AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back.

[AllenK]

Before the action can resume, the usual end of turn admin.

Axis instructions for Stay at Sea:

All German subs and planes returns to base.

Italian Coast: CA in box 2 stays at sea. All other Italian subs, ships and planes returns to base.

All Japanese CP's stay at sea.
Sea of Japan: CA in box 1 stays at sea.
Japanese Coast: CL in box 2 stays at sea.
China Sea: CL's in box 1, box 2 and box 4 stays at sea.
The Marshalls: CA Kako in box 4 stays at sea.
The Marians: CL in box 2 stays at sea.
Hawaiian Islands: CV and CL in box 3 stays at sea.
Bering Sea: CA Chokai in box 3 stays at sea.
South China Sea: CL in box 1 and CA Kumano in box 4 stays at sea.
Bismarc Sea: CL in box 4 stays at sea.
Polynesia: CA in box 4 stays at sea.
East Indian Ocean: CL in box 4 stays at sea.
Central Pacific: CL in box 4 stays at sea.
Arabian Sea: CA in box 3 stays at sea.

Other Japanese ships returns to base.

[AllenK]

Allies

The Chinese sub moves down to the China Sea 2-box

CW keeps the pickets in North Sea and Faeroe's out at sea (2-box). A CA stays in Bay of Bengal 3-box. Dutch sub stays in the South China Sea 2-box. 2 CA's stay out in Cape Naturaliste (3-box) and 2 in SE Indian Ocean (0-box). Usual Atlantic escorts drop to 3 and 0 boxes.

All US ships return to base.

Which bases shall the various Axis ships and planes return to? German subs to Brest and Italian ones to Bordeaux I presume?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Can you please send save file, Japanese return to base quite complex. I assume CW intercepts all possible Japanese ships?

Subs in Europe goes to ports you mentioned. I can't say at the moment where planes will land.

[AllenK]

File should be on it's way to you.

I'm not sure about intercepts, I would need to see the relative strengths. I don't think there will be many.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Actually Japs managed to go home without being intercepted.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

I just realized something and I hope this will help someone else:

Clicking in column marked with red chooses which oil points are used. After that you can click "reorganize everything" and program uses oils you wanted to use. Before that I manually chose every time which oil is next clicked units one by one.

Same way you you can choose units not to be organized. That one I have known forever, not sure why using oil was so hard...

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Anyone can tell me why 2+13=14?

I'm not going to use Vichy's BPs, just curious if this a bug or something else...

Edit: This is kind of a problem I lose BPs. One BP is not collected in Toulon. Let's see if I have 15 BPs saved after production.

[Centuur]

This is not a bug. Here are the rules on the usage of saved build points:

In a later production step, you can remove those build points from
the map and add them to your build point total. You may spend any
number saved at your capital. No more than 1 saved build point may
be consumed per turn from each other city, useable factory and port
(e.g. you can spend 5 saved build points on production in New York
and unlimited in Moscow each turn).

Toulon is a port and not a city. If you have two build points saved there, you can only use 1 this turn...

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Thank you Centuur!

[AllenK]

USSR reorgs all for 1.2 oil points.

Germany reorganizes everything (4,8 oil) using 3 oil points in Königsberg, 1 oil in Hanko and 2 oil points in Hanko.

Italy reorganizes everything else but CL Barbiano and CA Bolzano (1,45 oil) using oil in Tallinn.

Japan reorganizes everything (4,75 oil) using 2 saved oil in Tarakan, 2 saved oil in Balikpapan and 1 saved oil in Osaka.

China reorgs sub and ftr (0.2) for no expenditure.

CW reorgs all (6.1), spending 6 oil in Rangoon, Bombay, Port of Spain x2, Fort William and Perth.

France reorgs all (0.25) for 0 expenditure.

US reorgs all (4.6) spending 5 oil in Baltimore.

[AllenK]

No breakdowns for either side.

No scrap for Axis.

USSR scraps an I-16. CW the CL Adelaide.

German 5-4 MOT is reformed.

Production

Germany 26
CAV div
MTN div
2x INF
Anti-Tank
2x FTR2
2x PIL
2x Sub (2nd)
Artillery 172,5mm (cost 4)

Italy 14
MTN
GAR
Sub (2nd)
Sub (1st)
CA Zara (repair)
CL Giussano (repair)
NAV2
PIL

Japan 8
MIL
CVP1
PIL
Sub (repair)
2x CP

Vichy 2 (+13)
Save all BPs

[AllenK]

China 8
Ftr-2
Pil
Factory repair.

CW 21
Inf HQ
Mil
Garr
Ftr-2
Pilot x2
Lnd-4
CV Repair
Trans

US 40
Amph 2nd
O-chit
Ftr-2
Ftr-3
Lnd-4
Pilot x3
Trans
Arm

USSR 18
Mil
Inf HQ
Ftr-2
Pilot
Inf
Mtn

[AllenK]

Russia conquers Korea forcing a Jap Ftr to rebase to Sasebo.

Japan conquers Wake Is., Philippines and Malaysia.

Commonwealth liberates Ethiopia.

Reinforcements

Germany assigns pilots to Ju88C, BF110E and Bf109 E-2.
2x Sub in Kiel
Ju88 in Berlin
Bf109 in Karlsruhe
Bf110 in Vienna
GER in Kiel
ENG and INF in Vienna
ARM HQ Manstein in Munich

Germany removes Bf109C in Hanover

Italy assigns pilots to Sparviero and (5-factor) Macchi C.200
Sparviero in Taranto
Macchi in Florence
CA and 2x sub in La Spezia


Japan assigns pilot to CVP (5-factor) A6M3
MIL
Sub in Tokyo
CVP in Tokyo (on CV Soryu)
CP in Tokyo

China can't place Shanghai Warlord.

CW assigns pilots to 2 CVP-1 that go to Birmingham.
Mil to Auckland.
Monty and Mot to Southampton.
Mech to Sydney
CP to Freemantle
Sub to Plymouth.

US assigns pilots to a CVP (Long Beech) and ATR (Boston).
CV San Diego.
Para Norfolk.

US assigns pilot to Ftr ((Perm).
Mil to Tashkant
Garr Kubyshev
Inf Kirov and Perm.

Germany modifies deal with Italy: 8 resources (3 oil min) and 6 BPs.
China sets up a new agreement of 4 BP to USSR.
US deletes oil to CW (needing to build up some of it's own).

[AllenK]

Initiative Axis 5, Allies 6. Axis re roll. It's close when both roll a 2 but the Allies win ties and choose to go first.

Weather.

[AllenK]

US attempts to DoW Germany and Italy. It's only a 20% chance but the US has nothing to lose as a 'failure' resulting in removal of chits would improve the chance next time.

When put to Congress, the motion is conclusively defeated (9 rolled). A chit is moved from both Entry and Tension pools, giving new values of Entry 39, Tension 29. This improves the chance of success to 40%.

No other DoW.

CW, US & France Naval. China combined. USSR Land.

[AllenK]

CW sends Sunderland from Tripoli to West Med 4-box. Beaufighter to 3-box.

US sends Hudson to Hawaiian Is. 4-box and P-40 to 3-box.

Naval movement.

CW sends BB to Bay of Bengal 3-box. 2 CA go to East Indian Ocean 3-box (I decline the intercept on Mayhemizer's behalf). 3 CA to Arabian Sea 3-box (intercept declined again). Queens from Australia to Clarion 1-box. Various escorts to Atlantic and Med sea zones. Empty CV from Malta to Biscay 1-box. Trans from Gib loads Spit II into Biscay 1-box. Can Inf in Amph to Biscay 1-box. Trans loads Mar from Liverpool to Biscay 1-box. Amph from Plymouth to Biscay 1-box. sub to St. Vincent 2-box. Subs from Malta to Arabian Sea 1-box.

France sends their 4 CL's to escort duties in West Med. The subs go to Italian Coast 2 and 1 boxes.

US sends 2 CV plus CA's to Hawaiian Is. 3-box. CV's and CA's from San Diego go to Xmas Is. 3-box. Mar on fast Trans from San Diego to Pearl. 3 subs to Mariannas 3-box (1) and 2-box. 5 CA/CL's to Bering Sea 4-box (1) and 3-box. 2 Trans with Ftr from Belfast to Casablanca.

A few areas available for combat.

[AllenK]

Bering Sea: The US cruisers catch a glimpse of the Chokai before it vanishes into the storms. Searches Allies 4, Axis 5.
Hawaiian Is: No extra air. Searches Allies 5, Axis 1. Which boxes to include?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Only 0 box thanks. I thought I had 3 factor fighter there [:)]

Please show me the situation when only 0 box is chosen and I give instructions how to use surprise points.

[AllenK]

Here you go.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Thank you. I'm stupid, I can choose half of the targets. All points to increase damage.