No recycled guns and spare parts here, this version of Vanguard is the final word in British sea power!
This campaign was recorded using Admiralsnackbar’s balance mod which you can find here https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/40790-uad-rebalancing-mod-for-13-v1/
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Captain of the 1st Company: Treefrog
Lieutenants: Armande Christoph
Veteran Sergeants: 1stplaceonion, LCG Canyon, Welshy
Sergeants: Jackie, Twitchyknees, Alerik Rahl, paga1985s, Haytor, King Memphis
Veterans: Telemonian Dan, Sunless Sky Nova, Threadoflength, Darth Vendar.
Battle Siblings: Jacky Chan, nagebenfro, scurvekano, Cpt Graftin, Icd, Iroey, Zadrias, JT Bismarck.
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After removing the 2" gun and putting it back you've reset the gun length back to default of 37 cal for the city class CA.
This game insists on using ahistorical vessel identification conventions and then violates them anyway. Only America used CA, CL, etc. and light cruisers by definition cannot have 7" guns.
34:40 I think Glowworm and Solent just couldn't rotate their launchers fast enough – would have had to slow down or change course to approach at a better angle.
If you're at war with a country, can you do naval invasions of their minor ally's territory? Like the Dutch in Indonesia, for example.
USD weren't worth much back then
Love how as I finished watching episode 69,
i immediately getting notification that episode 70 has been released
Secretary of the Admiralty Ricky Kopf
Not to be outdone by the Dominions, HMS Ajax’s and HMS Duke of Kent also began attacking unescorted transports, except they were Japanese transports. After that, what took the Chinese two decades to reclaim Formosa we took in mere months. Speaking of colonies, in two peace treaties, we have acquired two more new colonies: Weihaiwei and Southwestern Korea (now renamed to British Korea). I hope the Koreans befriend us in the near future. Meanwhile, I am sure the Chinese are very insulted as they had it for a couple of months after taking from the Russians. However, after plenty of refits, Admiral Munro has now begun construction on the ultimate battleship class. Known as the Vanguards, they are armed with 20” auto loaders along with some of the most revolutionary tech currently available. Speaking of warships, before hostilities ended, HMS Pingu saw combat for the first time where she contributed to the sinking of a Japanese light cruiser. Hopefully, the Greeks are even more impressed as they have ordered a couple of these lovely destroyers.
Join us next time as we enter peacetime as we wait for the next conflict.
24:30 – Is there any real verdict on whether guns atop guns is good or bad? I'd think bad; I'd think it would increase the chance of losing a main gun if they hit the secondary.
Update on our losses 🗿: We have lost 1 Pre-Dreadnought, 2 Armored Cruisers, 4 Semi-Armored Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers, 1 Heavy Cruiser and 14 Destroyers.
So save the special ship original design without any upgrades for export purposes, and upgrade a copy of the original design.
I saw you were fighting the fuyo and I immediately thought of Uncle Roger.
It would be interesting if some convoys had troop carriers being protected as well. That might make amphibious invasions more involved.
WE DID IT! Auto Captions finally said Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts! This is a great achievement.
31:40: I think there may be something wrong in the AI logic when convoy missions are assigned. The Battlecruisers may be assigned but they don't have the orders to protect transports but they do protect warships. Just a conjecture.
Baby seal clubbing transports. Brother Munroe's specialty. 🙂
Casually feeding half of Gurkha's structural integrity and 20% of her crew to otherwise helpless transports to give them a consolation prize 🫡😅
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Yeah your allies must be paying through the nose for those gas turbines lmao
Its booooooring and pathetic!!
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13:33 That would be an interesting matchup. See if you can build a battlecruiser that could win the fight against your campaign ships.
Sad how the devs deleted the option for allied minor nations to order refits instead of giving the player the option to build refits for themselves…
Cracking names for the vanguard class, victorious was my boat when I was in
Does anyone have any tips on triggering conquest of minor nations? As the IJN ive taken the whole pacific, except for the territory the dutch have and its messing with my feng shue 😂
For some reason Diesel II seems to work on practically all my ships as a GT II replacement, no matter what boiler. Sometimes the efficiency sinks into the 80s, but it doesn't seem to cause any practical issues. The much increased cruise speed is a nice bonus. The last time I gave UAD a real go they were incredibly heavy…
I'm not sure of how this game works but do submarines and aircraft make an appearance?
The Last Battlecruiser
The Times: 18 July 1936
The Kamikawa, a Maehotaka class 9” armed battlecruiser, sometimes referred to as Kamikawa Maru, “Maru” just being Japanese for “Ship”, which should be consistently used or not used, as should the practice of referring to Japanese ships of all types with the male pronoun, as is the practice in Japanese, was sighted by a squadron with the City class heavy cruisers HMS Glasgow and the Hawkins class heavy cruiser HMS Achilles in the East China Sea last month. Apparently she was rendezvousing with a convoy of eleven Shikishima class 8.7 thousand ton 62 man crewed armed transports to escort to the east coast of Korea. They was intercepted by the HMS Glasgow with the destroyers HMS Khartoum, and KLM-class, and HMS Gurkha and HMS Glowworm, two G-class.
The weather was foggy, but HMS Glasgow and her escorts have faced worse. They closed on the signal of the convoy and finally sighted it, noting that while the convoy was only miles away from making port, the Kamikawa had abandoned them rather than attempt to delay the raid until the transports were safe, or at least in harbour.
The first transport was sunk at long range and has not been identified. The next transport sunk was probably the Kotetsu, which had two survivors. After her was the Ōtori, with nine survivors. The Suzukaze was the only transport that was able to surrender, and she thirty-four survivors. We are confident that the Ise II had no survivors but was identified by her remains. The Kagerō sunk with two survivors. The Shikishima, the convoy leader, sand with eight survivors. The next ship to sink was the Asahi, with four survivors.
The Tomozuru broke up and nine men survived in the wreckage. The Nowaki did the same with eight survivors. The last transport sunk was the Oboro, which had ten survivors.
HMS Glasgow and the destroyers didn’t take casualties, though some of the transports were certainly trying with their 4.4” and 2” guns, often expending their whole magazines.
Foreign Sales of P-class Special Edition Destroyers
The Times: 16 May 1936
The Kingdom of Greece has placed orders for three new destroyers of the P-class, the HHMS Wesses, HHMS Stronghold, and HHMS Tornado.
The Republic of Venezuela has placed orders for three of the new destroyers as well, the VRS Virulent, VRS Gadfly, and VRS Sable.
The United States Joins the War Against the Republic of Japan
The Times: 12 May 1936
Formosa Taken!
Since last month with the formal alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States formalized there have been discussions between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy with the Foreign Minister and the First Lord of the Admiralty and their staffs about when and how the United States would enter the war against the Republic of Japan.
The United States of America has formally declared war on the Republic of Japan. They have not specified their particular war aims. The declaration by the United States has generally garnered diplomatic support from the major nations of the world with the exception of the Republic of China.
The Republic of Japan appears to be very isolated, which might explain how their government has just been overthrow. The Nationalists with their Red and Yellow Chrysanthemum flag have been thrown out of office, or out of office windows, by the centrists, with the help of the minority leftists and communists, have restored the while and red sun flag.
The timing for the new government Japan could hardly be worse, with the Royal Marines and the Royal Army, along with units of the Indian Army, have secured control of the Island of Formosa.
The HMS Royal George fleet has been sent to the Sea of Japan. The HMS Empress of India fleet has been moved up the East China Sea. The HMS Duke of Kent fleet has been sent to the east coast of the Japanese Islands. Any one of these fleets is larger than all the actives ships in the Japanese Navy, and HMS Royal George leads a fleet larger than their active and repairing Navy.
Duke of Kent Intercepts Latest Convoy to Formosa
The Times: 9 May 1936
The King George V class battleship HMS Duke of Kent and four Admiral class battlecruisers, HMS Nelson, HMS Rodney, HMS Anson, and HMS Howe, accompanied by two R-class destroyers, HMS Rapid and HMS Robin have taken station north of the Island of Formosa to cover the landing operations against the Japanese occupation and to prevent more supplies reaching the Island. In this latter mission they encountered five Asadori class 13.6 thousand ton 87 man crewed armed transports trying to get to Keelung. Their crews were quite reasonable, after Asadori #7 was sunk numbers 3 to 6 quickly surrendered.
The Republic of Japan lost 68 thousand tons of shipping capacity in their effort to supply their occupation forces on Formosa, along with 231 officers and merchant seamen killed and 204 taken prisoner.
The Dominions Sink Convoy to Keelung, Attack Port
The Times: 12 April 1936
The Dominion class pre-dreadnoughts HMS Empress of India, HMS New Zealand, HMS Canada, HMS Australia, HMS Commonwealth, and HMS South Africa and their escorts, the Hawkins class heavy cruiser HMS Sunderland, the City class heavy cruiser HMS Dublin, the Tribune class semi-armoured cruiser HMS Atlantic, the G-class destroyer HMS Gladiator, and the A-class destroyer HMS Alfred have reached their station north of Formosa, guarding the landing operations, preventing interference by the Republic of Japan Navy, and stopping convoy trying to reach the island.
The convoy of eight Katata class 13 thousand ton 72 man crewed armed transports was fairly reasonable. Only one ship, the Katata #2, had to be sunk before the other seven surrendered. Losses were 104 thousand tons of shipping, 277 officers and merchant seamen killed or lost at sea, and 299 taken prisoner. They have been told that once the Island is taken they will be held in the same prisoner of war camps they built there themselves.
Peace with the Liberal Government in Shanghai
The Times: 8 April 1936
The new government in Shanghai, that governs the eastern provinces and the less settled inland provinces, has offered a peace agreement with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Empire of Greater India, and the Kingdom of East Africa, and the Republic of Indonesia. Their proposal was for $428 million dollars in a war indemnity. The counter proposal, on the advice of the Admiralty, was for the United Kingdom to receive the lease for the Weihaiwei peninsula and an indemnity of $185 million.
The Republic of China in Shanghai has agreed to our terms.
Major Convoy to Formosa Sunk, Seized
The Times: 22 March 1936
The Fleet under the command of the Admiral flying his flag from HMS Royal George was surprised to see a Japanese convoy trying to reach the port of Keelung on the Island of Formosa through their area of operations. The whole fleet chased them down, but the ships contributing the most to the destruction of the convoy of Hagikaze class 13 thousand ton 91 man crewed armed transports were the Retribution class light cruisers HMS Southampton and HMS Charybdis, the S-class destroyer HMS Smiter, the dreadnought HMS Orion, lead of her class, and the Bellerophon class dreadnoughts HMS Temeraire and HMS Superb.
Three of the transports surrendered, five were sunk, and two were broken up by shell fire. 704 officers and merchant seamen of the Japanese Merchant Marine were lost at sea or killed. 206 were rescued and taken prisoner.
The Fleet suffered no casualties.
Chinese, Looking for Peace, Running from Battles
The Times: 14 February 1936
The new government in Shanghai has proposed peace with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Empire of Greater India, and the Kingdom of East Africa, and the Republic of Indonesia. To ensure that there are no incidents their Kashgar light cruisers have been ordered to withdraw from any possible engagements with Royal Navy or Republic of Indonesia Navy ships. HMS Thames reported that what she believed to be the Feichang withdrew in the South China Sea in January. HMS Achilles along with her division of destroyers, HMS Primrose, HMS Khartoum, and HMS Gurkha, reported sighting and firing on the Anqing, Feicheng, and Zhuji.
Destroyer Clash in East China Sea
The Times: 18 January 1936
A destroyer division consisting of the G-class HMS Gurkha and HMS Guardian, the HIJ-Class HMS Hannibal, and the D-class HMS Dasher, found a Japanese destroyer division operating in the middle of the East China Sea. These were the Teruzuki class Hibiki, Natsugumo, and Yomogi. All ships which had ducked out of fights at least twice before. So the British officers were a bit surprised to see the ships turn and fight this time.
Though the Japanese may have found the will to fight, they weren’t going to be rash about it. They hid under smoke and launched torpedoes at the British, hoping that if they didn’t hit with the torpedoes the weapons might still break up the British formation.
That didn’t happen. HMS Gurkha led the destroyers in sinking the first Japanese ship rather quickly. The second ship went down about as quickly. 756 men went down with their ships leaving 60 survivors to be picked up out of the water.
HMS Gurkha took a hit but suffered no personnel casualties.
The British Empire is finally at peace; mass protests by pacifists ensue. Presumably protesting about the lack of anything to protest against…