RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939

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Elessar2 -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 1:36:33 AM)
They are using the Brave Sir Robin Defense I see. The good thing for the Axis is that the scorched earth penalties will be minimal: most conquered enemy towns get supply level 5 the same turn. They'll have to make a stand somewhere eventually...

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 5:23:23 PM)
Brave Sir Robin Defense! [;)] [image]local://upfiles/23459/F23C6582BF164B1BB30963665C4B4D70.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 5:24:24 PM)
August 1 1941 China. The Chinese Capital Chungking is being outflanked by our forces pushing North from the Kweichow area. Preparations were made to cross the great river next turn and surround the big metropolis. Sian comes also under increasing pressure. All our Air Force was concentrated around Ichang under the command of our best General. But even greater news were that Japan declared war to the USSR on July 4th and that Vladivostok just surrendered!!! Banzai! The USA reacted exaggerated to the the fall of the Great Russian Siberian Port. USA mobilization went up very fast and every turn since! [image]local://upfiles/23459/1BFB5FC523F94AAC947B443A120F8437.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 5:31:36 PM)
North Scandinavia area. During the Allied July turn, as expected, the Soviets advanced west and entered Alta with the Mechanized infantry on their push towards Tromso. The Finns marching North from Ivalo recaptured Kirkenes and isolated the Soviet Mechanized infantry from their comrades holding Petsamo. Our U-Boote are sinking MPPs Murmansk bound fast! [image]local://upfiles/23459/68C8C9EE2D4D40DE962F2B60CB6BB7BF.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 5:33:53 PM)
Army Group North offensive strength was increasingly waning as more troops were sent to Finland. A second panzerkorps (from Tallin) and our only remaining Army (from Riga) left the area and crossed the Gulf of Finland to join General Gariboldi in Helsinki. The only forces remaining in General Rommel’s Army Group North were a couple of weak under-equipped Infantry corps and a single panzerkorps level 1! A flimsy invading Army indeed! Thanks to the Luftwaffe bombers available in the area they were able to take the town of Novgorod in a last furious assault. But Rommel’s troops were at the end of their strength and no more could be demanded of them until seriously reinforced. Army Group Center was in no better shape. The only forces still moving forward were another couple of weak under-equipped Infantry corps together with two panzerkorps plus the reconnaissance unit! Without bomber support all that could be done was to wait for serious infantry reinforcements. As an epilogue, the capture of the town of Rzhev by the recon unit, was our last final heroic action. [image]local://upfiles/23459/8DA31B2885344728BEE7D74AD0C66B0B.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 5:36:50 PM)
Rostov was evacuated! By far General von Manstein's Army Group South is now the most powerful of the invading Groups. With the easy capture of Rostov the gate to the Caucasus was now wide open and much was expected from his troops. At the end of this turn the Soviets align 42 land units vs 62 Germans. [image]local://upfiles/23459/ABEE2AE7CC3B49999B6C26CD491F9357.jpg[/image]

Marcinos1985 -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/14/2021 7:21:42 PM)
Very good read, thank you. Question is - where are UK carriers? [:)] Not in the North Sea, not in them Med (?), maybe a long trip to Japan?

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:21:44 AM)
Hi Marcis! Nice to hear from you, thanks for following this AAR [;)] An important naval battle took place during the following 4 turns. During the August Allied turn the Royal Navy suddenly appeared at the Vestjorden area near Narvik and attacked our naval bombers repeatedly with a CV and a CVL. [image]local://upfiles/23459/EED86CFFC9014EA2A40B11C8803F6684.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:23:47 AM)
August 29 1941 The presence of those 2 tempting targets (CV+CVL) was enough for Admiral Erich Raeder to order a full counterattack: the British Task Force did not appear to be a large one. A summer storm hit the Atlantic around the Vestjorden. Our Navy sunk the escorting DD and hit hard the CVL (2 points strength left) but that was all. The British Task force was was much bigger than we initially thought and a second British CV lurked in the area. It was now clear that those 2 carriers were a bait and that we have been lured into a trap. As reinforcements the Italian naval bombers were recalled from Sardinia and a supplementary wing of fighters were flown from the Reich to protect the area. During the next September Allied turn, in again stormy seas, the Royal Navy hit hard and sunk the BB Bismarck, the Italian BB plus another German BC and only because of the high seas did the rest of our surface fleet escape total annihilation. [image]local://upfiles/23459/8894641609F242AF8B7E1BE8D41AC220.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:32:10 AM)
September 26 - October 24 In the final phases of this engagement the Royal Navy was operating with 3 CVs and at least 1 CVL. They sunk the Italian CL and last remaining German BC while they were trying to leave the area eastbound to safety but in retaliation the British lost 1 BC. Unknown to them a big Wolfpack of 4 new U-Boote level 2 with the Italian BB Giulio Cesare were fast approaching their position in the Norwegian Sea coming from the southwest. Admiral Doenitz ordered them to concentrate their attacks against the British CVs. They were lucky that the seas stayed calm and counterattacked furiously sinking 1 CL, 1 CV and damaging the CV Formidable very seriously (1 point of strength) but the CVL was not found (also 1 point of strength). We were not sure if a second CVL was involved in this naval battle. We lost heavily but the Royal Navy left the area with a bloody nose. By now the Soviet Mechanized Infantry unit was surrounded at Alta and soon destroyed out of supply by our panzerkorps. [image]local://upfiles/23459/DBC256FE65FA4F8E8992975F3A0E4E83.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:35:53 AM)
Army group South August 29 1941. General von Manstein exploiting his breakthrough captured Krasnodar and isolated the Crimean Peninsula. The Maikop oilfields were not that far… At the end of this turn the Soviets align 39 land units vs 64 Germans. Russian moral is 79%. [image]local://upfiles/23459/DE3DF34DD90A4B9981FD0B0D7ED92EA3.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:37:46 AM)
August 29 1941 China. The Chinese Capital Chungking is evacuated by the Chinese defenders!! Our troops enter triumphal and parade through the streets: the Emperor is exultant! Banzai!! The timing of this great event could not have been better planned for the Japanese. As the USA mobilization climbs steadily in huge leaps towards war some of our forces could now be released and will be soon sent out of China for more greatness. I was expecting a hard fight for the Capital as the defending Chinese Army was fully entrenched level 6 and could call for reinforcements further north, always a hard nut to crack. [image]local://upfiles/23459/158C3198966C480A81BA0690AA6CCF9F.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 10:32:57 AM)
September 26 1941 The day starts with the message “the USA prepares for War”… Ready or not Japan must declare war to the USA this turn! The sea around the Hawaiian Islands is stormy and only 4 slots of clear weather close to Oahu are available to launch air attacks. The Kido Butai under Nagumo, by a whisker, nears and hugs the Hawaiian coast launching the air armada and manages to sink the 3 BBs but the CA is only damaged to strength 6. The losses are quite heavy between our plane crews due to an AA unit and alert defending US fighters. [image]local://upfiles/23459/EE07639FEB934DD186013CFF76B50E0F.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 10:34:13 AM)
Elsewhere in the South China Sea, targeting only air units, our Special naval forces landed near Manila, Davao and Soerabaja. They managed to destroy the Philippine US Air Force and the Dutch fighters. In Indochina a new Army Group was operated to start the invasion of Thailand next turn. More Special Landing troops boarded Long Range Amphibians (LRA) transports at Formosa and Palau. A US destroyer was also sunk near American Samoa. With the limited time available for preparation that was all that could be accomplished this turn. [image]local://upfiles/23459/305E6C69EF344B2FBD8C03CECB9AFF31.jpg[/image]

Marcinos1985 -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 12:36:52 PM)
Why did US mobilization rise so quickly? Any out-of-the-box move?

HamburgerMeat -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 3:31:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Marcinos1985 Why did US mobilization rise so quickly? Any out-of-the-box move? I think because the Japanese declared war on the USSR

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 5:26:47 PM)
That is correct, as HambutgerMeat points out. Since the declaration of war to USSR by Japan the USA mobilized from the 40s% to 99% in just 3 turns..!

Marcinos1985 -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 6:55:03 PM)
Oh, you DOW'ed USSR with Japan first? Sorry, missed that. So the question is - was it worth it? [:)]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 8:17:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Marcinos1985 Oh, you DOW'ed USSR with Japan first? Sorry, missed that. So the question is - was it worth it? [:)] I can't answer that question yet as we are presently only April 1942... But no MMPs are arriving the USSR via the Pacific and every MMP that the Russians do not get now helps Germany in the struggle against Stalin now. The USA needs time to organize a second front and anyway it is difficult that USA enters the year 1942 not at war. But I have played very few games pass summer 1942 and I need more games to decide if this strategy is worth it against an experience player. It surely made the Japanese advance through Asia a lot harder as I will soon show...

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 8:45:16 PM)
September 26 1941 As there has been some communication problems between the Germans and the Finns with General Gariboldi’s staff German General Bush was sent to Helsinki to take command of all troops and operations in Finland and a new Army Group Finland was created. Our troops were slowly pushing back the Soviets towards Leningrad in the Karelian Ithmus. In the neighboring General Rommel’s Army Group North, after being reinforced with 2 Armies and some artillery, the faltering attack resumed north in muddy weather and successfully encircled the town of Narva and its Soviet defenders. As no additional troops were available for Army Group Center the front froze for many months. [image]local://upfiles/23459/30356077C11C42BE892372D917F07507.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 8:47:50 PM)
In Army Group South the advance continued unopposed with the occupation of Salsk and the Maikop oilfield. At the end of this turn the Soviets aligned 39 land units vs 65 Germans. Mediterranean area. British reconnaissance troops are seen near Tripoli. [image]local://upfiles/23459/E1009F51D27A4E36B8985282500C865F.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:47:36 PM)
October 24 1941 At this point the Soviets must be really stretched thin with only 39 land units to defend many important key regions: Murmansk, Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad, the Far East (where a significant part of their forces were still based inexplicably) and the Caucasus. They just could not be strong in all those places. Obviously they concentrated around Moscow some of the best troops. It was a critical moment for Stalin with so many “rat holes to watch” and the Germans took advantage of this, creating a strong schwerpunkt towards the oilfields. The Soviet defensive positions around Grozny were overrun and the city captured by our paras in their second jump of the war. The communications between Baku and the rest of the country were now cut! Mediterranean area. British reconnaissance troops and some tanks are seen again near Tripoli. Mussolini decides to send additional forces to Libya: a fully rested Army and AA unit take position in the defense of Tripoli. At the end of this turn the Soviets aligned 38 land units vs 66 Germans. [image]local://upfiles/23459/43C8282748534B6694CE0A75170E1DFC.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/15/2021 9:51:14 PM)
October 24 1941 The turn starts with good news. By decoding Allied messages the Japanese intelligence inform that a British carrier is stationed near Nicobar Islands in the Andaman Sea. After land based Japanese bombers based Saigon sink a US CL near Singapore the CV Soryu is sent to the Gulf of Siam to launch an attack. The Japanese hesitated to send only bombers or a mixed attack from the carrier as no fighter planes were available in the area. At the end the “only bombers option” was decided to maximize the damage to the British carrier. But a second British carrier was near and intercepted our striking force ravaging our air group down to 3 strength! Note. I very seldom use the mix option but this time it was a much better option. In Bangkok a defending Allied Infantry corps (I think it was from Malaya) was destroyed but the Capital could not be occupied. Additional Japanese troops continued to arrive Saigon from China. In Brunei was spotted a Congo Belgian Garrison. Soerabaja was captured (not defended) and great news, the port was captured intact level 5. Japanese Special Landing troops disembark at Guadalcanal only to the find the island already defended by an Australian Infantry Corps. [image]local://upfiles/23459/35F5702C072342C39894D89443063C83.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/16/2021 3:26:48 PM)
The Japanese get lucky during the next Allied turn as the Gulf of Siam is engulfed in bad weather and our CV Soryu can not be attacked from the 2 British CVs. A big multinational naval task force suddenly appears and surrounds the Japanese CV in the Gulf of Siam. The Allies are serious about the defense of the Thailand/Burma area. US marines were holding Penang. A second Malayan Infantry corps was disembarked in Bangkok to replace the lost one… November 21 1941 The weather in the Gulf of Siam clears and our land bombers based in Thailand get to work over the multinational naval task force sinking an Australian CA and a Bristish DD. US fighters based Moulmein intercept our raids but are defeated by our zero fighters from Hue (on their way down the peninsula from China). The CV Soryu takes refuge in Camranh Bay port near Saigon. The newly arrived Malayan Infantry defending Bangkok are easily defeated and the Capital surrenders. At this moment our Japanese paras jump near Moulmein and destroy the US fighters based there. An Indian Army is detected near Rangoon next to US NAVAL bombers. The Japanese were lucky again as a British CV, positioned near the Sumatra coast, was engulfed in bad weather. A second unit of Japanese Special Landing troops disembarked at Guadalcanal to help disgorge the Australian Infantry Corps, as it was obvious that the job would be a difficult one. [image]local://upfiles/23459/F42362D490844A619F1A3F1F03C47109.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/16/2021 3:32:44 PM)
At Soerabaja the first reinforcements arrived and an Army and a Japanese HQ disembarked safely. But unit of Special Landing troops was intercepted by a US sub a subsequently sunk next turn… a second unit of Japanese Special Landing troops managed to pass through and although taking serious casualties in the landing cut the road between Semarang and Bandoeng. There seemed to be Indians everywhere. [image]local://upfiles/23459/F04F90C181384619AC239EEDECC1EE8D.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/16/2021 3:33:54 PM)
November 21 1941 Mediterranean area. Things are getting serious in Lybia. The British started the assault of Tripoli. Reinforcements are on its way in the form of a German panzerkorps (from the Moscow area) that is about to be shipped from Sicilia to Tunis and a couple of Infantry corps plus 2 units of Italian AA all under the command of an Italian General based Tunis. [image]local://upfiles/23459/192CBD4E6C654306AFFE63D760857537.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/17/2021 7:11:29 PM)
The Japanese ran out of luck during the next December Allied turn. The US Naval bombers next to Moulmein hit hard our CV Soryu in port and it was finally sunk later by a British CV operating near Singapore. General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell took command of US units in Burma from Rangoon. Tripoli falled in Allied hands. December 19 1941 The Indian Army defending Moulmein was plastered by our bombers and did not resist long. Once the road was opened towards the north, the US maritime bombers were destroyed by our Japanese troops. Additional US fighter wings intercepted our raids from northern Burma. The USA and Indians are seriously involved defending the ABDA (American-British-Dutch-Australian) area of operations. The Japanese are desperately lacking land based zero fighter units and maritime bombers. They only have 1 overworked zero fighter group to defend the whole Empire and no maritime bombers! The Japanese focused too much in the war with China and all MPPs during the first 2 years went to the Army. Now the Navy has absolute priority but it will take some time for new units to be built and to upgrade all our ships… [image]local://upfiles/23459/15C0BBF4E7A249E4B4D845B2678BF8E5.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/17/2021 7:14:53 PM)
A second Japanese HQ is operated to Thailand to help with the supply situation during our push north. In Java our troops destroyed the isolated Indians between Semarang and Bandoeng. The other half of the big island was still in enemy hands, an Indian Infantry corps defending Bandoeng and an Indian Army defending Batavia together with some Dutch Infantry. A brand new Japanese tactical bomber wing was flow in to speed up the cleaning but we have no fighters available in the area and a British Spitfire fighter wing was based Kuching (Sarawak). The fighting for Guadalcanal was reaching a climax. Supplies were the mayor issue as all troops on the island, the Australian Infantry Corps and our 2 SLF, were getting less supplies every turn… [image]local://upfiles/23459/885119851003493C9BCD0FB40E8A9784.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/17/2021 10:47:52 PM)
During the next January Allied turn a new Indian Infantry Corps disembarked Rangoon to try to stop the Japanese advance to the Capital. The US marines based Pehang were evacuated by ship and also disembarked Rangoon to bolster the defense. A Malaysian Infantry Corps arrived by ship at Pehang to replace the Americans and defend the isthmus. In Java the surrounded Indian Infantry Corps evacuated Bandoeng strength 4. It is clear that the Allies are trowing every available unit and active to try to stop the Japanese advance in the area. February 13 1942 One thing that favored the Japanese was the weather: for the 4th consecutive turn the skies were clear over Burma/Thailand. Soon the monsoon will arrive and the skies will be covered for many months. So I would say that by attacking and declaring war to the Allies in September was not that bad as the Japanese could use their bombers to good maximum use. The freshly disembarked Indian and Malaysian Infantry corps were defeated and the Allied troops invited to our moldy concentration camps. [image]local://upfiles/23459/B8103DCBF4324311B05E68A716BB414C.jpg[/image]

Taifun -> RE: TAIFUN (Axis) vs smckechnie (Allies) Full game 1939 (4/17/2021 10:56:28 PM)
To prevent the arrival of more Allied troops the port of Rangoon was rendered inoperative by our medium bombers. By now our zero fighter wing was exhausted strength 6 after flying non-stop without any reinforcements for the whole camping. The same can be said of our bombers with the 2 tactical wings 5-9 and the medium bombers 6-8 strength. The British CVs have retreated to the Bay of Bengal, covering the open Allied flank. The US fighter squadrons operate from the north of Burma. At this moment I lost the possibility of doing real damage to the Allies. See the Japanese ready to jump? I though for a few minutes to use them and attack the US fighters, possibly destroying them and cutting the retreat road for General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell. The US troops would have been trapped and destroyed together at Rangoon. But with no fighter escorts available they would have been intercepted by allied fighters and dealt severe damage. Then, and out of supply for a turn or two, easily targeted by allied air power and destroyed. At the end I decided to wait and use them later in the campaign... difficult choice to make... In Java the evacuated town of Bandoeng was captured and our troops approached Batavia. A 3rd SLF unit disembarked safely Soerabaja as a last reinforcement. At last some reinforcements arrive to the Philippines (Luzon) and the offensive starts towards Manila. Guadalcanal was captured at last by our starving troops! and as an extra bonus Japan gets a free bomber based Bougainville! [image]local://upfiles/23459/D353B5BBB61845CA87C826F79499FCEC.jpg[/image]

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