Having just downloaded the most recent Core files I could find v7.1mp and doing what I always do, watch the computer play out the war the first game. I noticed some strange things.
Most things followed a simular path except JAPAN doesn't finish it's war with Nat. China and in Apr of 1939 declares war on the Soviet Union???? The Soviet Union of course crushes Japans armies left and right, but, eventually they sign some form of a treaty because the fighting/advancing stops.
Russia has 100 divisions guarding the borders between it's provinces and Japans, the rest are on the Western Front of the Eastern Front of Germany heh.
Then in May of 1940 after the Germans have crushed France, they too declare war on the Soviet Union, a whole year ahead of normal schedule. They made no effort towards Norway or Sweden.
Italy sweeps through Africa, Egypt, Iraq and into Persia by Aug of 1944, but, gives no land support to the Germans when they have lots of divisions just sitting there doing nothing. You'd think Italy from this game was the supreme power the way they have marched and crushed the UK, Egypt, Iraq and working on South Africa and Persia atm.
Germany makes the famous push to the edges of Moscow, and the of course the Russian counter offensive is in operation atm. RUMANIA joins the Soviet Union and not the Germans.
Japan, I have no idea what happened to them, it seems they were so devastated from the war with Russia, even though they are STILL at war with NAT. China have just sat there, moved nothing, except for just putting some units on the Russian front, yet, they are ALLIED to the GERMANS lol, but, apparently for some reason they are NOT at war with Russia in this alliance, only NAT China, UK and it's allies. There was NO Pacific war at all. Nothing, nada.
The US has not entered, and has only offered the lend lease agreement. No help, no troups, nothing.
Britian is solo in this it would seem, and they did make the glorious D-Day invasion into Lille in Jul/Aug of 44 with 9 divisions, but, they have strategic bombers and fighters sitting in and around London not doing anything and the German airforce it making mince meat of their invasion(s). There's some, but, very little British activity out from India, but, NAT China forces are holding their own in front of them, in fact NAT China has had time to build a superior force to Japan's units, because Japan quit producing anything.
Seems all the navies do is sit in the ports, very little naval activity at all anywhere. Lots of flags in those ports though.
Of course the usual score for this 1936 scenario goes to the Axis, more than double that of Russia and of course triple that of the Allies. The allied ai is still pretty lacking in doing anything with anything. Britian has nothing in Britian, those planes doing nothing is about it, maybe 1 or 2 infantry divs.
Is this the best it's going to get for the Allied AI? Britian seems rather an easy target and crush as a human German player just from looking at the way they just don't hardly build anything or do anything but sit throughout the war. I often wonder if Russia had capitulated to the Germans if the Allies ever would have made a landing into France or even defeated the Germans. With Russia out of the picture, there would have been more diversion of troups to Africa as well. Russia kept a lot of German forces away from the western front. The world owes a lot to Russia methinks
Most things followed a simular path except JAPAN doesn't finish it's war with Nat. China and in Apr of 1939 declares war on the Soviet Union???? The Soviet Union of course crushes Japans armies left and right, but, eventually they sign some form of a treaty because the fighting/advancing stops.
Russia has 100 divisions guarding the borders between it's provinces and Japans, the rest are on the Western Front of the Eastern Front of Germany heh.
Then in May of 1940 after the Germans have crushed France, they too declare war on the Soviet Union, a whole year ahead of normal schedule. They made no effort towards Norway or Sweden.
Italy sweeps through Africa, Egypt, Iraq and into Persia by Aug of 1944, but, gives no land support to the Germans when they have lots of divisions just sitting there doing nothing. You'd think Italy from this game was the supreme power the way they have marched and crushed the UK, Egypt, Iraq and working on South Africa and Persia atm.
Germany makes the famous push to the edges of Moscow, and the of course the Russian counter offensive is in operation atm. RUMANIA joins the Soviet Union and not the Germans.
Japan, I have no idea what happened to them, it seems they were so devastated from the war with Russia, even though they are STILL at war with NAT. China have just sat there, moved nothing, except for just putting some units on the Russian front, yet, they are ALLIED to the GERMANS lol, but, apparently for some reason they are NOT at war with Russia in this alliance, only NAT China, UK and it's allies. There was NO Pacific war at all. Nothing, nada.
The US has not entered, and has only offered the lend lease agreement. No help, no troups, nothing.
Britian is solo in this it would seem, and they did make the glorious D-Day invasion into Lille in Jul/Aug of 44 with 9 divisions, but, they have strategic bombers and fighters sitting in and around London not doing anything and the German airforce it making mince meat of their invasion(s). There's some, but, very little British activity out from India, but, NAT China forces are holding their own in front of them, in fact NAT China has had time to build a superior force to Japan's units, because Japan quit producing anything.
Seems all the navies do is sit in the ports, very little naval activity at all anywhere. Lots of flags in those ports though.
Of course the usual score for this 1936 scenario goes to the Axis, more than double that of Russia and of course triple that of the Allies. The allied ai is still pretty lacking in doing anything with anything. Britian has nothing in Britian, those planes doing nothing is about it, maybe 1 or 2 infantry divs.
Is this the best it's going to get for the Allied AI? Britian seems rather an easy target and crush as a human German player just from looking at the way they just don't hardly build anything or do anything but sit throughout the war. I often wonder if Russia had capitulated to the Germans if the Allies ever would have made a landing into France or even defeated the Germans. With Russia out of the picture, there would have been more diversion of troups to Africa as well. Russia kept a lot of German forces away from the western front. The world owes a lot to Russia methinks
