WW2-Global

[Adler17]

Week 48:
Leningrad was bombed by my fleet. All ships and planes there destroyed. My naval planes from the carrier attacked the force of 12 units which landed near Leningrad. 10 hit and one of them destroyed. My Pz III E in Tallin finished them off- for the loss of one Pz III E.
The next phase were intensive air strikes on targets in Russia. 5 Russian planes shot down, some destroyed at the ground and several Russian units destroyed. Losses: 1 Do 17.
Strike hard, strike fast: Vitebsk, Smolensk and Kursk were captured. At Kursk I used my artillery to weaken up the defense. So I was able to attack also Voronesh. After taking the town I launched a large scale invasion of Tula and Saratow, but I couldn't capture them now. Also Moscow is in danger.
Off Nova Scotia the US convoy consisting of three ww1 DD and a TR, responsible to sinking a Uboat last turn (due to detecting), is sunk by U 127 (VII), which is now elite.
My future plans: As it shows I am able to win against Russia with the forces I have there I will retreat my fleet out of the Baltic. At the Skagerrak only my surviving coastal submarines, S boats and the predreadnoughts will stay. Also my Uboat force in the Baltic, currently 105 boats will leave for America. With these boats I will make a patrol line from New York to Miami. Then No US ship should be able to cross the Atlantic witout being spotted at least.
In Africa I will make amphibious landings at Rabat to Damaskus. Then I will reforce my units and make a large scale attack from the coastal cities south and east (in Arabia). A new tactic I never tried before. But perhaps I won´t do that in favour of an attack of Turkey. Or both. I don´t know yet.
Also heavy losses for the Soviet subs in the Black Sea due to my Stukas.

PC turn:
2 Soviet bombers were shot down by FlaK. Also I underestimated the Soviet strength as the Soviets fiercely attacked my Panzer IIIG at Tula. I lost 13 of them, while Stalin lost 21 units. The US BB C2 wants to enter the Med, but BB Hessen is en route to intercept the enemy. I forgot to sink the British SS, so I have to follow them and do it now. Also a new BB is ready in Britain. That must be shocking for the British: A British yard completes a Bismarck class BB! It is baptized Helgoland.
So I really underestimated the Russians: I estimate 100 enemy units in the Voronesh area, so I have to hit them and to halt all offensive actions here. Also my production number of Pz III G this turn: 11 (so I nearly equalized my losses last turn).

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 49 part one:
The first ship to ship combat of a German Bismarck class BB is over: The US BB is sunk. Also I could sink in the vincinity a French TR with a sub. Hessen, now elite, has to be repaired in Lissabon. Also the British sub is caught and sunk.
But I still wonder why the Russians did not overrun my stack of 26 units near Saratov with their over 60 units there...
To be continued.

Adler

 

[Serutan]

Week 49 part one:
But I still wonder why the Russians did not overrun my stack of 26 units near Saratov with their over 60 units there...
Adler

It certainly seems that for some reason that AI will assemble huge SODs, then won't use them. I've seen that several times. Almost like George McCLellan was on the Firaxis software team...

 

[Hubschrauber]

I'm playing as Germany and am halfway through 1941, at the gates of Leningrad and Kiev, and Switzerland declares war on me. No reason other than every 10 or so turns i would demand all the gold they had and they would give it to me. That is one of the strangest things i've ever seen other than my next point.

I'm also playing a game as Britain. I had a few 1939 Destroyers patrolling the east coast (roughly) of Japan and spoted a convoy of 1 Transport, 1 Light Cruiser, 1 1939 Destroyer, and a Battleship heading east. So i followed it with a destroyer. At first I thought he was heading toward the US, than I noticed getting closer and closer to BC and I was getting a little worried because I had little defense there. Then when it just heads north toward Southern Alaska, and than through the Bering Straight(think thats it). At that point I had lost it and thought it went back south. 15 or so turns later the convoy appears just north of Schefferville!!! I mean this is unbelievable. Before I could get any troops up there the US had sent around 15 Marines and destroyed the one Jap. Infantry. This is the absolute strangest thing I have ever witnessed.

Here's a Screen:

 

[Rocoteh]

Adler,

Thank you for the reports.

"Week 48:
Leningrad was bombed by my fleet. All ships and planes there destroyed. My naval planes from the carrier attacked the force of 12 units which landed near Leningrad. 10 hit and one of them destroyed. My Pz III E in Tallin finished them off- for the loss of one Pz III E."
Adler

Soviet can not do much with the Baltic fleet. However its realistic.

"The next phase were intensive air strikes on targets in Russia. 5 Russian planes shot down, some destroyed at the ground and several Russian units destroyed. Losses: 1 Do 17."
Adler

A good ratio.

"Strike hard, strike fast: Vitebsk, Smolensk and Kursk were captured. At Kursk I used my artillery to weaken up the defense. So I was able to attack also Voronesh. After taking the town I launched a large scale invasion of Tula and Saratow, but I couldn't capture them now. Also Moscow is in danger."
Adler

Not many counterstrikes from Soviet-AI so far.

"My future plans: As it shows I am able to win against Russia with the forces I have there I will retreat my fleet out of the Baltic. At the Skagerrak only my surviving coastal submarines, S boats and the predreadnoughts will stay. Also my Uboat force in the Baltic, currently 105 boats will leave for America. With these boats I will make a patrol line from New York to Miami. Then No US ship should be able to cross the Atlantic witout being spotted at least.
In Africa I will make amphibious landings at Rabat to Damaskus. Then I will reforce my units and make a large scale attack from the coastal cities south and east (in Arabia). A new tactic I never tried before. But perhaps I won´t do that in favour of an attack of Turkey. Or both. I don´t know yet."
Adler

It sounds like a good blockade-strategy.

"PC turn:
2 Soviet bombers were shot down by FlaK. Also I underestimated the Soviet strength as the Soviets fiercely attacked my Panzer IIIG at Tula. I lost 13 of them, while Stalin lost 21 units. The US BB C2 wants to enter the Med, but BB Hessen is en route to intercept the enemy. I forgot to sink the British SS, so I have to follow them and do it now. Also a new BB is ready in Britain. That must be shocking for the British: A British yard completes a Bismarck class BB! It is baptized Helgoland.
So I really underestimated the Russians: I estimate 100 enemy units in the Voronesh area, so I have to hit them and to halt all offensive actions here. Also my production number of Pz III G this turn: 11 (so I nearly equalized my losses last turn)."
Adler

No doubt a force to count with. It will be interesting to see how AI use it.

"Week 49 part one:
The first ship to ship combat of a German Bismarck class BB is over: The US BB is sunk. Also I could sink in the vincinity a French TR with a sub. Hessen, now elite, has to be repaired in Lissabon. Also the British sub is caught and sunk.
But I still wonder why the Russians did not overrun my stack of 26 units near Saratov with their over 60 units there...
To be continued."
Adler

Agree. Really strange!

Thank you and welcome back.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

It certainly seems that for some reason that AI will assemble huge SODs, then won't use them. I've seen that several times. Almost like George McCLellan was on the Firaxis software team...

Serutan,

That is interesting.

Thus some type of AI-bug that never was corrected.
For many reasons there is a need for one more C3C-patch.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Hubschrauber,

"I'm playing as Germany and am halfway through 1941, at the gates of Leningrad and Kiev, and Switzerland declares war on me. No reason other than every 10 or so turns i would demand all the gold they had and they would give it to me. That is one of the strangest things i've ever seen other than my next point."
Hubschrauber

Agree. Strange!


"I'm also playing a game as Britain. I had a few 1939 Destroyers patrolling the east coast (roughly) of Japan and spoted a convoy of 1 Transport, 1 Light Cruiser, 1 1939 Destroyer, and a Battleship heading east. So i followed it with a destroyer. At first I thought he was heading toward the US, than I noticed getting closer and closer to BC and I was getting a little worried because I had little defense there. Then when it just heads north toward Southern Alaska, and than through the Bering Straight(think thats it). At that point I had lost it and thought it went back south. 15 or so turns later the convoy appears just north of Schefferville!!! I mean this is unbelievable. Before I could get any troops up there the US had sent around 15 Marines and destroyed the one Jap. Infantry. This is the absolute strangest thing I have ever witnessed."
Hubschrauber

Thank you for reporting this.
I will see what I can do to block this type of moves in version 2.2.

Rocoteh

 

[Adler17]

Week 49 part two:
I destroyed one of the defning fortrsses of Leningrad, but the siege has to be continued.
Then I based 208 units, among them nearly all bombers, in Voronesh to stop the Russians there. But I also remarked Smolensk is without sufficient defense. So I broke my planned operations against Moscow up and retreated my forces to Smolensk.

PC turn:
Russian offensive. I lost three units as well as the Russians, who also captured a Russian worker.
Russian units now:
Smolensk: 6
Voronesh: 101
New Bismarck class BB ready: Ostfriesland.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 50:
Leningrad has no longer a defending fort as one is destroyed by my artillery, the other with my planes. I lost a Ju 87 from a carrier (which is now replaced) but the loss of the forts is decisive.
But first to Voronesh. My Luftwaffe did a great job by destroying 46 enemy units there. So I can concentrate my units there to destroy the rest.
Also half of the motorized rifle units approximately at least, is lost. Of 703 units now "only" 383 are left, meaning a loss of at least 320 units. No wonder why Stalin wanted peace last turn (what I rejected of course).
My forces continue to attack the invaders. 24 enemy units in the 2nd attacked huge stack are destroyed so only one huge stack of 31 remain. However my losses are light, and if I have enough reserve troops perhaps I continue my offensive this turn.
So all invaders are dead. 37 units destroyed for the price of 7 own. I lose 6 further by the conquest of Saratow and Kuibysjew (Sp?). After the conquest of latter city, a SS division, Handschar, attacks and kill a Soviet marine.
I have to say that I killed about 150 Soviet units for the loss of 15 own.

PC turn:
2 units lost, 4 destroyed and a Soviet bomber downed. Also with Schrnhorst class Königin Luise an new BB is ready.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 51:
31 attacking enemy units at the Eastern Front (3 of the French tanks!). They are all destroyed. Also I am able to kill one of the fortresses in the vincinity of Moscow. However the siege of that city will take a few turns.
So thalst thing to report for today is the capture of Rabat. I will soon take Agadir with a Panther jump, so that I can deal with the Allies in the Med.

To be continued.

Adler

 

[Hyperborean]

Germany - Sid - Week 10, 1942

Cities conquered: Nouakchott, Dakar, Brazzaville, Kampala, Mombasa, Dodoma, Delhi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Dzag, Taluma, Ayan, Tura, Reinovo and Birmingham.
New Soviet capital: Vanino.
I'm now at war with Portugal because they DEMANDED that I should remove my Bismarcks from their territory (in Mocambique). I had to punish them for their insolence.
I took Birmingham at a high price. I have run out of panzers, so I have to halt my offensive until reinforcements can arrive. For this reason I have officially dissolved Army Group South after they took the Soviet capital of Dzag, and the panzers are now on their way back to Europe (this is going to take a while). Meanwhile I have brought in Luftwaffe to bomb the British cities into submission. This is not what I wanted. I would have preferred to take the cities intact, but I can't let them build up their forces to counter-attack. So aside from the bombers I have brought 115 Focke-Wulfe to Britain. That should keep the RAF busy.
In India I'm also slowing down. It takes time for the panzers to get through the jungles in southern India. I have a column of 30-40 panzers slowly making their way through the jungles, while they are constantly being bombarded by the RAF. I took Nagpur at least, so the offensive continues, even if it's in a very slow pace.
In Siberia things are going a bit faster. I have added some 10 panzers to the offensive just to have a punch in the attacks.
The only obstacles in Africa are the jungles in West Africa that are slowing down the panzers, so I'm considering replacing them with infantry instead.
I have 47 Bismarcks now, while Japan has 46 Yamatos.
I have groups of Bismarcks everywhere. One group is bombing Bombay, another Beira, a third is attacking Liverpool, a fourth Edinburgh (together with some Finnish cruisers), a fifth group is guarding Gibraltar, and a sixth group is crossing the Atlantic to intercept the American battleships as soon as they leave their ports.
The science rate is at 100% now. A lot of cities are producing wealth, so I have only a small deficit. With 100% science I'm able to research one tech per sixth week. This is acceptable. At the current pace I should be able to research 1943 techs before the end of the year (still behind Britain, though).

 

[Hubschrauber]

Harbor in Stuttgart and Cologne?

 

[Rocoteh]

Harbor in Stuttgart and Cologne?

No matter how much time you allocate to bug-hunting some
bugs will remain.

However above mentioned will not have any impact.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Adler,

Thank you for the reports.

"Week 49 part two:
I destroyed one of the defning fortrsses of Leningrad, but the siege has to be continued.
Then I based 208 units, among them nearly all bombers, in Voronesh to stop the Russians there. But I also remarked Smolensk is without sufficient defense. So I broke my planned operations against Moscow up and retreated my forces to Smolensk."
Adler

A good move.

"Week 50:
Leningrad has no longer a defending fort as one is destroyed by my artillery, the other with my planes. I lost a Ju 87 from a carrier (which is now replaced) but the loss of the forts is decisive."
Adler

Agree.

"But first to Voronesh. My Luftwaffe did a great job by destroying 46 enemy units there. So I can concentrate my units there to destroy the rest."
Adler

An important victory.

"Also half of the motorized rifle units approximately at least, is lost. Of 703 units now "only" 383 are left, meaning a loss of at least 320 units. No wonder why Stalin wanted peace last turn (what I rejected of course).
My forces continue to attack the invaders. 24 enemy units in the 2nd attacked huge stack are destroyed so only one huge stack of 31 remain. However my losses are light, and if I have enough reserve troops perhaps I continue my offensive this turn."
Adler

Soviet will soon lose its capacity to launch major counterstrikes
if losses continues to be at the current level.

"So all invaders are dead. 37 units destroyed for the price of 7 own. I lose 6 further by the conquest of Saratow and Kuibysjew (Sp?). After the conquest of latter city, a SS division, Handschar, attacks and kill a Soviet marine.
I have to say that I killed about 150 Soviet units for the loss of 15 own."
Adler

A very good ratio!

"Week 51:
31 attacking enemy units at the Eastern Front (3 of the French tanks!). They are all destroyed. Also I am able to kill one of the fortresses in the vincinity of Moscow. However the siege of that city will take a few turns.
So thalst thing to report for today is the capture of Rabat. I will soon take Agadir with a Panther jump, so that I can deal with the Allies in the Med."
Adler

Yes, I guess it will take some time to capture Moscow.
It will probably be heavily defended.

Thank you and welcome back.

Rocoteh

 

[Rocoteh]

Hyperborean,

Thank you for the report.

""Germany - Sid - Week 10, 1942

Cities conquered: Nouakchott, Dakar, Brazzaville, Kampala, Mombasa, Dodoma, Delhi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Dzag, Taluma, Ayan, Tura, Reinovo and Birmingham.
New Soviet capital: Vanino.
I'm now at war with Portugal because they DEMANDED that I should remove my Bismarcks from their territory (in Mocambique). I had to punish them for their insolence."
Hyperborean

It seems like the British positions in Africa soon will be history!

"I took Birmingham at a high price. I have run out of panzers, so I have to halt my offensive until reinforcements can arrive. For this reason I have officially dissolved Army Group South after they took the Soviet capital of Dzag, and the panzers are now on their way back to Europe (this is going to take a while). Meanwhile I have brought in Luftwaffe to bomb the British cities into submission. This is not what I wanted. I would have preferred to take the cities intact, but I can't let them build up their forces to counter-attack. So aside from the bombers I have brought 115 Focke-Wulfe to Britain. That should keep the RAF busy."
Hyperborean

Yes for sure these 115 German fighters will give British-AI problems!

"In India I'm also slowing down. It takes time for the panzers to get through the jungles in southern India. I have a column of 30-40 panzers slowly making their way through the jungles, while they are constantly being bombarded by the RAF. I took Nagpur at least, so the offensive continues, even if it's in a very slow pace.
In Siberia things are going a bit faster. I have added some 10 panzers to the offensive just to have a punch in the attacks."
Hyperborean

Soon the British Empire will have to rely on Canada and Australia only.

"The only obstacles in Africa are the jungles in West Africa that are slowing down the panzers, so I'm considering replacing them with infantry instead."
Hyperborean

A good idea.

"I have 47 Bismarcks now, while Japan has 46 Yamatos."
Hyperborean

Then Axis-powers rule the seas!

"I have groups of Bismarcks everywhere. One group is bombing Bombay, another Beira, a third is attacking Liverpool, a fourth Edinburgh (together with some Finnish cruisers), a fifth group is guarding Gibraltar, and a sixth group is crossing the Atlantic to intercept the American battleships as soon as they leave their ports.
The science rate is at 100% now. A lot of cities are producing wealth, so I have only a small deficit. With 100% science I'm able to research one tech per sixth week. This is acceptable. At the current pace I should be able to research 1943 techs before the end of the year (still behind Britain, though)."
Hyperborean

With the new rules introduced in version 2.2 (Population 65% and Area 55%)
a domination victory would not have been far away.

Thank you and welcome back.

Rocoteh

 

[Vericitas]

Hello,

first of all i want to say that this is the best scenario i´ve ever played and second is the following:

Please look at the screenshot.i´ve changed Malta to an airport in the editor.
a few turns before i´ve captured it and now?the british captured benghazi and stationed their planes on "malta".
everytime i try to bombard "malta" i injure my own units.

maybe this could help you with the question leaving Malta as a city or made it an airport(sorry for my bad english)

i can´t wait for the next version.can you say us when you will release it?

greetings

Vericitas

 

[Samez]

Hmm this is I think a known bug but I thought this would have already been fixed... What's yout civ version?

 

[Rocoteh]

Vericitas,

Thank you.

With regard to version 2.1 there have been no earlier reports
on problems with Malta. Thus its hard to comment on the problem you mention.

Version 2.2 will be released March 31.

Rocoteh

 

[eric_A]

Hello,

first of all i want to say that this is the best scenario i´ve ever played and second is the following:

Please look at the screenshot.i´ve changed Malta to an airport in the editor.
a few turns before i´ve captured it and now?the british captured benghazi and stationed their planes on "malta".
everytime i try to bombard "malta" i injure my own units.

maybe this could help you with the question leaving Malta as a city or made it an airport(sorry for my bad english)

i can´t wait for the next version.can you say us when you will release it?

greetings

Vericitas

Verictias:
Probabaly your game save file has gotten corrupted somehow.

Also, it is a known fact that air units on an airbase cannot be damaged
by bombarment so there is no use even trying.

 

[Vericitas]

@Samez

i´ve got the latest version


@Rocoteh
thank you.i can´t wait for the day though i have my examns by that time


@eric_A
thank you for this information.in the future i will use my bombers for better targets