AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back.

[AllenK]

Five rounds of air combat sees both fighters aborted but the Lancasters cleared through.

[AllenK]

Their bomb-aimers are on the money.

[AllenK]

Soviets send TB-3 escorted by Yak-1 to strike Guderian. Germans can intercept with 2 6 point Me 109's. One or both?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Both please and land same hexes they started. South as primary hex.

[AllenK]

The '109's make short work of the escorting fighters, forcing the bombers to make a run for it.

[AllenK]

UK rails an Inf to Chittagong.

Soviets rail 2 Infs from Manchuria towards the West.

They do what they can with their dwindling forces in the south.

[AllenK]

CW takes Addis Ababa and continues the advance in Eritrea.

Chinese Nationalists continue heading south. The Communists form up around Mao in Manchuria.

CW swaps a couple of Spitfires around. USSR rebases 2 Lnd towards the Urals.

No reorgs.

Weather.

[Jagdtiger14]

Brian: Cutting that rail line may not happen in a '42 Barb. A '42 Barb is a valid Axis strategy. If the Germans cant make it there in a '41 Barb, I agree.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

S/O 41 Axis 7

No DoW

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined.

Italy sends remaining ships (3x BB and a CL) to West Med box 4.

Japanese Transporter to South China Sea box 0 loaded with MIL from Manila.

Japanese CA enters Bay of Bengal (it can move 1 more sea area). Do CW want to intercept?

[AllenK]

Yes please.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Intercept fails on a 8, CA moves on to Arabian Sea box 1.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Few sea areas are declined, naval combat in 3 sea areas.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

West Med: Axis 2, Allies 10.

Axis include all enemy ships to combat, Free France will get a lesson... Surface combat is chosen.

Axis use points both to increase and decrease damage. 3 points are left to choose one target.

Allies can place X, who takes it?

[AllenK]

I'll place the X on the CP, thanks.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Who takes first D?

[AllenK]

The 1-factor CL.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Only aborts for French ships. Do they abort to Oran?

Italian BB Vittorio Veneto takes A and rolls 8 = 1/2 abort.

[AllenK]

As many to Algiers as will go, then Oran, thanks.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Arabian Sea: Axis 3, Allies 5.

All points are used to increase damage. Where do CP's abort?

[AllenK]

Aden would be good, thanks.