Slitherine

Pre-Turn



Still winter all over Europe. Almost no movement on Allied side. British CV back to 10 steps, our SUBs keep waiting for her. Bad air combat results. Morris gets a total 4:2 in two air battles in his turn. Seems we have to repair and slow down a little.




We killed a second French MECH and a GAR was forced to retreat. Rest of the army is repairing and waiting for fair weather. Without Air support we were not able to attack on the western wing this turn.




Mission almost accomplished...




and casulties.

Pre-Turn



Still Snow all over Europe. Almost no movement on Morris side but again heavy Air losses (4:2 steps for Allies in sum of two air battles).




Nice commander placing we find




Second French Mech destroyed, one GAR pushed back. We have to repair our Luftwaffe and therefor we are not able to attack the English INF in Rouen. What a pitty!




Almost there !!!



Losses.

Pre-Turn:



Winter pulls back to Russia. BEF was evacuated, Morris does succsesfully shore-bombard our INF and wins another Air-battle (1:0).



As this was the turn to start Operation Seelöwe some serious planning was done...




And after turn:
- British BB almost sunk,
- Fallschirmjäger on British mainland,
- French FTR killed,
- Paris encircled and almost all defending units killed,
- Luftwaffe gets in place for the Battle of Britian,
- two INF in transporters to invade England next turn,
- in Cardiff some retreated BEF forces can be seen




Empty Casablanca will be ours next turn!




And losses...

Not much fighting this turn. Just some bombing and unloading of troops. The British SUB is were we assumed it to be. Additional troops are in the transporters. No signs of RAF this turn!
In France only the defenders of Paris are left, well let them enjoy their time a little longer. We are busy in England!




Almost at Marseilles...




Casablanca liberated from their colonial power!




The three BBs of the homefleet are sunken, last capital ship remaining should be the CV trapped in London harbor.

Pre-Turn:



Heavy losses for the INF south of London, five steps... with possibly FTR, stratetic bomber, one GAR and one INF attacking!




Canadian INF killed and heavly losses for the MECH. Thanks to the Luftwaffe!
English DD sunken, CV reduced to 2 step. Homefleet in very bad shape by now!




Med coast reached and almost all French cities occupied!




Losses.

Not bad . You should be able to activate Spain AND conquer GB. Nice start for Fortress Europe.

Pre-Turn:



Summer arrived in Russia.
Heavy losses for our Fallschirmjäger. It seems the English CV is sunk by suicide a attack in the Allied turn. Air battles: 5 German FTR steps against 3 English this round.




After move: One English INF destroyed as well as the French DD sunk. Nevertheless we don't gain much ground and deside to launch a second invasion west of Southampton.




Some reinforcements on the way to North Africa.



Welcome Italy!




Losses.




And some statistics on losses.

@Cybvep: Yes, that is the plan!

Pre-Turn



No counterattacks this turn. Morris is trying to secure the Beaches against our second landing attempts.




Some movement in the MED. We will try to sink those French BBs.




After turn.
We have problems gaining ground. ZOC is preventing us from getting additional hexes to attack either Southampton or London ... A Bad situation!





One French BB sunken, the second one has no chance to escape.




Situation in Lybia still quiet.




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Pre-Turn:



Our Bridgehead over River Thame was killed, but at least the air battle was won this turn, 4:3 !




Almost captured Southamton, lets hope the additional tank will clear the situation in the next turn!





Some reinforcement reach Casablanca. The SUB is waiting for Morris MED-fleet, we are guessing he has to bring some ships here to get his convois back to 100%.




Second French BB still swimming...




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Pre-Turn:



Morris is retreating! It can be assumed that he was close to the minimum-unit-limit in England.




Some last French GARs moving to Africa.


Nach dem Zug:


Finally Southamton! And almost Birmingham... Maybe London falls next turn.




Second French BB sunk.




A lonely British DD was found in the Atlantic...




And the assumed MED-fleet arrives. The SUB damages Morris CV.




and casualties...

Pre-Turn:


Morris pulls back further.




British DD is trying to escape...




Morris stays and decides to fight here ...




Allied SUBs badger Regia Marina.


and after Turn


Paris, London & Birmingham captured this turn. Western Allies knocked out for a while!




British DD hunted down.




And some more torpedoes for the expensive British CV !




We use the moment of knowing where Allied SUBs are to get the Italian Tank to Africa!




Lots of decisions and informations this turn ...




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Pre-Turn



Not knowing that the voluntary French will spawn even after the fall of London, Morris gets a free attack on the FTR :/ Damn!




Convoys changing direction...




British CV seems to escape to Basra !

After-turn.


On to Northern England and Free French killed.

And something maybe to be changed for GS2.2:

The Free French in Maginot-line and Strassbourg loose their fortification after the fall of Paris, making it easy to capture the city in this turn... (what here just happened)




Convoy hunting in the Atlantic.




On to Oran!




And the invasion near Tunis will start next turn!




After Second Wiener Diktat German troops get ready to pacify the Balkans... (what a crazy message )




and like always ... casualties.

It looks like Morris is struggling in this game. Won't be easy to keep Spain out of the war. I wonder how the Royal Navy managed to get destroyed so easily. Sometimes I think it's better to accept you can't fend off Sealion and run away with the surface ships to fight another day.

It will be interesting to see if we get a 1941 Barbarossa in this game or a fortress Europe instead.

Sacrificing these French naval units was a big mistake IMO. Morris achieved absolutely nothing by doing this.

Pre-Turn



Morris retreats from Cardiff to save his GAR. Are we close to the Unit-minimum yet?




Some fleet movements to be investigated...




And some news...


After turn


England and Wales almost completely cleaned, Scottland to follow.




In-Turn picture. Two convoys and heavy DD cover spotted.




Bismarck & Holstein with help of some SUBs sink the next (Canadian) DD. Looks like Axis is able to rule the Atlantic for a while...




Italian Bomber on its way to NA.




Oran in sight!




And invasions near Tunis started. Again reinforcements rushed to Lybia as Allied SUBs show there positions.




And Operation peace to the Balkans just rolling towards Belgrad. German INF divisions railed in. Lets hope for at least one fair weather turn in October!




and casualties, filled up with another Allied surface-ship.

Great stuff. That's looking really good. Enjoy it while you can - Morris insists that the Axis can't win against a good quality opponent . Although like Cybvep I am finding some of his moves very strange. Excellent AAR btw.

There is a possibility that other players are even better than Morris. Hu is showing that he's very good with his strategy. He managed to succeed with Sealion against very stiff opposition by Morris. He seems to soon get Spain and that means Gibraltar will fall too.

So far I think the Axis have the initiative. Morris will have to conjure up some tricks to win this game. I haven't seen a single blunder by Hu so far in this game so it's not like Morris can expect to get any "presents". He will have to earn his victory by clever play.

Stauffenberg wrote:There is a possibility that other players are even better than Morris. Hu is showing that he's very good with his strategy. He managed to succeed with Sealion against very stiff opposition by Morris. He seems to soon get Spain and that means Gibraltar will fall too.

So far I think the Axis have the initiative. Morris will have to conjure up some tricks to win this game. I haven't seen a single blunder by Hu so far in this game so it's not like Morris can expect to get any "presents". He will have to earn his victory by clever play.

this game has a very long way to go, with lots of questions unanswered

Barbarossa or not

Scotland and Ireland captured in good time?

enough oil or not?

Russia will be the key - as always, Hu has done very well but the big stuff hasn't really started

If you capture Irleand and Scapa Flow in 1941 together with Iraq which is not a difficult task then this game is basically won. Allies without a strong foothold in Europe will be very easy to fend off even by minor Axis forces. All power of Wehrmacht can easily handle USSR troops, their PPs will be even but German tech will be higher.

I am wodering if Morris will find a way to change the tides.

Kragdob wrote:If you capture Irleand and Scapa Flow in 1941 together with Iraq which is not a difficult task then this game is basically won. Allies without a strong foothold in Europe will be very easy to fend off even by minor Axis forces. All power of Wehrmacht can easily handle USSR troops, their PPs will be even but German tech will be higher.

I am wodering if Morris will find a way to change the tides.

I don't think its that easy to accomplish all three and even then you are looking at a 42 attack on Russia

the key is to clear the Brits out of UK and get the oil - not that easy against a good player, its Sept already and Morris is likely hiding a GAR concentration around Scapa

also oil is key and there is a lot to do before any new sources are captured, don't get me wrong Hu has the advantage but its still a long way to go