RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign

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warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:04:26 PM)
16 July 1943 A full scale fleet encounter is about to start as one of my scouts (subs) stumbled across CV's and BB's of the IJN.... I ordered my shore-based maritime bombers to attack first before deciding whether to engage. Although badly mauled, they hit an enemy BB and DD and cost some CV's through interception. [image]local://upfiles/28156/9200BB21EE7C4A2EB31EEBEB8142AAB8.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:04:36 PM)
16 July 1943 I sent some destroyers in to try and gauge the size of the fleet. I think I only missed one BB - maybe a carrier too - so not too bad. It was the right decision to attack anyway. I sent two carriers forward - one with fighters and one with bombers. They targeted the two nearest BB and weakened both. One BB withdrew - straight into the waiting arms of one of my BB squadrons..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/00B88AE40DAD4C17A3D210109F0976F3.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:04:44 PM)
16 July 1943 I then sought to finish off the second BB and brought in another carrier. Unfortunately my BB in place was just out of range and I brought in a second to finish off the Japanese battlewagons. [image]local://upfiles/28156/F35AD64934C14050B6CC49D304FC0142.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:04:53 PM)
16 July 1943 I then decided to target a CV. A fourth carrier squadron was brought in and when the Japanese flattops retreated - it did say straight into the waiting arms of my battleships [image]local://upfiles/28156/1F2EC3C74413434E9760447E849989BA.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:05:00 PM)
16 July 1943 I was by now worried about distance - not all my ships could reach. I next used two BB to destroy a second CV. [image]local://upfiles/28156/426424C4192247B2956F10A4BD633E3A.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:05:09 PM)
16 July 1943 The end of the first phase of the battle. I brought in my last units that could reach and they took out the damaged destroyer squadron. Over to the Japanese..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/71B5BE1C92D944CCB13AAEC560CE4059.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/8/2021 11:07:23 PM)
16 July 1943 [image]local://upfiles/28156/5682F90024D44071B7B611EBC187A8D1.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 12:05:26 AM)
13 August 1943 The Japanese took a hit and run approach in response to my attack on their fleet. The result was a lot of damage and one carrier and one battleship sunk. I tried to locate the fleeing Japanese ships with my subs but drew a blank. I withdraw to lick my wounds. In China I simply keep advancing in order to put maximum pressure on the Japanese. I manage to, at least temporarily, surround an army. [image]local://upfiles/28156/31EADC651BE0433A81E31A90B2285BF8.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 12:10:24 AM)
13 August 1943 Operation Watchtower commences!! [image]local://upfiles/28156/3C14030748324EEC9649B254A2760A7D.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 12:25:09 AM)
13 August 1943 Sadly little if anything to report on the European map other than I am about to lose a Soviet corps that stumbled into a panzer unit.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/946FB13F5D7C4E10A903E018754D662E.jpg[/image]

Tendraline -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 12:57:41 AM)
How's the US air force doing? I haven't seen much of it just yet. Some fighters could be of use in southern China now that you should be able to directly operate planes from the US to Indian-controlled Vietnam. That should surely help alleviate some of the air issues in that front. Not to mention that conquering the rest of Indochina will boost supply down south via the rail line. Good job on Hanoi though.

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:04:29 AM)
I think generally I have bought too little aircraft with both Axis and Allies. Certainly my opponent seems to have many more than me.....

Elessar2 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:13:42 AM)
quote: warspite1 Should I be knowing what enemy income is? If so then no probs, but please don't tell me anything I shouldn't be aware of. The graphs have a wealth of information available, allowing very direct peeks through the fog of war. You not only can see the enemy's income, but also what he's invested, the number of each basic unit type that he has on the map (if you see a sudden jump in his navy it may presage an invasion), and tech & diplomacy investments. Note I have argued with TPTB to have these capabilities turned off, or at best triggerable by Spying Tech hits here and there. The Japanese are now in pretty bad shape. Assuming that you've put a number of Essexes into the pipeline, you'll be able to replace & augment your carrier; he won't be able to replace his. And China will attrition his armies to death, even if his air outnumbers yours (not moving them into the Pacific to help in that big battle was a mistake). And he left the Persian door to the oil fields unguarded? Tsk tsk. You have this I'd say at this point, depending on how you handle all of the upcoming invasions.

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:19:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Elessar2 warspite1 Should I be knowing what enemy income is? If so then no probs, but please don't tell me anything I shouldn't be aware of. The graphs have a wealth of information available, allowing very direct peeks through the fog of war. You not only can see the enemy's income, but also what he's invested, the number of each basic unit type that he has on the map (if you see a sudden jump in his navy it may presage an invasion), and tech & diplomacy investments. Note I have argued with TPTB to have these capabilities turned off, or at best triggerable by Spying Tech hits here and there. warspite1 Okay thanks. I don't tend to look at this stuff - other than losses.

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:19:36 AM)
10 September 1943 In China the surrounded Japanese army is no more and the Japanese army get pushed back further across the front. I finally get underway in the desert again. There were no interceptors to my bombers so its possible the Germans have scarpered.... Not much happening in the USSR. I continue to creep forward in the Caucasus. [image]local://upfiles/28156/07144C703FEB4D458242BA30F718CE73.jpg[/image]

Elessar2 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:22:54 AM)
Yes, common knowledge to every veteran player. You could even go so far as to jot down changes in the various data fields which can't be looked back at in time (i.e. said unit counts). Like I said wish there was a toggle to turn all of that off...

Tendraline -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:26:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 10 September 1943 Wait, did nothing happen this turn?

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/9/2021 1:54:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Tendraline quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 10 September 1943 Wait, did nothing happen this turn? warspite1 Yes - please see above. It wasn't much though......

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 11:50:17 AM)
8 October 1943 I wish the replay wouldn't go so fast!! What happened in China seemed to be limited to giving the British - advancing from FIC - a good pasting.... This goads the Chinese into action and they re-take Nanning, while the British land special forces on Hainan and inflict some pain on a Japanese air unit. [image]local://upfiles/28156/10AE765933D04868B67F9D16CFA92E6A.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 12:33:06 PM)
8 October 1943 Elsewhere, progress is limited. The Germans have definitely left the Italians to it in the desert. I just need to be able to exploit this but... Supply problems are also hampering efforts in the Solomons and the southern FIC. In the Soviet Union a Romanian Army is destroyed and I order a general - but limited and cautious - advance.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/F89571947F09464E8F4C7719C6383593.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 1:29:01 PM)
5 November 1943 Where to begin? I think my British sub, deployed south of Hainan sunk a transport. Sadly though, a paratroop unit was able to grab the port. The special forces attacks the Japanese with some success. Elsewhere, the Chinese reinforce existing units. [image]local://upfiles/28156/11CF15AB1830421AA0C6836F26888B27.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 1:45:40 PM)
5 November 1943 In the desert I get rid of one of the Italian armies near Mersah Matruh, but the other nears a heavily fortified Tobruk...... [image]local://upfiles/28156/8733A9C11CEB42F1BC0F0B1D9E716083.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 1:57:06 PM)
5 November 1943 In the Caucasus, I destroy a tank corps that had mauled one of my infantry corps and push up. This reveals the extent of Axis forces in the area.... Despite this, the Germans remain panzer heavy.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/C473F277DB95429ABB53E0278A5D4CF6.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 2:01:27 PM)
5 November 1943 No Axis interference this time... [image]local://upfiles/28156/4249C37C121742E89AB5DD556DDABD42.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 5:16:59 PM)
3 December 1943 The Japanese decided to open up all along the front!! So I hit back but I only make progress in the north, where I push back a corps and quite badly damage it. Elsewhere in this theatre and the Med its just a slow boat to no where... I need to understand supply better. [image]local://upfiles/28156/5978A9CDDB614275B23F504B0C719625.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 5:30:36 PM)
3 December 1943 In the south I am mighty cheesed off. The Germans hit the Soviets hard with their panzers and I willingly took some hits in a counter-attack that I knew would destroy the panzers by sheer weight of numbers. BUT having got down to 1 factor, the unit retreated about 3 hexes..... [image]local://upfiles/28156/53CCDC1A05534DDD8DE0A28B706C6DCC.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 9:14:45 PM)
31 December 1943 The Chinese/British force in the south continue to make slow but steady progress. Another British unit lands on Hainan to try and block any retreat from Pakhoi. Meanwhile the Chinese 17th Army is forced back toward Hong Kong. [image]local://upfiles/28156/9F116C236EB1444B903AD74E0F2E4255.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 9:22:24 PM)
31 December 1943 In the centre its all about trying to keep the pressure on - yes it hurts and losses are being taken, but I have numbers on my side I think [image]local://upfiles/28156/6DB020E2B8634A50A1A82DE772EC75AA.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 9:24:54 PM)
31 December 1943 The same applies in the north, where I seek to split the Japanese forces [image]local://upfiles/28156/97859BA0F4E547779958D3F627C5187D.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: warspite1 (Allies) vs AllenK (Axis) Full Campaign (1/16/2021 9:42:21 PM)
31 December 1943 I get careless off New Guinea and a superior Japanese force finds my British fleet and I lose destroyers and light cruisers. I have no choice but to retire and hope, but I have to assume my fleet will be found and picked off.... Sadly time is starting to run out and I am bogged down out of supply everywhere in the Pacific and possibly about to lose a whole British fleet.... In the Soviet Union I continue to press but not making too much progress as the enemy have numbers. [image]local://upfiles/28156/3654F8657C7643EC8698DF8A02F0224D.jpg[/image]

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