Bob Flemin' and Orm. A World....AARseIII

[Orm]

Allied Production:

China (5):
INF
MIL

CW (11):
CW scrap Canadian garrison
INF
FTR2
Pilot
Repair HMS London
HMS King George V (2nd)

France (5):
MECH

USA(11):
BB (1st)
CV (1st)
NAV3
Pilot
GARR

USSR (8):
GARR
Pilot
LND4

[Orm]

Poland and Denmark are conquered by Germany.

Reinforcements:

Germany:
Me-109 and AA in Cologne
INF in Saarbrucken
ARM DIV in Aachen

Do-17E to the Reserve Pool

Italy:
MOT in Genoa
SM79 in Florence

Japan:
Militia in Hiroshima

CW:
FTR2 + LND2 + LND3 in London
NAV2 in Liverpool
HMS Valiant in Portsmouth
CP in Cape Town

France:
FTR2 in Paris

USA:
Three cruisers placed in San Diego

Com China:
Lanchow militia makes an appearance.

----

Initiative was won by the Allies by the tiniest of margins since Axis decided not to reroll the dies.

CW and France want to let Axis move first but China demands that action must be taken at once. The Chinese view on things win and the Allies move first.

[Orm]

The Winter make a early appearance this year.

[Orm]

No declarations of war. USSR grumbles about the stupid, dumb, lousy weather. The rest of the Allies glare at USSR since they think bad weather is good weather.

France and CW take naval impulses.

No Port Strikes. No naval air.

The Soviet Union have a naval excersice in The Black Sea.

USA continue to send their submarines to the Phillipines station. USA send a FTR2 to Pago Pago.

Home Fleet sail for the North Sea. BEF is loaded on transports that sail for North Sea as well. Wavell (HQA) is transported to the Bay of Biscay where HMS Barham joins the troop transport as close escort. CW send out plenty of convoy escorts. Allied submarines patrol along the Italian coast.

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes. No rail movement.

No land combats. No reorganization.


Picture from Nov/Dec 39 Impulse #1 (Allied) - Reorganization

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 4

The Italians put defensive air cover into the Italian Coast.

The Japanese put some TRS and AMPH to sea fully loaded.

An Italian sub heads for the Western Mediterranean

von Bock is railed to the Belgian border.

A MOT heads for Warsaw

The Japanese rail Terauchi to Nanking

The Germans shuffle a few units in Germany and Poland

Ditto the Italians

The Japanese land some units in China

Some aircraft are rebased from the east to the west

Japan rebase a fighter to Nanking

Turn ends and the weather is a 9(11). I count to ten, again, and move on.

[Orm]

Turn ends and the weather is a 9(11). I count to ten, again, and move on.

I suspect that it was the impulse that ended. For a few seconds you made me happy when I thought the turn had ended. But I take comfort with the weather.

But Uncle Joe is suffering from a fit. [;)]

[Orm]

Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 7

No declarations of war.

Both France and CW take combined impulses.

Allies do not do much in this lousy weather. China move a few units and a couple of them becomes disorganized.

CW land with Wavell and a motorized infantry corps in France.

Edit: The end of turn roll was a seven so the turn continues.

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 10

There is really nothing to be done in this weather so I try some strategic bombardment in China. The Chinese have an AA unit next to Changsha - do the Chinese wish to use it?

[Centuur]

Let's see if this works... Yes please! [:D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Centuur

Let's see if this works... Yes please! [:D]

warspite1

Okay Orm thanks....

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 10

Okay in the interests of moving the game on I am saying yes to the use of AA. This is on the basis that there are no Japanese units anywhere near that could take advantage of the +1 for a disorganised unit.

The result is a reduction of one to the bombing capability but the attack still succeeds in destroying one build point.

[warspite1]

Nov/Dec 1939
Impulse: 10

The Germans railroad an HQ and two artillery to the western front.

There is also some limited movement of units in the west and in Poland.

The Japanese tool around in China

The Germans bring some Stukas up to the Belgian border.

The Japanese fly a fighter north.

And the turn ends on a 2 [:@]

I have managed to save the game at the Partisan stage so Orm I will send this over with my end of turn instructions.

[Orm]

End of Turn Nov/Dec 1939

One US entry chit is placed in the Japanese pool. US selects resources to China and one chit is moved to the Japanese tension pool.

----

Production:
Germany (16):
MECH
2 x LND3
2 x PIL
SUB (2nd)

Italy (3):
NAV3

Japan (11):
MIL
MECH
AMPH (1st)
SUB (1st)

China (3):
INF

CW (11):
INF
MIL
FTR2
PIL
TRS (1st)

France (6):
MIL
Pilot
FTR2

USA(11):
USS Wyoming
2 x TRS (1st)
Pilot
TERR


USSR (8):
GARR
ARM

----

Germany decide to upgrade Gneisenau

----

Reinforcements:

Nat China:
INF

CW:
INF (IND)
HMS London
MIL

France:
MIL
FTR3

USA:
TERR
GARR

Com China:
CAV

USSR:
GARR

Germany
Stuka
Scheer

Italy:
Andrea Doria

Japan:
MIL

----

CW give one resource to China and three to France. US give one resource to China.

[Orm]

Allies win the initiative roll and Axis do not demand a re-roll.

Allies decide that Axis get to move first.

The new weather die roll is a 9 and snow storms rage all of Europe. [X(]


Picture from Jan/Feb 40 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Weather

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 1

Once again there really is nothing to be done to hurt the enemy: Land attacks -3, no air missions. So instead the Japanese choose a combined to try and get some units into China, the Italians obviously choose a combined. The Germans literally have nothing to do again.

The Italians send a TRS to the Western Mediterranean and pick up Graziani.

A TRS sends an INF to Shanghai, whilst a second sails with a MIL to the China Sea.

With nothing else to do, I launch a Strategic Bombing attack against Changsha and this at least sees a production point lost. In Orm's absence I choose not to intercept with the AA as its early in the turn and the weather may change.

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 1

I have to assume a short turn so the Japanese rail an MIL to south of Kaifeng.

The Germans rail a MIL to Lodz, an INF to Vienna and a MOT to Bratislava.

The Italians shuffle a couple of units in Libya

The Germans shuffle some units in Poland, Denmark and Western Germany

The Japanese use their three moves to advance units in central China and land the MIL.

The Japanese re-base a FTR and a NAV from Japan to Central China.

And that is the end of that pretty sorry impulse.

[Orm]

The Soviet Union demand Bessarabia.

What is the German reaction to the legitimate demands from USSR?


Picture from Jan/Feb 40 Impulse #4 (Allies) - DOW

[warspite1]

It's all yours Uncle Joe.

[Orm]

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 4

No declarations of war.

CW and France take naval impulses.

No Port Strikes. No naval air.

CW, and France, send out plenty of convoy escorts. CW send several transports to the North Sea where they are loaded with BEF. France load a transport outside the coast of Senegal. USA garrison Pago Pago.

No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

USSR rail a garrison to Murmansk.

No land combats.

USSR rebase bombers toward Azerbaijan.

No reorganization.

The new weather roll is a 5 but the +3 die roll modifier ensure that the winter continues.

[warspite1]

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 7

Well this weather is really something else. I make it that - impulse 1 of the first turn aside - there has been one decent weather impulse so far - and that was the end of the turn when all units were disorganised.

Oh well, all part of the game...

The Germans and Japanese take a Land and the Italians a Combined.

The Italians Transport an ART to the Eastern Med.

The Germans rail an INF and a DIV to Vienna.

The Italians shuffle a couple of units in Libya.

The Germans move a couple of units in Poland and Austria.

The Japanese move units into Central China in a bid to pressure the Nationalist units there.

Edit: Sorry forgot to mention there was a US entry hit for the Japanese taking Nanning.