[size=+1]1939, Winter to Spring – Reducing the Kessel[/size]
In 1939, the Greater Albanian Empire has a decent-sized chunk taken out of it by the UK. If you can tell by the font for France, they are still a part of the Allies despite their defeat at the hands of Germany. I suspect this may be related to the fact that I made them a puppet. I’d really like to edit the save file to fix this error, since I don’t want my game to get spoiled down the road by any goofiness later. If anybody has tips on how to do this, let me know. I already opened up the save game in Notepad and found the section for France, but I couldn’t find any subsection that listed their faction, or who they were at war with.
In Asia, Japan is still working its way through China, and my newly-acquired holdings in Indochina are being eaten alive by partisans. I’m not going to be able to do anything about that for a looooooooong time to come.
If you check out the movement arrows on the German troops, you can get an idea of the problem I am having here in Europe. Germany just won’t attack more than one province deep into my territory. Every time they do, they immediately pull their forces back out. Bug, bug, bug, bug!
Despite this, I don’t consider this too horrible of a position, since I know the UK can’t possibly have enough divisions to be a serious problem. They would be, however, if they were smart enough to just go all-out and attack Tirane to get me out of the war, but I know they won’t do that.
11 January: A day I have long awaited finally arrives: The first home-grown Albanian Infantry division comes off the assembly line! Everyone is so proud, they line up for pictures and autographs.
13 January: My second Transport fleet finishes. I redirect those ICs to making a second Armor brigade via license from Germany. At least this time I get a Panzer III. Later I may round out that Armored division with MOT or ENG from Germany, I haven’t decided yet.
21 January: An encircled British Infantry division is eliminated in Yugoslavia. One down, many to go.
1 February: Germany grants me an Infantry division. The current count of Albanian military power is: 10 gifted divisions, 1 Militia division, 1 Infantry division, and 2 Transports.
8 February: Denmark mobilizes.
4 March: The Netherlands mobilizes. Not much else happening except we keep trading provinces back and forth with the British.
9 March: Germany gifts me another Infantry division.
25 March: My lone “pure” Royal Albanian Infantry division has some success attacking a British division that is out of supply. With any luck, the little guy will eliminate it all by himself. The next division doesn’t arrive off the production line until June.
I can see a couple of huge stacks where Germany has been gifting Hungary troops, but Hungary doesn’t seem to want to use them.
2 April: I win the battle, now to eliminate the enemy division. Albanian newspapers will be full of the news of the mighty victory!
4 April: The enemy division is eliminated. Looking around the world, I see the Italians are focusing on minding their own business at Tobruk.
7 May: I reclaim Split.
9 May: I get two more Infantry divisions from Germany.
17 May: I get stuck with Illegal Printing. Somebody must be spreading lies about Albanian casualties!
19 May: I get three corps HQs, a Mountain, and Infantry division from Germany.
20 May: Whoops, make that 6 corps HQs and an Army HQ…
29 May: I complete research of Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons to level 1, allowing me to equip my Infantry division with a full round of WWI gear!
14 June: Afghanistan mobilizes.
22 June: I earn Veteran Army.
25 June: I’ve finished sending back all those HQs from Germany. I am sure I may regret it later, since these guys are probably better than any Albanian General I can ever field, but it’s a national pride thing to have all my troops Albanian-led. In the future though, I should keep a few around as I don’t have all that many leaders to go around.
26 June: I retake Zagreb. The British are certainly being pushed back.
27 June: My second pure Royal Albanian Infantry division is finished. I decide to use those ICs to make a pair of Transports, since I need ships to execute the next stage of my plan.
29 June: I happen to notice that the tech research is having an impact even at WWI levels, since completing AT-guns has boosted my Infantry counter from 2 - 2 to 2 - 3.
30 June: The British Expeditionary Force (Balkans) is on the ropes. Once they are gone, I would be very surprised to see another incursion of this magnitude any time at all in 1940.
Mwhahahahahaha…
In 1939, the Greater Albanian Empire has a decent-sized chunk taken out of it by the UK. If you can tell by the font for France, they are still a part of the Allies despite their defeat at the hands of Germany. I suspect this may be related to the fact that I made them a puppet. I’d really like to edit the save file to fix this error, since I don’t want my game to get spoiled down the road by any goofiness later. If anybody has tips on how to do this, let me know. I already opened up the save game in Notepad and found the section for France, but I couldn’t find any subsection that listed their faction, or who they were at war with.
In Asia, Japan is still working its way through China, and my newly-acquired holdings in Indochina are being eaten alive by partisans. I’m not going to be able to do anything about that for a looooooooong time to come.
If you check out the movement arrows on the German troops, you can get an idea of the problem I am having here in Europe. Germany just won’t attack more than one province deep into my territory. Every time they do, they immediately pull their forces back out. Bug, bug, bug, bug!
Despite this, I don’t consider this too horrible of a position, since I know the UK can’t possibly have enough divisions to be a serious problem. They would be, however, if they were smart enough to just go all-out and attack Tirane to get me out of the war, but I know they won’t do that.
11 January: A day I have long awaited finally arrives: The first home-grown Albanian Infantry division comes off the assembly line! Everyone is so proud, they line up for pictures and autographs.
13 January: My second Transport fleet finishes. I redirect those ICs to making a second Armor brigade via license from Germany. At least this time I get a Panzer III. Later I may round out that Armored division with MOT or ENG from Germany, I haven’t decided yet.
21 January: An encircled British Infantry division is eliminated in Yugoslavia. One down, many to go.
1 February: Germany grants me an Infantry division. The current count of Albanian military power is: 10 gifted divisions, 1 Militia division, 1 Infantry division, and 2 Transports.
8 February: Denmark mobilizes.
4 March: The Netherlands mobilizes. Not much else happening except we keep trading provinces back and forth with the British.
9 March: Germany gifts me another Infantry division.
25 March: My lone “pure” Royal Albanian Infantry division has some success attacking a British division that is out of supply. With any luck, the little guy will eliminate it all by himself. The next division doesn’t arrive off the production line until June.
I can see a couple of huge stacks where Germany has been gifting Hungary troops, but Hungary doesn’t seem to want to use them.
2 April: I win the battle, now to eliminate the enemy division. Albanian newspapers will be full of the news of the mighty victory!
4 April: The enemy division is eliminated. Looking around the world, I see the Italians are focusing on minding their own business at Tobruk.
7 May: I reclaim Split.
9 May: I get two more Infantry divisions from Germany.
17 May: I get stuck with Illegal Printing. Somebody must be spreading lies about Albanian casualties!
19 May: I get three corps HQs, a Mountain, and Infantry division from Germany.
20 May: Whoops, make that 6 corps HQs and an Army HQ…
29 May: I complete research of Infantry Anti-Tank Weapons to level 1, allowing me to equip my Infantry division with a full round of WWI gear!
14 June: Afghanistan mobilizes.
22 June: I earn Veteran Army.
25 June: I’ve finished sending back all those HQs from Germany. I am sure I may regret it later, since these guys are probably better than any Albanian General I can ever field, but it’s a national pride thing to have all my troops Albanian-led. In the future though, I should keep a few around as I don’t have all that many leaders to go around.
26 June: I retake Zagreb. The British are certainly being pushed back.
27 June: My second pure Royal Albanian Infantry division is finished. I decide to use those ICs to make a pair of Transports, since I need ships to execute the next stage of my plan.
29 June: I happen to notice that the tech research is having an impact even at WWI levels, since completing AT-guns has boosted my Infantry counter from 2 - 2 to 2 - 3.
30 June: The British Expeditionary Force (Balkans) is on the ropes. Once they are gone, I would be very surprised to see another incursion of this magnitude any time at all in 1940.
Mwhahahahahaha…
