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Lille is liberated.
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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Italy:
FTR2 Germany -> NE Paris

Germany:
ATR3 Dusseldorf -> Rome
FTR2 Kiel -> SW Brussels
FTR2 Belgium -> SW Lille

Reorganization:
Germany:
ATR3 Rome -> INF Naples -> Reggio
HQI Lille -> ARM + MECH + MOT
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Orm wrote: Tue Jan 06, 2026 7:35 pm Lille is liberated.
"I don't think that word [liberated] means what you think it means." - Princess Bride. 😁
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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #7 (Allies)

No declarations of war.

Land: France, China
Combined: Others
Pass: US

Naval Air: none.

Naval Moves: Transport 5-4 into Port Sudan. Dutch transport picks up 6-2 milita and moves into the Red Sea.

Rail: USSR 6-4 to Blagovyeshchensk. CW 5-3 to Plymouth.

Land Moves: France and China defensive lines reset.

Air transport: Harrow transports 1-4 to Sudan.

Reorg: French as shown.

Rebase: USSR bombers continue west.

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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Italy:
NAV2 -> ItC 4-box

Naval Movement:
Italy:
2 TRS + CP + HQI + Ge INF + BB + 3 CA -> ItC 0-box

Strategic Bombing:
Japan:
NAV3 -> Chunging

Will China intercept?
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Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:46 pm Will China intercept?
Yes, send up the Chinese fighters.
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That did not go well.
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Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:37 pm That did not go well.
Well that depends on which side of the fence you are sitting :mrgreen:
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Majorball68 wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:50 pm
Orm wrote: Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:37 pm That did not go well.
Well that depends on which side of the fence you are sitting :mrgreen:
Indeed. :)
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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Rail Movement:

Italy:
TERR -> Addis Ababa

Germany:
INF -> La Spezia

Land Movement:

Italy:
SUPPLY -> SE

Germany:
Rouen is liberated.
Cautiously advancing into France, while preparing to attack the remmamts of the French border protection force.

Japan:
Kweilin is occupied, no US reaction (5).
AG Yamamoto pursue the retreating nationalist 17th Army Group.
minor movement elsewhere.

Debark:
Italy + Germany:
HQI + INF -> Tirana
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Germany makes two attacks along the Belgian border, while Japan attacks NW Kweilin.

Japan uses HQ support, and one NAV2 and one LND2 for GS.
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Final odds.
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Begin with the automatic attack (no die roller used). The second German attack next.

Edit: ENG was used here.
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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Shattered the AA (seemed like an obvious choice).
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Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Japan:
NAV2 Tungkwan -> Nanning

Germany:
NAV3 Hamburg -> Sicily
LND3 Saarbrucken -> Calais
FTR2 SW Lille -> NW Reims
FTR2 Belgium -> SW Lille

No reorganization.
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Turn continues on a 6 (1-3 to end). Over to Allies.
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