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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:15:20 AM   
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[al] Peace Phase
- Germany completely conquers Yugoslavia.
- Free France does not surrender to Italy. (I mean, Italy? Really? At least offer the chance to decline surrendering to Germany, for heaven's sake.)

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:16:05 AM   
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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:16:32 AM   
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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:17:00 AM   
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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:25:33 AM   
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[ax] Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Place Units. Germany.
(1) Scrap ROM IAR 37 LND 2.
(2) 1 PIL used to fill Ju 87D LND2
(3) 4-2 MIL Settin, 4-3 MIL Leipzig, 3-2 MIL Bucharest.
(4) ROM HQ-I Bucharest.
(5) 6-4 inf, 2-5 mot eng div, 5-2 arty div, Ju 87D Stuka Konigsberg, Germany
(6) 3 u-boat flotillas Kiel, Germany.
(7) No air removed.

[ax] Place Units. Italy.
(1) Scrap. None.
(2) CP to Taranto.
(3) Sub group to La Spezia.
(4) Balbo HQ-I to Trieste.
(5) No planes removed.

[ax] Place Units. Japan.
(1) Ki-30 Ann, Ki-32 Mary, Ki-32 Mary, CVL Chuyo, CVL Unyo
(2) 2 PIL's. H6K (Mavis) & G3M2 (Nell) filled.
(3) Fukuoka. 1st SNLF div, 1st Mtn Div, 5-1 gar, H6K F-boat
(4) Sasebo. G3M2 Nell.
(5) No planes removed.

[al] Nationalist China Reinforcements
Annual Scrapping
China scraps I-16 ftr2

Reinforcements
KMT places 14th Army (4-2 INF) in Chungking.

[al] Commonwealth Reinforcements
Annual Scrapping
CW scraps Wellington Mk.1 lnd3

Reinforcements
(1) CW assigns pil to Beaufighter Mk. IIF (ftr3) and Spitfire II (ftr2)
(2) CW places ftr2 in Coventry, ftr3 in Bristol.
(3) CW places cp in Bombay, cp in Liverpool.

[al] (Free France scraps some old units. Sadly, nothing to place.)

[al] United States Reinforcements
Annual Scrapping
US scraps P-35 ftr2 and XXVIII Corps (5-4 MOT)

Reinforcements
(1) To Construction Pool: AMPH 4236, TRS 4244, TRS 4248, USS Alabama, USS Iowa, USS New Jersey,
(2) US places cp in Norfolk
(3) US places sub in San Diego

[al] Soviet Union Reinforcements
Annual Scrapping
USSR scraps two old lnd3

USSR Reinforcements
(1) USSR puts pilots in both lnd4
(2) USSR places lnd4 in Moscow and Rostov
(3) USSR places 4th Army (3-3 INF) in Murmansk
(4) USSR places 43rd Army (5-3 INF) in Odessa
(5) USSR places 7-6 ARM and 6-6 MECH in Kharkov

[al] USSR Plane Removal
USSR pulls lnd3s in Chita from map.

[ax] Resource Lending. Axis.
(1) Germany increases their trade to Italy from 2 to 5 non-oil RP's.
(2) No other non-mandatory trade.

[al] *Allied Trade *
(1) CW lends USSR 1 resource
(2) US continues to lend CW 3 oil.
(3) No other lending (apart from mandatory agreements).

[al] Initiative
Axis roll 1, Allied roll 8.
Initiative is Axis 2, Allied 8.
Do you wish to reroll?

[ax] No reroll, please.

[ax] I have a feeling I know who's moving first though ...

[al] Initiative
Axis chooses not to reroll.
Initiative stands at Axis 2, Allied 8.
Allies win initiative.
The merchant mariners might not thank me for it, but Allies make Axis go first.

[ax] I thought that might be the case.

[al] Weather
Weather roll is 1, becoming 3 because of last impulse's weather.
That's St/R/F/F/R/F
(If there's any confusion, those weather abbreviations are going in order from north to south, using the abbreviations I mentioned last time I rolled weather.)

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:27:29 AM   
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[ax] Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1940. Axis #1.
No DOW's. No Special Actions. No Alignments.
Actions. Japan - combine, Germany - naval, Italy - naval.

[ax] Port attacks. None.

[ax] Naval Air.
(1) Ge He 115c. Brest to 3-box, Bay of Biscay.
(2) Ge He 112 FTR2. La Spezia to 2-box, Italian Coast.

[ax] That uses up both Germany's air mission in a naval.

[ax] Naval Moves. Japan.
(1) TRS + mtn div & 1st SNLF div & Amph + 5-1 Gar. Fukuko to 2-box, China Sea.

[ax] Naval Moves. Germany & Italy. Will post pics.

[ax] Baltic Sea.
(1) BB Bismarck. Kiel to 4-box.
(2) BB Schleswing-Holstein. Returns to Memel from 0-box, North Sea.

[ax] No naval combat (of course) in the Baltic. The Bismarck is on patrol keeping an eye on the Soviet Baltic Sea fleet.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:31:40 AM   
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[ax] Naval. North Atlantic. Rain.
(1) KM surface raiders, German u-boats & Italians subs.
(2) CA Admiral Hipper initiates.
(3) No air reactions possible.
(4) Search. Axis=3, Allied=1. Both Sides find. RN gets 3 SP's.

[al] Which Axis box(es) found?

[ax] All axis vs CA Glasglow.

[al] That's what I was afraid of.

[al] The 1 sub in the one box ought to have missed at least, though? -2 to search results from convoys, +1 to results from weather?

[al] Er, make that one sub in the 1 box.

[ax] Yes, the sub in the 1-box did miss. You're right.

[ax] My bad.

[al] Eh, not that it makes much difference. :)

[ax] All axis ships & subs in the 2 and 3 boxes found.

[ax] RN can use their 2 SP's to:
(1) Reduced their risk from X to 2D, 1A.
(2) Increase axis risk from 1 D to 1D, 3A.
Your call.

[al] Chance of X sinking Glasgow is 60%, chance of both Ds sinking Glasgow is 42% if my maths are right. But I really need to clear the Axis out of the zone, and 3As will help there... 60% chance the Axis don't find again... Hmm...

[al] Eh, we'll just have to eat the X and hope that we don't get rolls like in Cape Verde last turn. Boost the damage inflicted on the Axis to 1D 3A.

[ax] copy that.

[ax] Naval Risks.
(1) X=CA Glasgow=9, damaged.

[al] Phew! (For now.)

[ax] (2) D on U-boat 4835=9, aborted.
(3) A on Italian sub 5048=5, aborted.
(4) A on U-boat 4839=10, 1/2 aborted.
(5) A on CA Admiral Hipper=8, 1/2 aborted.

[ax] Axis stay. Assume the allies do too?

[al] Yes, please.

[ax] Naval. North Atlantic. Rain. Round 2.
(1) No air reactions possible.
(2) Axis commit their subs.
(3) Search. Axis=5, Allied=7. Neither find. Combat ends.

[al] Double phew! (Especially with that Allied search roll.)

[ax] Yes. So close, but yet so far away. :(

[al] Glasgow aborts to any port it can reach without running an Axis blockade.

[al] I mean, any port she can reach. :)

[ax] Aborts.
(1) German u-boat returns to Brest.
(2) Italian sub to St-Nazaire.
(3) Damaged CA Glasgow to Halifax.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:34:58 AM   
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[ax] Naval. Faeroes Gap. Rain.
(1) German u-boat 4833 (3-box) initiates.

[al] NAV in Northern Ireland flies to 0 box. No other planes.

[ax] (2) Axis commit their subs. (Actually 4833 sub that initiated was in 3-box)
(3) RAF flies NAV2 to 0-box.
(4) Search. Axis=1, Allied=5. Only axis find (all 5 sub units).
(5) Choose 0-box, which gives the axis 7 SP's.
(6) 4 SP's used to force sub combat.
(7) 15 sub vs 15 CP's (8 ships) = X, 2D, 2A
(8) 4 ASW vs 5 subs = D, 3A.
(9) 2 SP's reduce sub risk to D.
(10) 3 RN CP's sunk, 3 aborted, which reduces CP's from 15 to 9 in Faeroes Gap.
(11) D on U-boat 4832 (2-box)=2, damaged.
(12) Axis stay. Assume RN does too?

[al] Yes, please.

[ax] Naval. Faeroes Gap. Rain. Round 2.
(1) Axis commit their subs.
(2) No additional air reactions possible.
(3) Search. Axis=2, Allied=1, both sides find.

[al] However for the RN it only the Suffolk in the 3-box that finds. All remaining axis subs (5) find.

[ax] No surprise points.

[ax] Naval Risks.
(1) D on CA Suffolk=7, aborted.
(2) D on (damaged) U-boat 4834 (2-box)=1, damaged again and thus sunk.

[ax] axis stay. Assume allied do too?

[al] Yes, please.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:36:04 AM   
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[ax] Naval. Faeroes Gap. Rain. Round 2.
(1) Axis commit their subs.
(2) No additional air reactions possible.
(3) Search. Axis=2, Allied=1, both sides find.

[al] However for the RN it only the Suffolk in the 3-box that finds. All remaining axis subs (5) find.

[ax] No surprise points.

[ax] Naval Risks.
(1) D on CA Suffolk=7, aborted.
(2) D on (damaged) U-boat 4834 (2-box)=1, damaged again and thus sunk.

[ax] axis stay. Assume allied do too?

[al] Yes, please.

[ax] Naval. Faeroes Gap. Rain. Round 3.
(1) Axis commit their subs.
(2) No additional air reactions possible.
(3) Search. Axis=6, Allied=3. Neither find, combat ends.

[ax] Return aborted CA Suffolk where?

[al] Liverpool, please.

[ax] And 2 aborted 2 CP's?

[al] Same.

Faeores Gap. Round 2.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:40:51 AM   
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[ax] Last up. Italy Coast.

[ax] Naval. Italian Coast. Fine.
(1) CA Abruzzi (0-box) initiates.
(2) Italy reacts here NAV2 to 2-box to join Luftwaffe He 112 patrolling there.
(3) No allied air reactions possible.
(4) Search. Axis=3, RN=10, only the Axis find.
(5) RN in 2-box selected, which gives the axis 8 SP's.
(6) 4 SP's used to force surface.
(7) Italy has 18 surface vs 7 ships=X, 3A.
(8) RN has 28 surface vs 3 ships=X, D, A.
(9) Italy will use 3 of the 4 remaining SP's to put the X on CV Courageous loaded with Swordfish & Gladiator CVP's.
Naval Risks.
(1) X on CV Courageous=10, damaged. (The axis can't make a damage roll this turn against the RN!).
Where do you wish to place the remaining 3 A?
As many As as possible on Courageous. (Hopefully she uses up two of them.) Any leftover on Australia. Any leftover after that on Repulse.

[ax] (2) A on (damaged) CV Courageous=4, aborted.
(3) A on CA Australia=2, aborted.
(4) A on BB Repulse=9, 1/2 aborted.

[ax] Italy's RM risk is X, D, A.
(1) X on CA Bolzano=6, sunk.
(2) D on BB Conte Di Cavour=4, damaged.
(3) A on (damaged) BB Conte Di Cavour=1, aborted & damaged.

[ax] Italians stay. What about the RN?

[al] RN will stay, for now.

[al] As long as they don't get a second consecutive bad search roll split, they should do decently. I'll feel bad about that decision if they do get such a split, though. :)

[ax] Naval. Italian Coast. Fine. Round 2.
(1) No additional air reactions.
(2) Search. Axis=5, RN=9. Neither find. Battle ends.
(3) Aborted CA Australia where?

[al] All RN aborts to Gibraltar, please.

[ax] copy that.

[ax] If felt as though the axis were just on the verge of doing real damage in all three sea areas (North Atlantic, Faeores Gap & Italian Coast) but just fell short in all three with a bit of exception in the Faeroes Gap.

[al] Well, the Axis did 7 bps worth of direct damage to the CW this turn, not counting any long-term economic losses if I can't make good the convoy pipelines. That feels like real damage from here, even if it feels like falling short at Dönitz's HQ in France. :)

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:43:40 AM   
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[ax] Ground Strikes. Japan x 2.

[ax] Ground Strike. Japan. 2 Air Units vs Mao 2-stack.
(1) D3A2 Val (3/2=2 TAC) vs 8th Rte=5, missed.
(2) vs Mao HQ-I=6, missed.
(3) Ki-27 F/B (1/2=1 TAC) vs 8th Rte=10, missed.
(4) vs Mao HQ-I=10, missed.

[al] The Japanese don't like the Communist Chinese for some reason. :)

[ax] No they don't. :)

[ax] Ground Strike. Japan. 2 Air Units vs Chaing 2-stack.
(1) A6M2 Zero F/B (1/2=1 Tac) vs Chiang HQ-I=5, missed.
(2) vs 13th (Res) Gar army=10, missed.
(3) vs 57 mm A/T div=9, missed.
(4) G3M2 Nell (1/2=1 TAC) vs 13th (Res) Gar army=4, missed.
(5) vs 57 mm A/T div=10, missed.
(6) vs Chiang HQ-I=9, missed.

[ax] Rail. none.

[ax] Land Movement. Japan x 3. Disembarks from China Sea.
(1) 5-1 Gar to Canton.
(2) 1st SNLF div to Canton.
(3) 1st MTN div Haichow.

[ax] Land Combat. None.

[ax] Air rebase. Italy x 2.
(1) CR 42 Falco. France 54, 30 to Malgdeburg, Germany.
(2) Ca. 135 LND2. Hungary 57,45 to Poland 47, 47.

[ax] Well that ends my impulse at the HQ reorg phase.

[ax] 09-JAN-FEB-1941-AX-01-EOI.zip game turn sent.

[al] Got the file.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 2:06:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Of course the Free French have to surrender to Italy if they want to do so. Well... it's the partisans in Indo China which are the culprit here, and they are controlled by Mussolini himself...

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 4:43:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		just realized an interesting wrinkle to the situation in Indo-China - is there a rail link from a port to Vientane, the only city not occupied by PARTisans?

unless that city can receive a Build Point, the Free French can't receive one via Lend-Lease, I would think.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 10:00:02 PM   
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just realized an interesting wrinkle to the situation in Indo-China - is there a rail link from a port to Vientane, the only city not occupied by PARTisans?

unless that city can receive a Build Point, the Free French can't receive one via Lend-Lease, I would think.

Actually there are 2, of 5, French-Indo Chinese cities NOT controlled by partisans: (1) Vientiane and (2) Phnom Penh. Neither one of which has a rail link, which means that Free France can't receive Build Points? Which means that Free France can never build any units?

If both are true then Free France is as good as completely conquered isn't it?

And, so the allied should surrender and get the extra US entry benefits?




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/19/2020 11:13:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		No, not conquered as PARTisan units don't control hexes. Just unable to receive Lend-Lease. CW could land troops and knock out a PART.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/20/2020 12:12:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		The big question now is when to invade the Soviet Union. My opinion is the earlier the better. His defense is not set up now, but gets better every turn. Attacking in bad weather feels strange, but the surprise impulse won't do much, as there is little to surprise, and since he is already at war the only he gains by a German DOW is a few more reserve units. Very good reserve units, but not that many.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/20/2020 12:34:16 AM   
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The big question now is when to invade the Soviet Union. My opinion is the earlier the better. His defense is not set up now, but gets better every turn. Attacking in bad weather feels strange, but the surprise impulse won't do much, as there is little to surprise, and since he is already at war the only he gains by a German DOW is a few more reserve units. Very good reserve units, but not that many.

I was planning to invade in Mar/Apr as long as the weather isn't blizzard or storm in either the arctic or north temperate.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/20/2020 12:21:29 PM   
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The big question now is when to invade the Soviet Union. My opinion is the earlier the better. His defense is not set up now, but gets better every turn. Attacking in bad weather feels strange, but the surprise impulse won't do much, as there is little to surprise, and since he is already at war the only he gains by a German DOW is a few more reserve units. Very good reserve units, but not that many.

I was planning to invade in Mar/Apr as long as the weather isn't blizzard or storm in either the arctic or north temperate.


Why not in J/F if the weather is snow? Don't enter the USSR itself that turn to prevent the Soviets from getting a production bonus. Of course, this depends on the garrison ratio, but with Germany I would not hesitate to go to war as early as possible...

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/20/2020 9:50:14 PM   
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The big question now is when to invade the Soviet Union. My opinion is the earlier the better. His defense is not set up now, but gets better every turn. Attacking in bad weather feels strange, but the surprise impulse won't do much, as there is little to surprise, and since he is already at war the only he gains by a German DOW is a few more reserve units. Very good reserve units, but not that many.

I was planning to invade in Mar/Apr as long as the weather isn't blizzard or storm in either the arctic or north temperate.


Why not in J/F if the weather is snow? Don't enter the USSR itself that turn to prevent the Soviets from getting a production bonus. Of course, this depends on the garrison ratio, but with Germany I would not hesitate to go to war as early as possible...
Sure. Why not. If I get snow next impulse then war with the Soviets it is.

By the way this will be total war by the axis against the Soviets. Japan plans to push hard in Asia, first expelling the Soviets from Manchuria and then capturing the 3 Soviet RP's there.


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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/20/2020 11:31:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

The big question now is when to invade the Soviet Union. My opinion is the earlier the better. His defense is not set up now, but gets better every turn. Attacking in bad weather feels strange, but the surprise impulse won't do much, as there is little to surprise, and since he is already at war the only he gains by a German DOW is a few more reserve units. Very good reserve units, but not that many.

I was planning to invade in Mar/Apr as long as the weather isn't blizzard or storm in either the arctic or north temperate.


Why not in J/F if the weather is snow? Don't enter the USSR itself that turn to prevent the Soviets from getting a production bonus. Of course, this depends on the garrison ratio, but with Germany I would not hesitate to go to war as early as possible...
Sure. Why not. If I get snow next impulse then war with the Soviets it is.

By the way this will be total war by the axis against the Soviets. Japan plans to push hard in Asia, first expelling the Soviets from Manchuria and then capturing the 3 Soviet RP's there.


Good plan.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/21/2020 5:15:43 PM   
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I would not attack early if Russia has reasonable strength at the front AND you have little to no aircraft there.
This has a high chance of bogging down... Unless perhaps if your forces are numerically in a state of über superiority .

But like I said, I haven't checked the positions yet, so my comment is merely meant in general (and I speak from bitter experience) .

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/21/2020 8:12:49 PM   
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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/21/2020 8:56:41 PM   
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On the global map it looks like Josef has put down a rearward defense. Yeah... the sooner the better then .

From Soviet persprective, I've always seen this as a serious drawback; Germany can attack early (easy breaking the pact),
and arrives at the rearward river positions much sooner.

Still, be careful not to rush too fast forward if you have no airsupport and lots of russian armor and air are waiting for you.
A skilled Stalin can kill a painful amount of Germans before you set up your front at that far off line.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/5/2020 7:21:34 PM   
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I'll keep you posted as soon as I hear anything else.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/6/2020 3:12:10 AM   
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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

Just wanted to give everyone a status update on this game. He's gone dark on me and I haven't heard anything from his since February 23. My concern isn't about the game but is that everything is ok. Hopefully, it's just a busy time for him with family and/or work and nothing more.

I'll keep you posted as soon as I hear anything else.

Good news ... composer99 was just busy with work and we got an impulse in tonight, details for which I'll post tomorrow sometime.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/6/2020 4:43:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #3. (Axis, Non-Phasing).

[al] Allied Impulse 3
No declarations of war, alignments, etc.

Actions
China: Pass
Commonwealth: Naval
Free France: Pass
United States: Combined
Soviet Union - Land

[al] Naval Operations
No port attacks or naval air.

Naval Movement - United States
(1) USS Nevada, Oklahoma, and Arizona sail from San Diego to 0 box West Coast.

Naval Movement - CW Transports
(2) TRS in Cape Town loads the South African ftr2 and sails to 0 box Cape St Vincent.

Naval Movement - Convoys & Escorts
(3) HMS Berwick sails from Halifax to 0 box North Atlantic.
(4) HMS Devonshire drops from 3 box Cape St Vincent to 1 box.
(5) HMS Resolution, Belfast, and Erebus sail from Gibraltar to 1 box North Atlantic.
(6) Dutch cruiser Java sails from Gibraltar to 1 box Cape St Vincent.
(7) HMS Sheffield_ sails from Gibraltar to 4 box Cape St Vincent.
(8) HMS Norfolk sails from Gibraltar to 4 box North Atlantic.
(9) Dutch cruiser Sumatra sails from Gibraltar to 0 box North Atlantic.

Naval Movement - Med
(10) Yugoslav cruiser Dalmacija sails from 1 box Italian Coast to Gibraltar.
(11) HMS Eagle (CVL) and Revenge (BB) sail from Port Said to 2 box Italian Coast.

That's it for naval moves that don't involve interceptions, that I can think of, for now. (Or, if there were interceptions, it would have been unsporting to ask for them because the units were stopping in the zone anyway.)

[al] On to stuff the Axis can intercept.

[al] (12) HMS Hermes (CVL with cvp) sets out from Liverpool into Faeroes Gap. Do Axis subs attempt to intercept?

[ax] Negative

[al] Righty-o. Hermes sails through to 0 box North Atlantic.

[al] (13) HMS Ramilles (BB) sails from Liverpool to Faeroes Gap - intercept?

[ax] Negative

[al] Ramilles sails through to 0 box North Atlantic.

[al] (14) They're sailing separately into Faeroes Gap, but what of battleships Royal Sovereign and Royal Oak?

[ax] Negative

[al] Okay. They sail into the 0 and 1 boxes, respectively, of North Atlantic.

[al] (15) Again, each is sailing separately, but what of cruisers Edinburgh, Gloucester, Southampton, and Exeter?

[ax] Negative

[al] Edinburgh and Gloucester sail on to 4 box North Atlantic. With their transit to North Atlantic assured, Southampton sails to 0 box Faeroes Gap and Exeter to 4 box Faeroes Gap.

[al] With that, I think the rest of the naval moves don't require asking for interceptions. (They might have if some of the previous stuff had been intercepted.)

[al] (16) HMS Ark Royal, Glorious, and York sail from Scapa Flow to 4 box Faeroes Gap.
(17) HMS Valiant and Terror sail from Liverpool to 0 box Faeroes Gap.

[al] Okay... that brings us to...

Naval Operations
Naval Combats
- CW can initiate in Faeroes Gap and North Atlantic, but won't.
- CW can and will initiate in Italian Coast.

[al] Naval Combat - Italian Coast
- HMAS Shropshire initiates the combat.
- CW has no planes to send. Do the Italians fly their ftr2 in La Spezia?

[ax] No air reactions.

[al] Naval Combat - Italian Coast
- Search rolls are CW 7, Axis 6. Nobody finds.

The Italian Coast. Neither Side Finds.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/6/2020 4:45:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #3. (Axis, Non-Phasing). (Continued).

[al] Naval Operations
Non-Phasing Naval Combats
The Axis can initiate combats in North Atlantic and Faeroes Gap. Do they wish to do so, and which combat will they initiate first?

[ax] Will initiate in both, starting in the North Atlantic. Initiate with BB Schanarhort please.

[al] Naval Combat - North Atlantic
- Axis initiates combat with Scharnhorst
- Since the Axis decided to fight, I'm comfortable assuming subs are committed.
- Search rolls are Axis 6, CW 5; both sides just barely miss.

North Atlantic.

[al] North Atlantic; just off-panel are more Allied cps.




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/6/2020 4:51:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #3. (Axis, Non-Phasing). (Continued).

[ax] Faeores gap. Initiate with German u-boat in 4-box please.

[al] Naval Combat - Faeroes Gap
- Axis initiates with U-boats in 4 box.
- Axis commits subs (otherwise, what's the point?)
- Search results are Axis 4, CW 6. Axis 4 box finds. Assuming they pick only the 0 box, they will have, by my reckoning, 5 surprise points (2 off the dice and 3 off the box, on account of the CW nav2).

[ax] Use 4 SP's for sub combat please.

[ax] Dogs of war need to go out. Axis stay and commit their subs in the second round. If German u-boat survives and is aborted it aborts to Brest.

[al] Naval Combat - Faeroes Gap
- Axis picks 0 box and has 5 surpise points, spending 4 to call a sub combat.

Axis takes 2D, 1A damage, all of which is absorbed by the single participating U-boat flotilla.
D on subs: saving throw is 1; they're damaged
D on subs: saving throw is 2; they're sunk

CW cps take 1D result; 1 cp is sunk.

[al] Naval Combat - Faeroes Gap
- Both sides stay for 2nd round.
- Axis commit subs.
- Search rolls are Axis 1, CW 7. Axis 3 box finds.
- Assuming the Axis picks only the 0 box, they have net 8 surprise points.
- Assuming the Axis call a sub combat, the damage profiles before spending surprise are as follows:
ASW inflicts X,A on the subs.
Subs inflict X,A on the convoys.

[ax] Back.

[ax] Yes, 0-box and use 4 SP's for sub combat.

[al] Done. Axis have 4 surprise remaining to influence the combat. Both sides are in the 8-10 column attacking the 3-4 target row.

[ax] Use the remaining 4 SP's to increase damage to CW CP's to X, D, 3A please (3 CP's sunk, 3 aborted).

[ax] Put X on the 2-mover, 3-strength German u-boat. Then A if it survives. If not A on Italian sub.

[ax] Italian aborts got to St-Nazaire.

[al] Axis absorbs an X and an A:
X on Ge sub 4833: saving throw is 5; subs are sunk.
A on It sub 5043: saving throw is 10; subs are not aborted.

[al] Convoys take 1X, 1D, 3A.

[ax] Axis stay but do not commit their subs.

{With only 2 allied CP's left, not worth the risk. I've already pushed my luck from an inferior position (see screen cap below) and did get lucky sinking 4 CW CP's and aborting another 3 in the Faeroes Gap at the cost of 2 German u-boat flotillas lost.}

[ax] Well that's 4 CW CP's sunk and 3 aborted at the cost of 2 German u-boats lost.

[ax] BP wise that's an even trade.

[al] Both sides stay. Since as directed Axis do not commit subs, thus ends the combat.

The Faeroes Gap (Prior to 2 Rounds of Sub Combat).




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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 3/6/2020 4:54:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Turn 9. Jan/Feb 1941. Allied #3. (Axis, Non-Phasing). (Concluded).

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

[ax] Negative

[al] Land Operations
No strat bombing or ground strikes by the Allies.

Rail Moves
(1) Red Army rails 2nd Siberian Corps (6-4 INF) from Manchuria to Kiev.

Land Moves
(2) No land moves in China, with the bad weather.
(3) Some minor adjustments by the Red Army in Belorussia/central Russia.

{Looks like the Red Army is bugging out of Asia for Europe}.

[al] Land Attacks
None

Rebases
(1) Beaufighters (ftr3) in UK rebase to southwestern hex adjacent to both North Sea & Bay of Biscay.
(2) Spitires rebase from Conventry to just northeast of Southampton.
(3) USA transfers cvp from Enterprise to Yorktown.
(4) Soviet lnd3 in Manchuria rebases to Chita.

Air Reorg
(5) CW atr3 reorgs 2 cps in Liverpool.

[ax] Why don't you go ahead and do the air reorg and weather roll for next impulse and then send me the file.

[al] Sure thing.

[ax] Weather
Weather roll is 4.
Weather is Sn/St/F/F/R/F.

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