Germany - SID difficulty, AI most aggressive, no workers (clean pollution only), ironman rules (no reloads)
Week 40, 1941 - US still holds Davao in the phillipines. Had to destroy several Soviet roads near their front line in order to hinder their movement and will continue to do so (although only if need be, since the roads cannot be rebuilt). Soviet Russia retakes Baku (Germany). Will have StuG IIIs next turn! Sunk a Soviet battleship with a 1939 Destroyer (it only had 1 hit point left though)!
Week 41, 1941 - Hindenburg Battleships and StuG IIIGs ready for production! I have a light cruiser near the Japanese mainland, and took a look at the Soviet city of Vladivostok (at the Soviet-Japanese border), and not much going on, a couple of units. I am surprised of this, being that it is the ONLY road that leads into Japanese territory, and connects to the rest of Soviet Russia. Things are starting to look up. With the StuGs, I am going to block several hills between the mountains near Lwow and Odessa to create a funnel point, then I can move my fortified border troops up north to where I am getting hit hardest.
Week 42, 1941 - Japan takes Padang (Netherlands). Britain has brought 4 Lion Class Battleships up to Gibraltar, I am closing in with 4 BismarckCs, 2 Deutschlands, 1 Gneisenau, and 8 Uboats (Sank 2 of the Battleships). Current status of # of Soviet armor is 590! That is very good (from 830)! I have 152 armor pieces (from 161). My defensive strategy is working! Much of the armor destroyed is the older Soviet Tank Divisions and Motorized Infantry. The KV-1's are the most troublesome! British convoy landed 7 tanks by Reykiavik, I have an 88 and 5 panzers stationed there.
Week 43, 1941 - First FW 190A fighter and Hinderburg Battleship roll out of production.
Soviet/Japanese Naval Battle erupts near Japanese mainland, 2 Soviet Battleships and 1 YamatoC are sunk. Took Esfahan (Persia). Japan takes Benares (British-India). Arrived at Leningrad, and it will not be an easy city to take! Looks like 4 fortress and about 20 units stationed there (along with a whole fleet of ships!). Bringing up Ju-88s and Heinkels to bomb from Stockholm. I wiped out an enormous amount of Soviet armor this week with very few losses, the Ju-87s again have been invaluable!
Week 44, 1941 - Russia down to 510 armor pieces. Japan takes and razes Bulgan (Soviet Russia). Britain Battleships have been spotted several times going up the western coast of greenland, to (Im assuming) go over the top of greenland and surprise attack me. Sending some destroyers up to check it out. Now there is some action near Fushun and Vladivostock! Soviets have moved a couple tanks, some infantry, and many flaks towards the Japanese city.
Week 45, 1941 - Soviet Mig-3s have a large operational range, which often overlap eachother, so to bomb soviet units (even in my own territory), I need to do so with several fighters first, to clear the skies for my bombers (my Me-109Gs mostly win these confrontations). The Soviets have begun bringing in flak cannons to protect their stacks. They have 121 flaks! 10 turns ago they had maybe 20. 2 Hindenburgs decimate 2 of the 3 Lion Class Battleships near Brest, France. A 2nd investigation of Leningrad shows I need more tanks, I will bring up some tanks from the mainland to assist the assault.
Week 46, 1941 - I now have 6 BismarckC and 5 Hinderburgs, which is very good considering I am using no workers to boost shield output (4 every 12 turns). Adbandoning African city Mao, Britain concentrated its bombing on the city and bombers have lethal land bombardment. French or British troop should take it soon. Soviet Russia down to 362 pieces of armor!
Week 48, 1941 - Japan takes Lucknow (British-India). Soviet Russia down to 238 pieces of armor.
Week 49, 1941 - French take Mao (Germany). I have gained upper hand on Russian front, there are now hordes of infantry, I am preparing to launch counter-attack.
Week 50, 1941 - Panzer IVf2s roll out of production! Spotted an Iowa Class Battleship next to Halifax! They would be tough for my BismarckCs, and their speed of 8 will make them hard for my superior Hinderburgs (speed 6) to catch!