Rematch 4 player game (Orm, Peskpesk, jjdenver and Mayhemizer)

[Orm]

5 units are disorganized.

[Orm]

Air Rebase:

Japan:
FTR2 (Shanghai) -> 71,153 (Korea)
NV2 (Sian) -> 76,135

Germany:
FTR2 (Kiev) -> 46,54
FTR 48,35->48,38
ATR SW Warsaw->SE Pskov

Italy:
LND3 (51,55) -> 47,52
KND3 (45,50) -> 52,56

Germany reorganize two MECH.


Picture from Sep/Oct '41 Impulse #7 (Axis) - Reorganization

[Orm]

Turn continues on a roll of 9. (1 to end)

The weather turns fine.

[jjdenver]

41 SO i9 (allied):
CW combined, SU land

Naval
CA with INF div from Liverpool to North Sea box 3.
AMPH, CV, all BBs from Plymouth to North Sea box 3 loading MAR.
US TRS San Diego -> Christmas Island embark NAV2

Strat bomb
2 LND4's raid Ploesti 14+1 roll a 1 and miss completely

[jjdenver]

SO 41 i9 continued:

Rail
Tula fact -> Tiflis
Stalingrad MIL -> Smolensk
MIL Auckland -> Wellington

Land move
MIL in India 2 south
China reshuffle lines, move 2-2 Kunming MIL east out of remote mountains
SU pull Zhukov back from forest SE of Kiev, place strong defensive stack SE of Vitebsk, 5-4 into Swamp near Timoshenko

Intrepid CW MAR corp and DIV invade Frederikshavn. Will Italy use notional? There is a lot of shore bombardment avail so it seems yes? Also pick blitz or asslt if you are able to make that decision now. If not it can wait of course.

[jjdenver]

Royal Marines manage to get ashore and stay ashore despite losses in tough fighting vs the Italian V Infantry corp.



Rebase
Longrange Spitfire to east coast of UK.
MIG-1 Kiev area to Smolensk area

Reorg
Yeremenko re-orgs 2 INF, 1 MIL near Vitebsk/Smolensk

Turn ends on a 1 roll with <4 or less chance. No partisans, U.S. picks chit v JP but doesn't play any options.

[Orm]

Light losses for the turn.

[Orm]

We have a serious bug here. Somehow, the CV Illustrious, though disorganized, managed to send its CVP to the North Sea last impulse. See picture above with the orange CVP1 with 3 in naval air. And that cause trouble with return to base with just one CVP alone at sea, even though it is listed as being aboard the carrier.

[Orm]

And here is HMS Illustrious, disorganized, in port. Missing the offending CVP that was stacked on her at the beginning of last impulse. Note that the offending CVP is shown both at sea or in port.

[Orm]

Axis end of turn:

Preliminary planning:
Germany - 30 production points - 30 BPs.
Italy - 11 production points - 11 BPs. Save oil in Turin, and Milan.
Japan - 16 production points - 16 BPs.
Vichy France - 3 production points - 16 BPs. (plus 3 saved BPs on the map)

Stay at sea:
The following units stay at sea.

Germany:
East Med: CP
Baltic Sea: 4 x CPs.

All 4 Vichy CPs stay at sea.

Italy:
Italian Coast: CP

Japan:
Japanese Coast: 2 x CP
China Sea: 9 x CP
South China Sea: 4 x CP
Bismarck Sea: CP


Return to Base:

Germany:
Faeroes Gap: 2 x SUB -> Brest
Baltic Sea: FTR2 -> 44.38 (NW Copenhagen); 2 x BB + TRS -> Kiel
North Atlantic: 2 x SUB -> Brest
Arctic Ocean: FTR2 -> 20,53
East Med: FTR2 + NAV3 -> 75,40 (Sicily)
Italian Coast: FTR2 -> 73,37 (Sicily)

Vichy France:
-

Italy:
East Med: 2 x CA -> La Spezia
Italian Coast: BB + CA -> La Spezia
Norwegian Sea: 3 x SUB -> Hamburg

Japan:
China Sea: 2 x CA + TRS -> Fukuoka


Use Oil:

Germany:
All units, except 2 x BB + TRS + 2 x CP + ATR3, are reorganized for 2 oil (2.45). Use 1 oil in Berlin, and 1 in Budapest.

Italy:
All units are reorganized for 1 oil (1.3). Use 1 oil in Rome.

Japan:
NAV3 + TRS + CA (Maya) are reorganized for 0 oil (0.4).

Vichy France:
No reorganization needed.

Breakdown: -

Prod plan Final:
Germany - No changes needed - 30 BPs
Italy - No changes needed - 11 BPs
Japan - No changes should be needed - 16 BPs
Vichy France - No changes should be needed - 16 BPs

Scrap:
-

Production:
Germany (30):
MIL
GARR
INF
MOT
ART (4)
FTR3
NAV3
2 x Pilot
MECH

Italy (11):
HQI
FTR2
Pilot
2 x SUB (Repair)

Japan (16):
MIL
GARR
TRS (2nd)
SUB 4465 (2nd)
NAV3
CVP1
Pilot
CP

Vichy France (16 +3):
Save 4 BP in Lyons, 4 BP in Marseilles, 3 BP in Nice, 3 BP in Touloun, 3 BP in Toulouse, and 2 BP in Vichy.

Factory destruction: -

Reinforcements:

Germany:
FTR2 (FW 190A-2) -> Königsberg
FTR2 (FW 190A-1) -> Kiel
GARR -> Königsberg
2 x INF + MTN Div -> Kiel

Italy:
2 x NAV3 -> Genoa
CA -> La Spezia

Japan:
CVP1 (D3A1 - 4 range) -> CVL (Chiyoda) (being placed in Fukuoka)
CVL (Chiyoda) -> Fukuoka
BB -> Tokyo

Voluntary Resource Lending:
Modified; Germany -> Italy: 8 resources, (1 oil, minimum) + 2 BP

Axis goes first if we win the initiative. No re-roll.

[Courtenay]

Did you get the CVP bug straightened out?

[jjdenver]

I replayed the impulse and left the CV in port to avoid the bug. This is of course not ideal.

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Turn end Allies

Prelim prod
China 2 BPs + 1 BP saved last turn
CW 21 BPs (9 oils out of 11 in are UK burned for production) and saves 13 oils elsewhere (problems with traded BP and resources to USSR, solved (ignored) because CW is supposed throw away 2 BPs to compensate CPs created by bug)
Free France 0
US 21 BPs save 1 oil


Stay at sea and RTB

USSR
Both SUBs in Baltic returns to Leningrad.
FTR from Arctic Ocean lands near Archangel.

US
TRS -> Pago Pago with NAV2

CW
Only one BB stays in North Sea.
Escorts stay in seas.
TRS to Liverpool.
TRS to Cape Town.
TRS and INF to Singapore.

Free France
2x CA to port in Caribbean.


Oil use
CW reorg all for 4,8 oil.
FF reorg all for free.
US reorg CP, NAV2, TRS, 2 BB's for free.
USSR reorg all for 1 oil.


Breakdown
USSR breakdown 5-6 MECH into 1-5 MOTDIV and 2-6 MECHDIV.


Production

China 3
Save all 3 BPs.

CW 21
TRS (2nd)
3x CP (and discarding 2 BPs to compensate CPs created by bug)
BB (1st)
Sub (2nd)
INF div
2x Pilot
CVP1
FTR3

US 21
TRS (1st)
BB (2nd)
AMPH (2nd)
CP
2x Pilot
INF
NAV2
CVP1

USSR 26
2x Pilott
2X ftr2
CAV
INF
GAR
Save 11 BPs


Reinforcements

China
CAV to Chunking

CW
FTR2 London
2x CP Belfast
CP to Bombay

US
GAR Philadelphia
INF New York
BB Indiana San Diego
BB North Carolina Norfolk

USSR
GAR Gomel
INF Smolensk


Axis win initiative and goes first in fine weather everywhere.

[Orm]

Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

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

No port strikes.

Germany fly one FTR2 to the North Sea 2-box (from Kiel).
Italy fly one NAV2 to the North Sea 2-box (from Bordeaux).

The Italian naval bombers begin searching for HMS Nelson. Will CW support the BB with any air? CW has 3 FTR2 that can reach up to the 1-box, and several bombers that can reach up to the 3-box (one on extended range).



Picture from Nov/Dec '41 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Naval Combat

[Mayhemizer_slith]

No planes thank you. They will arrive next impulse [;)]

If BB is aborted, to Plymouth.

[Orm]

No combat in the North Sea. Both sides roll 5.

[Orm]

The Japanese air force has been challenged to do something about the Chinese production.

So their Strategic Air Force begin operation Broken Keel by sending their elite squadrons to bomb Chungking.

[Orm]

Picture from Nov/Dec '41 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Strategic Bombing

[Orm]

And the elite bomber formation does not disappoint. Phase one of Broken Keel is a complete success.


Picture from Nov/Dec '41 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Strategic Bombing

[Orm]

Nov/Dec '41
Impulse #1 (Axis)

Germany, and Italy, flies 6 bombers on three ground strike missions on the central front in Belarus, USSR. See picture.

The Soviet Union has two fighters available for interception.

Germany, and Italy, has 4 FTR2, and one FTR3, available for counter-interception?

Will USSR intercept any of the ground strikes?


Picture from Nov/Dec '41 Impulse #1 (Axis) - Ground Strike