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warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 10:34:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The CW has 8 surprise points to spend - all 8 of which are used to increase the combat column. The actual result was not quite as bad as it could have been - but it was still pretty awful.. 1 submarine sunk and two aborted. [image]local://upfiles/28156/CA45E6320C364B00B58083CF33B1D732.jpg[/image] A submarine with so low speed deserves to be sunk! warspite1 Yes I should have left him behind and had all units in the higher box, but as it turned out, it would not have made any difference to the search nos.

Orm -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 10:47:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The CW has 8 surprise points to spend - all 8 of which are used to increase the combat column. The actual result was not quite as bad as it could have been - but it was still pretty awful.. 1 submarine sunk and two aborted. [image]local://upfiles/28156/CA45E6320C364B00B58083CF33B1D732.jpg[/image] A submarine with so low speed deserves to be sunk! warspite1 Yes I should have left him behind and had all units in the higher box, but as it turned out, it would not have made any difference to the search nos. One less box means one more surprise point for CW. So in this battle CW would have had 7 surprise points instead of 8 and thereby would have fought at one lower combat column. So it is not that the Italians missed to find that bothered me.

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 10:57:04 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The Germans once more choose three attacks. Odessa in the south and the two hexes previously targeted for ground strike. Aircraft cannot alter any of the battle odds and there are no HQ's left to provide support. The attack on Odessa is at 3:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table.... ...its only a 4. All attackers are disorganised but there is no loss to the Germans. However, the Soviets lose the 4th Motorised Army - but at least Odessa holds.. [image]local://upfiles/28156/A3B23886153B409C8C061699E435C7C2.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:00:43 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The next attack is against Timoshenko and the 3rd Armoured Army. This is a 3:1 +1 with the Germans choosing the Blitzkrieg table..... ... its a 6 (7) which means no losses to either side but the Soviets are Shattered (no conversion!). [image]local://upfiles/28156/9DC9062A4D724C17B02C3C78AAF63691.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:05:43 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The third and final attack - but by certainly not the least important. This is a 3:1 +1 attack on the Blitzkrieg table against a lone Guards Infantry Army, but its removal will really split the Soviet Army apart... ...its only a 2 (3)... The defender is destroyed but the attacking units are disorganised and one division is also lost. [image]local://upfiles/28156/6E579CC8119B444F9D0924B3FC05AA9F.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:09:01 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Impulse: 9 The turn ends on a 3! There are mutterings of dodgy dice in the German camp.....

Orm -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:15:06 PM)
The dice are clearly not pro-Germany.[:D]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:17:13 PM)
Hold on

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:23:12 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Production Germany: Infantry Mechanised Motorised Field Artillery 3 x Pilot Fighter 3 x Land Air Italy: Infantry HQ Japan: Submarine Carrier 2 x Carrier Air 2 x Pilots Militia Garrison

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:26:33 PM)
May/Jun 1942 Production China: 2 x Infantry CW: Hermione Dido Carrier 3 x Pilot 3 x Carrier Air Garrison Anti-Aircraft Armour Division USA: Missouri Wisconsin Alaska 2 x TRS 3 x Carrier Air 3 x Pilot Infantry Submarine USSR: 4 x Infantry 2 x Motorised 2 x Anti-Tank 3 x Pilot 2 x Fighter 2 x Land Air

Orm -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:35:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 May/Jun 1942 Production Germany: Infantry Mechanised Motorised Field Artillery 3 x Pilot Fighter 3 x Land Air Italy: Infantry HQ Japan: Submarine Carrier 2 x Carrier Air 2 x Pilots Militia Garrison Germany must gear up their infantry production now. Two infantry class units built seems to low. They also need garrisons and militia to defend against partisans and pesky invasions.

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:42:43 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Reinforcement Germany: Romania Militia x 2 2 x Fighters 2 x Land Air Infantry HQ Mechanised Armour Anti-Aircraft Italy: SM 84 Submarine Japan: Taiho has been placed in the Construction Pool Militia Agano 5 x Carrier Air

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:49:52 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Reinforcement China: Chiang Infantry Garrison Communist Cavalry Division CW: 3 x Carrier Air Indefatigable Temeraire Trinidad Cleopatra Mountbatten USA: San Diego Massachussetts Carrier Air Armour USSR: Fighter Land Air 2 x Infantry HQ Artillery 2 x Infantry Armour

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/4/2014 11:51:25 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The Axis win the Initiative despite a re-roll and the weather is Fine everywhere except the North Monsoon (Storm).

Klydon -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:21:58 AM)
Oh.. double move for the Germans can fix a lot.

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 2:17:10 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 Right lets see what the Germans can do with a double move... First off the order goes out to the Italians to keep quiet in the Mediterranean - the Germans do not want any side shows distracting them while they enter the key phase of the European war. First off is a series of four Stuka ground strikes in the north. Once again the quality of the Luftwaffe aircraft means that the Soviets dare not try and fight it out... [image]local://upfiles/28156/B8DCCAAE70CB4995A77D5AD1F4D5739F.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 2:20:19 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 In the attack against Minsk the Soviet AA causes a 2-point reduction to the attacker. [image]local://upfiles/28156/2DD497AF1A93499ABE5F96B361F46B95.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 2:29:37 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The attacks were a real mixed bag - bizarrely the most success came at Minsk where the chances were least but all Soviet units were disorganised.. There was no success at all in the forest north of the city, nor in the western most of the two hexes targeted north of the Dvina.

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 2:44:28 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The Germans identify three targets for this impulse: Odessa, Minsk and the clear terrain two hexes southwest of Pskov. There is no HQ Support used by either side - Guderian declines the privilege. Only in the most northerly hex can aircraft make a difference, and the Germans bring in a bomber which the Soviets can do nothing about.... The first attack takes place in Odessa - its a 5:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table.... ...its an 8. The Soviet 1st Motorised Army is destroyed for no loss or disorganisation. Odessa falls and the situation looks bleak in the south.... [image]local://upfiles/28156/8273A4E844414C00A1DA9C0148E4AFEF.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 2:52:09 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The next battle is that for the hex north of the Dvinsk river. This is a 5:1 +3 on the Blitzkrieg table and so the Germans, spearheaded by the 3rd Panzer Corps and led by Guderian, are supremely confident of total success.... ....its an 8 (11). The Soviets lose the 5th Paratroop Corps and a motorised division. [image]local://upfiles/28156/7EBA5561930446618CEB9C5694642585.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:00:04 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The final attack is a 3:1 +3 on the Assault table, and again the Germans save the most important to last. Not only does this hex contain a key Soviet city, but they have Yeremenko, an important HQ in the hex. If ever the Germans needed the Nakatomi dice its now.... ....its good enough, its an 8 (11). The Soviets lose two units and the third is shattered (this time Field Marshal Ormster's advice is ignored and the shattered result is converted. The chances of destroying Yeremenko later in the turn is too good to pass up). [image]local://upfiles/28156/AC8AFB65DE0448E58A260B6A52A39463.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:07:34 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 1 The turn has been devastating for the Soviets. They have not lost an aircraft but have had 5 disorganised this early in the turn. Their main stack in front of Vitebsk is out of supply. Their forces in Latvia are threatened with being put out of supply thanks to the breakthrough by Army Group North's Panzer spearhead. The Germans have taken a bit of a chance and used two of their HQ's to organise most of their Stuka formations. Things look bleak for Uncle Joe... [image]local://upfiles/28156/8579838FFB744141B0B9CE036BA7209B.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:11:39 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 The Americans have an 70% chance of declaring war on the Japanese and Germans. They have no choice but to go for it.... RATS [:@] [image]local://upfiles/28156/3902142A8E034996A0E51E1D10771AF5.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:29:44 PM)
I can imagine the scene at the oval office... Roosevelt: It looks like them Russkies are in big trouble Hull: I give em six weeks Roosevelt: Mmmmm - what do you think Henry? Stimson: Maybe, but probably less Roosevelt: Well in that case I think we have no choice but to declare war on Germany Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson [in unison]: Agreed! Roosevelt: Right, how do we do this. I've never done this before in my life? Hull: You have to throw some dice Mr President. Apparently we have a 70% chance of success. Stimson: Yes but if we fail, we lessen our chances of success going forward. Roosevelt: Well that's a chance we'll have to take. Hull: Why don't we use the dice made by the Nakatomi Corporation? - I hear they're very good. Roosevelt: If you think so. Get me the Nakatomi dice Stimson: Sorry Mr President, they are still in Germany, Hitler has just been using them to steamroller the Soviets.. Roosevelt: Damn.. oh well, we'll just have to use these [Roosevelt wheels his chair over to a cupboard in one corner of the Oval office and pulls out a Monopoly box]. Okay, here goes......

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:45:37 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible. [image]local://upfiles/28156/C1788A7D890449E19A9CFE653DDA6AD9.jpg[/image]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 3:59:30 PM)
Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 The Chinese Communists attack a Japanese Militia guarding a resource hex near Tsinan. The attack is a 5:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table. The Chinese throw a 1! The defender is destroyed but the Chinese lose two units in taking the hex... [image]local://upfiles/28156/6810F1DC7517406ABCF60EBAFC551436.jpg[/image]

Klydon -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 4:03:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 I can imagine the scene at the oval office... Roosevelt: It looks like them Russkies are in big trouble Hull: I give em six weeks Roosevelt: Mmmmm - what do you think Henry? Stimson: Maybe, but probably less Roosevelt: Well in that case I think we have no choice but to declare war on Germany Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson [in unison]: Agreed! Roosevelt: Right, how do we do this. I've never done this before in my life? Hull: You have to throw some dice Mr President. Apparently we have a 70% chance of success. Stimson: Yes but if we fail, we lessen our chances of success going forward. Roosevelt: Well that's a chance we'll have to take. Hull: Why don't we use the dice made by the Nakatomi Corporation? - I hear they're very good. Roosevelt: If you think so. Get me the Nakatomi dice Stimson: Sorry Mr President, they are still in Germany, Hitler has just been using them to steamroller the Soviets.. Roosevelt: Damn.. oh well, we'll just have to use these [Roosevelt wheels his chair over to a cupboard in one corner of the Oval office and pulls out a Monopoly box]. Okay, here goes...... [:D] Haha, good stuff. [:)]

Orm -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 4:44:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible. [image]local://upfiles/28156/C1788A7D890449E19A9CFE653DDA6AD9.jpg[/image] I say that things looks good for the Soviet Union. Germany will soon be in trouble. [:)]

Orm -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 4:47:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 The Americans have an 70% chance of declaring war on the Japanese and Germans. They have no choice but to go for it.... RATS [:@] [image]local://upfiles/28156/3902142A8E034996A0E51E1D10771AF5.jpg[/image] I would say that now it is time for Japan to declare war on US whether they are ready or not. Edit: At least they can attempt a Pearl Harbor kind of port strike. Then someone can say one of the most famous world war II quotes: "I think World War II just started". [;)][:D]

warspite1 -> RE: Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel (1/5/2014 4:52:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Orm quote: ORIGINAL: warspite1 Jul/Aug 1942 Impulse: 2 For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible. [image]local://upfiles/28156/C1788A7D890449E19A9CFE653DDA6AD9.jpg[/image] I say that things looks good for the Soviet Union. Germany will soon be in trouble. [:)] warspite1 Interesting view. They certainly have some strong assets in the south, and the Dneiper should afford them some good measure of protection, but - all things being equal - the Germans should be able to take Pskov and Vitebsk this turn together with clearance of the Baltic States. The Soviet reinforcements are not that much greater than the Germans next turn. [image]local://upfiles/28156/5A72ACCBD0F8462390D117579478BF32.jpg[/image]

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