The German Reich - Continued

[joespaniel]

Time for that "domination victory" I was talking about a few days ago.

Good job to everyone! The crisis was handled VERY well.

My only hope is that we get to use some panzers and bombers before ALL the enemy cities are squashed.



EDIT: We need steel, refining, combustion, mass production and finaly motorized trans. About 20 or 30 turns...?

Im drooling on the keyboard...:crazyeyes

 

[Ohwell]

. Shorten that tech list! We already have steel, and are fairly into refining! Oh,
This is going to be a god new years if we get our panzers

I. Psycosois- Just a suggestion- The Japanese are Polite toward us, thqanks to
me . But they are giving us a luxury we desperatley need. They are
also allied with us against Egypt, so dont attack them until Egypt seems worn
down, unless you want to, that is ok too

Good luck, Psycosis! Long live the Reich! Long live The German Communism!

 

[i.Psychosis]

Alas, but I am a simple scribe, these tales are accurate as reported from the field. The Mad One has left with the Army bound for the Egyptian continent.

1826: An army of calvary units was assembeled at Manchester, in preperation for invasion.

1828: The bombing of Nanking and Shantung begins. The Mad One, in hopes of cutting off the northernmost city on that penninsula from the rest of their empire, ordered these cities shelled to prepare for invasion. Destroyed many city improvements, including barracks.

1830: Army boards escorted transport.

1832: England and Egypt declare a peace treaty. The Mad One foams at the mouth and vows to destroy the insolent Queen. The scholars bring news of Battlefield Medicine to the enraged ruler.

1834: Egypt and Japan declare a peace treaty. This in turn convinces Japan to declare war on us. The Mad One nearly bites off his own tounge when he hears of the Japanese trechery. He boards a ship bound for Cambridge to help lay siege to their last city.

1836: The combined forces of the Egyptian and Japanese navy sink several frigates. Our Ironclads survive.

1838: Japan appears to withdraw their forces from our coastline, while Egypt lands a force of 4 calvary on the southern tip of our continent.

1840: Word from our invasion in Cambridge is excellent. England fell with no casualties. The Mad One beheads the Queen and places her head on the bow of his flagship headed for Egypt. He orders the city NOT to be razed for defense purposes. (We wouldn't want Egypt to get a little island city near us.)

1842: Egyptian forces attack our souther cities and are easily repelled. A few stray units remain. Clean-up of the invasion party continues.

1844: Egyptian fleet of 3 ironclads attack our 2 ironclads off the eastern coast. Our ironclad crew has learned much from this battle and are now Elite! Word from afar tells of the Mad One's arival on the enemy's continent.

 

[i.Psychosis]

Japan is really being a nusiance. I fortified many of our coastal cities with x-tra inf. I was going to try and cut off that northern most city from the rest of their empire and then capture it for an operational base there. By cutting it off we could prevent it flopping back (maybe.) Dunno. Those pesky Japanese. Well, at least the English are no more. YEAH! I got to finish em! Thanks.

Go for it joe.

 

[Ohwell]

Nice job! We are starting to gain a foothold on the Egyptian continent, and may just yet get our domination victory, as spoken by joespaniel. Anyway, now that the Japanese are against us again, I fear our navy needs to be tinkered up again. But the Great Chancellors of the Reich can handle it

 

[joespaniel]

So, this is it. Germany against the rest of the world.

Lets pause for a minute and reflect on all the civilizations that once thrived on this world for 5000 years. Russia, England, Greece, China...

All but a memory.

Now there are three.

Japan - The weakest power, and fair-weather friend. Not to be trusted, but not feared either. The Japanese will be German or Egyptian one day...

Egypt and Germany - The Superpowers. Neither willing to co-exist with the other, and both practicly equal in power. Bitter enemies, now locked in a struggle to destroy the other, once and for all.

Egypt is well established, with a firm grasp on its territory. Cleopatra is no fool, she is playing well, and playing for keeps. However, Egypt is an Ancient Age power.

Germany, on the other hand, is just now coming of age. Germany is an INDUSTRIAL AGE POWER! Its vaunted and feared "special unit" is about to make its appearance, and in fearsome "armies" called Panzergruppen!

It will be an epic struggle, and the citizens of all nations of the world will hold their breath when these two giants finally meet for the final confrontation.

The new Chancellor of Germany, Joseph III, begins his reign with a resounding proclamation:

"All will be German, or dead."

 

[joespaniel]

I will post my summary by Friday night, as I have to work all day tomorow.

Sorry, but thats life. Thats what all the people say...

 

[donsig]

All Hail Joe the Conqueror!

Joe, Joe, he's our man if he can't do it, no one can!
:tank: :tank:

 

[Ohwell]

"Give me more soldiers, noble leader, so that they might sheath their
swords into the beating hearts of their enemies!"

My thoughts exactly. I love this game in that proven, solid tactics will
work. I will post the superiorness of our panzers to show all that
Panzers are capable of.

- Suprise- The panzers quick speed can throw an enemy off guard,
sometimes causing the enemy to panic and flee.

- Attack- Our panzers, due to our superior engineering and science,
are capable of massive destruction to a large area.

- Defense- Our reinforced armor is capable of being nearly invulnerable
to bullets, shells, even some forms of artillery.

- Combined, these allow for massive destructoin in a quick frenzy,
all but eliminating a counterattack.

- I wish to have mighty legions of panzers, maybe 40, and unleash them
on strategic areas, and use the blitzkrieg!

-The German Military Science Center

 

[joespaniel]

Ive played about seven or eight turns now, and it is time consuming.

Some highlights:

Numerous naval battles - We sank half a dozen enemy ships for the loss of one ironclad. Egyptian ships are pummeling our east coast near the Greek cities. Massing our ships to attack there now.

My very first turn (before ending the initial start) - Unfortified some infantry around the south cape and wiped out the Egyptians in our territory. The former player could have done this.

With railroads, our artillery can be quite effective!

First enemy turn (after ending my start) - Our cavalry and army in Egypt is annihilated in short order, by Egyptian cavalry. They had no infantry nor artillery with them.

Cavalry is now totaly obsolete. I am building mostly infantry and artillery, due to their upgradeability. And ironclads, ofcourse.

Am running a huge money deficit to boost tech. Communism is killing us in trade, we lose HALF in corruption every turn. However, due to the massive unhappiness from war-weariness, we are stuck with it. There is no other alternative.

Frankfurt - Our Army city, is in trouble. MASSIVE corruption is crippling it. I switched production to factory, now courthouse. Police station is next ( it lowers corruption too).

Then, and only then, will it be back in action. It was losing over 60% of its shields before.

Homefront - Changing strategy:

No more aquaducts or hospitals. Growth is pointless, lets build units. In fact, I might just mobilize for war after Frankfurt is on-line again. We do not need any more improvements, except for harbors (to build veteran ships, and heal damaged ships).

There were damaged ships fortified on open ocean. FYI - A damaged ship only heals in a city with a harbor.

I switched alot of irrigation to mines, to slow or stop city growth and increase production. Temples dont kill Egyptians, infantry does.

There is almost no work left for the workers anymore. Repairing the damage from Egyptian bombardment, and increasing railroad never hurts either.

We are getting closer to panzers, but it wont be during my turn. The next chancellor may get that honor...

 

[joespaniel]

Naval battles galore! We win all of them!

Four more Egyptian ironclads go to the sea bottom.

We now have destroyers!

Our western ocean navy is strong, the east still weak, and thats where the enemy is pumping out ships. We have to sail some boats around the cape to the eastern ocean.

There are four transports near Manchester for an invaision armada, they should be sailed around to the east under escort too.

I didnt mobilize, as once we do, there is no going back. If we plan to build any more wonders, we should wait.

Massing troops at Berlin and several other cities, no more landings in Germany have been attempted.

We should land in the heart of Egypt and siege their core cities.

Good luck to the next chancellor.

 

[Ohwell]

Oh,how I dream, of a great, navy, just like the ones I used to know....

YES! DESTROYERS! WE SHALL RULE THE KNOWN SEAS! And transports are
great! They can defend against ironclads well. Now that I know my navy is
great, I shall hold a banquet in Moscow tomarrow, but only if it is done
rioting

You might have noticed I love navies . I hope donsig can get the
panzers so that on my turn they will be plentiful and awaiting command .

 

[joespaniel]

I doubt donsig will get panzers, unless he plays 20 turns, but he will get battleships and submarines for sure.

I hope you guys arent mad that I blew most of our gold to research faster.

I felt we needed to forge ahead in tech or fall victim to an Egyptian armoured assault before we ever build the first panzer.

Remember that Egypt has almost ALL the great wonders of the world from the middle-ages. We should "liberate" them... someday.

 

[donsig]

Us communists don't care about gold, joe.

It's Knight-Dragon's turn then me, nicht war?

 

[Mike C]

I guess its too late for me to jump back in. Its all but decided now .

Great work everyone.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Originally posted by Mike C
I guess its too late for me to jump back in. Its all but decided now .

Great work everyone.

It's never too late. Still too many things to do, even for one turn. I'll put you in somewhere.

Fr the looks of things, it'll be hard to invade Egypt. We don't have a foothold anywhere and they got 50+ cavalry. I think we shld land some inf on some coastal mountain and let these pesky horse troops wear themselves out, then wipe them out with our fast formations.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Egypt wanted to make peace with us but told them to piss off. Began war mobilization. This would be the Great War, the war to end all wars. At the rate of our research, the next Wonder is eons away.

Also now got a sizeable naval presence in the Eastern Ocean. Of course, the Western Ocean belonged to us with our warships roaming at will. The Egyptians got only 2-3 ships in their entire navy.

Posted our new inf all over the big cities as mil police. Once we have Panzers, we'll have all the inf support we need.

Note - We shld put more inf in bigger cities as mil police. Can have 4 mil police for each city under Communism.

 

[joespaniel]

Originally posted by Knight-Dragon
Egypt wanted to make peace with us but told them to piss off.

Thats nice.

Of course, the Western Ocean belonged to us with our warships roaming at will. The Egyptians got only 2-3 ships in their entire navy.

Yeah, I sent almost a dozen enemy ships to Davey Jone's Locker. Im sure they are building more...

Knight-Dragon - Did you make it to battleships? I cant wait for the thunder to fall on their shores.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

"Knight-Dragon - Did you make it to battleships? I cant wait for the thunder to fall on their shores."

Nope, no battleships. Even if we can build them, it'll take forever to build a sizeable fleet of them, considering our lack of ports with massive shield prod. Building destroyers will be faster and more effective, considering the lack of enemy ships.

Besides when I took over, it was like 32 turns until finished researching mass prod. I cut it down but still left 3-4 turns before we're getting it.

Note - Anytime we need to build a Wonder, just make peace with Japan (or Egypt if we're really desperate), stop the war mobilization, build the the Wonder, then use the GL in Berlin to finish it. Remember we still have the GL.

Up next - donsig.

 

[Ohwell]

At this rate, I won't see any panzers Our cities are resembling WWII era Ge4rmany, with
not many ports. At least we don't need them, I do hope the Japanese Imperial Navy is gone,
right?