Why the Axis lost. Axis AAR

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Malor

Warspite,

I'm looking forward to enjoying your Axis AAR. I've not played that side yet and was planning to do so next game. I'll probably wait a few days to learn what not to do from this AAR. [:D]

Good luck!

Malor

warspite1

Very wise, I'm bound to embarrass myself [;)]

[jerrybill]

I am going to follow your part with interest

[warspite1]

14th - 25th October 1939

Not much to report on the Allied AI as the FOW precludes me from seeing much. The French armies on the Maginot Line are gradually building up their strength however. Here is a summary. I see that the British have taken control of the ports in Ireland....

[warspite1]

14th - 25th October 1939

There are some last minute revisions to the Nazi-Soviet Pact thanks to a request from Stalin.... What did Napoleon say at Waterloo? "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". Oh wait... hang on...how did that end? [X(]

[warspite1]

14th - 25th October 1939

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - The Germans spend all their points on research - Infantry Weapons, Advanced Tanks, Advanced Aircraft, Logistics, Production Technology and Industrial Technology
Italy - The Italians research Infantry Weapons

[warspite1]

14th - 25th October 1939

Whilst trying to return home, Graf Spee and Deutschland runs into a British submarine flotilla. I think it unlikely they will see home...

No rest for the wicked. In Poland the victorious Wehrmacht heads west.

[warspite1]

5th - 16th November 1939

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - Command and Control research
Italy - Nothing

[warspite1]

5th - 16th November 1939

Damn - I thought my panzerschiffe were going to get home afterall, but they have been found by a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla.

Nothing much else to report - the German Army continue to stream west. I don't used operational movement as I want to save MPP.

[Malor]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

14th - 25th October 1939

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - The Germans spend all their points on research - Infantry Weapons, Advanced Tanks, Advanced Aircraft, Logistics, Production Technology and Industrial Technology
Italy - The Italians research Infantry Weapons

Can you explain why you save MPP for multiple turns and then spend them all at once in a single turn?

I'm confused as to why you wait. If you were planning to spend on research, the sooner you spend, the sooner you get a return back. With the Germans earning enough MPP each turn, unless you have a need to spend on something else or need to save for an expensive unit, you spend on research each turn it is possible. Sometimes it helps to spend in a tech twice to increase the speed. I've found that you don't lose all chits in a tech if there are still levels to research so if you spend two chits, when the next level is reached, you are already working on the next one.

Thanks,
Malor

[warspite1]

27th November - 8th December 1939

Reinforcement
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - Nothing. The German maximum research level has been hit. Two fighters on the Western Front are upgraded.
Italy - Naval Weaponry research

[Malor]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

5th - 16th November 1939

Damn - I thought my panzerschiffe were going to get home afterall, but they have been found by a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla.

Nothing much else to report - the German Army continue to stream west. I don't used operational movement as I want to save MPP.

Warspite,

Are you using forced march to move them twice as far each turn or using normal movement?

Forced march (double click on unit in case you did not know it was available) is great because they get where you want them fast. They can then start entrenching to defend themselves (when needed) and still have time to be reinforced and upgraded if needed over a few turns while recovering the morale loss from the forced march. With an HQ in the area to help with morale, they can easily be ready for spring attack in the west within a few months, which is about all the time that is available anyway.

Thanks,
Malor

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Malor

ORIGINAL: warspite1

14th - 25th October 1939

Reinforcements
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - The Germans spend all their points on research - Infantry Weapons, Advanced Tanks, Advanced Aircraft, Logistics, Production Technology and Industrial Technology
Italy - The Italians research Infantry Weapons

Can you explain why you save MPP for multiple turns and then spend them all at once in a single turn?

I'm confused as to why you wait. If you were planning to spend on research, the sooner you spend, the sooner you get a return back. With the Germans earning enough MPP each turn, unless you have a need to spend on something else or need to save for an expensive unit, you spend on research each turn it is possible. Sometimes it helps to spend in a tech twice to increase the speed. I've found that you don't lose all chits in a tech if there are still levels to research so if you spend two chits, when the next level is reached, you are already working on the next one.

Thanks,
Malor

warspite1

Please don't be confused - remember I am a little slow in my frail dotage (not that I was ever exactly razor sharp) and added to this sad state of affairs, this is my first time with the Axis so I don't really know what I'm doing. I had no idea what MPP the Axis are getting and when, I therefore waited a little before deciding to splurge on some tech research.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Malor

ORIGINAL: warspite1

5th - 16th November 1939

Damn - I thought my panzerschiffe were going to get home afterall, but they have been found by a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla.

Nothing much else to report - the German Army continue to stream west. I don't used operational movement as I want to save MPP.

Warspite,

Are you using forced march to move them twice as far each turn or using normal movement?

Forced march (double click on unit in case you did not know it was available) is great because they get where you want them fast. They can then start entrenching to defend themselves (when needed) and still have time to be reinforced and upgraded if needed over a few turns while recovering the morale loss from the forced march. With an HQ in the area to help with morale, they can easily be ready for spring attack in the west within a few months, which is about all the time that is available anyway.

Thanks,
Malor

warspite1

Er... that would be no [;)]

[warspite1]

27th November - 8th December 1939

Admirals Raeder and Donitz plans are unravelling faster than a cheap woollen jumper.

First Admiral Raeder has had to scrap the re-naming ceremony for the Deutschland....

Second, Donitz thought he would set up a U-Boat patrol at the mouth of the Red Sea to disrupt reinforcements to Egypt. Wolfpack Hartmann is found by an aircraft carrier and for some reason, I cannot attack her [&:]

[warspite1]

27th November - 8th December 1939

Sorry I forgot to show this:

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Malor

ORIGINAL: warspite1

5th - 16th November 1939

Damn - I thought my panzerschiffe were going to get home afterall, but they have been found by a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla.

Nothing much else to report - the German Army continue to stream west. I don't used operational movement as I want to save MPP.

Warspite,

Are you using forced march to move them twice as far each turn or using normal movement?

Forced march (double click on unit in case you did not know it was available) is great because they get where you want them fast. They can then start entrenching to defend themselves (when needed) and still have time to be reinforced and upgraded if needed over a few turns while recovering the morale loss from the forced march. With an HQ in the area to help with morale, they can easily be ready for spring attack in the west within a few months, which is about all the time that is available anyway.

Thanks,
Malor

warspite1

Er... that would be no [;)]

warspite1

Cool! [:)] That really helps. Hope its not too late.

[warspite1]

19th - 30th December 1939

Renforcement
None

MPP Expenditure

Germany - Purchase an Army and a Maritime Bomber
Italy - Nothing

[warspite1]

19th - 30th December 1939

Good shooting from the submariners! But sadly contact is lost with the aircraft carrier [:@]

[warspite1]

12th January - 10th February 1940

Reinforcements

Germany
7th Fallschirmjager Division arrives in Hamburg
1st Fallschirmjager Division arrives in Cologne

Italy
I Corps in Bardia
Garibaldi HQ in Gazala

MPP Expenditure

Germany - The Germans continue to reinforce and upgrade on a limited basis.
Italy - Engineer

[warspite1]

12th January - 10th February 1940

A summary of the last turn:

Sadly Wolfpack West runs slap bang into a French destroyer Flotilla off the French coast....