AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back.

[AllenK]

No effect from AA fire. Final damage potential. X to the CP's?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

X on CP. You can place all A's.

Japs stay for more.

[AllenK]

Round 1 to the Japanese.

[AllenK]

Round 2

Searches Allies 3, Axis 7.

Allies have 7 surprise points. They elect for all 3 CVP's to fly as bombers. How do the Japs wish to fly?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Both as fighters thanks, 3 range as front fighter. Japanese planes fights to the end.

[AllenK]

The Japs aren't giving up without a fight. Bomber or Fighter?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Bomber thanks.

[AllenK]

Final outcome.

[AllenK]

AA fire: Lowest 1 of 5 gets 8, 5, 8, 9, 4. The hudson and one of the CVP's are negated.

Well, there's a surprise [:(], the CV escapes with an Abort. Where to?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Phew, close call one might say. Japs abort to Midway.

[AllenK]

China Sea: The Chinese sub initiates combat. No air support is flown. The Japs can fly 2 Ki-27's. Do either wish to?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

The one in Japan fly to box 0, thank you.

The other one will fly to south china sea box 0.

[AllenK]

Thinking about that last combat, I should have used surprise points to choose Surface. Anyhow ...

Searches: Allies 10, Axis 8. NE.
Arabian Sea: A sub initiates combat and the Allies commit the 2 present. Searches Allied 4, Axis 8. NE
South China Sea: The Dutch sub initiates combat and the Jap Ftr flies to the 0-box. Searches Allied 4, Axis 8. NE.
East Indian Ocean: CA initiates combat. Searches Allied 3, Axis 3. Allied fire has some effect. Japan is NE. Fight or flight?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Abort thanks, any port is OK because ship is damaged.

[AllenK]

Italian Coast: Declined.
Marianas: Sub initiates combat. Japs can fly a Nav from Kwajelein and Ftr from Wake to the 3-box. Any takers?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

No thank you.

[AllenK]

Searches Allies 4, Axis 1. Both find. A Jap CL is aborted. Allied losses are NE. Fight or flight?

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Japs stay. CL abort later to Truk.

[AllenK]

Searches Allied 9, Axis 10. NE.

Another disappointing Allied naval combat round splutters to it's anti-climax.

Zhukov and an Art rail out of Korea to towards the Urals.

Chinese Cav advances onto Hainan. Chungking Mil moves towards Nanking.

Soviets begin a retreat in the South.

Soviets rebase a Lnd to the Urals area. Chinese rebase their Ftr south. CW rebases a Nav from Liverpool to Plymouth. US loads a CVP onto CV at San Diego and rebases a CVP from Long Beech to SD.

Nimitz reorgs the Trans and a CL at Pearl.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Excuse me? What is going on???

CW has TRANS and AMPH loaded with MAR and INF in Bay of Biscay, box 1 though. And US has 2x AMPH and 2x INF in Belfast, US trying to declare war on Germany... Looks like there will be preemptive DoW on US just in case...