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Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #6. USSR, Europe.

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #6. USSR, Asia.

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Allied #6. CW. Naval Reorg. Arabian Sea.

Turn 18. Jul/Aug 1942. Axis #7. Weather.

JA42 i7 Axis:
Germany takes a land. Japan and Italy take combined actions.
First up, a CVP in the Coral Sea port strikes Port Villa and the US BB there.
Search rolls of 5/7 result in the Japanese having 2 surprise points. They are used to move the attack up a column to D 2A.
I missed imaging the damage roll, but it was a 3, and the battleship was damaged.

JA42 i7 Naval Combat.
The Japanese moved a CA to the Tasman Sea and the New Zealand Coast.
The Italians move the Gibraltar fleet (2 BB and a CA) to the E. Med 3-box.
The Axis will not initiate in the W. Med, S. China Sea, The Solomons, and the Mendocino sea zones.
In the Arabian Sea the search rolls of 10/4 result in no contact.
In the Tasman Sea the poor convoys had no chance on rolls of 1/10.

In the New Zealand coast, search rolls of 1/3 result in the Japanese having 6 SP.
They choose a surface battle and use 2 SP to move up a column and 3 SP to choose the first target.
The JP CA takes two A results (passes the first damage roll for a 1/2 A and I decide to have it leave the zone and leave the subs).
The first allied target is the CP (chosen by the Japanese). The US CA makes it's damage control roll and needs to abort.
For sake of timeliness, I'll abort it to Pearl. You can move it later if you wish.

In the East Med rolls of 4/2 result in both sides finding. The CW has 2 surprise points.
It is a surface battle and you could use the 2 SP to move up the axis damage to 2D 1A or move down the allied damage to 2D 1A.
Which would you prefer?
I also assume you will stay for a round 2.

I'll use the 2 SP's to move up damage to axis to 2D and 1A.

Ok, I assumed you apply your results to the weakest (Naval factor units first).
1 CW CA sunk, 2 IT vessels damaged. See image below

Round 2 searches were 4/8 (only axis found) in following posts

Round 2: Italy had 4 SP. Surface. Spend 2 SP to decrease their damage column to ne and 2 SP to increase the allied damage to 2D 3A. Damaged one CA and aborted the other.

Round 3 searches of 8/10 ended the combat. I aborted the two CW CA to Suez, though one goes onto the repair pool. He can be adjusted later if you wish him to be elsewhere.

Next up is the BoB (the last one for this impulse).
The axis do not add any planes to the sea zone.
The image below shows the options for the allies. Nothing can reach the 3-box, but they can reach the 0-box.
Will you react any out to the sea zone?

RAF Whirlwind, both Beau-fighters and US P-38F fighter to the 1-box. Any that can't reach to the 0-box.

In BoB search rolls of 9/3 result in the allies 3-box finding with 8 surprise points. You could avoid or engage. If you engage please provide instructions.

Avoid please.

Off to bed now. [>:] [>:] [>:] [>:]

JA42 i7: Ground Strikes, just two.

JA42 i7: Axis Land Attacks
There are 5 declared land attacks, all in Russia.
No German ground support nor HQ support.
Russian ground support shown along with possible axis interceptors.
I'll make the attacks in forest and clear blitz's and assume you'll make the swamp and cities assaults.
Any interceptions?

No intercepts. No support. [:(]

The 5 attacks all resulted in modified 23's.
First 3 in this image.

Last two in this image.