AllenK vs Mayhemizer Episode V: Das Experiment

[AllenK]

Hull's good.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Only one land attack and I believe it is an assault

Edit: Engineer is used in attack so it will be first loss. Artillery was used for ground support behind the river.

[AllenK]

Forlorn odds but yes, assault.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

This is what I call blitzkrieg: Poland is conquered on impulse 3 and no losses for Germany.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Germany rebases Ju52 to western front and Bf109 to Bratislava.

Japan rebases long range NAV to Canton.

Ju52 reorganizes INF, Rundstedt reorganizes MECH, MOT and 2x INF in western front.

Back to Allies.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Europe after Axis impulse 3

[AllenK]

S/O 39 Allied 4

No DoW or alignments.

China Land, France Naval, rest Combined.

Yugoslav CA and CP go to East MEd 0-box. Hermes and Ramillies go to Cape St. Vincent 0-box.

France sends CA's to Italian Coast and West Med 4-boxes. CV plus the 4 slow BB's to West Med 3-box.

US sails CV Ranger and 2 CA's from east coast to San Diego.

USSR rails another Inf from Siberia towards the west.

USSR Cav enters East Poland. US gets annoyed (7 rolled) and a chit is lost. The Polish HQ, Inf and Inf Dix are interned. Where does Germany wish to relocate the Inf?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Any hex is good.

[AllenK]

The Soviet Cav moves on to occupy the Baltic states. After getting in a tizz about Poland, the US expresses nothing more than mild indignation at this latest Communists expansionism (5 rolled).

Russia moves an Inf and Cav in Siberia and an Inf and Art near Bessarabia.

China after Chinese moves.

[AllenK]

CW units move inland from the French Atlantic ports.

USSR rebases 2 Lnd to Latvia and a Lnd and Ftr from Bessarabia border to Crimea.

No reorgs.

Too late for the Poles but on a 10, the weather packs up big time.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

S/O 39 Axis 5

No DoW

Germany aligns Hungary, no reaction from US (rolled 4).

CW has no escorts for convoys so Germany chooses naval. Italy and Japan combined.

Italian fighter and TRS to West Med box 0 loaded with GAR from Africa.

Germany sends 4th CP to Baltic Sea and Rumanian CP to Black sea. 4 ships sails to North Atlantic box 3, 2 old ships to North Sea box 2 and 2 ships to Faroes Gap box 2.

Japan sends MIL, HQ and AT gun to China Sea box 0.

Germany initiates combat in North Atlantic.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Axis 7, Allied 8. No naval combat.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japan rails MIL from Manchuria to Tungkwan. Japan moves 2 units in China and HQ debarks to Haichow.

Italian GAR debarks to Sardinia.

Germany rebases fighter to Hungary.

Back to Allies.

[AllenK]

S/O 39 Allies 7

No DoW or alignments.

CW Naval, France and China Land, rest Combined.

2 CA sail from Halifax to North Atlantic 0-box. They are joined by 2 BB from Plymouth. Repulse and 4 CA sail to the 2-box. 2 BB sail from Liverpool to Faeroes Gap 2-box. 2 CA to Biscay 0-box. 2 CV, BB and 2 CA to East Med 2-box. Nelson and Rodney also join the ships in the North Atlantic 0-box. I declined the various intercepts as it was pretty obvious ships were going to stay.

USSR puts CA to Black Sea 4-box.

2 areas for naval combat.

[AllenK]

First up, the North Atlantic.

CA Cumberland gets the ball rolling.

Searches: Allied 2, Axis 4. No combat.

Faeroes Gap.

The RN declines. Does the Kriegsmarine wish to initiate?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Yes please

[AllenK]

Deutschland takes point.

Fleeting possible ship like shapes in the murk but gone almost before the sighting is called. Searches: Axis 3, Allies 2. No combat.

USSR rails another Inf out of Siberia.

USSR shuffles some units around in the south. Cav moves from Lithuania to Latvia.

Post Chinese movement.

[AllenK]

France makes a couple of minor moves.

USSR slightly rebases a couple of aircraft.

CW rebase the Battle to the north tip of Ireland.

Weather moderates a bit.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

S/O 39 Axis 9

No DoW

Germany and Italy combined, Japan land.

German submarine to Bay of Biscay box 1.

Italian CA to West Med box 4, loading INF div from Africa.

Germany initiates combat in all three sea areas.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Wild guess: CW sends plane to box 0?