jon_j_rambo Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 -Germans retreat into Iran. -Russian Army killed in South swamp area. -Russian Corp killed in North swamp area. -Russian cruiser engaged, not married, just pinged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Only 2 dead armies? Excellent - means I have a few hundred spare MPP's this turn - the Russians are up to 360/turn, having spent all their early income on IT and PT, and not wasting any on ASW, Gunnery Radar and subs!! I may never get the Siberians unless I let John get a bit closer to Moscow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 You still have the turn? What time zone are you in? New England? New Guinea? I live in Pacific Coast Time. That's USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I'm in New Zealand - it's currently 2.20pm on Monday here, so I'm at work - it'll be 3 1/2 hrs before I get home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Wow, I need an algebra equation to figure out what time it is there. Let me think...It's 7:48 p.m. here now on Sunday! You must be on the otherside of the Dateline. You're 18 hours ahead of the Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yeah - we're pretty much ahead of everyone in the world - but will you guys ever listen to us??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 "We have a responsbility that you can't fathom" --- Col. Jessup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesopo Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yah, right like arse kicking and justifying killing over 100,00 (figures are conservative - estimated 300,000 is the believed number) Iraqis and torturing them in believing King Bushwack. He should be tried for war crimes. I am ashamed to be called an American. This is genocide! Stop swagging not unless you volunteer to go to Iraq yourself. Please Dave, no limericks also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I have no idea who Col Jessup is, and even less interest in yuor rant Aesopo - this is an AAR thread, with a little light banter going on - please butt out! Just googled Jessup - shoud have realised, but I've no idea why JJR chose to post that here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Agreed, lets argue in another thread please. Back to the game...when SO gets home & returns the turn, we've got a good one going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Yep It wasn't 2 dead armies - it was a dead corps, a dead army and a dead partisan! The Corps and army are coing back properly equipped this time - they had been hasty replacement units that didn't have all the latest gear but that's not a problem any more Germany loses an infantry army in the Caucassus, and a Tank group is spotted there - he's got a Lw and a HQ still there, so it behoves us to keep the area fairly well garrisoned! The Black sea fleet bombards Odessa. The remnants of the Baltic fleet tries to bombard Riga but fails to inflict any damage, and cowers outside Krondstadt - it daren't go to port 'cos the Finns will destroy it, and yet there's this big Germanbut no action anywhere else - but there's this big German battleship lurking in Helsinki...oh well, c'est la guere! German motorised garrisons withdraw from PAris & Antwerp - we think they're moving to the Eastern front for a summer offensive now the weather is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 May 1942 --- -High Command is furious over the loss of an experienced Army in the mountains of Georgia due to supply, couldn't get the unit back over the river. The Russians send Corp & Army across the river in pursuit, mistake, they are waxed. -Battles continue on the Russian front. -Lennigrad has an Army & several Corps in front, we battle the Corps, but don't only damage them. -Central Russia, we kill a unit. There's an Engineer unit in a fortress, we don't dare attack him from the ground. Axis Air Units covering the general area. -South Russia, we do nothing, mud. -DOW on the Swiss. We damage the army in the capital (what's its name?), down to 5. Weak attacks because of weather. -German Navy cannot find the U.S. Navy. RN has been rather dinged up earlier in the game, so I'm not concerned about them. -RAF takes potshots on my French ports. -MedSea is an Axis pond. We control everything (Malta, Egypt, Tunisa, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Greece, etc.)...but we don't have "The Rock", Spain, or Vichey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Now I know where the corps from hte Belgian coast went! Spain gets upset by the invasion of Switzerland, Axis attacks in front of Smolensk leave a couple of units exposed - a German army is destroyed, a corps knocked down to 1 pt (damn!) Reinforcements appear in the Caucassus - I can do that much easier than John can! Black sea fleet pounds Odessa again - there's a German army holding it as all his allied garrison units are busy invading Switzerland!! American bombers fly to UK (well that's a no-brainer!) & RAF bombs empty Antwerp. It's July 42, and the weather is good again - expecting a big German push in the Caucasus, and at least a little activity in the central front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 German tank group appears near Lenningrad, and attacks between there and Smolensk destroy several Russian Corps, but replacements arrive, and hte Siberians are here too Germans continue to withdraw in the Caucassus. Switzerland falls, and the British take the opportunity presented by lack of German garrisons and hte absence of the Kriegsmarine off somewherein the Atlantic to invade Belgium, take Antwerp, swarm across the Netherlands, and liberate Benelux.....for the benefit of...... the French??!! :confused: :confused: Bugger! British, American bombers & French partisans co-ordinate attacks on German positions around Paris, Yugoslav partisans fend off weak attempts by Hungarian troops to stop them and march into Germany.....lots of places hte Germans need to garrison this turn....sadly they probably have enough allied trooops to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 Army Group North has surrounded Lennigrad, but we do not attack this turn. Small attrition battles in Central Russian, think I killed a Russian Army. Kind of feels like a boxing match, both looking for a clean hit, while trying not to expose. Russians do have shovels & like defend their cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Various blue units and 1 Italian & 2 German Corps Garrison the industrial areas arough Belgium. Siberian troops and reinforcements operate around Moscow, Smolensk and Kiev - only 1 attack tho - Army Group North looks like it's a long way from it's supply, so the Russian engineers venture out of their fort to attack a HQ - but they are instantly replaced of course The Finns have advanced on Lenningrad and get shown that they really should stay in their fortifications! Russians advance into Iran, more British units pour into Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Advancing to attack the German HQ left a gap in the lines - German mechanised units swarm around the Russians in front of Smolensk, KO the engineers and HQ, isolate another army and capture the city - bugger!! On a positive note it did cost him his stranglehold on Leningrad for a turn, and several units were reduced to very low strength. In the Caucasus the Russians advance into Iraq, attacking a corps positined in front of hte northern oilfields and reducing it to 2 points. German armies concentrate around Baghdad, and the LW is nowhere in evidence. Finnish units retire out of contact. the Axis DOW's Vichy with amphibious landings in Nth Africa and at Narseilles - 2 level 0 tank groups with mech 2 take Oran or Algiers or whatever it is while the Regia Marina pounds the port but fails to destroy the battleship there - mind you it's only got 2 points left!! An allied Army lands outside Marseille & attacks the fleet in port, as does the Italian submarine, reducing it to 2 but the Sub takes a couple of hits. the French fleets counterattack the Sub, knocking off a couple more points for the loss of the cruiser unit, which was only 2 points anyway! British units capture the French mines and knock another allied army down to a couple of points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Hey folks, it's me Liam back from Montreal Canada, been there for about 8 days with my Girlie... While I was up there I crisscrossed Hubert's HomeTown... Stopped in and telepathically told hime to hurry up on the patch! I see that John is having a tougher time than initially expected in this game. Seems now he's Minor Grabbing and Reds are not quite as strong as needed... Western Allies sound pretty pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I've been away a couple of days... Germans make a big effort this turn, killing several corps and armies and advancing to the outskirts of Moscow - they haven't got Kiev yet tho, and it is at he cost of a lot of units at 5 or less strength points. British corps on the French mine is destroyed, as is one othre in belgium - the situation is untenable so the garrison of Brussles heads back to the UK and the bEF garrisons the city. UK and US bombers hit the French mine. Marseilles holds aout against the German allied army and the Italian fleet. In the Caucassus several Italian units appear around Baghdad - initial reports are that they are very poorly equipped. The German corps in front of the oil field retreats to rebuild. A German army occupies the oilfields, but is destroyed by the advancing Russian hordes - the oilfield remains unoccupied unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 The Germans destroy the UK Garrison of Brussles and recapture the city. Kriegsmarine cruisers appear in the Irish sea, battleships and subs in the Channel - could this be a belated Sealion??!! Subs attack a UK carrier off Belgium and inflict severe damage but don't destroy it. RAF & USAAF bombers hit the cruisers. USSR takes Iraqi oilfields & hammer an Italian corps outside Baghdad. Italians line the Tigris expecting an attack from the direction of Iran but are outflanked to the north. Germans move up to Moscow - kill a HQ there but don't attack the city. Partisans move towards Riga, distracting a Tank unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 September 1942 --- -Russians are invading Iraq. Just lost an experienced Army on the oil well, not good. Italians operand in some units to block capital. Supply is an issue, should be for the Reds too, but he has 2 Air Fleets, 2 Armor, and plenty of supporting infantry. -German Army advances on Moscow, Russians lose another HQ. Multiple units killed, no real damage taken by Fritz. -Lennigrad is left alone. Finns walk home. -LF picks of Russian in the Swamp. -British can't take the power on the ground in France. We kill several corps, they are kicked out. -Marseilles still in VF hands, will take a couple turns to get some power pieces to finish the job. -Fritz's Navy heavily damage UK-carrier near Brussells, down to strength-2. The rest of the Buntas sail upto Manchester, looking for ships. I'm sure he'll take some pops with RAF on them, but it was worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 -Moscow sacked. -Supply sucks in Iraq. I'm back out somewhat. Probably a bad move, we shall see. Italians back off towards Kuwait, the Reds have a good chance of take Bagdad. -German Navy runs back home, I control the sea, RAF has the sky. The ground game is dominated by the Axis in France. -VF pinged again, eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Baghdad is captured and Iraq surrenders, putting all the Italians out of supply and unable to be operated out - I suspect a few will get out anyway but it's not a bad day for the Comrades in the south. Sadly Comrade Ioseph has to catch a late plane to Stalingrad tho. Russian partisans attack an air fleet in Riga, more partisans appear in the Prippet marshes, and things aren't going toooooo badly despite the reverses. Russian production is well up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Germans from Syria try to break through to the Italians - succeed in destroying a corps, but lose one of their own and an army reduced to 1 pt. Kiev finally falls, but there are more partisans to try to hunt down. Neocolonialist Italian infantry oppressors of the peace loving Iraqi peoples get roughly handled by brave Soviet liberators. US reinforcements to England hit a sub when they fail to follow the course set to them by a cruiser, but at least we manage to sink one of the German battleships this turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 The US army and its escorting cruiser are sunk by subs and a cruiser, and a weakened Russian tank group is destroyed by the Germans in Iraq. The Germans swing south from Moscow and take Kharkov, but leading with an airgroup dosts them half it's strnegth when it is clobbered by a lurking bunch of KV-1's. In return the Russians destroy a tank group in Iraq and hammer the Italians again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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