Rematch 4 player game (Orm, Peskpesk, jjdenver and Mayhemizer)

[Orm]

Jan/Feb '42
Impulse #10

Rail Movement:

Germany:
INF Arhus->Odessa
GAR Metz->Novgorod

Italy:
MIL Salonika->La Spezia

Land Movement:

Italy:
MTN (Olbia) -> 69,34
HQI (39,52) -> 38,52

Japan link up their HQs and bring supply to Yamamoto. The three Japanese Army Groups surrounding the central plain slowly transfers forces towards the south in a clockwise motion.

Air rebase:

Japan:
LND2 (76,136) -> 73,149
NAV2 (Tianshui) -> 82,135

Germany:
FTR2 46,54->54,58

No reorganization.

[Orm]

Turn continues on a roll of 10. (4 or less to end)

[Orm]

The new weather.

[Orm]

Picture from Jan/Feb '42 Impulse #13 (Allied) - DOW

[Orm]

Picture from Jan/Feb '42 Impulse #13 (Allied) - DOW

[Orm]

Picture from Jan/Feb '42 Impulse #13 (Allied) - DOW

[Orm]

Picture from Jan/Feb '42 Impulse #13 (Allied) - DOW

[jjdenver]

42 JF i13 (allied):
US,CW combined. Others land.

naval:
CW AMPH and BB from Gib to West Med box 0, pick up Sidney MIL.

Will IT CA search? CW will not search.

[jjdenver]

42 JF i13 (cont):
Artevelde searches in W Med. Both sides roll 2. IT spends surp to increase damage to 2A v CW. Artevelde aborts to La Spezia. AMPH saves, Ramillies aborts to Gib by way of CSV.

[jjdenver]

42 JF i13 (cont):
Hampden strat bombs Berlin:

[jjdenver]

42 JF i13 (allied) cont:
2 arty GS on East Front

[jjdenver]

43 JF 13 (allies) cont:
rail:
CW MOT from Bombay to Agra
SU fact Kharkov -> Krasnoyarsk

land:
CW MIL in northern USSR moves south
INF in India near Agra on hex SE
Rangoon MIL one hex west
SU forms line in north near Vologda and pulls back across Dnieper in the south with the exception of d-town and the forest north of it.

Land combat:
TER + MIL attack the party in India. LND3 flies extended range and lands back at Agra after bombing the partis.
Result is a destroyed part formation.



Turn ends on roll of 4.
No partisans.
US puts 1 chit v JP and 1 v GE but still cannot play War Appropriations.

[Orm]

Jan/Feb '42
Eot

Losses for the turn.

[Orm]

Axis end of turn:

Preliminary planning:
Germany - 26 production points - 31 BPs. Save 4 oil. 2 in Berlin, 1 in Budapest, and 1 in Prague.
Italy - 11 production points - 16 BPs. Save 1 oil in Turin.
Japan - 13 production points - 16 BPs. Save 1 oil in Hiroshima.
Vichy France - 3 production points - 18 BPs. (plus 8 saved BPs on the map)

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

Germany:

Baltic Sea: 4 x CPs.

All 4 Vichy CPs stay at sea.

Italy:
Italian Coast: CP + 2 x CA
East Med: CP + 2 x CA

Japan:
Bismarck Sea: CP
China Sea: 9 x CP
South China Sea: 1 x CP

Return to Base:

Germany:
North Sea: FTR2 (FW190A-2) -> 45,36; FTr2 (Fw190A-1) -> 48,35; FTr2 (Hun) -> 46,36

Vichy France:
CP -

Italy:
CSV: SUB -> Bordeaux
North Sea: FTR2 (Re.2000) -> 51,30; FTR2 + LND3 + NAV2 + NAV3 (SM.79bis) -> Rouen; FTR2 -> Rotterdam; 2 x NAV3 -> Antwerp

Japan:
China Sea: BB + CA + TRS -> Canton; TRS -> Fukuoka
Bismarck Sea: TRS -> Canton

Use Oil:

Germany:
All units are reorganized for 2 oil (2.15). Use 1 oil in Berlin, and 1 in Budapest.

Italy:
All units, except SUB, FTR2 (Rouen), and CA, are reorganized for 1 oil (1.4). Use 1 oil in Milan.

Japan:
3 x TRS + CA (Nachi) + CP (Canton) are reorganized for 0 oil (0.45).

Vichy France:
No reorganization needed.

Breakdown: -

Prod plan Final:
Germany - No changes needed - 31 BPs
Italy - No changes needed - 16 BPs
Japan - No changes should be needed - 16 BPs
Vichy France - No changes should be needed - 18 BPs

Scrap:
-

Production:
Germany (31):
INF
GARR
MIL
HQI
AT (3)
2 x FTR2
LND2
3 x Pilot
Oil Repair

Italy (16):
GARR
AA (4 BP)
NAV3
Pilot
2 x SUB (Repair)
BB (2nd)

Japan (16):
Upgrade Shinano
CV (2nd) - Shinano
MAR
FTR2
CVP1
Pilot
SUB (2nd) - 4453

Vichy France (18 +8):
Save 4 BP in Lyons, 4 BP in Marseilles, 6 BP in Nice, 4 BP in Touloun, 4 BP in Toulouse, and 4 BP in Vichy.

Factory destruction: Germany destroy the factory in Odessa

Reinforcements:

Germany:
FTR3 -> Königsberg
NAV3 -> Kiel
LND2 (Fin) -> Helsinki
MECH + MOT -> Königsberg
2 x 7-4 INF + ART -> Kiel
INF -> Breslau

Italy:
LND4 -> Trieste
HQI -> Genoa
INF -> Naples

Japan:
CVP1 (B5N2) -> CV (Hiryu - in Tokyo)
FTR2 (A6M2) -> Osaka
TRS + SUB -> Fukuoka
Remove 2 x FTR2 in Sasebo

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Same; Germany -> Italy: 8 resources, (1 oil, minimum) + 2 BP

Axis goes first if we win the initiative. No re-roll.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Turn end Allies

Preliminary production
China 3 BPs
CW 26 BPs and 3 oils saved to UK
FF 1 BP
US 20 BPs and 1 oil saved
USSR 34 BPs (1 oil burned in Leningrad and 7 BPs were saved)

Stay at sea and RTB

CW
AMPH with MIL to Plymouth
The Queens with INF to Perth in Australia
Empty TRS sails back from Australia reaching Lagos in Nigeria



US
Empty TRS to Pago Pago, two others to San Diego


Oil use
CW reorg all for 4,5 oil
FF reorg 2 CAs for free
US reorg 3x TRS, BB and CP for free
USSR reorg all for 0,9 oil


Lots of planes lend leased.

Production

FF 1
Save 1 BP

China 3
INF

CW 26
3x FTR2
3x Pilot
MTN
GAR
MECH
CP
CV (1st)

US 20
4x CV (1st)
2x BB (1st)
Pilot
FTR2
INF
CVP1

USSR 34
HQ-I
GAR
2x INF
ART 4
AT 3
MECH
Pilot
3x FTR2
Save 1 BP


Reinforcements

China
WL to Chunking

CW
CA to Brisbane
FTR3 to Bristol
CA and 2x sub to Plymouth
CP Belfast
TRS and FTR2 to Halifax
CP to Halifax

US
BB and MAR div to San Diego
INF to Baltimore
CP to Norfolk

USSR
ARM, INF, FTR2 and LND2 to Smolensk
CAV to Volodga
INF to Gomel


Axis win initiative and goes first in spring weather.

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land:
Combined: Japan
Naval: Germany, Italy

No port strikes.

Naval Air:

Germany:
FTR2 45,36->North Sea 2-Box
FTR2 48,35->North Sea 2-Box

Italy:
FTR2 (Rotterdam) -> North Sea 2-box

Naval Movement:

Japan:
CV + CVL (Fukuoka) -> Canton
3 x CV + CVL + BB + CA (Tokyo) -> Truk

Germany:
2xBB Petsamo->Artic Ocean (Search)
CA Kiel-> Norwegian Sea 3-Box (Search)
BB Brest-> Norwegian Sea 3-Box
Sub 4-4 Brest Central Atlantic 1-Box
Sub 3-5 Brest Cape Verde Basin 2-Box
Sub 2-5 Brest North Atlantic 3-Box
CP Dubrovnik-> Italian Coast
CP Athens-> East Med
CA Dubrovnik-> West Med 2-box

Vichy France:
TRS Marseilles W-Med 0 Box load MTN
CA Casablanca->Marseilles
2xCP Casablanca->Marseilles
CP Mogador->Marseilles
CP Dakar->CSV
CP CSV->Marseilles

Italy:
CP (Italian Coast) -> La Spezia
CP (East Med) -> La Spezia
3 x SUB (Hamburg) -> Faeroes Gap 2 and 3-box
SUB (Bordeaux) -> North Atlantic 3-box


Picture of the Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen.

[Orm]

Axis begins with searching for the Allied shipping in the Arctic Ocean.

[Orm]

No combat in the Arctic Ocean (Axis 8, Allies 10).

Next up is the Norwegian Sea.


Picture from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Naval Combat

[Orm]

No combat in the Norwegian Sea either. (Axis 8, Allies 3)

[Orm]

Time for the Italian submariners to test their luck in the Faeroes Gap.

CW has one ATR3 available to fly support to the sea area. Will CW do so?

Later on the two Axis U-boats in the North Atlantic 3-box will search. Will CW fly to that sea area?


Picture from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Naval Combat