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No combat in the Christmas Island. Axis 3, Allies 5.

Next up is the Mozambique Channel.

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #1 (Axis)

No combat in the Mozambique Channel. Axis 6, Allies 7.

Next up is the Azanian Sea.

And no combat in the Azanian Sea. Axis 7, Allies 2.

Next up is the NZ Coast. Will USA use their naval bomber here? See picture in post #2239

JJ is offline so I decide to fly NAV to box 0.

Japan sinks the US CP. (Axis 1, Allies 7. 4 surprise points are used to make it an submarine combat, and 2 points are used to negate the A on the SUB. The following round the SUB avoids combat. I assume that the US naval bomber remains in the sea area.

There will now be a break for errands and lunch and so on. Hope to continue this afternoon.

Over to Germany for the second part of our impulse.

Ground Strike
Lnd2 try to hit CW Gar -> 4 Miss

Rail Move
MIL Salonica -> La Rochelle

Land Movement
Some shuffling along the Russian front and in France

Rebase

Germany
FTR2 Köningsberg->54,56
LND3 Novgorod->28,54
FTR2 54,31->57,25

Italy:
LND3 (45.49) -> 53,29
FTR2 (Genoa) -> 61,26
FTR2 Kiev -> 54,57

Japan:

NAV2 (80,133) -> Chefoo
NAV2 (Kweiyang) -> 106,127 (Siam)

No reorganization.

J/A 42 Allied 2

No DoW.

CW, FF and US naval, USSR land.

Naval
US
AMPH from Belfast to USEC picking up 6-3 INF.
BB from Belfast to BoB box 3.
4x BB from Casablanca to CSV box 3.
CA from New York to CSV box 3 picking up US ENG.
TRS + MOT from New York to CSV box 0.
2x TRS + 2x FTR2 from Norfolk to CSV box 0.
CP from Panama to Caribbean.
Brazilian ships to escorts in Central Atlantic and Mouths of Amazon.
CP from Gulf of Alaska returns to port.
TRS(MAR),BB San Diego to NZC box 0
CA Pearl to box 4 Christmas Island
CA Pago to box 4 Polynesia
CA Pago to box 4 NZC
SUB Brisbane to box 2 Bismarck Sea
SUB Brisbane to box 1 CS
CA Pago to box 4 NZC
cp Maria to box 0 NZC
CV San Diego to Norfolk
CA San Diego to box 3 Polynesia
BB Pago to box 0 NZC
BB Port Vila to box 3 Coral Sea

CW
CA Auckland to box 4 Tasman Sea
CA 3 box USEC to 0 box
CP to SW Pacific.
CP to Red Sea.
The Queens from Egypt to BoB box 0 picking up HQ from UK.
Sub from Egypt to Italian Coast box 3.
TRS + GAR and CA from Egypt to West Indian Ocean box 1.
CW task force from port Victoria to Weast Indian Ocean box 4.
CA + INF div from Ivory Coast to North Atlantic.
TRS + TERR from Nigeria to Cape Town.
CA in CVB drops to box 0.
CVL + CA from Gambia to CVB box 3.
CA from Gambia to Gulf of Guinea box 4.
Empty CVL from Cape Town to Gulf of Guinea box 0.
CA in gulf of Guinea drop to box 0.
CP to Norwegian Sea.
CA from Liverpool to Arctic Ocean box 3.
CA in Arctic Ocean box 2 drops to box 0.
CA from Liverpool to Norwegian Sea box 4.
CA from Liverpool to Faroes Gap box 4.
CAs from Scapa Flow to Faroes Gap box 4 and 0.
Empty CVL from Liverpool to Faroes Gap box 0.
CA from Liverpool to BoB box 3 picking upo INF div from UK.
4x BB from Liverpool to BoB box 3.
Sub from UK to West Med box 3.
AMPH from Liverpool to BoB box 3 with MTN.
TRS from Liverpool to CSV box 3 picking up US MAR.
2x CP to Faroes GAP.
CP to USEC.
TRS + HQ from Bristol to CSV box 0.
CA in North Atlantic drops to box 0.
CA USEC box 4.
CA Central Atlantic box 4.
CA Mouths of Amazon box 4.
BB Caribbean Sea box 3.
CA Arabian Sea box 4.
CA Persian Gulf box 3.
BB to Red Sea box 2.
CP from Persian Gulf to India.


FF
2x CP to Caribbean.
CP to Mouths of Amazon.
2x CP to North Atlantic.
2x CP to USEC
Escorts to seas.

Search:
Allies decline search in all areas other than Baltic. In Baltic situation shown below. What will Axis react?

The Italian FTR2 in Aarhus fly to the 0-box. Thank you.

Axis will stay if possible. And if Aborted the CP will sail to Kiel.

Allies just realized there is only 1 cp out. We'd actually prefer not to search until later in turn when more cp are avail to sink. No rolls were made. Is it ok to forego this search?

No problem at all. [:)]

One chance for axis to search and I'll assume no search and move on.

Right. [:)]

42 JA i2 (cont):
1 interceptable GS for SU. I think all relevant planes are shown. There is a 6 point FTR escorting the LND2, and the IT FTR is in the hex being struck.

Will Axis intercept?

The Italian FTR2 in the bombed hex intercepts. The Italian fighter will target the Soviet bomber. If the Italian fighter survives it will land in the hex SW of the bombed hex (the hex with the German 8-6 MECH).

42 JA i2 (cont):
Both fighters aborted, GS goes through. SU chose DA vs FTR in round 1 and indicated this also in die roller along with the SU combat roll.



Results of 2 GS (3-2 ART in forest west of Smolensk and the cleared IL-2 on Guderian) is flip of 8-3 INF in north and nothing in south.

Rail
SU MIL Sevastopol to Persia

Land moves
SU moves a few units in far east and shuffles line on eastern front

Rebase
SU
FTR d-town to hex E of Kiev and the FTR there rebases 1 hex NE

CW
CVP from Liverpool to CVL in Faroes Gap
LND3 from Algiers to Rabat.
LND from Lagos 15 hexes north.
CVP in Liverpool to carrier

US
2x FTR2 from CSV to Gibraltar
NAV2 Palmyra to Phoenix Islands in Polynesia sz

i3 weather roll is a 9 - storm in N Monsoon fine everywhere else

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

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

No port strikes. No naval air. No naval movement.

Italy bombs Moscow.

For no effect.

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #3 (Axis)

Axis makes three ground strikes versus Soviet units in the Vitebsk area. See picture. Germany has two FTR2, and one FTR3, available as backup. USSR has three FTR2 available for interception. Plus an AA that can fire on one of the hexes. Will the Soviet air force intercept the enemy bombers?