Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: DeZanic

Situation Report:

It was a long time since I have been posting here. Mostly because I have been focused playing. For now I am only able to do one turn per real day or sometimes even less. Today is the 31st July 1944 and if everything goes to plan I am expecting to end this game by the end of the year 1944. So in about 6 months real time. I have been playing for more than two years without and reloading due to mistakes made in the decision.[image][/image]

Many of the carriers were lost in the beginning so I was forced to change strategy. What I did was focus on India, Indochina and China. All men capable of fighting were sent to that theatre. Burma was never captured by the Japanese and by the end of 1943 Indochina was liberated and as I can remember Singapore by Christmas 1943.

Thereafter all the focus switched to liberating China. This battle is still ongoing. Mainly focusing on encircling and destroying Japanese forces while a heavy bombing campaing with bombers flying from Shanghai and nearby areas is devastating Japan.

The submarines are also operating from Shanghai and effectively blockading Japan.

Wake Island, Guam and Saipan were recaptured but considering the heavy losses sustained; I am not really interested in pursuing to occupy island wich in my opinion do not hold any value or are worth fighting for. I regret mostly attacking Saipan because I am not really sure what I would need it for. This was probably a mistake but on the other hand. Naval bombers are now patrolling the area and blockading any surrounding islands from being resupplied by the Japanese.

The Japanese carriers were finished of in a rather unspectacular showdown. They were lured and destroyed by the allied carrier forces. Since I have learned to play the game without carrier support, I am not really using them and I do not think I will need them until maybe an invasion of Japan.

The strategic plan is to recapture all of China and Korea and launch an invasion with the help of US, British and Chinese forces from there.

Summarized:

If no carriers are available and option is to focus on India, China and IndoChina. Make sure to know where the enemy carriers are and avoid them as much as you can. You do not really need to duel them.

Primary Objective:
-Liberation of Indochina. Needed to ensure no attacks can be launched from here.
-Liberation of Singapore. Needed to keep supplies going through here to reach Hong Kong and supply China.
-Liberation of Hong Kong. A big port is needed to keep supplies coming to China by naval routes.
-Liberation of Shanghai. From there submarines and bombers can operate against Japan.
-Liberation of all of China and Korea. To be used as a staging area against a possible invasion of Japan.

Any supplies convoyed to Hong Kong via Singapore should be heavily escorted.

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

Congrats on your strategy shift!

However, you have just exposed game's biggest weakness, which is the universal supply system. The bombers and subs operating out of China would need US-made supply, while in the game they can use China-made supply. In RL, your avenue of advance would have required a HUGE logistics effort, shipping TONS of supplies from USA to Burma. In the game, the Japs almost always lose the backdoor war in the CBI theatre due to the universal supply system powering the Allies.

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ORIGINAL: DeZanic

So yeah I finally managed to achieve a victory although the odds seemed hopeless when I started to play this game.

I started on 7 December 2014 and played until today 3 March 2019. So this is definitely the longest game I have ever played in my life with a duration of 4 years 2 months and 25 days. I feel very satisfied to have finished such an incredibly long game. So I have to brag just a little :-P

So now what? Should I try this game as Japanese? Maybe a different game in the same genre? Hmm...