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Mayhemizer_slith -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 7:14:21 AM)

Thank you. Prepare for German counter-counter attack!



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 7:18:42 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Thank you. Prepare for German counter-counter attack!
warspite1

You Germans - you have to go and spoil things don't you? [:-]



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 8:00:55 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Orm

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 11 (Axis DOW)

[image]local://upfiles/29130/61CCA93FF58F4D299F9A05F66DDD41C5.jpg[/image]
warspite1

For the Chinese Communists there is a real crisis brewing. You may even call it a China Crisis.

And that post was of course just a rubbish excuse to post this quite brilliant song

China Crisis - Christian [&o]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIOOxY3ZlGw



brian brian -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 1:09:40 PM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

The unmistakably Gallic lines of the Duquesne-class heavy cruiser Tourville, on her way back from sinking some German merchant shipping in the Baltic.

[image]local://upfiles/28156/288B5C1DE431491ABED43933AF33F0F9.jpg[/image]


The Tourville will not be returning from the Baltic...



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 7:52:41 PM)


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ORIGINAL: brian brian


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

The unmistakably Gallic lines of the Duquesne-class heavy cruiser Tourville, on her way back from sinking some German merchant shipping in the Baltic.

[image]local://upfiles/28156/288B5C1DE431491ABED43933AF33F0F9.jpg[/image]


The Tourville will not be returning from the Baltic...
warspite1

Quite. But that is why I alluded to the fact its "gamey" in the Allied AAR thread. The French have nothing to lose by placing suicide ships in the Baltic. They will soon be "dead" anyway. If they are lucky enough to take a convoy opponent or two before the axe falls then happy days!



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 9:52:16 PM)

There is a decent chance that the French cruisers will become Free French after Vichy is installed.

Edit: That is if the French player send them to the right ports before Vichy is installed.



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/26/2016 10:04:38 PM)

I joined the tradition of "entering the wrong thread". Maybe we should begin a club? [;)]

I am sorry about the intrusion. [:(] I realized my mistake at once and no information gained.



Jagdtiger14 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 12:24:41 AM)

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There is a decent chance that the French cruisers will become Free French after Vichy is installed. Edit: That is if the French player send them to the right ports before Vichy is installed.


The French surface combat ships (SCS) are more valuable than their subs in the duties that they can perform and in cost as well. The French subs have decreasing value as the war goes on...and that's why you put French subs and not French SCS's into the Baltic.

To each his own however...



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 5:36:13 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Orm

There is a decent chance that the French cruisers will become Free French after Vichy is installed.

Edit: That is if the French player send them to the right ports before Vichy is installed.
warspite1

Sure, but then the French can never guarantee they will get the combined or naval moves that will allow that to happen. Anyway:

a) Even if not used in the Baltic then I would try and use them in the Mediterranean (any Italian taken down with them is a plus) b) Personally I find the French subs are useful for threatening the Italian convoys.

But at the end of the jour I feel vindicated in the use of the cruisers in this game in the Baltic - and as the grand fromage of the French nation in this game that is all that matters [:D]



brian brian -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 1:27:10 PM)

Free French SUBs are very useful, as is the Dutch SUB, against the Japanese. But as Orm notes, quite tricky to get them to Equatorial Africa. I tend to park the Algerie there and focus on moving the TRS efficiently with any spare Combined impulse for the French. I like raiding the Baltic in various ways, in case Winston is watching my particular game.



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 8:22:28 PM)

Hi guys - is there an impulse likely this evening? Just want to plan my evening either with/without Mrs W [:)]

Thanks



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 8:41:42 PM)

Hi Warspite1,

Good to connect with you online.

I don't think there will be any play tonight. Mayhemizer has been away on business and I've been looking after a poorly dog so we haven't yet been able to co-ordinate our plans.



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/27/2016 8:44:08 PM)


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ORIGINAL: AllenK

Hi Warspite1,

Good to connect with you online.

I don't think there will be any play tonight. Mayhemizer has been away on business and I've been looking after a poorly dog so we haven't yet been able to co-ordinate our plans.
warspite1

Okay thanks for letting me know - I hope your dog gets better soon.

Goodnight.



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:15:13 PM)

S/O 39 Axis 11

No DoW

No alignments

Germany & Italy Combined. Japan Land.

Germany sends 3 CP's to the Baltic. I decline the intercept as they are unlikely to be simply rebasing.

Italy sails a CA to Italian Coast. Does the French sub wish to intercept?



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:24:02 PM)

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Does the French sub wish to intercept?

Yes.



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:43:22 PM)

The French sub captain raises his periscope and catches a sight of the Italian CA (4-rolled).

The CA elects to fight through from the 1-box. It sails on blissfully unaware of the French subs presence (10 rolled).

How would the French like to use their surprise points?

[image]local://upfiles/47730/FCA5B9EB8B2A46F59B6E3755741ED36F.jpg[/image]



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:45:44 PM)

No points spent here. Increase and decrease damage.



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:47:19 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Orm

No points spent here. Increase and decrease damage.
warspite1

Oi! I am ze captain Francaise matey.....



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:48:01 PM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


quote:

ORIGINAL: Orm

No points spent here. Increase and decrease damage.
warspite1

Oi! I am ze captain Francaise matey.....


Just eager. Or zealous. [:D]



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:48:31 PM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: Orm

No points spent here. Increase and decrease damage.
warspite1

Oi! I am ze captain Francaise matey.....

warspite1

AllenK - re the French response - no points spent here. Increase and decrease damage [:D].



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 5:49:46 PM)

[:D]

You meanie. [;)]



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:00:21 PM)

The French sub captain launches a full spread at the unsuspecting Abruzzi.

Most miss but one strikes the cruiser on the bows. The water-tight bulkheads hold, limiting the flooding. Miraculously, a second torpedo strikes the same spot, further mangling the wrecked bow but not imperilling the ship. While escorting destroyers hunt for the French sub, the cruiser limps back to port.

The French sub, like the silent killer it was designed to be, slinks quietly away into the depths of the sea.

[image]local://upfiles/47730/BD550725458B4A53BA89CD71EAF63CE7.jpg[/image]



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:07:59 PM)

All surprise points were used to increase damage as Allied losses were NE.

Both sides elect to fight (I assume this was correct choice) but, with no suitable targets, the Allied subs stay on the bottom. Combat ends.

Italians decline naval combat in Italian Coast as they don't anticipate the Allied subs would commit, even if they could be found by the Italian ATR in the 0-box.

I decline the Italian Coast on behalf of the Allies as there is nothing for the subs to attack.

Does the French cruiser squadron in the Baltic wish to engage?



[image]local://upfiles/47730/EBC6B8B260F3428D9F428FD5CBE6B2AB.jpg[/image]



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:10:57 PM)

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Does the French cruiser squadron in the Baltic wish to engage?

Yes.

Once again the CW gives orders to speed things up. [:D]



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:11:36 PM)


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ORIGINAL: AllenK

All surprise points were used to increase damage as Allied losses were NE.

Both sides elect to fight (I assume this was correct choice) but, with no suitable targets, the Allied subs stay on the bottom. Combat ends.

Italians decline naval combat in Italian Coast as they don't anticipate the Allied subs would commit, even if they could be found by the Italian ATR in the 0-box.

I decline the Italian Coast on behalf of the Allies as there is nothing for the subs to attack.

Does the French cruiser squadron in the Baltic wish to engage?

[image]local://upfiles/47730/EBC6B8B260F3428D9F428FD5CBE6B2AB.jpg[/image]
warspite1

Yes please. From the bridge of the Tourville the order goes out to hunt down Axis shipping.



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:24:23 PM)

The cruiser squadron chases down several suspected plumes of smoke on the horizon but each time draws a blank (searches Allies 6, Axis 9).

German 105mm's open a barrage on Antwerp. They achieve par.

[image]local://upfiles/47730/DFB97D21BF734F59A8DBF1E35AE54072.jpg[/image]



AllenK -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:49:06 PM)

The Italian Libya Mech crosses the border into France, while Ethiopian territorials take the city of Djibouti.

Japanese artillery enters Yenan. The US papers mention it in passing (5 rolled). An Inf captures Nanyang, which also gets no more than a mention (5 rolled).

China post movement.

[image]local://upfiles/47730/5E5D1C4DF64746FABA64F123DFAE9BF7.jpg[/image]



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:51:57 PM)

I don't seem to have the throw for Yenan?



Orm -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 6:57:23 PM)


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

I don't seem to have the throw for Yenan?

I got it and it says that you got a copy.



warspite1 -> RE: 4 player E-mail: AAR (4/28/2016 7:00:30 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Orm


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ORIGINAL: warspite1

I don't seem to have the throw for Yenan?

I got it and it says that you got a copy.
warspite1

Strange - I got Antwerp at 18:24 then Nanyang at 18:45



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