Bob Flemin's MWIF AARse II The Sequel

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 3

...and equally as unimpressive in the Crimea...

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

Well that was unwelcome exclaim the Allies in unison! The weather roll is a 2 and its Fine everywhere..

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

For the Luftwaffe its Stuka time again - 3 Ju-87 attacks in the north at Riga, east of Parnu and Pskov, while in the south, one air mission is kept in reserve for re-basing. There are a couple of tasty tank busters needing to be brought to the front....

The Soviets have a fighter in Riga anyway so they decide to contest that battle - you never know, they might get lucky... The Germans counter with just one fighter - the 7-quality Fw-190.

Round 1

13 (AC) The Stuka is cleared through
11 (No Effect)

That was all over quickly (as the actress said to the Bishop) and so to the ground strikes:

In the north, the Germans get a 50% success rate
At Pskov, the air mission was a complete washout...
In Riga, one unit out of three was hit.

Not startling but okay.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

Three attacks are planned: Riga, east of Parnu and northwest of Kharkov.

In the south Koniev attempts HQ Support, as does Manstein in Riga. The Germans also bring in a Heinkel over the Latvian capital, but they mis-judged the air battles.

In the northern hex - and once again, only needing one bomber through, the Soviets contest the hex. The Luftwaffe counter with two fighters...

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

First battle is east of Parnu. Its 6.3:4.0 in favour of the Germans.

Round 1

11 (No Effect)
13 (DA) The Soviet has to choose a fighter of bomber to abort. They choose the front bomber.

Round 2

10 (No Effect)
14 (AA) The German has the choice and aborts the Soviet Bomber... combat therefore over.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

And so to the land battles.

First up is the Estonian hex. This is a 2:1 +1 on the Blitzkrieg table. With the offensive blunted in the south, the Germans could really do with this...

...its a 6(7). The Soviets must retreat but the Germans are all disorganised - another poor throw...

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

Next up its Riga. A 4:1 +1 on the Assault table...

....4(5) Another pretty rubbish throw. The Soviets lose two units but again it comes at a cost of disorganisation and a loss to the Germans.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 5

And so to the final battle. Will the Soviets have any more luck down south?

This is a 2:1 no modifier - the Germans have calculated wrongly as they have no armour present. Its going to be an Assault....

...its a 6. All Germans disorganised at the cost of 1 defender. That was a bad, bad turn...

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 6

The Allied turn consists of a lot of shuffling of units - but there is nothing rally positive they can do. I need a plan!

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 7

The chances of the US declaring war on Japan are ridiculously low - 20% [X(]

The Japanese - in an excellent position in China - therefore decide to declare war only on the Commonwealth and will attempt to take Burma and threaten India.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 7

Meanwhile the Germans have used their HQ to reorganise what they can in order to try and keep some sort of offensive going.

The Luftwaffe send a Stuka in for a ground strike against Vitebsk which the Soviets defend with an I-17 and the Luftwaffe intercept with a Ju-88C.

Round 1

9 (AC) the Stuka is cleared through
6 (AA) the Soviet fighter is aborted but it does not matter. The air throws have been really tame over the last few turns...

...as has the ground striking - two 9's means no hits registered.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 7

The Japanese are almost at Mandalay [X(]

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 7

Two attacks are made in the Soviet Union - Riga and northwest of Kharkov.

The odds for the attack in the Ukraine is 3:1 (no modifier) on the Assault table, as the Germans are still short of Armour there...

..its still not brilliant - a 6 - but it gets the job done at the cost of disorganisation.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 7

The remnants of the Riga garrison - 1st Armoured Army - is facing a 5:1 +1 on the Assault table...

...10 (11). The Germans could have done with that somewhat earlier but...

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Sep/Oct 1942
Impulse: 8

The German offensives in the Soviet Union are largely blunted now so its a case of re-arranging what they can for the Russians, although they do form the nucleus of a counter attacking force south of Gomel under Zhukov (Stalin dreams of Uranus).

In China, with the Japanese threatening Burma, Chiang has ordered his troops south, The Japanese have an HQ problem and so its time to start posing a few questions...

..and then the turn ends.

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Sep/Oct 1942
Production

Germany:
Anti-Tank
Motorised
Mechanised
2 x Infantry Division
5 x Pilot
2 x Fighter
3 x Land Air

Italy:
Infantry HQ

Japan:
2 x Pilot
Nav Air
Carrier Air
Motorised
Cavalry Division

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Sep/Oct 1942
Production

China:
Infantry HQ

CW:
2 x Garrison
2 x BB
Marine
3 x Pilot
Fighter
3 x Carrier Air

USA:
Land Air
Nav Air
2 x Fighter
Armour
Anti-Tank
Infantry HQ
Infantry

USSR:
4 x Infantry
3 x Garrison
Fighter
Land Air
2 x Pilots

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Nov/Dec 1942
Reinforcement

Germany:
Fighter
2 x Land Air
Infantry
Motorised
Mechanised
Armour

Italy:
Lepanto has been placed in the Construction Pool
Badoglio

Japan:
3 x Carrier Air
Submarine

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Nov/Dec 1942
Reinforcement

China:
Infantry
Communist Cavalry Division

CW:
4 x Carrier Air
Anti-Aircraft

USA:
Franklin, Hornet II, Bennington, Submarine and 2 x TRS have been placed to the Construction Pool
5 x Carrier Air
Fighter
2 x Infantry

USSR:
3 x Fighter
4 x Infantry
2 x Motorised
Armour
2 x Anti-Tank

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Nov/Dec 1942
Impulse: 1

Well its Nov/Dec - but you wouldn't know it. The Axis get the Initiative yet again despite a re-throw and the weather is a 2 - Fine EVERYWHERE!!