AllenK vs Mayhemizer AAR

[AllenK]

Yep, it can go there.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Allied 7, Axis 5. How they are not able to find each others in that weather?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

2 ground strikes. One in Belgium, CW is trying to cover Antwerp and another in Manchuria.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

USSR had high hopes after seeing how CW and France are doing in west...

[Jagdtiger14]

I would get the French ARM out of there, replace with cheap units plus the Inf div.

Are you guys playing with Defensive Shore Bombardment?...if so I would have used CW units in Antwerp. Maybe the French fleet can get up there?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Thank you for your comment. We don't have optional rule defensive shore bombardment. I insisted not to take it

My plan is to take Arm out asap. Tanks belong to clear. It was the only French unit possible to reach Antwerp first impulse and now it is disorganized. CW will take care of coastal hex, that is their mission in mainland.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

CW rails AA gun to same hex with HQ in France. USSR rails MIL from Leningrad to Manchuria, same hex with Timoshenko.

USSR 1st and 3rd cavalry are flanking Japanese forces in Manchuria. CW makes room in Denmark for MIL. Nationalist Chinese move their stack in same area where communists are closing Japanese.

CW debarks MIL to Denmark.

USSR IL-4 and TB-3 are rebased to east.

Wavell reorganizes 2 CP in Egypt. Georges reorganizes Arm and Potez 631 in France.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Manchuria after impulse 6

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Northern China

[AllenK]

M/A 1940 Axis 7.

With a weather roll of 5, the fine weather vanishes and probably brings about a soggy lull in the proceedings.

No DoW

Germany Air, Italy & Japan Land.

[AllenK]

The German Nav initiates searching in the Italian Coast but gets put off by the rain (7). The Allies vaguely hear aircraft engines but cannot locate the source (5).

Mukden Militia rails back to Mukden from Hangchow.

Manchuria after Japanese movement.

[AllenK]

The rest of North and Central China.

[AllenK]

The Italians cross the Egyptian border.

[AllenK]

The Germans rebase a couple of Ftr's nearer Antwerp.

von Rundstedt reorganises a Mot, a Stuka and a Ju-88.

A rain affected impulse ends but, on a 6, the turn doesn't.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

M/A 1940 Allied 9

No DoW.

USSR and CW combined, China and France land, US pass.

USSR sends subs to seas in east. One goes to China Sea and another one to Japanese Coast. CW tries to sneak out from Easter Mediterranean with Trans and 5 other ships. Eagle Eye Italians roll 2 and CW decides to fight trough. Allied roll 1. I believe Italy chooses naval air combat?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

I don't think there is any other option, so I move on. RN AA gunners do their job and scares Italian planes away. Next search rolls: Axis 3, Allied 7. No combat and CW ships sails to Red Sea box 0.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

CW plays with risk and sends 2 CP to Eastern Mediterranean with no escorts.

5 sea areas (Italy probably wants to sink CW CP's in Eastern Med) where naval combat is possible. USSR is trying to hunt CP's down in east and CW is trying to sink CP in Italian Coast. CW is not eager to fight in Western Med.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japanese Coast: Allied 2, Axis 9 -> no combat. Damn high waves...
China Sea: Allied 8, axis 8 -> no combat.
Italian Coast: Allied 4, Axis 5 -> no combat.

And Italy wants to search in Eastern Med? CW has 2 CP, no other ships or planes.

[AllenK]

Yes please. CP's are generally always worth a shot, especially if unescorted.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Italy is trying to sink CP's in Eastern Med: Axis 8, Allied 7 -> no combat.

That was exiting, but not as exiting if we would have found each others ships... With these rolls I should have transported my Spitfire trough Mediterranean to Egypt, not take detour beyond Cape Town.