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That artillery that came up spurred us to get the F out.. 😗💀😉

Certainly. And Penal or NKVD for the Soviets... Not sure about WAllies though lol

Oh, and that 40+ could be me. Still can shoot, but not run so fast, hence the 1 AP 🤣

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Oh very much so. I don't think the allies every used prison troops. If they did I bet it would be remfs...

@@brucer2152 Rear Echelon MF$...😁😁😁

YT disappeared my comment to you 2 times. I will try to edit. (I wonder if the AI censor bots think I am glorying war? I'm not been there done that.) We were in front of Moscow for 3 years. So tantalizingly close yet so far away! Well Germany and her European allies will fight like demons as long as we can for Japan's sake, and take down as many of the enemy as we can. Not going to be easy for the them either, as we will concentrate on high value targets as we defend the core. ⚔

There are no alternative capitals for the Axis. Soviets only have Gorky so it's different then WiE and WaW.

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana I take note comrade

I watched one of the Colonels games where he was playing the Axis, and the Soviets had a third alternate capital even after Moscow and Gorky were taken. Maybe it was a different version? ​@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana

@@brianwhite2104 Was it the TRP Mod?

@@brianwhite2104 In vanilla they are Kuybyshev and Perm, but certainly recall the 1st one originally being Gorky-no idea when it got changed. Here they are Gorky and...Molotov.

Your comment went through but mine just got disappeared! I'll try through an edit. Japan is pushing west of Chita to gain as much room as possible for the eventual blow-back that will come in the future. Since I have the troops up in above northern Manchuria, we might as well link the entire Trans-Siberian RR. Most of the Japanese Army in Siberia is going to China and elsewhere and be replaced with the Manchukuo Army. Hope this sticks......

@@brianwhite2104 Fall and Winter turns have more day in a turn, so more MPPs generated. Germany will have to buy infantry though and try to keep their high value units in tough defensable locations.

Not a fan either. Talked to the mod dev that's the state of things at the moment.

Expecially as that would in OTL have taken until '46.

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana There was also a discussion briefly on Matrix as to whether the European Allies should have access to the bomb. Recall Hitler surrendered before they would have had a chance to use it. Been debating whether to put such a DE into mine (won't for the current build tho too much else to test).

Man I am so irritated by YT blocking and disappearing comments! Sucks balls!

Happened to me as well, at least twice. YTs quality is at a steady decline, thats for sure

@ryuk8898 It's terrible now. My responses to you all get deleted constantly on my own frikin channel. A couple of my long time subscribers told me that they essentially are giving up on commenting. That's death to small channels like mine....

​@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Hmmm...yeah I thought it was just me as this YT censorship nonsense has been happening for sometime personally. Not just your channel either. I figured my attempt at humor was reason, as it can be dark lol. But no, talking about certain regimes in these games seems to get my comments dropped onto a Black Hole. I know it's not you as we tested this using keywords and phrases last year. Let's see if my comment posts now. 🌚

​@@Dark-TabooYou have gallows humor at times but that shouldn't be a reason to be censored.

Yep they did and The Colonel did so too.........

Ah yes, but don't count out the plucky Finns yet! 🙂

Those SEC units are in the way. OKH is thankful......

Yeah. Most hex and counter wargames I played allow 1 hex movement minimum, unless going into an area totally proscribed. Good example is the old Avalon Hills game Tactics II, where for example no units may enter a mountain hex except a 'MT' unit, or Armor units can not enter a forest hex etc etc.

I had problems in bad weather in Chinese mountains in vanilla. I needed to put garrison there to get efficient coverage. Another PITA area is going through North mountains into India.

@@raghardeishi972 In vanilla supply and terrain plus bad weather can get your units stuck bad, especially if not motorized.

It does mirror historical in some areas, especially France. Even Japan is making a go towards Ichigo, like they did in the summer of 44 in China.

@brianwhite2104 Oh does it? I will look when I pull my next turn. I'm surprised I did not notice that. That town was the administrative center of the 'Jewish' ASSR at the time.

I will plan that as Allies, probably the US in 42, in my next match vs The Colonel of this mod. Allies get temporary global boosts from taking down countries. Vichy States definitely on the table.

Oh you mean Algeria in this match? Yes in my opinion. Crushing that invasion possibly kept Italy in the war a lot longer till now at least. It did sap US NM and may have had a psychological impact on my opponent. Definitely boosted mine haha

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Ah, saps your opponents moral, personally!

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana I had considered just taking Sardinia before Sicily to have the air bases close by.

@@surters It's a thing! 🙂

Its not over. We are still playing man. Our lead time between recording and episodes coming is drastically shorten. The Axis can still win by holding out to 47 if only one capital is held. Also, possible but hard, there is a possibility of one of the Majors like China or the USA;s NM dropping below 40%, a threshold that can make their forces very weak. Not going to be easy but good things should not be easy. 🙂

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Well I'm glad I did not give away anything in my comments. :)

​@johnbarr1546 Yeah some things would be best un-said.

Exactly! Mud and Snow season coming in the East soon, and the West Wall can be made formidable.

Nice stats. The Wehrmacht has been destroying those Ronson lighters as fast as they can, but we are dying by trying.......

@BalthazorsStrategicArcana yep. The tigers and panthers were awesome...but where so complex to fix.

That's not large difference. If US wouldn't have air superiority, they would be defeated in detail and thrown into the sea. Germans planned E-50, but war ended.

I will have to look that up later. I watch Mongolian movies if they have sub-titles. There are some good ones!

No movie or book, but there was the Mongol Rally, a car race from Europe to Ulan Baator. Apparently the rally's destination changed to Ulan Ude, Russian Federation since. Not sure why but could be politics. Well, Ulan Ude is a possible destination for the Japanese Imperial Army here in this alt-history, 😁

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana You every watch The Grand tour? They did a episode in Mongolia that is amazing.

@@brucer2152 No can't say I have. Mongolia is a fantastic place. I got to travel there in 1992 and 2004. Still keep in touch with a few folks over there. Much easier now days with internet apps!

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana it's on ama zo n pr ime....grand tour, it's the guys from the british car show Top Gear.

Actually Kamchatka is that large peninsula NE of the A.O in Siberia. Japan is pushing into the Soviet Administrative divisions like Buryat ASSR, Amur Oblast, and Khabarovsky Kray (Territory). Objective is to clear the entire Trans-Siberian RR to Chita at the very least and maybe beyond. Depends on what the Soviets do and if they divert forces from Europe......

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Right...d'oh!! I mis typed. It's Siberia and Mongolia!

@@brucer2152 No problem. In the game of Risk, the whole area is Kamchatka, Yakutsk, and Irkutsk haha

@BalthazorsStrategicArcana very true. Played a lot of risk back in the daze

@@brucer2152Yeah back long ago, like 50 years ago lol, I got interested in geography including that area from playing Risk. 🙂 Exotic names to an American kid......

When all is going into repairs and strategic movement.

@@surters Yep at the moment. Still, once fall and winter come, Germany maybe able to consolidate. Mostly though, infantry is in the cards for production and pulling the Panzers into reserve.

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Not to mention that the air force needs to be greatly repaired and think carefully about what to do with it. Bet on the east or the west? I think splitting it would be disastrous.

@tpd71261 Oh right on! This ACW match vs GamingWithTheColonel is an epic one. Cheers!

Thanks! Japan still has more outrages to pull on the WAllies, Soviets, and Chinese since Tokyo sees whats happening in Europe. The Empire of the Sun has to go for broke before the whole world descends upon us.....Banzai!

Totally rotten!

Like on a shoe string.......

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana I'll call it ... vapor ware!

@@surters LoL

I think it cancels out the US traderoute with 40 US MPP beeing converted into 80 SU MPP. Which is something. Also the Colonel reinforced it with Zhukov and some units which are now not pummeling on the Germans. Still it pained me to see him attack the tanks and the Guards who would have been out of supply next turn. Not only does this produce unnecessary casualties but it also allows the Colonel to buy them back reduced. Kinda turns a major victory into a minor one. OCB always does it like that and I always dislike it 😆

​@duedman-alleswasknallt5775 I lack your discipline when it comes to this at times. The blood is up and I am in a hurry to liquidate my enemies. Also...I don't always favor the min/max approach. I'm learning to play Field of Glory Empires, a 4X game. I see some YTbrs take the min/max play-style to the eXtreme and its a study of OCD behavior in my view haha. Others take a looser style and let the flow take them forward. I tend to that style though I do like min/maxing when I am in the mood. (I plan to expand out and feature this game on my channel at a future date. I probably will play that game less min-max and more flow-state. I am almost certain the min-maxxer audience will grill me in the comments. 😁 Anyways always appreciate your views o7.

This operation is fun and I have always been interested in hypothetical conflicts in this region. I have a monster game by SPI called 'Objective Moscow'. We used to lay two maps for the Sino-Soviet War scenarios. The maps for the scenario were huge like this here with TRP-World. We had lots of exciting games with those scenarios-one was a 1962 conflict, and another took place in 2020. Anyways your right about all the units that remain here. One thing is its a massive reserve near and on a very strategic spot. Vladivostok. Superb location with the ports and rail-lines reaching out across the Empire. Also close to the Home Islands....

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana I remember Objective Moscow. SPI made it to balance out Invasion: American (which was a great game). Objective Moscow had the Shah's Iran using hydrofoils on the Caspian Sea!

@@duedman-alleswasknallt5775 I've been watching the Russian MMP list and I have not seen the doubling of US Lend Lease. It's listing it as 40 MPP per route.

Now that French docks can be used with normal transports and landing crafts are free, I think the next hit is coming to East Indies.

He has had the mud season to hamper him. When it dries out, things not going to be good for the Japanese there. I'm beginning to believe Burma is not the best place to hold in this version of the mod. No convoy line, the plunder sucks, and the mpp generation from the oil field is poor. Only good result is the Burma Road was cut for awhile....

@@Paintballfi The Colonel has something cooking. We killed a lot of units that came over on his 2nd D-Day. I believe he is going to do landings elsewhere in Europe first to keep the pressure on Germany and leave the Japanese till later..........

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana When Burma falls you got the next dilemma, defend Siam or open for both Vietnam and Malaysia ...

@surters Defend Siam redux. First time Japan routed those rascals and killed Mountbatten...

No doubt...the MPP reports are too basic! 🙂

Yeah he railed them in and also just deployed some. Their readiness is down and it seems some units are not upgraded either. So, they came right off the train and out of the factories/barracks at Vladivostok.

@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Right

@brianwhite2104 I guess Japan executed the operation at the exact right moment. Luck sometimes is enhanced by preparation and a hunch.

I am useing VPN here in Rossiya.

Arkady I know. I am so angry that YT does this. Its even happened to me on my own channel, plus everybody else.

@@Arkady.Bogdanovich I don't think using a VPN is the issue. Its YT bot censorship I believe, though I could be wrong. I use a VPN service at times too depending on what I am doing. I have had my comments blocked or disappeared when NOT using it.

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Yeah, they blocked one of my comments as well. All I said was the US population would be howling if it was the 2nd half of '44 and there was zero progress in the Pacific Theater.

@@cwbooks At least this attempt made it through and noted concerning the American populations attitude in this alt-history. One of the things that is wrong with this mod is that none of the NM malus(s) that are in SC-World at War are here. Things like US NM hits every turn as long as Japan hold Guadalcanal etc, etc. Basically, the Japanese can over run the Pacific and US opinion is zilch on the matter. Sp the Pacific basically can be ignored. The Colonel and I did not know this till mid game 1942ish. I spoke frequently with the mod dev about this. He says its still a work in progress. I did ask him if he has the new SC-War in the Pacific so he could get ideas. He doesnt have it yet but is waiting for the next patches for it and WaW. I was in the SC-WitP Beta in its entirety, and am privy to some major changes coming for all the base games including the editor. Apparently so is the mod dev. So we may see some improvements concerning the Pacific area in this mod in the future........

LoL ruclips.net/video/r87cIxZXEME/видео.html "and you might learn something new before its done"-Bill Cosby. The irony..............😉

Oh like Hungary, Romania, etc etc? Surprised YT didn't block your comment haha

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana what's funny is i never see a blocked comment. Is that something you do to put them back?

@brucer2152 No YT sometimes decides on its own for what ever reason. Occasionally I see a comment in YT studio under 'comments' that is not visible on the particular episodes comments. Sometimes they just disappear after they are posted. I get notifications and can read all comments via any device I have handy, whether phone, tablet, or computer. Sometimes, after I respond via the notification, I will notice later when going to the actual video that it is gone. Other times, I see nothing at all and only know when someone tells me they had difficulty getting their comment to post. Sometimes they have to rewrite entire posts before something will stick. This has happened to me lately on my own channel when trying to respond to somebody. It's a real b1tch, this censorship.

It truly is!

Well Japan had no choice seeing whats happening in Europe. Might as well push those Bolsheviks away from Manchukuo, Korea and the Home Islands.

@johnbarr1546 Yeah for now, since Japan is relatively unmolested, well they gotta roll and hit hard. Things don't look well long term for the cause though. To try to survive longer is to push away from the Home Islands, China and Manchuria any potential avenues of invasion.

OCB used them on his attack on Russia. I think if they were strength 5, you wouldn't see them use them as much. But they are cheap, that is why you see them used more.

@@oldjake4767 Yeah, gaminess goes both ways :). Well players tend to do whatever is available, max strenght 5 would be a good way to limit their use too.

@@oldjake4767I never used the Security/Garrisons as attack units...unless the enemy approached them.

@@Paintballfi I haven't used them like the Colonel has. For the Soviets doing this tactic, seems fine and with their doctrine. WAllies doing it not so sure. I guess they are abstract security/MP/screening units.

For the WAllies yeah I can't see a rational. For Soviets yes its Penal/NKVD/Security troops. Fits Soviet doctrine...throw meat shields forward. WAllies no I would say....

Oh thanks. We are here to entertain, and mid to end game situations can be just as interesting and exciting as spinning out early game blitzkriegs.

Sorry to rub salt into the wound :-)

@@cwbooks Didn't they sail to Europe after all?

@@surters No he smashed them both south of Guadalcanal but left one alive at Str 1

Oh that's a good example of post-accident reporting. You though what you saw happening wasn't quite what happened...especially when the adrenaline is pumping haha

@@surters No those bastards came back lol. Fight the Nazi's he said 😁

Hmmm....I bet your a buzz kill at a party. 🌚

@@Dark-Taboo 😆

Is the HQ attachment checked before every attack or just at the start of the turn?

@@Paintballfi I'm pretty sure it is getting checked "live". Sometimes when a HQ gets killed you can watch the color of adjacent units HP plate drop from white (which means 50%+ readiness) to grey. It did not happen here but I guess this is because primary supply from Vladivostok is keeping readiness above 50%

@@Dark-Taboo Be nice! And no throwing rocks in glass houses man. Every time I partied with you overseas,the danger of getting hauled to jail was exponential. Now that was a buzzkill for me everytime I had to bail you out or get bailed out! 🤣🤬🤠

Also sacrifice troops wasn't Soviet doctrine. At least not in second part of war. It was hammer them with artillery, and send tanks to kill infantry.

Thanks for your dedication!

@@raghardeishi972 Yeah and thats whats happening now.....

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana It's amazing that colonel is roleplaying and is playing historically. Now the question is if Japanese navy would be better than historical, or not.

@@raghardeishi972 Yeah good question about the IJN. One thing that seems realistic is the sad fact that Japan's income is so bad its really hard and expensive to upgrade their ships and keep up with the WAllies past 43 on.

@Dark-Taboo Haha I been using that word a lot lately haven't I?. Could be a Freudian slip. Last month I broke the bottom end of my house's drainfield accidently with my overburden pickup. The result was seepage. 😒

Battle of the Bulge. Good movie except the movie makers used Patton2 tanks as Tigers or Mk IVs...

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana its terribly inaccurate. but the music is great.

Enemy at the Gates? Brilliant movie!

Wait...Kate Winslet isn't in that movie.......

@@BalthazorsStrategicArcana Rachel Weizs...my bad.

@@pavia8760 The Colonel probably made this decision upon the double disaster the WAllies had in France and Algeria.....

Yeah my fighters only good for that now in Poland. 😗