My Game as Colombia!

So I joined an All In game as Colombia. Colombia finds itself in an advantageous position. It starts out with 3 cities, and has decent production of all resources.

Resource Production:

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I first invaded Venezuela, as it looked like the player was going inactive. I was right; after a few early skirmishes with single units it looks like Venezuela is as good as mine. The capital will fall by day change.

Colombia's troop movements:

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I'm going to produce artillery and motorized infantry, as most of the Central American countries have units like Militia and Anti-Air.

I'll also make a few Destroyers, as most of those countries start with a Submarine for some reason.

For buildings, I now have Level 2 Barracks and Tank Plant in Bogota, Level 2 Ordnance in Medellin, and Level 1 Barracks and Level 1 Naval Base in Barranquilla. I'm building Recruiting Stations in all my cities right now, as manpower might become an issue soon. I'm also planning to build an Air Base in a city I capture from Venezuela.

I joined Ecuador's coalition; it's the only South American coalition in the game so far. A third member, Paraguay, also joined Ecuador's coalition. The rest of South America doesn't seem active.

Ecuador and Paraguay:

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My next plans are to invade Central America and the Caribbean (before anyone else does). Other than Cuba attacking British Jamaica, the Americas are not that active. If the US goes inactive, I can get to Mexico (which is only lightly defended).

The only other major wars going on right now are:

  • Germany invading and conquering Poland
  • Norway invading and conquering Sweden

This map is pretty inactive, unusual for an All In map.

The world:

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I'll post updates here at least once a day, depending on how busy I am IRL.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

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Here are the other images I promised:

Australia's full units:

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And the newspaper screenshots:

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ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

i am horrfied by australia's army

it is massive

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TheZhukov wrote:

i am horrfied by australia's army

it is massive

Yes... quite a buildup.

There could be some potential Gold use, but I can't say for sure right now.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

TheZhukov wrote:

i am horrfied by australia's army

it is massive

Don't forget the game is already on day 18.

By this time on an average WaW map, you might have much more and better units.

Brando Dilla wrote:

I already have plenty of AA in the city, but yeah, I'll get a couple arty there too.

Making my first nuclear bomber!

Researching nuclear rocket in the China game. More for fun than anything.

Kolonnos wrote:

Don't BB outrange Artillery?... That's why I suggested placing the arty along the coast.(If that isn't correct, please excuse me.)
BB outrange artillery, but artillery have the same range as cruisers; per hitpoint, they are more effective against cruisers than vice versa, so cruisers will take heavy losses fighting them.

Therefore, coastal batteries in places where the enemy needs them removed should attract his battlefleet (or at least, one battleship) to take them out, allowing his BB's to get ambushed. In theory.

Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
— Marshal Foch
A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
— Lord Kitchener, on tanks

where is your update crayfish

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Glory to the Red Army!
Glory to the Revolution!
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TheZhukov wrote:

where is your update crayfish
Am writing it right now.
Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
— Marshal Foch
A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
— Lord Kitchener, on tanks

perfect bro

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Glory to the Red Army!
Glory to the Revolution!
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Mine is also coming right now.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Today, the Emipre of Ecuador fell entirely under Colombian rule, except for a few pockets of resistance in northern Argentina. The Colombian president is glad to announce the creation of Gran Colombia, the 20th century Colombian Empire, stretching all the way from Havana to Cusco, and from Mazatlan to Monrovia.

The next target for Gran Colombia will be the Portuguese Empire, which would allow us to gain a foothold in Europe. We are also focusing on improving the Colombian army, particularly introducing more ground AA, interceptors and naval bombers, to prepare for a potential war with Australia and/or the USA.

Here is a map of the new Gran Colombian Empire:

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Colombia ranks fourth among all Nations in total VP, tied with Egypt:

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The main strengths of the Colombian army are mot. inf, LT, tacs, ints, and arty. The navy is not great, but OK. The ints are great, but I want to get more of them. As I said before, I'm going to focus on getting more AA on the battlefield.

My total armies right now:

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And my K/D stats:

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There's still a pocket of Ecuadorian resistance in northern Argentina. One of Argentina's core cities, Salta, is at risk of being captured. Most of the Ecuadorian units are anti tanks and regular infantry.

Combined, Argentina and South Africa are about twice as powerul as Egypt, so I suggessted that they attack him together. Neither has responded yet. Egypt has captured Tunis i Tunisia, and has also expanded into Arabia, killing Saudi and taking much of Yemen. Iraq or Greece could be his next target.

Australia is grinding in Asia, killing dozens of units of AI Xinjiang, Mongolia and Manchukuo. I've noticed that several provinces Australia has captured recently (without capturing a capital even more recently) are at 35% morale, hinting that my hypothesis about potential Gold use might prove to be correct. If it is, we must be on high alert.

I'm hoping that my milsab spies will get the reveal on USA today, I desperately need info on his troop movements. There's an unknown army spotted near the Mexican border, which could be a point of interest. USA has landed in Japan and taken two Japanese core cities, although both countries have high casualties in the war.

The world:

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EDIT: FTTY, an SP arty was producing in Quito when the city fell to Colombia, and now it is done. The SP arty will be stationed at the capital, Bogota.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

very nice

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Glory to the Red Army!
Glory to the Revolution!
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This drama has me glued to the monitor!

Mini-Update: An Egyptian naval stack has been sighted: 4 battleships and a destroyer, all Level 1. It's clear that he isn't putting much into his navy, so that could be a weak point in a potential conflict.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Kolonnos wrote:

This drama has me glued to the monitor!

TheZhukov wrote:

very nice
Glad you guys are enjoying it. :D
ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Also - an American (unescorted) convoy has been spotted landing in north-central Algeria. Here's what it consists of:

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P.S. If he's going to be sending convoys unescorted like that, he's doomed!

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Oof, terrible stack. Good sign for you.

BREAKING - Some big news, just in from the Colombia Espionage Headquarters!

Our spies have just tapped into the United States Military HQ and gained valuable information regarding the location and movements of all U.S. regiments! They have 219 units, about double of Colombia's total units (103). You can see their units at the bottom of this report.

Several of USA's "big" stacks have a similar consistency of the earlier stack we saw in Africa. As @jubjub bird pointed out, it's a horrible mix. This player likely wants his stacks to be a "jack-of-all-trades" by clumping together a slew of random units. Some advice for new players: it's WAY better to produce a few types of units, level them up, and get them in a stack together. This maximizes efficiency, resources, and time, and is WAY more productive than a stack like this:

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That stack is good at defending against unarmored and heavy armor units, but it has a particular weakness in defending from Air combat. Furthermore, it is located on the coast (without any naval units nearby), making it prone to Battleship Bombardment.

There's not many Air units in his game, so my ints will be vital in eliminating the ones that he has, and then my tacs can wreak havoc. I'm gathering the units used in the Ecuador campaign into my home provinces to add AA support and get them into stacks suited for USA's potential invasion. I already have some defensive units in Mexico, we'll just have to wait and see what he does.

USA has a 0.39 ratio in PvP combat, and a 2.01 ratio in AI combat, so this player clearly does not know how to conserve their units. And, from the info I got regarding their Japan and Africa conquests, they don't know how to escort naval convoys with ships.

The Day 20 Most Powerful Armies statistic listed USA with 12%, and me at 7%. Australia leads the pack with 21%. Argentina is also at 7%, and South Africa and Egypt both have 6%.

Here are USA's total armies:

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ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Woof. I love the one single heavy tank thrown in there, classic. Despite your smaller army I think you'll be able to beat them, the only question is when to attack. Good luck

jubjub bird wrote:

Woof. I love the one single heavy tank thrown in there, classic. Despite your smaller army I think you'll be able to beat them, the only question is when to attack. Good luck
Thanks. What I'm hoping to do is kill lots of his units and take some cities early on. If Australia sees that USA is losing badly, he may be reluctant to send units to the other side of the earth to help him out. If Argentina/South Africa would team up on Egypt already, it would make Australia really reluctant.

P.S. Just thought of this: If Egypt AND the USA get pushed back, Australia could leave their coa and join ours, getting us an easy coalition win.

ā€œA battle fought without determination is a battle lost.ā€ - Josip Broz Tito

Was the single heavy tank brigade captured under construction or something?

Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
— Marshal Foch
A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
— Lord Kitchener, on tanks

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