Red Prince
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And here it is, my End of Turn Report for J/A '40: Partisans No Partisans Entry Markers Germany placed 2 markers on Offense (122 [1], 343 [4]) USSR placed 1 marker on Defense (354 [4]) US Entry USA drew 1 marker to the Ja Entry Pool (66 [1]) USA chooses Freeze Japanese Assets (Ja), adjusted by +3; USE-Auto (1 chit moved, 6 of 6 [5]) Ge/It Entry: 28 Ge/It Tension: 22 Chance of DOW: 0% Japan Entry: 20 Japan Tension: 21 Chance of DOW: None Pre-Build Scrapping CW scrapped 1 x CVP USSR scrapped 1 x INF Builds: China (1): Nothing (Saved BP at Kunming) CW (19): 1 x MIL, 1 x TERR, 2 x TRS(1st), 1 x TRS(2nd), 1 x CVP-0, 1 x CVP-1, 1 x NAV-2, 2 x Pilot France (0): Nothing / Madagascan MIL -- Free USA (20): 1 x MTN, 1 x AMPH(1st), 2 x NAV-3, 1 x AMPH(2nd), 2 x Pilot USSR (17): 2 x INF, 1 x MOT, 1 x MECH, 1 x Pilot Germany (19): 2 x INF, 1 x MECH, 2 x FTR-2, 1 x CVP-1, 1 x SUB(2nd), 1 x Pilot Italy (10): 1 x GARR, 1 x SUB(1st), 1 x NAV-3, 1 x BB(Repair), 1 x Pilot / Cairo MIL -- Free Japan (16): 2 x Warlord, 2 x TRS(1st), 2 x NAV-2, 2 x Pilot S/O '40 Gearing Limits (above 1): China: None CW: 3 x Infantry, 4 x Ship, 4 x Air, 3 x Pilot France: None USA: 2 x Infantry, 3 x Ship, x Air, 3 x Pilot USSR: 4 x Infantry, 2 x Armor, 2 x Pilot Germany: 3 x Infantry, 2 x Armor, 2 x Submarine, 3 x Air, 2 x Pilot Italy: 2 x Infantry, 2 x Ship, 2 x Submarine, 2 x Air, 2 x Pilot Japan: 3 x Infantry, 3 x Ship, 3 x Air, 3 x Pilot Conquest: Macao cc by Japan Gibraltar cc by Germany Palestine cc by Italy Transjordan cc by Italy Egypt cc by Italy Morocco cc by Germany China Declines to Surrender to Japan Factory Destruction: Japan destroys Blue Factories in Chengtu, Nanking Reinforcements: Germany assigns Pilots to 3 FTRs and a CVP Germany places CV, CVP, and SUB in Kiel, FTR-3 in Essen, 2 FTR, MECH and INF in Konigsberg Italy assigns Pilots to NAV-3 and FTR Italy places CLin La Spezia, NAV and FTR in Genoa Japan assigns Pilots to 3 x CVP Japan places its CVP, CV and INF in Tokyo Japan removes 2 CVP from the map CW assigns its Pilots to 3 CVP, FTR-2, LND-4 CW places its TERR in Aden, its MIL in Cape Town and Dover (off-city), MECH in Coventry, LND and FTR in London, CVPs in Southampton USA assigns Pilots to FTR, NAV-2, LND-3 USA places FTR and MAR in SD, NAV-2 in Norfolk, LND in Boston USSR assigns Pilots to 2 FTR-2 USSR places MECH and MOT Divisions in Kiev, INF in Cernauti, 2 INF and 2 FTR in Chisinau USSR places Communist Chinese INF in Sian Trade Agreements: USA creats a new Trade agreement with CW, sending 2 Oil (to Canada) Victory Totals Axis: 31 Allies: 36 Initiative: Allies win Initiative 5-1 Allies choose to move first in S/O '40 Turn 7 S/O '40 Allies win Initiative 5-1 Allies choose to move first in S/O '40 +1 Allied Initiative Impulse: 1 Weather: 4 (Fine weather everywhere) ----- Another disaster for the Allies. They lost Gibralter. They may yet lose Suez. The Middle East is in severe danger, but at least there is now a unit in Aden, among other important locations I'll show you in later posts. Also, while it may not last long, Mogador is still controlled by France. The benefit of this is that Germany either has to spend an impulse going down to claim that port (plus another impulse getting back to Casablanca), or they have to ignore it and let the Americans land free and clear when the USA enters the war. The Germans, this late in the year, would much rather use those impulses skirting the Northern Sahara to get into the Middle-East. That means that one land move by the French CAV probably delays 2 Axis MECH/ARM units, plus an HQ-A. Perhaps it isn't a "pirate operation", but just as they did at Marseilles, the French are proving that they won't give up as easily as one might expect. US Entry was an up and down thing. At the start of the turn, it looked like War Appropriations might not get through until early in 1941 . . . then, suddenly, after the fall of Gibraltar, it looked like it could be a turn or two away . . . and now, finally, it looks like it's going to be a few more turns yet, which brings us back into 1941. Fickle, those Americans, aren't they? Any way you look at it, though, the USA should be in the war at least 2-3 turns earlier than in a typical game. The Soviets need to start thinking about an upcoming German DOW and conduct operations based on a winter DOW assumption, which may mean abandoning the Communist Chinese. Fine weather for the first impulse on each side seems to favor the Axis in its attacks on China, so, if after that impulse it looks like Sian can't survive (or if it gets taken), no more moves should probably be spent on those troops, except perhaps to move any survivors into mountain hexes. The CW fleet isn't decimated, but it is completely out of position, and underpowered in terms of CV air cover. It needs to re-establish itself in the North Atlantic, North Sea, Bay of Biscay, and Cape St. Vincent. A strong enough force should also be left in the Red Sea region to prevent the Italians from exiting the Med in that direction if they manage to take Suez away. In the meantime, Suez has a few (but only a few) reinforcements on the way to make things more difficult for the Italians. Additionally, the Atlantic convoy routes need to be adjested ASAP to avoid losses from any Axis attacks that might come. Germany is likely to need land impulses most of this turn, but so far they have twice taken advantage of unexpected situations to annoy the RN. This effort to redeploy the Convoy fleet can take one of two directions -- either the CW can do it piecemeal over several turns, or it can decide to lose about half of its build points and bring many of its convoys back to port in order to redeploy after reorganization . . . or sometime next turn. For the Axis, this turn has simple goals: Japan needs to finish off the Communists, and if it can, the Nationalists, too, then relocate its units into position for future warfare. Italy needs to align Iraq, eliminate French defenders in Syria, and try to finish off the CW units in the Suez area. Germany needs to finish the job in Morocco, then redeploy for Barbarossa. One decision that needs to be made concerns Murmansk and the possibility of taking ti from the USSR. (I welcome sugggestions, and will be examining the AIO thread, for the best way to garrison its latest acquisitions. I expect Italian INF and MIL to do a lot of that work, but not all). In all, the Axis gained a lot of ground, but they have lost the initiative (on the track) and have pretty much run out of fresh targets for expansion in Europe. Japan still has options open to it, but time is not on their side. ----- So, at the beginning of Septermber, 1940, here is what the world looks like:
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