Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse IV - Nice AArse

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Okay, maybe a little early in terms of progress on Production Planning, but I can't stay away from this game any longer.....

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With that being the case, I will try another attempt at Global War.

Here are the Optional Rules in play.

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The Lend Lease Options are next. As usual I decide not to take advantage of any of the options here, and the game moves onto US Entry.

I choose three German chits - a 1, 2 and 4. More about this later.

This means Entry / Tension levels are as follows:

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Onto scrapping of units and I decide to be quite ruthless here.

USA

All Carrier Air units and the 2-factor fighter
The 2-range TRS and AMPH
The Black Print 3-MP Infantry and the 3-strength Garrison

All are removed.

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US Set-Up

I place the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, on the border of the East Coast and Caribbean Sea Zones. Two TRS are also placed there.

The Pacific Fleet is based in San Diego with all three subs and the remaining two TRS.

The Carrier Air are placed on the West Coast - not on the carriers as I have plenty of time to sort out what will go where.

The East Coast has the Boston bomber, the ART and the ENG. All other land and air units are based on the West Coast.

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Soviet Union

I am a little more selective. I scrap:

The 2-strength FTR
The 2-range AMPH and TRS
The 2 and 3-strength Garrison

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For the Soviet set-up I place my units around Leningrad (for a possible move into Finland) and in Belorussia, in order to seize Eastern Poland and the Baltics. There are also some units in Odessa to take care of Bessarabia.

The Soviet Baltic, Black Sea and Far East Fleets, no surprise, are based in Leningrad, Sevastopol and Vladivostok respectively.

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With the Italians I choose to scrap:

The useless 1-strength Ca-133
The 2-range AMPH, TRS and the weakest 2-range sub

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The Italian set-up is pretty standard; most heavy units are placed on the border with France, the fleet is anchored in its entirety at La Spezia, and a couple if TERR are placed on the border with Tunisia. The NAV is stationed in Cagliari, on the border of the Italian Coast and Western Med sea zones.

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I scrap nothing with the Chinese.

The Communists hold the river line south of the Yellow River, while the Nationalists hold a line roughly Nanning-Changsha and west of the Yangstse.

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With the CW I scrap:

The 0 and 1-strength Carrier FTR and the Anson
The 2-range AMPH, TRS and Sub

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The Commonwealth set-up is also pretty standard. The best land units are placed in Dover, along with the best fighters, for the forthcoming defence of France. I split the Royal Navy between Malta (Mediterranean Fleet) Plymouth (Force H) Trincomalee (Eastern Fleet) and Newcastle (Home Fleet). There is also a cruiser squadron or two in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

I do not know to what extent Production and convoy routing has been improved and so place these in the usual positions and hope.....

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The French scrap:

All Carrier Air + the 2-range TRS and Sub.

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The French set-up is also pretty predictable. The bulk of their units are in the Maginot Line. The navy is anchored at Toulon along with the TRS which will soon be busily employed bringing units from Syria and Algeria back to France.

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Moving onto the Japanese now and some more heavy-duty scrapping of carrier aircraft is in order.

I scrap:

All Carrier Air except the best three light blue planes
The 2-range TRS and AMPH

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Japanese set-up is further forward this time (as it should be [8|]) with the main forces threatening Changsha, but with heavy - and soon to be reinforced - units in Canton.

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And finally, of the Major Powers, its the Germans.

I only scrap the three rubbish fighters and the 2-range submarine.

German set-up will be shown when the Poles place their units.

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Onto scrapping of units and I decide to be quite ruthless here.

USA

All Carrier Air units and the 2-factor fighter
The 2-range TRS and AMPH
The Black Print 3-MP Infantry and the 3-strength Garrison

All are removed.

Not ruthless enough. [:D] But it can be remedied later on. [:)]

There is no reason to keep the XXXII Corps when playing with the 1d10 land combat charts.

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ORIGINAL: Orm

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Onto scrapping of units and I decide to be quite ruthless here.

USA

All Carrier Air units and the 2-factor fighter
The 2-range TRS and AMPH
The Black Print 3-MP Infantry and the 3-strength Garrison

All are removed.

Not ruthless enough. [:D] But it can be remedied later on. [:)]

There is no reason to keep the XXXII Corps when playing with the 1d10 land combat charts.

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What is the significance of the land combat chart on which units to scrap Ormster?

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The Initiative phase now.

The Weather is Fine everywhere. The Axis have the Initiative.