Germany - SID difficulty, AI most aggressive, no workers (clean pollution only), ironman rules (no reloads)
US Invasion Week 8
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Week 4, 1943 - Took Nouakchott (French). The British have the comet tank (comparable to Panther) in Australia, which means Japan probably wont be able to take any of those cities. US has Uranium, which means they are not far from A-Bomb.
Week 5, 1943 - A large US British fleet of 3 Iowa Class, 5 Lion Class, 3 Carriers, 1 Convoy is stationed near Port Moresby. US invasion fleet right behind my bombardment fleet which is near Halifax.
Week 6, 1943 - Took Dakar (French). Have begun air assault on Halifax, which destroyed much of the large British Canadian air force there, at a loss of 10 dive bombers. Air (AA). Recon of US coast shows M-10s gaurding Augusta, Boston, and New York, and an M-26 guarding Albany. M-26 is almost as strong as my SS Panzer 1943. Coastal invasion at Halifax will begin next turn! Augusta will begin Week 8.
Week 7, 1943 - Halifax (British) taken with ease, air force decimated most defenders. Flew 20 more heavy bombers and fighters into Halifax to assist in the assault. Dropped 42 units off at Halifax. Have brought all uboats sitting off of the US east coast right next to the coastline to monitor troop movements. Italian and Japanese troops have reached the British front in Africa near Dodoma. Have started mass producing uboats again and bringing them through the Suez into the pacific.
Week 8, 1943 - Declare war on Arabia. US has 1019 tanks and 567 infantry! S-Boat naval bombardment of Augusta so successful, that they destroyed 10+ aircraft and damaged defending units down to 1 HP. Took Augusta (U.S.) with ease, no ground losses for either city. Took Boston (U.S.) with amphibious forces. Took New York (U.S.) with ground forces. Took Philadelphia (U.S.). Took Washington (U.S.). Richmond had
a large contingent of M26 Pershings, will hold and fortify my forces. Set up fortified troops on all hilled and forested areas on the border.
Week 9, 1943 - U.S. broke through 1 fortified location near Washington, and brought down more tanks and infantry than I care to count, lets just say the 3 stacks near Washington have to be in the hundreds (400 at least). US launched only a couple air missions though. Took Bamako (French). Moved mass units up to take US Albany, and heavily fortified Washington and Philadelphia. Transports and convoys have begun
ferrying more troops from Lissabon.
Week 10, 1943 - Took Riyadh (Arabia). US takes Kushiro (Japan). US takes Banjarmasin (Japan). US takes Surabaya (Japan). <--- How this could happen when Japan has 86 YamatoCs compared to US 20 Battleships is beyond me. US could have taken some of these cities in the past couple turns, I wasn't paying close attention. Took Albany (U.S.). U.S. destroyed my forward defenses in front of New York and pressed their
forces into this area. Panthers and SS Panzers are the only real effective units against the U.S. forces, concentrating all building on these units. Will have Land 44 in a couple turns, and will change production to more powerful SS Panzer 1944 and Jagdpanthers.
Week 11, 1943 - Took Saint Johns (British-Canada). Took Quebec (British-Canada). So far the US will only attack my large stacks of troops occasionally, but not in full force. I must only attack when I see an opportunity for a sure win. I am attempting to set up carriers along my transport route, as the AI "knows" where they are. My new Me-262 turbojets are some tough fighters, and stand up to US aircraft much better then the Fw-190s. I may attempt to take Richmond next turn, since most US forces are up around Albany.
Week 12, 1943 - I need to go through my cities and look for ways to cut down my maintenance expenses (expenses at 10,102 gold/turn! City maintenance at 4230 gold/turn!). Took Dodoma (British-Africa). Japan retakes Kushiro (U.S.). Took Montreal (British-Canada). Took Tebuk (Arabia). Arabia Defeated. US has 925 tanks (down almost 100 from week 8). I have probably lost at around 30-40. Declare war on Portugal.
I may play a few more turns, but from what I can tell, it is only a matter of time before I take over the whole world. ha! And I am doing the same thing to the U.S. as I did to Soviet Russia, you can practically blockade certain routes, and leave a city in the rear almost undefended, then the A.I. simply changes directions and goes for it, in the meantime you grind em down with artillery and air bombardment. When you have about 30 tough units guarding a city, the A.I. will never attack, even with a stack of 400. Oh Well.