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Can I join in with my Com.China AAR? 
(I'm having some little advance http://www.si-games.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10856&page=8 )
(I'm having some little advance http://www.si-games.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10856&page=8 )
I am pleased to tell my game is moving along very well, and China is to be subjugated soon. I will publish updates tomorrow, by noon hopefully. So stay tuned. OnwAARds!
It was nice to see that you managed to conquer the old Imperial capital, but I'm sorry to hear that afterwards your game went downhill.
So it's a complete restart tomorrow?
So it's a complete restart tomorrow?
Already did the restart. And it's proceeding nicely, China is about to fall. I admit, i had to use rather gamey measures (if 40+ CAS are any measure
), will try to do with good old brute force once i get bigger. I am still below 100 IC, while the US, SU and GER hover around 650, 540, 460, respectively.
Update IV: The beginning of the end
In July of 1937, the Shanxi War came to a close. With Datong captured, Shanxi was effectively split in three. Treacherous as it may seem, however, the Kuomintang granted military access to the warlord troops, so starving the troops alas was out of the option.
Then, all hell broke loose. Japan, anxious to see that Manchuria, a former puppet, was set to grab the entirety of China, intervened. A Battlecruiser was caught in an "incident" near the harbor of Shanghai, and, something as ridiculous as that matter made Japan declare war upon Kuomintang China and all the warlord nations associated with it (after all, Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing was under firm Manchurian control ).
Across the world, in this alternate universe, National Spain under Franco fared better than her otherworld counterpart. Republican Spain was cut in half, and would finally surrender in September 1940.
In August, with firmly establishing hold over Taiyuan and Datong, the final offensive began, and last pockets of resistance in the south annihilated, Shanxi warlord troops turned coat and fled into the welcoming arms of the Kuomintang army. The provisional capital and last hold out, Yuling, was captured in early October, concluding the first and last Shanxi-Manchurian war.
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Edits done:
- Excluded Shanxi from the war event chain. An already beaten Shanxi would not fight against the Japs, and afterall, the troops were already on the run.
- Later seperate joining of Shanxi due to a seperate Japanese war declaration was edited out/avoided, by being in alliance with China, but Manchuria solely at war with Shanxi. I justified these means due to the entire Shanxi army later defecting to the Kuomintang Army.
- slept event 7006, an AI event that made Shanxi turn terriotry to China if overrun (AI event)
In July of 1937, the Shanxi War came to a close. With Datong captured, Shanxi was effectively split in three. Treacherous as it may seem, however, the Kuomintang granted military access to the warlord troops, so starving the troops alas was out of the option.
Then, all hell broke loose. Japan, anxious to see that Manchuria, a former puppet, was set to grab the entirety of China, intervened. A Battlecruiser was caught in an "incident" near the harbor of Shanghai, and, something as ridiculous as that matter made Japan declare war upon Kuomintang China and all the warlord nations associated with it (after all, Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing was under firm Manchurian control
).
Across the world, in this alternate universe, National Spain under Franco fared better than her otherworld counterpart. Republican Spain was cut in half, and would finally surrender in September 1940.
In August, with firmly establishing hold over Taiyuan and Datong, the final offensive began, and last pockets of resistance in the south annihilated, Shanxi warlord troops turned coat and fled into the welcoming arms of the Kuomintang army. The provisional capital and last hold out, Yuling, was captured in early October, concluding the first and last Shanxi-Manchurian war.
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Edits done:
- Excluded Shanxi from the war event chain. An already beaten Shanxi would not fight against the Japs, and afterall, the troops were already on the run.
- Later seperate joining of Shanxi due to a seperate Japanese war declaration was edited out/avoided, by being in alliance with China, but Manchuria solely at war with Shanxi. I justified these means due to the entire Shanxi army later defecting to the Kuomintang Army.
- slept event 7006, an AI event that made Shanxi turn terriotry to China if overrun (AI event)
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Update V: An uneasy peace
Following the victory over the warlords of Shanxi, peace was slowly but steadily restored in newly established southern Manchuria, their officer ranks after firm reeducation integrated into Manchurian ranks, and the industrial reemergence was set forth. Factories were build, not only to further Manchurian goals and survuivability, but also to bring Manchuria the much needed third techteam.
The industrialisation and research efforts continued well into 1939, when Pu Yi saw yet another war necessary. The Japanese had firmly established a beachhead at Nantong near Shanghai and the capital of Nanjing in late 1937/early 1938, and the chinese relocated their industry and capital into the "hinterland" to Chongqing. The Japanese, superior both industrially as well as militarily, pushed the Chinese, though at times in fanatical defense, further back. Pu Yi, who had set claims to territory held by Chairman Mao and his ragtag communists ( Haru), decided it was time to "incorporate" their territory before the Japanese could, who were already at the doorstep. In a quick battle from up to 5 sides, the ragtag communists headquarter was beleagured, and in a series of offensives and attacks, was finally overrun in October 1939.
Mao, cowardly hiding behind a bookshelf in his mountani redoubt was secured shortly after and sent to a reeducation camp in the outer fringes of northern Manchuria. Today he serves as a proud manchurian citizen in the borehole pressure mines near Mukden 30km deep in the crust of Earth, where temepratures exceed in excess of 200 °C. He loves it.
The move was not too early, as of October 8, 1939, the Kuomintang army stretched their arms. Japan annexed parts fo the Chinese hinterland, the southern coast, Shanghai plus territories to the north, and installed Wang Jingwei as a loyal puppet to the Emperor as head of Government of a puppet China. Due to reports that regularly filter through our channels, Kai Shek resumed the battle from the mountains of Yunnan, yet only in small scale as mountain guerrilla. He may well prove worthy once we liberate China from their current Japanese overlords for Manchuria.
A time of peace and prosperity followed, a time in which the industry was further expanded, and research prospered. By 1941, 60 base IC were reached, and Mukden Arsenal, as 4th tech team, would commence their work in the latest infantry models in use already on the Ostfront, where two industrial titans clash in a struggle of life and death.
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As the Manchurians grew accustomed to everlasting peace, behind the curtains Pu Yi plotted his next move. As the war in Europe ground to a halt and a Stellungskrieg emerged, a quick victory of Hitler Germany over the Soviet Union was a nigh impossible. Pu Yi had hoped, that once Hitler had demolished the soviet army, he could demand his share of the pie, namely Primorsk. But cuddling with the bear, who was very much alive still, and who might even win the epic struggle, was not an option.
Instead, he looked further south. An alliance with Japan had been set up temporarily, in order to further prosper, but it was a fragile one, and one which was tried to be disrupted by a worrying Wang Jingwei, which in his own accounts new what was to come. In the mean time, deep beneath the mountains of the far north, Manchuria's arsenals churned out Stuka after Stuka, a dive bomber build on license of the Germans, who used it effectivly to battle the Bolsheviks. By the mid of 1942, already over 2 dozens of those dive bomber wings were built, and more were still to come. In the coming war, Pu Yi estimated he would need roughly 50 Stuka wings to effectively fight China and Japan together. Blunt force by the means of manpower though was dictated by the human wave doctrine, and while the manpower was there, the industrial one yet was not. Not yet.
Meanwhile, in Europe, October 1942. The Wehrmacht, stopped in it's tracks only kilometers off Moscow, fought a war both sides could not win. Men after men were thrown into the meatgrinder, and both parties are said to have exhausted their manpower reserves. Fascist finland, meanwhile, is in it's death throes, about to succumb to Soviet forces. Italy, while doing relatively okay compared to their abilities, and or steady retreat. Lack of transportation on both sides makes a quick victory of either side impossible, and funny enough, the Regia Marina rules the mediterranean sea.
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Edits done:
- adjusted building priorities for various countries (no more IC expansion of Italy, GER building more ARM, etc.)
- upped the level of all my techteams by 1 in 1942
Following the victory over the warlords of Shanxi, peace was slowly but steadily restored in newly established southern Manchuria, their officer ranks after firm reeducation integrated into Manchurian ranks, and the industrial reemergence was set forth. Factories were build, not only to further Manchurian goals and survuivability, but also to bring Manchuria the much needed third techteam.
The industrialisation and research efforts continued well into 1939, when Pu Yi saw yet another war necessary. The Japanese had firmly established a beachhead at Nantong near Shanghai and the capital of Nanjing in late 1937/early 1938, and the chinese relocated their industry and capital into the "hinterland" to Chongqing. The Japanese, superior both industrially as well as militarily, pushed the Chinese, though at times in fanatical defense, further back. Pu Yi, who had set claims to territory held by Chairman Mao and his ragtag communists (
Haru), decided it was time to "incorporate" their territory before the Japanese could, who were already at the doorstep. In a quick battle from up to 5 sides, the ragtag communists headquarter was beleagured, and in a series of offensives and attacks, was finally overrun in October 1939.Mao, cowardly hiding behind a bookshelf in his mountani redoubt was secured shortly after and sent to a reeducation camp in the outer fringes of northern Manchuria. Today he serves as a proud manchurian citizen in the borehole pressure mines near Mukden 30km deep in the crust of Earth, where temepratures exceed in excess of 200 °C. He loves it.
The move was not too early, as of October 8, 1939, the Kuomintang army stretched their arms. Japan annexed parts fo the Chinese hinterland, the southern coast, Shanghai plus territories to the north, and installed Wang Jingwei as a loyal puppet to the Emperor as head of Government of a puppet China. Due to reports that regularly filter through our channels, Kai Shek resumed the battle from the mountains of Yunnan, yet only in small scale as mountain guerrilla. He may well prove worthy once we liberate China from their current Japanese overlords for Manchuria.
A time of peace and prosperity followed, a time in which the industry was further expanded, and research prospered. By 1941, 60 base IC were reached, and Mukden Arsenal, as 4th tech team, would commence their work in the latest infantry models in use already on the Ostfront, where two industrial titans clash in a struggle of life and death.
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As the Manchurians grew accustomed to everlasting peace, behind the curtains Pu Yi plotted his next move. As the war in Europe ground to a halt and a Stellungskrieg emerged, a quick victory of Hitler Germany over the Soviet Union was a nigh impossible. Pu Yi had hoped, that once Hitler had demolished the soviet army, he could demand his share of the pie, namely Primorsk. But cuddling with the bear, who was very much alive still, and who might even win the epic struggle, was not an option.
Instead, he looked further south. An alliance with Japan had been set up temporarily, in order to further prosper, but it was a fragile one, and one which was tried to be disrupted by a worrying Wang Jingwei, which in his own accounts new what was to come. In the mean time, deep beneath the mountains of the far north, Manchuria's arsenals churned out Stuka after Stuka, a dive bomber build on license of the Germans, who used it effectivly to battle the Bolsheviks. By the mid of 1942, already over 2 dozens of those dive bomber wings were built, and more were still to come. In the coming war, Pu Yi estimated he would need roughly 50 Stuka wings to effectively fight China and Japan together. Blunt force by the means of manpower though was dictated by the human wave doctrine, and while the manpower was there, the industrial one yet was not. Not yet.
Meanwhile, in Europe, October 1942. The Wehrmacht, stopped in it's tracks only kilometers off Moscow, fought a war both sides could not win. Men after men were thrown into the meatgrinder, and both parties are said to have exhausted their manpower reserves. Fascist finland, meanwhile, is in it's death throes, about to succumb to Soviet forces. Italy, while doing relatively okay compared to their abilities, and or steady retreat. Lack of transportation on both sides makes a quick victory of either side impossible, and funny enough, the Regia Marina rules the mediterranean sea.
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Edits done:
- adjusted building priorities for various countries (no more IC expansion of Italy, GER building more ARM, etc.)
- upped the level of all my techteams by 1 in 1942
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Suprise suprise, Finland is getting owned again. But Finland facist? Did they have some ahistorical event or something?
But Finland facist? Did they have some ahistorical event or something?
Suprise suprise, Finland is getting owned again.
Nitpicker
Well paternal autocrat then.They did relatively well, considering they were reduced to leningrad and the territory immideately west of them for 3-4 more months. I wonder how they got it in the first place
Update VI: The big gamble
And finally it came, what had to come. After the US oil embargo, Japan was left with a dilemma. It's strategic oil reserves were dwindling, if there was no way of solving the inherent lack of any oil producing territories. While newly acquired lands such as China and Indochina provided some oil to relieve the pain, the stockpiles were dwindling. Slowly, but steadily. Of course there was the option to give up everything the Empire fought for in the last 5 years. But there was also yet another option: Declaring war, grabbing as much territory as possible, and settling for a peace. The only honorable option was the latter, and on November 11, 1942, war was declared on the Allies.
Unfortunately for the Japanese and their Chinese puppet nation under Wang Jingwei was the fact that Pu Yi long awaited this very event. Ever since the oil embargo Pu Yi had awaited such a gamble by the japanese, hoping they would divert their attention, so Manchuria could incorporate China in it's own realm. After immideately renouncing the membership of Manchuria due to the war, Pu Yi ordered full mobilisation of the forces. The tactical airforce the Manchurians had hidden for so long was finally ripe for the testing and redeployed on newly constructed airfields across the border, main operating bases being Yan'an, Changzhi and Jinan.
By the end of November 1942, hundreds of dive bombers swarmed across the border, and troops long awaiting their task of liberating China were sent southwards.
One by one, divisions under the iron sights of swarms of divebombers dissipated. The Japanes, having focused largely on their navy and army, kindly neglected the need for a larger airforce, and only token resistence by the means of counter-bombing manchurian troops was under way. Pu Yi was pleased. The enemy had a large numerical advantage over Manchuria, but any large scale assault was checked by supreme airpower, and any rout was another desaster, as fleeing units were mere cannon fodder for the now more than 40 wings of divebombers.
As thousands of troops perished under fiery flames of cannons and incendiary bombing be relentless divebombing, the Manchurian army marched mainly unchecked through enemy territory. The only real resistance was put up in Korea, where a quick success, after securing half of northern Korea, was not possible and a hasty retreat back to the orginal border had to be ordered, as well as the capital region around Nanjing, were resistance was stiff. Yet every rout was quickly rendered a desaster for the fleeing nationalist chinese and japanese.
The speed of advance in the central region of China was only slowed by terrain, but by the end of January, 1943, the major industrial hub of the Chongqing/chengdu area was occupied, until finally meeting resistance in the mountains of Yunnan.
The first advance was being halted when Manchurian troops arrived at the Yangtse river. Unchecked, rapid advance was on thing, running out of supply another. It was also at the Yangtse tht first real resistance was put up which would only be drowned by Manchurian shells when the capital region would fall. It was up for the dive bombers to do strafing runs in order to assure that no uncontrollable situation would arise.
Japan, meanwhile, was in a precarious situation. On the one hand it had deeply advanced into Burmese territory, threatening to wreak havoc on India, but also was stretched fairly thin in China itself, plus Korea, which was by no means safe.
With resistance in Hankou put down, and every territory north of the Yangtse river occupied and in firm grip bar the capital region, an offensive to take Nanjing commenced in early April. Massive airsupport helped in that effort tremendously, and Nanjing fell in early May of 1943. Unchecked harassing of Japanese tactical bombers was of some concern for Pu Yi, but the distinct lack of a coherent striking power made their attacks mere needle strikes in the war effort of Manchuria.
At the homefront, on the korean border, not much did change. As the initial attacks were soundly repulsed, more and more japanese troops poured in, after Manchurian troops failed to get the korean peninsula under firm grip. Only with 12 divebomber squadrons at hand, Manchurian troops were unable to force a victory, a hard learned lesson. It was proven, in a healthy fashion, that Manchuria was not invincible, and in fact only those dive bomber wings saved Manchuria from great evil. A routing of defenders in Andong once almost ushered in a desastrous breakthrough, and only throguh sheer luck and major aerial operations, desaster was avoided.
In early June, the final nail on the coffin of National China under Wang Jingwei was in place. With Nanjing, the much contested capital, finally under control, the last regional stronghold of Hangzhou was finally beaten. With Shanghai surrounded, the destruction of the remaining defenders was imminent. In central China, the other last great offensive was under way. Changde, a stronghold with up to a dozen defending enemy divisions, was brought to submission. The scarred defenders were picked apart by ravaging bombers, leaving a trail of death. In a matter of days, entire divisions were pulverised, due to massive incendiary attacks, conventional raids as well as mass abandoning of equipment. A lot of divisions seemingly just stretched their arms, wrapped themselves in civilian clothing and joined the massive refuge treks southwards.
In July, China was reduced to a mere couple of provinces guarded by no one, and on August 19, 1943, National China accepted annexation by the Manchurian empire.
China was brought to it's knees. But Japan was very much alive and kicking, advancing into India proper already. It would be a vast task to defeat it, but task Manchuria had to accomplish, if Pu Yi wanted his Manchu Empire truly glorious. His new empire was vast, and potentially very very strong. But only on paper. The army is a mere occupying power, no match for european and american ones. For now, the airforce fulfils it's role, but a new, heavily equipped army would be needed to successfully compete in the challenges up ahead.
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Edits done:
- edited myself out of the Japanese led alliance... i didnt expect them to dow this early, usually it's in December.
- peace with the Allies, due to the above.
- cores for mainland China added after annexation of National China.
And finally it came, what had to come. After the US oil embargo, Japan was left with a dilemma. It's strategic oil reserves were dwindling, if there was no way of solving the inherent lack of any oil producing territories. While newly acquired lands such as China and Indochina provided some oil to relieve the pain, the stockpiles were dwindling. Slowly, but steadily. Of course there was the option to give up everything the Empire fought for in the last 5 years. But there was also yet another option: Declaring war, grabbing as much territory as possible, and settling for a peace. The only honorable option was the latter, and on November 11, 1942, war was declared on the Allies.
Unfortunately for the Japanese and their Chinese puppet nation under Wang Jingwei was the fact that Pu Yi long awaited this very event. Ever since the oil embargo Pu Yi had awaited such a gamble by the japanese, hoping they would divert their attention, so Manchuria could incorporate China in it's own realm. After immideately renouncing the membership of Manchuria due to the war, Pu Yi ordered full mobilisation of the forces. The tactical airforce the Manchurians had hidden for so long was finally ripe for the testing and redeployed on newly constructed airfields across the border, main operating bases being Yan'an, Changzhi and Jinan.
By the end of November 1942, hundreds of dive bombers swarmed across the border, and troops long awaiting their task of liberating China were sent southwards.
One by one, divisions under the iron sights of swarms of divebombers dissipated. The Japanes, having focused largely on their navy and army, kindly neglected the need for a larger airforce, and only token resistence by the means of counter-bombing manchurian troops was under way. Pu Yi was pleased. The enemy had a large numerical advantage over Manchuria, but any large scale assault was checked by supreme airpower, and any rout was another desaster, as fleeing units were mere cannon fodder for the now more than 40 wings of divebombers.
As thousands of troops perished under fiery flames of cannons and incendiary bombing be relentless divebombing, the Manchurian army marched mainly unchecked through enemy territory. The only real resistance was put up in Korea, where a quick success, after securing half of northern Korea, was not possible and a hasty retreat back to the orginal border had to be ordered, as well as the capital region around Nanjing, were resistance was stiff. Yet every rout was quickly rendered a desaster for the fleeing nationalist chinese and japanese.
The speed of advance in the central region of China was only slowed by terrain, but by the end of January, 1943, the major industrial hub of the Chongqing/chengdu area was occupied, until finally meeting resistance in the mountains of Yunnan.
The first advance was being halted when Manchurian troops arrived at the Yangtse river. Unchecked, rapid advance was on thing, running out of supply another. It was also at the Yangtse tht first real resistance was put up which would only be drowned by Manchurian shells when the capital region would fall. It was up for the dive bombers to do strafing runs in order to assure that no uncontrollable situation would arise.
Japan, meanwhile, was in a precarious situation. On the one hand it had deeply advanced into Burmese territory, threatening to wreak havoc on India, but also was stretched fairly thin in China itself, plus Korea, which was by no means safe.
With resistance in Hankou put down, and every territory north of the Yangtse river occupied and in firm grip bar the capital region, an offensive to take Nanjing commenced in early April. Massive airsupport helped in that effort tremendously, and Nanjing fell in early May of 1943. Unchecked harassing of Japanese tactical bombers was of some concern for Pu Yi, but the distinct lack of a coherent striking power made their attacks mere needle strikes in the war effort of Manchuria.
At the homefront, on the korean border, not much did change. As the initial attacks were soundly repulsed, more and more japanese troops poured in, after Manchurian troops failed to get the korean peninsula under firm grip. Only with 12 divebomber squadrons at hand, Manchurian troops were unable to force a victory, a hard learned lesson. It was proven, in a healthy fashion, that Manchuria was not invincible, and in fact only those dive bomber wings saved Manchuria from great evil. A routing of defenders in Andong once almost ushered in a desastrous breakthrough, and only throguh sheer luck and major aerial operations, desaster was avoided.
In early June, the final nail on the coffin of National China under Wang Jingwei was in place. With Nanjing, the much contested capital, finally under control, the last regional stronghold of Hangzhou was finally beaten. With Shanghai surrounded, the destruction of the remaining defenders was imminent. In central China, the other last great offensive was under way. Changde, a stronghold with up to a dozen defending enemy divisions, was brought to submission. The scarred defenders were picked apart by ravaging bombers, leaving a trail of death. In a matter of days, entire divisions were pulverised, due to massive incendiary attacks, conventional raids as well as mass abandoning of equipment. A lot of divisions seemingly just stretched their arms, wrapped themselves in civilian clothing and joined the massive refuge treks southwards.
In July, China was reduced to a mere couple of provinces guarded by no one, and on August 19, 1943, National China accepted annexation by the Manchurian empire.
China was brought to it's knees. But Japan was very much alive and kicking, advancing into India proper already. It would be a vast task to defeat it, but task Manchuria had to accomplish, if Pu Yi wanted his Manchu Empire truly glorious. His new empire was vast, and potentially very very strong. But only on paper. The army is a mere occupying power, no match for european and american ones. For now, the airforce fulfils it's role, but a new, heavily equipped army would be needed to successfully compete in the challenges up ahead.
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Edits done:
- edited myself out of the Japanese led alliance... i didnt expect them to dow this early, usually it's in December.
- peace with the Allies, due to the above.
- cores for mainland China added after annexation of National China.
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I hope you enjoy the recent update. This AAR seems to get quite some visitors, i would love to HEAR your input though. With more than 750+ views, i would expect a wee bit more feedback
Please voice any concerns due to gameyness, presentation and all that. After all, i try to do this AAR for you, and not just for me since i am bored to death
Take care, and good night.
Please voice any concerns due to gameyness, presentation and all that. After all, i try to do this AAR for you, and not just for me since i am bored to death
Take care, and good night.
Thank you
Good question. Before Annexation, and before adding cores to it (havent come around to it yet, will do tomorrow morning), i had something along the lines of 0.8 - 1 mp a day. With proper annexation and cores, i imagine this number to substantially increase. The problem is not manpower per se, but rather the distinct lack of IC. Before annexation and core-ization i had some 105-110 effective IC, with some 70-75 base. With adding cores i am most likely to jump towards the 120+ base IC region, effectively challenging Japan.
I'll have to edit in some chinese leaders though, my ranks are spread very very thin.
Nice one! You´re almost done uniting china once more!
btw: what´s that strange Japanese flag with the globe and sword?
btw: what´s that strange Japanese flag with the globe and sword?
I liked your AAR.
What's the size of Japanese Army compared to yours?
Oh, and awesome flag for Japan.
What's the size of Japanese Army compared to yours?
Oh, and awesome flag for Japan.
Ah, good one. I have grown so accustomed to it that i forget that i still use it. Some one from the flag request thread once made it for me. I find the imperial war flag of Japan awesome, and by coincidence i am also a huge star trek buff. The Earth with a sword put through is the emblem of the Terran Empire, a mirror universe version of the Federation. So i had them combined, and tadaa, it looks mighty cool
I did manage to take the Southern Coast of China from the Japs, if I remember well, at some point US and Germany went blitz (and their respective alliances) and invaded me, I had German-supported Japanese troops in the south and Allied soldiers disembarking in the East. A real mess, that is why I did freeze the AAR, it wasn't was possible to win those two alliances, even with the full might of the Empire of the Greater Qing (a really BIG army it was, I was 3rd behind USA and USSR in Land Army quantity) .
I was really thinking about making something similar a month ago!
Good luck, I'll be following this.
Good luck, I'll be following this.
1. Liked?
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3. Thank you
Those are the stats i threw together quickly, from the beginning of the war.
The Japanese and chinese continued to churn out troops, while i was preoccupied with finishing my serial of CAS and upgrading my troops to 1941.
Yes, it's gonna be a hard one, considering Germany, SU and USA have combined an industrial might of over 1600 IC.
I was really thinking about making something similar a month ago!
Good luck, I'll be following this.
Thank you
I always felt there was a distinct lack of something like this. The only fun this game brings me nowadays is multiplayer, modding/editing of savegames to my liking/roleplaying and playin underdogs.