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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 9:19:02 AM)

The whole American fleet being in the China sea, the Japanese fleet sorties in the Japanese sea.
It has no wishes to meet a fleet that is superior in all aspects, and it can still serve well both with carrier planes and defensive shore bombardment.

It meets the few american ships there.

Note: I could make the naval combat by playing it as an interception attempt. Initiating combat still throws an exception. Interestingly, a bug has now disappeared: before, the game would crash a bit later after the interception combat is finished, but the game now seems to proceed.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 9:35:58 AM)

Staying alive until the end of the game for Germany will be difficult.
Even staying alive this turn is not ensured!

Now, Germany renounces keeping frontlines. It pulls its armies into cities, preferably these with factories.
In the south, the immediately available garrison (a 4-3 infantry and a 5-4 mountains) are obviously not enough to keep Munich. A desperate attept is done to provide an escape corridor to the elite units trapped in the Russian pocket. Its unlikely to succeed, but Munich is in no immediate danger,unless the allies attempt a lone paradrop assault, very likely to fail.

As we can see, Berlin is "well" defended, with the only working aircrafts (which are not crummy), good troops, and 5 fortified hex-sides. It is not yet captured. British and Russians will have to decide on how to do this!

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 9:45:08 AM)

Japan at the start of the second impulse in May 45

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:24:43 AM)

In Germany, whatever planes can fly do...
And even crapy aircraft can work wonders!

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:30:46 AM)

Using their now barely contested air superiority, the allies do widespread ground strikes.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:31:41 AM)

Russians too...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:32:18 AM)

Everywhere there are German troops...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:33:01 AM)

The objective being to prepare that and the next impulses attacks.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:33:42 AM)

Objective hexes of course have a high priority.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:34:46 AM)

But blocking retreat too...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 10:35:35 AM)

In Japan, the USA are more picky ; widespread bombing is not the mood.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:38:58 AM)

Yokohama falls, thanks to the heavy fleet support.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:40:01 AM)

And Prague falls too, not without inflicting some damage to the attacker.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:42:28 AM)

The British complet their half-surrounding of Berlin, and join with the northern forces, isolating Hamburg and Kiel (missing screen capture...) ; and the Russian do their half of the work.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:48:46 AM)

Cleanup in Czecoslovakia.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:51:24 AM)

Cleanup in Poland...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:54:39 AM)

and again...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 11:59:23 AM)

And even in Shanghai, for a steep cost (a lost mechanized vs a marine division...)
But that's an objective hex!

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:09:23 PM)

Germany at the start of the second axis impulse in May 45.

Note that the allied made a blunder! They should have paradropped on Munich, which would have eaisly succeeded with the help of the adjacent US armies. But the Commonwealth used all its air actions for ground strikes... So Munich will see a real combat!

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:11:40 PM)

Japan at the start of the second axis impulse in May 45.

Tokyo is now under siege ; if it can resist, it will be thanks to the fleet! We'll see...

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:22:08 PM)

Germany at the start of the third allied impulse.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:22:40 PM)

Japan at the start of the third allied impulse.

For that important impulse, the USA have taken a land action with an offensive chit on Eisenhower: this will target Tokyo.

The Britsh have chosen a combined action with an offensive chit: they have supply problem in the Baltic where Cremar moved in the previous. As long as this is not solved, there won't be serious attacks on Kiel and Hamburg.

At this stage, Berlin is not really a target: with the fortifications and air defense, it is still formidable. This doesn't say the British won't try to weaken it. The problem is: who will capture Berlin ?

The Russians take a land action, with no offensive.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:44:29 PM)

In Berlin, the Commonwealth tries a carpet bombing raid. It is intercpeted by some of the few remaining German fighters. The allies use overwhelming force to pass through.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:46:03 PM)

And indeed they succeed : the most importnat bombers deliver their load.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:47:05 PM)

But the raid fails.

One unit would have been destroyed had the German not intercepted.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 12:48:32 PM)

Hiroshima is engulfed in a wave of flames, but no unit is destroyed either.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 1:00:45 PM)

The British ground strike Berlin.
They don't have any top bomber available, but the germans have no choice but ti scramble one of their two fighters in an attempt to intercept.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 1:01:58 PM)

Even though the British did pass the air defenses, the ground strike is not exceedingly successfull. Still, one bomber less will always be helpful.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 1:03:05 PM)

In Tokyo, the Americans also do a ground strike ; the best Japanese fighter also fails to stop the raid.

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yvesp -> RE: Global War Solitaire (1/1/2014 1:04:40 PM)

And that raid succeeds pretty well! The Black Window is indeed impressive.

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