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FTR3 intercepts, land Odessa

The German fighter prevents the strike.

UK moves Alexander off the coast in Karelia and the motorized division joins the Armor unit there.

USSR continues its withdrawal in front of Moscow. It pulls back slightly in the Ukraine.

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #8 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany, Italy
Combined: Japan
Naval:

No Port Strikes.

Naval Air:
Japan:
NAV2 -> China Sea

Naval movement:
Japan:
SUB -> SCS
3 SCS -> China Sea

Rail movement:

Japan:
INF Tianshui -> E Chita

Germany:
MIL Kiel -> Vitebsk
MIL Kiel -> Chisinau
GARR Paris -> Katowice

Land movement:

Italy:
TERR Asmara -> W,W
TERR Addis Ababa ->SW,SW,SW
Minor movement in France.

Japan:
Three moves in western Siam.

Germany:
Finnish front: No movement.
East front North: No movement.
East front Central: Pushes on as much as ZOC allows.
East front South: Cautiously advance in northern Ukraine, and hold in southern.
Other fronts: No movement.

Germany makes one automatic attack against the Soviet ski division.

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #8 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Japan:
NAV3 Siam -> Singora
FTR2 Canton -> Singora
ATR3 Canton -> Bangkok

Italy:
FTR2 44,58 (Smolensk region) -> SW Kalinin

Germany:
FTR3 Bulgaria -> C Ukraine
FTR2 S Ukraine -> C Ukraine
LND2 Belorussia -> 44,59 (2 hexes SW Kalinin)
FTR2 SW Minsk -> 47,55 (2 hexes SW Smolensk)

No reorganization.

Turn continues (3 rolled - 2 or less to end), with fine weather (1).

Have fun.
4thJPBJ 107 JA 41 Allied 9

All pass except USSR, which takes a land action.

You may intercept this ground strike. No Russian fighters available for intercept.
Intercept?

Yes, please. Intercept with the FTR3. Land NW Odessa.

The bomber gets thru.
The ground strike is effective.

You may freely support this attack. No Russian counters available.

Both LND2 supports, land 5-strength Stuka on Magdeburg Mil, land the other on Odessa.

The Germans fight well, which blunts the force of the attack.

The Russians have been ordered to finally make a stand in the forest West of Moscow and along the road through the forest from Leningrad to Moscow. They leave a tripwire defense guarding entry to the Kursk region.

They pullback to Gomel and defend the city. They obviously went on the offensive in Ukraine.

The Cavalry which was OOS in Karelia pulled back along the road from Murmansk South to greater Russia.

USSR rebases a fighter to the Krivoy Rog area and another bomber from the North to the Ukranian sector.

Should have mentioned that USSR railed a factory from Moscow to Baku.

Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #10 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Jul/Aug '41 Impulse #10 (Axis) - DOW

Jul/Aug '41
Impulse #10 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air. No naval movement. No naval searches. No strategic bombing. No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Germany:
GARR Athens -> Odessa
Yug HQI Poland -> E Pskov

Japan:
CAV + AA C China -> Shanghai

Land Movement:

Japan:
INF moves to protect the southern flank in the Chita region.
MIL opens up the Siberian railroad between the two K-towns.
AG Yamashita moves to NW Siam.

Italy:
TERR advance towards Khartoum from Eritrea.
TERR in Ethiopia moves closer to the SW border.

Germany:
Finnish front: MIL moves towards Sala to oppose the Soviet CAV. The two Ski divisions moves eastwards to try and outflank the defenders. Reorganization of the Petsamo defence.
East front North: Minor movement to screen the Soviet forces.
East front Central: Turns toward the southeast, and screens the Moscow defenders. Bryansk is liberated.
East front South: Minor movement in an attempt to create some sort of defence.
Other fronts: No movement.

Three attacks on the central front. All to the SE.
1) vs Tula - current odds 36:3 -> +25
2) vs Hex west Bryansk - current odds 62:3 -> +41,3
3) vs Hex west Gomel - current odds 42:5 -> +16,8
ENG supports the attack west Gomel. Italian FTR2 fly as a fighter over Tula. Germany have added one FTR2 as a fighter over the hex west of Gomel. Additional fighters can fly intercept on the attacks west of Bryansk and west Gomel. One AA (and ENG) is included in the attack on Tula.

Any defensive air support? DefGroundSupport

No support declared.

Final odds. Begin with the attack west Gomel. Not going to roll for the other two as they are automatic.

Attack goes well.