New AAR Keith Vs Ian

[professorhex]

But the prime target of Budapest falls to Rommel, with assistance from Rumanians.

Soon we will inflict our liberal Nazi hell of diversity officers, health and safety at work, avoiding deliberately sexist or racist language, a decent standard of living with a welfare safety net for all, and enforced respectful multiculturalism, on the unsuspecting peoples of Hungary.

We knew they would never vote for it.

End of impulse.

[keith63]

Losing iniative really hurt the CW. Took a naval impulse and asserted our dominance over the sea lanes. The only action occurred in the E. Med where a CW fleet surprised the Italians in a surface action, sending the CL's Diaz and Cadorna and 1 cp to the bottom.
Weather turns bad on the roll of a 4.

[brian brian]

ORIGINAL: professorhex


Destroyed J/F 1941: mainly lorries.

post of the week

[professorhex]

There's little to report with most of the world lashed by storms until the weather clears again in Axis #9 Mar/Apr 41.

Germany and Japan take land actions, Italy a combined. The Italians put pretty much their entire navy into the Eastern Med. No interception from the substantial RN forces, and neither side searches. The subs in Cape St Vincent do, but find nothing. Given the RN carrier group patrolling there that may have been for the best.

Balbo is back in supply and eyeballing Wavell, whose forces have not yet caught up with him.

There is to be a great Italian desert offensive. The battleships are now ranging on the British armour, if only from the 2 box.

[professorhex]

First, Umezu's army group moves to crush communists who have occupied Changsha.

[professorhex]

Yamamoto has Mao's HQ near-surrounded, and disorganised in the Shansi mountains as the communists withdraw to prevent attacks on Tungkwan. A significant blow is struck in north China.

[professorhex]

The Italians make it typically difficult for themselves in the Great Battle of Bardia by by rolling 7, and losing one of the best Italian units. The Libyan Territorials cannot keep up.

But Wavell is sent packing, shattered. The Italians advance into Egypt.

Turn continues on an 8.

[professorhex]

Rommel mops up the remnants of the Hungarian Army.

[brian brian]

The Royal Navy called off searching for an enemy? And that enemy proceeded to shell the poor Tommies? The First Sea Lord and several Admirals should be immediately sacked for such an embarassment!

[professorhex]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

The Royal Navy called off searching for an enemy? And that enemy proceeded to shell the poor Tommies? The First Sea Lord and several Admirals should be immediately sacked for such an embarassment!

The Admiralty seem to have made their displeasure clear.

In the ensuing Allied impulse, RN in E Med did search, and rolled an advantageous 2 v 8.

The result was a naval air attack on the Italian fleet with AAA almost cancelled out.

A build point blow in the ongoing Italian conflict with the British Empire: an Italian TRS carrying AAA they neglected to disembark with those paltry combined move limits was sunk. CL Giussano was damaged. Two battleships and the CL Colleoni were forced back to La Spezia.

Subsequent searches failed. At least there is a replacement TRS in production for Italy.

Elsewhere RAF bombers raided Lille despite the 88mm AAA stationed there. Rolled a 10, hit.

The weather turned bad again.

E Med start of Axis #13 Mar/Apr 41

[professorhex]

E Europe start of Axis #13 Mar/Apr 41

Seems an opportune moment to get the U Boats out, and the Romanian cp.

[professorhex]

China and Japan start of Axis #13 Mar/Apr 41.

Chiang's HQ might be saved by the weather. Progress against the Communists, but a clutch of reds will arrive next turn as reinforcements. I wonder if the US cares about Yenan? Would US public opinion side with the Maoists anyway, against their loyal Japanese trading partners?

Action later on I hope.

[professorhex]

AXIS #13 MAR/APR 41

Germany takes a naval move, Italy combined, Japan land.

Germany sends out U Boats. 1 to the Faroes, 3 to Biscay, 3 to N Atlantic. But searches in N Atlantic and Biscay fail and the lone sub in Faroes doesn't want to fight.

A small but fast German fleet steams out to the Baltic Sea 4 box. The German press trumpets successful sea trials of their latest battleship, Bismarck. Rumanian vessels enter the Black Sea.

A lone Italian cp edges into the E Med. It avoids interception (roll 6). Controversially perhaps, neither side searches in the stormy sea zone. Balbo is back in supply, for now, and the Germans can receive oil from Mosul and a resource from Turkey.

Japanese units manouver in both North and South China. Communist-held Yenan is occupied, with no apparent reaction from USA (roll 3).

No attacks in this bad weather. Turn ends on a 4.

[keith63]

Here are the reinforcements for the coming turn. The Mighty Graf Zeppelin appears to be completed. The RN is shaking in fear lol.
In other news The American War Industries kick up production levels.

[professorhex]

Destroyed Mar/Apr 1941

Bloody for the Chinese Communists, for Italy, and Hungary.

[professorhex]

AXIS BUILDS MAR/APR 41

Japan 14
2 pilots, repair CA Takao and CA Atago, CVA1, FTR2, TERR, ENG

Italy 8
cp, 2x sub repair, pilot, NAV3

Germany 23
3 pilots, FTR3, FTR2, CVA1, 2x INF, ARM DIV, repair CA Java

Vichy
save bp Toulouse

[keith63]

Allied builds Mar/apr '41.
China: 7 bp. Cav, HQI.
CW: 17 bp. CVA-1, Pilot x 2, Marine, BB Anson 2nd phase, RPR CA Edinburgh, BB Lion, 1st phase, Nav-2, convoy x 2.
USA : 17bp. HQA, convoy x2, pilot, BB Washingon 2nd phase, CVA-1.
Russia: 15 bp. Eng div, armor, pilot, Ftr-2, inf div.

Allies win initiative, move first. Good weather to start.

[keith63]

Allied impulse 1 of May/June 1941. Germany and Italy DoW Yugoslavia. No US chit. CW fleet assumes it convoy protection locations. Large Italian and CW fleets in the E. med. A naval air battle damages a Italian transport carrying Guderian but was unable to sink it.
CW bombers attack German production again.

[keith63]

The Pacific fleet HQ arrives in Pearl Harbor, along with an escort of Carriers and Battle Wagons.

[keith63]

On the eve of a possible Barbarossa, here is the Soviet northern front.