We are going to stamp all over one's Blau Swede Schuhe

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: brian brian

Also by far the best French decision on their DOW impulse is a Surprise Ground Strike on the Rundstedt HQ. Leaving it in a clear hex in normal range of the French LND3 was a mistake. If they flip the HQ-A, or the RAF can do that to the HQ-I, you have just flipped 4, or 3, other units, as well as probably removed the ability of the Germans to use an offensive chit on the first turn as they need to use at least one HQ to re-organize additional troops.

Often that HQ is hidden in woods at long range from the French. Then a juicy stack of 3 land units + air in clear might be a better target.

Unfortunately, distracted (and a bit cheesed off) with getting the A-22, rather than the usual LeO451 (hadn't counted on the lend-lease putting it into the pool), I didn't put it in range to do the strike. That is probably also why Rundstedt was placed in the open. Otherwise yes would have been priority target.

[warspite1]

Nothing more for the CW. The US land their 'stuff' in Hawaii.

[AllenK]

Do you want to hold off debarking Nimitz and possibly the aircraft this impulse to see whether or not the weather improves. Nimitz'll get disorganised and cost oil at the moment.

[AllenK]

Londres, nous avons un probléme.

[warspite1]

Yes I think my naval search throw in the Baltic and theirs in Biscay kind of summed up how this game will go. But ho hum or comme ce comme ca as we say.

Two choices old fruit. I land the British in Belgium - although if I send to a port I will probably lose more TRS to port attack [8|] or we decide the French are deadmeat and the CW concentrate everything on trying to hold North Africa and Gib for as long as possible.

Either choice is pretty crap really isn't it? Happy to go with what the French feel is most useful to them and I'll just write those CW units off now.

[AllenK]

Well, the Gibraltar and North Africa defence starts in France. The longer I can eke things out, the more time you have to prepare defences.

However, you can only put one unit in Belgium this impulse. May as well be the MOT as the cheaper of the two. That can just debark, rather than sailing in the TRANS (apart from risking the port attack, it would also disorganise the unit). Some fighter support wouldn't go amiss. You can land them back in England when you fly them.

The TRANS with the MECH could either return to Plymouth or wait out to see if there is another attack which only causes one loss. Your call on that one as otherwise it becomes part of your next defensive preparations.

Looking ahead, you need to get two elite units (fighter(s) too at some point) to Gibraltar and have others plus air support ready to go to help defend Northern Spain and the Moroccos/Algeria. Getting units into Bayonne would mean fetching Wavell but that will probably take too much time to do as risk free as possible. Their builds over the next few turns will give us a better indication of intentions.

In the absence of CW boots on the ground in France (unless you do bring in Wavell) then France needs BP's to build as much of the quick stuff as possible. As long as by the end of this turn it looks as though there is a good chance of surviving to the end of ND 39, then as many as you have spare CP's to ship. If survival looks dicey then don't as they'll be lost to you.

May need to consider USSR declaring war on Japan fairly soon to put pressure and perhaps some distraction to that theatre. Will need another chit in the pool for that one.

This impulse China and France will do a land.

Nothing until land movement.

[AllenK]

The Chinese ambassador in London requests a meeting with the Foreign Office to humbly suggest a deal to send some barrels of oil (possibly those produced in Burma?) to Kunming.

The French also lobby for oil and everything Les Anglais can transport to their shores.

[warspite1]

Well done on ending the turn - makes up to a degree for the 1 that sunk Gort I guess.

Re resources just let me know what you want and I will agree.

In terms of getting the EoT done as the CW player I take it you just wait for everyone's orders and then try and complete in one sitting?

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

Well done on ending the turn - makes up to a degree for the 1 that sunk Gort I guess.

Re resources just let me know what you want and I will agree.

In terms of getting the EoT done as the CW player I take it you just wait for everyone's orders and then try and complete in one sitting?

Ending the turn and also the 1 that saved Antwerp certainly help to balance the books.

For trade to France 1 oil plus BP's. The Canadian one is best. I've already got the CP's in place. BP's might be better to send than resources. You just need the additional CP's in Biscay for whatever you send. Four would be helpful. Depending on how things are going, we may either keep it going or reverse the BP flow if it looks like France won't survive long enough to make use of anything it tries building.

Let's hope for rain and worse. I think they'll continue attacking in the rain but it'll increase their chances of losses and might make them use an O-chit to bust the line open.

For EoT it's best to wait for everyone and then dive in. I usually end up redoing Stay at Sea/RTB at least a couple of times as I forget or miss things. Watch out for CP's being taken off sentry and marked for RTB by MWiF. It's a menace as it trashes your production planning. If it happens, you will need to reset them to stay and then go back and redo the production planning before moving on.

If you get stuck let me know. I'm pretty good at getting the CW convoys working the way I want them eventually.

[AllenK]

The Poles get some nice reinforcements this turn. May I suggest putting the INF at Poznan. If we get the initiative you could try a long odds shot at von Leeb. They'll probably go for Blitz, which at 1:1 only gives around 20% chance of destroying the HQ but there's another 20% chance it would have to retreat. If that happened push it into the woods hex SW. It'll be out of commission for the rest of the turn and put anything trying to attack Lodz or Warsaw OOS in anything but fine weather.

With a successful fractional (40% chance) it rises to 30% chance to destroy plus 10% to shatter. Weather will be issue as rain would reduce the base to 1:2 with 40% for 1:1. Only 10% chance of destroy plus 10% to retreat. Possibly still worth a shot.

Possibly the 1-4 INF Div could join in but it only improves the fractional roll and I'm not sure it would make it in the rain.

If we don't get the initiative, the threat of what it could do will have them scrambling to protect the HQ and get rid of it before moving on. If the INF goes to Danzig, they can simply screen it off and then wait for it to eventually disappear when Poland falls.

[warspite1]

Okay - absolutely no idea what I need to do to improve on what I've got - or indeed if its possible.

I have 22 factories out of 25 producing

5 oils being saved (Canada, Burma (in Bombay), NEI (in NEI)
4 being used in production (Trinidad and Venezuela x 3)

5 idle resources (Aus x 2, Malaya x 2 and Dutch Guyana)

- No convoys around Australia so nothing doing there
- The Arabian Sea has no unused convoys so I don't think I can do anything with the Malayan resources.
- The Caribbean Sea has no unused convoys so nothing possible for Dutch Guyana.

HELP!! [X(]

[AllenK]

Looks as good as you can get it.

[AllenK]

Initial orders for Game 2

Japan takes Land option. Send the G3M2 to strat bomb Chungking.

Italy has to be Combined. Use the 4-3 TRANS to take the MECH to Tobruk. No air missions.

I'll pick up land moves from there.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

The Chinese ambassador in London requests a meeting with the Foreign Office to humbly suggest a deal to send some barrels of oil (possibly those produced in Burma?) to Kunming.

The French also lobby for oil and everything Les Anglais can transport to their shores.

warspite1

I can't lend anything to China [&:]

[AllenK]

The Chinese ambassador sends his humblest apologies. He had forgotten the necessary diplomatic formalities had yet to be completed. He trusts the Commonwealth will understand and send some along just as soon as they are able.

Or, in plain English, my fault, we need to have selected Resources to China first. One for next turn end.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

The Chinese ambassador sends his humblest apologies. He had forgotten the necessary diplomatic formalities had yet to be completed. He trusts the Commonwealth will understand and send some along just as soon as they are able.

Or, in plain English, my fault, we need to have selected Resources to China first. One for next turn end.

warspite1

You had one job [:@] Bloody Frenchies, honestly, going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion [storms off muttering something incoherent]....

[AllenK]

"muttering something incoherent"

Pas de difference n'est pas?

[warspite1]

[Puts on best George (Hugh Laurie) voice] I don't know what you are saying but its all sounds jolly saucy to me.

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

[Puts on best George (Hugh Laurie) voice] I don't know what you are saying but its all sounds jolly saucy to me.

Puts on best Jeeves (Stephen Fry) voice. "Quite so, sir!"

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

ORIGINAL: warspite1

[Puts on best George (Hugh Laurie) voice] I don't know what you are saying but its all sounds jolly saucy to me.

Puts on best Jeeves (Stephen Fry) voice. "Quite so, sir!"

warspite1

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