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The northen attack goes well for Japan.

The southern attack also goes well for Japan.

Air Rebase:

Italy:
NAV2 (30,48) -> Odessa
LND4 (Trieste) -> 67,52

Germany
FTR2 73,37 -> 74,39
LND3 Kiev -> Trapani

No Reorg

Situation in China after Japan's last attacks, looks grim.

With those die rolls, retreat was not possible! [:)]

However, if any units had survived, then yes, retreat would have been possible for both stacks.

42 MA i7 (allies):
CW,CH,SU land impulse

naval moves:
Solomons & Bismarck Sea cp's have sentry turned off so they can RTB at EOT to Pago and Pearl respectively
1cp Pearl -> Mexican Coast sz (sentry then turned off on existing cp there so it can RTB at EOT)
1cp Pago -> (sentry turned off so it can RTB at EOT)
As the mood finally starts to move toward war in mid or late 42, the U.S. will stop transporting the Philippine resource to the U.S.
CA Norfolk -> New York

CW Hampden strat bombs Berlin with success.

42 MA i7 (allies) continued:
2 ground strikes by Red Army artillery



rail:
Kursk fact -> Krasnoyarsk
CW INF Baghdad -> Archangel
US ENG San Diego -> New York

land moves:
CW TER Kuwait into Iraq
MIL Palestine east into Transjordan
TER Nagpur north to fight parti
MIL toward Nagpur
MOT south from Agra to fight parti

SU shuffles units around in mostly rainy weather
chicom moves GAR out of city and INF into city in China
natchi falls back to the final production cities Chengtu and Chungking

42 MA i7 allied (cont):
The anti-partisan campaign in India draws to a close with one final assault spearheaded by the British XI Motorized Corp south of Agra. I assumed assault because blitz doesn't make any sense here.



rebase:
NAV2 Plymouth -> 1 hex east
Lagg-3 from near Kiev to near
Mig-3 near d-town rebases 1 hex north

42 MA i7 Allies (cont):
Turn continues on a 10 EOT roll and weather is a 4.

Mar/Apr '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land: Germany
Combined: Italy, Japan
Naval:

No port strikes.

Naval Air
Germany
Lnd3 Trapani->E-Med 0-Box

Naval Movement:
Japan:
AMPH (Fukuoka) -> Canton
TRS (Fukuoka) -> Truk

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail Moves:

Germany:
Mot Konigsberg->La Spezia
Mec Konigsberg->La Spezia
Mtn Div Aarhus->Athens

Italy:
ART (60,26) -> Aarhus

Japan:
MIL (Chengchow) -> Sian

Land Movement:

Japan:
MIL (Chiengmai) -> 97,126
MAR (90,141) -> Canton
HQI (87,135) -> 89,137

Italy:
TERR (Mogadishu) -> 115,71
TERR (Bardia) -> Tobruk

Over to Germany for the 2nd part of Axis impulse.

Land Movement continued

Germany:
Shuffels a few units around on the Eastern front.

Air Rebase:

Japan:
FTR2 (76,135) -> 106,132
LND3 (Sian) -> 103,132
NAV2 (82,135) -> Hanoi

Italy:
NAV2 (Odessa) -> 80,48
LND3 (Lubeck) -> Trapani
LND3 (Pskov) -> Odessa

Germany:
FTR3 Konginsberg->39,54
LND2 47,52->41,52
FTR2 43,52->44,53

No reorganization.

EOT less than 4 -> 8

M/A 42 Allied 12

No DoW

CW naval, USSR and China land, others combined.


Naval move

CW
Escorts to seas (also to Faeroes Gap).

CW CV and CA enter Faeroes Gap. Will Italians intercept?

Yes, please.

On roll 6 intercept fails. Ships sail to Norwegian Sea box 3
CP leaves Norwegian Sea
One more CA to Norwegian Sea

Empty TRS from Africa to SW Indian Ocean
Empty AMPH to Scapa Flow
The Queens with INF from Perth to Tasmanian Sea
TRS to Timor Sea picking up TERR from Australia

CP to North Sea
CP to North Atlantic

2x Sub to BoB box 0

2x CA from Caribbean to The Solomons box 0


Naval combat

CW initiates in Norwegian Sea.

Both miss (Allied 9, Axis 3). It was good to take CP away from sea area.

Italy can initiate in Faeroes Gap if they like.

One more naval move to mention:

US sends TRS loaded with CVP to sea area near Pearl Harbor.

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer_slith

Italy can initiate in Faeroes Gap if they like.

No, thank you.

File back to JJ for USSR moves.

42 MA i12 (cont):
Bad weather sees the Red Army move a few units around, China puts a 4 defense INF into Chengtu. Turn ends on a 5 roll.

No partisans.

US picks 1 chit v GE, 1 v JP and finally is able to pass war appropriations - moving 1 chit to tension vs GE/IT.
Huzzah.

ORIGINAL: jjdenver

42 MA i12 (cont):
Bad weather sees the Red Army move a few units around, China puts a 4 defense INF into Chengtu. Turn ends on a 5 roll.

No partisans.

US picks 1 chit v GE, 1 v JP and finally is able to pass war appropriations - moving 1 chit to tension vs GE/IT.
Huzzah.

Believe it or not, M/A '42 is supposed to be the "average" turn the US passes the War Appropriations bill It always feels late to me, but that is what I have heard. I have seen the US pass WA much earlier, but never much later, so I, personally am not at all sure of that average statement.