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Inf destroyed, thanks

Minor success in China.

The last roll is barely above average.

Germany rebases 2 fighters to east. Italy rebases NAV in Sicily 2 hexes.

Italy uses HQ in Greece to reorganize bomber and Germany to reorganize INF. In Rumania German HQ reorganizes 2x MOT. I was trying to be clever and moved MTN to mountains but it is too far to be reorganized in rain.

The Soviets should have sent a helluva of bombers and pumped up to 10 or so their defence factor. (Or at least their maximum. I'd have used all the bombers!)
25 : 10 it's a +5 only. Woods and Rain = +2, +3 maybe with HQ support ...
A bad roll could have screwed the Finns badly. And anyhow I do not see enough Soviet forces for a counterattack.

As is my wont, I forgot to allow for weather & terrain when assigning air support. Besides, I didn't want to commit all my air as I have other uses for them.

Europe after Axis impulse 1 M/A 1941

And China

M/A 41 Allies 2.

No DoW.

France Pass, China Land, rest Combined.

US sends a F4F to Pearl and an Amph loaded with an Inf out into the Pacific.

CW Loads Gort and ships him back to Liverpool. A CP heads into the West Med. Do the Axis wish to intercept?

Yes please, disorganize Gabbiano.

On a 7, the intercept fails. The CP moves to East Med. I decline the intercept as it is pretty obvious it is going to stay there.

Two areas available for naval combat: East and West Med. Allies decline. Do the Axis wish to party in East Med?

Yes please. This was the reason why one ship did not use shore bombardment in Athens attack.

Edit: No additional planes for Axis.

Edit: posts crossed.

We are good, thanks.

Round 1

Searches Axis 9, Allies 1. Allies use their surprise points to lower AA to NE. This gives them 2D. They put the first D on CA Trento, which rolls a 3 and is damaged. Where do the Italians wish to place the second D? Do they continue the fight?

D to BB Littorio. All Aborts to La Spezia.

Italians stay.

The Litorrio rolls a 4 and sails off towards La Spezia.

Round 2

Searches Axis 6, Allies 7. Combat ends.

Halifaxes raid Rome and on a 9 knock out 2BP's.

The Chinese retreat. USSR moves Eng back towards Leningrad and an Inf nearer the front.

CW reinforces Athens with SA Inf and moves Can Mot and Wavell forwards.

Gort reorgs the Trans.

On a 2, the weather goes yuk.

M/A 41 Axis 5

No DoW

Germany land, Italy and Japan combined. (Germany has 6 U-boats in Kiel but troops needs to be railed to east)

Italian subs to East Med box 2, Cape St. Vincent box 2 and North Atlantic box 1.

Japan 1 CP to South China Sea, trans and CL with MTN and INF div to Hanoi.

Italians initiates combat in every possible sea area.

East Med Axis 6, Allies 9. No combat.
Cape St. Vincent Axis 5, Allies 8. No combat.
North Atlantic Axis 9, Allies 6. No combat.

On the Italian controlled hexes in France. If Italy did capture those hexes before Vichy was declared, those hexes will stay Italian and are not given to Germany when Vichy was declared:

Control of occupied France is as per 13.7.1 except that all hexes controlled by
French units become controlled by the Axis major power installing the
Vichy government.