Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #8.
[al] Hrm. On the one hand, I want to end the turn, sooner the better. On the other, I'd rather you do the hard work of fighting the Belgians in Antwerp than see them vanish at the end of the turn. And also if you end the turn the initiative shifts.
[ax] That's why I like this game. Lots of subtle and not so subtle decision points.
[al] Indeed.
[ax] Though, I'm not happy with the RAF having shot down two of my fighter units and killing both pilots!
[ax] That was just plain mean.
[al] Yes, the ol' chaps did some fine work.
[al] Gotta learn the Luftwaffe not to mess with the RAF, dontcha know,
[ax] Well, maybe they'll learn that lesson over Belgium and France and not have to learn it over England. But one never knows. 😉
[al] Haha - wait, what was that part you said about England?
[al] 😉
[ax] One never knows do they. Well, that is the one on the other side of the aggressors. 😁
[al] No DoWs or special actions.
[al] Impulses:
- China land;
- CW naval;
- USSR & France combined;
- USA pass;
[al] No port attacks or naval air.
[al] French Naval moves: Cruiser Suffren sails from Bingerville to 4 box Gulf of Guinea.
[al] Okay, only Commonwealth naval moves to go (or 95% of them or so, nothing much).
[al] Indian Ocean:
- Queens sail from Mombasa to 0 box Cape Naturaliste, pick up Sydney MIL.
[al] Also Indian Ocean: 1 cp from Calcutta to 0 box Cape Naturaliste.
[al] Convoys (Belgian cps from Belgian Congo, Dutch cps from Dutch Guyana):
- 1 Belgian cp to each of Gulf of Guinea, Cape Verde Basin;
- 1 Dutch cp to each of Mouths of the Amazon, Cape Verde Basin;
- 2 Dutch cp to Cape St Vincent;
- 4 Dutch cp to E Coast (not set to sentry);
- 1 cp from Gibraltar to Bay of Biscay;
- 1 cp from Liverpool to Bay of Biscay.
[al] Atlantic Ocean (transports):
- TRS from Liverpool to 0 box E Coast, picks up Canadian GARR;
- TRS from Plymouth to 0 box Cape Verde Basin, picks up Sierra Leone TERR.
[al] Atlantic Ocean (convoy "escorts"):
- HMS Hermes, Valiant, Hawkins, and Terror from Halifax to North Atlantic 0 box;
- HMS Norfolk drops from 3 box to 1 box North Atlantic;
- HMS Exeter from Liverpool to 4 box North Atlantic;
- HMS Southampton drops from 3 box to 1 box Bay of Biscay;
- HMS Ramilles and Erebus from Liverpool to 0 box Bay of Biscay;
- HMS London from Liverpool to 4 box Bay of Biscay;
- Dutch cruiser Java, HMS Dorsetshire, and HMS Belfast from Liverpool to 0 box, 1 box, and 4 box Cape St Vincent.
[al] The Italians are in luck: the fleet in Port Said is out of supply. They can't trace to Wavell or Suez in this weather, and because the French aren't at war with Italy, they can't provide supply through the E Med.
[ax] Sneaky Italians. Exactly the way el duce foresaw it. Well, not really. 😎
[al] RN sends a task force containing HMS Courageous, Hood, Renown, Liverpool, and HMAS Shropshire and Canberra from Gibraltar into 3 box Italian Coast.
[al] Oh, and also HMS Repulse.
[ax] [:(]
[al] I'm not expecting much from them in the storms, though. Only a 20% chance of finding.
[al] Naval combats: CW can initiate in North Sea and Italian Coast, and will do so in both.
[al] Starting with North Sea. CW won't fly any planes. Will Germany?
[ax] Negative.
[al] Search rolls are CW 8, Ge 2. Royal Navy task force is still searching around the Dutch coast, but the old German battlewagons caught wind of their operations and slipped off somewhere else.
[ax] [:D]
[al] On to the Italian coast.
[al] Weather is storms, so no planes.
[al] Search rolls are CW 3, It 3. Both sides 3-boxes are thiiiiiiis close to finding each other.
[al] But no combat.
[al] Because storm.
[al] Any CAP for strat bombing?
[ax] Negative.
[al] Allies fly no strat raids.
[al] Any CAP for ground strikes?
[ax] Negative.
[al] No Allied ground strikes.
[al] Land stuff:
- USSR rails 50th Army from Vilna (East Poland) to Omsk.
- USSR 4th Army marches from Minsk to Vilna.
- Red Army adjusts positions in and around Bessarbia and southern Poland.
- KMT shuffles around in southern China.
{Here's a second unit my opponent has just railed from Europe to Omsk. What in the world is he up to?}
[al] No land attacks, as you might imagine.
[al] No rebases.
[al] No reorg.
[ax] Go ahead if you wish and roll for end of turn and weather if applicable
[ax] If turn ends both German chits go into offensive
[al] Turn ends on a roll of 2 or less.
[al] End of turn roll is a 6.
[al] Turn continues.
[al] Weather roll is 4 +1 = 5: Storm/Storm/Rain Fine/Rain/Fine
[ax] Interesting.
[al] Looks like the kind of weather German subs like to sail out in. (I say that figuratively: I'm sure the sailors are miserable.)
[al] Game file sent.
[ax] Got it.
USSR Units Railed from Europe to Omsk. What's Going On?
