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RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:02 pm
by warspite1
I'll have to take a look and reacquaint myself with the game. IIRC the Italians couldn't get in the game (and by that I mean I was too lily-livered) and couldn't find an opportunity to get them in the game - while the Japanese had other issues - probably down to the commander not knowing what the hell he's doing..... [:D]
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 2:02 pm
by AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
I'll have to take a look and reacquaint myself with the game. IIRC the Italians couldn't get in the game (and by that I mean I was too lily-livered) and couldn't find an opportunity to get them in the game - while the Japanese had other issues - probably down to the commander not knowing what the hell he's doing..... [:D]
Not much for the Italians to go to war for. In good weather there would be the 2:1 attack through the Alps but not in rain.
Looking at Japan, you could get 3:1 on the two units in the mountains by Changsha. A more speculative attempt would be ground-striking the two OOS Nationalist units near Sian. If it worked (long odds) you could disorganise 2 Jap units and bring everything back in supply for probably another 3:1 but with reasonable fractional.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:16 am
by warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:19 am
by AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
Just checking the ground strikes are on Changsha, rather than the 2 units in the mountains east. Are you going to attack them? Do you want to make any other land moves as Japan?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:10 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
Just checking the ground strikes are on Changsha, rather than the 2 units in the mountains east. Are you going to attack them? Do you want to make any other land moves as Japan?
Warspite1
Arrgghhh! [:@] Sorry the ground strikes are against the units in the mountains. If I get a +1 I will attack. No other moves.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 5:48 pm
by AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
Just checking the ground strikes are on Changsha, rather than the 2 units in the mountains east. Are you going to attack them? Do you want to make any other land moves as Japan?
Warspite1
Arrgghhh! [:@] Sorry the ground strikes are against the units in the mountains. If I get a +1 I will attack. No other moves.
Evening My Dear Fellow,
No problem.
Moving on to Game 4/Nordic 2,
The CW will need to take a Combined to put their last CP into the North Atlantic plus one other naval move and a couple of land moves. Wavell will continue to Toulouse, the MOT will move up behind the line and the INF Div in Somaliland will capture Mogadishu.
It would be helpful if the French can do a combined and also put their CP into the North Atlantic. We'll still be 4 CP's short but it's the best we can do. Everything else is disorganised.
If there's nothing else to do up to Land movement, I'll do the CW ones and hand over to you for the rest of the impulse. Ending the turn would be helpful but if not, lousy weather even better.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 6:46 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
Just checking the ground strikes are on Changsha, rather than the 2 units in the mountains east. Are you going to attack them? Do you want to make any other land moves as Japan?
Warspite1
Arrgghhh! [:@] Sorry the ground strikes are against the units in the mountains. If I get a +1 I will attack. No other moves.
Evening My Dear Fellow,
No problem.
Moving on to Game 4/Nordic 2,
The CW will need to take a Combined to put their last CP into the North Atlantic plus one other naval move and a couple of land moves. Wavell will continue to Toulouse, the MOT will move up behind the line and the INF Div in Somaliland will capture Mogadishu.
It would be helpful if the French can do a combined and also put their CP into the North Atlantic. We'll still be 4 CP's short but it's the best we can do. Everything else is disorganised.
If there's nothing else to do up to Land movement, I'll do the CW ones and hand over to you for the rest of the impulse. Ending the turn would be helpful but if not, lousy weather even better.
warspite1
Sounds like a plan old boy [:)].
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 5:22 pm
by AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
I hope this is okay as a change. Moving the ENG NW disorganised it. I've moved it SW instead. This enabled the INF and INF Div SE of the mountains to push to the West and put the resource hex under ZOC, which will deny it to the Allies.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 5:42 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Okay thanks. I'm out for most of today so happy for you to do the do.
Nothing with Italy
Land with Japan. Two ground strikes against Changsha. In the movement phase can you get the ART west of the river and move the Engineer northwest please?
I hope this is okay as a change. Moving the ENG NW disorganised it. I've moved it SW instead. This enabled the INF and INF Div SE of the mountains to push to the West and put the resource hex under ZOC, which will deny it to the Allies.
warspite1
Yes thank-you.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Thu May 03, 2018 3:33 pm
by AllenK
Well, the German attack went well but failure in China.
The end of turn is a mixed blessing but could prove to our advantage. I would have liked to continue attacking but it would have been 30% chance only for fine weather and against a reorganised line. Odds would likely not be brilliant. Now, the Japanese can reorganise after the disaster. If we win the initiative, the Germans will get a shot at the Allied second line, currently only manned by single units.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 12:46 am
by warspite1
I say old boy, are there any instructions for game 4 you need to give me or am I hopelessly confused as usual?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 3:00 am
by AllenK
No, definitely not hopelessly.
I E-mailed you the game file so could do the French, Chinese and USSR moves.
I may have forgotten to say no rebases or reorgs.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 2:52 pm
by warspite1
Did you move the Chinese Nationalists?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 6:54 am
by AllenK
I haven’t moved the Nationalists. I thought you’ d taken over running them. Or was that in a different universe?
Anyway, if not, it makes some sense.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 7:47 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
I haven’t moved the Nationalists. I thought you’ d taken over running them. Or was that in a different universe?
Anyway, if not, it makes some sense.
warspite1
No idea - I've lost track, but quite happy to do so given you have the CW and the USA.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:34 pm
by AllenK
Good evening my dear fellow,
For UK vs Nordic 2 (Game 4), I could do with your end of turn instructions to carry on the fight.
For UK vs Nordic 1 (Game 3), Germany will do a land move. What do the Italians and Japanese wish to do?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 4:16 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: AllenK
Good evening my dear fellow,
For UK vs Nordic 2 (Game 4), I could do with your end of turn instructions to carry on the fight.
For UK vs Nordic 1 (Game 3), Germany will do a land move. What do the Italians and Japanese wish to do?
warspite1
Hello old chap. I'll come back to you on this tomorrow night.
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:37 pm
by warspite1
Game 3
Italians - Combined
Japanese - Land
No orders until movement phase. Do you want to move the Germans then hand over?
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:41 pm
by warspite1
Game 4
I seem to have 6 points with France - not sure why the French resource at 55,32 is idle but I can't get it to a factory even though I have 3 factories idle. Any ideas why?
Soviet Union
Defensive Marker
China 3 BP
France 6 BP (I'll assume this is correct)
Soviet Union 8 BP
RTB
French fleet in Eastern Med to Beirut
Sub to Marseilles
Oil
France reorganises all except Tourville for no oil expenditure
Production
China - 1 x INF
France - 2 x MIL, 1 x PIL
Soviet Union - 1 x INF, 1 x GARR, 1 x PIL, 1 x Saved in Moscow
Reinforcement
France - Potez (Paris) Hawk (Rouen) TRS (Bordeaux)
Soviet Union - INF and INF DIV (Odessa)
China - INF (Lanchow)
RE: TOP SECRET: AllenK and warspite1 ONLY!!!!
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 4:04 pm
by AllenK
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Game 3
Italians - Combined
Japanese - Land
No orders until movement phase. Do you want to move the Germans then hand over?
Sounds good. Don't think there will be much movement but some adjustments to optimise whatever attack(s) I decide on.