Pat vs Ronnie GW AAR

[ashkpa]

Ok, all the ships provided 13 points of defensive shore bombardment (could have used one more point if it existed).
Only aircraft available to fly were the US CVP. The planes in the Bay of Biscay could only react to the hex as fighters if there was a bomber in the hex (this was news to me and I'm not sure if it was completely accurate), so I flew a CVP from the CSV as a bomber and the other three flew as fighters. Air-Air went the allies way. Aborted my fighter (my choice) and a bomber. Shot down a bomber, and cleared a bomber. Your bomber was also aborted. Net I added 4 ground support strength.

Missed the fractional, but made a combat roll that got exactly me to exactly 23. You lost all three land units (no retreat path for Alexander) and two disorganized planes were overrun and destroyed.

[ashkpa]

The Japanese invasion was a resounding success and unsurprising.

[ashkpa]

JF3 i13 EOT roll resulted in the turn ending.

No partisans arrived.

[ashkpa]

Here is the JF43 destroyed pool. Does not show several destroyed CP and damaged vessels, which would increase CW losses.

[ashkpa]

MA43 Reinforcements.

[ashkpa]

The reserve pool.

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Return to Base. Arabian Sea.

The IJN attempts but fails to intercept a lone CW CP returning to base from the Red Sea to the CW port island of Victoria.

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End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Return to Base. Arabian Sea. #2

A second RN task force returning to base (from the East Med) through the Arabian Sea isn't so lucky. IJN naval bombers finds and sinks the heavy cruiser Effingham. The IJN bombers as attack the RN Battleship Warspite who through superb maneuver is able to avoid major damage. The Australian heavy cruiser Canberra is also targeted but manages to avoid all but superficial damage.

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Use Oil. USSR.

[ashkpa]

Forgot to take the images, the axis used the following oil
German spent 4 oil (left the Condor and 1 subs disorganized)
Italy spent 2 oil (1 German) and reorganized everybody
Japan spent 5 oil and left ~1.5 oil work of units disorganized

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Use Oil. CW, USA (and France).

France had no units that needed oil to reorganize.

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End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Final Production. CW, France, USA and USSR.

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. USN and RN Western Pacific Fleet.

Obviously I don't understanding something. I was unable to reorganize all these allied naval units even though they're in supply. Apparently being in supply is insufficient for being able to use available oil to reorganize. Is the issue that I don't have a convoy path from an oil to these units?

Regardless, my situation in this game just went from hopeless to totally hopeless. [:(]

[ashkpa]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. USN and RN Western Pacific Fleet.

Obviously I don't understanding something. I was unable to reorganize all these allied naval units even though they're in supply. Apparently being in supply is insufficient for being able to use available oil to reorganize. Is the issue that I don't have a convoy path from an oil to these units?

Regardless, my situation in this game just went from hopeless to totally hopeless.

Yes, I believe that is what happened. I believe it also happened the previous turn as well. For this reason, I will always as the CW save oil in Australia and India so that those regions if isolated can still reorganize oil dependent units.

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: ashkpa

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. USN and RN Western Pacific Fleet.

Obviously I don't understanding something. I was unable to reorganize all these allied naval units even though they're in supply. Apparently being in supply is insufficient for being able to use available oil to reorganize. Is the issue that I don't have a convoy path from an oil to these units?

Regardless, my situation in this game just went from hopeless to totally hopeless.

Yes, I believe that is what happened. I believe it also happened the previous turn as well. For this reason, I will always as the CW save oil in Australia and India so that those regions if isolated can still reorganize oil dependent units.

Yes, a solution that occurred to me after posting my dire situation. The upside is that in my future games as the allies I will build a healthy stockpile of oil in both these countries in the early game.

[ashkpa]

JF43 Axis Builds
Germany (59 BP - 6 of them saved from last turn)
- Offensive
- sub-fu
- 5x pilot
- 4x FIG2
- INF HQ
- ENG div
- ARM
- MECH
- 2x INF

Italy (15 BP)
- 2x pilot
- 3x FIG2
- TERR
- CP
- CA-repair
- sub-fd

Japan (32 BP)
- Synth
- 4x pilot
- 2x FIG2
- 2x CVP1
- CV-fu
- Tran-rep
- sub-rep
- 4x CP
- INF div

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Allied Builds.

CW(33): Inf HQ(5), Mar(5), Arm Mar Div(4), Inf(3), FTR(3) x 2, Pilot(2) x 2, CP(1) x 2, Amph 2nd(4)

USA(52): O-Chit(15), CVP(2), LND(4), NAV(3), FTR(3), Pilot(2) x 4, Arm Mar Div(4), Inf HQ(5), Inf(3) x 2, TRS Repair(2), CP(1) x 2, BB Repair(2), CA Repair(1), TRS 1st(2), Sub 2nd(1)

France(0):

USSR(26): Arm HQ(8), Mil(2) x 3, Inf(3) x 4.


End of Turn 21. Allied and Axis Production Pools.

[rkr1958]

End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Conquests. Cyprus.

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End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Conquests. Bechuanaland.

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End of Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Victory Totals.