Chapter VIII: The Empire Strikes Back
„Vito, what are the Ethiopians up to?“ „I´ve already told you Gerardo, how should I know? Let´s hope that we´ll get more supplies soon... We are buggered without some proper food before the battle breaks out...“ „Here, let´s have these two last cigars; at least let us put a bit of that stress away...“ „Grazie ragazzi.“
What are the Ethiopians up to? Heh, those poor guys don´t have even a clue...
At first, we are going to take over the Djibouti region, to open a wider axis of attack on Italian positions... Maybe we´ll surprise them with this smart move!
Ethiopian troops have attacked defense-less Vichy´s troops; you can´t fight without ammo!
With the French colony taken, I´m finally at graps of the Italian port!
Sometimes numbers aren´t everything, especially when you suffer all this Stacking and Supply penalty...
Stubborn Italians are eventually throwing more troops into combat...
At this point I´ve stopped doing screenshots of my home front for some reason...
The Soviet Bear is angry! Manchuria is no more...
The Bear is angry also on Germans...
Japan presence in China is almost cut down to zero at the moment; only Shanxi and Korea are the last Japanese footholds in China...
For some reason, Portugal (along with Burma) has trouble managing their rebels...
Only Korea is now left for the Soviets to be conquered, former Shanxi is divided between Nationalists and Soviet Union...
Germans are losing this fight; I guess that lack of 500 MP (Anschluss) and some core in Czech and Austrian provinces are the main factor why is their defense crumbling (or at least so fast)...
Was there made any progress while Ethiopian troops were attacking Italians? Is this the fatal blow to the German Empire? Will be there a world of Communism?
These questions will be answered in the next chapter!