WOW, great AAR, I have read like the first 23 pages just now and skipped to the last page since I've spent waaay too much time on this. I will read the rest when I have time. Keep up the great work! 
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rich-love: Thank you all - being a new dad is tricky, especially now that the morning shift (4am-530am) is no longer HoI2 time..
one of the tricks is getting enough sleep! ! and there is a method that allows you to get some sleep! ! wrap baby up tight when you put him to bed. tighter than you think is safe! ! ! however, it is very unlikely that you will wrap baby too tight! if baby does not sleep for at least 6 hours, then you did not wrap him tight enough! best of luck! !
oh, did i say awesome AAR?
Kanitatlan: ...They are now in range of the German fighters in Ireland and Scotland and air being bombed by 1600 fighter-bombers. Unfortunately these are unlikely to be dramatically effective as they are mere advanced fighters and nothing like as good as the Soviet air force...
do i remember you saying that you cannot give expeditionary forces to your allies? ?
excellent update! !
one of the tricks is getting enough sleep! ! and there is a method that allows you to get some sleep! ! wrap baby up tight when you put him to bed. tighter than you think is safe! ! ! however, it is very unlikely that you will wrap baby too tight! if baby does not sleep for at least 6 hours, then you did not wrap him tight enough! best of luck! !
oh, did i say awesome AAR?
Kanitatlan: ...They are now in range of the German fighters in Ireland and Scotland and air being bombed by 1600 fighter-bombers. Unfortunately these are unlikely to be dramatically effective as they are mere advanced fighters and nothing like as good as the Soviet air force...
do i remember you saying that you cannot give expeditionary forces to your allies? ?
excellent update! !
Just caught up again after the weekend. Awesome updates! I'm glad you decided to continue.
The naval warfare turns out to be really, really nasty.
The naval warfare turns out to be really, really nasty.
GrimReaper said:
I agree, naval war is very hard for countrys that dont have a navy from the start.
Hey all, I'm planning on writing an AAR taking Kanitatlan's March '44 save game, and trying to turn it around as the US. I've started a thread about it here, and would love for you guys to weigh in on my ideas and plans.
(Kanitatlan, sorry for the OT post).
(Kanitatlan, sorry for the OT post).
- The US is being pig headed. No surprise there! Lets hope you can regroup and strike again.
June 27th
Back to a more restful theatre. My invasion of Indochina is starting to move on a more regular basis. It is still a left hook – right hook sequence but they Japanese have emptied Vientiane giving me a good opportunity to attack. This will leave them in the usual difficult position of piecemeal reinforcement and should guarantee slow movement into and down the country. The hardest bit is the first step.
June 28th
The small garrison in Greenland is sufficient to make it pretty much guaranteed to be secure. I have built an air base and located a few aircraft to investigate the proximity for opportunity. This gives one go at striking at the carrier task force during its retreat but over the following weeks no further opportunites turn up and later I abandon using the base there since it is too isolated.
June 29th
I have located a submarine fleet in the key location for transiting west of the UK but all they have attracted is naval bombers (presumably from Iceland) from whom I levy the usual casualties and send them running. These appear to turbojet naval bombers showing just how advanced the US has become. These still die like flies against the advanced fighters.
June 29th b
Time for some more excitement. I have earlier sent a task force to the Azores attracting attention in the process and then tried several times to rush Newfoundland only to lose my bottle and pull back. Each time I pushed further hoping to see US naval response until finally I have an expedition going all the way. Now a US task force turns up on the wrong side. My reaction is to immediately flee the scene and head back to the Azores. This looks even hairier than the last encounter.
Yikes!!
July 5th
It’s a miracle, I’ve made it all the way back to the Azores with the Spanish TACs attacking the enemy fleet most of the way. Obviously there utter obsolescence leaves them completely ineffective but they must be slowing them down. Does anyone know if this is a known affect of naval bombing?
July 5th b
The US task force has however continued on past the Azores and not stopped. This puts them into the zone of CAS bombing which should have more effect. Here a mixture of turbojet CAS and turbojet ASM armed CAS are having a go at them. That’s a total of 40 naval attack instead of the 6 TACs with a total of 12 naval attack.
July 6th
They have lost 2 ships including at least 1 carrier (the type VI on the top). As they close with Spain the bombing continues from a mixture of jets. The entire air force is jet aircraft of one sort or another (except the transports).
July 6th b
And still more bombing but no further ship losses. Just to demonstrate their speed, after nightfall they disappear and are no longer in range by the next morning. This is scary fast as it means I get one days bombing against US carrier raids.
Too bad you could not get all the way to Newfoundland. Those CVs are like The Perfect Storm
Kanitatlan: ...Just to demonstrate their speed, after nightfall they disappear and are no longer in range by the next morning. This is scary fast as it means I get one days bombing against US carrier raids.
not good! ! this looks like an exercise in futility. however, if anyone can pull off the win, you can! !
not good! ! this looks like an exercise in futility. however, if anyone can pull off the win, you can! !
Kanitatlan said:
I don't know if this has been proven, but from my games my observation is the same as yours: naval bombing does slow down fleets.
All I can say is that it appears to be a real life saver and makes those Spanish TACs far more valuable than their bombing effectiveness indicates. In fact it would be a good reason to divide them up into smaller groups and try to cover as wide an area as possible.Virgiltchicken said:
July 14th
Moving to the Far East my CAS force here gets a further go at the US heavy cruiser fleet. This is the most significant non-carrier task force I have seen for a while and there is definite surprise at them still operating in the Far East. Bombing here is in the South China Sea off Hong Kong.
July 16th
Moving back to the west the big carrier task force has reappeared 10 days later quietly cruising through the heavily bombed region east of the Azores. They take a real pasting on this raid with 16 CAS piling on them a couple of times. Notice the heavy deployment of German submarines as screening forces. Currently I am waiting for US naval activity to subside before I am brave enough to come out again.
July 26th
When they are picked up again another 10 days later there are only 4 carriers left. We are starting to inflict serious casualties. I am still not brave enough to venture out in the face of this force.
July 27th
Again they have moved east into the Azores bombing run and now they are approaching complete loss of the capital ship force. This adds up to substantial carrier losses for the US and if I can drive this task force back to port there will be an opportunity for another sortie.
July 29th
Watching them retreat this task force is now 10 ships down on original strength including at least 5 carriers (possibly more).