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Well West gain a port in Norway, and since he control the see it will be hard now to pull them back. Butr we will tray. City is surounded from all sides at the moment, and we pushed all defenders from the hills back to the city.
In N.Africa - Italians and Germans were repulsed once again by Toomies ( we are lokiong for somehow historical outcome of this theathre ). ANd a lone Brittish subs survived for a few turns almost anything that Axis bring to destroyed her. She was down to 0 rediness, and yes she bring down a fighter.
Istambul taken, Positioning of units almost over. Few turns and Su will be under attack. Toomies spies repulsed from France.
No sign of Brittish cariers. Are they hunting subs???
BTW . kondr - it is written on my screen that subs killed 30 pp. Did you lose a unit in transport last turn? If yes please explain the details
Question - enginer unit consisting of 49 eng, 1 inf. gun and 3 trucks have 100 AP, 900 Ep. 100 rediness and 250-300 suplays and was not able to build airfield? Why? Last turn and this turn again. I put it on different terains, and it cannot. I have enought PP, that is not a problem.

ORIGINAL: cveta


BTW . kondr - it is written on my screen that subs killed 30 pp. Did you lose a unit in transport last turn? If yes please explain the details

TO be honest I cannot recall... I may have lost cargo ship, but not any signifcant unit...no... on which theatar? Near Norway? I have lost a lots of supply from LW there...

Allied leader played tired and under influence of beer again so this turn was not probably my best... (and it was short[:)])...
Bergen reinforced, weak encirclement towards Swedish iron ore broken...

LW is on alert in France... and there are a lots of Flak in Paris... few recon planes lost.

In N. Africa counterattack launched, strong GE unit routed, Italians ignored...

Biggest surprise of the turn was effectivnes of Chinese. As in this version they start with more PP, I upgraded most of my infantry to II and they have this turn proved themselves worthy... My foe recieved heavy casulties attacking China troops in mountain area, and on my turn few forward Jap units routed.
And as I was tired and fastclicking , I revealed my Chinese secret weapon... Chinese airforce is a proud owner of 1 LB! [:D]

Nothing much in Norway - Bergen full of flak units. I lost 2 fighters. Germany withrow deeper in hills.

In N. Africa - withrowal was ordered, contact with Tommies lost. Italian subs raid port of Aleksandria sinking few cargo ships and run away.

Operation Barbarosa has started. Here is the initial land taking with few descriptions.

Sorry but cannot put a file - it is too large, sorry. Minsk taken, Lvov taken, Odesa surounded, few SU units destroyed. Naval blocade of Helsinki destroyed - SU lost all ships and we reinforce Finland. Large grouping of SU forces in Leningrad - all planes, 10 art, tanks, rifles - looks like SU decide to take Heslinki quickly.

If you like send me the file and I can resize it for you... I'd like to see it .

Edit: I have resized it for you... And I haven't add anything! much... ;-D

Japan turn - Attack on Pearl was a sucess, 3 BB and 4 LB survived and we lost 1 Carier air only. Australia and N.Z fell on same day. Manila, Borneo also. Unloaded troops near Hanoi and advance from Canton toward Hanoi. City surounded. Subs strike cargoships in main Dutch HQ. All were sink and subs retreted to safty. Number of small cities taken.
In Asia - attack on China went better this turn. We menage to take 1 city, and inflict demage greter than our loses. But Chin ais much stronger in this version and I expect anather counterattack from them. They have LB. WOW.

As Japan attacked, same major WA cities came online. I have lost Australia and New Zealand very stupidly... I had some troops in it+stuff, but I put to much fate into coastal fortresses... I always tought that they will destroy incoming landing crafts before they unload... My error was that I didn't allocate enough supply and troops down there...
Mostly because I invested a lot in N. Africa.

There counterattack was initiated. Luftwaffe planes where attacked with my airforce while they where still on the ground...
Few Italian destroyers sunked near Alexandria... IRC few subs to.

I am still grasping with operational problems of WA...

As SU I tried to advance on one front that I can... And that is Finland. But as my opponent cleverly landed few 88 AA near and in the city with additonal ground reinforcements that has stalled also.
My artillery prepared an attack on Fin. fortres troops, the airforce bombed Helsinki and there I have lost 5 divebombers from 88 and FT-s. Attack on fortress unit was then canceled we will have to divise a new plan...

Multiple bridges where destroyed, WA help in PP and supply via Bergen was recieved and Bulgarian navy (2 destroyers) where engaged with all that I got in black sea... But only one was destroyed...

Chinese also recieved help from WA and they wreally made my day. Changsa was retaken from evil Japan hordes! Few units pushed back and even one FT II was destroyed...
Managed to attack arty unit but did no real damage to it...

China is stronger and more fun to play in this scenario. In mountain area I can hold my own against technologically supperior opponent...

Well nice editing you did on my screenshot comerade Stalin. But I belive that we got the picture ( if anybady is reading this ).
Advance on Su on all fronts, but without huge battles. Futher reinforces putted in Finland.
In Norway - attack on infantry in hills with fighters have no use. And our land units attack but were repulsed. This theathre start to make me angry. I will send some SS units there to clear the mess.
Noting new in France. Still no bombing of our cities.
In N.Africa Italians were repulsed once again, so we are at our starting positions. I will wait for Tommies to advance. We finaly sing English sub wich was harrasing our transports for few turns. 
Since West put so meny units in N.Africa Japan have an easy job.
We take Hanoi, Singapore and Borneo this turn. We need 5 point more for a countdown to start.
Chinese arnies start to be wery brave so they left hills. ANd they were slotered by plqains and artilery. Now we have a chance for a breakthru. I wonder how well will kondor fill his gaps in a defence.
 

good AAR guys keep it coming.

Losing austrailia has to really hurt I wonder if the west can retake it fast enough.

Imperial Japan already has enough victory points?![X(] Partially due to my bad leadership on that area (first time WA) and partially on cveta's great play.
Now we will have to devise some strategy to counter that...

Small counterattacks on weak GE troops in Norway. Little advance made towards Swedish iron ore... And as Bergen is still in my possesion I have send a lots of supplies to SU. (I played a card twice this turn). It leaves me behind as WA but SU needs it more now...

Italian fleet in MED is driving me crazy! They have stopped my offensive towards Bengazi (cut my supply and bombed my troops). In retaliaton I did some arty bombing (only 1 arty vs fleet) and that didn't went well ofcourse.
And then I have launched my 4 CAG-s II and hoped for some success but they again evaded all bombs and torpedoes and destroyed few planes...
Those CA II are pain in the ass![:@]

SU has frustrated me this turn.
First with lots of arty I have destroyed Finish fort and entrachment+morale of troops there, then I ordered attack from two hexes with vastly superior troops and Fins backed with some Gerries wooped my ass.

Then I tried bombing SS unit that I hoped was out of LW defense... I was wrong[8|], at least one halftrack less...

And to lift my spirit I ordered destruction of 2 important bridges in front of GE columns near Smolensk...
First try was a dud. (it said something like did 1217 damage vs 500 bridge points, bridge survived[&:]). Second eing. unit, bridge on the other side same result... They had another attempt and that one failed to...[X(].
It seems SU powder ain't worth crap! Eing. unit can now throw themselves in front of GE rolling PZ IV...

Help from WA was greatly appreciated and SU as results already has Basic infantry II (as GE to).

Bulgaria has no navy anymore...

China- fun as every turn on this scenario![:D]
I don't feel bad loosing them, and they fight well! If Japan had less arty/FT/DB units they would be running towards sea now..[;)]
Little positioning, attack from multiple directions and Japs are on the run![8D]

Yes, he can outproduce me, but now Goran must allocate production to China front more then usual... Not to mention that I still hold Changsa and Wuhan(?) [:'(]

cveta- a friendly reminder from the Briefing-
"Wuhan & Changsha must be occupied before 3 turns of the Pacific Blitz or partisan activit will increase" That means by 3 turns after the Pacific Blitz is played. If I read correctly, you're pretty close to that.

kondor-
"It seems SU powder ain't worth crap!"
Are you trying to blow a bridge where one hex is controlled by GE? I find that rarely works. But, if you are trying to blow a bridge where both hexes are in your control, that is incredibly bad luck, very out of the ordinary if you have enough EP points.

ORIGINAL: explorer2

cveta- a friendly reminder from the Briefing-
"Wuhan & Changsha must be occupied before 3 turns of the Pacific Blitz or partisan activit will increase" That means by 3 turns after the Pacific Blitz is played. If I read correctly, you're pretty close to that.

Yes - seems to me that China will hold bout cities. At the moment of declaration of war china forces were deployed forward and some heawy fighting were executed. But at the end Japan will take bouth city and passibly way to inner China will be opened. I wonder how long will thouse "increase partisan actiity last".
Last turn China forces were reduced to some 100 - 150 rifle protecting bouth cities. But that means that productio centers were ligtly defended.
Also - Since Japan take Australia, N. Zeland and Philipines ( partialy )+ Vietnam I belive that partisan wont be big problem since marine units may be redeployed to Asia mainland.
In Europe - German advance toward outskirts of Leningrad. Smolensk is surounded. And deeper advance was executed on all fronts. Some light fighting in Norway, and a general West withrowal in N. Africa. Italians are unloading small units behind enemy lines for 2 turns and that seems to couse supplay problem to N. African armies.
If we were lucky N. Africa theathre may be closed untill the end of the year.
Also - some DD sunk near cost of Norway.

And one more thing - it is written again in Japan history that 5 rifle and 1 carier air was lost together with some 500 suplay. I wonder ho may I know where did my subs score that hits. On my screen thouse loses were presented like loses to pp for west. Is this right?

ORIGINAL: cveta

And one more thing - it is written again in Japan history that 5 rifle and 1 carier air was lost together with some 500 suplay. I wonder ho may I know where did my subs score that hits. On my screen thouse loses were presented like loses to pp for west. Is this right?

You may indeed have caused losses to his pp if you interdicted supply.
If your history is not showing these losses, what probably happened is he tried to transport or produce units somewhere that either a) was too far to get 100% transferred without losses (over 100ap) or b) you had units that interdicted his supply/production/transfer in the path they needed to take.

WA fought few skirmishes in Norway, tried to bomb Marseille but there was a FT which downed one of LB.
Sent supply to China.
CV II group near India destroyed group of 3 Jap subs. FT-s found and attacked 2 escort cariers protecting a LR landing craft (5. Imperial marines onbord), but luckily for him transport survived...

China did recieve a Shangai revolt with great joy[:D] and thus the Japanese are again short for few VP.
No big counterattacks this turn. Changsa is totaly destroyed by Jap. arty and abandoned, Wuhan is strongly reinforced... Still no message that I have hold those two cities from 3 or more turns after pacific blitz... (Maybe this was a third turn?). Am eager to see how will this affect partisans levels...

No censorhip needed for free people of China...[:D]

I am so anxious to open turn, but it is 23,22 now and I must wait for tomorow since turn takes 1-2 hours to play. I miss a option to see at the history without opening the turn. But AAR make good compensation.
You ddnot mentioned anything about N. Africa theathre? I hope tat you dont have any good news from there. And I belive that in SU was no big fights? I assume that I must wait and see the history tommorow.
And Shangai revolt becouse I remove garnison from there and latter forget to send new troops there. As you know I always reinforce front line with units with Exp from garnisons. It work well if you play it rightly, but as you see I did it wrong this time.