Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse

[Missouri_Rebel]

I'm going to leave this here to remind you of the flamboyant nationalist.

[micheljq]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Vichy is created - and this is what it looks like MWIF stylee [8D]

Cool, hello Warspite, lurking..

Interesting to have different color for Vichy France counters.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 5

Back to the Axis now and the Germans resume their efforts to destroy Lord Gort and the remaining British Army units on the continent.

The Luftwaffe fly in a Stuka Ju87D, and the RAF respond with their last organised fighter - a Hurricane IIA. The Germans bring in their last fighter, a Bf 109E2.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 5

The CW roll a 14 which aborts either the bomber or the fighter. The Germans choose the bomber.

The Luftwaffe then roll a 15 and abort the Hurricane.

The combat is over - the RAF has saved the British Army for now.......

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 5

The Army moves up to surround the British who occupy a port..a port by the name of Dunkirk.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 5

HMS Royal Sovereign provides just one point of defensive shore bombardment to Gort, who provides HQ support. Von Bock adds his HQ Support in attack and a Stuka also flies in to try and increase the odds, accompanied by a long range Me-110C. The RAF has no fighters left so does not send its bombers over the channel.

The ground attack just adds sufficient points to make it a 4:1 attack.

The battle commences...its an assault and......

....The British Army fight like lions. No losses for either side but all the attackers are disorganised. That effectively ends the turn for the Germans.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel

I'm going to leave this here to remind you of the flamboyant nationalist.

warspite1

I must say its good to have the Missouri back [&o]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: micheljq

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Vichy is created - and this is what it looks like MWIF stylee [8D]

Cool, hello Warspite, lurking..

Interesting to have different color for Vichy France counters.

warspite1

Hello micheljq - have you purchased MWIF yet?

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 7

With the CW army in France safe, with China under no threat from Japan, and with Italy in disarray, the Allies try and bring the turn to an end and all powers pass. The move did not work though and its on to Impulse 9...

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 9

The Japanese, getting nowhere in China, decide to try some strategic bombing against the saved Build Point in Tungkwan. The bombing accuracy proves woeful however....

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 9

General Yamamato launches an attack against the Chinese 14th Infantry Army south of Kweiilin. The Japanese have to be careful as they are heavily outnumbered by Chinese units to the north (out of picture), but should be safe this turn.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 9

The result could have been better - 1 unit lost each and one Japanese disorganised. Still, at least the Japanese have opened their account in China, and plan to send more reinforcements as soon as possible.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 11

The turn moves on to impulse 11. The Allies do not try and end the turn this time as the Chinese have some manoeuvring to do...

The CW try a port attack on the German convoy point in Rotterdam but the Germans gain the surprise and the combat is avoided.

In North Africa, the CW take Benghazi as the light Italian forces retreat toward Tripoli. With no oil, the Italians are going to have trouble reinforcing Libya...

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 11

In China, 17th Army moves northeast to protect the resource hex threatened by the Japanese. Meanwhile a Militia force moves south, around Hengyang, to try and cut the invaders off...

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: 13

The game moves on to Impulse 13....

The Japanese transport more reinforcements to China, escorted by a small light cruiser force. Otherwise there is little to report as most units are by now spent.

The turn ends.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

The French Resistance have already organised! A partisan is available and placed in Bordeaux for maximum annoyance to the Germans - an oil resource was overrun [;)]

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

Time to start thinking more about US Entry.

Ge/It Entry Level 51
Japan Entry Level 24

Given Japan's new found interest in China, I decide to go "Build Chinese Aircraft". This moves the Japan Tension level to 2 and the German level to 1 (with corresponding drops in the entry level above).

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

German production is going fine. They have 28 factories - all of which are producing - and are saving 4 oil per turn. I am trying to save a 5th resource (one of those from Ploesti) but I cannot for some reason...

The reason I want to change this to saved (rather than production) is that I have 2 idle resources from Sweden that I could use to feed my factories [&:]

Oh well.... I'll see what happens next turn.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

At least - and at long last - I have been able to save some oil for Italy!! I can begin to get the Regia Marina back up and running hopefully.

[warspite1]

Turn: Nov/Dec 1940
Impulse: End of Turn

Same problem in Japan - I have 3 saved oil and I want to save a 4th but I cannot...

At least in this case I am using the oil to good effect in the factories - there are no idle resources.