A World Ablaze (3-player game)

[NatRapsEno]

Axis score DC. Allied AA aborted the BA.65

Axis aborted the sea zone.

Now Norwegian Sea.

Do you wish to fly the Battle in support?

[Orm]

Yes, please. To the 0-box.

[NatRapsEno]

miss.

Ground Strike of Manchester Militia in Tunis by the Stuka missed.

Germany railed the Bremen militia to Southwest France to Guderian. Japan railed the marine division in Northern China to Canton.

[NatRapsEno]

Land Moves - Germany advance two units in Tunisia. One Corps heads west into Morrocco. Two units shuffle around Bayonne and the division in Algeria moves one hex closer to Bechar.

Japan moves infantry corp to capture Ichang. Terauchi one hex to the Southwest and joins up with marine there. Yamamoto advances one hex Northwest which puts the armored forces in supply for an attack. Japan shuffles some units around Chihkian pocket and in the west near Chungking. In the North they move some units further south opening a gap in their lines there.

Italy advances units in France southwards. They move their units in Algeria to the east. Balbo takes up station in the mountains to the east of Oran. Shuffle some units around La Spezia.

Attack below is auto so no roll.

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Air Rebase - Japan moves B5N1 adjacent to Chungking. The Ki-32 moves to 83,139.

Germany - Transport to Cagliari. Fighter and Stuka move north in Norway. Bomber on Eastern front heads west into Austria. He112 to Turin.

Italy - Cigogna to Toulouse.

No Reorganization. Impulse sent.

[Orm]

Episode 107: The Allies strikes back

The war in Europe is about to begin its third year, and the war in China has been going on far longer. The Allied forces has been beaten back in every battle so far. They have been pushed to the far shores of Europe, and still the Axis war machine is bent on driving them further back. Now there is only the sea left to retreat into. Battles rage at the besieged cities of Narvik, Bayonne, Chihkiang, Chungking, Nanning, Tunis, and Algiers. Soon the forces of evil will be at the gates of Casablanca. The Allied supreme command has decided that this can go on no further, and has ordered their generals to go on the attack, to turn the tide of war, to seek up Axis forces wherever they are hiding and eliminate them.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

No declarations of war.

Land: China, CW
Combined: USA, USSR
Naval: France

No port strikes. No naval air.

Naval Movement:

France:
TRS (Glasgow) -> BoB 0-box - embark MOT (Liverpool)
CA + CL (Plymouth) -> BoB 1-box

USA:
4 CP (San Diego) -> GoP

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:
USSR:
INF Nikolayev->Vilna

Land moves:

CW:
13th Ind Inf continue to advance along the Libyan coast towards Tripoli.
In Ethiopia CW forces advance to the suburbs of Addis Ababa.
In Morocco, the two units in Casablanca advance towards Fez to create a defensive line in the mountains.

USSR
INF 43,52->44,50(W,W,SW)

CH COM
GAR 75,139->Tungkwan
INF 77,138->78,139(SE)
MIL 79,137->80,139(E,SE)
INF 69,140->70,138(W,W,SW)

CH NAT
MIL Chihkiang->85,137(W)
INF 85,137->85,136(W)
MIL 84,138->Chihkiang
WAR 84,138->85,139(SW)
INF Div Chihkiang->85,137(W)
AA 84,139->Chihkiang
2xINF 83,134->Chungking
MIL 85,134->84,134(NW)
INF 84,135->84,134(W)
CAV Chungking->Chengtu
WAR 88,133->87,133(NE)

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

CW forces attack Addis Ababa.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

Chinese forces attempt to break out of the Chihkiang pocket.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

Two LND3 add 4 points in support to the assault on Addis Ababa.

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[Orm]

Can not access the die roller that we use, so the attacks are put on a temporary hold.

[NatRapsEno]

Do you have an account here? http://acts.warhorsesim.com. If so, let me know what your username is and I will setup a game for us so that we can use that roller while this other one is down. If not, you can create an account and let me know what your username is so that I can find you and setup a game for us. Alternatively, I can roll it and send you the copy of the email.

[NatRapsEno]

I noticed the roller is back up this morning.

[Orm]

Thank you.

I will continue with our attacks shortly.

[Orm]

I am going with assault for both attacks. In China blitz is an automatic attack, and in Ethiopia the unit will be removed at the end of turn if it is retreated.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

Addis Ababa is captured.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

Disappointed. The attack captures the hex, but the Chinese are disrupted.

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[Orm]

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #6 (Allies)

No air rebases.

The British ATR in Gibraltar re-supply the London MIL in the Moroccan mountains, and then land in Casablanca.

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[Orm]

The new weather is pretty much the same as it was.

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[Orm]

Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #7 (Axis) - DOW

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[Orm]

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Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #7 (Axis) - DOW