Bob Flemin' and Orm. A World... AARse II

[Orm]

CW targets the Italian flagship and it suffers a lucky hit and is sunk. One Italian cruiser is sunk as well.


Picture from May/Jun '41 Impulse #9 (Allies) - Naval Combat

[Orm]

With only three ships remaining in the sea area the Italian fleet aborts.


Picture from May/Jun '41 Impulse #9 (Allies) - Naval Combat

[Orm]

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

USSR slowly advance in Manchuria and continue to try and outflank the Japanese. China overrun a naval bomber on Hainan that rebase to Canton. With the passive Japanese army in China, and a failed pass, the situation for China looks fairly good. Or one could say that the Japanese situation in China is dire.

No land combats.

France rebase a fighter and a fighterbomber to Nice.

No reorganization.

Edit: The turn continues with a die roll of 6.


Picture from May/Jun '41 Impulse #9 (Allies) - Reorganization

[warspite1]

The Axis all pass and the turn ends on a 2

[Orm]

End of Turn: May/June 1941

Two weak partisans in China.

US continues to draw weak chits and have yet to gear up.

Production

Germany (14)

INF
ARM
FTR (3)
Pilot

Italy (8)

FTR
Pilot
INF DIV
GARR

Japan (10)

2 x CARR AIR (1)
2 x Pilot
GARR
TERR

China (7):
INF
Pilot
FTR2

CW (23):
MOT
MECH
FTR3
LND4
CVP1
2 x Pilot
HMS Iron Duke (2nd)

France (14):
MTN
FTR2
LND4
2 x Pilot

USA(11):
Garr
CVP1
Pilot
CVL (1st)
Repair Richelieu and Strasbourg

USSR (21):
2 x CAV
3 x INF
FTR2
LND2
2 x Pilot

Hainan was completely conquered by China.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug 1941

Reinforcements:

Germany

Me-109 in Berlin
Rommel, Inf and Me109 in Konigsberg

Italy

Sparviero in Taranto

Japan

Zero in Tokyo
Infantry, Shokaku (with Kate) and Yamato in Fukuoka
TERR in Mukden

Nat China:
LND3 in Changsha

CW:
2 x CVP1 placed on HMS Illustrious
MOT
HMS Hermione
FTR2 (SA)
FTR2 (CAN)
TRS (CAN)

CW remove one FTR2 (P.82 Defiant) from London.

France:
FTR2
LND4

France remove one FTR2 (MB 152) from Nice.

USA:
SUB

Com China:
INF + MOT in Eastern China

USSR:
INF in Murmansk
INF in Odessa
1st Siberian Corps (in Siberia)
MECH in Vitebsk
ARM + FTR2 in Kiev

USSR remove two fighters in SW Ukraine.

Allies win the initiative and decide to go first.

The new weather is fine except in North Monsoon that suffers from rain (die roll 3).

[Orm]

No declarations of war.

Land: USSR, China
Combined: USA
Naval: CW, France
Air:
Pass:

No Port Strikes. No naval air.

USA send a naval bomber from USA to Pago Pago. CW send a carrier fleet to the Western Med, a battle fleet to the North Sea and the Eastern Med. CW send out plenty of convoy escorts as well. CW also send out loaded transports to the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, Cape St Vincent and West Indian Ocean.

CW ground strike Tripoli and disorganize two units.


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Ground Strike

[Orm]

Com China rail a militia to Peking.

China slowly continue to outflank the Japanese army in China. With the help of partisans the Japanese Army is almost encirled.

The Soviet forces in Manchuria continue with their attempts to outflank the Japanese.

Soviet forces attack the Rumanian Army in Ukraine. The Chinese Communists attack the Japanese militia in Haichow.

Will Rundstedt provide defensive HQ support to the Rumanian defenders?



Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat

[warspite1]

No thank-you

[Orm]

Will Germany provide the Romanians with any defensive air support? USSR does not provide any air support but they expect a plus one on the die because of their armour superiority. USSR has two fighters ready to intercept any German support.


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat

[warspite1]

Yes please - pile anything - fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, hot air balloon - anything that can fly and has a gun. Hell, send up anything that can fly even without a gun - they can always ram the commie b******!

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Yes please - pile anything - fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, hot air balloon - anything that can fly and has a gun. Hell, send up anything that can fly even without a gun - they can always ram the commie b******!

[:)]

Do the fighterbombers fly as fighters?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Yes please - pile anything - fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, hot air balloon - anything that can fly and has a gun. Hell, send up anything that can fly even without a gun - they can always ram the commie b******!

[:)]

Do the fighterbombers fly as fighters?

warspite1

Yes.

[Orm]

I missed that Japan can bring in defensive support as well. [:(]

Flying will bring the odds down from 7:1 to 5:1. Will Japan fly and, if so, where will the naval bomber land?


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat

[warspite1]

Yes it will and will land where it came from

[Orm]

*censored*


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat

[Orm]

Where will the two German fighterbombers land?

[warspite1]

As far away as possible - preferably in Hungary or Romania as second choice - maximum range.

[Orm]

The Japanese air support cost the Chinese an Army but the port is captured anyway.


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat

[Orm]

The German ground support saved the Romanian mountain but the Soviet army is ready to continue its advance.


Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #1 (Allies) - Land Combat