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If this AAR dies because of HoI3 I will NEVER forgive Paradox.
As a matter of fact all my AAR's haven't been updated lately.
As a matter of fact all my AAR's haven't been updated lately.
Come on, give Remble a chance. It's only been a couple of days since his last post!
And Remble mentioned he's not getting HoI3. Might mean he's going to continue this.
don`t worry, he never gives up
we all saw how he managed to change things for JAPAN and during this time he was very patient so were we. for a long time we`re subscribed to this wonderful AAR and whatever it takes we`ll wait until we see the whole world in peace
edit: even i sent 80% of my messages just to this AAR (i think)
we all saw how he managed to change things for JAPAN and during this time he was very patient so were we. for a long time we`re subscribed to this wonderful AAR and whatever it takes we`ll wait until we see the whole world in peace
edit: even i sent 80% of my messages just to this AAR (i think)
Winter War, zdlugasz - Thank you. I had the information available which allowed me to use the actual numbers. Your argument is very much valid for very high IC areas. zdlugasz is correct that manpower is far more important for me at this time. I could change to Prince of Terror and greatly improve the TC situation but I would probably not be able to produce garrisons if I did that.
Sokraates - Mountaineers anywhere in Winter is a bad situation but you are correct that fighting them in more open terrain is not quite as bad
LuXun - I am still very much enjoying playing HoI 2 DD and am still finding many new ways to alter how a game goes without having to mod much if at all. HoI 3 will undoubtedly make it's way onto my hard drive at some point but maybe not for a while. I know Paradox and I tend to like to wait for at least one patch before committing to a new game
Nathan Madien - True, the lack of any report from them would indicate that there was a small problem
Maj. von Mauser - That Brazilian wing is based on the islands off Alaska and is flying around a lot of the time. The new Allies are still far from all here and a lot could very easily be being redeployed to the front line.
EnglandWarrior - The various Allied Countries like to make their contributions and the smaller Nations have to if they want to try and gain air superiority as the two major powers seem to be totally dis-interested in such thoughts.
gooy -
Beppo - Thank you. Africa is already looking more and more unlikely to be achieved this year but I will continue to try my hardest. I might have to send my other land attack TAC wing over to help out at some point as one group cannot cover both the north and south.
rule_them_all, Baneslave, midget_roxx, gooy, Nathan Madien - Welcome aboard. Nine hours is pretty speedy reading even if it was only the screenshots
The Latvians may not be done with being ruled by other Nations just yet ...
cosminus - I am glad you gained some insight from all the numbers and I was more than happy to oblige with the discussion with Winter War.
genbrad, Sokraates, alan_le_cowboy, Maj. von Mauser, safferli, elbasto, LuXun - My apologies for taking a while to update, although a week is not that long, but very unusual for me. Blame my work for keeping me out of the house for 12 hours a day lately.
I have never abandoned an AAR (ok so this is only my second) and I have no intention of doing so. Updates will remain as regular as I can manage and hopefully at least three a week minimum, but that is not always possible. This AAR will be finished and without any major breaks.
I already explained that I won't be getting HoI 3 for a while yet and I haven't even had time to look for the demo let alone download it. I didn't do so well in the HoI 3 contest that just finished so no freebie for me
And now for an update ...
Sokraates - Mountaineers anywhere in Winter is a bad situation but you are correct that fighting them in more open terrain is not quite as bad
LuXun - I am still very much enjoying playing HoI 2 DD and am still finding many new ways to alter how a game goes without having to mod much if at all. HoI 3 will undoubtedly make it's way onto my hard drive at some point but maybe not for a while. I know Paradox and I tend to like to wait for at least one patch before committing to a new game
Nathan Madien - True, the lack of any report from them would indicate that there was a small problem
Maj. von Mauser - That Brazilian wing is based on the islands off Alaska and is flying around a lot of the time. The new Allies are still far from all here and a lot could very easily be being redeployed to the front line.
EnglandWarrior - The various Allied Countries like to make their contributions and the smaller Nations have to if they want to try and gain air superiority as the two major powers seem to be totally dis-interested in such thoughts.
gooy -
Beppo - Thank you. Africa is already looking more and more unlikely to be achieved this year but I will continue to try my hardest. I might have to send my other land attack TAC wing over to help out at some point as one group cannot cover both the north and south.
rule_them_all, Baneslave, midget_roxx, gooy, Nathan Madien - Welcome aboard. Nine hours is pretty speedy reading even if it was only the screenshots
The Latvians may not be done with being ruled by other Nations just yet ...
cosminus - I am glad you gained some insight from all the numbers and I was more than happy to oblige with the discussion with Winter War.
genbrad, Sokraates, alan_le_cowboy, Maj. von Mauser, safferli, elbasto, LuXun - My apologies for taking a while to update, although a week is not that long, but very unusual for me. Blame my work for keeping me out of the house for 12 hours a day lately.
I have never abandoned an AAR (ok so this is only my second
) and I have no intention of doing so. Updates will remain as regular as I can manage and hopefully at least three a week minimum, but that is not always possible. This AAR will be finished and without any major breaks.I already explained that I won't be getting HoI 3 for a while yet and I haven't even had time to look for the demo let alone download it. I didn't do so well in the HoI 3 contest that just finished so no freebie for me
And now for an update ...
Operation Influx
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0600 March 7th 1949.
The Skies Above the Baltic Sea.
Naval patrols in the northern Baltic Sea continued to be conducted by Obata's Tactical bomber group as they searched for enemy Transport fleets possibly trying to invade Finland.
The bombers found a Transport fleet from Nationalist Spain in the Gulf of Riga. The loaded Transport Flotillas would be sunk over the next few hours as both Obata and Sakai led their wings against them.
The two Japanese Armoured corps were attracting more attention from Allied bombers as Romanian and Yugoslav bomber wings joined the Spanish Dive bombers. The tanks would not be damaged as they were already heavily entrenched and more or less impervious to direct attack.
While the Allies were bombing Japanese front line formations Japanese bombers were targetting rear area divisions. More troops from Switzerland and Spain were making their way towards the battlefront but a large number would not make it that far as the Dive bombers pursued them.
Shimoyama conducted attacks in the south with two newly arrived divisions in Stanislawow suffering heavy damage during his latest raid. There remained a lack of Allied troops in this particular area but any Japanese advance was unlikely to make much headway in the snow.
Fukudome had moved to Sevastopol to protect Hata's Headquarters division and he rarely had nothing to do. The latest visitors over Sevastopol were Soviet Strategic bombers. Soviet aircraft had not been seen for quite some time and the bombers would not be returning until they could repair their significant losses.
1200 May 9th 1949.
Africa Army Headquarters. Abadan, Persia.
A few reversals in the south of Africa would delay Higashikuni's advance in that part of the continent but he continued to use his Marine divisions to try and speed things along.
Imamura and Banzai arrived in Dar es Salaam without incident and one division would begin to make it's way inland towards Tabora as soon as it had recovered from the invasion.
In North Africa the lack of any Allied opposition was allowing for a more rapid advance but this was cut by an invasion by a Brazilian Infantry division. General Minami was one of the divisions tasked with re-establishing the supply lines to the west, although supplies could be shipped to the isolated division until a land route was connected.
The only air group available to Higashikuni was that of Itabana but he was currently operating in the south as he tried to halt the Allied advance towards Inhambane.
1300 March 9th 1949.
The Skies Above the Gulf of Riga.
The removal of the Spanish invasion fleet had provided protection for the Finnish coast but Sakai would find other prey on March 9th.
The Spanish had sent a large Heavy Cruiser fleet into the Baltic Sea possibly to support any future invasions. There were no Japanese ships in the area that could be threatened by such a fleet and the loss of the Transport Flotillas would see the supporting gun fleet leave the Batlic Sea shortly after this attack.
By March 13th Nakajima's Dive bomber group had started targetting a large enemy army in Lublin which was heading towards the front line. Not only was there a multi-National ground force in the province, there was also a mixed air presence as well.
By March 14th Tanaka's Interceptor group had recovered enough to begin to try and restore total air superiority over the front which would allow the Japanese tanks to move if they were required to. Six Dive bomber squadrons would be attacked during the initial encounter over Suwalki with two being more modern variants from Romania as well as four from Spain. The unescorted bombers suffered heavy casualties but all would escape total destruction.
Another interception occured on March 15th as Sakai continued to search for enemy shipping in the Gulf of Riga. He was attacked by an Austrian Interceptor group and would seek to disengage as soon as possible. Two hours of dogfighting ensued, which saw the more experienced escorted bomber wing outperform the attacking Interceptors slightly, but casualties were light on both sides.
1400 March 13th 1949.
Africa Army Headquarters. Abadan, Persia.
Higashikuni oredered Itabana to begin to move north to remove the Brazilian division in the North Africa which was holding up progress after it had islolated the most advanced Japanese division.
Itabana stopped off half way up the coast after a British division had been spotted after it redeployed to Denakil where it was attempting to advance towards Djibouti to isolate the Japanese troops marching towards Addis Ababa. Itabana would destroy this division before moving to North Africa.
He was nearly too late as the Brazilian division attacked Lt. General Yuyoushi in Sidi Barrani as soon as it could do so. The initial odds did not look promising and Yuyoushi would not receive any support until the following day. Fortunately the Brazilian Infantry were not as well armed as Yuyoushi's and he was able to hold until nightfall when the odds would dramatically swing in his favour.
Itabana arrived the following morning and destroyed the invading enemy division on March 15th. Several days would be required to re-establish supplies overland to Yuyoushi but he was safe for the time being.
A report heavily weighted towards the efforts of the Japanese air groups. I'm impatient for the winter snows to melt in Russia so that the army can proceed in their modest goal of annexing Portugal. And every European nation that dares to stand in their way.
Good job again!
-- Beppo
Good job again!
-- Beppo
Glad to see this AAR back and running. I was afraid of my work-efficiency improving due to having to few AARs to read.
Regarding north Africa: it seems that Itabana was able to attack the Brazilians on the Mediterranean coast as well as the British in Ethiopia without rebasing. That must be quite some range then. Or did you just rebase withing the range of the bombers to reduce org loss?
Regarding north Africa: it seems that Itabana was able to attack the Brazilians on the Mediterranean coast as well as the British in Ethiopia without rebasing. That must be quite some range then. Or did you just rebase withing the range of the bombers to reduce org loss?
Thank you for an interesting read, I love the format you use in your AARs, its great and I enjoyed your German AAR as well.
I must say I’m impressed with your update speed, keep up the good work I’ll eagerly be following your progress until you paint the world yellow =)
I must say I’m impressed with your update speed, keep up the good work I’ll eagerly be following your progress until you paint the world yellow =)
Oddly enough, there is a resturant near my house called Sakai.
Level 1 bombers...my, the Soviets have fallen hard.
they're building the 112th bridge on the river kwai
Ah...the Bridge on the River Kwai...the movie every veteran of the Burma front love to hate.
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