Slitherine

Giovanni705 wrote:Hello
a silly question, is this defence of France better than a sea of Garrisons? Thanks in advance.

France defence is just to win more time for Allies . The one which may make France alive longer is the best strategy

Dec 10th 1939 ---- Feb 28th 1940 bad weather

Axis stop their steps in France . It is strange that they did not supply their wounded ground units until Feb 28th . Why ? What did Axis use the pp to build ? I check the force data , it appears germany has 3BB & 5 subs ??!! It must be on building ! what for ? It must be sealion ( Germany navy has no use in Med mission since they can not get in )


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So we just transfer all Canadian troops back to England & wait for the invation . Anyway UK is really poor in early 1940 !

Remember that the force reports for opponents are all +/-2. So that report could be the initial 1 BB and 3 subs plus 2 new build subs. If the report goes up to 10 next turn, then you can worry. Although the minimum of 7 air units also suggests that SuperMax is at least thinking about Sealion. Note that it is not physically possible for the Germans to have built a second BB by this stage.

BBs are not a must-have for Sea Lion if your starting navy survives and you built some TACs.

Cybvep wrote:BBs are not a must-have for Sea Lion if your starting navy survives and you built some TACs.

yes , Max also build more Tacs !

My private bet is that he will invade America in 1940/1941/

Kragdob wrote:My private bet is that he will invade America in 1940/1941/

I bet he only be able to do it after conquer Britain otherwise to active USA early must not be a good idea .

Mar 19th 1940 fair

Finally , weather turn fair . Axis launch attack on France front , more French dead .

But it seems not all mainbody units appears , where are the others .Since the French BB was sunk , I do suspect Axis will refuse the peace of France & go for NA & Spain ! So I transfer several French Gar to guard the southern France cities

Yeah, the Axis has surprisingly few units in France. Supermax is probably cooking sth up.

Cybvep wrote:Yeah, the Axis has surprisingly few units in France. Supermax is probably cooking sth up.

yes ! Supermax always do sth unexpected !

By my count 3 INF are missing. Could they be landing in Casablanca with an eye towards marching on Oran?

Apr 8th 1940 fair

Paris was almost encircled . If Max has enough luck , Paris will probably fall next turn . So what will Axis do then ? I do hope Max will refuse the peace since I have plenty of French gars waiting for him all over the France .

Meanwhile , Max gave me the answer of my question where are the rest of mainbody . Sealion ! A sealion before France fall in April 1940 ! We have prepared for this . RN will try their best to against sealion even if be sunk !

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It looks like a fake Sealion to me.

Stauffenberg wrote:It looks like a fake Sealion to me.

I would guess its a ploy to finish off the RN - as you (Morris) are so aggressive with it

Stauffenberg wrote:It looks like a fake Sealion to me.

No , it is real !

Apr 28th 1940 fair

Paris fall with bad luck !
at same time , the sealion is moving forward ! Germans are landing in England near London !

Since less loss in France , so UK have several troops & pp to deal with it .


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This still looks like a fake Sealion to me. E. g. garrisons are along the coast line, onboard transports, north of London. The transports get destroyed. Supermax obviously wants Morris to respond to this threat and waste his air and naval forces to prevent Sealion from succeeding.

The fake Sealion can turn into a real one if Morris does NOT respond so it's not easy for Morris. I have a feeling that Supermax is trying to weaken the RN so he can instead get free hands elsewhere like going after USA directly. If he's using his fortress Europe strategy with USA knocked out of the war and maybe even UK then he will win for sure. So Morris needs to look after his naval and air forces so they can detect and intercept transports sailing across the Atlantic.

On the other hand, Supermax might be luring everybody into believing this is his plan and strike somewhere else instead. He excels at being unpredictable so we can't take anything for granted. All we know is that the game will be fun and exciting to watch.

Morris's unexpected conservativism seems to be virtuous. He's managed to keep France alive reasonably long, inflict damage, and the UK is prepared for invasion. This will be an interesting contest!

May 18th 1940 fair


Sealion is beginning with bloody coast battle ! our Mech & a GAR were destroyed , three more Germany unit landing in England . Since we still have the support of RAF , we decide to fight against the landing troops on the beach ! We hurt the leading corp & rebuild a double line defence around London . We hope to keep london longer since UK is too poor at present !


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If it's a fake, it will be a costly one. Anyway, as long as Supermax doesn't control a port, progress will be slow.