Colin I Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Its a hell of a battle - will accumulate some images - not sure how to display them. Both sides are deploying major threats in different areas of the board. In Burma the Allies are dangerous - the Japanese hold their ground though and strike at an exposed tank unit. Pray for rain. The noose tightens around the Chinese though the communists have counterplay. The Japanese paras prevent Allied reinforcement of China. To the north of Japan the US is deploying a threat - I suspect airbases - though this is triggering Japanese troops and Kamikaze aircraft. More south its clear he is probing my defenses - a sub sneaks in - run into it but after some chasing nail it. New Guinea is under threat from Nippon - another settlement falls - he seems very weak in the Oz region, my guess is its all in India. Japanese MPP at all time high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timskorn Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I have a MPP AAR going I'm going to put up all at once, helps with the screenies too as you don't give away any info. It's tough in Blashy/Colins AAR when to decide a screen is "old enough" to post without giving much away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I will see what I can do about screenies. One of the armies attacking Peking gets destroyed by the commies. Burma is liberated as the army on the capital gets destroyed. Burma is in full monsoon season, the Allies make the most of it to reinforce and refit their air power. The Chinese stronghold will fall soon if there is no rain. I lose my US sub close to the Philippines but he manages to cause some pretty significant damage to cruisers before going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Good point Timskorn and I forgot about that... maybe some post game screenshots will be nice to see as it will provide some context on this epic battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timskorn Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah I'm really interested to see what Burma looks like during this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yeah I'm really interested to see what Burma looks like during this time. Totally in Allied hands is what it looks like. I can not put up a pick because I am not sure of what he can and can not see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmm Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Blashy and Colin, if you are afraid to put up pics, because of the fear of giving info out to the enemy; why not just send them to the people who are interested via way of a private message here on battlefront. I suppose the other thing you could do would be to agree with Colin on how old an image can be, and then have both you and Colin post images of the epic battle . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin I Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Quiet turn - bad weather. Its more the strategic balance you need to see - Burma is packed with Allied units and is slowly buckling but my MPP are still slowly climbing as newly taken cities get rebuilt. There is no question that he will take SouthEast Asia but how China will look by that time is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Quite overall, I can just managed to damage an HQ in Burma and make upgrades on my units. Communists in China probe to see if Japan is leaving cities open, not so. USA is acting content of simply capturing that one village. USA probably has the dominance over air power now, but positioning all that power is the real challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill101 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 How about editing the screenshots so that just the front lines are showing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 How about editing the screenshots so that just the front lines are showing? Yeah I thought of that... just consider me lazy. It is the holidays damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmm Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 forget images for a second, because we don't even now what the date is of the most recent turn. Which leads to my question of what is the date of the game right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin I Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 I think its Spring 1943 but in the excitement keep forgetting to look or take screenshots! Port Moresby falls to the Japanese - if I was the Australian ambassador I would protest at the lack of support - Anzac troops are in the Burma push but little has been done to defend NZ and Japanese troops are VERY close to OZ. In China despite poor weather another army dies and some damage to others. Japanese bombers strike at the US emplacement in north Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Not much going on, spring 43, Burma is simply bogged down. USA is somewhat active. OZ is not the least bit worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin I Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yes, Weather leads to slowdown - good in Burma, Bad in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin I Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Kunming falls which leaves several Chinese armies and an HQ stranded in the mountains. Chinese capital relocates. Japanese reveal infantry weapons 2 and some other technology they aren't talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Wow, that's amazing. 2nd Chinese Cap to go down by Mid '43. I can forsee several evil opportunities for JPN at this point which the luxuries of time open up. I would be impressed if the Allies can even force a stalemate at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill101 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 There's a lot of cryptic talk going on here: Blashy: USA is somewhat active. Colin: Japanese reveal infantry weapons 2 and some other technology they aren't talking about. I get the impression that you're both planning on springing something rather nasty on the other side. Good luck to you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 USA is one slow beast right now, hehe. China is still alive and IMHO that is quite good, it should have fallen earlier IMO. 1944 is the year the Allies make a strong push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevJack Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Enjoying following along with your battle guys. Thanks for posting this. Cant wait to see what surprises await....hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 China will easily hold on until 1944, this is great for the Allies. A very small penetration into Thailand territory by the Allies, one Japanese unit is cut off from HQ support. Seeing the production queue of USA is just too funny! My initial tactic is still not in full swing though... as I said, 1944! NOTE: I actually kinda hope the tactic is very difficult or near impossible vs. a Human player because if it is it could take away a part of the game that would make it go against what was historically needed by the Allies. Still I decided to give it a shot now since it might be the only time I get to use it... seeing as Colin is not fully experienced (yet) but his previous SC experience easily shows. It works vs. the Axis AI but I think I can have Hubert fix that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsmm Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I Can't wait to find out what this tactic is. I think I might have a guess at it, but dobut I'm actually correct with that guess. If you look at the production queue in the beginning of the game I think it's ridiculous, and I can only imagine what it looks like at this point it's as if America isn't fighting at all in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Sept 1943, Slowly crawling into Thailand. Weather is about clear up . Nepal joins the Allies. Peking still holds. China is bulking up in the North. USA is still eerily quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin I Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Weather clearing up cuts both ways ;-) Japanese close in on China and sink an Allied Cruiser - have to say not the destroyer I was targeting but apparently a strength 1 ship deployed in a blocking position that seems unwise ;-) I have a feeling the action is about to escalate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blashy Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Yep, the remnants of the UK navy manages to damage a cruiser to STR 5 and do 1 point of damage to a BB , sucking money out of Japan, hehe. We kill another Army in Thailand and bring a tank to STR1 after it resists destruction multiple times at STR 1. Still got rain in Burma but Sept to March is when there is a chance of clear weather so we hope for the best. USA manages to operate some air power just north of Japan since the village was not bombarded for a few turns by Japan. China does not send extra secrete supplies to Peking and so it should fall next turn, instead they reinforce up north, as well do the communists as they bring in one extra army. September 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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