UK vs Nordic 2

[Mayhemizer_slith]

No reaction from US (rolled 4).


Japanese Ki-32 rebases two hexes West to hex 76, 141.
German He111 rebases few hexes in East Germany and Stuka rebases one hex in West Germany.

von Leeb reorganizes Ju88.

Allies DoW on Germany, on a 9 one chit is removed.

Germany calls reserves, back to the Allies.

[AllenK]

Wrong thread

[AllenK]

Apart from the various MILs, CW places a GARR in London and INF in Liverpool.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 2 (Allied)

The French place units in the Maginot Line, Paris and Lille.

Declarations of war: None - Alignments: None

Actions:
Combined: USA, USSR and CW
Naval: France
Land: China

Port Attack: None
Naval Air: None
Naval Movement:

Commonwealth
General Wavell is ordered to find undertake a fact finding mission in France and sails from Egypt bound for Toulon. Meanwhile the Queens, Mary and Elizabeth, load an Indian infantry corps and transport them to the Red Sea.

France
The French order a cruiser force to the Baltic to undertake anti-shipping operations there. They are a tad miffed on arrival to find nothing at sea....

Because of the deepening crises on the European mainland, the decision is made to bring the XIII Infantry Corps back to Metropolitan France from Syria.

United States
President Roosevelt orders a precautionary beefing up of defences at Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz decides to set up his HQ there and an AA unit and accompanying fighter squadrons are also to be delivered to the Hawaiian Islands.

Strategic Bombing: None
Ground Strike:

Commonwealth
The RAF send the Hampden bomber group out to strike German formations seen massing on the Danish border. Meanwhile the Fairey Battles are ordered on the same mission but this time to try and harrass German units on the Dutch border.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 2 (Allied)

Ground Strike (cont):

The Hampden accuracy is spot on, sending row upon row of German vehicles and horse drawn equipment into broken masses of metal. The Fairey Battles on the other hand were unable to press home their advantage of surprise, inflicting only minor damage.

[warspite1]

Sep/Oct 1939
Impulse: 2 (Allied)

Rail Movement: None
Land Movement:

Chinese Communists
The LanChow Militia are ordered to Yenan ahead of the Japanese unit seemingly intent on taking the city on the march.

Commonwealth
The remaining Polish infantry head for Lodz to hopefully delay the German assault on that city.

China
Over to AllenK for the rest of the impulse

[AllenK]

The Chinese move a few units in the Changsha area.

[AllenK]

CW Inf disembarks from Queens in Red Sea to Suez.

US HQ and AA disembark to Pearl.

US rebases P-40 from sea to Pearl and PBY-5 from US west coast to Pearl.

Wavell reorgs a TRANS.

Weather goes a touch inclement.

Back to the Axis.

[Orm]

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan

No Port Strikes.

Germany send a fighter to the North Sea (2-box).

Italy return the TRS in the Red Sea to Trieste. Japan send two TRS and one AMPH to the China Sea. They are loaded with HQI, MIL, AA, ENG. Edit: Forgot to mention that one empty TRS also was sent to China Sea.

No strategic bombing.

Two German medium bombers ground strike Lodz for no effect.


Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #3 (Axis) - Ground Strikes

[Orm]

Japan rail one MAR from Korea to Hangchow.

Japan moves two units in central China. One entered Wuhan and became disorganized.

Over to Mayhemizer for the remainder of the impulse.


Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #3 (Axis) - Land Movement

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Germany moves units in Poland and some units Netherlands border.

Japan debark HQI to Hangchow.

Germany declares automatic attack in west of Lodz.

The Ki-27 (FTR2) rebase to Nanchang.

Germany uses Rundstedt to reorganize MOT, INF, MECH and INF div. Ju52 is used to reorganize INF on Danish border.

Back to the Allies.

[AllenK]

S/O 39 Allies 5

US, USSR, France, combined. CW naval. China land.

P-40 flies to North Sea 2-box

Naval moves

CW sails TRANS from Toulon to Cape Verde 0-box and picks up Sierra Leone TERR. 2 CA from Gib join it. CA takes INF Div from UK to Berbera. TRANS take Gort and a MECH to Brest. CV and 2 CA sail from Aden to Alex. BB from Aden to East Med 2-box where it is joined by 4 CA from Calcutta. Various escorts are sent out.

Combat declined in North Sea.

[AllenK]

Land Movement:
China
Lan Chow Warlord to (73,136)
USSR
AT Minsk to Vilna - US gets annoyed at the Soviet Aggression and a chit disappears from the pool.
Mongolian CAV to (54,134)
France
5-3 Marseilles to Nice

Rebase:
USSR
Pe-8 to Baku
IL-4 south of Tiflis to (69,81)
France
LeO to Lyons
MS406 to east of Paris

Gort reorganises the two TRANS.

Events take a turn to the Axis advantage as the weather clears up across the globe.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Was Germany able to initiate combat in Norh Sea? If yes, they would like to fo it with out additional planes.

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Was Germany able to initiate combat in Norh Sea? If yes, they would like to fo it with out additional planes.

Option to do so didn't come up.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Was Germany able to initiate combat in Norh Sea? If yes, they would like to fo it with out additional planes.

Option to do so didn't come up.

Then that must be a bug. A bug that I do not recall that we encountered before.

I just tested and Germany was then able to initiate opponents combat in the North Sea. So it appears that the bug doesn't appear every time.

[AllenK]

I've redone naval movement and had another go and this time it worked.

Searches: Axis 3, Allies 7. No combat.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Thank you [&o]

[Orm]

Germany declare war on Netherlands. One US entry chit added to the European Entry Pool (1 rolled).

No other declarations of war.

Will Netherlands align with CW?

And how will the Netherlands forces be placed?


Picture from Sep/Oct '39 Impulse #7 (Axis) - DOW

[AllenK]

What option has Germany taken?