Well, it all went as so... 36' as Japan. My first thoughts were to focus on an actual pearl harbor attack. So I started production asap on 3 new carriers, balanced production, economy and resources. Signed some diplomacy trading deals, all went ok. Started researching air and naval techs and built some destroyers. Cranked up consumer goods to get a hefty amount of cash coming in. Kept it all going for a couple of years. Building ships, planes and infantry as much as my budget would allow. Then built 4 harbors and a couple of airbases.
Now, 41' had arrived and my planned pearl harbor attack was coming on the horizon. Found out the hard way, 3 of my 6 carriers did not have the range. So this left me with only 3 to conduct the pearl harbor attack. I had 3 carriers and 4 other surface ships, took whatever I could that had the range which was not many. In late november of 41', my fleet set sail for the hawaiian islands commanded by a high ranked admiral, who I don't remember the name.
Now the excitement had built up when my fleet arrived and I seen pearl harbor full of ships. Ok, so here it goes... dec 7th 1941, 0300 I pause, check the weather, all is ok. I wait 2 hours and at 0500 I execute a DOW on USA. In just 2 short hours at 0700, my planes hit pearl harbor. Tora! Tora! Tora! I managed to inflict some damage but nothing like I had planned, ojnly sank 1 ship I think, but damaged the others pretty bad. If I would have had the 6 carriers, I really would have sank several ships.
Ok, now I pull immediately out of pearl harbor and head back. As japan had thought, is how I thought, I fear I had awoke a sleeping giant. That folks I did. Followed was 4 or 5 major naval battles, I lost every one of them. Within 2 years, I had lost all of my carriers and several capital ships. I was down to only 20 warships.
This was only the beginning... The worse is yet to come. Started by losing island after island in the pacific, one after another. About 70% of the islands became USA controlled. Then USA landed in asia and spread like wild fire. Ok, so I fight them back and forth there, win some lose some. Then they sneak in and land an armored division in Shikoku. This was the beginning of the fall of japan. When this happened, I turned all efforts to retake shikoku. Then I was facing air attacks from US planes stationed at shikoku. This was not getting any easier.
Next thing I know, Japan's homeland was turning blue, piece by piece, I was losing territories. US troops and tanks were landing and appearing in more and more areas. In late 43', US had owned 80% of my homeland. Then all of korea, and 60% of my asia held areas. I literally had nothing and I mean nothing left to fight with by the end of 44'. So here is was, I stood, with a blank look on my face aboard the battleship missouri in tokyo bay signing the document of surrender, in oct of 44'. What an embarrassing defeat. Folks... yes this was the AI that I played against, furthermore on the normal level. I have never lost HoI like this before.
Now, 41' had arrived and my planned pearl harbor attack was coming on the horizon. Found out the hard way, 3 of my 6 carriers did not have the range. So this left me with only 3 to conduct the pearl harbor attack. I had 3 carriers and 4 other surface ships, took whatever I could that had the range which was not many. In late november of 41', my fleet set sail for the hawaiian islands commanded by a high ranked admiral, who I don't remember the name.
Now the excitement had built up when my fleet arrived and I seen pearl harbor full of ships. Ok, so here it goes... dec 7th 1941, 0300 I pause, check the weather, all is ok. I wait 2 hours and at 0500 I execute a DOW on USA. In just 2 short hours at 0700, my planes hit pearl harbor. Tora! Tora! Tora! I managed to inflict some damage but nothing like I had planned, ojnly sank 1 ship I think, but damaged the others pretty bad. If I would have had the 6 carriers, I really would have sank several ships.
Ok, now I pull immediately out of pearl harbor and head back. As japan had thought, is how I thought, I fear I had awoke a sleeping giant. That folks I did. Followed was 4 or 5 major naval battles, I lost every one of them. Within 2 years, I had lost all of my carriers and several capital ships. I was down to only 20 warships.
This was only the beginning... The worse is yet to come. Started by losing island after island in the pacific, one after another. About 70% of the islands became USA controlled. Then USA landed in asia and spread like wild fire. Ok, so I fight them back and forth there, win some lose some. Then they sneak in and land an armored division in Shikoku. This was the beginning of the fall of japan. When this happened, I turned all efforts to retake shikoku. Then I was facing air attacks from US planes stationed at shikoku. This was not getting any easier.
Next thing I know, Japan's homeland was turning blue, piece by piece, I was losing territories. US troops and tanks were landing and appearing in more and more areas. In late 43', US had owned 80% of my homeland. Then all of korea, and 60% of my asia held areas. I literally had nothing and I mean nothing left to fight with by the end of 44'. So here is was, I stood, with a blank look on my face aboard the battleship missouri in tokyo bay signing the document of surrender, in oct of 44'. What an embarrassing defeat. Folks... yes this was the AI that I played against, furthermore on the normal level. I have never lost HoI like this before.
