Matrix Games Forums

no problem.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Northern Front.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Central/Moscow Front.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. Post Land Movement. USSR. Southern Front (Georgia & Caucuses).

Looking desperate ...

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

Yes fly the f-b as a bomber and support the defenders. Make it a blitz.

WOW.WOW..WOWWWWW¡..almost..all objetives done...pleasure of AARs

ORIGINAL: Zecke

WOW.WOW..WOWWWWW¡..almost..all objetives done...pleasure of AARs

Thanks for following! Now for resolution of the Soviet desperate and critical land combat. [:(]

ORIGINAL: ashkpa

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. USSR. Land Combat. Luftwaffe Ground Support?

Desperate times call for desperate actions. In this case Timoshenko commits his HQ and all reserve troops tied to HQ to a desperate attack to attempt to save the situation in Georgia and the Caucuses.

Do you wish to fly ground support?

Also, do want the attack be an assault or a blitz?

Yes fly the f-b as a bomber and support the defenders. Make it a blitz.

A bloodless result ... Timoshenko chooses not to advance.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. US HQ Reorg.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Allied #2. CW Naval Reorg.

Turn 23. May/June 1943. Axis #3. Weather.

Nice weather for Pat to continue beating up on the allies. [:)]

MA43 i3:
Axis Actions: GE land, JP combine, IT combine
Italy moves a BB to the 0-box of the E. Med.
JP flies a NAV to the China Sea (3-box) and 2x FIG and NAV to the Bismark Sea (4-box).
The Japanese move majority of the fleet in Truk to the Mariannas
Truk subs are scattered across 4 zones, but ordered to avoid all combat during this impulse.

Here are the possible combats. Many I am not initiating as shown in image below. One search result shown (Arabian Sea - no contact).

In the E. Med, the allies find on rolls of 8/2. Surprise will depend on box taken. I expect you will likely avoid combat here.

You have potential reactions in the Bismarck Sea as shown below.

You also have potential reactions in the Mariannas as shown.

1. East Med. Pick 0-box. Use 4 SP's to avoid combat.

2. Bismarck Sea. US P-40c Tomahawk on Papua [126,177] and CW Beafout NAV react to the 2-box.

3. The Marianas. No reactions.

MA43 i3 Naval Combat:
Bismarck Sea search rolls of 6/10 result in no contact.
In the Marinanna there is contact on rolls of 2/7. I really debated between naval air and making it a surface. Decided on the naval air, then later realized it was raining, halving the A-S factors results. May have changed my mind, but to late now the bombers are flying.
I am only engaging the 3-box. You need to decide how to fly your CVP as fighters or bombers. My decisions made (grayed range units are flying as bombers).

Fighters: SBD-5 (Saratoga), F6F-3 (Essex), SBD (Bunker Hill)

Bombers: TBF-4 (Yorktown II), SBD-3 (Essex)

Ok, I used 4 SP to move A-A up 1 for me and down 1 for you. First A-A roll is 15, you can choose to abort front fighter or bomber? Do you have directions for future results?