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Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Japan aligns French Indo-China. one US marker added (7).

Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined:
Naval:
Air: Italy

No Port Strikes. No Naval Air. No strategic bombing.

Ground Strike:

Japan:
NAV2 N Siam -> HQI in hex 97,12 in Burma.

Germany:
LND2 Viipuri -> Leningrad

Italy:
2 LND3 -> Ryazan

Edit: Wrong picture added.

One unit hit by the four ground strikes.

Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Rail Movement:
KQA Köningsberg -> 37,55 ( a few hexes NE Novgorod)
INF Munich -> Novgorod

Germany:

Finnish front:
Finnish MECH is transfered to AG Guderian.

USSR North:
AG Prince Paul continue the siege of Leningrad.
Newly created AG Guderian send its special forces into Karelia in hunt for the elusive Soviet third division.,

USSR Central:
AG Badoglio begin outflanking the Moscow line to the noth.
AG Rundstedt orders an assault on Ryazan, in an attempt to create a breach through the Soviet line.
AG Rommel is transfered as support to AG Rundstedt.

USSR South:
The three AGs here (AG von Bock + AG von Leeb + AG Antonescu) change their stance to defence.

Other fronts: Minor adjustment in Denmark

Invasion:
Japan:
INF Div -> Brunei

Germany makes two attacks.
1) Against the Soviet Div in Karelia.
2) Assault Ryazan. HQ support is used. Current odds is 49:7, or +14. Germany has two winterised units that can be utilized in the attack. Hungary has one FTR2 available for intercept. Any Soviet air added?
DefGroundSupport

Fly the PE-2 escorted by the I-16. Land both in Moscow. If Russian fighter affected and Pe-2 still remains, fight to get through until its affected as well.

The Soviet air force continue to impress.

Odds before winterized has been added. Germany use that in both attacks.

Begin with the assault on Ryazan.

Ryazan is liberated. Note that the shattered unit is destroyed as no retreat was possible.

Assault,or blitz?

blitz

Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:

Germany:
FTR2 NW D-town -> Ryazan
LND2 Bryansk -> Ryazan
LND2 Ukraine -> W Voronezh

Italy:
FTR2 locally Sicily
NAV3 Greece -> Nikolayev
FTR2 E Kursk -> NW Kalinin
FTR2 NW Kharkov-> NW Ryazan
FTR2 Trieste -> S Germany

Reorganization:

Japan:
ATR3 -> INF E Mandalay

Germany:
HQA -> Three units of the Ryazan assault force

Italy:
HQI -> 2 LND3 Smolensk region

Back to Allies. Have fun.
4thJPBJ 128 ND 41 Allied 7

Naval actions for USA and UK. Land for USSR, pass for FF.

The UK complete rebuilding their convoy lines. The USA extends its convoy lines to the Free French Home country to fulfill its trade agreements with then.

The UK do pick up their infantry division and move it to the 4-box next to Madagascar.

You can intercept this strategic bombing on Essen. Intercept?

Intecept, target bomber, stay until end, land whence.

Allies abort after one round.

The USSR fall back around Moscow and the gap in their lines to the North. In the South they hold they ground and launch a counterattack on the Kiel militia. Do you wish to support this attack?

The Soviets have a 3 strength AA gun in the attack along with two winterized units. The 5-strength Mig fighter can intercept.

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Weather "improves" to rain in the Arctic and North Temperate.