An Empire Sets
I decided to let what navy techs are in the queue finish. I’d like to be able to build a few updated ships in the future. When tech is finished I’ll be putting the LS into officers until I can get the ratio back up.
There is also the question of how to spend the IC that is available. It would be much easier if I had more military leaders but I don’t. If you recall I had enough allied divisions to form a 2nd allied army because I was afraid I didn’t have enough troops for the new border with the Soviets. I ended up having enough troops and the 2nd allied army is in reserve. I decided to phase the 3rd army off the frontline and replace it with the 2nd allied army. The 3rd army well me upgraded when IC is available to mechinzed, SPart, and TD. Have enough IC to get one corps upgraded. Kind of dangerous since the supply system is alien to me, I really have no idea how many I can support.
In the Pacific the advance continues and reinforcements are on the way to Japan from Vietnam and Australia.
60 IC is available and 4 interceptors are put into production. Air superiority will be essential.
There doesn’t seem to be too many military forces in Japan but the invasion is early they may still be coming. Enough troops are now on the home islands that victory should be achieved. The only thing I was worried about was the IJN being able to pin the French forces on the southern island but I was able to get troops across.
Had about 20 free IC and if you recall from a much earlier update I mistakenly built some AA and attached it to the HQ corps level going off advice that was for FtM. I decided to upgrade them to motorized AA so the speed doesn’t affect the HQ. Sometimes if it’s safe I capture enemy provinces with HQs.
IJN has moved to the sea lanes and trapped some units in southern Japan. The French fleet was moved in to see if they could drive the IJN away. Naval battles were fought and 5 IJN vessels were sunk including a pride of the fleet. The French fleet suffered damaged and need to get to a port to repair.
As the fleet pulled back and attempted to allow for a passage to seize another island it again came under attack from the IJN but meet with success again. My luck didn’t hold out as the Japanese were obsessed with blocking access and I lost a submarine.
The Japanese to their credit were able to delay my efforts to take Tokyo and even push me back. Once the divisions that were stuck in southern Japan were free and able to make it to the front the Japanese were pushed back and Tokyo was taken.
Enough IC is available to put 8 interceptors into production.
Japanese forces are now reeling. The French fleet is rebased to Tokyo and is ready to block the passage that will trap the Japanese divisions. Though Japan is hurting, French convoys are still being sunk. Twenty convoys are put into production.
October 20, I decided to land some troops to ensure the divisions were trapped and things on the home islands look great. The officer ratio is back up so I can begin researching again.
The entire Japanese force is destroyed and the Japanese home islands are taken.
November 15, 1945 the remaining axis’s forces surrender and the game is won.
I never won the game before so that screen was surprising. I’m going to continue because the USSR should prove a good challenge. Solutions to problems, create more problems however. Along with the victory of the Axis comes peace. So a lot of my good laws were automatically switched back to less effective ones. The US ended lend-lease effecting IC. Perhaps most damaging it the huge problem of having an army mobilized while at peace. I'm sure demobilizing will create big problems with manpower when I try to mobilize again.
