Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 March 24, 1940: Autsch time... Germans take the corridor along the coast and kill 2 french armies. In return a german corps at the coast dies due to bullet overload. Maginot defenders operate to Paris (Mud - so they have only 1 AP). UK forces in Egypt get reinforcements and prepare for Italy. French high command (HQ) has to experience the fate of their little soldiers and is placed into the first defence line - to Paris: only over their dead bodies . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 March - axis invade Norway, garrison destroyed but Oslo not taken yet. Hopefully he can't move something in the capital, city is surrounded. UK display quite some assets near the italo-english border in Africa : 2 armies and HQ. In France, HQ down to 2, army destroyed. Last turn I lost a corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Autsch time... ??? Look out, Terif is using some European terms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 April 21, 1940: No reinforcements can be brought in Oslo - nevertheless a french battleship tries to break the sea blockade and reduces Gneisenau to 8. Seems the german fleet got repaired after their losses in the first battle around Kiel. In France german units take some damage, but nothing serious (tank + army str 6). The last defenders - 3 armies, 2 corps, HQ and AF - group around the entrenched tank in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 May 5 Clear weather finally ... Axis accelerate the killing rate - 1 str 7 army, 1 full str tank (paris), AF at str 2 and HQ at str 2 remains. I may lose a fully upgraded corps near Paris. Axis capture Norway. Italy prepares for war. French BB sunk near Denmark - he tried to sniff for a possible clear path to Oslo ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 May 19, 1940: 2 minimum damages and the german corps survives. But at least nearly all french are wiped out, so not much plunder for Germany when they have unentrenched the tank . Italy joins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 June 2, France falls. Let's see what we can do next ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 June 16, 1940: As next step, Allies kill an italian corps near Tobruk and go into the offensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Africa won't be easy at all. Brest and Bordeaux - allied held; german troops en route to receive the keys of the cities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 July 7, 1940: Allies evacuate Bordeaux - too many spaces to attack it from...and german armies approaching . In the desert another italian corps gets killed that operated from Tripoli. Tobruk port again reduced by the bomber from Malta. But a german army already landed west of Tobruk - must have been amphibiously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 No - both your bomber attacks reduced it to 4 so the next turn it was 5 again Germans arrive to the rescue - army and panzer landed, italian AF and german desert fighter squadron pinging uk forces near tobruk from el agheila - italian corps attempted to cut off 3 uk units but I think it failed - supply is possible on diagonal, right? UK tank coming towards tobruk. Bordeaux liberated. Germany gets HT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 July 21, 1940: Yep, UK units still supplied and HQ supported - so they kill the third italian corps and retreat towards Alexandria - Germany sent heavy support including tanks and AFs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Strong reinforcements arrive in Tobruk - HQ, 2 tanks, paratroopers, army and LF present down there. Terif forces me to use cash to get Egypt - no other alternatives anyway, leaving the middle east to the allies is a no go. German forces in France kill the Brest defender and occupy the city. LFs reduced the port the turn before so corps couldn't escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 August 4, 1940: Allies retreat behind the depression and prepare defences of Alexandria. The just killed Corps from Brest got immediately bought back at reduced costs. Sidenote: additional costs for tech are also reduced, so it is nearly cheaper to let a no tech unit die and buy it back to then give him full tech for an apple and an egg . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 DAK pursue the retreating british units - WDF army reduced to 2...second tank scored miserably against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 August 18, 1940: UK units were not fast enough, but now additional forces arrive and increase the UK presence to 9 land units . Western Desert AF and Australians arrive too, so UK forces are only slightly inferior to Axis now. The italian fleet gets brave, approaching Alexandria and bombarding UK units at the coast...Royal Navy repays it by sinking the italian sub and reducing Andrea Doria battleship to str. 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 RN BB sunk by italian ships near Alexandria. Germans move cautiously not to expose valuable units to british counters. Tank upgraded, AF reiinforce and 2 more of them moved closer to the upcoming battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 September 1, 1940: During the last turns 2/3 of the Royal Navy arrived via Suez together with a convoy of transports they protected. Now they are ready to strike: 2 italian cruisers sunk, battleship Vittorio Veneto heavily damaged. All 3 UK carriers in the battle . UK air spots not only 1, but 2 german HQs in the desert west of Alexandria...seems nearly all german forces have a meeting in Africa . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Sounds like an interesting Desert War. lots of resources being thrown out there for it! I have to ask HR, is Rommel in charge? I missed that... 9 Allied units??? JESUS with a fortification going to take some massive AXIS AIR, perhaps a second HQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Difficult task in Africa - the massive use of RN makes it impossbile for axis to use landings - they must try to breakthru the narrow pass. Corps destroyed but lost 2 italian ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 September 15, 1940: The heaviest battles of the war so far take place around the sandbox called desert: UK corps lost, but german tank killed in return. 2 new UK corps arrive in Egpyt... A german army then survives 2 airstrikes, 3 carrier attacks, shore bombardment and army + corps attack at str 1...poor bastards... Near Greece the fleeing italian battleship Vittorio Veneto gets catched up and sunk by several UK ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 As a payback, german luftwaffe kills a RAF unit... German army reinforced to 10 - 2 HQs help a lot there. UK army mauled by paratroopers and tank - left at str 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 October 6, 1940: Yep, UK air was pretty battered after the non stop battles the last turn and got wiped out by 3 german airstrikes. Carriers also have to retreat due to heavy battle losses. Royal Navy stays and supports the defender with shore bombardment against german Paratroopers and HQs. German subs start raiding UK convois again - Partisans in France and Norway. Hungary joins Axis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellraiser Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Corps killed by army, LFs and tank. Slow grind in Egypt because every unit put forward is subject to savage counterattacks. Hungary joined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terif Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 November 3, 1940: Yes, heavy battles every round - UK gets not enough mpps to repair all units . English army damage the by shore bombardement weakened german tank, so only a corps moves in the second attack spot instead of the allied tank and damages the Paratroopers. Meanwhile England gets overcrowded by the re-bought corps killed in Egypt - just another 3 arrived from the production queue together with the canadian one . But it´s too dangerous for immigrants to get back to Egypt with german subs somewhere in the Atlantic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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