mrdozer2379 vs operating (active match)

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Turn 34

Baltic:

Before capturing Helsinki positioned Kriegsmarine around the port to prevent any escape of the English sub fleet that showed itself to be there on the previous turn, thus eliminating it. This is a huge small victory for CP having a capital city with port to work from..!![:D] The Russians will have to be worried that Petrograd could be next..![&:] With a second port here the Kriegsmarine can now aggressively attack English sub fleets and return for repairs more readily.[:)] Unfortunately while completing this mission the German merchant fleet was sunk up north.[:(] Observing the English fleets it appears they are weakened considerably, where German fleets are nearly at 100% readiness and updated. Should be some interesting naval battles coming up soon.

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Turn 34

Eastern Front:

Finally got the breakthrough I have been praying for..!! CP artillery opened up with a barrage that devastated the Russian general killing his unit and eliminating the general from the match for several turns..![:D] With his support gone it was easy to attack nearby Russian units with much success with the German deathhead cav. opening up the breakthrough even more putting other Russian units in precarious predicaments in range of CP artillery and without reserves and with no immediate air support that I am aware of.[X(] His artillery took a hit and will likely find a safer place (retreat) to survive. The Koenigsberg garrison has embarked to the west of the port so that local Russian units could not spot it and I also feel there are no English subs around to see it this move either.[8D] A new sub killing zeppelin has deployed next to Koenigsburg. Spies have reported that the Russians are near collapse, so I am going to do whatever I can to not disappoint them..[;)] I'm anxious to see how the Russians respond to the breakthrough? Guess we are going to have to find out next turn.[:'(]

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Turn 34

Turkey:

Russian cav tried to cut off the East Turkey army then got attacked by the withdrawing army, although it did cause them to split up. OK, the English navy took the bait in trying to keep the English cav in supply to which there is no way the AH sub corps is going to let the light cruiser escape, they may save the cav, but not the fleet. We'll see..[;)] AH transport and German raider arrived just outside of Constantinople after the transport had been sub attacked. I'm not going to waste any time getting these fleets to the Mediterranean seeing that OE's NM is now at 7%, 0% NM is total collapse. Lost a unit by Aleppo and the rest are facing certain death without full supply..

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Turn 35

Stats: Germany receives Steel Helmet, Hooded gas mask and bomb rack techs. Bomb racks makes bombers available to recruit..

Made a mistake here: It was the AH who received hooded gas masks. Was reviewing SSs for upcoming posts and discovered Germany got the hooded gas mask in another turn or 2.

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Turn 35

Belgium:

English fighters are now visible in France. Germany's economy does not have enough PP to upgrade and repair all units so chose to repair and upgrade those units that are the most exposed at this front so in the succeeding turns assume that that highlighted units have been upgraded when it appears to have been repaired, the cost is about 3-4 PP per unit to upgrade due to the double (steel helmet-hood gas mask) ground unit increase for upgrades. 2 unit swap-outs took place due to low morale and a fresh garrison was deployed by Strassburg. Moved 1 fighter base near Frankfurt because of recent English bombing runs on local cities, these fighters will help in intercepting blimps and add air cover to the German salient in front of Nancy. Green circles indicate repair, blue indicate upgrades, lavender indicates units from the queue.

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Turn 35

Italian Front:

Again a lot of activity here both in replay and during CP's turn. The Italians are pushing hard on Milan forcing the defenders back as reserves. Was able to destroy a French fighter base northeast of Turin that supported the Entente attack with CP air-power.[:)] Each fighter base costs 30 PP and 5 turns to produce. Repaired upgraded and advanced German garrisons east of Rome, but had to fill a gap temporally with a fighter base to prevent isolation. Finished off 2 Italian garrisons in this region and limit where Italy can deploy more units due to ZOC. AH's Temeschburg blimp took losses bombing Rome. As you can see, many units are in repair, also deployed 2 fresh AH garrisons, 1 near Trento and the other by Trieste (this one can RR directly to the front).[;)]

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Turn 35

Baltic:

Before leaving Helsinki towards Turku thought to check what's up in Vassa?[&:] Turns out to be a lonely Russian blimp, attacked and destroyed it with a zeppelin.[:)] With a light cruiser in Helsinki port and with an undetected sub fleet scouted the hexes near Petrograd, no enemies spotted in either white circles so pushed on towards Turku.. Sailed the troop transport to where it can disembark next turn beside or in Tallinn (this done before any naval action takes place). Heavily damaged 1 English sub fleet. No new merchant fleets have spawned so maybe the kriegsmarine will try to get in position up north in case one does show up next turn, there's no guarantee that one will. Detected a 9 strength sub fleet in Russian green dot zone, it not a very good idea to attack in enemy favorable waters. The rest of the main fleet is there to protect the transport. I count 5 damaged English fleets with only 1 port available to them for repair, odds are going in CP's favor. [:)]

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Turn 35

Eastern Front:

The Russians withdrew a little north of center and sent their artillery even farther north, which I noticed was not repaired (could it be that Russia is going broke?[&:]). Destroyed 2 more Russian units and secured the breakthrough, rested, upgraded, maneuvered and repaired units for the next push. Like the other fronts there was not enough PP to take of all units. Really like how AH is stepping up to contribute to the fight and holding it's line that is being harassed.[:)] Put a nice big direction arrow to remind everyone where this offensive is going. Once that weakened Russian 9 infantry to the east is either destroyed or pushed out of the way, then this front will really open up..[;)]

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Turn 35

Eastern Mediterranean:

I can't recall how the English merchant fleet was detected? It could have been another AH sub fleet a little south of here that spotted it.. Regardless these Mediterranean merchant fleets always sail to the exact same locations every time they spawn right on through the Mediterranean. Swung the AH transport into the Med with the raider.. Been thinking about capturing a Italian North Africa city with port.[8|] Almost sank the entire English merchant fleet and made sure to block at the entrance to the Adriatic, there's still plenty of Entente navy around and in a way I may have set myself up to being blockaded out of the Adriatic should French subs attack there.[:(]

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Turn 35

Turkey:

Aleppo is captured and the original Gaza army is kaput, gone..[:(] The only OE army left is in Eastern Turkey and what do they do?: "Go on the attack!!"[:D] They know the situation is hopeless and soon will be out-flanked and out of supply. In a way I wished they stayed on the march towards Constantinople, Ankara, somewhere? Just to delay the Entente a victory here, heck, I'm surprised that OE has lasted this long! Take a look at how many units the Entente has on the map here vs OE. One thing for sure: That English light cruiser will not last another turn![;)] Soon the AH sub corps will be heading for home with a lot of battle victories in the bag.[:D]

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Turn 36

Stats: Ahhh! Now Germany get's hooded gas masks..

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Turn 36

Belgium:

Got trouble here..![:(] German infantry got vaporized a little south of Antwerp and a German garrison got vaporized in front of Strassburg.! This is troublesome especially where the Entente ground units near these locations did not show any losses or issues with morale..![&:] Could this be the beginning of the end of the Western Front? The Germans can not hold it's present positions with those kinds of losses for long. It would call for a lot of strong reinforcements that Germany cannot afford where just about everything is getting consumed at the other fronts. All I can imagine is that mrdozer has invested in FOW artillery and a pant-load of air-power that I am not aware of?[&:] Will stick it out this turn to see what happens next, got a feeling Germany is in for a big strategy change here.[8|] At least for now upgrade with hooded gas masks before considering anything else..

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Turn 36

Italian Front:

Been doing OK here, slow going and at least moving forward to the outskirts of Rome. Demolished the Rome SG and attacked a lead Italian garrison forcing it to retreat to where the SG was. The German garrison took a battering in Milan then RR it to Florence leaving the Milan defense up to AH. RR the Trieste garrison to just outside Florence. The Italian spine mountain range is the greatest hindrance to movement down this peninsula. Moved up AH blimp corp to Tirana to strike at Sicily or go sub hunting. With additional units in Italy CP should overwhelm this faction soon, I hope..

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Turn 36

Baltic:

Marched into Turku unopposed capturing this city and landed a supporting garrison beside Tallinn. Kriegsmarine were able to sink the remnants of an English sub fleet mid Baltic. When the Russians owned Tallinn IIRC CP Uboats could not sail from west to east past the Tallinn port, I'm wondering if movement for the Entente navy works the same way with the change in ownership? It only goes to reason it should. Will have to ask my opponent.

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Turn 36

Eastern Front:

Decided not to muscle CP units past the Russian 9 infantry with attacks, instead surround and isolate it for a mop-up operation next turn. Softened up the Russian salient to the northwest of Brest-Litovsk with artillery and strike the artillery for a loss north of it. To CP's southern flank assaulted the lead Russian infantry preventing it from bettering it's piss poor morale. I do see a Russian garrison showing up down by Vinnytsia. Would love to add more CP ground units to this front, there's simply not enough PP to support all the fronts plus add Kriegsmarine, that's why you see some rather conservative strategy. Successes come at a price too.! From time to time I try to put different icons in the information bar to give the reader an idea of what's going on behind the scenes.

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Turn 36

Eastern Mediterranean:

Figured the French sub fleets were lurking around this vicinity and was proved right. Now the AH dreadnaught has to escape being sunk and head back to port and safer waters and under the AH blimp umbrella. Subs coming up from the south spotted the French Dreadnaught which is now putting a kink in my plans to capture an Italian port city, so sailed transport and raider to hopefully hide behind Crete and avoid detection by both Submarines and dreadnaught.[8D]

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Turn 36

Turkey:

Sank the remainder of the English light cruiser fleet here.[:D] Bursa has been bombed and it looks like Konya and Ankara will soon be captured spelling the end of OE. The East Turkey army is flanked by Russian cav almost guaranteeing this army will be isolated next turn.[:(] OE is at 7% NM do you think they will last another turn? or 2..?..

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Turn 37

Belgium:

Not doing too good here, lost another garrison south of Strassburg and another isolated, I'm feeling like the Germans are getting punked and having to put tails tails between their legs to save their asses.![X(] Entente definitely has the initiative and all I can do is wait till getting hit again. At least if the Germans can set a line between the Dutch border down through Liege to France they might have a chance of slowing down this offensive and wait for reinforcements, the problem is that they will not be dug in. RR the Antwerp garrison to bolster the Strassburg line while a subpar morale German infantry tries to anchor the line here. Continued upgrading units especially with hooded gas masks. The English and French fighters are somewhat depleted, perhaps the Germans may get some respite while the fighters repair, then again I do not know how many fighters are in the FOW? I may bring the northern fighter squadron closer to this front. RR a cav from the Italian front to this front to assist in plugging the holes and maybe get some reconnaissance. I'm hoping the center of this front holds to prevent a total disaster..[8|] The red circle is where I thought I lost a garrison which I figured out later had RR out.[;)]

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Turn 37

Italian Front:

Rome is now completely boxed in with no other armies that can possibly save it from capture except 1 infantry that is 3 hexes away and boxed in itself that CP is not even bothering to attack. A defending Italian garrison outside the city was destroyed and air strikes on the city have reduced the defender's readiness and strength. Nearby Naples has been captured by the Germans and the AH right flank remains strong and is attacking a weak Italian garrison. An AH fighter squadron has rejoined the fight deploying northeast of Florence. Certainly Italian naval bombardments have been annoying and keeping their infantry in supply, the navy's presence will not be enough to save Rome, it's inevitable that Rome will fall. Moved German artillery next to Florence to be ready to RR out next turn for Belgium. Should Italy surrender anytime soon, most if not all of the units at this front will travel to support the Belgium front.. I did make one mistake here by letting the Italian infantry cut the rail-line between Florence and Rome, this is something that could have been prevented.

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Turn 37

Baltic:

Managed to kill another English sub fleet..! Just as another shows up.[:(] Have to race the Turku garrison back to Helsinki after a Petrograd infantry is spotted and bombarded. Noticed a CP merchant fleet has spawned up north, have to wait and see if the English have noticed it too.[&:] Count 7 CP fleets that need repair. What I like about the Finland campaign is that the Russians have spent 20 PP for an infantry which costs 4 PP upkeep per turn vs 10 PP for the German garrison that costs 2 PP upkeep per turn.[:)]