Duncan vs Supermax 4.0 charlie (no Supermax please)

[duncanr]

I am trying to make it hard to reduce his chances elsewhere - luckily just a GAR

[duncanr]

things are getting desperate - we try for some nibbles and also find the Italian SUBs are blocking Gibralter, we catch a break and manage to sink one



elsewhere Greece has fallen and Egypt is under pressure

[duncanr]

still so many things to worry about!

still a chance for a 41 Sealion, what are Axis intentions re Persia, when will Barbarossa occur !

[duncanr]

we guess wrong in our transport route so some I could lose DD and Transport



pressure in Egypt



moderate success with some nibbling



still isn't looking pretty - we will do some defense work in England next turn - lets hope its not an early summer and a 42 Sealion

[Peter Stauffenberg]

The Axis are very potent in GS v4.0 so you need to make good strategies as the Allies and only fight where you can hope to get the better results. Retreating might be necessary when being overwhelmed. E. g. Egypt is such a situation. Losing Egypt is acceptable if you can keep Iraq. If you fight in Egypt and lose and then can't hold Iraq then it will be a disaster. Things will chance once USA join the Allies. First priority should be to get control over the Atlantic so the Allies can plan offensive missions in Northern Africa or bolster defenses in Egypt and Iraq.

[duncanr]

yes and we have just had a very bad turn!

[duncanr]

ok a 41 Sealion is looking a strong possibility



elsewhere its no fun either

[duncanr]

argh complete disaster as we try a cunning forward defence ploy only for the IT CORP not to retreat - two air attacks and and an ARM grrr, couldn't even get it to retreat with the GAR - its going to be very unpleasant next turn - we have just accelerated the fall rather than slowed it down!



at least being suspicious and cautious helps in the homeland, unfortunately we do some things in the worng order - fighting on three fronts looking very possible - for a year

[duncanr]

ouch here comes the third front



not great as first we lose a FTR and then we get a terrible FTR roll and could lose the second




egypt is about to fall

[duncanr]

it doesn't get any better

we mess up the order of our moves in England so we miss the opportunity to destroy the landed MECH, it won't be pretty



in Morocco we catch a break



and manage to kill the damaged ARM - it won't change the outcome though



England is not looking pretty as we do lose the second FTR

missed a couple of screen shots and completely forgot the rebellion was arriving - doh

[duncanr]

we make a small counter in Morroco but its not enough to risk trying to finish of ARM



in England we just try desperately to slow them down - its a long way to US entry



we have some big decisions next turn

[duncanr]

its all doom and gloom as we abandon Morocco in a rush of blood - could't resist getting the ARM, England is toast and we are not sure whats going on in Persia - some sort of blocking strategy?

[duncanr]

so Morroco falls as expected - England loses more territory and we have a small victory as we sink a couple of Italian BB's off Persia

[Cybvep]

Italian BBs near Persia?

[duncanr]

triple combo - aggressive play by Max, coupled with a lot of fine weather in 39 and some mistakes from me - its not pleasant!

here is the after PIC if I can ever get it to work

[duncanr]

ok its 1 August 1941 - London has fallen, Franco is with the Axis and Axis forces invade Persia - not great!

In England its just delay delay delay

[dagtwo]

I'm sorry to say "been there, done that". It didn't end well for me, either. Hopefully you'll keep your nerve and make this a different ending.

[Peter Stauffenberg]

You also have to remember who he's playing against. Supermax is an elite player

[duncanr]

So Portugal rounds out the fall of Europe

we get fine weather in England instead of the Mud we want

slight win in that our 3 step STR managed to kill the last step of an Italian CORP as we slow the loss of persia - screen shots again soon - and finally we have a strategy, now to plan for its execution!

[Cybvep]

Hmm, surely you must be talking about the loss of Iraq? If the Axis attacks Persia, then the SU joins the war immediately.

BTW did you lose Basra? IIRC you permanently "lose" 15 Soviet war-only PPs when you lose Basra, because the Lend Lease convoys cannot get through.