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Turn 6. July/August 1940. Allied #3.
[al] Weather roll = 2
Fine everywhere except North Monsoon, which is rain.
[al] Allied Impulse 3
No DoWs, thanks to Japan; no alignments, etc.
[ax] You're welcome. :)
[al] It was basically a 3-marker swing in the US' favour, so yes, thank you! :)
[ax] I'm an optimist ... I like to think that it was only a 2 chit swing. :)
[al] Impulses
Land - China, France, and USSR
Naval - Commonwealth
Pass - USA
[al] No port attacks or naval air.
[al] Naval Moves
Indian Ocean & Red Sea
- HMS Rodney and Effingham sail from Cape Town to 2 and 3 box, respectively, of Azanian Sea
- Dutch TRS in Bombay loads 13th Indian Corps (4-3 INF) and sails to 0 box Red Sea
- cp in Bombay sails to 0 box Red Sea
Convoy Pipelines
- Polish destroyer flotilla sails from Freetown to 4 box Cape Verde Basin.
- HMS Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Devonshire each drop to the 1 box of the North Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, and Cape St Vincent, respectively.
- HMS Terror sails from Halifax to 0 box North Atlantic, joined by HMS Hermes and Ramilles from Liverpool.
- HMS Southampthon sails from Liverpool to 4 box North Atlantic.
- HMS Valiant and Dutch cruiser _Sumatra sail from Liverpool to 0 box Bay of Biscay.
- HMS _Suffolk sails from Liverpool to 4 box Bay of Biscay.
- HMS Resolution and Erebus sail from Gibraltar to 0 box Cape St Vincent.
- HMS Norfolk sails from Liverpool to 4 box Cape St Vincent.
[al] No thanks.
copy that.
Japan provides 5 factors of shore bombardment and 5 factors of carrier based ground support to the Vladivostok invasion force.
Land Combat. Germany. France[55,32]
+19.5 Blitz vs lone French MIL.
This blitz is automatic except whether or not the French MIL is destroyed.
Fractional roll=590, no.
2D10=14, result=33.
French MIL destroyed, Germany achieves a breakthrough.
Land Combat. Lille France. +27.4 Assault. Automatic.
Ok. We're finally to the one we've been waiting for.
Vladivostok, USSR at +4.286 A.
PWIN=23%. Basically, the Japanese high command considers the invasion force (Osaka MIL, 1st Mtn Div, 1st SNLF Div) expendable. That's 7 BP's.
What a gamble. Reckless gamble.
But it's fun isn
Fun isn't it.
Land Combat. Japan. Vladivostok. Amphibious Invasion +4.286 A.
Fractional=524, no.
2D10=9, result=13. Invasion fails. :(
Whew!
What a payoff if it had succeeded, though.
Air rebase.
(1) Germany FTR2 from Aachen to France 53,30.
(2) Japan. NAV2 China 81,142 to Fukuoka.
(3) Japan. Ki-27 FTR2 from Seoul to Tsitsihar, Man.
I really enjoy rolling the dice.
With failing the fractional I needed a 2D10 roll of 15 or higher.
The first die I saw was an 8 and the second with a 7 ... no wait it was 1!
Talk about going from excitement to disappointment in a millisecond.
You can only get that by literally rolling the dice.
I'm sure I'll be criticized by some in my AAR thread. But, I
Such is the cost of defeat. :(
Well, we're playing to have fun, and part of the fun sometimes making the high-risk, high-reward plays, even if they don't pay off.
I agree.
HQ Reorg.
Germany. none.
Italy. none.
Japan. Yamamoto reorgs G3M2 (Nell) & Ki-30 (Ann).
I'll leave it there at the German HQ reorg phase for you to advance to your next impulse and weather roll.
I think this is it for me tonight (dinner is calling). But, I should be able to respond in a timely manner as necessary.
06-MAY-JUN-1940-Axis-02-EOI.zip game file sent.
Sure. We're sitting down to dinner, so might not get to the impulse to later.
I'm running up the game to take a look at the map. If you're available, I can try to get through some of my impulse.
copy that. Available.
Excellent.
I'll try not to take too long, seeing as it's already quarter past 8.
Sitting here with a copy of coffee catching up on my part of the AAR. No problem.
Though I may switch over to a small whiskey later (12-year old Glenlivet). :)
Very nice.
Weather roll = 2
FIne everywhere except North Monsoon, which is rain.
Allied Impulse 3
No DoWs, thanks to Japan; no alignments, etc.
You're welcome. :)
It was basically a 3-marker swing in the US' favour, so yes, thank you! :)
I'm an optimist ... I think it was only a 2 chit swing. :)
Impulses
Land - China, France, and USSR
Naval - Commonwealth
Pass - USA
No port attacks or naval air.
Naval Moves
Indian Ocean & Red Sea
- HMS Rodney and Effingham sail from Cape Town to 2 and 3 box, respectively, of Azanian Sea
- Dutch TRS in Bombay loads 13th Indian Corps (4-3 INF) and sails to 0 box Red Sea
- cp in Bombay sails to 0 box Red Sea
Convoy Pipelines
- Polish destroyer flotilla sails from Freetown to 4 box Cape Verde Basin.
- HMS Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Devonshire each drop to the 1 box of the North Atlantic, Bay of Biscay, and Cape St Vincent, respectively.
- HMS Terror sails from Halifax to 0 box North Atlantic, joined by HMS Hermes and Ramilles from Liverpool.
- HMS Southampthon sails from Liverpool to 4 box North Atlantic.
- HMS Valiant and Dutch cruiser _Sumatra sail from Liverpool to 0 box Bay of Biscay.
- HMS _Suffolk sails from Liverpool to 4 box Bay of Biscay.
- HMS Resolution and Erebus sail from Gibraltar to 0 box Cape St Vincent.
- HMS Norfolk sails from Liverpool to 4 box Cape St Vincent.
Naval Moves
North Sea & Atlantic
- HMS Ark Royal sails to 3 box North Sea.
- HMS Hawkins and Fiji sail from 1 box North Sea to Plymouth.
- A transport loaded with Swordfish naval bombers (nav2) is hoping to sail through Cape St Vincent - do you want to intercept?
[ax] Is it escorted?
[al] Nope.
[ax] Intercept please.
[al] Italian subs attempt to intercept.
Intercept roll is 8; transport sails through to Gibraltar.
[ax] What is wrong with those Italian sub captains?!
[al] Afraid of the Royal Navy is what I'm hoping is wrong.
[ax] :)
[al] Naval Moves
Med
- HMS Courageous, Hood, Renown, and Dorsetshire sail from Gibraltar to join the fleet in 3 box Eastern Med.
- HMS Repulse and HMAS Canberra sail from Gibraltar to 4 box Western Med.
- Dutch cruiser Java returns to Gibraltar from 2 box Western Med.
[al] Naval Combat
- Royal Navy can initiate in three sea areas, but will initiate in two: the Western and Eastern Med.
[al] First up, combat in the Western Med. It's Repulse and Canberra versus Zara. Canberra initiates. CW does not fly air support. The Axis don't have air support to fly, as far as I can see.
[al] Search rolls are CW 7, Italy 4. Italians find with 3 surprise points for a surface combat.
[al] Damage profiles:
- Italy 3 surface vs 2 ships is 2A
- CW 8 surface vs 1 ship is 1D
[ax] Only 2 RN ships present?
[al] Correct, cruiser Canberra and battlecruiser Repulse.
[ax] Reduce Italian risk to A. If Repulse is aborted then the Italian CA will stay. If not, it retires after this round to Tireste.
[al] Damage rolls:
- A on Zara: saving throw is 10, she stays at sea.
- A on Canberra: saving throw is 3, she's aborted.
- A on Repulse: saving throw is 2, she is also aborted.
Zara easily outperforms her Royal Navay opponents, forcing both of them to scurry back to Gibraltar.
[ax] Wow ...
{The Italian heavy cruiser Zara took on the an RN battle cruiser and heavy cruiser and won! That's definitely Wow ... Zara controls the West Med}.
[al] On to the naval combat in the Eastern Med. HMAS Australia initiates. CW does not fly planes as air support. I don't believe the Axis have any planes to fly.
[al] Search rolls are CW 3, Italy 2.
[ax] Naval air I guess
[al] It's CW 3 box versus Italy 2 box. Neither side has any surprise points.
Given how many big guns the RN is sporting, I'm happy to fight a surface combat, but how do the Italians feel?
[ax] No way! Naval air
[al] That's rather what I thought.
[al] Naval air it is.
[al] Air Combat
First Round (+0/+0)
Axis roll 13 no result
Allied roll AA CW sends German fighters back to... Malta?
[ax] Yes
[al] Do the Italians want to stay or abort to the sea box?
[ax] Abort
[al] Naval Bombing
Italian AA rolls are 1,1,10,8,4,4
[al] Damage inflicted on Italians is 2D 1A:
- CW picks D on TRS; saving throw is 4, it's damaged.
- How does Italy want to pick the next D?
[ax] 2nd D on CA Trento.
[al] - It picks D on Trento: saving throw is 1: she's damaged.
- CW picks A on Giulio Cesare: saving throw is 9: she stays at sea (except for the part where the Italians are choosing the better part of valour).
[ax] Italians will abort; i.e., retire after this round. Ships abort to Tireste.
[ax] Nav will abort to mainland Italy if it can make it. If not, then Sicily.
[ax] Except for the damaged transport and heavy crusier the Italians actually accomplished their mission in the East Med.
[al] They did, indeed. Most of the Army in Egypt has been successfully rescued.
[ax] Except for Balbo
[ax] At least he wasn't shot down by his own aa gunners.
[ax] Looks like he'll be spending the rest of the war in a British pow camp.
[al] Looks like it. I hope he likes the snow, because he's going to Pembroke, Ontario.
[ax] In the overall scheme of things I think that'll turn out a lot better for him than for the Italians that were rescued.
[al] Where do you want to abort the ftr2 in the 1 box? Malta or Sicily?
[ax] Malta please.
[al] Righty-o. I can get the nav2 to the mainland - does it want its victory wine from Taranto or Naples?
[ax] Naples.
[ax] This naval battle was an Italian victory of sorts ...
[ax] Though I suspect Sir Winston will be claiming a total victory by the British.
[al] You know it!
[al] I'm sure that behind the scenes, however, there will be recriminations thrown around by just about every commanding officer involved over how they let the Italians get away.
West Med.
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