Carnage al Dente
Chapter XXI - The Roar of the Bear
Players: UK, 0.5 USA, 1.5 USSR, GER, ITA, JAP, HUN
Maxyboy playing both USA and aiding USSR on two cpu. Von Rosen back from vacation, playing Hungary.
Recap: Moscow and Leningrad has fallen. The Brits have been pushed back from France. Soviet is under immence pressure. Will they last or will they succumb?
October 11th, 1941
Japan offensives forced the Iraqi government to cave in. This might open up for further threats against British heart-lands. Axis seem unstoppable.
October 12th, 1941
The battle of the Far East did not move much. The Japanese had weakened this front to prepare for the big clash with United States, an event that seemed inevitable. The Mongol capital had shifted side a couple of times but belonged once again to Japan.
October 20th, 1941
After the defeat of Persia, Japanese units had penetrated the Bears belly. Alas, the Red Army sent forces to counter them. It did not be in time, however, to stop Japan from conquering two important cities.
October 29th, 1941
With the Japanese victories in the south, the entire Soviet nation seemed to be on the brink of losing faith in their government. The Axis knew they just needed to nudge them yet another time – showing the how fruitless resistance was.
November 1st, 1941
Hungarian tactical bombers made a reconnaissance run on the city of Majkop, a couple of hundred kilometers south of the frontline. It proved to be unprotected. German paratroopers were called in and made a jump around the city. Majkop could then be captured without combat. Was this enough to break the spirit of Soviet Union?
November 2nd, 1941
It was enough. Stalin caved in and surrendered. But…..
November 2nd, 1941
Stalin was, however, immediately shot by high ranking Soviet militaries. They seized power and continued the battle – although their illegitimate rule would make it difficult for them to gather the people behind them
Authors note: This even came as a surprise for both parties but we agreed to it and the game will thus continue.
As Soviet got 30 in dissent and lost lots of industries we figured that their troop production would be very low from now on, so they’d have huge difficulties to replace lost units. We hoped it would also really hamper combat efficiency, but the effect was minimal. I think that’s a little strange. So Axis has a lot more combat to do in Soviet.
USA is now quite close to join the war. Axis careful playing (criticized by some on the forum) has at least led to USA taking a good time to wanting to become part of the Allies. Now, however, their joining is not far away.
Late Note: The fact that the only penalty for Soviet is the 30 dissent is making this event a little too good to be true, from the Allied/Commies point of view, changing the strategic picture quite a lot. On the Axis-side, we did not know about this new FtM-event and it came as a nasty shock. I am looking forwards for some comments from the rest of you, dear readers.
Early November, 1941
An European overview. The Axis had though the war as good as over and won. Suddenly, the picture had changed completely and it was clear that Russian resistance would remain after US joining the fray. This was troublesome and demanded new plans and new thinking.
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