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No, thank you.

Axis find 1-10.

How do you wish to fly the below planes?

Put them all as fighters.

Axis will save 3 points for now.

Start of Air to Air looks like this. Allied order good?

Sure.

Will Allies stay for round II?

Sure.

Allies score AX PX. Your choice?

Front bomber. Allies stay.

Allies score AA, picked Erone for you. I aborted Air to Air for you.
I'm pretty sure you will stay in zone now that there are no bombers flying for Axis.

Going to round II searches

Indeed. Thank you.

One of the weirdest air to air combats I've seen.

Second round of searches missed.
Do you wish to intercept the strategic bombing of Chungking?

The Axis can counter with the 6 strength Reisen in picture.

Yes, plz. Return to Capital after combat.

Allies score AC, Axis AA.

The Japanese pilots find their mark.
The Germans flip the Mountain in Oslo with a ground strike.

Orm wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:31 pm One of the weirdest air to air combats I've seen.

Seemed fairly normal to me. My experience is that the player with the lower air-to-air factor often has far superior results.

Courtenay wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 4:06 pm

Orm wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:31 pm One of the weirdest air to air combats I've seen.

Seemed fairly normal to me. My experience is that the player with the lower air-to-air factor often has far superior results.

It is indeed so that the inferior side often wins air combats. However, I was seriously outgunned here, and managed to get all 3 bombers to be sent home without any losses of my own. No losses, combined with getting all three of his bombers at -4, or -5, feels both weird, and rare, to me.

Anyway. I feel very lucky in getting out of that one so lightly.

One had to wonder what those German fools were doing there. Will have to chalk it up to Goering giving bizarre instructions so that the fighters decided to NOT escort the bombers to their destination and let those frickin' Gladiators have a field day. Revenge of the ancient Gladiator(s)!

No rail moves.

Germans close up around Bayonne while armored and mech forces move elsewhere. Finnish forces advance into Norway. Germany debarks units next to Oslo for an attack while the Engineer lands in Helsinki.

Japan advances their Armor Westward into the Forest. Some units advance across the river in central China mountains. Terauchi advances out of the mountains to the west. General shuffling around the encircled units in China.

One attack on Oslo. Do the Allies wish to fly air support? Germany has a 6 strength fighter to counter.

No Ground Support. Thx. Allies pick assault, MIL first loss.

Italy rebases the BA.65 to Bourdeaux. Japan moves their D3A2 to central China.

No reorganization. Fine weather continues. Impulse sent