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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 1:43:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 6. July/August 1940. Axis #4. (continued).

[ax] I will end my impulse at this point.

[ax] 06-JUL-AUG-40-AX-04-EOI.zip game turn sent. Back to you.

[ax] By the way there's nothing to see in the German/Italian apps. German mountain units are just on some harmless maneuvers.

[ax] 🚵‍♂

[al] Riiiiight.

Japan. Manchuria




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 1:52:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 6. July/August 1940. Allied #5. (concluded).

[al] Weather
Weather roll is 2, same as last impulse: Fine everywhere except North Monsoon, which is Rain.

[al] Allied Impulse 5
No DoWs, alignments, etc.

Actions
China, France, USSR - Land
Commonwealth - Combined
USA - Pass

[al] Port Attacks
CW launches two port attacks:
- CVPs in Eastern Med fly to Tripoli to have another go at the stranded cp
- CVPs in North Sea fly to Kiel to have another go at the old BBs

{Interesting. Both fly which means he no longer has fighter cover to defend against a Port Strike against Plymouth which has two RN transports parked there. Though, my be is that he'll move them out to sea.}

[al] Kiel Port Attack
Germany does not commit subs.
Surprise rolls Ge 6, CW 5
CW has 2 surprise, which they won't spend (see Note below).
Germans don't have enough AA to have any effect.
CW inflicts 1D, 3A on the Germans.
CW picks D on Schlesien; saving throw is 8 - she's aborted.
With 3As, Schleswig-Holstein can't help but be aborted. (The rolls are 10 and then 7.)
Very fine damage control by the Kriegsmarine crews.

Libya Port Attack
Surprise rolls Italy 3, CW 2
CW has 2 surprise points (this is legit, since the CW is in the 4 box and the Italians, being in a minor port, are in the 3 box).
No AA fire.
CW base damage inflicted on the cp is 2D 1A, which CW boosts to 1X.
The cp is sunk.

Note
Something seems fishy about the surprise results in the Kiel port attack. By my reckoning, as a major port Kiel has a box number of 5. Because of the CVP searching optional, the CW planes have a box number of 4 (i.e. they are treated as being in the 4 box). With that in mind, the Germans' surprise number ought to have been 10, not 8 - so there should have been no net surprise points. Given that, I've elected not to spend any of the CW surprise points in Kiel.

[ax] Okay. Are you going to file a big report?

[al] Sure. Just in case.

[ax] Probably best

[al] Naval Moves
- 5 cps (4 Dutch, 1 British) sail from Liverpool to 0 box Cape St Vincent
- The Queens sail from Gibraltar to 0 box Bay of Biscay

{Uh ... looks like the 2 RN transports stayed in Plymouth. But will have to confirm when I get the turn back.}

[al] No naval combats.

[al] Any CAP for strat bombing or ground strikes?

[ax] Negative

[al] As it happens, there's no strat bombing or ground strikes.

[al] No rail moves.

[al] Land Moves
- KMT Peking MIL moves from adjacent to Chungking to a position blocking the western approaches through the mountains.
- The BEF withdraws southwest from Rouen.
- Cape Town MIL continues its advance along the Somali coast.
- French units move from the southern part of the main line to garrison Lyons and Vichy and march towards the Central Massif.
- Dakar MIL takes up a blocking position in the forests southwest of Paris.
- Red Army forces in Ukraine move eastward - guns to take up station around the Dnepr, and infantry and MECH to get around the Pripets.
- Red Army forces converge on Tsitsihar.

[al] No land combats.

[al] Rebases
- French nav2 rebases from southwestern tip of French Morocco to southern edge of Senegal (in the little range of hexes south of Gambia)
- French lnd3 rebases from Vichy to Toulouse.
- Soviet air forces also converge on Tsitsihar.

[al] No reorg.

[al] I've saved the game at Allied HQ reorg. I think there's a naval reorg opportunity afterwards for the CW, but I'm pretty sure the Queens can only reorganise 1 cp. No sense doing that.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:21:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 6. July/August 1940. Axis #6. PI. The Western Front.

My intention all along has been to declare Vichy. However, I've tried to give the impression that I was going for the complete conquest of France in order to draw French forces away from the Germans. For example, the two German mountain units moving through the German/French alps are intended to give the impression that I plan to make a push into France from the Italian-Franco border.

I couldn't be happier about the number of French forces my opponent has down in Vichy and away from the main battle area. I'm sure glad he didn't call my bluff. Otherwise, the Battle of France would have been much more difficult than it has been already. And even at that there's still a lot of work to be done to capture Paris. I'm not sure I can get the city this turn. At a minimum I need to cut off and surround Paris and adjacent French forces from the rest of France and, most significantly, from the oil needed to reorg French HQ's and other other oil consuming units in the pocket I hope to create.

There's a 10% chance that this will be my last impulse of the turn. I hope that's not the case, but I will try to create that pocket this impulse just in case.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:23:38 AM   
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No RAF fighters or RN CVP's in position to intercept over Plymouth.

You know what that means ...




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:24:44 AM   
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Port strike Plymouth ... which with only 2 air-to-sea factors attacking still means a long-shot to get 1 or both transports.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:27:02 AM   
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[ax] Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #6.
No DOW's. No special actions. No alignments.
Actions. Japan - land. Germany - land. Italy - land.
End of turn chance: 0%.

[ax] Port Strike. Germany. Plymouth.
He 115C Nav2 (2 a2s) vs RN fleet including 2 TRS at Plymouth.

[ax] Surprise.
D10, RN=6. D10, German=2.
Germany gets 2 SP's, which they use to reduce RN AA from lowest 1 of 6 to no effect.
RN risk is D, which Germany places on Transport 4724.
D10, D=3, transport damage.

[ax] Naval Air. None.

[ax] Strategic bombing. None.

[al] Well done with that port attack on Plymouth - that was a complete surprise. Though I suppose it ought not to have been.

[ax] I was looking at it last impulse but didn't because the RN CVP's in the North Sea could intercept with 3 a2a vs 1 a2a for the Germany Nav. After you port struck Kiel with both of them then I had nothing to lose and went for it.

Germany. Port Strike. Plymouth.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:29:58 AM   
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[ax] German ground strikes x 3.

[ax] 37 AA div in the most north can fire at the Ju 87B (5 factors). Does it fire?

[ax] Lowest 1 of 6 if it does.

[al] Yes please.

Germany. Planned Ground Strikes x 3.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:31:08 AM   
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[ax] Ground strike. Germany. vs France[54,29]. French AA fire (lowest1 of 6)

[ax] Ground strike. Germany. vs France[54,29].
French AA fire. Lowest 1 of 6. D10x6=10, 6, 1, 9, 10, 9.
Wow ... 5 out of 6 rolls were some very impressive AA fire.
Unfortunately the other roll was a 1. Ju 87B 5 bombs reduced to 4.

[ax] Ground Strike. Germany vs France[54,49].
Ju 87B with 5 reduced to 4 Tac attacking.
D10 vs 37 mm AA=9, missed (but will flip due to firing AA).
vs X Inf=2, flipped.
vs Georges HQ-I=5, missed (AA fire saved him from flipping).

Germany. Ground Strike 1 of 3.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:33:03 AM   
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[ax] Ground Strike. Germany vs France[54,30].
150 mm (4 factors) & 105 mm (3 factors) firing.
150mm vs XLV mech=1, flipped.
150mm vs Chevalier arm=2, flipped.
105 mm barrage wasted ... but that's ok, all 3 units flipped

[ax] Ground Strike. Germany vs France 55,30.
Ju 87B (5 factors) vs 3-stack (but only 2 organized at thus struck).
Ju 87B vs VI Gar=6, missed.
vs 75 mm AT gun=1, flipped.

Germany. Ground Strike 3 of 3.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:41:18 AM   
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[ax] Rail. Italy IV Inf corps. Rome to Amsterdam.
Rail. Japan x 2.
(1) Imp. Guard Mar. Kweilin to Canton, China.
(2) 28th Gar army. Canton, China to Changchun, Manchuria.

[ax] Germany. Airborne drop. France 54, 28. RP southwest of Rouen.
No allied reaction possible.

[ax] Germany. Land Combat x 3. Initial odds.
(1) France 54, 28 (airborne drop vs notionals). 9.5 B.
(2) France 54,30 (French mech, arm & AT div). 8.1 B.
(3) France 56, 31 (Dakar MIL). +16.4 B.

[ax] Germany has no organized planes in position to provide ground support. Neither do the French.

[ax] Include Notional?

[ax] Assume you do this time?

[al] Do you have blitz units in Rouen?

[ax] Yes. While this is a blitz, which is due to a lone mech corps, which would be forced to take the loss if required to take one. This mech corps is the only unit that could exploit a breakthrough.

[al] Yes to notional, then.

{Dang! I need this breakthrough to pocket Paris and the surround French forces, which would also cut them off from oil}.

[ax] Also, Georges can provide +1.5 in HQ support to (1) this combat and to (2) France 54,30 (French mech, arm & AT div). 8.1 B.

[al] Georges will support the +8.1 attack.

[ax] dang, wished I could have flipped him!

[ax] Attack (2) reduced from 8.1 to 6.6 Blitz.

[ax] This will cost me the HG division if I have to take a loss.

[ax] Could get bloody.

[ax] No ground support (either side) possible.

[al] The French certainly hope so.

[ax] Well, that's not true. The French LeO bomber could fly at extend range to either of the three. However, only the attack on the Dakar MIL would be without risk of intercept and that would only add 1 factor.

[ax] Assume you do not wish to fly.

[al] Good assumption.

[ax] Ok. Last get to some fighting.

Germany. Airborne Drop. Include Notional?




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:45:09 AM   
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[ax] Land Combat. Germany vs France 56, 31 (Dakar MIL). +16.4 B.
Fractional=209, yes. 2D10=12, Result=16+1+12=29.
MIL destroyed, breakthrough achieved.

{Ok, this takes care of the southern pincer of the Paris pocket encirclement. Now for the northern arm of the pincer (i.e., combo airborne & mech blitz). If this succeeds then I'll convert a shatter to a retreat against if I get it for the blitz on the French mech, arm & AT div since that would mean they couldn't get the oil to be reorg. But I'm getting ahead of myself.}

Germany. Land Combat 1 of 3




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:48:05 AM   
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[ax] Land Combat 2. Germany vs France 54, 28 (+3 notional). +10.5 B
Fractional=714, no. 2D10=10, Result=10+0+10=20.
German loses the mech and thus no breakthrough achieved.

[al] Looks like that was Germany's Market Garden, except the mechanised forces took the hit instead of the paratroopers.

[ax]

{Missed it by 1.}

Germany. Land Combat 2 of 3




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:49:38 AM   
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[ax] Land Combat 3. Germany vs France 54, 30 (mech, arm, at div). +6.6B
Fractional=394, yes. 2D10=15, result=6+1+15=22.
Germany elects the shatter. France loses 1 unit. Your choice.

[al] France will lose the anti-tank gun.

[ax] In the total I'm happy with the results. I was looking to lose the HG arm div if I had had to take a loss on this last blitz. Actually, I'd probably taken the white print (8-4) mot division. Though that would have been just as costly.

Germany. Land Combat 3 of 3




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:50:24 AM   
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[ax] HQ Reorg. Germany. Guderian. XILLL in, 105 mm art div, Stuka J8 87B.

Germany. HQ Reorg.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 2:51:18 AM   
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[ax] Air rebase. Japan x 2.
(1) A6M2 (zero) Wuhan, China to Kirin, Manchuria.
(2) D3A1 (Val). Fukuoka to Kirin, Manchuria.

[ax] That ends my impulse.

[ax] 06-JUL-AUG-1940-AX-06-EOI.zip game turn sent.

Japan. Manchuria.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 3:01:50 AM   
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[al] Weather
Weather roll is 1 - fine everywhere.

[ax] Very good. Just don't roll a 1 for the end of turn roll, please.

[al] Allied Impulse 7
No DoWs, alignments, etc.

Actions
Commonwealth, China, USSR - Land
France - Combined
USA - Pass

[al] No port attacks or naval air.

[al] Naval move: French TRS sails from Bingerville to 0 box Gulf of Guinea.

[al] No strat bombing or ground strikes.

[al] No rail moves.

[al] Land Moves & Debarks
- Stasis in China.
- Cape Town MIL continues march up Somali coast.
- Sydney MIL advances from Djibouti into British Somaliland.
- British Army in Egypt advances into assault positions against the stranded Italian HQ.
- BEF continues withdrawal towards southwestern France.
- French XVIII Corps (3-5 CAV) and 1st infantry Divison (1-3 inf) withdraw from positions along the Italian frontier into Lyons.
- French XIX Corps (5-5 MOT) enters Toulouse.
- Soviet forces in Europe continue hooking around the Pripets into Belorussia.
- Soviet forces in Manchuria continue to close around Tsitsihar.
- 13th Indian Corps (4-3 INF) disembarks into Djibouti.

[al] Land Combats
(1) The British Army in Egypt attacks HQ Balbo [hex 82,53].
This is a 22:3 = +16.667 attack before shore bombardment, etc. (Because of supply issues, HQ Wavell is not participating.)

(2) The Red Army attacks Tsitsihar in Manchuria.
This is a 27:3 = +20 attack before ground support, etc. (HQ Zhukov is participating.)

[al] Shore Bombardment
HMS Malaya, Revenge, and Renown contribute 7 points of shore bombardment.

[al] HQ Support
Zhukov contributes HQ support to the attack on Tsitsihar.

[al] Ground Support
Do you want to CAP for ground support in Manchuria?

[ax] Negative.

[al] Okay.
USSR flies a single IL-4 as ground support. No escorts, but fighters are in intercept range.
Do you want to fly ground support in Manchuria?

[ax] What are the odds?

[ax] 3 factors defending? So I can add 3?

[al] That's correct.

[al] The combat stands at 30:3 right now. Best case for Japan is 27:6. In either case, the city modifier is washed out by the HQ attacking city modifier, and there's +4.5 for the attacker on top of odds because of the TERR mod and HQ support.

[ax] So right now it's +24.5? And 3 factors of the 30 are due to the IL-4?

[al] Correct.

[ax] So best case for Japan would be 27:6 w/+4.5 which would be 13.5 on the assault?

[al] Correct, as long as I haven't missed anything.

[ax] Not very good for using up two Japanese air units. Japan does not fly any ground support.

[al] Okay.

[al] The A6M2 Reisen Zeroes could still intercept - do they want to?

[ax] No thanks.

[al] Ends up being some serious overkill, but my thinking was that if I hadn't committed HQ support the attack would have been a lot more questionable had Japanese ground support got through.

[ax] Better safe than sorry

[al] Indeed.

[al] Combat Resolution
With shore bombardment, HQ support, and ground support, the combats are +24.5 in Manchuria and +21.333 in Egypt. Axis gets to choose the combat table, so I choose assault by default, but with those die roll modifiers, the result is automatically -/2S for both combats.

[al] Just for the record, the die rolls are:
- Tsitsihar: fractional roll 368 (success); combat roll 5 (!!) + 25 = 30.
- Egypt: fractional roll 75 (success); combat roll 14 + 22 = 36.

The Red Army very nearly botches its first attack of the game. Only the fact that it's made with overwhelming force against hapless Manchurian territorial levies allows it to be a great success.

[al] Rebases
- RAF rebases Hampden lnd3 from Alexandria to Aden.
- French L.298 nav2 rebases from Senagal to Accra, Gold Coast.
- USSR rebases ftr2s in Manchuria and Pe-8/TB-7 lnd4 from Chita to in and around Tsitsihar.

[al] Saving game at naval reorg step (no HQs could reorg) and sending file.

[al] Ok. Will roll for end of turn then.

[al] Will do that quickly so we both know the result before we head off to bed.

[al] So it's nobody's fault by mine if I roll a 1!

[ax] There, you see? I just want you to keep the Axis' fate in your own hands as much as I can. :)

[al] End of turn roll. D10=8, turn continues. Phew ...

[al] Speaking of the French, I just - just now! - realised I really ought to have done a different land move as my third move of the impulse.

[al] As you will soon see.

[ax] I'm intrigued.

[ax] VI Gar east of Paris to Paris.

[ax] You've left Paris virtually wide open.

End of Allied #7 Impulse. The Western Front.

{Looks like I can get +15 to +17 on Paris. Paris will be fall this turn!}

Question: If I plan to declare Vichy is there any benefit of killing other French units; especially their HQ's? At what risk should I proceed to kill off French units beyond the capture of Paris?




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If you want to have a reasonably strong Vichy to defend southern France for you, keep them on the map. If you plan to collapse Vichy in the future, kill them...

But always: don't risk losing your own units...





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ORIGINAL: Centuur

It depends a little on how you proceed.

If you want to have a reasonably strong Vichy to defend southern France for you, keep them on the map. If you plan to collapse Vichy in the future, kill them...

But always: don't risk losing your own units...

Thanks! I'm not wanting to collapse Vichy and see the advantage in having a strong Vichy. So, I will walk lightly, kill off the weak MIL holding Paris, capture that city and declare Vichy.

By not killing off and then using the surviving French army to defend Vichy seems to represent French collaboration with their nazi occupiers. Makes sense.

Orders from OKH go out to OKW, OKL, OKM and all field army commands not to inflict unnecessary casualties on the remaining French forces except for what is necessary to capture Paris.


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[ax] Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. Axis #8.
No DOW's. No special actions. No alignments.
Actions. Japan, land. Germany, land. Italy, land.
End of turn probability is 20% (i.e., ends if D10 < 3).

[ax] Port Attacks. None.

[ax] Naval Air. None.

[ax] Strategic bombing. None.

[ax] Ground Strikes. None.

[ax] Rail. Japan. 40 mm AA div. Kaifeng, China to Changchum, Manchuria.

Manchuria. Korea. Post-Impulse.




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[ax] You've left Paris virtually wide open.

[al] I see you noticed my tiny, almost insignificant, hardly-any-effect-on-the-course-of-the-game-whatsoever mistake.

[ax] 😉

[ax] Land Combat. Only 1.
Germany vs Paris. Current odds are +14.
This includes +2 HQ support and 5 factors of ground support.

[ax] You have two decisions.
(1) Does the LeO 451 in Toulouse fly defensive ground support? If it does it would add 2 factors; however, Germany has a FTR2 w/6 a2a to intercept if it does.
(2) Assault of Blitz? Rundestedt's HQ-A is included in the combat but German also has included a 2-5 mot div to take a blitz loss if so called and necessary.

[al] No ground support, thank you. Assault, please.

[ax] Land Combat. Germany. +14 A. Paris, France.
No fractional. 2D10=14. Result=28.
Paris defender smashed without German losses or flips (well except for Rundstedt who provided HQ support).

[ax] Air Rebase.
Germany. He 100 FTR2. France 53,29 to Paris.
Japan. Ki-51 (Ann). Kweilin, to Tungkwan, China.

[ax] HQ Reorg. None.

[ax] Well that ends my impulse.

[ax] 06-JUL-AUG-1940-AX-08-EOI.zip game turn sent.

The Western Front. The Fall of Paris.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/3/2020 11:48:49 PM   
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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/4/2020 12:30:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		There are British troops moving towards Bayonne. Not a good thing at all...

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 9:15:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn.

[al] Okay. Ending the phase and we'll see if the turn ends...

[al] End of turn roll is a 2. The turn ends.

[ax] Ok then.

[ax] Both German chits in offensive.

[al] Partisan Rolls
Korea = 68
China = 11; garrison test = 3; partisan rolls 0 & 7
Malaya = 57
NEI = 5; garrison test = 4;
Burma = 45
India = 63
France = 91
Belgium = 55
Indochina = 5; garrison test = 4; partisan rolls 7 & 7

[al] You can place an Italian-controlled partisan in French Indochina. (There is already a partisan in Hanoi.)

[al] It's a 1-2 unit.

[ax] Saigon.

[al] Communist China also places a partisan in China. It's a 1-2 unit, which the Communists will place in Shanghai.

[al] Nazi-Soviet Pact
USSR draws 1 marker, placing it defensively.

[al] Nazi-Soviet Pact
USSR draws 1 marker, placing it defensively.

[al] Germany draws 2 markers; as directed they will be placed offensively.

[al] The marker values are 1 (63 rolled) and 4 (344 rolled). This message will self-destruct.

Destroyed/Repair Pools.




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[al] US Entry
US draws 1 marker versus Germany/Italy.

[al] US passes no options.

US Entry.

{I'm soliciting suggestions on how I should view/proceed with US entry data. We're playing solitary so obviously I could, but don't want to/try not to look at the chit values. I just want to "look at" the options chosen and the number of chits in each of the four pools. Does anyone have an algorithm I could use to plug the information I (should only) have into that will give me estimates of entry & tension pool totals and allied DOW chances? In this way I hope to use the estimates and avoid the actual for making preemptive DOW decisions. Also, I'm open to all suggestions on approaches to "honestly" dealing with the US entry as the axis player, playing against an opponent using solitary mode.}




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[ax] Axis Preliminary Production, which will also be their final production.
Germany. 26 PPs x 0.75 = 20 BPs. -2 to USSR. 18 BPs. added 1 oil saved.
Italy. 6 PP's x 0.75=5 BP's. +3 saved. 8 BP's. added 1 oil saved.
Japan. 16 PP's x 1 = 16 BP's. -1 to USA. 15 BP's. added 1 oil saved.

[ax] Axis. Stay at Sea. Return to Base.
Germany. All CP's at sea stay.

[ax] Italy. All CP's at sea stay.
West Med. CA Zara (4-box) stays (3-box)
Italian Coast. CA & BB (4-box) stays (3-box)
CA ( 0-box) returns to Trieste.
FTR (0-box) returns to La Spezia.

[ax] Japan. All CP's at sea stay.
China Sea. BB, 2CA', CV (4-box) stay (3-box).
Sea of Japan. BB Ise & BB Nagato (3-box) stay (2-box).
Remaining ships 3-box return to Fukuoka.
Japanese Coast. 2 CV's, 2 CA's (4-box) stay (3-box).

[ax] Use Oil. Axis.
Japan. 2.6 Needed. Do not reorg CA Idzomo & BB Mustsu. 2.4 Used, 2 expended (Tokyo, Saparro).

[ax] Germany. 3.6 Needed. Do not reorg 2 old BB's in Kiel. 3.4 used, 3 expended (Warsaw, Vienne, Hamburg).

[ax] Italy. 1.3 need. Reorg all. 1.3 used, 1 expended.

[ax] Final Production. Axis.
Same as preliminary production.
Final Total.
Germany. 18 BP's, 1 new oil saved, 11 total oil.
Italy. 8 BP's, 1 new oil, 2 oil total.
Japan. 15 BP's, 1 new oil, 7 oil total.

[ax] Scraped. Axis.
Germany. None.
Italy. None.
Japan. None

[ax] Production. Axis.
Germany. 18 BP's. Arm(6), Arty Div(4), FTR(2), PIL(2), MIL(2), Sub 2nd(1) x 2

[ax] Italy 8 BP's. Inf HQ (5), Sub Repair(1)x2, BP Save x 1 (Rome).

[ax] Japan 15 BP's. PIL(2)x2, Nav(2), Mar Div(3), MTN Div(2), MIL(2), Terr(2).

[al] Allied Stay at Sea
Commonwealth
- HMS Newcastle and York stay in North Sea, dropping to 2 box.
- HMS Glasgow and Suffolk stay in Bay of Biscay, dropping to 0 and 3 boxes, respectively.
- HMS Edinburgh and Southampton stay in North Atlantic, dropping to 0 and 3 boxes, respectively.
- HMS Devonshire and Norfolk stay in Cape St Vincent, dropping to 0 and 3 boxes, respectively.
- Polish destroyer flotilla drops to 3 box Cape Verde
- HMS Kent stays in Eastern Med, dropping to 2 box.

[al] Allied RTB
- French TRS in Gulf of Guinea returns to Cameroons.
- French cp in Red Sea returns to Seychelles.
- Polish destroyer (which was going to stay at sea) ends up going back to Freetown.
- RAF nav2s and HMS Resolution, Belfast, and Erebus (all in Cape St Vincent) return to Gibraltar.
- British cp in Cape St Vincent returns to Liverpool.
- HMS Hermes, Exeter, Ramilles, and Terror return from North Atlantic to Liverpool.
- HMS Valiant, London, and Dutch cruiser Sumatra return from Bay of Biscay to LIverpool.
- nav2 in Bay of Biscay returns to Derry (Northern Ireland)
- Queens return from Bay of Biscay to Cape Town
- Task force in North Sea not staying at sea returns to Plymouth
- HMS Eagle, Malaya, Revenge, and HMAS Australia and Shropshire return from E Med to Port Said.
- HMS Courageous, Hood, Renown, Liverpool, and Dorsetshire will attempt to sail through W Med from E Med.

[al] Okay, I thought there might be an interception chance, but since Zara is disorganised, there isn't. That last task force returns to Gibraltar.

[al] - Dutch TRS returns to Bombay.
- HMS Rodney and Effingham return from Azanian Sea to Mombasa, Kenya.

[al] Use Oil
China - Spends 0.4 oil (0 expended) to reorg HQ Mao
Commonwealth - Spends 4.9 oil (5 expended) to reorg all units.
France - Spends 0.25 oil (0 expended) to reorg all units possible (can't reorg any cut-off units near Paris)
USA - no units to reorg
USSR - Spends 1.4 oil (1 expended) to reorg all units.

[al] Final Production
China - 5 pp x 0.75 = 4 bp produced. 0 new oil saved.
Commonwealth - 22 pp x 0.75 = 17 bp produced. 5 new oil saved.
France - 4 pp x 1.25 = 5 bp produced. 1 new oil saved.
_ United States_ - 40 pp x 0.25 = 10 +1 (Japan) = 11 bp. 1 new oil saved.
Soviet Union - 23 pp x 0.5 = 12 +2 (Germany) = 14 bp. 2 new oil saved.

[al] Scrap Destroyed
- Soviets scrap Voroshilov
- French scrap the two destroyed ftr2

[al] Builds
China (4 bp) - 1 pil (2), 1 MIL (2)
Commonwealth (17 bp) - 1 trs (rep) (2), 1 cp (1), 1 pil (2), 1 ftr3 (3), 1 ftr2 (2), 1 INF (3), 2 MIL (4)
France (5 bp) - 1 INF (3), 1 MIL (2)
United States (11 bp) - 1 amph (1st) (3), 2 trs (1st) (4), 1 cp (1), 1 sub (2nd) (1), 1 pil (2)
Soviet Union (14 bp) - 1 MECH (5), 3 INF (9)

[al] Vichy
So... now that we're here. Does Germany wish to establish a Vichy government in France?

[ax] Absolutely!

[ax] Install Vichy please.

[al] In a world in chaos... one man takes a stand.

With the French Government evacuated to distant Bordeaux, and the Army facing disaster, Marshal Pétain forms a Government and asks for an armistice.

[al] Administrative Groups
Rolls are not modified by French BBs outside of France proper. Rolls are:
- Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia: 5 (Vichy)
- West Africa: 4 (Vichy)
- Syria: 1 (Vichy)
- Indochina: 9 (Free)
- Madagascar: 4 (Vichy)
- Asian Minors & Territories: 7 (Free)
- Equatorial Africa: 1 (Vichy) (!!)
- Pacific Minors & Territories: 9 (Free)
- Other Minors & Territories: 8 (Vichy)

[al] I think both the Allies and Axis have reason to be unsatisfied with those rolls.

[al] USE for Vichy Creation is 18. Roll is 4 - 2 markers added to the Ge/It pool.

[al] Okay, Free France really has cause to be unsatisfied, since the only possible home country for Free France is Indochina.

[ax] Will Japan still be able to align FIC?

[al] No, it has to be Vichy. That's a right pain for Japan, to be sure, but it means Free France is one invasion away from being completely conquered.

[ax] Hum ... so Japan could completely conquer France?

[al] As far as I know.

{I'd appreciate that if anyone whose been following all this and knows the rule to chime in on whether or not if Japan invades and conquers French Indo-China that France will then complete conquered.}

[ax] The remnants of the BEF is kinda left hanging out there aren't they?

[al] Yes, since they're in Occupied France. It's not ideal.

British BEF after Vichy.

{Though I'm -1 on the initiative track I will move first if given the chance in order to trap and destroy the fleeing British forces. Otherwise, I feel that they could become a real pain in the butt.}




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[al] Next up: moving non-French units out of Vichy France.

[al] First off, where do you want the mtn div to go? Anywhere within 2 hexes is legal.

[ax] For all axis units that must be relocated please just use your best judgement as if you were axis player. That'll work for me.

[ax] Or more accurately I give you my blessing to act as my AIA (AI-ally) in this matter.

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