I have taken to building two amphibs for the UK in the first two turns... it's expensive and you have other major needs... but the amphibs can give you huge options early on that complicate the axis life... you can also take Portugal if Gibraltar is the primary target (helps maintain airpower and t...

Hi Ronnie,

Sorry for the delay but had one of those exceptionally busy periods that occurr.

Axis has had a rough plan for a while, and I am now returning to studying the Map and refresh my view of the game. Should start moving in the next few days.

Turn continues on a 7

Only 1 Axis Reorg

HQ Von Leeb Reorgs LND2

AIr Rebases

IT None

GER
LND3 from Breslau to Saarbrucken
FRT 2 Cologne to Liege

JP
NAV2 from Haichow to the front line

Leige is Auto

Antwerp a MOT DIV is lost to Frost bite and half the attacking units become lost in snow drifts

Warsaw is a little better coordinated

Axis will have 3 Land Attacks, all in Europe

Warsaw
Antwerp
Liege

HQ Support will be provided by Rundstedt in Antwerp & Von Bock in Warsaw

15 Points of Ground Support added to Antwerp attack

JP Debarks 3 units to China

AA to Canton
MIL to Shanghai
INF to Tientsin

No AXis Rail moves

GER Land moves
In the East GAR corrects earlier oversight and occupies Port of Gdynia, Other units concentrate on Warsaw

In the West Units advance into Belgium concentrating on Liege & Antwerp

Only 1 Ground Strike, GER vs Antwerp

1 LND2 & 1 LND3 sent against sitting duck Belgium infrantry, 1 hit out of 8 rolls

Goring again receives a please explain note from Hitler, pleads continuing bad weather!

Axis will only search East Med

Both miss 5/8

JP NAV3 will STRAT BOMB Changsha, no intercept available so +1

However, they forget to replace their torpedoes and are completely ineffective.

Allies decline

Task force keeps moving to East Med and stop in 4 Box

IT moves 2 CA into IT Coast

Allies can intercept, will they?

AXIS ACTIONS

GER Land
JP Combined
IT Naval

No Port Attacks or Naval Air

NAVAL MOVES

JP
AMPH loaded with MIL & Escorts move to 1 Box China Sea
CA goes on patrol in the 4 Box

No Reorgs

Over to the Allies.

Land Moves JP Repositions 2 HQs GER Shuffles units on the Belgium frontier IT Moves MOT from Cagliari to Resource Hex in Sardinia, Rome MIL moves to Port Rebases JP repositions AC in China brining NAV2 & LND2 from Japan IT Moves LND3 South a little & NAV2 returns to Med GER shuffles AC in th...

No Strategic Bombing or Groundstrikes

RAIL Moves

GER none
IT MIL Milan to Poznan
JP GAR Harbin to Kaifeng

Only contact was in CVB where both sides rolled 2
No SP for either
SUB saved Abort roll

Both Stayed

No find on the second round

Axis will search in all

All Axis powers take Combined Moves

No Port Strikes or Naval Air

JP
2 TRS to China Sea picking up AA & INF

GER
2 SUB to BOB

IT
2 SUB to Cape St Vincent
1 SUB to Cape Verde Basin