To Save the Fatherland (1944-?)

[Exterous]

Rommel had momentarily over reached himself in Africa. Surprisingly the Allies sent more troops in theatre and they managed to cut off an armored division

Operations were immediately undertaken to rescue the men. in the mean time they will have to rely on their training to survive

On the home front, the fruits of the massive naval build up were finally starting to bear

And Germany continued to show its One-up's-manship with the annexation of the fearsome Bhutan
So fearsome was this country that the picture of their annexation had to be saved over to avoid angering their population

With the massive forces freed up with the elimination of this horrid threat (or it just happened to take this long to build up my forces) the invasion of Burma proper commenced

In a continuing string of good news from the industrial sector, not only was another carrier ready for deployment but Germany's first nuclear reactor had finished construction and was ramping up the production and research needed for Germany's biggest secret weapon

Rommel succeeded in rescuing the stray armored division and was busy advancing into North Africa

An additional force under Field Marshall Kesselring was advancing south, towards Ethiopia. In other good news, two additional carriers were christened.

 

[Exterous]

Lützow: Thanks! I aim to please

gilf: Er...I don't really have any sorry Once I figured out that the comparison charts only feature my allied forces and that my intellegince sucks (We think the Russians have 200 divisions.....Uh- Mr. Intelligent Person, I see 250 stationed at adjacent provinces on the front.....Well, we still think they have at least 200 divisions.....thanks) I really didn't include their 'estimates' of enemy compositions. As for not organizing-I must have missed that one. I usually organize fairly well and if I had been paying attention I would have caught that. Oh well

General Jac: Yeah, and the Allies seem determined to put alot of troops in theatre

Carthade: Heh, thanks!

HKslan: You'd think so.....

SecondReich: Nope, we're going to have to do this the hard way

Tribolute: Yep - blame the Chinese!

Ironhead 5: The Chinese actually started the war. I think they were mad that everyone was taking their territory (Japan, US, Russia....) and decided that Tibet was too much of a threat to leave alone

Tribolute: Yeah, its not going so well for them. I have a feeling they will be avenged!

anonymous4401: Yeah, they aren't left alone either

 

[lordvagrant]

mmm thats a lot of carriers.

Good to see the Romanians leading the charge to South Africa.

How big a garrison do you need to leave in Nepal and Bhutan?

 

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I know it's just u and your allies, that's what I meant... I asked for those

 

[Exterous]

lordvagrant: Yeah, thats what I thought too. Oh-HUGE garrisons. Actually large segments of troops will be stationed there. I would say on the order of tens of Germans. (<-read 'no garrison stationed there') For whatever reason I am having little problems with partisans

gilf: Well, since I have time at work I compiled the numbers. As I said earlier I cannot for whatever unbelievably annoying reason take screenshots of the statisctics screens. So, here, without further ado, is a typed list of Army Comaprisons:

Germany- 435 total: 294 infantry, 3 mot, 35 mech, 62 arm, 23 HQ, 12 mtn
Hungary- 26 total: 22 inf, 4 arm
Romania- 42 total: 32 inf, 6 arm, 1 HQ, 3 mtn
Bulgaria- 16 total: 12 inf, 4 mtn
Portugal- 4 total: 4 inf (I think they ended up losing about 4 divisions when their colonial possetions were attacked
Spain- 40 total: 25 inf, 2 mot, 6 arm, 1 HQ, 6 mtn
Byleorussia: 4 total: 4 inf

 

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Thanks
And it's not just u who can't take screenshots in the F6 screen (on when events pop up..), it's a bug. But u can still press the PrintScreen button, and paste in paint

 

[Exterous]

In southern India the Allies had put up surprising resistance. With the bulk of the forces engaged in jungle fighting (which was new to Germans) in Burma, the Axis forces in India were having a tough go at it. Even so, the Germans had massed armor and the Allies did not. It was really only a matter of time

-Karl hacked at the foliage. Not that it really helped - it was everywhere. His men were fanned out in a triangle, hacking away so that the SPW behind them could creep slowly forward.

After being in the army for over 8 years Karl was used to sweating - but not like this. Sweating was supposed to accomplish something. Not here - the humidity was waaaay to high

"Only damn place in the world that the air around men is raining" grumbled one of Karl's soldiers. "Where the hell are the engineers?"

"I told you Smidt, very far behind us, relaxing on the road that you cut for them." Replied Karl.

"The Field Marshall just hates us." Replied Smidt as he hacked

"The Field Marshall doesn't hate us - he just hates you and we have to suffer because of it."

As they slowly moved along in the jungle, Karl dreaded the eventual fight that the allies would put up

Karl took cover as his squad came under fire. "Speaking of enemies…. " He thought. His light machinegun squad, veterans of many an ambush, quickly set up the tripod, mounted the MG-47 and opened fire in the general direction of the enemy.

The "Take Cover!" yell from Karl was barely needed as his squad quickly took cover and returned fire.

The SPW quickly moved up and the soldier manning the heavy machine gun opened fire, raining down leaves and twigs cut by the swaths of the bullets.

As quickly as it had started, the enemy fire died. Since they had never really known where the fire was coming from, Karl doubted that they had killed the enemy, rather that they had withdrawn again. Yet, with hand signals, Karl set a squad out to check, under cover of their comrades.

As expected, the enemy had withdrawn, barely leaving a trace of their presence.

"Lord, how can they move through the jungle like that?" remarked a soldier…..

Speaking of jungle warfare - the armor columns had greatly outraced the infantry units on their way to Burma. The infantry units were catching up especially now that the armored units were slowed by unfavorable combat conditions. Not to mention the fact that the Allies had had practice in this type of fighting whereas the Germans had little or none.

Development finally began on making a bomb out of the Nuclear Sciences.

Even with the knowledge attained it would still be a bit before Germany's reactor capability would be enough to produce such a weapon. But that capacity was being supplied as fast as possible

Of course the German Army was not sitting still waiting for this super weapon. Rommel was again on the move in Africa

-Hans grabbed the tank's copula mounted heavy machine gun and opened fire on the enemy planes. As they flew over he saw an Australian flag on the side. He couldn't tell if he hit any of them, but he certainly drew their attention. Two enemy bombers circled back.

Out in the middle of the desert and on the move, there was no way they could not see the tank. Hans gave the order to bail out and the crew rushed away from the tank. Sure enough, 2 rockets from the lead plane reached out and struck the weak top armor of the tank. The MBT exploded in flames.

Hans ducked behind the very tiny 'ridge' he was hiding behind as to - hopefully - be missed by any fragments coming his way. He felt the heat of the explosion even in the desert.

He and the crew stayed where they were in hopes that the enemy planes would not see them. It was a small hope since, even in their desert uniforms, they stood out against the sand.

The planes came around for what was certainly another run. Hans looked at the lead plane and could swear he could actually see the pilot's eyes. There was no chance they missed the crew's positions. The plane suddenly pulled up, without firing a shot. With no other hard targets in sight, the planes turned south. The lead plane waggled its wings as they did so.

Hans stared in amazement. He had encountered such conduct in his first Afrika Campaign oh so long ago, but had not expected it again. Now he just hoped there was still a division to walk back to. Otherwise it was a very long walk to Cairo……

It would take to long for the Luftwaffe to send and organize a fighter squadron and send it to Africa to help Meyer and his division. It was up to Rommel's forces to over run the airbases and force the allies to relocate before Gen. Nehring's division was destroyed.

Rommel's forces had just arrived at the sea and were about to attack Tobruk. With the Allies trapped a significant portion of the US forces in Africa would be destroyed. The order was given and the attack began.

Within two hours the attack was making steady progress and the Germans were advancing on the airfield. Before they were even halfway there a large formation of enemy planes flew high overhead. It looks like the airfield will be empty when the Germans arrive.

4 additional Allied units were trapped around Tobruk. Rommel's forces were under constant air attack. It was hopped that taking the airfields at Tobruk would end this threat. Unfortunately, the planes relocated to Barca before that could happen

So, instead of resting after the attack, Rommel was forced to advance to Barca and take the airfield

General Nehring's forces had taken heavy losses and would have to be left behind, for now, in the African advance

Various forces were also on the advance towards central Africa. With the large backing of tanks the enemy forces rarely had a chance

Germany's R&D sector was on a roll as now Germany's fighters could be upgraded to fighters that could actually break the sound barrier!

 

[Exterous]

Thanks
And it's not just u who can't take screenshots in the F6 screen (on when events pop up..), it's a bug. But u can still press the PrintScreen button, and paste in paint

You'd think so. That button doesn't seem to work on my laptop. (I have issues with some of the keys on the right side like the arrow keys, the print screen and number lock keys) I thought about taking my digital camera and doing it that way - but I'm too lazy for that

I prefer to (apparently) write down all this information and type it all in. I did the same thing for the naval comparison comming up in a few days

 

[Ironhead 5]

Looking good as usual!

 

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This is getting better and better

 

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Yeah, very nice progress! And soon you'll have nukes

 

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Uh oh, it looks to me like that Ethiopian '39 infantry division has GREAT WAR HEAVY ARTILLERY. Your return to east Africa after 30 years clearly won't be a smooth one!

 

[Panzer6]

Wow, five carriers at least. But I did not see any CAG's with them. How long do you have to wait for them? Great Job in Africa. And Rommel must have been proud to capture Tobruk, I mean thats why he became Field Marshall. Then immediately continues, just like when he pushed east after its first capture. Only difference is Rommel is now heading west, not east with no small gap to sqeeze through like El Alamein.

 

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Now who owns tibet, it's the same colour as Sinkiang or Nationalist China :|.

 

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Various forces were also on the advance towards central Africa. With the large backing of tanks the enemy forces rarely had a chance

Ethiopians! That's Ras Imru Haileselassie!

 

[Carthade]

going for World Conquest by '53, Ext?

 

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There... there are Panzers, in,in,in, BURMA !!!

Those guys must have had a whale of a time, with all those Jungle/Mountain/River combos that the IJA knows so very well...

Congrats on keeping the fun going for so long, Exterous. You're lucky, this is the '44 scenario... Lots of trouble for Germany, but one thing you DON'T have to deal with is the number of Infantry divs the French will build and store up in central Africa if they're left to do it from '40 onwards

 

[Exterous]

The air war over the English Channel had been heating up for some time. A group of 2 Luftwaffe interceptors and another, single airwing were caught over the English Channel by no less than 9 Allied fighter groups. With parity in aircraft ability, the Allies made short work of the Germans. A temporary grounding of all airwings was ordered while they rested and were refitted with the newer jets as to regain superiority over the English Channel.

Things were going well in Burma. While the dense vegetation slowed combat operations the Germans, with numerical superiority, managed to slip behind the large Allied forces facing the advance.

The Allies were learning the hard way that Germany preferred to encircle armies in order to decimate them entirely. Cut off, with limited supplies in the jungle, the Allies were forced back towards the sea and eventually forced to surrender - though it was a slow, grinding advance even so.

Likewise, Rommel's advance continued well. The forces arrayed against him were ill-equipped to deal with armored thrusts.

-Manteuffel continued to prove his worth in the desert. The only Allied commander with extensive desert warfare experience in Africa was Montgomery and he was busy trying to stall Kesselring with an inadequate number of troops. This being the case Manteuffel was able to use his extensive desert combat experience and constantly out maneuver the enemy. Time after time his forces moved into areas inhospitable to humans and was able to strike the enemy's flank by surprise. One unfortunate British soldier was rumored to remark "Its not fair that you are able to strike from a direction that should only have lead to your death." Thus Manteuffel earned the moniker "Desert Fox"

Strangely enough, the large Allied formations in Sicily and that little island in Greece disappeared. Whether they were relocated or just withered from lack of supplies, nearly 70 Allied divisions from the Med. had vanished.

Not having too much time to waste mulling over their disappearance, the Germans continued the advance in both African and Burma. If the Allies reappeared so be it - if not, even better

The Russians continued to make life miserable for the Americans in northern China

As forces were advancing up Tunisia, Field Marshall Rommel was endowed with the 'Desert Fox' trait prompting a "Well, duh!" from the audience

 

[Exterous]

Rommel was to advance north in Africa to cut off the small American force in Tunis. Meanwhile, German scientists had completed yet another type of big bomb. Now, if only Germany's reactor potential was up to snuff.

Which was still quickly being worked on

The Americans in Tunis were quickly overwhelmed. Surrounded and stranded they surrendered easily. While Field Marshall Kesselring's forces were striking towards Addis Abbas from the west, Rommel continued his drive to Casablanca.

In Asia, large forces had slowly built up along the boarder with China. The Americans continued to occupy China, keeping their IC low - too low to support their troops. This made them a perfect target for the large number of German troops that had really nothing else to do. Besides, Germany did not take well to people who attack their neighbors and take them over.

A massive assault was unleashed against the Chinese. German units had faced militia units before, but they usually had the backing of some regular infantry or some brigades. This was not quite the case here. Here, modern mechanized divisions and MBTs faced off against Militia IIs with antiquated weapons. The Chinese never really stood a chance

Not that anyone else was doing that well

Part of Kesselring's 9th Army continued to advance, unopposed, towards the Ethiopian capital.

Finally, the Allies in Burma managed to stop the German advance. It was clearly time for a break in operations for a re-organization.

 

[Exterous]

Ironhead 5: I try

General Jac: I'm glad its not getting boring after the fall of Russia

knugen_n1: Yes, that will be interesting- I don't get to play with those very often

HKslan: Yes, it was a savage battle. Tens of Germans were hurt

Panzer6: The CAGs are being built. There isn't much rush since it will be a bit before my fleet leaves the harbor. I thought about using Rommel on the advance in east africa since it seems he might be more useful there, but I could resist having him move west through his old stomping grounds. Its nice to see him doing as well as ever in the desert!

Tribolute: Nat China

anonymous4401: Yeah, poor guy. Things aren't looking so good for his country again

Carthade: Probably not

Jon Young: I always get a kick out of having German tanks fighting in the Burmese jungles Like I said earlier, I'm glad the game turned out to still be fun.
As for the french, their mass produced militia will be showing up shortly