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Debark:
Japan
ART and Fukuoka MIL to Shanghai

Rebase:
Japan
1, 2 and 3. All three aircraft in Kaifeng to Tungkwan
4. Val NW of Kaifeng to Nanchang

Germany rebases a FTR 1 hex NE to Dusseldorf, a LND-3 1 hex west from Frankfurt and Ju-52 to Dusseldorf.

No reorgs, so back to the Allies.

J/F 40 Allied 3

No DoW

CW and France naval, China land, other combined


Naval moves:

US sends CA to loaded with INF div to Polynesia, CP and sub to Bismarck Sea.

CW escorts to many sea areas.
Strong fleet (one CA loaded with INF div) to North sea box 3.
The Queen loads INF from Cape Town and sails to Red Sea.

French TRS to Dakar, CA to CSV and 2x BB to North Sea box 3.

Orm plays rest of the impulse.

The Soviet Union ground strike Teheran with some success.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #3 (Allied) - Ground Strike

11th INF rail from Cernauti to Leningrad.

Soviet forces concentrate on Teheran.

Minor adjustments of the Chinese lines.

USA debark one INF div to Pago Pago.

The Soviet Liberation Army assaults the capitalist forces in Teheran.

All available aircraft are called upon to assist the liberation of Teheran.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #3 (Allied) - Land Combat

Japanese military advisors decide on how the defence of Teheran should be conducted. Will blitz tactics be employed or will the standard, assault, tactic prevail?


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #3 (Allied) - Land Combat

Apparently the Japanese advisors has already fled Teheran. The capitalists show their true nature. They stole the oil and ran. Without advisors the defenders decide that making it an assault is the way to continue.

The attack was a success, although excessive celebration exhaust the troops.


Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #3 (Allied) - Land Combat

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Good job komrad Stalin [;)]

ORIGINAL: Mayhemizer

Good job komrad Stalin [;)]

Allied forces join up in Persia.

Inspired by USSR, both CW and France have decided to launch ”massive offensive” to liberate Netherlands. Just wait and see...

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #3


CW rebase one CVP from Leeds to HMS Furious in the North Sea.

France rebase one FTR3 one hex east.

No reorganization.

Winter storms ravage Europe.


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

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

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

J/F 40 Axis 5

No DoW

Germany aligns Hungary. The US shrugs its shoulders (5 rolled). CAV sets up in Belgrade, The 2 INF on the Yugoslav border.

Japan land. Germany and Italy combined.

The recently appointed staff officers in the logistics department resolve not to repeat the errors of their forebears and send 3 convoys out into the Baltic.

Kiel MIL rails to Frederikshavn.

Germany moves the last of the trailing units up to the front.

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Land Movement (cont):
Italy

The Italians move a couple of units in the sand pit.

Japan

Despite the atrocious weather the Japanese struggle manfully on into the mountains west of Nanyang.

Debark:
Japan

A Japanese MIL lands in Haichow.

Rebase:
Germany

A NAV flies to Amsterdam

Japan

A fighter west of Nanyang flies on hex southwest.

And that brings the impulse to an end.

J/F 1940 Allied 8

No DoW

China land, others combined.

CW launches port attack to Kiel with LND and 2x CVP. One 3 farctor CVP is on stand by in case fighter cover is needed.

Do Germany want to intercept with He 112?

In the absence of AllenK I'll say no thanks.