regardless of taking sides, we should shift an infantry division to gibraltar as well as a naval force with a carrier.

if we do want to intervene, I don't particluarly want either side to win - communists or facists. But realpolitick says the communists on the basis that the fascists are likely to be allied to the other right wing dictators.

Update on production:



So:

1) with these complete, where should we deploy them? Hasa?

2) we now have spare IC to build new units. Is it approved that I go ahead with building garrison units, to free up divisions in southern India?

Also - the two task forces assembled in Britain are en route to Alexandria and Bombay.

Murphy - Force 'H' is now stationed in Gibraltar and has one carrier and two battleships and a range of cruisers. I will do my best to see if I can free a division from Britain to go to Gibraltar, unless you think it would be worth shaving one off, say the Egyptian corps?

Yes, let's build up some garrisons.

I agree with Murphy on wanting the communists to win, but are we in any position to make sure that happens without compromising our position?

Also, will shifting a division (preferably from Britain rather than Egypt) to Gibraltar really amount to much?

Ahem. Might I suggest less obvious intervention from our spies?

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Originally posted by D M:
Update on production:



So:

1) with these complete, where should we deploy them?

1 Destroyer Flotilla to Eastern Med
1 Submarine Flotilla (=Squadron?) to Far East

No intervention in Spain but everything possible to keep it neutral. Even prolonging the civil war might help us. As long as they are busy with themselves they don't bother us.

On a more long term topic I would like us to be allied with Norway, Denmark and Iceland As they might provide bases for Fleet and Airforce (Denmark more in regard to Greenland).

Iceland's still part of Denmark too, isn't it?

Sovereign state under the Danish king since 1918.

 Didn't actually knew that before you ask and I checked. 

A note on diplomacy:

I should've explained, but I was still getting to grips with the system myself.

Diplomacy runs by allocating those diplomacy points, but if you conduct more missions than the points generated then most missions will collapse.

So we have to limit our influences periodically to a few countries. I've allocated enough for 3, so far:

Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

I can stop any of thesew whenever and I can target another country instead.

Okay!

Four Garrisons (with artillery thrown in to give them some backbone) are being raised:

Nice. Now we need to figure out the best place for them... I'd say HK, Singapore, Gibraltar and one in either India or Britain to replace one of reg. infantry units.

Back to the alliance with Scandinavian countries - we need to keep in mind that if we are in an alliance, we can be dragged into war whether we want to or not. I don't know if I want to go to war for Denmark, knowing we can't save them.

I'm opting to take no stance for either side in the Spanish Civil War right now, but we retain the freedom to intervene at any time.

Update!

Well first off our foreign spies are being picked off, as expected...but we're giving as good as we get:



We've had the pleasure of finding and killing 20 spies in the past 3 months.

Meanwhile, in Ethiopia, Italy has broken through on both fronts and is moving fast:

January



April



Meanwhile in Spain, the Nationalists have managed to seize control of Madrid, forcing the Republicans to rebase at Barcelona. The war looks far from over, though:



In Japan, an attempted pseudo-fascist coup was defeated and those responsible were hunted down and executed on February 26.


Troops occupying Nagata-Cho in central Tokyo following the failed coup.

In Egypt, 1 Corps arrived and is ready to be deployed at your discretion.



Likewise in India with 2 Corps:



In addition, a new destroyer is built:



So far, no new technologies are discovered.

So, any new recommendations on troops movements, particular with 1 and 2 Corps?

What about new espionage missions?

Any new unit production projects?

Anything else?

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Posted September 15, 2009 02:37 PM
In addition, a new destroyer is built.

Western Med.

We're not yet building carriers, right?

we caught a spy from *Guatelmala*?

Good Lord.

I think we need to keep a close eye on Spain, with a possible aid for the Republicans if the Nationalists look to really gain the upper hand.

Our Egyptian and Indian corps needs to be somewhere where they can easily be deployed to whatever area needs them, is the best I can say for now.

Any troops not directly involved in garrison duties should be at a port, with transports if possible.

Hasa, we're waiting until a new class of carrier is available, but when it is the plan is to build a couple.

We need to focus with laser-like efficiency on finding out what Italy and its allies are up to. We need to know their strengths immediately.

Germany seems to be doing well, industrially, and the recent strengthening of their alliance with the resource-rich, if backwards, USA, is a concern. We should expend some resources shoring up our relationship with the US.

What Jim says. I feel concerned by the Italian gains. Egypt is wedged between Libya and Ethiopia there, and pretty soon that might not be a good place to be.

Urgent news:

Italy and Germany have signed the Pact of Steel, cementing an alliance between their two countries, ostensibly for mutual defence against communism.

Soooo... we should've done something against Italy *earlier* because now it's way too risky?

I honestly don't know what we could have done, St. Italy's simply moved very quickly in sealing this deal, I think it's been in the pipes since the beginning of the year.

Be that as it may, we should be careful of our moves.

(Incidentally this is the first time so far that the game has acted ahistorically.)