TOP SECRET ORMSTER + WARSPITE ONLY

[warspite1]

If the plan is for the Allies to move then here are the limited orders for the Soviets:

Soviets

Rail
5-3 Persia to Novgorod

Land Moves
China - 5-3 to 74,136
2-5 to Bushehr (can partisans “take” saved oil?)
1-3 ENG to Minsk
5-4 east of Ladoga to one hex north

Re-base
LND Stavropol to Cernauti
Pe-2 Bessarabia to Vitebsk
IL-4 Bessarabia to 38,51

[Orm]

Partisans destroy saved oil.

As long as you have 4 garrison points in Persia then there can be no partisans there. And I truly recommend that since partisans in Persia can be a pain to hunt down.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay first question before looking at any orders.

Are we in a position to try and end the turn? 30% chance if we all pass?

I do not feel lucky at the moment. Do you?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Partisans destroy saved oil.

As long as you have 4 garrison points in Persia then there can be no partisans there. And I truly recommend that since partisans in Persia can be a pain to hunt down.

warspite1

Good to know. I will need to move Zhukov of course, but will ensure there are 4 points in Persia.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay first question before looking at any orders.

Are we in a position to try and end the turn? 30% chance if we all pass?

I do not feel lucky at the moment. Do you?

warspite1

Definitely not......

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Okay first question before looking at any orders.

Are we in a position to try and end the turn? 30% chance if we all pass?

I do not feel lucky at the moment. Do you?

warspite1

Definitely not......

Double impulse and two lucky successful ground strikes and Kunming is, most likely, lost. Bad luck with the unit draw when building units didn't help.

Anyway. Lets take our move... I just need to check one thing to make sure I remember the situation right.

Edit: Yep. We are doing our impulse.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Orm

Partisans destroy saved oil.

As long as you have 4 garrison points in Persia then there can be no partisans there. And I truly recommend that since partisans in Persia can be a pain to hunt down.

warspite1

Good to know. I will need to move Zhukov of course, but will ensure there are 4 points in Persia.

You could send a long range bomber to Persia to act as a garrison until you get other units to act as 'permanent' garrisons (I prefer bad infantry class units). Persia, after rail movement, has 3.5 in garrison rating (rounded to 4). [:)]

Edit: Moving the OOS cavalry to Bushehr disorganizes it and reduces the garrison value with one. Maybe this move can wait?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Orm

Partisans destroy saved oil.

As long as you have 4 garrison points in Persia then there can be no partisans there. And I truly recommend that since partisans in Persia can be a pain to hunt down.

warspite1

Good to know. I will need to move Zhukov of course, but will ensure there are 4 points in Persia.

You could send a long range bomber to Persia to act as a garrison until you get other units to act as 'permanent' garrisons (I prefer bad infantry class units). Persia, after rail movement, has 3.5 in garrison rating (rounded to 4). [:)]

warspite1

Good thinking - we have sufficient margin over the Germans so yes could you send one of these to Persia please?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Orm

Partisans destroy saved oil.

As long as you have 4 garrison points in Persia then there can be no partisans there. And I truly recommend that since partisans in Persia can be a pain to hunt down.

warspite1

Good to know. I will need to move Zhukov of course, but will ensure there are 4 points in Persia.

Edit: Moving the OOS cavalry to Bushehr disorganizes it and reduces the garrison value with one. Maybe this move can wait?

warspite1

Yes this move is no longer required (at least for the present) as the plan is to stick to 4 garrison value.

[Orm]

At some point, if possible, I think we should replace the nationalist defenders East of Sian with Communists.

[Orm]

Yes this move is no longer required (at least for the present) as the plan is to stick to 4 garrison value.

Do you have another move in mind instead of the cavalry?

Edit: USSR has two land moves left.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Yes this move is no longer required (at least for the present) as the plan is to stick to 4 garrison value.

Do you have another move in mind instead of the cavalry?

Edit: USSR has two land moves left.

warspite1

The only thing I was thinking of was to move the units out of Murmansk to threaten Petsamo.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

At some point, if possible, I think we should replace the nationalist defenders East of Sian with Communists.

warspite1

Defo.

[peskpesk]

Due to the almost status que on the European side compared to last impulse and increasing threat against nationalist china is my suggestion that all except China pass.

[Orm]

I was considering passing with all. Why do you want China to move?

[warspite1]

I agree passing with all seems sensible.

[brian brian]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

The Allies are due for a nice Rainy month of May, 1940.

Well I guess you will have to settle for the April showers I guess. Perhaps it was muddy enough that the Axis still need one more impulse to march to the Spanish border, and/or tackle whatever the CW has for them in Bayonne, which I'm sure has pre-registered targets for Home Fleet by now. Perhaps with one more good weather roll Bilbao won't be threatened for two more impulses.

ORIGINAL: brian brian

With little or no infantry reinforcements on the way, they are unlikely to open a front out of Canton during Monsoon season. And the Si-An front is now quite stabilized with the ChiComm reinforcements appearing.

Ooopsie on this one I guess, hadn't thought about the possibility of marching out of Hanoi. The Chinese defend their country on interior lines, normally a strategic advantage, but they have very little mobility within their country. The Monsoon is coming however the Japanese MARines will soon cross the weather line making this a moot point. At least the Allies got an entry chit for Indo-China, iirc; as Japan I would never seize the place until just before General War. The longer the American factories stay on Peace-Time hours the better for the Axis.

Anyhow seeing the Japanese MARines march inland is pretty good news for the Russians. They rarely return to the coasts until the inevitable war with the Yankees is on the horizon, as wargamers get sucked into the tactical campaign. Should they move ocean-ward in the coming Monsoon however, keep an eye out. They would have to reach the coast by the end of May/Jun to cause much worry for landings around Vladivostok however.

In a game with the Intell rules, this would be the perfect opportunity to spend a few points to manipulate the Partisan Die Roll and secretly send Ho Chi Minh a shipment of WWI surplus. Hopefully MWiF's over-active PARTisan system will come through for the Chinese here...

[warspite1]

End of turn orders

Stay at Sea
- CW to choose French naval moves

Oil
- Reorganise the 6-6MECH (I think this means no oil expenditure)
- French reorganise all except Suffren (I think this means no oil expenditure)

Production
- 16 points + 1 being saved in Bushehr.
- ARM
- INF
- GARR
- INF HQ

Reinforcement
- I16 (17), 6-1GARR, 6-4INF - Leningrad
- 3-3INF Pskov
- 4-3INF (ChiComm) - Tanshui

Should we now consider points to the FF for building TRS?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1


Oil
- Reorganise the 6-6MECH (I think this means no oil expenditure)

USSR is throwing at least one oil away so you should use more units. [;)]

[Orm]

Should we now consider points to the FF for building TRS?

Yes. But I suspect that I will be to cautious to begin sending them this turn. US almost played sending CW lend lease to China but I wasn't sure the convoy system could handle the strain so I delayed it.