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I only learnt recently that Japan and Russia still haven't signed a peace treaty from WW2 because of the dispute over the Kurils.
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Is there a timeline for the naval attack? It’d be poetry to have Dec 7 Pt 2: Pearl Harder
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Mans posted:Do the soviets contribute anything naval wise? Pretty sure the sub that hit the tanker today was a Soviet sub.
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We should start seeing a bunch more British ships, shouldn't we? Unless they're in hiding along with the USN.
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Ron Jeremy posted:Is there a timeline for the naval attack? It’d be poetry to have The fleet will be home about the 12th, the I want some time to see if I can get the squadrons back up to strength. then say a week to cover the ground using waypoints that avoid to many other Allied islands. Yessod posted:Yeah, this is an impressive demonstration of just how the game doesn't work at all. Spend literal years waiting to see the soviets roll through and they don't move. And why I'm wrapping this up after the big finalie. Current evil polt - steal from Yooper and run a Combat Mission Black sun Mercanaries game.
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![]() ![]() ![]() Their subs seem to be more active again. ![]() Sending planes over the homeland is a death sentence. ![]() This might be the only time we see the Russian Navy. ![]() ![]() The Yamakaze continues it's heroics. ![]() Then the main defence force finally engages! ![]() A poor day for the planes here. ![]() ![]() We continue to land our hits. ![]() ![]() The Manchurian air bases continue to come under sustained attack. ![]() This is my last area of resistance. ![]() Most bases are empty, but some still have air frames to destroy. ![]() ![]() The airfield strikes are painful, and there is nothing I can do to stop them – especially now every runway in Manchuria is in ruins. Still no sign of the Russian army however. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ...And stay out! ![]() My god. They hit the runway. ![]() ![]() The lads at Guam keep themselves on the front pages. ![]() ![]() How are there still planes here? ![]() It's like a bottomless pit of points for the Allies. ![]() ![]() The dream of winning the air war slips further away. ![]()
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loving TB-3s and SB-2s, the Soviets are really throwing old junk at you. (For reference, the TB-3 first flew in 1930 and was supposed to have been retired in 1939.)
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LostCosmonaut posted:loving TB-3s and SB-2s, the Soviets are really throwing old junk at you. They know the war is lost and aren't about to risk the good poo poo (or their army) when a confrontation with the weakened Western Allies over Germany looms in the distance
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You dare trifle with a cruiser named after the mighty IRON LAZAR?! ![]()
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HannibalBarca posted:You dare trifle with a cruiser named after the mighty IRON LAZAR?! I just want to know if it's related to the Kaga.
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tbh, one DD should be able to gently caress with a bunch of DEs just by kiteing. It can probably move 1.5x their speed and has a better class of gun.
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9 August 1945 Today sees the loss of the escorts Amakusa, Inagi, Ikara, and No. 39, the minesweeper W-33, and the fast transport T-21 to various Allied aircraft (including British Pacific Fleet forces) and mines, mostly in Japanese home waters.
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I like to imagine the rest of the fleet at Rabaul was sending the Yamakaze out alone as a joke but realized it was doing too well and had to get into the action before they got showed up.
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Oh my goodness, I just realized what the Soviet force is doing. It's preparing for an invasion of Rabaul
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![]() ![]() ![]() We see more enemy sub action. ![]() ![]() Somebody get this crew all the medals! Now! They savage another invasion of Rabaul. ![]() Another mini sub is destroyed. ![]() We protect a convoy, at loss. ![]() Troops land. More New Zealand sacrifices. ![]() ![]() Maybe I've run out of planes to lose? ![]() Nope. Of course not. ![]() The first Soviet assault goes in, and they overwhelm our troops in a day. ![]() ![]() This still feels good. ![]() ![]() As expected, the Soviet forces hit hard when they arrive. But it'll take them a long time to move to the next base. ![]()
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The Hailar garrison commander sets his tea on the camp table. He contemplates taking a nap. Nothing interesting ever happens in Inner Mongolia, although watching the runway get pounded into paste these past few days has been a nice break from the monotony. He's considering going back into the barracks when when he notices something out of the corner of his eye: the tea is rippling in the cup. In the distance, over the hills, he faintly begins to hear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5X69vREAg
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10 August 1945 Much like yesterday, a mix of air strikes and mines take out a collection of minor Japanese warships: escorts Ohama, No. 63, and No. 82 (special mention for being sunk by Russian air) and minesweeper W-1.
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Well then....not seing all that many tanks, but they sure as gently caress brought the artillery.
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In this timeline instead of August Storm we have the August Crawl
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the Soviets brought one gun for every 12 meters of frontage
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They're just being cautious because the Pacific war has been really ineffective for some reason. There must be something terrifying out there that they've just not faced yet.
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gradenko_2000 posted:the Soviets brought one gun for every 12 meters of frontage Classic late-war Red Army. How do you know you have enough artillery? When your lead battalions stop reporting contact with the enemy and just report ground taken.
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goatface posted:They're just being cautious because the Pacific war has been really ineffective for some reason. There must be something terrifying out there that they've just not faced yet. Not only have the allies been ineffective, they're now watching Japan EXPAND. Alternately, or additionally, Russia was even more brutally bloodied by the war with Germany and despite Stalin's enthusiasm, there's only so much to work with once Zhukov was purged.
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Clearly the Russian army seeks to challenge the Japanese navy.
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V for Vegas posted:I only learnt recently that Japan and Russia still haven't signed a peace treaty from WW2 because of the dispute over the Kurils. There was a great CMANO LP of a 24 hour fight between Russia and the JSDF over the Kurils and it was great, I can't find it but it was run by Yooper.
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goatface posted:They're just being cautious because the Pacific war has been really ineffective for some reason. There must be something terrifying out there that they've just not faced yet. Tokyo Bay Fortress slumbers...
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![]() ![]() ![]() drat subs! ![]() ![]() We land more hits. ![]() ![]() There are still some planes to lose. ![]() Quite a few in some places! ![]() ![]() The Russians sure do shake up the war! For the first time I feel like I could actually lose. In about two years. ![]()
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So I'm thinking about starting a new LP, but one that's a bit different - Three Romes - The Triumvirate of strategy gaming. In which I play three games, at the same time - Imperator Rome, Field of Glory Empires and Total War : Rome 2. The idea is to do a compare/contrast in three games, starting off as Rome and seeing how they work. The idea struck me as, even though I love my roman history, I tend to avoid playing Rome in these games as it tends to be easier - but by doing three different Roman games, I can see how three different styles compare. How does that sound?
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Grey Hunter posted:Three Romes - The Triumvirate of strategy gaming. do the games intersect in their time periods closely enough?
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gradenko_2000 posted:do the games intersect in their time periods closely enough? FoGE : - 390BC Imperator - 304BC Rome 2 - 272BC Close enough for government work!
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What about Aggressors?
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Horsebanger posted:There was a great CMANO LP of a 24 hour fight between Russia and the JSDF over the Kurils and it was great, I can't find it but it was run by Yooper. The Kuril Clash was a blast. Just a really well done job by Yooper to put it all together. I'm personally proud of the first minute gun run on Japanese radar installations. e: The Japanese reaction after we knocked out all three coastal radars at minute 25ish ![]() habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Aug 12, 2019 |
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Wasn't there another indie-ish Roman game that came out recently made by a well-known developer? Maybe late antiquity?
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habeasdorkus posted:The Kuril Clash was a blast. Just a really well done job by Yooper to put it all together. I'm personally proud of the first minute gun run on Japanese radar installations. Yeah that was huge
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![]() ![]() ![]() Bloody useless escorts. ![]() Another base falls to the Soviets. ![]() ![]() I continue to vent my anger on Guam. ![]() ![]() This is not a bad showing, considering. ![]() Some victims remain. ![]() Losses are still higher than I would like. ![]() ![]() Tanks vs horses is not very sporting. ![]() ![]() A low level strafing run ravages our shipping. ![]() That's more like it! ![]() ![]() Two bases lost to the Soviets in a single turn – that's over a year's Allied advances right there! The carriers are back in Tokyo getting some shore leave before “Operation Divine Wind” kicks off. ![]() Let's not even talk about this!
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by the way, I'm having another crack at WITW
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Grey, do you have to sleep or eat at all?!
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Speaking of divine wind, does the Soviet presence in manchuria or Korea activate kamikaze for you?
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# ? Jun 10, 2024 14:24 |
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wedgekree posted:Grey, do you have to sleep or eat at all?! Yes, food is easy, and 6-7 hours of sleep a night does me. I have to say the soviets are annoying - mainly because the number of raids has more than doubled, which means while the updates are not much longer, running the turns is taking twice as long! that's eating into the time for the other LP's!
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