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Germany send up their two available fighters.

The first round of air combat is inconclusive, and all units remain for round two.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Ground Strike

Second round goes better for Germany...

No luck for Germany at Lodz.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Ground Strike

Better result for Germany at Paris.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Ground Strike

And the Japanese ground strike is an success. [X(] [:)]


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Ground Strike

In pretty much every MWiF AAR I have ever read, the Japanese always immediately send their MARines deep into China. When I play the Japanese, I always hold them for a strategic reserve vs. USSR. Meanwhile one thing I want quite a bit as the Axis is a Russian DOW on Japan. Or as a second choice, a Russian (only) DOW on Persia.

But I am starting to think that maybe sending the Imperial Guard into China could help bait a Russian attack on Manchuria. On the other hand, maybe what I really want the most is that Russian attack on Persia. Which always brings me right back to holding the 2 MAR.

Yet none of that ever happens in one of these AARs.

ORIGINAL: brian brian

In pretty much every MWiF AAR I have ever read, the Japanese always immediately send their MARines deep into China. When I play the Japanese, I always hold them for a strategic reserve vs. USSR. Meanwhile one thing I want quite a bit as the Axis is a Russian DOW on Japan. Or as a second choice, a Russian (only) DOW on Persia.

But I am starting to think that maybe sending the Imperial Guard into China could help bait a Russian attack on Manchuria. On the other hand, maybe what I really want the most is that Russian attack on Persia. Which always brings me right back to holding the 2 MAR.

Yet none of that ever happens in one of these AARs.

I think that has to do with the unified map. The war in China gives both sides more tactical room, which makes the use of the marines in China far more effective if you compare it with the map of the boardgame.

ORIGINAL: brian brian

In pretty much every MWiF AAR I have ever read, the Japanese always immediately send their MARines deep into China. When I play the Japanese, I always hold them for a strategic reserve vs. USSR. Meanwhile one thing I want quite a bit as the Axis is a Russian DOW on Japan. Or as a second choice, a Russian (only) DOW on Persia.

But I am starting to think that maybe sending the Imperial Guard into China could help bait a Russian attack on Manchuria. On the other hand, maybe what I really want the most is that Russian attack on Persia. Which always brings me right back to holding the 2 MAR.

Yet none of that ever happens in one of these AARs.

In several of my MWIF games the option for Japan to fight over Persia has been limited. The MWIF Soviet-Japanese peace has not yet been implemented, and this has caused us to begin several games with a Japanese-Soviet pact thus eliminating the need for reserves for Persia.

In some of the other games the Soviet forces has chosen to ignore Persia and focus their main effort on Manchuria straight away. As Japan I didn't mind provoking this by sending the Japanese marines into the interior of China. This, however, backfired as other events didn't go as expected.

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Rail Movement:
Germany:
INF Div (Krakow) -> La Spezia

Land Movement:

Italy:
INF Div 67, 34 -> Ajaccio
MTN 57,31 -> 58,32

Japan:
MIL Kyoto->Kobe
MIL Hiroshima->Fukuoka
TER Harbin->61,155
TER >61,155->62,157
MIL Kirin->63,155
MOT 74,141->74,143
WAR Taiyuan->71,142
HQI 73,143->73,144
MIL Nanking->Suchow
MIL Hangchow->82,147
ART 84,143->85,143
ART Changsha-> 85,145
INF Changsha->Nanchang-
MIL 84,143->Changsha
MAR Nanchang-> 84,147
INF 86,143 -> 85,145
INF 5-4 86,142 -> 85,145
INF 6-3 86,142 -> 88,140
HQI Changsha -> 85,144
GAR 91,141->90,140
ART 89,142->91,140
MAR DIV 88,140->89,140

Germany:
The HQI in Poland move one hex to the south.
1st Infantry Korps advance southeastwards from the Paris area towards Aquitaine.
Army group von Bock concentrate on Paris.
Army group von Rundstedt concentrate their panzers on the western portion of the Metz pocket.

Debark:
Japan:
MIL China Sea->Tientsin

Japan makes one automatic attack in southern China.

Germany makes one automatic attack against units in the Metz pocket.

Germany assaults Paris. Engineers support the attack and thereby negates the negative city modifier.

German panzer formations destroys a couple of formations in the Metz pocket.

The Chinese 14the Army is eliminated by the Japanese forces. The lack of Chinese supply is the key factor to the Chinese rout.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Land Combat

Paris is captured.

The only French unit that could retreat, and thus avoiding being destroyed is the AT. Hence it is the shattered unit


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #5 (Axis) - Land Combat

The French fighter in Paris is overrun and destroyed.

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #5 (Axis)

Air Rebase:
Japan:
Nav2 Nagoya-> Haichow

No reorganization.

Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #6 (Allies) - DOW

Turn 3. Allies #6.
No war or alignments.

USSR land
China land
US combined
CW naval
France combined

Port attacks:
None

Naval air:
None

Naval movement:
France sends an INF from Syria to French Somaliland
CW ships a MOT from Bristol towards South Africa
CW ships a MOT from the North Sea to Gibraltar
CW sends a MECH and HQ INF from the North Sea to Liverpool
CWs send a sizeable fleet to the Western Med

Naval combat:
Allies does not initiate anywhere.


Axis can initiate in the western Med.
Do you wish to?
We will assume no and move on but we keep a save in case we are wrong.

It is indeed a no on initiating combat in the West Med.

Turn 3. Allies #6. Continued.

Strategic bombardment:
A Whitley bombs Essen


A Wellesley bombs Hanover


A Harrow bombs Hamburg.


Groundstrikes:
None

Rail movement:
USSR rails a MECH to Siberia from Europe.

Land movement:
China consolidates their defenses in the south and the offensive in the north is aborted


France tries to defend the south of France


USSR moves in to strike against Harbin in Manchuria


Land combat:

The russians attack Harbin 22:2. It is automatic but the japanese can fly their Ki-30 to support.
Zhukov does not support the attack.
How does the Japanese want proceed?

No, thx