PBEM Global War: Narrative AAR.

[rkr1958]

Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Start of Turn.

2/17/21, 3:44 PM - [Allied]: No changes to allied trades.
2/17/21, 3:45 PM - [Axis]: roger
2/17/21, 3:54 PM - [Axis]: Axis win initiative and elect to go first
2/17/21, 3:56 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
2/17/21, 4:05 PM - [Axis]: Will be afk for half an hour. Will probably get to my impulse later this evening. Preliminary action decisions looks like Land for Italy and navals for Japan and Germany
2/17/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: ok. likely a wrap for me today then.
2/17/21, 4:06 PM - [Axis]: Looks like the USA will get in before the Summer...was hoping to avoid that
2/17/21, 4:08 PM - [Allied]: that's encouraging ... because right now they have 0% chance against both Ge/It and Japan of a successful DOW.
2/17/21, 4:35 PM - [Axis]: Once you've played War Appropriations, you will be able to start rolling. My guess is you will have around a 50% chance against Japan during May/June. That is higher than I wanted. Now perhaps you will move a large chit and it throws off your numbers but you are definitely close now.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #1.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #1. (Continued.)

2/18/21, 7:16 AM - [Axis]: File sent for your convenience
2/18/21, 7:16 AM - [Axis]: Will start in Faeroes Gap. No support possible either side. Germany will commit subs
2/18/21, 7:18 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 7:19 AM - [Axis]: Holding here for your input
2/18/21, 7:48 AM - [Allied]: I so want to fight. But I think discretion in the better part of Valor. Use 4 SPs to avoid.
2/18/21, 7:48 AM - [Axis]: roger

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #1. (Concluded.)

2/18/21, 7:49 AM - [Axis]: Now BOB
2/18/21, 7:49 AM - [Axis]: Committing subs
2/18/21, 7:50 AM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 7:51 AM - [Axis]: Now CSV
2/18/21, 7:51 AM - [Axis]: You have support options
2/18/21, 7:51 AM - [Axis]: Harrow and Beaufighter
2/18/21, 7:56 AM - [Axis]: I'll fly the Harrow to 0 for you. If you would not have done so, I will roll back
2/18/21, 7:56 AM - [Axis]: Committing subs
2/18/21, 8:05 AM - [Axis]: Miss
2/18/21, 8:07 AM - [Allied]: Good call.
2/18/21, 8:08 AM - [Axis]: you will have turn shortly, just Italians to move
2/18/21, 8:08 AM - [Allied]: Neck and shoulders flared up again last night. Need to take it easy again to today.
2/18/21, 8:09 AM - [Axis]: damn, that's too bad
2/18/21, 8:10 AM - [Allied]: Think sitting at my computer for several hours reaggerevated everything.
2/18/21, 8:10 AM - [Allied]: Could not get comfortable most of the night.
2/18/21, 8:11 AM - [Allied]: Wasn't until 4 or 5 this morning.
2/18/21, 8:11 AM - [Axis]: Had to be something else besides the computer!
2/18/21, 8:12 AM - [Allied]: Maybe.
2/18/21, 8:12 AM - [Allied]: Will play some but at a slower pace.
2/18/21, 8:13 AM - [Allied]: And take more breaks.
2/18/21, 8:14 AM - [Axis]: Need to get you a laptop that you can recline with and get comfortable. I was a desktop guy for most of my life but now that I've switched to a laptop, I can't go back.
2/18/21, 8:15 AM - [Allied]: May be the solution, it I do enjoy my 3 screens.
2/18/21, 8:19 AM - [Axis]: back to u
2/18/21, 8:19 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3.

2/18/21, 10:07 AM - [Allied]: Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. CW - combine, Free France - naval, USSR - land, China - land, USA - combine
2/18/21, 10:09 AM - [Axis]: Was curious what your Commonwealth action choice would be...
2/18/21, 10:12 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:13 AM - [Allied]: The following RN Task force moves from Liverpool into the Bay of Biscay. Intercept?
2/18/21, 10:13 AM - [Axis]: No thx

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. (Continued.)

2/18/21, 10:16 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:17 AM - [Allied]: This task force continues on to the North Sea with the Queens embarking mot corps, TRS embarking mech corps, and 2 CAs embarking Mar eng & para div.
2/18/21, 10:18 AM - [Axis]: roger

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. (Continued.)

2/18/21, 10:19 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:19 AM - [Allied]: Loaded TRS moves from Cardiff to the Bay of Biscay. Intercept?
2/18/21, 10:20 AM - [Axis]: yes
2/18/21, 10:20 AM - [Allied]: 3 or less required.
2/18/21, 10:22 AM - [Allied]: d10=1, successful. Loaded transport stops and goes into the 3-box of the Bay of Biscay.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. (Continued.)

2/18/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: 5 contested sea area: (1) Cape St. Vincent, (2) Faeroes Gap, (3) Bay of Biscay, (4) Eastern Med, (5) North Sea.
2/18/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: (1) Cape St. Vincent: No combat.
2/18/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: (2) Faeroes Gap: No Combat.
2/18/21, 10:24 AM - [Allied]: (3) Bay of Biscay: RN will not search, but u-boats can.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. (Continued.)

2/18/21, 10:24 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:24 AM - [Allied]: (4) East Med: RAF will not search, but axis can.
2/18/21, 10:25 AM - [Allied]: (5) North Sea: No combat.
2/18/21, 10:25 AM - [Axis]: thinking...
2/18/21, 10:26 AM - [Axis]: Search Bay of Biscay
2/18/21, 10:26 AM - [Axis]: That's it
2/18/21, 10:26 AM - [Axis]: Commit subs
2/18/21, 10:26 AM - [Allied]: copy
2/18/21, 10:27 AM - [Allied]: Bay of Biscay Searches: U-boats=8, RN=7, neither find.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #3. (Concluded.)

2/18/21, 10:40 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:41 AM - [Allied]: If you haven't already figure out what the CW was up to, they launch a daring raid to establish a beachhead at Calais, France.
2/18/21, 10:42 AM - [Axis]: Ah, I had not figured it out
2/18/21, 10:42 AM - [Axis]: Now it's obvious
2/18/21, 10:44 AM - [Allied]: Don't know if I was being a bit devious but on the last allied impulse of last turn I railed the Royal marines to Dover. With Calais unoccupied they could walk right over.
2/18/21, 10:44 AM - [Axis]: Nice. Not devious at all
2/18/21, 10:45 AM - [Axis]: Opponent's responsibility to check the board
2/18/21, 10:45 AM - [Axis]: And the enemy is supposed to be devious!
2/18/21, 10:45 AM - [Axis]: I think it's cool. Will be fun to see how it turns out
2/18/21, 10:45 AM - [Allied]: Didn't know if you had it figure out when the first RN task force moved into the North Sea.
2/18/21, 10:46 AM - [Allied]: Really wanted that armor and arty div to meet up with them but you successfully intercepted.
2/18/21, 10:46 AM - [Allied]: If the first task force had been intercepted then my plan was shot.
2/18/21, 10:46 AM - [Axis]: It was too big a force for 2 subs to handle
2/18/21, 10:46 AM - [Axis]: In my opinion

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5.

2/18/21, 10:47 AM - [Allied]: Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. Weather.
2/18/21, 10:47 AM - [Axis]: And the transports were empty at the time!
2/18/21, 10:47 AM - [Axis]: Very cunning
2/18/21, 10:48 AM - [Allied]: thanks, but I fear it will be a little more than a distraction.
2/18/21, 10:48 AM - [Allied]: Another Dippie.
2/18/21, 10:48 AM - [Allied]: d10=5, weather remains the same.
2/18/21, 10:49 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:50 AM - [Allied]: well at least I given you an unexpected problem to work.
2/18/21, 10:50 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/18/21, 10:50 AM - [Allied]: axis impulse 5
2/18/21, 10:50 AM - [Allied]: Will be out for a while. Got some errands around town to run.
2/18/21, 10:50 AM - [Axis]: got it
2/18/21, 11:04 AM - [Axis]: Japan declares war on Commonwealth and USA
2/18/21, 11:18 AM - [Axis]: Chose not to move any tension for you as all the options against Japan were chosen. Reason being is that where you currently stand against Germany, 46-19, is optimum to declare war on them. If I had moved tension, your entry levels would have gone down while pushing your tension up, which is not optimal for you declaring war.
2/18/21, 11:23 AM - [Axis]: Japan aligns French Indo China
2/18/21, 11:32 AM - [Allied]: Well didn't expect that.
2/18/21, 11:57 AM - [Axis]: Land for Germany, Combined for Italy and Japan

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

2/18/21, 12:00 PM - [Axis]: 3 port attacks for Japan. Honolulu, Midway, and Pago Pago

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

2/18/21, 12:04 PM - [Axis]: Firing your AA in Midway had no effect since I had only 1 bomber. I think AA guns are halved during a surprise impulse, so I went back and redid the attack without firing it.

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

2/18/21, 1:23 PM - [Axis]: naval searches
2/18/21, 1:24 PM - [Axis]: First up Arabian Sea. Japan committing subs
2/18/21, 1:24 PM - [Allied]: No reaction
2/18/21, 1:25 PM - [Axis]: CP found and destroyed. French CP still there as I did not declare war on Free France
2/18/21, 1:26 PM - [Axis]: Now CSV
2/18/21, 1:26 PM - [Axis]: You have Beaufighter that can reac?
2/18/21, 1:28 PM - [Axis]: Can reach 2 box. I will not fly it as you were ok with only flying Harrow to 0 last time.
2/18/21, 1:29 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:30 PM - [Axis]: Now Faeroes Gap
2/18/21, 1:30 PM - [Axis]: Committing subs
2/18/21, 1:31 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:31 PM - [Axis]: Bay of Biscay
2/18/21, 1:31 PM - [Axis]: Committing subs
2/18/21, 1:32 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:32 PM - [Axis]: Polynesia. Committing sub
2/18/21, 1:33 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:33 PM - [Axis]: New Zealand Coast
2/18/21, 1:34 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:34 PM - [Axis]: Now Marshalls
2/18/21, 1:34 PM - [Axis]: Committing sub
2/18/21, 1:36 PM - [Axis]: CP found and destroyed
2/18/21, 1:36 PM - [Axis]: Marianas
2/18/21, 1:37 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:37 PM - [Axis]: Bismarck Sea
2/18/21, 1:38 PM - [Axis]: miss
2/18/21, 1:38 PM - [Axis]: South China Sea
2/18/21, 1:40 PM - [Axis]: CP found and destroyed
2/18/21, 1:40 PM - [Axis]: Bay of Bengal
2/18/21, 1:41 PM - [Axis]: CP found and destroyed
2/18/21, 1:41 PM - [Axis]: That concludes searches

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

2/18/21, 2:14 PM - [Axis]: any defensive ground support?
2/18/21, 2:14 PM - [Axis]: I have a 6, 5, and 4 strength fighter that can intercept
2/18/21, 2:33 PM - [Allied]: Fly hurricane 2 and vildebeest in ground escorted by spitfire & hurricane. Hurricane 2 lead bomber and spitfire lead fighter.
2/18/21, 2:34 PM - [Axis]: roger

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Continued).

2/18/21, 2:38 PM - [Axis]: Allies score nil, Axis AA. Front bomber chosen
2/18/21, 2:38 PM - [Axis]: where to land?
2/18/21, 2:41 PM - [Axis]: Will land it whence.
2/18/21, 2:41 PM - [Axis]: Axis abort air to air
2/18/21, 2:42 PM - [Axis]: Wildebeest clears. Let me know where to land your planes please
2/18/21, 2:45 PM - [Allied]: Alexander
2/18/21, 2:46 PM - [Axis]: roger

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Axis #5. (Concluded).

2/18/21, 2:57 PM - [Axis]: back to u

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Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #7.

2/19/21, 12:43 PM - [Allied]: Still dealing with neck so no gaming today.
2/19/21, 1:26 PM - [Axis]: sorry about. Hope u feel better soon
2/19/21, 4:04 PM - [Allied]: I am feeling better but still like won't get to my turn until tomorrow.
2/19/21, 4:04 PM - [Allied]: Though, I'm looking now at my situation.
2/19/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: Talks about not paying attention to the map. I completely blew off looking at the Pacific and paid the price for such a boneheaded oversight!
2/19/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: I am very fortunately the the Big E survived.
2/19/21, 4:05 PM - [Allied]: In this case luck favored the dumb.
2/19/21, 4:06 PM - [Axis]: Glad you are feeling a bit better
2/19/21, 4:06 PM - [Axis]: You must have really tweaked a muscle badly
2/19/21, 4:06 PM - [Allied]: It moved from my left to the right.
2/19/21, 4:07 PM - [Axis]: Well, I don't think it would have changed anything. Had you moved the Carriers out I would not have declared war
2/19/21, 4:07 PM - [Allied]: Only thing I can figure is at night my neck muscles are spasming causing me to not be able to find any comfortable position which doesn't allow me to sleep well.
2/19/21, 4:07 PM - [Allied]: This morning I got up and took a muscle relaxator.
2/19/21, 4:08 PM - [Axis]: You may have to go to the Doctor bud
2/19/21, 4:08 PM - [Allied]: I was finally able around 9 am to get sleep and I sleep through to 1 pm.
2/19/21, 4:08 PM - [Allied]: Woke up feeling much better and managed to get my 3.5-mi run in.
2/19/21, 4:09 PM - [Allied]: I hadn't missed a workout day in years until this week. I've missed 2 days!
2/19/21, 4:09 PM - [Allied]: It was almost 3.
2/19/21, 4:09 PM - [Axis]: Wow
2/19/21, 4:09 PM - [Axis]: That's discipline. Wish I had that dedication to exercising
2/19/21, 4:10 PM - [Axis]: But like I said, I don't think you would have changed your USA move
2/19/21, 4:10 PM - [Allied]: It's funny what will sideline you. Never thought it would be a neck pull/strain.
2/19/21, 4:10 PM - [Allied]: If I had checked the pacific map I would have "evacuated" the 2 USN CVs at Pearl.
2/19/21, 4:11 PM - [Allied]: Kind of like what happened historically.
2/19/21, 4:11 PM - [Axis]: The problem Japan had was Summer was approaching. It's bad weather in Honolulu then, and that's when the USA would be rolling to enter the war.
2/19/21, 4:12 PM - [Axis]: In that case I would have waited. We would then be playing a game of cat and mouse.
2/19/21, 4:12 PM - [Allied]: But I was so focuses on Europe and pulling off the landing in Dippie (oh I mean Calais) that I got careless.
2/19/21, 4:12 PM - [Allied]: In way it actually worked out for me.
2/19/21, 4:12 PM - [Axis]: It worked out for you. USA got in the war without a brutal blow
2/19/21, 4:12 PM - [Allied]: I should have lost 1 CV and probably seen the 2nd damaged.
2/19/21, 4:13 PM - [Allied]: In the end the cost was a damaged CV. But why did it have to be the Big E!
2/19/21, 4:13 PM - [Axis]: Your AA came thru for you
2/19/21, 4:13 PM - [Axis]: I was torn about spending points to go to lowest of 5
2/19/21, 4:14 PM - [Allied]: Honestly, most of this week from Tuesday until just now has been pretty much a blur.
2/19/21, 4:14 PM - [Axis]: I couldn't quite get to the magic 3 X, which guarantees a carrier loss
2/19/21, 4:14 PM - [Allied]: Or more like a dream if that makes sense.
2/19/21, 4:14 PM - [Axis]: Yea. When you're sleep schedule gets blown up, you start feeling weird
2/19/21, 4:15 PM - [Allied]: I guess my body was telling me I needed rest in order to heal my neck.
2/19/21, 4:16 PM - [Allied]: And very impressive push into Egypt.
2/19/21, 4:16 PM - [Allied]: I thought I had you stalemated but kept losing naval battle in the East Med.
2/19/21, 4:16 PM - [Allied]: And air battles too.
2/19/21, 4:16 PM - [Allied]: RAF has really let me down there.
2/19/21, 4:17 PM - [Axis]: I felt like once I got both artillery in position, I would get a lucky strike on one of the stacks, and I did
2/19/21, 4:17 PM - [Allied]: I knew it was coming but couldn't do anything to counter it.
2/19/21, 4:18 PM - [Allied]: I was also worried about the CCP and Lanchow.
2/19/21, 4:18 PM - [Axis]: Right. Very difficult for Commonwealth right now. War at sea and Egypt raging
2/19/21, 4:19 PM - [Allied]: Only now can I get a ZOC in my next impulse that will keep the IJA 12th inf army from flanking the CCP and capturing Lanchow.
2/19/21, 4:20 PM - [Axis]: Yea, storms helped you. I thought I was going to be able to take it
2/19/21, 4:20 PM - [Allied]: If either of the 2 impulses so far had been fine or snow, then you would have Lanchow.
2/19/21, 4:20 PM - [Axis]: Yep
2/19/21, 4:21 PM - [Allied]: Though several turns ago I though China was a goner.
2/19/21, 4:21 PM - [Allied]: They still might be but hopefully with the US in the war, Japan will have to divert some away from China.
2/20/21, 11:51 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
2/20/21, 11:51 AM - [Allied]: Pouring over the turn and just got a look at US entry.
2/20/21, 11:52 AM - [Allied]: Wow, Germany/Italy entry ballooned.
2/20/21, 11:53 AM - [Axis]: Yea. I assume you agree with the decision I made for you regarding not moving tension.
2/20/21, 11:53 AM - [Allied]: Yes, I do.
2/20/21, 11:54 AM - [Allied]: Rules question.
2/20/21, 11:55 AM - [Allied]: Can CW units invade off of US lift against a hex controlled by a major power that's not at war with the US?
2/20/21, 11:55 AM - [Allied]: But, of course, at war with the CW.
2/20/21, 11:55 AM - [Axis]: US lift?
2/20/21, 11:56 AM - [Allied]: CW off of US amph or CW div off of USN CA.
2/20/21, 11:57 AM - [Axis]: I would say they can. But I've never tried it and not 100% positive rules don't prohibit it
2/20/21, 11:57 AM - [Allied]: Another multiple states of war thing I'm going to try which I think should work.
2/20/21, 11:57 AM - [Allied]: US CP in the Med should provide supply to CW units.
2/20/21, 12:03 PM - [Axis]: yes they will
2/20/21, 12:03 PM - [Allied]: The British 8th army is in a world of hurt!
2/20/21, 12:04 PM - [Allied]: Didn't expect they would crumble like that.
2/20/21, 12:04 PM - [Axis]: They are
2/20/21, 12:12 PM - [Allied]: Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. Allied #7. CW - combine, Free France - naval, USA - naval, USSR - land, China - land.
2/20/21, 12:13 PM - [Allied]: US aligns Panama.
2/20/21, 12:16 PM - [Allied]: Tension roll=5, 1 chit removed.
2/20/21, 12:16 PM - [Allied]: Position of chit removed (0-10)=3, 1-value chit.