Pat vs Ronnie GW AAR

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. RN. Italian Coast. Search.

RN search woes continue off the Italian Coast. The allies roll a 9 and the axis a 1!

1. How would the Italians like to proceed?

2. Also, the allies will attempt to initiate combat in the Western Med? Do the axis wish to add any additional air units? The CW flew an extra fighter and nav unit to the 2-box during the Naval air phase.

[ashkpa]

RN search woes continue off the Italian Coast. The allies roll a 9 and the axis a 1!

1. How would the Italians like to proceed?

I will engage the 2 box only with 9 SP.
Use 4 SP to reduce your attack 2 columns to 2A.
Use 4 SP to increase my attack to X A.

I will abort the sea zone after this round - return to La Spezia.

[ashkpa]

2. Also, the allies will attempt to initiate combat in the Western Med? Do the axis wish to add any additional air units? The CW flew an extra fighter and nav unit to the 2-box during the Naval air phase.

Bf 109 E2 on the south coast of France will fly out to the 0-box.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. Italian Coast.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. West Med.

The axis (Italians) again win the search roll and surprise the allies.

How would you wish to proceed?

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[ashkpa]

How would you wish to proceed?

I will engage the 0-box only with 9 SP I believe.
Use 4 SP to choose a surface combat.
Use 4 SP to reduce the attack against me to ne.
If I miss counted SP and the attack against me is ne, then use extra SP to move my attack up as far as possible.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #2. West Med. Surface Combat (Round 1).

Both sides stay after this initial round.

Allied (second round) search roll is a 10. Naturally, sound I expect anything else. [:@]

Fortunately the axis also roll a 10 so combat ends.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. RAF Strategic Bombing.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. Spain.

Post movement. No air or land combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. North Africa.

Post movement. No air or land combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. China.

Post movement. No air or land combat.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Allied #12. End of Turn Check.

This turn continues.

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. Axis #15. Weather.

[ashkpa]

MA41 i15:
IT and GE take combined actions, while JP takes a land.
Germany moves a sub to CVB and Italy makes no naval moves. Neither fly any naval air missions.
In CVB the sub finds the Allied convoys sleeping (3/9 split) and have 8 SP.
I use it all to increase the subs attack and let them take an A (which the fail and abort).
I destroy 3 CP and abort another (to Gibraltar, Plymouth would have required them to flee through BoB with active axis subs.

[ashkpa]

MA41 i15:
Germans initiate searches in the N. Atlantic, but no contact on rolls of 8/6.
In the Bay of Biscay, the subs try to catch the allies napping, but it does not work. Both find on rolls of 2/1.
I made a command decision for the allies and used their two SP to increase the axis damage from an X D 2A to an X 2D. I am also, placing the allied D on the Polish destroyer flotilla. Nobody made a damage control roll resulting in a CW damaged CA and two sunk subs.

[ashkpa]

MA41 i15: Land Attacks
Mao could provide HQ support, will you have him do so?

[rkr1958]

No to Mao providing HQ support.

[ashkpa]

Achieved the dreaded 14.

[ashkpa]

MA41 i15:Turn Ended

[rkr1958]

Turn 10. Mar/Apr 1941. End of Turn. Destroyed Pool.