AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Germany rails 2x ARM and MOT div to Syria.

Germany overruns 4 disorganized USSR ships in Sukumi. All of them are destroyed as there is no valid port to rebase.

No land combat.

Air rebase
FW Condor from Italy to Syria. Bf110 rebases 2 hexes in Siberian front. Stuka rebases near Baku.

Macchi to Naples, NAV to Salerno, NAV to Genoa, Re2000 one hex in Siberian front, LND close to Astrakhan.

Japanese FTR rebases in Japan to Yokohama.

[AllenK]

J/F 42 Allied 5

No DoW

US aligns Brazil.

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

CW fleet at Alex puts to sea in the Eat Med 4-box. CA loads Inf Div from Plymouth and proceeds to West Med. Do the Axis wish to intercept?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Yes please, with Italian FTR.

[AllenK]

The intercept succeeds on a 1. The CA elects to stay in the West Med (1-box).

Now the risky bit. French Trans with CA escort sails into West Med. I try the intercept as Mayhemizer has nothing to lose with the Ftr already disorganised. It also succeeds on a 3. The Trans stays in the 1-box.

US sends 2 more CV and 2 CA to The Marianas 4-box. Marine Div at Suva loads onto CA and heads to Marshals 3-box. 2 Trans at Dutch Harbour load 2 Inf and ship them to Midway.

Allies decline combat in all sea areas except one: The Marianas.

[AllenK]

Searches Allies 1, Axis 9. Allies include the 0, 2 and 3 boxes. They use 2 surprise points to lower AA to NE and the remaining 8 to boost damage.

The first X is put on the Trans, which survives it on a 7. Where do the Axis want the 2nd X to go?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japanese empire is falling down faster than I thought...

X on CP, thank you

[AllenK]

The Allies make sure of the Trans by putting the remaining X on it. I didn't bother with the die roller. MWiF rolled the 7.

The CA escapes. Do the Japs fight or flight?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japs stay, luck must change at some point...

[AllenK]

Apparently around about now.

Searches Allies 8, Axis 4. Which sea-boxes would the Japs like to include?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Only box 4, choose naval air combat.

All points to increase air to air value.

1 CVP as bomber. Front fighter: 5 point A6M3.

[AllenK]

Japs can decide front fighter or bomber?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Bomber, thank you.

[AllenK]

Destroy the Japanese fighter or bomber? Carry on?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Bomber can be sacrificed. Japs stay.

[AllenK]

With their remaining bomber cleared through, the US fighters head back to their carriers.

[AllenK]

Japanese AA gunners again prove to be formidable foes when rolls of 7, 3, 9, 6, 6 prove enough to put the US bomb-aimers off.

[AllenK]

Do the Japanese stay or retire?

[AllenK]

US intercepts a signal to the Japanese admiral telling him to break off combat. CV Shokaku heads to Tokyo, the other ships for Truk.

West Med: Italians initiate. The Allies don't add any additional air but the Italians fly their Erone to the 2-box. Searches: Axis 5, Allies 7. No combat.

RAF sends a Stirling and Lancaster on extended range missions in France.

An oil is destroyed at Vichy.

[AllenK]

While the raid on Lyons destroys a saved BP and a further BP production loss.

[AllenK]

Soviets rail Inf HQ to Ashqabad and Art to the Urals.