GLOBAL WAR COUNTER-FACTUAL (W1/Wilhelm vs rkr1958/jp)

[WILHELM_slith]

Ma/April
Axis 7

Nothing till the naval movement phase.
Japan chooses a combined move. I await German / Italian orders.

[warspite1]

The Germans and Italians order a Land each. The Luftwaffe's Kampfgruppen are spent there are no actions from either power until the movement phase.

[WILHELM_slith]

Str Bombing

[WILHELM_slith]

Japanese spearhead goes deeper into chinese mountains without support and disorganised.
Tough little yellow guys.
Brought some troops at Transports.
rebase: Ki-30 from Shangsha stacks with the Tokyo Militia.
The b5n1 from Shangsha stacks with the 105mm art.
Thats it for Japan this impuls.

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 7 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments: None

Japan: Combined
Germany: Land
Italy: Land

Naval Air: None
Naval Movement: See above)

Strategic Bombing:
Japan

See above

Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement: None
Land Movement:
Japan

See above

Germany

There is one hex left of the Maginot Line, and this is the focus for the German moves.

Italy

The Italians, supported by three German corps, continue north and west to press into France as much as the mud will allow. While Italian units and their African colonials continue to explore their new Roman Empire...

Land Combat:
Germany

Just one combat declared against Metz. The Germans bring in no aircraft or HQ Support. I decline to bring in the French bomber on behalf of the French as it makes no difference to the odds. The odds are +15. Do the French choose Blitz or Assault?

Edit: I can't save at this stage, but there is no one around and I really can't call this and whether Jp would prefer the chance to disorganise/inflict loss or to save the units from destruction. I will await an answer and re-do the turn.

[jesperpehrson]

Assault please!

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 7 (Axis)

Land Combat:
Germany

The Fractionals fail (981 thrown). The modifier settles on +14 and the land throw is an 11(23). The French lose two units.

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 7 (Axis)

Rebase:
Japan

The Japanese rebase a NAV and and LND from Changsha and send these north

Germany

The Germans rebase 3 FTRs to Alsace and a Ju-52 to Aachen

Italy

Italy rebases a flying boat to Sicily

Reorganisation: None

End of Turn: Turn ends on less than a 2 (a 6 is thrown)


Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 9 (Allied) - Weather throw is a 7

[rkr1958]

Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #9. USSR & China MP (1/2).

Actions. USSR (neutral) - combine, China - land.

Naval air. none.

Naval movement. none.

Air missions. none.

Land combat. none.

USSR European Instructions.

Rail. 12 Gar army. Minsk to Poland 54,41.

Land Moves (3 of 5).
(1) Mtn div. Minsk to Poland 47,49.
(2) 6th inf army. Cernauti to Poland 55,50 (flips).
(3) 2nd mech army. Lvov to Poland 52,51.

[rkr1958]

Turn 4. Mar/Apr 1940. Allied #9. USSR & China MP (2/2).

communist Chinese land voves (2 of 5).
(1) 1st inf army. Sian to China 75,136.
(2) Lanchow Warlord. China 75,136 to 76,135.

Nationalist Chinese land moves.
(1) Canton MIL. China 89,140 to 91,143.
(2) 6th inf army. China 87,140 to Kweilin.
(3) Kunming MIL. China 90,134 to 90,135.
(4) Kunming Warlord. China 88,135 to 88,136.

[jesperpehrson]

Mar/Apr 1940 Allied #9

Weather 7

CW- Land
France - Land
US - pass


Port strikes:
None

Naval air:
None

Naval movement:
None

Strategic bombardment:
A CW bomber in Sardinia bombs Rome. a 3 is rolled, failure.



Grounds strikes:
None

Rail movement:
The Manchester MIL rails to London

Land movement:
The division on Sardinia captures Cagliari
The INF in Benghazi moves towards Tripoli
The units near Tobruk oozes westwards (after I realized we are not playing with emergency HQ supply I am less worried...)


The TERR in Uganda moves north into the Sudan


The INF in Bristol moves to Plymouth
The units in France (both CW and France) shuffle a bit.


Landcombat:
None

Air rebase:
The Hurricane in Lille moves to Dover


HQ reorg:
None

End of turn on a die less than 4. Roll is a 1. Turn ends.
Please send me your orders for end of turn. I will send the turn so you can prepare.

[jesperpehrson]

End of turn Mar/Apr 1940, part 1

Partisans:
Korea roll 1, garrison roll 2
Partisan placed in forest NE of Pyongyang

China roll 44
Malaya roll 48
NEI roll 42
Burma roll 37
Manchuria roll 59
India roll 84
French Indochina roll 2, garrison roll 8, no partisan

Neutrality chit markers:
USSR - 1 defensive
Germany - 2 defensive, move one offensive to defensive

US entry:
1 chit towards Japan

US entry options:
Resources to China - roll 9, no tension
Resources to western Allies, roll 6, 1 chit moved to tension from GE/IT-pool

Waiting for orders from the others on how to proceed.

[warspite1]

I've checked my orders for Neutrality markers and have asked for 2 x defensive each turn - for some reason I have 5 x defensive and 1 offensive - and now a further 2 given over to offensive this turn.

Can we please amend this so that I have (including this turn) 8 defensive markers please. This should be an easy fix but needs the first part of the end of turn re-done with 2 x defensive and the remaining 1 x offensive to be switched to defensive. That will get the Germans back to where they are supposed to be.

Thank-you.


March/April 1940
Impulse: End of Turn Malarchy - EuroAxis


Neutrality Pact:
2 x Defensive Chits please.

Production Planning:

Germany

Oil Situation:

1 x Oil from Romania (saved in Berlin)
1 x Oil from Romania (to production)
2 x Oil from USSR (both saved in Warsaw)
1 x Oil from Austria (to production)
1 x Oil from Germany (to Italy as part of trade agreement)

13 Oil last turn so should be 16 (less what is used to reorganise)
12 Build Points (incl. 0 saved)

Italy

Oil Situation:

1 x Oil from Romania (to production)
1 x Oil from Germany (to production)
8 Build Points (incl. 0 saved)

3 Oil last turn so should be 3 (less what is used to reorganise)


Stay At Sea:

Italy

N/a

Germany

Convoys only

Return to Base:

N/a

Oil Reorganisation:

Germany

Reorganise all for 1.1 Oil (1 Oil expended)

Italy

N/a for 0.0 Oil (0 Oil expended)

Breakdown: None


Production:
Germany

1 x PIL
2 x NAV (4)
1 x GARR

Italy

2 x TERR
1 x NAV (3)
1 x SUB

Factory Destruction:
Italy


Reinforcement:
Germany

Assign the 6-factor stuka, and the 6-factor Bf-109

Kiel: SUB
Saarbrucken: stuka, Bf-109

Italy

Assign the 4-factor fighter

Addis Ababa: TERR
Berbera: TERR
La Spezia: Andrea Doria, Littorio
Rome: FTR


Trade Agreement:

Germany

Amend the existing Agreement: 4 Build Points, 3 x resources and 1 oil to Italy


Re-Roll if I have one
If I get the chance to move first I will.



MEMO ITEM:

Germany
Oil (7 x Berlin, 4 x Lodz, 4 x Warsaw) = 15
0 x Build Points (0)

Italy
Oil (3 x Milan) = 3
0 x Build Point (0)

[jesperpehrson]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I've checked my orders for Neutrality markers and have asked for 2 x defensive each turn - for some reason I have 5 x defensive and 1 offensive - and now a further 2 given over to offensive this turn.

Can we please amend this so that I have (including this turn) 8 defensive markers please. This should be an easy fix but needs the first part of the end of turn re-done with 2 x defensive and the remaining 1 x offensive to be switched to defensive. That will get the Germans back to where they are supposed to be.

Thank-you.

No problem! I fix!

[jesperpehrson]

Robert, your two TERR for Italy are the 4-2 ETH and 1-2 BSO. Please update your end of turn-orders!

[jesperpehrson]

End of turn Mar/Apr 1940, part 2

Preliminary production:
Germany 12bp, 3 oil
Italy 8 bp, 0 oil
Japan 14bp, 1 oil

China 4bp, 0 oil
CW 17, 6bp oil
France 6bp, 1 oil
US 10bp, 1 oil
USSR 14bp, 1 oil

Stay at sea:
CW stays with convoyprotection as possible.
CW keeps a presence in the North Sea and East Med.

France keeps their fleet in the Western Med.

Return to base:
CW returns convoyprotection to Plymouth or Gibraltar.
The CW transport loaded with an ENG sails to Mangalore in India.

Japan returns a transport loaded with an INF to Seoul.
2 other japanese transports loaded with infantry are sent to Canton.
2 japanese convoys are returned from the Japanese Coast as they are no longer needed to comply with the US-Japanese trade agreement. (Ronnie if this is not correct you will need to hack them back in place!)

Oil:
Japan uses 1 oil
Germany uses 1 oil
Italy uses 0 oil

China uses 0 oil
CW uses 4 oil
France uses 0 oil
US uses 0 oil
USSR uses 0 oil

Final production:
Germany 12bp, 15 oil saved
Italy 8bp, 3 oil saved
Japan 14bp, 7 oil saved

China 4bp, 1 oil saved
CW 17bp, 11 oil saved
France 6bp, 3 oil saved
US 10bp, 7 oil saved
USSR 14bp, 7 oil saved

Scrap destroyed:
None

Production:
Germany builds 2 NAV4, 1 PIL and a GARR
Italy builds 2 TERR, 1 NAV3 and a SUB
Japan builds 2 CV (2nd), 1 INF, 1 MAR DIV, 1 NAV3 and a CVP1

China builds 1 INF and 1 CAV DIV.
CW builds 1 AMPH, 1 PIL, 2 FTR3, 2 Convoys and 2 MIL
France builds 3 TERR
US builds 1 AMPH, 1 CVP1, 1 PIL, 1 SUB and 1 INF
USSR builds 2 INF, 1 GARR and 1 ARM

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: jesperpehrson

Robert, your two TERR for Italy are the 4-2 ETH and 1-2 BSO. Please update your end of turn-orders!

warspite1

Thank-you. Orders amended, although looks like it was the capital or nothing in both cases [;)]

[jesperpehrson]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: jesperpehrson

Robert, your two TERR for Italy are the 4-2 ETH and 1-2 BSO. Please update your end of turn-orders!

warspite1

Thank-you. Orders amended, although looks like it was the capital or nothing in both cases [;)]

It took me a while to figure out where BSO was.

[jesperpehrson]

Start of turn, May/Jun 1940
(end of turn 2, part 2 is updated with all the builds)

Reinforcements:
China places an INF in Chengtu, a CAV in Ankang and another CAV in Kweilin.

CW assigns a pilot to a CVP.
CW places a MIL in Cape Town. They also deploy a CA and a convoy in Plymoth. A CV is fitted with a CVP and deployed in Bristol.
An Indian INF is deployed north of Bombay. A Bombay MIL is unable to be placed until further notice.
A convoy is deployed in Calcutta.

France deploys territorials in Madagascar, Morocco and Gabon

US deploys a SUB in San Diego.

USSR places 1 INF, 1 GARR and a INF DIV in Minsk and a CA in Leningrad.

Germany assigns the 6-factor stuka and the 6-factor Bf-109 with pilots.
Germany place a SUB in Kiel and a Stuka and a BF-109 in Saarbrucken.

Italy assigns the 4-factor fighter with a pilot.
Italy deploys a TERR in Addis Abeba and a TERR west of Berbera (as the other TERR blocked placing in Berbera). They also deploy two ships in La Spezia and a FTR in Rome.

Japan deploys 2 INF and a DIV in Tokyo.


Trade agreements:

Germany amends the existing agreement with Italy to: 4 Build Points, 3 x resources and 1 oil to Italy
CW makes a new agreement with China, sending 2 resources (min 1 oil)
France makes a new agreement with China, sending 1 resource
US makes a new agreement with CW, sending 2 oil


Initiative:

Axis rolls 8, making it a 9
Allies rolls 6.

Axis wins initiative and elects to go first.
Turn sent to Axis.



Weather for impulse #1 is a 1. Terrible weather all over.

[WILHELM_slith]

May/June 1940.
Axis 1

Japan chooses a Naval move.
A terrible storm is gonna make this a short impuls.
Await German orders.