WWII - Sweden (Axis) vs England (Allies)

[AllenK]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

AXIS PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

Er ... Aren't you CW/US in this game?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: AllenK

ORIGINAL: warspite1

AXIS PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

Er ... Aren't you CW/US in this game?

warspite1

Yes - but I'm doing the end of turn

[warspite1]

Not sure what is going on here but I've just got to hope. The Germans start with 7 oil. They saved three, two to production and and one to Italy should give them 10 less one to reorganise. But oil is showing at 9 before reorganisation... I'll just carry on and hope for the best...

AXIS PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

[warspite1]

ALLIES PRELIMINARY PRODUCTION

[warspite1]

STAY AT SEA - AXIS

Germany

All convoys in the Baltic

Italy

The convoy in the Italian Coast together with the battleship/cruiser force.

Japan

All convoys in the Sea of Japan, Japanese Coast, China Sea, South China Sea and The Marianas

STAY AT SEA - ALLIES

Commonwealth

The CW keeps convoy cover in place

France

The French keep their ships at sea in both basins of the Med

RETURN TO BASE - AXIS

Germany

I am assuming the German SUB goes to Genoa as Milan in not on the coast
Italy

The two Italian SUBs return to La Spezia

Japan

The Japanese returns a TRS to Fukuoka

RETURN TO BASE - ALLIES

Commonwealth

As usual I make a mistake with one of the convoys lines - but I'm not going back to fix it. Otherwise surplus units and those in the 0-box head from Plymouth, Gib and Port Said

A TERR heads for British Somaliland, an empty TRS goes to South Africa

France

No orders for Algerie so I'll pop her back to Marseilles

USA

A TRS heads for San Diego

USE OIL - AXIS

Axis oil use is as per instructions above.

[warspite1]

USE OIL - ALLIES

Nothing to reorganise for the Chinese and USSR. The Commonwealth expend 2 points and are able to re-organise all except one C-class cruiser. I use two of the NEI oil as these caused issues last turn....

[warspite1]

BREAKDOWN - AXIS

None

BREAKDOWN - ALLIES

None

FINAL PRODUCTION

The Build points all look as they should (still concerned about German oil though) so I continue to the next phase


PRODUCTION - AXIS

Production is as per below (bottom right of each box). The Japanese also scrap a lousy LND.

[warspite1]

PRODUCTION - ALLIES

[warspite1]

REFORM CORPS/ARMIES

None

CONQUEST

None

FACTORY DESTRUCTION - AXIS

None

VICTORY CHECK

The German score starts to creep higher....

[warspite1]

REINFORCEMENTS - AXIS

Germany
Germany assigns pilots to 2 x stukas and an ATR

Aachen: All three aircraft, PARA
Cologne: INF

The MIL is Hanover

Italy

La Spezia: Vittorio Veneto

Japan
The Pilot is unassigned

Fukuoka: MECH, INF, Katori

The MILs are Nagoya and Osaka

REINFORCEMENTS - ALLIES

China

Kweiyang - INF, CAV DIV

Commonwealth
The CW assigns a Blenheim bomber

Perth: Convoy
London: Blenheim

France
The French assign an MS406

Bordeaux: TRS
Paris: MS406, ARM
Mogador: Convoy

United States

Norfolk: Convoy
San Diego: Saratoga, Wasp

USSR
The Soviets assign a TB-3

Vladivostok: TB-3
Minsk: 2 x INF


Lending Resources

Axis

Germany to Italy - No change - 3 resources, (1 oil, minimum)

Allies

Commonwealth to France - Amendment to 3 resources (1 Oil, minimum)
Commonwealth to China - 1 resource (1 Oil, minimum)
United States to China - 1 resource


Initiative:

Axis: 1
Allies: 4

Allies move first as the Axis request no re-roll

Weather: 4(6)




MEMO ITEM:
AXIS

Oil

Italy: 6 oil** total - 3 oil in Milan, 3 in Rome.
Japan: 9 oil total - 3 oil in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka, 1 oil in each of Canton, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Sendai
Germany: 9 oil* total - 4 oil in Berlin, 2 oil in Prague, 1 oil in Vienna, 1 oil in Bratislava, and 1 oil in Breslau.

*The good news is that this has worked. The odd reporting hasn't worked itself through to the actual oil available.
**The bad news is that Production Planning shows the Italians starting with 5 (but with 8 controlled - by my reckoning it should be 6 and 8 respectively)

Pilots

Japan - 1


ALLIES

Oil

China - 1 Oil (1 x Urumchi)
CW - 11 Oil* (3 x Port Said, Bombay, Rangoon, 2 x Georgetown, 2 x Port of Spain, Palembang, Surabaya)
France - 5 Oil (3 x Beirut, 2 x Bordeaux)
USA - 6 Oil (1 x Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, 3 x Charleston)
USSR - 6 Oil (1 x Stalinsk, Barnaul, Semipalatinsk, 3 x Alma Ata)

*Note the game owes the CW 1 x Oil that was lost from Palembang in Jan/Feb 1940

Pilots

None

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 1 (Allies)

Declarations of War and Alignments:
USSR

The Soviets lay claim to Bessarabia. What is Germany's reaction?

[Orm]

The Soviet claim to Bessarabia is allowed.

The German peace loving people thinks that appeasement is the future, in contrast to the warmongering British. Therefore other nations than Germany have to make some sacrifice to achieve world peace. Had Britain, and France, not been so power hungry there wouldn't have been a conflict over Bessarabia in the first place. But they like to dictate, and dominate, the entire world. The German, and Soviet people, now say to them that enough is enough. No more wars to subsidy British, and French, colonialism.

Peace in our time.

[warspite1]

Mar/Apr 1940
Impulse: 1 (Allies)

China: Land
Commonwealth: Combined
France: Combined
USA: Combined
USSR: Combined

Port Attack: None
Naval Air:
Commonwealth

A Vildebeest flies to the Bay of Biscay 3-box

Naval Movement:
France

The French TRS sails for the Cape Verde Basin and picks up the Senegalese MIL

Commonwealth

A Royal Navy task force heads for the North Sea 3-box
A Sth African TERR is transported to the Arabian Sea 0-box

United States

A Convoy sails for the Central Pacific, while two more are sent to the Bismarck Sea

I hand over to AllenK for the rest of the impulse

CW remaining orders:

Rail Movement:

MIL in Delhi to Calcutta

Land Movement:

Polish 5-3 to 51,46
Polish 4-3 to 52,47
Partisan to 51,46

[AllenK]

Nothing further from France, USSR and China until land movement.

The Communists shuffle two units around and the Soviets move three units at the Bessarabian border.

Southern China post movement.

[AllenK]

France post land movement.

[AllenK]

The French rebase the MS 406 at Paris a couple of hexes east.

No combat.

The Soviets rebase the Pe-8 from Kiev as far east as they can. Two LND fly from Odessa to Vilna. A FTR on the rail junction at the Bessarabian border flies back to Odessa.

No reorgs.

Back to the Axis.

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #3 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

The Hungarian, and Bulgarian, claims on Rumania are allowed.

Germany aligns Hungary. No US reaction (9 rolled).

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Land: Japan
Combined: Germany, Italy
Naval:

No port strikes.

Naval Air:

Italy:
FTR2 (La Spezia) -> West Med 2-box

Germany:
NAV3 (75,40) -> East Med 3-box

Naval Movement:

Italy:
SUB (La Spezia) -> CVB 3-box
SUB (La Spezia) -> CSV 1-box

Germany:
SUB (Genoa) -> Central Atl 1-box

Germany begins searching in the Central Atlantic

[Orm]

The German U-boat finds, but the CW escort is attacking the U-boat as soon as it launces its torpedoes. (Axis 1, Allies 2)

Germany save their two surprise points to increase the damage done.

[Orm]

The U-boat is aborted on a roll of 2.

One Allied CP is sunk. In order to proceed I am assuming it is the French CP that is sunk. If it is not I will go back and change it.