Rematch 4 player game (Orm, Peskpesk, jjdenver and Mayhemizer)

[Orm]

There will be ground support question soon. I will go to that step without the notional. But I can always go back to include the notional if you so desire at that point.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

The German HQA (Rundstedt) adds HQ support.


Germany fly one LND2 to add 7 points in ground support. USSR has one ART, one LND3, and two LND4, that can provide defensive ground support. Germany has one FTR3 available to intercept any incoming Soviet bombers. Will USSR add any defensive ground support?

And will the decision on the notional stand, or be reversed?

[Orm]

Note that it is Germany that will call the combat table.

[jjdenver]

no air, no art, ty

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Final odds. Germany selects blitz combat.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

The defenders are retreated, and the attackers exhausted.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Air rebase:

Germany:
FTR3 (52,55) -> 43,54

Japan:
ATR3 (69,146) -> Kunming

Italy:
LND3 (Amsterdam) -> 40,52
NAV2 (Cherbourg) -> 36,48 (NW Helsinki)
FTR2 (St-Malo) -> La Spezia

No reorganization.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #9 (Axis)

Turn continues with a roll of 8 (3 to end).

[Mayhemizer_slith]

Did you send save file?

[jjdenver]

So much fun to fire up a tight game of WIF that is into 1942 on a weekend day when you have an hour to think about it. What a great game. My ally Petteri is such a great mate to play with it's even more fun, not to mention that the Axis side is crazy good which makes it really a challenge.

On with the impulse....

40 JF i10 (allies):

USSR land, FF, US and CW combined

Naval air
2x FTR2 from UK to BoB box 0
FTR2 from Algeria to West Med box 2

Naval move
CW CP from South Africa to Gulf of Guinea
CW BB Hood in CSV drops from box 3 to box 0
US CA from Norfolk to CSV loading US MAR ENG from Portugal
US 1 cp Pearl -> Coral Sea
US TRS,BB,MAR Port Vila -> NZC 0 box

CW inits search in WM. CW FTR3 and NAV2 (Vildebeest) react to 2 box. Axis can also react:

[jjdenver]

And Axis will have the chance to search Coral Sea after WM is resolved

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: jjdenver

CW inits search in WM. CW FTR3 and NAV2 (Vildebeest) react to 2 box. Axis can also react:

No additional air.

Axis will go with avoid combat if possible.

If it is air combat then Axis aborts the air combat after the first round. Axis will target bomber, if possible, in any air combat. If the FTR2 is aborted, then it lands in Toulon.

If there is any possibility for a second search, and there is some Axis SCS remaining, then Axis will abort the sea area. YUG ship sail towards Dubrovnik, and the Italian to La Spezia.

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: jjdenver

And Axis will have the chance to search Coral Sea after WM is resolved

The Japanese SUB initiates combat in the Coral Sea.

The NAV3, in Rabaul, will fly to the 4-box.

The SUB will not be included in the combat.

If there is a naval air combat, then any and all surprise points will be used to increase the damage done.

The lowest possible guaranteed result that Japan select will be put on the CP. All other damage will be prioritized on the BB. For example, if the damage is 1D + 1A on the US ships, then the D will be put on the CP since that is the only result that Japan selects. Another example, If the result is 1D + 2A, then the first D is put on the BB since Japan is guaranteed another result (abort) on the CP. (Sink the BB is the goal, but make sure that there is one result remaining for the CP)

[Orm]

Time to turn in for the night.

[jjdenver]

42 JA i10 (cont):
Both searches (coral sea, WM) miss.

Rail move
SU MECH Gomel -> atop Vatutin near Changchun
CW Kenya TER Mombasa -> Nairobi
US mexico INF Veracruz -> Long Beach

Land move
Brazil INF to port Santos
CW MTN in Portugal to same hex with US MAR
CW TER into Angola capital Luanda
CW INF near Dacca into Dacca
FF MIL marches toward the capital of Porguguese Guinea
SU moves units south toward border from capital area in Manchuria
SU reorganizes a little against Germany

Land combat
Attack Lisbon.
US gives SB from CSV to make attack automatic.
Units advancing to Lisbon: CW HQ, US MAR and CW div

Rebase
FTR2 from Dutch Guyana to 119,347 in Brazil.
FTR2 near S.A. rebases north through Africa

HQ reorg
CW HQ in Portugal reorg FTR2.

Turn continues (8), weather 9 same as last impulse (storm N Monsoon)

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #11 (Axis)

No declarations of war.

Land:
Combined: Germany, Japan, Italy
Naval:

No port strikes.

Naval Air:

Italy:
NAV2 (36,48) -> Arctic Ocean 0-box

Germany:
FTR2 (Hun) (47,35) -> North Sea 2-box

Naval movement:

Germany:
CA (Kiel) -> Norwegian Sea 1-box

Japan:
CA (Dili) -> Timor Sea 4-box
TRS (Pakhoi) -> South China Sea 0-box - embark HQI (Batavia)

Italy:
TRS + HQI (La Spezia) -> East Med 0-box

Germany opens the naval combat by searching in the Norwegian Sea.

[Orm]

No combat in the Norwegian Sea. (Axis 8, Allies 9)

Germany decline to search in the North Sea.

Next up is the Arctic Ocean.

[Orm]

No combat in the Arctic Ocean. (Axis 7, Allies 5)

Italy decline searching in the West Med.

Next up is the Coral Sea.

[Orm]

Jul/Aug '42
Impulse #11 (Axis)

Japan finds the US ships in the Coral Sea (Axis 3, Allies 10)

All the Japanese surprise points are used to increase the damage done.

Japan places the X on the USS West Virginia.

[Orm]

USS West Virginia was hit hard, but the damage control crews keeps her afloat, and in fighting condition.

What ship will be targeted for the 'damage' result?

And, if the CP isn't sunk, to what port will the CP abort?