3.3
Sweden
As usual the news in short from the last war till January 31st.
Strangely after I loaded my save again after playing absoloutely nothing the first time (I did this to say who's still avail to invade), the second time again without playing I was presented with this message, Bulgaria knows I'm coming.
The Allies continues to grow and they seem to let anybody in, I'm starting to believe that the Axis is now that exclusive group you always have in school while the allies are the ones who they sneer at.
The Spanish have rebelled again and they still seem to be confused as to who they are...
Japan has finally begun actually fighting the war after almost 3 years, as Shanxi exchanges hands again.
And now for the main news... Heres what it looks like the day before war is declared.
The invasion forces:
1st Motorised Corp - 1 LA, 1 MA, 2 Mot with AC attachements.
9éme Armée - "Cavalry" division (1 Cav + 1 Mot brig), 2 Inf, 1 LA
3rd HQ (Norway defense) - 3 Inf divisions to provide distraction.
Air - 3 Int, 4 Tac, 2 Nav, 2 CAG
Navy - 2 BS fleets and 1 CV fleet.
The landing in the south west was far more difficult due to the coastal defences being much stronger. The landings on the southern tip went according to plan and stopped the enemy retreating.
Early on the navies clash with losses on both sides. Both the fleets involved were sent back to base for repairs after the larger ships recieved heavy damage.
With the encirclement in the south working successfully I sent the last division over to repeat the same tactic.
The state of the war after 10 days:
The Swedish army is suprisingly passive in the north and the troops who were supposed to be defending began advancing slightly, except by Narvik where there is a VP that could be captured easily if I made any moves. I begin the breakout virtually unopposed.
Stockholm, after being bombed constantly for almost 2 weeks gives up without a fight and excellent news is recieved in Paris.
With my navy taking damage from being outdated I've begun some projects that I hinted at in my last post. Firstly, after improving the technology I ordered a new Carrier, Joffre, its CAG had been ordered before this project started but the carrier will take a total of 27 months. Meanwhile to try and satisfy the need for new ships, an escort carrier was ordered that will take 17 months. 2 Light cruisers and 2 or 3 more destroyers are on their way too. I'm not ordering the other heavier stuff due to the tech not being high enough for their to be a vast improvement, but they will be developed sooner or later.
Improvements to infrastructure, ports and flak have been built as well as some more factories exploiting more resources.
I am going to have to invest in some Garrison units soon as I've had to leave corps to provide supression. In Turkey I've left my marines as well as the 1éré Armée. While this time I've had to leave another corp to sit in Sweden.