Brazil
Standard settings from start up, except, I unchecked enhanced spotting and ranges.
I usually do not concentrate on reporting economic numbers, all I pay attention to is having enough money to do what I need to do. I may from time to time post a screen shot of some economy numbers.
One of my “rules†is to not use massive amounts of units and I will try to use the best available unit in each situation. I generally do not build more than 2 wings of fighters, fighter bombers or Strategic bombers. For my purposes a wing is 7 squadrons, so at most I would have 14 squadrons of fighters for example.
I also create naval fleets that make sense. i.e. not have a “stack†of 7 carriers.
Normally a single fleet will consist of 7 ships something like this depending on what I have available of course
1 CV
2 CA
3 DD
1 AO
I will modify it for this AAR as Brazil currently has no fixed wing carrier capable combat aircraft.
Day one Jan 21, 2020
First order of business, turn off all minister functions and auto-build.
Check industry: fill needed shortages with construction of new facilities
short on power
1st: Order construction of Supply Depots and 36ea Coal Power plants
Current build capabilities
Land: 6 Fabs
Air: 2 Fabs
Naval: 2 Fabs
Missile: 1 Fab
Starting Land Units: 94ea
infantry
10ea M113A1 APC:
5ea EE-11 Mk VII Urutu APC
1ea AAVP7A1 Alligator
10ea EE-9 Mk III Casacavel
Tank
3ea Leopard 1A4
2ea M60A03 Patton
5ea M41C Carro Padrao Marine
Anti Tank
3ea M2-651M.48 Carl Gustaf
4ea M-40A1J-60 RR AT 106mm
1ea Eryx
1ea Milan 3
Artillery
15ea M101 105mm Howitzer
5ea M114 155mm Howitzer
2ea Model-56 105mm Pack Howitzer
2ea M119(L118) 105mm Light
2ea SBAT-70 Towed
4ea SS-30 ASTROS
3ea SS-80 ASTROS
6ea M109A2 155mm
Anti Air
2ea M55 Quad 12.7mm AA Gun
3ea L/70 40mm AA Gun
2ea GDF-003 35mm AA Gun
1ea RBS-70 Bofors
1ea SA-18 Grouse
1ea Mistral
AIR 25ea
Helo
1ea AS.565AT Dolphin
3ea AS.550C-2 Fennec AT
1ea UH-60A Blackhawk
1ea AS.532 Cougar ASW
1ea Mi-35 Hind E
Fighter/Interceptor
1ea Mirage-IIIC/IIIO(F)
Fighter/Bomber
2ea MB326 Impala
3ea F-5E Tiger II
2ea AMX Embraer A-1
Patrol/Awacs
2ea P-95 Bandeirante MPA
1ea S-2E tracker ASW
Transport
2ea C-130H Hercules
2ea EMB-120FC Brasilia
2ea UH-1N Huey
Air Fueler
1ea KC-130F Hercules
Navy: 35ea
Sub
4ea S-30 Type 209/1400
Carrier
1ea A-12 Sao Paulo
Frigate/Destroyer
4ea V-30 Inhauma
4ea D-27 Para
6ea F-40 Niteroi
1ea Type-22-1 Broadsword
Patrol/Support
6ea PC Patrol
2ea Purus PS
Transport
2ea AE Cilvilian Cargo
1ea G-20 Custodio De Mello
2ea G-30 Geara
2ea G-26 Duque De Caxais
Now to review units available to us and place appropriate units on order:
Land:
Due to the large number of rivers we require a unit that is amphibious.
The EE-11 Mk VII Urutu APC will be our Infantry choice for now
18 ea ordered
Air:
With vast amounts of rough terrain Air Power is essential. We need a mobile force that also packs a punch without using tons of missiles.
The A-4KU/M/N Skyhawk II fills that role nicely. Ground attack range of 24K and a damage rating of 46.
14ea ordered
Navy:
We cannot currently build any DD/CA. This forces us to start production on the F-40 Niteroi frigate.
8ea are ordered to compliment our current force of 6ea
Missile:
We have no designs for any air to air or naval launched missiles at this time.
Research:
We have the ability to research 2 techs and I max spending in all categories.
We choose;
Dark Matter Theories (+2% research Eff)
Anti Ship Missiles (To better protect our shores from invasion)
Jan 2020
5th We order construction to begin on 12ea farms
7th Construction of 12ea Water Works begins.
9th Ukraine offers 4103 water x 30days for 6.4m x 30days. Accept
11th Taiwan offers 30x days of 947t Cons gds for 30 x 25.20m. Accept
25th Argentina declared war on us.
Ordered blocking forces to Uruguaina, Sao Borja, Foz Do Iguacu and Sao Miguel D’oeste.
27th Commodity shortages looming: Military Goods.
Feb 2020
7th An S-2E Tracker Patrol squadron flying along the border of Argentina notices a lack of troops. The blocking forces in Uruguaiana and Sao Borja are ordered to attack across river into Paso De Los Libres and the large military base at Posadas. No resistance in Uruguaina and light resistance in Posadas. Both objectives taken.
8th 1st Inf (AAVP7A1 Alligator) is orderd to take the town of Obera’ when recon reports no hostiles.
1 Arg Infantry BN of VCTP ICV attempts to retake the town and military base at Pasados. They take heavy damage and retreat.
Now an Arg C-130 hovers over the area. It is time to introduce them to 2 sqds of Embraers. It retreats also.
9th A lone supply sqdn attempts to make it past Paso De Los Libres.
They pay for that mistake.
2 army groups are ordered to assault Eldorado and Puerto Iguazu.
10th Both towns are taken by our forces.
This allows us to consolidate our forces from just outside of Paso De Los Libres north to the border of Paraguay.
Once the line is secure, plans will be put into motion to capture Corrientes.
12th Our navy is moving full speed to Rio Grande. There they will consolidate and set out in fast attack fleets along the coast of Argentina.
The barracks at Posadas has been repaired! 1st inf is ordered to repair and refit as they took damage from the Arg Bn that attacked Posadas.
24th We order two army groups to advance towards Corrientes. Our Awacs paints an Arg Eng Bn attemping to cut their line of supply.
The F-5E Sq is ordered to intercept and destroy.
They attack and at the same time recon units/skirmishers close off his line of supply. The F-5Es make short work of them.
25th Once again our Patrol aircraft paint Args moving to engage us at Paso De Los Libres, One AT Bn and one Inf Bn.
The army group just outside town is notified and a 2nd group is ordered into a flanking position.
The Args turned north just prior to engaging the forces protecting Los Libres. This placed them in contact with the flanking group. While they are engaged, 1st group is ordered to hit them from the south and east.
The Arg AT Bn escapes, however we manage to pin the Inf Bn down and annihilate them
All Army groups are ordered to move the line forward to the intersection of 14 and 127, west of Bella Union, Uruguay and stretching north to Corrientes.
At the same time Army groups 5 and 6 are ordered to take Corrientes which is defended by 2 garrisons.
26th Group 6 rolls into Corrientes.
After consultation with Army Command it is decided to press on, to speed up our push into Argentina. Immediate objective is to secure the Arg land east of the river,
and set up blocking forces on the three river crossings at Resistencia, Santa Fe. We will try for Za'rate if possible but it is not a primary objective at this time.
We encounter an Arg Inf Bn and make short work of it.
Our Patrol Sqdn is orderd forward for greater coverage of the area in question.
27th In addition to the Inf Bn we discover a Tank Bn heading SW.
Our F-5E’s are called up. They take out the tanks. And as they are returning home the Patrol planes paint another Arg Inf Bn.
28th Our farms are now being completed.
29th Egypt Offers 30 x Petro of 89,782bbl’s for 30 x 13.66m. Accept
Norway offers 30 x Petro of 77,779bbl’s for 30 x 11.99m Accept
Disaster, 1 Sqdn of Arg Mirage-F1’s is able to destroy our patrol craft. Our AMX A-1’s immediately jump on him.
We got caught with our pants down. Will not happen again.
Mar 2020
7th Our immediate objectives of securing all land east of the river has been met. All forces are repairing and re-supplying as well as waiting on supply lines to catch up 100%.
After a brief period of replenishment, forces will once again be ordered to attack. During this respite, I will take the time to entertain some diplomatic offers and take stock of production/output.
A non aggression pact is signed with France.
We are woefully short on Petro. Construction started on 24ea new wells in the area between Barra Do Cordo and Codo’. As well as supply depots.
8th Army group 1 decides to recon in force. They push to the bridge leading to Zarate. Halfway across they discover 2ea Arg transport ships and take them out.
Then proceed across the bridge. Where stiff resistance is met. After an exchange of fire they withdraw back across the bridge.
