WW2-Global

[Adler17]

Week 3:
Leopoldville taken, where a Belgian fighter was victim of a FW 190. A Belgish relief and recapture force of several infantries was destroyed in jungle by my PzKw IV F2. I have to report here a bug. As I saw after capturing the belgish worker there there was no street. The Pz IV F2 can use jungle territory. I think there nust be a mistake.
New BBs: Masuren, Gorlice- Tarnów
2 Uboats lost by sinking a US C2 and a convoy unit.

PC turn:
A British CVE tried to ente the Java sea but is sunk by an Otsu of the Japanese. A British convoy of a few DD and a TR landed a single Matilda 2 near Batavia. I have enough Stukas there to solve the problem.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 4:
By attacks on the British invasion force near Java I could destroy all enemy units, a Matilda II tank, 2 1941 DD, a TR, but lost 2 Ju 87 to Flak. Also forget what I said about the introduction of the He 219, only give her also a similar bombardment ability like the Mosquito as the He 219 was designed also as reconnaissance plane, bomber and torpedo plane.
New ships:
BB: Max von Boehn
CV: Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay, Hans Berr, Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk
CVE: Straßburg, Verdun

A US CA C2 is sunk in the Pacific off Hokkaido by U 99, which is now elite.

PC turn:
A British 1941 DD passed the Cape of Good Hope and then entered the South Atlantic. But my torpedo boat flotilla is there waiting.
Also a British KGV appeared near to the main part of my fleet. Also a US convoy out of a BB C2, 2 CA C2 and a convoy unit retreated towards Hawaii, so that I can´t follow them with my Uboats. Infact I have to be aware as two British KGV escorting a convoy were sighted near Kamtschatka.

Adler

 

[Morphling]

hey my current german sid game runs good,i've take all of europe(yugsolavia(sp?),greece and 2 spain city falled to them they play very strong atm) and all russian cities which were a the beginning boarder i plan to land at saint jones which is bad defensed to have a bridgehad in canada.

btw could somebody tell me how to rename units?

 

[Adler17]

Week 5:
BB Mars La Tour attacked the KGV class BB near Ireland and sank it. However the ship is down to one HP and has to be in yard AFAP. Off South Africa the British 1941 DD is sunk by T 13.
New ships:
BB: Felix von Bothmer
CV: Ritter von Röth

PC turn:
A US CA C2 and Convoy appeared off Halifax.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Morphling: Shift + N

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 6:
New BB: von Le Chevallerie, Johannes von Eben
New CV: Artur Laumann, Emil Thuy

Nothing else to report.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 7:
With the fall of Stanleyville Belgium is history.
3 Uboats lost by sinking off Halifax 2 US CA2 and a convoy unit. Also I lost a Ju 87 by destroying 2 British DD 1941 and a TR.
New ships:
BB: Karl von Einem
CV: Gustav Leffers
CVE: Barcelona

PC turn:
A US CA C2 appeared off Halifax. Also a British invasion force was spotted in the Timor sea, sonsiting of 3 KGV BB and a TR. One of the BBs was sunk by aYamato class BB.

Week 8 part 1:
The US CA C2 is sunk by U 366. Also with the conquest of Bangui I have nearly eliminated the French and I have conquered whole Africa.

Adler

 

[Sasebo]

morphling: Also, click on the icon in the upper left corner and in the preferences section choose to have 'advance unit action buttons' active, and then save those preferences. A bunch of new buttons should now be available in the bottom middle of the screen when you select a unit; one of them(far right I think) is the rename unit button.

 

[Adler17]

Week 8 part 2:

New ships:
BB: Wilhelm Gröner, Josias von Heeringen, Wilhelm Heye

A British KGV class BB is spotted by my patrolling Uboats in the passage between Newfoundland and Greenland. I do not have any Uboats available. So I decided to move my squadron protecting Iceland in range. But the distance is too great. So my Stukas on board of CV Rudolf Windisch and Albert Dossenbach have to bomb the ship. It is now down to 2 HP. Now I risked the elite DD T 12 to deal with the enemy. Indeed the ship is able to sink the enemy without any damage!
Also I have to report a BUG:
The Scharnhorst class BB are not upgradeable. So they can´t be upgraded to the Scharnhorst enhenced class of tech sea 1943!

PC turn:
A US CA C2 is bombing again Petropawlowsk without success. However new forces arrived or just arriving in the Pacific: H class BBs Gravelotte, Ferdinand von Schill and 23 Uboats. So this problem should be solved soon.
Also sea battle between a Japanese force of two Yamato class BB and 2 British KGV class BB and a TR. Both sides lose a BB and damage another badly which is now elite. However easy prey for my Luftwaffe.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 9:
As I said, the British force in the Java sea is bombed to death. I lost a He 111.

New ships:
BB: von Hutier, Ernst Jünger,
CV:Josef Veltjens, Otto Parschau, Ulrich Neckel
CVE: Cairo

Z7 Herrmann Schoemann sank in the entrance of the Suda Strait a British SS. This was the first anti submarine patrol in this area from the main fleet.

PC turn:
A second US CA C2 appeared off Petropawlowsk. I do not think it will change much...

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 10:

New ships:
BB: Hugo von Kathen, Alexander von Kluck, Robert Kosch, Rudolf Lange
CVE: Delhi

PC turn:
A US CA C2 and BB C2 appeared off Halifax, also another, the third, CA C2 off Petropawlowsk, and a 1941 DD in the Davis Strait (Greenland).

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 10 part 1:
U 91 sank the US DD, BB Gravelotte one of the CA C2 off Petropawlowsk, and U 380 sank, after 7 Uboats were sunk, the US BB C2, while U 369 sank the US CA C2 off the North American coast.

To be continued.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 11 part 2:

New ships:
BB: Liman von Sanders, Alexander von Linsingen
CV: Wilhelm Griebsch, Jürgen von Grone

PC turn: US CA C2 hit my units in Petropawlowsk and a US convoy consisting of a BB C2 and a few CA C2 and a TR or convoy unit sank off Panama my patrolling Uboat there.

I have now the Tech Sea 1944. I will now build type XXI Uboats in several towns. However I decided to stop the construction of BBs in several cities when the new Königstiger are buildable in 6 turns and also most likely the production of CVs, but here I am not sure.

My next plan is to build up 100 transports and a suffcient number of units, so 600 to invade the US. That should be sufficient to conquer America. In the meantime I will attack Australia in a few turns.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Week 12

BB Gravelotte sinks another of this CA bombing Petropawlowsk and is now elite.

PC turn:
Carnavon is destroyed by the Japanese. Also several cities in South America were razed. It is a curse!

Week 13:
The last US CA is sunk by U 439 after losing another boat.
New ships:
BB: Ewald von Lochow, Walther von Lüttwitz, von der Marwitz, Bruno von Mudra, Karl Nehbel

PC turn: 2 US CA C2 appear off Petropawlowsk.

Week 14:
U 438 sinks one of the CA. The other is sunk by BB Ferdinand von Schill. In the North Atlantic in the entrance to Hudson Strait Gneisenau class BB Yorck sinks a British KGV class BB.
Also finally a new conquest: After shelling Darwin and attacking it with Marines it is taken. Also a British KGV BB is spotted near Cape York and attacked by my Ju 87 of the carriers. Now it is sunk. No losses.

New ships:
BB: von Oven
CV: Walter Bülow, Max von Müller, Max von Mulzer, Fritz von Röth
CVE: Petropawlowsk
CA C2: Kleist

To be continued.

Adler

 

[Bob1475]

USA SID v2.2

1941 (Battles of Guam and Okinawa)

As 1940 ended our attack fleet was approaching Guam. We had had a few dissapointmnets in 1940 but did manage to get our production humming and our railroad moving. Key questions was, based on strong Japanese advances (took all Dutch and CommChinese cities) had we waited too long?

Week 3 Russians and Japanese reach peace - this does not help!

Week 5 - Guam is taken - our first step in the long road back!
Yamatos appear and shell Guam.
We finally manage to get our spy into Japan and find that they have 26!! Yamatos!
We ferry in a large air contingent from Hawaii.

Week 6 - We send out fighers on recon and discover 7 Yamatos near Davao and then 5 more! They join in shelling
We counter with waves of DBs and sink two.

Week 7 - Six Yamatos head West (but where??)
3 shell Guam, the rest head north
Two more Japanese convoys approaching with transports
Could the Yamatos be too much for us??

Week 8 - We sink the 3 shelling Guam - no air attacks against us!

Week 10 - Norway/Germany peace (During all of 41 Norway and Russia are continually declaring war on either Allies or Axis or each other! Yet no Norways ends the year in its starting position.

Week 11 - Japan down to 20 Yamatos. We need to keep bombing targets as we see them and get more BBs to make the sprint to Okinawa. Clearly if we can get transports to a Japanese city we can take it because of our huge marine forces. But getting there means getting around Yamatos.

Week 12 - British have taken the two most southern Dutch cities -so they are gaining from our pressure. We need them to keep moving on the islands while we go straight for the home islands.

Week 13 - Norway/Soviets peace (sure!)

Week 14 - Our second wave convoy reaches Guam so we can now prepare for the push to Okinawa
3 Yamatosa and a carrier off Manila plus a separate 3 destroyers and a carrier. We sink the 3 destroyers and carrier with our DBs (and B25s) and damage the other group.

Week 15 - Japan down to 19 Yamatos. We sink another Yamato, 2 destroyers and 1 transport approaching Hawaii.

Week 17 - Okinawa is ours! (Clearly if the AI more effectively used the Yamatos by attacking rather than avoiding our transports - even if they are covered by BBs it would be much more difficult. Our BBs are no match for the Yamatos)
Britain/Russia peace
Soviets declare war on Norway

More to come.....

 

[Bob1475]

USA SID v2.2

1941 Report - Battle for Japan

Week 19 - Russa declares war on France

Week 20 - Allies come to French aid

Week 21 - Turkey declares war on Soviets (bad move??)

During this time we are transferring planes from Guam to Okinawa but this is slowed by repeat approaches to Guam in addition to Okinawa.

Week 23 - Japanese 1941 Destroyers are tearing up our sub and destroyer screens. We don't have that tech yet. Soviet fleet (BBs and transports!) approach Okinawa. With the Yamatos threatening we have to move our transports out of the area to safety - clearly need more marines for the home islands anyway)

Week 24 - Japanese declare war on Soviets. Great timing! Yamatos tear up the Soviet fleet.
Axis all in against Soviets.

Week 25 - Our strategy is clearly working - we have pulled the Japanese back to defend the home islands and the British have taken back all the Dutch cities - presumably they will go for the Phillipines next. Unfortunately, being closer to the home islands means faster healing for the Yamatos -there are now 21 of them! Reinforcements approaching Okinawa (3 BB + 25 marines). Need to get more transports back to take and hold Kagoshima.

Week 26 - We sink another Yamato - soften up another which is sunk by a British sub.
Yamato attacks our approaching reinforcements(are they getting smarter? sinks a BB of course)
Japanese lose units on suicide landing attempt against Okinawa

Week 29 - Kagoshima is ours! Now we can march up the island!

Week 30 - First Uboot seen and sunk (our Atlantic fleet has never moved)

Week 31 - Nagasaki taken

Weekk 32 Kitakyushi taken

Week 34 - Hirsohima ours
British declare war on Norway

Week 35 - Japan down to 9 Yamatos
Norway declares war on the Axis

Week 36 - We take Kyoto
Peace between Allies and Russia
Starting to build forces for second front but where? Germans and Russians are slugging it out and it is beginning to look like the Russians are gaining ground. Atlantic front has advantage of faster trip than Pacific. But if we go for Spain will we lose too many units taking it (Russians could ROP with Germans and wipe us out on the beaches?). Going straight for France is a little bit longer trip but same problem. No easy way to go straight for the Russians (anyway the Germans would be in our rear). We will continue to build units and make final decision as we approach Europe.

Week 39 Nagoya taken

Week 42 - Kochu taken by separate force.

Week 44 We are turned back at Tokyo. Defenders too numerous. We need bigger force. Another force approaches and we can use much of the force that attacked Kochu. Will take a little time to coordinate.
Norway/Axis peace

Week 45 Russians attack British - war again with the Russians

Week 48 - British/Norway peace

Week 49 - Tokyo is ours but the air trade wonder is not working??? Is this now only for the home civ?? Maybe it was damaged upon entering the city - very dissapointing!

European Expeditionary Force leaves Boston - target unknown (even to us!)

Week 51 - Sendai is our

Week 52 We take Akita. All 5 of the remaining Yamatos are in the water between Akita and the remaining two home Japanese cities.

World wrap up next....

 

[Bob1475]

USA SID v.2.2

As we have almost finished conquering Japan and our European Expeditionary Force is in the Atlantic it is good time to see what is happening elsewhere -

Europe - The Germans did eventually take Brest so they have all of France, Germany, Yugoslavis, lowlands, Copenhagen and Danzig. The Russians have taken Warsaw and Radom, Iasi and Bucharest. Based on low population the Russians must be pressuring the former Yugoslav cities. While the Germans had earlier pressed into the Ukraine they are now back out of it. Despite presumably a lot of battles, Norway and Finland remain in starting positions.

Italy remains intact except the British hold Cagliari (USA did not go for it so I guess the British felt obligated?)

France holds Corsica

Africa - Naturally the Italians are out

Asia - We hold all but two Japanese home islands. Britain has all former Dutch islands and the Phillipines plus they have retaken Singapore.

Japanese eventually did make progress against the Chinese, Chines only have Chungking, Chengdu and the mountain cities. Japanese have the Comm Chinese cities.

HongKong remains British but surrounded by the Japanese.

French hold Vietnam.

Tehran is Russian, Mashad Britsh and one Persian city razed along with two Russian cities. Russian pressure on Japanese held cities evident by populations.

We expect 1942 to be an exciting year as we enter Europe. At this point our target is Bordeaux. If we can take a channel city we hope to eventually give one to the British to perhaps coax them onto the continent.

The key will be taking Berlin before the the Russians (need that air trade!).

 

[Adler17]

Week 14, PC turn:

A US BB C2 sinks a Uboat patrolling off the US coast.

Week 15:

New BBs: von der Linde, Georg Pohlmann, Putkamer
U 385 sinks a British KGV BB in the St. Lorenz Gulf.

PC turn:
A US convoy of several CA C2 and a convoy unit appeared off Japan.

Week 15:
U 212 and U 566 (both IX) finish off the convoy. A CA and a convoy unit are sunk. However it seems the Japanese sunk already at least one CA as a Yamato is also there, which is now damaged.
5 Uboats are sunk by attacking a US BB C2 off Halifax. I assume it was the BB which sank my Uboat a few turns before.
BB Gravelotte sinks another US C2 off Petropawlowsk.
New Capital ships:
BB: Ferdinand von Quast, Schmettow
CV: Müller- Kahle

Also Normanton taken by amphibious assault after shelling and bombing. At Townsville my Me 109 downed a Spitfire.

PC turn:
A British counter offensive on Normanton. Did I mention that there is most of the Luftwaffe? However also an unescorted CVE spotted off Halifax. In range of my Uboats.

Week 17:
My FW 190 downed in Australia 2 further fighters. Now I have 3 instead of 1 elite FW 190. So I bombed Townsville, Winton and the British forces in range. Now there are no more British forces.

New ships:
BB: Nerger, Ludwig von Schröder
CV: Mölders, Ritter von Greim

I now have no more pilots of ww1 left, except Göring and Schleich, whom I
won´t take for some reasons.
I sunk in the Indian ocean a British submarine. And in the North Atlantic off New Foundland a British CVE is sunk.

PC turn:
Nothing to report, except Bazil and the Allies made peace.

Week 18:
I have taken Winton and Cooktown. However because of the lack of air superiority over Brisbane I have no alternative than waiting for reinfocements. In the next time my fleet will attack the East coast of Australia. But I do not have much trouble now.

New ships:
BB: Paul Behnke
CV: Galland
Also as I have now Tiger II tanks available I have regrouped my production lines. Many cities in continental Europe, which produced ships are now producing tanks.
At last U 39 sinks a US submarine off the Azores.

PC turn:
2 British convoys appear off North America and the Great Barrier Reef. The latter is pursued by 2 Yamato class BB and bombed. I also was bombed by French bombers. But when I take New Caledonia the Froggies are extinct.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

Another remark I just forgot:
Railroads. The AI builds railroads despite of the high costs (time I mean). Although other modifications would be more decisive, they build railroads. I am building also railroads but not before the other modifications were made. I think they are of imminent value, especially when you have to worry about pollution or if you have to bring troops to the front AFAP. So I build a railroad from Lissabon to Tijita, Khartoum, Aralsk resp. I do not have a good solution for this problem.
I know 2 Alternatives:
Either you delete them totally. Then you can also delete the Hospital and make all cities grow only to level 2 but until 999 citizens still to avoid people pollution. But that doesn´t help with the other problem
Or you can give them like in normal games. But then you can drive thousands of units in one turn from Lissabon to Wladiwostok.
However I don´t see another sollution possibilty.

Adler

 

[jlocke]

can't you set the movement on RR to 6-10 or something? so that they don't give you unlimited movement, and then make them easy to build?
It is annoying not be able to automate workers