PBEM Global War: Narrative AAR.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 8:04 AM - [Axis]: axis naval searches, file sent
3/6/21, 8:05 AM - [Axis]: Let me know when you have some time...
3/6/21, 8:05 AM - [Axis]: Will take a bit
3/6/21, 10:48 AM - [Allied]: Ok. Got some stuff going on this morning so will try for mid afternoon if that's ok with you.
3/6/21, 10:49 AM - [Axis]: sure
3/6/21, 1:13 PM - [Allied]: Ready whenever you are.
3/6/21, 1:13 PM - [Axis]: ok
3/6/21, 1:13 PM - [Axis]: East Polynesia
3/6/21, 1:14 PM - [Axis]: Will commit sub
3/6/21, 1:14 PM - [Axis]: miss
3/6/21, 1:15 PM - [Axis]: Polynesia
3/6/21, 1:15 PM - [Axis]: Committing subs
3/6/21, 1:15 PM - [Axis]: miss

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 1:15 PM - [Axis]: Marshalls
3/6/21, 1:15 PM - [Axis]: Committing sub
3/6/21, 1:16 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:18 PM - [Axis]: Assume you will keep the fighter in 3 box but with no support available, neither side can hurt one another so moving on to next sea zone
3/6/21, 1:18 PM - [Allied]: yes, stay please

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 1:19 PM - [Axis]: Solomons
3/6/21, 1:19 PM - [Axis]: no support from Axis, none available for Allies
3/6/21, 1:21 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:21 PM - [Allied]: let me take look
3/6/21, 1:24 PM - [Allied]: Let's fight. Use 4 SPs to make it a surface, 2 SPs to shift IJN risk from D, A to 2D, A and 3 SPs to put D on CV Kaga.
3/6/21, 1:24 PM - [Axis]: roger
3/6/21, 1:25 PM - [Allied]: USN risk res, put D on New Orleans, if damaged then A until aborted.
3/6/21, 1:25 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:25 PM - [Axis]: sure
3/6/21, 1:27 PM - [Allied]: USN will stay, aborts to Pearl if they can get their without being intercepted.
3/6/21, 1:27 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:33 PM - [Axis]: Kaga damaged and aborted. Cruiser aborted
3/6/21, 1:34 PM - [Axis]: Going to round II
miss
3/6/21, 1:35 PM - [Axis]: they can be intercepted going to Pearl
3/6/21, 1:36 PM - [Allied]: what about Dutch Harbor?
3/6/21, 1:37 PM - [Axis]: In Aleutians?
3/6/21, 1:37 PM - [Allied]: Yes
3/6/21, 1:37 PM - [Axis]: intercepted going there too
3/6/21, 1:38 PM - [Axis]: Pago Pago, Rabaul, or New Zealand viable
3/6/21, 1:38 PM - [Axis]: Australia too
3/6/21, 1:38 PM - [Allied]: Move them to Kwaj then
3/6/21, 1:38 PM - [Axis]: Have you look at the file I sent?
3/6/21, 1:39 PM - [Allied]: Ok. Let me take a closer look.
3/6/21, 1:39 PM - [Axis]: I have Carriers in Marianas
3/6/21, 1:40 PM - [Allied]: Port Villa. My bad ... I was looking in the wrong sea area.
3/6/21, 1:40 PM - [Axis]: roger
3/6/21, 1:40 PM - [Allied]: I was looking the Marianas and not the Solomons.
3/6/21, 1:40 PM - [Axis]: I see
3/6/21, 1:41 PM - [Axis]: South Pacific
3/6/21, 1:41 PM - [Axis]: miss
3/6/21, 1:42 PM - [Axis]: Central Pacific
3/6/21, 1:42 PM - [Axis]: miss
3/6/21, 1:43 PM - [Axis]: Marianas
3/6/21, 1:43 PM - [Allied]: Looks like you're serious about retaking Kwaj.
3/6/21, 1:43 PM - [Axis]: miss
3/6/21, 1:43 PM - [Allied]: Hopefully the turn will end or the weather will turn before you get that chance. But, I'm not counting on it.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 1:44 PM - [Axis]: Hawaiian Islands
3/6/21, 1:45 PM - [Allied]: I was afraid that you may want to try a second Pearl Harbor raid.
3/6/21, 1:45 PM - [Allied]: Again, I need the turn to end.
3/6/21, 1:45 PM - [Allied]: before you get that chance.
3/6/21, 1:45 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:48 PM - [Axis]: Meant to fly a couple of more CVPs as fighters and not bombers.
3/6/21, 1:49 PM - [Axis]: Which I would have done. So let's fudge things a bit, since I don't have a save and don't want to redo things
3/6/21, 1:49 PM - [Allied]: That's fine with me.
3/6/21, 1:50 PM - [Axis]: Actually it's fine as is
3/6/21, 1:50 PM - [Allied]: ok
3/6/21, 1:50 PM - [Axis]: don't want the hassle
3/6/21, 1:51 PM - [Allied]: Chalk it up to IJN carrier pilot excitement. Heck, who wants to fly CAP when they can bomb ships!
3/6/21, 1:52 PM - [Axis]: Allies score AA
3/6/21, 1:52 PM - [Allied]: abort the fighter
3/6/21, 1:53 PM - [Axis]: Axis score AA as well
3/6/21, 1:53 PM - [Axis]: where to?
3/6/21, 1:55 PM - [Allied]: Pearl
3/6/21, 1:56 PM - [Allied]: Allies will stay.
3/6/21, 1:57 PM - [Axis]: AA screened 2

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 1:58 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:59 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 1:59 PM - [Axis]: Going to round II
3/6/21, 2:01 PM - [Axis]: crap, game hung up
3/6/21, 2:01 PM - [Allied]: hopefully you had a recent save?
3/6/21, 2:04 PM - [Axis]: Nope. I will do the ones we haven't done and go back so your time isn't wasted
3/6/21, 2:05 PM - [Allied]: yikes .... been there done that
3/6/21, 2:06 PM - [Axis]: give me a minute to redo, won't take long
3/6/21, 2:06 PM - [Allied]: need to take the dogs out anyway ... so will be back after that.
3/6/21, 2:17 PM - [Allied]: back
3/6/21, 2:17 PM - [Axis]: Wow, really bad bug. It's hanging when I try and land planes on Carrier after the Hawaiian Islands battle
3/6/21, 2:18 PM - [Axis]: Just reloaded, gonna try it first
3/6/21, 2:22 PM - [Axis]: wow, that's horrible
3/6/21, 2:22 PM - [Axis]: Some sort of bad bug there
3/6/21, 2:22 PM - [Axis]: I'm gonna skip that battle. That was last one in Pacific
3/6/21, 2:22 PM - [Axis]: Gonna do Italian searches
3/6/21, 2:22 PM - [Axis]: Then try and fix it myself so you aren't waiting around
3/6/21, 2:26 PM - [Axis]: Will just plug in a miss for that area to proceed. I only damaged your ship so it's not a big deal that it escapes for now
3/6/21, 2:26 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 2:27 PM - [Axis]: Italy decided to not do any searches, you have one area where you can search
3/6/21, 2:28 PM - [Allied]: no search
3/6/21, 2:29 PM - [Axis]: roger
3/6/21, 2:29 PM - [Axis]: That concludes naval

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Continued).

3/6/21, 2:48 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 2:48 PM - [Axis]: Your choice of table in first one
3/6/21, 2:48 PM - [Axis]: Will conduct my choice first
3/6/21, 2:49 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 2:50 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 2:52 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 2:55 PM - [Allied]: Assault please
3/6/21, 2:57 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 3:00 PM - [Axis]: afk a few minutes
3/6/21, 3:12 PM - [Axis]: back

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #9. (Concluded).

3/6/21, 3:16 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 3:17 PM - [Axis]: turn continues
3/6/21, 3:18 PM - [Axis]: back to u
3/6/21, 3:18 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10.

3/6/21, 4:13 PM - [Allied]: Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10. CW - combine, USA - combine, Free France - land, China - land, USSR - land.
3/6/21, 4:18 PM - [Axis]: rogere
3/6/21, 4:21 PM - [Allied]: 7 contested sea areas: (1) Polynesia, (2) The Marshall, (3) China Sea, (4) Hawaiian Islands, (5) Cape St. Vincent, (6) Bay of Biscay & (7) North Sea.
3/6/21, 4:22 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 4:22 PM - [Allied]: (1) Polynesia: No combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10. (Continued).

3/6/21, 4:22 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 4:22 PM - [Allied]: (2) The Marshall: No combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10. (Continued).

3/6/21, 4:23 PM - [Allied]: (3) China Sea: No combat.
3/6/21, 4:23 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 4:23 PM - [Allied]: (4) Hawaiian Islands: No combat.
3/6/21, 4:23 PM - [Allied]: (7) North Sea: No combat.
3/6/21, 4:24 PM - [Allied]: (5) Cape St. Vincent: No combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10. (Concluded).

3/6/21, 4:24 PM - [Allied]: (6) Bay of Biscay: Allies will not search. (Added 4 RN CAs to 4-box).
3/6/21, 4:25 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 4:25 PM - [Allied]: (6) Bay of Biscay: Italy may search if they wish. Search?
3/6/21, 4:25 PM - [Axis]: no thx
3/6/21, 4:25 PM - [Allied]: no search
3/6/21, 4:25 PM - [Allied]: That ends the naval.
3/6/21, 4:26 PM - [Allied]: FYI: USN added CP to the North Sea, but no organized axis units present to search.
3/6/21, 4:39 PM - [Allied]: Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #10. End of Turn Check. Turn ends on a 4 or less.
3/6/21, 4:39 PM - [Allied]: d10=2, turn ends.

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Partisans. Destroyed/Repair Pools.

3/6/21, 4:40 PM - [Allied]: Generating 15 x d100 partisan sequence.
3/6/21, 4:46 PM - [Allied]: (1) Korea=48
(2) China=77
(3) NEI=23
(4) Burma=66
(5) MAN=30
(6) India=100
(7) Netherlands=34
(8) Free France=56
(9) Belgium=59
(10) Poland=30
(11) Greece=27, Partisans=9
(12) Yugoslavia=80
(13) Bulgaria=5, Partisans=3
(14) Iraq=45
(15) FIC=16
3/6/21, 4:47 PM - [Allied]: No partisans
3/6/21, 4:47 PM - [Axis]: whew

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Use Oil. Allied.

3/6/21, 4:48 PM - [Allied]: Do you need the file for preliminary production?
3/6/21, 4:48 PM - [Axis]: no thx
3/6/21, 4:48 PM - [Allied]: copy
3/6/21, 4:56 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 4:57 PM - [Allied]: sas axis
3/6/21, 4:57 PM - [Allied]: I'm pretty much done for a while.
3/6/21, 5:00 PM - [Axis]: Me too
3/6/21, 9:04 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/6/21, 9:04 PM - [Axis]: Allied SAS sent
3/7/21, 3:08 PM - [Allied]: Spending time with son and wife has doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon. Won't get back to any gaming until Monday afternoon/evening at earliest.
3/7/21, 3:47 PM - [Axis]: sure, cya tomorrow
3/8/21, 10:23 AM - [Allied]: morning.
3/8/21, 10:24 AM - [Allied]: My son just hit the road headed back down to Auburn. My wife's doctor's appointment got moved to next Monday afternoon.
3/8/21, 10:25 AM - [Axis]: morning
3/8/21, 10:25 AM - [Allied]: Looks like I've got some time now to proceed with end of turn of you're available.
3/8/21, 10:26 AM - [Axis]: yes
3/8/21, 10:27 AM - [Allied]: copy. Working on allied stay at sea.
3/8/21, 10:33 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 10:33 AM - [Allied]: rtb axis
3/8/21, 10:34 AM - [Axis]: got it
3/8/21, 10:54 AM - [Axis]: back to u
3/8/21, 10:54 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 10:56 AM - [Allied]: got it
3/8/21, 11:17 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 11:17 AM - [Allied]: use oil, axis
3/8/21, 11:18 AM - [Axis]: got it
3/8/21, 11:28 AM - [Axis]: back to u
3/8/21, 11:28 AM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 11:28 AM - [Allied]: got it
3/8/21, 11:34 AM - [Axis]: no scraps or breakdowns. Send all 3 saved oil for Germany to production. Send 1 for Japan as well. Final production numbers should be 38, 13, and 23 respectively
3/8/21, 11:39 AM - [Allied]: copy
3/8/21, 11:41 AM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 11:41 AM - [Allied]: Use Oil. Allied.
3/8/21, 11:42 AM - [Allied]: short break. back shortly

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Production.

3/8/21, 12:09 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 12:09 PM - [Allied]: Final Production. Axis.
3/8/21, 12:14 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 12:15 PM - [Allied]: Final Production. Allied. USSR sends 3 saved oil to production.
3/8/21, 12:17 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 12:17 PM - [Allied]: builds, axis
3/8/21, 12:18 PM - [Axis]: got it
3/8/21, 12:41 PM - [Axis]: back to u
3/8/21, 12:41 PM - [Axis]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 12:44 PM - [Allied]: got it. However; out of a bit. See you an hour or so.
3/8/21, 1:54 PM - [Allied]: <Media omitted>
3/8/21, 1:55 PM - [Axis]: got it
3/8/21, 1:55 PM - [Allied]: back to you for save Vichy BPs, conquests (China does NOT surrender), factory destruction and place axis units.
3/8/21, 2:18 PM - [Axis]: back to u

[rkr1958]

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Production Spiral. Axis.

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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Production Spiral. Allied.

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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Western Front.

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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. Middle East.

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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. End of Turn. China.