Playtest: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN

[Golothin]

PLAYTEST: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Hurricane IIA
2 Arras Counter Attack , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
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Campaign score: 109 * Average: 54

3 Battle of Sidi Barrani
4 Battle of Bardia
5 Capture of Tobruk
6 Battle of Beda Fomm
7 Escape from Mechili
8 Operation Battleaxe
9 Operation Crusader
10 Battle of Gazala
11 Battle of Mersa Matruh
12 Second Battle of El Alamein
13 Battle of Medenine
14 Taking The Bridgehaed
15 Sicily
16 Battle for Caen
17 Falaise Pocket
18 Battle of the Scheldt
19 Operation Plunder
20 Wilhelmshaven
21 Chinese Spring Offensive

[Golothin]

NAHAKKI PASS - 13 SEP 1935

Second Mohmand campaign

North West Frontier Province - British India

STORY

The Second Mohmand campaign of 1935 was a British military campaign against the Mohmand tribes in the Northwest Frontier area of British India, now Pakistan. Tanks were used, the first operational use of tanks in India. The First Mohmand campaign in 1897-98 followed earlier military expeditions in 1851-1852, 1854, 1864, 1879, 1880. After the First Mohmand campaign, there was the Mohmand expedition of 1908 and the Mohmand and Bajaur operations of 1933, taking about a month in August.

In 1935 the Mohmands, influenced by the Haji of Turangzai and his three sons the Badshah Guls, were marauding in the plains. At the end of July about 2000 tribesmen were disrupting working parties repairing the Mohinand-Gandab road.

The Government decided to send a sizeable punitive force against them, called the Mohmand Force or Mohforce. The force, mobilised by 17 August, included the Nowshera and Peshawar Brigades of the Indian Army, a section of the Royal Tank Corps, the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry, and the 22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force), with air support from the Indian Wing commanded by Basil Embry. The commanders of the Peshawar and Nowshera Brigades, Claude Auchinleck and Harold Alexander, both rose to high rank in World War II. Auchinleck, the senior Brigadier, commanded Mohforce; as the Peshawar District G.O.C. General Muspratt was on leave in Britain.

Mohforce left near the end of summer, with two tanks in front of the leading troops which could be used to outflank tribesman who pinned down the infantry. The tanks were Mark II light tanks, with a single Vickers machine gun. They did not have their radios, which had been withdrawn for their annual overhaul, so one tank had to act as a "runner" between the tanks and the infantry. The Mohmands, having no word for tanks, called them "the snakes that spit".

The troops advanced into the Kamalai plateau, the tribal heartland west of the Swat River. The road and water supply had to be extended, taking six weeks, before they could advance into the Nahakki Pass. Then the heights around the Nahakki Pass were taken in a night operation, and after dawn the cavalry went through the pass to the plain beyond. The headquarters, now commanded by General Muspratt, was established about 5 miles south of the Nahakki Pass at Kamalai.

In September a reconnaissance in force southwest of Nahakki was ambushed, with 35 deaths in Mohforce: 2 British and 2 Indian officers, and 1 British and 30 Indian Other Ranks; the operation by the Guides or 5th/12th Frontier Force Regiment was described as "sketchily planned and uncoordinated"

After fierce fighting, attackers were driven off and British created a campaign to fight the Pashtuns. This put an end to the tribal revolt and order was reinforced. The Badmanai Pass was captured by the British force which ended the tribal hold at Jarobi.

But the septs and subtribes asked for peace at jirgas and agreed to British terms. Order was restored but the British force remained in area till all the fines were collected. After fines were collected, British troops withdrew to British territory towards the end of October.

Captain Godfrey Meynell was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for his gallantry on 29 September at the Nahqi Pass.

Background
The Mohmands are a Pashtun hill tribe who lived north-west of Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province of British India; now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. They moved annually across the border to the hills of Afghanistan to escape the summer heat; the border was delineated by the Durand Line in 1893 but was poorly defined.



Easy and quick entry into the campaign. Core units starting with under strength and the fastest core unit awaits in the final VH as a reward a ...


OpenGen 0.93.4.36.OGX * 3 Sep 2020 * AI version: 3.0 (Dev)
Efile folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PG2\efile_lxf\ * Efile version: LXF 0.72 [03.11.2020]
Campaign: 1935-45 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Spitfire IIA
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Campaign score: 54 * Average: 54

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Current scenario: Arras Counter Attack, VH prestige is 400 , All map prestige is: 1200
Army cost: 790 , Current prestige is 2848
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 449
if BV: +800, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if V : +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if TV: +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if Ls: +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080

Infantry
Regular Infantry , Crossley IGL1 , 2HLI , 0 bars , 48 exp , United Kingdom , 5/10 , 0 kill , 84 pp - U:003
Regular Infantry , 2DWR , 0 bars , 66 exp , United Kingdom , 6/10 , 0 kill , 64 pp - U:004 [+34 exp]

Tank
Medium II , 2LTC , 0 bars , 52 exp , United Kingdom , 4/10 , 0 kill , 110 pp - U:007 [+17 exp]

Recon
Crossley AC , 8LTC , 0 bars , 68 exp , United Kingdom , 2/10 , 0 kill , 31 pp - U:002 [+21 exp]

Artillery
OQF 3.7-inch How , Crossley IGL1 , RA , 0 bars , 51 exp , United Kingdom , 5/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 0 kill , 120 pp - U:001 [+12 exp]
OQF 3.7-inch How , Mule , RA , 0 bars , 63 exp , United Kingdom , 8/10 , 0 kill , 153 pp - U:005 [+25 exp]

Fighter
+ Spitfire IIA , , 0 bars , 0 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 0 kill , 0 pp - U:008

Tactical Bomber
Wapiti IIA , RAF , 0 bars , 68 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 0 kill , 228 pp - U:006 [+39 exp]


Dossier summary:

Player 1 : United Kingdom
Killed: INF:2 FORT:2 Total: 4
Lost : Total: 0

Player 3 : France
Killed: Total: 0
Lost : Total: 0

Total Side 2
Killed: INF:2 FORT:2 Total: 4
Lost : Total: 0

BV 1
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 114 exp, 0 kill, 148 pp Average: 57 exp, 0 kill, 74 pp
Tank * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 52 exp, 0 kill, 110 pp Average: 52 exp, 0 kill, 110 pp
Recon * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 68 exp, 0 kill, 31 pp Average: 68 exp, 0 kill, 31 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 114 exp, 0 kill, 273 pp Average: 57 exp, 0 kill, 137 pp
Fighter * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 0 exp, 0 kill, 0 pp Average: 0 exp, 0 kill, 0 pp
Tactical Bomber * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 68 exp, 0 kill, 228 pp Average: 68 exp, 0 kill, 228 pp
* Summary: * 8 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 416 exp, 0 kill, 790 pp Average: 52 exp, 0 kill, 99 pp


Player 1 United Kingdom has 24 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 13
Tank : 1
Recon : 1
Anti-tank : 2
FlaK : 1
Artillery : 4
Fighter : 1
Tactical Bomber : 1


Player 2 Germany - estimated force: 32 units
Infantry / Anti-tank : 47%
Recon / Tank : 9%
Air Defense / FlaK : 0%
Air : 4%
Naval : 0%

Player 3 France - estimated force: 11 units
Infantry / Anti-tank : 15%
Recon / Tank : 23%
Air Defense / FlaK : 3%
Air : 0%
Naval : 0%

* <- original core (don't count against cap)
+ <- BV prototype
pp <- prestige points

[Golothin]

ARRAS COUNTER ATTACK - 21 MAY 1940

Battle of France

Arras - France

STORY

The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British forces advanced into Belgium. The German campaign plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) had evolved into a decoy operation in the Netherlands and Belgium, with the main effort through the Ardennes. German units crossed the Meuse without waiting for reinforcements at the Battle of Sedan. Instead of consolidating bridgeheads on the west bank of the Meuse, the Germans began an advance down the Somme river valley towards the English Channel.

The Allies were thrown into confusion and their attempts to cut off the panzer spearheads degenerated into sporadic, un-coordinated counter-attacks which never achieved sufficient concentration to succeed as the main Allied armies were in Belgium. The offensive at Arras was planned by the British and French to relieve the pressure on the British garrison in the town of Arras and was not coordinated with an attack by the French from the south of the German panzer corridor.

Constrained by the limited forces available to them, the Anglo-French offensive was carried out by a small mixed force of British and French tanks and infantry who advanced south from Arras. The Allies made some early gains and panicked a number of German units but after an advance of up to 6.2 mi (10 km), they were forced to withdraw after dark to avoid encirclement. The attack was a failure but had a disproportionate effect on Hitler and Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, German armed forces high command).

Concern about more Anglo-French counter-attacks against the panzer corridor before non-motorised German infantry divisions caught up, led Hitler to order the panzer advance to stop until the situation at Arras had been restored. The Allies used the pause to reinforce the Channel Ports, prevent their rapid capture and fortify the western approaches to Dunkirk before the Germans arrived, making the evacuation of the British and French forces in Operation Dynamo possible.



You have to be careful here. Hadn't played the scenario same time and lost core units twice and started again. But victory conditions are easy and depending on which VH you take first, you can control the counterattack of the Germans somewhat. The French allies are controlled by AI and not much effective.

OpenGen 0.93.4.36.OGX * 3 Sep 2020 * AI version: 3.0 (Dev)
Efile folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PG2\efile_lxf\ * Efile version: LXF 0.72 [03.11.2020]
Campaign: 1935-45 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Hurricane IIA
2 Arras Counter Attack , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
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Campaign score: 109 * Average: 54

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Current scenario: Arras Counter Attack, VH prestige is 240 , All map prestige is: 880
Army cost: 3527 , Current prestige is 1059
Prestige available on map yet is 840 pp ( 160 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 9
AI stance is Aggressive Using map: 449
if BV: +800, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if V : +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if TV: +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080
if Ls: +700, Battle of Sidi Barrani , cap 5700, 8 turns prestige: 1080

Infantry
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , 2HLI , 0 bars , 78 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 1 kill , 205 pp - U:003 [+39 exp]
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , 2DWR , 1 bars , 152 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 1 kill , 205 pp - U:004 [+96 exp]
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , , 1 bars , 101 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 3 kill , 228 pp - U:085 [+101 exp]

Tank
Covenanter , 2LTC , 1 bars , 121 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 10 kill , 432 pp - U:007 [+80 exp]

Recon
Daimler II , 8LTC , 1 bars , 152 exp , United Kingdom , 5/10 , Recon, 2 kill , 201 pp - U:002 [+104 exp]

Artillery
OBL 4.5-inch Gun , AEC Majestic , RA , 1 bars , 117 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 1 kill , 804 pp - U:001 [+75 exp]
OBL 4.5-inch Gun , AEC Majestic , RA , 0 bars , 93 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 0 kill , 804 pp - U:005 [+30 exp]

Fighter
+ Hurricane IIA , , 0 bars , 24 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp - U:008 [+24 exp]

Tactical Bomber
Hampden I , RAF , 1 bars , 150 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 0 kill , 648 pp - U:006 [+82 exp]


Dossier summary:

Player 1 : United Kingdom
Killed: INF:15 TNK:2 RCN:2 AT:5 FORT:2 ATY:3 TB:2 Total: 31
Lost : INF:1 Total: 1

Player 3 : France
Killed: TNK:1 Total: 1
Lost : INF:1 RCN:2 Total: 3

Total Side 2
Killed: INF:15 TNK:3 RCN:2 AT:5 FORT:2 ATY:3 TB:2 Total: 32
Lost : INF:2 RCN:2 Total: 4

BV 2
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 3 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 331 exp, 5 kill, 638 pp Average: 110 exp, 2 kill, 213 pp
Tank * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 121 exp, 10 kill, 432 pp Average: 121 exp, 10 kill, 432 pp
Recon * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 152 exp, 2 kill, 201 pp Average: 152 exp, 2 kill, 201 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 210 exp, 1 kill, 1608 pp Average: 105 exp, 1 kill, 804 pp
Fighter * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 24 exp, 1 kill, 0 pp Average: 24 exp, 1 kill, 0 pp
Tactical Bomber * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 150 exp, 0 kill, 648 pp Average: 150 exp, 0 kill, 648 pp
* Summary: * 9 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 988 exp, 19 kill, 3527 pp Average: 110 exp, 2 kill, 392 pp


Player 1 United Kingdom has 24 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 13
Tank : 1
Recon : 1
Anti-tank : 2
FlaK : 1
Artillery : 4
Fighter : 1
Tactical Bomber : 1

Player 2 Germany has 18 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 8
Tank : 4
Anti-tank : 1
Artillery : 4
Tactical Bomber : 1

Player 3 France has 11 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 3
Tank : 4
Artillery : 3
Air Defense : 1


* <- original core (don't count against cap)
+ <- BV prototype
pp <- prestige points

[Wonderdoctor]

This is going to be good

Question: Was the Spitfire lost or did you downgrade it for test/balancing purposes?

[Parabellum]

Automatic recovery of the units after each scenario?
1) yes
2) no
3) don't know yet

Please tick your selection.

[Parabellum]

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Question: Was the Spitfire lost or did you downgrade it for test/balancing purposes?

OpenGen 0.93.4.36.OGX * 3 Sep 2020 * AI version: 3.0 (Dev)
Efile folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PG2\efile_lxf\ * Efile version: LXF 0.72 [03.11.2020]
Campaign: 1935-45 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Spitfire IIA
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Campaign score: 54 * Average: 54

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Hurricane IIA
2 Arras Counter Attack , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
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Campaign score: 109 * Average: 54

I think it was an other Prototyp by reload.

[Golothin]

Question: Was the Spitfire lost or did you downgrade it for test/balancing purposes?

Neither of the two, wrong savegame!

Automatic recovery of the units after each scenario?
1) yes
2) no
3) don't know yet

Please tick your selection.

2)

I think it was an other Prototyp by reload.

wrong savegame!

[Golothin]

BATTLE OF SIDI BARRANI - 9 DEC 1940

Western Desert campaign

Sidi Barrani, Egypt

STORY

The Battle of Sidi Barrani (10-11 December 1940) was the opening battle of Operation Compass, the first big British attack of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Sidi Barrani, on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt, had been occupied by the Italian 10th Army, during the Italian invasion of Egypt (9-16 September 1940) and was attacked by British, Commonwealth and imperial troops, who re-captured the port.

While retreating from Sidi Barrani and Buq Buq, the 10th Army divisions crowded on the coast road and were easy targets for HMS Terror and two gunboats, which bombarded the Sollum area all day and for most of the night of 11 December. By late on 12 December, the only Italian positions left in Egypt were at the approaches to Sollum and the vicinity of Sidi Omar.

The British took 38,300 prisoners for a loss of 624 men and continued the five-day raid on Italian positions in Egypt, eventually capturing Cyrenaica and most of the 10th Army between Sollum and at the Battle of Beda Fomm, south of the port of Benghazi.



An easy scenario - the Italians broke quickly and my units were able to gain some experience. Half of my army turned north and overran the Italian camps and Sidi Barrani. The other half conquered Sofafi and then advanced along the road northwest to Buq Buq, which fell in the last turn BV.

OpenGen 0.93.4.36.OGX * 3 Sep 2020 * AI version: 3.0 (Dev)
Efile folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\PG2\efile_lxf\ * Efile version: LXF 0.72 [03.11.2020]
Campaign: 1935-45 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN, * Player prestige modifier 100% * AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
1 Nahakki Pass , #0 , Brilliant Victory , score:54 +++ Proto: Hurricane IIA
2 Arras Counter Attack , #1 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
3 Battle of Sidi Barrani , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:55
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Campaign score: 164 * Average: 54

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Current scenario: Battle of Sidi Barrani, VH prestige is 160 , All map prestige is: 320
Army cost: 4985 , Current prestige is 852
Prestige available on map yet is 320 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 8
AI stance is Defensive Using map: 49
if BV: +500, Battle of Bardia , cap 5800, 7 turns prestige: 120
if V : +450, Battle of Bardia , cap 5800, 7 turns prestige: 120
if TV: +450, Battle of Bardia , cap 5800, 7 turns prestige: 120
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 120

Infantry
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , 2HLI , 1 bars , 117 exp , United Kingdom , 4/10 , 1 kill , 91 pp - U:003 [+42 exp]
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , 2DWR , 1 bars , 174 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 3 kill , 205 pp - U:004 [+28 exp]
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , , 1 bars , 133 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 4 kill , 205 pp - U:009 [+32 exp]
40 Scots Infantry , Bedford WT , , 0 bars , 69 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 1 kill , 228 pp - U:118 [+69 exp]

Tank
Covenanter , 2LTC , 2 bars , 249 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 25 kill , 480 pp - U:007 [+133 exp]
Crusader I , , 0 bars , 99 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 9 kill , 410 pp - U:117 [+99 exp]

Recon
Daimler II , 8LTC , 1 bars , 153 exp , United Kingdom , 8/10 , Recon, 4 kill , 294 pp - U:002 [+28 exp]

Artillery
OBL 4.5-inch Gun , AEC Majestic , RA , 1 bars , 149 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance , 1 kill , 804 pp - U:001 [+32 exp]
OBL 4.5-inch Gun , AEC Majestic , RA , 1 bars , 134 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 1 kill , 804 pp - U:005 [+41 exp]

Fighter
+ Hurricane IIA , , 0 bars , 67 exp , United Kingdom , 9/10 , 1 kill , 0 pp - U:008 [+44 exp]
Spitfire IIA , , 0 bars , 40 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 3 kill , 816 pp - U:119 [+40 exp]

Tactical Bomber
Hampden I , RAF , 2 bars , 206 exp , United Kingdom , 10/10 , 0 kill , 648 pp - U:006 [+56 exp]

Player 1 : United Kingdom, British India
Killed: INF:46 TNK:3 RCN:7 AT:10 FLAK:1 FORT:2 ATY:14 FTR:1 TB:4 Total: 88
Lost : INF:1 RCN:1 Total: 2

BV 3
V 0
TV 0
L 0

Averages:
Infantry * 4 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 493 exp, 9 kill, 729 pp Average: 123 exp, 2 kill, 182 pp
Tank * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 348 exp, 34 kill, 890 pp Average: 174 exp, 17 kill, 445 pp
Recon * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 153 exp, 4 kill, 294 pp Average: 153 exp, 4 kill, 294 pp
Artillery * 2 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 283 exp, 2 kill, 1608 pp Average: 142 exp, 1 kill, 804 pp
Fighter * 2 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 107 exp, 4 kill, 816 pp Average: 54 exp, 2 kill, 408 pp
Tactical Bomber * 1 Units * 0 Leaders Total : 206 exp, 0 kill, 648 pp Average: 206 exp, 0 kill, 648 pp
* Summary: * 12 Units * 1 Leaders Total : 1590 exp, 53 kill, 4985 pp Average: 133 exp, 4 kill, 415 pp


Player 1 United Kingdom, British India has 40 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 15
Tank : 4
Recon : 4
Anti-tank : 1
FlaK : 1
Artillery : 7
Air Defense : 1
Fighter : 2
Tactical Bomber : 1
Level Bomber : 1
Battleship : 1
Cruiser : 2

Player 2 Italy has 21 units total (core+aux):
Infantry : 14
Artillery : 6
Level Bomber : 1


* <- original core (don't count against cap)
+ <- BV prototype
pp <- prestige points