Hey all! Copied this from the main AoD thread and plan to write the rest of this AAR here, enjoy!
Wanted to share the ongoing online campaign I'm involved in, playing as Japan using the Improved 1936 mod and playing with:-
Viper - USA
Jarski - UK
Desev & Doshite, alongside Jarski and Liberty as a subs - USSR
Liberty - China
El Duck - Germany
Evil Overlord - Italy
Me & Stevep - Japan
We play it very historically, ensuring no war in Europe until 30 August 1939 (except for the Italian invasion of Albania), and the only major war beforehand being the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Major decisions so far being the USSR went ahead with the purge, and Germany has peacefully taken Austria, Czech lands - Slovakia given to now Axis Hungary, & Memel.
A quick coverage is that I've been banging my head against a brick wall against Liberty's very solid China! Several times I was painstakingly close to taking Chongqing, but the endless Chinese divisions eventually won out every time. As I could not agree a non-aggression pact with the USSR player(s), I only really had until mid-1939 to achieve a decisive victory, which did not come about. My bombing of Chongqing weakened China, and it gained 20+ dissent as it ordered many units to fight to the death in order to send reinforcements to critical areas throughout 1937-39, always in the nick of time!
My intel suggested China had around 270 infantry & militia divisions in mid 1937, this rose to over 400-500 by mid-1938!!! Mine & Steve's poor Japanese army never stood a chance... but there's still plenty of fight left in them, and we anticipated a Soviet attack on my flanks on 30 August 1939. The story of which to follow...
Pictures below show the progression of the Sino-Japanese war, both in terms of the frontline and losses on all sides (alongside all other conflicts).
Questions, comments, criticisms, & reactions all welcome
Wanted to share the ongoing online campaign I'm involved in, playing as Japan using the Improved 1936 mod and playing with:-
Viper - USA
Jarski - UK
Desev & Doshite, alongside Jarski and Liberty as a subs - USSR
Liberty - China
El Duck - Germany
Evil Overlord - Italy
Me & Stevep - Japan
We play it very historically, ensuring no war in Europe until 30 August 1939 (except for the Italian invasion of Albania), and the only major war beforehand being the Second Sino-Japanese war.
Major decisions so far being the USSR went ahead with the purge, and Germany has peacefully taken Austria, Czech lands - Slovakia given to now Axis Hungary, & Memel.
A quick coverage is that I've been banging my head against a brick wall against Liberty's very solid China! Several times I was painstakingly close to taking Chongqing, but the endless Chinese divisions eventually won out every time. As I could not agree a non-aggression pact with the USSR player(s), I only really had until mid-1939 to achieve a decisive victory, which did not come about. My bombing of Chongqing weakened China, and it gained 20+ dissent as it ordered many units to fight to the death in order to send reinforcements to critical areas throughout 1937-39, always in the nick of time!
My intel suggested China had around 270 infantry & militia divisions in mid 1937, this rose to over 400-500 by mid-1938!!! Mine & Steve's poor Japanese army never stood a chance... but there's still plenty of fight left in them, and we anticipated a Soviet attack on my flanks on 30 August 1939. The story of which to follow...
Pictures below show the progression of the Sino-Japanese war, both in terms of the frontline and losses on all sides (alongside all other conflicts).
Questions, comments, criticisms, & reactions all welcome