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rkr1958 -> RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. (12/31/2019 10:23:43 PM)
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Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Allied #6. In-Game Communication Log.
Note. {...} = non-communications, "private" AAR axis comments.
[al] Impulses:
- USSR combined
- Ch land
- CW naval
- Fr & US pass
[al] Port attack: RN Swordfish flying from HMS Courageous strike out at the RM cruiser sitting in La Spezia.
[ax] I expected that. Bad call on my part returning to base there versus Trieste or even Malta which has fighter cover. [:(]
[al] Surprise rolls: Italy 2, CW 7, giving Italy 7 surprise. You can either boost AA to lowest 1 of 5 or avoid the combat, although I feel pretty safe assuming you prefer the second course of action.
[ax] Please, avoid.
[al] Port strike duly avoided.
[al] Even after all these years, the rules can still surprise me. It turns out the French in the Eastern Med, even though they aren't contributing actively to fight the Italians, can still provide presence in the sea area (as per Option 19: In the Presence of the Enemy), so the CW ships don't have to pay an extra movement cost to enter the zone.
[ax] Yes. I knew that because of MWiF. That is, because MWiF enforces the rules.
[ax] Though I don't like what I think might be shaping up in the East Med.
[al] Naval moves:
- CW sails cruisers from Halifax and Liverpool to the 0, 1, and 4 boxes of the North Atlantic.
- CW sails cruisers from Aden to the 4 box of the Red Sea
- CW sails HMS Glorious (CV) and cruiser escort from Aden to meet up with battleships sailing from Port Said to meet up in the 3 box
- CW sails Danish convoys from Tórshavn in the Faeroes Islands to Liverpool
[al] (Apropos of the French providing presence, what I hadn't realised was that any friendly SCS would do; I thought they also had to be at war with the enemy ships in order to provide presence.)
[ax] Dang French!
[al] Naval combats:
- CW does not initiate in the North Atlantic
- CW initiates in the Red Sea (only an Italian cp): searches are CW 4, Italy 10; the convoy is sunk, sunk, sunk. (Kind of wishing that was the result for the E Med, we'll see how that turns out shortly.)
[ax] That's the 3rd Italian CP lost this turn.
[al] Well, they are on the same side as the British, so even if they can't shoot the Italians, they can still radio their positions to les Anglais, can't they? [;)]
[ax] Multiple states of war. [:(]
[al] Here goes nothing! CW initiates in the Eastern Med.
[al] The Italians can intercept the FTR from Malta into the 0 or 1 box. Will they?
[ax] No thank you. Italian fighter in Malta stays put.
[al] Righty-o.
[al] Search rolls are CW 3, Italy 3. Both sides find: RN in the 3 box, RM in the 3 and 4 boxes.
[al] With the surface fleets evenly balanced, CW calls a naval air combat.
[al] Italian AA fire is close to the best I've ever seen for lowest die out of 6, but is betrayed by the one die that comes up '1'. {see al-01}
[al] I mean, seriously, it's within spitting distance of shooting down the CVP.
[ax] Fortunes of war ...
[al] Italy takes 1D damage; CW picks the cruiser Trento; saving throw is a 7, so she aborts - where to?
[ax] Malta.
[al] Royal Navy also stays, so it's off to round 2.
[al] Fighter in Malta stays put?
[ax] Correct.
[al] Search rolls are CW 10, Italy 1. RN radar boys are drinking on the job or something.
[al] So it's Italy's 3 and 4 box versus RN 3 box with 10 surprise points.
[ax] What box is the RN CV in and how ships are there in total. Also, what's the total surface of the RM ships that found?
[al] CV is in 3 box, along with 3 BBs and 3 CAs.
[al] Italy has 21 surface vs 7 targets, CW has 28 surface versus 5 targets - both are in the same damage profile.
[ax] What's the range of the CVP on the RN CV?
[al] Range is 2. [:(] [X(] [;)]
[ax] Let's go. RN isolates the 3-box and uses 4 SP's to force surface combat.
[ax] 2 SP's used to reduce Italy's risk from X, D, 2A to X, 3A. 3 SP's used to select RN CV for X.
[al] Okay.
[ax] RM. Put their X on CA Zara and if it survives put A's until aborted. Next, put A's on CA Gorizia, followed by the other 2 RM CA's (order doesn't matter) until Italians run out of risk.
[ax] All RM aborts go to Malta.
[al] X on Zara: saving throw is 8, so it's damaged.
A on Zara: saving throw is 4 so it aborts.
A on Gorizia: saving throw is 2 so it aborts.
Final A on Bolzano: saving throw is 3 so it aborts.
[ax] RM will stay.
[al] Royal Navy damage:
X on carrier HMS Glorious: saving throw is 8 so she's damaged.
D on cruiser Dorsetshire: saving throw is 1 so she's damaged.
A on Glorious: saving throw is 3 so she aborts.
A on Dorsetshire: saving throw is 7 so she aborts.
[ax] I really wanted that carrier. [:(]
[al] (The use of neuter pronouns for the Italians versus conventional feminine nouns for the RN ships was not intentional. Or... maybe I should say it is intentional now I've noticed it!)
[al] Both sides stay so we're on to round 3
[ax] Ok ... obviously your knowledge of language is far superior than mine. I still haven't noticed it. [:)]
[al] I called all the Italian ships "it" and the British ones "she".
[ax] Oh ... got you.
[ax] I do think II Duce is quite offended then.
[al] Search rolls: CW 7, Italy 10. Combat ends.
[ax] Phew ...
[al] Well, you haven't seen the last of us! (Although maybe you've seen the last of whatever fleet admiral was in command. Gent's getting sacked.)
[ax] I know ... an even exchange for the RN is a win for the RN.
[al] Non-phasing combat - Germany can initiate in the North Atlantic. As of now there are 2 RN cruisers in the 4 box, 3 in the 1 box (including the Erebus), and 3 in the 0 box (including the Terror).
[al] Do you want to initiate?
[ax] Yes. German sub will initiate.
[al] Roger that. German sub initiates. No planes to send. Subs are committed.
[al] Search rolls: Axis 3, CW 10.
[ax] WAY TO GO!!!!
[al] Looks like the RN chaps are a little rusty at this whole "war" thing.
[ax] Isolate 0-box, default to sub combat. So I've got 1 sub that found?
[al] German sub in the 2 box finds, yes.
[al] With 9 surprise points.
[ax] Germany gets (2+10) - (0+3) = 9 SP's?
[ax] Ok, beat me too it.
[ax] So the sub is 3 vs 5, which gives me a D before any SP's?
[ax] What's the risk to the sub?
[ax] 4 ASW vs 1 sub? So the risk is an A?
[ax] No 6 ASW vs 1 sub, so D, 2A?
[al] Risk to sub is 6 ASW vs. 1 ship for 1D, 2A, correct.
[al] Before spending surprise sub inflicts 1D of damage (3 sub vs. 5 ships)
[ax] Use 4 SP's to shift CP losses from 1D to 2D, 3A and 4 SP's to reduce sub risk from D, 2A to A. If sub aborted, return to Kiel.
[ax] Subs stay and will continue to fight.
[al] A on sub: saving throw is 8, so the sub aborts to Kiel.
[ax] Subs stay but will not commit.
[al] 2D and 3A on CW cps sinks 2 cps and sends 3 to Liverpool.
[ax] Correction. Stay but no commit.
[al] Okay, subs stay but don't commit, ending combat.
[al] Land stuff:
- USSR rails art gun from Chita to Omsk
- USSR moves Siberian near Chita into city
Rebases:
- Ch fighter to Chungking
[al] That's it for the Allies. I'm sending you the file at the air rebase step, after everyone's done all the rebases they want. Just end the phase and you'll proceed to weather.
[ax] Ok ... that'll be it for tonight for me except for the weather roll, which I'll do now.
[al] Okay.
[ax] Turn 1. Sep/Oct 1939. Axis #7. Weather Roll = 6. Weather remains the same. Rain in the arctic and north monsoon, fine everywhere else.
[ax] However, impulse advance is 2 versus 1 for the last weather pair.
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