Pat vs Ronnie GW AAR

[ashkpa]

no problem.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Northern Front.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Central/Moscow Front.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Southern Front (Georgia & Caucuses).

Looking desperate ...

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

[ashkpa]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

Yes fly the f-b as a bomber and support the defenders. Make it a blitz.

[Zecke]

WOW.WOW..WOWWWWW¡..almost..all objetives done...pleasure of AARs

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: Zecke

WOW.WOW..WOWWWWW¡..almost..all objetives done...pleasure of AARs

Thanks for following! Now for resolution of the Soviet desperate and critical land combat. [:(]

[rkr1958]

ORIGINAL: ashkpa

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

Yes fly the f-b as a bomber and support the defenders. Make it a blitz.

A bloodless result ... Timoshenko chooses not to advance.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. US HQ Reorg.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. CW Naval Reorg.

[rkr1958]

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Axis #3. Weather.

Nice weather for Pat to continue beating up on the allies. [:)]

[ashkpa]

MA43 i3:
Axis Actions: GE land, JP combine, IT combine
Italy moves a BB to the 0-box of the E. Med.
JP flies a NAV to the China Sea (3-box) and 2x FIG and NAV to the Bismark Sea (4-box).
The Japanese move majority of the fleet in Truk to the Mariannas
Truk subs are scattered across 4 zones, but ordered to avoid all combat during this impulse.

Here are the possible combats. Many I am not initiating as shown in image below. One search result shown (Arabian Sea - no contact).

[ashkpa]

In the E. Med, the allies find on rolls of 8/2. Surprise will depend on box taken. I expect you will likely avoid combat here.

[ashkpa]

You have potential reactions in the Bismarck Sea as shown below.

[ashkpa]

You also have potential reactions in the Mariannas as shown.

[rkr1958]

1. East Med. Pick 0-box. Use 4 SP's to avoid combat.

2. Bismarck Sea. US P-40c Tomahawk on Papua [126,177] and CW Beafout NAV react to the 2-box.

3. The Marianas. No reactions.

[ashkpa]

MA43 i3 Naval Combat:
Bismarck Sea search rolls of 6/10 result in no contact.
In the Marinanna there is contact on rolls of 2/7. I really debated between naval air and making it a surface. Decided on the naval air, then later realized it was raining, halving the A-S factors results. May have changed my mind, but to late now the bombers are flying.
I am only engaging the 3-box. You need to decide how to fly your CVP as fighters or bombers. My decisions made (grayed range units are flying as bombers).

[rkr1958]

Fighters: SBD-5 (Saratoga), F6F-3 (Essex), SBD (Bunker Hill)

Bombers: TBF-4 (Yorktown II), SBD-3 (Essex)

[ashkpa]

Ok, I used 4 SP to move A-A up 1 for me and down 1 for you. First A-A roll is 15, you can choose to abort front fighter or bomber? Do you have directions for future results?