[Champions League - Allies POV] Game #8 ElvisJJonesRamb vs Archmache

[archmache]

Norway falls after the second turn. Northern Wind is progressing on track of time! Light naval action west of Denmark. German cruisers destroy a destroyer, and UK Maritime bombers retaliate, but take heavy losses from German fighters.

UK receives 144 MPP from the captured country and 15 MPP convoy a turn from Norway!

Northern Storm In Full Effect.PNG (2.17 MiB) Viewed 646 times

German NM is down to 108%, raiding the Norway line with British battleships has cost the Germans 50 x 3 NM a turn I believe. Need to check the strategy guide, but BB should inflict 50 NM loss a turn.

[archmache]

USN accidentally moved some ships outside of the naval zone, resulting in a 5% reduction in mobilization. US mobilization at 65%. Oops!

Sweden mobilizes due to Allied advances, but is not fully activated.

Once US enters UK will DOW Sweden. Will take 4 turns to capture as it is very difficult to get all the way to the Swedish capital. Heavy Bombers are flown into Norway to destroy supply. UK orders garrisons to defend the partisans to ensure the MPP gain is positive.

UK ignores Australia, as last game tons of MPP was invested and then all the units disappeared. Until this gets fixed, won't bother investing a single MPP into an Australian unit or ship.

[archmache]

UK collects 334 MPP

France 10 MPP

USA 381 MPP

USSR 863 MPP

China 54 MPP

India 121 MPP

The entire Allied forces have maxed convoys to send to the USSR. 900 MPP and 40+ troops is stabalization for USSR, I have found. When playing Axis, if I can keep Russia BELOW 40 units, they end up falling. Right now I have 38 ...

USSR has lots of gaps, BUT German have completely vacated the North since any incursion to take Leningrad will be met with ground attack bombers hitting Axis troops in the swamps - way to costly for the OKH.

This has been quite the interesting game. Allies on the edge of the seat waiting to see where Japan strikes.

USA has delivered two Armies to Hawaii to deter an invasion. If timed correctly, AA guns will arrive just before Pearl Harbor.
Ports have been upgraded to level 2 AA to limit destruction by the Aichi D3A

[archmache]

German troops blockade Singapore

Singapore blockaded.PNG (769.94 KiB) Viewed 627 times

Not going to waste any MPP into defending Singapore. Going to get smacked by Japan. RIP.

[archmache]

Chinese muster their best soldiers for a final stand.

Japan gets their Empire.PNG (927.76 KiB) Viewed 626 times

Heroism to waste Japanese Resources.

The Empire Returns.PNG (622.31 KiB) Viewed 626 times

Japan has build up a strong MPP base - around 400 MPP a turn.

The Empire Is Back.PNG (392.5 KiB) Viewed 626 times

[archmache]

Russia deploys hasty reinforcements

Static Defence Working.PNG (1.44 MiB) Viewed 625 times

Moscow lightly defended. Last game, Russia broke when the South fell. I would rather lose Moscow than the oil. With the air force from Finland, Axis no doubt must push South.

Moscow Lightly Defended Ordered Engineers.PNG (1.21 MiB) Viewed 625 times

Russian keeps its rail lines on!

Russian Lines Open.PNG (435.52 KiB) Viewed 625 times

Russian entrenchments have yielded great results. Germans are taking significant casualties running into entrenchments. Here are there losses.

German MPP Losses.PNG (1.12 MiB) Viewed 625 times

[archmache]

German NM is below the 110% threshold. It may pop with Smolens.

German NM slowly decreasing.PNG (1.12 MiB) Viewed 624 times

[archmache]

General Mud arrives. Crappy weather grounds the Luftwaffe. Russians take a breather.

Bad Weather is Good Weather For Allies.PNG (616.27 KiB) Viewed 618 times

[archmache]

Second batch of Russian Reinforcements arrive in the nick of time! Rain deters Axis advances by the push up a little closer to the Russian entrenchments. Static defences have slowed the Axis advance to a standstill. No counter attacking is preserving health and entrenchments, while USSR builds up MPP base.

Second Batch of Soviet Reinforcements.PNG (1.18 MiB) Viewed 600 times

This turn Soviets order a new HQ, invest in advanced tanks, industrial technology, and command and control. That's the last batch of research needed. No units were purchases so there will be a gap in the stream of reinforcements, but Soviet Winter should strike, providing a much needed turn to let new deployed units catch up on morale!

Production Queue.PNG (500.08 KiB) Viewed 600 times

USSR invests heavily in Research

USSR Technology Delayed.PNG (764.85 KiB) Viewed 600 times

Slowly gaining back lost troops ... Soviets back to 44 troops

Soviets at 44 Troopers.PNG (1.25 MiB) Viewed 600 times

[archmache]

Axis dancing around Singapore

More movement.PNG (797.06 KiB) Viewed 598 times

but German convoys go to ZERO! Northern storm successful!!

German Convoys Eliminated.PNG (1 MiB) Viewed 598 times

[archmache]

India still needs more time to prepare against the great Japanense threat. To deter the invasion, US has decided to drop their own readiness. A gambit, but one I think worth to allow India to collect more MPP and gain a stronger defensive postion.

USA moves AA guns to Hawaii. They are strategically placed to cover each hex port so that they have to be destroyed to gain access to the ports. Armies are upgraded with AA and have 3 turns of entechment. Honolulu and the junlge have carrier defence +1, so I double Japanese carriers will be able to take the Pacific Base.

US deploys AA to Hawaii.PNG (458.97 KiB) Viewed 595 times

US mobilization decreases due to Hawaii troops, but increases due to Japan, netting +1% and ending at 83%. Unironically, the later US joins the better for allies. Japan is just too strong. I think house rules say Japan cannot attack Russia until DOW on the US, so Russia gets the +80 from Vladivostok.

UK invests in Argentina to deter a potential axis coup.

Soviets collect 909 MMPP
UK 347 MPP
France 10 MPP
USA 452 MPP
China 53 MPP (rip!)
India 179 (Industrial Tech for the Win!)

[archmache]

Kriegsmarine sends out some scouter subs to potentially sink UK and UK Transport.

Sub Hunting.PNG (960.84 KiB) Viewed 569 times

RN defends and sinks a sub, I believe the first of the game. Kriegsmarine has been very passive.

sub.PNG (354.67 KiB) Viewed 569 times

[archmache]

Axis have trouble taking Smolensk. Vetern Soviet army forces a tank to retreat. Partisan spawn cuts the rail, but the rail line in the north is still there.

Tanks retreat and Partisans disrupt supply.PNG (926.39 KiB) Viewed 568 times

Deployed soviet troops are starting to make multiple defensive lines - its all about entrenchment. Creating multiple waves of level 3 entrechment (in forest) is a nightmare for the Germans. Even if they punch through, it takes turns to get there, thereby allowing the production of Soviet tanks, and hopefully, and Allied landing on the Continent.

Southern defences still hold. Snow has hampered the Germans.

Defence lateral in Southern Russia.PNG (1.24 MiB) Viewed 568 times

My defences are planned to maximize land and resource bonuses. By defending on Kiev - Odessa, I reduce the amount of Soviet troops to 7, then when Kiev falls I can retreated to Kharkov - Dnepr Line. Falling this I fall back to the Dnpr-Rosotov Line. This creates "Death Pockets" where is Germans advance with one or two units they will get attacked. Elvis is doing a slow push. Since Germans convoys have gone to zero, and Russia has held ALL THREE of the mines in the south, German income is capped at 500 MPP and cannot afford to replace casualties as the Soviet winter has yet to hit!

mapping.PNG (1.77 MiB) Viewed 568 times

[archmache]

The Winter War Strikes!

Winter Warfare.PNG (400.9 KiB) Viewed 557 times

Axis takes heavy damage

Russia Pushes.PNG (406.33 KiB) Viewed 557 times

MPP losses are heavy, retaliation from the Turn 1 wipe on Barbarrossa! German NM slowly declines

German NM slowly decreasing.PNG (1.12 MiB) Viewed 557 times

after winter offensive

German NM Drops After Soviet Winter.PNG (1.12 MiB) Viewed 557 times

[archmache]

After US Entrance, German NM at 100%. Going to have to check the strategy guide, but I think Allies controlling Norway must have something to do with NM drops ...

German Low on NM.PNG (1.06 MiB) Viewed 556 times

[archmache]

Soviets deploy reinforcements - 50 Troops now.

Soviets Back to 50 Troops.PNG (1.41 MiB) Viewed 555 times

Soviets take the winter war turn to invest in more research!

Heavy USSR Research.PNG (654.22 KiB) Viewed 555 times

Russian Troops Stay static, waiting for the spring offensive.

Staying Static.PNG (1.22 MiB) Viewed 555 times

In central Russia, tanks retreat to deal with Partisans. Will take them 2-3 turns to get back to the front lines. Very odd move by elvis. Maybe he will move them south for the push on Caucasus, upgrade to level three, or invade Belgium and Netherlands, which are still neutral. I don't think he needed to retreat the tanks. Gives central Russia the breather he needed. Elvis should send some planes to spott!

Central Tank Retreat.PNG (1.22 MiB) Viewed 555 times

[archmache]

Japanese AVL are spotted near India. Great move in hindsight to delay US entrance by moving troops to Hawaii as India reached IW2 the following turn! India is quite strong now, collecting about 180 MPP a turn. Of course the oil in the NE will fall to advancing Japanese troops, but I don't think India will fall to a ground invasion as it is HEAVILY defended.

Japanese AVL Spotted by Maritime Bombers.PNG (1.19 MiB) Viewed 554 times

Indian Tanks Prepare to Invade Friendlies for a global morale boost

Starship Troopers on Kathmandu.PNG (264.54 KiB) Viewed 554 times

Kathmandu survives for a turn ...

Attacking Kathmandu.PNG (472.79 KiB) Viewed 554 times

China in ruins ...

China Almost Wasted.PNG (512.64 KiB) Viewed 554 times

[archmache]

Tunis is taken by UK troops, and the UK begins scouting Northern France, but hits heavy Italian AA. Won't be easy to Invade France. May have to take out Italy.

Canadian Troops move to North Ireland to prepare to Invade the country for a morale boost.

Tunis Taken.PNG (900.77 KiB) Viewed 548 times

Montgomery rejoices

Bernard.PNG (335.32 KiB) Viewed 548 times

France defended heavily

Pretty strong defences in France.PNG (697.58 KiB) Viewed 548 times

[archmache]

Mogadishu Falls and Italian NM drops below 70%

Mog Captured.PNG (954.19 KiB) Viewed 547 times

Italians are not happy

Italy Low.PNG (1 MiB) Viewed 547 times

USSR scrambles crappy defensive units to defend Eastern Russia

Wierd assortment of defences.PNG (515.98 KiB) Viewed 547 times

The calm before the storm

Calm Before the Storm.PNG (3.11 MiB) Viewed 547 times

[archmache]

THE WORLD AT WAR

The World at War.PNG (2.98 MiB) Viewed 546 times