Red Prince
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And here it is, at long last, my End of Turn Report for J/F '41: Partisans No Partisans Entry Markers USSR placed 1 marker on Defense (557 [3]) Germany placed 2 markers on Offense (184 [1], 389 [2]) US Entry USA drew 1 marker to the Ja Entry Pool (8491 [4]) USA chooses to Pass War Appropriations Bill (All); USE-4 (1 chit moved, 2 of 10 [1]) Ge/It Ge/It Entry: 33 Ge/It Tension: 23 Chance of DOW: 20% Japan Entry: 35 Japan Tension: 21 Chance of DOW: 40% Pre-Build Scrapping Italy scrapped 1 x LND-2 Builds: China (0): Nothing CW (25): 1 x MIL, 1 x GARR, 2 x FTR-3, 2 x CP, 1 x AMPH(2nd), 2 x TRS(2nd), 2 x Pilot France (0): Nothing USA (30): 1 x HQ-I, 1 x GARR, 1 x MECH Division, 5 x CV(1st), 1 x SUB(1st), 2 x CVP-1, 1 x NAV-3, 2 x Pilot USSR (17): 1 x INF, 1 x HQ-I, 1 x GARR, 1 x MECH, Saved 2 BP in Gorki and Saratov Germany (27): 2 x INF, 1 x HQ-A, 1 x GARR, 1 x MECH, 2 x SUB(1st), 1 x FTR-2, 1 x Pilot Italy (13): 1 x HQ-I, 2 x TERR, 1 x LND-2, 1 x SUB(Repair), 1 x SUB(2nd) Japan (15): 1 x HQ-I, 1 x CVP-0, 2 x TRS(2nd), Saved 2 BP in Hiroshima and Kobe M/A '41 Gearing Limits (above 1): China: None CW: 3 x Infantry, 5 x Ship, 3 x Air, 3 x Pilot France: None USA: 3 x Infantry, 2 x Armor, 6 x Ship, 2 x Submarine, 4 x Air, 3 x Pilot USSR: 4 x Infantry, 2 x Armor Germany: 4 x Infantry, 3 x Armor, 3 x Submarine, 2 x Air, 2 x Pilot Italy: 4 x Infantry, 3 x Submarine, 2 x Air Japan: 2 x Infantry, 3 x Ship, 2 x Air Conquest: China Declined to Surrender to Japan Factory Destruction: None Reinforcements: China places CAV Division in Kunming CW places MIL in Bombay, INF in Dacca and Cape Town, CL in Plymouth, 2 TRS in Bristol CW removes FTR from map (Hurricane in Hull) USA assigns Pilot to NAV USA plsces NAV in Boston, AMPH in Norfolk USA removes CVP from map (LA) USSR places MECH and INF in Gomel USSR removes 3 FTR from map (Leningrad, Gomel) Germany assigns Pilot to CVP Germany places CVP on CV in Kiel, 2 MECH in Konigsberg Italy assigns Pilot to LND Italy places TERR in Beirut and Jerusalem, BB and SUB in La Spezia, LND in Taranto Japan assigns Pilot to CVP Japan places CVP, TRS, SUB, 2 INF in Tokyo, INF in Fukuoka Trade Agreements: No Changes Victory Totals Axis: 33 Allies: 34 Initiative: Axis wins the Initiative 7-7 (no Re-Roll) Axis chooses to move first in M/A '41 Turn 10 M/A '41 Axis wins the Initiative 7-7 (no Re-Roll) Axis chooses to move first in M/A '41 +2 Allied Initiative Impulse: 1 Weather: 8 ----- Given the weather roll, perhaps the Allies should have tried for the 1st impulse after all. The Soviets just ran out of time. The roll of '8' isn't ideal for the Axis, since it means the impulses will advance by 2, but it was just enough to put the S. Monsoon Zone into Fine weather, which now has only a 30% chance to last. It's a very brief window of opportunity: I know the Japanese are supposed to wait until they are ready to deal with the USA before using their O-chit, but I think a Super-Combined is called for here. Japan doesn't have ideal forces in place, but it can launch 6 invasions with 2 INF Divisions, 2 MAR Divisions, and 2 INF Corps. It can also transport a white-print INF to Truk, take Hanoi (with a DOW on France), make an attempt to eliminate Kunming (at low odds) before another unit moves back into it, set up its sea defenses, take Malaya (except for Singapore), and even try to snap the Pacific convoy pipeline . . . oh, and did I mention that it can begin moving into Siberia, too? This means I should be able to take most of the Oil from the NEI, take Batavia, Rabual, and some other targets, too. In the meantime, Germany can get get some ground Strikes in on those stacks near Chisinau that won't have a chance to move, trapping them, move up and attack in the North (possibly with Ground Support), and really piss off the Soviets. I won't get a chance to make that surprise invasion, and the Arctic rain will prevent my ski troops from cutting the rail line to Murmansk, but I still think it's a little risky for the USSR to rail its factories there. Archangel is probably still the better choice, although there are now TRS that can move HQ-I Alexander (CW) and another unit to Murmansk to help hold the factories if the Soviets want to go that route. It'll depend on how creative I am with Germany, really. As for Italy, well, it's probably going to have to take a few Land Actions to get the HQs set up for the German attempt against Persia. It won't get into the war yet, though there's nothing stopping the USSR from making the DOW next impulse. This might gain the Soviets a mountain hex or two in Iraq, but they can't reach Mosul or Baghdad before the Germans are in a position to defend them. Also, with the addition of the TERR units in Syria and Palestine, the Italians have a solid land force to mount a defensive screen near Cairo and the Suez while the majority of the better land units head off to Iraq. Expect to see a ton of DOWs coming up in this first impulse, with the USA feeling very much left out of the fun.
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