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The Italian cruiser sinks.

Ventis Secundis

Captain Kerr leads the attack on the Italian fleet with HMS Hood, and therefore the Italians targets The Mighty Hood that takes several hits before she returns damaged towards port.

CW remain in the sea area.

Will Italy remain?

And if Italy remains, will Italy reinforce the sea area with any air?

The Italians decide not to push their luck and retire to La Spezia.

The ministry of Propaganda and Miscommunication waxes lyrical over the Pola giving The Mighty Hood a bloody nose before valiantly sacrificing herself to allow her comrades to continue the glorious exploits of the Regia Marina.

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #3 (Allies)

No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail Movement:

France:
2-3 MIL ne Paris -> Lyons

USSR
INF (Cernauti) -> Murmansk

Land Moves:

France:
A-A ne Reims-> nw Reims
A-T nw Reims -> ne Reims

USSR:
HQA (42,59) -> 40,56
CAV (Lvov) -> Brest-Litovsk
AT (54,56) -> 51,55
INF (Chisnau) -> Cernauti

China:
General retreat is called for in southern China. Except for the 20th Army that is ordered to advance into a gap in the Japanese lines and exploit it.

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #3 (Allies)

Disembark
TERR BoB-> St Nazaire

Air Rebase:

France:
FTR2 Metz -> Reims
FTR3 Vichy-> w Lyons

CW:
Nav3 Vildebeest(South France)->Gibraltar

No reorganization.

The new weather.

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Declarations of War and Alignments: None

Japan: Land
Germany: Land
Italy: Combined

Port Attack: None
Naval Air:
Italy

A FTR flies to the West Med 2-box

Naval Movement:
Italy

A SUB moves to the CSV and seeks to initiate combat

There are two possible combat areas.

Firstly the CSV - the CW have a 9-range NAV in Gibraltar that they can bring in. What do the CW wish to do?

Nav to CsV 0-box, plz

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Naval Search (cont)
Italy

Axis - 5
Allies - 8

No naval combat

The search moves onto the Western Mediterranean where the Italians initiate and bring in two NAV to the 2-box.

Axis - 9
Allies - 4

No naval combat

Strategic Bombing:
Japan

The Japanese send a NAV to bomb Chungking's factories

Jan/Feb 1940
Impulse: 5 (Axis)

Ground Strike: None

Rail Movement: None
Land Movement:
Germany

The Germans re-jig some forces in the Low Countries and move some units on the Franco-Italian border.

Over to the Japanese/Italians

The Italians move the Milan MIL to Nice and the Supply unit continues NW in Africa.

In North China, the Japanese rearrange their forces. On the homeland, units move towards embarkation points. Tensions between them and USSR escalate as they note the Soviets appear to deploying for war.

In the South, the Japanese rearrange to make the main effort against the errant GARR.

Just the one combat. Has to be assault as otherwise it's automatic.

The attack succeeds. Yamamoto and the SNLF take the hex.

Rebase: He-112 to Saarbrucken and Bf109 (NW of Cologne) to Brussels.

No reorgs.

Back to the Allies.

Jan/Feb '40
Impulse #7 (Allies)

No declarations of war.

Land: France, China, CW
Combined: USA, USSR
Naval:

No port strikes. No naval air. No naval movement. No strategic bombing. No Ground Strikes.

Rail movement:

France:
MIL Bordeaux -> 54,30
TERR St-Nazaire -> Lyons

CW:
MIL Delhi->Bombay

USSR:
AT (Bessarabia) -> Vitebsk

Land Moves:

USSR:
CAV (52,145) -> 56,145
HQA -> 38,53

China (COM):
MIL (74,133) -> 73,134

China (NAT):
Warl (87,137) -> 87,136
MIL (87,138) -> 87,136
HQI (88,139) -> 87,138
CAV Div (83,139) -> Chihkiang
Warl (85,134) -> Kweiyang
INF (Kweilin) -> 88,139
MIL (Kweilin) -> 88,141
INF (89,141) -> 88,141
CAV (Nanchang) -> 86,142

CW:
INF Liverpool->London
TER Berbera->106,73
MOT 6-5 Antwerp->51,30

France:
2-3 A-A och 3-2 ART change places.
5-2 MIL och 5-3 INF nw Reims change places.
Georges -> nw Reims
1-3 INF Div sw Lyons -> ne res
4-3 MIL ne res -> res
3-5 CAV res ->ne res

Debark:
CW:
MIL North Sea->Antwerp
ART North Sea->Antwerp
TER BoB ->Bayonne
MIL Red Sea->Suez

No air rebases. No reorganization.

Turn continues on a roll of 5. (1 to end)

The snowy winter continues.

Picture from Jan/Feb '40 Impulse #9 (Axis) - DOW