Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

May/Jun 1942
Production

Germany:
Infantry
Mechanised
Motorised
Field Artillery
3 x Pilot
Fighter
3 x Land Air

Italy:
Infantry HQ

Japan:
Submarine
Carrier
2 x Carrier Air
2 x Pilots
Militia
Garrison

Germany must gear up their infantry production now. Two infantry class units built seems to low.

They also need garrisons and militia to defend against partisans and pesky invasions.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Reinforcement

Germany:
Romania Militia x 2
2 x Fighters
2 x Land Air
Infantry HQ
Mechanised
Armour
Anti-Aircraft

Italy:
SM 84
Submarine

Japan:
Taiho has been placed in the Construction Pool
Militia
Agano
5 x Carrier Air

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Jul/Aug 1942
Reinforcement

China:
Chiang
Infantry
Garrison
Communist Cavalry Division

CW:
3 x Carrier Air
Indefatigable
Temeraire
Trinidad
Cleopatra
Mountbatten

USA:
San Diego
Massachussetts
Carrier Air
Armour

USSR:
Fighter
Land Air
2 x Infantry HQ
Artillery
2 x Infantry
Armour

[warspite1]

Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The Axis win the Initiative despite a re-roll and the weather is Fine everywhere except the North Monsoon (Storm).

[Klydon]

Oh.. double move for the Germans can fix a lot.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

Right lets see what the Germans can do with a double move...

First off the order goes out to the Italians to keep quiet in the Mediterranean - the Germans do not want any side shows distracting them while they enter the key phase of the European war.

First off is a series of four Stuka ground strikes in the north. Once again the quality of the Luftwaffe aircraft means that the Soviets dare not try and fight it out...

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

In the attack against Minsk the Soviet AA causes a 2-point reduction to the attacker.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The attacks were a real mixed bag - bizarrely the most success came at Minsk where the chances were least but all Soviet units were disorganised.. There was no success at all in the forest north of the city, nor in the western most of the two hexes targeted north of the Dvina.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The Germans identify three targets for this impulse: Odessa, Minsk and the clear terrain two hexes southwest of Pskov.

There is no HQ Support used by either side - Guderian declines the privilege. Only in the most northerly hex can aircraft make a difference, and the Germans bring in a bomber which the Soviets can do nothing about....

The first attack takes place in Odessa - its a 5:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table....

...its an 8. The Soviet 1st Motorised Army is destroyed for no loss or disorganisation. Odessa falls and the situation looks bleak in the south....

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The next battle is that for the hex north of the Dvinsk river. This is a 5:1 +3 on the Blitzkrieg table and so the Germans, spearheaded by the 3rd Panzer Corps and led by Guderian, are supremely confident of total success....

....its an 8 (11). The Soviets lose the 5th Paratroop Corps and a motorised division.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The final attack is a 3:1 +3 on the Assault table, and again the Germans save the most important to last. Not only does this hex contain a key Soviet city, but they have Yeremenko, an important HQ in the hex. If ever the Germans needed the Nakatomi dice its now....

....its good enough, its an 8 (11). The Soviets lose two units and the third is shattered (this time Field Marshal Ormster's advice is ignored and the shattered result is converted. The chances of destroying Yeremenko later in the turn is too good to pass up).

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 1

The turn has been devastating for the Soviets. They have not lost an aircraft but have had 5 disorganised this early in the turn. Their main stack in front of Vitebsk is out of supply. Their forces in Latvia are threatened with being put out of supply thanks to the breakthrough by Army Group North's Panzer spearhead. The Germans have taken a bit of a chance and used two of their HQ's to organise most of their Stuka formations.

Things look bleak for Uncle Joe...

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

The Americans have an 70% chance of declaring war on the Japanese and Germans. They have no choice but to go for it....

RATS [:@]

[warspite1]

I can imagine the scene at the oval office...

Roosevelt: It looks like them Russkies are in big trouble
Hull: I give em six weeks
Roosevelt: Mmmmm - what do you think Henry?
Stimson: Maybe, but probably less
Roosevelt: Well in that case I think we have no choice but to declare war on Germany
Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson [in unison]: Agreed!
Roosevelt: Right, how do we do this. I've never done this before in my life?
Hull: You have to throw some dice Mr President. Apparently we have a 70% chance of success.
Stimson: Yes but if we fail, we lessen our chances of success going forward.
Roosevelt: Well that's a chance we'll have to take.
Hull: Why don't we use the dice made by the Nakatomi Corporation? - I hear they're very good.
Roosevelt: If you think so. Get me the Nakatomi dice
Stimson: Sorry Mr President, they are still in Germany, Hitler has just been using them to steamroller the Soviets..
Roosevelt: Damn.. oh well, we'll just have to use these [Roosevelt wheels his chair over to a cupboard in one corner of the Oval office and pulls out a Monopoly box]. Okay, here goes......

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible.

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Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

The Chinese Communists attack a Japanese Militia guarding a resource hex near Tsinan. The attack is a 5:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table. The Chinese throw a 1! The defender is destroyed but the Chinese lose two units in taking the hex...

[Klydon]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I can imagine the scene at the oval office...

Roosevelt: It looks like them Russkies are in big trouble
Hull: I give em six weeks
Roosevelt: Mmmmm - what do you think Henry?
Stimson: Maybe, but probably less
Roosevelt: Well in that case I think we have no choice but to declare war on Germany
Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson [in unison]: Agreed!
Roosevelt: Right, how do we do this. I've never done this before in my life?
Hull: You have to throw some dice Mr President. Apparently we have a 70% chance of success.
Stimson: Yes but if we fail, we lessen our chances of success going forward.
Roosevelt: Well that's a chance we'll have to take.
Hull: Why don't we use the dice made by the Nakatomi Corporation? - I hear they're very good.
Roosevelt: If you think so. Get me the Nakatomi dice
Stimson: Sorry Mr President, they are still in Germany, Hitler has just been using them to steamroller the Soviets..
Roosevelt: Damn.. oh well, we'll just have to use these [Roosevelt wheels his chair over to a cupboard in one corner of the Oval office and pulls out a Monopoly box]. Okay, here goes......

[:D] Haha, good stuff. [:)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible.

I say that things looks good for the Soviet Union. Germany will soon be in trouble. [:)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

The Americans have an 70% chance of declaring war on the Japanese and Germans. They have no choice but to go for it....

RATS [:@]

I would say that now it is time for Japan to declare war on US whether they are ready or not.

Edit: At least they can attempt a Pearl Harbor kind of port strike. Then someone can say one of the most famous world war II quotes: "I think World War II just started". [;)][:D]

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ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Jul/Aug 1942
Impulse: 2

For the Soviets, the north looks dire. They have at least been able to form a line of sorts behind the Dneiper, but the swamp land north of Riga has made getting away almost impossible.

I say that things looks good for the Soviet Union. Germany will soon be in trouble. [:)]

warspite1

Interesting view. They certainly have some strong assets in the south, and the Dneiper should afford them some good measure of protection, but - all things being equal - the Germans should be able to take Pskov and Vitebsk this turn together with clearance of the Baltic States.

The Soviet reinforcements are not that much greater than the Germans next turn.