Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel

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Jul/Aug 1940
Impulse: 5

Back to the Axis. Once again there is little for the Germans to do now. For the Japanese, the same applies - they have a chance of a 2:1 with no modifiers against Changsha..but they bottle out.

The turn fizzles out....

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Jul/Aug 1940
Production

Germany:
Infantry
2 x Fighter
1 x Land Air
1 x Armour HQ

Italy:
Roma
Submarine

Japan:
Yamato
Aoba
AMPH
Garrison
Land Air

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Jul/Aug 1940
Production

China:
Fighter
Pilot
Garrison

CW:
Infantry
Fighter
Phoebe
Anson
Pilot
Infantry HQ

France:
Fighter
Pilot
Submarine

USA:
AMPH
2 x Light Cruiser
Pilot
Nav Air

USSR:
Infantry
Mechanised
Armour

[Centuur]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

May/Jun 1940
End of Turn

Belgium conquered by Germany

Spitfire I overrun and forced to rebase?? Why did it do that? Looks like the hex west of Antwerp contained a Belgian unit and an aircraft and so the hex turned German when Belgium was conquered... Probably right but annoying...

Not right. It's a bug...

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Sep/Oct 1940
Reinforcement

Germany:
Submarine has been placed in the Construction Pool
Fighter
Bomber
Tirpitz

Italy:
Fighter

Japan:
Zero
Shokaku
Takao

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ORIGINAL: Centuur

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May/Jun 1940
End of Turn

Belgium conquered by Germany

Spitfire I overrun and forced to rebase?? Why did it do that? Looks like the hex west of Antwerp contained a Belgian unit and an aircraft and so the hex turned German when Belgium was conquered... Probably right but annoying...

Not right. It's a bug...

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Reported.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1940
Reinforcement

China:
Mohawk P-36A

CW:
Suffolk
Victorious
Armour
Motorised
Artillery
Indian Infantry

France:
Fighter

USA:
AMPH in the Construction Pool
Marine

USSR:
HQ
2 x Infantry

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1940
Initiative and Weather

The Axis keep the Initiative and the weather is Fine everywhere.

The Germans use their Offensive Chit with Rundstedt.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

The Germans have a real problem here. Their fighters (the few they have left) are all out of position - but they cannot afford to give up this opportunity.

They send two Stukas, one to Calais and one to the resource hex southeast of Lille - each escorted by a fighter. The British respond with all three fighters available to Fighter Command - 2 Spitfires and 1 Hurricane. The French send in four of their five available fighter aircraft.

The Germans cannot respond with sufficient aircraft to achieve parity... this is a real gamble.

For the attack against Calais the RAF has a 5.6:5.9 advantage...

Round 1

6 (AA) The CW decides to abort the Stuka - there will be no +1 for any subsequent attack...
7 (DA) The CW Spitfire is aborted, bringing the battle to an end.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

For the second fight the Germans actually have the advantage - 6.0:5.0 - even though the French can muster four fighters, but again it all comes down to getting the bomber through.

Round 1

13 (No Effect)
13 (No Effect)

Round 2

12 (AC) The Stuka gets through!
2 (AX) The MS406 is destroyed (pilot survives)

The Germans actually win an air battle!!!

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

The bomber hits just one of the three targets - but its better than nothing.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

Four Attacks - three in France and one in China to follow.....

At Calais, Gort provides HQ support, as does Georges south of Lille.

The Germans bring in two bombers for the Calais Assault, escorted by a Me-109 in case the British decide to bring in any bombers themselves.. they choose not to.

No aircraft are available anywhere else that would affect the score.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

For the first attack we head to China and the city of Changsha. It's a 5:1;6:1B with no modifier. The Assault table is chosen by the Chinese general.

Its a 7 - the Chinese lose 2 units and will lose the 3rd as there is nowhere to retreat to.

There is a penalty for entering a Chinese city but the Japanese do not care a jot. They are truly on a roll now...

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

So to Europe and three, knife-edge attacks one 2:1 and two 3:1.

First up is a real last minute attack (with no modifier) south of the Ardennes. The Germans choose the Blitzkrieg table and cross absolutely everything...

... the result is a 7, retreating the 2 French Corps and disorganising the attackers.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

The next attack is a 3:1 +2 southeast of Lille. Again the Blitzkrieg table is chosen and OKW take a in a collective gulp of air....

... its another 7 (modified to 9). The French lose one unit and the remainder are shattered. The Germans convert to retreat.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

And so to the last attack of the impulse - Calais. This is a 3:1 +1 with the Germans again choosing the Blitzkrieg table...

...and the Germans roll a 1....They lose a unit and the remaining two are disorganised.

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Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

The Germans end the impulse using HQ Re-organisation to reorganise some of the ground troops for the next impulse. Its going to get very interesting....

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Okay peeps - what would you do now?

1. Would you land another BEF in Calais? (There is an ARM and ART available)
2, Would you pull back with the French to maintain a line (sacrificing the MS406 fighter)?
3. Would you simply hold position?
4. Would you try counter-attacking? Odds no better than 2:1 no modifier. 1:1 in the south.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay peeps - what would you do now?

1. Would you land another BEF in Calais? (There is an ARM and ART available)
2, Would you pull back with the French to maintain a line (sacrificing the MS406 fighter)?
3. Would you simply hold position?
4. Would you try counter-attacking? Odds no better than 2:1 no modifier. 1:1 in the south.

I would definately reinforce BEF in Calais with one armored and one ART. Then I would begin a withdraw from the maginot line. 1 units in each of the maginot hexes is enough at this point. Except that I would hold the line as is.

Do remember that the weather can turn bad.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Sep/Oct 1940
Impulse: 1

The next attack is a 3:1 +2 southeast of Lille. Again the Blitzkrieg table is chosen and OKW take a in a collective gulp of air....

... its another 7 (modified to 9). The French lose one unit and the remainder are shattered. The Germans convert to retreat.

I do understand why you retreated that surviving French units. But I do suspect that it would have been to Germany's advantage to have shattered it.


Edit: As long as they are in supply they need a real attack to kill them and there are only few more German attacks before the winter.