Liam Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Who is Captain America? Rambo decided to play a league match vs my Axis. This was a fatale error! So here goes the first sanctioned match in a German league by the two of us: 1939: Axis storm through Poland-Denmark-Benelux-France... France falls in Spring of '40, some clear weather, and Axis Sub raids the North Atlantic to escape to French SubPens. British Forces under O'Connor Assualt Fortress Tobruk in 1940 and BEF assualts Norway.. Both Libya and Norway fall and that is that for Allied Offensives. Axis forces assualt Vichy-Spain-Gibraltar without getting a fingercut...The Allies are forced back... The Axis are poised for the next set of operations, then conqouring Algeria-Sweden-Freeing Norway. Invading USSR, the Germans own the Allies... The only defiance the Allies have is a Allied Bomber sucking out British MPPs on Malta. Axis Air have grounded most of these bombers by bombing Allied Fuel Depots on the Island, the Bomber is in risk of being destroyed! Half of North Africa is still in Allied Hands, but now the Axis are starting Barbarossa, the Russians will have to try to do what the West cannot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Yep, standard game so far. I've slow played the Allies save the taking of Norway & Libya. Axis have started Barby, they have also taken Sweden & pressing towards Oslo, we'll have action all over the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Barbarossa: June 1941: Axis Forces split into two forces, North and South Front. Southern Front expires all operations aside capturing Odessa late in '41 North Front Enters Leningrad Victoriously and then into Finland, crushing the Soviets there. Russians are a bit thin, overinvesting in Land Techs and no enough into Production and IT Operation Torch: The Battle of North Africa has waged for 2 long years, a seesaw... Germans combined with Italians have lost thousands of lives in an effort to prevent the British from overcomming the Axis in this Theatre exposing their weak underbelly. The Line is split in Libya right down the middle... Several units dead on both ends, O'Connor and his entire Command was caught in the Tunisian Desert and nearly annihilated, instead a Tank and Corps were! All of the MiddleEast has been subjegated by the Russians with the aid of Great Britian. Now for the first time the Allied Navys come in strength, US Upgraded Fleets, and sink the Bismark, contesting Control of the Mediterreanan Sea... We'll see Axis Fleets upgraded stand strong and ready to do battle! All of Continental Europe is in Axis hands aside from Greece and a portion of Norway now... that and whats left of the USSR... No real combat with the Russians as they've been evasive, slowly peeling away at his outter defenses waiting for a weakpoint, the Line is from Leningrad-Minsk-Kiev...Axis are poised to strike out and crush the Allies here and in Norway where 6 or 7 British Corps and a HQ are trapped by German forces and ready soon to surrender or fight to the death!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Rambo currently is making a valiant effort to relieve Montgomery's Command in Norway, by inserting the BEF and cutting off Axis supply in Sweden with the Russians through the Finish Artic Rails... This clever trick may work, several units on both sides bite the dust in a bitter struggle for supremacy... Meanwhile in North Africa Allies strike out in Tunisia with Carriers to soften this target up, Libya is now back in the hands of the Allies Fully Weak Soviet Counter Attacks in the North show the Allies have few punches up their sleeves... We'll see if they can pack a punch and evict the New Owners of Belarus-Ukraine and Leningrad Meanwhile Axis subs raid freely UK Shipping from the MiddleEast... as do Artic Raiders... Allies are being starved from locking up their navy in the Med. [ October 13, 2007, 10:34 PM: Message edited by: Liam ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Game is Afoot: Late '42 North Africa is nearly all in the grips of the Allies, save Morocco Meanwhile UK shipping is so decimated hundreds of thousands of tons are sunk per month, the end is soon in sight for the British Civilians, unable to get neccessities alone fight a war... Far off in Norway, Monty is still trapped fighting a do or die battle with German Norway Detachment Meanwhile the Russians go on the offensive, right through the center of the Axis Lines and at their weakest point with 4 armored armies, several other strong units but looks like as Winter hits this May bog down and their is now a gap in their lines as well as supply issues! NEWS FLASH: X Corp of the US Marines is Sunk attempting to round the Cape of Good Hope by German U-Boats, Thousands Perish, only a dozen are rescued by the lovable U-Boat Ace Heinz GoodWill.. Is feared the US will leave the War due to this indiscretion on behalf of the US War Machine! Also, the Graf Spee was spotted in Gulf of Mexico, Bombarding Coastal Oil Installations of the USA! This is the first time that a shot has been fired in Anger on US Soil since 1812! FDR is appalled! [ October 13, 2007, 11:25 PM: Message edited by: Liam ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Eve of 1943: Russian Forces have penetrated deeply into the German Frontlines, crushing them, grinding them under their steele toes. LEVEL3 Russian Tanks have aided in this quite a few of them indeed. Rather than stand fight and perhaps die, Germans retreat, ahistorically, except in the South where a KillZone is setup smashing everything that attempts to cross Dnieper... Although mixed with success, so many Russians cross the River, it is difficult to tell which are friend and which are foe, plus the onset of Ice, allows them across without bridges, still the Line Holds from Kiev down the Dniepr, but the Axis have been pushed all the way to the border North of this Zone! However Axis Forces still hold both Leningrad, Finland and Odessa... Making the Late Summer Offensive of the Russians ineffective...constant retreat and boobytraps costing the Russians tons of MPPs... Of which they'd been storing the previous years.... Kill Total as is stands about 15 Russian, Dozen or so Axis! Mediterreanan Front: AngloPhobic Americans are put up to Churchill's Bidding says Chancellor Liam, as The Entirey of Africa is subjegated by American-UK Troops, this however does little to alleviate pressures back home, the entire US and UK Navy is locked up and away from home while the Kriegsmarine and Italian Fleet Owns the Atlantic! A much more important Theatre... Though the Highly advanced US Ships are impregnable, the Axis keep their distance behind the Rock! Sinking a few UK Capitol Ships and holding the Allies at bey from breaking out and opening a new Front. Nearly 250 MPPs have been raided, another 150 or so smashed up by my Fleets in Damage and sinking... Very Costly as the British Empire is trapped in Norway still, hoping and praying for alleviation... 3 or 4 British Corps Left and Montgomery himself! Bergen is constantly bombarded and bombed, it is a pile or Rubble, only the Mountains protect the British! Who use it effectively to draw out a war of attrittion there! Meanwhile the overconfidant Russians declare a Premature Victory, Stalin states by July the War will be over, We have news for him. This is just the beginning!!! Axis Tech is beginning also shine and there more WonderWeapons to prevent any such occurrence!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Early 1943: -Russians have creeped forward, cuting off Lennigrad/Finland/Scando direct supply. -Riga, Smoltz, Marsh city captured. -Dneipper has intense fighting. -Russians own Iraq, Iran, Syria. -Brits nearly have all of North Africa, with naval control in the Med. Pond. -Norway is cutoff, brave units fight surrounded in the mountains. The game is really up in the air. We have fought all over the board, but nothing significant. My Scando-Norway situation is in dire straights. I sent a bunch of corps & 1-army w/ HQ into the mountains. They are surrounded by sea. On the ground the Nazis have brought significant power against them. Yes, it's a matter of time in Norway, but at least it's only Norway. North Africa & the Middle East are mine, not that big of deal, because I came in via the Suez in force. Brought tons of Naval units to do the job. Granted, I'm light in Naval in other parts, but this is only temporary. I'll just have to sail out the Suez or bust out The Rock. Russia is the place that has gone a little better than average. With the distraction of Norway & Med.Front, the Reds have moved back & captured Riga, thus cutting off Lennigrad & Scando direct supply, this is good. Dneiper & Lennigrad is the deepest he's gotten. Granted, I've taken a few more dead units than the Nazis, but I've dished out some damage to his armies, my losses have been corps. Russians now have Tanks+3, so I have some punch, he's seen like 5 tanks. Game up in the air as of now. [ October 14, 2007, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: jon_j_rambo ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Unless the Allies can pull out a miracle this game is pretty much in the bag for the Axis, just a matter of moving the Juggernaut one way or the other, it has been unfocused is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Great Russian Counteroffensive is stopped down in it's tracks, as are 4 Soviet Tanks and the entire Russian Army, on the Bright side the Brilliant Heroe of the Soviet Union G.Zhukov pulls off an oustanding defeat of the Axis Armies of the SouthFront, nearly destroying the entirety of them! Along with Von Bock HQ! Though this is shortlived as Manstein's Panzers roll them over in quickorder... A Dozen dead on each side but the Axis have more units, cash and aircraft! Russians retreat back to pre-Offensive Borders, the great Offensive a failure In other Fronts, Norway is being bolstered by young Britishers, ariving in time to be shipped by in coffins, Bergen is a MeatGrinder and now the Luftwaffe has moved in to finish the job and finish off Montgomery once and for all! Axis Subs still raid freely the Atlantic and no relief has been found for the Allies, except SubHunters which have not found their target... Hundreds and Hundreds of Allied MPPs find their way to the bottom of the Atlantic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 News Flash: At long last, nearly 3 years of War Norway is Liberated and hundreds of thousands of British Troops are surrounded in the Mountains near Bergen, no hope of escape... a DeathBlow to the UK Forces... Montgomery is shipped back to his Country as Disgrace, rather than executed by the GHC... Happy Times for the Axis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Rambo Retires: There you have it folks, the Master of American Strategic Command is now Irish MeatGrinder :mad: I'll show you some of the bloody action, interesting game, no hope for the Allies vs my Superior Tactics and Killing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 It's 1943, we've been playing for 15+ hours of TCP/IP. Can't believe I came out of retirement for this boredom of a game. As Allies, you just sit there until 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share Posted October 15, 2007 Well you know, Allies are boring but 2 hours of IP and PBEM makes them workable......plus you've played far too defensively.. I anticipated it and backed off when you went aggressive with your Russians counterattacked with 2Xs and air and killed of the entire USSR army for a year or two Rambo seems to still think the Allies are in control, they've got North Africa, MidEast, Ural Builds now...though Axis just eliminated about 5 Units permanently from the build in Norway and an HQ.. Plus continually sinking 50-60 Allied MPPS per turn for over a year... Now of course the US has an awesome Navy off in the Med and there are plenty of Western Allies I'm sure but they won't do much against every Axis unit that is going to built by Years end. Every Tank, Army, Corps, Air Unit and HQ Game is over for The Allies though Rambo stubbornly refuses the fact, unless he wishes to decide it in the Russian Steppes, the Western Front will not ever give him a victory by this point, nearly '44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesopo Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Good play Liam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Ha! A ...Legendary......Failure. Does this mean no "Volume 2"???? "America loves a winner and won't tolerate a loser" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesopo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Don't be to hard on the "legend", this is how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Few can take me to Round 4 or 5... Especially if I don't make big error, only 2 or 3 guys on here have ever beaten me, 1 of those is Rambo, but he lacks patience, of course SC2 requires a great amount... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesopo Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Liam what is your time zone - I would be willing to have a mtach if you are willing. Thanks. I am in California, USA PST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 aesopo this week I'm mentally bogged down, lets wait for WAW for us to start a game.. I am mentally tired and slow and it effects my strategies so much I am impotent. Think the WAW will put me at a great disadvantage and also enlighten with new ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Rambo CounterAttacks and Evicts the Axis from the USSR, but the Axis rebuild behind his sight, due to his lack of Recon, and prepare for the Kill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 The Allies move up to block my Advances in the North, and have reserves in the South to Breech any holes, none of this is effective due to the Maximum use of Airpower and #s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 The Allies retreat or are crushed, stubbornly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesopo Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Charge of the light brigade rings any bells? Liam, that is fine with WAW coming out. SC2 is played out with strategies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Ranger Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Strategies played out? All I see is axis with massed air in USSR, and a rare rocket game. That it, we cant do better then that? Nice game guys, thanks for the AAR. Captain America signing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Not rare rockets, Russia gets 2 of them from Siberian transfer. Bottom line, SC-2 takes forever to play. To properly play a game, it takes 20+ hours of dedication, that's half a work week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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