaffe has won Air superiority for the time being. German bombers then began pounding the front lines, and troops coming up as reinforcements, so was a good day all around.
New German weapons are now coming on line and being put into front line positions, beefing up the defenses, but as of yet there are no plans for any offensive operations. As for the Italians, this turn was not as successful as the last several but I have not finished them yet so there is still much to be done.
Now going to the Japanese- I will disagree with Jeff, yes the British took me off guard, and have taken Bangkok and it appears they have a strong fleet anchored outside of Bangkok, but I'm not very worried. The more pressure I can put on England in Europe the less there will be for Asia. Hong Kong is now completely blockaded, and my naval forces have once again bombarded wake island, marine units are standing by for invasions of U.S. islands and so things are not bad. Japan has finished researching her newest fighter that can be put in to production ( and has been).
Until the Commonwealth forces can rest air superiority from me I'm not worried in the least. Who ever controls the air will win the war and for now I control the air in both theaters ( Europe and Asia) and I plan on keeping it that way.
