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[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japanese gamble in ground strike fails

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Second one is a success!

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Germany rails PARA from Belgium, INF HQ and INF from Poland to SW France.

Italy rails INF from Tunisia to Algeria.

Germany moves units to SW France. Japan moves 2 units west from Canton and one units moves next to disorganized Chinese MIL.

Germany rebases FTR-3 FT-2 and 2x LND to SW France.

Japan rebases NAV to Shanghai and LND closer to front line in north.

Rundstedt reorganizes Italian submarine in France.

Back to Allies.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Southern China after Axis impulse

[Orm]

No declarations of war.

Land: China
Combined: USSR, USA, CW
Naval: France

HMS Furious launch their Swordfish in order to bomb the Italian submarines in La Rochelle.


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Port Attack

[Orm]

The British pilots finds their targets. (Axis rolled 10 and Allies 7)


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Port Attack

[Orm]

And the Italian submarines are out of action for a while.


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Port Attack

[Orm]

No naval air.

CW send the TRS in Bay of Biscay to Casablanca. And the Queens to Gibraltar.

France send out one convoy escort (Cape Verde Basin).


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Naval Movement

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

And the Italian submarines are out of action for a while.

warspite1

FAA reconnaissance spots a group of Italian submarines that have taken temporary shelter in the undefended port of La Rochelle. HMS Furious launches a dozen Swordfish from 816 Squadron and the venerable "stringbags" set about their business.....

[Orm]

CW bombs Rome. (6+1 -> No effect)

No ground strikes.

USSR rail 11th infantry from Persia to Novgorodand CW rail 3rd infantry from Birmingham to Liverpool.

The Indian militia relocate from Palestine to Beirut.

China orders the Kunming Militia to advance into French Indo-China. China also make minor adjustments of their lines but this is enough to disorganize several units, including their HQ.

The Soviet Union move a few units towards the Finnish border.

CW debark 2nd Infantry to Casablanca.

China has been studying the Japanese combat tactics for a while and decide to train the militia first. At once they want to try their new skill and charges.

Will Umezu provide HQ support for the 2nd SNLF Division?


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Land Combat

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Orm

CW bombs Rome. (6+1 -> No effect)

warspite1

Orm in our games of MWIF your strategic bombing was delivered with pinpoint accuracy about 90% of the time. Can I respectfully ask you to use the "same wrist technique" as that employed against me when throwing the Strategic Bombing dice please? [:D]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Orm

CW bombs Rome. (6+1 -> No effect)

warspite1

Orm in our games of MWIF your strategic bombing was delivered with pinpoint accuracy about 90% of the time. Can I respectfully ask you to use the "same wrist technique" as that employed against me when throwing the Strategic Bombing dice please? [:D]

I've been close to useless with strategy bombing in all my games except when you have been on the opposite side. I think you jinxed me in those games. [;)]

[Mayhemizer_slith]

About Chinese attack...

Is there a CVP left for ground support? What kind of odds you get if Japs use 1 point ground support (is it possible to be 100% sure that Japan is not going to suffer a loss)?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

About Chinese attack...

Is there a CVP left for ground support? What kind of odds you get if Japs use 1 point ground support (is it possible to be 100% sure that Japan is not going to suffer a loss)?

There is one Japanese CV left with one point of ground support available. (I must confess I didn't even check for it [:D])

If one point is added then the attack is on the 1:2 table. If the HQ support would lover it one additional odds the attack is still done on the 1:2 table but with a -1 on the die roll.


RAC 11.16.5 Resolving attacks
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Subtract 1 from the roll for each odds level below 1:2.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

With river crossing and Chinese attack weakness it is 1:4 attack?

If so, no HQ support and blitz, thanks [;)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

With river crossing and Chinese attack weakness it is 1:4 attack?

If so, no HQ support and blitz, thanks [;)]

No.

The Chinese unit is a 2 strength that gets halved to 1 for the river and to 0.5 for attack weakness. 0.5 is rounded to 1 before calculating the odds. So the attack is 1:1 if Japan adds no support at all. 1:2 with either successful HQ support or ground support. 1:2 -1 with both air support and defensive HQ support that is successful. (remember that HQ support is not automatic)

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Only ground support, no HQ support. I choose blitz table.

[Orm]

The attack was a complete failure. And I am pretty sure that there is a bug here but since it didn't change the result I will not go back. Although I was confused when I saw that there was a fractional odds roll for this attack since I didn't think it would be needed. And stunned when I saw the result of that roll.

Anyway. The Japanese charge attack seems to work poorly for China. [:D]


Picture from Mar/Apr '40 Impulse #7 (Allied) - Land Combat

[Orm]

Mar/Apr '40
Impulse #7 (Allied)

USSR rebase two bombers toward Finland and two bombers to Persia.

No reorganization.

The turn continues with a roll of 6.

[Orm]

And the Spring storms roll in over Europe.