Soviet Union AAR - The Bloody Road to Berlin

[Jolt]

Romania and Bulgaria exists, as they wisely surrendered to the Soviets before they were innevitably steamrolled by the Patriotic Soviet Army. As a thanks of freeing up Red Troops to fight the Nazis, both contries remain "free". By free, I'd suppose that they are "ASSR" which are "Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics". I think.

 

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Romania and Bulgaria exists, as they wisely surrendered to the Soviets before they were innevitably steamrolled by the Patriotic Soviet Army. As a thanks of freeing up Red Troops to fight the Nazis, both contries remain "free". By free, I'd suppose that they are "ASSR" which are "Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics". I think.

ASSR is a lesser devision than SSR. Chechnya or Mordova are ASSRs.

 

[Miihkali]

Great update.

ASSR is a lesser devision than SSR. Chechnya or Mordova are ASSRs.

Yes. Highest "rank" of Soviet Union was Federative SSR. Most of time there was only Russian Federative SSR, but there was also Transcaucasian Federative SSR and Turkestani Autonomous Federative SSR :wacko:

 

[Kami888]

Highest "rank" of Soviet Union was Federative SSR.

SFSR had the same legal powers as regular SSR, so i don't see why it would be considered as the "highest rank"

 

[Crush3r]

It's Soviet Union->x SSR(Federative or not)->y ASSR(if necessary, Federative or not)

Both SSR and ASSR can be split in Oblasts.

 

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Update nr.105

Japanese leadership escaped to Amami, but that won't protect them
from the fury of the Soviet Union. Three divisions are quickly prepared to take this island by force
and, accompanied by one of the battleship fleets, they leave Tokyo harbor late at night.

When my ships approach Amami, they are spotted by the enemy destroyers.
Most of them are sunk, but some escape and probably will warn the Emperor and his cronies.
If i want to capture the Emperor i have to strike now!

Soviet soldiers storm the beaches, while IJN sends more destroyers to intercept the transport ships.
But the battle-proven Soviet battleships quickly deal with them and my first wave of soldiers reaches the land safely.
The garrison is defeated, but the islands isn't under Soviet control yet.

Things get more complicated shortly after the victory.
Two IJN fleets respond to Emperor's call for help and arrive near Amami.
Some US ships also get involved, when their routine ASW mission
turns into a naval battle of the century.

The share amount of Japanese ships scared the sh*t out of me,
but after few hours of fighting i noticed how demoralized and weak the enemy really is.
My battleships began tearing their navy apart and after 18 hours of fighting
the enemy ship number decreased by 10! One of the IJN carriers came so close,
that it got shelled repeatedly until it tipped over.

At the end of the night the surviving enemy ships retreated,
leaving the ocean full of dead bodies and burning wrecks. This is more
than i have ever expected from my battleships.
The news quickly reach Moscow and all the captains and sailors of the 14th fleet
become the new heroes of the Soviet Union.

And what makes this victory even more sweeter, is the fact
that Red Navy didn't lose a single ship. Only one battleship was heavily damaged
and towed back to Tokyo for repairs.

But this battle distracted me long enough for the Japanese elite to escape.
They snuck past the Red Navy and sailed to Marcus island - their last national province
and probably my next target.

 

[Brad1]

Congratulations on that naval battle! Japan's just about dead! I would take a couple months to build up some forces and then take on the Allies.

 

[trekaddict]

Wow, thats a lot of golden stars you have to make there for your sailors

 

[unmerged(41995)]

That sure is only lucky BB to still be afloat!

 

[Enclave]

I think that BB threw every spoon, shell, everything that is heavy not to sink and came to one of the ports. Imagine - half-naked (Soviet Union hasn't enough resources for uniforms) crew in holed like cheese battleship arrives to port with no ammunition, or other equipment, also suplies must be throwen away, so that that means that crew is not event half-naked but starving :rofl: . The power of communism :rofl: .

 

[Lordban]

Naval battle of the century indeed
The real question is whether those battleships of yours would have fared as well against a US fleet

Island hopping should be easier now that the IJN suffered such a heavy defeat - not to mention, their IC won't be enough for them to be able to afford repairing their ships...

 

[Miihkali]

SFSR had the same legal powers as regular SSR, so i don't see why it would be considered as the "highest rank"

Under it was lower ASSR:s, that's the point.

Anyway good update. Oh, unbreakable union of freeborn republics!

 

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It's Soviet Union->x SSR(Federative or not)->y ASSR(if necessary, Federative or not)

Both SSR and ASSR can be split in Oblasts.

Oblasts are just ordinary administrative districts, like counties in the USA. There were also "Autonomous Oblasts", which were different from ordinary Oblasts in that they also retained some cultural autonomy. Russia had a lot of those... Yakutia, Chuvashia, and others in mostly remote regions. Mostly comparable to the Indian reservations in the US, methinks.

Oh, and as for the efforts of the brave Soviet Army, Navy and Air Force: Hooray, hooray, hooray!!!

Do you plan to expand your air force for the coming conflict with the Allies?

 

[gagenater]

Incredible Naval Battle - it seems rare to get these kinds of epic battles. That one heavily damaged Soviet Battleship and it's crew are like the heroes of other great naval battles. A German Battlecruiser at the battle of Jutland the Seydlitz was heavily damaged like this. Her superstructure was wrecked, her guns put out of action and she limped home on one boiler. The ship was out of commission for the rest of the war as it took ~ 2 years to repair her. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/67/SMS_Seydlitz_damage.jpg

 

[Enclave]

Incredible Naval Battle - it seems rare to get these kinds of epic battles. That one heavily damaged Soviet Battleship and it's crew are like the heroes of other great naval battles. A German Battlecruiser at the battle of Jutland the Seydlitz was heavily damaged like this. Her superstructure was wrecked, her guns put out of action and she limped home on one boiler. The ship was out of commission for the rest of the war as it took ~ 2 years to repair her. http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/67/SMS_Seydlitz_damage.jpg

Can you give a link for more info?

 

[trekaddict]

Letterstime main page


Not exactly more info on the damage. but I'f youre interested in Gun Battles...

 

[unmerged(8915)]

excellent post. hopefully japan will be annexed very soon

 

[gagenater]

Can you give a link for more info?

This seems to be a good history of the Seydlitz even though it's on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Seydlitz
Although Wikipedia states she was repaired in 5 months, my understanding is that she suffered from some more or less permanent damage to her hull and/or that her armor was never completely repaired because the damage to her hull made it wasteful to completely repair her. She was operational however and certainly would have been in on the fight if the High Seas Fleet had sortied again.

 

[likk9922]

Wow.

That's quite a victory.

 

[Crush3r]

That battle was EPIC!