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All you need surely is a chink in the Japanese defences, and then the home Islands must surely fall against the wave of destiny that is Brazil - or something like that 
Well those defenses dont seem that tough, maybe a landing in Indochina, could assist the US, and the Allies ?. Im sure the Brazilian soldiers are used to the jungle.
LM+: ...It may take an entire year to learn about jet technology, but this is both something we have to have and that our allies seem to have little interest in pursuing.
it seems that you really don't have any choice. no ally interest = no blueprints! ! thus, the sooner you start, the sooner you finish.
excellent updates! !
it seems that you really don't have any choice. no ally interest = no blueprints! !
thus, the sooner you start, the sooner you finish. excellent updates! !
lifeless said:very nice! maybe the crew of Tirpitz decided to go to the allies side and join the ranks of the brazilian navy!
Who said they joined the allies? They hauled down the swastika and raised the Jolly Roger!
Does HSR have any interesting events for the occupation of the Home Islands. I imagine that it would have had severe consequences IRL.
Good luck and remember not to spend it all in one place!
Good luck and remember not to spend it all in one place!
Just finished reading this AAR. It's absolutely mindblowing. You've taken Brazil from a second rate backwater to the third most powerful nation on Earth. Once you occupy Japan and free up all those American troops in Hainan you might just have enough resources to begin the assualt on Fortress Europe.
Fantastic updates, LM+. I knew the tide was turning when your BBs were completed. Self-deprecate as you wish, but I've seen how you've handled those ships in the past.
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lifeless: If the base odds for the attack looked at all doable, I'd have applied all available bonuses, including shore bombardment. As it was, there wasn't any point bothering. One of the nice things about this game is that you can conduct probes without losing a single man.
GrimReaper: As do it. I'm not sure when Germany will research the things, but I sure don't look forward to that day.
Pablo Sanchez: You're absolutely right: My entire available shore bombardment force gives only a 17 or 18% penalty to enemy troops on the shore.
- The plan for the coming offensive is revealed in the next update.
AntiochusIII: When I attack Indochina, Japanese forces will start moving to block me, thus making the campaign in Siam more difficult. I will want to hit this theatre all at once.
- I am very much hoping to avoid having to buld mountain divisions. My Allies don't have any interest in researching them past Basic level, and Brazil is poor at all infantry development, so I'd have to sacrifice a great deal of other work to field reasonably effective units. I only did the research as a "last and poorest" back up plan; if you see me trying to progress further, you'll know I'm desperate.
Congo: It very much depends on what exactly I try to do.
stnylan: "Wave of Destiny"? I like the sound of that. *claims name for possible future AAR*
Spitfire_Pilot: You'll definately see Brazilians in Indochina. Just not quite yet.
hasskugel: Brazil has logistical problems, so we can't go around conquering very much. When I eventually go after Hitler, I need to be using as much of my TC for guns and trucks, and as little for province occupation, as practicable. What Brazil does conquer is eventually going to be freed, just as Uruguay was.
GhostWriter: Too true, too true.
elbasto: Yes, several. None of them apply to Brazil, however. I could rectify the lack, but it will be more amusing if the Japanese fight to the last man.
Virgiltchicken: Yes, it does. Not when Brazil does the deed, though (can't imagine why). However, if we do in fact take the Home Islands, there won't have to be any special events to give Japan a really hard way to go.
- On a different topic: I keep pronouncing your screen name as "vi-gil-ent-chi-cken".
Tim O: I'm glad people are liking the story! About the possible future assault on Fortress Europe, though: I very much doubt that my Allies will land any significant number of ground troops, as the AI isn't very good at exploiting the success of a friendly nation. Those troops in Hainan, even if freed, will remain stuck in mainland east Asia. But that's a big place!
Vann the Red: Take, burn, sink, or destroy!
GrimReaper: As do it. I'm not sure when Germany will research the things, but I sure don't look forward to that day.
Pablo Sanchez: You're absolutely right: My entire available shore bombardment force gives only a 17 or 18% penalty to enemy troops on the shore.
- The plan for the coming offensive is revealed in the next update.
AntiochusIII: When I attack Indochina, Japanese forces will start moving to block me, thus making the campaign in Siam more difficult. I will want to hit this theatre all at once.
- I am very much hoping to avoid having to buld mountain divisions. My Allies don't have any interest in researching them past Basic level, and Brazil is poor at all infantry development, so I'd have to sacrifice a great deal of other work to field reasonably effective units. I only did the research as a "last and poorest" back up plan; if you see me trying to progress further, you'll know I'm desperate.
Congo: It very much depends on what exactly I try to do.
stnylan: "Wave of Destiny"? I like the sound of that. *claims name for possible future AAR*
Spitfire_Pilot: You'll definately see Brazilians in Indochina. Just not quite yet.
hasskugel: Brazil has logistical problems, so we can't go around conquering very much. When I eventually go after Hitler, I need to be using as much of my TC for guns and trucks, and as little for province occupation, as practicable. What Brazil does conquer is eventually going to be freed, just as Uruguay was.
GhostWriter: Too true, too true.
elbasto: Yes, several. None of them apply to Brazil, however. I could rectify the lack, but it will be more amusing if the Japanese fight to the last man.
Virgiltchicken: Yes, it does. Not when Brazil does the deed, though (can't imagine why). However, if we do in fact take the Home Islands, there won't have to be any special events to give Japan a really hard way to go.
- On a different topic: I keep pronouncing your screen name as "vi-gil-ent-chi-cken".
Tim O:
I'm glad people are liking the story! About the possible future assault on Fortress Europe, though: I very much doubt that my Allies will land any significant number of ground troops, as the AI isn't very good at exploiting the success of a friendly nation. Those troops in Hainan, even if freed, will remain stuck in mainland east Asia. But that's a big place!Vann the Red: Take, burn, sink, or destroy!
1944, September 1st:
- German submarines may be shifting their patrol patterns; not only has Naronha found no enemies, but trade to the USA is almost unimpeded. Itamaraty wastes no time.
- Fontoura, anxious to make good, orders marines against the Okinawa garrison; massive air support makes the battle a brief and almost bloodless one.
1944, September 4th - 5th:
- Okinawa now belongs to Brazil. Our airforce rebases to the island, and discovers that, while Kyushu is not within dive bomber range, it is within range of our fighters. dos Santos reorganizes and leads the first strike against Kagoshima. Meanwhile, Vieja busies himself moving troops forward and our convoys get supplies and fuel to the front.
1944, September 7th:
- Brazil's first submarine flotilla enters service. Slow, weak, and short-ranged, a Humaita-class submarine seems of little value. But Martins has some ideas:
1944, September 8th:
- Dos Santos reports poor success at air interdiction and so we conduct no further amphibious assaults.
1944, September 9th:
- Padhila arrives and Rego returns. We have at this moment on the island of Okinawa 30 mech, 3 marine, and 1 HQ divisions; 23 troop and 4 assault transports; 2 battleships and 5 destroyer groups; 17 CAS, 1 interceptor, and 9 fighter flotillas. It is a very good thing Japan has not discovered nuclear weapons.
1944, September 11th, just before dawn (20:00 hours, GMT):
- After some special preparation (only the second time this war we've done this) ...
- Seven battleships, ten destroyers, three marine divisions and Dutra's headquarters staff hit the beaches of Fukuoka an hour before dawn. Just as the attack begins, Dos Santos and Gomes order 9 fighter flotillas from Okinawa into the air.
- Despite our great concentration of force, the battle starts astonishingly poorly: In the hour before dawn, Asaka's men fight tigerishly, at 99% effectiveness versus our 9%, amounting to very nearly free shots. Arguments rage over why the Japanese rule so absolutely during nighttime hours, but the most plausible explanation is that Hirohito's injunctions to eat lots of carrots have taken effect.
- Given that the Carrot Gap isn't going to go away, we must either win by sunset or retreat and try again the day after next. Otherwise, we will simply waste men to no purpose. Fortunately, overwhelming land, air, and naval firepower ravages Asaka's troops; the battle proves a short one.
1944, September 14th:
- A factory is built in Sao Paulo and Navy Minister Martins shoehorns in another 10 Amazonas-class destroyer flotillas. We now have 38 building simultaneously. Some might say that this is a tad excessive, but the next time we fight German subs, we plan to win decisively. When it comes time to leverage control of the sea into control of the shore, Amazonas-class destroyers offer more shore bombardment for the buck than any other type or model of ship (elderly carriers with really advanced CAGs being the only possible exceptions).
- We land at Fukuoka and immediately send mechanized divisions and aircraft to reinforce the place. Dutra's marines head for the Inland Sea.
1944, September 15th - 16th:
- Dutra's marines waste no time in striking at their next target: Hiroshima. The battle starts well, but Manchukuoan interceptors rip through our poorly-escorted dive bombers and drive them off, while the Japanese infantry hang on until sunset. We retreat.
1944, September 17th - 18th:
- Mascarenhas de Morais leads 13 mechanized divisions against Kagoshima, while Dutra returns to finish off Hiroshima. Both battles see absurd amounts of Brazilian "flying artillery" overhead what become quick victories.
- Manchukuoan fighters return over Hiroshima, but this time find dos Santos. His chagrin at not being there for their first party merely adds zest to his dance routine in this one; the enemy is swiftly ushered out of the ball room.
1944, September 18th - 23rd:
- Dutra hands over command of the marines to Lt. General Fontoura and orders them to sea to await opportunity. His own task is to gather mechanized forces in Hiroshima and drive for Tokyo. Plan A (a direct raid on Tokyo) is set aside when destroyers report a fair-sized garrison, so, on the morning of the 23rd (22:00 hours GMT), we touch off Operation Jaguar: the plan to overrun the Japanese homeland. 23 divisions assault enemy positions in Osaka while marines hit the beaches of Shikoku.
- German submarines may be shifting their patrol patterns; not only has Naronha found no enemies, but trade to the USA is almost unimpeded. Itamaraty wastes no time.
- Fontoura, anxious to make good, orders marines against the Okinawa garrison; massive air support makes the battle a brief and almost bloodless one.
1944, September 4th - 5th:
- Okinawa now belongs to Brazil. Our airforce rebases to the island, and discovers that, while Kyushu is not within dive bomber range, it is within range of our fighters. dos Santos reorganizes and leads the first strike against Kagoshima. Meanwhile, Vieja busies himself moving troops forward and our convoys get supplies and fuel to the front.
1944, September 7th:
- Brazil's first submarine flotilla enters service. Slow, weak, and short-ranged, a Humaita-class submarine seems of little value. But Martins has some ideas:
1944, September 8th:
- Dos Santos reports poor success at air interdiction and so we conduct no further amphibious assaults.
1944, September 9th:
- Padhila arrives and Rego returns. We have at this moment on the island of Okinawa 30 mech, 3 marine, and 1 HQ divisions; 23 troop and 4 assault transports; 2 battleships and 5 destroyer groups; 17 CAS, 1 interceptor, and 9 fighter flotillas. It is a very good thing Japan has not discovered nuclear weapons.
1944, September 11th, just before dawn (20:00 hours, GMT):
- After some special preparation (only the second time this war we've done this) ...
- Seven battleships, ten destroyers, three marine divisions and Dutra's headquarters staff hit the beaches of Fukuoka an hour before dawn. Just as the attack begins, Dos Santos and Gomes order 9 fighter flotillas from Okinawa into the air.
- Despite our great concentration of force, the battle starts astonishingly poorly: In the hour before dawn, Asaka's men fight tigerishly, at 99% effectiveness versus our 9%, amounting to very nearly free shots. Arguments rage over why the Japanese rule so absolutely during nighttime hours, but the most plausible explanation is that Hirohito's injunctions to eat lots of carrots have taken effect.
- Given that the Carrot Gap isn't going to go away, we must either win by sunset or retreat and try again the day after next. Otherwise, we will simply waste men to no purpose. Fortunately, overwhelming land, air, and naval firepower ravages Asaka's troops; the battle proves a short one.
1944, September 14th:
- A factory is built in Sao Paulo and Navy Minister Martins shoehorns in another 10 Amazonas-class destroyer flotillas. We now have 38 building simultaneously. Some might say that this is a tad excessive, but the next time we fight German subs, we plan to win decisively. When it comes time to leverage control of the sea into control of the shore, Amazonas-class destroyers offer more shore bombardment for the buck than any other type or model of ship (elderly carriers with really advanced CAGs being the only possible exceptions).
- We land at Fukuoka and immediately send mechanized divisions and aircraft to reinforce the place. Dutra's marines head for the Inland Sea.
1944, September 15th - 16th:
- Dutra's marines waste no time in striking at their next target: Hiroshima. The battle starts well, but Manchukuoan interceptors rip through our poorly-escorted dive bombers and drive them off, while the Japanese infantry hang on until sunset. We retreat.
1944, September 17th - 18th:
- Mascarenhas de Morais leads 13 mechanized divisions against Kagoshima, while Dutra returns to finish off Hiroshima. Both battles see absurd amounts of Brazilian "flying artillery" overhead what become quick victories.
- Manchukuoan fighters return over Hiroshima, but this time find dos Santos. His chagrin at not being there for their first party merely adds zest to his dance routine in this one; the enemy is swiftly ushered out of the ball room.
1944, September 18th - 23rd:
- Dutra hands over command of the marines to Lt. General Fontoura and orders them to sea to await opportunity. His own task is to gather mechanized forces in Hiroshima and drive for Tokyo. Plan A (a direct raid on Tokyo) is set aside when destroyers report a fair-sized garrison, so, on the morning of the 23rd (22:00 hours GMT), we touch off Operation Jaguar: the plan to overrun the Japanese homeland. 23 divisions assault enemy positions in Osaka while marines hit the beaches of Shikoku.
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1944, September 24th:
- 600 Japanese fighters bounce our massed aircraft; although they are beaten off, the distraction allows the defenders of Shikoku to hold out until nightfall, obliging our marines to retreat and try again later.
- Osaka falls easily.
- Noronha and his subordinates cautiously take their anti-submarine campaign eastward into the central Atlantic. He has just fought a nighttime battle with a small wolfpack; although we sunk a submarine, we suffered rather more damage than the enemy and need to catch them again to gain a victory. Meanwhile, naval reconnaissance reports a pair of flotillas to the south.
1944, September 25th:
- Brazilian marines force the surrender of forces on Shikoku, but do not land. Dutra rolls into Osaka and carries on into all adjacent enemy provinces. He gets word that only six Japanese formations are known to remain on the island of Honshu and -- prodded a bit by Teixeira Lott and Mascarenhas de Morais -- orders Admiral Vieja not to land troops at Osaka as previously planned, but to rebase back to Fukuoka in order to support a Marine landing at Busan, South Korea.
- dos Santos reorganizes our somewhat battered air force to better cope with the 900 Axis fighters remaining on Hoshu. Although 500 are Siamese, and probably of little account, the remaining 400 are Manchukuoan. Epaminondas will never admit it in public, of course, but in private he knows that Manchukuoan interceptors are capable of landing stinging blows.
1944, September 27th:
1944, September 28th:
- As our marines drive off the enemy, Pereira and Mora discuss the question of who should occupy Korea: The USA or Brazil?
1944, September 30th:
- Dutra roams unchecked through the industrial core of the Japanese empire; as dawn rises on the 30th, he hurls 17 divisions and more than 2000 planes at Tokyo, smashing through the defence in hours. dos Santos' warbirds strafe the enemy as they fall back; not a man escapes them.
Brazilian tankers discuss their next operation beside one of our few Shermans, mostly used for bunker-busting.
1944, October 2nd:
- Brazilian troops stand guard over the Imperial Palace. The capital of the Greater East Co-Prosperity Sphere, ruler of Taiwan, mistress of Korea, ravager of Manchuria and of fallen China, sacker of Burma, and conqueror of India, now belongs to us. The plunder of decades falls into our eager hands; priceless katanas and ancient Bonsai trees amuse our leisure hour gambling.
- 600 Japanese fighters bounce our massed aircraft; although they are beaten off, the distraction allows the defenders of Shikoku to hold out until nightfall, obliging our marines to retreat and try again later.
- Osaka falls easily.
- Noronha and his subordinates cautiously take their anti-submarine campaign eastward into the central Atlantic. He has just fought a nighttime battle with a small wolfpack; although we sunk a submarine, we suffered rather more damage than the enemy and need to catch them again to gain a victory. Meanwhile, naval reconnaissance reports a pair of flotillas to the south.
1944, September 25th:
- Brazilian marines force the surrender of forces on Shikoku, but do not land. Dutra rolls into Osaka and carries on into all adjacent enemy provinces. He gets word that only six Japanese formations are known to remain on the island of Honshu and -- prodded a bit by Teixeira Lott and Mascarenhas de Morais -- orders Admiral Vieja not to land troops at Osaka as previously planned, but to rebase back to Fukuoka in order to support a Marine landing at Busan, South Korea.
- dos Santos reorganizes our somewhat battered air force to better cope with the 900 Axis fighters remaining on Hoshu. Although 500 are Siamese, and probably of little account, the remaining 400 are Manchukuoan. Epaminondas will never admit it in public, of course, but in private he knows that Manchukuoan interceptors are capable of landing stinging blows.
1944, September 27th:
1944, September 28th:
- As our marines drive off the enemy, Pereira and Mora discuss the question of who should occupy Korea: The USA or Brazil?
1944, September 30th:
- Dutra roams unchecked through the industrial core of the Japanese empire; as dawn rises on the 30th, he hurls 17 divisions and more than 2000 planes at Tokyo, smashing through the defence in hours. dos Santos' warbirds strafe the enemy as they fall back; not a man escapes them.
Brazilian tankers discuss their next operation beside one of our few Shermans, mostly used for bunker-busting.
1944, October 2nd:
- Brazilian troops stand guard over the Imperial Palace. The capital of the Greater East Co-Prosperity Sphere, ruler of Taiwan, mistress of Korea, ravager of Manchuria and of fallen China, sacker of Burma, and conqueror of India, now belongs to us. The plunder of decades falls into our eager hands; priceless katanas and ancient Bonsai trees amuse our leisure hour gambling.
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Bravo! By far the greatest Allied victory of the war, dwarfing the fall of Argentina. Things are looking up.
Yes! With the loss of the home islands and (soon) Korea, Japan's IC is pretty much done for. They might be able to get enough supply from their Chinese puppet to keep their army going, hopefully not, but this is a huge victory.
What kind of stockpiles were you able to seize at Tokyo?
What kind of stockpiles were you able to seize at Tokyo?
Now you guys have a real chance to defeat the Axis, as long as you can hold Britain.
After rebuilding you'll have a quite nice boost in IC, any plans for it? Armor maybe? More BBs?