Fatherland - Deutschland über alles

[Kanitatlan]

13:00 July 17th 1939

The mountain division sent to reoccupy Plymouth after the air units have finished their work is not even able to properly defend Bristol and has been forced to retreat back to Birmingham. I don’t mind losing Bristol but any unit that gets there must be killed fairly promptly before it can move on and cause real trouble.

 

[Kanitatlan]

01:00 July 18th 1939

Kasakka’s paratroops get another outing. Now that the British have advanced a paradrop behind them allows me to rapidly eliminate the entire British defence force leaving Scotland wide open

 

[Kanitatlan]

06:00 July 18th 1939

In Spain troops have arrived ready for an overwhelming attack on Madrid. The mobile troops attacking are relatively ineffective but by adding two more directions give the defenders a –10% modifier. The battle does not last long and soon results in the total destruction of the Spanish army. Air support is focused on interdiction to speed up the defeat and reduce casualties.

For the first time one of my leaders has acquired a trait. Lord E needs to be remembered as the key leader for the attacks on the Soviet urban provinces. This is a long way off but I hope I can remember.

 

[Kanitatlan]

11:00 July 18th 1939

Bombing in Plymouth is proving to be fairly effective at destroying the British forces. They remain vulnerable since they are moving to Bristol and hence not digging in. I need to keep them moving so the air force can finish them off.

18:00 July 18th 1939

The armoured division reaches Bristol and is subject to concentrated attack. It is already less than half strength but needs to be destroyed fairly quickly to prevent further problems.

 

[Kanitatlan]

00:00 July 19th 1939

My motorised divisions have begun upgrading to the next tech. This is an important improvement since it makes them move faster. My panzer corps will now move at a speed of 9 instead of 8.

 

[Kanitatlan]

08:00 July 19th 1939

Whilst the ground attack force concentrates on Bristol I have some other air units bombing the port at Plymouth. The naval forces present are quite minor and hence not really worth too much troubles. As soon as the armoured division is gone the ground attack force will return to Plymouth and I will have to forget the port attack. It is annoying that I cannot run two separate missions into the same target province but it is at least predictable.

 

[Kanitatlan]

16:00 July 19th 1939

The single antique submersible (I’m not sure it qualifies to be called a submarine) guarding the entrance to the channel has been attacked by the French fleet. They do not do very well but it takes 7 hours for the French fleet to scare them off.

 

[Kanitatlan]

July 19th 1939

A few more battles. A few losses this time. Two for the mountain division sent to Plymouth although these are again really decisions to not fight rather than lost battles. The battle for Bristol would of course be a real loss if pursued right through.

I think the attack on Almeria was simply abandoned when I realised movement to Madrid would result in annexing the whole country and therefore an attack into the mountains was simply not necessary.

 

[Kanitatlan]

02:00 July 20th 1939

Another success for Blue Emu. The battle started at night but extends into daylight (just) and is therefore consistent with the previous theory.

05:00 July 20th 1939

The French fleet has met the full Kriegsmarine returning to combat. They may have only lost 1 heavy cruiser but a number of other ships have been damaged and they are in real troubles because this fleet isn’t going away.

 

[Kanitatlan]

09:00 July 20th 1939

German troops arrive in Madrid and annex Spain. This ends the two subsidiary campaigns. There are 7 British divisions in Gibraltar which remains for the time being well out of my reach. I will need to bring all the Spanish campaign infantry forces down to deal with them. Meanwhile I will tempt them out at inflict some bombing on them.

 

[Kanitatlan]

09:00 July 20th 1939 b

Blue Emu has moved north and revealed that the earlier fighting around Glasgow and Edinburgh has not eliminated the main British force. They have a full 17 divisions in Scapa Flow and I have no obvious way of dealing with them. Air attack is not to be encouraged as they will have significant dug in bonuses and Scapa Flow has static AA. Ground attack is possible but I don’t like the odds. Hard fighting is not my style.

 

[Kanitatlan]

11:00 July 20th 1939

This is a record of ship losses going back some time. You will need to look back through the AAR to find the relevant dates. It is nice to see absolutely no German ships in the list.

July 20th 1939

This is the list all of the naval battles right back to the beginning. I only really count one battle (where we lost 3 submarine flotillas) a true loss but some of the others are true tactical withdrawal in the face of overwhelming force.

 

[unmerged(47162)]

be careful those divs at scapa dont go into stornoway! an excellent list of ships sunk!

 

[KILLER BOB]

be careful those divs at scapa dont go into stornoway! an excellent list of ships sunk!

Agreed, consider moving the kriegsmarine up there to cut off their retreat. As i see it, there is only 2 viable ways to deal with Scapa Flow. One, move all your units up there ASAP and use shore bombardment to give them a penalty. Two, lure them out and attempt an amphib. landing at scappa flow to cut them in 2. Either way, the kriegsmarine will be needed to make this operation successful.

 

[Brad1]

How much shore bombardment would you get from your fleet to attack the army in scappa flow, would it be enough to boost the odds in your favor?

 

[unmerged(24320)]

Kanitatlan: ...For the first time one of my leaders has acquired a trait. Lord E needs to be remembered as the key leader for the attacks on the Soviet urban provinces.

perhaps you may have an opportunity to edit his name? that is, from General (LW,OD,WS,TR) Lord E to General (LW,OD,WS,TR, UW) Lord E? ?

most excellent updates! !

 

[Lord E]

I must say you are doing very well it would seem. As for the problem with Scapa Flow you should at least make sure they can’t get away by sending the fleet up there, also when that is done send your forces up there to encircle them and make sure they can’t get away. Or you could try to trick them out of their positions so that they march south and then you can destroy them one after another…

06:00 July 18th 1939
For the first time one of my leaders has acquired a trait. Lord E needs to be remembered as the key leader for the attacks on the Soviet urban provinces. This is a long way off but I hope I can remember.

Yeah, nice work. Seems this General is doing very well

Very nice updates, good work

 

[unmerged(53911)]

Well done (as always...). If you successfully lure the British out of the Highlands then you might want to consider activating the paras for some behind the lines action.

 

[unmerged(24320)]

Lord E: ...Or you could try to trick them out of their positions so that they march south and then you can destroy them one after another…

that, Sir, is a splendid idea! ! after all, it is not likely that the UK will be annexable any time soon! !

no wonder you were the first General to acquire a new trait ! !

 

[Kanitatlan]

lifeless, KILLER BOB, ghostwriter, Lord E, whispering death I think the Scapa Flow issue will need to be dealt with by rushing north, seal them off and attack. With 17 divisions present they have clearly had a major force there for some time. Whilst some can be seen to have movement orders to move south there is clearly a large force being left there. If they reach Inverness then Stornoway will need sealing off but otherwise I can leave them to it. If I end up fighting them in Scapa flow I can expect it to be 24 InfArt versus 17 British divisions but with full shore bombardment support. This should be adequate in the clear terrain.

Interdiction support for the attack will help but sustained air operations over Scapa Flow would be dangerous as it has significant AA and with air units operating from a minor airfield at Glasgow they will not recover from AA damage.

There is a minor temptation to leave a small British enclave so I can use convoy warfare to destroy their convoy fleet. This is probably completely pointless since their convoy fleet will now be huge compared with their commitments. A more attractive enclave is the landing in Portsmouth which is where the main fleet is currently enjoying some target practice with the allied fleets.

The main risk in respect of Stornoway is that additional new British troops will land there effectively circumventing my race to Inverness. I don't expect this to happen whilst they hold Portsmouth as this should draw all transports arriving from the Atlantic.

It is interesting how much you can deduce about what will probably happen since the AI is relatively predictable. If Britain was being managed by a human player then it would be a lot more worrying and I would be expecting amphibious landings all over (or an attempt at complete evacuation)

Brad1 The current main fleet is yielding a -42% shore bombardment modifier. As I have mentioned before this is actually better than it sounds. Enemy penalties are always more valuable then friendly benefits. In terms of battle winning capability this -42% penalty is equivalent to a +72% bonus for my troops.

Ghostwriter I could edit Lord E's name but I still need to remember he exists and look for him when doing a city attack. I'll never find him unless I remember that I need Lord E. The game needs some better tools for looking for things, ie a stats page where I can list 'city attacker' leaders. I've got this in the editor for the normal traits but there is nothing for the learned traits.