Mar/Apr 1940
France
Once again weather is not very helpful, as snow reigns across Western Europe. As a result, although the Axis wins the initiative roll, for the third turn in a row they give the initiative to the Allies.
With the line somewhat holding, the CW does a naval to start the turn. Among other things, they move a TRS into the Bay of Biscay to pick up a 2-4 AT gun, destined for Egypt. They also are able to pick up the Belgian 5-3 INF in Belgian Congo and move to the UK as a garrison force. One thing, especially as a CW player, you need to keep track of are where different nation's troops can go. Long story short, minor nation forces can be repositioned to Major Power home countries or non-nation territories like Gibraltar, Malta, or the Maldives. Major power forces can go most anywhere else within their own possessions. This results in a bit of a shuffle dance where I move TERRs to UK or India, while moving home country units to possessions like Egypt or Burma for example. Enemy nations are also places where you can bring both sets of forces as well, so that is also a strategy.
The CW also wants to reinforce Gibraltar, so a newly arrive 3-2 MIL unit from Cape Town is moved there.
Since the CW is still not at war with Italy, but could be soon, they post a Vildebeest NAV into the Western Med.
CW also Strat Bombs Germany with their Wellesley bomber, but misses. The rest of their air is waiting to provide ground support if the Germans should launch attacks on the BEF.
On the Axis's first impulse, they take a chance, and throw 2 Stukas with escort at the clear hex East of Reims, France, disrupting the 4-5 MOT and 4-3 INF there. France throws up their air force, and a MS406 FTR is shot down, pilot survives.
The land combat is a blitz with Rundstedt HQ support and a PARA drop, the Germans are throwing everything they can at this and they succeed, shattering both French units. They really wanted kills here but shatters will have to do.
Here is the situation after the first impulse.
