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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 9:54:46 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

[al] Final dispositions. (If I could have put the MIL anywhere else, I would, but that was the only legal destination hex.)

[ax] Thanks.

German and Italian Units Relocation From Vichy France. Final Positions.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:01:08 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

[al] With French Somaliland now Vichy, the 13th Indian Corps stacks with the Sydney MIL in the CW-controlled hex in Italian Somaliland.

[al] French cps at sea in Cape St Vincent and Cape Verde Basin return to Morocco and Senegal, respectively.

[al] CW has the option of destroying French units stacked in CW-controlled hexes (in Egypt, Gold Coast, and Seychelles). CW declines to do so.

[ax] Might want to reconsider ... France did betray the CW afterall. :)

[al] The French nav2 in Gold Coast, I will move to nearest hex in Ivory Coast. I believe that way it can rebase back to France from there - at least, that gives it the most flexibility.

[al] I stand corrected - I have to rebase it to the closest hex, period, which is in Togo.

[al] French infantry corps in Eygpt moves to Syria.

[ax] Interesting ... so it now becomes Vichy?

[al] Yes - Togo is part of French West Africa.

[al] Equatorial Africa doesn't start along the coast until you get south of Nigeria - Cameroons.

[al] But in any event, Equatorial Africa has also gone Vichy.

[ax] Wow ...

[al] Which means Vichy France has a big damn cruiser & sub fleet right along where CW resources from India, Australia, and South Africa travel to the UK.

[ax] You know what Winston would do ...

[al] I sure do. You better believe I'll be thinking hard about how to pull that off with a minimum of fuss and bother.

[ax] All the blood and treasure that Great Britain poured into defending France and this is how they pay you back!

[al] I know, right? And worst of all, the colonies that I'd happily defend with the Royal Navy all decided to go Vichy!

[al] I mean... not that I won't defend Indochina, or anything... it's just... you see... (nervous shuffling of feet and awkward coughing)

[al] French cps in Seychelles rtb to closest port, Diego Suarez in Madagascar. I mean, they could return to Reunion Island.

[al] I picked the best French fighter to put on the map for Vichy.

[al] Vichy units to choose which leave the map.

[ax] For the 12 Vichy units to leave the map I select,
(1-3) All 3 garrisons,
(4-6) All 3 3-mover inf corps,
(7) MB 152 FTR2,
(8) LeO 451 LND2,
(9) 3-5 Cav corps,
(10) D520 S FTR2,
(11) 5-4 inf corps

Vichy Units from Which to Choose to Leave Map.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:04:30 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

[ax] Still acting in the role of my AiA, please place Vichy units in Vichy France to maximize zoc coverage across occupied France to help guard against partisans.

[ax] Also, spread two HQ's out in order to maximize Vichy French units in supply.

[al] The French corps in Algeria and the nav in Togo both go to the force pools, as it turns out.

[al] Apparently, you have the option of choosing either the Syrian TERR or French corps in Syria to go to the force pools. I'm going to try to choose the TERR on the assumption that, as a Vichy territorial, it will stay in the Vichy force pools, where the 3-3 INF would go to the Free French force pools (or be removed from the game).

[ax] Makes sense.

[al] Here is the disposition of the remaining Vichy forces. I'm sorry to say that based on where I could legally place units when moving them out of Occupied France, there weren't a whole lot of options. I did put the units that were on the production spiral along the southern coast well before I saw your request - my apologies for that!

However, Vichy has lots of oil stockpiled, so it can reorg its HQs, and it will be easy to move the army during German land impulses to get it where you want.

[ax] No problem ... thanks for placing the Vichy units and acting as my AiA.

[ax] I expect there will be plenty of German land impulses to refine things if I need to before Vichy will come into play.

Occupied and Vichy France.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:07:31 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Reserve Pool. All Major Powers.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:08:03 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. Germany.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:08:26 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. Italy.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:08:49 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. Japan.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:09:16 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. Vichy France.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:09:58 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. China.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:10:19 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. CW.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:10:45 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. Free France.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:11:08 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. USA.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:11:29 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Production Spiral. USSR.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:11:58 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Victory Totals.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:12:32 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Global Maps. Hex Control.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:12:54 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Global Maps. Units.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:13:16 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Global Maps. Active Axis.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:13:36 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (continued).

Global Maps. Active Allied.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:14:12 PM

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Turn 6. Jul/Aug 1940. End of Turn. (concluded).

[ax] Factory Destruction. Germany destroys blue factory at Rouen, two at Paris.

Strategic Resources.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:19:08 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Start of Turn.

[al] Allied Reinforcement Instructions
Nationalist China
- Kunming MIL to Kunming
- 13th Army (3-1 GARR) to Chungking
- 8th Army (3-3 INF) to Kunming

[al] Commonwealth
- Assign pilot to Spitfire ftr2; no other pilots
- Montreal and London MIL to their respective cities
- HMS Sussex and 1 cp to Liverpool
- Spitfire ftr2 to London
- 1st South African Army (5-3 INF) to Cape Town
- 1 cp to Calcutta

[al] United States
- no pilots assigned to air units
- 2 cp to Norfolk
- XXXVII Corps (5-3 INF) to San Diego
- Synthetic oil plant to Detroit

[al] Soviet Union
- 1st Army (8-6 ARM) to Kharkov
- 3rd Guards Army (6-1 GARR) to Dnepopetrovsk
- 29th Army (7-3 INF) to Stalino
- 8th Army (4-3 INF) to Vitebsk

[ax] Germany.
PIL fills Bf 109 E-3 FTR2
4-3 MIL Hanover
Rommel HQ-A & FTR2 Vienna, Austria.
No planes removed.

[ax] Italy.
Sub La Speiza.
Mtn Div, AA Div, CP Trieste.
No planes removed.

[ax] Japan.
PIL fills CVP D3A1 (Val), PIL fills A6M2 FTR2
5-3 Osaka MIL
MAN Terr Changchun
CV Shokaku w/CVP D3A, 2 CPs, 2 inf army, mech div, A6M2 (zero) FTR2 to Fukuoka.
No planes removed.

[ax] Vichy France. No units to place or planes to remove.

[al] Free France will stop lending a resource to CW.

[ax] Resource Lending.
Axis. No changes.
Free France stops lending 1 RP to CW.

{A tactical error on my part here. Vichy France has 2 disorganized HQ-I units and no oil. I should have had Germany send 1 oil to Vichy which could be used over the following two turns after receiving it this turn to reorganize them both. I failed to do that and must make note to do this next turn.}

Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Resource Lending.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:23:29 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Start of Turn. (concluded).

[ax] Initiative. Axis=4. Allied=7+1=8.
Allies win the initiative.
Do you wish to move first?

[al] Hrm... Not really, but given the situation with the BEF in France I think I had better.

[al] So, yes, Allies will move first

{Dang! I really wanted to trap and destroy the remnants of the BEF still in occupied France. Now they will likely become a thorn in my side!}

[ax] Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Weather=3. Fine everywhere.

[ax] 07-SEP-OCT-1940-AL-01.zip game file sent.

Allied #1. Weather.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:27:40 PM

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minor technical point - the hexes adjacent to the 2 British units in France should be CW controlled, I believe. won't make any difference in this game as none are a port. they can move back in to supply but will flip to do so, and the Germans now hold bases on the Atlantic coast.

far more fascinating situation in Indo-China - is there a PARTisan on every city now? Or is Hue a city on the MWiF map, I forget?

If PART units hold all cities, Free French units could be placed adjacent - but would be out of supply. CW troops (better use than in Italian East Africa) would have to clear this up for the following -

It is a bit of an Allied gambit to pick Indo-China as the Free French Home Country, though there is no choice in this game, unless the MWiF map has created a capital city somewhere else (French Guiana, maybe?). If USSR is not seriously threatened, the CW can invest in a Free French Indo-China and cause a serious problem for the Japanese - they can't allow a Supply Source for US & CW units to be sitting adjacent to the South China Sea. And Free France has a perfect force pool to make it fairly difficult for the Japanese to dig them out, with a couple good GARR units and a strong ART unit to go with. MWiF map might allow defending in front of Hanoi in jungle hexes if more units available? CW has to send CPs from elsewhere to deliver BPs from India or Australia. But such a line of play can really hurt Japanese expansion when they also have to take Rabaul, Batavia, Manila, and Singapore.

nothing the Axis can do about any of that except wait & see

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/7/2020 10:35:00 PM

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oh and Vichy naval units outside of the Med are completely useless. as soon as the Allies DOW, they are out of supply unless they have a convoy chain into the Bay of Biscay; a convoy chain that is unlikely to survive an Allied surprise impulse. a naval unit that is out of supply can't initiate combat.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 2:45:40 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: brian brian
far more fascinating situation in Indo-China - is there a PARTisan on every city now? Or is Hue a city on the MWiF map, I forget?

Hanoi and Saigon are occupied by Italian partisans. The other two cities in FIC, Hue and Phnom Penh, aren't.

So if the Japanese declare war on Free France and then capture Hanoi, France is completely conquered?

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 1:23:33 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rkr1958

quote:

ORIGINAL: brian brian
far more fascinating situation in Indo-China - is there a PARTisan on every city now? Or is Hue a city on the MWiF map, I forget?

Hanoi and Saigon are occupied by Italian partisans. The other two cities in FIC, Hue and Phnom Penh, aren't.

So if the Japanese declare war on Free France and then capture Hanoi, France is completely conquered?

Yes. However, DoW'ing France means that the US draws an extra chit each turn and the US gets 2.8 chits drawn when you make the DoW too...

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 1:45:37 PM

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A rules question: Say that IndoChina went Vichy, with those partisans. The partisans would change to Nationalist Chinese. If Vichy had units in Indochina, could a neutral Vichy attack the partisans?

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 5:54:38 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Allied #1.

[al] Allied Impulse 1
No DoWs, etc.

Actions
China - Land
Commonwealth - Combined
Free France - Pass
United States - Combined
Soviet Union - Land

[al] No port attacks or naval air.

[al] Naval Moves
- US trs loads the XXXVII Corps (5-3 INF) in San Diego and sails to 0 box Hawaiian Islands
- HMS Belfast and Sheffield sail from Gibraltar to 4 box W Med
- Task force from Plymouth sails to 3 box North Sea

[al] Naval Combat
- RN initiates combat in W Med. Allies won't fly naval air support. Do the Axis wish to fly planes?

[ax] Negative.

[al] Search rolls are CW 4, Italy 6.

[al] Royal Navy finds with 3 surprise points.

[al] Initial damage profiles:
- CW has 6 surface vs 1 Italian ship = 1D
- It has 3 surface vs 2 CW ships = 2A

CW spends 2 surprise to reduce Italian damage to no effect.

[al] Italy has 1D to apply, and only one eligible target.
D on Zara: saving throw is 5 - she's damaged

[ax] Abort. Trieste.

[al] CW stays at sea. Zara wisely limps home to Trieste for repairs.

[al] Any CAP for strat bombing or ground strikes?

[ax] Negative.

[al] Bombing
(1) RAF Harrows are loaded with bombs rather than troops and fly strat bombing to Essen. Roll is 9 +1 = 10: 2 pp lost. CW atr3 returns to Harwich.
(2) No ground strikes.

[ax] Nice shooting.

[al] Land Stuff
- CW rails Glasgow MIL to Portsmouth. Now the Scots reservists get to complain about pisswater English beer instead of pisswater Edinburgh beer.
- British V Corps (5-4 INF) marches into Bordeaux. Being out of supply at the start of its move, it becomes disorganised.
- WIth supply restored to HQ Gort, the HQ also moves into Bordeaux, without becoming disorganised.
- Montreal MIL marches towards Quebec City.
- KMT forces in Kunming take up blocking positions southwest of the city.
- Red Army forces in Manchuria begin closing in around Harbin
- Red Army 1st Cavalry marches southeast into northern end of Korea
- Red Army forces in Europe adjust positions in Bessarabia & Belorussia
- No land moves by Communist Chinese
- US INF corps at sea disembarks into Midway

[al] No land combats.

[al] Rebases
- Soviet planes rebase to closer/better positions in Manchuria
- RAF bombers in Aden rebase to the coast of Italian Somaliland
- US naval bombers in Midway rebase to Wake Island

[al] No HQ reorg. Sending game file at HQ reorg step.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 6:12:50 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #2 PI. The Western Front.

Germany has an 8-6 mech corps underneath the 2-5 mech division (2-hexes directly south of Paris), that can reach the woods hex southeast of Bordeaux. This move will block the remnants of the BEF (Gort's HQ-I and a flipped inf corps) from reaching Bayoone. German will also move it's airborne corps and ATR in position to be able to transport the airborne corps to Bayonne in case my opponent attempts to expand the BEF bridgehead to include that port. The Luftwaffe will also move a fighter unit in position to intercept, or provide escort, in case the RN moves carrier based fighter planes into the Bay of Biscay and in position to intercept.

I plan to make a strong move towards the BEF remnants in the hopes that my opponent will evacuate Gort (the stacked inf corps is flipped) or if he doesn't then destroy both units. The CW units in Bordeaux is a festering wound which I need to deal with hard and fast so it doesn't become an out of control infection.

The 19 CW CP's in the Bay of Biscay, which are lightly defended are a most inviting target. Germany has 3 of 5 u-boats flotillas and Italy has 1 of 2 sub group that can reach the Bay of Biscay. Germany will move the other 2 u-boat units (both 2-movers) to the North Sea so that they can return to Brest at the end of turn and be in position to menace allied convoy lines in the Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic and Cape Verde Basin. The other Italian sub group (which can't reach the Bay of Biscay) can reach Cape Verde Basin with has 6 or so allied CP's operating there.

In Plymouth underneath the Can garrison is a lone RN transport. However, my opponent has carrier based fighters at sea in the North Sea. Germany will move their NAV and a fighter to Brest to threaten that transport with port strike if it doesn't move to sea next impulse (hopefully into the waiting arms of axis subs operating in the Bay of Biscay).

It looks like it'll be a combine for Germany and probably a naval for Italy.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 6:14:35 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #2 PI. The East Med.

The East Med and Libya are a lost cause. They did, however serve their purpose in that significant CW land, air and naval forces were devoted to that theater and out of the way of axis operations against France.

On an interesting note, it seems that I didn't make a mistake by not giving Vichy a German oil point. Vichy has three saved oil points in Syria which all three can be moved overland and saved in Vichy proper.

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RE: Axis Only. Ronnie vs Composer99. - 2/8/2020 6:17:56 PM

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Turn 7. Sep/Oct 1940. Axis #2 PI. The Vichy Navy.

My opponent did an excellent job in moving Vichy CA's, CP's and their transport to ports that are out of supply. Also, not only are all the Vichy CP's out of supply but all but one is flipped which no obvious way of unflipping.