Well, I assumed XSM would take over the fight. Now, the slow and tough march to Golmud begins?
Indeed. The big question is whether Xinjiang or ComCHI will join Comintern...
lol.... everyone in Japan stoned out of their heads...
hirohito: "wouldn't it be funny if we all turned red right about now?"
"Just for lulz"
You finished up China? Now you can finally launch the long-awaited invasion of Florida!
We finished the nationalists! The communists and two warlords still live
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First we have to purge the Central Pacific
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Great update Cybvep. It's impressive how well you can compact a lot of action into nice digestible portions.
Thanks. I have to do it, because 1) the update needs to be informative for the players, 2) there is a cap of 20 SCs, 3) too long updates are scary for the readers...
It looks like China is well in hand and especially enjoyed the nice pocket created and destroyed at Yiyang. And wow!...the Royal Navy took a shellacing at the hands of the IJN. I also noted the American nuclear research (at the Civil Nuclear Research Level) and was surprised how far behind they seem considering it's now 1944. I'll be curious to see if they even use nukes if they manage to accomplish their research in time.
In one of my test games I finished China in 1942, in the other one the war was still going on in 1945... However, I'm quite happy, because I turned China into a real challenge without making them overly powerful.
As far as nuclear research is concerned, they don't have to be far behind. IRL they dropped the bombs in mid-1945. In-game they need lvl-4 Civil Nuclear Research and a high-lvl reactor in order to enable Nuclear Bomb Research, which is just one tech then...
In your timeline, Roosevelt is paying dearly (politically) for the setbacks suffered during the early stages of the war. It's interesting to ponder that possibility. Despite the fact that he had successfully led the country through a brutal depression and is by now approaching a possible 4th term, I suppose I can imagine how a fickle, war weary American public might turn on him. Americans are famous for their "yeah but what have you done for me lately" mentality. It's also easy to imagine that his political opponents would have moved to capitalize on his turn of luck.
Yeah, those setbacks are what is keeping him from dominating the political scene. However, he has recently managed to greatly increase his approval ratings, because the depression is over, the USA reconquered the most important islands in the Pacific and our victory in China suits him well politically, although not militarily. Dec 1944 will be a close call... However, even if the Republicans win, it is uncertain whether they will propose a treaty which will be acceptable to us (although there will be negotiations with the Allies) and even if the Democrats win, they may be
forced to sign peace with Japan later, depending on the strategic situation. Politicians are known to ignore their promises and ideologies in times of crisis...
Any idea what relations are between the USSR and the USA?
Hard to say, but they are certainly supporting the USSR with Lend-Lease stuff. Nukes would actually help the Allies greatly, as they would discourage Stalin from attacking them and turn his attention to us, if nothing else. However, we don't have spies in the SU, so I don't give too much info about the situation in the SU and Stalin's plans. I want him to be an enigma.
Congratulations That was somewhat unexpected, I thought you might be stalemated in China for slightly longer.
Obviously numbers and dispositions will need to be decided upon by the players, but what sort of rough numbers of divisions are now available for redeployment to secure the Pacific perimeter?
I didn't expect that they would crack so soon, either, because it looked like an another counter-attack was being prepared...
~70% of our brigades were in China, so I guess that we will be able to transfer at least ~30% to Manchuria, Japan and the Pacific.