warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign

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warspite1 -> warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 11:20:50 AM)
This game uses the default settings that the game starts with. The game begins with the Axis so the Allies don't get to show their starting positions. So I've gone into another game as the Axis so that I can see what I begin with (I think I'm right in saying that that is always the same and not variable like with World In Flames for example. 1st September 1939 Axis Turn 1 The valiant, but doomed, Polish Army. It's deployment, governed largely by the need to protect the industrial areas and allow mobilisation to be completed, plays straight into German hands..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/3C6E3D6F728B4290BCE9C4BC6F8A8387.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 12:44:25 PM)
Meanwhile in China I seem to have a lot of units nicely in position to be enveloped by the Japanese.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/F354E18191E74046A7C5D6DD8B4D345F.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 3:21:19 PM)
15th September 1939 I get a message: I may do I may not.....[:D] [image]local://upfiles/28156/94E43643241E435C8AD820F888CCD16B.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 3:23:29 PM)
15th September 1939 A decision to be made (although frankly I don't think there is much of a decision to be made).... I say yes. [image]local://upfiles/28156/A2844FB0E680422995922B4E9445D29D.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 3:29:17 PM)
15th September 1939 As do the Soviets... and again I don't think there is much of a decision to mull over. I've beaten the Japanese and will shortly conclude a cease-fire so my victorious armies are free to march into the east of Poland and grab our share of the booty. [image]local://upfiles/28156/D6BB8772291C48C9936464C73EBBD3D2.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 3:35:52 PM)
15th September 1939 The Poles appear to have taken something of a pasting. Losses 1 x Army 3 x Cavalry Brigades Still never, mind, I'm sure the French and British will attack in the west imminently... right?.... Iirc, reinforcement means no movement for that unit. So I need to be careful what I reinforce here. [image]local://upfiles/28156/DDCAA299B17C45C1A14F85075369179C.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 3:57:24 PM)
15th September 1939 Actually on second thoughts I don't think it matters a damn as I have nothing to defend the capital with anyway. So I just reinforce the bombers and fighters and move almost all units back to the capital as much as I can. I hope surrounding the German panzer corps has some effect but I'm not holding out too much hope of this... I then send my bombers against said panzer corps but they get creamed in the process.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/E85B2A8060CA4DDEBBD033D3E097A374.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 4:05:10 PM)
15th September 1939 Meanwhile chez China, the action appears to have taken place largely in the south with the loss of a corps northwest of Changsha and an expansion of territory north of Hainan via the taking of the port of Pakhoi. Losses 1 x Army Corps I reinforce some understrength units and keep movement largely to a minimum. [image]local://upfiles/28156/19853DE02B94439DB12581E91A350DA4.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 4:26:10 PM)
15 September 1939 I reinforce as many French units as I can. I do nothing with the British, US, USSR or India as I want to build up MPP to give me more options as to what to do next. The Royal Navy and French Navy destroyers head for the convoy lanes. Let's see what fun times are in store for the Allies next turn.... The Red Army cross into Eastern Poland and the Polish morale nosedives. The British have a decision to make and I decide to go with what I wish had happened and not the historical. I say No. The British troops in India are free to move to the Western Desert as a result. [image]local://upfiles/28156/EF1C5117AE86432BB4073C8E7EAD5F83.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 4:46:45 PM)
15th September 1939 The US have a decision to make too. There are no further notes on this and I say Yes to this. [image]local://upfiles/28156/E18D769AD0114872888805341A92DA73.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/19/2020 4:49:33 PM)
15th September 1939 The U-boats make a start on my convoy lanes.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/1A2993587B13431AB5E58A0511D2793E.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:44:22 AM)
13th October 1939 I get some strategic advice - that I will not be ignoring [image]local://upfiles/28156/00C646AF8643410DAAAC3E9CC2FB9289.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:47:06 AM)
13 October 1939 Ditto re the Mediterranean [image]local://upfiles/28156/818E384D04CC4A7883979798EDAE0AF8.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:50:08 AM)
13 October 1939 The Poles continue to take an absolute pounding, although at least there appeared to be some hurt meted out to the Germans. Losses 2 x Armies 1 x Cavalry Brigade 1 x Garrison Three armies remain - I need to get the Modlin Army into Warsaw, while the other two - Lodz and Krakow Armies - are surrounded and will have to try and block further German advance. [image]local://upfiles/28156/F38E228DC3DD4AA7AAA57B43D2646837.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 2:15:43 AM)
13 October 1939 The Modlin Army, now in Warsaw, is reinforced to the maximum - but no other reinforcements are available this turn, leaving 11 unused points. [image]local://upfiles/28156/0BA5FE478C16494AB6DD1319C980677B.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 2:27:27 AM)
13 October 1939 The Japanese continue to concentrate their efforts in the south, expanding their bridgehead on the coast while destroying Chinese forces defending the Changsha area. Another corps is lost here. Losses 1 x Army Corps [image]local://upfiles/28156/838E8D8D7BB74713805B753708A40E4F.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 2:40:43 AM)
13 October 1939 Things looks distinctly uncomfortable for the Chinese. In trying to keep hold of Changsha, I don't want to be surrounded from the south. I put the newly arrived II Corps southwest of Changsha, bring in a corps from the army group to the north. Two corps guard the river line south and west of Nanning, but in doing this, I have just a garrison in Kweilin. Chinese fighters are brought south to try and help the troops here. I reinforce a couple of units, but the bulk of Chinese expenditure goes on research of Infantry Weapons (175 points - ouch). [image]local://upfiles/28156/1F34AD7DB5F34245B7F9B0FD9E6CAB08.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 2:56:16 AM)
13 October 1939 The French continue to reinforce. I don't know whether I should be researching with the French or whether this is a waste of points. I think it better to have boots on the ground. The British research anti-tank weapons (100 points) and use the remaining points to build up the BEF. Destroyers remain on patrol. The Soviets research infantry weapons (175 points) but nothing else. The US do nothing as their points are too low at present. As I advance the turn on I get the message the Krakow Army is lost... I then get a Decision to make. I answer no as per historical. [image]local://upfiles/28156/3CD99A650BB8498984B0561A083E58EF.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 3:04:09 AM)
13 October 1939 The Canadian convoy route is hit hard.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/8C9ACC73BDE34E0EB1614E47B28D856E.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 12:16:40 PM)
10th November 1939 Stalin thinks we might be attacked at some point in the future. I can't think who by.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/8D7A2337EB1C42B4A89BB55E53F505FC.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 12:19:56 PM)
10th November 1939 Looks like a YES - doesn't really say too much in the notes about a NO decision. I'll go with the historical. [image]local://upfiles/28156/65A742187FBA481DA22B9D7056C4E58B.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 12:24:59 PM)
10th November 1939 The replay went quite quickly and I wasn't really able to keep up. I think the Japanese made an attack further north but can't be certain. What is certain is that yet another Chinese corps has been destroyed east of Changsha, and added to this, the Japanese build up against Nanning continues.... The fighter unit brought south was heavily mauled and its unclear if it caused any damage to the Japanese. It's difficult to know how much longer holding Changsha will be tenable. Losses 1 x Army Corps [image]local://upfiles/28156/7DCC0DD196FD4E0C9109805C419CD38F.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 12:48:25 PM)
10 November 1939 I place the two reinforcements in the south and of these, I place V Corps (perhaps stupidly) in a position to threaten the Japanese held ports of Foochow and Amoy - or at least divert attention away from Changsha.... I use my points to purchase another corps and to reinforce land and air units. [image]local://upfiles/28156/820ACEF4652442B1979A0AA404FCCC68.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:04:31 PM)
10 November 1939 The Poles are conquered. In France I continue with my policy of reinforcing the French units and also spend 25 points to transport a corps to the south of France from Algiers. The British research ASW. I don't really know what to do with the navy and the destroyers are just tooling around. I do nothing with the US and USSR due to a lack of MPP. [image]local://upfiles/28156/B4BAE3106EDC4481AE745F75ABA475EC.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:07:35 PM)
10 November 1939 I say YES to this, although may regret the lack of MPP as a result [image]local://upfiles/28156/9DB6491848F24012932F2C9117686E15.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 1:09:55 PM)
10 November 1939 I am going to need to get a grip on this convoy malarchy.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/D6F3807AC6E24F62B349F946E0D0DBC7.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 3:31:41 PM)
8 December 1939 The Japanese are unstoppable - another corps is destroyed defending Changsa. I don't think there is much option but to retreat. It seems whatever firepower the Japanese have, is sufficient to guarantee a corps destroyed a turn.... The Japanese also probe again in the far north, adding to my suspicions that they begun this last turn. Losses 1 x Army Corps [image]local://upfiles/28156/833939FCEFD24CC29477B8B5D710CAC0.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 3:56:09 PM)
8 December 1939 But in a moment of madness I push ahead with my plan to threaten Japanese coastal holdings (I wish I had played a few games as the Axis so I know what I'm up against!). III Corps advances toward Amoy, screened by V Corps to the north still holding the river line. XXX Corps takes the place of V Corps but I've denuded the defences around Nanning to achieve this dubious manoeuvre.... Accepting that these are dead meat, I order two corps and a garrison. [image]local://upfiles/28156/9570499DC9DF4E7898691B92CEFC049E.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 4:04:02 PM)
8 December 1939 The French continue to build up their existing units. The British build an Engineer and beef up the BEF and the WDF. The US research Infantry Weapons. No idea what is going on with the submarine war. The British and French destroyers find three submarines and not only do no damage, but they take some heavy losses.... I may have to read the manual on this before my navy gets wiped out and my convoys obliterated... ...but then having said that, there appears to be no interception of my convoys this turn. Hussah! [image]local://upfiles/28156/E287C09DD28D41F988D754838655A815.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (12/20/2020 5:08:34 PM)
5 January 1940 The French are given a decision to make and I say YES [image]local://upfiles/28156/8742A38F9FF949F38910E8143564594F.jpg[/image]

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