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Picture from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #3 (Axis) - DOW

Picture from Mar/Apr '42 Impulse #3 (Axis) - DOW

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Land: Germany, Japan
Combined: Italy
Naval:

Japan bombs the Australian TRS in Perth.

Both sides roll a 10 for surprise, and CW get two completely useless surprise points. Increasing the AA table does nothing at all. Still no AA roll, and using them to reduce damage just removes a couple of aborts. Bah. (annoyed with that even though my side benefits )

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

The TRS is disorganized.

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

An Italian troop convoy (BB + 3 CA + CL + 2 TRS + MIL + GARR) leave La Spezia for the Western Mediterranean 2-box.

Will CW search in the West Med?

Both sides rolled a 10, the surprise points did nothing, and the TRS wound up disorganized?

I feel like I'm watching McHale's Navy, or some other WW II comedy. I visualize the crews of the transports falling off their ships as they try to watch the bombs falling in the (very) far distance.

Courtenay wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:23 pm Both sides rolled a 10, the surprise points did nothing, and the TRS wound up disorganized?

I feel like I'm watching McHale's Navy, or some other WW II comedy. I visualize the crews of the transports falling off their ships as they try to watch the bombs falling in the (very) far distance.

That is the way of port strikes. It is the difference between the dies that makes the difference.

No search

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Japan bombs Kunming. Production there halted, and one oil depot is set on fire.

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

No ground strikes.

Rail Movement:

Italy:
MTN Damascus -> Rome

Germany:
HQI + INF Krasnodar region -> La Spezia
MECh Div West Germany -> Penza

Japan:
INF DIV Sian->Canton
HQI 6(2)3 Res hex NE,E of Nanning

Land movement:

Germany + Italy:
- AG von Bock continue to besiege Archangelsk.
- AG Rommel encircle Timoshenko, and prepares to attack the two isolated Soviet armies.
- AG Guderian march towards Astrakhan, and prepare to besiege the city.
- AG Rundstedt moves northwards to reinforce AGC, and Rommel, on their march towards Ural.
- AG von Leeb is disbanded as he is transferred to the Mediterranean front.
- AG Balbo encircle the retreating Soviet 2nd Red Banner Army.
- AG Mannerheim prepares to attack the outer Leningrad defences.
- AG Inonu opens up some railway lines south of the Caucasus.
- Minor movement in Western Europe.
- Graziani relocate his HQ to Damascus
- The Chilean Uhlan Cavalry march north towards the US bridgehead in La Serena.

Japan:
China North
HQI 5(3)2-> Sian

China South
ENG 1-3 -> Wenchow
HQI 7(3)4->SW,W
INF 5-4 ->SW
AA 2-3 ->SE
MTN 4-4 near Pakhoi ->W,W,W

French Indo-China
INF 7-3 Hanoi -> NW,NW,NW
TER 3-2 Hanoi -> NW,NW
MIL 3-3 ->NW,Ne

NEI Force
MAR DIV 1-4 W,SW,SW,SW
INF 5-2 ->Batavia

Burma Force
INF DIV ->NW,NE,NE,NE Oil Res hex
HQI 8(4)3 -> NE,NW,NW

Debark:
Germany:
GARR + MIL -> Oran
Japan:
CAV Div -> Pusan

Invasion:
Japan:
MAR -> Islands in the Ganges/Brahmaputra delta
MAR Div -> Guam

2 BB, and one CL, add 3,5 points in shore bombardment to the Japanese MAR invading in Eastern India.

Germany makes 4 attacks in USSR.

One FTR3 provide two points in ground support for the attack on the MOT.

USSR has one LND4 that can support three of the attacked units.

Germany has one FTR2 that can reach two of the combats.

Will USSR add any defensive support?

Save sent for defensive GS.

No support

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Final odds.

A couple of SUBs gets overrun when Japan liberates Guam.

Japan captured both SUBs at Guam (1, 1 rolled).

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

One loss each at the gates of Leningrad.